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This volume brings together theory, research and development in
cognitive neuro-science. It investigates the neural processes
involved in cognition and learning, using developments in computer
technology to study the brain in action and other topographic brain
mapping. Electrical activity patterns of the brain in the learning
processes are displayed through these techniques. Part 1 delineates
neuroscience application to educational perspectives. Part 2
reports on emotional and learning disorders, such as autism, while
Part 3 applies cognitive science to educational and mental health,
as well as to settings such as the classroom, rehabilitation centre
or doctor 's office.
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Rebellion (French, DVD)
Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger, Daniel Martin, …
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Mathieu Kassovitz writes, directs and stars in this French hostage
drama. The film traces the events surrounding the real-life
abduction of 30 gendarmes by local Kanak separatist rebels in
France's South Pacific territory of New Caledonia in 1988. Sent to
accelerate the release of the hostages, negotiator Capt. Philippe
Legorjus (Kassovitz) soon finds himself caught between the demands
of Kanak leader Alphonse Dianou (Iabe Lapacas) and the machinations
of his political masters back in France, who, with an election
looming, are eager to show their decisiveness by resorting to
military action.
This volume brings together theory, research and development in
cognitive neuro-science. It investigates the neural processes
involved in cognition and learning, using developments in computer
technology to study the brain in action and other topographic brain
mapping. Electrical activity patterns of the brain in the learning
processes are displayed through these techniques. Part 1 delineates
neuroscience application to educational perspectives. Part 2
reports on emotional and learning disorders, such as autism, while
Part 3 applies cognitive science to educational and mental health,
as well as to settings such as the classroom, rehabilitation centre
or doctor s office.
This groundbreaking work offers a first-of-its-kind overview of
legal informatics, the academic discipline underlying the
technological transformation and economics of the legal industry.
Edited by Daniel Martin Katz, Ron Dolin, and Michael J. Bommarito,
and featuring contributions from more than two dozen academic and
industry experts, chapters cover the history and principles of
legal informatics and background technical concepts - including
natural language processing and distributed ledger technology. The
volume also presents real-world case studies that offer important
insights into document review, due diligence, compliance, case
prediction, billing, negotiation and settlement, contracting,
patent management, legal research, and online dispute resolution.
Written for both technical and non-technical readers, Legal
Informatics is the ideal resource for anyone interested in
identifying, understanding, and executing opportunities in this
exciting field.
The strength of Professor Varisco's work lies in his combination of
ethnographic fieldwork among highland Yemeni farmers with an
extensive study of medieval Arabic manuscripts on folk astronomy
and agriculture. The opening articles discuss the astronomical
concept of the 'lunar stations' in pre-Islamic Arabia and as
developed in Arab astronomy and almanac lore; subsequent ones
expand on the significance of this for an agricultural society, and
examine a unique corpus of Yemeni agricultural almanacs, dating
from the Rasulid period (13th-15th centuries) to the present. A
further theme is that of traditional Yemeni agriculture, with
studies on irrigation practices, plough cultivation, sorghum
production, and indigenous plant protection methods, as well as the
use of star calendars for seasonal markers.
These are the Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on
Multibody Systems and Mechatronics (MUSME 2017) which was held in
Florianopolis, Brazil, October 24-28, 2017. Topics addressed
include analysis and synthesis of mechanisms; dynamics of multibody
systems; design algorithms for mechatronic systems; simulation
procedures and results; prototypes and their performance; robots
and micromachines; experimental validations; theory of mechatronic
simulation; mechatronic systems; and control of mechatronic
systems. The MUSME 2017 Symposium was one of the activities of the
FEIbIM Commission for Mechatronics and IFToMM technical Committees
for Multibody Dynamics, Robotics and Mechatronics.
