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Resource security is a new battleground in the international
politics of the Asia-Pacific. With demand for minerals and energy
surging, disputes are emerging over access and control of scarce
natural resource endowments. Drawing on critical insights from
political economy, this book explains why resources have emerged as
a source of inter-state conflict in the region. Jeffrey Wilson
shows how resources have emerged as a new cause of tension between
key regional powers, including China, Japan, Indonesia, Russia and
the United States. He focuses on three in-depth case studies of
contemporary resource conflicts in Asia; the regional scramble for
oil and gas, the 'iron ore war' between Australia and China, and
the threat of rare earth minerals to economic and military
security. International Resource Politics in Asia-Pacific will
appeal to students and academics of international political
economy, international relations and Asian studies. It will also be
of interest to policymakers, practitioners, managers and analysts
of the Asia-Pacific region.
The Formula is not just a book. It is a resource or tool that can
be used to help people deal with life's battles, struggles and
victories. Throughout life we face many challenges. Some good and
some complicated. The formula is a resource that people can carry
wherever they go and reference it to identify solutions and gain
strength to handle any situation that they may encounter. Truly the
formula is "The Handbook For Life." Michael D. Wilson was born in
Washington, D.C. He received a computer science degree from Bowie
State University. Michael currently works as a computer systems
architect. God gave Michael the gift to write. He also gave him the
knowledge to know and the wisdom to understand and he is now
sharing this with the world within the text of "The Formula."
Michael thanks his daughter Tamia Wilson for inspiring and
motivating him to write "The Formula." Thanks, Mia Mia.
This book provides critically examines how recent international
developments in victims theory and policy are experienced within
specific local contexts. The chapters approach key criminological
issues including the experience of criminal justice agencies,
policy formulation, the construction of victim identities and the
'discovery' of new victims.
As the turbulent 1960s draw to a close, an inexplicable crime
forces two young Americans who are teaching in Africa, and those
around them, to confront issues of motivation, culture and
belonging.
This book examines the relationship between race, religion, and
economics within the black church. The book features unheard voices
of individuals experiencing economic deprivation and the faith
communities who serve as their refuge. Thus, this project examines
the economic ethics of black churches in the rural South whose
congregants and broader communities have long struggled amidst
persistent poverty. Through a case study of communities in
Alabama's Black Belt, this book argues that if the economic ethic
of the Black Church remains accommodationist, it will continue to
become increasingly irrelevant to communities that experience
persistent poverty. Despite its historic role in combatting racial
oppression and social injustice, the Church has also perpetuated
ideologies that uncritically justify unjust social structures.
Wilson shows how the Church can shift the conversation and reality
of poverty by moving from a legacy of accommodationism and toward a
legacy of empowering liberating economic ethics.
vi as did non-appreciation that % values for bought-in solutions
(notably ammonia) may be on a weight basis, not made evident by the
manufacturer. Notwithstanding the shortcomings or lateness of some
texts, authors are thanked for compiling them amidst other
pressures. Elsevier and the American Chemical Society are also
thanked, for Figures now reproduced with source acknowledgement.
This Editor has generally respected authors' phrasing, whilst
shuddering when the term 'incubate' is encountered in a 0 Degrees
context. He remains a 'diehard' in certain respects, notably in
favouring 'M' rather than 'mol/I', and a wt./ml basis for drug
concentrations in test samples; he regards 'mmol/l' as a fatuous
fashion. Concerning infelicitous abbreviations, a distinction is
made between electron capture (detector context; 'ECD') and
electrochemical ('EC', never 'ECD'); the hallowed GC term 'FID'
means free induction decay to NMR practi tione:ts, who may pardon
the term 'Fid' as introduced editorially. The convention for ,0C'
throughout the book is '0'. Undefined but well-known abbreviations
include GC, HPLC and TLC. MS (mass spectrometry), NPD
(nitrogen-phosphorus detector), tr (retention time) and RIA
(radioimmunoassay) are usually defined in the article concerned, as
are the HPLC modes NP (normal-/straight phase) and RP
(reversed-phase; C-lS and ODS are synonymous), and i.s.
This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific
technique known as "tissue culture." It shows how tissue culture
was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and
argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding
research on human and animal tissue.
