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Holy Waters: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Religion and Alcohol
by Stephen CovellThis edited volume brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine the relationship between religion and alcohol.It examines the historical, social, ritual, economic, political, and cultural relationship between religion and alcohol across time periods and around the world. Twelve chapters are tied together by two major themes: first, gender identity, and its intersection with religion and alcohol; second, identity construction in religious communities, demonstrating how alcohol can be used as a distinguishing factor for religious, ethnic, and national identity. A key focus of the volume is how alcohol can bridge and divide the point at which the sacred and secular meet.With its interdisciplinary approach and engaging style, this book is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students in religion departments and appeals to scholars of material culture, food, and alcohol. Additionally, the book is of interest to professionals in the alcohol industry, particularly those involved in microbrewing and winemaking, who are interested in understanding the historical and cultural contexts of their craft.
Holzbausanierung beim Bauen im Bestand (VDI-Buch)
by Karin Lißner Wolfgang RugIn der 2. vollständig überarbeiteten Auflage des Fachbuches behandeln die Autoren die Vorgehensweise bei der Sanierung im Bestand, weisen auf typische Schädigungen hin und geben konstruktive Hinweise für eine substanzschonende Instandsetzung und Sanierung. Das Werk wurde im Hinblick auf den Wissens- und Kenntnisstand grundlegend aktualisiert und es wurden neue Problemstellungen, wie z. B. Schäden und Instandsetzungen an Hallentragwerken, eingearbeitet.Der Leser findet nicht nur Hinweise zur Schadenanalyse und Planung einer Sanierungsstrategie an Dach- und Deckenkonstruktionen oder Holzbauverbindungen sondern auch an Fachwerk-, Block-, Umgebindebauten sowie Hallen in Holzbauweise.Fragen des Holz- und Feuchteschutzes werden ebenso behandelt wie bauphysikalische und statisch-konstruktive Aspekte. Zahlreiche Beispiele zeigen das breite Spektrum der Sanierungsprobleme, mit denen Architekten, Ingenieure und Denkmalpfleger ebenso wie Holzschutzspezialisten und Baupraktiker der verschiedensten Spezialdisziplinen bei der Altbausanierung konfrontiert sind. Holz ist wesentlicher Baustoff der Bausubstanz in Bestandsgebäuden. Die Sanierung des Bestandes erfordert eine werterhaltende Behandlung der Schäden, die oft unzureichend oder fehlerhaft ausgeführt wird.
Homage: Regional Sustainability and Economic Resilience (River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability)
by Luca Salvati Ioannis Vardopoulos Francisco Escrivà Saneugenio Adele SaterianoDeparting from conventional narratives centered on economic stagnation and social secularism, this book offers a fresh perspective on Mediterranean urbanities. It posits their correlation with housing and welfare regimes, societal transformations, local governance structures, and deficiencies in spatial planning. The analysis within delves into the neglected potential for mitigating regional disparities, conducting a meticulous examination of environmental disparities, economic imbalances, and overarching social inequalities in Southern European regions. The outcome aims to furnish an integrated, and potentially holistic, understanding of spatial divisions between cities and their surrounding territories.
Homage to Evangelista Torricelli’s Opera Geometrica 1644–2024: Text, Transcription, Commentaries and Selected Essays as New Historical Insights (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science #55)
by Patricia Radelet de Grave Raffaele Pisano Jean Dhombres Paolo BussottiEvangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista Torricelli's monumental Opera geometrica, this book marks 380 years since its publication (1644-2024). This homage to Torricelli introduces the magnificent major work in Mechanics and Mathematics of a brilliant Archimedean–and–Galilean scientist to modern readers.Opera geometrica deals with Motion & Mechanics and Geometry & Infinitesimals. In quibus Archimedis doctrina Torricelli also presents his mechanical principle of equilibrium – the foundation of the modern Principle of Virtual Work/Static.This outstanding source and research book spotlights the relevance and originality of Torricelli’s Mechanics, and is the first and most profound analysis of the Opera geometrica to date. The historical study is achieved in extensive Introduction, 5 Essays and an accurate Transcription of Opera geometrica with parallel side–by–side text, including substantive explicative notes. The book is an accessible avenue to understanding this work by leading authorities who offer much-needed insights into the relationship Physics–Mathematics, Mechanics and Fundamentals. It appeals to historians, epistemologists and scientists.
