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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.
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.
The extent to which Anglo-Saxon society was capable of large-scale
transformations of the landscape is hotly disputed. This
interdisciplinary book - embracing archaeological and historical
sources - explores this important period in our landscape history
and the extent to which buildings, settlements and field systems
were laid out using sophisticated surveying techniques. In
particular, recent research has found new and unexpected evidence
for the construction of building complexes and settlements on
geometrically precise grids, suggesting a revival of the techniques
of the Roman land-surveyors (Agrimensores). Two units of
measurement appear to have been used: the 'short perch' of 15 feet
in central and eastern England, where most cases occur, and the
'long perch' of 18 feet at the small number of examples identified
in Wessex. This technically advanced planning is evident during two
periods: c.600-800, when it may have been a mostly monastic
practice, and c.940-1020, when it appears to have been revived in a
monastic context but then spread to a wider range of lay
settlements. Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape is a
completely new perspective on how villages and other settlement
were formed. It combines map and field evidence with manuscript
treatises on land-surveying to show that the methods described in
the treatises were not just theoretical, but were put into
practice. In doing so it reveals a major aspect of previously
unrecognised early medieval technology.
By exploring the concept of the "tender gaze" in German film,
theater, and literature, this volume's contributors illustrate how
perspective-taking in works of art fosters empathy and prosocial
behaviors. The gaze, understood as a way of looking at others that
involves contemplation and the operation of power, has an extensive
history of iterations such as the male gaze (Mulvey), the
oppositional gaze (hooks), and the postcolonial gaze (Said). This
essay collection develops a supplemental theory of what Muriel
Cormican has coined the "tender gaze" and traces its occurrence in
German film, theater, and literature. More than qualifying the
primarily voyeuristic, narcissistic, and sexist impetus of the male
gaze, the tender gaze also allows for a differentiated
understanding of the role identification plays in reception, and it
highlights various means of eliciting a sociopolitical critique in
works of art. Emphasizing the humanizing potential of the tender
gaze, the contributors argue that far from simply exciting
emotional contagion, affect in art promotes an altruistic,
rational, and fundamentally ethical relationship to the other. The
tender gaze elucidates how perspective-taking operates in art to
foster empathy and prosocial behaviors. Though the contributors
identify instances of the tender gaze in artistic production since
the early nineteenth century, they focus on its pervasiveness in
contemporary works, corresponding to twenty-first-century concerns
with implicit bias and racism.
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Enlargement of the Prostate - Its History, Anatomy, Aetiology, Pathology, Clinical Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment, Technique of Operations, and After-Treatment (Hardcover)
John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst
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R1,047
Discovery Miles 10 470
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A volume that provides a view into the world of Bioterrorism and
how it could affect the healthcare system of the United States. It
will lead the reader along a journey that shows ramifications to
health, politics, and everyday common actions. The book starts out
by informing the reader of biological agents and then leads into
how organizations and the government should respond in the case
that such agents are unleashed.
A full understanding of bioterrorism preparedness and response
cannot be achieved effectively by considering these phenomena in a
vacuum nor informed only by the bioterrorism literature in its
current form.
The authors identify the key factors that make up the essential
pieces of bioterrorism preparedness, attack and response. This
volume puts what is normally thought of bioterrorism preparedness
issues in their equally important security and terrorist strategy
contexts.
Here, the editors have sought to bring experts insights on as many
of the interlinking factors as possible into one volume. This
thematic volumes objectives are to facilitate the readers
understanding of the new reality that creates certainty in the
uncertainty facing them in the future.
* Knowledge of Bioterrorism
* Advances skills of preparedness
* Shows ramifications of a terrorist attack
* Gives the reader a view of possible terrorist attacks
* A look into security and terrorist strategy
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize A radical rethinking of
the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological
discoveries This beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest
archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the
Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. John Blair, one
of the world's leading experts on this transformative era in
England's early history, explains the origins of towns, manor
houses, and castles in a completely new way, and sheds new light on
the important functions of buildings and settlements in shaping
people's lives during the age of the Venerable Bede and King
Alfred. Building Anglo-Saxon England demonstrates how hundreds of
recent excavations enable us to grasp for the first time how
regionally diverse the built environment of the Anglo-Saxons truly
was. Blair identifies a zone of eastern England with access to the
North Sea whose economy, prosperity, and timber buildings had more
in common with the Low Countries and Scandinavia than the rest of
England. The origins of villages and their field systems emerge
with a new clarity, as does the royal administrative organization
of the kingdom of Mercia, which dominated central England for two
centuries. Featuring a wealth of color illustrations throughout,
Building Anglo-Saxon England explores how the natural landscape was
modified to accommodate human activity, and how many
settlements--secular and religious-were laid out with geometrical
precision by specialist surveyors. The book also shows how the
Anglo-Saxon love of elegant and intricate decoration is reflected
in the construction of the living environment, which in some ways
was more sophisticated than it would become after the Norman
Conquest.
