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Hoffmann, Laurel. Slacks that fit: Make your own patterns. Creating Fashion with Laurel, 1998.
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Kapoor, Sukhbir Singh. Rehras, the torch to pass through the darkness of death and Sohila, the lyric that speaks of lacerations and pangs of separation. Sterling Publishers, 1993.
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McLerran, Alice. The mountain that loved a bird. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1985.
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Facca, Danilo, and Valentina Lepri, eds. Polish Culture in the Renaissance. Firenze University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-490-5.
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During the most recent conference of the Renaissance Society of America, two sessions were devoted entirely to the Renaissance in Poland. In fifty-nine editions of what is considered the most prestigious international appointment for experts of Renaissance culture, this is the first time that characteristic features of sixteenth-century Poland were the subject of analysis and debate. The interest generated at the conference and the academic value of the contributions convinced the organisers of the panels to ask the speakers to develop and revise their contributions to conform with the conventions of the academic article. The result is a selection of essays that pursue specific pathways in exploring the cultural factors that affected the Renaissance in Poland: influences and originality in Polish literary and artistic production, orthodoxy and dissidence, the circulation of thought and reflection on the Res Publica in the spheres of both politics and philosophy. Adopting a distinctly interdisciplinary approach, the aim of this publication is to focus certain aspects of the Polish Renaissance and the cultural identity of sixteenth-century Poland in relation to the European context.
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Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes. The history of that ingenious gentleman, Don Quijote de la Mancha. Norton, 1995.
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Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes. The history of that ingenious gentleman, Don Quijote de la Mancha. W.W. Norton, 1996.
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Songster, E. Elena. Conclusion. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199393671.003.0010.
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The panda did not become an official symbol of the PRC in a debate over worthy animal emblems, but emerged as a representation of China in various contexts by fulfilling specific needs of the nation. The giant panda became broadly relevant to human society when it was deemed a scientifically interesting animal. International research on pandas has probed most every aspect of the animal’s being. The Chinese government’s persistent endorsement of wide-ranging scientific work on the giant panda over the course of PRC history reflects the tremendous value the Chinese state has placed on the panda as an animal. What is most striking about the giant panda historically is not its curiosity as an oddity in the animal kingdom, but that it stands apart as a cute national symbol. Unlike the more commonly majestic and intimidating choices of eagle or lion, the panda elicits affection. The panda’s gentle allure has been central to its transformation into a powerful political tool. The traits that inspire anthropomorphism have enabled the panda to hold a special position as a diplomat, not only between China and the rest of the world, but also between the human and animal world.
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Songster, E. Elena. Panda Nation. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199393671.001.0001.
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Panda Nation links the emergence of the giant panda as a national symbol to the development of nature protection in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), 1949-present. The panda’s transformation into a national treasure exemplifies China’s efforts to distinguish itself as a nation through government-directed science and popular nationalism. Examining this process enhances our understanding of the intersection of policy, science, and the public. Tracing the panda’s iconic rise offers a striking reflection of China’s recent and dramatic ascent in global status. The significant role giant panda played in the advancement of nature protection policy during the PRC era reveals a striking tension between scientific inquiry and a nationalism particular to Chinese communist ideology. Sichuan’s initial response to the central government’s 1962 directive to protect precious species was to set aside land as reserves for the giant panda. This domestic initiative during a time of extreme isolation, following the Sino-Soviet schism and preceding China’s efforts to reestablish ties with western industrialized nations, forces us to acknowledge that nature played a more complex role in Chinese communist theory and history than is commonly recognized. An examination of the creation of the Wanglang Nature Reserve deepens our understanding of the ways that central government policies incorporated local concerns, Baima minority people, and environmental factors as they were implemented on the ground. This study of the ways that giant pandas have been portrayed and used with respect to national image and diplomacy deepens our understanding of China’s approach in its efforts to reengage with the international community during the 20th century and beyond.
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Stokes, Peter. The Pangs That Pierce the Heart of God. Excalibur Press of London, 1991.
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Ferber, Ilit. Language Pangs. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190053864.001.0001.
