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Jacques Derrida remains a leading voice of philosophy, his works
still resonating today-and for more than three decades, one of the
main sites of Derridean deconstruction has been the arts.
Collecting nineteen texts spanning from 1979 to 2004, Thinking out
of Sight brings to light Derrida's most inventive ideas about the
making of visual artworks. The book is divided into three sections.
The first demonstrates Derrida's preoccupation with visibility,
image, and space. The second contains interviews and collaborations
with artists on topics ranging from the politics of color to the
components of painting. Finally, the book delves into Derrida's
writings on photography, video, cinema, and theater, ending with a
text published just before his death about his complex relationship
to his own image. With many texts appearing for the first time in
English, Thinking out of Sight helps us better understand the
critique of representation and visibility throughout Derrida's
work, and, most importantly, to assess the significance of his
insights about art and its commentary.
Algebra and number theory have always been counted among the most
beautiful and fundamental mathematical areas with deep proofs and
elegant results. However, for a long time they were not considered
of any substantial importance for real-life applications. This has
dramatically changed with the appearance of new topics such as
modern cryptography, coding theory, and wireless communication.
Nowadays we find applications of algebra and number theory
frequently in our daily life. We mention security and error
detection for internet banking, check digit systems and the bar
code, GPS and radar systems, pricing options at a stock market, and
noise suppression on mobile phones as most common examples. This
book collects the results of the workshops "Applications of
algebraic curves" and "Applications of finite fields" of the RICAM
Special Semester 2013. These workshops brought together the most
prominent researchers in the area of finite fields and their
applications around the world. They address old and new problems on
curves and other aspects of finite fields, with emphasis on their
diverse applications to many areas of pure and applied mathematics.
The earth's landscapes are being increasingly impacted by the
activities of man. Unfortunately, we do not have a full
understanding of the consequences of these disturbances on the
earth's productive capacity. This problem was addressed by a group
of French and U.S. ecologists who are specialists at levels of
integration extending from genetics to the biosphere at a meeting
at Stanford, California, sponsored by the National Science
Foundation and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
With a few important exceptions it was found at this meeting that
most man-induced disturbances of ecosystems can be viewed as large
scale patterns of disturbances that have occurred, generally on a
small scale, in ecosystems through evolutionary time. Man has
induced dramatic large-scale changes in the environment which must
be viewed at the biosphere level. Acid deposition and CO increase
are two 2 examples of the consequences of man's increased
utilization of fossil fuels. It is a matter of considerable concern
that we cannot yet fully predict the ecological consequences of
these environmental changes. Such problems must be addressed at the
international level, yet substantive mechanisms to do this are not
available."
Much effort has been devoted to developing theories to explain the
wide variation we observe in reproductive allocation among
environments. Reproductive Allocation in Plants describes why
plants differ in the proportion of their resources that they
allocate to reproduction and looks into the various theories. This
book examines the ecological and evolutionary explanations for
variation in plant reproductive allocation from the perspective of
the underlying physiological mechanisms controlling reproduction
and growth. An international team of leading experts have prepared
chapters summarizing the current state of the field and offering
their views on the factors determining reproductive allocation in
plants. This will be a valuable resource for senior undergraduate
students, graduate students and researchers in ecology, plant
ecophysiology, and population biology.
* 8 outstanding chapters dedicated to the evolution and ecology of
variation in plant reproductive allocation
* Written by an international team of leading experts in the
field
* Provides enough background information to make it accessible to
senior undergraduate students
* Includes over 60 figures and 29 tables
"Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space" opens new and
insightful vistas on the nexus between empire and geography. The
volume redirects attention from the Atlantic to the space of the
eastern Mediterranean shaped by two empires of remarkable duration
and territorial extent, the Byzantine and the Ottoman. The essays
offer a diachronic and comparative account that spans the medieval
and early modern periods and reaches into the nineteenth century.
Methodologically rich, the essays combine historical, literary, and
theoretical perspectives. Through texts as diverse as court records
and chancery manuals, imperial treatises and fictional works,
travel literature and theatrical adaptations, the essays explore
ways in which the production of geographical knowledge supported
imperial authority or revealed its precarious mastery of geography.
Cultural heritage has tremendous importance in human development.
The communication of culture is determinant for society, whereas
that of heritage can be a driving force for individual development.
If cultural heritage is communicated and incorporated into the
educational development of children from the very beginning, it
will contribute to the formation of their entire lives and
sustainable social development. Combining Modern Communication
Methods With Heritage Education provides relevant theoretical
frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area.
It shows that heritage related to information provision is to be
started at a very early age and continued by schools and later
educational forms. Covering topics such as cultural heritage, world
heritage education, and indigenous archives, this premier reference
work is an essential resource for educators and administrators of
both K-12 and higher education, pre-service teachers, teacher
educators, sociologists, anthropologists, business leaders and
executives, marketers, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
In 1894, on the eve of the French conquest of Morocco, a young
Muslim mystic named Muhammad al-Kattani decided to abandon his life
of asceticism to preach Islamic revival and jihad against the
French. Ten years later, al-Kattani mobilized a socially diverse
coalition of Moroccans who called for resistance against French
colonization.
In 1909, he met a violent death at the hands of the same
Moroccan anti-colonialists he had empowered through his activism.
Today, the government of Morocco regards al-Kattani's story as
subversive, and he has virtually disappeared from the narratives of
the early Moroccan anti-colonialism and nationalism. Despite this
silencing, al-Kattani's remarkable personal transformation and
sacrifice is at the heart of the events that, although ultimately
failing to prevent French rule, gave birth to Moroccan nationalism
and to modern concepts of Moroccan political power and
authority.
"Forgotten Saints and Silenced Mystics" draws on a diverse
collection of previously unknown primary sources to narrate the
vivid story of al-Kattani and his virtual disappearance from
accounts of modern Moroccan history.
In addition to hypercholesterolaemia and smoking, hypertension, a
chronic disease with many cardiovascular complications, is one of
the major risk factors for cardiac ischemia, and the main risk
factor for cerebrovascular disease. To elucidate the role of
oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in hypertension and the
effect of different medical therapies on these parameters.The
present study included measurement of serum lipid profile, total
lipid peroxidation and oxidized HDL ( Ox-HDL)in 69 patients aged
30-70 years . They were three groups according to the type of
therapy: atenelol, captopril & no pharmacological
antihypertensives NPAHT. The results were compared with those of 45
apparently healthy controls(age range=30-66 years). The results
showed a significant elevation in serum MDA and the OX.non-HDL %
with a significant reduction in the reduction in the OX.HDL % as
compared to the controls. The disturbance in the oxidant /
antioxidant balance happened despite the treatment and blood
pressure control showing different pictures with different
modalities of treatment, being the best with the captopril.
Nowadays many countries, including least developed ones, are
decentralizing their educational management system to district and
local levels with the aim of providing better service; improving
quality, access, and efficiency as well as sharing cost of
education. Ethiopia has also decentralized its educational
management system by giving due considerations to the expected
benefits out of it. However, effectiveness in achieving the above
mentioned objectives of decentralized educational management calls
for effective and efficient planning and management capacity; and
adequate system resources at local level. With this in view, this
book assessed the factors related to managerial practices affecting
the effectiveness of decentralized duties and responsibilities at
DEOs in SNNPR, Ethiopia. Therefore, it is my belief that this book
will be of the benefit for the researchers, practitioners, planners
and decision makers who are working in decentralized educational
management system in Ethiopia and in any other developing
countries.
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