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In this book, Amy R. Wong unravels the colonial and racial logic
behind seemingly innocuous assumptions about "speech": that our
words belong to us, and that self-possession is a virtue. Through
readings of late-Victorian fictions of empire, Wong revisits the
scene of speech's ideological foreclosures as articulated in
postcolonial theory. Engaging Afro-Caribbean thinkers like Édouard
Glissant and Sylvia Wynter, Refiguring Speech reroutes attention
away from speech and toward an anticolonial poetics of talk, which
emphasizes communal ownership and embeddedness within the social
world and material environment. Analyzing novels by Robert Louis
Stevenson, Bram Stoker, George Meredith, Joseph Conrad, and Ford
Madox Ford, Wong refashions the aesthetics of disordered
speech—such as parroting, eavesdropping, profuse inarticulacy,
and dysfluency—into alternate forms of communication that stand
on their own as talk. Wong demonstrates how late nineteenth-century
Britain's twin crises of territorialization—of empire and of new
media—spurred narrative interests in capturing the sense that
speech's tethering to particular persons was no longer tenable. In
doing so, Wong connects this period to US empire by constructing a
genealogy of Anglo-American speech's colonialist and racialized
terms of proprietorship. Refiguring Speech offers students and
scholars of Victorian literature and postcolonial studies a
powerful conceptualization of talk as an insurgent form of
communication.
Papers presented at the International Symposium on Asymptotic and
Computational Analysis, held June 1989, Winnipeg, Man., sponsored
by the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Manitoba and the
Canadian Applied Mathematics Society.
Papers presented at the International Symposium on Asymptotic and
Computational Analysis, held June 1989, Winnipeg, Man., sponsored
by the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Manitoba and the
Canadian Applied Mathematics Society.
Acute lung injury (ALI) impacts patient care in every ICU in the
world. Our collective understanding of this condition has grown
immensely over the past decade but morbidity and mortality remain
unacceptably high. To enhance the understanding of clinicians and
researchers, this book addresses the pathophysiology of acute lung
injury from a molecular and cellular standpoint; includes animal
models of acute lung injury and points to potential therapeutic
advances based on scientific findings. It is a concise compendium
of the multiple pathways, mechanisms and molecules involved in the
pathophysiology of acute lung injury and is intended to help
caregivers understand the process and thus care for patients more
effectively.
The development of pediatric cardiac surgical programs has had a
profound effect on the s- cialty of pediatric critical care
medicine, and as a result, the ? eld of pediatric cardiac intensive
care is rapidly emerging as a separate subspecialty of pediatric
critical care medicine. The ability to provide care for the
critically ill child with congenital heart disease clearly
separates pediatric intensivists from our adult colleagues. A
thorough understanding and knowledge of the unique physiology of
the child with congenital heart disease are therefore absolutely
crucial for anyone working in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Once again, we would like to dedicate this textbook to our families
and to the physicians and nurses who provide steadfast care every
day in pe- atric intensive care units across the globe. Derek S.
Wheeler Hector R. Wong Thomas P. Shanley v Preface to Pediatric
Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence The ?
eld of critical care medicine is growing at a tremendous pace, and
tremendous advances in the understanding of critical illness have
been realized in the last decade. My family has directly bene? ted
from some of the technological and scienti? c advances made in the
care of critically ill children. My son Ryan was born during my
third year of medical school. By some peculiar happenstance, I was
nearing completion of a 4-week rotation in the newborn intensive
care unit (NICU).
The ? eld of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic
change. Technological and s- enti? c advances during the last
decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view
disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and
traumatic brain injury. Pediatric intensivists have been both
witness to and active participants in bringing about these changes.
As the understanding of the pathogenesis of these diseases reaches
the cellular and molecular levels, the gap between critical care
medicine and molecular biology will disappear. It is imperative
that all physicians caring for critically ill children in this new
era have a th- ough understanding of the applicability of molecular
biology to the care of these patients at the bedside in order to
keep up with the rapidly evolving ? eld of critical care medicine.
To the same extent, the practice of critical care medicine is in
the midst of fundamental change. In keeping with the Institute of
Medicine's report "Crossing the Quality Chasm," the care of
critically ill and injured children needs to be safe,
evidence-based, equitable, ef? cient, timely, and fami- centered
[1,2]. In the following pages, these changes in our specialty are
discussed in greater scope and detail, offering the reader fresh
insight into not only where we came from, but also where we are
going as a specialty.
The principal role of the respiratory system is to permit ef? cient
exchange of respiratory gases (O and CO ) with the environment. The
respiratory system is unique in that it is constantly 2 2 exposed
to a barrage of foreign substances from both the internal
environment (at any one point in time, approximately one-half of
the cardiac output is received by the lungs) and the external
environment (with each breath, the respiratory tract is exposed to
pollens, viruses, bacteria, smoke, etc). According to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, diseases of the res- ratory
system were the seventh and eighth leading causes of deaths in
children aged 1 to 19 years in 2003 [1]. Dr. George A. Gregory, one
of the founding fathers of pediatric critical care me- cine, once
estimated that acute respiratory failure accounts for nearly 50% of
all admissions to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) [2].
Just as important are the many diseases that affect the respiratory
system that are not associated with acute respiratory failure, but
nevertheless constitute a major portion of the practice of
pediatric critical care medicine, some of which account for signi?
cant morbidity and mortality [3]. Once again, we would like to
dedicate this textbook to our families and to the physicians and
nurses who provide steadfast care every day in pediatric intensive
care units across the globe. Derek S. Wheeler Hector R. Wong Thomas
P.