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Language and pain are usually thought of as opposites, the one being about expression and communication, the other destructive, “beyond words,” and isolating. Language Pangs challenges these familiar conceptions and offers a reconsideration of the relationship between pain and language in terms of an essential interconnectedness rather than an exclusive opposition. The book’s premise is that the experience of pain cannot be probed without consideration of its inherent relation to language, and vice versa: understanding the nature of language essentially depends on an account of its relationship with pain. Language Pangs brings together discussions of philosophical as well as literary texts, an intersection especially productive in considering the phenomenology of pain and its bearing on language. The book’s first chapter presents a phenomenology of pain and its relation to language. Chapters 2 and 3 provide a close reading of Herder’s Treatise on the Origin of Language (1772), which was the first modern philosophical text to bring together language and pain, establishing the cry of pain as the origin of language. Herder also raises important claims regarding the relationship between human and animal, sympathy, and the role of hearing in the experience of pain. Chapter 4 is devoted to Heidegger’s seminar (1939) on Herder’s text about language, a relatively unknown seminar that raises important claims regarding pain, expression, and hearing. Chapter 5 focuses on Sophocles’ story of Philoctetes, important to Herder’s treatise, in terms of pain, expression, sympathy, and hearing, also referring to more thinkers such as Cavell and Gide.
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Fitzsimons, Cecilia. Giant Pandas Eat All Day Long (I Didn't Know That). Copper Beech, 2000.
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Llewellyn, Claire. Giant Pandas Eat All Day Long (I Didn't Know That). Franklin Watts Ltd, 2003.
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Songster, E. Elena. Olympic Pandas, Trojan Pandas, and the Science behind Soft Diplomacy. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199393671.003.0009.
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After China ceased its practice of giving panda pairs as state gifts, it began a short-term loan program. This evolved into long-term scientific loans. The whole time the concept of panda diplomacy persisted even as it shifted and transformed. Concerns about the giant panda as a species and the environment more generally were undercurrents to all discussions and exchanges. The environment remained present when China made a dramatic and controversial giant panda gift offer to the island of Taiwan. This chapter examines the various ways that panda diplomacy evolved and the increasing integration of environmental issues with panda politics.
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Poppy the Pooting Panda: A Funny Rhyming Read Aloud Story Book About a Panda Bear That Farts. Humor Heals Us, 2021.
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Giant Pandas Eat All Day Long: And other amazing facts about giant animals (I Didn't Know That). Copper Beech, 2000.
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Swedo, Susan E., and Kyle A. Williams. PANDAS as a Poststreptococcal Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Form of OCD. Edited by Christopher Pittenger. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190228163.003.0028.
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This chapter reviews evidence for an autoimmune etiology in a subset of pediatric OCD cases. The sudden onset of OCD and related symptoms following an infectious illness in youth has been termed Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus, or PANDAS. By analogy with the better-understood syndrome of Sydenham Chorea, it has been hypothesized (as the name implies) that this syndrome derives from the development of brain-reactive autoantibodies after infection. The specifics of this pathophysiology have been difficult to establish, and the syndrome remains somewhat controversial. Nevertheless, treatment with antibiotics and immune-modulating therapies has shown promise in these cases.
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Songster, E. Elena. Obscurity, Oddity, and Icon. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199393671.003.0002.
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With the benefit of scientific studies, popular media, and zoo displays, this chapter traces the transformation of the giant panda from an unknown animal to a national treasure. Prior to the twentieth century the giant panda was virtually absent from or forgotten in Chinese historic cultural artifacts. China’s general populace did not take a strong interest in the giant panda until after 1949. An upsurge of scientific studies on the giant panda unveiled numerous curiosities about the panda that aroused both domestic and international interest. Because of its biological peculiarities, the panda was used as a tool for teaching communist citizens scientific thought. Although the panda was first introduced to the public through science, its attractive and unique appearance inspired adoration. Increasingly the general populace was not only intrigued by the panda, but began to embrace it as a popular symbol of the nation.
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Yarnell, Eric. Botanicals (Adaptogens and Others) that Support or Stimulate Desire (DRAFT). Edited by Madeleine M. Castellanos. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190225889.003.0023.
