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SummaryAn account is given of the principles of lymph node dosimetry in radioisotope therapy with Lipiodol 131J. After a general introduction, exact data on the concentrations reached by the radionuclide in the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, thyroid and blood of patients subjected to this treatment are reported. Finally mention is made of a number of particularly interesting autopsy findings.

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION

The Innes Review ◽

10.3366/inr.1963.14.2.89 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 89-92

Author(s):

William James Anderson

Keyword(s):

General Introduction

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Thomas More et l’ouverture humaniste

Moreana ◽

10.3366/more.2014.51.1-2.14 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 51 (Number 195- (1-2) ◽

pp. 186-209

Author(s):

Marie-Claire Phélippeau

Keyword(s):

General Introduction ◽

Thomas More ◽

Major Work ◽

Oxford University ◽

New Ideas ◽

Fiction Writer

This article is to be understood as a general introduction to Thomas More, the humanist. Confronted with the new ideas coming from the rest of Europe, More is influenced by the rediscovery of Greek texts. With his humanist friends, William Lily and Erasmus, he becomes a translator, a poet, a polemicist and a fiction writer. The article starts by defining the terms Renaissance and Humanism, laying the stress of the secularization of thought, and continues by recalling Thomas More’s action against the rigidity of Oxford University in the battle about Greek. The humanist’s portrait then continues with the evocation of More’s qualities as a pedagogue, a poet and a dialogue writer to finish with More’s role as a reformer and an Epicurean in his major work Utopia. The conclusion insists on the re-affirmation of man in the Renaissance world.

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Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa

10.23943/princeton/9780691156859.001.0001 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

North Africa ◽

Cultural Influences ◽

Mathematical Induction ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

General Introduction ◽

Extensive Survey ◽

Medieval Europe ◽

Ceva’S Theorem ◽

Arabic Speaking ◽

First Time

Medieval Europe was a meeting place for the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic civilizations, and the fertile intellectual exchange of these cultures can be seen in the mathematical developments of the time. This book presents original Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic sources of medieval mathematics, and shows their cross-cultural influences. Most of the Hebrew and Arabic sources appear here in translation for the first time. Readers will discover key mathematical revelations, foundational texts, and sophisticated writings by Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic-speaking mathematicians, including Abner of Burgos's elegant arguments proving results on the conchoid—a curve previously unknown in medieval Europe; Levi ben Gershon's use of mathematical induction in combinatorial proofs; Al-Muʾtaman Ibn Hūd's extensive survey of mathematics, which included proofs of Heron's Theorem and Ceva's Theorem; and Muhyī al-Dīn al-Maghribī's interesting proof of Euclid's parallel postulate. The book includes a general introduction, section introductions, footnotes, and references.

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Unrivalled Influence

10.23943/princeton/9780691153216.001.0001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Judith Herrin

Keyword(s):

Political Life ◽

General Introduction ◽

Women And Gender ◽

Mothers And Daughters ◽

Diverse Range ◽

Long Span ◽

Imperial Court ◽

And Gender ◽

The Many ◽

First Time

This book explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. This book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, the book sheds light on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters. It looks at women's interactions with eunuchs, the in-between gender in Byzantine society, and shows how women defended their rights to hold land. The book describes how women controlled their inheritances, participated in urban crowds demanding the dismissal of corrupt officials, followed the processions of holy icons and relics, and marked religious feasts with liturgical celebrations, market activity, and holiday pleasures. The vivid portraits that emerge here reveal how women exerted an unrivalled influence on the patriarchal society of Byzantium, and remained active participants in the many changes that occurred throughout the empire's millennial history. The book brings together the author's finest essays on women and gender written throughout the long span of her career. This volume includes three new essays published here for the very first time and a new general introduction. It also provides a concise introduction to each essay that describes how it came to be written and how it fits into her broader views about women and Byzantium.

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