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Amor y Caos (La Familia Macpherson)
by Jan Coffey May McGoldrickOlvida el inglés. Olvida la Reforma. Olvida tu cordura... Una boda, dos clanes… y caos garantizado. En el gran salón de la Fleet Tower, la vida nunca es tranquila. Los McCall se preparan para una boda, y si eso implica llegadas inesperadas, asesinatos y un caos absoluto, pues tanto mejor. Esta es una «comedia que te hará reír a carcajadas». Intenta casarte cuando tu prometida puede lanzarte una olla de hierro con precisión mortal, su tío cree que es William Wallace y sus dos tías solteronas no logran terminar una sola frase —o un pensamiento— por sí solas… Esos son los problemas de Sir Iain Armstrong cuando va a casarse con Lady Marion, una mujer feroz criada en el convento. Todo lo que Iain desea es cumplir los deseos de sus padres, apaciguar a dos cortes reales y asegurar el futuro de Escocia poniendo fin a los conflictos en su región de los Borders. Y ella solo tiene que aceptar casarse con él, lo cual es lo último que tiene en mente cuando Iain llega al convento. No se la llevará sin pelear. Y aunque Lady Marion descubre que Iain es un hombre valiente, inteligente y con unos hombros seductoramente poderosos, ¿conseguirá su excéntrica familia lo que sus rabietas, su obstinación y su orgullo no han logrado hasta ahora: alejarlo para siempre?
The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids (Silly Jokes)
by Carole P. RomanWhy do fish live in saltwater? Because pepper makes them sneeze! Make your holiday gift a smash hit with 800 silly jokes for kids!Reading jokes can tickle your funny bone AND help boost reading skills. The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids is chock-full of knock-knock jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, and puns you can share with your friends and family for hours and hours of laughing!Funny facts and illustrations—Find some very silly illustrations that match the jokes, and fun trivia about the joke topics—did you know that elephants can't jump?Beginner joke-writing tips—This joke book for kids explains how setups and punchlines works and includes tips and exercises to help you write your own jokes.Take jokes anywhere—Bring this book on road trips, plane trips, and more so you can have fun everywhere you go.Give the gift of laughter—This book makes an educational and hilarious holiday gift or Christmas stocking stuffer for any kid who loves to laugh!The perfect joke book for kids of all ages, The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids promises to keep the young readers entertained and amused.
The Refusalist International: A Theory of the New Protest Cycle (Theory Redux)
by Mikkel Bolt RasmussenThe many mass protests that have taken place since 2011 have been characterised by an unmistakable need to challenge, overthrow and destroy the prevailing political representations without proposing new ones. The protests are not concerned with replacing the current government or leader with others, and thus getting a better version of what we already have. Instead, they refuse all leaders, including the most critical opposition leaders: these protests are about dismantling the need for leaders. More and more people are coming to the view that it is not possible to manage the many crises within the framework of the political institutions we have today. The new protests are political acts that are neither class struggle nor the establishment of an opposition to those in power. Rasmussen argues that we should understand these protests as the emergence of a new kind of revolutionary action that is as much an anthropological as a political transformation: it is an attempt to break free from all the traditional notions of how the social context that we call society and the nation-state is organised.
Social Epistemology: The Niches for Knowledge and Ignorance
by Alessandra TanesiniHuman beings change the world in order to know it more easily and reliably. That is, we construct social and material environments, or ‘epistemic niches’, and develop cognitive tools to better acquire, transmit, or store information. A queue, for example, is an environment where information about the order of arrival is conveyed by a spatial configuration. Queues are niches that transform an arduous memory task into a simpler perceptual one. In this important book, Alessandra Tanesini argues that knowledge and ignorance always occur within epistemic niches and that neither can be properly described or evaluated independently of the niches within which it is found. She explores two dominant themes. First, epistemic niches in the Global North and, increasingly, elsewhere are quantified niches that promote transforming the world into aggregates of data that are suitable for classification, measurement, ranking, standardisation, and automation. These niches carry distinctive epistemic benefits and disadvantages. Second, some epistemic niches are in the service of ignorance and oppression rather than knowledge. Tanesini offers analyses of some environments that promote epistemic exploitation, appropriation, cultural imperialism, and epistemic extractivism. Social Epistemology: The Niches for Knowledge and Ignorance is a groundbreaking work for students and scholars of philosophy, political theory, social psychology, and related disciplines.
