Popular politics and political culture in Upper Canada, 1800-1850 [[electronic resource] /] / Carol Wilton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782074103321
• Autore: Wilton Carol
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-282-85864-5; 9786612858642; 0-7735-6845-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.3/02
• Soggetti: Political culture - Ontario - History - 19th century; Political participation - Ontario - History - 19th century; Droit de pétition - Ontario - Histoire - 19e siècle; Culture politique - Ontario - Histoire - 19e siècle; Participation politique - Ontario - Histoire - 19e siècle; Ontario Politics and government 19th century; Ontario Politique et gouvernement 19e siècle
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-303) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Early Upper Canadian Petitioners, 1800-1831 -- The Petitioning Movement of 1831 -- The Expulsion Crisis and the Oppositionist Response -- Pro-Government Popular Politics, 1832 -- Political Unions and Electoral Organization, 1832-36 -- Popular Politics and the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada -- The Durham Meetings and Popular Politics in Upper Canada -- Conclusion -- Political Meetings, Spring 1832 -- Oppositionist Signatures on Petitions, 1831-32 -- Signatures on Petitions, Government Supporters, 1832 -- Tory Addresses, 1836 -- List of Durham Meetings, June - October 1839 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Wilton demonstrates that by the 1830s the political energies of Upper Canadians were far more likely to be channelled through petitioning movements than election campaigns. Petitioning movements, which ; were connected not only with public meetings but with demonstrations and parades, were also increasingly associated with political violence. The resulting assaults, riots, and effigy-burnings - prominent features of Tory governance - not only contributed to the striking political polarization of the population but also helped provoke the Rebellion of 1837. Wilton provides new insights into the careers of leading figures, explores the developing ethnic and religious conflicts in the context of the petitioning movements, and illuminates the question of officially sponsored political violence. Through a thorough examination of primary resources, including a wide range of newspapers, Colonial Office records, published records of the Upper Canadian government, pamphlet literature, and private correspondence, Wilton demonstrates how the province's dissidents challenged established patterns of paternalism, subverted official notions of hierarchy, and promoted the development of an expanded public sphere in ways that had a lasting influence on the province's political culture.

Adaptive motion compensation in radiotherapy / / editor, Martin J. Murphy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959406803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL, : CRC Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-04-021958-6; 0-429-19348-3; 1-280-12176-9; 9786613525628; 1-4398-2194-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Collana: Imaging in medical diagnosis and therapy
• Altri autori (Persone): MurphyMartin J
• Disciplina: 615.8/42
• Soggetti: Image-guided radiation therapy; Radiotherapy - Data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: A Taylor & Francis book.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; About the Editor; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. Real-Time Tumor Localization; 2. Theoretical Aspects of Target Detection and Tracking; 3. Respiratory Gating; 4. The CyberKnife® Image-Guided Radiosurgery System; 5. Fundamentals of Tracking with a Linac Multileaf Collimator; 6. Couch-Based Target Alignment; 7. Robotic LINAC Tracking Based on Correlation and Prediction; 8. Treatment Planning for Motion Adaptation in Radiation Therapy; 9. Treatment Planning for Motion Management via DMLC Tracking; 10. Real-Time Motion Adaptation in Tomotherapy® Using a Binary MLC11. Combination of a LINAC with 1.5 T MRI for Real-Time Image Guided Radiotherapy; 12. The ViewRayTM System; 13. Fault Detection in Image-Based Tracking
• Sommario/riassunto: Preface External-beam radiotherapy has long been vexed by the simple fact that patients can (and do) move during the delivery of radiation. The most elegant and forward-looking solution to this reality is to actively adapt the radiation delivery process to the patient's natural movements. Recent advances in imaging and beam delivery technologies have now made this solution a practical reality. The purpose of this book is to present to researchers and clinical practitioners in radiation therapy an overview of the current and prospective state of the art in motion-adaptive radiation therapy. It presents technical reviews of each of the contributing elements of a motion-adaptive system (including target detection and tracking, beam adaptation, and patient realignment), discusses treatment planning issues that arise when the patient and internal target are mobile, describes several integrated motion-adaptive systems that are in clinical use or at advanced stages of development, and concludes with a review of the system control functions that must be an essential part of any therapy device that operates in a near-autonomous manner with limited human interaction. From these chapters, the reader will hopefully gain not only an understanding of the technical aspects and capabilities of motion adaptation but also practical clinical insights into planning and carrying out various types of motion-adaptive radiotherapy treatment--Provided by publisher.