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The Role of Geospatial Technologies in Landslide Hazard Assessment
by Sudhakar Dhondu Pardeshi Sumant Eknath Autade Suchitra Sudhakar PardeshiThis book is designed to provide a detailed, methodological framework for landslide hazard assessment. The focus is on various dimensions of landslide hazard assessment, including the terminologies used in landslide hazard analysis and landslide inventory systems used globally and their relevance in generating a complete and reliable landslide database for further analysis, supported by global case studies. It includes an overview of the methodological developments in landslide hazard assessment and role of geospatial technologies in landslide studies.Features: Helps readers to understand the technical details of geospatial techniques applied in hazard management. Deals with the practicalities of how to recognise and classify unstable terrain. Covers recent advances in landslide estimation, particularly the automated means of landslide susceptibility estimation. Explores methodological frameworks of landslide hazard assessment. Illustrates case studies from the United States, Europe, and Asia, including demonstrations of different methodologies of landslide susceptibility zonation. This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students, and libraries in geotechnical and environmental engineering.
Social Data Analytics in the Cloud with AI
by Xinyue Ye Xuebin WeiThe rise of cloud computing and Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized data analytics pipelines. Analysts can collect, store, and process vast datasets in the cloud with high availability and scalability, and also leverage Generative AI to query and visualize datasets in natural languages. This pioneering textbook provides a gateway for students, educators, and professionals to develop and enhance social data analytics capabilities with the latest cloud computing and AI technologies. The textbook introduces educational cloud resources from leading technology companies, begins with foundational concepts, and progresses to advanced techniques.Features The first textbook on cloud-based social data analytics with the assistance of Generative AI. Introduces educational cloud resources from leading technology companies like AWS, GitHub, and MongoDB. Presents a fully AI-powered data analytics pipeline from Python coding to data collection with APIs, cloud-based data storage, natural language queries, and interactive visualization. Analyzes Census and social media data with the latest large language models (LLMs). Provides hands-on exercises with real-world datasets on timely issues. This textbook is an excellent resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking GIS, Urban Informatics, Social Science Data Analysis, and Data Science courses; faculty members teaching such courses; and professionals and researchers interested in leveraging cloud computing and Generative AI in social data analytics.
Mediating Sustainability in the Consumer Society (Routledge Studies in Sustainability)
by Dagny Stuedahl Astrid Skjerven Lisbeth Løvbak Berg Liv Merete NielsenThis book sheds light on the role and impact of sustainability mediation, an effective tool for political authorities and business enterprises to persuade consumers of the integrity of their actions, products, and services.In this era of ecological and societal crises fuelled by increasing consumption, sustainability has become a key buzzword and target to attain. Governments around the world argue that they will meet their sustainability goals through environmental actions, by enabling consumers to make better choices and expecting brands to respond accordingly. At the same time, consumers are overwhelmed by the messaging conveyed in sustainability marketing campaigns, often featuring misleading greenwashing, with political authorities, organisations, and business enterprises all having conflicting interests. In this complex scenario, mediation has become a crucial issue. This book offers a critical and multidisciplinary view of sustainability mediation from experts in the fields of philosophy, consumption research, media studies, fashion, design, and citizenship, offering a unique, holistic view. Each chapter highlights different and problematic aspects of the cultural narratives being communicated, for example, the necessity of growth and the notion of a green economy. They present current theories, methods, indicators, and strategies used to assess and measure the relation between mediation, behaviour, and sustainable development.This book is of interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in all subject fields concerned with sustainability, including design, visual communication, fashion, consumption, media and journalism, and sustainable development.