Global Queer Theologies: Intercontextual and Interreligious Perspectives
by Lisa Isherwood Hugo Córdova QueroPresents a groundbreaking global exploration of queer theologies across religions, regions, and spiritual traditions Global Queer Theologies: Intercontextual and Interreligious Perspectives is an essential and timely resource for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of queer theologies as they emerge and evolve within diverse cultural, regional, and religious frameworks. While much of queer theological discourse has historically centered on the Global North and Christian traditions, this landmark volume decisively expands the conversation, drawing on multilingual scholarship and diverse lived experiences to illuminate the theological expressions of queer believers across global contexts. Demonstrating how queer communities actively reinterpret sacred texts and spiritual practices, the text serves not only as an introduction to queer theological thought but also as a teaching tool designed to foster inclusive classroom engagement. Structured for clarity and pedagogical effectiveness, each chapter presents a focused exploration of a religious tradition or theme, complemented by visual aids and discussion prompts that encourage critical reflection and dialogue. The contributing authors map the rich, complex intersections of faith, sexuality, and identity, amplify voices long silenced or overlooked, and illuminate the sacred narratives of queer believers from across the globe. Bridging theory with lived experience, emphasizing theological agency in marginalized contexts, Global Queer Theologies: Intercontextual and Interreligious Perspectives: Includes analysis of underexplored spiritual systems such as Shinto, Confucianism, paganism, and ancestral religions Employs a thematic and regional organizational structure that engages readers with both theory and practice Incorporates glossaries for enhanced clarity and reader accessibility in each section and original diagrams and graphics that map religious structures and spiritual genealogies throughout Features highlight boxes within chapters that introduce key thinkers, terms, and movements without disrupting the narrative flow Contains discussion questions at the end of each chapter to support student reflection and faculty-led dialogue The first volume of its kind to offer truly global coverage of queer theologies across major and minor religious traditions, Global Queer Theologies: Intercontextual and Interreligious Perspectives is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in theology, religious studies, gender studies, and queer theory.
A Guide to Thriving: The Science Behind Breaking Old Patterns, Reclaiming Your Agency, and Finding Meaning
by Jon RosembergAn incisive, evidence-based guide to unlocking your full potential If you feel overwhelmed, burned out, stuck, or constantly on edge, you may be trapped in survival mode. Life in this state becomes an endless cycle of reactivity, where you stay guarded against every perceived threat and shrink yourself to stay safe. It's draining, confining, and prevents you from fully thriving. In A Guide to Thriving, you'll discover how reclaiming your agency can transform your life. Agency is our capacity to be active participants in our lives by making intentional choices, guided by the belief that our decisions matter and have impact. This book offers a practical map with nine essential elements of personal growth to help you step into a thriving life. You'll learn to: Recognize when survival mode is in control. Break free from the limiting beliefs holding you back. Apply the science-backed AIR method (Awareness, Inquiry, Reframing) to create a life that feels expansive, connected, resilient, meaningful, and full of possibility. You've spent long enough in survival mode. Let A Guide to Thriving empower you to make bold choices that help you, your team, your family, and your community thrive. You're meant for more than just getting by. You're meant to thrive.
AI-driven Innovations in Physiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 1 (ISTE Invoiced)
by Abhishek Kumar Pramod Singh Rathore Sachin Ahuja Priya BattaAI-driven Innovations in Physiotherapy and Oncology 1 explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on two critical domains of healthcare. As the global demand for personalized, efficient and data-driven medical interventions increases, this book offers a timely examination of how AI technologies are reshaping clinical practices in both physiotherapy and oncology. The book explores how AI supports early cancer detection, personalized treatment planning and monitoring of disease progression, while also playing a pivotal role in physiotherapy by enabling intelligent rehabilitation strategies tailored to oncology patients. From AI-driven motion analysis and virtual physiotherapy assistants to predictive models for treatment response and functional recovery, this book showcases innovations that optimize physical therapy outcomes for cancer patients. It also addresses ethical challenges, data governance and the integration of AI within clinical workflows. Designed for clinicians, researchers and healthcare innovators, this book is a vital resource for understanding how AI bridges the gap between oncology care and rehabilitative physiotherapy.