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Botanical medicines can play an important role in helping men and women with sexual dysfunction. Marketing hype has distorted their role, and illegal adulteration of herbal products with unlabeled phosphodiesterase type 5-inhibiting drugs is a rampant problem in the marketplace. Research most validates the traditional use of Panax ginseng (Asian ginseng) root, Pausinystalia yohimbe (yohimbe) bark, Epimedium spp (horny goat weed) leaf and stem, and Crocus sativus (saffron) stamen for enhancing libido and erectile function. Withania somnifera (ashwagandha) root, Turnera diffusa (damiana) leaf, and Tribulus terrestris (caltrop vine) fruit are less well studied but still have a strong reputation in traditional medicine as aphrodisiacs. Clinical use of these herbs is discussed with case examples. The problem with biopiracy of traditional aphrodisiacs from the Global South is also reviewed.
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Cantu, Sarah. The Dogs that Follow their Detective Dreams # 3: Syleria Susae and Vanessa Pana's Unicorn Mystery (The Dogs That Follow Their Detective Dreams). Ricardo Cantu, 2007.
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Ramos-Sánchez, Jesús Ricardo. Ahorro económico, eficiencia energética y proyección inferencial. Análisis de series de tiempo en celdas fotovoltaicas. ECORFAN, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35429/b.2020.7.1.116.
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This literature work includes the phenomenon of the socioeconomic situation of the residents of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, who have solar panels as a savings mechanism for their homes and as a tool that contributes to their well-being. The research focuses on the economic flow of residents in relation to energy expenditure and surplus. The approach to the problem is due to the lack of an economic and social measurement system in relation to the energy expenditure of the housewith solar panels in extreme weather in the city of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Therefore, the research question was established: How much energy savings does the use of solar panels represent in the families of Victoria, Tamaulipas? For the elaboration of the hypothesis, the Cruz-Ardilla theory (2013), was necessary, which maintains that energy plays an important role in society since it allows access to technological and social advances in resources that provide greater comfort; In this same tenor, Díaz (2015), ensures that technological strategies for sustainability have an economic purpose transforming the territory and; as a last assumption according to Elías and Bordas (2012), which indicates that 44% of primary energy worldwide becomes useless. Thus, the hypothesis is: Energy savings with the use of solar panels in the homes of families in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico is equivalent to 40 percent.
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Publishing, Panda Notebooks. If You Don't Like Pandas Then You Probably Won't Like Me and I'm Okay with That: Gift for Panda Lovers, Funny Pandas Gifts - 6 X 9 in, 120 College Ruled Pages - Journal, Notebook, Diary - Animal Journal, Panda Themed Gifts. Independently Published, 2020.
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Livermore, Roy. Continents and Supercontinents. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198717867.003.0008.
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Keith Runcorn’s boys showed beyond any doubt that the continents had been touring the globe since the Precambrian, long before they converged on Pangea. Their precise pre-Pangea itineraries were, however, uncertain, for while the ancient latitude of each block could be determined from the magnetic dip of suitable rock samples of the correct age (assuming such could be found), the ancient longitude was a different matter. The magnetic compass in ancient rocks recorded the direction to the ancient pole, but did not allow continents to be placed in their correct relative longitudes. Worse still, the best evidence of relative plate motions—marine magnetic anomalies and fracture zones—had all been shredded by subduction during the assembly of Pangea. And, since the old continents had been around the block a bit since the Paleozoic, there were no continental margins that you could fit together, as had been done for the Atlantic continents by Teddy Bullard and colleagues. Geologists were left only with indirect evidence from rock outcrops to guess the relative positions of these earlier continents. On the bright side, however, the lack of constraints freed them to give full reign to their imaginations, and they quickly began postulating lost supercontinents of all kinds.
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Montgomery, David. Working People’s Responses to Past Depressions. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038174.003.0003.
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This chapter sketches out a broad overview of economic panics and workers' responses to them in the United States from Jacksonian times to the Great Depression. Since the founding of the Republic, working men and women have been all too familiar with alternating periods of boom times and hard times, with seasonal unemployment, with marked differences in availability of jobs among various parts of the country, and with general depressions abruptly precipitated by overproduction of wares or by bank panics. Not all downturns struck with the same severity. The crisis of the early 1840s pitched nine state governments into default (primarily in the rapidly expanding cotton kingdom), while the depression that began in 1873 sent ten state governments into default over the ensuing eleven years. The sharp collapse between the spring of 1907 and the spring of 1908 so crippled the economy that for many months more immigrants left the United States for their homelands or other countries than disembarked here. The depressions of 1873–79, 1893–98, and 1929–40 set the stage for fundamental restructuring of industrial, agricultural, and political life.
