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An exciting contribution to the field, Visual Dysfunction in
Diabetes: The Science of Patient Impairment and Improvement is
designed with two overriding objectives: to help readers understand
the impact of vision impairment in people living daily with
diabetes rather than considering diabetic retinopathy solely as a
medical problem, and to explore what we know and don't know about
the ways diabetes affect the eye. With the plethora of new
information being generated, there are still a series of
fundamental questions that must be addressed if effective
treatments for diabetic retinopathy are to be found and applied.
Developed by a renowned group of authorities, Visual Dysfunction in
Diabetes: The Science of Patient Impairment and Improvement offers
responses and context for a range of questions, such as: do
metabolic factors beyond glucose contribute to vision-threatening
diabetic retinopathy? If so, how do these lead to vision
impairment? Is diabetic retinopathy a response to systemic
metabolic abnormalities or are there unique ocular problems related
to insulin resistance? What is the relationship between the neural,
vascular, and inflammatory abnormalities in diabetic retinopathy?
Do they represent a pathological cascade induced sequentially or
simultaneous responses to one or more metabolic perturbations? The
authors note that if we do not address these types of questions, it
is possible that the long process of developing new therapeutic s
will target only one arm of the pathology and leave the retina open
to damaging consequences of the others. State-of-the-art,
comprehensive, and an invaluable addition the research and clinical
literature, Visual Dysfunction in Diabetes: The Science of Patient
Impairment and Improvement offers guidance and a significant step
toward new scientific approaches that can lessen the devastating
vision impairment associated with diabetes.
In the newly revised seventh edition of Managing Quality: Integrating the Supply Chain, a decorated team of operations experts delivers a thorough introduction to quality management with an enduring emphasis on the importance of the supply chain for quality improvement. You'll obtain an integrated understanding of the customers, suppliers, technology, and people essential to maintaining and enhancing product quality in business.
This latest edition combines the unifying theme of the supply chain with the latest developments in critical subject areas, like Lean, Six Sigma, and service quality. Updated vignettes and references maintain the currency of the work, while new content expands its scope and increases readability and accessibility for students of operations, quality management, and business.
Studies on Retinal and Choroidal Disorders examines the role that
oxidative and nitrosative stress plays in the complex physiology
and pathophysiology of the retina and choroid. Both the basic
science researcher and the clinical practitioner can use this book
as a guide to the current understanding of retinal and choroidal
cellular mechanisms involved in aging and disease. Beginning with a
review of oxidative stress and inflammation in the pathoetiology of
AMD and a review of the complement system in the retina, the book
then takes a detailed look at oxidative stress in lipid metabolism
and oxidized lipoproteins in the retina. It examines the
anti-apoptotic activity of -crystallins in the presence of
glutathione, oxidative stress in the mitochondria and endoplasmic
reticulum, the role of iron in retinal disease, the mechanisms of
pathological VEGF expression, NAPDH oxidase mechanisms, and
Hepatocyte Growth Factor in oxidative stress in the retina. A
detailed look at the Ccl2-/-/Cx3cr1-/- mouse model of AMD follows.
Then a detailed examination of the systemic changes in AMD is
followed by a discussion of cerium oxide nanoparticle reduction of
oxidative stress. Two chapters discuss progenitor cells in the
cause and treatment of retinal diseases including AMD and diabetic
retinopathy. Natural compounds in the prevention and treatment of
retinal diseases are exhaustively presented, followed by a chapter
on serotonin 5-HT1A receptor agonists in oxidative stress of the
retina. The current anti-VEGF treatment strategies of neovascular
AMD are then given. The volume continues with a detailed look at
nitric oxide and inducible nitric oxide synthase in retinal
vascular disease, an explanation of an in vivo technique of
studying the effect of lipid hydroperoxides on circulating
leucocytes in the retina, an excellent review of oxidative stress
in retinopathy of prematurity, and a look at VEGF induced oxidative
stress in the retinal ganglion cell. The book ends with a detail
examination of the role of carotenoids in retinal health and
disease. These 31 chapters summarize what is known about oxidative
stress in retinal and choroidal disorders. All those involved with
degenerative diseases of the eye will find Studies on Retinal and
Choroidal Disorders to be illuminating and comprehensive.
