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A landmark volume about the importance of housing in social life.
In 1947, the president of the American Sociological Association,
Louis Wirth, argued for the importance of housing as a field of
sociological research. Now, seventy-five years later, the sociology
of housing has still not developed as a distinct subfield, leaving
efforts to understand housing’s place in society to other
disciplines, such as economics and urban planning. With this
volume, the editors and contributors solidify the importance of
housing studies within the discipline of sociology by tackling
topics like racial segregation, housing instability, the supply of
affordable housing, and the process of eviction. In doing so, they
showcase the very best traditions of sociology: they draw on
diverse methodologies, present unique field sites and data sources,
and foreground a range of theoretical approaches to elucidate the
relationships between contemporary housing, public policy, and key
social outcomes.  The Sociology of Housing is a
landmark volume that will be used by researchers and students alike
to define this growing subfield, map continued directions for
research, and center sociologists in interdisciplinary
conversations about housing. Â
This textbook covers all aspects of materials science relevant to
the practice of dentistry. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate
dental students, although it will also be useful for practising
dentists, dental technicians and dental assistants.
The 9th edition has been extensively revised to include the many
advances in dental materials and their use that have occurred
during the past nine years. The chapters on Resin-based filling
materials and Adhesive restorative materials have been expanded
significantly with new coverage of fibre reinforcement of composite
structures and polymerisable luting agents. A brand new chapter has
been added on endodontic materials.
The Living History Anthology brings together twenty-six practical
essays on the craft of establishing and running living history
museums. Contributions cover all aspects of developing and running
a living history site. Including contributions on strategic
planning, human resource management, research programs, collection
policies, and engagement with varied audiences, including
indigenous groups, the book demonstrates how to approach such tasks
from a living history perspective. Topics unique to the sector,
such as re-enactment, historic trade crafts, and working with
machinery and livestock, are also covered. Each essay is briefly
introduced and contextualized by the editors, while the collection
is bookended by a new foreword and afterword from Debra A. Reid,
and an introduction from the editors. Representing the collective
wisdom of the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural
Museums (ALHFAM) members across the decades, The Living History
Anthology provides a valuable resource for all living history
practitioners. It should also be of interest to students and
scholars studying living history.
The Living History Anthology brings together twenty-six practical
essays on the craft of establishing and running living history
museums. Contributions cover all aspects of developing and running
a living history site. Including contributions on strategic
planning, human resource management, research programs, collection
policies, and engagement with varied audiences, including
indigenous groups, the book demonstrates how to approach such tasks
from a living history perspective. Topics unique to the sector,
such as re-enactment, historic trade crafts, and working with
machinery and livestock, are also covered. Each essay is briefly
introduced and contextualized by the editors, while the collection
is bookended by a new foreword and afterword from Debra A. Reid,
and an introduction from the editors. Representing the collective
wisdom of the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural
Museums (ALHFAM) members across the decades, The Living History
Anthology provides a valuable resource for all living history
practitioners. It should also be of interest to students and
scholars studying living history.
A landmark volume about the importance of housing in social life.
In 1947, the president of the American Sociological Association,
Louis Wirth, argued for the importance of housing as a field of
sociological research. Now, seventy-five years later, the sociology
of housing has still not developed as a distinct subfield, leaving
efforts to understand housing’s place in society to other
disciplines, such as economics and urban planning. With this
volume, the editors and contributors solidify the importance of
housing studies within the discipline of sociology by tackling
topics like racial segregation, housing instability, the supply of
affordable housing, and the process of eviction. In doing so, they
showcase the very best traditions of sociology: they draw on
diverse methodologies, present unique field sites and data sources,
and foreground a range of theoretical approaches to elucidate the
relationships between contemporary housing, public policy, and key
social outcomes.  The Sociology of Housing is a
landmark volume that will be used by researchers and students alike
to define this growing subfield, map continued directions for
research, and center sociologists in interdisciplinary
conversations about housing. Â
This open access volume compiles student reports from the 2021
Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology. Interested
readers will find herein a number of modern approaches to modeling
excitable tissue. This should provide a framework for tools
available to model subcellular and tissue-level physiology across
scales and scientific questions. In June through August of 2021,
Simula held the seventh annual Summer School in Computational
Physiology in collaboration with the University of Oslo (UiO) and
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The course focuses
on modeling excitable tissues, with a special interest in cardiac
physiology and neuroscience. The majority of the school consists of
group research projects conducted by Masters and PhD students from
around the world, and advised by scientists at Simula, UiO and
UCSD. Each group then produced a report that addreses a specific
problem of importance in physiology and presents a succinct summary
of the findings. Reports may not necessarily represent new
scientific results; rather, they can reproduce or supplement
earlier computational studies or experimental findings. Reports
from eight of the summer projects are included as separate
chapters. The fields represented include cardiac geometry
definition (Chapter 1), electrophysiology and pharmacology
(Chapters 2-5), fluid mechanics in blood vessels (Chapter 6),
cardiac calcium handling and mechanics (Chapter 7), and machine
learning in cardiac electrophysiology (Chapter 8).
Little Captive: Wait for Freedom is the inspiring true story of a
child whose city was bombed, whose rescue ship was sunk, and who
was held prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II.
Author Susan McCabe knew it was a story that had to be told when
she met Des Woodford at his home in Perth Australia, where she and
her family had moved from Canada. The story takes the reader with
the young Des on his journey of adventure, pain, suffering, heroism
and survival. This book not only tells the dramatic tale of what
happened, it reveals the inner journey of the soul of the child,
and leaves us breathless with admiration at his strength and depth
of character. Des lives for us, as do his parents Rosy and Sonny,
who share his ordeal, though they are all ripped apart before being
brought back together. There are camp heroes like the Dutch Barfing
brothers, the irrepressible Aussie jockeys who take on the brutal
prison guards, and Des's pet chicks Bluey and Koefer. All of them -
even the pet birds - become three-dimensional, living breathing
personalities who engage our feelings.
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