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UNINA9910963034503321 |
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Autore |
Bennison Amira K |
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Titolo |
The great caliphs : the golden age of the 'Abbasid Empire / / Amira K. Bennison |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2009 |
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1-282-35292-X |
9786612352928 |
0-300-15489-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Abbasids |
Islamic civilization |
Islamic Empire History 750-1258 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index. |
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In this accessibly written history, Amira K. Bennison contradicts the common assumption that Islam somehow interrupted the smooth flow of Western civilization from its Graeco-Roman origins to its more recent European and American manifestations. Instead, she places Islamic civilization in the longer trajectory of Mediterranean civilizations and sees the 'Abbasid Empire (750-1258 CE) as the inheritor and interpreter of Graeco-Roman traditions. At its zenith the 'Abbasid caliphate stretched over the entire Middle East and part of North Africa, and influenced Islamic regimes as far west as Spain. Bennison's examination of the politics, society, and culture of the 'Abbasid period presents a picture of a society that nurtured many of the civilized values that Western civilization claims to represent, albeit in different premodern forms: from urban planning and international trade networks to religious pluralism and academic research. Bennison's argument counters the common Western view of Muslim culture as alien and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Western and Islamic cultures. |
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UNINA9910299839003321 |
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Titolo |
Computational Biomechanics for Medicine : New Approaches and New Applications / / edited by Barry Doyle, Karol Miller, Adam Wittek, Poul M.F. Nielsen |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (141 p.) |
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610.153 |
610.28 |
616.0757 |
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620.11 |
629.892 |
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Biomedical engineering |
Radiology |
Medical physics |
Automatic control |
Robotics |
Automation |
Biomaterials |
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering |
Medical Physics |
Control, Robotics, Automation |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Preface -- New Approaches -- Vademecums for Real-Time Computational Surgery -- Data-Guided Growth and Remodeling Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Accounting for the Bio-Chemical Effects of Intraluminal Thrombus -- A Computer Simulation for 3D Vasculature-Based Oxygen Distribution and Tumor Growth -- Numerical Algorithm for Simulation of Soft Tissue Swelling and |
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Shrinking in a Total Lagrangian Explicit Dynamics Framework -- Spatially Weighted Objective Function to Solve the Inverse Problem in Elasticity Iteratively -- Implementation of a Modified Moving Least Squares Approximation for Predicting Soft Tissue Deformation Using a Meshless Method -- New Applications -- Automatic Landmark Detection Using a Statistical Shape Modeling and Template Matching -- Mechanical Properties of Brain-Skull Interface in Compression -- Modeling the Deformation of the Human Cornea Produced by a Forced Air Pulse -- Biomechanical Modeling of the Respiratory System: Human Diaphragm and Thorax -- A Collective Approach forReconstructing 3D Fiber Arrangements in Virtual Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Models -- Optimization of Acetabulum Reorientation in a Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO) by Finite Element Simulation: a Preliminary Study. |
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The Computational Biomechanics for Medicine titles provide an opportunity for specialists in computational biomechanics to present their latest methodologiesand advancements. Thisvolumecomprises twelve of the newest approaches and applications of computational biomechanics, from researchers in Australia, New Zealand, USA, France, Spain and Switzerland. Some of the interesting topics discussed are:real-time simulations; growth and remodelling of soft tissues; inverse and meshless solutions; medical image analysis; and patient-specific solid mechanics simulations. One of the greatest challenges facing the computational engineering community is to extend the success of computational mechanics to fields outside traditional engineering, in particular to biology, the biomedical sciences, and medicine. We hope the research presented within this book series will contribute to overcoming this grand challenge. |
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