Things Needed to Get Better: Conversations with Stefan Müller-Doohm and Roman Yos
by Jürgen HabermasIn this book Jürgen Habermas offers a wide-ranging reflection on his life and work and on the factors that shaped the development of his thought. He discusses the motives behind his work, the circumstances under which it emerged and the changes it has undergone over the course of his long and productive career. He speaks about the events and the texts that played a decisive role in his thinking and he recounts key encounters with colleagues. The image that emerges is that of a richly intertwined network of relationships which covers large swathes of the intellectual map of the twentieth century and reaches through to the present day. Looking back at the development of his thought, Habermas discusses the specific historical circumstances that shaped his generation, identifies key experiences with his intellectual mentors, explores recent historical tendencies and political beliefs and talks about his own scholarly works and their reception. Time and again we see the normative impulse that lies behind so much of Habermas’s work: ‘I view the attempt to make the world even the tiniest bit better, or even just to be part of the effort to stave off the constant threats of regression that we face, as an utterly admirable motive.’ This autobiographical self-reflection by one of the greatest philosophers of our time will be of interest to a wide readership.
The Soul of Strategy: Building Customer Centric Organizations
by David E. Sprott Bernard J. JaworskiA powerful and original new take on business strategy—with the customer at the center of it—designed to generate enduring competitive advantage When setting strategy, organizations typically spend too much time thinking about the competition and resources within the firm and not enough time on the customer—the soul of any organization. Such an approach is reflected in the fact that most popular theories of business strategy have focused on resource- and capability-based perspectives of the firm. Real-world businesses embracing and applying these intuitively attractive theories have struggled to compete, however, exactly because those theories fail to adequately account for the most important actor in all commercial transactions: the customer. In The Soul of Strategy, two veteran strategists and academics deliver a straightforward new approach to business strategy—one that builds and expands on the classic work of Peter Drucker—recognizing the inescapable reality, faced by every organization, that a firm's primary job is to create and keep customers. The book offers a comprehensive customer-centric strategy framework, a set of fresh perspectives and tools, and step-by-step guides to implementing the leadership styles, governance structures, and technology that companies require to outcompete their rivals in attracting and retaining customers. The book brings to life these key principles by using case studies and examples of organizations in a variety of industries. You'll find: A clear description of the concept of customer centricity and its value to the organization. A new consumer behavior framework that will enable you to ask the right questions to elicit unique, actionable customer insights A “Customer Choice Cascade” that details how to select, prioritize, and deliver value for both customers and the firm. A balanced perspective on how to both find sources of innovation and systematically abandon activities, products, structures and systems that no longer add value to customers. The key role that customer insight data play in setting customer-centered strategy. Expansions on Drucker's proven strategic insights and ideas that go beyond well-worn frameworks like Porter's Five Forces. Perfect for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders, The Soul of Strategy is also a can't-miss resource for strategy consultants and advisors and anyone else interested in effective new ways of thinking about difficult and long-standing strategic problems.
Piezoelectric Materials: Properties, Applications and Devices (Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications)
by Christopher R. Bowen Andrew R. PlummerAuthoritative reference making piezoelectric materials technology more accessible by crossing the boundary between fundamental materials physics and applied engineering Piezoelectric Materials provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, an important class of smart materials which are useful as both actuators and sensors, covering materials, properties, and devices, including case studies of example applications. In addition to providing the underlying science on the subject, the text also supports those interested in using piezoelectric actuators and sensors in real world applications. Early chapters help the reader understand the limits and appropriate operating conditions for the piezoelectric and ferroelectric devices described in later chapters. Other topics discussed in Piezoelectric Materials include: The range of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials and their fundamental properties and applications in sensors, actuators, and as energy harvesting elements. Designs for various piezoelectric devices, including case studies on piezoelectric actuator applications, e.g., for servovalves, hydrophones, and active vibration control. Key limits of these materials and fundamental equations to predict displacement, force, resonance, and power requirements. Piezoelectric Materials serves as an invaluable reference on the subject and makes piezoceramic materials technology more accessible to researchers, advanced students, and practicing engineers. The text is also helpful to those in industries using piezoelectrics, in particular manufacturers of optics, photonics, and nanometrology equipment.
