1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820944703321

Autore

Rohs Edward <1946->

Titolo

Raised by the Church : growing up in New York City's Catholic orphanages / / Edward Rohs and Judith Estrine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Empire State Editions, 2012

ISBN

0-8232-4026-6

1-283-42822-9

9786613428226

0-8232-4025-8

0-8232-4024-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EstrineJudith

Disciplina

362.73/2

B

362.732

Soggetti

Orphans - New York (State) - New York

Children - Institutional care - New York (State) - New York

Orphanages - New York (State) - New York

Church work with orphans - Catholic Church

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

The search for solutions -- New York City in the nineteenth century -- The twentieth century -- The Sisters of Mercy -- My earliest years -- St. Mary of the Angels -- St. John's Home for Boys -- St. Vincent's Home for Boys -- Growing pains -- Alone in the real world -- Inventing another new life -- Milestones -- Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1946 Edward Rohs was left by his unwed parents at the Angel Guardian Home to be raised by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters hoped that the parents would one day return for him. In time they married and had other children, but Ed's parents never came back for him. And they never signed the legal papers so he could be adopted by another family.Raised by the Church chronicles the extraordinary life of Ed Rohs, a bright, mischievous boy who was raised in five institutions of the Catholic orphanage system in postwar Brooklyn, New York, from



infancy in 1946 until he was discharged as an adult in

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298638003321

Autore

Sørland Geir Humborstad

Titolo

Dynamic Pulsed-Field-Gradient NMR / / by Geir Humborstad Sørland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-662-44500-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

Springer Series in Chemical Physics, , 0172-6218 ; ; 110

Disciplina

530.8

54

541

543

Soggetti

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Physical measurements

Measurement

Spectrum analysis

Microscopy

Analytical chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Measurement Science and Instrumentation

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Analytical Chemistry

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

Diffusion in heterogeneous media -- Relaxation -- PFG-NMR pulse sequences -- Analysis of 1- and 2D data -- Experimental aspects -- Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Dealing with the basics, theory and applications of dynamic pulsed-field-gradient NMR NMR (PFG NMR), this book describes the essential theory behind diffusion in heterogeneous media that can be combined with NMR measurements to extract important information of the



system being investigated. This information could be the surface to volume ratio, droplet size distribution in emulsions, brine profiles, fat content in food stuff, permeability/connectivity in porous materials and medical applications currently being developed. Besides theory and applications it will provide the readers with background knowledge on the experimental set-ups, and most important, deal with the pitfalls that are numerously present in work with PFG-NMR. How to analyze the NMR data and some important basic knowledge on the hardware will be explained, too.