1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456441003321

Autore

Paul Sherman

Titolo

For love of the world [[electronic resource] ] : essays on nature writers / / Sherman Paul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1992

ISBN

1-58729-181-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

810.9

810.9/36

810.936

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism

Natural history - United States - Historiography

Nature in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Thoreau; Thinking with Thoreau; From Walden Out; Three Reviews; Leopold; The Husbandry of the Wild; Aldo Leopold's Counter-Friction; Lopez; Making the Turn: Rereading Barry Lopez; Beston; Coming Home to the World: Another Journal for Henry Beston; Nelson; The Education of a Hunter: Reading Richard Nelson; A Letter from Richard Nelson; Eiseley; Back and Down: Loren Eiseley's Immense Journey; Muir; Muir's Self-Authorizings

Sommario/riassunto

Along with poets, philosophers, and deep ecologists, nature writers-who may be something of all three-address the world alienation of Western civilization. By example as well as with words, they teach us to turn from the self to the world, from ego to ecos.In these deeply felt meditative essays, Sherman Paul contemplates the cosmological homecoming of nature writers who show us how to reenter the world, participate in it, and recover respect for it.In For Love of the World Sherman Paul considers Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold, major writers in th



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795374903321

Autore

Abdelghany Ahmed A

Titolo

The Art of Pterygium Surgery : Mastering Techniques and Optimizing Results / / by: Gulani, Arun C.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Thieme, , 2020

ISBN

1-63853-467-5

1-62623-512-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 pages)

Disciplina

617.71

Soggetti

Pterygium - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Pterygium : history and overview / Arun C. Gulani and Parth G. Patel -- Classic signs, symptoms, classification, and differential diagnosis of pterygium / Sotiria Palioura and Eduardo Alfonso -- Current concepts in treatments of pterygium : an evidence-based review / Nathan Rock, Ming Wang, Nancy Argano, and Ilan Cohen -- Evolution of the medical and surgical treatments for pterygium / Ahmed A. Abdelghany and Jorge L. Alio -- Ocular surface and tear film management in pterygium surgery / Alanna S. Nattis, Henry D. Perry, and Eric D. Donnenfeld -- Amniotic membrane and umbilical cord as platform technology to promote regenerative healing / Anny M.S. Cheng and Scheffer C.G. Tseng -- Conjunctival autograft for primary and recurrent pterygium : past, present, and future / Minas T. Coroneo -- Amniotic graft surgery in ocular surface pathologies besides pterygium / Arun C. Gulani -- Mitomycin C, glues, sealants, and ancillaries in pterygium surgery / Arun C. Gulani, and Sonal Tuli -- Nonsurgical management of irregular astigmatism associated with pterygium / Melissa Barnett, Thomas P. Arnold, Nathan Schramm, Andrew Morgenstein, Christine Sindt, and Tracy Schroeder Swartz -- Stem cell applications in pterygium / Abhinav Loomba and Virender Singh Sangwan -- Surgical approach to isolated and associated presentations of pterygium / Alan N. Carlson -- Complications of pterygium surgery / Dhivya Ashok Kumar, Soosan Jacob, Ashvin Agarwal, and Amar Agarwal -- Complex pterygium surgery and complication management to cosmetic endpoints / Arun C.



Gulani and Aaishwariya A. Gulani -- Pterygium and pinguecula surgery : next-day cosmetic outcomes / Arun C. Gulani and Aaishwariya A. Gulani -- Kerato-refractive and premium cataract surgery with pterygium / Arun C. Gulani.