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The Drug Utilization Review Network of Quebec
Authors: Breton Marie-Claude ,   With the Scientific Committee of the Drug Utilization Review Network,   Members of the Scientifc Committee of the RRUM include, Bourbeau Kateri , Cusson Jean R. , Grégoire Jean-Pierre , Guévremont Chantai , Labranche Sylvie , Milot Alain , Robert Sylvie , St-Laurent Maurice
Published: July 2010

Drug utilization review programs have been recognized as an effective way to control health care spending while maintaining quality services. This article describes the structure, mandate and activities of Quebec's Drug Utilization Review Network. This 112-member network, which represents 45% of health care facilities in the province, was established to promote the optimal utilization of drugs through the provision of support to pharmacology committees, therapeutic committees and pharmacy departments. The network's main role is to coordinate multi-centre drug utilization studies. Future challenges include maintaining member interest and evaluating the clinical and economic impact of the network's efforts.
Skill Mix Literature Review
Authors: Friesen Dawn
Published: July 2010

Administrators are currently being challenged to maintain high quality patient care in the face of shrinking health care resources. The introduction of different skill mix ratios has been suggested as one way to help manage health care costs. This paper briefly reviews the literature and research data on skill mix, discussing the relevant issues and identifying the positive and negative implications of this approach. It concludes with suggestions for further research.
Physician Impact Analysis Predictions in Ontario Hospitals: Does the Emperor Have Clothes?
Authors: Roberts Jacqueline , Charles Cathy , Cockerill Rhonda , Goldsmith Laurie J.
Published: July 2010

Physician impact analysis (PIA) is a human resource planning tool used to predict the impact on hospital resources of adding a new or replacement physician to a hospital's medical staff. This article describes the findings of a study which examined the extent to which PIAs are used in Ontario acute care hospitals and the accuracy of PIA predictions. The results suggest that although PIA appears to be widely used, there is no evidence that it meets the intended policy objective of accurately predicting physician hospital resource use.
An Assessment of the Introduction of a Multi-Skilled Worker into an Acute Care Setting
Authors: Trerise Barbara , Lemieux-Charles Louise
Published: July 2010

The first reengineering project undertaken by the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre after adopting a philosophy of patient-focused care was the introduction of a new category of worker: the multi-skilled service assistant. This article describes the experiences of the first two cohorts of service assistants and assesses the changes made to the work itself and the integration of the new workers into the work environment. It concludes by sharing recommendations for introducing a new work role.
L'impact du travail d'équipe sur la perception du personnel de l'habilitation et de la satisfaction professionnelle
Authors: Kutzscher Lia I. T. , Sabiston Jean Anne , Laschinger Heather K. Spence , Nish Margaret
Published: July 2010

Le modèle d'habilitation organisationnelle de Rosabeth Moss Kanter1 a été utilisé pour étudier les effets d'un projet de travail d'équipe pluridisciplinaire commencé pour préparer une enquête du Conseil canadien d'agrément des services de santé en 1995. Selon Kanter1, des structures de travail comme les équipes favorisent les occasions de formation et de croissance, permettent d'accéder à l'information, au soutien et aux ressources, habilitent les employés et augmentent la satisfaction professionnelle et le rendement. Les employés qui ont fait partie d'équipes pluridisciplinaires dans le cadre de l'enquête sur l'agrément (ṉ = 210) ainsi qu'un échantillon aléatoire d'employés qui n'ont pas fait partie de ces équipes (ṉ = 348) ont été interrogés pour vérifier leur perception de l'habilitation au travail et du degré de satisfaction professionnelle. En accord avec les propositions de Kanter, les membres qui ont fait partie d'équipes ont obtenu de meilleurs résultats quant à l'habilitation et ont perçu l'accès aux structures d'habilitation comme étant plus important que ceux qui n'en avaient pas fait partie. Dans l'ensemble, on a trouvé une perception beaucoup plus faible de l'accès aux structures d'habilitation que de l'importance de l'accès à ces structures. Les résultats de cette étude confirment l'utilisation d'équipes pluridisciplinaires comme stratégie de redéfinition des tâches pour améliorer l'efficacité du travail dans le secteur de la santé.
Planning for Complex Change: Insights from the Metro Toronto District Health Council Hospital Restructuring Project
Authors: Axler Helena , Donner Gail J. , Underwood Ene , Van de Bogart Laura
Published: July 2010

