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This edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology
studies research on the arts and the emerging field of artistic
research. The main themes in the book are an advanced understanding
of discursivity and reasoning in arts-based research, the
methodological relevance of material practices and things, and
innovative ways of connecting, staging, and publishing research in
art and academia. This book touches on topics including studies of
artistic practices; reflexive practitioners at the boundaries
between the arts, science, and technology; non-propositional forms
of reasoning; unconventional (arts-based) research methods and
enhanced modes of presentation and publication.
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Batman Returns (DVD)
Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, …
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Sequel to Tim Burton's hugely successful 'Batman' (1989). Oswald
Cobblepot was abandoned by his parents as a baby. Thirty three
years later, bent on revenge, he returns to Gotham City as the
Penguin (Danny DeVito). First he begins a warped campaign to become
Mayor, helped by millionaire businessman Max Shreck (Christopher
Walken); next, he undertakes a mission to murder every first born
son in Gotham - a plan which will avenge his own beginnings.
Meanwhile, he has two adversaries to contend with: Catwoman
(Michelle Pfeiffer), the embittered ex-secretary of Max Shreck,
and, of course, the old caped crusader himself - Batman (Michael
Keaton).
Envisioning Networked Urban Mobilities brings together scientific
reflections on the relations of art and urban mobilities and
artistic research on the topic. The editors open the book by
setting out the concept grounded in the exhibition curated by Aslak
Aamot Kjaerulff and refers to earlier work on mobilities and art
generated by the Cosmobilities Network. This third volume has two
sections, both consisting of short papers and illustrations. The
first section is based on artists who were part of the conferences'
art exhibition, and the second part is based on theoretical
reflections on art and artists.
Performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport
science support officers to develop a better understanding of sport
performance and therefore to devise more effective methods for
improving that performance. Performance Analysis of Sport IX is the
latest in a series of volumes that showcase the very latest
scientific research into performance analysis, helping to bridge
the gap between theory and practice in sport. Drawing on data from
a wide variety of sports, the book covers every key topic and
sub-discipline in performance analysis, including: analysis of
technique technical effectiveness tactical evaluation studying
patterns of play motor learning and feedback work rate and physical
demands performance analysis technology analysis of elite athletes
and teams effectiveness of performance analysis support
observational analysis of injury risk analysis of referees
Effective performance analysis is now an essential component of the
high performance strategy of any elite sport team or individual
athlete. This book is therefore essential reading for any advanced
student or researcher working in performance analysis, and
invaluable reading for any sport science support officer, coach or
athletic trainer looking for ways to improve their work with
athletes
Performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport
science support officers to develop a better understanding of sport
performance and therefore to devise more effective methods for
improving that performance. Performance Analysis of Sport IX is the
latest in a series of volumes that showcase the very latest
scientific research into performance analysis, helping to bridge
the gap between theory and practice in sport. Drawing on data from
a wide variety of sports, the book covers every key topic and
sub-discipline in performance analysis, including: analysis of
technique technical effectiveness tactical evaluation studying
patterns of play motor learning and feedback work rate and physical
demands performance analysis technology analysis of elite athletes
and teams effectiveness of performance analysis support
observational analysis of injury risk analysis of referees
Effective performance analysis is now an essential component of the
high performance strategy of any elite sport team or individual
athlete. This book is therefore essential reading for any advanced
student or researcher working in performance analysis, and
invaluable reading for any sport science support officer, coach or
athletic trainer looking for ways to improve their work with
athletes
This monograph presents the first comprehensive diachronic account
of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle
English. The mysterious loss of the high-frequency verb weorthan
'become' is explained as a casualty of changing word order in
narrative during Middle English. The merger of is 'is' and bith
'shall be, is generally' into a single suppletive verb is related
to the development of a general analytic future shall be. The
co-occurrence of multiple changes led to become and wax crossing a
threshold of similarity with existing copulas, from which they
analogically adopted full productivity in one fell swoop. In
explaining each of these changes, the book goes beyond the level of
the verb and its complements, drawing attention to analogical
networks and the importance of a verb's embeddedness in clausal and
textual environments. Using a radically usage-based approach,
treating syntax as emerging from (changing) frequencies, Peter
Petre draws attention to general principles of constructional
change, including but not limited to grammaticalization and
lexicalization. He proposes novel parallelisms between linguistic
and ecological evolution. Going beyond the view of language change
as propagating only in social interaction, Petre explains how each
individual's mental grammar can be seen as a dynamic ecosystem with
hierarchical environments (clausal niches, textual habitats). In
this view, the interconnectedness of seemingly unrelated changes,
itself resulting from cognitive economy principles, is arguably
more decisive in lexical change than is functional competition.
