1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450091403321

Autore

Desjarlais Robert R

Titolo

Sensory biographies [[electronic resource] ] : lives and deaths among Nepal's Yolmo Buddhists / / Robert Desjarilais

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2003

ISBN

1-59734-893-7

9786612762796

1-282-76279-6

0-520-93674-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Collana

Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; ; 2

Disciplina

294.3/923/09225496

B

Soggetti

Lamas - Nepal

Buddhists - Nepal

Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Helambu Sherpa (Nepalese people) - Religion

Electronic books.

Nepal Religious life and customs

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Kurāgraphy -- Hardship, Comfort -- Twenty-Seven Ways of Looking at Vision -- Startled into Alertness -- A Theater of Voices -- "I've Gotten Old" -- Essays on Dying -- "Dying Is This" -- The Painful Between -- Desperation -- The Time of Dying -- Death Envisioned -- To Phungboche, by Force -- Staying Still -- Mirror of Deeds -- Here and There -- "So: Ragged Woman" -- Echoes of a Life -- A Son's Death -- The End of the Body -- Last Words -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Robert Desjarlais's graceful ethnography explores the life histories of two Yolmo elders, focusing on how particular sensory orientations and modalities have contributed to the making and the telling of their lives. These two are a woman in her late eighties known as Kisang Omu and a



Buddhist priest in his mid-eighties known as Ghang Lama, members of an ethnically Tibetan Buddhist people whose ancestors have lived for three centuries or so along the upper ridges of the Yolmo Valley in north central Nepal. It was clear through their many conversations that both individuals perceived themselves as nearing death, and both were quite willing to share their thoughts about death and dying. The difference between the two was remarkable, however, in that Ghang Lama's life had been dominated by motifs of vision, whereas Kisang Omu's accounts of her life largely involved a "theatre of voices." Desjarlais offers a fresh and readable inquiry into how people's ways of sensing the world contribute to how they live and how they recollect their lives.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466858703316

Titolo

Mathematical theories of optimization : proceedings of the international conference held in S. Margherita Ligure (Genova), November 30-December 4, 1981 / / edited by J. P. Cecconi, T. Zolezzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [1983]

©1983

ISBN

3-540-39473-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 1983.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (V, 270 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 979

Classificazione

00Bxx

49-06

35-06

93-06

Disciplina

519.6

Soggetti

Calculus of variations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

A convergence for bivariate functions aimed at the convergence of saddle values -- Optimal feedback controls for semilinear parabolic equations -- On the production smoothing problem -- Existence of solutions and existence of optimal solutions -- Dual variational



methods in non-convex optimization and differential equations -- ? — Convergence and calculus of variations -- The approximate first-order and second-order directional derivatives for a convex function -- New applications of nonsmooth analysis to nonsmooth optimization -- Controle optimal de systemes a etats multiples -- A relation between existence of minima for non convex integrals and uniqueness for non strictly convex integrals of the calculus of variations -- Remarks on pathwise nonlinear filtering -- Boundary solutions of differential inclusion -- On the compactness of minimizing sequences of variational problems -- A formula for the level sets of epi-limits and some applications.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019526203321

Autore

Takadoum Jamal

Titolo

Nanomaterials and Surface Engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013

ISBN

9781118618523

1118618521

9781118618615

1118618610

9781299315389

1299315380

9781118618820

1118618823

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Collana

ISTE

Disciplina

620.44

620.5

620/.44

Soggetti

Nanostructured materials

Protective coatings -- Materials

Surfaces

Protective coatings - Materials

Chemical & Materials Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Materials Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Nanomaterials and Surface Engineering; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Architecture of Thin Solid Films by the GLAD Technique; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The GLAD technique; 1.2.1. Deposition with an oblique angle; 1.2.2. Deposition on mobile substrate; 1.3. Resulting properties; 1.3.1. Structure and morphology; 1.3.1.1. Crystallography; 1.3.1.2. Porosity; 1.3.1.3. Surface morphology; 1.3.2. Mechanical properties; 1.3.2.1. Elasticity; 1.3.2.2. Hardness; 1.3.3. Optical properties; 1.3.3.1. Filtering; 1.3.3.2. Birefringency; 1.3.4. Electronic properties

1.3.4.1. Conductivity1.3.4.2. Photonics; 1.4. Conclusions and outlooks; 1.5. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Transparent Polymer Nanocomposites: A New Class of Functional Materials; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Nanoparticle modifications; 2.2.1. Silane; 2.2.1.1. Grafting of silanes; 2.2.1.2. Polymer grafting using grafted silanes; 2.2.1.3. Silane coating; 2.2.2. Grafted polymer; 2.2.2.1. "Grafting onto"; 2.2.2.2. "Grafting from"; 2.2.3. Coating; 2.2.3.1. Silica coating; 2.2.3.2. Polymer coating; 2.3. Nanoparticles and nanocomposites; 2.3.1. Nanoparticles; 2.3.2. Transparent polymers used as matrices

2.3.3. Nanocomposite processing2.3.3.1. Melt blending; 2.3.3.2. Solvent casting techniques; 2.3.3.3. In situ synthesis; 2.3.4. Desired properties; 2.3.4.1. Optical properties; 2.3.4.2. Thermomechanical and mechanical properties; 2.4. Conclusion; 2.5. Bibliography; Chapter 3. Nanostructures by Ion Irradiation; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Physical bases; 3.2.1. The slowing down process; 3.2.2. Spatial distribution of damages in collisional regime; 3.2.3. Damaging by electronic slowing down in swift heavy ion tracks; 3.3. Nanostructures produced in ballistic regime; 3.3.1. Implantation

3.3.1.1. Concentration gradients in implantation layers3.3.1.2. Variety of structures obtained by IBS; 3.3.2. Sputtering; 3.3.2.1. Cleaning, roughening of surface for improving the adhesion of coatings; 3.3.2.2. Surface relief induced by the combined effects of erosion and diffusion; 3.3.3. Ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) and ion beam deposition (IBD) of monoatomic ions or clusters; 3.3.4. Ion beam mixing; 3.3.5. Patterning; 3.4. Nanostructures produced in electronic slowing down regime; 3.4.1. Radiolysis of polymers; 3.4.1.1. Properties of tracks in organic polymers

3.4.1.2. Semi-organic polymers and gels3.4.2. Filters and templates; 3.4.3. Dissolution or growth of particles in composites; 3.4.4. Modification of magnetic properties; 3.5. Conclusions; 3.6. Appendix: basic formula of ion stopping; 3.7. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Microencapsulation; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The processes of microencapsulation; 4.2.1. Physico-chemical processes; 4.2.1.1. Coacervation; 4.2.1.2. Evaporation of solvant; 4.2.2. Chemical processes; 4.2.3. Other chemical and physico-chemical methodologies; 4.2.4. Fluidized bed equipment; 4.2.5. Other physical processes

4.3. Kinetics of release

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers a wide range of topics that address the main areas of interest to scientists, engineers, and students concerned with the synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterials. Development techniques, properties, and examples of industrial applications are all widely represented as they apply to various nanostructured materials including nanocomposites and multilayered nanometric coatings. It is recommended to anyone working in the field of nanomaterials, especially in connection with the functionalization



and engineering of surfaces.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133691703321

Titolo

Indonesia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N.Y., : Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1966-

ISSN

2164-8654

Disciplina

959.8/005

Soggetti

Czasopismo socjologiczne

Guidebooks.

Periodicals.

periodicals.

Périodiques.

Indonesia Periodicals

Indonesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from cover (JSTOR, viewed May 10, 2006).