These are the Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on
Multibody Systems and Mechatronics (MUSME 2017) which was held in
Florianopolis, Brazil, October 24-28, 2017. Topics addressed
include analysis and synthesis of mechanisms; dynamics of multibody
systems; design algorithms for mechatronic systems; simulation
procedures and results; prototypes and their performance; robots
and micromachines; experimental validations; theory of mechatronic
simulation; mechatronic systems; and control of mechatronic
systems. The MUSME 2017 Symposium was one of the activities of the
FEIbIM Commission for Mechatronics and IFToMM technical Committees
for Multibody Dynamics, Robotics and Mechatronics.
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the Second
International Rapid Mashup Challenge, RMC 2016, held in Lugano,
Switzerland in June 2016. The 6 papers presented in this volume
were carefully reviewed and selected from 8 submissions. They are
post-challenge extensions of the selected short participation
proposals. The 2016 edition of the Challenge is the second
installment of a series of challenges that aim to engage
researchers and practitioners in a competition for the best mashup
approach.
A sweeping history of transformative, radical, and abolitionist
movements in the United States that places the struggle for racial
justice at the center of universal liberation. In Where Do We Go
From Here? (1967), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., described racism as
"a philosophy based on a contempt for life," a totalizing social
theory that could only be confronted with an equally massive
response, by "restructuring the whole of American society." A Wider
Type of Freedom provides a survey of the truly transformative
visions of racial justice in the United States, an often-hidden
history that has produced conceptions of freedom and
interdependence never envisioned in the nation's dominant political
framework. A Wider Type of Freedom brings together stories of the
social movements, intellectuals, artists, and cultural formations
that have centered racial justice and the abolition of white
supremacy as the foundation for a universal liberation. Daniel
Martinez HoSang taps into moments across time and place to reveal
the longstanding drive toward a vision of universal emancipation.
From the nineteenth century's abolition democracy and the struggle
to end forced sterilizations, to the twentieth century's domestic
worker organizing campaigns, to the twenty-first century's
environmental justice movement, he reveals a bold, shared desire to
realize the antithesis of "a philosophy based on a contempt for
life," as articulated by Martin Luther King Jr. Rather than seeking
"equal rights" within failed systems, these efforts generated new
visions that embraced human difference, vulnerability, and
interdependence as core productive facets of our collective
experience.
Anatomy Of Sorrow is the latest monograph by prolific and
influential artist Daniel Martin Diaz, which explores a new depth
of symbolism, mysticism and surreal iconography depicted in
paintings, drawings, and prints. Drawing from old masters Jan van
Eyck, Pieter Bruegel, and Hieronymus Bosch, both in subject matter
and in the ancient egg tempera and resin oil painting technique,
the works of self-taught artist and classically trained composer
Daniel Martin D az possess a sincerity that foregrounds his deep
devotion to revealing a higher meaning through painstaking
craftsmanship. Through his application of a limited palette on
distressed wood, his handmade wooden frames, and his expressive use
of Latin text, D az's images thrust us into another time and place.
Over the past decade, neuroproteomics has shed light on the
molecular features of schizophrenia by depicting biological
processes involved with its establishment, maintenance and
treatment. These studies have also pointed to potential biomarkers
applicable to diagnosis and medication monitoring. Edited by a
leader in the field of neuroproteomics with contributions from
subject experts, this new volume will address recent findings and
compile evidence from difference perspectives-such as human
samples, animal models, pluripotent stem cell-derived in vitro
pre-clinical models-and provide findings to inform the development
of innovative future treatment strategies. This volume will be
useful for a broad audience of researchers and professionals,
including biologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, analytical
chemists, and pharmacists, among others.
This book is the first in English to survey indigenous knowledge of
seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in Arab Gulf
almanacs. It provides an extensive analysis of the traditional
information available, based on local almanacs, Arabic texts and
poetry by Gulf individuals, ethnographic interviews, and online
forums. A major feature of the book is tracing the history of terms
and concepts in the local seasonal knowledge of the Gulf, including
an important genre about weather stars, stemming back to the ninth
century CE. Also covered are pearl diving, fishing, seafaring, and
pastoral activities. This book will be of interest to scholars who
study the entire Arab region, since much of the lore was shared and
continues through the present. It will also be of value to scholars
who work on the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Trade Network, as well as
the history of folk astronomy in the Arab World.