Restructuring and large-scale organizational change have become facts of life in Ontario's health care sector in recent years. Nearly every jurisdiction in Ontario has undergone systemwide hospital restructuring studies, and individual hospitals have increasingly turned to large scale re-engineering processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness. One example of planning for significant change was a hospital restructuring study undertaken by the Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council between 1993 and 1995. This article provides an overview of key insights gleaned from the project, including an analysis of the effectiveness and utility of some of the major planning strategies and tactics employed to realize project objectives. Given the organizational, process and communications issues faced by the study, many of the insights provided will be relevant to other groups engaged in planning for large-scale change processes, who face tough decision making in similarly complex environments.
The Challenge of Evaluating Programs in a Large Health Sciences Centre
Authors: Jarvis Hilary
Published: July 2010

This article illustrates how the logic model and a course on program evaluation at a large health sciences centre were instrumental in preparing staff to evaluate their own programs. Staff and physicians need basic skills in program evaluation. The logic model is a simple yet useful tool in helping to identify key measurables. A short course to teach the theory and practice of logic models, evaluation design, choice and design of measures, and data analysis has been shown to be a practical solution in preparing staff and physicians to evaluate their own programs.
Toward a Framework for Health Service Research
Authors: Saunders L. Duncan , Wanke Margaret
Published: July 2010

Fiscal concerns have provided the impetus for wide-ranging attempts to reform the delivery of health care in Canada. Health reform has in turn stimulated great interest and activity in health service research. For health service research to be of maximum use in addressing current and future challenges to the health care system, closer liaison is needed between researchers and decision makers — the users of research. The purpose of this paper is to promote greater interaction between decision makers and researchers by proposing a framework for health predicated on types of information needed for decision-making rather than on study methodologies. We distinguish between decision makers at the societal, health system, program and service levels. Types of studies are classified by their purpose and by the phase of the management cycle for which they provide information for decision-making.
Les spécialistes en marketing n'ont pas de veston écossais: Le marketing et l'administration des services de santé au Canada
Authors: Rigby John M. , Backman Allen M.
Published: July 2010

Le marketing a mauvaise réputation auprès des directeurs canadiens de soins de santé, même si les solutions qu'il offre peuvent régler beaucoup de leurs problèmes. Cet article présente une vue d'ensemble des compréhensions actuelles du marketing et de la façon dont elles peuvent s'appliquer au secteur de la santé. Le marketing doit être vu comme un processus continu. Ceci est particulièrement utile si nous comprenons la tâche première des directeurs de soins de santé comme étant la création et la promotion d'échanges avec les gouvernements, les médecins, les infirmières, les autres travailleurs de la santé et les diverses clientèles. Les échanges désirables pour la communauté de la santé seront plus susceptibles d'avoir lieu si les coûts et avantages réels des services de santé sont analysés, compris et diffusés de façon innovatrice. Le public évalue constamment le système de santé. Une évaluation constante suppose le besoin d'un marketing orienté, à l'interne, vers le personnel et les personnes au sein du système de santé et orienté, à l'externe, vers les clientèles à l'extérieur du système. Le marketing, s'il est bien compris et bien utilisé, peut faire partie des solutions innovatrices élaborées et utilisées par les directeurs de soins de santé lorsqu'ils doivent relever des défis difficiles dans le milieu actuel de la santé au Canada.
Healthy Hospital: Toward a Better Tomorrow a Demonstration Project to Promote Culture Change through Participatory Decision Making
Authors: Best J. Allan , Walsh Geoff , Muzin Fred , Berkowitz Jonathan
Published: July 2010

The three-year “Healthy Hospital” project was designed to increase participatory decision making, thereby decreasing job stress and increasing job satisfaction. Evaluation methods included employee surveys, focus groups and key informant interviews. Overall stress levels, job satisfaction and self-esteem generally improved. The diverse types of evaluation converge on a conclusion that the project achieved modest but significant gains throughout the organization. Lessons for future research and applications are discussed.
Organizational Restructuring in Health Care: A Successful Approach
Authors: Isaak Steven , McCutcheon David
Published: July 2010

The process of redesigning the internal organization structure of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals provides a successful example of this type of transformation. Based on a strategic approach to change, this multiphased process used a modified delphi technique to allow maximum participation in a total redesign of the structure during a four-month time frame. Implementation, which followed over the next year, resulted in a 40 percent reduction in management positions and the integration of the two sites of the hospital.
The SMARTT Program: Planning for Dementia Care
Authors: Cohen Carole A.
Published: July 2010

Dementia is being recognized as a major public health challenge. Caring for those with dementia poses unique problems for family and health care providers in community and institutional settings. This article describes the development of the Sunnybrook Memory Assessment Research Treatment and Training (SMARTT) Program at an academic health science centre. This program serves as a model for an integrated health system to meet the needs of dementia patients and their families.
Governing Integrated Health Delivery Systems: Meeting Accountability Requirements
Authors: Leatt Peggy , Leggatt Sandra G.
Published: July 2010

Many Canadian provincial governments are exploring methods to increase the integration of health services in an effort to improve the care provided, while maintaining or reducing the costs. Integrated health delivery systems are being implemented in the United States, Britain and other European countries. Such systems aim to provide a full continuum of care to a defined target population under a financing system of capitation.