A consultant surgeon tells the story of his appointment, his
successful years in his hospital, and then the coming of changes
which led at last to his sad resignation. The managers had arrived,
amalgamations ordered, wards were closed, discord amongst
colleagues raged, and personal antagonisms worsened as their worlds
collapsed. The novel was written in the 1990s and you may well
recognise it! " Further to the salutogenic benefits of alcohol,
retired physician Dr John Blair recalls that when working at Perth
Royal Infirmary in the 1950s it was customary to add 10ml of
alcohol to an intravenous infusion "to make the patient feel more
relaxed". Those recovering from an operation were entitled, on
request, to a nightcap of a double whisky. Regrettably neither
practice still prevails. Dr Blair has recently published this
entertaining novel, How They Broke Baxter, a tragic tale of how the
managerial invasion of the health service made life intolerable for
a busy and successful surgeon. It reflects, no doubt, the
experience of many" James LeFanu, The Daily Telegraph, 21 November
2013
The first book to offer a cutting-edge discussion of contemporary
travel writing in German, Anxious Journeys looks both at classical
tropes of travel writing and its connection to current debates. The
rich contemporary literature of travel has been the focus of
numerous recent publications in English that seek to understand how
travel narratives, with their distinctive representations of
identities, places, and cultures, respond to today's globalized,
high-speed world characterized by the dual mass movements of
tourism and migration. Yet a corresponding cutting-edge discussion
of twenty-first-century travel writing in German has until now been
missing. The fourteen essays in Anxious Journeys redress this
situation. They analyze texts by leading authors such as Felicitas
Hoppe, Christoph Ransmayr, Julie Zeh, Navid Kermani, Judith
Schalansky, Ilija Trojanow, and others, as well as topics such as
Turkish-German travelogues and the relationship of comics to travel
writing. The volume examines how writers engage with classic tropes
of travel writing and how they react to the current sense of crisis
and belatedness. It also links travel to ongoing debates about the
role of the nation, mass migration, and the European project, as
well as to Germany's place in the larger world order. Contributors:
Karin Baumgartner, Heather Merle Benbow, Anke S. Biendarra, John
Blair and Muriel Cormican, Nicole Coleman, Carola Daffner,
Christina Gerhardt, Nicole Grewling, Gundela Hachmann, Andrew
Wright Hurley, Christina Kraenzle, Magda Tarnawaska Senel, Monika
Shafi, Sunka Simon. Karin Baumgartner is Professor of German at the
University of Utah. Monika Shafi is Elias Ahuja Professor of German
at the University of Delaware.
This is the second biennial volume reviewing the state-of-the-art
on a wide variety of micro and macro health care management topics
in the popular "Advances in Health Care Management" series. It
proudly showcases reviews of both empirical and conceptual research
in specific areas of health care management, including topics in
three basic areas: reviews of empirical and conceptual research on
health care industry-specific topics, e.g., role of physicians;
reviews of empirical and conceptual research on different types of
health care organizations focusing on issues specific to such
organizations or their segments of the health care industry, e.g.,
hospitals, managed care organizations; and, reviews of empirical
and conceptual research on health care organizations focusing on
topics or variables which cover various sub-disciplines of
management, e.g., organizational change or entrepreneurial
opportunity recognition. New and established scholars discuss such
topics within their expert area of research, as well as emerging
themes and divergent views, giving their unique perspective on the
directions that will help build theory and improve the practice of
health care management.
The extent to which Anglo-Saxon society was capable of large-scale
transformations of the landscape is hotly disputed. This
interdisciplinary book - embracing archaeological and historical
sources - explores this important period in our landscape history
and the extent to which buildings, settlements and field systems
were laid out using sophisticated surveying techniques. In
particular, recent research has found new and unexpected evidence
for the construction of building complexes and settlements on
geometrically precise grids, suggesting a revival of the techniques
of the Roman land-surveyors (Agrimensores). Two units of
measurement appear to have been used: the 'short perch' of 15 feet
in central and eastern England, where most cases occur, and the
'long perch' of 18 feet at the small number of examples identified
in Wessex. This technically advanced planning is evident during two
periods: c.600-800, when it may have been a mostly monastic
practice, and c.940-1020, when it appears to have been revived in a
monastic context but then spread to a wider range of lay
settlements. Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape is a
completely new perspective on how villages and other settlement
were formed. It combines map and field evidence with manuscript
treatises on land-surveying to show that the methods described in
the treatises were not just theoretical, but were put into
practice. In doing so it reveals a major aspect of previously
unrecognised early medieval technology.
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