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1839, McLean William d., ed. Remove Indians westward ...: Report [of] the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred so much of the President's message, transmitted to Congress at the commencement of its present session, as has reference to our Indian relations, with the documents from the War Department, accompanying the same on that subject : and to whom was also referred the communication from the War Department of the 12th instant, transmitting reports from the commissioners appointed under the act of Congress, passed at the last session, authorizing an exploration of the country west of the Mississippi . Gale & Seaton, printers, 1989.

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Wallach, Jennifer Jensen. Every Nation Has Its Dish. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469645216.001.0001.

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This book gives a nuanced history of black foodways across the twentieth century, challenging traditional narratives of "soul food" as a singular style of historical African American cuisine. It details the experiences and diverse convictions of several generations of African American activists, ranging from Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois to Mary Church Terrell, Elijah Muhammad, and Dick Gregory. While differing widely in their approaches to diet and eating, they uniformly made the cultivation of "proper" food habits a significant dimension of their work and their conceptions of rac

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Lawrence, Thomas. Paradise Also Has Its Price: What Began As a Holiday Escape to Turkey? I Avenue Productions and Publishing, 2021.

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Lawrence, Thomas. Paradise Also Has Its Price: What Began As a Holiday Escape to Turkey? I Avenue Productions and Publishing, 2021.

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Weimer, Maria. Risk Regulation in the Internal Market. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198732792.001.0001.

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This book offers a topical inquiry into the legal and political limits of European Union regulation in the field of risk and new technologies surrounded by techno-scientific complexity, uncertainty, and societal contestation. It uses agricultural biotechnology as a paradigmatic example to illustrate the complex intersection between environmental, public health, economic, and social concerns in risk regulation. The text analyses the drawbacks of the European Union approach to agricultural biotechnology showing that its reductionism, that is, the narrow understanding of the risks associated with

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Bleich, Erik, and Maurits van der Veen. Covering Muslims. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197611715.001.0001.

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For decades, scholars and observers have criticized negative media portrayals of Muslims and Islam. Yet most of these critiques are limited by their focus on one specific location, a limited time period, or a single outlet. This book offers the first systematic, large-scale analysis of American newspaper coverage of Muslims through comparisons across groups, time, countries, and topics. It demonstrates conclusively that coverage of Muslims is strikingly negative by every comparative measure examined. Muslim articles are negative relative to those touching on Catholics, Jews, or Hindus, and to

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Gissey, Lidia Castagneto, James R. Casella Mariolo, Geltrude Mingrone, and Francesco Rubino. Metabolic surgery and depression. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198789284.003.0012.

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The incidence of obesity is rising worldwide and so are its comorbidities: type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), dyslipidaemia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnoea, and depression. Bariatric/metabolic surgery has established itself over the past several years as an effective treatment not only for morbid obesity but also for its associated morbidities. The effects of bariatric/metabolic surgery on depression are controversial, with some studies showing improvement and others demonstrating a worsening. However, a major drawback of these studies is that they do not compare patients wit

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house, jashim press. Virus Prevention and Treatment by Natural and Miracle Foods: There Is No Disease That God Has Created, Except That He Also Has Created Its Treatment. 6*9 Inches, 70 Pages. Independently Published, 2020.

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house, jashim press. Virus Treatment Guidelines by Natural and Miracle Foods: There Is No Disease That God Has Created, Except That He Also Has Created Its Treatment. 6 X 9 Inches ,Matte Cover, 70 Pages. Independently Published, 2020.

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Dwan, David. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198738527.003.0001.

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This chapter considers Orwell’s merits as a political thinker. It shows how his politics can only be understood by examining them in context—alongside contemporary debates about the importance of realism and the drawbacks of moralism in political life. The consistency and power of his views also need to be tested against a broader backdrop of political thought. Orwell was not a systematic thinker and he was famously hostile to intellectuals and theorists; yet the problems he encountered in politics had an irreducible conceptual element. Orwell’s contradictions express his own limitations, but

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Sever, Mehmet Şükrü, and Raymond Vanholder. Acute kidney injury in polytrauma and rhabdomyolysis. Edited by Norbert Lameire. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0252_update_001.

