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In the modern age, post-Holocaust studies should embrace the
variety of media and cultural channels available to enable the
comprehension of the current population. When implementing these
channels, individuals have to take into account a holistic approach
to ensure all aspects of this area are integrated to ensure an
inclusive understanding of the Holocaust. Post-Holocaust Studies in
a Modern Context is a critical scholarly resource that explores the
impact of post-Holocaust issues on current social issues across the
globe such as the Western approach to immigration and the shaping
and reshaping of national ethos across the globe. Featuring a wide
range of topics such as millennials, cultural heritage, artistry,
educational programs, and historical experience, this book is a
vital resource for students, professors, researchers, and readers
of popular social science interested in the fate of the Jewish
people and the sociological forces that influence the post-WWII
era.
This book is the collaborative response of engaged scholars from
diverse countries and disciplines who are disturbed by the
contemporary resurgence of anti-democratic movements and regimes
throughout the world. These movements have manifest in vitriolic
"nationalist" polemics, state-supported violence, and exclusionary
anti-immigrant policies, less than a century after the rise and
fall and horrific devastations of fascism in the early 20th
century.
Distinguished international scholars discuss the connection between
emotion and value in Kant's philosophy, from his ethics to his
philosophy of mind, aesthetics, religion and politics. Through a
mixture of interpretation and critical discussion, this collection
demonstrates the continuing relevance of Kant's work to
philosophical debates.
In this thesis single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy
transfer (FRET) spectroscopy was used to study the folding of a
protein that belongs to the large and important family of repeat
proteins. Cohen shows that the dynamics of the expanded
conformations is likely to be very fast, suggesting a spring-like
motion of the whole chain. The findings shed new light on the
elasticity of structure in repeat proteins, which is related to
their function in binding multiple and disparate partners. This
concise research summary provides useful insights for students
beginning a PhD in this or a related area, and researchers entering
this field.
Cohen utilizes the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary
literary and cultural studies to shed new light on the
relationships between technologies and the people who used them
during the early modern period.
This complete guide to the modern musical covers the entire process
of creating a show, from finding and working out the initial idea,
through the writing of both songs and libretto, to the ways in
which writers can market a finished show and get it produced. This
comprehensive book, for the interested theatregoer and writers, new
or experienced, is written in a lively and user-friendly style and
illustrated with numerous examples, containing a how-to tutorial
approach to its subject matter that has never appeared in print.
With years of theatrical experience between them, Steven L.
Rosenhaus and Allen Cohen have written an accessible, practical and
comprehensive guide on how to break into the glamorous musical
theatre business.
During the revolution in Iran, a small, fanatical group called the
Forqan used targeted assassinations of religious leaders to fight
the Ayatollah Khomeini's plan to establish a theocratic Islamic
state. Ronen A. Cohen examines what really happened behind the fog
of revolution.
Many satellites have recently been launched or are in preparation,
which operate in the microwave to IR ranges, the main objective
being to observe the earth's atmosphere or interstellar clouds.
Analysis of the data they supply requires extensive laboratory work
because we still only have sufficiently accurate data (line
positions, intensities, and profiles) for only a few species.
Furthermore, the observer community is making increasing calls for
laboratory data, as new development open up new observational
possibilities (such as submillimeter observation). Research on
these subjects involves many different areas of specialisation in
fields of research that generate a wealth of data. In Spectroscopy
from Space the people responsible for field observations explain
which results they are expecting from their measurements and how
laboratory people can help them to analyse their satellite data.
Laboratory spectroscopists explain why what they can do now, and
what kinds of experiment and theoretical development that might
undertake to meet the needs of the remote sensing community. The
problems of distributing reliable laboratory data in a timely way
are also addressed.
Following the success of the first edition, published in 1995, this
fully rewritten A Guide to Clinical Drug Research - Second Edition
has been adapted to the most recent guidelines and developments in
the field. It continues to provide a wealth of practical advice,
ranging from the conception of an idea, planning a study and
writing a protocol, through to the conduct of a study, data
collection and analysis, and publication. It tells investigators
what information they should expect sponsoring companies to
provide, particularly when there is only limited information
available about a new drug. It also explains what the company can
expect of investigators, including the requirements of good
clinical practice'. Unlike other currently available texts on
clinical trials and pharmaceutical medicine, A Guide to Clinical
Drug Research concentrates on the needs of the practising clinician
and research team. It is not restricted to drug investigation, and
is relevant to all those involved in clinical research in a variety
of settings. Audience: Required reading for clinical researchers
and others involved as investigators in a drug project, often
sponsored by a pharmacuetical company, plus agents of the
sponsoring companies themselves.
