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A visual account of the birth of graffiti and street art,
showcasing as-yet-unseen works collected by preeminent artist
Martin Wong. Referred to by the New York Times as an artist "whose
meticulous visionary realism is among the lasting legacies of New
York's East Village art scene of the 1980s," Martin Wong
(1946-1999) was firmly entrenched in the NYC street art world of
the late '70s and '80s. City as Canvas chronicles the most
important chapter in the street art movement and the artists
involved. Showcasing Wong's enormous graffiti art collection, the
book contains artwork, photographs, black books, letters,
postcards, posters, and flyers made by Wong and his artist friends.
The book contains previously unpublished art by famous street
artists such as Futura 2000, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Christopher
"Daze" Ellis, LA II, Lady Pink, and Keith Haring, to name only a
few. City as Canvas traces the origins of urban self-expression and
the era of "outlaw" street art in New York, which primed the
floodgates for graffiti art to spread worldwide. Exhibition
Schedule: Museum of the City of New York: Opens October 2013
Schmidek and Sweet has been an indispensable reference for
neurosurgery training and practice for nearly 50 years, and the 7th
Edition of Operative Neurosurgical Techniques continues this
tradition of excellence. A new editorial board led by
editor-in-chief Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, along with more than
330 internationally acclaimed contributors, ensures that readers
stay fully up to date with rapid changes in the field. New
chapters, surgical videos, and quick-reference features throughout
make this edition a must-have resource for expert procedural
guidance for today's practitioners. Discusses indications,
operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every
routine and specialized procedure for brain, spinal, and peripheral
nerve problems in adult patients. Covers the latest techniques and
knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement
disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management
of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional
neurosurgery; and interventional management of cerebral aneurysms
and arterio-venous malformations. Includes new chapters on bypass
techniques in vascular disease, previously coiled aneurysms, CSF
diversion procedures, surgical management of posterior fossa cystic
and membranous obstruction, laser-ablation techniques, and brain
stem tumors. Explores hot topics such as wide-awake surgery and
ventriculo-peritoneal, ventriculoatrial and ventriculo-pleural
shunts. Provides detailed visual guidance with more than 1,600
full-color illustrations and 50 procedural videos. Contains
quick-reference boxes with surgical pearls and complications.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook
allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from
the book on a variety of devices.
Originally published as a special issue of Christian Higher
Education, this volume showcases diverse forms of community
engagement work carried out by faith-based colleges and
universities throughout the US. Acknowledging the rise of community
engagement as a contemporary expression of a longstanding civic
impulse, Community Engagement in Christian Higher Education
explores how religious mission and identity animate institutional
practice across various forms of Catholic and Protestant Higher
Education. Offering perspectives from faculty members,
administrators, and community partners at nine different US
institutions, chapters highlight effective initiatives that have
been actively implemented in rural, urban, and suburban contexts to
meet local needs and serve the public good. With a focus on
practical community work, the text demonstrates the very concrete
ways in which Christian values can inform and foster community
engagement. This volume will be of interest to
scholar-practitioners, researchers, and academics in the fields of
higher education, sociology of education, religious education, and
practical theology. More broadly, the text offers important
insights for faith leaders and the faculty of faith-based
institutions exploring issues of community, identity, and shared
purpose.
Unique in the field, Comparative Management of Spine Pathology
presents commonly encountered spinal cases with side-by-side,
case-by-case comparisons that clearly show how various experts
would handle the same case. This second volume in the Neurosurgery:
Case Management Comparison Series offers multiple opinions from
international experts in both neurosurgery and orthopaedics, each
of whom explains their preferred approach and management style for
the same case. This format allows for quick and helpful comparisons
of different ways to approach a lesion, advantages and
disadvantages of each approach, and what each expert is looking for
in how they would manage a particular case. Offers 4 expert
opinions on each case in a templated format designed to help you
quickly make side-by-side comparisons-an ideal learning tool for
both trainee and practicing neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons
for board review and case preparation. Helps you easily grasp
different approaches to spine management with different expert
approaches to the same case and summaries from the editors on the
advantages and disadvantages to each approach. Features a wide
variety of management decisions, from preoperative studies to
surgical approach, surgical adjuncts, and postoperative care, from
experts in the field who specialize in different aspects of spine
surgery. Presents 70 cases in the areas of degenerative spine,
traumatic spine, spinal deformity, spinal oncology, and
miscellaneous topics such as epidural abscess, osteomyelitis, and
post-instrumentation infection. Enhanced eBook version included
with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the
text and figures from the book on a variety of devices.