Custom-Designed Crop Breeding, 2 Volume Set
by Shri Mohan Jain Jameel M. Al-Khayri Muneeb Ahmad Wani Sudhir K. SoporyDiscover strategies to develop crop plants with specific traits needed to meet the specific challenges. Climate change poses an existential threat to global food supplies, with even modest increases in global temperature potentially spelling disaster for crop productivity. Plant breeders have applied traditional methods and developed new crop varieties to maintain productivity under specific conditions, but there is an urgent need to go much further. We must harness the broadest possible range of genomic data and crop breeding practices to create the next generation of resilient food crops. Custom-Designed Crop Breeding highlights the use of omics-based knowledge, precision genetics, and molecular techniques to breed new climate-resistant crops. Beginning with an overview of both present and future scenarios in which functional genomics is applied to crops, it moves through crop breeding techniques, design of crops for stress tolerance, and more. The result is an essential tool in the fight for a sustainable food supply. Custom-Designed Crop Breeding: Volume 1 — Advanced Technologies offers a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge advancements driving modern crop improvement. This volume highlights innovative methodologies in genomics, climate-resilient breeding strategies, and the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in precision agriculture. Spanning diverse topics, including genomic tools, high-throughput phenotyping, bioinformatics integration, and next-gen AI-driven predictions, this book serves as an essential resource for researchers, breeders, and professionals seeking to revolutionize agricultural practices for sustainability and productivity. Custom-Designed Crop Breeding: Volume 2 — Improved Traits delves into innovative strategies for engineering crops with enhanced traits to address global agricultural challenges. This volume is structured around three critical themes: abiotic stress tolerance, biotic stress resistance, and improved nutritional and pharmaceutical quality. Edited by leading experts, it offers a thorough exploration of advanced techniques like haplotype-based breeding, genomic selection, and root system optimization, along with the development of designer crops for resilience, sustainability, and functional applications. Custom-Designed Crop Breeding readers will also find: Designer crop solutions for abiotic and biotic stresses, including drought, salinity, insects, and fungal diseases. Highlights on the development of crops tailored for functional foods, herbal, and aromatic applications. Presents the latest methodologies, such as haplotype-based breeding, genomic selection, and root architecture optimization for improved yield and resilience. Custom-Designed Crop Breeding is ideal for professionals and researchers interested in genetic improvements of crop plants based on innovative breeding technologies.
Sex Robots: The End of Love
by Kathleen RichardsonThere are more ways of connecting and communicating via technology than ever before. Yet loneliness is on the rise as we begin to experience an 'attachment crisis' in forming and maintaining intimate relationships. Enter sex robots. Built from the bodies of sex dolls, they are created to help humans – particularly men – cope with our inability to connect. In this bold and trenchant critique, Kathleen Richardson explores important questions surrounding this emerging technology. What does the rise of sex robots tell us about the way that women and girls are imagined? To what extent are porn, prostitution and child sexual exploitation driving the attachment crisis? The author argues that sex robots are produced within a framework of 'property relations' – in which egocentric Man (and his disconnection from Woman) shapes the building of robots and AI. Can this tide of destruction and disconnection be turned, and what would a revolution for the love of humanity look like? Presenting a passionate case for the abolition of practices that cast women as property, Sex Robots: The End of Love is essential reading for students and scholars of robot ethics, anthropology, gender studies, philosophy of technology, sociology and related fields, as well as anyone concerned for the future of human relationships.
