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This book attempts to bridge the gap between the climate change research and decision-making communities by exploring the impacts of climate change on groundwater from a more applied perspective. Global climate change will impact groundwater demands, quality, and available supplies, and rising sea l... More

Im Rahmen eines Plädoyers für eine epistemologische Neuorientierung der Deutschdidaktik versucht dieses Buch (Deutsch)(Hochschul)Didaktik herrschafts- und rassismuskritisch zu reflektieren und weiterzuentwickeln. Entlang einer Auseinandersetzung mit zahlreichen Interviewäußerungen von Studierenden u... More

This book provides an insightful sociological study of the declining Japanese population, using statistical analysis to establish the significance of municipal power using demographic data on national, regional, prefectural and municipal levels. Penned by one of Japan's eminent sociologists, it prov... More

How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as “diseased” and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, whi... More

How games have been used to establish and combat Asian American racial stereotypes As Pokémon Go reshaped our neighborhood geographies and the human flows of our cities, mapping the virtual onto lived realities, so too has gaming and game theory played a role in our contemporary understanding of rac... More

Forty original contributions on games and gaming culture What does Pokémon Go tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? How does BioShock Infinite help us navigate world-building? From arcades to Atari, and phone ... More

Shows how reproductive justice organizations' collaborative work across racial lines provides a compelling model for other groups to successfully influence changePatricia Zavella experienced firsthand the trials and judgments imposed on a working professional mother of color: her own commitment to a... More

Se você quiser diminuir seu colesterol, prevenir doenças cardíacas e perder peso, comer o alimento certo é o melhor remédio. Comer de forma saudável é um desafio para aqueles com vidas aceleradas; muitos estudos mostraram que os veganos parecem ter um menor risco de ataque cardíaco, obesidade, pr... More

How gentrification uproots the urban food landscape, and what activists are doing to resist itFrom hipster coffee shops to upscale restaurants, a bustling local food scene is perhaps the most commonly recognized harbinger of gentrification. A Recipe for Gentrification explores this widespread phenom... More

A new manifesto for performance studies on the art of queer of color worldmaking. After the Party tells the stories of minoritarian artists who mobilize performance to produce freedom and sustain life in the face of subordination, exploitation, and annihilation. Through the exemplary work of Nina... More

Behind the scenes at a creationist theme park with a mission to convert visitors through entertainment Opened to the public in July 2016, Ark Encounter is a creationist theme park in Kentucky. The park features an all-timber re-creation of Noah's ark, built full scale to creationist specifications d... More

A new edition that brings the ways we watch and think about television up to the presentWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it “good” or “bad.” Rather, criticism uses ... More

Critically reimagines Chicanx art, unmasking its queer afterlife Emboldened by the boom in art, fashion, music, and retail culture in 1980s Los Angeles, the iconoclasts of queer Aztlán—as Robb Hernández terms the group of artists who emerged from East LA, Orange County, and other parts of Southern C... More

La libertà potrà mai essere per tutti? Come salvi una nazione dalla tirannia? Quando il Re di Bennvika muore in circostanze misteriose ed un usurpatore straniero di nome Jostan Kazabrus s'impadronisce del trono, imponendo spietatamente la sua volontà sulla popolazione, un triumvirato disunito di ... More

This volume considers contingency as a historical category resulting from the combination of various intellectual elements – epistemological, philosophical, material, as well as theological and, broadly speaking, intellectual. With contributions ranging from fields as diverse as the histories of phy... More

This book provides a highly accessible overview of public education policy. It organizes knowledge about 21st century education policy around two main topics: the policy process, and the discourse on public education policy. This unique organization provides a novel lens for better understanding the... More

This book presents recent advances in inorganic nanomaterials for healthcare, with focus on the synthesis, medical applications and toxicity of metals, metal oxides and metal sulfides. Major applications include diagnosis, bioimaging, biosensing, healing and therapy in cancer, diabetes, cardiovascul... More

While paramount to the modern economy, understanding how the banking system works has been usually cast aside from overall economic education. Even in the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, which has underlined the vital importance of banking in the economy, the workings of the sector remain ... More

A pivotal year in the history of the Russian Empire, 1913 marks the tercentennial celebration of the Romanov Dynasty, the infamous anti-Semitic Beilis Trial, RussiaÆs first celebration of International WomenÆs Day, the ministerial boycott of the Duma, and the amnestying of numerous prisoners and pol... More

In this book 25 authors from the Global South (19) and the Global North (6) address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment and development. Four parts cover I) peace research epistemology; II) conflicts, families and vulnerable people; III) peacekeeping, peacebuilding and transitional justi... More

This book provides a broad and nuanced overview of the achievements and legacy of Professor William (“Bill”) Goddard in the field of computational materials and molecular science. Leading researchers from around the globe discuss Goddard’s work and its lasting impacts, which can be seen in today’s c... More

This book presents the first critical review of the less frequently addressed stakeholders in international investment law. Focusing on private actors, including but not limited to lawyers, experts, funders, civil society, the media and scholars, the book highlights the variety of actors that help s... More

[flaptekst eerste druk Capaciteitsplanning in de zorg]Het uitgangspunt van dit boek is goede patiëntenzorg, kostenbeheersing en aantrekkelijk werkgeverschap. Zorg wordt geleverd door mensen. Een tevreden of ontevreden patiënt oordeelt vooral op basis van de inzet en het handelen van zorgverleners. E... More

Dit boek gaat over het beschikbaar stellen van geneesmiddelen en zelfzorgmiddelen, voorraadbeheer en logistiek. Daarbij houdt de apothekersassistent rekening met de behoeften van de patiënt, de houdbaarheid en de leveringstijd van middelen. Met theoretische kennis over het bereiden van verschillende... More

Linux é o único sistema operacional endpoint que está crescendo globalmente. Como uma pessoa disse, "Linux é o Nikola Tesla da tecnologia da informação". Este sistema operacional é usado em uma infinidade de dispositivos, incluindo smartphones, gravadores de vídeo digital, televisores, sistemas de e... More