From 1935 until 1975, just about every junkie busted for dope went
to the Narcotic Farm. Equal parts federal prison, treatment center,
farm, and research laboratory, the Farm was designed to
rehabilitate addicts and help researchers discover a cure for drug
addiction. Although it began as a bold and ambitious public works
project, and became famous as a rehabilitation center frequented by
great jazz musicians among others, the Farm was shut down forty
years after it opened amid scandal over its drug-testing program,
which involved experiments where inmates were being used as human
guinea pigs and rewarded with heroin and cocaine for their efforts.
Published to coincide with a documentary to be aired on PBS, The
Narcotic Farm includes rare and unpublished photographs, film
stills, newspaper and magazine clippings, government documents, as
well as interviews, writings, and anecdotes from the prisoners,
doctors, and guards that trace the Farm's noble rise and tumultuous
fall, revealing the compelling story of what really happened inside
the prison walls.
Paige Qui??ones's incisive debut poetry collection investigates the
trauma of desire. Qui??ones's lyric world is populated with stark
dualities: procreation and childlessness, predator and prey, mania
and depression. A hunter pursues an ill-fated fox through the
woods; heaven is paved with girls who would rather drown than be
born; a couple returns from their honeymoon to find a stagnant pond
in their marriage bed. Through navigating these duplicities,
Qui??ones arrives at a version of femininity that is at once fierce
and crystalline, and unmistakably her own. She writes, ""My
reflection can only growl back, in water or oil-slick or silver.
This is an exercise in forgiveness. I dip my feet in."" The Best
Prey charts the complexity of hunger in vivid, visceral terms, and
ultimately arrives at a sense of self that encompasses the
contradictions of sensuality, violence, and power.
Originally published as a special issue of Christian Higher
Education, this volume showcases diverse forms of community
engagement work carried out by faith-based colleges and
universities throughout the US. Acknowledging the rise of community
engagement as a contemporary expression of a longstanding civic
impulse, Community Engagement in Christian Higher Education
explores how religious mission and identity animate institutional
practice across various forms of Catholic and Protestant Higher
Education. Offering perspectives from faculty members,
administrators, and community partners at nine different US
institutions, chapters highlight effective initiatives that have
been actively implemented in rural, urban, and suburban contexts to
meet local needs and serve the public good. With a focus on
practical community work, the text demonstrates the very concrete
ways in which Christian values can inform and foster community
engagement. This volume will be of interest to
scholar-practitioners, researchers, and academics in the fields of
higher education, sociology of education, religious education, and
practical theology. More broadly, the text offers important
insights for faith leaders and the faculty of faith-based
institutions exploring issues of community, identity, and shared
purpose.
Early childhood is a time of wonder, excitement, adventure and
learning. A time to experience social relations and friendships,
and all of the emotions involved. The joy, and the excitement - of
creating a common world with friends. A world of 'what if' and 'as
if' moments that are accepted and built together, or rejected -
leading to frustration, sadness and exclusion - the darker side of
friendship. In this book, cultural-historical concepts are used to
analyse the everyday lives of children. Inspired by contemporary
ideas about moral imagination, Collaborative Pathways to Friendship
in Early Childhood theorises friendship as a concept.
Traditionally, studies about friendship in early childhood focus on
relations built in educational settings. As a point of difference,
Dr Adams and Dr Quinones introduce the conditions that are created
for, with, and by young children as they move between everyday
family life, and transition into education settings. Through
narratives of internationally mobile families moving into Malaysia
and established families in Mexico, varying perspectives of
children, parents, teachers and principals are presented -
culminating in a holistic understanding of friendship in early
childhood. Providing insight into varied perspectives and processes
involved when young children enter into friendships, this book will
be of interest to researchers, post graduate students and teacher
educators specialising in early childhood education, child
psychology or social work.
Nowadays, the prevalence of computing systems in our lives is so
ubiquitous that we live in a cyber-physical world dominated by
computer systems, from pacemakers to cars and airplanes. These
systems demand for more computational performance to process large
amounts of data from multiple data sources with guaranteed
processing times. Actuating outside of the required timing bounds
may cause the failure of the system, being vital for systems like
planes, cars, business monitoring, e-trading, etc. High-Performance
and Time-Predictable Embedded Computing presents recent advances in
software architecture and tools to support such complex systems,
enabling the design of embedded computing devices which are able to
deliver high-performance whilst guaranteeing the application
required timing bounds. Technical topics discussed in the book
include: - Parallel embedded platforms - Programming models -
Mapping and scheduling of parallel computations - Timing and
schedulability analysis - Runtimes and operating systems The work
reflected in this book was done in the scope of the European
project P SOCRATES, funded under the FP7 framework program of the
European Commission. High-performance and time-predictable embedded
computing is ideal for personnel in computer/communication/embedded
industries as well as academic staff and master/research students
in computer science, embedded systems, cyber-physical systems and
internet-of-things.
