Much ground has been covered in terms of (post)feminist analyses of popular film and television, and box office successes such as Bridget Jones's Diary and television phenomena such as Sex and the City have become established parts of the now canonical critical texts on postfeminism, media and popular culture. By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, by charting trends in film production and media reception, and by focusing on the largely neglected intersections between postfeminism and queer theory, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema. The chapters in this collection position contemporary commercial production as a space where female empowerment is both celebrated and undermined, and signal the necessity of further debate surrounding the formation of gender identity in postmillennial Hollywood cinema.

The Pathways series assists students in achieving the National Certificate (Vocational) qualification. Pathways not only equips students with the required knowledge, understanding and practical skills, but also empowers them to apply this learning with confidence in the classroom and ultimately in the workplace. Each Pathways Student Book is clearly structured and easy to use. Each topic covers every Subject Outcome, Learning Outcome and Assessment Standard. Accessible, easy-to-understand language makes learning easy. Concepts are clearly defined. A glossary at the beginning of each topic clearly explains important words and terminology. Informative artwork supports the text. This Student Book is accompanied by a Lecturer’s Guide.

By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema and illustrates the need for a renewed scholarly focus on contemporary film production.

Der grosszugig bebilderte Band gibt einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Geschichte der deutschen Psychiatrie. Er zeichnet am Beispiel der psychiatrischen Universitatsklinik Munchen ein lebendiges Bild ihrer Entwicklung mit den Persoenlichkeiten, die sie gepragt haben. Das Buch spannt den Bogen von den fruhen psychiatrischen Einrichtungen bis hin zur modernen, zukunftsorientierten Klinik mit Forschungsvorhaben, Diagnostik-Moeglichkeiten und Therapie-Chancen.

This book describes the multiple aspects of (i) preparation of the magnetic core, (ii) the stabilization with different coatings, (iii) the physico-chemical characterization and (iv) the vectorization to obtain specific nanosystems. Several bio-applications are also presented in this book. In the early days of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), paramagnetic ions were proposed as contrast agents to enhance the diagnostic quality of MR images. Since then, academic and industrial efforts have been devoted to the development of new and more efficient molecular, supramolecular and nanoparticular systems. Old concepts and theories, like paramagnetic relaxation, were revisited and exploited, leading to new scientific tracks. With their high relaxivity payload, the superparamagnetic nanoparticles are very appealing in the context of molecular imaging but challenges are still numerous: absence of toxicity, specificity, ability to cross the biological barriers, etc.

Knowledge of chimpanzees in the wild has expanded dramatically in recent years. This comprehensive volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain what is unique about humans, by studying their closest living relatives. Their observations and conclusions have the potential to transform our understanding of human evolution. Chimpanzees offer scientists an unmatched view of what distinguishes humanity from its apelike ancestors. Based on evidence from the hominin fossil record and extensive morphological, developmental, and genetic data, Chimpanzees and Human Evolution makes the case that the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans was chimpanzee-like. It most likely lived in African rainforests around eight million years ago, eating fruit and walking on its knuckles. Readers will learn why chimpanzees are a better model for the last common ancestor than bonobos, gorillas, or orangutans. A thorough chapter-by-chapter analysis reveals which key traits we share with chimpanzees and which appear to be distinctive to Homo sapiens, and shows how understanding chimpanzees helps us account for the evolution of human uniqueness. Traits surveyed include social behaviors and structures, mating systems, diet, hunting practices, tool use, culture, cognition, and communication. Edited by three of primatology's most renowned experts, with contributions from 32 scholars drawing on decades of field research, Chimpanzees and Human Evolution provides readers with detailed up-to-date information on what we can infer about our chimpanzee-like ancestors and points the way forward for the next generation of discoveries.

Utilizing data from a survey of attitudes and behavior of more than 2,500 residents of selected rural, urban, and university communities in the Federal Republic of Germany, Edward Muller attempts to formulate and to test a general multivariate theory about what motivates individuals to participate in aggressive political action. Since this kind of political behavior is infrequent in addition to being difficult to measure, it rarely has been subjected to rigorous scientific investigation at the micro-level. Professor Muller's study is an attempt to understand the causes of aggressive political participation using quantitative techniques. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design. It brings together the views, experiences and expertise of leading scientists and designers from the industrialised and pre-industrialised countries from around the world. The contributors explore the biological, cultural and social values of urban biodiversity, including methods for assessing and evaluating urban biodiversity, social and educational issues, and practical measures for restoring and maintaining biodiversity in urban areas. Contributions come from presenters at an international scientific conference held in Erfurt, Germany 2008 during the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity. This is also Part of our Conservation Science and Practice book series (with Zoological Society of London).