Culturally Conscious Decision-Making for School Leaders: A Toolkit for Creating a More Equitable School Culture
by Shauna McGeeThis exciting new book provides school leaders with a highly effective framework for culturally responsive and equity-driven leadership. School culture is how you lead, how your core values are represented in the work you do daily, and how stakeholders are impacted by what you choose. Author and educator Shauna McGee helps you grapple with the technical and adaptive challenges of developing an effective culture, and you’ll learn how to shape your school culture by applying a culturally responsive lens to your decision-making. Each chapter in this practical book explores a different area of decision-making – including vision, budgeting, instructional programming, capacity building, and use of data. Full of rich examples, takeaway rubrics, and questions for self-reflection, this book is designed for current and aspiring school leaders who want to develop an equitable and student-centered culture.
Developing Communicative Competence in English First and Second Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - SPPU
by Dr A. B. Kulkarni Dr S. K. Binnor Dr S. A. Gadekar Dr M. S Nikam"Developing Communicative Competence in English" is a textbook prescribed for the First-Year BA students under Savitribai Phule Pune University. It aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) and is designed to enhance students' English language proficiency. The book is divided into four major sections: Building Vocabulary, Speaking for Different Purposes, Joy of Reading, and Forms of Writing. It aims to equip students with practical language skills for effective communication, critical thinking, and appreciation of literature. Through exercises, dialogues, and real-life scenarios, the book facilitates learning English for academic, professional, and interpersonal contexts, making it an essential tool for foundational competence in English.
Design and Assessment of Sustainable Products: A Conceptual and Practical Framework
by Mariusz Sołtysik Magdalena Wojnarowska Carlo Ingrao Erica Varese Ignazio Blanco Pierluigi Catalfo Massimo Riccardo Costanzo Artur Jachimowski Szymon Jarosz Agata Matarazzo Alina Matuszak-Flejszman Karolina E. Mazur Magdalena Muradin Tomasz Nitkiewicz Beata Paliwoda Marcin Paprocki Marcin Rychwalski Martin Straka Sergiusz Strykowski Tomasz Witko Mateusz WygodaThis book questions the current definition of what makes a product sustainable and argues that a holistic approach to sustainable product design is required, one that considers all aspects of a product’s life cycle from design to production, to use and then final disposal.This edited collection introduces a new set of methods and tools aligned with the concept of comprehensive sustainable produce design that integrates the environmental and social benefits of a product in line with the principles of a circular economy. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical framework that underpins a sustainable product, highlighting the multiple key roles of (eco-)design, innovation, quality, and sustainability. The authors describe the criteria for which products can be defined as being sustainable, and outline how different manufacturing technologies influence the value of those products and the place they can find on the market accordingly. The book’s significant contribution lies in identifying the critical factors that are needed to successfully implement the framework throughout the entire life cycle of the product in a holistic integrated approach.This book will be of interest for researchers and students studying sustainable product design, environmental studies, engineering, and sustainable business management. It will also be a useful resource for representatives of the business community, managers, technicians, decision‑makers, and consumers interested in sustainable product design issues.
Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World (Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology)
by Graeme Smith Andrew ToddFuture Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World explores what is needed for theology to survive and thrive in the next generation. As well as declining student numbers and pressures on university theology departments, churches are increasingly questioning the value of theological study.The volume addresses the need for innovative responses to this crisis, which re-evaluate the place of theological study in the ecclesial, academic, social and cultural landscape. Focusing on the UK, it brings together leading scholars in public and practical theology from the academy and the churches. Contributors engage in particular with the insights and work of Professor Stephen Pattison. It is argued that the future of contemporary theology lies in its ability to contribute to modern life in practical and public ways. If theology is to have a future, it must be relevant in the workplace, in public institutions and in public life. The chapters consider the methodological innovations required for theology to have such a future and investigate specific examples of the practical expressions of a future theology in some important contemporary settings. Public theology, professional life and chaplaincy are the three key areas in which the outward-facing nature of theological reflection is explored and developed.Future Faith will be of particular interest to scholars and students working in these spheres.