Electronic Noses and Olfaction 2000 reflects the state of progress
toward the development and application of electronic instruments
called electronic noses (e-noses). These instruments are generally
based on arrays of sensors for volatile chemicals with broadly
tuned selectivity, coupled to appropriate pattern recognition
systems. They are capable of detecting and discriminating a number
of different simple and complex odors, such as the headspace of
coffee and olive oil, as well as being able to perform simple
multicomponent gas analysis. Written by international scientists,
engineers, technologists, clinicians, investigators, and instrument
manufacturers working in the applied research of e-noses as well as
in the applications of olfaction and taste, this volume is
essential reading for anyone who wants a review of the latest
developments in odor sensors, instrumentation and signal
processing, and their medical, agricultural, and food-related
applications.
Discipline Over Punishment is an exploration of the transformative
potential of restorative discipline practices in schools, ranging
from the micro-level of one-on-one interactions with students to
the macro-level of re-routing the school-to-prison pipeline and
improving life outcomes for young people. Gardner, who continues to
teach high school in Oakland, CA, has spent nearly 20 years
innovating, struggling, and succeeding to implement various
restorative justice practices in classrooms and schools around the
Bay Area. Using classrooms and schools where he has taught and
students, families and educators with whom he has worked, Gardner
examines how restorative justice, as a set of beliefs and practices
can be a force for justice and equity in our classrooms, schools,
and beyond.
Discipline Over Punishment is an exploration of the transformative
potential of restorative discipline practices in schools, ranging
from the micro-level of one-on-one interactions with students to
the macro-level of re-routing the school-to-prison pipeline and
improving life outcomes for young people. Gardner, who continues to
teach high school in Oakland, CA, has spent nearly 20 years
innovating, struggling, and succeeding to implement various
restorative justice practices in classrooms and schools around the
Bay Area. Using classrooms and schools where he has taught and
students, families and educators with whom he has worked, Gardner
examines how restorative justice, as a set of beliefs and practices
can be a force for justice and equity in our classrooms, schools,
and beyond.
Chemical Intolerance identifies phenolic (aromatic) chemical
compounds present in natural foodstuffs, pollens, certain food
additives, tobacco smoke, perfumes, air pollution, etc., as
nonimmunologic, but pharmacologic activators of allergic reactions
in chemically intolerant individuals. Biochemical pathway
sequences, with supporting scientific literature, are outlined to
elucidate the mechanisms associated with formation of inflammatory
mediators (prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes) upon
activation by phenolic compounds and other chemical stimulants. The
role of these inflammatory agents in respiratory, gastrointestinal,
neurological, cardiovascular, and other disorders is discussed.
Treatment modalities using precise dosages of selected phenolic
compounds are outlined to provide clinicians with an effective
means of therapy. The author also shares his own experience and
personal findings based on 20 years of research, including his
recommendations for therapy.
Leaders today are familiar with the demand that they come forward with a new vision. But it is not a matter of fabricating a new vision out of whole cloth. A vision relevant for us today will build on values deeply embedded in human history and in our own tradition. It is not as though we come to the task unready. Men and women from the beginning of history have groped and struggled for various pieces of the answer. The materials out of which we build the vision will be the moral strivings of the species, today and in the distant past. Most of the ingredients of a vision for this country have been with us for a long time. As the poet wrote, "The light we sought is shining still." That we have failed and fumbled in some of our attempts to achieve our ideals is obvious. But the great ideas still beckon—freedom, equality, justice, the release of human possibilities. The vision is to live up to the best in our past and to reach the goals we have yet to achieve—with respect to our domestic problems and our responsibilities worldwide. —From the Preface to On Leadership
This book offers interpretations of the work of specific moral
philosophers that can be used to present a challenge to what the
author have been calling the view of moral philosophy. It focuses
on interpreting women moral philosophers and discusses whether
women have "prudence" or "natural sense".