Using fresh evidence and nontraditional ideas, the contributing
authors of Mississippian Beginnings reconsider the origins of the
Mississippian culture of the North American Midwest and Southeast
(A.D. 1000-1600). Challenging the decades-old opinion that this
culture evolved similarly across isolated Woodland populations,
they discuss signs of migrations, pilgrimages, violent conflicts,
and other far-flung entanglements that now appear to have shaped
the early Mississippian past. Presenting recent fieldwork, archival
studies, and new investigations of legacy collections, the essays
in this volume interpret results through contemporary perspectives
that emphasize agency and historical contingency. They track the
various ways disparate cultures across a sizeable swath of the
continent came to share similar architecture, pottery, subsistence
strategies, sociopolitical organization, iconography, and religion.
Together, they provide the most comprehensive examination of early
Mississippian culture in nearly thirty years.
"There are few academics who write with as much grace and wisdom as
Timothy Wilson. REDIRECT is a masterpiece." -Malcolm Gladwell
What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn
you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager's
behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the
achievement gap in education? There is no such pill, but story
editing - the scientifically based approach described in REDIRECT -
can accomplish all of this.
The world-renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson shows us how to
redirect the stories we tell about ourselves and the world around
us, with subtle prompts, in ways that lead to lasting change.
Fascinating, groundbreaking, and practical, REDIRECT demonstrates
the remarkable power small changes can have on the ways we see
ourselves and our environment, and how we can use this in our
everyday lives.
The archaeologies of food and warfare have independently developed
over the past several decades. This volume aims to provide concrete
linkages between these research topics through the examination of
case studies worldwide. Topics considered within the book include:
the impacts of warfare on the daily food quest, warfare and
nutritional health, ritual foodways and violence, the provisioning
of warriors and armies, status-based changes in diet during times
of war, logistical constraints on military campaigns, and violent
competition over subsistence resources. The diversity of
perspectives included in this volume may be a product of new ways
of conceptualizing violence-not simply as an isolated component of
a society, nor as an attribute of a particular societal type-but
instead as a transformative process that is lived and irrevocably
alters social, economic, and political organization and
relationships. This book highlights this transformative process by
presenting a cross-cultural perspective on the connection between
war and food through the inclusion of case studies from several
continents.
The Futureproof City creates adaptability and resiliency in the
face of the unknown challenges resulting from technological change,
population explosion, global pandemic, and environmental crisis. A
paradigm shift is urgently required in the means of conceiving,
delivering, and managing city development to create better places
to live. This book brings to the fore many new solutions currently
being proposed and piloted globally, identifying ten key areas
affecting the physical fabric of our cities where governments,
planners, investors, and the individuals responsible for shaping
lives can refocus their understanding, priorities, and funding in
order to more effectively utilise the limited financial, natural,
and time resources available. It will be key reading for every
policy maker and professional working in sustainability,
development, technology, health and welfare, investment, and risk
issues in cities today.
The Futureproof City creates adaptability and resiliency in the
face of the unknown challenges resulting from technological change,
population explosion, global pandemic, and environmental crisis. A
paradigm shift is urgently required in the means of conceiving,
delivering, and managing city development to create better places
to live. This book brings to the fore many new solutions currently
being proposed and piloted globally, identifying ten key areas
affecting the physical fabric of our cities where governments,
planners, investors, and the individuals responsible for shaping
lives can refocus their understanding, priorities, and funding in
order to more effectively utilise the limited financial, natural,
and time resources available. It will be key reading for every
policy maker and professional working in sustainability,
development, technology, health and welfare, investment, and risk
issues in cities today.
In this highly original work, Thomas D. Wilson offers surprising
new insights into the origins of the political storms we witness
today. Wilson connects the Ashley Cooper Plan-a seventeenth-century
model for a well-ordered society imagined by Anthony Ashley Cooper
(1st Earl of Shaftesbury) and his protege John Locke-to current
debates about views on climate change, sustainable development,
urbanism, and professional expertise in general. In doing so, he
examines the ways that the city design, political culture,
ideology, and governing structures of the Province of Carolina have
shaped political acts and public policy even in the present. Wilson
identifies one of the fundamental paradoxes of American history:
although Ashley Cooper and Locke based their model of rational
planning on assumptions of equality, the lure of profits to be had
from slaveholding soon undermined its utopian qualities. Wilson
argues that in the transition to a slave society, the ""Gothic""
framework of the Carolina Fundamental Constitutions was stripped of
its original imperative of class reciprocity, reverberating in
American politics to this day. Reflecting on contemporary culture,
Wilson argues that the nation's urban-rural divide rooted in this
earlier period has corrosively influenced American character,
pitting one demographic segment against another. While illuminating
the political philosophies of Ashley Cooper and Locke as they
relate to cities, Wilson also provides those currently under attack
by antiurbanists-from city planners to climate scientists-with a
deeper understanding of the intellectual origins of a divided
America and the long history that reinforces it.
