Download or read book The Voice in the Headphones written by David Grubbs and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voice in the headphones says, “you’re rolling” . . . The Voice in the Headphones is an experiment in music writing in the form of a long poem centered on the culture of the recording studio. It describes in intricate, prismatic detail one marathon day in a recording studio during which an unnamed musician struggles to complete a film soundtrack. The book extends the form of Grubbs's previous volume Now that the audience is assembled, sharing its goal of musicalizing the language of writing about music. Mulling the insight that “studio is the absence of pushback”—now that no audience is assembled—The Voice in the Headphones details one musician's strategies for applying the requisite pressure to the proceedings, for making it count. The Voice in the Headphones is both a literary work and a meditation on sound recording, delivered at a moment in which the commercial recording studio shades into oblivion. It draws upon Grubbs's own history of several decades as a recording artist, and its location could be described as every studio in which he has set foot.
Download or read book Quarantined written by Peter Wilton Johnson and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the William Head Quarantine Station in British Columbia and the thousands of immigrants who were housed there upon their arrival in Canada.
Download or read book The Time of Quarantine written by Katharine Haake and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Lyrical, provocative, and deeply haunting, THE TIME OF QUARANTINE, takes us into a near-distant future of post-human environmental collapse to chronicle the tale of a boy raised alone in the woods by computers at the end of the world--or is it? As the sole surviving member of an ill-fated Intentional Community designed to escape world's end plagues and convinced he is alone on earth, the boy--now a man--is determined to carry out the final wishes of his father and fulfill his stoic duties of merely being human. But when he discovers, as if by accident, that everything he's always imagined to be true is, instead, a lie, he decides to leave the safety of his little spinning plot of spaceship earth and go back into the world to find out what comes next.
Download or read book Contemporary Vietnam written by Ian Jeffries and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides full details of contemporary economic and political developments in Vietnam. Key topics covered include Vietnam's success, in general, in maintaining high rates of growth in the face of inflation and the global financial crisis; continuing economic reforms; foreign trade and investment; battles against corruption; population growth; the Communist Party's determined maintainance of power; and Vietnam's response to public health problems such as AIDS, SARS and bird flu.
Download or read book Emerging Infectious Diseases written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics of Surveillance and Response to Disease Outbreaks written by Sara E. Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The capacity to conduct international disease outbreak surveillance and share information about outbreaks quickly has empowered both State and Non-State Actors to take an active role in stopping the spread of disease by generating new technical means to identify potential pandemics through the creation of shared reporting platforms. Despite all the rhetoric about the importance of infectious disease surveillance, the concept itself has received relatively little critical attention from academics, practitioners, and policymakers. This book asks leading contributors in the field to engage with five key issues attached to international disease outbreak surveillance - transparency, local engagement, practical needs, integration, and appeal - to illuminate the political effect of these technologies on those who use surveillance, those who respond to surveillance, and those being monitored.
Download or read book Medicine Update 2019 Progress in Medicine 2019 written by KK Pareek and published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Medicine Update 2019_2 Volumes) SECTION 1: CARDIOLOGY SECTION 2: HYPERTENSION SECTION 3: PULMONOLOGY SECTION 4: ENDOCRINOLOGY SECTION 5: DIABETOLOGY SECTION 6: NEUROLOGY SECTION 7: RHEUMATOLOGY SECTION 8: NEPHROLOGY SECTION 9: GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY SECTION 10: ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY SECTION 11: INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTION 12: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE SECTION 13: POISIONING AND TOXICOLOGY SECTION 14: PREGNANCY SECTION 15: HIV SECTION 16: GERIATRICS SECTION 17: LIPIDOLOGY SECTION 18: NUTRITION SECTION 19: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE SECTION 20: MISCELLANEOUS (Progress in Medicine 2019) SECTION 1: CARDIOLOGY SECTION 2: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETOLOGY SECTION 3: GASTROENTEROLOGY SECTION 4: GERIATRICS SECTION 5: GENERAL MEDICINE SECTION 6: INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTION 7: NEPHROLOGY SECTION 8: NEUROLOGY SECTION 9: ONCOLOGY SECTION 10: PULMONOLOGY SECTION 11: POISONING SECTION 12: RABINDRANATH TAGORE ORATION SECTION 13: RHEUMATOLOGY Index
Download or read book China s Crisis Management written by Jae Ho Chung and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuation of China’s successful rise depends considerably on the capacity of the Chinese government to prevent and manage a wide range of potential and actual crises, which could, if mishandled, have serious adverse consequences for China. These potential crises are both domestic - where the example of the collapse of the Soviet Union is well understood and remembered in China - and, increasingly, as a result of China’s ever closer involvement in the global system. This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China, and examines China’s mode of managing economic, political and military crises, as well as natural disasters, ethnic-minority issues, environmental and public health problems. In each area it considers the nature of potential crises and their possible effects, and the degree to which China is prepared to cope with crises.
