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View book details for Puerto Rican Soldiers and Second-Class Citizenship
Representations in Media
Puerto Rican soldiers have been consistently whitewashed out of the narrative of American history despite playing parts in all American wars since WWI. This book examines the online self-representation of Puerto Rican soldiers who served during the War on Terror, …
View book details for Chechnya's Secret Wartime Diplomacy
Aslan Maskhadov and the Quest for a Peaceful Resolution
This volume makes available transcripts and commentary from the secret correspondence between former Chechen foreign minister Ilyas Akhmatov and Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. This correspondence provides revelatory insights into both men's attempts to secure Western support for a peaceful transition …
View book details for Identity and Nation in African Football
Fans, Community and Clubs
The 2010 South African World Cup launched African football onto the global stage. This volume brings together top scholars on African football to explore a range of issues such as gender, identity, nationalism, history, cyber-fandom, the media and fan radicalization.
View book details for The Chinese Communist Party's Capacity to Rule
Ideology, Legitimacy and Party Cohesion
Why did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not follow the failure of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? This book examines this question by studying two crucial strategies that the CCP feels it needs to implement …
View book details for Emotionen im Coaching
Kommunikative Muster der Beratungsinteraktion
Bettina Schreyogg stellt die Betrachtung emotionsfokussierender Gesprachstechniken in der Beratung in den Mittelpunkt ihrer Arbeit. Sie untersucht die professionell gerahmten sprachlichen Interaktionen in Beratungsgesprachen. Davon ausgehend, dass Reflexions- und Lernprozesse von Individuen an deren Emotionen gebunden sind und umgekehrt, zeigt …
View book details for Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational Leadership
Is there a Nordic Model?
This book explores to what extent transnational influences change national/local values and practices in the Nordic educational systems. It provides country cases and thematic chapters that give nuanced insights into the influence of transnational agencies on national governance and discourses. …
This book explores domestic opposition to formal US military bases in Latin America, and provides evidence of a growing network of informal and secretive base-like arrangements that supports US military operations in the Latin American Region.
View book details for The Irish Civil War and Society
Politics, Class, and Conflict
The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions …
This book comes to its second edition intending to broaden the discussion about the plastic surgical techniques for the reconstruction of the ear. It features a more in-depth discussion of the topics previously addressed, including chapters on microtia, anotia, the …
View book details for Applied Psychology Readings
Selected Papers from Singapore Conference on Applied Psychology, 2016
This book features the best papers presented at the Singapore Conference on Applied Psychology in 2016. Chapters include research conducted by experts in the field of applied psychology from the Asia-Pacific region, and cover areas such as community and environmental …
This book looks at the role of popular music in constructing the myth of the First World War. Since the late 1950s over 1,500 popular songs from more than forty countries have been recorded that draw inspiration from the War. …
This doctoral thesis presents a novel approach to landslide risk assessment that explores the various dimensions of landslide risk in an integrated perspective. The research approach introduced here is tailored for use with landslide databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). …
View book details for Parliamentarians Professional Development
The Need for Reform
This book addresses the education and training of Members of Parliament (MPs). It examines existing training programs offered in various countries around the world, evaluates their strengths and weaknesses and makes recommendations for a new approach, which aligns the professional …
View book details for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion
Processes, Practices, and Prospects
This book argues that embeddedness and community participation bring unique propositions for social entrepreneurship to foster social inclusion. It uncovers the role of local knowledge and grassroots level innovations to create necessary environment for the positive social change to roll. …
This book discusses the practical applications of quorum sensing inhibitors for both human and plant health. Quorum sensing inhibitors that disrupt microbial biofilms can be employed to treat bacterial infections. The book describes the various bioactive molecules that can serve …
View book details for Biomedical Informatics
Discovering Knowledge in Big Data
This book provides a broad overview of the topic Bioinformatics with focus on data, information and knowledge. From data acquisition and storage to visualization, ranging through privacy, regulatory and other practical and theoretical topics, the author touches several fundamental aspects …
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to numerical modeling of size effects in metal plasticity. The main classes of strain gradient plasticity formulations are described and efficiently implemented in the context of the finite element method. A robust numerical framework …
Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences focuses on innovative ways in which educators can enrich the plant science content being taught in universities and secondary schools. Drawing on contributions from scholars around the world, various methods of teaching …
View book details for John Keats
Reimagining History
This book considers Keatss major poems as exercises in Romantic historicism. The poetrys rich allusiveness represents Keatss effort to reclaim the British canon for Cockney revisionism, and reveals Keats characteristically invoking the past to define his contemporary cultural politics. The …
View book details for China-ASEAN Environment Outlook 1 (CAEO-1)
Towards Green Development
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the status and progress of China-ASEAN green development and examines the common development issues in China and ASEAN Member States (AMSs). It also explores development trends within the framework of global and regional …
View book details for Quantum Computational Chemistry
Modelling and Calculation for Functional Materials
This book is for both theoretical and experimental chemists to begin quantum molecular orbital calculations for functional materials. First, the theoretical background including the molecular orbital calculation method and modelling are explained. This is followed by an explanation of how …
View book details for Phase Diagrams for Geoscientists
An Atlas of the Earth's Interior
The book summarizes the results of the experimental studies of phase relations in the chemical systems relevant to Earth, carried out by the author in a time period of over 20 years between 1979 and 2001. It is based on …
View book details for Atlas of Minimally Invasive Facelift
Facial Rejuvenation with Volumetric Lipofilling
This atlas provides a concise overview of the principle of fat grafting and its clinical applications to treat aging in the central areas of the face in a minimally invasive manner. The authors start with a short description of the …
This Springer Laboratory volume introduces the reader to advanced techniques for the separation and fractionation of polyolefins. It includes detailed information on experimental protocols and procedures, addressing the experimental background of different polyolefin fractionation techniques in great detail. The book …
View book details for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction
From Barrett's Esophagus to Cancer
This book offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the diagnosis and therapy of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ). As is appropriate in the era of multidisciplinary and multimodal treatment, the contributions of all the various specialists involved cooperatively in …
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