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Racism and Anti-Racism in Probation
By David Denney. 1992
Racism and Anti-Racism in Probation analyses the complex processes by which black people are treated differentially by the probation service.…
Drawing on detailed ethnographic material, David Denney shows how conventions used by probation officers can discriminate against black people. He considers the implications of recent changes in penal policy on the development of probation work and considers how future developments may lead to an anti-racist form of probation practice.Watching Police, Watching Communities
By Mike McConville, Dan Shepherd. 1992
From the early 80s community policing has been held up as a new commitment to the ideals of service and…
the rejection of coercive policing styles. The idea was to encourage a partnership between the public and police in which community needs would be met by officers on local beats. Today, Government ministers and senior police officers depict Neighbourhood Watch, the centrepiece of the scheme, as a great success. However, Watching Police, Watching Communities reveals that most schemes are dormant or dead. The authors trace the causes of scheme failure to the lack of commitment to community policing by police forces. Most importantly, they find a police rank-and-file culture which celebrates aggression, machismo and the assertion of authority especially against areas occupied by ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups.Women's Health Matters
By Helen Roberts. 1991
Women's Health Matters, like its sister volume Women's Health Counts, is an invaluable practical guide to doing feminist research on…
women's health. Written by experienced researchers and practitioners, these lively accounts of research work range from getting the research idea, through obtaining the funding and doing the research, to the practical problems faced, and eventual publication. The book provides an ideal antidote to textbooks and manuals, giving the reader a taste of the problems and pleasures of doing real research.Jurisprudence as Ideology (Sociology of Law and Crime)
By Valerie Kerruish. 1992
In Jurisprudence as Ideology, Valerie Kerruish asks how it is that people who are put down, let down and kept…
down by law can be thought to have a general political obligation to obey it. She engages with contemporary issues in socialist, feminist and critical legal theory, and links these issues to debates in jurisprudence and the philosophy and sociology of law.Life After Ninety
By Michael Bury, Anthea Holme. 1991
In Life After Ninety Micheal Bury and Anthea Holme have surveyed and interviewed 200 individuals, living at home and in…
institutions, to examine old age stereotypes and present a unique picture of the health, quality of life, and social circumstances of the very old. Longevity and the factors which promote it are also discussed, and throughout the book the concept of the 'life course' is employed, which brings together the biographical experiences of individuals, and the changing historical circumstances of the twentieth century, through which they have lived.AIDS: Rights, Risk and Reason (Social Aspects of AIDS #Vol. 5)
By Peter Davies, Peter Aggleton, Graham Hart. 1992
From the Mental Patient to the Person: From The Mental Patient To The Person
By Robert Hayward, Dr Peter Barham, Peter Barham. 1991
The aim of contemporary mental health policy is to enable people who have had a severe mental illness to lead…
relatively independent lives in the community, rather than be sequestered permanently in the large mental hospitals. In recent years plans to hasten the closure of many of these hospitals have become controversial and generated sharp debate about community care. From the Mental Patient to the Person contributes to this debate through an exploration of the experiences of a group of people with a history of schizophrenic illness, who are living in the community.Health Promotion: Disciplines and Diversity
By Gordon Macdonald, Robin Bunton. 1992
Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives. It has come into the public eye as the…
subject of party politics and policy, but where does the movement come from?This book brings together views from a range of subjects, some not always associated with health promotion, such as marketing or communication theory. Others, such as social policy of psychology may have obvious connections to make; here the implications for practice are discussed fully for the first time. The volume adds up to a timely reflection on the state of health promotion today and will provide practitioners and academics alike with a clearer undersanding of a discipline at the frontier of contemporary policy and practice.Families: Intergenerational and Generational Connections
By Marvin B Sussman, Susan K Pfeifer. 1991
This special volume is devoted to the synthesis and review of theoretical and conceptual approaches associated with familial and non-familial…
connections across the life span. An important book as society “returns to the family,” it compares and contrasts different disciplinary perspectives associated with intergenerational relationships. Because intergenerational relationships have been the focus of research in many disciplines, various perspectives have emerged about kin and non-kin connections. Renewed interest in families and familial connections is due largely to events and situations occurring in complex, modernized societies which place the intergenerational nexus on center stage. The leading researchers represented in this outstanding book provide rare opportunity for the scholarly comparison of the various perspectives in the broader spectrum of family relations.Families: Intergenerational and Generational Connecting is a significant addition to the body of research on family connections. The three major areas of generational and intergenerational connections include theoretical and conceptual perspectives, connections within the family, and connections outside the family. As the use of families as support networks for individual members increases, this timely book will be an invaluable aid to educators, students, and researchers concerned about families and familial and non-familial relationships. Counselors and therapists will value this enlightening book with its diverse theoretical and conceptual perspectives on kinship, intergenerational solidarity and relations, social supports, and cross-national perspectives on family connections.Women, Oppression and Social Work: Issues in Anti-Discriminatory Practice (The state Of Welfare Ser.)
