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Skilled artisans at the heart of human civilization since the Iron
Age, blacksmiths gained the respect of their communities through
the utility of their creations, whether these were weapons, armour,
farming tools, wagon axles or household items. Industrialization
and mass production may have led to the disappearance of the
blacksmith from everyday life, but the art of metalworking is alive
and well. Today, blacksmithing is still practised throughout the
world and is experiencing a revival. Blacksmithing provides a
photographic introduction to blacksmith practices today, offering
the novice and enthusiast an insight into this ancient trade. Learn
how blacksmiths heat the metal using a variety of methods,
including electric induction and traditional coal-fired forges; see
the huge range of items that a metalworker can produce, including
wrenches, shovels, door plates, bicycle stands and railings; see
craftspeople practicing specialist metalworking techniques, such as
upsetting, collaring, twisting, fullering and swaging; and
understand how blacksmiths respect the environment by using old
iron ore and scrap iron. Illustrated with 180 photographs that will
inspire and delight, Blacksmithing is a dazzling pictorial
celebration of a craft as old as civilization itself.
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.
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.
Japanese Role-playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality
in the JRPG examines the origins, boundaries, and transnational
effects of the genre, addressing significant formal elements as
well as narrative themes, character construction, and player
involvement. Contributors from Japan, Europe, North America, and
Australia employ a variety of theoretical approaches to analyze
popular game series and individual titles, introducing an
English-speaking audience to Japanese video game scholarship while
also extending postcolonial and philosophical readings to the
Japanese game text. In a three-pronged approach, the collection
uses these analyses to look at genre, representation, and
liminality, engaging with a multitude of concepts including
stereotypes, intersectionality, and the political and social
effects of JRPGs on players and industry conventions. Broadly, this
collection considers JRPGs as networked systems, including evolved
iterations of MMORPGs and card collecting "social games" for mobile
devices. Scholars of media studies, game studies, Asian studies,
and Japanese culture will find this book particularly useful.
Textual Cacophony explores the behaviors and routines of
communication within anonymous internet culture in Japan. Focusing
on the video sharing website Niconico, social media aggregation
sites, and the notorious 2channel message board, Daniel Johnson
uncovers these sites' complex cultures of writing that obscure
meaning through playful and opaque forms of deviant script and
overwhelming waves of text. Those practices conflate language with
images, meaning with play, and confound individual representation
with aggregate forms of social identity. Johnson argues that online
media cultures in and around Japan are entwined with a cultural
logic and visual syntax of cacophony that expresses ambivalence
toward representation, media form, and distinct experiences of
time. This aesthetic of cacophony provides an alternative way of
expressing social identity and belonging, with an unmarked sense of
anonymity providing a counter-form to the dissolving institutions
and relationships of neoliberal Japan. Textual Cacophony
investigates what it means and feels like to participate in this
influential online culture.
A key goal in the treatment of cancer is to achieve selective and
efficient killing of tumor cells. The aim of Cell Death Signaling
in Cancer Biology and Treatment is to describe state-of-the-art
approaches and future opportunities for achieving this goal by
targeting mechanisms and pathways that regulate cancer cell death.
In this book, molecular defects in cell death signaling that
characterize cancer cells, including dysregulation of cell death
due to overexpression/hyperactivation of oncoproteins, as well as
the loss of tumor suppressor proteins will be described. The
potential for targeting microRNAs will be discussed. Multiple
chapters will describe preclinical and clinical approaches that are
currently being used to target epigenetic modifications, DNA repair
pathways, and protein chaperones, as a means of provoking tumor
cell death. Finally, the development and application of novel
agents and approaches for targeting specific components of cell
death signaling pathways and machinery will be reviewed.
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Osmosis Engineering (Hardcover)
Nidal Hilal, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Mohamed Khayet Souhaimi, Daniel Johnson
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R4,568
Discovery Miles 45 680
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Osmosis Engineering provides a comprehensive overview of the
state-of-the-art surrounding osmosis-based research and industrial
applications. The book covers the underpinning theories, technology
developments and commercial applications. Sections discuss
innovative and advanced membranes and modules for osmosis
separation processes (e.g., reverse osmosis, forward osmosis,
pressure retarded osmosis, osmotic membrane distillation),
different application of these osmosis separation processes for
energy and water separation, such as the treatment of radioactive
waste, oily wastewater and heavy metal removal, draw solutions,
pretreatment technologies, fouling effects, the use of renewable
energy driven osmotic processes, computational, environmental and
economic studies, and more.
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Gellini's Special Gift (Paperback)
Colleen Whalen Johnson; Illustrated by Joshua Johnson, Daniel Johnson
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R237
R198
Discovery Miles 1 980
Save R39 (16%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A key goal in the treatment of cancer is to achieve selective and
efficient killing of tumor cells. The aim of "Cell Death Signaling
in Cancer Biology and Treatment" is to describe state-of-the-art
approaches and future opportunities for achieving this goal by
targeting mechanisms and pathways that regulate cancer cell death.
In this book, molecular defects in cell death signaling that
characterize cancer cells, including dysregulation of cell death
due to overexpression/hyperactivation of oncoproteins, as well as
the loss of tumor suppressor proteins will be described. The
potential for targeting microRNAs will be discussed. Multiple
chapters will describe preclinical and clinical approaches that are
currently being used to target epigenetic modifications, DNA repair
pathways, and protein chaperones, as a means of provoking tumor
cell death. Finally, the development and application of novel
agents and approaches for targeting specific components of cell
death signaling pathways and machinery will be reviewed.
Textual Cacophony explores the behaviors and routines of
communication within anonymous internet culture in Japan. Focusing
on the video sharing website Niconico, social media aggregation
sites, and the notorious 2channel message board, Daniel Johnson
uncovers these sites' complex cultures of writing that obscure
meaning through playful and opaque forms of deviant script and
overwhelming waves of text. Those practices conflate language with
images, meaning with play, and confound individual representation
with aggregate forms of social identity. Johnson argues that online
media cultures in and around Japan are entwined with a cultural
logic and visual syntax of cacophony that expresses ambivalence
toward representation, media form, and distinct experiences of
time. This aesthetic of cacophony provides an alternative way of
expressing social identity and belonging, with an unmarked sense of
anonymity providing a counter-form to the dissolving institutions
and relationships of neoliberal Japan. Textual Cacophony
investigates what it means and feels like to participate in this
influential online culture.
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