There is growing interest among scholars and practitioners in how the arts can help rebuild post-conflict societies. This edited collection explores a range of musical practices for social and political peace. By presenting case studies in each chapter, the aim is to engage with musicality in relation to time, space, peace-building, healing, and reconciliation. Emerging scholars' work on Latin America, especially Colombia, and on the African Great Lakes region, including Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Kenya, is brought together with the purpose of reflecting critically on 'music for peace-building' initiatives. Each author considers how legacies of violence are addressed and sometimes overcome; lyrics are examined as a source of insights. These practical "music for peace-building" initiatives include NGO work with youth hip-hop, music for peace, work in education on memory, as well as popular culture and shared rituals. Special attention is paid to historical and contextual settings, to the temporal and spatial dimension of musicality and to youth and gender in peace-building through music.

This highly illustrated text provides comprehensive coverage of the examination of patients with joint or periarticular disease. It includes full details of joint aspiration, injection techniques and examination of synovial fluid. This new edition contains more practical procedures than ever before, with new coverage of biopsy and epidural injections. All chapters have been revised and expanded to include more illustrations. Rheumatology Examination and Injection Techniques has established itself as the leading practical text of examination and injection techniques. This edition builds on the strengths of the first to provide a thorough and detailed step-by-step guide to practice in this area.Teaches basic clinical skills All chapters are enriched by high quality accurate illustrationsProvides an informative review of joint assessment Designed to appeal to a wide audiencePractical Procedures section has been expanded to include: biopsy, epidural injections, and principles of diagnosis New chapter on patient assessment Approximately 20 new line illustrations Every chapter has been revised

There is growing interest among scholars and practitioners in how the arts can help rebuild post-conflict societies. This edited collection explores a range of musical practices for social and political peace. By presenting case studies in each chapter, the aim is to engage with musicality in relation to time, space, peace-building, healing, and reconciliation. Emerging scholars' work on Latin America, especially Colombia, and on the African Great Lakes region, including Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Kenya, is brought together with the purpose of reflecting critically on 'music for peace-building' initiatives. Each author considers how legacies of violence are addressed and sometimes overcome; lyrics are examined as a source of insights. These practical "music for peace-building" initiatives include NGO work with youth hip-hop, music for peace, work in education on memory, as well as popular culture and shared rituals. Special attention is paid to historical and contextual settings, to the temporal and spatial dimension of musicality and to youth and gender in peace-building through music.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the First IEEE Colombian Conference, ColCACI 2018, held in Medellin, Colombia, in May 2018. The 17 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on artificial neural networks; computational intelligence; computer science.

​This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th IEEE Colombian Conference on Applications of Computational Intelligence, ColCACI 2022, held in Cali, Colombia during July 27–29, 2022. The 7 extended papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: ​Design of a segmentation and classification system for seed detection based on pixel intensity thresholds and convolutional neural networks.

This book constitutes revised and extended selected papers of the 4th IEEE Colombian Conference, ColCACI 2021, which was held virtually in Colombia at the end of May 2021. The 7 full papers presented in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biomedical applications and alternative proposals and its applications.

This book constitutes revised and extended selected papers of the Third IEEE Colombian Conference, ColCACI 2020, held in Cali, Colombia, August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on earth sciences applications; biomedical and power applications; alternative proposals and its applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second IEEE Colombian Conference, ColCACI 2019, held in Barranquilla, Colombia, in June 2019. The 21 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The papers cover such topics as video processing; biomedical systems; image processing, etc.

The golden age of live television comes to vivid life with the memorable and entertaining tale of Jonny Dirby, who unintentionally captivates the imagination of America with his creation of the hit show Justice Girl. This fun, engrossing work of historical fiction transports readers back to a time when television shows were chaotic tightrope acts balancing the agendas of actors, studio executives, advertisers, and politicians, and all of it broadcast live to fifty million viewers without the security of a safety net. Set in 1955 in New York City, Julian David Stone's impressive novel follows Jonny from the writers' room of a steady network gig to a crisis of conscience when he decides to abandon his regular paycheck to claim the moral high ground against the spreading plague of McCarthyism. In a final act of defiance, Jonny alters the script of a Superman-inspired lampoon moments before it is broadcast live. What nobody can anticipate is that Jonny's accidental creation Justice Girl and her infectious catchphrase of "Justice is served " are about to sweep the nation and win the hearts and minds of America. Add to the mix a highly driven actress trying to get Jonny blacklisted, along with a desperate network president willing to do anything he can to get compete control of the show, and the history of television will never be the same. The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl moves beyond the gags and gaffes of television's golden age to plumb the depths of the media's broader influence. Anyone interested in this time when television was a new phenomenon, with different factions fighting to use it to promote their varied agendas, will enjoy this riveting novel. Stone is an award-winning writer and director whose twenty years in the entertainment business informs his work with an insider's perspective.

The adventurous cats first met in Travels With George: Paris are back, and this time, they are seeing the hometown sights in New York City. George tells his tale from his cat's eye perspective as he and Billy explore Central Park, take a borat ride out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and finally they look at the city from the topEmpire State Building. Their travels are colorfully illustrated by Cat Artist Deborah Julian as she captures them in 13 original scenes around The Big Apple.

Suppose you were a cat. And suppose you wanted to see the world and Paris was your first option. Would you take the gamble, even not knowing what "Paris" is? If you were George, you would, and if you were his tag along buddy, Billy, you'd go too Risking serious danger but hungry for adventure, George smuggles his way into a trip to France. Once there, he does what everyone does in Paris. He visits the sights. In Travels With George: Paris, George tells us about his trip, what he saw and what he thought about it. Fortunately, he chose as one of his companions for the trip, his friend, digital artist Deborah Julian. He tells his story, and she illustrates it with over a dozen full color prints (suitable for framing) of his adventures. Wonder what a cat thought about being at the top of the Eiffel Tower, or maybe something more mellow like a quiet cruise along the Seine? Read and see it. Join George, Billy and their involuntary people guides as they explore and discover the City of Light.