This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics is devoted to the prevention and management of air leak after pulmonary surgery. Despite recent progresses in surgical technique and improved perioperative care, prolonged air leak remains a frequent complication after pulmonary resection. Articles will address topics such as the physics and dynamics of the pleural space, risk factors of prolonged air leak, surgical techniques and interoperative measures, the use of sealants or buttressing material; postoperative rescue strategies and postoperative management of the chest tube, including the use of new digitalized systems and portable devices.
Processing Instruction is an approach to grammar instruction for second language learning, contrasting with traditional grammar instruction in its focus on structured input rather than learners' output. This book compares student assessment after traditional grammar instruction and after Processing Instruction to assess the positive benefits of this method of second language teaching. Rather than examining sentence-level tasks, the study looks at the relative effectiveness of Processing Instruction on discourse-level linguistic ability. Case studies using empirical data from second language learners of Japanese, Italian and English are used to highlight the benefits to the learner of this method of enhanced input. This monograph will be of interest to postgraduates and academics researching second language acquisition and applied linguistics.
Radio transmissions have opened new frontiers allowing the exchange of information with remote units. From the first applications of telegraphy and radio broadcast, wireless transmissions have obtained a great success with the widespread diffusion of mobile communications. We live in the communication era, where any kind of information must be easy accessible to any user at any time. Mobile communication systems are the technical support that allows the realization of such concepts. With the term mobile communications we embrace a set of technologies for radio transmissions, network protocols, mobile terminals and network elements. The widespread diffusion of wireless communications is making national borders irrelevant in the design, delivery and billing of services, thus requiring international coordination of standardization efforts in order to evolve regional systems towards global ones. Parallel to the evolution of radio-mobile systems, we assist to the massive diffusion of Internet network and contents, thus allowing many users on the earth to be interconnected and to exchange any kind of information, data, images and so on.
Avventure di giovani esploratori maceratesi. Una storia di bambini con una strega, briganti, orchi, animali strani, una mamma sola, un babbo in prigione e altre simpatie che laddove la periferia si confonde con l'infinito prendono forma e vita.
Un'antica leggenda narra di una Saga Vichinga e di un mitico eroe di nome Toldhar le cui gesta si tramandarono nel tempo dando vita ad una prestigiosa dinastia...e tali gesta, riprenderanno vita attraverso i racconti di un giovane giornalista free lance, che con la sua narrativa coinvolgera una bellissima donna di nome Samantha, che ancora non conosce dove i sogni la condurranno. Tra orgoglio e pregiudizio, incontrera un uomo che sapra esaltare la sua sensibilita, riscattandola dalle grinfie di un amore che, suo malgrado, l'aveva coinvolta in una vita non sua. Tuttavia ella non comprendera cosa significa amare, sino al giorno in cui...perdendo quell'uomo, scoprira quali verita si celavano dietro le sue parole...
Le attuali conoscenze scientifiche ci permettono di affermare, con un grado sufficientemente alto di probabilita, che, nonostante le apparenze e le percezioni che ci trasmettono i sensi, l'Universo e, in realta, un solo ed unico campo di Coscienza, e che, come diceva Albert Einstein, "lo spazio e il tempo non sono condizioni in cui viviamo, ma un modo in cui pensiamo". Sulla base di tali principi, l'autore propone, in questo libro, una nuova pratica Yoga, denominata Yoga della Coscienza, mediante la quale chiunque potra sperimentare una diversa dimensione esistenziale e divenire artefice del proprio destino.
Eserciziario per la riabilitazione cognitiva in bambini con ADHD, disturbi dell'apprendimento, disturbi del comportamento, attivit didattica complementare, difficolt attentive.
Inthe?eldofformalmethodsincomputerscience,concurrencytheoryisreceivinga constantlyincreasinginterest.Thisisespeciallytrueforprocessalgebra.Althoughit had been originally conceived as a means for reasoning about the semantics of c- current programs, process algebraic formalisms like CCS, CSP, ACP, ?-calculus, and their extensions (see, e.g., [154,119,112,22,155,181,30]) were soon used also for comprehendingfunctionaland nonfunctionalaspects of the behaviorof com- nicating concurrent systems. The scienti?c impact of process calculi and behavioral equivalences at the base of process algebra is witnessed not only by a very rich literature. It is in fact worth mentioningthe standardizationprocedurethat led to the developmentof the process algebraic language LOTOS [49], as well as the implementation of several modeling and analysis tools based on process algebra, like CWB [70] and CADP [93], some of which have been used in industrial case studies. Furthermore, process calculi and behavioral equivalencesare by now adopted in university-levelcourses to teach the foundations of concurrent programming as well as the model-driven design of concurrent, distributed, and mobile systems. Nevertheless, after 30 years since its introduction, process algebra is rarely adopted in the practice of software development. On the one hand, its technica- ties often obfuscate the way in which systems are modeled. As an example, if a process term comprises numerous occurrences of the parallel composition operator, it is hard to understand the communicationscheme among the varioussubterms. On the other hand, process algebra is perceived as being dif?cult to learn and use by practitioners, as it is not close enough to the way they think of software systems.
Learning from professional errors in social work is vital for successful reflective practice. This important book presents a theoretical framework that underpins this learning, along with a series of strategies for social workers to use, including creating questions and narratives to enhance learning, assertive techniques for receiving and offering criticism and organisational learning from mistakes.
Emotions are central to our humanity and yet, when it comes to social work, ‘difficult’ emotions like shame, anger, disgust, fear and sadness are often dismissed as unprofessional. This groundbreaking book challenges the taboo around emotion in social work. The first of its kind, it uses international research and hundreds of practitioner interviews to explore emotions in social work, and to demonstrate how embracing all emotions can enhance practice, prevent emotional burnout and strengthen motivation. Accessibly written and with a strong practical element, this book is an invaluable tool for turning complex and emotionally charged situations into rich opportunities for learning, enhancing resilience and developing personal and professional growth.
