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Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Alkene
Carboamination or Carboalkoxylation Reactions, by John P. Wolfe
Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Alkene
Diamination, Aminoalkoxylation, or Dialkoxylation Reactions, by
Sherry R. Chemler Synthesis of Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed
Wacker-Type Oxidative Cyclization Reactions of Alkoxy- or
Amino-Alkenes, by Wanbin Zhang Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles
via Metal-Catalyzed Hydroamination or Hydroalkoxylation Reactions,
by Lisa D. Julian Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via
Metal-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions, by Aaron Aponick
Synthesis of Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Cascade/Domino
Reactions that Generate a C-N or C-O Bond, by Mark Lautens
Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Formal
Cycloaddition Reactions that Generate a C-N or C-O Bond, by Jerome
Waser
This in-depth chronicle of 110 families in Washington, DC's
Opportunity Scholarship Program provides a realistic look at how
urban families experience the process of using school choice
vouchers and transform from government clients to consumers of
education and active citizens.
Don P. Wolf and Mary Zelinski-Wooten provide a comprehensive review
of the procedures and techniques used in assisted reproduction, as
well as in nuclear transfer for both the treatment of human
infertility and the propagation of animals. Combining the details
of clinical application with the physiological facts of
reproduction, the authors treat subjects such as the in vitro
maturation of oocytes, embryo culture, intracytoplasmic sperm
injection, and the process of nuclear transfer. Cutting-edge and
wide-ranging, Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in
Mammals offers clinical ARTs practitioners, research scientists,
those responsible for animal care, and students not only an
informative historical perspective on the development of ARTs, but
also updates on several of the more dynamic clinical areas, and a
highly practical understanding of their applications.
Drawing on a rich pragmatist tradition, this book offers an account
of the different kinds of 'oughts', or varieties of normativity,
that we are subject to contends that there is no conflict between
normativity and the world as science describes it. The authors
argue that normative claims aim to evaluate, to urge us to do or
not do something, and to tell us how a state of affairs ought to
be. These claims articulate forms of action-guidance that are
different in kind from descriptive claims, with a wholly distinct
practical and expressive character. This account suggests that
there are no normative facts, and so nothing that needs any
troublesome shoehorning into a scientific account of the world.
This work explains that nevertheless, normative claims are
constrained by the world, and answerable to reason and
argumentation, in a way that makes them truth-apt and objective.
This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries
on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a
paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged
in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues
in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political
philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a
piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other
entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the
book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of
greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for
further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles,
Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone
textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that
instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for
introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as
well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more
advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a
problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than
author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to
first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters,
allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving
instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes
of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end
of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an
extensive review of the literature on each topic.
This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries
on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a
paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged
in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues
in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political
philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a
piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other
entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the
book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of
greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for
further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles,
Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone
textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that
instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for
introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as
well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more
advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a
problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than
author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to
first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters,
allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving
instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes
of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end
of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an
extensive review of the literature on each topic.
Teachers already know that a career in education involves continual growth?and this book, copublished with Kappa Delta Pi, presents a model for delivery of a lifetime of preservice and inservice training. You?ll find practical advice on how administrators and teachers can work collaboratively to create and maintain a model of reflection, renewal, and growth that promotes efficacy as a teacher, particularly through reflective practice. And unlike any other book, you?ll follow the entire lifecycle of a teacher, from preservice through retirement, making it an indispensable resource for educators at every phase of their career.
Why do most people never have sex with close relatives? And why do
they disapprove of other people doing so? "Incest Avoidance and
Incest Taboos" investigates our human inclination to avoid incest
and the powerful taboo against incest found in all societies. Both
subjects stir strong feelings and vigorous arguments within and
beyond academic circles. With great clarity, Wolf lays out the
modern assumptions about both, concluding that all previous
approaches lack precision and balance on insecure evidence.
Researchers he calls "constitutionalists" explain human incest
avoidance by biologically-based natural aversion, but fail to
explain incest taboos as cultural universals. By contrast,
"conventionalists" ignore the evolutionary roots of avoidance and
assume that incest avoidant behavior is guided solely by cultural
taboos. Both theories are incomplete.