Electronic Noses and Olfaction 2000 reflects the state of progress
toward the development and application of electronic instruments
called electronic noses (e-noses). These instruments are generally
based on arrays of sensors for volatile chemicals with broadly
tuned selectivity, coupled to appropriate pattern recognition
systems. They are capable of detecting and discriminating a number
of different simple and complex odors, such as the headspace of
coffee and olive oil, as well as being able to perform simple
multicomponent gas analysis.
Written by international scientists, engineers, technologists,
clinicians, investigators, and instrument manufacturers working in
the applied research of e-noses as well as in the applications of
olfaction and taste, this volume is essential reading for anyone
who wants a review of the latest developments in odor sensors,
instrumentation and signal processing, and their medical,
agricultural, and food-related applications.
Leading in the Belly of the Beast is an anthology of essays from
transformational school leaders around the country who lead in a
school system that is not set up for the success of their students,
namely students of color and students living in poverty. The book
highlights leaders who begin from the premise that the institution
of school/system of education in the United States, since its
inception, has been established to maintain the racial, cultural,
and economic status quo - and to maintain divisions among these
racial, cultural, and class groups. These leaders use this very
assertion as a foundation for their transformational leadership
from within the system. Leading in the Belly of the Beast includes
the voices of nine educators in a variety of positions of school
leadership, from principals and deans to teacher leaders. The
unifying experience of these leaders is that they all currently
work in the context of a school and, therefore, have authentic and
fresh experiences and expertise to share. The goal of Leading in
the Belly of the Beast is to emphasize the need to understand that
our current system of education as not broken but as functioning to
achieve exactly the results it was designed to achieve, and then to
demonstrate why and how transformative leaders can and must achieve
different results for students of color and students living in
poverty, even while operating in the "belly of the beast".
Leading in the Belly of the Beast is an anthology of essays from
transformational school leaders around the country who lead in a
school system that is not set up for the success of their students,
namely students of color and students living in poverty. The book
highlights leaders who begin from the premise that the institution
of school/system of education in the United States, since its
inception, has been established to maintain the racial, cultural,
and economic status quo - and to maintain divisions among these
racial, cultural, and class groups. These leaders use this very
assertion as a foundation for their transformational leadership
from within the system. Leading in the Belly of the Beast includes
the voices of nine educators in a variety of positions of school
leadership, from principals and deans to teacher leaders. The
unifying experience of these leaders is that they all currently
work in the context of a school and, therefore, have authentic and
fresh experiences and expertise to share. The goal of Leading in
the Belly of the Beast is to emphasize the need to understand that
our current system of education as not broken but as functioning to
achieve exactly the results it was designed to achieve, and then to
demonstrate why and how transformative leaders can and must achieve
different results for students of color and students living in
poverty, even while operating in the "belly of the beast".
Closer to Dylan Thomas than Matthew Arnold in his 'creative violence' and insistence on the sound of poetry, Gerard Manley Hopkins was no staid, conventional Victorian. On entering the Society of Jesus at the age of twenty-four, he burnt all his poetry and 'resolved to write no more, as not belonging to my profession, unless by the wishes of my superiors'. The poems, letters and journal entries selected for this edition were written in the following twenty years of his life, and published posthumously in 1918. His verse is wrought from the creative tensions and paradoxes of a poet-priest who wanted to evoke the spiritual essence of nature sensuously, and to communicate this revelation in natural language and speech-rhythms while using condensed, innovative diction and all the skills of poetic artifice. Intense, vital, individual, his writing is the 'terrible crystal' through which the soul, the inscape, the nature of things, may be illuminated.