This article explores the issues associated with the governance accountabilities of an IDS. A review of potential governance models is completed, and the factors that influence the choice of a governance model for an integrated delivery system are presented. In 1987, Ewell identified governing boards as the weakest link in the integrated health care systems of the United States. It is suggested that early attention to governance in the development of IDS models in Canada may improve the effectiveness of these systems.
Development and Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Team Standards of Patient Care
Authors: Beverley L. , Dobson D. , Atkinson M. , Caldwell L.
Published: July 2010

Interdisciplinary team collaboration is considered an essential component of most health care services. The overall goal of such collaboration in mental health services/psychiatry is to provide a comprehensive biopsychosocial perspective organized around patient needs and stages of treatment.1,2 There is also increasing interest in using an interdisciplinary framework to monitor and evaluate patient care.3,4 Unfortunately, little information is available regarding treatment standards that address the issue of interdisciplinary team collaboration. This project was designed to formulate a set of interdisciplinary team standards of patient care. This article presents the standards and provides an overview of the interdisciplinary processes through which they were developed. An empirical evaluation of the standards within one service area — The Affective Disorders Clinic — is also included.
Interdisciplinary Professional Practice Leadership within a Program Model: BC Rehab's Experience
Authors: Young Jenny M. , Ang Romilda , Findlay Tracey
Published: July 2010

In restructuring from a departmental to a program management model, BC Rehab successfully developed the role of professional practice leader to address clinical standards of practice and other concerns related to individual disciplines. A review of the role of professional practice leader is presented. Practice leaders are in a unique position to promote interdisciplinary, client-focused service. Because practice leaders' mandates cross program boundaries, they are able to keep the broad scope and goals of rehabilitation in the forefront, offering a balance to the program-specific perspective. It is imperative for practice leaders to maintain connections to operational and clinical issues to avoid isolation.
Toward Executive Support Systems in Health Management: Strategic Leadership Imperatives
Authors: Caro Denis H.J.
Published: July 2010

Executive support systems (ESSs) complement information technologies and add value to the work of senior health executives by enhancing management effectiveness, efficiency and productivity. This article examines the characteristics of executive support systems and their promising implications for executives in health services delivery. The systems' critical success factors are highlighted through a review of key development and management implementation strategies. The article concludes with a commentary on the fundamental significance of ESSs for health service leaders and managers.
Regional Policy and Procedure Development: A Seven-Step Process
Authors: O'Neill Mary Lou
Published: July 2010

In October 1997, Nova Scotia's Eastern Regional Health Board undertook the development of regional policies and procedures relating to both its governance and management responsibilities. The process that was adopted included delegation of tasks to work groups; development of general administrative policies and procedures in accordance with accreditation guidelines and present health restructuring initiatives; coordination of the development of the policies and procedures within a specific framework; and development of standardized clinical policies. A steering committee initiated the project, which involved 24 subgroups.
The need for routine physical health care in schizophrenia
Authors: Montejo A.-L.
Published: July 2010

When managing their patients with schizophrenia, psychiatrists are increasingly concerned about physical disorders, including weight gain, obesity, metabolic abnormalities (in particular, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome), prolactin increase, sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. Other common health-related problems in these patients include recreational drug use, sedation/physical inactivity, adverse drug effects and poor self-care. Each of these can have an impact on patient well-being, adherence to therapy and life expectancy. Collectively they can pose substantial barriers to optimal outcomes. However, the widespread acknowledgement of the importance of the physical health of patients with schizophrenia does not always result in consistent monitoring and management of physical health risks in the clinic. Urgent action is needed to ensure that psychiatrists prioritise physical healthcare alongside mental healthcare as a way to improve the longterm outcomes of treatment in all patients with schizophrenia.
Physical health in schizophrenia: a challenge for antipsychotic therapy
Authors: Heald A.
Published: July 2010

