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Characteristics of acoustic signals in healthy children using the new device "Trembita-Corona"

In 2016, the last revision of the nomenclature of breathing sounds took place at the Congress of the European Respiratory Society in Amsterdam.
 Purpose: to determine the features of the acoustic signal in healthy children using the new "Trembita-Corona" device.
 Materials and methods. 100 healthy children aged from 1 month to 18 years were examined. We have distinguished 3 main groups. The 1st research group included 700 acoustic signals that are characteristic of the vesicular type of breathing, the 2nd group - 100 acoustic signals that are characteristic of the tracheal type of breathing, the 3rd group - 200 acoustic signals that are characteristic of the bronchovesicular type of breathing.
 The results. With the help of the new "Trembita-Corona" device, a reference computerized database of acoustic signals for lung condition monitoring in healthy children was created. The parameters of the acoustic signal during different types of breathing in healthy children were formalized. Differences were found between the vesicular and the tracheal type of breathing in the average signal power in 0.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 octaves, in the frequency of the acoustic signal - in 0, 4, 5, 8 octaves, amplitude of the acoustic signal - in 0,3,4,5, 8 octaves. Differences between the vesicular and the bronchovesicular types of breathing were found in the average signal power in 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 octaves, in the frequency of the acoustic signal - in 0, 3.5, 6 and 7 octaves, amplitude of the acoustic signal - in all 8 octaves.
 Conclusions. The "Trembita-Corona" acoustic monitoring device makes it possible to describe sound phenomena that normally occur in healthy children depending on the type of breathing based on the average signal power, amplitude and frequency of the acoustic signal in 11 octaves

Current recommendations on adult resuscitation

### Key points Cardiorespiratory arrest remains the most challenging of medical emergencies with ∼18% of in-hospital cardiac arrests surviving to leave hospital in the UK.1 Despite data showing improvement in survival rates after cardiac arrest internationally, only 7–8% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)2 survive to hospital discharge in England compared with higher rates in other developed countries. In Seattle, North America, survival rates of 62% have been reported in patients who had witnessed OHCA with an initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation (VF). Continual evaluation and adjustments in resuscitation guidelines aim to improve survival rates. Adult resuscitation guidelines were last reviewed in this journal in 2007. There have been two Resuscitation Council (UK) [RC (UK)] guideline updates since then: in 2010, and most recently October 2015.3 This article will discuss and summarize the main changes. In 1767, a Society in Amsterdam was established for the Recovery of Drowned Persons.4 This was the first resuscitation organization dealing with education, guidelines, and collaboration between physicians and lay people. Despite some rather unusual techniques, many described are still used in modern-day resuscitation, that is, warming the victim and artificial respiration. The first scientific paper on survival after closed chest compressions was published in 19605 and was followed by a national cardiopulmonary resuscitation …

Book Review: An Observatory That Failed, between Rhetoric and Reality: Astronomical Practices at the Observatory of the Amsterdam Society ‘Felix Meritis’, 1786–1889

AN OBSERVATORY THAT FAILED Between Rhetoric and Reality: Astronomical Practices at the Observatory of the Amsterdam Society 'Felix Meritis', 1786-1889. Huib J. Zuidervaart and Rob H. van Gent (Verloren, Hilversum, 2013). Pp. 152. euro19. ISBN 978-90-8704-363-6.The history of astronomy is not just a tale of heroic geniuses and grand institutions, but also of failed attempts and might-have-beens. Just how fine the line between success and failure can be is illustrated by this book about a forgotten eighteenthcentury observatory in the middle of Amsterdam.In the introduction, the authors present their book as a study of astronomical practice in one specific location, for which they use the notion of a 'workshop of knowledge'. That is exactly what they deliver in this well-written and thoroughly researched study. But the impression that remains is the one suggested by the title, the dramatic gap between rhetoric and reality. Started with lofty ambitions and excellent facilities, the Felix Meritis observatory subsequently became characterized by missed chances, foolhardy decisions and sheer bad luck. The story makes for much more compelling reading than the obscurity of the subject would suggest.Felix Meritis was founded in 1777 as a learned society in the best traditions of Enlightenment. Its activities included arts, commerce, drawing, and science. A hefty entrance fee ensured an exclusively elite membership. In 1786, the society was unexpectedly able to purchase an excellent set of astronomical instruments from the legacy of J. M. Mohr (about whom Van Gent and Zuidervaart published an article in Isis in 2004). There was some legal trouble when it turned out that the seller was not actually the owner, but that was subsequently resolved.Of course, the new instruments needed a place, so when the society opened a new building on the prestigious Keizersgracht, it contained the first purpose-built observatory of the Netherlands. The 'wonder child' Pieter Nieuwland, educated by the great Franz Xaver von Zach in Gotha, was hired as observer. Everything seemed set for a glorious future.It was not to be. Nieuwland was soon lured away by Leiden University, despite its inferior astronomical facilities. He died one year later. This story repeated itself several times. Promising young scholars were appointed as observers, but they transferred to prestigious (and well-paid) professorships at the universities in Leiden or Utrecht, they died prematurely, they were prevented from using the observatory by unbending social rules or personal conflicts, or a combination of these things. …

Digital productivism: New participatory mass culture

New media art and activist organizations, such as FutureEverything in Manchester, Bootlab in Berlin, and the Waag Society in Amsterdam, sound a strikingly Productivist tone in their avowals to employ digital technology to turn consumers into producers, availing mass participation for social innovation. As such practices seek to reconstruct the public sphere, the question remains whether this access to information and the technological means of its production actually redistribute ownership of knowledge, labour and experience, or whether such projects further institutionalize an ideal bourgeois public sphere by creating a mere semblance of cultural participation.

