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Pandemic Pals (Paperback)
Gabrielle Arron, Gillian Hotz; Illustrated by Sari Richter
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R316
Discovery Miles 3 160
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Internet-based technologies prevail in most of the world. Along
with the positive features of digital technologies that permeate
our lives in almost every area, including lifestyles and daily
practices, the traces of negative aspects have also become evident.
Digital addiction is among the most important of these aspects. It
is obvious that communication, which has been maintained in various
forms since the beginning of humanity, has been shaped by the
period in which it is lived. The technology-based transformation
has transformed communication, which has been adopted to the
"internet" in the world, into a completely different form.
Communication, which has become sustainable at any time and
anywhere, regardless of location, led by the never-ending elements
of "continuity" and "interaction," has turned into an indispensable
form. Perspectives on Society and Technology Addiction examines
every subject of digital addiction in an interdisciplinary way. It
discusses the issues about what technology addiction is, how to
deal with this addiction, how to use the existing technology in a
positive way, how to deal with this technology for disadvantaged
groups, and concerns in the fields of social science and
communication science. Covering topics such as Consumer 5.0,
experience design, and information markets, this premier reference
source is an essential resource for sociologists, policymakers,
students and educators of higher education, researchers, and
academicians.
All 13 episodes from the second season of the spin-off animated
series telling the story of pink bird Stella (voice of Heljä
Heikkinen) and her friends Luca (Saara Lehtonen), Willow (Annituuli
Kasurinen), Poppy (Rinna Paatso) and Dahlia (Sari Mällinen). The
episodes are: 'New Day', 'Friends Whenever', 'Night of the Bling',
'Step It Up', 'Camp Scary', 'It's Mine!', 'Royal Pains', 'The
Storm', 'The Golden Queen', 'Gilded Cage', 'Premonition', 'Last
Bird Standing' and 'You Asked for It'.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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BonkaWonkaGonka (Hardcover)
Sarah Ingram, Siena Rumbough; Illustrated by Hello Saris
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R773
Discovery Miles 7 730
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From the editor of the celebrated anthology "Goodbye to All That""
Writers on Loving and Leaving New York," comes a new collection of
original essays on what keeps writers tethered to New York City.
The "charming" ("The New York Times") first anthology" Goodbye to
All That"--inspired by Joan Didion's classic essay about loving and
leaving Manhattan--chronicled the difficulties and disappointments
inherent in loving New York, while "Never Can Say Goodbye" is a
celebration of the city that never sleeps, in the tradition of E.B.
White's classic essay, "Here Is New York."
Featuring contributions from such luminaries as Elizabeth Gilbert,
Susan Orlean, Nick Flynn, Adelle Waldman, Phillip Lopate, Owen
King, Amy Sohn, and many others, this collection of essays is a
must-have for every lover of New York--regardless of whether or not
you call the Big Apple home.
Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research is slowly yet
steadily revolutionizing traditional education. However,
multidisciplinary research can and will also improve the extent to
which a country can protect its critical and vital assets. Applying
Methods of Scientific Inquiry Into Intelligence, Security, and
Counterterrorism is an essential scholarly publication that
provides personnel directly working in the fields of intelligence,
law enforcement, and science with the opportunity to understand the
multidisciplinary nature of intelligence and science in order to
improve current intelligence activities and contribute to the
protection of the nation. Each chapter of the book discusses
various components of science that should be applied to the
intelligence arena. Featuring coverage on a range of topics
including cybersecurity, economics, and political strategy, this
book is ideal for law enforcement, intelligence and security
practitioners, students, educators, and researchers.
