The present book proposes a framework for understanding long-term change in world politics in terms of social evolution. ‘Change’deliberately includes the very emergence of world politics as arecognizable realm in its own right within the social world andits constant transformation thereafter. In order to provide such aframework, this book offers a condensed, yet quite far-reaching,reading …
In early May 1901, the colonial authorities in Kingstown, capital of the island of St Vincent, then a British colony in the Lesser Antilles, were taken by surprise by requests from the Carib populations living on the flanks of Mount La Soufrière to be removed to the south of the island. They were afraid of the increasing frequency of small earthquakes in the area. Stories had bee…
Right after the 2010 earthquake that rocked the Port-au-Prince region and killed many people, a big data competition began between states and in-ternational organizations involved in the relief eff ort. The journalists Rob-ert Muggah and Athena Kolbe, a year and half after the disaster, wrote that “in Haiti, fewer than 46,000 people were killed in the January 2010ear…
Unexpected accidents are causes of death listed in the 10th revision of theInternational Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems(ICD-10. Version 2010) by the World Health Organization (WHO) including“trans-port accidents”;“accidental suffocation”;“slipping, tripping, stumbling, and falls”;“accidental drowning and submersion”; and so on (WHO2010). The d…
Pada tahun 2023, Indonesia menargetkan pencapaian “Indonesia Emas” dengan meluncurkan strategi pembangunan jangka panjang baru untuk mencapai status negara berpendapatan tinggi pada tahun 2045. Dalam mencapai cita-cita ini, Indonesia perlu memprioritaskan dan memastikan anak tetap menduduki posisi utama dalam upaya meraih Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (SDGs) pada 2030. Sepanjang 2023, UN…
Most of the fresh foods contain large amounts of water. It is one of the major component in composition of many foods. Each food has its own characteristic amount of this component. Effect of water on structure, appearance and taste of foods as well as their susceptibility to spoilage depends on its amount, location, and orientation. Therefore, it is essential to know its physical properties…
A towered airport has an operating control tower. Air traffic control (ATC) is responsible for providing the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a service. Pilots operating from a towered airport are required to maintain two-way radio communication with air traffic controllers, and to acknowledge and …
Insofar as available statistics allow for any such comparisons, some estimates suggest that North Korea’s rapid post-war industrialisation put it ahead of South Korea by the mid-1960s (Eichengreen et al., 2015). During the next three decades, however, South Korea grew very rapidly, far outpacing North Korea, where trend growth declined and turned negative as Soviet support ended and the terms…
This edition has undergone major revisions and updates. The Standard Treatment Manual steering committee broadened the content included in these chapters, reflective of the increased capacity of health workers. Specific updates include a greater focus on communication and referral pathways, transfer and admission guidelines. Pharmacy and medicine administration instructions have been expanded, …
This e-book contains biology of birds includes evolution, communication, ecology and conservation.
This e-book contains water bird's species identification.
Today, polar bears roam the northern reaches of the planet, but as their sea-ice habitat continues to shrink due to Arctic warming, their future in the U.S. and ultimately their continuation as a species are at risk. Their eventual reprieve turns on our collective willingness to address the factors contributing to climate change and, in the interim, on our ability to improve the chances that po…
Billy Bear was out in the sun, soaking up the lovely rays of sunshine that sometimes danced upon the icebergs. His white fur was growing brilliant and strong lately, and he was very proud of his white fur coat. Today, he was out fishing with Father Bear. Billy loved to go fishing with his dad.