Download or read book Plague Hospitals written by Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed throughout early modern Europe, lazaretti, or plague hospitals, took on a central role in early modern responses to epidemic disease, in particular the prevention and treatment of plague. The lazaretti served as isolation hospitals, quarantine centres, convalescent homes, cemeteries, and depots for the disinfection or destruction of infected goods. The first permanent example of this institution was established in Venice in 1423 and between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries tens of thousands of patients passed through the doors. Founded on lagoon islands, the lazaretti tell us about the relationship between the city and its natural environment. The plague hospitals also illustrate the way in which medical structures in Venice intersected with those of piety and poor relief and provided a model for public health which was influential across Europe. This is the first detailed study of how these plague hospitals functioned, where they were situated, who worked there, what it was like to stay there, and how many people survived. Comparisons are made between the Venetian lazaretti and similar institutions in Padua, Verona and other Italian and European cities. Centred on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during which time there were both serious plague outbreaks in Europe and periods of relative calm, the book explores what the lazaretti can tell us about early modern medicine and society and makes a significant contribution to both Venetian history and our understanding of public health in early modern Europe, engaging with ideas of infection and isolation, charity and cure, dirt, disease and death.
Download or read book Epidemics and Pandemics 2 volumes written by Joseph P. Byrne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond their impact on public health, epidemics shape and are shaped by political, economic, and social forces. This book examines these connections, exploring key topics in the study of disease outbreaks and delving deep into specific historical and contemporary examples. From the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 14th century to the influenza pandemic following World War I and the novel strain of coronavirus that made "social distancing" the new normal, wide-scale disease outbreaks have played an important role throughout human history. In addition to the toll they take on human lives, epidemics have spurred medical innovations, toppled governments, crippled economies, and led to cultural revolutions. Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats provides readers with a holistic view of the terrifying—and fascinating—topic of epidemics and pandemics. In Volume 1, readers will discover what an epidemic is, how it emerges and spreads, what diseases are most likely to become epidemics, and how disease outbreaks are tracked, prevented, and combatted. They will learn about the impacts of such modern factors as global air travel and antibiotic resistance, as well as the roles played by public health agencies and the media. Volume 2 offers detailed case studies that explore the course and lasting significance of individual epidemics and pandemics throughout history.
Download or read book Trade Policy Review written by World Trade Organization and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trade Policy Review Mechanism, a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is designed to contribute to improving adherence by all WTO members to rules, disciplines, and commitments made under the Multilateral Trade Agreement. This volume in the series provides information on the trade policies, practices, and macroeconomic situations of the Republic of Korea. Each Trade Policy Review is expertly prepared after in-depth analysis of an individual nation by the WTOs Trade Policy Review Board.
Download or read book Infectious Disease in India 1892 1940 written by S. Polu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India.
Download or read book Worst Case Bioethics written by George J. Annas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Carefully reasoned, clearly articulated, and pulls no punches...Boldly tackles the most contentious issues in bioethics and public policy....Worst Case Bioethics is certain to provoke strong responses across disciplines and ideologies on issues of great importance."- Mark Rothstein, Journal of Legal Medicine "Annas persuasively argues in Worst Case Bioethics that basing policy on extreme nightmare possibilities leads to a distortion of fundamental ethical principles and legal protections." - Arthur L. Caplan, The Lancet "Worst Case Bioethics offers a valuable consideration of how public health policy is sometimes shaped by fear in a counterproductive manner. The book is well-written, well-reasoned, and persuasive." - Thomas May, Science
Download or read book Political Developments in Contemporary China written by Ian Jeffries and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary political developments in China. Key topics include human rights and China's international relations with its neighbours and with the international community more widely. This is the companion volume to Economic Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide (also published by Routledge).
Download or read book Tourism Destination Management in a Post Pandemic Context written by Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context presents cases and competencies to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations post-pandemic.
Download or read book Crisis Rhetoric and Policy Change in China written by Yihong Liu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how China's political system responds to crisis. A crisis is an episode whose impact cannot be controlled merely by astute on-the-ground incident management, particularly in cases involving widespread doubt about the legitimacy of established policy paradigms or the political order as a whole. Crisis can create “political windows” for advocacy groups challenging established policies in pluralist democracies. The political battle between competing definitions of an uncertain and ambiguous situation among the various actors provides them with crisis-induced opportunity space for dramatic policy change. However, the process of crisis-induced policy change, mainly by crisis framing, in non-west regimes like China has not been adequately addressed. As China's leadership foregrounds legitimacy in “victory” over COVID-19, and a new era of climate change disasters begins, this dynamic model of crisis and recuperation will offer food for thought for scholars of Chinese and global politics.
Download or read book The Great Plague written by Stephen Porter and published by Amberley Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a narrative history of the Great Plague which struck England in 1665-66. This title is illustrated with over 80 contemporary images.
