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Maurizio Domenicucci - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Origin of the cannula for tracheotomy during the middle ages and Renaissance.
World Journal of Surgery, 2012Co-Authors: Paolo Missori, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, Maurizio DomenicucciAbstract:The purpose of this article was to trace the historical origin of the inserted cannula during tracheotomy. Tracheotomy is mentioned in most ancient medical texts, but the origin of cannula insertion into the windpipe is unclear. We reviewed the incunabula and Renaissance texts reporting the utilization of surgical cannulas and tracheotomy. The incunabula disclosed extended use of surgical cannulas during the middle ages and Renaissance. Although tracheotomy was advocated in acutely suffocating patients for a disease of the throat termed squinantia or angina, the first report of the procedure was found only at the end of the middle ages and a second during the middle Renaissance. The introduction of cannula use in tracheotomy was supported by a semantic misinterpretation by Antonio Musa Brasavola. The historical origin for tracheotomy in the middle ages and Renaissance is conflicting. Antonio Brasavola wrongly interpreted Avicenna’s oral cannula introduced into the windpipe for angina. This misinterpretation allowed Giulio Casserio to draw the first curved cannula introduced for used during tracheotomy.
Renato Guseo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A nuclear power Renaissance
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2012Co-Authors: Mariangela Guidolin, Renato GuseoAbstract:Abstract Nuclear energy has been experiencing a revival in many countries, since it is considered to be a possible substitute for fossil fuels for electricity generation. This calls for a focused analysis, in order to evaluate whether conditions exist for its wide employment. While typical aspects against this option have to do with waste management, security of power plants and related health concerns, other issues less frequently considered by politics, mass‐media, and public opinion seem particularly crucial to understand if we are really going to face a nuclear energy Renaissance. In particular, nuclear energy is well known to depend on parallel dynamics of uranium extraction and reactor startup. In this paper we apply an innovation diffusion framework to model co-evolutionary processes of uranium extraction, reactor startup and nuclear energy consumption at a world level. We also perform an analysis of nuclear consumption dynamics in France, Japan, and the USA, which are the three countries that are mostly invested in it. The results obtained by analyzing all of these processes do not seem to support the idea of a new era for nuclear energy.
O\u27carroll, Kevin Fintan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Phrased notation and Renaissance polyphony: exploring a new solution to an old problem. An arts practice exploration of a modified music notation system, drawing on Irish based Renaissance sources
'Glucksman Library University of Limerick', 2017Co-Authors: O\u27carroll, Kevin FintanAbstract:A 1984 performance of Sicut Cervus by Palestrina raised in this writer’s mind questions regarding the performance of Renaissance polyphony by non-specialist choirs. The initial questions developed into one which asked if a printed edition could materially impact a performance. Subsequent research has indicated that such questions have been asked since the 1930’s, when editors such as Heinrich Besseler attempted to address performance issues relating to Renaissance polyphony through a modified notational style known as mensurstrich. An examination of a selection of editorial styles from 1905 to modern times used in Ireland shows how various editorial styles attempted to deal with problems associated with the performance of Renaissance polyphony. This writer’s musical training, and over forty years’ experience of directing amateur choral groups, has resulted in a unique set of skills being brought to bear on the topic. The writer has devised a notation system which seeks to minimise the impact of modern notation conventions on the performance of Renaissance polyphony while supporting elements of performance known to have been addressed in Renaissance choristers’ training. Music notation is a communication tool. However, Renaissance music notation is a communication tool not generally understood by non-specialist choristers and so requires transcription into some form of modern script which can be understood and used to facilitate performance. In private rehearsals, public performances and independent trials, the Phrased Notation System has been examined in detail and has shown promise in supporting nonspecialist choristers in the performance of Renaissance choral music while, at the same time, garnering acceptance by the choristers who use the system
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Phrased notation and Renaissance polyphony: exploring a new solution to an old problem. An arts practice exploration of a modified music notation system, drawing on Irish based Renaissance sources
'Glucksman Library University of Limerick', 2017Co-Authors: O\u27carroll, Kevin FintanAbstract:peer-reviewedA 1984 performance of Sicut Cervus by Palestrina raised in this writer’s mind questions regarding the performance of Renaissance polyphony by non-specialist choirs. The initial questions developed into one which asked if a printed edition could materially impact a performance. Subsequent research has indicated that such questions have been asked since the 1930’s, when editors such as Heinrich Besseler attempted to address performance issues relating to Renaissance polyphony through a modified notational style known as mensurstrich. An examination of a selection of editorial styles from 1905 to modern times used in Ireland shows how various editorial styles attempted to deal with problems associated with the performance of Renaissance polyphony. This writer’s musical training, and over forty years’ experience of directing amateur choral groups, has resulted in a unique set of skills being brought to bear on the topic. The writer has devised a notation system which seeks to minimise the impact of modern notation conventions on the performance of Renaissance polyphony while supporting elements of performance known to have been addressed in Renaissance choristers’ training. Music notation is a communication tool. However, Renaissance music notation is a communication tool not generally understood by non-specialist choristers and so requires transcription into some form of modern script which can be understood and used to facilitate performance. In private rehearsals, public performances and independent trials, the Phrased Notation System has been examined in detail and has shown promise in supporting nonspecialist choristers in the performance of Renaissance choral music while, at the same time, garnering acceptance by the choristers who use the system
John Punter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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urban design and the english urban Renaissance 1999 2009 a review and preliminary evaluation
Journal of Urban Design, 2011Co-Authors: John PunterAbstract:This paper reviews the urban design dimension of the English urban Renaissance of the last decade. It focuses on the recommendations made in the Urban Task Force report in 1999, largely adopted by the New Labour Government, and follows through its implementation in planning, housing and regeneration practice to evaluate the design outcomes thus far. The focus is on four areas of reform: the pursuit of design excellence; housing supply and quality; public realm and urban environmental quality; and local governance, the latter providing the frame for the implementation of Renaissance objectives. The paper draws on a very wide range of academic, professional and governmental literature as well as a collective academic study of the Renaissance experience in each of the major British cities. It concludes with a discussion of the successes and failures of Renaissance policy and the challenges to inclusiveness and sustainability that lie ahead.
Nick Gallent - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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new east manchester urban Renaissance or urban opportunism
European Planning Studies, 2007Co-Authors: Alan Mace, Peter Hall, Nick GallentAbstract:Abstract In this paper we ask how a shrinking city responds when faced with a perforated urban fabric. Drawing on Manchester's response to its perforated eastern flank —and informed by a parallel study of Leipzig—we use the city's current approach to critique urban regeneration policy in England. Urban Renaissance holds out the promise of delivering more sustainable—that is more compact, more inclusive and more equitable—cities. However, the Manchester study demonstrated that the attempt to stem population loss from the city is at best fragile, despite a raft of policies now in place to support urban Renaissance in England. It is argued here that Manchester like Leipzig is likely to face an ongoing battle to attract residents back from their suburban hinterlands. This is especially true of the family market that we identify as being an important element for long-term sustainable population growth in both cities. We use the case of New East Manchester to consider how discourses linked to urban Renaissance—...