Embracing the Messy Complexities of Co-Creation: A Dialogic Approach to Participatory Qualitative Inquiry
by Louise PhillipsCo-creation in participatory, qualitative research has become commonplace. It supports a myriad of collaborative practices – from service-user involvement in health and social care, to community capacity-building, to bottom-up climate change projects. With its democratic ambitions, transformative power and (in some contexts) goals of social justice, co-creation has much to offer, particularly in these challenging times… but it is also complex and full of tensions.This book offers an approach which recognises - and embraces - the messy complexities of co-creation. The approach is constructive – it revolves around creating openings for multiple voices; and, in particular, the voices of people with lived experience. And it is critical – it involves integrating critical, reflexive analyses of the intrinsic tensions in co-creation into the practice of research. The book brings participatory research into dialogue with poststructuralist, social constructionist and new materialist, posthumanist strands of qualitative inquiry. In an engaging and accessible way, the author weaves together personal storytelling and more detached analysis to illustrate her approach to producing and communicating knowledge as intertwined processes.The book is written for all students and researchers with an interest in collaborative research practice.
Beyond Decolonial African Philosophy: Africanity, Afrotopia, and Transcolonial Perspectives (Routledge Studies in African Philosophy)
by Marita Rainsborough Joseph C. A. AgbakobaBeyond Decolonial African Philosophy dives into decoloniality discourse, challenging some of its shortcomings and offering alternative perspectives on the nature of Africanity and Afrotopia (Africa’s better future) from leading African philosophers.Beginning with an overview of philosophy in contemporary Africa, the first half of the book goes on to critically interrogate and rethink decoloniality’s deconstructivist approach. The second half of the book considers a range of alternative new conceptualizations of Afrotopia and Africanity that transcend decolonial theory, drawing on constructivist and creative approaches. The book considers key questions such as: Is Africanity immutable (essentialism) or mutable (nominalism)? Should we emphasize idealist, identitarian concerns or pragmatic, developmentarian concerns? Should we prioritise African agency or structures and circumstances? Should Africa embrace hybrid interculturality and creative self-manifestive identity or essentialist purity? Drawing on rich insights from African philosophers across the continent, this book challenges students and researchers to think beyond the concept of decolonization to alternative forms of African identities and African futures.
Blockchain Technology: Transforming Businesses and Shaping the Future (Smart Technologies for Engineers and Scientists)
by Arturo Garza-Reyes, Jose Jay Daniel Ashutosh SamadhiyaBlockchain technology is considered a disruptive innovation that changes the ways companies and global processes operate. This technology has impressive powers to change this world for the better.This book examines the origins, emergence, challenges, and opportunities in the blockchain field, rethinking business strategy and readiness in the digital world and how blockchain technology would improve businesses. It provides a blockchain readiness model for managing supply chains and reviews enabling technologies such as AI, big data and organisational capabilities that support the adoption of blockchain technology. Through innovative design and simulation of a blockchain framework, it aims to enhance the traceability and transparency of business operations and supply chains. This includes developing key performance indicators for measuring the seamless integration of blockchain technology and achieving a successful outcome. It explores how blockchain technology enhances the green and sustainability aspects of businesses by comparing the sectors and discussing the potential for blockchain to promote a green and sustainable economy. This book concludes with research frontiers and blockchain applications in healthcare, international trade, and supply chain sectors.Key features Integrates both theoretical and practical perspectives Includes material that is informative for readers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines Explores blockchain technology practices and challenges in-depth across various sectors Offers up-to-date, critical insights on the design, management, and control of blockchain technology for businesses Written by experts with extensive experience in the field. It is primarily written for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields including electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer engineering, and information technology.
Pass the MRCP (MasterPass)
by Dhananjay GuptaThis up-to-date revision guide for the MRCP SCE (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians—Specialty Certificate Examination) in neurology covers the core areas essential for exam success. The chapters are structured to align with the exam syllabus and help exam candidates learn and recall core concepts.The chapter format and style provide a structured and focused approach to studying essential neurology topics, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. Carefully curated content encompasses all areas tested in the MRCP (SCE) Neurology examination. The use of bullet points, tables and colour illustrations aids in easy assimilation of information. The inclusion of neuroradiology and neuropathology, which account for a significant section of exam questions, is a particular strength of this text.Whether you are a resident or trainee preparing for your first SCE examination or a seasoned neurologist seeking to enhance your knowledge and skills, this book will provide you with the necessary tools for success.