Ubiquitous Musics offers a multidisciplinary approach to the
pervasive presence of music in everyday life. The essays address a
variety of situations in which music is present alongside other
activities and does not demand focused attention from (sometimes
involuntary) listeners. The contributors present different
theoretical perspectives on the increasing ubiquity of music and
its implications for the experience of listening. The collection
consists of nine essays divided into three sections: Histories,
Technologies, and Spaces. The first section addresses the
historical origins of functional music and the debates on how
reproduced music, including a wide range of styles and genres,
spread so quickly across so many environments. The second section
focuses on more contemporary sound technologies, including mobile
phones in India, the role of visible playback technology in film,
and listening to portable digital players. The final section
reflects on settings such as malls, stores, gyms, offices and cars
in which ubiquitous musics are often present, but rarely thought
about. This last section - and ultimately the whole collection -
seeks to foster a wider understanding of listening practices by
lending a fresh, critical ear.
Ubiquitous Musics offers a multidisciplinary approach to the
pervasive presence of music in everyday life. The essays address a
variety of situations in which music is present alongside other
activities and does not demand focused attention from (sometimes
involuntary) listeners. The contributors present different
theoretical perspectives on the increasing ubiquity of music and
its implications for the experience of listening. The collection
consists of nine essays divided into three sections: Histories,
Technologies, and Spaces. The first section addresses the
historical origins of functional music and the debates on how
reproduced music, including a wide range of styles and genres,
spread so quickly across so many environments. The second section
focuses on more contemporary sound technologies, including mobile
phones in India, the role of visible playback technology in film,
and listening to portable digital players. The final section
reflects on settings such as malls, stores, gyms, offices and cars
in which ubiquitous musics are often present, but rarely thought
about. This last section - and ultimately the whole collection -
seeks to foster a wider understanding of listening practices by
lending a fresh, critical ear.
Despite the considerable economic growth of the Asia-Pacific,
poverty continues to be a major problem. One key way to create
sustainable livelihoods and to provide poor households an escape
route from poverty is microfinance. Since the early 1980s,
microfinance practitioners have proven that the poor are
creditworthy, capable of utilizing scarce capital efficiently in
viable incom-generating projects and able to pay back their loans.
This book collects the experience of microfinance practitioners in
11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to describe the present
state of the art. It is designed to provide an overview of the
subject: why it is so essential to poverty reduction; what is the
"best practice"; what kind of policy framework and regulatory
environment is required. It offers both an extensive survey of the
academic literature and a selection of case studies, all from
authors who have been active practitioners in microfinance for many
years. The case studies cover four key countries in South Asia and
three countries in East Asia in which microfinance had become
particularly important. There is also a regional chapter covering
the Pacific islands.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
In 1989 moviegoers were amazed at the new vision of the Dark Knight
brought to the screen by filmmaker Tim Burton, starring Michael
Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker. Now, in the
tradition of DC s very successful Batman 66 series, Batman 89 is
set in a truly gothic Gotham City and features colourful villains
including The Joker, Two-Face, and many more. Collects the first 12
chapters of the Batman 89 digital comics series.
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What Is Left Unspoken, Love (Hardcover)
Michael Rooks; Foreword by Rand Suffolk; Text written by Sonia David, Noel Quinones; Contributions by Pearl Cleage
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Unique in the field, Intrinsic and Skull Base Tumors presents
commonly encountered skull base and intrinsic neoplasm cases with
side-by-side, case-by-case comparisons that clearly show how
various experts would handle the same case. This inaugural volume
in the Neurosurgery: Case Comparison Series offers multiple
opinions from international experts in neurosurgery who provide
various approaches and management styles for the same case. This
format allows for quick and helpful comparisons of different ways
to approach a lesion, advantages and disadvantages of each
approach, and what each expert is looking for in how they would
manage a particular case. Offers 3 to 4 expert opinions on each
case in a templated format designed to help you quickly make
side-by-side comparisons-an ideal learning tool for both trainees
and practicing neurosurgeons for board review and case preparation.
Helps you easily grasp different approaches to brain tumor
management with different expert approaches to the same case and
summaries from the editors on the advantages and disadvantages to
each approach. Features a wide variety of management decisions,
from preoperative studies to surgical approach, surgical adjuncts,
and postoperative care, from experts in the field who specialize in
different aspects of neurosurgery. Covers low and high grade
gliomas, metastatic brain cancers, meningiomas, sellar and
parasellar lesions, skull base lesions, and other brain lesions
such as colloid cyst, cavernoma, hemangioblastoma, brain abscess,
and more. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your
enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and
references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Astonishing Times (Hardcover)
Frank J. Barbiere, Arris Quinones; Illustrated by Ruairi Coleman
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This book examines recent methods for data-driven fault diagnosis
of multimode continuous processes. It formalizes, generalizes, and
systematically presents the main concepts, and approaches required
to design fault diagnosis methods for multimode continuous
processes. The book provides both theoretical and practical tools
to help readers address the fault diagnosis problem by drawing
data-driven methods from at least three different areas:
statistics, unsupervised, and supervised learning.
