1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464455103321

Titolo

External fixators of the foot and ankle / / editors, Paul S. Cooper, Vasilios D. Polyzois, Thomas Zgonis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4698-2489-2

1-4698-7867-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperPaul

PolyzoisVasilios D

ZgonisThomas

Disciplina

617.5/8059

Soggetti

Foot - Surgery

Ankle - Surgery

External skeletal fixation (Surgery)

Foot - Wounds and injuries - Treatment

Ankle - Wounds and injuries - Treatment

Foot - Diseases - Treatment

Ankle - Diseases - Treatment

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contributing Authors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. History and Evolution of External Fixation""; ""2. Safe Lower Extremity Anatomic Zones for External Fixation""; ""3. Biomechanics of External Fixation""; ""4. Circular External Fixation Components and Design Considerations""; ""5. Operating Room Preparation and External Fixation Equipment""; ""6. Stepwise Approach to Transosseous Wire and Half-pin Insertion and Tensioning""; ""7. Stepwise Approach to Uniplane, Biplane, Delta, and Hybrid External Fixation""; ""8. Stepwise Approach to Static Circular External Fixation""

""9. Stepwise Approach to Taylor Spatial Frame for the Foot and



Ankle""""10. Stepwise Approach to Forefoot Trauma and External Fixation""; ""11. Stepwise Approach to Midfoot/ Hindfoot Trauma and External Fixation""; ""12. Stepwise Approach to Ankle/Pilon Trauma and External Fixation""; ""13. Stepwise Approach to Forefoot Elective and Reconstructive Surgery with External Fixation""; ""14. Stepwise Approach to Midfoot and Hindfoot Elective and Reconstructive Surgery with External Fixation""; ""15. Stepwise Approach to Ankle Elective and Reconstructive Surgery with External Fixation""

""16. Stepwise Approach to Charcot Midfoot Reconstruction and External Fixation""""17. Stepwise Approach to Charcot Hindfoot/Ankle Reconstruction and External Fixation""; ""18. Stepwise Approach to Adult and Pediatric Foot and Ankle Malunions/ Nonunions and External Fixation""; ""19. Stepwise Approach to Foot and Ankle Osteomyelitis and External Fixation""; ""20. Surgical Off-loading External Fixation and Plastic Reconstruction of the Foot and Ankle""; ""21. Stepwise Approach to Bone Loss, Transport, and Lengthening with External Fixation""

""22. Stepwise Approach to Equinus Deformity Correction with Circular External Fixation""""23. External Fixation Postoperative Care and Rehabilitation""; ""Index""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464390503321

Autore

Belgiojoso Ricciarda

Titolo

Constructing urban space with sounds and music / / Ricciarda Belgiojoso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-16137-8

1-4724-2465-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Disciplina

711.6

780/.071

Soggetti

Soundscapes (Music) - History and criticism

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music and architecture

City sounds

City planning

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction to the English Edition; Introduction; Part I Urban Sounds Set to Music; 1 The Art of Noises; Machine Aesthetics and Enharmonic Intervals; Families of Noises; Noise Intoners; 2 Is a Truck Passing by Music?; In Search of Unknown Timbres; Silence and Indetermination; The Only Problem with Sounds is Music; 3 Concrete Music; Studying Noises; Acousmatics; Typology and Morphology of Musical Objects; 4 Soundscape; Soundscapes; Keynote Sounds, Signals, Soundmarks, Hi-Fi and Lo-Fi Soundscapes; Sonography and Analytic Proceedings; Tuning the World

Part II Urban Spaces Resound5 The City is an Orchestra; Bell Concerts; Harbour Symphonies; Tuned Cities; Public Music; 6 Instruments for Transforming Noises; Converting Traffic Noise into Music; Resonating Vases; Tuning Tubes; Filtering Everyday Sounds; 7 Sound Sources and Resonance; Sound Networks; Natural Sources and Artificial Environment; Acoustical Perspectives; Sound Sculptures; 8 Public Spaces Set to Music; Sound Situations; Constructing Imaginary Spaces; 9 Tuned Promenades; Sound Walks; Vocal Strolls; Urban Excursions; Part III Constructing Urban Space with Sound

10 Urban Sounds, Notes of LifeAural Architecture; Soundscape and Urban Planning; Evaluating the Acoustical Properties of an Urban Environment; 11 Listening to the Urban Environment; The Sound Identity of a City; For a Conscious Listening; 12 Guide Lines for Constructing Urban Space with Sound; Silent Disco vs. Muzak; Community Opera; Music en plein air; Conclusion; Bibliography; Discography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims at drawing the reader's attention to the sound of the urban environment. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it examines a heterogeneous selection of experimentations from the domains of music, art and architecture. Significant case studies of pieces of music, public art works and scientific research in the field of urban planning are analyzed, investigating the methods that have been adopted and the aural processes that have been generated. It then uses the findings to reconstruct the underlying theories and practices and to show what might be drawn from these procedures appli