By Mary Langan, Lesley Day. 1992
Muslim-Christian Encounters: Perceptions and Misperceptions (Routledge Revivals)
By William Montgomery Watt. 1991
First published in 1991, this title explores the myths and misperceptions that have underpinned Muslim-Christian relations throughout history, and which…
endure to the current day. William Montgomery Watt describes how the myths originated and developed, and argues that both Muslims and Christians need to have a more accurate knowledge and positive appreciation of the other religion. Chapters discuss the Qur’anic perception of Christianity, attitudes to Greek philosophy and the relationship between Islam and Christianity in medieval Europe. Written by one of the leading authorities on Islam in the West, Muslim-Christian Encounters remains a relevant and vivid study and will be of particular value to students of Islam, religious history and sociology.Doctors' Careers: Aims and Experiences of Medical Graduates
By James Parkhouse. 1991
Introduction to Non-Invasive EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces for Assistive Technologies
By Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho. 2020
This book aims to bring to the reader an overview of different applications of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on more…
than 20 years of experience working on these interfaces. The author provides a review of the human brain and EEG signals, describing the human brain, anatomically and physiologically, with the objective of showing some of the patterns of EEG (electroencephalogram) signals used to control BCIs. It then introduces BCIs and different applications, such as a BCI based on ERD/ERS Patterns in α rhythms (used to command a robotic wheelchair with an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system onboard it); a BCI based on dependent-SSVEP to command the same robotic wheelchair; a BCI based on SSVEP to command a telepresence robot and its onboard AAC system; a BCI based on SSVEP to command an autonomous car; a BCI based on independent-SSVEP (using Depth-of-Field) to command the same robotic wheelchair; the use of compressive technique in SSVEP-based BCI; a BCI based on motor imagery (using different techniques) to command a robotic monocycle and a robotic exoskeleton; and the first steps to build a neurorehabilitation system based on motor imagery of pedalling together an in immersive virtual environment. This book is intended for researchers, professionals and students working on assistive technology.Islam and Biomedical Research Ethics (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library)
By Mehrunisha Suleman. 2021
This book is a contribution to the nascent discourse on global health and biomedical research ethics involving Muslim populations and…
Islamic contexts. It presents a rich sociological account about the ways in which debates and questions involving Islam within the biomedical research context are negotiated - a perspective which is currently lacking within the broader bioethics literature. The book tackles some key understudied areas including: role of faith in moral deliberations within biomedical research ethics, the moral anxiety and frustration experienced by researchers when having to negotiate multiple moral sources and how the marginalisation of women, the prejudice and abuse faced by groups such as sex workers and those from the LGBT community are encountered and negotiated in such contexts. The volume provides a valuable resource for researchers and scholars in this area by providing a systematic review of ethical guidelines and a rich case-based account of the ethical issues emerging in biomedical research in contexts where Islam and the religious moral commitments of Muslims are pertinent. The book will be essential for those conducting research in low and middle income countries that have significant Muslim populations and for those in Muslim-minority settings. It will also appeal to researchers and scholars in religious studies, social sciences, philosophy, anthropology and theology, as well as the fields of biomedical ethics, Islamic ethics and global health..Chemical Reagents for Protein Modification: 2nd Edition (Routledge Revivals)
By Roger L. Lundblad. 1991
First published in 1991, Chemical Reagents for Protein Modification, 2nd Edition provides a unique combination of theoretical and practical considerations…
