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Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.
If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.
Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.
From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women.
Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.
This is the second edition of the book "Thermodynamics of Fluids
under Flow," which was published in 2000 and has now been
corrected, expanded and updated. This is a companion book to our
other title Extended irreversible thermodynamics (D. Jou, J.
Casas-Vazquez and G. Lebon, Springer, 4th edition 2010), and of the
textbook Understanding non-equilibrium thermodynamics (G. Lebon, D.
Jou and J. Casas-Vazquez, Springer, 2008. The present book is more
specialized than its counterpart, as it focuses its attention on
the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of flowing fluids, incorporating
non-trivial thermodynamic contributions of the flow, going beyond
local equilibrium theories, i.e., including the effects of internal
variables and of external forcing due to the flow. Whereas the
book's first edition was much more focused on polymer solutions,
with brief glimpses into ideal and real gases, the present edition
covers a much wider variety of systems, such as: diluted and
concentrated polymer solutions, polymer blends, laminar and
turbulent superfluids, phonon hydrodynamics and heat transport in
nanosystems, nuclear collisions, far-from-equilibrium ideal gases,
and molecular solutions. It also deals with a variety of
situations, emphasizing the non-equilibrium flow contribution:
temperature and entropy in flowing ideal gases, shear-induced
effects on phase transitions in real gases and on polymer
solutions, stress-induced migration and its application to flow
chromatography, Taylor dispersion, anomalous diffusion in flowing
systems, the influence of the flow on chemical reactions, and
polymer degradation. The new edition is not only broader in scope,
but more educational in character, and with more emphasis on
applications, in keeping with our times. It provides many examples
of how a deeper theoretical understanding may bring new and more
efficient applications, forging links between theoretical progress
and practical aims. This updated version expands on the trusted
content of its predecessor, making it more interesting and useful
for a larger audience."
In the accounts compiled in this book, ethnography occurs through
processes of material and social interventions that turn the field
into a site for epistemic collaboration. Through creative
interventions that unfold what we term as "fieldwork devices"-such
as coproduced books, the circulation of repurposed data,
co-organized events, authorization protocols, relational frictions,
and social rhythms-anthropologists engage with their counterparts
in the field in the construction of joint anthropological
problematizations. In these situations, the traditional tropes of
the fieldwork encounter (i.e. immersion and distance) give way to a
narrative of intervention, where the aesthetics of collaboration in
the production of knowledge substitutes or intermingles with
participant observation. Building on this, the book proposes the
concept of "experimental collaborations" to describe and
conceptualize this distinctive ethnographic modality.
In the last five years, the feminist movement has seen a radical
upswell of energy and activism. We have been inspired by #LeanIn,
we have found solidarity in #MeToo. We've pushed one another to be
stronger and try harder. Caroline Criado-Perez's landmark book of
feminist inspiration introduces us to the pioneers who motivated us
to do it like a woman, including a female fighter pilot in
Afghanistan; a Chilean revolutionary; the Russian punks who rocked
out against Putin; and the Iranian journalist who dared to uncover
her hair. This is a brilliant, necessary manifesto for women
everywhere.
This book provides an inventory of modes of inquiry for
ethnographic research and presents fieldwork as an act of
relational invention. It advances contemporary debates in
ethnography by arguing that the empirical practice of anthropology
is and has always been an inventive activity. Bringing together
contributions from scholars across the world, the volume offers an
expansive vision of the resourcefulness that anthropologists unfold
in their empirical investigations by compiling inventive social and
material techniques, or field devices, for anthropological inquiry.
The chapters seek to inspire both novel and experienced
practitioners of ethnography to venture into the many possibilities
of fieldwork, to demonstrate the essential creative and inventive
practices neglected in traditional accounts of ethnography, and to
invite anthropologists to confidently engage in inventive fieldwork
practices.
In the accounts compiled in this book, ethnography occurs through
processes of material and social interventions that turn the field
into a site for epistemic collaboration. Through creative
interventions that unfold what we term as "fieldwork devices"-such
as coproduced books, the circulation of repurposed data,
co-organized events, authorization protocols, relational frictions,
and social rhythms-anthropologists engage with their counterparts
in the field in the construction of joint anthropological
problematizations. In these situations, the traditional tropes of
the fieldwork encounter (i.e. immersion and distance) give way to a
narrative of intervention, where the aesthetics of collaboration in
the production of knowledge substitutes or intermingles with
participant observation. Building on this, the book proposes the
concept of "experimental collaborations" to describe and
conceptualize this distinctive ethnographic modality.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Flavins and flavoproteins are a widely investigated and highly
versatile group of compounds. Participation of these compounds in
photochemistry and photobiology processes are of particular
importance in the fields of biology, chemistry and medicine.
Written by leading experts in the field each section of the book
includes a historical overview of the subject, state of the art
developments and future perspectives. Flavins: Photochemistry and
Photobiology begins with the properties and applications of
flavins, including their photochemistry in aqueous and organic
solutions. Subsequent sections discuss riboflavin as a visible
light sensitizer in the photo degradation of drugs, antiviral and
antibacterial effects, the role of flavins in light induced
toxicity and blue light initiated DNA repair by photolyase. Finally
there are sections on the flavin based photoreceptors in plants,
bacteria and eukaryotic photosynthetic flagelettes. This book
brings together leading experts with a unique interdisciplinary
emphasis, to provide an authoritative resource on flavins and their
role in photochemistry and photobiology.
