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Book SynopsisOne of the Next Big Idea Club's Favorite Nonfiction Books A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2022 A legendary record producer–turned–brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.Trade Review"This Is What It Sounds Like is a revelation. Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas offer extraordinary insights about music, emotion, and the brain, and they deliver them with great flair and flow. For all I thought I knew about these subjects, I learned a lot from this book—and was entertained at every turn, both by the ideas and the poetry of their expression. This instant classic should be read by anyone who has ever been moved by a piece of music—in other words, everyone." -- Dr. Daniel J. Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind"A deliciously nerdy resource for music lovers, and for anyone who thinks deeply about music and how it moves them. What Rogers and Ogas do with This Is What It Sounds Like is distill the science around music into an accessible and wonderous new level of understanding, of the elusive why of loving and living for music." -- Jessica Hopper, author of The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic"Susan Rogers found her superpower in the music world not as a musician, but as a master listener. Rogers’ book is a gift to music listeners of all kinds—because in listening we hear not only the music, we hear the sonic signature of our own soul." -- Dan Charnas, author of Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm"Susan is one of the smartest people in the world of music and this book will help you hear music more deeply and more thoughtfully. You can tell why Prince loved working with her." -- Touré, author of I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon"This is the book that scholars and fans of popular music across all disciplines have impatiently waited for. It is truly inspiring, the kind of book you fall in love with, that causes us to reflect over how and why records become a condition of the heart." -- Stan Hawkins, Professor of Musicology, University of Oslo"[A] pitch-perfect deep-dive into the power of music….Combining erudite analysis with plenty of soul, this will have music lovers rapt." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"An intriguing look at how what enters our ears shapes our minds." -- Kirkus Reviews"It’s like two books in one: stories of some of our most beloved musicians, singers and songwriters, coupled with insights about how and why our brains decipher musical notes, melodies and lyrics in particular ways." -- BookPage (starred review)

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Book SynopsisThis open access textbook, like Rayleigh’s classic Theory of Sound, focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those who have used the first edition in undergraduate and graduate courses. For example, phasor notation has been added to clearly distinguish complex variables, and there is a new section on radiation from an unbaffled piston. Drawing on over 40 years of teaching experience at UCLA, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Penn State, the author presents a uniform methodology, based on hydrodynamic fundamentals for analysis of lumped-element systems and wave propagation that can accommodate dissipative mechanisms and geometrically-complex media. Five chapters on vibration and elastic waves highlight modern applications, including viscoelasticity and resonance techniques for measurement of elastic moduli, while introducing analytical techniques and approximation strategies that are revisited in nine subsequent chapters describing all aspects of generation, transmission, scattering, and reception of waves in fluids. Problems integrate multiple concepts, and several include experimental data to provide experience in choosing optimal strategies for extraction of experimental results and their uncertainties. Fundamental physical principles that do not ordinarily appear in other acoustics textbooks, like adiabatic invariance, similitude, the Kramers-Kronig relations, and the equipartition theorem, are shown to provide independent tests of results obtained from numerical solutions, commercial software, and simulations. Thanks to the Veneklasen Research Foundation, this popular textbook is now open access, making the e-book available for free download worldwide. Provides graduate-level treatment of acoustics and vibration suitable for use in courses, for self-study, and as a reference Highlights fundamental physical principles that can provide independent tests of the validity of numerical solutions, commercial software, and computer simulations Demonstrates approximation techniques that greatly simplify the mathematics without a substantial decrease in accuracy Incorporates a hydrodynamic approach to the acoustics of sound in fluids that provides a uniform methodology for analysis of lumped-element systems and wave propagation Emphasizes actual applications as examples of topics explained in the text Includes realistic end-of-chapter problems, some including experimental data, as well as a Solutions Manual for instructors. Features “Talk Like an Acoustician“ boxes to highlight key terms introduced in the text. Trade Review“The author achieves his stated goal in helping researchers know when their computer simulations might contain errors by using test cases with numerous examples. … well suited for teaching acoustics at the undergraduate and graduate level and is an excellent reference for those interested in the physical aspects of acoustics in strings, membranes, and bars. As such it is a good reference for those interested in speakers and audio technology, musical acoustics, physical acoustics, and a wide range of applications.” (James M. Gelb, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 69 (5), 2021)Table of ContentsChapter1: Comfort for the Computationally Crippled.- Part I – Vibrations.- Chapter2: The Simple Harmonic Oscillator.- Chapter3: String Theory.