Wolf tests his own theory with three natural experiments:
"bint'amm" (cousin) marriage in Morocco, the rarity of marriage
within Israeli kibbutz peer groups, and "minor marriages" (in which
baby girls were raised by their future mother-in-law to marry an
adoptive "brother") in China and Taiwan. These cross-cultural
comparisons complete his original and intellectually rich theory of
incest, one that marries biology and culture by accounting for both
avoidance and taboo.
Drawing on a rich pragmatist tradition, this book offers an account
of the different kinds of 'oughts', or varieties of normativity,
that we are subject to contends that there is no conflict between
normativity and the world as science describes it. The authors
argue that normative claims aim to evaluate, to urge us to do or
not do something, and to tell us how a state of affairs ought to
be. These claims articulate forms of action-guidance that are
different in kind from descriptive claims, with a wholly distinct
practical and expressive character. This account suggests that
there are no normative facts, and so nothing that needs any
troublesome shoehorning into a scientific account of the world.
This work explains that nevertheless, normative claims are
constrained by the world, and answerable to reason and
argumentation, in a way that makes them truth-apt and objective.
Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates
naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is
incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition
vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the
prohibition? What are the consequences? After one hundred years of
intense argument, a broad consensus has emerged on the first two
questions, but the debate over the others continues.
That there is a biological basis for the avoidance of inbreeding
seems incontrovertible, but just how injurious inbreeding really is
for successive generations remains an open question. Nor has there
been any conclusion to the debate over Freud's view that the incest
taboo is necessary because humans are sexually attracted to their
closest relatives--a claim countered by Westermarck's argument for
the sexually inhibiting effects of early childhood
association.
This book brings together contributions from the fields of
genetics, behavioral biology, primatology, biological and social
anthropology, philosophy, and psychiatry which reexamine these
questions.
Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates
naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is
incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition
vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the
prohibition? What are the consequences? After one hundred years of
intense argument, a broad consensus has emerged on the first two
questions, but the debate over the others continues.
That there is a biological basis for the avoidance of inbreeding
seems incontrovertible, but just how injurious inbreeding really is
for successive generations remains an open question. Nor has there
been any conclusion to the debate over Freud's view that the incest
taboo is necessary because humans are sexually attracted to their
closest relatives--a claim countered by Westermarck's argument for
the sexually inhibiting effects of early childhood
association.
This book brings together contributions from the fields of
genetics, behavioral biology, primatology, biological and social
anthropology, philosophy, and psychiatry which reexamine these
questions.
Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Alkene
Carboamination or Carboalkoxylation Reactions, by John P. Wolfe
Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Alkene
Diamination, Aminoalkoxylation, or Dialkoxylation Reactions, by
Sherry R. Chemler Synthesis of Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed
Wacker-Type Oxidative Cyclization Reactions of Alkoxy- or
Amino-Alkenes, by Wanbin Zhang Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles
via Metal-Catalyzed Hydroamination or Hydroalkoxylation Reactions,
by Lisa D. Julian Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via
Metal-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions, by Aaron Aponick
Synthesis of Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Cascade/Domino
Reactions that Generate a C-N or C-O Bond, by Mark Lautens
Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Formal
Cycloaddition Reactions that Generate a C-N or C-O Bond, by Jerome
Waser
What are the core concepts of art therapy? What can you learn from
a drawing of a bird's nest, a collage or some scribbles? Why become
an art therapist and how do you do it? What happens in the therapy
room? In the style of a graphic novel, A Graphic Guide to Art
Therapy answers these questions and more. Art therapy and its key
concepts, theory and practice are introduced through illustrations
and text. Beginning with an overview of art therapy as both a
practice and a career, it shows the routes to becoming an art
therapist and what the role entails. The essential approaches,
frameworks, techniques and assessment styles of art therapy are
visualised and discussed, making this book the perfect companion on
your journey as an art therapist.
The births of more than 100 apparently normal infants at term
following pregnancies initiated by in vitro fertilization and
embryo transfer testifies to the successful clinical application of
insights obtained from studies in reproductive biology over the
last 20 years. In women, these studies have included: 1)
characterization of the changes in blood hormone profiles
throughout ovulatory menstrual cycles; 2) documentation of the
hormonal composition of antral fluid in developing and degenerating
preovulatory follicles; 3) correlation of these observations with
the state of oocyte maturation and the fertilizability of the
oocyte; 4) application of pharmacologic agents for perturbing the
normal hormone profiles to regulate the number of preovulatory
follicles developing and the time of ovulation; and 5) development
of non-invasi ve methods for monitoring follicular development.