The Ties That Bind comprises the first collection of critical
essays that explore the family system in Spanish and Latin American
culture. This thought-provoking volume addresses the intersection
of language, narrative structure, social reality, and family
dynamics through examples from a diverse range of literary works,
including Cervantes' Don Quijote, Reinaldo Arenas' Celestino antes
del alba, and the Chicano film My Family/Mi Familia. Issues of
feminism, gender and sexuality, abuse, trauma, and communication
take the forefront in this ground-breaking book, which takes
psychological literary criticism a step beyond traditional
psychoanalytical approaches.
This book combines game theory and complex networks to examine
intentional technological risk through modeling. As information
security risks are in constant evolution, the methodologies and
tools to manage them must evolve to an ever-changing environment. A
formal global methodology is explained in this book, which is able
to analyze risks in cyber security based on complex network models
and ideas extracted from the Nash equilibrium. A risk management
methodology for IT critical infrastructures is introduced which
provides guidance and analysis on decision making models and real
situations. This model manages the risk of succumbing to a digital
attack and assesses an attack from the following three variables:
income obtained, expense needed to carry out an attack, and the
potential consequences for an attack. Graduate students and
researchers interested in cyber security, complex network
applications and intentional risk will find this book useful as it
is filled with a number of models, methodologies and innovative
examples.
This is the second edition of the book "Thermodynamics of Fluids
under Flow," which was published in 2000 and has now been
corrected, expanded and updated. This is a companion book to our
other title Extended irreversible thermodynamics (D. Jou, J.
Casas-Vazquez and G. Lebon, Springer, 4th edition 2010), and of the
textbook Understanding non-equilibrium thermodynamics (G. Lebon, D.
Jou and J. Casas-Vazquez, Springer, 2008. The present book is more
specialized than its counterpart, as it focuses its attention on
the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of flowing fluids, incorporating
non-trivial thermodynamic contributions of the flow, going beyond
local equilibrium theories, i.e., including the effects of internal
variables and of external forcing due to the flow. Whereas the
book's first edition was much more focused on polymer solutions,
with brief glimpses into ideal and real gases, the present edition
covers a much wider variety of systems, such as: diluted and
concentrated polymer solutions, polymer blends, laminar and
turbulent superfluids, phonon hydrodynamics and heat transport in
nanosystems, nuclear collisions, far-from-equilibrium ideal gases,
and molecular solutions. It also deals with a variety of
situations, emphasizing the non-equilibrium flow contribution:
temperature and entropy in flowing ideal gases, shear-induced
effects on phase transitions in real gases and on polymer
solutions, stress-induced migration and its application to flow
chromatography, Taylor dispersion, anomalous diffusion in flowing
systems, the influence of the flow on chemical reactions, and
polymer degradation. The new edition is not only broader in scope,
but more educational in character, and with more emphasis on
applications, in keeping with our times. It provides many examples
of how a deeper theoretical understanding may bring new and more
efficient applications, forging links between theoretical progress
and practical aims. This updated version expands on the trusted
content of its predecessor, making it more interesting and useful
for a larger audience.
Sympathetic afferent fibers originate from a visceral organ, course
in the thoracolumbar rami communicantes, have cell bodies located
in dorsal root ganglia, and terminate in the gray matter of the
spinal cord. Sympathetic afferent fibers from the heart transmit
information about noxious stimuli associated with myocardial
ischemia, i. e. angina pectoris. Previous reviews have described
the characteristics of cardiovascular sympathetic afferent fibers
(Bishop et al. 1983; Malliani 1982). This review summarizes that
work and focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying the
complexities of angina pectoris. In order to understand anginal
pain, cells forming the classical pain pathway, the spinothalamic
tract (STn, were chosen for study. These cells were chosen to
address questions about anginal pain because they transmit
nociceptive informa of pain. Antidromic tion to brain regions that
are involved in the perception activation of STT cells provided a
means of identifying cells involved with trans mission of
nociceptive information in anesthetized animals. Other ascending
pathways may also transmit nociceptive information, but many
studies show that the STT plays an important role. Visceral pain is
commonly referred to overlying somatic structures. The pain of
angina pectoris can be sensed over a wide area of the thorax: in
the retrosternal, precordial anterior thoracic, and anterior
cervical regions of the chest; in the left or sometimes even the
right shoulder, arm, wrist, or hand; or in the jaw and teeth
(Harrison and Reeves 1968)."
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PRIMA 2022: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems - 24th International Conference, Valencia, Spain, November 16-18, 2022, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2023)
Reyhan Aydogan, Natalia Criado, Jerome Lang, Victor Sanchez-Anguix, Marc Serramia
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd
International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent
Systems, PRIMA 2020, held in hybrid mode in Valencia, Spain, in
November 2022. The 31 full papers presented together with 15 short
papers and 1 demo paper were carefully reviewed and selected from
100 submissions.The conference covers a wide range of ranging from
foundations of agent theory and engineering aspects of agent
systems, to emerging interdisciplinary areas of agent-based
research.
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Multi-Agent Systems and Agreement Technologies - 14th European Conference, EUMAS 2016, and 4th International Conference, AT 2016, Valencia, Spain, December 15-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Natalia Criado Pacheco, Carlos Carrascosa, Nardine Osman, Vicente Julian Inglada
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This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 14th
European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2016, and the
Fourth International Conference on Agreement Technologies, AT 2016,
held in Valencia, Spain, in December 2016. The 43 papers and 2
invited papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and
selected from 68 submissions. The papers cover thematic areas as
agent and multi-agent system models, algorithms, applications,
simulations, theoretical studies, and for AT the thematic areas
are: algorithms
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