In the management of schizophrenia, mental health outcomes are the principal focus of treatment. The objective is to control the psychotic symptoms while minimising negative features of the illness, to achieve an overall improvement in the societal functioning of patients. Physical health is also important because if it is compromised, many of the benefits of improved mental health will be offset. Compared with the general population, schizophrenia patients are at increased risk of weight gain, abdominal obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. These physical health problems can contribute to the decreased quality of life, lowered self-esteem and reduced life expectancy commonly reported in schizophrenia. For these reasons there is a pressing need to improve both the monitoring and the management of physical health in patients with schizophrenia as a part of their overall care. A consensus for metabolic monitoring of patients receiving treatment with antipsychotic drugs is available. However, the practicing clinician requires guidance about management of physical health in routine clinical practice. This should include recommendations for measurements that have strong predictive value about physical health risks yet are easy to make, and about the use of medications that have the least effect on physical health parameters. This article will review the gravity of the physical health risks facing schizophrenia patients.
Physical health management in psychiatric settings
Authors: De Hert M. , van Winkel R. , Silic A. , Van Eyck D. , Peuskens J.
Published: July 2010

Severe mental disorders have a chronic course associated with a high risk for co-morbid somatic illnesses and premature mortality, but despite this increased risk, general health care needs in this population are often neglected. Over recent years, several groups have developed screening and monitoring guidelines for metabolic and cardiovascular risk assessment in patients treated with antipsychotics. The psychiatrist needs to be aware of the potential metabolic side-effects of antipsychotic medication and to include them in the risk/benefit assessment when choosing a specific antipsychotic. He should also be responsible for the implementation of the necessary screening assessments and referral for treatment of any physical illness. Multidisciplinary assessment of psychiatric and medical conditions is needed. The somatic treatments offered to people with severe and enduring mental illness should be at par with general health care in the non-psychiatrically ill population. In our University Centre, a structured and elaborate screening and monitoring protocol was introduced in late 2003. This paper describes the practical aspects of this monitoring protocol and the results obtained 4 years after its implementation.
Development of a Health Screening Clinic
Authors: Millar H.L.
Published: July 2010

Medical morbidity and mortality levels remain elevated in people with schizophrenia compared with the general population. Despite the increasing recognition of an excess of physical health problems in this population, health screening remains limited. Medical risk in this population can be related to a variety of sources. The disease process itself as well as poor diet and sedentary lifestyle contribute to the overall physical health problems. In addition antipsychotic medication can contribute to the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic problems. The Dundee Health Screening Clinic was developed to address the needs of this population by monitoring physical health and providing follow-up to ensure that patients received the necessary care. The Clinic demonstrates how a coordinated approach can be used to take simple steps to improve the overall well-being of these patients. It was set up by adapting the manpower resources and procedures of the community mental health team and local resource centre, without specific additional funding. Simple clinical measurements and tests were conducted in the Clinic and patients clearly demonstrated on a satisfaction questionnaire that they considered the health checks important. This Clinic is an example of how a holistic approach can impact on both the physical and mental well-being of patients and offer them improved care and therefore a better quality of life.
Physical Health Concerns of the Patient, the Family and the Carer
Authors: McCrae J.
Published: July 2010

Physical health monitoring is crucial in the light of current knowledge about the risks associated with schizophrenia and its treatment. Cooperation between psychiatrists, patients and informal carers can significantly enhance patient wellbeing in this regard. Moreover, an advocacy approach elevates patients from being passive recipients of care to active participants in an integrated system that has outcome benefits for all stakeholders. Considerable progress is being made in this regard, although there is still a long way to go to maximise the benefits of carer involvement in the global management of schizophrenia.
Religion, Reform, and Women's Writing in Early Modern England
Authors: Coles Kimberly Anne
Published: July 2010

Long considered marginal in early modern culture, women writers were actually central to the development of a Protestant literary tradition in England. Kimberly Anne Coles explores their contribution to this tradition through thorough archival research in publication history and book circulation; the interaction of women's texts with those written by men; and the traceable influence of women's writing upon other contemporary literary works. Focusing primarily upon Katherine Parr, Anne Askew, Mary Sidney Herbert, and Anne Vaughan Lok, Coles argues that the writings of these women were among the most popular and influential works of sixteenth-century England. This book is full of prevalent material and fresh analysis for scholars of early modern literature, culture and religious history.
The Celys and their World
Authors: Hanham Alison
Published: July 2010

From the start of his career as a young woolmerchant, about 1473, George Cely was a hoarder. He kept everything, from important business accounts down to the scrap of paper on which his father had once noted that the brewer and tailor hadn't been paid yet. The result is a rich collection, which not merely documents the Cely family's activities as staplers and ship-owners, but also gives vivid details of their intimate concerns: what they ate and wore, where they lived, how they spent their money - and where they went for loans when the cash ran short - how they amused themselves, and how they coped with trade recessions and political turmoil at home and abroad. This is the first comprehensive study to be based on the material.
British Policy and European Reconstruction after the First World War
Authors: Orde Anne
Published: July 2010