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The term ‘polytrauma’ refers to blunt (or crush) trauma that involves multiple body regions or cavities, and compromises physiology to potentially cause dysfunction of uninjured organs. Polytrauma frequently affects muscles resulting in rhabdomyolysis. In daily life, it mostly occurs after motor vehicle accidents, influencing a limited number of patients; after mass disasters, however, thousands of polytrauma victims may present at once with only surgical features or with additional medical complications (crush syndrome). Among the medical complications, acute kidney injury (AKI) deserves spec

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History of the Second Iowa Cavalry; Containing a Detailed Account of Its Organization, Marches, and the Battles in Which It Has Participated; Also, a Complete Roster of Each Company. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2022.

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Pierce, Lyman B. History of the Second Iowa Cavalry; Containing a Detailed Account of its Organization, Marches, and the Battles in Which it has Participated; Also, a Complete Roster of Each Company. Franklin Classics, 2018.

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Pierce, Lyman B. History of the Second Iowa Cavalry; Containing a Detailed Account of Its Organization, Marches, and the Battles in Which It Has Participated; Also, a Complete Roster of Each Company. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2018.

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Kloos, John. Constructionism and Its Critics. Edited by John Corrigan. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195170214.003.0027.

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Since the 1970s, social scientists increasingly have cast human emotions in the arenas of culturally or linguistically constructed expression. A wide spectrum of theoretical terminology has been employed, including “constructionism” and “constructivist.” This essay reviews constructionist theories that bear on the study of religion and emotion. It analyzes constructionist theories as both determinist and relativist. It focuses on the recent historical ethnographic work of an important anthropologist of emotion, William M. Reddy. It also examines how religious emotions get constructed and what

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Mclean, Deckle. Privacy and Its Invasion. Praeger, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216001362.

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Privacy. We want lots of it for ourselves. We love to invade the privacy of others. We are willing to trade it for benefits of all kinds, including credit, social services, and friendship. Why is this? Where should we draw a line? How should we handle our ambivalence in an era in which privacy often appears to be under official attack? This book explores such questions by rooting into scarce literature to explain why privacy is such a strong need, reviewing a variety of methods for guarding privacy, and concluding that at one time America was a very fortunate place privacy-wise. McLean examine

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Newman, Leonard S., ed. Confronting Humanity at its Worst. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190685942.001.0001.

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Confronting Humanity at Its Worst: Social Psychological Perspectives on Genocide reviews research and scholarship by social psychologists that has the potential to deepen our understanding of genocide, mass killing, and atrocious behavior in general. Some contributors shed light on the cultural, ideological, and psychological preconditions of extreme intergroup violence and mass killing. Others delve more deeply into the motivations and phenomenology of genocide perpetrators and their victims and into the roles of prejudice, obedience, dehumanization, and moral justification. Contributors also

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Hiscock, Andrew. ‘What England Has to Offer’. Edited by Andrew Hiscock and Helen Wilcox. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199672806.013.15.

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This chapter focuses upon the generation of British and visiting European humanists in Henry VIII’s England who committed themselves to the culture of worship within the Catholic Church while often remaining alert to its ethical and social shortcomings. Figures such as More, Erasmus, Vives, and Colet form the centre of this discussion and emphasis is given to the ways in which these humanist scholars sought to take their programme of spiritual and intellectual renewal (recovering works of Scripture and Greco-Latin literature) to a new generation of European readers. Discussion in this chapter

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Bernstein, Alan E. Hell and Its Rivals. Cornell University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501707803.001.0001.

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The idea of punishment after death—whereby the souls of the wicked are consigned to hell—emerged out of beliefs found across the Mediterranean, from ancient Egypt to Zoroastrian Persia, and became fundamental to the Abrahamic religions. Once hell achieved doctrinal expression in the New Testament, the Talmud, and the Qur’ān, thinkers began to question hell’s eternity, and to consider possible alternatives—hell’s rivals. Some imagined outright escape, others periodic but temporary relief within the torments. One option, including Purgatory and, in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the Middle Stat

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Sinfield, Adrian. Unemployment and Its Wider Impact. Edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin van Hooft. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764921.013.030.