- Chapter4: Elasticity of Solids.- Chapter5: Modes of Bars.- Chapter6: Membranes, Plates and Microphones.- Part 2 – Waves in Fluids.- Chapter7: Ideal Gas Laws.- Chapter8: Nondissipative Lumped Elements.- Chapter8: Nondissipative Lumped Elements.- Chapter9: Dissipative Hydrodynamics.- Chapter10: One-Dimensional Propagation.- Chapter11: Reflection, Transmission, and Refraction.- Chapter12: Radiation and Scattering.- Chapter13: Three-Dimensional Enclosures.- Chapter14: Attenuation of Sound.- Part3: Extensions.- Chapter15: Nonlinear Acoustics.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive presentation of the most important phenomena in building physics: heat transfer, moisture/humidity, sound/acoustics and illumination. As the book is primarily aimed at engineers, it addresses technical issues with the necessary pragmatism and incorporates many practical examples and related international standards. In order to ensure a complete understanding, it also explains the underlying physical principles and relates them to practical aspects in a simple and clear manner. The relationships between the various phenomena of building physics are clarified through consistent cross-referencing of formulas and ideas. The second edition features both new and revised sections on topics such as energy balance, solar gain, ventilation, road traffic and daylighting and takes into account new developments in international standards. It newly features almost 200 illustrations and 21 videos worth of supplementary material. The book is primarily aimed at students of civil engineering and architecture, as well as scientists and practitioners in these fields who wish to deepen or broaden their knowledge of topics within building physics.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Basics of thermodynamics.- Heat transfer.- Heat transfer in building components.- Moisture in building components.- Basics of waves.- Sound propagation.- Building acoustics.- Illumination.- Appendix A.- Tables.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive presentation of the most important phenomena in building physics: heat transfer, moisture/humidity, sound/acoustics and illumination. As the book is primarily aimed at engineers, it addresses technical issues with the necessary pragmatism and incorporates many practical examples and related international standards. In order to ensure a complete understanding, it also explains the underlying physical principles and relates them to practical aspects in a simple and clear manner. The relationships between the various phenomena of building physics are clarified through consistent cross-referencing of formulas and ideas. The second edition features both new and revised sections on topics such as energy balance, solar gain, ventilation, road traffic and daylighting and takes into account new developments in international standards. It newly features almost 200 illustrations and 21 videos worth of supplementary material. The book is primarily aimed at students of civil engineering and architecture, as well as scientists and practitioners in these fields who wish to deepen or broaden their knowledge of topics within building physics.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Basics of thermodynamics.- Heat transfer.- Heat transfer in building components.- Moisture in building components.- Basics of waves.- Sound propagation.- Building acoustics.- Illumination.- Appendix A.- Tables.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a view into the state-of-the-art research on aviation noise and related annoyance. The book will primarily focus on the achievements of the ANIMA project (Aviation Noise Impact Management through Novel Approaches), but not exclusively.The content has a broader theme in order to encompass. regulation issues, the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) balanced approach, progresses made on technologies and reduction of noise at source, impact of possible future civil supersonic aircraft, land-use planning issues, as well as the core topics of the ANIMA project, i.e. impact on human beings, annoyance, quality of life, health and findings of the project in this respect.This book differs from traditional research programmes on aviation noise as the authors endeavour, not to lower noise at source, but to reduce the annoyance. This book examines these non-acoustic factors in an effort to help those most affected by aviation noise – communities living close to airports, and also help airport managers, policy-makers, local authorities and researchers to deal with this issue holistically. The book concludes with some recommendations for EU, national and local policy-makers, airport and aviation authorities, and more broadly a scientifically literate audience. These recommendations may help to identify gaps for progress in terms of research but also genuine implementation actions for political and regulatory authorities.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Understanding the basics of aviation noise.- Status: Noise burden in Europe.- Part I: Regulating and reducing noise today.- Balanced approach to aircraft noise management.- Perspective on 25 years of European aircraft noise reduction technology efforts and shift towards global research aimed at quieter air transport.- Future aircraft and the future of aircraft noise.- Competing agendas for land-use around airports.- Part II: Beyond flying machines, Human beings.- Impact of aircraft noise on health.- Coping with aviation noise: Non-acoustic factors influencing annoyance and sleep disturbance from noise.- Engaging communities in the hard quest for consensus.- Towards innovative ways to assess annoyance.- Towards mapping of noise impact.- ANIMA noise platform and ANIMA methodology: One-stop shop for aviation noise management.- Overall perspectives.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Adaptation and synchronization in complex systems.- Modeling musical perception.