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Dubai International Airport (DXB), Emirates Airlines, and the Burj
al-Arab. Changi International Airport (SIN), Singapore Airlines,
and Marina Bay Sands. Chek Lap Kok (HGK), Cathay Pacific, and The
Peninsula Hotel. Kingsford Smith (SYD), Qantas Airlines, and the
Wentworth Hotel. What do these collective entities have in common?
Not only do they link global air hubs with city-centric long-haul
airlines and destination-worthy hotels, but they are the product of
a distinct strategy to boost tourism development through the
synergies created by aviation development. This volume explores the
evolution of tourism development through synergies created by
airline, airport, and hotel development in the Persian Gulf (namely
Dubai); Southeast Asia (primarily Singapore); and East Asia (mainly
Hong Kong) during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. These
"hubs" included, but went beyond traditional models of hotel
development as models for economically viable tourism programs,
particularly after World War II. The book also examines how such
systems integrated travelers, airlines, and airports in Australasia
and Europe, while at the same time competing with imperial systems
of airport and airline development. This book illuminates the
strategies behind and competition between cities during the current
century for air traffic, tourists, and airlines transiting between
Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
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This detailed volume brings together leading practitioners in the
freeze-drying community to address recent progress, not only in new
analytical tools and applications of the data derived in cycle
design but also in the manufacturing of lyophilized products in the
healthcare sector - whether these be therapeutics, vaccines or
diagnostic products - and indeed the equipment to deliver this
scale of freeze-drying. Areas of focus include analytical and
formulation issues, process monitoring and control, as well as
post-lyophilization analysis. Written for the Methods in
Pharmacology and Toxicology series, chapters include the type of
expert advice that leads to superior results in the lab.
Authoritative and practical, Lyophilization of Pharmaceuticals and
Biologicals: New Technologies and Approaches serves as an ideal
guide for researchers working in or just seeking an update on this
rapidly changing field.
In order to meet the ever-increasing demands for enantiopure
compounds, heteroge- ous, homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis
evolved independently in the past. Although all three approaches
have yielded industrially viable processes, the latter two are the
most widely used and can be regarded as complementary in many
respects. Despite the progress in structural, computational and
mechanistic studies, however, to date there is no universal recipe
for the optimization of catalytic processes. Thus, a
trial-and-error approach remains predominant in catalyst discovery
and optimization. With the aim of complementing the
well-established fields of homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis,
organocatalysis and artificial metalloenzymes have enjoyed a recent
revival. Artificial metalloenzymes, which are the focus of this
book, result from comb- ing an active but unselective
organometallic moiety with a macromolecular host. Kaiser and
Whitesides suggested the possibility of creating artificial
metallo- zymes as long ago as the late 1970s. However, there was a
widespread belief that proteins and organometallic catalysts were
incompatible with each other. This severely hampered research in
this area at the interface between homogeneous and enzymatic
catalysis. Since 2000, however, there has been a growing interest
in the field of artificial metalloenzymes for enantioselective
catalysis. The current state of the art and the potential for
future development are p- sented in five well-balanced chapters. G.
Roelfes, B. Feringa et al. summarize research relying on DNA as a
macromolecular host for enantioselective catalysis.
Over the last decade, interest in seafood products has grown
dramatically. The increasing level of consumer interest has
resulted in a proliferation of research initiatives to understand
the unique properties of seafoods. Microbiology is only one of the
scientific disciplines involved in seafood research, but it is
fundamental to understanding the quality and safety issues that are
important to the seafood industry and consumers. The purpose of
this book is to survey the microbiological characteristics
associated with many of the major seafood commodities and the
changes in the microflora as a result of processing, distribution
and storage.
John Calvin lived in a divided world when past certainties were
crumbling. Calvin claimed that his thought was completely based
upon scripture, but he was mistaken. At several points in his
thought and his ministry, he set his own foundations upon
tradition. His efforts to make sense of his culture and its
religious life mirror issues that modern Western cultures face, and
that have contributed to our present situation. In this book, R.
