1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003700650203316

Titolo

Surgical management of obesity / [edited by] Henry Buchwald, George S.M. Cowan Jr., Walter Pories

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Hardbound/Elsevier, 2007

ISBN

978-1-4160-0089-1

Descrizione fisica

Testo elettronico (PDF) (XV, 471 p.) : ill.

Disciplina

617.43

Soggetti

Obesità - Chirurgia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Leaders in the field present today's most comprehensive coverage of bariatric surgery, one of the most promising current treatments for the growing global epidemic of overweight and obesity. This brand new resource begins with a through examination of the history, incidence, demography, etiology, biology, comorbidities, longevity, and social and economic implications of obesity. It then discusses pre-, peri-, and postoperative issues of importance before examining the evolution of bariatric procedures. Individual chapters present the best surgical approaches, their outcomes, and other considerations involved in this surgical approach



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465952703321

Autore

Pichon Aurélien

Titolo

Homeostatic role of the parasympathetic nervous system in human behavior [[electronic resource] /] / Aurélien Pichon and Didier Chapelot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61728-234-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (60 p.)

Collana

Neuroscience research progress series

Altri autori (Persone)

ChapelotDidier

Disciplina

612.8/9

Soggetti

Parasympathetic nervous system

Homeostasis

Fatigue

Hunger

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 (p. [27]-41) and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910918594603321

Autore

Casanelles Sergi

Titolo

The Hyperorchestra : Screen Music and Virtual Musical Ensembles / / by Sergi Casanelles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031751936

3031751930

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Collana

Literature, Cultural and Media Studies

Disciplina

781.54201

Soggetti

Music - History and criticism

Music theory

Motion pictures

Television broadcasting

History of Music

Theory of Music

Contemporary Music

Film and Television Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- PART I: Theoretical and Practical Foundations -- 2. From Hyperreality to Digital Cinema: A Theoretical Overview -- 3. Conceptualizing the Hyperorchestra -- 4. The Digital Tools for the Hyperorchestra: MIDI, Virtual Instruments, and Digital Music -- PART II: The Hyperorchestra and the contemporary aesthetics for screen music -- 5. Hyperorchestral Aesthetic Frameworks for the Screen Music Composer -- 6. Hyperorchestration: Sonic Strategies for the Creation of Meaning -- 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The term hyperorchestra derives from hyperreality, a postmodern philosophical concept coined by Jean Baudrillard; the hyperorchestra is a virtual ensemble that inhabits hyperreality, capable of producing music that has the capacity to sound realistic and connected to our world, but that could never be produced by physical means only. This book studies the hyperorchestra as used in music for the screen and



draws from the intersection of practice and theory. From the theory's side, the book adopts concepts from postmodern philosophy such as hyperreality and Marshall McLuhan's theory of media .They serve to provide a philosophical ground from which to define the hyperorchestra. From the practice's side, the book describes contemporary processes, current software tools, orchestration and instrumentation principles, and contemporary approaches to music composition (such as spectral music). In doing so, the book proposes a new perspective for analyzing contemporary film music that pinpoints the importance of the relationship between timbre, meaning, and the different narrative levels within an audiovisual piece. Sergi Casanelles teaches composition at New York University. He has published several articles and chapters on screen music, and he has an active composition practice. He has written concert music for piano, chamber ensembles, orchestra, electronics, as well as music for the screen. He won the COM Radio Tutto Award for his solo piano piece Postlude to Chopin's F minor Fantasy, and the III Orchestral Composition Competition Evaristo Fernández Blanco for his work From Hell: 4 scenes of Dante's Divine Comedy.