Wonder is a highly ambivalent word and idea which can denote woe,
horror, or terror on one hand and delight, jubilation, or ecstasy
on the other. In the first part of this book, Adam Max Cohen
embraces the many meanings of wonder in order to challenge the
generic divides between comedy, tragedy, history, and romance to
suggest that Shakespeare's primary goal in crafting each of his
play worlds was the evocation of one or more varieties of wonder.
In the second part of this book, seven esteemed scholars respond to
Cohen's exploration and pay homage to his legacy.
This book takes a multi-dimensional approach to the concept of
organizational fairness, one that views organizational fairness as
being comprised of procedural justice, organizational politics,
organizational trust, and psychological contract breach, all of
which are indicators of the global evaluation of the (un)fairness
of the organization.
This book provides the first sustained attempt to extract from
Kant's writings on biology, anthropology and history an account of
the human sciences, their underlying unity, their presuppositions
as well as their methodology; that is to say, Kant's philosophical
and epistemological foundation of the human sciences.
Across the social sciences and even in philosophy, trust is most
often characterized in terms of expectations and probabilities.
This book defends an alternative conception of trust as a moral
phenomenon.
New online resources are opening doors for education and outreach
in the Earth sciences. One of the most innovative online earth
science portals is Macrostrat and its mobile client Rockd - an
interface that combines geolocated geological maps with
stratigraphic information, lithological data, and crowd-sourced
images and descriptions of outcrops. These tools provide a unique
educational opportunity for students to interact with primary
geological data, create connections between local outcrops and
global patterns, and make new field observations. Rockd
incorporates an aspect of social media to its platform, which
creates a sense of community for users. This Element outlines these
resources, gives instructions on how to use them, and provides
examples of how to integrate these resources into a variety of
paleontology and earth science courses.
Integration of research experiences into the undergraduate
classroom can result in increased recruitment, retention, and
motivation of science students. 'Big data' science initiatives,
such as the Paleobiology Database (PBDB), can provide inexpensive
and accessible research opportunities. This Element provides an
introduction to what the PBDB is, how to use it, how it can be
deployed in introductory and advanced courses, and examples of how
it has been used in undergraduate research. The PBDB aims to
provide information on all fossil organisms, across the tree of
life, around the world, and through all of geologic time. The PBDB
Resource Page contains a range of PBDB tutorials and activities for
use in physical geology, historical geology, paleontology,
sedimentology, and stratigraphy courses. As two-year colleges,
universities, and distance-based learning initiatives seek
research-based alternatives to traditional lab exercises, the PBDB
can provide opportunities for hands-on science activities.
Early modern historians now agree that revolutions in military
technology, information technology, navigation, clockmaking,
surveying, and many other technical fields exerted considerable
influences on Elizabethan and Jacobean culture. "Shakespeare and
Technology" examines the multifaceted impact of early modern
technological revolutions on Shakespeare's dramaturgy. By reading
the plays in their immediate technological contexts, Cohen offers
new insights into some of Shakespeare's key metaphors, his methods
of character development and plot development, his ideas about
genre, his concept of theatrical space, and his views on the
theater's role in society. The study finds that Shakespeare
acknowledged long-standing stigmas associated with each of the
technologies that defined his culture, and it highlights the ways
in which characters described themselves and others as machines.
"Shakespeare and Technology" should be of interest to literature
scholars, early modern cultural historians, and historians of
science and technology.
This book tells a story of Taiwan's transformation from an
authoritarian regime to a democratic system where human rights are
protected as required by international human rights treaties. There
were difficult times for human rights protection during the martial
law era; however, there has also been remarkable transformation
progress in human rights protection thereafter. The book reflects
the transformation in Taiwan and elaborates whether or not it is
facilitated or hampered by its Confucian tradition. There are a
number of institutional arrangements, including the Constitutional
Court, the Control Yuan, and the yet-to-be-created National Human
Rights Commission, which could play or have already played certain
key roles in human rights protections. Taiwan's voluntarily
acceptance of human rights treaties through its implementation
legislation and through the Constitutional Court's introduction of
such treaties into its constitutional interpretation are also fully
expounded in the book. Taiwan's NGOs are very active and have
played critical roles in enhancing human rights practices. In the
areas of civil and political rights, difficult human rights issues
concerning the death penalty remain unresolved. But regarding the
rights and freedoms in the spheres of personal liberty, expression,
privacy, and fair trial (including lay participation in criminal
trials), there are in-depth discussions on the respective
developments in Taiwan that readers will find interesting. In the
areas of economic, social, and cultural rights, the focuses of the
book are on the achievements as well as the problems in the
realization of the rights to health, a clean environment, adequate
housing, and food. The protections of vulnerable groups, including
indigenous people, women, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender) individuals, the disabled, and foreigners in Taiwan,
are also the areas where Taiwan has made recognizable achievements,
but still encounters problems. The comprehensive coverage of this
book should be able to give readers a well-rounded picture of
Taiwan's human rights performance. Readers will find appealing the
story of the effort to achieve high standards of human rights
protection in a jurisdiction barred from joining international
human rights conventions. This book won the American Society of
International Law 2021 Certificate of Merit in a Specialized Area
of International Law.