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LEDESMA-ALBERT, Aida. Handbooks Engineering Science and Technology TIX. ECORFAN, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35429/h.2021.9.1.1.128.
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Global warming and climate change coincide in their main causes, the massive emission of greenhouse gases, which retain heat in the atmosphere and on the earth's surface through the so-called greenhouse effect. The generation of electricity by means of fossil fuels is an important emitter of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O), and halogenated compounds containing F, Cl, and Br. With the purpose of contributing to the construction of viable solutions to the current energy situation of the country and in the foundation of a sustainable future, the use of solar energy for the generation of electricity by means of solar panels represents an option. The purpose of this study is to describe and control the solar cell protection material Ethylene-Vinyl-Acetate (EVA), as a contribution to the Quality Assurance of solar panels, since the function of this material is essential for the protection of solar cells, which are a vital part of the solar panel. The tests performed were: Gel content, adhesion test, and durability tests. The results obtained were within specification according to IEC 61215. From this work it is concluded that it is important to continue testing the whole process and components of the solar panels in order to guarantee the useful life of the finished product, as well as to contribute to sustainable development.
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Jones, Tanya. Studying Pan's Labyrinth. Liverpool University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781906733308.001.0001.
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Pan's Labyrinth (2006) is a film of extraordinary technical achievement and intense emotional impact, garnering acclaim from both critics and audiences alike. Such a rich cinematic text demands close scrutiny and comprehensive study. This book begins with a close study of Pan's Labyrinth as a very challenging piece of film-making. It talks about Pan's Labyrinth's stunning visual beauty, haunting lullaby theme that evoke the tragedy of the protagonist Ofelia, and masterful combination of fantasy and horror conventions to produce a barbed, threatening, but beautiful, cinematic landscape. The book guides the reader through a detailed analysis of the film, concentrating on the generation of meaning for the viewer. It maps technical choices and how they capture human experience and political conflict. It also details the processes of production, distribution, and exhibition. Specific examples from a range of film texts enable a vivid grasp of technical vocabulary, therefore providing readers with the tools to analyze other films as well.
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Martino, Davide, and Gavin Giovannoni. Poststreptococcal Movement Disorders. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199937837.003.0095.
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The spectrum of “poststreptococcal” movement disorders and other behavioral abnormalities has expaanded and the array of neuropsychiatric features associated with rheumatic fever (RF) has been broadened. However, it is difficult to establish a causal link between Group A Streptococcus (GAS) and neuropsychiatric symptoms beyond RF, which has fuelled a long-lasting, and still unsolved, debate as to whether putative “poststreptococcal” disorders such as the PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infection) phenotype are distinct entities or not. This chapter provides an up-to-date overview of the conditions that are well established (Sydenham’s chorea) or proposed (poststreptococcal tic and obsessive-compulsive disorders) as secondary to an immune response toward GAS.
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Pérez Torrado, Francisco José, Alejandro Rodríguez González, Claudio Moreno Medina, et al. VOLCANOES IN MOTION: EL HIERRO AND LA PALMA. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Servicio de Publicaciones y Difusión Científica, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20420/volim1.2023.583.
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We explain, through a collection of ten panels distribuited in five thematic blocks, the geological history of the El Hierro and La Palma islands in the framework of intraplate volcanic islands evolution. In the first two panels we explain how the Canary Islands were formed and evolved, and the birth of El Hierro, the youngest island of the archipelago. Next, we observe the landscapes of El Hierro as a response to macro-scale, such as giant landslides and rifts, and micro-scale phenomena (volcanic cones, lava fields and shore platforms). The last eruption of the El Hierro island in 2011-12 that gave rise to the Tagoro submarine volcano is also exposed. In addition, we present how the Herreños have adapted to the territory, knowing how to take advantage of its scarce water resources and adapt their way of life to the volcanic landscape, achieving that the entire island was declared in 2000 a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve and Geopark in 2015. In the last two panels we expose the geological evolution of the island of La Palma and its last eruption of the Tajogaite volcano in 2021. THEMATIC BLOCK I. A SEA OF VOLCANOES:“Origin of the Canary islands”, “And El Hierro was born”. THEMATIC BLOCK II. VOLCANIC LANDSCAPES:"Megaestructures", “Structures on the ground”. THEMATIC BLOCK III. EXPLORE THE VOLCANIC PARADISE:“Walking among volcanoes”, "The last volcano of El Hierro" THEMATIC BLOCK IV. LIVING AMONG VOLCANOES:"The water in El Hierro",“What the land tell us” THEMATIC BLOCK V. LA PALMA: THE PRETTY ISLAND: "And La Palma was born",“The 2021 eruption”.
