Welcome to Europe as you've never known it before, seen through the peculiarities of its languages and dialects. Combining linguistics and cultural history, Gaston Dorren takes us on an intriguing tour of the continent, from Proto-Indo-European (the common ancestor of most European languages) to the rise and rise of English, via the complexities of Welsh plurals and Czech pronunciation. Along the way we learn why Esperanto will never catch on, how the language of William the Conqueror lives on in the Channel Islands and why Finnish is the easiest European language. Surprising, witty and full of extraordinary facts, this book will change the way you think about the languages around you. Polyglot Gaston Dorren might even persuade you that English is like Chinese.

This pocket-sized book, presented in an easy-to-follow format, is designed as a tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting, providing a quick reference guide to supporting women during labour. Used as a platform for wider reading, this text is an ideal reference point for any student or professional involved with the care of childbearing women.

　

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Anatomy. Apgar scores. Birth environment – promoting normality. Caesarean Section (LSCS). Catheterisation. Cord bloods. CTG interpretation. Diabetic women in labour. Degrees of Tears. Deteriorating conditions. Emergencies. Emergency birth. Epidurals. Episiotomy. Examination of the placenta. Fetal blood sampling. Home birth preparation. Initial baby check. Instrumental birth. Mechanism of normal labour (LOA). Monitoring maternal and fetal well-being in labour. Obesity and labour. Pain relief. Perineal repair. Positions for labour and birth. Resuscitation equipment. Signs of transition. Stages and phases of labour. Third stage management. Vaginal assessments. Vaginal birth after caesarean (trial of scar). Waterbirth. Stillbirth and neonatal death.

Title: History of Europe from the commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons ... Abridged from the last London edition ... by Edward S. Gould. Fourth edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Alison, Bart; Gould, Edward Sherman; 1845. xxiv, 532 p.; 8 . 1311.h.3.

Title: History of Europe from the commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons ... Abridged from the last London edition ... by Edward S. Gould. Fourth edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Alison, Archibald; Gould, Edward Sherman; 1845. xxiv, 532 p.; 8 . 1311.h.3.

This pocket-sized book, presented in an easy-to-follow format, is designed as a tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting, providing a quick reference guide to supporting women and babies during the postnatal/neonatal period. Written in an accessible way, this book provides step-by-step processes for students to follow, and is ideal for professionals to share with the women and families in their care.

This pocket-sized book, presented in an easy-to-follow format, is designed as a tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting, providing a quick reference guide to antenatal care and related anatomy and physiology. Used as a platform for wider reading, this text is an ideal reference point for any student or professional involved with the care of childbearing women.

　

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ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION.Amniotic fluid index,Inspection,Palpation,Auscultation,Measurement,Expected findings. ANAEMIA. ANATOMY.Fetal circulation,Female external genitalia,Uterus. ANTENATAL APPOINTMENTS. ANTENATAL SCREENING,Blood tests at booking,Follow-up blood tests,Urine,Ultrasound scans,Additional screening,Routine surveillance. BENEFITS. BISHOP’S SCORE FOR INDUCTION OF LABOUR. BLOOD PRESSURE TAKING. BLOOD VALUES. BMI. BOOKING ADVICE. BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE. CALCULATING ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATES. CHOLESTASIS. CTG INTERPRETATION. CUSTOMISED GROWTH CHARTS. DIABETES.Type 1 diabetic women,Gestational diabetic women. DRUG ADMINISTRATION.Drugs and midwives/student midwives,Midwives exemptions and PGDS,Safe administration,Drug abbreviations,Formulas. EMERGENCIES,Adult life support for a pregnant woman,Antepartum haemorrhage,Eclampsia. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. FUNCTIONS OF THE PLACENTA. METHODS OF INDUCTION. MINOR DISORDERS. PRE- ECLAMPSIA. RECORD KEEPING. SUBSTANCE MISUSE. SUPPORT GROUPS. USEFUL WEBSITES. VENEPUNCTURE.Procedure for taking blood,Vacutainer blood bottles and tests. VULNERABLE GROUPS OF WOMEN