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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350309403321

Autore

Smith David W

Titolo

Articular Cartilage Dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / by David W. Smith, Bruce S. Gardiner, Lihai Zhang, Alan J. Grodzinsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-1474-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxiii, 738 pages)

Disciplina

611.0183

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Medical physics

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Medical and Radiation Physics

Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Articular Cartilage -- Cartilage tissue homeostasis -- Cartilage tissue dynamics -- Lubrication, Friction and Wear in Diarthroidal Joints -- A systems approach to articular cartilage -- Theory for modeling articular cartilage -- Computational modeling of articular cartilage.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains the anatomy and physiology of cartilage tissue in an integrated way. The emphasis is on how cartilage tissue functions and maintains homeostasis in a challenging mechanical environment. Supported by hundreds of references, the book posts new hypotheses explaining how cartilage adapts and achieves homeostasis in vivo, and tests them against available data. This exploratory approach creates a sense of discovery that the reader can join, or perhaps test themselves through their own research. The main benefit will be obtained by research students and professors looking to understand the deeper concepts that will further their own research, or clinicians (including health professionals and surgeons) who want to gain a deeper physiological understanding of cartilage tissue, which can then serve as a basis for more rational clinical decision-making they need to make on a daily basis. To help bridge the gap between basic science and



clinically relevant joint disease, applications and interpretations of key physiological concepts are discussed in the context of osteoarthritis at the end of most chapters.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910574851503321

Autore

Verini Alexandra

Titolo

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700 : New Kingdoms of Womanhood / / by Alexandra Verini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-00917-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 pages)

Collana

The New Middle Ages, , 2945-5944

Disciplina

321.07

940.902

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval

Europe - History - 476-1492

Philosophy, Medieval

Literature - Philosophy

Feminism and literature

Feminist theology

Medieval Literature

History of Medieval Europe

Medieval Philosophy

Feminist Literary Theory

Feminist Theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Mirrors of our Lady: Utopia in the Medieval Convent -- Chapter 2: These Most Afflicted Sisters: Old and New Futures in Exiled English Convents -- Chapter 3: Not Yet: Aspirational Women’s Communities Beyond the Convent -- Chapter 4: Convents of Pleasure: English Women’s Literary Utopias.



Sommario/riassunto

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700: New Kingdoms of Womanhood uncovers a tradition of women’s utopianism that extends back to medieval women’s monasticism, overturning accounts of utopia that trace its origins solely to Thomas More. As enclosed spaces in which women wielded authority that was unavailable to them in the outside world, medieval and early modern convents were self-consciously engaged in reworking pre-existing cultural heritage to project desired proto-feminist futures. The utopianism developed within the English convent percolated outwards to unenclosed women's spiritual communities such as Mary Ward's Institute of the Blessed Virgin and the Ferrar family at Little Gidding. Convent-based utopianism further acted as an unrecognized influence on the first English women’s literary utopias by authors such as Margaret Cavendish and Mary Astell. Collectively, these female communities forged a mode of utopia that drew on the past to imagine new possibilities for themselves as well as for their larger religious and political communities. Tracking utopianism from the convent to the literary page over a period of 300 years, New Kingdoms writes a new history of medieval and early modern women’s intellectual work and expands the concept of utopia itself.