Optimizing methods for maturing and fertilizing eggs, for moni
toring normal development in vi tro, and for transferring and
achieving implantation of embryos are continuing concerns of
physicians and scientists responsible for extant programs. In
addition, all serious students of reproductive biology should
critically examine every facet of the processes which must
concatenate to assure birth of normal infants following pregnancies
achieved by these methods. However, the literature which contains
the informational substrate is dispersed widely in a plethora of
journals not always readily accessible. Bringing the essentials
together facilitates both rapid retrieval of data and access to
relevant literature.
The use of human in vitro fertilization in the management of
infertility is the outgrowth of years of laboratory observations on
in vitro sperm-egg interaction. "The editors of this work have
themselves contributed significantly to basic knowledge of the
mammalian fertilization process. The observations of Don Wolf on
sperm penetration, the block to polyspermy and, most recently,
sperm hyperactivation in the monkey and human, Gregory Kopf's
elucidation of the mechanisms of sperm activation during
penetration and the reciprocal dialogue between sperm and egg, and
Barry Bavister's definition of culture conditions and requirements
necessary for in vitro oocyte maturation, fertilization and
development in model mammalian systems including nonhuman primates
have contributed greatly to our understanding of the mammalian
fertilization process. Wolf, Kopf and Gerrity have enjoyed
substantial interaction with clinicians in Departments of
Obstetrics and Gynecology and have been directly involved with
successful IVF programs. Both Wolf and Kopf have served as research
scientists in the Division of Reproductive Biology at the
University of Pennsylvania, which, for more than 22 years, has
fostered co-mingling of clinically oriented and basic science
faculty. It is through such interaction, which clearly exists at
many institutions including the University of Wisconsin, that the
process of technology transfer is best served. Without an
exquisitely coordinated laboratory, there can be no consistent
success in human in vitro fertilization. Quality control is
pivotal, but close collaboration between the laboratory and the
clinic is also essential as information is shared and correlated.
It is a genuine honor and a privilege of distinction to provide the
foreword for the proceedings that follow. This marvelous symposium
reflects the unique qualities of its two principal sponsors.
Whenever the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center is involved in
matters of science, we see a consistent record of exceptional
quality in both the work is unequaled and the people who do it.
Likewise, Serono Symposia, USA in assuring a world-class speakers'
forum, utterly without taint of commercial influence. The
proceedings published herein are a remarkable testimony, not only
to the contributors, but to Drs. Brenner, Wolf, Stouffer, and
Burnett, who have shepherded its conception, presentation, and
publication. Readers will notice immediately one of the universal
strengths of this total composition; that is, the diversity of
investigational interests among attendees. Presentations on the
core topic of primate in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
were joined by specialist presentations in related areas, including
human-assisted reproductive technologies, reproductive physiology
of the great apes, sperm biology, implantation mechanisms,
cryobiology, coculture systems for embryogenesis, micromanipulation
technologies, and genetic diagnosis of heritable diseases in the
pre embryo. Even though pro-fertility issues understandably
dominated this forum, there was significant attention given to
fertility-control research, especially the role of primates in this
endeavor (more on this subject below)."
Don P. Wolf and Mary Zelinski-Wooten provide a comprehensive review
of the procedures and techniques used in assisted reproduction, as
well as in nuclear transfer for both the treatment of human
infertility and the propagation of animals. Combining the details
of clinical application with the physiological facts of
reproduction, the authors treat subjects such as the in vitro
maturation of oocytes, embryo culture, intracytoplasmic sperm
injection, and the process of nuclear transfer. Cutting-edge and
wide-ranging, Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in
Mammals offers clinical ARTs practitioners, research scientists,
those responsible for animal care, and students not only an
informative historical perspective on the development of ARTs, but
also updates on several of the more dynamic clinical areas, and a
highly practical understanding of their applications.