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisSonar performance modelling (SPM) is concerned with the prediction of quantitative measures of sonar performance, such as probability of detection. It is a multi-disciplinary subject, requiring knowledge and expertise in the disparate fields of underwater acoustics, acoustical oceanography, sonar signal processing and statistical detection theory. No books have been published on this subject, however, since the 3rd edition of Urick’s classic work 25 years ago and so Dr Ainslie’s book will fill a much-needed gap in the market. Currently, up-to-date information can only be found, in different forms and often with conflicting information, in various journals, conference and textbook publications. Dr Michael Ainslie is eminently qualified to write this unique book. He has worked on sonar performance modeling problems since 1983. He has written many peer reviewed research articles and conference papers related to sonar performance modeling, making contributions in the fields of sound propagation and detection theory.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This book attempts to provide a combination of information and understanding of the physics and detection theory to enable the reader to address sonar performance issues. … this book is most useful for those who need to build models of aspects of sonar performance. It will also be useful for those who need to specify, test, or evaluate models. … a source of material for someone preparing a course on underwater acoustics or sonar performance modelling. … a good reference book for an acoustics library.” (Adrian Brown, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 17 (1), 2012)Table of ContentsIntroduction Essential Background The Sonar Equations Sonar Oceanography Underwater Acoustics (I): theory Sonar Signal Processing Statistical Detection Theory Underwater Acoustics (II): sources and scatterers of sound Underwater Acoustics (III): propagation effects Sonar Characteristics The Sonar Equations Revisited The Future of Sonar Performance Modelling Appendix 1: Special functions and mathematical operations Appendix 2: Units and nomenclature Appendix 3: Fish and their swim bladders.

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades it has been increasingly recognized that whole-body ultrasound is an invaluable tool in the critically ill. In addition to offering rapid whole-body assessment, it has the advantage of being a bedside approach that is available at all times and can be repeated at will. Accordingly, it permits the immediate institution of appropriate therapeutic management. Whole-Body Ultrasound in the Critically Ill is the sequel to the author’s previous books on the subject, which were first published in French in 1992 and 2002 and in English in 2004. This new volume reflects the latest state of knowledge by including a variety of improvements, revised definitions, and updated algorithms. Findings in respect of individual organs are clearly presented, and a particular feature is the in-depth coverage of the lungs, traditionally regarded as an area unsuitable for ultrasound. Throughout, the emphasis is on the practical therapeutic impact of the technique. Its value in a variety of settings, including unexplained shock, management of hemodynamic instability, acute respiratory failure (the BLUE protocol), and the critically ill neonate, is carefully explained. Interventional ultrasound and less widely recognized applications, such as mesenteric infarction, pneumoperitoneum, and intracranial hypertension, are also described. Pitfalls of the technique receive due attention. Today, whole-body ultrasound touches upon every area of critical care. This book, from the chief pioneer in the field, shows that the technique enables critical care physicians to detect therapeutically relevant signs easily and quickly. It will serve as an invaluable guide to the practice of a form of visual medicine.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Intensivists or radiologists with an interest in critical care applications of ultrasound are the intended audience for this work, edited by one of the fathers of critical care ultrasound. … This edition expands coverage of the abdomen and vascular system and increases the emphasis on the evaluation of deep venous thrombosis, pleural effusion, interstitial disease, and pneumothorax. … Chapters are written in a conversational style. … this remains an effective overview for intensivists.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, December, 2010)Table of ContentsIntroductive Chapters.- Basic Notions of Critical Ultrasound.- The Ultrasound Equipment.- Specific Notions of Critical Ultrasound in the Critically Ill.- Organ by Organ Analysis.- to Abdominal Ultrasound: Normal Patterns.- Peritoneum.- Gastrointestinal Tract.- Liver.- Gallbladder.- Urinary Tract.- Various Targets in the Abdomen (Spleen, Adrenals, Pancreas, Lymph Nodes).- Aorta.- Principles of Examination of the Deep Veins in the Critically Ill.- Principles of Examination of the Deep Veins in the Critically Ill.- to Lung Ultrasound.- Pleural Effusion.- Lung: Alveolar Syndrome.- Lung and Interstitial Syndrome.- Pneumothorax.- Basic Applications of Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill: 1 – A Bedside Alternative to CT and Other Irradiating Techniques.- Basic Applications of Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill: 2 – The Ultrasound Approach of an Acute Respiratory Failure: The BLUE Protocol.- Applications of Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill: 3 – Lung Ultrasound in the Neonate.- Simple Emergency Cardiac Sonography.- Simple Critical Ultrasound Considering Hemodynamic Therapy: Our Limited Investigation.- Head and Neck.- Soft Tissues and Miscellaneous Areas.- Clinical Applications of Ultrasound.- Interventional Ultrasound.- Ultrasound in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Some Peculiarities.- Critical Ultrasound Outside the Intensive Care Unit.- Analytic Study of Severe and/or Frequent Situations in the Critically Ill.- Free Considerations.- A Way to Learn Critical Ultrasound.- Critical Ultrasound, Not Just a New Technique: Also a Philosophy.

