1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791568003321

Autore

Taft Jessica K.

Titolo

Rebel Girls : Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas / / Jessica K. Taft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-8147-8420-8

0-8147-8337-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

305.235/2097

Soggetti

Social action -- America

Teenage girls -- Political activity -- America

Youth -- Political activity -- America

Teenage girls - Political activity - America

Youth - Political activity - America

Social action - America

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Child & Youth Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. We Are Not Ophelia -- 3. We Are Not the Future -- 4. We Are Not Girls -- 5. The Street Is Our Classroom -- 6. Join the Party -- 7. We’ve Got Spirit -- 8. Conclusion -- Methodological Appendix -- Demographic Tables -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

From anti-war walkouts to anarchist youth newspapers, rallies against educational privatization, and workshops on fair trade, teenage girls are active participants and leaders in a variety of social movements. Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas illuminates the experiences and perspectives of these uniquely positioned agents of social change. Jessica K. Taft introduces readers to a diverse and vibrant transnational community of teenage girl activists



in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mexico City, Caracas, Buenos Aires, and Vancouver. Expansive in scope and full of rich details, Taft brings to life the voices of these inspiring activists who are engaged in innovative and effective organizing for global and local social justice, highlighting their important contributions to contemporary social movements and social theory.Rebel Girls explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and redefining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process. Taft examines the girl activists’ social movement strategies and collective political practices, detailing their shared commitments to process-based political education, participatory democracy, and hopeful enthusiasm. Ultimately, Rebel Girls has substantial implications for social movements and youth organizations, arguing that adult social movements could learn a great deal from girl activists and making clear the importance of increased collaboration between young people and adults.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300410103321

Titolo

Optical Coherence Tomography : Technology and Applications / / edited by Wolfgang Drexler, James G. Fujimoto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-06419-3

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : $b illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Springer reference

Disciplina

616.07545

Soggetti

Medical physics

Ophthalmology

Biophysics

Electrodynamics

Biomedical engineering

Measurement

Measuring instruments

Medical Physics

Classical Electrodynamics

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Measurement Science and Instrumentation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Introduction to Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) -- Theory of OCT -- Modeling Light - Tissue Interaction in OCT Systems -- OCT Technology -- Optical Coherence Microscopy -- Contrast Enhanced, Functional and Multimodal OCT -- OCT Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the optical analog of ultrasound imaging and is a powerful imaging technique that enables non-invasive, in vivo, high resolution, cross-sectional imaging in biological tissue.  Between 30 to 40 Million OCT imaging procedures are performed per year in ophthalmology.  The overall market is estimated at more than 0.5 Billion USD.  A new generation OCT technology was developed, dramatically increasing resolution and speed, achieving in vivo optical biopsy, i.e. the visualization of tissue architectural morphology in situ and in real time.  Functional extensions of OCT technology enable non-invasive, depth resolved functional assessment and imaging of tissue.  The book introduces OCT technology and applications not only from an optical and technological viewpoint, but also from the biomedical and clinical perspective. This second edition is widely extended and covers significantly more topics then the first edition of this book. The chapters are written leading international research groups, in a style comprehensible to a broad audience.  It will be of interest not only to physicists, scientists and engineers, but also to biomedical and clinical researchers from different medical specialties.