Interdisciplinary Rheumatology: Rheumatology and Nephrology (Interdisciplinary Rheumatology)
by Duvuru Geetha Anisha B. Dua Karina D. TorralbaAsk rheumatologists what is one thing that they most desire and they will say:“I wish I knew more about nephrology so I could care for patients whose rheumatologic diseases manifest with renal complications. Nephrologists feel just the same, seeking to understand the implications that autoimmune diseases have for their patients.”As part of the Interdisciplinary Rheumatology book series, this book will serve as a dialogue between rheumatologists and nephrologists and provide a masterclass from world-renowned experts on these topics. Led by a team of international editors with in-depth knowledge and cutting-edge research on topics like vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematous, among others.Key Features: Provides a clinical approach to the patient with nephrologic manifestations of rheumatic disease. Details cutting-edge research with inputs from the world’s leading experts, for both nephrologists and rheumatologists. Discusses possible future directions for research and advancement.
Decentering Fashion on the Silk Roads: Craft and Responsible Fashion Dynamics in Central Asia (Responsible Fashion)
by Stefanie Mallon Galina MihalevaDecentering Fashion on the Silk Roads focuses on the dynamism of fashion, textile craft, heritage, and sustainability in Central Asia and beyond. The compelling series of accounts provides a comprehensive set of insights and impressions collected from both fashion academics, designers and practitioners from around the globe who journeyed through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and from those who live and work in this region. It showcases ways in which local textile craft practices can inform the modern fashion industry into becoming more sustainable.The book opens by exploring the importance of the old ‘Silk Roads’ crossing through the heart of the world in Central Asia, serving not only as trade routes but also allowing knowledge, art, and practices to be transmitted between the Orient and the Occident – enabling ideas to flourish and cultural dispositions to develop from Antiquity until Modernity. The unique set of chapters that follow examine and highlight the growing opportunities and lessons this region has to offer to Western fashion through local artistry and craft, and points toward the urgent need to slow down and adopt responsible principles and practices. The book constitutes a warm appreciation of the experiences and grateful thanks to the many communities from all different backgrounds and ages who contributed.This rich travelogue is a refreshing resource for international scholars and postgraduate students studying and researching fashion theory and management in particular. It will also be of interest to anthropologists, cultural studies, and textiles scholars.
Antennas for Industrial and Medical Applications with Optimization Techniques for Wireless Communication
by R. Nagarajan S. KannadhasanThe text begins by covering the fundamental concepts and new advances in the field of antenna theory, antenna hardware, and propagation. It further explains the designing of metamaterials microstrip patch antennas for medical applications, photonic crystals of millimeter wave signals for 5G communications, dual-band miniaturized circular antennas for wireless networks, and ultra-thin compact flexible antennas for wearable applications.This book: Presents the design and development of S-shaped and T-shaped microstrip path antennas for industrial applications. Highlights the use of W-shaped and metamaterials microstrip patch antennas for medical applications. Covers photonic crystals of millimeter wave signals for 5G communications. Showcases the importance of compact and wideband slot antenna for wireless communications. Illustrates the design of an ultra-thin compact flexible antenna for wearable applications. It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, antenna design, and microwave engineering.
