The symbolist home and the tragic home : Mallarmé and Oedipus / / Richard E. Goodkin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955415803321
• Autore: Goodkin Richard E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1984
• ISBN: 1-283-35931-6; 9786613359315; 90-272-7998-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages)
• Collana: Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, , 0165-8743 ; ; v. 13
• Disciplina: 841/.8
• Soggetti: Symbolism (Literary movement); Tragic, The; Tragedy; Home in literature; Oedipus (Tale) in literature
• 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: pt. 1. Asymmetrical equality : the house of life and the house of death -- pt. 2. Proximity and approximation : the earthly home and the celestial home.
• Sommario/riassunto: Tragedy as Symbolism It is the symbolic nature of Oedipus' quest which most centrally links the notions of Tragedy and Symbolism in the Oedipus Tyrannus, and that under the aegis of the concepts of home and homing.

Structural shielding design for medical X-ray imaging facilities [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004716303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bethesda, MD, : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement, c2004
• ISBN: 1-60119-854-X; 1-4294-7993-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Collana: NCRP report ; ; no. 147
• Disciplina: 616.07/57/0289
• Soggetti: Medical radiology - Safety measures; Shielding (Radiation); Hospitals - Radiological services - Shielding (Radiation)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; issued November 19, 2004."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-163) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction and Recommendations""; ""1.1 Purpose and Scope""; ""1.2 Quantities and Units""; ""1.3 Controlled and Uncontrolled Areas""; ""1.4 Shielding Design Goals for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities and Effective Dose""; ""1.4.1 Controlled Areas""; ""1.4.2 Uncontrolled Areas""; ""1.4.3 Shielding Design Assumptions""; ""1.4.4 Air-Kerma Limits for Radiographic Films""; ""1.5 General Concepts""; ""2. Fundamentals of Shielding for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities""; ""2.1 Basic Principles""; ""2.2 Types of Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities""; ""2.2.1 Radiographic Installations""""2.2.2 Fluoroscopic Installations""; ""2.2.3 Interventional Facilities""; ""2.2.4 Dedicated Chest Installations""; ""2.2.5 Mammographic Installations (Permanent and Mobile)""; ""2.2.6 Computed Tomography Installations""; ""2.2.7 Mobile Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-Ray Units""; ""2.2.8 Dental X-Ray Facilities""; ""2.2.9 Bone Mineral Measurement Equipment""; ""2.2.10 Veterinary X-Ray Facilities""; ""2.2.11 Other X-Ray Imaging Systems""; ""2.3 Shielding Design Elements""; ""2.3.1 Interior Walls""; ""2.3.2 Exterior Building Walls""; ""2.3.3 Doors""; ""2.3.4 Windows""""2.3.5 Floors and Ceilings""; ""2.3.6 Floor-to-Floor ; Heights""; ""2.3.7 Interstitial Space""; ""2.4 Shielding Design Considerations""; ""2.4.1 Penetrations in Protective Barriers""; ""2.4.2 Joints""; ""2.5 Construction Standards""; ""2.6 Dimensions and Tolerances""; ""3. Elements of Shielding Design""; ""3.1 Strategic Shielding Planning""; ""3.2 Project Development Process""; ""3.2.1 Strategic Planning and Budgeting""; ""3.2.2 Programming""; ""3.2.3 Schematic (Preliminary) Design""; ""3.2.4 Design Development""; ""3.2.5 Construction Document Preparation""; ""3.3 Documentation Requirements""""4. Computation of Medical X-Ray Imaging Shielding Requirements""; ""4.1 Concepts and Terminology""; ""4.1.1 Shielding Design Goals""; ""4.1.2 Distance to the Occupied Area""; ""4.1.3 Occupancy Factors""; ""4.1.4 Workload and Workload Distribution""; ""4.1.5 Use Factor""; ""4.1.6 Primary Barriers""; ""4.1.7 Secondary Barriers""; ""4.2 Shielding Calculation Methods""; ""4.2.1 General Shielding Concepts""; ""4.2.2 Shielding for Primary Barriers""; ""4.2.3 Shielding for Secondary Barriers""; ""4.2.4 Additional Method for Representative Radiographic Rooms, and Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Rooms""""4.3 Uncertainties""; ""5. Examples of Shielding Calculations""; ""5.1 Cardiac Angiography""; ""5.2 Dedicated Chest Unit""; ""5.3 The Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.1 The Floor of the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.2 The Ceiling of a Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.3 Wall Containing the Chest Image Receptor in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.4 Darkroom Wall in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.5 The Cross-Table Wall in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.6 Control Wall in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.4 Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Room""