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Rainbow Baby (Hardcover)
Jami-Leigh Sawyer, Jude Milinovich; Illustrated by Sari Richter
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R587
Discovery Miles 5 870
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Traditional and social media are used extensively in terms of
public health today. Studies show that social media works much
better than other follow-up systems, leading it to become a modern
and somewhat new tool for disease coverage and information
discovery. The current state of the representation of health and
medicine in the media is an important factor to analyze in the
field of health communication, especially amidst the onset of a
global pandemic. The ways in which the media discusses health, the
campaigns that are used, and the ethics around this role of media
and journalism are defining factors in the spread of information
regarding health. The Handbook of Research on Representing Health
and Medicine in Modern Media is a crucial reference that discusses
health communication within two contexts: in terms of the media and
journalists presenting critical health information and in terms of
media literacy and information retrieval methods of media consumers
through modern digital channels. The main purpose of these chapters
is the development of critical thinking about health presentations
and health communication issues in the media by presenting a
discussion of the issues that will contribute to this vital view of
health, medicine, and diseases in the media. The primary topics
highlighted in this book are infectious diseases in the media,
campaigning, media ethics, digital platforms such as television and
social media in health communication, and the media's impact on
individuals and society. This book is ideal for journalists,
reporters, researchers, practitioners, public health officials,
social media analysts, researchers, academicians, and students
looking for information on how health and medicine are presented in
the media, the channels used for information delivery, and the
impact of the media on health and medicine.
This book offers a comprehensive reference guide to intelligence
systems in environmental management. It provides readers with all
the necessary tools for solving complex environmental problems,
where classical techniques cannot be applied. The respective
chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of
both basic and advanced concepts including ant colony, genetic
algorithms, evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy multi-criteria decision
making tools, particle swarm optimization, agent-based modelling,
artificial neural networks, simulated annealing, Tabu search, fuzzy
multi-objective optimization, fuzzy rules, support vector machines,
fuzzy cognitive maps, cumulative belief degrees, and many others.
To foster a better understanding, all the chapters include relevant
numerical examples or case studies. Taken together, they form an
excellent reference guide for researchers, lecturers and
postgraduate students pursuing research on complex environmental
problems. Moreover, by extending all the main aspects of classical
environmental solution techniques to its intelligent counterpart,
the book presents a dynamic snapshot on the field that is expected
to stimulate new directions and stimulate new ideas and
developments.
The mechanism of information transfer between cells is the subject
of Introduction to Signal Transduction. Until recently various
aspects of signaling by hormones were studied (and taught) under
the subject of endocrinology, and signaling by neurotransmitters
was the subject of neurochemistry. With growing awareness of the
many similarities between hormonal and neurotransmitter signalling,
recent years have witnessed the emergence of Signal Transduction as
an independent discipline covering all aspects of information
transfer between cells irrespective of the nature and source of the
signals. This book is designed for senior
undergraduate/graduate-level students interested in a basic
understanding of the major participants in the cellular Signal
Transduction pathways. The book covers the major topics in Signal
Transduction: receptors, which recognize the signals at the cell
surface; G-proteins, which transduce the signals; and adenylate
cyclases, guanlate cyclases, and phospholipases, which generate
second messengers. Chapters also focus on ion channels,
phosphodiesterases, protein kinases, phosphoprotein phosphatases
and nitric oxide, which participate in the cellular response to
signals; the health consequences of defects in Signal Transduction
proteins; and the central role Signal Transduction plays in drug
abuse. The book is suitable for an introductory course in Signal
Transduction as well as for self-study and review. It is
recommended for biology and medical students, as well as for
interdisciplinary science majors and pharmaceutical researchers.
This book defends antitheodicism, arguing that theodicies, seeking
to excuse God for evil and suffering in the world, fail to
ethically acknowledge the victims of suffering. The authors argue
for this view using literary and philosophical resources,
commencing with Immanuel Kant's 1791 "Theodicy Essay" and its
reading of the Book of Job. Three important twentieth century
antitheodicist positions are explored, including "Jewish"
post-Holocaust ethical antitheodicism, Wittgensteinian
antitheodicism exemplified by D.Z. Phillips and pragmatist
antitheodicism defended by William James. The authors argue that
these approaches to evil and suffering are fundamentally Kantian.
Literary works such as Franz Kafka's The Trial, Samuel Beckett's
Waiting for Godot, and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, are
examined in order to crucially advance the philosophical case for
antitheodicism.
One of the consequences of the digital revolution is the
availability and pervasiveness of media and technology. They became
an integral part of many people's lives, including children, who
are often exposed to media and technology at an early age. Due to
this early exposure, children have become targeted consumers for
businesses and other organizations that seek to utilize the data
they generate. The Handbook of Research on Children's Consumption
of Digital Media is a scholarly research publication that examines
how children have become consumers as well as how their consumption
habits have changed in the age of digital and media technologies.