Hombre Mosca Presenta: Insectos (Hombre Mosca presenta)
by Tedd Arnold¡Aprende todo sobre los insectos con Hombre Mosca y Buzz!¡Hombre Mosca y Buzz estan listos para su proxima excursion! ¡Y en HOMBRE MOSCA PRESENTA: INSECTOS, salen a aprenderlo todo sobre otros insectos como Hombre Mosca! Con un texto sencillo, comentarios humoristicos y fotografias a pagina completa para ninos, los jovenes lectores aprenderan muchos datos divertidos sobre todo tipo de insectos. ¡El galardonado autor/ilustrador Tedd Arnold realmente da vida a este libro de no ficcion!Learn all about insects with Fly Guy and Buzz!Fly Guy and Buzz are ready for their next field trip! And in FLY GUY PRESENTS: INSECTS they go outside to learn all about other insects like Fly Guy! With straightforward text, humorous asides, and kid-friendly full-bleed photographs throughout, young readers will learn lots of fun facts about all sorts of bugs. Award-winning author/illustrator Tedd Arnold really brings nonfiction to life!
El hombre, su época y su obra folclórica
by Juan Bautista AmbrosettiA medida que más se ahonda en el conocimiento de la vida y la obra del argentino Ambrosetti, más nítida surge la imagen de un hombre de ciencia auténtico: vocación indudable, revelada con temprana precocidad; espíritu observador; mente sistemática; hábitos metódicos; amor al estudio, tanto en los libros como en la vida y en la naturaleza; rigor en la documentación de los datos y en la legitimidad de las conclusiones, noblemente rectificadas cuando nuevos aportes lo convencían de lo erróneo de una interpretación; tendencia a especializarse partiendo de una amplia base de cultura general; laboriosidad incansable y actitud humilde de perenne estudioso... Pero no fue, a Dios gracias, sólo eso. No se deshumanizó en aras de la ciencia. El "loco de los cacharros" no echó en olvido al hombre que los modeló con esfuerzo, los decoró con arte y los usó con provecho. Llegó hasta el pueblo no para ver a cada individuo como un coleóptero pinchado en un corcho, sino como a un ser humano, en cuyo microcosmos no desdeñó penetrar con interés y a veces con emoción. Esta capacidad de conmoverse lo eleva de la destreza técnica y de la erudición fría a la personalidad de un sabio integral. Ante el Valle de Namuncurá en la sierra de Lihú Calel, imaginando la resurrección de los indios quilmes entre remolinos de polvo y fragores de tormenta, extrayendo restos humanos en la primera tumba abierta en el Pucará de Tilcara, el arqueólogo siente, en el fondo de su alma, que la ciencia no ha muerto a la poesía.
Home (Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers (SSCR))
by Isabelle Simler"Stunning . . . An exceptional exploration of a delightfully diverse roundup of natural dwellings and their equally intriguing inhabitants." — Booklist (STARRED REVIEW)A spectacular tour through the dwellings of twenty-seven different animals, from a hermit crab&’s secondhand shell to a beaver&’s lakeside dam to a comet moth&’s silk cocoon. Acclaimed creator Isabelle Simler presents a poetic journey through amazing animal homes across the world. In Europe, alpine marmots stay safe in underground refuges. In southeast Asia, Sumatran orangutans doze off in treetop bedrooms. In Mexico and the southwestern US, elf owls nest in holes in saguaro cacti. On every continent but Antarctica, honeybees mold wax into palaces for their queens. No matter where you travel, some creature is making an extraordinary place to call home. With connections to life cycles, camouflage, and other biological concepts, Home is a spellbinding showcase of the wonders of the natural world. Enchanting poetry, fascinating back matter, and intricately detailed art invite young readers to be amazed by the creativity and diversity of our animal neighbors.
