1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459854203321

Autore

Kriza Elisa

Titolo

Alexander Solzhenitsyn : cold war icon, gulag author, Russian nationalist? : a study of the Western reception of his literary writings, historical interpretations, and political ideas / / Elisa Kriza ; with a foreword by Andrei Rogatchevski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2014

ISBN

3-8382-6689-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society

Disciplina

891.7344

Soggetti

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Goal and the Scope of the Study; 1.2 Review of Research Literature on the Subject; 1.3 Theoretical and Methodological Background of the Project; 2. Solzhenitsyn as a Writer and a Witness; 2.1 The Style and Genre of Solzhenitsyn's camp-related Literature; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; The First Circle; The Gulag Archipelago; 2.2 The Experience behind the Text: Camp Literature and Witness Literature; 2.3 The Reception of Solzhenitsyn's Camp Literature; 2.4 Chapter Conclusion

3. Solzhenitsyn's Oeuvre between Aesthetics and Politics3.1 Introduction to Methods and Contextualization; 3.2 Anti-communism: Solzhenitsyn at the Heart of the Cold War; Solzhenitsyn's Reception during the Cold War; Solzhenitsyn in Brandt's Germany; Solzhenitsyn in 1970's Britain and the US; Solzhenitsyn's Late Cold War Reception; Solzhenitsyn's Reception upon the Collapse of European Communism; 3.3 Solzhenitsyn in Revisionist Debates; Introduction; Revisionism in Solzhenitsyn's Work and Reception; Solzhenitsyn and World War II; Solzhenitsyn and Russian Nationalism

Solzhenitsyn and "the Jews"3.4 Political Christianity; 3.5 Comparative Chapter Conclusion; 4. Solzhenitsyn in History; 4.1 Solzhenitsyn and Historiography; 4.2 Solzhenitsyn and Memory Culture in East and West; 4.3 Chapter Conclusion; Conclusions; The Ethic; The Political; The Aesthetic; Concluding Thoughts; Bibliography



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299468203321

Titolo

Cardiovascular and Cardiac Therapeutic Devices / / edited by Thomas Franz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-53836-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, , 1868-2006 ; ; 15

Disciplina

616.106

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Biomaterials

Cardiology

Biophysics

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Multi-objective design of a biodegradable coronary artery stent -- Development of a fabric-reinforced porous graft for vascular tissue engineering using finite element methods and genetic algorithms -- Aortic aneurysms: OSR, EVAR, stent-grafts, migration and endoleak—current state of the art and analysis -- Flexible leaflet polymeric heart valves -- Aortic biological prosthetic valve for open-surgery and percutaneous implant: Procedure simulation and performance assessment -- Cardiac restraint and support following myocardial infarction -- In vivo mechanical loading conditions of pectorally implanted cardiac pacemakers.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on latest research in therapeutic devices for cardiovascular, i.e. vascular and valvular, and cardiac diseases. Aspects of vascular therapies covered relate to stent grafts for aortic aneurysms, endovascular stents for percutaneous arterial interventions, and small- to medium-diameter tissue engineered vascular grafts - one of the greatest persisting challenges in cardiovascular therapies.



Contributions on valvular therapies focus on prosthetic heart valves with flexible polymeric leaflets and patient-specific simulation for open-heart and percutaneous implantation of aortic biological heart valves including the challenges posed on the prosthesis design. The section on cardiac diseases provides contributions on advances in therapies for myocardial infarction and infarct-induced heart failure, and in vivo biomechanics of implantable cardiac pacemakers.