Oxford Handbook of Diabetes Nursing

by Nicola Milne, Teffy Thomas

2025 · Oxford University Press

The Oxford Handbook of Diabetes Nursing has been fully reviewed and updated for its second edition. This practical pocket-sized guide serves as an update to support knowledge for contemporaneous, holistic and gold standards of care in diabetes. Written by experienced diabetes practitioners, the focus is on adult diabetes care across all settings to include primary, community, and inpatient diabetes care. There is a wealth of evidenced based, practical guidance delivered in the easy-to-read, quick reference Oxford Handbook format. New chapters include; psychological issues in people living with diabetes, female health in diabetes, the perioperative management of diabetes, and technology for insulin delivery and glucose monitoring. Other chapters cover areas which have developed over more recent years such as type 2 diabetes prevention, the remission of type 2 diabetes, cardio-renal protection, frailty assessment, and multiple long-term conditions, with a comprehensive section on insulin, to include advice on insulin types, devices, safety and best practice technique. Many chapters include associated case studies to support enhanced learning. Throughout the handbook there is a focus on potential health inequalities, the importance of individualised care, and how underserved communities can best be supported. As we look to effective diabetes care delivery by the whole multi-disciplinary team the handbook continues to be a valuable resource providing high standards of education, guidance, and signposting for all healthcare professionals.

Enhancing Carbon Fibre Production Through Life Cycle Analysis

by Thomas Groetsch

2024 · Springer Nature

This book describes the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to streamline analysis of process and material variations in carbon fibre manufacturing, focusing on large-scale continuous production. It reports on a modular LCA concept based on accepted international standards and an in-depth analysis of carbon fibre manufacture. This streamlined assessment approach considers material flows and properties, and generated emissions, throughout the manufacturing process. Further, four manufacturing scenarios for optimizing material throughput are discussed, highlighting trade-offs between production rate, material properties, environmental impact, and cost. In turn (“Subsequently” or a synonym may be more suitable here as this part is not directly linked to what is described in the previous sentence), the evaluation of three precursor materials,traditional PAN, textile-grade PAN, and an experimental bio-based lignin-cellulose blend is described. The strengths and weaknesses, like processability and cost efficiency, of each material are outlined in detail. Overall, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the effect process and material variations have on carbon fiber manufacture. It also showcases methodologies to optimize these industrial processes for a sustainable production on a large scale.