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Crawford, Laura, and Ruth Kleinpell. Principles and prevention of pressure sores in the ICU. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0279.
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A pressure ulcer, defined by the National Pressure Advisory Panel and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panels as localized injury to the skin or tissue as the result of pressure or pressure in combination with shear, can be an adverse complication of a hospital stay, especially for acute and critically-ill patients. Factors that can contribute to pressure ulcer development include the intensity and duration of pressure, tissue tolerance, shear, and friction. Common anatomical sites for pressure ulcers development are over bony prominences. The National Pressure Advisory Panel and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panels define pressure ulcers in six stages according to the degree of tissue damage present in the wound. A risk assessment should be performed to identify the vulnerability of pressure ulcer development and provide guidance for the implementation of preventative interventions. For the critically-ill patient, several specific measures are advocated for preventing pressure ulcers.
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Dominy, Graham. Pageantry, Pioneers, Panics and Punitive Expeditions. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252040047.003.0005.
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This chapter examines the role of the garrison in the British Empire's establishment of a colonial state in Natal during the period 1840s–1860s. It first explains how the garrison transformed Pietermaritzburg from a Trekker settlement to a Victorian colonial capital before considering the ways in which the British Crown used pageantry and propaganda to reinforce the prestige of the colonial state while masking the military weakness of the garrison in relation to the colony's potential enemies. It then discusses the garrison's “punitive expeditions”—almost as an extension of the parading on the barrack square of Fort Napier—in response to panic and rumors of invasions. Ironically, those raids provoked “panics” among the African population; such panics fed the almost pathological fear that the settlers had of a “native” rising or “combination.” The chapter also looks at the appointment of British military officers in various civil posts in the colony and concludes with an assessment of the Zulu invasion scare of 1861 and the question that it raised regarding payment for the garrison.
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Cohn, Neil. The Patterns of Comics. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350381636.
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Comics are a global phenomenon, and yet it’s easy to distinguish the visual styles of comics from Asia, Europe, or the United States. But, do the structures of these visual narratives differ in more subtle ways? Might these comics actually be drawn in different visual languages that vary in their structures across cultures? To address these questions, The Patterns of Comics seeks evidence through a sustained analysis of an annotated corpus of over 36,000 panels from 350+ comics from Asia, Europe, and North America. This data-driven approach reveals the cross-cultural variation in symbology, layout, and storytelling between various visual languages, and shows how comics have changed across 80 years. It compares, for example, the subtypes within American comics and Japanese manga, and analyzes the formal properties of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes across its entire 10-year run. Throughout, it not only uncovers the patterns in and across the panels of comics, but shows how these regularities in the visual languages of comics connect to the organizing principles of all languages. Comics are a global phenomenon, yet we can recognize the visual styles originating from comics in Asia, Europe, or the United States. Yet, might these visual narratives differ in more subtle ways? Might comics actually be drawn in different visual languages that vary in their structures across cultures, just like the variation in spoken languages? To address these questions, The Patterns of Comics carries out a sustained analysis on data of more than 36,000 panels from over 350 comics from Asia, Europe, and the United States. This data-driven approach reveals the balance between cross-cultural diversity and universals in the visual morphology, layout, and storytelling of various visual languages used in comics. It shows how comics from the United States and Europe have changed across 80 years, compares the differences within types of American comics and Japanese manga, and analyzes the formal properties of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes across its entire 10-year run. Throughout, it not only uncovers the hidden complexity in the structures of comics, but reveals how these regularities in the visual languages of comics connect to the organizing principles of all languages. Just what are the patterns of comics?
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Walsh, Richard A. Siblings with Instability. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190607555.003.0015.
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Over the past 5 years, there has been a shift in the approach to searching for a genetic diagnosis in familial ataxic syndromes. Whereas in the past, a limited but expensive search through a selection of commercially available genes using Sanger sequencing was performed, there is now widespread availability of gene panels utilizing next-generation sequencing techniques. This is an efficient and powerful approach that may achieve a diagnosis in more than 30% of patients with a familial ataxia that remain undiagnosed. However, accurate phenotyping remains critical to allow interpretation of sequence variants of uncertain significance, to identify biomarkers that may be useful to monitor future therapies, and to assist with the identification of underlying pathophysiology.