British Policy and European Reconstruction after the First World War is a study of the political economy of Europe after 1919. Dr Orde provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of reconstruction: financial stabilization, credit, trade and development. She shows how policies were much affected by the connected problems of reparations and war debts. In all this, Britain, as a major trading nation and financial centre, weakened by the war but less physically damaged than many belligerents, played a crucial role which has not hitherto received comprehensive treatment. Dr Orde examines the period between 1919 and 1924 in great detail, placing subsequent events in the historical context of wartime planning and concludes with the international economic conference of 1927. Special attention is paid to public policies and private institutions, particularly banking.
Economics and the Dreamtime
Authors: Butlin Noel George
Published: July 2010

It is a common perception that the influence of the Aborigines on British settlement in Australia was minimal. The economic significance of Aboriginal culture for the colonisers is rarely addressed and until now, has not been closely studied by an economic historian. This imaginative book presents a concept of a pre-European Aboriginal economy. It shows how an Aboriginal presence over millennia shaped the local environment and responded to it, so that the Aboriginal economy developed into an ordered system of decision-making able to satisfy the wants of the people. The book closely analyses the processes which allowed economic control of a country to pass from Aboriginal to European hands within 60 years of settlement. Professor Butlin's presentation of the contrast between one of the world's most ancient economies and one of its youngest is both illuminating and exciting.
The Labour of Loss
Authors: Damousi Joy
Published: July 2010

The Labour of Loss, first published in 1999, explores how mothers, fathers, widows, relatives and friends dealt with their experiences of grief and loss during and after the First and Second World Wars. Based on an examination of private loss through letters and diaries, it makes a significant contribution to understanding how people came to terms with the deaths of friends and family. The book considers the ways in which the bereaved dealt with grief psychologically, and analyses the social and cultural context within which they mourned their dead. Damousi shows that grief remained with people as they attempted to re-build an internal and external world without those to whom they had been so fundamentally attached. Unlike other studies in this area, The Labour of Loss considers how mourning affected men and women in different ways, and analyses the gendered dimensions of grief.
Raymond Poincaré
Authors: Keiger J. F. V.
Published: July 2010

This study is a scholarly biography of one of France's foremost political leaders. In a career which ran from the 1880s to the 1930s, one of the most formative periods of modern French history, Poincaré held the principal offices of state. He played crucial roles in France's entry into the Great War, the organisation of the war effort, the peace settlement, the reparations question, the occupation of the Ruhr and the reorganisation of French finances in the 1920s. His life and work is surrounded by controversy and myth, from 'Poincaré-la-guerre' to 'Poincaré-le-franc', which this book dissects. Using a host of new archival material, Professor Keiger explores the historiography of the man and his times and reveals, somewhat surprisingly, how animal rights and feminism could be as important to him as party politics and public finance.
Bourgeois Politics in France, 1945–1951
Authors: Vinen Richard
Published: July 2010

This 1995 book is a general study of politics and society in the Fourth Republic and is founded on extensive primary research. It approaches the period in terms of successful conservatism rather than thwarted reform, maintaining that conservatism in France was a more subtle, dynamic force than has previously been appreciated. Not the preserve of any one single party, conservative ideas were often defended by institutions outside the realm of explicit politics altogether, such as business associations, civil service departments and the law courts. It is proposed that conservatives did not simply return to French politics in 1945 untouched by the events of the previous five years. The experiences of Vichy, the occupation and the purges produced new kinds of political synthesis, making conservatives more dynamic and receptive to change than their 'progressive' opponents.
Remarkable Discoveries!
Authors: Ashall Frank
Published: July 2010

Remarkable Discoveries shows how scientists have made great discoveries that have pushed back the frontiers of knowledge and have changed the way we look at the world. Frank Ashall, scientist and writer, takes us on a magical mystery tour of eighteen major scientific discoveries. Electricity, X-rays, DNA fingerprinting and the Big Bang are but a few of the achievements on which the author writes. We delve into the world of the researcher and experience the excitement as each discovery is unfolded. Can we thank chance or just intelligence and hard work for the scientists' success? The personalities, the trials, the triumphs are all here. Remarkable Discoveries takes the reader on an exhilarating tour through some of the major scientific discoveries that have benefited humanity.
Rock Magnetism
Authors: Dunlop David J. , Özdemir Özden
Published: July 2010