You Can Get Through This Your doctor told you it was breast cancer.
So now what?! You'll need plenty of essential advice--the kind that
only comes from someone who's been there. In "Just Get Me Through
This!" Deborah A. Cohen and Robert M. Gelfand, M.D. help you deal
with all the ups and downs of the breast cancer experience. From
the shock of diagnosis to getting through treatment to getting on
with your life, they pack it with plenty of straight talk and
practical tips. This newly updated edition also includes advice
from two prominent breast cancer surgeons. Discover: The latest
data on hormonal treatments How cornstarch can help you breeze
through radiation Why a calendar can help you get through
chemotherapy Information on the latest drugs used as part of
chemotherapy How to ease back into an intimate relationship Who
might be your best ally when you're feeling blue The surefire way
to beat insurance and workplace hassles What medical professionals
say about everything from surgery to soy Each step of the way, this
wise and witty companion will be there with unfailing inspiration
and heart-to-heart support. It's also simple to use, with an
accessible format--to make even the toughest days a whole lot
easier. A Harvard Business School and Smith College graduate,
marketing executive Deborah A. Cohen was, like so many others,
going about her life as a young and healthy woman when she was
unexpectedly struck with a diagnosis of breast cancer. As a result
of her illness, the Wisconsin native became active in several
breast cancer advocacy efforts, including "Climb Against the Odds,"
a Cancer Coalition's Leadership Education and Advocacy Development
Program, and Peer Review Committees for the American Cancer
Society's research programs. The research and writing of Just Get
Me Through This! was a natural next step for Cohen in her
commitment to helping others cope with and battle this disease.
Robert M. Gelfand, M.D., is an oncologist with a private practice
in New York City. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
at the Weill-Cornell Medical Center and at New York Presbyterian
Hospital, where he also teaches. He received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree
from the State University of New York at Brooklyn. He completed his
residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and a
fellowship in hematology and oncology at The New York
Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. Dr. Gelfand is married
and has three daughters. Faith A. Menken, M.D., is a surgeon
practicing at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in
New York City. She went to medical school at Cornell University
Medical College and did her internship at Mount Sinai Hospital and
her residency at the New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center. She
lives in New York City. Eugene J. Nowak, M.D., is a surgeon
practicing at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in
New York City. He went to medical school UMDNJ/New Jersey Medical
School and did his internship and residency at the New York
Weill-Cornell Medical Center. He lives in New York City.
The Routledge Handbook on Israeli Security provides an
authoritative survey of both the historical roots of Israel's
national security concerns and their principal contemporary
expressions. Following an introduction setting out its central
themes, the Handbook comprises 27 independent chapters, all written
by experts in their fields, several of whom possess first-hand
diplomatic and/or military experience at senior levels. An
especially noteworthy feature of this volume is the space allotted
to analyses of the impact of security challenges not just on
Israel's diplomatic and military postures (nuclear as well as
conventional) but also on its cultural life and societal behavior.
Specifically, it aims to fulfill three principal needs. The first
is to illustrate the dynamic nature of Israel's security concerns
and the ways in which they have evolved in response to changes in
the country's diplomatic and geo-strategic environment, changes
that have been further fueled by technological, economic and
demographic transformations; Second, the book aims to examine how
the evolving character of Israel's security challenges has
generated multiple - and sometimes conflicting - interpretations of
the very concept of "security", resulting in a series of dialogues
both within Israeli society and between Israelis and their friends
and allies abroad; Finally, it also discusses how areas of private
and public life elsewhere considered inherently "civilian" and
unrelated to security, such as artistic and cultural institutions,
nevertheless do mirror the broader legal, economic and cultural
consequences of this Israeli preoccupation with national security.
This comprehensive and up-to-date collection of studies provides an
authoritative and interdisciplinary guide to both the dynamism of
Israel's security dilemmas and to their multiple impacts on Israeli
society. In addition to its insights and appeal for all people and
countries forced to address the security issue in today's world,
this Handbook is a valuable resource for upper-level undergraduates
and researchers with an interest in the Middle East and Israeli
politics, international relations and security studies.
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