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Free Download Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement By Steve Bailey(auth.)
2007 | 287 Pages | ISBN: 0470058242 | PDF | 7 MB
Today the Paralympic Movement is recognised as a global sporting phenomenon attracting thousands of athletes from an ever-increasing number of countries. Athlete First provides a thoroughly researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organisation of the International Paralympic Committee. As well as recounting factual achievements and events, the book examines the position of sport and international competition for people with a disability within their changing historical context and in relation to the Olympic Movement and able-bodied sport. The first history of the origins and development of the Paralympic movementExamines disabled sport and international competition within their changing historical contextIncludes details of key players in the movement - on and off the field Written in an accessible style by a recognised historian Athlete First will prove invaluable to researchers and professionals involved in the field of sport and disability as well as sport scientists and physical education specialists with an interest in sports history. The ✅Publisher appreciates the role played by the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) in bringing this publication to fruition, and acknowledges the financial assistance provided by the International Olympic Committee.Content: Chapter 1 A Showcase of Ability (pages 1-12): Chapter 2 An Air of Hopelessness (pages 13-21): Chapter 3 The Era of Development: 1960 to 1980 (pages 23-41): Chapter 4 Fair, Not Equal: 1980 to 1988 (pages 43-90): Chapter 5 Building Bridges Not Walls: 1988 to 1992 (pages 91-137): Chapter 6 Spirit in Motion: 1992 to 1996 (pages 139-189): Chapter 7 Repair What Needs Repair? 1996 to 2000 (pages 191-224): Chapter 8 Sport is About Emotion: 2000 to 2004 (pages 225-263):

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2004 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 0727916718 | PDF | 2 MB
This guide on assessment of people with some sort of mental impairment is a broad ranging report produced jointly by the British Medical Association and the Law Society. It is an authoritative statement on an important area. Its wide ranging coverage makes it essential reading for these groups. The second edition has been revised throughout to bring it right up to date with present requirements. Content: Chapter 1 The Law, Practice, and This Book (pages 3-12): Chapter 2 Professional and Ethical Issues (pages 13-24): Chapter 3 What are the Legal Principles? (pages 27-37): Chapter 4 Capacity to Deal With Financial Affairs (pages 41-60): Chapter 5 Capacity to Make a Will (pages 61-70): Chapter 6 Capacity to Make a Gift (pages 71-75): Chapter 7 Capacity to Litigate (pages 76-83): Chapter 8 Capacity to Enter into a Contract (pages 84-88): Chapter 9 Capacity to Vote (pages 89-94): Chapter 10 Capacity and Personal Relationships (pages 95-106): Chapter 11 Capacity to Consent: The Criminal Law and Sexual Offences (pages 107-115): Chapter 12 Capacity to Consent to and Refuse Medical Treatment (pages 116-135): Chapter 13 Capacity to Consent to Research and Innovative Treatment (pages 136-144): Chapter 14 Practical Guidelines for Doctors (pages 147-163): Chapter 15 Practical Guidelines for Lawyers (pages 164-173):

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2004 | 266 Pages | ISBN: 0631234985 | PDF | 2 MB
This groundbreaking collection of original essays provides new perspectives in Asian media studies. The volume covers a diverse range of topics from media policy to globalization, using lively examples from various countries and media.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Our Asian Media Studies? (pages 1-15): John Nguyet Erni and Siew Keng ChuaChapter 2 Discrepant Intimacy: Popular Culture Flows in East Asia (pages 19-36): Koichi IwabuchiChapter 3 Hook' em Young: McAdvertising and Kids in Singapore (pages 37-54): Siew Keng Chua and Afshan JunaidChapter 4 Techno?Orientalization: The Asian VCD Experience (pages 55-71): Kelly HuChapter 5 The Struggle for Press Freedom and Emergence of "Unelected" Media Power in South Korea (pages 75-90): Myung?Koo KangChapter 6 "Forward?Looking" News?: Singapore's News 5 and the Marginalization of the Dissenting Voice (pages 91-115): Sue AbelChapter 7 Beyond the Fragments: Reflecting on "Communicational"Cultural Studies in South Korea (pages 116-135): Keehyeung LeeChapter 8 Re?Advertising Hong Kong: Nostalgia Industry and Popular History (pages 136-158): Eric Kit?wai MaChapter 9 The Whole World is Watching Us: Music Television Audiences in India (pages 161-182): Vamsee JuluriChapter 10 From Variety Shows to Body?Sculpting Commercials: Figures of Audience and the Sexualization of Women/Girls (pages 183-206): Irene Fang?chih YangChapter 11 Recuperating Malay Custom/Adat in Female Sexuality in Malaysian Films (pages 207-224): Gaik Cheng KhooChapter 12 The Formation of a Queer?Imagined Community in Post?Martial Law Taiwan (pages 225-252): John Nguyet Erni and Anthony Spires