Rock Magnetism, first published in 1997, is a comprehensive treatment of fine particle magnetism and the magnetic properties of rocks. Starting from atomic magnetism and magnetostatic principles, the authors explain why domains and micromagnetic structures form in ferromagnetic crystals and how these lead to magnetic memory in the form of thermal, chemical and other remanent magnetizations. The phenomenal stability of these magnetizations, providing a record of plate tectonic motions over millions of years, is explained by thermal activation theory. One chapter is devoted to practical tests of domain state and paleomagnetic stability; another deals with pseudo-single-domain magnetism. The final four chapters place magnetism in the context of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, and extraterrestrial rocks. This book will be of great value to graduate students and researchers in geophysics and geology, particularly in paleomagnetism and rock magnetism, as well as physicists and electrical engineers interested in fine-particle magnetism and magnetic recording.
Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders
Authors: Breslauer George W.
Published: July 2010

Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders, first published in 2002, examines the strategies employed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to build leadership authority. Political leaders often use a combination of coercion, material reward, and persuasion, but Professor Breslauer focuses on the power of ideas, as leaders use them to mobilize support and to craft an image as effective problem solvers, indispensable consensus builders, and symbols of national unity. In Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders: Building Authority in Soviet Politics (1982), he documented Khrushchev's and Brezhnev's domestic policy strategies; this book handles domestic and foreign policies. All chapters compare Gorbachev and Yeltsin and Khrushchev and Brezhnev, mostly analyzing the changes in policy, the strategies, and the political dilemmas that are common to all four administrations. The book discusses the ways in which authority building was affected by political constraints unique to each of the stages.
The Dynamics of Change
Authors: Clark J. C. D.
Published: July 2010

It is often assumed that Sir Lewis Namier and Sir Herbert Butterfield demolished the 'Whig interpretation of history'. In fact, much was allowed to remain standing by their failure to offer a new synthesis of English party politics. In this book Dr Clark provides the key component for such a new synthesis by a detailed exposition of the crisis of the 1750s, which was instrumental in the destruction of the party system and the emergence of new practices in the multi-factional world. The Court v. Country analysis of the politics of c. 1714–1760, still widely current, is refuted by a demonstration of the survival of the Whig and Tory parties of Queen Anne's reign until the 1750s; the long debate about George III and the constitution is set in a new perspective; and major new insights are offered into the nature of party and party politics.
Function Spaces, Entropy Numbers, Differential Operators
Authors: Edmunds D. E. , Triebel H.
Published: July 2010

The distribution of the eigenvalues of differential operators has long fascinated mathematicians. Advances have shed light upon classical problems in this area, and this book presents a fresh approach, largely based upon the results of the authors. The emphasis here is on a topic of central importance in analysis, namely the relationship between i) function spaces on Euclidean n-space and on domains; ii) entropy numbers in quasi-Banach spaces; and iii) the distribution of the eigenvalues of degenerate elliptic (pseudo) differential operators. The treatment is largely self-contained and accessible to non-specialists. Both experts and newcomers alike will welcome this unique exposition.
The Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist
Authors: Marshall Alfred
Published: July 2010

This is the second of a three-volume work constituting a comprehensive, scholarly edition of the correspondence of the English economist, Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), one of the leading figures in the development of economics and the founder of the Cambridge School of Economics. The edition fills a long-standing gap in the history of economic thought with hitherto unpublished material. Students will find it a basic resource for understanding the development of economics and other social sciences in the period since 1870. In particular, it provides much new information about Marshall's views on economic, social and political issues, his struggles to promote the teaching of economics at the University of Cambridge, and his relations with colleagues in Cambridge and elsewhere. Marshall's letters are notable for their frankness and spontaneity.
The Religion of Senators in the Roman Empire
Authors: Várhelyi Zsuzsanna
Published: July 2010

This book examines the connection between political and religious power in the pagan Roman Empire through a study of senatorial religion. Presenting a new collection of historical, epigraphic, prosopographic and material evidence, it argues that as Augustus turned to religion to legitimize his powers, senators in turn also came to negotiate their own power, as well as that of the emperor, partly in religious terms. In Rome, the body of the senate and priesthoods helped to maintain the religious power of the senate; across the Empire senators defined their magisterial powers by following the model of emperors and by relying on the piety of sacrifice and benefactions. The ongoing participation and innovations of senators confirm the deep ability of imperial religion to engage the normative, symbolic and imaginative aspects of religious life among senators.
Barcodes for Mobile Devices
Authors: Kato Hiroko , Tan Keng T. , Chai Douglas
Published: July 2010