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Higher unemployment affects many more people than those currently out of work. A society with unemployment remaining high for many years is very different from one providing adequate opportunities for all who want work. The lack of jobs can be a major obstacle to preventing and reducing poverty and exclusion not simply among the unemployed but also among single parents, older people, and those with disabilities. Equal opportunity programs and rehabilitation services also encounter particular difficulties. The level of unemployment has wider implications for the distribution of resources, power

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Glenn, Barry C. Guide to Grapefruit Diet for Beginners: The Grapefruit Diet Has Apparently Been Around for a Long Time and Is Also Known As the Hollywood Diet with No Specific Owner to Its Name. Independently Published, 2022.

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Casla, Koldo. Spain and Its Achilles' Heels. Koldo Casla, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881813727.

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Why was Franco exhumed from the Valley of the Fallen in late 2019? How is it that he was there in the first place? Why did Catalonia erupt suddenly in October 2017? Why don’t you hear so much about the Basque Country anymore? How did Podemos gather momentum so quickly in 2014-15, and why did half of that support vanish five years later? Isn’t it counterintuitive that a Catholic-majority country also has the most LGBT-friendly society in the world? Understanding the most significant events in recent Spanish politics requires spelling out the unspoken but enduring foundations of the country’s de

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Clarke, Andrew. Global climate change and its ecological consequences. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199551668.003.0016.

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The greenhouse effect is a simple consequence of an atmosphere containing gases that are transparent to visible light but which absorb infra-red radiation (radiatively active or greenhouse gases). The temperature of the lower troposphere is set by the radiation balance at the top of the atmosphere, and is determined predominantly by the CO2 concentration. Man has been adding radiatively active gases to the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, and this has led to an increase in the energy in the lower atmosphere, and thus a rise in its temperature. The bulk of the extra energy (~90%) has

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Jones, C. V., ed. Buddhism and Its Religious Others. British Academy, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266991.001.0001.

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Throughout its history Buddhism has developed alongside other traditions of religious belief and practice. Forms of Buddhism have in every era, region and culture been confronted by rival systems that challenged its teachings about the world, how to behave in it, and liberation from it. This volume collects studies of Buddhist literature and art that represent the religious other to their audiences. Contributing authors examine how Buddhists in India, China and elsewhere across Asia have understood their place in shared religious landscapes, and how they have responded to the presence and infl

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Kitaoka, Akiyoshi. The Fraser-Wilcox Illusion and Its Extension. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794607.003.0068.

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The Fraser-Wilcox illusion is one of the anomalous motion illusions observed in a stationary image, and its extension, including “rotating snakes,” which has been used extensively via the Internet, are reviewed in this chapter. Perceptual dimorphism featuring the Fraser-Wilcox illusion is explained by an interaction between two different illusions. Darkening disambiguation of the Fraser-Wilcox illusion, perceptual dimorphism, the optimized Fraser-Wilcox illusions, the effect of age on the illusion magnitude, as well as the role of color including color enhancement are demonstrated and discusse

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Mafinezam, Alidad, and Aria Mehrabi. Iran and Its Place among Nations. Praeger, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400672453.

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Iran and Its Place among Nationstakes a bird's-eye view of where Iran has been in the international community, where it is today, and where it may ideally end up in the future. Is Iran an Eastern country, bound by traditions that hinder economic development? Or does it also have some attributes of Western countries, given its history, geographic location, culture, and politics? Among the key insights in this book is the observation that Iran is a bridge between East and West. Is Iran a fomenter of Islamic radicalism in the Middle East and beyond, or can it be a promoter of moderation and refor

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Passerini, Luisa. Europe and its Others: Is there a European Identity? Edited by Dan Stone. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199560981.013.0006.

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For centuries, forms of European identity were built up through contrasts and oppositions, creating various forms of orientalism and occidentalism. It is useful to keep three levels of discussion distinct: that of the concrete procedure of the unification of Europe, that of the different ideas and ideologies regarding a united Europe, and that of identity. Multiculturalism has been suggested as the basis for an identity that could be recognised also by non-territorialised groups, such as foreigners or immigrants, and as the only possible basis for shaping a European political culture which cou

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Kretschmer, Kelsy, and Jane Mansbridge. The Equal Rights Amendment Campaign and Its Opponents. Edited by Holly J. McCammon, Verta Taylor, Jo Reger, and Rachel L. Einwohner. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190204204.013.3.