Domain-Driven Transformation: Modernize Legacy Systems and Mitigate Risk
by Carola Lilienthal Henning SchwentnerTo prepare legacy software for the future, it's essential to modernize it. Domain-Driven Transformation provides an effective approach for transforming large legacy systems—either by breaking them into microservices or by converting them into maintainable modular monoliths. In this guide, Carola Lilienthal and Henning Schwentner present their method, a comprehensive approach for transforming architecturally eroded software systems at the strategic, technical, and team organizational levels. You'll learn how to analyze business processes, break them down into bounded contexts, and apply domain-driven refactorings within Agile teams. Finally, this book offers guidance on designing the transformation process based on the current state of the existing architecture. Packed with real-world examples and case-driven insights, you'll uncover the tools you need to build systems that scale, support business agility, and remain resilient over time. Assess your system's modularity and architectural health with the Modularity Maturity Index (MMI) Apply strategic and tactical domain-driven design (DDD) to manage complexity Reorganize and align your teams with Team Topologies Use EventStorming, domain storytelling, and Scenario Casting to clarify design Refactor incrementally with patterns that reduce risk while delivering value
Willing to Die (An Alvarez & Pescoli Novel #8)
by Lisa JacksonFans of Sandra Brown and Lisa Gardner will devour this riveting new suspense thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson! Make sure it&’s part of your summer beach reading!WHEN A KILLER HAS NOTHING TO LOSE The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal. Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe it&’s clear this murder isn&’t random. THERE&’S EVERY REASON For Detective Regan Pescoli, news of her sister&’s death brings grief mixed with guilt. She and Brindel weren&’t close, and Pescoli barely knows her teenage niece, Ivy, a secretive girl who lands on her doorstep in Grizzly Falls, Montana. Though Pescoli is on maternity leave, she&’s soon mired deep in the investigation headed by her partner, Selena Alvarez. But as the list of suspects keeps growing, so does the body count . . . TO BE AFRAID . . . Maybe it&’s exhaustion or hormones that have Pescoli on edge, feeling more vulnerable than ever before. Or maybe the chill running through her veins is justified. Because as the case takes a new, terrifying turn, Pescoli&’s loved ones and her life are at the mercy of a killer who&’ll go to any lengths to see her suffer . . .
Game Over (Sisterhood #17)
by Fern Michaels&“Political intrigue, high-level high jinks, and characters with charisma to spare . . . a real crowd-pleaser&” in the New York Times bestselling series (Booklist, starred review). With yet another successful assignment behind them, the ladies of the Sisterhood have enjoyed a relaxing break together and celebrated the wedding of Myra and Charles on Big Pine Mountain. But as soon as the newlyweds return from their shortened honeymoon, they are hit with some exciting yet unsettling news . . . It seems their dear ally Lizzie Fox, recently ensconced as Chief White House Counsel, is rumored to be near the top of the short list for a soon to be vacated seat on the Supreme Court. While the Sisters are thrilled for Lizzie, they are concerned about her being ripped to shreds in the approval process, partly due to her connections with the Sisterhood. They also fear it will delay or even derail their long-awaited pardon promised to them by President Martine Connor. It will take a masterful plan—and loyal friends aiding them at every turn—for the Sisters to succeed in protecting Lizzie while securing their own freedom at last. Series praise &“Spunky women who fight for truth, justice, and the American way.&”—Fresh Fiction on Final Justice &“Readers will enjoy seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the law into their own hands.&”—Booklist on Weekend Warriors &“Delectable . . . deliver[s] revenge that&’s creatively swift and sweet, Michaels-style.&”—Publishers Weekly on Hokus Pokus
Deadly Trade (An FBI K-9 Novel)
by Sara DriscollFBI K-9 handler Meg Jennings can never walk away from her job, even amid her Hawaiian Islands honeymoon, where she and her search-and-rescue black Lab encounter a double threat from wildlife poachers and Mother Nature.After a difficult assignment and the excitement of her wedding to firefighter Todd Webb, Meg is more than ready for two weeks of sun, sea, and gorgeous Hawaiian scenery. Her K-9 partner, Hawk, accompanies Meg and Todd to their resort, reveling in his celebrity status with both staff and guests. After a week of relaxation, all three are ready to get out into nature on the Big Island, where Meg and Hawk can practice search strategies.In the remote fern forest of Pu&‘u Maka&‘ala Natural Area Reserve, Hawk&’s senses are on high alert. When Meg lets him leave the path, they encounter two men trapping bright birds. The poachers escape, leaving their bounty behind, and when agents from the FBI and US Fish and Wildlife arrive, they confirm that the birds are all endangered species near extinction. Super-wealthy collectors acquire them for private zoos, with no regard for the birds&’ survival. Alive or dead, these beautiful creatures are merely trophies.Meg, Todd, and Hawk join an official search using a local conservation dog to pinpoint vulnerable nesting grounds in an attempt to protect trafficked wildlife and to stop the poachers in their tracks. But beyond the threat posed by determined poachers lurks another danger—Mauna Loa, one of the island&’s active volcanoes, has been grumbling, and is poised to turn this mission into their most terrifying yet.