From inventory management in stores to automotive part tracking in assembly plants, barcodes are one of the most prevalent automatic identification and data capture technologies. This book provides a complete introduction to barcodes for mobile devices, presenting the most relevant and up-to-date information previously unavailable elsewhere or difficult to obtain. The focus throughout is on recent developments and two-dimensional (2D) barcodes, including the research and development steps towards colour barcodes for mobile devices, helping readers to develop their own barcodes. The authors also provide design details for their own novel colour 2D barcode: the Mobile MultiColour Composite (MMCC) barcode, plus coverage of RFID technology and one-dimensional barcodes. This book is ideal for professional developers of barcodes for mobile devices who need the latest technical details and information on how to develop barcodes. It is also a useful reference for graduate students researching the field of barcode technology and mobile computing.
Geometry of Chemical Graphs
Authors: Deza Michel , Dutour Sikirić Mathieu
Published: July 2010

Polycycles and symmetric polyhedra appear as generalisations of graphs in the modelling of molecular structures, such as the Nobel prize winning fullerenes, occurring in chemistry and crystallography. The chemistry has inspired and informed many interesting questions in mathematics and computer science, which in turn have suggested directions for synthesis of molecules. Here the authors give access to new results in the theory of polycycles and two-faced maps together with the relevant background material and mathematical tools for their study. Organised so that, after reading the introductory chapter, each chapter can be read independently from the others, the book should be accessible to researchers and students in graph theory, discrete geometry, and combinatorics, as well as to those in more applied areas such as mathematical chemistry and crystallography. Many of the results in the subject require the use of computer enumeration; the corresponding programs are available from the author's website.
Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism
Authors: Rosenblum Jordan D.
Published: July 2010

Food often defines societies and even civilizations. Through particular commensality restrictions, groups form distinct identities: those with whom 'we' eat ('us') and those with whom 'we' cannot eat ('them'). This identity is enacted daily, turning the biological need to eat into a culturally significant activity. In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism. Bringing together the scholarship of rabbinics with that of food studies, this volume first examines the historical reality of food production and consumption in Roman-era Palestine. It then explores how early rabbinic food regulations created a distinct Jewish, male, and rabbinic identity. Rosenblum's work demonstrates how rabbinic food practices constructed an edible identity.
Fracture and Fragmentation in British Romanticism
Authors: Regier Alexander
Published: July 2010

What associates fragmentation with Romanticism? In this book, Alexander Regier explains how fracture and fragmentation form a lens through which some central concerns of Romanticism can be analysed in a particularly effective way. These categories also supply a critical framework for a discussion of fundamental issues concerning language and thought in the period. Over the course of the volume, Regier discusses fracture and fragmentation thematically and structurally, offering new readings of Wordsworth, Kant, Burke, Keats, and De Quincey, as well as analysing central intellectual presuppositions of the period. He also highlights Romanticism's importance for contemporary scholarship, especially in the writings of Benjamin and de Man. More generally, Regier's discussion of fragmentation exposes a philosophical problem that lies behind the definition of Romanticism.
Classical Greek Rhetorical Theory and the Disciplining of Discourse
Authors: Timmerman David M. , Schiappa Edward
Published: July 2010

This book contributes to the history of classical rhetoric by focusing on how key terms helped to conceptualize and organize the study and teaching of oratory. David Timmerman and Edward Schiappa demonstrate that the intellectual and political history of Greek rhetorical theory can be enhanced by a better understanding of the emergence of 'terms of art' in texts about persuasive speaking and argumentation. The authors provide a series of studies to support their argument. They describe Plato's disciplining of dialgesthai into the Art of Dialectic, Socrates' alternative vision of philosophia, and Aristotle's account of demegoria and symboule as terms for political deliberation. The authors also revisit competing receptions of the Rhetoric to Alexander. Additionally, they examine the argument over when the different parts of oration were formalized in rhetorical theory, illustrating how an 'old school' focus on vocabulary can provide fresh perspectives on persistent questions.
Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America
Authors: McGuire James W.
Published: July 2010

Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public provision of basic health care and other inexpensive social services has reduced mortality rapidly even in tough economic circumstances, and that political democracy has contributed to the provision and utilization of such social services, in a wider range of ways than is sometimes recognized. These conclusions are based on case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as on cross-national comparisons involving these cases and others.
Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative
Authors: Purves Alex C.
Published: July 2010

In this wide-ranging survey of ancient Greek narrative from archaic epic to classical prose, Alex Purves shows how stories unfold in space as well as in time. She traces a shift in authorial perspective, from a godlike overview to the more focused outlook of human beings caught up in a developing plot, inspired by advances in cartography, travel, and geometry. Her analysis of the temporal and spatial dimensions of ancient narrative leads to new interpretations of important texts by Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon, among others, showing previously unnoticed connections between epic and prose. Drawing on the methods of classical philology, narrative theory, and cultural geography, Purves recovers a poetics of spatial representation that lies at the core of the Greeks' conception of their plots.
The Doctrines of US Security Policy
Authors: Meiertöns Heiko
Published: July 2010