The movement toward greater openness represents a change of
philosophy, ethos, and government and a set of interrelated and
complex changes that transform markets altering the modes of
production and consumption, ushering in a new era based on the
values of openness: an ethic of sharing and peer-to-peer
collaboration enabled through new architectures of participation.
These changes indicate a broader shift from the underlying
industrial mode of production-a "productionist" metaphysics-to a
postindustrial mode of consumption as use, reuse, and modification
where new logics of social media structure different patterns of
cultural consumption and symbolic analysis becomes a habitual and
daily creative activity. The economics of openness constructs a new
language of "presuming" and "produsage" in order to capture the
open participation, collective co-creativity, communal evaluation,
and commons-based production of social and public goods.
Information is the vital element in the "new" politics and economy
that links space, knowledge, and capital in networked practices and
freedom is the essential ingredient in this equation if these
network practices are to develop or transform themselves into
'knowledge cultures'. The Virtues of Openness investigates the
social processes and policies that foster openness as an overriding
educational value evidenced in the growth of open source, open
access, and open education and their convergences that characterize
global knowledge communities. The book argues that openness seems
also to suggest political transparency and the norms of open
inquiry, indeed, even democracy itself as both the basis of the
logic of inquiry and the dissemination of its results. The Virtues
of Openness examines the complex history of the concept of the open
society before beginning a systematic investigation of openness in
relation to the book, the "open text" and the written word. These
changes are discussed in relation to the development of new open
spaces of scholarship with their impact upon open journal systems,
open peer review, open science, and the open global digital
economy.
The movement toward greater openness represents a change of
philosophy, ethos, and government and a set of interrelated and
complex changes that transform markets altering the modes of
production and consumption, ushering in a new era based on the
values of openness: an ethic of sharing and peer-to-peer
collaboration enabled through new architectures of participation.
These changes indicate a broader shift from the underlying
industrial mode of production a productionist metaphysics to a
postindustrial mode of consumption as use, reuse, and modification
where new logics of social media structure different patterns of
cultural consumption and symbolic analysis becomes a habitual and
daily creative activity. The economics of openness constructs a new
language of presuming and produsage in order to capture the open
participation, collective co-creativity, communal evaluation, and
commons-based production of social and public goods. Information is
the vital element in the new politics and economy that links space,
knowledge, and capital in networked practices and freedom is the
essential ingredient in this equation if these network practices
are to develop or transform themselves into 'knowledge cultures'.
"The Virtues of Openness" investigates the social processes and
policies that foster openness as an overriding educational value
evidenced in the growth of open source, open access, and open
education and their convergences that characterize global knowledge
communities. The book argues that openness seems also to suggest
political transparency and the norms of open inquiry, indeed, even
democracy itself as both the basis of the logic of inquiry and the
dissemination of its results."The Virtues of Openness" examines the
complex history of the concept of the open society before beginning
a systematic investigation of openness in relation to the book, the
open text and the written word. These changes are discussed in
relation to the development of new open spaces of scholarship with
their impact upon open journal systems, open peer review, open
science, and the open global digital economy."