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2004 | 218 Pages | ISBN: 1405115963 | PDF | 2 MB
Asian American Studies After Critical Massis a dynamic collection that showcases the most exciting scholarship in the field from a critical and cultural studies perspective. Comprised of ten original essays written by a group of scholars at the vanguard of the discipline, this collection takes on a range of topics and concerns, including Asian American film and popular culture; Asian Americans at the dawn of the twenty-first century; globalization and transnational citizenship; and queer Asian America. Addressing some of the most exciting issues and ideas in Asian American studies, this book strikes a bold new path for the field.This book can be used in conjunction with the Blackwell Companion to Asian American Studies.Content: Chapter 1 What is the Political? American Culture and the Example of Viet Nam (pages 17-39): Viet Thanh NguyenChapter 2 Ethnography, the Cinematic Apparatus, and Asian American Film Studies (pages 40-55): Peter X FengChapter 3 Culinary Fictions: Immigrant Foodways and Race in Indian American Literature (pages 56-70): Anita MannurChapter 4 Foregrounding Native Nationalisms: A Critique of Antinationalist Sentiment in Asian American Studies (pages 71-97): Candace FujikaneChapter 5 A Gay World Make?Over? An Asian American Queer Critique (pages 98-110): Martin F. ManalansanChapter 6 Asian American Studies Through (Somewhat) Asian Eyes: Integrating "Mixed Race" into the Asian American Discourse (pages 111-120): Cynthia L. NakashimaChapter 7 Asian American Studies and the "Pacific Question" (pages 121-143): J. Kehaulani KauanuiChapter 8 Planet Youth: Asian American Youth Cultures, Citizenship, and Globalization (pages 144-165): Sunaina Marr MairaChapter 9 The Problematics of History and Location of Filipino American Studies within Asian American Studies (pages 166-176): Helen C. ToribioChapter 10 Rethinking Asian American Agency: Understanding the Complexity of Race and Citizenship in America (pages 177-194): Taro Iwata