Studies on Retinal and Choroidal Disorders examines the role that
oxidative and nitrosative stress plays in the complex physiology
and pathophysiology of the retina and choroid. Both the basic
science researcher and the clinical practitioner can use this book
as a guide to the current understanding of retinal and choroidal
cellular mechanisms involved in aging and disease. Beginning with a
review of oxidative stress and inflammation in the pathoetiology of
AMD and a review of the complement system in the retina, the book
then takes a detailed look at oxidative stress in lipid metabolism
and oxidized lipoproteins in the retina. It examines the
anti-apoptotic activity of -crystallins in the presence of
glutathione, oxidative stress in the mitochondria and endoplasmic
reticulum, the role of iron in retinal disease, the mechanisms of
pathological VEGF expression, NAPDH oxidase mechanisms, and
Hepatocyte Growth Factor in oxidative stress in the retina. A
detailed look at the Ccl2-/-/Cx3cr1-/- mouse model of AMD follows.
Then a detailed examination of the systemic changes in AMD is
followed by a discussion of cerium oxide nanoparticle reduction of
oxidative stress. Two chapters discuss progenitor cells in the
cause and treatment of retinal diseases including AMD and diabetic
retinopathy. Natural compounds in the prevention and treatment of
retinal diseases are exhaustively presented, followed by a chapter
on serotonin 5-HT1A receptor agonists in oxidative stress of the
retina. The current anti-VEGF treatment strategies of neovascular
AMD are then given. The volume continues with a detailed look at
nitric oxide and inducible nitric oxide synthase in retinal
vascular disease, an explanation of an in vivo technique of
studying the effect of lipid hydroperoxides on circulating
leucocytes in the retina, an excellent review of oxidative stress
in retinopathy of prematurity, and a look at VEGF induced oxidative
stress in the retinal ganglion cell. The book ends with a detail
examination of the role of carotenoids in retinal health and
disease. These 31 chapters summarize what is known about oxidative
stress in retinal and choroidal disorders. All those involved with
degenerative diseases of the eye will find Studies on Retinal and
Choroidal Disorders to be illuminating and comprehensive.
The German attack on merchant shipping in the Second World War,
known as the Battle of the Atlantic, was countered partly by
code-breaking intelligence known as Ultra. The dramatic revelation
of this factor in the middle 1970s resulted in many works giving
this as the most important cause of Allied success.
This book aims to discuss the basic principles of an electronic nose, and to provide an account of recent developments in this field, with practical examples of its application. It seeks to review the field together with the many new developments that have occurred since the first meeting was held on electronic noses in Iceland in 1991. It will be essential reading for anyone who is working, researching or simply interested in electronic noses or machine olfaction. A comprehensive appendix is provided at the end of the book.
An exciting contribution to the field, Visual Dysfunction in
Diabetes: The Science of Patient Impairment and Improvement is
designed with two overriding objectives: to help readers understand
the impact of vision impairment in people living daily with
diabetes rather than considering diabetic retinopathy solely as a
medical problem, and to explore what we know and don't know about
the ways diabetes affect the eye. With the plethora of new
information being generated, there are still a series of
fundamental questions that must be addressed if effective
treatments for diabetic retinopathy are to be found and applied.
Developed by a renowned group of authorities, Visual Dysfunction in
Diabetes: The Science of Patient Impairment and Improvement offers
responses and context for a range of questions, such as: do
metabolic factors beyond glucose contribute to vision-threatening
diabetic retinopathy? If so, how do these lead to vision
impairment? Is diabetic retinopathy a response to systemic
metabolic abnormalities or are there unique ocular problems related
to insulin resistance? What is the relationship between the neural,
vascular, and inflammatory abnormalities in diabetic retinopathy?
Do they represent a pathological cascade induced sequentially or
simultaneous responses to one or more metabolic perturbations? The
authors note that if we do not address these types of questions, it
is possible that the long process of developing new therapeutic s
will target only one arm of the pathology and leave the retina open
to damaging consequences of the others. State-of-the-art,
comprehensive, and an invaluable addition the research and clinical
literature, Visual Dysfunction in Diabetes: The Science of Patient
Impairment and Improvement offers guidance and a significant step
toward new scientific approaches that can lessen the devastating
vision impairment associated with diabetes.
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