This book offers a rich collection of international research
narratives that reveal the qualities and value of peer play. It
presents new understandings of peer play and relationships in
chapters drawn from richly varied contexts that involve sibling
play, collaborative peer play, and joint play with adults. The book
explores social strategies such as cooperation, negotiation,
playing with rules, expressing empathy, and sharing imaginary
emotional peer play experiences. Its reconceptualization of peer
play and relationships promotes new thinking on children's
development in contemporary worlds. It shows how new knowledge
generated about young children's play with peers illuminates how
they learn and develop within and across communities, families, and
educational settings in diverse cultural contexts. The book
addresses issues that are relevant for parents, early years'
professionals and academics, including the role of play in learning
at school, the role of adults in self-initiated play, and the
long-term impact of early friendships. The book makes clear how
recent cultural differences involve digital, engineering and
imaginary peer play. The book follows a clear line of argument
highlighting the importance of play-based learning and stress the
importance of further knowledge of children's interaction in their
context. This book aims to highlight the narration of peer play,
mostly leaning on a sociocultural theoretical perspective, where
many chapters have a cultural-historical theoretical frame and
highlight children's social situation of development. Polly
Bjoerk-Willen, Linkoeping University, Sweden
This book contains a selection of papers from the 2020
International Conference on Software Process Improvement (CIMPS
20), held between the 21st and 23rd of October in Mazatlan,
Sinaloa, Mexico. The CIMPS 20 is a global forum for researchers and
practitioners that present and discuss the most recent innovations,
trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several
perspectives of Software Engineering with clear relationship but
not limited to software processes, Security in Information and
Communication Technology and Big Data Field. The main topics
covered are: Organizational Models, Standards and Methodologies,
Software Process Improvement, Knowledge Management, Software
Systems, Applications and Tools, Information and Communication
Technologies and Processes in Non-software Domains (mining,
automotive, aerospace, business, health care, manufacturing, etc.)
with a demonstrated relationship to Software Engineering
Challenges.
The entire gang from the original movie is back in breakin' action, and this time they're up against a greedy developer who wants to turn their community center into a shopping mall.
This book examines recent methods for data-driven fault diagnosis
of multimode continuous processes. It formalizes, generalizes, and
systematically presents the main concepts, and approaches required
to design fault diagnosis methods for multimode continuous
processes. The book provides both theoretical and practical tools
to help readers address the fault diagnosis problem by drawing
data-driven methods from at least three different areas:
statistics, unsupervised, and supervised learning.
Early childhood is a time of wonder, excitement, adventure and
learning. A time to experience social relations and friendships,
and all of the emotions involved. The joy, and the excitement - of
creating a common world with friends. A world of 'what if' and 'as
if' moments that are accepted and built together, or rejected -
leading to frustration, sadness and exclusion - the darker side of
friendship. In this book, cultural-historical concepts are used to
analyse the everyday lives of children. Inspired by contemporary
ideas about moral imagination, Collaborative Pathways to Friendship
in Early Childhood theorises friendship as a concept.
Traditionally, studies about friendship in early childhood focus on
relations built in educational settings. As a point of difference,
Dr Adams and Dr Quinones introduce the conditions that are created
for, with, and by young children as they move between everyday
family life, and transition into education settings. Through
narratives of internationally mobile families moving into Malaysia
and established families in Mexico, varying perspectives of
children, parents, teachers and principals are presented -
culminating in a holistic understanding of friendship in early
childhood. Providing insight into varied perspectives and processes
involved when young children enter into friendships, this book will
be of interest to researchers, post graduate students and teacher
educators specialising in early childhood education, child
psychology or social work.
This book includes a selection of papers from the 2017
International Conference on Software Process Improvement
(CIMPS'17), presenting trends and applications in software
engineering. Held from 18th to 20th October 2017 in Zacatecas,
Mexico, the conference provided a global forum for researchers and
practitioners to present and discuss the latest innovations,
trends, results, experiences and concerns in various areas of
software engineering, including but not limited to software
processes, security in information and communication technology,
and big data. The main topics covered are organizational models,
standards and methodologies, software process improvement,
knowledge management, software systems, applications and tools,
information and communication technologies and processes in
non-software domains (mining, automotive, aerospace, business,
health care, manufacturing, etc.) with a demonstrated relationship
to software engineering challenges.
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