The practise of outlining principles for the conduct of US security policy in so-called doctrines is a characteristic feature of US foreign policy. From an international lawyer's point of view two aspects of these doctrines are of particular interest. First, to what degree are the criteria for the use of force, as laid down in these doctrines, consistent with the limitations for the use of force in international law? Second, which law-creating effects do these doctrines have? Furthermore, the legal nature of these doctrines remains uncertain. These matters are examined, beginning with the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 and taking into account the Stimson Doctrine of 1932, the doctrines of the Cold-War period and the Bush Doctrine of 2002. The Bush Doctrine in particular has generated controversies concerning its compatibility with Article 51 of the UN Charter, due to its principle of preventive self-defence.
Principles of Financial Economics
Authors: LeRoy Stephen F. , Werner Jan , Ross Stephen A.
Published: July 2010

Financial economics, and the calculations of time and uncertainty derived from it, are playing an increasingly important role in non-finance areas, such as monetary and environmental economics. In this 2001 book, Professors Le Roy and Werner supply a rigorous yet accessible graduate-level introduction to this subfield of microeconomic theory and general equilibrium theory. Since students often find the link between financial economics and equilibrium theory hard to grasp, they devote less attention to purely financial topics such as calculation of derivatives, while aiming to make the connection explicit and clear in each stage of the exposition. Emphasis is placed on detailed study of two-date models, because almost all of the key ideas in financial economics can be developed in the two-date setting. In addition to rigorous analysis, substantial sections of discussion and examples are included to make the ideas readily understandable.
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Authors: Rødseth Asbjørn
Published: July 2010

Professor Rødseth provides a broad survey of open economy macroeconomics within a unified framework. This upper-level textbook reviews the theories employed by ministries of finance, central banks and financial institutions which form the basis for most quantitative models of open economies. It also points out the limitations of these theories and gives an update on recent research. The emphasis is on how the nature of the markets for foreign exchange and for exports and imports sets the stage for government policy and determines the macroeconomic effects of external and internal shocks. Particular attention is paid to the relations between short- and long-run equilibria and the long-run consequences of national policies. Short-run wage rigidities play a key role, and models with wage bargaining are compared to more traditional formulations. Exchange rate policy and the transmission of shocks are discussed both from a national and an international perspective.
Fundamentals of Digital Imaging
Authors: Trussell H. J. , Vrhel M. J.
Published: July 2010

Introduction to digital imaging covering core techniques of image capture and the display of monochrome and color images. Basic tools required to describe sampling and image display on real devices are presented within a powerful mathematical framework. Starting with an overview of digital imaging, mathematical representation, and the elementary display of images, the topics progressively move to quantization, spatial sampling, photometry and colorimetry, and color sampling, and conclude with the estimation of image model parameters, and image restoration. The characterization of input and output devices is also covered. The reader will learn the processes used to generate accurate images, and appreciate the mathematical basis required to test and evaluate new devices. Contains illustrations, real-world examples, and end-of-chapter homework problems. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in digital imaging in electrical engineering and computer science departments. Also invaluable for practitioners in the industry. Instructor resources are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521868532.
Hydrodynamics and Sound
Authors: Howe M. S.
Published: July 2010

There is a certain body of knowledge and methods that finds application in most branches of fluid mechanics. This 2007 book aims to supply a proper theoretical understanding that will permit sensible simplifications to be made in the formulation of problems, and enable the reader to develop analytical models of practical significance. Such analyses can be used to guide more detailed experimental and numerical investigations. As in most technical subjects, such understanding is acquired by detailed study of highly simplified 'model problems'. The first part (Chapters 1–4) is concerned entirely with the incompressible flow of a homogeneous fluid. It was written for the Boston University introductory graduate level course 'Advanced Fluid Mechanics'. The remaining Chapters 5 and 6 deal with dispersive waves and acoustics, and are unashamedly inspired by James Lighthill's masterpiece, Waves in Fluids.
Plants at the Margin
Authors: Crawford R. M. M.
Published: July 2010

Margins are by their very nature environmentally unstable - does it therefore follow that plant populations adapted for life in such areas will prove to be pre-adapted to withstand the changes that may be brought about by a warmer world? Biogeography, demography, reproductive biology, physiology and genetics all provide cogent explanations as to why limits occur where they do, and the purpose of this book is to bring together these different avenues of enquiry. Crawford's numerous beautiful illustrations of plants in their natural habitats remind us that the environment remains essential to our understanding of plants and their function. This book is suited to students, researchers and anyone with an interest in the impact of climate change on our world.