Agile Security in the Digital Era: Challenges and Cybersecurity Trends
by Justin Zhang Mounia Zaydi Youness Khourdifi Bouchaib NassereddineIn an era defined by rapid digital transformation, Agile Security in the Digital Era: Challenges and Cybersecurity Trends emerges as a pivotal resource for navigating the complex and ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of how agile methodologies can be integrated into cybersecurity practices to address both current challenges and anticipate future threats. Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, it equips professionals with the tools necessary to develop proactive security strategies that are robust, flexible, and effective. The key features of the book below highlight these innovative approaches.· Integration of agile practices: Detailed guidance on incorporating agile methodologies into cybersecurity frameworks to enhance adaptability and responsiveness.· Comprehensive case studies: Real-world applications and case studies that demonstrate the successful implementation of agile security strategies across various industries.· Future-proof security tactics: Insights into emerging technologies such as blockchain and IoT, offering a forward-looking perspective on how to harness these innovations securely.Intended for cybersecurity professionals, IT managers, and policymakers, Agile Security in the Digital Era serves as an essential guide to understanding and implementing advanced security measures in a digital world. The book provides actionable intelligence and strategies, enabling readers to stay ahead of the curve in a landscape where agile responsiveness is just as crucial as defensive capability. With its focus on cutting-edge research and practical solutions, this book is a valuable asset for anyone committed to securing digital assets against the increasing sophistication of cyber threats.
Sonic Pasts: Acoustical Heritage and Historical Soundscapes
by Mariana J LópezSonic Pasts explores the fields of acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes through an interdisciplinary perspective. Reflecting on different methods of research and dissemination, it critiques biases related to race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics, and disability that are intrinsic to these fields.Academically rigorous while also deeply personal, Sonic Pasts introduces readers to how various disciplines have studied the sounds of the past, the connection those studies have to heritage more widely, including the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), and how sound is represented within UNESCO heritage listings. It offers a novel theoretical and practical framework on different approaches to the design of sound installations and online experiences on the topic, including the ethical challenges presented by different techniques.This book is essential reading for students and researchers considering sounds of the past, as well as sound and heritage practitioners seeking to reflect on their current or future practices.
The Routledge Companion to Disability and Work (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing)
by Oana Branzei Anica ZeyenThe Routledge Companion to Disability and Work explores the realities faced by disabled individuals in the workplace and beyond. Despite enduring stereotypes and prejudice, disabled employees and entrepreneurs continue to achieve and thrive. This Companion documents the history and future of disability organizing, highlighting concerns of the world's largest minority—over 1 billion people or 15% of the global population. Inspired by the sunflower symbol for invisible disabilities, this Companion sheds light on the unseen efforts undertaken by disabled people to combat ableism. It delves into stories of employment, entrepreneurship, self-advocacy, activism, and well-being management. Highlighting how disabled workers mobilize support, fight for human rights, respect, and equality, navigate the challenges of disclosure and intersectionality, build networks, and foster inclusive environments, it underscores the contributions of disabled individuals and their allies. Authored by experts, many with personal experiences of disability, this Companion showcases the diverse types of work disabled people—and their allies—perform that go beyond the duties of their job roles. It provides a robust foundation for understanding and advancing disability inclusion. With global research, the Companion broadens our understanding of the (in)visible challenges and triumphs of disabled people at work. Celebrating disability pride and joy, it offers insights into navigating biases, stigma, and discrimination. The disability movement, fueled by inequities in healthcare, education, accessibility, and work, deserves attention from business leaders. This comprehensive guide is essential for students, teachers, and researchers looking to intersect disability and business, paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable future.
Real Estate Financial Modelling in Excel
by Maria WiednerGet ahead of your peers with Real Estate Financial Modelling in Excel, a book specifically designed to ensure that the next generation of property professionals become experts in the quantitative analysis of investments by teaching them how to create automated spreadsheets for the analysis of risk and return.Real estate financial modelling has become an essential skill to investment analysts as the global property industry has seen huge transformations as a result of more institutional investors, especially private equity funds, increasing their interest in the asset class. Consequently, the industry requires a new skill set from real estate professionals and graduates.Real Estate Financial Modelling in Excel will help current finance and real estate students, as well as practitioners, to harness the power of Microsoft Excel in the context of real estate investments and explain in an easy-to-follow manual style how to create financial models that will predict financial returns and the risks related to them. Readers will learn to use Excel for automation, data analysis, and data visualisation to inform their capital allocation decisions, giving them the edge with those technical skills in high demand in the investment markets and in particular with sophisticated investors such as pension and insurance funds, private equity, and specialised debt funds.This book will address the needs of busy real estate professionals and students in the final year of a real estate bachelor’s degree or master’s degree, who want to apply the theories of finance and investment into practice and build models to help make decisions regarding acquisitions, disposals, and management of real estate assets.