A sweeping history of transformative, radical, and abolitionist
movements in the United States that places the struggle for racial
justice at the center of universal liberation. Â In Where Do
We Go From Here? (1967), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., described
racism as "a philosophy based on a contempt for life," a totalizing
social theory that could only be confronted with an equally massive
response, by "restructuring the whole of American society."Â A
Wider Type of Freedom provides a survey of the truly transformative
visions of racial justice in the United States, an often-hidden
history that has produced conceptions of freedom and
interdependence never envisioned in the nation's dominant political
framework. A Wider Type of Freedom brings together stories of the
social movements, intellectuals, artists, and cultural formations
that have centered racial justice and the abolition of white
supremacy as the foundation for a universal liberation. Daniel
Martinez HoSang taps into moments across time and place to reveal
the longstanding drive toward a vision of universal emancipation.
From the nineteenth century's abolition democracy and the struggle
to end forced sterilizations, to the twentieth century's domestic
worker organizing campaigns, to the twenty-first century's
environmental justice movement, he reveals a bold, shared desire to
realize the antithesis of "a philosophy based on a contempt for
life,"Â as articulated by Martin Luther King Jr. Rather than
seeking "equal rights"Â within failed systems, these efforts
generated new visions that embraced human difference,
vulnerability, and interdependence as core productive facets of our
collective experience.
The late Edward Said remains one of the most influential critics
and public intellectuals of our time, with lasting contributions to
many disciplines. Much of his reputation derives from the
phenomenal multidisciplinary influence of his 1978 book
Orientalism. Said's seminal polemic analyzes novels, travelogues,
and academic texts to argue that a dominant discourse of West over
East has warped virtually all past European and American
representation of the Near East. But despite the book's wide
acclaim, no systematic critical survey of the rhetoric in Said's
representation of Orientalism and the resulting impact on
intellectual culture has appeared until today. Drawing on the
extensive discussion of Said's work in more than 600 bibliographic
entries, Daniel Martin Varisco has written an ambitious
intellectual history of the debates that Said's work has sparked in
several disciplines, highlighting in particular its reception among
Arab and European scholars. While pointing out Said's tendency to
essentialize and privilege certain texts at the expense of those
that do not comfortably it his theoretical framework, Varisco
analyzes the extensive commentary the book has engendered in
Oriental studies, literary and cultural studies, feminist
scholarship, history, political science, and anthropology. He
employs "critical satire" to parody the exaggerated and pedantic
aspects of post-colonial discourse, including Said's profound
underappreciation of the role of irony and reform in many of the
texts he cites. The end result is a companion volume to Orientalism
and the vast research it inspired. Rather than contribute to
dueling essentialisms, Varisco provides a path to move beyond the
binary of East versus West and the polemics of blame. Reading
Orientalism is the most comprehensive survey of Said's writing and
thinking to date. It will be of strong interest to scholars of
Middle East studies, anthropology, history, cultural studies,
post-colonial studies, and literary studies.
Shotgun Proteomics: Methods and Protocols serves as a vital
collection of protocols through which thousands of proteins can be
simultaneously identified, quantified and characterized in a high
throughput manner. Beginning with the history of proteomics
centered on the vital role of mass spectrometry in its development,
this detailed volume continues with chapters on sample
pre-fractionation, in vivo and in vitro stable isotope labeling,
label-free proteomics, informatics, protein-protein interactions,
targeted proteomics and post-translational modifications. Written
for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series,
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. Practical and comprehensive, Shotgun
Proteomics: Methods and Protocols is an ideal and up-to-date guide
for researchers seeking to understand the proteome of any given
species.