Essential Oils Unveiled: Complex Compositions for Food, Cosmetics, and Medicine (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CABI Concise))
by Professor Michael Wink Professor Hartwig Schulz Dr Marek Bunse Dr Cäcilia Brendieck-Worm Dr Rolf Daniels Dr Sandra Graf-Schiller Dr Jörg Heilmann Dr Dietmar R Kammerer Dr Matthias F Melzig Dr Gertrud E Morlock Dr Constanze Stiefel Dr Florian C Stintzing Dr Eliane ZimmermannEssential oils (EOs), which mainly consist of volatile organic compounds, have been an integral part of human civilization for thousands of years. Their applications are highly diverse and range from fragrances in perfumes and cosmetics to natural constituents of a healthy diet and use as active ingredients in medicinal products. The antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory properties of essential oils render them valuable for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. Essential oils are natural complex substances consisting of hundreds of individual compounds. This intricate composition, also referred to as ´natural complex substances´ (NCS), gives each EO its unique properties. The use of EOs as NCS is widespread in practice, e.g. in aromatherapy for the treatment of psychosomatic problems, inhalation for respiratory diseases and topical application for skin diseases. EOs are expected to play an increasingly important role in both human and veterinary medicine in the future. The different functionalities of individual constituents of EOs contribute to their wide range of physical and chemical properties. This diversity allows them to act on multiple targets, offering a wide range of therapeutic benefits compared to single, isolated compounds. This book provides a compact and comprehensive overview of essential oils, their analytical and Galenic characteristics, their use in human and veterinary medicine, and their diverse applications in the cosmetics and food industries.
From Gene Discovery to Climate-resilient Crops: Omics in Crop Improvement
by Mithilesh Kumar Singh Ashutosh Singh Saurabh PandeyClimate change and population growth have led to a global need for improved crop plants that are resistant/tolerant to climate-induced stresses and provide greater yields. This book comprehensively and coherently reviews the various aspects of "omics" research methods as they apply to crop plant improvement, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epiomics, ionomics, and interomics. These multiple-omics approaches to crop science have already played an important role in the rapid creation of improved crop plants particularly in rice, wheat, maize, and millets and are set to provide greater advances in the future. The book also describes the various bioinformatics techniques that are utilized as tools for the analysis of omics data. Integrating systems biology with multi-omics datasets that can enhance our understanding of molecular regulatory networks for crop improvement is also covered. This book is essential reading for researchers and graduate students of plant breeding, crop science, molecular biology, and agricultural science.