Home Activity Lab: Exciting Experiments for Budding Scientists (DK Activity Lab)
by Robert WinstonDive into science with these fun and simple experiments for children to do at home.This fun, activity-filled book is brimming with home experiments to help budding scientists aged 8-14 explore different projects. Using household items, combine science with art and craft, and make an erupting volcano, design rubber band planets, sail a soap-powered boat, and race car balloons.Packed with photography, easy-to-follow instructions, and attention to detail, Home Activity Lab will excite young scientists from the get-go! Each of the super-fun make-and-do projects in this book comes with simple step-by-step photographs and instructions that will inspire children&’s imagination and teach STEM topics.This children&’s craft book on space offers: - 28 hands-on projects that appeals to kids aged 8-14.- Materials easily found around the home with no specialist equipment needed.- Information boxes full of fascinating facts and panel stories that explain the science throughout the book.- A clear explanation how STEM is involved in creating the project or the results of the experiment.Ideal for kids who are interested in STEM, Home Activity Lab features a collection of science projects with easy-to-follow instructions and everyday ingredients that can be found around the house. Each experiment describes the science behind the project, highlighting STEM facts with STEM icons pointing out the key science, technology, engineering, and maths learning involved in each one.More in the seriesThe Activity Lab series inspires children to get hands-on with learning by creating exciting STEM projects in their favorite subject. If you liked Home Activity Lab, then why not try Dinosaur Activity Lab for budding paleontologists, Cardboard Activity Lab for eco-friendly recycling fun, Space Activity Lab for aspiring astrologists, or Great STEM Projects experiments for all budding scientists?
Home Address: International Space Station (Smithsonian)
by James BuckleyHome is a long way from home!There are no refrigerators in space—think about it! Life on the International Space Station is well, another, way of life: you wake up in a sleeping bag tied to the wall; open a food package which keeps your meals from floating away, and then maybe go to work . . . walking in space! (And the toilet? That’s a story!) A lively reader about daily life on the ISS.
Home from the Sea
by Kathleen Weidner ZoehfeldEach year, elephant seals migrate from Alaska to California, and back again. Kids will discover how the herd eats, fights, eats some more, and raises the next generation of baby seals. The seal pups mature for a few months, then join their parents on the next great migration to their favorite feeding grounds.
Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)
by D. Hashini Galhena Dissanayake Karimbhai M. MarediaHome Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy toward building local and more resilient food systems.With food and nutritional security being a major global challenge, there is an urgent need to find innovative ways to increase food production and diversify food sources while increasing income-generating opportunities for communities faced with hunger and poverty. This book shows that when implemented properly, home gardens can become just such an innovative solution, as well as an integral part of sustainable food security programs. It provides a conceptual overview of social, economic, environmental and nutritional issues related to home gardening in diverse contexts, including gender issues and biodiversity conservation, and presents case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America highlighting home gardening experiences and initiatives. The volume concludes with a synthesis of key lessons learned and ways forward for further enhancing home gardens for sustainable food security and development.This book will be a useful read for students and scholars working on local food systems, food security, sustainable development and more broadly development strategy.
Home Learning Pack: Quick, clear lessons you can use at home for science learning! (Science in a Flash #999)
by Georgia Amson-BradshawHelp kids discover science at home - in a flash!Get your kids learning science with quick and clear lessons you can use for home learning. Simple activities and easy experiments give your children hands-on learning opportunities - and the jokes and cartoons throughout the ebooks will help to keep all home-learners engaged and excited to learn! Easily observe a plant's life cycle by sprouting your own seeds in a clear plastic bag.Make your own camouflaged butterfly to help you remember your lesson on adaptations.Spot the riddles and pop quizes throughout: Can you find the hidden spider? Count all the mammals on the page! Where in the universe would you weigh the most? What forces balance to make a duck float? And so many more!Children can confidently keep up with their school science topics with this easy-to-follow digital learning pack.The ebooks in the pack cover:Light ForcesLiving ThingsAlso available as ebooks are:Earth and SpaceElectricityRocksSoundStates of Matter
The Home of the Future: Digitalization and Resource Management (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by Sinan KüfeoğluThis book presents an in-depth study to show that a sustainable future urban life is possible. To build a safer and more sustainable future, as humankind, we would like to use more renewable energy, increase energy efficiency, reduce our carbon and water footprints in all economic sectors. The increasing population and humans’ ever-increasing demand for consumption pose another question whether the world’s resources are sufficient for present and future generations. Fair access to water, energy, and food is the objective for all. In line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, scientists, researchers, engineers, and policymakers worldwide are working hard to achieve these objectives. To answer all these challenges, we would like to introduce the core of Smart Cities of the future, the building block of the future’s urban life: Open Digital Innovation Hub (ODIH). ODIH will serve as the ‘Home of the Future’, a fully digitalised and smart, self-sustaining building that answers all the motivation we highlight here. In ODIH, we introduce a living space that produces its water, energy, and food by minimising carbon and water footprints thanks to the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain technologies. It will also serve as an open innovation environment for start-ups and entrepreneurs who wish to integrate their solutions into the infrastructure of ODIH and test those in real-time. We believe this will be a true open innovation test-bed for new business models.
