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Campus Companies

UK and Ireland

By: Desmond M. Blair,David M.W.N. Hitchens

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Campus Companies

UK and Ireland

By: Desmond M. Blair,David M.W.N. Hitchens

First published in 1998, this volume explored the recent growth in university-based commercial start-up companies as a means of applying research in industry and as an alternative method of funding. Blair and Hitchens melded the practical experiences of universities with more theoretical understandings of technology transfer to assess whether it is more effective for universities to make commercial use of their research themselves as opposed to licensing, whether this is an effective way to get research applied by industry and the economic implications of these decisions. Drawing on the experiences of 25 universities, of which 18 are in the UK and Ireland, and including a detailed study of the QUBIS Group from Queen’s University of Belfast, the authors explore universities’ deliberate commercial exploitation of their research through university spin-off companies, the potential stresses on staff who are simultaneously academics and entrepreneurs along with universities’ attitudes to the practice and possible managerial strategies.

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300

Publisher

Routledge

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ISBN 10

0429865163

ISBN 13

9780429865169

Women and Heart Disease

By: Desmond Julian,Nanette Wenger

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Women and Heart Disease

By: Desmond Julian,Nanette Wenger

Despite being one of the world's biggest killers of women, heart disease is under-diagnosed, under-treated, and under-managed. Why? What is going wrong? Important and ground-breaking, Women and Heart Disease brings our attention to the inadequacies in both the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women. Key features: * written by Nanette Wenger and Peter Collins, two of the worlds leading cardiologists * contributions from leaders in women‘s cardiac health * covers all aspects of cardiovascular disease, not just coronary artery disease * fully updated. Building on the success of the best-selling first edition, this is essential reading for all physicians with a particular interest in women and heart disease.

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480

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CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0203640349

ISBN 13

9780203640340

Heart, The - An Elegant Pump: Its Origins And Partners

By: Desmond J Sheridan

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Heart, The - An Elegant Pump: Its Origins And Partners

By: Desmond J Sheridan

Our hearts have evolved to be extremely efficient, long-lasting pumps that exquisitely match the needs of our bodies. This book is about how the heart does this; how can a heart pump the blood for up to 100 years while the best Formula 1 racing engine has a working life measured in hours? Why is the heart so efficient, and how are worn out parts replaced while working? How does it generate the force to act as a pump, how is it controlled electrically, and how can it repair itself?This book addresses these questions from physiological and molecular perspectives in language that aims to be accessible to all interested in biology and with liberal illustrations.The story of how the heart works is presented in the context of its origins:The book begins with a discussion of why the word heart is universally used as a metaphor for reason and emotion and traces its origins in modern and ancient languages. The last chapter offers advice on how to preserve the heart by matching our lifestyles more closely to how it evolved.

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494

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World Scientific

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1800612524

ISBN 13

9781800612525

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Heart, The - An Elegant Pump: Its Origins And Partners

Heart, The - An Elegant Pump: Its Origins And Partners

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