This volume explores the different approaches and techniques used
by researchers to study the recent challenges and developments in
metabolic profiling. This book is divided into IV parts. Part I
contains chapters that highlight basic concepts, such as
experimental design, data treatment, metabolite identification, and
harmonization. Part II describes experimental protocols for both
targeted and untargeted metabolomics covering the basic analytical
technologies: LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR and CE-MS. In addition the
protocols describe methods for the study of tissues, feces, blood
and other types of biological samples as well as the application of
chemical derivatization for GC-MS. Parts III and IV present the use
of metabolomics in the study of food, plants and the life sciences,
with examples from the quest for the discovery of disease
biomarkers, physical exercise omics and metabolic profiling of
food, fruit and wine. Written in the highly successful Methods in
Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to
their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and
reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols,
and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and thorough, Metabolic Profiling: Methods and
Protocols is a valuable resource for researchers who are interested
in expanding their knowledge of this rapidly developing field.
Thomas D. Wilson's Charleston and Savannah is the first
comprehensive history of Charleston and Savannah in a single volume
that weaves together the influences and parallels of their
intrinsic stories. As two of the earliest English-speaking cities
founded in America, Charleston and Savannah are among the nation's
top historic sites. Their historic characters, which attract
millions of visitors each year, are each a rich blend of cultural,
environmental, and socioeconomic elements. Yet even with this
popularity, both cities now face a challenge in preserving their
authentic historic character, natural beauty, and environmental
quality. Wilson charts the ebb and flow of the progress and
development of the cities using various through lines running
within each chapter, constructing an overall character assessment
of each. Wilson charts the economic rise of these port cities,
beginning with their British foundations and transatlantic trade in
the colonies through to their twentieth-century economic declines
and resurgences. He examines the cultural and economic aspects of
their Lowcountry landscapes and their evolution as progress and
industrialization made their mark. Employing both quantitative and
qualitative methodologies in his comparisons of the two cities, he
considers their histories, natural landscapes, weather patterns,
economies, demographics, culture, architecture, city planning, and
infrastructure. While each has its own civic and cultural strengths
and weaknesses, both are positioned as historically significant
southern cities, even as they assess aspects of their problematic
pasts.
This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a
streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics.
The first volume covers topics such as mechanics, heat, and
thermodynamics. The second volume covers electricity, atomic,
nuclear, and quantum physics. The authors provide emphasis on
worked examples together with expanded problem sets that build from
conceptual understanding to numerical solutions and real-world
applications to increase reader engagement. Including over 900
images throughout the two volumes, this textbook is highly
recommended for students seeking a basic understanding of key
physics concepts and how to apply them to real problems.
This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a
streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics.
The first volume covers topics such as mechanics, heat, and
thermodynamics. The second volume covers electricity, atomic,
nuclear, and quantum physics. The authors provide emphasis on
worked examples together with expanded problem sets that build from
conceptual understanding to numerical solutions and real-world
applications to increase reader engagement. Including over 900
images throughout the two volumes, this textbook is highly
recommended for students seeking a basic understanding of key
physics concepts and how to apply them to real problems.
This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a
streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics.
The first volume covers topics such as mechanics, heat, and
thermodynamics. The second volume covers electricity, atomic,
nuclear, and quantum physics. The authors provide emphasis on
worked examples together with expanded problem sets that build from
conceptual understanding to numerical solutions and real-world
applications to increase reader engagement. Including over 900
images throughout the two volumes, this textbook is highly
recommended for students seeking a basic understanding of key
physics concepts and how to apply them to real problems.
Bioanalytical Separations is volume 4 of the multi-volume series,
"Handbook of Analytical Separations," providing reviews of
analytical separation methods and techniques used for the
determination of analytes across a whole range of applications. The
theme for this volume is bioanalysis, in this case specifically
meaning the analysis of drugs and their metabolites in biological
fluids.
- Discusses new developments in instrumentation and methods of
analyzing drugs and their metabolites in biological fluids
- Provides guidance to the different methods, their relative value
to the user, and the advantages and pitfalls of their use
- Future trends are identified, in terms of the potential impact of
new technologies
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