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Dip in to this pack of 50 illustrated cards to refresh and
revitalize your senses. How much of the world's beauty have we
become indifferent to, caught up in the bustle and rush of
day-to-day life? Take a break from the madness, and from your
smartphone, and rediscover the magic of the world around you.
Surprising, engaging prompts will help you hone in and focus on the
world around you and tune back in to the things that really matter.
1. This volume critically engages with narratives that have dealt
with pandemics/epidemics in the past and also in contemporary times
to see how these texts present human life coming to terms with and
trying to deal with all what pandemics/epidemics entail. 2. It
ranges from Camus' The Plague, the writings of Pandita Ramabai,
Mary Shelly, to Jack London, Lawrence Wright, and Christina Sweeney
Baird, among others. The essays cover a wide spatio-temporal
trajectory and make a substantial contribution to mapping the
contours of the pandemic in terms of psychology, economics,
society, politics and philosophy, thereby offering a variety of
perspectives and disciplinarian trajectories. 3. It will be of
interest to departments of English literature, social science,
gender studies, cultural studies, psychology, society, politics,
and philosophy across the US/UK. General readers too will find this
exciting as it covers authors from across the world.
1. This volume critically engages with narratives that have dealt
with pandemics/epidemics in the past and also in contemporary times
to see how these texts present human life coming to terms with and
trying to deal with all what pandemics/epidemics entail. 2. It
ranges from Camus' The Plague, the writings of Pandita Ramabai,
Mary Shelly, to Jack London, Lawrence Wright, and Christina Sweeney
Baird, among others. The essays cover a wide spatio-temporal
trajectory and make a substantial contribution to mapping the
contours of the pandemic in terms of psychology, economics,
society, politics and philosophy, thereby offering a variety of
perspectives and disciplinarian trajectories. 3. It will be of
interest to departments of English literature, social science,
gender studies, cultural studies, psychology, society, politics,
and philosophy across the US/UK. General readers too will find this
exciting as it covers authors from across the world.
This open access book is a compilation of case studies that provide
useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground
activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on
the relevance of social-ecological production landscapes and
seascapes (SEPLS) to ecosystem restoration. Building on the concept
of SEPLS, the Satoyama Initiative promotes landscape approaches as
integrative area-based strategies to bring together diverse
stakeholders aiming to balance multiple objectives, including
conservation and development, for the benefit of biodiversity and
human well-being. Many of the SEPLS case studies from the
International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) offer
rich evidence to help guide restoration efforts while advancing
relevant knowledge and practices. The book highlights how the
efforts in managing SEPLS can contribute to ecosystem restoration
and sustainable development, looking at the strategies and
approaches by which multiple stakeholders express, negotiate, and
embrace their plural value perspectives of nature to restore
ecosystems within a landscape or seascape. It begins with an
introductory chapter followed by twelve case studies and a
synthesis clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to
policy and academic discussions. This book will be of interest to
scholars, policymakers and professionals in the field related to
sustainable development, especially on SDGs 15 and 17.
This book presents the latest theoretical studies giving new
predictions and interpretations on the quantum correlation in
molecular dynamics induced by ultrashort laser pulses. The author
quantifies the amount of correlation in terms of entanglement by
employing methods developed in quantum information science, in
particular applied to the photoionization of a hydrogen molecule.
It is also revealed that the photoelectron–ion correlation
affects the vibrational dynamics of the molecular ion and induces
the attosecond-level time delay in the molecular vibration.
Furthermore, the book also presents how molecular vibration can
couple to photons in a plasmoic nanocavity. Physicists and chemists
interested in the ultrafast molecular dynamics would be the most
relevant readers. They can learn how we can employ the
quantum-information-science tools to understand the correlation in
the molecular dynamics and why we should consider the correlation
between the photoelectron and the molecular ion to describe the
ion’s dynamics. They can also learn how to treat a molecule
coupled to photons in a nanocavity. All the topics are related to
the state-of-the-art experiments, and so, it is important to
publish these results to enhance the understanding and to induce
new experiments to confirm the theory presented.Â
This study is a theoretical reconsideration of the concept of the
"tragic" combined with detailed analyses of Japanese literary
texts. Inspired by contemporary critical discourse (especially the
works by such thinkers as Theodor Adorno, Fredric Jameson and
Raymond Williams), the author challenges both exotic and postmodern
representation of Japanese culture as "the other" of the West. By
examining the social backgrounds of artists' endeavors to create
new literary forms, the author unveils a rich tradition of tragic
literature that, unlike the dominant local tradition of naturalism,
has registered the unbridgeable gap between universal ideals and
social values at a particular historical moment.
A RIVAL APPEARS! Katarina and her friends mount a daring rescue
mission to save Keith from the clutches of dark magic users, but in
the end, they’re still expected back at school, where graduation
is just around the corner. Having dodged every doom flag, Katarina
is tempted to let her guard down—but she never expected the
appearance of a new rival, Marcia. Not only is Marcia in love with
Prince Jeord, she’s one of his past fiancée candidates, and she
wants Katarina out of the picture once and for all!
Das Buch enthalt Kapitel uber: N. Kinjo, M. Ogata, Ibaraki-ken; K.