for the use of chemical reagents for site-specific modification of proteins. The book is divided into three sections, with the first section describing general techniques, including information on the organic chemistry of the various modification reactions; the separation and characterization of site-specific modified proteins, including applications to proteins separated by electrophoresis followed by blotting; the specific chemical cleavage of peptide bonds in proteins; the separation of peptides by high-performance liquid chromatography and electrophoresis; and the use of chemical reagents to assess conformational change in proteins. The second section provides an encyclopedic description of reagents and reactions for the site-specific modification of individual amino acid residues in proteins. The final section presents descriptions of the use of chemical reagents to label biologically significant sites in proteins, including enzyme active sites and the use of covalent cross-linking to measure protein-protein interactions. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of photoaffinity reagents. The book will be an extremely useful research tool for all investigators interested in the solution chemistry of proteins.Pharmaceutical Product Licensing: Requirements for Europe
By Anthony C. Cartwright, Brian R. Matthews. 1991
Provides a systematic account of the major technical, administrative and legal requirements for registering a product in any of the…
national markets within the EEC, using the existing procedures, with guidance as to how these procedures are likely to change after 1992.The Integrated Medical Library (Routledge Revivals)
By Ms Helis Miido. 1991
First published in 1991, Library automation has advanced at such a rapid pace within the last few years that librarians…
who have been limited by either budget or hardware constraints are today able to automate at least some library functions. Even though presentations at meetings describing individual efforts have been published in the literature, there has not been a comprehensive text discussing the status of integration at all levels of library management as it exists today. The Integrated Medical Library addresses this need by presenting the results of a survey of automated systems currently used in medical libraries as a basis on which to discuss various methods for integrating these systems. This includes serials, cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, internal database management systems, external database search procedures, and management and financial control. The book emphasizes current practices and procedures and proposes methods for libraries to improve their performance and services.Part I defines an integrated online library system and describes the study design and analysis of results. Part II describes commercially available integrated online library systems currently used by medical libraries. Part III discusses the specialized integrated online library systems of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute for the Health and Social Services. Part IV describes ad hoc integrated functions currently used by medical libraries, while Part V discusses the various means of integration.Ultrasonic Exposimetry
By Marvin C. Ziskin, Peter A. Lewin. 1992
Ultrasonic Exposimetry presents the fundamentals of ultrasonics and discusses the theoretical background of acoustic wave generation and reception. Measurements, instrumentation,…
and interpretation of measured data (including error analysis) are examined in detail.Partnerships in Practice: The GP's Guide to Getting it Right First Time
By Petre Jones. 1991
Medical partnerships are highly complex legal and financial entities. This book navigates the reader through the key issues and deals…
with the less tangible aspects such as partnership dynamics and organisational behaviour. Examples illustrate common difficulties and offer possible choices. It is clear, practical and readable and essential for all GPs entering a partnership. It is also relevant for GPs currently in partnerships, practices considering their partnership deed, Senior House Officers and GP registrars.Microcapsules and Nanoparticles in Medicine and Pharmacy (Routledge Revivals)
By D. Sc., Max Donbrow. 1992
First published in 1992: This book provides a comprehensive look at the design and production of microcapsules, microspheres, and nanoparticles.…
It discusses the diverse aspects and skills that must be mastered to prepare and test products that will work correctly and be clinically acceptable for human or animal use.