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Book SynopsisRenal sonography forms a basic part of routine diagnostic strategy. This textbook summarizes eighteen years of experience in diagnostic ultrasound. We want it to serve as a guide to both imagers and mere consumers of information. That is why we shall emphasize practical advice and diagnostic pitfalls; it is also why we shall often deal with the relations of sonography with other diagnostic procedures, which it may complement or replace, precede or follow, the purpose being to achieve efficiency at low cost. We shall limit our subject matter to the kidney itself and the neighboring retroperitoneal compartments, dealing only briefly with the lower urinary tract, which requires specialized procedures. We devoted considerable space to renal sonography in our book Clinical Atlas of Ultrasonic Radiography, published in 1973. Since then, nothing has changed and everything has changed. Nothing, because even then the differential diagnosis between a solid and a cystic mass, the etiologic diagnosis of a nonsecreting kidney, and the positive diagnosis of a traumatic juxtarenal hematoma were quite reliable, making possible drastic reductions in the indications for instrumental roentgenologic examinations. Everything, be­ cause improved resolution and grey scale imaging (already partially achieved in 1973, thanks to real time) have profoundly refined both anatomic and pathologic ultrasonic studies. And now high resolution real time imaging has revolutionized renal examination techniques, whereas Doppler is entering routine ultrasonic diagnosis.Table of Contents1 Echoanatomy: Tissue Echopatterns.- 1.1 The Kidney Itself.- Shape.- Size.- Pyelovascular Central Area. Renal Pelvis.- Renal Parenchyma.- 1.2 The Kidney as a Part of the Retroperitoneal Compartment.- Juxtarenal Compartments.- Bone and Muscle.- Vessels.- Adrenal Gland.- Retrocaval Kidney.- Pancreas.- 1.3 Less Direct Renal Relationships.- Right Side.- Left Side.- 1.4 Basic Tissue Echopatterns: Pitfalls and Artifacts.- Tissue Echopatterns.- Artifacts.- 2 Examination Techniques.- 2.1 Technical Data.- Contact Scanning.- Real Time.- Peroperative Sonography.- 2.2 Technological Prospects.- 2.3 Technical Factors of Image Quality.- Suppression of Kinetic Blurring.- Axial and Lateral Spatial Resolution.- Total Gain and Time Gain Compensation Settings.- 2.4 Positioning and Scanning Directions.- Real Time.- Contact Scanning.- 2.5 Particular Problems.- Critically III Patients; Recently Operated Patients;.- Traumatized Patients.- Newborn and Infant.- Puncture Techniques.- 2.6 General Management of Ultrasonic Examinations.- 3 Hydronephrosis.- 3.1 Beginning Hydronephrosis.- 3.2 Frank Hydronephrosis.- 3.3 Major Hydronephrosis.- 3.4 Differential Diagnosis.- 3.5 Ureteral Dilatation.- 3.6 Complementary Pelvic Examination.- 3.7 Renal Lithiasis.- 4 Renal Cysts.- The Renal Cystic Pattern.- 4.1 Benign Cysts.- Diagnostic Circumstances.- Ultrasonic Pattern.- Multiple Benign Cysts.- Atypical Cysts — Tumoral Cysts.- Parapelvic Cysts.- Differential Diagnosis.- Clinical and Radiological Management.- 4.2 Polycystic Processes.- Polycystic Processes of the Neonate and Child.- Infantile and Juvenile Polycystic Disease.- Polycystic Disease of the Adult (PCD).- Echinococcal Cysts.- Differential Diagnosis of Multiple Cysts.- 5 Renal Tumors.- 5.1 Malignant Tumors.- Renal Cell Carcinoma.- Oncocytomas.- Urothelial Carcinomas.- Wilms’ Tumors and Mesoblastic Nephromas.- Renal Sarcomas.- Renal Metastases.- Renal Lymphomas.- Diagnosis.- 5.2 Benign Tumors.- 5.3 Differential Diagnosis.- Large Tumors (Over 10 cm in Diameter).- Medium-Sized Tumors (4–10 cm in Diameter).- Small Tumors (Under 4 cm in Diameter).- Reliability.- 6 Evaluation of Tumoral Spread: The Retroperitoneal Space.- 6.1 Direct Spread.- 6.2 Lymphatic Spread.- 6.3 Intracaval Extension.- 6.4 Metastatic Spread.- 6.5 Clinical and Radiological Policy.- 6.6 Particular Cases.- Urothelial Tumors.- Tumors in Children.- Local Recurrences After Nephrectomy.- Other Retroperitoneal Abnormalities.- 7 Infections and Inflammatory Processes.- 7.1 Abscesses.- Bacterial.- Tuberculous.- Differential Diagnosis — Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis.- 7.2 Bacterial Nephritides.- 7.3 Pyonephrosis.- Recently Infected Hydronephrosis.- Older Pyonephrosis.- 7.4 Tuberculosis.- 7.5 Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Inflammatory Processes.- 7.6 Chronic Pyelonephritis.- 7.7 Nephrocalcinosis, Papillary Necrosis, and Cortical Necrosis.- Nephrocalcinosis.- Papillary Necrosis.- Cortical Necrosis.- 7.8 Nephritides.- Renal Size.- Echotexture.- 7.9 Postnephrectomy Abscesses.- Ultrasound and IVU in Chronic Inflammatory Processes.- 8 Hunchbacks, Dwarfs, and Giants.- 8.1 Horseshoe Kidneys.- 8.2 Miscellaneous Anomalies.- 8.3 Absence of Kidney; Ectopic Kidneys.- 8.4 Renal Hypoplasia.- 8.5 Nephromegaly.- Nephromegaly with Normal Differentiation.- Nephromegaly with Loss of Parenchymal-Central Differentiation.- Heterogeneous Nephromegaly.- Multinodular Nephromegaly.- 8.6 Abnormalities of Vascular Origin.- Renal Vein Thrombosis.- Renal Artery Occlusion.- 8.7 The Transplanted Kidney.- Rejection.- Arterial Thrombosis.- Renal Vein Thrombosis.- Hydronephrosis.- Liquid Collections.- Cancerization..- 8.8 Ultrasound in Renal Failure — Anuria.- 9 Ultrasonic Differential Diagnosis and Diagnostic Policies: Synopsis.- 10 Renal Trauma and Juxtarenal Collections, Traumatic and Nontraumatic.- 10.1 Examination Procedure in the Traumatized Patients.- 10.2 Renal Lesions.- Contusion.- Renal Wounds and Fractures — Intrarenal Hematomas.- 10.3 Juxtarenal Abnormalities.- Hematomas.- 10.4 Traumatic Urinomas (Uriniferous Cysts) and Nontraumatic.- Collections.- Trauma and Preexisting Lesions.- 10.5 Associated Lesions.- 10.6 Radiological Policy.- 11 Adrenals.- 11.1 The Normal Adrenal.- Examination Procedure.- 11.2 The Pathological Adrenal.- Tumors.- Pheochromocytomas.- Other Tumors.- Metastases.- Bilateral Tumors.- Tumoral Spread.- Hematomas.- 11.3 Diagnosis.- 11.4 Reliability and Diagnostic Policy.- 12 Lower Urinary Tract.- 12.1 Bladder.- True and False Diverticula-Stones.- Ureteroceles.- Intramural Ureter.- Tumors.- Urachus.- Urethra.- 12.2 Prostate.- Scanning Technique.- Normal Prostate.- Tumors.- Prostatitis.- Seminal Vesicles.- Diagnostic Policy in Prostatic Swellings.- 12.3 Testis and Its Covering.- Examination Procedure.- Normal Testis.- Miscellaneous Abnormalities.- Varicoceles.- Trauma.- Orchitis and Epididymitis.- Tumors.- References.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides materials for an introductory course in Engineering Acoustics for students with a basic knowledge of mathematics. The contents are based on extensive teaching experience at the graduate level. Each of the 14 main chapters deals with a well-defined topic and represents the material for a two-hour lecture. The chapters alternate between more theoretical and more application-oriented concepts. The presentation is organized to be suitable for self-study as well.For this third edition, the complete text and many figures have been revised. Several current amendments take account of advancements in the field. Further, a completely new chapter has been added which presents approaches and solutions to all assigned exercise problems. The new chapter offers the opportunity to explore the underlying theoretical background in more detail. However, the study of the problems and their proposed solutions is no prerequisite for comprehending the material presented in the book's lecture part.Trade Review“The book is systematic but concise, covering the acoustic basics required for engineering applications, as well as electroacoustic transducers, room acoustics, noise control, and more aspects of the fundamentals. … it is also beneficial to engineers and technicians engaged in the development of related technologies, so it is hereby recommended.” (ACTA ACUSTICA, Vol. 48 (4), 2023)“As its title suggests, the book takes a structured, engineering approach. … It also serves as a reference book to delve deeper into individual topics or to revisit buried knowledge. … Acoustics for Engineers is convincing in its brevity and structure and is consequently recommended to all readers who, in addition to a well-illustrated presentation of the fundamentals of acoustics and electro-acoustics, are interested in their derivations, correlations, and analogies, as well as in the calculation of typical problems.” (Martin Schneider, vdt Magazin, Issue (2), 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Mechanic and Acoustic Oscillations.