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The rapidly-developing field of confined polymers is reviewed in this volume. Special emphasis is given to polymer aspects of this interdisciplinary problem. Taken together, the contributions offer ample evidence of how the field of polymer science continues to evolve with the passage of time. The topics revolve around the tendency of surfaces to impede chain relaxation and to stimulate new sorts of chain organization. These have been implicated in a variety of spectacular phenomena. Here is a listing of authors and affiliations: K. Binder (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany); P.-G. de Gennes (College de France, France); E.P. Giannelis, R. Krishnamoorti, and E. Manias (Cornell University and University of Houston, USA); G.S. Grest (Exxon Research and Engineering Co., USA); L. Leger, E. Raphael, and H. Hervet (College de France, France); S.-Q. Wang (Case Western Reserve University, USA).
Abstract: Background Left-predominant neurodegeneration of the anterior temporal lobe (ATL) and the associated syndrome termed semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) are well characterized. Less is known about right-predominant neurodegeneration of the ATL, which has been associated with the clinical syndrome named right temporal variant of frontotemporal dementia (rtvFTD). Here, we assessed glucose metabolism across the brain, cognitive performance, and mortality in patients with right-predominant neurodegeneration of the ATL. Methods Patients with predominant hypometabolism of the ATL on FDG PET (as a measure of neurodegeneration) were retrospectively identified and categoriz...
In der Domstadt Bamberg und in dem niederbayerischen Markt Waldkirchen kommen zur gleichen Zeit zwei Brüder, beide Architekten, unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben. Will jemand die Architektenfamilie Binder auslöschen? Sind bauliche Veränderungen in den Ortschaften am "Goldenen Steig" ein mögliches Motiv? Oder gibt es gar einen Zusammenhang mit dem Zugunglück in Brisbane/Australien, bei dem eine reiche Architektin Opfer eines politisch motivieren Anschlags wurde? Kommissar Kleintaler wird mit der Lösung des Kriminalfalles beauftragt. Seine Untersuchungen führen ihn tief in die Geschichte seines Heimatraumes. Mit großem Einfühlungsvermögen in die Handlungsweisen seiner Figuren und mit feinem Gespür für ihre psychischen Bedingtheiten wird der Leser an menschliche Abgründe ebenso herangeführt wie an alltägliche Probleme. Mit leiser Ironie und einer kleinen Portion schwarzen Humors erzählt, entwickelt der Autor ein kriminales Szenario, das von "Down under" über Franken bis in den Bayerischen Wald erstreckt und den Leser von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite fesselt.
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"Art history after modernism" does not only mean that art looks different today; it also means that our discourse on art has taken a different direction, if it is safe to say it has taken a direction at all. So begins Hans Belting's brilliant, iconoclastic reconsideration of art and art history at the end of the millennium, which builds upon his earlier and highly successful volume, The End of the History of Art?. "Known for his striking and original theories about the nature of art," according to the Economist, Belting here examines how art is made, viewed, and interpreted today. Arguing that contemporary art has burst out of the frame that art history had built for it, Belting calls for an...
Abstract: The discovery of the actual manuscript was featured on the front pages of the major German newspapers and reported throughout the world. It consists of 334 pages, typewritten, with extensive handwritten amendments, notes, and edits. According to Gerda Panofsky, her husbanded had continued to expand and edit the manuscript until 1922, and was preparing it for publication when he had to leave it behind. In this study, Panofsky provides a detailed analysis of Michelangelo's artistic style, comparing Michelangelo directly with Raphael, and then later taking a larger historical view. This text offers important new information about the evolution of Panofsky's scholarship, as well as on the state of research on Michelangelo and the High Renaissance during a period of transition for the discipline, in which formal readings of artworks began to take precedence over artists' biographies.
A definitive resource, The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging, second edition provides extensive coverage of all cardiovascular imaging modalities. Produced in collaboration with the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging with contributions from specialists across the globe and edited by a distinguished team of experts, it is a 'state of the art' clinically-orientated imaging reference. Now fully revised and updated with the latest imaging techniques and technology and covering even more conditions than before, it not only discusses the principles of individual modalities but also clearly demonstrates the added value each technique can bring to the treatment of all cardiac diseas...