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This chapter traces the history of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and its relationship to the women’s movement. The ERA has both mobilized and divided the American feminist movement from its inception in the 1920s, backed by the National Woman’s Party, through its defeat in the 1980s. A broad coalition of feminist groups fought for the ERA, yet also were divided on issues of race, class, and political ideology. Some radical feminists, socialist feminists, women of color, and working-class women publicly questioned what impact the ERA would have on women’s everyday lives, suspected i

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de Boer, Martinus C. The Story of the Johannine Community and its Literature. Edited by Judith M. Lieu and Martinus C. de Boer. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739982.013.4.

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Since the work of J. Louis Martyn and Raymond E. Brown in the late 1960s and 1970s, the hypothesis of a socially distinctive Johannine Community in which the Gospel and Letters of John originated and for which they were also written has played an important role in Johannine scholarship. The combined evidence of the Gospel and Letters lends historical plausibility to this hypothesis, as it does to the hypothesis of a Johannine School of writers. An account of the history of this Johannine Community, including its origin, character, and experiences, has to be correlated with an account of the co

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Morris F. (Morris Francis) 1n Dowley. History and Honorary Roll of the Twelfth Regiment, Infantry, N. G. S. N. Y. Containing a Full and Accurate Account of the Various Changes Through Which the Organization Has Passed since Its Formation (1847) to the Present; Also Biographical Sketches Of... Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021.

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Morris F. (Morris Francis) 1n Dowley. History and Honorary Roll of the Twelfth Regiment, Infantry, N. G. S. N. Y. Containing a Full and Accurate Account of the Various Changes Through Which the Organization Has Passed since Its Formation (1847) to the Present; Also Biographical Sketches Of... Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021.

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Sennis, Antonio. Fame and its Vagaries in the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198777601.003.0020.

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One of the many new avenues of research that Chris has opened up for us in the past decades is the study of fama in medieval contexts. In his important work on twelfth-century Tuscany, Chris considered fama as a form of superior hearsay, derived from gossip and talk, which could involve every member of the social group and to which some credibility could be given in court. This chapter attempts to develop this line of enquiry in a cultural perspective. I seek to show how the way in which the members of a social group bestow fame and celebrity (or their opposites) on some individuals can reveal

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Jakab, András, and Lando Kirchmair. Saving the European Union from its Illiberal Member States. Oxford University PressOxford, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198954606.001.0001.

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Abstract In the last decade, at least two EU MSs have deteriorated from (fragile) liberal democracies to illiberal regimes. Not only key elements of the rule of law, but also mechanisms of democratic accountability have been eroded. While the cause is an unfortunate combination of factors, post-socialist EU MSs are particularly likely to be problematic cases. We show that inherited cultural patterns from socialism (and even earlier) in the form of informal elements (practices and narratives) are a largely underestimated source of illiberalism. We also diagnose an unfortunate dynamic of mutual

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Vaziri, Nosratola D. Oxidative stress and its implications in chronic kidney disease. Edited by David J. Goldsmith. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0112.

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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced at low levels physiologically and their production conveys signals and has specific functions. Control mechanisms ensure that this does not cause damage. ROS are highly reactive and cytotoxic and are also deliberately produced by inflammatory cells (granulocytes, macrophages) to kill pathogens. If these chemicals are released inappropriately or excessively, or if control mechanisms are under-functioning, bystander or unintended tissue damage may be caused. The concept of oxidative stress is based on the idea that in certain states, commonly inflammato

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Allen, Jennifer D., Rachel C. Shelton, Karen M. Emmons, and Laura A. Linnan. Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190683214.003.0016.

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There is substantial variability in the implementation of evidence-based interventions across the United States, which leads to inconsistent access to evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies at a population level. Increased dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions could result in significant public health gains. While the availability of evidence-based interventions is increasing, study of implementation, adaptation, and dissemination has only recently gained attention in public health. To date, insufficient attention has been given to the issue of fidelity.

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Thomas, Weigend. Part IV The ICC and its Applicable Law, 22 Indirect Perpetration. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198705161.003.0022.