As the first detailed English-language book on the subject, Korean
Horror Cinema introduces the cultural specificity of the genre to
an international audience, from the iconic monsters of gothic
horror, such as the wonhon (vengeful female ghost) and the gumiho
(shapeshifting fox), to the avenging killers of Oldboy and Death
Bell. Beginning in the 1960s with The Housemaid, it traces a path
through the history of Korean horror, offering new interpretations
of classic films, demarcating the shifting patterns of production
and consumption across the decades, and introducing readers to
films rarely seen and discussed outside of Korea. It explores the
importance of folklore and myth on horror film narratives, the
impact of political and social change upon the genre, and accounts
for the transnational triumph of some of Korea's contemporary
horror films. While covering some of the most successful recent
films such as Thirst, A Tale of Two Sisters, and Phone, the
collection also explores the obscure, the arcane and the
little-known outside Korea, including detailed analyses of The
Devil's Stairway, Woman's Wail and The Fox With Nine Tails. Its
exploration and definition of the canon makes it an engaging and
essential read for students and scholars in horror film studies and
Korean Studies alike.
Multicultural Consultation: Guidelines for Professionals Servicing
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations is a single
comprehensive volume that provides graduate-level clinical child
and school psychology students and professionals with a review of
popular consultation models and the newly recommended multicultural
framework for consultation models, all with a clear focus on
applied culturally focused interventions. Part I examines the
principles of consultation, with chapters that cover mental health,
behavioral, instructional, conjoint behavioral, and collaborative
school consultation models. Additional chapters explore
multicultural consultation for school counselors, present readers
with a framework for multicultural consultation practice, discuss
cultural concerns as they apply to consultant resistance, and speak
to multicultural organization consultation in schools. The chapters
in Part II present readers with culturally appropriate instructive
interventions, guidelines from the problem identification through
the intervention implementation stages of consultation, and
guidelines for addressing behavioral and emotional problems in
schools. Closing chapters provide guidelines for conjoint
behavioral consultation and culturally sensitive guidelines for
mental health consultation. Multicultural Consultation is an
exemplary, research-based textbook for graduate-level clinical
child and school psychologists in training and in practice, as well
as school counselors, social workers, and special educators.
Instructor resources are in development and will be available for
this title in the future, including an instructor's manual and a
deck of PowerPoint slides.
Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism
has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by
COVID-19--with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious labour,
stagnant wages, a climate crisis, and the steady creep of
automation--an ever-louder chorus of voices calls for a liveable
and obligation-free basic income. Could a basic income guarantee be
the way forward to democratize security and intervene where the
market economy and social programs fail? Jamie Swift and Elaine
Power scrutinize the politics and the potential behind a radical
proposal in a post-pandemic world: that wealth should be built by a
society, not individuals. And that we all have an unconditional
right to a fair share. In these pages, Swift and Power bring to the
forefront the deeply personal stories of Canadians who participated
in the 2017-2019 Ontario Basic Income Pilot; examine the essential
literature and history behind the movement; and answer basic
income's critics from both the right and left.
Every academic discipline has an origin story complicit with white
supremacy. Racial hierarchy and colonialism structured the very
foundations of most disciplines' research and teaching paradigms.
In the early twentieth century, the academy faced rising opposition
and correction, evident in the intervention of scholars including
W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Carter G. Woodson, and
others. By the mid-twentieth century, education itself became a
center in the struggle for social justice. Scholars mounted
insurgent efforts to discredit some of the most odious intellectual
defenses of white supremacy in academia, but the disciplines and
their keepers remained unwilling to interrogate many of the racist
foundations of their fields, instead embracing a framework of
racial colorblindness as their default position. This book
challenges scholars and students to see race again. Examining the
racial histories and colorblindness in fields as diverse as social
psychology, the law, musicology, literary studies, sociology, and
gender studies, Seeing Race Again documents the profoundly
contradictory role of the academy in constructing, naturalizing,
and reproducing racial hierarchy. It shows how colorblindness
compromises the capacity of disciplines to effectively respond to
the wide set of contemporary political, economic, and social crises
marking public life today.
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