One Health Atlas
by François Roger, Marie-Marie Olive, Marisa Peyre, Dirk Pfeiffer, Jakob Zinsstag, edsTHE ONE HEALTH approach offers a comprehensive framework to address the interwoven health challenges arising from the interactions between humans, animals, plants and the environment. By promoting interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration, it aims to combat diseases, curtail antimicrobial resistance, and support agricultural and ecosystem sustainability. The success of One Health relies on robust political commitment, adequate funding and coordinated efforts among stakeholders. Moreover, education and public awareness are essential to facilitate cross-sectoral cooperation and tackle regional and economic disparities. This One Health Atlas is a detailed resource that explores the principles, practical applications and future pathways of the One Health concept. Following an introduction that highlights the ways that human, animal and environmental health are interdependent and which stresses the urgency of operationalizing One Health, the atlas is organized into four key sections: Foundation and recent history; Zoonoses, agriculture and food security; Education, networks and governance: One Health in action; and Future directions and emerging challenges. It concludes with a call to integrate science, policy and society to institutionalize One Health, emphasizing stakeholder engagement, local knowledge and collaborative efforts to tackle global health challenges effectively. It gives readers a holistic perspective on navigating and addressing the complexities of global health through the One Health framework. This atlas, combining concise text and rich illustrations, is authored by over 150 experts from diverse continents and disciplines. It examines the intricate interconnections between human, animal, plant and environmental health. Serving as a valuable resource for educators, policymakers, researchers, students and the informed public, it combines scientific rigor with accessibility to tackle critical issues such as zoonotic diseases and food security. By embedding One Health principles into global strategies, this atlas equips readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to develop innovative solutions for a healthier, more sustainable future.
Biotechnology of Orchids and Other Ornamentals (CABI Biotechnology Series)
Advancement of plant tissue culture, or micropropagation, breeding, genetics and genomics have contributed to mass production of propagules, creating novel hybrids or cultivars, as well as modern tools for improving the molecular breeding efficiency of important crop plants, including ornamentals. This book covers these areas in relation to ornamental plants to fulfil the needs of students and researchers, in addition to commercial vendors. Ornamental biotechnology enables the mass production of young plants, including seed-derived seedlings, and tissue-culture-derived propagules, or mericloned plants. Two chapters are focused on flower industry development and tissue culture business in both Taiwan and Thailand as each produces a large quantity of tropical and subtropical ornamentals, both pot plants and cut flowers, as well as having a strong micropropagation industry to support the floriculture business worldwide. Work in the emerging markets of Latin America is also covered. Breeding and micropropagation of economically important or novelty orchids are elaborated in several chapters, including Dendrobium and Phalaenopsis hybrids. Aroids and roses are also covered. Modern molecular tools such as genomics, molecular markers, gene editing and transformation can help in improving desirable traits and creating potential novel hybrids of ornamentals, and these are covered in detail.
Biological Control Systems and Climate Change (Ecostacking Series)
by Joan Van Baaren Cécile Le Lann Chun-Sen Ma Gang MaBiological control (or Biocontrol) is the use of natural enemies (predators, parasitoids or pathogens) for the control of pests in crops. In classical biological control, a natural enemy is introduced as a new predator to a range where it is not native. In augmentative biological control, a large number of natural enemies are introduced, either in an area with no natural enemies like glasshouses, or to augment natural populations, to ensure a rapid pest suppression. In conservation biological control, habitats surrounding and within crops are managed to favour an increase in natural enemy populations while suppressing pest populations. These agroecological systems can be complex, and are affected by climate change, both negatively and positively. The object of this book is to synthesize and summarize current knowledge of the many ways climate change can influence the effectiveness of biological control systems. The book introduces the reader to general concepts and then describes climate change effects on the large diversity of macro- and microorganisms involved in biocontrol, and the possible increase or decrease in pest outbreaks following changes in characteristics (morphology, physiology, behaviour....), distribution or phenology. It then outlines methods for mitigating the effects of climate change through the adaptation of biological control strategies, including integrated pest management case studies from diverse continents and cultural contexts. Finally, it explores the economic and societal impacts of climate change on biological control systems. This is the second book in the CABI Ecostacking Series. Biological control is a major component of the ecostacking approach to cropping systems. It is intended for students, researchers, lecturers, and stakeholders engaged in biological control worldwide. It is also essential reading for research personnel and managers in companies that produce biological control agents for field application.