African Penguins breed on only 25 islands and at 3 mainland sites between Algoa Bay in South Africa and central Namibia and nowhere else in the World. It is the only penguin that breeds in Africa. There are another 17 species of penguins. The first nest at Stony Point was found in 1982. During the 20th century the global population of this penguin decreased by almost 90% and it is now considere…
Chair Vongraven asked for comments on the meeting agenda. No additional comments were made and the agenda, as distributed ahead of the meeting, was accepted and a schedule for rapporteurs was established. T. Atwood volunteered to coordinate the reports from the individual rapporteurs (J. Aars, S. Amstrup, A. Derocher, G. Durner, A. Jessen, N. Lunn, M. Obbard, E. Richardson, K. Rode, I. Stirlin…
Let us retreat from this narrative. This is not a history of the Tervuren museum after all, no matter how much such a study deserves to be written (but see Luwel 1960; Wynants 1997). The history of Belgian institutions, and even of Belgian science in general, is not the scope of this book. If I present such sketches from the museum’s centennial existence, it is because, …
Is there a special role for the Low Countries in art history’s current focus on global mobility? How, and why, should we conceive of the globalization of Netherlandish art? The essays brought together in this volume examine how artworks produced in the wake of European expansion – produced in the Netherlands in reaction to the world outside Euro…
Do I paint it natural, Susie, so you think how it looks?’ 1 This is the voice of Emily Dickinson, a defiant and uncanny poet of the modern era, referring to her own verbal skills. Quintessentially lyric, especially if one admits that lyric thrives in the gaps and breaches of conventional generic taxonomies, Dickinson was repeatedly testing the boundaries between the verbal and the visual in h…
This book is an experiment. Starting in the late 1970s, I began conducting ar-chaeological research in the lower Ulua River valley, a 2400 square kilometer swathe of lowlands that stretches over 70 km inland from the Caribbean coast. One of my earliest and continuing interests has been the pottery of the region, particularly the vessels called Ulua Polychromes. Long collected by museums, Ulua P…
Brazil’s most famous outsider artist, Arthur Bispo do Rosário, spent fi ft y years in an asylum on the edge of Rio de Janeiro, diagnosed with schizophrenia. On the walls of his studio- cell as well as on objects therein, he created scores of works, many of them now displayed in museums. When, late in life, he gained public recognition, it caused …
This monograph deals with the verb in Nyakyusa, a Bantu language of south-western Tanzania. AsNurse (2008: 21) puts it, “Bantu languages are ‘verby’, thatis, they are morphologically agglutinating languages, expressing by verbal inflec-tion what other languages may express lexically or syntactically.” Grammaticalcategories marked on the verb include subject, object, negation, a number o…
The human is a source of trouble for posthumanism. Committed to dis-turbing the opposition between human and nonhuman, posthumanist theory has tended to sideline the human from the scene of its theoretical engagements with otherness. The human has become akin to the “Invisible Gorilla” made famous by psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. Seeking to establish …
When we undertook the task of reviewing the clubs identity and its brand values it was clear to us all that the lack of reference to Chelsea FC's heritage was evident. It was always important therefore that history played a big part in any development we decided to do. The result is a set of brand values and a new club badge that everyone involved with the club should be proud of. A Centenary m…
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This volume concerns the potential of drug- loaded polymer nanofibres in pharmaceutics. It is designed to act as a primer for those about to start research in this area, be they new MSc or PhD students or more experienced researchers looking to move into the field. It places significant emphasis on the experimental aspects of fibre production, and provides hints…
This study aims to identify and present options for the improved management of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) and solid recovered fuels (SRF)4 produced during the treatment of solid municipal waste (MW), thus reducing the quantities of waste being disposed of in landfills. It aims to raise awareness of this issue in the waste sector, not only among mechanical treatment plant (MTP) and mechanic…
In 1529, Pedro de Cazalla, a scion of a prominent family of Jewish converts to Christianity from Toledo, claimed that no more than “a thread” connected men with God and that any mediation by the Church was unnecessary. This book explores the manyfold ramifications of this idea. It stems from the conviction that during the early modern period, the Iberia…
In April 2022, colleagues and I went to the desert coastal town of Lüderitz inSouthern Namibia for work. Our group of three having met up in BloemfonteinSouth Africa, had driven west in ourbakkie(pickup truck) to the Northern CapeProvince. From there we continued north across the Orange River, which, follow-ing good rains, was filled to the brim, to arrive in Namibia. One night in Lüderitz,af…
The subject of my book is a Portuguese Cistercian nun, Joana de Jesus (1617–1681),whowroteanautobiographicalmysticaltext.However,themostfamousPortuguesenun is still Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723),probably the fictional author of theLet-tresPortugaises.1Thisbook–anardentcorrespondencebetweenacloisterednunanda French aristocrat – had wide appeal in the European literary scene of its time.…
On 19 June 1942, we arrived at the SS labour camp Mielice (district Krakow). The labour camp was designated for Jews only, and was situated in the grounds of the Heinkel aeroplane factory. At the time of my arrival, the number of Jews working there was approximately 100. About 5,000 Poles and 500 Germans worked in the factory proper. Every day after work, the…
t is late in the afternoon. Thick clouds hover over the hill towering in front of us. Hundreds of houses and small buildings cascade down the hillside. They resemble Lego bricks carelessly stacked on top of each other—like a jigsaw puzzle of bricks and mortar. I am walking in a long row of about 40 black-clad police officers moving throug…