FROM SINGA TO NAGA PADOHA, THE MAKING OF A MAGICAL CREATURE

One of the most treasured objects in Indonesian collection of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam is a pustaha, an ancient book used by Batak priests in north Sumatra. It is unique for its size, decoration and content. It was collected around 1852 and has been on public display ever since: first in the Ethnographic Museum of the Zoological Society in Amsterdam, then at the Colonial Museum, and finally, the Tropenmuseum. The book has drawn attention because of the large creature carved on it – variously interpreted as a singa (a mythical lion) and later, as a Naga Padoha, the mythical snake of the primordial waters. Another fascination of westerners with this book was its content of gruesome sorcery and magical practices. This stereotyped the image of the Batak as ferocious, primitive and heathen – a view held even by museum curators that has prevailed for more than a hundred years. However, a new perspective which takes into account the anthropology of the senses and other ways of looking at the book would show different aspects of the culture, such as its use by its indigenous owners and thus putting it into context and shedding light on its people and culture without the sensationalism.

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Response, Clé LesgerIn my book I have linked Amsterdam's remarkable trade expansion to the radical reorientation of the spatial economy in the Low Countries and the collapse of the gateway-system that had been in operation for the greater part of the sixteenth century. The shock that triggered this change was the Revolt and the politico-military schism of the north (the Republic) and the south (the Spanish Low Countries). During the reorientation process, Amsterdam was able to get hold of the flow of commodities and information previously shared between a number of different key sites in the Low Countries, and this did not remain confined to the existing flow of goods and information. With its expansion towards Asia and the Atlantic area, Amsterdam's commercial network grew to unprecedented proportions, and this too was fundamentally different to the situation in Antwerp prior to 1585. With reference to Veluwenkamp's second discussion point, I wish to emphasize that it was never my intention to undermine the importance of Amsterdam's intermediate trade. Instead, I was trying to make it clear that far from having the same features as staple trade, the intermediate trade of the early modern period bore a much closer resemblance to modern intermediate trade. Furthermore, in concordance with modern literature, I do not attribute the industry-related import and export flows to intermediate trade. Goods that were traded by the merchants of Amsterdam, but which never crossed the Republic's borders, of course fell under the category of intermediate trade. However, it has proved impossible to establish just how extensive this flow of goods and information actually was, and this is why I have been deliberately cautious about commenting on its importance to Amsterdam's intermediate trade. Contrary to what Gelderblom appears to suggest, I am not of the opinion that the merchantmigrants from the Southern Low Countries, particularly Antwerp, were the root cause of Amsterdam's commercial heyday (see above). However, my analysis of the archive of the Bank of Amsterdam does clearly show that the Southern Low Countries merchant-migrants were certainly more active and successful than average. In addition, when recalculated, the figures in Table 1 of Gelderblom's review also support this conclusion. I searched for the key to the successful business acumen of the Southern Low Countries migrants in different areas, including: their participation in existing and newly established trading networks set up by their fellow kinsmen; their capital; and, the knowledge possessed by several prominent merchants who originally hailed from Antwerp, as well as in the isolated position occupied by Southern-Low Countries migrant-merchants in Amsterdam society. Up until about 1630 they were exempted from many social functions in their new locality and so invested relatively more time and energy in trade. This response is part of the discussion forum 'Handel in Amsterdam' (Clé Lesger).

Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam. Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900-1920 Nancy Stieber

Book Review| September 01 2001 Review: Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam. Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900-1920 by Nancy Stieber Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam. Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900-1920Nancy Stieber Maristella Casciato Maristella Casciato Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2001) 60 (3): 366–368. https://doi.org/10.2307/991770 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Maristella Casciato; Review: Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam. Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900-1920 by Nancy Stieber. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 September 2001; 60 (3): 366–368. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/991770 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 2001 The Society of Architectural Historians Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

The acoustic design of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and resolution of the hall’s early acoustical problems

From the outset, acoustical considerations were a driving force in the design of the Concertgebouw. Several halls were used as acoustical models, including the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and the concert room of the Felx Meritus Society in Amsterdam. When the Concertgebouw opened in 1888, however, it had acoustical problems: the newly formed orchestra struggled with the hall’s long reverberation time, and balance between brass and strings was difficult. Various remedies were tried, including potted plants to ‘‘soak up’’ the sound. The installation of the organ in 1891 was thought by some to make the acoustics worse. Between 1895 and 1900 the problems were gradually resolved. Orchestral balance was improved in 1899 when the orchestra platform was rebuilt to reduce the steepness of the risers. Other factors included the approach of the new conductor, Willem Mengelberg, improved performance standards, and the arrival of the late Romantics, particularly Tchaikovsky, in the repertoire. Happily this coincided with improved transportation that enabled newly enthusiastic audiences to fill the hall. The paper uses plans, photographs and other historical evidence to explore the intent of the acoustic design of the Concertgebouw, and its transformation from near failure to musical and acoustical success.

Nancy Stieber, Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam: Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900–1920. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. 464pp. $45.00; £35.95.

Nancy Stieber, <i>Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam: Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900–1920</i>. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. 464pp. $45.00; £35.95.

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Stieber, Nancy. Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam: Reconfiguring Urban Order and Identity, 1900–1920

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