Ward Holder offers new insights into Calvin's successes and
failures and suggests pathways for understanding some of the
problems of contemporary Western culture such as the deep
divergence about living in tradition, the modern capacity to agree
on the foundations of thought, and even the roots of our deep
political polarization. He traces Calvin's own critical engagement
with the tradition that had formed him and analyzes the inherent
divisions in modern heritage that affect our ability to agree, not
only religiously or politically, but also about truth. An epilogue
comparing biblical interpretation with Constitutional
interpretation is illustrative of contemporary issues and
demonstrates how historical understanding can offer solutions to
tensions in modern culture.
BULLDOGDOM BY A. G. STURGEON A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT.
Originally published in 1920, this extremely rare early work on the
Bulldog is both very expensive and very hard to find in its first
edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original
text and photographs, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series.
The author was a highly respected breeder of the day. The book's
188 pages cover all aspects of the Bulldog. Beginning with the
history of the breed, it moves on to discuss buying, breeding,
feeding and showing amongst many other topics. The book is
illustrated throughout with the lovely line drawings of R. WARD
BINKS, and contains a double-page spread of an original pedigree
document. There is a "Standard description of the correct
appearance and the several points in detail of a perfect Bulldog"
The final chapter features over 40 photographs of champion Bulldogs
of the day, a full descriptive write-up of each dog and their
pedigrees. Also included in the text are a number of period adverts
for dog products featuring Bulldogs. This is a fascinating read for
any Bulldog enthusiast or historian of the breed but also contains
much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of
the earliest dog breed books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are reprinting these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork
Using as their starting point a 1976 Newsweek cover story on the
emerging politicization of evangelical Christians, contributors to
this collection engage the scholarly literature on evangelicalism
from a variety of angles to offer new answers to persisting
questions about the movement. The standard historical narrative
describes the period between the 1925 Scopes Trial and the early
1970s as a silent one for evangelicals, and when they did re-engage
in the political arena, it was over abortion. Randall J. Stephens
and Randall Balmer challenge that narrative. Stephens moves the
starting point earlier in the twentieth century, and Balmer
concludes that race, not abortion, initially motivated activists.
In his examination of the relationship between African Americans
and evangelicalism, Dan Wells uses the Newsweek story's sidebar on
black activist and born-again Christian Eldridge Cleaver to
illuminate the former Black Panther's uneasy association with white
evangelicals. Daniel K. Williams, Allison Vander Broek, and J.
Brooks Flippen explore the tie between evangelicals and the
anti-abortion movement as well as the political ramifications of
their anti-abortion stance. The election of 1976 helped to
politicize abortion, which both encouraged a realignment of
alliances and altered evangelicals' expectations for candidates,
developments that continue into the twenty-first century. Also in
1976, Foy Valentine, leader of the Southern Baptist Christian Life
Commission, endeavored to distinguish the South's brand of
Protestant Christianity from the evangelicalism described by
Newsweek. Nevertheless, Southern Baptists quickly became associated
with the evangelicalism of the Religious Right and the South's
shift to the Republican Party. Jeff Frederick discusses
evangelicals' politicization from the 1970s into the twenty-first
century, suggesting that southern religiosity has suffered as
southern evangelicals surrendered their authenticity and adopted a
moral relativism that they criticized in others. R. Ward Holder and
Hannah Dick examine political evangelicalism in the wake of Donald
Trump's election. Holder lays bare the compromises that many
Southern Baptists had to make to justify their support for Trump,
who did not share their religious or moral values. Hannah Dick
focuses on media coverage of Trump's 2016 campaign and contends
that major news outlets misunderstood the relationship between
Trump and evangelicals, and between evangelicals and politics in
general. The result, she suggests, was that the media severely
miscalculated Trump's chances of winning the election.
American public life is gripped by a tumult that it has not
experienced in at least half a century. Resentment, distrust,
despair, fear, envy, and outrage are the passions of the day. Yet
it was not long ago that political scientists and theologians could
speak of a "Niebuhr renaissance" marked by an appreciation of moral
paradox, ethical nuance, and a recognition of the irony of American
history. American political leaders from Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton to George Bush and John McCain referenced Reinhold Niebuhr
as an important influence on their political understandings.