Featuring current research on cyber bullying, social media, and
digital advertising, this book is geared toward marketing and
advertising professionals, consumer researchers, international
business strategists, academicians, and upper-level graduate
students seeking current research on the transformation of child to
consumer.
What would an artefact-based anthropology look like if it were not
about material culture? And could such a project aspire, not to
create a new sub-genre within the discipline, but to reconfigure
anthropologys analytic methodologies more generally? Thinking
Through Things is an ambitious foray by a group of young
anthropologists who share common concerns about the place of
objects and materiality in their interpretive struggles. More than
simply a critique of existing anthropological reasoning, the volume
puts forward a positive programme for the re-fashioning of
anthropological endeavours. Testing the limit of the persistent
analytical assumption that meanings are fundamentally distinct from
their material manifestations, Thinking Through Things attempts to
explore the consequences of an apparently counter-intuitive
analytic possibility: that artifacts might be treated as sui
generis meanings.
The longing for authenticity, on an individual or collective level,
connects the search for external expressions to internal
orientations. What is largely referred to as production of
authenticity is a reformulation of cultural values and norms within
the ongoing process of modernity, impacted by globalization and
contemporary transnational cultural flows. This collection
interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological
point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is
produced in and through discourses about authenticity.
Incorporating case studies from four continents, the topics reach
from art and colonialism to exoticism-primitivism, film, ritual and
wilderness. Some contributors emphasise the dichotomy between the
academic use of the term and the one deployed in public spaces and
political projects. All, however, consider authenticity as
something that can only be understood ethnographically, and not as
a simple characteristic or category used to distinguish some
behaviors, experiences or material things from other less authentic
versions.
The essays in this volume analyse feminism's positioning vis-a-vis
international law and the current paradigms of international law.
The authors argue that, willingly or unwillingly, feminist
perspectives on international law have come to be situated between
'resistance' and 'compliance'. That is, feminist scholarship aims
at deconstructing international law to show why and how 'women'
have been marginalised; at the same time feminists have been
largely unwilling to challenge the core of international law and
its institutions, remaining hopeful of international law's
potential for women. The analysis is clustered around three themes:
the first part, theory and method, looks at how feminist
perspectives on international law have developed and seeks to
introduce new theoretical and methodological tools (especially
through a focus on psychoanalysis and geography). The second part,
national and international security, focuses on how feminists have
situated themselves in relation to the current discourses of
'crisis', the post-9/11 NGO 'industry' and the changing discourses
of violence against women. The third part, global and local
justice, addresses some of the emerging trends in international
law, focusing especially on transitional justice, state-building,
trafficking and economic globalisation.
In the current era where lifelong learning is brought to the fore,
higher education can no longer be regarded as an isolated
trajectory within one's educational career as many students face
substantial challenges in crafting their professional future. More
specifically, the transition from school to higher education and
continuing to the labour market are often a difficult hurdles for
many students. Almost half of students do not succeed in the first
year and often withdraw from education, students are faced with a
variety of contexts and may choose to study in a different
(international) context, and they are then confronted with
structural barriers in finding a (high-quality) job, as evidenced
by increasing levels of youth unemployment and underemployment.
Higher Education Transitions aims to deepen our understanding of
the transitions taking place when students enter, progress and
leave higher education to enter the labour market. Drawing on an
international team of contributors, this guide includes three
conceptual and fifteen empirical studies which include a range of
quantitative, qualitative, cross-sectional and longitudinal
studies. Divided into three sections to reflect each important
transition phase, topics include: transitions from secondary to
higher education; transitions within higher education; transitions
from higher education to the labour market. By considering
transitions across different phases as a broad and interrelated
process, this guide will be essential reading for higher education
researchers, policy stakeholders and all those interested in the
transitions into higher education and the labour market.
This book offers diverse perspectives on the Palestinian refugee
problem and the possible ways to facilitate its resolution. It
contains contributions of Israeli, Palestinian and other scholars,
and its main goal is to initiate an informed dialogue that will
bridge the "knowledge gap" between the different camps. The book
provides a comprehensive picture of the various aspects of the
problem and of the possible means of its resolution.
International overview of TA as a method of organizational
development. Summarizes and brings together key developments in the
field. Includes case studies.
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