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Marie Curie (Hardcover)
Peter Peter; Illustrated by Conz
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Discover the life of Marie Curie. Her work as a female scientist,
her Nobel Prize achievements, as well as her persistence and drive,
continue to inspire the world today. On November 7, 1867, Maria
Skıodowska—a woman who changes the Scientific world forever—is
born in Poland. With a natural talent for mathematics, she
graduates high school at the age of fifteen! Soon after, she
graduates from Paris University and gets married, taking the name
Marie Curie. Her work will change the course of science forever, as
well as show us to not be afraid of exploring and pushing hard to
achieve our goals.  The Great Minds series introduces
young children to the greatest scientists of all time. This
edition: Marie Curie, the female pioneer in the study of
radioactivity. For researchers ages 9 years and up It
includes: - Historical facts - Facts relating to
magnetic fields, radioactivity, the study of matter and related
topics - Illustrations to help with understanding - Ideas for
experiments to conduct in the classroom or at home
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Prouve (Hardcover)
Nils Peters; Edited by Peter Goessel
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French-born Jean Prouve (1901-1984) was the 20th century's leading
construction designer, a self-declared constructeur and member of
the jury who oversaw the design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. As
a designer, he captured the midcentury spirit of innovation,
expansion, and growth, developing techniques that united simple,
striking aesthetics with practical, cost-effective materials and
assembly. From vast, temporary exhibition marquees to handheld
letter openers, modular building systems to interior lighting,
Prouve's designs efficiently fitted their function with minimal
fuss and understated elegance. Feted by designers, architects, and
engineers the world over, Prouve has left a rich and inspirational
legacy, which resonates perfectly with the approach of this compact
volume, neatly summarizing his life and works. About the series
Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the
best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in
TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features: an introduction to
the life and work of the architect the major works in chronological
order information about the clients, architectural preconditions as
well as construction problems and resolutions a list of all the
selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and
most famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations (photographs,
sketches, drafts, and plans)
Agroforestry is a land use system that allows for the concurrent
production of trees and agricultural crops and/or animals from the
same piece of land. It has a rich history of development and has
been practised in some parts of the world for more than 6,000
years. In 1997, CABI published the seminal book on this subject,
Temperate Agroforestry Systems, which was a break from the norm as
almost all agroforestry texts up to that date were only relevant to
tropical areas. The book explored the development of temperate
agroforestry and agroforestry systems, concentrating on those areas
within temperate zones where the greatest advances, adoptions and
modifications had taken place up to that time: North and South
America, China, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. This second
fully-updated and expanded edition includes additional chapters on
India and Chile and, as a result of ongoing advances in the field,
separate chapters on the US, Canada, the UK and continental Europe.
Today's challenges of climate change, population growth and food
security, in concert with the ongoing global requirement for the
energy and water needed for a resilient agricultural paradigm, can
be met through the wide-scale adoption of agroforestry practices,
in both tropical regions and temperate zones. The 2nd edition
ofTemperate Agroforestry Systems brings together many examples of
temperate agroforestry and will make valuable reading for all those
working in this area as researchers, practitioners and policy
makers. The book is also of importance to students and teachers of
agriculture, ecology, environmental studies and forestry in
temperate regions.
Die Traumatologie des Urogenitaltraktes gewinnt im Blickpunkt der
fort- schreitenden Industrialisierung und Technisierung sowie der
zunehmenden Ver- kehrsdichte eine praktische Bedeutung, die sich in
samtlichen Gebieten der diagnostischen und klinischen Medizin
zunehmend bemerkbar macht. Die Konzeption des Bandes
beriicksichtigt die aktuelle Entwicklung neuer medizinischer
Disziplinen, z.B. die interdisziplinare Stellung der Urologie zwi-
schen Unfallchirurgie und groBer Chirurgie, die Wandlung der
R6ntgendiagno- stik von den konventionellen Methoden zur
differenzierten Nukleardiagnostik und modernen Computerdiagnostik,
das Herausarbeiten abgestimmter diagno- stischer Stufenplane sowie
daraus folgender primarer oder sekundarer Versor- gungsplane des
Polytraumatisierten. Damit wurde die zwar organisch faBbare und
anatomisch nachvollziehbare Isolierung von Niere, Harnleiter und
Blase aufgegeben und der gesamte Urogeni- taltrakt einschlieBlich
des auBeren Genitales in ein funktionell zusammenMngen- des Netz
eingebettet. Das bedeutet die Koppelung diagnostischer Prioritaten
mit teilweise spezifischen Therapiekonsequenzen. Die einzelnen
Kapitel scheinen auf den ersten Blick nicht organisch aneinan- der
gekoppelt zu sein. Der Polytraumatisierte bildet eine komplexe und
doch differenzierte Betrachtung und ist deshalb an den SchluB
gestellt. Das isolierte Nierentrauma beim Kind und beim Erwachsenen
verlangt eine verfeinerte dia- gnostische Ausleuchtung; die friiher
invasiven Methoden wurden durch nicht invasive, aber sichere
diagnostische M6glichkeiten ersetzt. Die Traumatologie von
Harnblase sowie vorderer und hinterer Harnr6hre mit oder ohne
Beckenfraktur ist breit und umfassend abgehandelt. Die Vor-
machtstellung dieses Kapitels gegeniiber den anderen wird durch die
detaillierte Ausarbeitung charakterisiert.