Columnists like David Brooks commented on the political condition
of contemporary America, and scholars from Gary Dorrien and Daniel
Rice to Richard Crouter developed academic accounts of Niebuhr's
political realism. From an insistence on political purity, to a
wariness of international institutions and the claims of expertise,
to a rejection of whole categories of public goods - it would be
difficult to find a more significant shift from the principles that
shaped statecraft and public policy during Niebuhr's prime to those
that are foundational in the age of Trump. Reinhold Niebuhr in
Theory and Practice: Christian Realism and Democracy in America in
the Twenty-First Century explains the collapse of the Niebuhrian
renaissance in public life and the ascendance of the "children of
light and the children of darkness" in the 2016 election. Our focus
is Niebuhr himself and what the encounter between his own theology
and his practical political experience might reveal in our
contemporary situation. Niebuhr tells us that he does not offer
precise policy prescriptions. But Niebuhr was a prolific author,
and his works offer insights both into what realistic and Christian
public policies would look like, and perhaps more importantly into
how citizens should think for themselves about the political
challenges of our times. Our aim, then, is to reassert the
possibility of a distinctly Niebuhrian public intellectualism and a
distinctly Niebuhrian political practice in the wake of the 2016
election.
The study of how emotions are socially patterned is a young and
promising field within sociology. This handbook offers a
sociological examination of the lived impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic through culture(s) of emotion – from hope to anger,
optimism to grief, and courage to boredom. The Emerald Handbook of
the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World considers the
dynamics and structures of affect as they have been experienced by
local and global populations in a time of global health crisis.
Advancing a theoretical agenda in the sociology of emotions and
drawing from empirical evidence of emotional impacts, the authors
cover a range of philosophical and methodological questions about
how to study emotions, and why doing so is critical in turbulent
times. Including policy and planning insights for how to reconcile
our emotional lives and collective experiences in a post-pandemic
world, this collection is a refreshing contribution to a new and
exciting sub-discipline; and is a compelling read for theorists,
researchers, and students of the social, cultural, and political
sciences.
This is the first textbook in the field of electrochemistry that
will teach experimental electrochemists how to carry out simulation
of electrode processes. Processes at both macro- and
micro-electrodes are examined and the simulation of both
diffusion-only and diffusion-convection processes are addressed.
The simulation of processes with coupled homogeneous kinetics and
at microelectrode arrays are further discussed. Over the course of
the book the reader's understanding is developed to the point where
they will be able to undertake and solve research-level problems.
The book leads the reader through from a basic understanding of the
principles underlying electrochemical simulation to the development
of computer programs which describe the complex processes found in
voltammetry.This is the third book in the "Understanding
Voltammetry" series, published with Imperial College Press and
written by the Compton group. Other books in the series include
"Understanding Voltammetry", written by Richard G Compton with
Craig Banks and also "Understanding Voltammetry: Problems and
Solutions" (2012) written by Richard G Compton with Christopher
Batchelor-McAuley and Edmund Dickinson. These are and continue to
be successful textbooks for graduates in electrochemistry and
electroanalytical studies.
Immortal is the only single-volume English-language survey of
Iran's military history. CIA analyst Steven R. Ward shows that
Iran's soldiers, from the famed "Immortals" of ancient Persia to
today's Revolutionary Guard, have demonstrated through the
centuries that they should not be underestimated. This history also
provides background on the nationalist, tribal, and religious
heritages of the country to help readers better understand Iran and
its security outlook. Immortal begins with the founding of ancient
Persia's empire under Cyrus the Great and continues through the
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and up to the present. Drawing on a wide
range of sources including declassified documents, the author gives
primary focus to the modern era to relate the build-up of the
military under the last Shah, its collapse during the Islamic
revolution, its fortunes in the Iran-Iraq War, and its rise from
the ashes to help Iran become once again a major regional military
power. He shows that, despite command and supply problems, Iranian
soldiers demonstrate high levels of bravery and perseverance and
have enjoyed surprising tactical successes even when victory has
been elusive. These qualities and the Iranians' ability to impose
high costs on their enemies by exploiting Iran's imposing geography
bear careful consideration today by potential opponents.