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Macdonald, David W., Chris Newman, and Lauren A. Harrington. Beneath the umbrella: conservation out of the limelight. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198759805.003.0030.
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The concluding chapter of this book poses the question: what is special about the musteloids in the context of promoting their conservation. Ranking species on their public appeal, most musteloids score relatively poorly as ambassadors, or flagships, for conservation compared with, for example, big cats. There are individual exceptions (many of the otters, for example, and the endangered ‘celebrity’ species, such as black-footed ferrets or red pandas), and some have potential as umbrella species due to their range overlap with other threatened mammals. The chapter explores if and how musteloids contribute to ecosystem services, and thus their utility value, and assesses the potential for identifying priorities for conservation action (in terms of both priority species and priority countries). The conservation needs of musteloids are varied, and these are not the only important considerations, but they illustrate some of the complexity that is involved.
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Salvucci, Vincenzo, and Finn Tarp. Estimating poverty transitions in Mozambique using synthetic panels: A validation exercise and an application to cross-sectional survey data. 26th ed. UNU-WIDER, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2021/964-8.
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In this paper we first validate the use of the synthetic panels technique in the context of the 2014/15 intra-year panel survey data for Mozambique, and then apply the same technique to the 1996/97, 2002/03, 2008/09, and 2014/15 cross-sectional household budget surveys for the same country. We find that in most analyses poverty rates and poverty transitions estimated using synthetic panels provide results that are close to the true values obtained using the 2014/15 panel data. With respect to intra-year poverty dynamics, we find that Mozambique has a high intra-year variability in consumption and poverty, and a very high degree of intra-year poverty immobility, with a big portion of the population remaining either in poverty or out of poverty over the whole year, with smaller percentages of individuals moving upward or downward. With respect to the 1996/97, 2002/03, 2008/09, and 2014/15 cross-sectional surveys, our results suggest that in most year-to-year comparisons there is a greater proportion of people getting out of poverty than falling into poverty, consistent with the poverty-reduction process observed, but the percentage of people staying in poverty over time appears to be substantially higher, involving about one-third of the population in most years. Further analyses on the 2008/09 and 2014/15 surveys estimate that for an individual who was in the vulnerable group in 2008/09, there is a 60 per cent probability of remaining in the same group, whereas the probability of becoming non-vulnerable is lower than the probability of entering poverty. This constitutes the first attempt to provide an insight into poverty dynamics in Mozambique using all the available survey data.
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Bernard, J. F. Shakespearean Melancholy. Edinburgh University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474417334.001.0001.
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What’s so funny about melancholy? Iconic as Hamlet is, Shakespearean comedy showcases an extraordinary reliance on melancholy that ultimately reminds us of the porous demarcation between laughter and sorrow. This richly contextualized study of Shakespeare’s comic engagement with sadness contends that the playwright rethinks melancholy through comic theatre and, conversely, re-theorizes comedy through melancholy. In fashioning his own comic interpretation of the humour, Shakespeare distils an impressive array of philosophical discourses on the matter, from Aristotle to Robert Burton, and as a result, transforms the theoretical afterlife of both notions. The book suggests that the deceptively potent sorrow at the core of plays such as The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, or The Winter’s Tale influences modern accounts of melancholia elaborated by Sigmund Freud, Judith Butler, and others. What’s so funny about melancholy in Shakespearean comedy? It might just be its reminder that, behind roaring laughter, one inevitably finds the subtle pangs of melancholy.
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Frederiksen, Martin Demant, and Ida Harboe Knudsen, eds. Modern Folk Devils: Contemporary Constructions of Evil. Helsinki University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33134/hup-13.