Nishi, Tokyo; A. Kaneda, Yokohama, Japan: Epoxyd-Formmassen als
Einschlussmaterialien fur mikroelektronische Gerate Yu.S. Lipatov,
T.E. Lipatova, L.F. Kosyanchuk, Kiev, UdSSR: Synthese und Struktur
struktureller Makromolekule K. Horie, I. Mita, Tokyo, Japan:
Reaktionen und Photodynamik in polymeren Festkorpern Yu.K.
Godovsky, V.S. Papkov, Moskau, UdSSR: Thermotrope Mesophasen
elementorganischer Polymere
This open access book is a compilation of case studies that provide
useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground
activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on
the relevance of social-ecological production landscapes and
seascapes (SEPLS) to ecosystem restoration. Building on the concept
of SEPLS, the Satoyama Initiative promotes landscape approaches as
integrative area-based strategies to bring together diverse
stakeholders aiming to balance multiple objectives, including
conservation and development, for the benefit of biodiversity and
human well-being. Many of the SEPLS case studies from the
International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) offer
rich evidence to help guide restoration efforts while advancing
relevant knowledge and practices. The book highlights how the
efforts in managing SEPLS can contribute to ecosystem restoration
and sustainable development, looking at the strategies and
approaches by which multiple stakeholders express, negotiate, and
embrace their plural value perspectives of nature to restore
ecosystems within a landscape or seascape. It begins with an
introductory chapter followed by twelve case studies and a
synthesis clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to
policy and academic discussions. This book will be of interest to
scholars, policymakers and professionals in the field related to
sustainable development, especially on SDGs 15 and 17.
This series presents critical reviews of the present and future
trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry,
physical chemistry, physics and materials science. It is addressed
to all scientists at universities and in industry who wish to keep
abreast of advances in the topics covered.
Impact Factor Ranking: Always number one in Polymer Science.
More information as well as the electronic version of the whole
content available at: www.springerlink.com
In the early 1960s, Dr. Alexander G. Karczmar, Professor of
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the Stritch School of
Medicine of the Medical Center at Loyola University of Chicago, was
confronted with a certain technical problem concerning his studies
of synaptic transmission by means of microelectrode methods. He
thought that the problem might be resolved if he could interest a
microelectrode expert such as Dr. Kyozo Koketsu in his studies. Dr.
Koketsu was a past member of the Faculty of the Kurume University
School of Medicine who as a Research Fellow at the Australian
National University had helped Sir John Eccles, subse quently a
Nobel Prize winner, in developing microelectrode procedures. After
further considering the matter, Dr. Karczmar was pleasantly sur
prised to discover that by coincidence Dr. Koketsu was his
neighbor, serving at that time as a Research Professor at the
Neuropsychiatry Institute of the University of Illinois, College of
Medicine of Chicago. This was the beginning of a long relationship,
as Dr. Koketsu joined Dr. Karczmar at Loyola as Professor of
Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Director of the Neurophysiology
Laboratory at the Stritch School of Medicine. It was not long
before Dr. Syogoro Nishi-Dr. Koketsu's former colleague on the
Faculty of Medicine at Kurume University, and at that time a
Research Fellow in Neurophysiology at the Rockefeller Institute in
New York joined Drs. Koketsu and Karczmar at Loyola. Although in
due time Drs."
This book has the highest impact factor of all publications
ranked by ISI within polymer science. It contains short and concise
reports on physics and chemistry of polymers, each written by the
world renowned experts. It remains valid and useful after 5 or 10
years. The electronic version is available free of charge for
standing order customers at: springer.com/series/12/.
This series presents critical reviews of the present and future
trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry,
physical chemistry, physics and materials science. It is addressed
to all scientists at universities and in industry who wish to keep
abreast of advances in the topics covered.
Impact Factor Ranking: Always number one in Polymer Science.
More information as well as the electronic version of the whole
content available at: www.springerlink.com
Muhyo and his friends reach the bottom level of the prison Arcanum,
where Sophie the Ripper awaits in disguise. Our heroes must locate
the real Ripper, but they'd better get a move on...the Hands of
Darkness are approaching!
Muhyo's friend Biko has a big problem. One of Biko's magic locks
has been broken, and now something's escaped from the bottom level
of a top-security prison for the evilest, most dangerous ghosts.
It's up to Muhyo and Roji to restore order, but what will they do
when their greatest fears are realized?
Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost
you need sent up and away...or down to burn for all eternity? If
the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic
law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty.
When the ghost of a tormented schoolgirl starts terrorizing
subway passengers, can Muhyo and Roi resolve the paranormal crisis
before it totally derails?
Globally, 1.7 billion people live in poverty and are unable to
access financial services. They do not have physical collateral and
creditors are reluctant to invest in them. Yet in India,
microfinance is being used to reduce poverty, empower women, and
boost development. In Microfinance and Development in Emerging
Economies, Nishi Malhotra argues that the financial services
provided to low-income groups or individuals through microfinance
and group lending outside the traditional financial system are the
best way to combat these problems and address the economic
exclusion that blights so many. Using India as a case study,
Malhotra examines the Indian government’s use of various social
welfare programmes to increase both financial literacy and social
equality and ultimately achieve sustainable development. Suitable
for bankers, teachers, policymakers, and students, this book
clearly identifies the practical and theoretical implications of
this alternative microfinance model.
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