Homegrown Grossology: Icky Things in Your Everyday Life (Grossology)
by Sylvia BranzeiExpand your knowledge on all things gross with these fun facts that hit especially close to home! Perfect for fans of the Weird But True! series.There&’s no escaping gross stuff—even in the comfort of your own home! Discover icky, disgusting fun facts about your body, beloved places like the kitchen, your favorite furry pets, and the creepy-crawlies you pretend don&’t exist.From barf to toilets to cockroaches (oh my!), what&’s gross has never been so fun!
Homeland Security: What Is It and Where Are We Going?
by Amos N. GuioraWith the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 now behind us, one critical question persists. Have policies enacted to protect us from terrorist attacks actually made us safer, or have they merely mollified the concerned public with a false sense of security? Homeland Security: What Is It and Where We Are Going combines professional experiences, personal re
Homeland Security and Private Sector Business: Corporations' Role in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Second Edition
by Chi-Jen Lee Cheng-Hsiung Lu Lucia H. LeeAddressing mandates and legislation introduced since the first edition, this new edition of an essential text identifies the role the private sector plays in securing our homeland and offers strategies to aid in the fight against national and international threats. It includes updates to the NIPP (National Infrastructure Protection Plan), new case studies of both proper security policies and procedures in practice versus costly security breaches, a toolkit for improving a company‘s security posture, and new measures to assess and address vulnerabilities and threats.
Homemade Robots: 10 Simple Bots to Build with Stuff Around the House
by Randy SarafanHomemade Robots teaches total beginners how to quickly and easily build 10 mobile, autonomous bots with simple tools and common household materials. A Perfect DIY STEAM adventure for the electronically curious. Homemade Robots is a beginner&’s guide to building a wide range of mobile, autonomous bots using common household materials. Its 10 creative and easy-to-follow projects are designed to maximize fun with minimal effort—no electronics experience necessary! From the teetering Wobbler to the rolling Barreller, each bot is self-driving and has a unique personality. There&’s the aptly named Inchworm Bot made of aluminum rulers; Buffer, a street sweeper-like bot that polishes the floor as it walks; and Sail Bot, which changes direction based on the wind. Randy Sarafan&’s hacker approach to sculptural robotics will appeal to builders of all ages. You&’ll learn basic electronics, get comfortable with tools and mechanical systems, and gain the confidence to explore further on your own. A wide world of robots is yours to discover, and Homemade Robots is the perfect starting point.
Homeopathy: An Illusion of Effectiveness
by Dinesh Kumar JainTaking a critical view, Homeopathy: An Illusion of Effectiveness is a treasure trove of information regarding the homeopathic system of medicine, reasoning through various unanswered questions concerning its principles and the scientific basis of its remedies. This book posits that the principles of homeopathy are inaccurate and homeopathic drugs have no therapeutic utility. Features: • Includes studies, observations, analysis, and conclusions of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy • Proves that principles of homeopathy are scientifically baseless and homeopathic drugs have no therapeutic effect • Provides a platform for creative and rational thinking • Promotes evidence-based medicine This book is the only one of its kind, explaining how Hahnemann framed the laws of this therapeutic system inaccurately due to lack of knowledge. At present, homeopathy is misleading the public and increasing morbidity and mortality because it is interfering with the application of modern medical science. This book will be useful in the medical community as well as the non-medical community, dispelling several myths associated with homeopathy by developing a rational approach based on scientific facts.
Homeostasis - Tumor - Metastasis
by Gaspar BanfalviHomeostasis. The health of an organism is influenced by external and internal changes that may lead to the loss of homeostasis. Under healthy conditions organisms compensate these changes. If compensation fails disease ensues. Attention will be paid to lifestyle, environmental changes, genetic makeup and health system. It will be answered how lifestyle, environment, genetic makeup and social conditions help to maintain or upset the biological balance and lead to cancer. Tumor formation. To understand this process the transfer of intracellular and the pathways of extracellular information (signal transduction) will be reviewed briefly. Loss of cellular balance may lead to cell death (. e. g. apoptosis) or to rapid cell growth of cells leading to tumor formation. Metastasis. Animal tumor models serve to understand the spread of the primary tumor cells to distant locations of the organism. Different types of tumors and metastases will be reviewed.
