1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460378003321

Autore

Pleska Cat <1953->

Titolo

Riding on comets : a memoir / / Cat Pleska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Morgantown : , : Vandalia Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-940425-53-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

975.4/043

Soggetti

Appalachians (People) - West Virginia

Only child

Working class families - West Virginia

Electronic books.

West Virginia Social life and customs 20th century

Saint Albans (W. Va.) Biography

Saint Albans (W. Va.) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

IMAGES... -- No Salt -- Trick or Treat -- A Tone -- Give Me My Hat -- Big Earl's -- A Brush with the Law -- In Mommaw's Kitchen -- AWAKENING... -- What We Called Home -- From a Time Before -- Night Light -- Cicada Buzz -- AWARENESS... -- I Spy -- Shelter -- Back Home -- Devil Faces -- Something Gathers 'Round Me -- House of Leaves -- Plunder -- REACTION... -- Alarm Clock -- My Civic Duty -- The Nervous Hospital -- My Kingdom for a Horse -- Night on Cheat Mountain I -- Night on Cheat Mountain II -- CarniVAL -- War -- The Sailor man -- LOSS... -- In the Cellar -- Reckoning -- Exception to the Rule -- Charmed -- I've Drawed up a Mite -- 900 Degrees Celsius -- Twin Haloes -- The Phone Rings -- Attention K-Mart Shoppers! Do the Dead Wear Underwear? -- We Shall Gather -- Riding on Comets -- Night on Cheat Mountain III -- Fall -- STRENGTH... -- Liminal -- Dragon's Tale -- Epilogue -- Author Bio -- Book Discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men.



Unlike many family stories set within Appalachia, this story provides an uncommon glimpse into this region: not coal, but an aluminum plant; not hollers, but small-town America; not hillbillies, but a hard-working family with traditional values. From the dinner table, to the back porch, to the sprawling countryside, Cat Pleska reveals the sometimes tender, sometimes frightening education of a child who listens at the knees of these giants. She mimics and learns every nuance, every rhythm--how they laugh, smoke, cuss, fight, love, and tell stories--as she unwittingly prepares to carry their tales forward, their words and actions forever etched in her mind. And finally, she discovers a life story of her own"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002816639707536

Autore

Vallone, Aldo <1916- >

Titolo

Il federicismo / Aldo Vallone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.] : Puglia grafica sud, 1980

Descrizione fisica

1 v. ; 27 cm

Disciplina

943.0250

Soggetti

Federico <imperatore ; 2.>

Federico <imperatore ; 2.>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estr. da: Atti delle 5. giornate federiciane



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349446503321

Titolo

The Handbook of Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring : A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Researchers, and Engineers / / edited by Josep Solà, Ricard Delgado-Gonzalo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-24701-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 pages)

Disciplina

612.140287

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Cardiovascular system

Cardiology

Biometry

Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology

Cardiovascular Biology

Biostatistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cuffless blood pressure monitoring and the advent of a new era in medicine and society -- Clinical Relevance of continuous and cuffless blood pressure monitoring -- A Historical Journey on the Physiology of Blood Pressure Monitoring -- The definition and architecture of cuffless blood pressure monitors -- Pulse Arrival Time: History and Devices -- Pulse Wave Velocity Techniques -- Concepts of Pulse Decomposition Analysis -- Pulse wave analysis techniques -- Machine Learning Techniques for Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation -- Initialization of Pulse Transit Time-Based Blood Pressure Monitors -- Key Regulatory Aspects and the Importance of Consensus Standards in Bringing Devices to Market -- Design of Clinical trials to validate cuff-less blood pressure monitors -- Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring: The Future for the Evaluation and Management of Hypertension -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the emerging field of cuffless blood pressure monitoring. Increasing clinical evidence proves



that longitudinal measurements of blood pressure allow for earlier detection and better management of multiple medical conditions and for superior prediction of cardiovascular events. Unfortunately, today’s clinical and industry standards for blood pressure monitoring still require the inflation of a pneumatic cuff around a limb each time a measurement is taken. Over the last decades clinicians, scientists and device manufacturers have explored the feasibility of technologies that reduce or even completely eliminate the need of cuffs, initiating the era of cuffless blood pressure monitoring. Among the existing literature, this book is intended to be a practical guide to navigate across this emerging field. The chapters of the handbook have been elaborated by experts and key opinion leaders in the domain, and will guide the reader along the clinical, scientific, technical, and regulatory aspects of cuffless blood pressure monitoring.