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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Monitoring of Cerebral and Spinal Haemodynamics During
Neurosurgery is a comprehensive description of subdural monitoring
of intracranial pressure (ICP) during neurosurgery. It offers
thorough analysis of a comprehensive database consisting of
measurements of ICP, cerebral perfusion pressure and other relevant
physiological data from more than 1,800 patients subjected to
intracranial surgery at Aarhus University Hospital. Features of
anaesthesia, both inhalation and total intravenous, are discussed,
and measures to reduce ICP are described. A majority of the
patients had supratentorial tumours, but the database also includes
patients with infratentorial tumours and patients with no
intracranial space-occupying lesions. A chapter is reserved for
discussion of the special features of children with cerebral
tumours.
This book delves beyond the spectacular images of African migrants
struggling to scale border fences or cross the Mediterranean in
unseaworthy rubber dinghies by unpacking the policies and emerging
practices that shape contemporary border governance in the
expanding EU–African borderlands. For decades, Africa has been
the scene of a wide range of European interventions aimed at
restraining irregularised migration to Europe creating an
accelerated moment of control and confinement. Today, the
externalisation of Europe’s borders into Africa encompasses
agreements on the return of migrants, securitised border operations
and projects under the EU’s Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. At a
time when safe and legal mobility is limited, and the human, social
and political conditions of African migrants are severely
challenged, this book emphasises how European efforts are both
assisted but also resisted by local actors with agendas of their
own. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, the different contributions
vividly portray how African lives continue to be shaped by
Europe’s desire to contain and govern human mobility and how
dominant spatial geopolitics are contested on various levels. This
book will be of particular value to students and researchers
interested in African studies, International Politics, Border
Governance, Anthropology, Human Geography and Global Studies. The
chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue
of Geopolitics.
Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the
attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman empire and to Islam.
She also considers the relationship between text and image, placing
it in the cultural context of the Reformation and beyond.
"A very valuable and much needed book on a central element in the
processes of social change: the construction and reconstruction of
social norms as they move between global and local levels." -Naila
Kabeer, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK "This
book explores how gender equality norms are ever-evolving and
argues convincingly that we cannot take their effectiveness, nor
their acceptance, for granted." -Judith Kelley, Duke Sanford School
of Public Policy, USA "In an era of increasing resistance to gender
equality, this is a much-needed volume that attends to how gender
equality norms are interpreted and contested in governance
organisations ranging from the UN and the EU to Mercosur and
women's NGOs in India and Uganda." -Ann Towns, University of
Gothenburg, Sweden This edited collection provides a new
theoretical approach to the study of how global norms influence
social processes. It analyses the institutional and highly
political processes whereby actors - be they local, national,
regional or trans-national - engage with global norms of gender
equality. The editors bring together key thinkers who emphasise how
context and history effect norm engagement and how particular
groups and actors tend to be marginalised from discussions of
global norms. By proposing a situated approach that underlines the
contingent, multi-level processes that occur when actors interpret,
use, manipulate, bend, or betray norms, notions of norm diffusion
are fundamentally challenged. This book makes a further crucial
contribution to the study of norms and gender equality in global
governance by analysing very different empirical contexts, from New
Delhi and St. Petersburg to the Organisation of American States,
and from Kampala and New York to the European Union.
This book explores sixteenth-century German attitudes during a time
of social, political and religious upheaval. It focuses on how
medieval and fifteenth-century images of Islam, Saracens and the
early Ottoman Empire evolved in incunabula print and images within
Christian Europe.
During the last decade, the effects of anaesthetics on cerebral
blood flow, cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen and intracranial
pressure have been studied experimentally and clinically. In this
review studies of CBF and CMRO2 during craniotomy have been
performed with the classical technique described by Kety and
Schmidt. In chapter 1 general considerations concerning the effects
of anaesthetics on cerebral blood flow and metabolism are reviewed.
In chapters 2 and 3 the effects of inhalation agents and hypnotics
on flow and metabolism are considered. Chapters 4 and 5 cover the
effects of central analgetics, and neuromuscular blocking agents.
In chapter 6 the effects of other drugs in common use in
neuroanaesthetic practice are summarized. Chapter 7 considers the
effects of drugs used for controlled hypotension. In chapter 8 the
application of Kety's method in studies of CBF and metabolism is
reviewed, the studies of cerebral circulation and metabolism during
nine different techniques of anaesthesia for craniotomy are
presented, and other studies of cerebral circulation during
neuroanaesthesia are reviewed. In chapter 9 considerations
concerning central and cerebral hemodynamics during anaesthesia in
the sitting position are considered. This review is primarily
addressed to anaesthetists, but it will also be of interest to
those working within neurosurgery, neuroradiology and clinical
neurophysiology.