Typically, we make sense of our experiences and interactions in a way that is guided by emotion and that takes the form of a narrative or a story. Using narratives, we can tell others about our expeirence, share common meanings, imagine possibilities, and co-construct new meanings. It is thus a momentous development when, at around age three, a child acquires the capacity to construct narratives. The book reports the work of a 20-year collaboration between 36 psychologists who have created and investigated a new tool to elicit and analyze children's narratives. This tool is the MacArthur Story Stem Battery, a systematic collection of story beginnings that are referred to as 'stems.' These stems are designed to elicit information from children about their representational worlds. This method is particularly exciting because using it allows developmental psychologists to gain information directly from children about their emotional states and what they are able to understand, and in turn, to use this information to explore significant emotional differences among children.
Drop a pebble in a pond and the results are quite predictable:
circular waves flow from the point of impact. Hit a point on a
crystalline solid, however, and the expanding waves are highly
non-spherical: the elasticity of a crystal is anisotropic. This
book provides a fresh look at the vibrational properties of
crystalline solids, elucidated by new imaging techniques. From the
megahertz vibrations of ultrasound to the near-terahertz vibrations
associated with heat, the underlying elastic anisotropy of the
crystal asserts itself. Phonons are elementary vibrations that
affect many properties of solids - thermal, electrical and
magnetic. This text covers the basic theory and experimental
observations of phonon propagation in solids. Phonon imaging
techniques provide physical insights into such topics as phonon
focusing, lattice dynamics and ultrasound propagation. Scattering
of phonons from interfaces, superlattices, defects and electrons
are treated in detail. The book includes many striking and original
illustrations.
Drop a pebble in a pond and the results are predictable: circular waves flow from the point of impact. Hit a point on a crystalline solid, however, and the expanding waves are highly nonspherical; the elasticity of a crystal is anisotropic. This book provides a fresh look at the vibrational properties of crystalline solids, elucidated by new imaging techniques. From the megahertz vibrations of ultrasound to the near-terahertz vibrations associated with heat, the underlying elastic anisotropy of the crystal asserts itself. Phonons are elementary vibrations that affect many properties of solids--thermal, electrical, and magnetic. This text covers the basic theory and experimental observations of phonon propagation in solids. Phonon imaging techniques provide physical insights into such topics as phonon focusing, lattice dynamics, and ultrasound propagation. Scattering of phonons from interfaces, superlattices, defects, and electrons are treated in detail. The book includes many striking and original illustrations.
In 1891, the anthropologist Edward Westermarck proposed that early
childhood association inhibits sexual attraction and that this
aversion was manifested in custom and law as the basis of the
universal incest taboo. Then, in 1910, in the essays later
published as Totem and Taboo, Sigmund Freud challenged the
"Westermarck hypothesis" on the ground that "the earliest sexual
excitations of youthful human beings are invariably of an
incestuous character." The incest taboo only existed, Freud argued,
because of this natural propensity.
Freud's challenge carried the day and became the standard view
throughout the social and biological sciences. Consequently, the
question was: why do all societies repress this natural
inclination? Biologists argued that the incest taboo protected us
from dangers of inbreeding; sociologists argued that it was
necessary to prevent sexual rivalry that would destroy the family;
and anthropologists saw the real purpose of the taboo as forcing
families to exchange women in marriage.
The book uses a wide range of research - from studies of nonhuman
primates to reports of incestuous child abuse - from African
divorce practices to animal behavior - to demonstrate that
Westermarck was right and Freud wrong. It shows that there is a
critical period in human development - approximately the first
thirty months of life - during which association permanently
inhibits sexual attraction. It concludes that the incest taboo is
unnecessary and cannot be explained in functional terms, and that
encouraging early association between father and daughter is
probably the best way of preventing sexual abuse.
This book reflects debates and results which have developed since
the introduction of an international system of classifications in
epileptology. The creation of such a system was initiated, in the
sixties, mainly for practical reasons: growing international
exchange had revealed that divergence of terminology in epilepsy
had become important enough to prove a serious obstacle to sensible
discussions. The Bethel-Cleveland symposia, which was at the origin
of this book, aim to bring the excellence of advanced
inter-disciplinary and controversial workshops to a larger public.
The book concentrates on a selection of topics where progress has
been made, where controversies are open or where discussion needs
to be stimulated.
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