Drawing on the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, described by
Barack Obama as 'one of my favourite philosophers', this book
assesses the challenges facing the President during his first term.
It evaluates his success in adhering to Niebuhr's path of
'Christian realism' when faced with the pragmatic demands of
domestic and foreign affairs. In 2008 Candidate Obama used the
ideas of 'Hope' and 'Change' to inspire voters and secure the
presidency. Obama promised change not only regarding America's
policies, but even more fundamentally in the nation's political
culture. Holder and Josephson describe the foundations of President
Obama's Christian faith and the extent to which it has shaped his
approach to politics. Their book explores Obama's journey of faith
in the context of a broadly Augustinian understanding of faith and
politics, examines the tensions between Christian realism and
pragmatic progressivism, explains why a Christian realist
interpretation is essential to understanding Obama's presidency,
and applies this model of understanding to considerations of
foreign and domestic policy. By combining this theological and
political analysis the book offers a special opportunity to reflect
on the relationship between Christian faith and statesmanship,
reflections that are missing from current popular discussions of
the Obama presidency. Through consideration of Niebuhr's models of
the prophet and the statesman, and the more popular alternative of
the political evangelist, Holder and Josephson are better able to
explain the president's successes and his failures, and to unveil
the Augustinian limits of the political life.
Drawing on the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, described by
Barack Obama as 'one of my favourite philosophers', this book
assesses the challenges facing the President during his first term.
It evaluates his success in adhering to Niebuhr's path of
'Christian realism' when faced with the pragmatic demands of
domestic and foreign affairs. In 2008 Candidate Obama used the
ideas of 'Hope' and 'Change' to inspire voters and secure the
presidency. Obama promised change not only regarding America's
policies, but even more fundamentally in the nation's political
culture. Holder and Josephson describe the foundations of President
Obama's Christian faith and the extent to which it has shaped his
approach to politics. Their book explores Obama's journey of faith
in the context of a broadly Augustinian understanding of faith and
politics, examines the tensions between Christian realism and
pragmatic progressivism, explains why a Christian realist
interpretation is essential to understanding Obama's presidency,
and applies this model of understanding to considerations of
foreign and domestic policy. By combining this theological and
political analysis the book offers a special opportunity to reflect
on the relationship between Christian faith and statesmanship,
reflections that are missing from current popular discussions of
the Obama presidency. Through consideration of Niebuhr's models of
the prophet and the statesman, and the more popular alternative of
the political evangelist, Holder and Josephson are better able to
explain the president's successes and his failures, and to unveil
the Augustinian limits of the political life.
Written in an accessible and informal style, this textbook is designed to give graduate students an understanding of integrable systems via the study of Riemann surfaces, loop groups, and twistors. The book has its origins in a series of lecture courses given by the authors, all internationally known mathematicians and renowned expositors. The introduction by Nigel Hitchin addresses the meaning of integrability: how do we recognize an integrable system? His own contribution then develops connections with algebraic geometry, and includes an introduction to Riemann surfaces, sheaves, and line bundles.
This is the first textbook in the field of electrochemistry that
will teach experimental electrochemists how to carry out simulation
of electrode processes. Processes at both macro- and
micro-electrodes are examined and the simulation of both
diffusion-only and diffusion-convection processes are addressed.
The simulation of processes with coupled homogeneous kinetics and
at microelectrode arrays are further discussed.Over the course of
the book the reader's understanding is developed to the point where
they will be able to undertake and solve research-level problems.
The book leads the reader through from a basic understanding of the
principles underlying electrochemical simulation to the development
of computer programs which describe the complex processes found in
voltammetry.This second edition has been revised throughout, and
contains new material relating to random walks in electrochemistry,
as well as expanded materials on the checking and validation of
simulations, pulse techniques, and square wave voltammetry.
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