The care of the critically ill or injured child begins with timely,
prompt, and aggressive res- citation and stabilization. Ideally,
stabilization should occur before the onset of organ failure in
order to achieve the best possible outcomes. In the following
pages, an international panel of experts provides an in-depth
discussion of the early recognition, resuscitation, and
stabilization of the critically ill or injured child. Once again,
we would like to dedicate this textbook to our families and to the
physicians and nurses who provide steadfast care every day in
pediatric intensive care units across the globe. Derek S. Wheeler
Hector R. Wong Thomas P. Shanley V Preface to Pediatric Critical
Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence The ? eld of
critical care medicine is growing at a tremendous pace, and
tremendous advances in the understanding of critical illness have
been realized in the last decade. My family has directly bene? ted
from some of the technological and scienti? c advances made in the
care of critically ill children. My son Ryan was born during my
third year of medical school. By some peculiar happenstance, I was
nearing completion of a 4-week rotation in the newborn intensive
care unit (NICU). The head of the pediatrics clerkship was kind
enough to let me have a few days off around the time of the
delivery-my wife, Cathy, was 2 weeks past her due date and had been
scheduled for elective induction.
This study examines the record of French and EU interactions with
China, Japan and Vietnam in the areas of economic exchanges,
political security relations and human rights to establish if there
has been a trend of converging 'European' politics and collective
European conceptions of interest and identity. It argues that the
utility and impact of EU institutions on French foreign policy
behaviour is more significant than is commonly imagined or
admitted, and that foreign policies of EU member states tend over
the long term towards convergence.
This study examines the record of French and EU interactions with
China, Japan, and Vietnam in the areas of economic exchanges,
political security relations, and human rights to establish if
there has been a trend of converging "European" politics and
collective European conceptions of interest and identity. It argues
that the utility and impact of EU institutions on French foreign
policy behavior is more significant than is commonly imagined or
admitted, and that foreign policies of EU member states tend over
the long term towards convergence.
Acute lung injury (ALI) impacts patient care in every ICU in the
world. Our collective understanding of this condition has grown
immensely over the past decade but morbidity and mortality remain
unacceptably high. To enhance the understanding of clinicians and
researchers, this book addresses the pathophysiology of acute lung
injury from a molecular and cellular standpoint; includes animal
models of acute lung injury and points to potential therapeutic
advances based on scientific findings. It is a concise compendium
of the multiple pathways, mechanisms and molecules involved in the
pathophysiology of acute lung injury and is intended to help
caregivers understand the process and thus care for patients more
effectively.
The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans four
volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems.
Each major section consists of separate chapters dedicated to
reviewing the specific disease processes affecting each organ
system. Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of
references, with brief, concise remarks denoting references of
'special interest' and 'of interest'. Consequently, the books are
unique in their comprehensive coverage of pediatric critical care
and their ease of use and will be of value to those studying
towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are
already qualified.
This second edition spans four volumes, with major sections
dedicated to specific organ systems. Each major section consists of
separate chapters dedicated to reviewing the specific disease
processes affecting each organ system. Each chapter concludes with
a comprehensive list of references, with brief, concise remarks
denoting references of 'special interest' and 'of interest'.
Consequently, the books are unique in their comprehensive coverage
of pediatric critical care and their ease of use and will be of
value to those studying towards pediatric critical care
examinations and those who are already qualified.
Neurologic emergencies are a common reason for admission to the
pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). A thorough understanding of
the diseases and disorders affecting the pediatric central nervous
system is vital for any physician or healthcare provider working in
the PICU. In the following pages, an international panel of experts
provides an in-depth discussion on the res- citation,
stabilization, and ongoing care of the critically ill or injured
child with central nervous system dysfunction. Once again, we would
like to dedicate this textbook to our families and to the
physicians and nurses who provide steadfast care every day in
pediatric intensive care units across the globe. Derek S. Wheeler
Hector R. Wong Thomas P. Shanley v Preface to Pediatric Critical
Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence The ? eld of
critical care medicine is growing at a tremendous pace, and
tremendous advances in the understanding of critical illness have
been realized in the last decade. My family has directly bene? ted
from some of the technological and scienti? c advances made in the
care of critically ill children. My son Ryan was born during my
third year of medical school. By some peculiar happenstance, I was
nearing completion of a 4-week rotation in the newborn intensive
care unit (NICU).
Asymptotic methods are frequently used in many branches of both
pure and applied mathematics, and this classic text remains the
most up-to-date book dealing with one important aspect of this
area, namely, asymptotic approximations of integrals. In this book,
all results are proved rigorously, and many of the approximation
formulas are accompanied by error bounds. A thorough discussion on
multidimensional integrals is given, and references are provided.
Asymptotic Approximations of Integrals contains the "distributional
method," which is not available elsewhere. Most of the examples in
this text come from concrete applications. Since its publication
twelve years ago, significant developments have occurred in the
general theory of asymptotic expansions, including smoothing of the
Stokes phenomenon, uniform exponentially improved asymptotic
expansions, and hyperasymptotics. These new concepts belong to the
area now known as "exponential asymptotics." Expositions of these
new theories are available in papers published in various journals,
but not yet in book form.
The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans
three volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ
systems.Each major section consists of separate chapters dedicated
to reviewing the specific disease processes affecting each organ
system.Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of
references, with brief, concise remarks denoting references of
special interest and of interest .Consequently, the books are
unique in their comprehensive coverage of pediatric critical care
and their ease of use and will be of value to those studying
towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are
already qualified."
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