1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450896903321

Titolo

Media, ritual, and identity / / edited by Tamar Liebes and James Curran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-72188-9

0-203-01912-1

1-280-33287-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Communication and society

Altri autori (Persone)

LiebesTamar

CurranJames

KatzElihu <1926->

Disciplina

070.1/95

Soggetti

Television broadcasting of news

Mass media - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A tribute to Elihu Katz.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; The intellectual legacy of Elihu Katz; Mass communication, ritual and civil society; Political ritual on television: episodes in the history of shame, degradation and excommunication; Television's disaster marathons: a danger for democratic processes?; Minorities, majorities and the media; Particularistic media and diasporic communications; The dialogic community: ~soul talks~ among early Israeli communal groups; The dialectics of life, story and afterlife; Broadcasting in the Third World: from national development to civil society

Public sphere or public sphericules?Crisis of public communication: a reappraisal; Public journalism and the search for democratic ideals; Promoting peace through the news media: some initial lessons from the Oslo peace process; Relationships between media and audiences: prospects for audience reception studies; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of the media in society; its complex influence on democratic processes and its participation in the construction and affirmation of different social identities. It draws extensively upon cultural anthropology and combines a commanding



overview of contemporary media debates with a series of fascinating case studies ranging from political ritual on television to broadcasting in the third world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830817503321

Autore

Hesselson Aaron B

Titolo

Simplified interpretation of ICD electrograms [[electronic resource] /] / Aaron B. Hesselson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Futura, 2005

ISBN

1-280-74830-3

9786610748303

0-470-76173-3

0-470-75078-2

1-4051-7329-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HesselsonAaron B

Disciplina

616.107547

617.4/120645

617.4120645

Soggetti

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Arrhythmia

Electrocardiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Simplified Interpretation of ICD Electrograms; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; SECTION I ICD BASICS; Chapter 1: What is an ICD?; Chapter 2: ICD System and Cardiac Anatomy; Chapter 3: The Hardware; The ICD Generator; Ventricular ICD Leads; The ICD Programmer; Chapter 4: ICD Electronics; Defibrillator Circuit; Defibrillation Waveforms; Defibrillation Shock Polarity and Configuration; Defibrillation Threshold; Chapter 5: Sensing; Chapter 6: Detection; Chapter 7: The Tachycardias; Chapter 8: The Therapies; Chapter 9: ICD Pacing; The New Implant; The Upgrade from Prior Pacemaker



The Implant for Congestive Heart FailureChapter 10: Unusual ICD Situations and Alternate Applications; SECTION II CASE STUDIES; Chapter 11: Case Studies Part A; Chapter 12: Case Studies Part B; SECTION III ANSWERS; Answers: 249; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written as a companion text to Dr Hesselson's first book about pacing, Simplified Interpretation of ICD Electrograms focuses on teaching an understanding of the electrogram (EGM) signal for troubleshooting ICD rhythms. The book includes an in depth review of the general function of an ICD (defilbrillation electronics, arrthythmia detection/therapy), as well as an extended summary of the commonly encountered arrthythmia in an EGM and ECG format. Throughout the book, Dr Hesselson emphasizes that the key for troubleshooting these devices lies in the ability to make the transition from surfaceECG