Consistent, clear and comprehensive definitions of firearms, their parts andcomponents and ammunition in international instruments are necessary forstates to effectively address the complex transnational problem of firearmstrafficking. Frequently linked with organised crime, firearms trafficking hassignificant consequences for society and the economy at large. This articlelooks at the curren…
What does such a scene indicate about the rhetorical power of young activists, about their relationships with their audiences, and about the persua-sive tactics they employ to accomplish their ends? This book begins from such scenes, in which public and media attention rests upon children, teens, and other youth as they engage in acts of petition, protest, organizing, an…
How to think philosophically about religion? The separation of church and state takes form in the nineteenth century. In public universities in the Netherlands, systematic, church-related theology is replaced by philosophy of religion. As a window on academic thinking about faith, Willem B. Drees, Leiden University's last professor of philosophy of religion, reads the work of his predecessors. …
Co-operation is a complex thing. Whether between individuals, organisations or nation-states an ability to co-operate is a crucial part of any successful relation-ship. An inability to co-operate often leads to a downturn in relationships with potential drastic consequences. Today, the promotion of co-operatives is one of the most effective tools used by international policymakers to stimulate …
The science is clear: halting loss of tropical2 forests—the home and heritage of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and local communities (LCs)3 who have long been their guardians—is necessary to address climate change and achieve the Paris Agreement goals.i Yet, tropical forest loss and degradation have proven difficult to reduce, generating large greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and threatening IPs…
The global warming consequences – from greenhouse gas emissions and a reduction in the capacity of forests to absorb and store carbon – are grave, and likely to be especially acute in tropical regions themselves. Forest loss also leads to the breakdown of critical ecosystem services, such as water provision, and interferes with regional climatic patterns, with serious knockon effects for a…
Climate change is already impacting tropical forests around the world, including through distributional shifts of forest biomes, changes in species composition, biomass, pests and diseases, and increases in forest fires (high confidence). These impacts are often compounded by non-climatic factors such as conversion of land for other uses, burning to clear land, mining, and road and infrastructu…
This e-book contains identification of plant such as leaf and tree's parts.
One of the most critical uses of foliar characters is in interpreting the angiosperm fossil record. Although fossil reproductive structures comprise an important source of data (e.g., Friis and Skarby, 1982; Basinger and Dilcher, 1984; Herendeen et al., 1999; Crepet et al., 2004; Friis et al., 2006), compressions and impressions of leaves are the most common macroscopic angiosperm fossils. Beca…
This report was prepared by Baker & O’Brien, Inc. (Baker & O’Brien) using its own models and analysis. The opinions and findings in this report are based upon Baker & O'Brien's experience, expertise, skill, research, analysis, and related work to date. Forecasts and projections contained in this report represent Baker & O'Brien's best judgment utilizing its skill and expertise and are inher…
In May 1876, Nicolaus Otto built the first practical four-stroke-cycle internal combustion engine powered by a liquid fuel. By 1884, he concluded development of his engine with the invention of the first magneto ignition system for low-voltage ignition. The liquid fuel used by Otto became known as gasoline in the United States; elsewhere it may be known as gasolina, petrol, essence, or benzin (…
The original role of the anesthesiologist was to facilitate surgical procedures by providing analgesia and amnesia for patients in a safe manner. While this continues to be the primary responsibility of anesthesiologists, the breadth of anesthesia has now grown out of being practiced exclusively in the operating room to areas outside the OR as well as providing services as consulting specialty …
One of the few comprehensive, interdisciplinary centers in the United States devoted to diagnosis and treatment of concussion, NYU Langone’s Concussion Center has treated over 1,000 patients since it was established in the spring of 2013. The center maintains a concussionpatient registry, and is currently investigating the use of the King-Devick Test® for eye movement, and other quickly admi…
Cranial neurosurgery is a term covering a vastrange of surgical procedures carried out on the brain or on nerves located in the skull. It includes potentially life-saving surgery to stop bleeding in the brain and remove tumours, as well as procedures to address debilitating pain caused by nerve damage. Cranial neurosurgeons also play a pivotalrole in monitoring patients who have suffered a head…
In Writing Machines (2002), N. Katherine Hayles argues for electronic textuality, a condition of text that includes “signifying components” such as “sound, an-imation, motion, video, kinesthetic involvements, and software functionality” (20). Calling her approach to analyzing non-print texts “media-specific analy-sis” (29?31), she broadens the scope of litera…
Why is it necessary to make available the Dutch texts of eleven of the ninety-eight documents published in These Oppressions Won’t Cease, all those which I know to exist? This has to do with the linguistic situation in the Eastern Cape during the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century. During this time, Eastern Cape Khoekhoe was dying out. In These Oppressions Won’t Cease, there is …
Drawing on these three megatrends and many other socioeconomic indicators (see Chapter 2), UNICEF commissioned the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital to analyse scenarios using the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) model to explore how the world might look for children in 2050. These scenarios are not predictions, but an exploration of possibilities based on differen…
After the launch of the first space object in 1957 by the Soviet Union, other States followed with space objects for different missions. With time, space ac-tivities developed into many directions. It became evident that activities un-dertaken beyond national boundaries needed to be internationally regulated. Governments started to call for the creation of multilateral treaties at the Unit-ed N…