- Electromechanic and Electroacoustic Analogies.- Electromechanic and Electroacoustic Transduction.- Magnetic-Field Transducers.- Electric-Field Transducers.- The Wave Equation in Fluids.- Horns and Stepped Ducts.- Spherical Waves, Harmonics, and Line Arrays.- Piston Membranes, Diffraction and Scattering.- Dissipation, Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption.- Geometric Acoustics and Diffuse Sound Fields.- Insulation of Air- and Structure-Borne Sound.- Noise Control – A Survey.- Solutions to the Exercise Problems.- Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThe value of ultrasound contrast agents (USCA) in clinical practice depends on the pharmacokinetics, the signal processing, and the contrast-specific imaging modalities. USCA are exogenous non-toxic substances smaller than red blood cells,which after intravenous administration must be stable enough to pass through the pulmonary capillary bed and enter the blood pool producing the necessary contrast enhancement for the duration of the examination. Recently, second-generation agents, such as SonoVue (Bracco Imaging SpA,Milan,Italy),have been introduced into the market. These agents,taking advantage of the stability of their microbubbles,withstand the acoustic pressure of insonation much better than previous USCA,resulting in an increased half-life of the agent and thus in a prolonged diagnostic window. These agents are blood pool agents that remain in the intravascular compartment and do not leak into the organ tissue. Therefore,they are used to - crease the Doppler signal amplitude during their dynamic vascular phase. Concomitant with the improvement of contrast agents,d- ferent contrast-specific imaging modalities have been developed which,used in combination with USCA and a low mechanical - dex (MI),allow continuous real-time grey-scale imaging. These - cent technical improvements have opened new possibilities in the use of USCA in a variety of indications,as shown in the contributions contained in this book. In the following chapters,some of the most distinguished users of second-generation USCA will share their knowledge and experience. The first contributor is Dr. Thomas Albrecht,Department of - diology, University Hospital of Berlin, Germany.Table of ContentsChapter 1-Dynamic Vascular Pattern of Focal Liver Lesions with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: Latest Results with SonoVue. Chapter 2-Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Characterization of Pancreatic and Renal Masses. Chapter 3-Improved Characterization of Reactive and Malignant Lymph Nodes using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound. Chapter 4-Which Role for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer Examination?

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Book SynopsisThe book provides a comprehensive description of the ultrasound anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and clear guidance on the technique. Ultrasound images are coupled with anatomic pictures explaining probe positioning and scanning technique for the various joints of the musculoskeletal system: shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee, foot, and ankle. For each joint there is also a brief explanation of normal anatomy as well as a list of tricks and tips and advice on how to perform the ultrasound scan in clinical practice. This book will be an excellent practical teaching guide for beginners and a useful reference for more experienced sonographers.Table of ContentsBasic Principles of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.- Shoulder.-Elbow.- Wrist.- Hand.- Hip.- Knee.- Ankle.- Foot.-Recommended Reading.

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Book SynopsisSound Environment and Acoustic Perception in Commercial Spaces.- Sound Environment and Acoustic Perception in Dinning Spaces.- Sound Environment and Acoustic Perception in Railway Stations.- Sound Environment and Acoustic Perception in Hospitals.- Sound Environment and Acoustic Perception in Living Spaces.