Symbol Formation in Psychoanalysis: Clinical and Observational Work with Children and Adults
by Marisa Pelella MelegaMarisa Pelella Melega draws on a broad spectrum of clinical and observational work, gathered over many years as a practising and teaching psychoanalyst based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The role of symbol formation as a goal in psychoanalysis, and an indicator of developmental progress, has always been recognised. The post-Kleinian understanding of its operation has advanced since Bion's theory of thinking and Meltzer's elucidation of the role of 'dream life', which view the desire for knowledge as the resolution of emotional conflict, with symbol formation being the primary mental mechanism. Melega discusses illustrative examples from newborn infants, children of different ages, adolescents and adults, to illustrate her longstanding fascination with the process of symbol formation and its vicissitudes, including those transference moments at which symbols are forged during the analytic session.
Pope Francis: The Disruptive Pilgrim's Guide
by Frank BrennanPope Francis was the Pope for 12 years (2013-2025), Argentinian by birth but during his 12 years as Pope he never returned to his homeland. The book by prominent Australian Jesuit, Frank Brennan, writes about Francis papacy as a fellow Jesuit. He writes as Jesuit reflecting on Francis' papacy and his life as a Jesuit when he was appointed as provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina at the age of 36. Brennan refers to Francis' papacy as being one of a 'disruptor' in the life of the Catholic Church. Brennan writes in his conclusion '[Francis] left us a wonderful roadmap for pilgrims in an evangelising church committed to care for our common home by being fraternal and in solidarity with all, especially those on the frontiers and peripheries which are the privileged centres of grace.'
Extended Mobility for the City as a Common: Furthering the Right to the City in Global Perspective (Rights to the City)
by Lucia Capanema-Alvares Romulo OrricoExtended Mobility for the City as a Common offers a novel framework for understanding how urban inhabitants access and experience cities. It invites readers to critically examine the ways in which stigmatization and socioeconomic barriers combine to restrict access to urban opportunities for marginalized communities. Arguing that the right to the city is inseparable from the right to mobility, this book calls for a radical shift toward a welcoming and solidary city, both in transportation systems and in the inhabitants’ destinations.This book is structured into three parts. Part I introduces the concept of “Extended Mobility,” a multidimensional framework encompassing motility, accessibility, and porosity that provides a new lens to interrogate the multifaceted nature of mobility as a social phenomenon. Part II applies this framework through a grounded ethnographic comparison of Favela da Maré in Rio de Janeiro and the San Siro housing project in Milan. These rich and detailed studies develop robust methodological tools and theoretical insights that uncover the complex mobility experiences of peripheral urban inhabitants. In the final section, leading experts in transportation and urban planning engage Extended Mobility across different global settings to critique existing policies and explore pathways toward mobility justice and a city of rights for all.By integrating structural and experiential perspectives on urban mobility, this book is an essential resource for social science researchers and urban and transportation planning scholars as well as policymakers, practitioners, and activists seeking to foster more inclusive cities and empower communities to access the full possibilities of a common urban life.Chapters 1, 4, 7, and the Introduction of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license.
Gramsci and the Southern Question: Global Readings, Interpretations and Uses (Marx and Marxisms)
by Carlo Verri Tommaso Baris Gómez Gutiérrez, Juan JoséThis book looks at the Southern question in Antonio Gramsci. It takes this as an opportunity to reflect on the special nature of his thought, linked to the concepts of hegemony, subalternity and the critique of the particular culturalidentitarian and ideological forms of the South and its historical development.Although the category was originally applied to the politics and history of Italy, the debates on the Southern question have in recent times gained wider relevance, combining with today’s more general analyses relating, for example, to European geopolitics, globalisation and the various global Souths, to media and mass culture, etc. In other areas, the Southern question in Gramsci has taken the form of a materialist epistemology, connected to the historical phenomenon of the splitting of consciousness, as opposed to its unity on a theoretical level. Elsewhere, it has become a programme for the application of a strategy of the international left, based on the building of alliances between different groups of subalterns. Over time, Gramsci's thought has come into contact with other partly converging perspectives, such as critical urban theory and cultural and subaltern studies.This has given rise to numerous fruitful lines of research in which the Southern question has been extended from Italy’s own North-South divide to other contexts. What aspect of Gramsci’s thought could justify this issue taking on such importance? Gramsci and the Southern Question: Global Readings, Interpretations and Uses aims to answer this question by combining general theoretical approaches with studies on the reception of Gramscian concepts in the world’s Souths.