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2005 | 453 Pages | ISBN: 1405118040 | PDF | 8 MB
There has been very little written on the interaction of the liver and kidney. This book addresses the increasing incidence and significance of diseases, such as ascites, renal dysfunction, cirrhosis and hypertension where both organs are involved. This textbook is essential, even for confirmed practitioners and contains current information regarding treatment and therapy for patients with cirrhosis and ascites, clearly and effectively presented by the top international experts within this field. The second edition is entirely revised and updated and places greater emphasis on therapy.Content: Chapter 1 Extracellular Fluid Volume Homeostasis (pages 1-14): Brian D. Poole, William T. Abraham and Robert W. SchrierChapter 2 Physiology of the Renal Circulation (pages 15-28): Roland C. Blantz and Francis B. GabbaiChapter 3 Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Circulation (pages 29-39): Thomas Petnehazy, Thorsten Vowinkel and D. Neil GrangerChapter 4 The Renin?Angiotensin?Aldosterone System in Cirrhosis (pages 41-53): Mauro Bernardi and Marco DomenicaliChapter 5 The Sympathetic Nervous System in Cirrhosis (pages 54-72): Francis J. Dudley and Murray D. EslerChapter 6 Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Other Natriuretic Factors in Cirrhosis (pages 73-83): Giorgio La Villa and Giacomo LaffiChapter 7 Arachidonic Acid Metabolites and the Kidney in Cirrhosis (pages 84-104): Silvia Ippolito and Kevin P. MooreChapter 8 Nitric Oxide and Systemic and Renal Hemodynamic Disturbances in Cirrhosis (pages 105-114): Manuel Morales?Ruiz and Wladimiro JimenezChapter 9 Endothelin and Systemic, Renal, and Hepatic Hemodynamic Disturbances in Cirrhosis (pages 115-124): Veit Gulberg and Alexander L. GerbesChapter 10 Carbon Monoxide and the Heme Oxygenase System in Cirrhosis (pages 125-136): Richard W. Lambrecht, Mercedes Fernandez, Ying Shan and Herbert L. BonkovskyChapter 11 The Systemic Circulation in Cirrhosis (pages 137-155): Soren Moller and Jens HenriksenChapter 12 The Splanchnic Circulation in Cirrhosis (pages 156-163): Jaime Bosch and Juan Carlos Garcia?PaganChapter 13 Physiology of Hepatic Circulation in Cirrhosis (pages 164-173): Roberto J. Groszmann and Mauricio R. Loureiro?SilvaChapter 14 Alterations of Hepatic and Splanchnic Microvascular Exchange in Cirrhosis: Local Factors in the Formation of Ascites (pages 174-185): Jens H. Henriksen and Soren MollerChapter 15 The Heart in Cirrhosis (pages 186-197): Hongqun Liu and Samuel S. LeeChapter 16 Pathogenesis of Sodium Retention in Cirrhosis: The Arterial Vasodilation Hypothesis of Ascites Formation (pages 199-214): Patricia Fernandez de la Llama, Pere Gines and Robert W. SchrierChapter 17 Experimental Models of Cirrhosis and Ascites (pages 215-226): Joan Claria and Wladimiro JimenezChapter 18 Medical Treatment of Ascites in Cirrhosis (pages 227-240): Paolo Angeli and Angelo GattaChapter 19 Paracentesis for Cirrhotic Ascites (pages 241-250): Rosa Maria Morillas, Justiniano Santos, Silvia Montoliu and Ramon PlanasChapter 20 Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (Tips) for the Management of Refractory Ascites in Cirrhosis (pages 251-259): Guadalupe Garcia?TsaoChapter 21 Prognosis of Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites (pages 260-270): Monica Guevara, Andres Cardenas, Juan Uriz and Pere GinesChapter 22 Liver Transplantation for Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites (pages 271-285): Antoni Rimola, Miguel Navasa, Luis Grande and Juan?Carlos Garcia?ValdecasasChapter 23 A Practical Approach to Treatment of Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites (pages 286-293): Andres Cardenas and Pere GinesChapter 24 Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Non?Cirrhotic Ascites (pages 294-302): Egbert Frick and Jiirgen ScholmerichChapter 25 Pathogenesis of Hyponatremia: The Role of Arginine Vasopressin (pages 303-314): San?e Ishikawa and Robert W. SchrierChapter 26 Management of Hyponatremia in Cirrhosis (pages 315-326): Andres Cardenas and Pere GinesChapter 27 Pathogenesis of Renal Vasoconstriction in Cirrhosis (pages 327-340): Monica Guevara, Rolando Ortega, Pere Gines and Juan RodesChapter 28 Hepatorenal Syndrome in Cirrhosis: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management (pages 341-359): Vicente Arroyo, Carlos Terra, Aldo Torre and Pere GinesChapter 29 Glomerular Disease in Cirrhosis (pages 360-371): Brian D. Poole, Robert W. Schrier and Alkesh JaniChapter 30 Drug?Induced Renal Failure in Cirrhosis (pages 372-382): Francesco Salerno and Salvatore BadalamentiChapter 31 Clinical Disorders of Renal Function in Acute Liver Failure (pages 383-393): John G. O'GradyChapter 32 Renal Dysfunction in Obstructive Jaundice (pages 394-408): Antonio Sitges?Serra and Javier PadilloChapter 33 Experimental Models of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (pages 409-421): Agustin Albillos, Antonio de la Hera and Melchor Alvarez?MonChapter 34 Pathogenesis and Clinical Features of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (pages 422-433): Jose Such, Carlos Guarner and Bruce RunyonChapter 35 Treatment and Prophylaxis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (pages 434-440): Alejandro Blasco Pelicano and Miguel Navasa

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Athlete First A History of the Paralympic Movement

Assessment of Mental Capacity Guidance for Doctors and Lawyers, Second Edition

Assessing Bilingual Children in Context An Integrated Approach

Asian Media Studies Politics of Subjectivities

Asian American Studies After Critical Mass

Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Second Edition

Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry

Artificial Beings The Conscience of a Conscious Machine

Arming the World American Gun–Makers in the Gilded Age