Homes (Picture This)
by Judith NouvionHomes are everywhere in nature. Discover many different kinds in these eye-catching photographs of animals in their natural habitats. From the silk thread spun by the weaver ant to the snowy den dug out by the polar bear, children will learn about where animals live and how they build or find their dwellings in our natural world. Perfect for very new and curious learners!
Homes in the Wild: Where Baby Animals and Their Parents Live (In the Wild)
by Lita JudgeAs informative as it is lovely, Homes in the Wild is an adorable nonfiction picture book from author/illustrator Lita Judge that shows that wild creatures—from beavers to bobcats, and sloths to squirrels—aren't so different from us after all.Just like us, every baby animal has a home. Some live in complex burrows deep underground, others in simple nests high in the treetops. But all homes, regardless of where they are or how they're built, serve the same purpose: providing shelter where a baby can eat, sleep, learn, and stay safe while growing up.Animal lovers will delight in this gorgeously illustrated peek inside the homes—from burrows deep underground to nests high in the trees—where baby animals live and grow.A 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12
Homicide: A Bibliography, Second Edition
by Bal K. Jerath Rajinder JerathHomicide represents the result of an exhaustive search of the world literature regarding homicide. More than 7,000 entries have been compiled from references selected from major indexes in libraries from outstanding universities, government agencies, and military posts; science libraries; law libraries; and the Library of Congress. Each entry features a one- or two-word annotation that indicates whether it is an article or a book, and all entries conform to the American Psychological Association stylebook guidelines. Key-word and author indexes provide quick access to works pertaining to particular subjects or by a certain author.
Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook
by Joan Swart and Lee MellorForensic psychology plays an increasingly important role in criminal investigations and legal decision-making. Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook guides readers through the practical aspects of homicide cases across the entire criminal justice system, from the investigative process to the criminal trial process, and beyond. Each chapter contains a description and analysis of selected cases and offenders, and provides a crime narrative and offender narrative to illustrate the underlying theory and practical considerations of homicide investigations. Criminal justice students and practitioners alike will benefit from the comprehensive scope of this text. In order to ensure fair and efficient criminal justice practices in the field of forensic investigation, there is still a need for conformity and standardization of sound protocols and approaches based on improved knowledge and education. This book is part of that effort to understand homicidal behavior and offenders better in order to prevent similar crimes.
Homing Endonucleases
by David R. EdgellHoming Endonucleases: Methods and Protocols aims at providing molecular biologists with a comprehensive resource to identify and characterize homing endonucleases from genomic sequence, to deduce the biological basis of binding and cleavage specificity, as well as to provide protocols to redesign endonuclease target specificity for genome-editing applications. Engineering of designer homing endonucleases has set the stage for genome editing of complex eukaryotic genomes with a broad range of potential applications including targeted gene knockouts in model organisms and gene therapy in humans, making this book a valuable resource for future research. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Homing Endonucleases: Methods and Protocols serves as a key reference for all labs studying site-specific DNA endonucleases.
The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
by Bernd HeinrichA captivating exploration of the homing instinct in animals, and what it means for human happiness and survival, from the celebrated naturalist and author of Mind of the Raven, Why We Run, and Life Everlasting.Acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year since boyhood to a beloved patch of western Maine woods. What is the biology in humans of this deep-in-the-bones pull toward a particular place, and how is it related to animal homing?Heinrich explores the fascinating science chipping away at the mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory; how scent trails are used by many creatures, from fish to insects to amphibians, to pinpoint their home if they are displaced from it; and how the tiniest of songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. Most movingly, Heinrich chronicles the spring return of a pair of sandhill cranes to their home pond in the Alaska tundra. With his trademark “marvelous, mind-altering” prose (Los Angeles Times), he portrays the unmistakable signs of deep psychological emotion in the newly arrived birds??—??and reminds us that to discount our own emotions toward home is to ignore biology itself.