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Book SynopsisRe-Making Sound is concise and flexible primer to sound studies. It takes students through six ways of conceptualizing sound and its links to other social phenomena: soundscapes; noise; sound and semiotics of the voice; sound and/through/in text; background sound/sound design; and sound art. Each chapter summarizes the history and scholarly theoretical underpinnings of these areas and concludes with a student activity that concretizes the historical and theoretical discussion via sound-making projects. With chapters designed to be flexible and non-sequential, the text fits within various course designs, and includes an introduction to key concepts in sound and sound studies, a cumulative concluding chapter with sound accompanying podcast exercise, and an extensive bibliography for students to pursue sound studies beyond the book itself.Trade ReviewRe-Making Sound is splendid. Porcello and Patch advance sound studies in unique and compelling fashion and a whole generation of future scholars of the audible will be in their debt. -- Mark Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, author of A Sensory History Manifesto (2021)Porcello and Patch have crafted a thoughtful, wide-ranging, and ear-opening introduction to the broad and expansive field of sound studies. Re-making Sound creates a jumping-off point for students, teachers, and other readers interested in exploring the links between sound and society. -- David Novak, Associate Professor of Music, UC Santa Barbara, author of Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation (2013)Re-Making Sound is a wonderful and innovative book, offering an immensely valuable and unique introduction to sound studies. By supporting their exposition with a focus on sensory experience and a set of classroom exercises geared towards making and listening, Thomas Porcello and Justin Patch’s original and timely contribution will make rewarding reading for sound focused scholars and students alike. -- Daniel Fisher, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, USA, author of The Voice and Its Doubles: Music and Media in Northern Australia (2016)Table of ContentsFigures Biographies Preface Introduction 1. Soundscape: Sound, Space, and Listening 2. Noise: From the Everyday to the Exceptional 3. Voice: Hearing and Ascribing Individual and Social Identity 4. Sound on the Page: Echoes and Resonances in Writing 5. Sound Design/Designing Sounds: Intentionally Crafted Sonic Worlds 6. Sound Art: What is Sound? Debates and Examples Concluding Exercise: Putting the Pieces Together Through Audio Narratives Acknowledgments Index

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Table of ContentsErster Teil Das Schallfeld in großer Entfernung vom Strahler.- Zweiter Teil Das Schallfeld in der Nähe des Strahlers.- Dritter Teil Das Schallfeld des Kugelstrahlers.- Schrifttum.

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Book SynopsisAs a hot topic in ultrasound medicine, peripheral nerve ultrasound has its wide applications in clinical field. This book firstly introduces the anatomy of peripheral nerves, method and normal sonograms for peripheral nerve scanning. In the following chapters, common and typical cases of peripheral nerves diseases are presented with useful clinical information and relevant data, for example, ultrasound, MRI, clinical operation and pathology results. At the end of each disease, video with detailed explanation of diagnostic procedure and 2-3 bullet points in practical differential diagnosis are included to help readers taking notes. This book will be a valuable reference for physicians in ultrasound, anesthetists, neurologists, pain specialists, and practitioners interested in related field.Table of ContentsAnatomy of Peripheral Nerves.- The Method of Peripheral Nerve Scanning and Normal Ultrasonogram.- Abnormal Peripheral Nerve Ultrasonogram.- Typical Cases of Peripheral Nerve.- Application and Prospect of New Ultrasonic Technology in Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve.