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The devilish has long been integral to myths, legends, and folklore, firmly located in the relationships between good and evil, and selves and others. But how are ideas of evil constructed in current times and framed by contemporary social discourses? Modern Folk Devils builds on and works with Stanley Cohen’s theory on folk devils and moral panics to discuss the constructions of evil. The authors present an array of case-studies that illustrate how the notion of folk devils nowadays comes into play and animates ideas of otherness and evil throughout the world.Examining current fears and perceived threats, this volume investigates and analyzes how and why these devils are constructed. The chapters discuss how the devilish may take on many different forms: sometimes they exist only as a potential threat, other times they are a single individual or phenomenon or a visible group, such as refugees, technocrats, Roma, hipsters, LGBT groups, and rightwing politicians. Folk devils themselves are also given a voice to offer an essential complementary perspective on how panics become exaggerated, facts distorted, and problems acutely angled. Bringing together researchers from anthropology, sociology, political studies, ethnology, and criminology, the contributions examine cases from across the world spanning from Europe to Asia and Oceania.
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Hanretty, Chris. A Court of Specialists. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197509234.001.0001.
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This book explains how judges on the UK Supreme Court behave. It looks at different stages in the court's decision-making process—from the initial selection of cases, to the choice of judges to sit on panels, to the final outcome. The main argument of the book is that judges' behavior is strongly affected by their specialism in different areas of law. Cases in tax law (or family law, or public law) are more likely to be heard by specialists in that area, and those specialists are more likely to write the court's decision—or disagree with the decision when there is dissent. Legal factors like specialization in areas of law explains more of the court's work than do political differences between judges.
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Epstein, William M. The Food Stamp Program. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190467067.003.0009.
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Chapter 8 describes and evaluates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (food stamps). It demonstrates its serious shortcomings and interprets the program as an expression of mass values. The food stamp program in the United States remains as it always was: convoluted, inadequate, and frequently unfair, even after more than half a century of priority concern from a number of presidents, as well as congressional attention recorded in thousands of pages of panels, investigations, hearings, and reports. For all its wealth, it is not clear that the United States has ensured access for its citizens to “a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet.” Yet its design embodies the assumptions of policy romanticism unreasonably insisting on self-reliance.
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Bennewitz, Ingrid, and Friedhelm Marx, eds. "Unser Leben ist ein Gespräch“. Ergon – ein Verlag in der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783956506574.
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The book contains the lectures of a Tankred- Dorst-colloquium that took place in 2018 at the University of Bamberg in cooperation with the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Tankred Dorst, who died in 2017, is one of the most important dramatists of post-war literature. The playwright's work ranges from revue-like plays, political and autobiographically inspired plays to nightmarish grotesques and medieval adaptations. With contributions by Norbert Abels, Ingrid Bennewitz, Albert Gier, Iris Hermann, Ernst August Klötzke, Friedhelm Marx, Oswald Panagl, Frank Piontek, Siegrid Schmidt, Wulf Segebrecht.
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Wilmarth Jr., Arthur E. Taming the Megabanks. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190260705.001.0001.
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This book demonstrates that universal banks—which accept deposits, make loans, and engage in securities activities—played central roles in precipitating the Great Depression of the early 1930s and the Great Recession of 2007–09. Universal banks promoted a dangerous credit boom and a hazardous stock market bubble in the U.S. during the 1920s, which led to the Great Depression. Congress responded by passing the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which separated banks from the securities markets and prohibited nonbanks from accepting deposits. Glass-Steagall’s structural separation of the banking, securities, and insurance sectors prevented financial panics from spreading across the U.S. financial system for more than four decades. Despite Glass-Steagall’s success, large U.S. banks pursued a twenty-year campaign to remove the statute’s prudential buffers. Regulators opened loopholes in Glass-Steagall during the 1980s and 1990s, and Congress repealed Glass-Steagall in 1999. The United Kingdom and the European Union adopted similar deregulatory measures, thereby allowing universal banks to dominate financial markets on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition, large U.S. securities firms became “shadow banks” as regulators allowed them to issue short-term deposit substitutes to finance long-term loans and investments. Universal banks and shadow banks fueled a toxic subprime credit boom in the U.S., U.K., and Europe during the 2000s, which led to the Great Recession. Limited reforms after the Great Recession have not broken up universal banks and shadow banks, thereby leaving in place a financial system that is prone to excessive risk-taking and vulnerable to contagious panics. A new Glass-Steagall Act is urgently needed to restore a financial system that is less risky, more stable and resilient, and better able to serve the needs of our economy and society.
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Grazioli, Erica, Channa Kolb, and Bianca Weinstock-Guttman. Temporal and Clinical Course of Multiple Sclerosis. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199341016.003.0010.