Neural Bases of Timing and Time Perception (Current Issues in Perception)
by Simon Grondin Giovanna MioniNeural Bases of Timing and Time Perception provides a cutting-edge overview of the main contemporary neuroscientific methods and findings in this burgeoning field.Featuring an international collection of leading researchers, this text reports the main methodological tools available to address important questions in the field, what discoveries these tools led to, and what avenues remain to be explored. The book provides concise descriptions of the latest neuroscientific developments about time perception and temporal processing (for instance, how to use TMS or tDCS to study time judgments); and signposts avenues for clinicians to develop new insights for understanding pathologies (as in the case of schizophrenia, for instance) from a temporal perspective.This book will appeal to anyone interested in how we perceive the passing of time, whether from an academic or clinical background.
Artists, Writers and Philosophers on Psychoanalysis: From the Couch
by Mariano HorensteinArtists, Writers and Philosophers on Psychoanalysis presents eclectic interviews with leading figures in their fields, focusing on the impact psychoanalysis has had on their lives and work, and the place of psychoanalysis within culture. Mariano Horenstein’s intimate discussions with figures including Hanif Kureishi, Anish Kapoor, David Cronenberg, and Slavoj Žižek—among many others—bring insight from the therapeutic space to bear on their broader experiences. The first-person testimonies presented here delve into the links between life, art, and psychoanalytic experience, shedding new light on their work. Bringing together interviews with artists and intellectuals from the vibrant fields of cinema, music, visual art, and architecture, Artists, Writers and Philosophers on Psychoanalysis identifies the common psychoanalytic thread between them. This book provides fascinating insight for anyone interested in interactions between psychoanalysis and the arts. It will also be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, and to academics and scholars of psychoanalytic studies and interdisciplinary studies.
Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
by Ferit GürbüzThis book covers contemporary topics in mathematical analysis and its applications and relevance in other areas of research. It provides a better understanding of methods, problems, and applications in mathematical analysis. It also covers applications and uses of operator theory, approximation theory, optimization, variable exponent analysis, inequalities, special functions, functional equations, statistical convergence and some function spaces, and presents various associated problems and ways to solve such problems. The book provides readers a better understanding of discussed research problems by presenting related developments in reasonable details. It strives to bring scientists, researchers and scholars together on a common platform.
Ecologies of Global Risk Journalism: Conceptualizing Local Journalism in an Era of Deep Disruptions (Routledge Research in Journalism)
by Ingrid Volkmer Saba Bebawi Bruce Mutsvairo Ansgard Heinrich Antonio CastilloThis volume investigates the practice and challenges of journalism addressing globalized risk from various world regions.With chapters written by members of the Global Risk Journalism Hub, an international research network of leading scholars from the Global North and Global South, this collection brings together international journalism researchers from a wide range of theoretical and methodological backgrounds to uncover key issues of "global risk journalism" within their regional contexts. Using the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic as a point of departure, this book explores the effect of digital platforms on news production, how the reporting of these transnational emergencies affects the misinformation ecosystem, the power relations between global and local news sources and the ethics of conducting research in the face of globalized crises.This truly international and comparative volume will interest researchers and students of global and local journalism, risk journalism, journalism practice, media and communication studies, intercultural communication, political science and sociology.
Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide
by Michelle L. Lange Jean L. MinkelFully updated and expanded in its second edition, Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide presents clinical assessment considerations when working with a person with a mobility disability.The book provides a wide spectrum of information, from foundational information for those practitioners who are new to the field, to in-depth, population-specific information for practitioners who perhaps have not worked with a particular population in the past.The book is divided into sections, each section addressing a different area of clinical practice in wheelchair seating and mobility. The first section is an in-depth presentation of the assessment process and pressure management. The range of available seating supports is presented as part of the product selection process, including matching the person’s needs with available technology. The second section focuses on 24-hour postural care. Three types of sitters are presented: hands-free, hands-dependent, and prop sitters. Included is the most current method to measure and describe the seated person and related support surfaces needed when recommending a device. The third section lays the foundation for clinical decision making around the selection and fit of the most appropriate wheeled mobility device – manual/power wheelchair or scooter. The fourth section provides in-depth clinical applications for each mobility category. On-time mobility for the very young, power seating, and mobility skills training are addressed. The fifth section provides population specific clinical application of position, pressure management, and mobility for the pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric populations, as well as persons with both degenerative and complex neuromuscular impairments. The sixth section presents additional considerations when working with persons who are aging with a disability, considerations of the environment of use, safe transport of a wheelchair, and the application of wheelchair standards in the clinic. Finally, measuring outcomes throughout the service provision process and a look at the past, present, and future of complex rehab technology is included. Richly illustrated throughout, this book has been carefully designed to support occupational and physical therapists, suppliers/distributors, and funders/payers who are interested in wheelchair seating and mobility assessment and applications.
Shakespeare’s First Folio Cue Scripts - Comedies: A New Window on Shakespeare
by Patrick TuckerOpening up a new window to see Shakespeare’s words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Comedies in Shakespeare’s First Folio.The book invites readers to approach Shakespeare’s texts the way his actors would have – not studying the complete text and drawing conclusions from it, but working from a Cue Script, where all the lines for a particular character are written, with just a two- or three-word cue as to when they should speak. As an actor himself, Shakespeare knew that his actors would have little time to do more than learn their lines for the next imminent performance – for this reason, he placed in the first lines of every Cue Script a range of crucial information on the character’s motives and intentions. Studying the cues and following the playwright’s clues opens up a whole new understanding of the roles, and provides a way of approaching a play that is authentic, quick, and creates an impactful performance. Examples of Cue Script scenes along with a summary of the various clues that were written to help the original actors are included in the book.A practical and unique resource for students, teachers, performers, and directors alike, Shakespeare’s First Folio Cue Scripts – Comedies helps demystify Shakespeare’s texts, provides new approaches to scene studies, and sheds new light on Shakespeare’s most popular works.To access the additional downloadable Cue Scripts and other materials, visit www.resourcecentre.routledge.com/books/9781032698823.
The Composition of Sūrat Maryam: Rhetorical Analysis (Routledge Studies in the Qur'an)
by Michel Cuypers A.H. Mathias ZahniserThis book studies the composition or structure of Sūrat Maryam – the 19th sūra of the Qur’an – according to the principles of Semitic rhetoric.Sūrat Maryam has, in recent decades, been the subject of numerous studies by scholars of Islamology and Qur’anology. The general structure of the sūra, however, is not unanimously recognized among researchers, due to certain inconsistencies in rhyme and content of the text. This book takes a literary approach to the Qur’an, following the rules of a method well known in Qur’anic studies – rhetorical analysis. The book first analyses the sūra as it appears in the Qur’an today in the Muslim world, before focusing on a large section which shows a great literary unity, isolatable from the rest of the sūra. Through the assiduous and detailed reading of the sūra, its complex structure is gradually revealed. Other contexts are also considered: first, that of other sūras of the Qur’an, if they can shed light on the meaning of the sūra under study; and second, that of the Bible or the Jewish and Christian apocrypha.The book will be of particular interest to scholars working in Qur’anic studies and Biblical studies, and those focused on Christian–Muslim relations.