Utilizing data from a survey of attitudes and behavior of more than 2,500 residents of selected rural, urban, and university communities in the Federal Republic of Germany, Edward Muller attempts to formulate and to test a general multivariate theory about what motivates individuals to participate in aggressive political action. Since this kind of political behavior is infrequent in addition to being difficult to measure, it rarely has been subjected to rigorous scientific investigation at the micro-level. Professor Muller's study is an attempt to understand the causes of aggressive political participation using quantitative techniques. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Conflict between males and females over reproduction is ubiquitous in nature due to fundamental differences between the sexes in reproductive rates and investment in offspring. In only a few species, however, do males strategically employ violence to control female sexuality. Why are so many of these primates? Why are females routinely abused in some species, but never in others? And can the study of such unpleasant behavior by our closest relatives help us to understand the evolution of men s violence against women?

In the first systematic attempt to assess and understand primate male aggression as an expression of sexual conflict, the contributors to this volume consider coercion in direct and indirect forms: direct, in overcoming female resistance to mating; indirect, in decreasing the chance the female will mate with other males. The book presents extensive field research and analysis to evaluate the form of sexual coercion in a range of species including all of the great apes and humans and to clarify its role in shaping social relationships among males, among females, and between the sexes.

Die bei Bluttransfusionen mitiibertragenen Leukozyten stell en in den meisten Fallen einen unniitzen Ballast dar, der iiberdies fUr den Patienten noch unangenehme Folgeerscheinungen und Neben- wirkungen verursachen kann. Das Auftreten febriler, nicht hamoly- tischer Transfusionsreaktionen auf wiederholte Bluttransfusionen und die enge Assoziation dieser Transfusionsreaktionen mit Leuko- zytenantikerpern haben dazu gefUhrt, daB der Leukozytendeple- tion von Erythrozytenkonzentraten in der modernen Transfusions- medizin eine zunehmende Bedeutung beigemessen wird. Einen weiteren Markstein in der Wertung der Rolle der Leukozyten bei Bluttransfusionen stellen auch die Befunde bei Nierentransplantationen dar, die bessere Ergebnisse zeigten, wenn vor der Transplantation leukozytenhaltige Konserven zumindest in geringen Mengen transfundiert wurden. Eine nicht unerhebliche Rolle, vor allem bei immunsupprimierten Patienten, ist sicherlich den Leukozyten auch als Gastzellen von Viren beizumessen, die mit der Transfusion von Leukozyten iibertragen werden kennen, wie z. B. das Cytomegalievirus oder das HTLV-III-Virus. Da sowohl aus Theorie und Praxis eine Fiille von Daten und Beobachtungen vorliegen und auch eine Reihe von Methoden bereits eingesetzt werden, urn Erythrozyten meglichst leukozyten- arm oder sogar leukozytenfrei zu praparieren, schien es angezeigt, eine gewisse Standpunktbestimmung vorzunehmen und den Wert der leukozytendepletierten Erythrozytentransfusion - vor allem im Bereich der Transplantationsmedizin und Transfusionsmedizin- kritisch zu sichten. Dankenswerterweise wurde hierzu von Bender und Organon Teknika ein Symposion in Wien organisiert, auf dem namhafte Fachleute aus Deutschland, den Niederlanden und Osterreich VI Vorwort uber dieses Thema referierten.

In this book, the authors discuss the theory of operation, behaviour and safety regulations of capacitors. The topics include (CCTO) ceramics as potential candidates for capacitor applications; devices, materials and mechanisms of capacitive sensors for gas and humidity detections; an overview of the leakage current mechanisms of ultra-thin gate dielectrics used in new-age capacitors and transistors; integration of capacitors into integrated circuits; and the impact of capacitor energization over the power quality of the MV distribution grid.

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