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Book SynopsisMichel Chion’s landmark Audio-Vision has exerted significant influence on our understanding of sound-image relations since its original publication in 1994. In this updated and expanded edition, Chion considers many additional examples from recent world cinema and formulates new questions for the contemporary media environment.Trade ReviewAn original and useful model for the audiovisual analysis of film. * Production Expert *Updated and expanded, with additional material from recent film production, the 2019 edition of Audio-Vision will soon take its place as a valuable textbook for those interested in literary research and practice of cinematic soundtrack. -- Dr. Nick Poulakis * CINEJ Cinema Journal *Without a shadow of a doubt one of the best books I have ever read, Audio-Vision’s reprinting is a cause for great celebration. After a quarter of a century, it remains the first port of call for scholars and students of audiovisual culture, offering a cornucopia of theories that conceptualize sound's relationship with the moving image. Never less than enthralling, its acuity has not been dulled by more recent theory and scholarship. -- K. J. Donnelly, author of Occult Aesthetics: Synchronization in Sound FilmWhen Audio-Vision first appeared in 1994, it became a lifeline for the burgeoning field of sound/media studies, providing a veritable roadmap to a discourse just beginning to crystallize. The second edition is no less momentous; Chion seamlessly brings current cinematic offerings into his theoretical purview, showing that his understanding of the filmic soundspace is as insightful to historians, theorists, and students as ever. A fundamental text for soundtrack studies. -- Daniel Goldmark, author of Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood CartoonMichel Chion’s work is a thrilling exploration of film sound in all its forms: real and symbolic, technical and conceptual, dimensional and suggestive. He gives us all the tools we need for describing what films allow us to hear. Chion’s many neologisms are like notes that can reverberate infinitely for every filmgoer, and through innumerable films. This revised edition of Audio-Vision is a new benchmark for any film scholar. -- Elsie Walker, author of Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film TheoryTable of ContentsForeword (1994), by Walter MurchPrefacePart I. The Audiovisual Contract1. Projections of Sound on Image2. The Three Listening Modes3. Lines and Points: Horizontal and Vertical Perspectives on Audiovisual Relations4. The Audiovisual Scene5. The Real and the Rendered6. Phantom Audio-Vision; or, The Audio-DivisualPart II. Beyond Sounds and Images7. Sound Film Worthy of the Name8. Toward an Audio-Logo-Visual Poetics9. An Introduction to Audiovisual AnalysisGlossaryChronology: Landmarks of the Sound FilmNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAmplifying the importance of sound in cinemaTrade Review“An excellent collection of essays which reveals much about the state of play of soundtrack studies and offers many fresh and original insights. It will certainly be of value to students and scholars of film sound.”--Music, Sound, and the Moving Image"A substantial and important book, Lowering the Boom includes work from both established scholars and emerging voices in the field and is a welcome addition to auditory culture and sound studies."--Steve J. Wurtzler, author of Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media“[Lowering the Boom reclaims] cinema as an “audiovisual” object, demonstrating conclusively that whatever the relative importance of the “audio” and “visual” parts, neither can be ignored . . . . I hope Lowering the Boom is widely read.”--Jump Cut"A central text for the study of sound in media. Lowering the Boom's wide range of topics joins history and critical debates and will be useful and appealing to scholars and students of sound design, media studies, and film theory."--Donald Crafton, author of The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: The Future of Film Sound Studies 1Jay Beck and Tony GrajedaPart 1: Theorizing Sound 1. The Phenomenology of Film Sound: Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped 23John Belton 2. The Proxemics of the Mediated Voice 36Arnt Maaso 3. Almost Silent: The Interplay of Sound and Silence in Contemporary Cinema and Television 51Paul Theberge 4. The Sounds of "Silence": Dolby Stereo, Sound Design, and The Silence of the Lambs 68Jay BeckPart II: Historicizing Sound 5. Sonic Imagination; or, Film Sound as a Discursive Construct in Czech Culture of the Transitional Period 87Petr Szczepanik 6. Sounds of the City: Alfred Newman's "Street Scene" and Urban Modernity 105Matthew Malsky 7. Film and the Wagnerian Aspiration: Thoughts on Sound Design and the History of the Senses 123James LastraPart III: Sound and Genre 8. Asynchronous Documentary: Bunuel's Land without Bread 141Barry Mauer 9. "We'll Make a Paderewski of You Yet!": Acoustic Reflections in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T 152Nancy Newman 10. Paul Sharits's Cinematics of Sound 171Melissa Ragona 11. "Every Beautiful Sound Also Creates an Equally Beautiful Picture": Color Music and Walt Disney's Fantasia 183Clark FarmerPart IV: Film Sound and Cultural Studies 12. "A Question of the Ear": Listening to Touch of Evil 201Tony Grajeda 13. "Sound Sacrifices": The Postmodern Melodramas of World War II 218Debra White-Stanley 14. Real Fantasies: Connie Stevens, Silencio, and Other Sonic Phenomena in Mulholland Drive 233Robert MiklitschPart V: Case Studies of Film Sound 15. Selling Spectacular Sound: Dolby and the Unheard History of Technical Trademarks 251Paul Grainge 16. (S)lip-Sync: Punk Rock Narrative Film and Postmodern Musical Performance 269David Laderman 17. Critical Hearing and the Lessons of Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up 289David T. Johnson 18. Rethinking Point of Audition in The Cell 299Anahid Kassabian Works Cited 307 Contributors 327 Index 331

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