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The temporal and clinical course of multiple sclerosis is heterogeneous, varying among patients as well as over time in the same individual. Greater specificity in describing disease classification and course is important for conduct of clinical trials as well as prognosis for individual patients. This chapter reviews the results of recent consensus panels that have further defined the relapsing and progressive forms of multiple sclerosis through clarification of clinical relapse, subclinical relapse, active disease, and progressive disease. Clinical characteristics, conventional and nonconventional magnetic resonance imaging metrics, and immunologic and genetic biomarkers that can be used to predict disease severity and course are also discussed.
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Frédéric Gilles, Sourgens, Duggal Kabir, and Laird Ian A. Part II Burden and Standard of Proof in International Investment Arbitration, 2 Burden of Proof in Investor-State Arbitration. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198753506.003.0002.
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This chapter discusses the concept of the burden of proof in investor-state arbitration. The basic rule regarding the burden of proof in international law is that the party who makes an assertion must prove it. The rule has its origins in the traditions of Roman, common, and civil law countries, and is not new or unique to investment arbitration. In fact, this principle has been widely recognized by several international dispute settlement panels, as well as other international agencies. Not every set of arbitration rules explicitly includes this rule, however, although there is near unanimity by tribunals and commentators in its application.
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Pitzalis, Costantino, Frances Humby, and Michael P. Seed. Synovial pathology. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642489.003.0052.
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Synovial pathology is seen in a variety of disease states, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), psoriatic arthritis, and systemic lupus erythmatosus (SLE). This chapter highlights recent advances that characterize the cellular composition of these tissues according to surface markers and chemokine and cytokine expression, and describes synovial functional status and response to therapeutics. In RA, after initiation, pannus migrates over and under cartilage, and into subchondral bone, in a destructive process. Cartilage-pannus junction (CPJ) is characterized as invasive or 'quiescent' or 'indistinct'. Invasive CPJ can comprise macrophages, fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS), mast cells, and/or neutrophils. CPJ activity is related to the state of activation of the overlying subintima. Subintimal inflammation can be graded to a variety of degrees (I–IV) according to established criteria and is illustrated. In some RA synovia, cellular aggregates organize into ectopic lymphoid structures (ELS) through the expression of lymphorganogenic signals, to exhibit T- or B-cell zones accompanied by dendritic cells and lymphangiogenesis. ELS synthesize rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACAP), considered to be indicative of aggressive disease. The selective cellular expression of macrophage and dendritic cell chemokines and cytokines such as TNF, GMCSF, TGFβ, IL-1, IL-6, IL-23, and chemokines can be seen in synovia, to form a regulated and cooperative environment that sustains the cellular organization and pathological function. Important to this process are FLS and CD68+ macrophages. CD68 expression correlates with disease severity and can be useful as a surrogate marker of disease modifying activity of therapeutics, such as anti-TNF and anti-B-cell biologics.
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Peach, Ken. Councils, Boards, Committees and Panels. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796077.003.0009.
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This chapter discusses the hierarchy, governance and role of the committee structure of universities and laboratories, along with the rights and responsibilities of the committee members. These days, nearly all scientific research, whether in universities or laboratories, is carried out in research teams which are embedded in some larger organization, and often derive most of their support through grants, awards or contracts from bodies established for that purpose. Many of these are public bodies, such as charities or research councils, and can have quite complex governance structures. Nowadays, many universities are structured more like businesses than the traditional ’community of scholars’ typical of the ancient seats of learning, with boards, panels and directors. It is important to understand these structures in order to understand the rights and responsibilities of individual research teams.
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Alarie, Benjamin, and Andrew J. Green. The Influence of the Parties on Judges. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199397594.003.0007.
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High courts differ in the processes for choosing who sits on the court, the size and composition of panels, and the cases the court hears. Once the case is before the court, a judge may also be influenced by the parties that appear in the appeal. This chapter examines this influence. The government, for example, tends to be more successful in many cases than other parties. This success may be due, for example, to the government having more resources than other parties or being a repeat player in front of the court. Further, judges seem to at least be modestly influenced by interveners, who are not actually the parties to the appeal but seek to provide additional information. Judges appear to consider the information provided by the interveners in some contexts, though the presence of interveners also appears connected to an increase in the probability of a judge dissenting.