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Indirect perpetration is a mode of perpetration provided for in Article 25(3)(a) of the ICC Statute. According to the Statute, indirect perpetration requires that the perpetrator commits the offence ‘through another person’, regardless of whether that other person is criminally responsible. Drawing partly on German doctrine, the ICC has interpreted the concept of indirect perpetration to include using a hierarchical organization for making another person commit a crime (organizational control). The Court has also recognized the possibility that several persons jointly commit a crime as indirec

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Sanjek, Rick. American Popular Music and Its Business in the Digital Age. Oxford University PressNew York, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190653828.001.0001.

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Abstract This book is a sequel to my father’s American Popular Music and its Business—the First 400 Years, also published by Oxford University Press. It compares the music business to a funnel through which money spent by consumers and licensees flows before reaching performers and songwriters after deducting the cost of financing, managing, promoting, and marketing. It also traces how the delivery of music transitions from analog vinyl and tape to digital successors from CDs through MP3s, to subscription streaming. It follows the Big Six major label groups consolidating to the Big Three by 20

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Woźniak, Monika, and Maria Wyke, eds. The Novel of Neronian Rome and its Multimedial Transformations. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198867531.001.0001.

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When in 1905 the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for outstanding services as an epic writer’, it was his novel Quo vadis. A Narrative of the Time of Nero that motivated the committee to bestow this notable honour. The extraordinary international success of Quo vadis catapulted the author into literary stardom, placing him at the top of international league tables for the sheer quantity of his readers. But, before long, the historical novel began to detach itself from the person of its author and to become a multimedial, mass–culture phenomenon. In t

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Momma, Haruko. What Has Beowulf to Do with English? (Let’s Ask Lady Philology!). Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190611040.003.0017.

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This chapter appeals to the early reception history of Beowulf to show why Old English remains an integral part of the history of the English language. It explains via examples how even a small amount of knowledge of the vernacular of England before 1066 is advantageous for the study of English from later periods and different geographical locations. As implied by its aliases “Saxon” and “Anglo-Saxon,” Beowulf’s language was not recognized as English until the 1870s. Nineteenth-century philology gave rise not only to Beowulf studies but also to the history of English as we know it. This chapte

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Monteón, Michael. Latin America and the Origins of Its Twenty-First Century. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400676895.

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Latin American societies were created as pre-industrial colonies, that is, peoples whose cultures and racial makeup were largely determined by having been conquered by Spain or Portugal. In all these societies, a colonial heritage created political and social attitudes that were not conducive to the construction of democratic civil societies. And yet, Latin America has a public life--not merely governments, but citizens who are actively involved in trying to improve the lives and welfare of their populations. Monteon focuses on the relation of people's lifestyles to the evolving pattern of pow

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Pleniceanu, Oren, and Benjamin Dekel. Kidney stem cells. Edited by Adrian Woolf. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0344.

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End-stage renal failure is a major cause of death with currently only dialysis and transplantation available as therapeutic options, each with its own limitations and drawbacks. To allow regenerative medicine-based kidney replacement therapies and due to the fact that neither haematopoietic stem cells nor mesenchymal stem cells, the most accessible human stem cells, can be used to derive genuine nephron progenitors, much attention has been given to finding adult renal stem cells. Several candidates for this have been described, but their true identity as stem or progenitor cells and their pote

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Coulson, Peter, and David Sawtell, eds. The History of the Technology and Construction Court on its 150th Anniversary. Hart Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509964208.

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This collection marks the 150th anniversary of the Technology and Construction Court by presenting insights into its history and impact. The contributors are current and retired senior judges, renowned academics and leading construction and technology lawyers. The book draws on their different perspectives and approaches to showcase different aspects of the Official Referees and the TCC from its origins in the Judicature Act 1873 through to its modern-day role as an international leader in dispute resolution through litigation, arbitration and adjudication. Different essays consider the role o

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Tom, Fletcher. Book VI Alternative (Including Track 2) Diplomacy, 27 Public Diplomacy and its Offshoots. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198739104.003.0027.

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This chapter discusses public diplomacy, particularly in the context of the digital age. Diplomats now have an increasingly public role to play in projecting their government’s message locally, not just by media appearances and newspaper articles, but by regular use of social media, blogging, Twitter, and evolving techniques. And though technological change has been largely beneficial, the chapter also points to the challenges that technology brings to the field. Diplomats will be part of the debate on our digital rights, tackling the toughest issues around trust and transparency, and helping

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Higham, Philip A., Katarzyna Zawadzka, and Maciej Hanczakowski. Internal Mapping and Its Impact on Measures of Absolute and Relative Metacognitive Accuracy. Edited by John Dunlosky and Sarah (Uma) K. Tauber. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199336746.013.15.