During the last decade a multitude of studies concerning the
dynamic changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral metabolic
rate of oxygen (CMRO2), and intracranial pressure (ICP) in the
acute phase after head injury have been published. These studies
have been supplemented with studies of cerebral autoregulation, CO2
reactivity and barbiturate reactivity. Other investigations include
studies of cerebrospinal fluid pH, bicarbonate, lactate and
pyruvate. In this book experimental and clinical studies of the
dynamic changes in CBF, CMRO2, CO2 reactivity and barbiturate
reactivity are reviewed. The author's own clinical studies of the
dynamic changes in CBF and cerebral metabolism are summarized and
discussed, and the therapeutical implication as regards the use of
artificial hyperventilation, sedation with barbiturate and mannitol
treatment are discussed.
The science of neuroanaesthesia and neurointensive care is
fascinating, and the amounts of experimental and clinical studies
are overwhelming. Surely, everyone can surf Medline and other
database systems in order to get information. If you, however, ask
for head injury, cerebral ischaemia or barbiturate, you will get
hun dreds, may be thousands of titles and even the same number of
abstracts. The aims of this book are to review important
experimental and clinical data with emphasis on up-dated
references. The text within each issue and sub-issue systematically
covers experimental and clinical data separately, and details con
cerning cerebral blood flow, cerebral metabolism, intracranial
pressure etc. are reviewed accordingly. In our survey of the
literature we did not use Medline or other database sys tems
systematically. Rather, we used available medical journals which
covered the topics of anaesthesia, neuroanaesthesia and
neurointensive care. In this way we hope that relevant literature
is presented. On the other hand, we cannot exclude that some
important issues are omitted. The book covers 12 topics. In three
chapters methodology of CBF measure ments, regulation of CBF, and
intracranial pressure are described. In the next 6 chapters
inhalation anaesthetics, hypnotic agents, analgesics, muscular
relaxants, drugs used for control of blood pressure, and the
sitting position are reviewed. The last three chapters cover head
injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cere bral ischaemia."
Monitoring of Cerebral and Spinal Haemodynamics During
Neurosurgery is a comprehensive description of subdural monitoring
of intracranial pressure (ICP) during neurosurgery. It offers
thorough analysis of a comprehensive database consisting of
measurements of ICP, cerebral perfusion pressure and other relevant
physiological data from more than 1,800 patients subjected to
intracranial surgery at Aarhus University Hospital. Features of
anaesthesia, both inhalation and total intravenous, are discussed,
and measures to reduce ICP are described. A majority of the
patients had supratentorial tumours, but the database also includes
patients with infratentorial tumours and patients with no
intracranial space-occupying lesions. A chapter is reserved for
discussion of the special features of children with cerebral
tumours.
While scientists usually examine either ecological systems or social systems, the need exists for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of environmental management and sustainable development. Developed under the auspices of the Beijer Institute in Stockholm, this volume analyzes social and ecological linkages in selected ecosystems using an international and interdisciplinary case study approach. The chapters provide detailed information on a variety of management practices for dealing with environmental change. Taken as a whole, the book contributes to the greater understanding of essential social responses to changes in ecosystems. A key feature is a set of new, or rediscovered, principles for sustainable ecosystem management.
In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly
important to develop conceptual frames to understand the dynamics
of social and ecological systems. Drawing on complex systems
theory, this book investigates how human societies deal with change
in linked social-ecological systems, and build capacity to adapt to
change. The concept of resilience is central in this context.
Resilient social-ecological systems have the potential to sustain
development by responding to and shaping change in a manner that
does not lead to loss of future options. Resilient systems also
provide capacity for renewal and innovation in the face of rapid
transformation and crisis. The term navigating in the title is
meant to capture this dynamic process. Case studies and examples
from several geographic areas, cultures and resource types are
included, merging forefront research from natural sciences, social
sciences and the humanities into a common framework for new
insights on sustainability.
While scientists usually examine either ecological systems or social systems, the need exists for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of environmental management and sustainable development. Developed under the auspices of the Beijer Institute in Stockholm, this volume analyzes social and ecological linkages in selected ecosystems using an international and interdisciplinary case study approach. The chapters provide detailed information on a variety of management practices for dealing with environmental change. Taken as a whole, the book contributes to the greater understanding of essential social responses to changes in ecosystems. A key feature is a set of new, or rediscovered, principles for sustainable ecosystem management.
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