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Austin, Texas, is often depicted as one of the past half century's
great urban success stories-a place that has grown enormously
through "creative class" strategies emphasizing tolerance and
environmental consciousness. In Shadows of a Sunbelt City, Eliot
Tretter reinterprets this familiar story by exploring the racial
and environmental underpinnings of the postindustrial knowledge
economy. He is particularly attentive to how the University of
Texas-working with federal, municipal, and private-sector partners
and acquiring the power of eminent domain-expanded its power and
physical footprint. He draws attention to how the university's real
estate endeavours shaped the local economy and how the expansion
and upgrading of the main campus occurred almost entirely at the
expense of the more modestly resourced communities of color that
lived in its path. This book challenges Austin's reputation as a
bastion of progressive and liberal values, notably with respect to
its approach to new urbanism and issues of ecological
sustainability. Tretter's insistence on documenting and
interrogating the "shadows" of this important city should provoke
fresh conversations about how urban policy has contributed to
Austin's economy, the way it has developed and changed over time,
and for whom it works and why. Joining a growing critical
literature about universities' effect on urban environments, this
book will be of interest to students at all levels in urban
history, political science, economic and political geography,
public administration, urban and regional planning, and critical
legal studies.
Examining the science of stream restoration, Rebecca Lave argues
that the neoliberal emphasis on the privatization and
commercialization of knowledge has fundamentally changed the way
that science is funded, organized, and viewed in the United States.
Stream restoration science and practice is in a startling state.
The most widely respected expert in the field, Dave Rosgen, is a
private consultant with relatively little formal scientific
training. Since the mid-1990s, many academic and federal agency -
based scientists have denounced Rosgen as a charlatan and a hack.
Despite this, Rosgen's Natural Channel Design approach,
classification system, and short-course series are not only
accepted but are viewed as more legitimate than academically
produced knowledge and training. Rosgen's methods are now promoted
by federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency,
the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as well as by resource
agencies in dozens of states. Drawing on the work of Pierre
Bourdieu, Lave demonstrates that the primary cause of Rosgen's
success is neither the method nor the man but is instead the
assignment of a new legitimacy to scientific claims developed
outside the academy, concurrent with academic scientists'
decreasing ability to defend their turf. What is at stake in the
Rosgen wars, argues Lave, is not just the ecological health of our
rivers and streams but the very future of environmental science.
This unique guide explores how senior HR executives can build
strong working relationships with the CEO, other members of the
executive team, and the board of directors. With case studies and
interviews with HR professionals from a range of industries and
locations, this is truly the first book of its kind.
The papers in this collection are drawn from a symposium held in
Vienna in December 2010. Organised by the Institute for European
Tort Law and the Chicago-Kent Law Review, in collaboration with the
European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, the conference drew
together legal experts from 14 national or regional systems across
six continents. Medical malpractice and compensation for medical
injuries are issues which regularly create tension and innovation
in national legal systems but the analysis of these areas is often
limited to national audiences. This study examines the issues in a
uniquely global context, demonstrating the breadth of approaches
currently taken around the world and revealing key areas of tension
and the likely direction of future developments. Wherever possible,
the analysis is supported by reference to empirical data. The 14
legal systems covered in the collection are Austria, Brazil,
Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland,
Scandinavia, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United
States. A general comparative introduction completes the
collection.
Nanobiotechnology holds the promise of providing revolutionary
insight into aspects biology ranging from fundamental questions
such as elucidating molecular mechanisms of brain disorders to
extraordinary applications such as the detection of a single cancer
cell in a population of a million cells. The second edition of
Nanobiotechnology Protocols expands upon the previous editions with
current, detailed protocols for nanobiotechnology; imaging and
detection. With new chapters that explore nano-bio constructs and
toxicology of nanomaterials. Written in the highly successful
Methods in Molecular Biology (TM) series format, chapters include
introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary
materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible
laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding
known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Nanobiotechnology
Protocol, Second Edition highlights important current areas of
development and directions of the field for the future.
Hands-on experts in nanomaterial synthesis and application describe
in detail the key experimental techniques currently employed in
novel materials synthesis, dynamic cellular imaging, and biological
assays. The author's emphasize diverse strategies to synthesize and
functionalize the use of nanoparticles for biological applications.
Additional chapters focus on the use of biological components
(peptides, antibodies, and DNA) to synthesize and organize
nanoparticles to be used a building block in larger assemblies.
These new materials make it possible to image cellular processes
for longer durations, leading to high throughput cellular-based
screens for drug discovery, drug delivery, and diagnostic
applications. Highlights include overview chapters on quantum dots
and DNA nanotechnology, and cutting-edge techniques in the emerging
nanobiotachnology arena.
The essays in this book weave together insights and arguments from
such diverse traditions as German critical theory, French
philosophy and social theory, and recent Anglo-American moral and
political theory, offering a unique approach to the political and
theoretical consequences of the modernism/postmodernism discussion.
Through an analysis of central themes in classical Marxism and
early critical theory, the author shows how recent work in a
variety of traditions converges on the need to question familiar
distinctions between material production and culture, the public
and the private, and the political and the social, and to
reconsider the conceptions of agency and power that have informed
them.
This book is targeted to biologists with limited statistical background and to statisticians and computer scientists interested in being effective collaborators on multi-disciplinary DNA microarray projects. State-of-the-art analysis methods are presented with minimal mathematical notation and a focus on concepts. This book is unique because it is authored by statisticians at the National Cancer Institute who are actively involved in the application of microarray technology. Many laboratories are not equipped to effectively design and analyze studies that take advantage of the promise of microarrays. Many of the software packages available to biologists were developed without involvement of statisticians experienced in such studies and contain tools that may not be optimal for particular applications. This book provides a sound preparation for designing microarray studies that have clear objectives, and for selecting analysis tools and strategies that provide clear and valid answers. The book offers an in depth understanding of the design and analysis of experiments utilizing microarrays and should benefit scientists regardless of what software packages they prefer. In order to provide all readers with hands on experience in data analysis, it includes an Appendix tutorial on the use of BRB-ArrayTools and step by step analyses of several major datasets using this software which is freely available from the National Cancer Institute for non-commercial use. The authors are current or former members of the Biometric Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute. They have collaborated on major biomedical studies utilizing microarrays and in the development of statistical methodology for the design and analysis of microarray investigations. Dr. Simon, chief of the branch, is also the architect of BRB-ArrayTools.
The focus of this volume is the phenomenon of globalization, and
specifically its relevance to and impact on small business and
entrepreneurship. The works presented here stem from a pioneering,
three day conference held at McGill University in Montreal, Canada,
under the joint auspices of McGill's Centre for International
Business Studies, and the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial
Studies. Leading international scholars came together to begin
integrating research in what had previously been from widely
divergent fields.
The book presents four sections covering: theoretical overviews
of the emerging field of international entrepreneurship; the use of
alliances and networks to facilitate the entry of small businesses
into the global arena; the results of three empirically based
research studies designed to better understand the market forces
and managerial characteristics which appear to underlie the success
of SME's in the global arena; and visionary contributions on forces
which will shape the successful international firm of the future.
The diversity reflected in this volume and the common thread which
unites the work calls for new strategic approaches by small firms,
large firms, and governments alike. This work will help readers to
better understand and anticipate the dramatic changes coming, and
to design appropriate corporate strategic responses.
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