Intensely practical and down to earth, this text covers the breadth
of health emergency preparedness, resilience and response topics in
the context of inter-disciplinary and whole society responses to a
range of threats. It includes public, private and third sector
roles in preparation for and in response to natural and man-made
events, such as: major incident planning; infectious disease
epidemics and pandemics; natural disasters; terrorist threats; and
business and service continuity management. The book builds upon
the basics of risk assessment and writing an emergency plan, and
then covers inter-agency working, command and control,
communication, personal impact and business continuity as well as
training, exercises and post-incident follow up. Detailing the full
emergency preparedness and civil protection planning cycle, the
book is illustrated throughout with real-life examples and case
studies from global experts in the field for countries with both
advanced and developing healthcare systems. This practical handbook
covering the essential aspects of major incident and disaster
management is ideal for undergraduate and master's students in
emergency management and public health, as well as for
practitioners in emergency preparedness and civil protection. It
will be valuable to all health practitioners from ambulance,
hospital, primary and community care, mental health and public
health backgrounds.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Von den drei grossen Konfessionen entwickelte nur das Luthertum
verbindliche Bekenntnisse, die die Lehre normativ formulierten. Oft
wurde der grosse Rang, der dem Bekennen im Luthertum zukam, in der
wissenschaftlichen Literatur mit einem besonderen Drang zur
Lehrnormierung verbunden. Dieser Befund gab Anlass zu einem
Arbeitsgesprach, das Oktober 2015 in der Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
stattfand. Der vorliegende Aufsatzband vereint die meisten dort
gehaltenen Beitrage. In der "Blutezeit der Bekenntnisproduktion"
(Wolf Dieter Hauschild) zwischen 1549 und 1580 entstanden
zahlreiche Bekenntnistexte mit ausserst vielfaltigen Funktionen. Es
ging nicht einfach nur darum, seinen Glauben zu bekennen, sondern
es mussten oft auch religions- oder bundnispolitische Aspekte beim
Abfassen und Durchsetzen eines Bekenntnisses beachtet werden. Fur
das fruhneuzeitliche Luthertum hatten die Bekenntnisse, die im
Konkordienbuch von 1580 versammelt waren, zumindest der Theorie
nach den Rang einer norma normata. Ihre Bedeutung leitete sich von
der Heiligen Schrift ab und bestimmte zugleich als Rahmen die
theologische Lehrbildung. Im Zuge der Aufklarung veranderte sich
dieses Bild jedoch drastisch. Die Geltung der lutherischen
Bekenntnisse war im 19. Jahrhundert nicht mehr selbstverstandlich.
In der theologischen Reaktion auf die aufklarerische Dogmenkritik
traten die Bekenntnisschriften oft als neue Lehrgesetze wieder in
Geltung.
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid
overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on
mass communication and society and how this research fits into
larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection
features key texts covering the media studies traditions of the
Chicago school, the effects tradition, the critical theory of the
Frankfurt school, and mass society theory. Where possible, articles
are reproduced in their entirety to preserve the historical flavor
and texture of the original works. Topics include popular theater,
yellow journalism, cinema, books, public relations, political and
military propaganda, advertising, opinion polling, photography, the
avant-garde, popular magazines, comics, the urban press, radio
drama, soap opera, popular music, and television drama and news.
This text is ideal for upper-level courses in mass communication
and media theory, media and society, mass communication effects,
and mass media history.
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid
overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on
mass communication and society and how this research fits into
larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection
features key texts covering the media studies traditions of the
Chicago school, the effects tradition, the critical theory of the
Frankfurt school, and mass society theory. Where possible, articles
are reproduced in their entirety to preserve the historical flavor
and texture of the original works. Topics include popular theater,
yellow journalism, cinema, books, public relations, political and
military propaganda, advertising, opinion polling, photography, the
avant-garde, popular magazines, comics, the urban press, radio
drama, soap opera, popular music, and television drama and news.
This text is ideal for upper-level courses in mass communication
and media theory, media and society, mass communication effects,
and mass media history.
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