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Research in decision making and metacognition has long investigated the calibration of subjective probabilities. To assess calibration, mean ratings on a percentage scale (e.g., subjective likelihood of recalling an item) are typically compared directly to performance percentages (e.g., actual likelihood of recall). Means that are similar versus discrepant are believed to indicate good versus poor calibration, respectively. This chapter argues that this process is incomplete: it examines only the mapping between the overt scale values and objective performance (mapping 2), while ignoring the p

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Wood, Geoffrey, Noel O'Sullivan, Marc Goergen, and Marijana Baric. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global and the Implications of its Activities for Stakeholders. Edited by Douglas Cumming, Geoffrey Wood, Igor Filatotchev, and Juliane Reinecke. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198754800.013.14.

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The chapter discusses the role and impact of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (NGPFG) (which has some $873 billion of assets), explaining its objectives, its characteristics and also providing some details of the extent of its investments, specifically investments in firm equity. It discusses the NGPFG’s behavior as a shareholder that seeks to influence corporate behavior from within, the high levels of transparency exhibited and the ethical standards expected from the NGPFG and its role in the broader scheme of international politics/relations. The chapter concludes with thoughts

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Risse, Guenter B. Hope for Cures. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039843.003.0009.

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This chapter documents the efforts of the nineteenth-century medical community in the search for better cures and means of treatment for patients suffering from loathsome diseases. Fuzzy professional ethics and ambiguous public sentiment came to guide physicians in their slow march toward modern therapeutics. The less risky approach of simply letting nature take its course collided with a growing desire to test new drugs at the bedside. Thus the chapter recounts the advances made in medical sciences in the slow march toward modern therapeutics, and also discusses the drawbacks of scientific re

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Gallego, Ángel J., and Dennis Ott, eds. Cartography and Explanatory Adequacy. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198867937.001.0001.

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Abstract This collection of papers aims to contribute to the empirical, conceptual, and meta-theoretical discussion of the merits and drawbacks of the cartographic program in linguistic theory. Although cartography has its roots in Rizzi’s (1997) the study of the left periphery, its empirical perimeter has expanded significantly over the years, now covering a wide variety of empirical domains such as argument structure, modification, and constituent order. The hallmark of most (if not all) cartographic studies is the assumption that there is a rich array of functional projections whose hierarc

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Hörmann, Raphael, and Gesa Mackenthun, eds. Human Bondage in the Cultural Contact Zone. Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Slavery and Its Discourses. Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.31244/9783830973751.

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Slavery – the subjection of some human beings to a state of bondage by other, more powerful, people – has been an accepted social institution since ancient times. It is less well known that slavery has also produced cultural contact zones in forcing members of different cultures into sharing the same places – whether in private households, on plantations, in mines and quarries, or indeed the same imaginative sites in works of art and public memory. The recent commemorations of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade by Britain (1807) and the United States (1808), as well as the rise of

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Schetz, Miet, and Andrew Davenport. Continuous renal replacement therapy. Edited by Norbert Lameire. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0234.

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After its introduction, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has found widespread acceptance amongst physicians taking care of critically ill patients. Various modalities (haemofiltration, haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration) are used. As for all types of renal replacement therapy, a good functioning vascular access is an absolute requirement. Whether CRRT is to be preferred over intermittent haemodialysis remains a matter of debate, but haemodynamic instability and risk of cerebral oedema are generally considered indications for CRRT. Whereas under-dosing should certainly be avoided, inc

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Brandt, Kasper. Illicit financial flows and the Global South: A review of methods and evidence. UNU-WIDER, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2020/926-6.

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Illicit financial flows (IFFs) constitute a major challenge for development in the Global South, as domestic resource mobilization is imperative for providing crucial public services. While several methods offer to measure the extent of IFFs, each has its benefits and drawbacks. Critically, methods based on the balance of payments identity may capture licit as well as illicit flows, and a method based on macroeconomic trade discrepancies suffers from doubtful assumptions. The most convincing estimate to date demonstrates that individuals hold financial assets worth around ten per cent of globa

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