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India Rising : Emergence of a New World Power By Tarun Das; Frank-Jurgen Richter; Colette Mathur 2005 | 237 Pages | ISBN: 9812611967 | PDF | 1 MB As India marks a decade of economic reforms, it stands poised to enter a new era. With the reform process finally starting to pay off, the economy has been developing along the path of sustainable growth. If the current reforms are sustained, India will be the third largest economy in the world by 2050. "India Rising" is a timely publication on India's political, economic and social underpinnings. It provides a sharp assessment of India's current challenges and a comprehensive outlook on the future. With contributions from senior leaders in the business and government sectors, media and civil society, the book captures the progress made by India to become one of the world's engines for growth. Bringing together a wide array of expert scenarios, the book provides a rich and textured analysis of the diverse factors that are shaping India's future. The book delves into the 10 pillars for sustainable growth: * Economic Reforms * Financial Reforms * Geopolitics * Manufacturing * Trade and Foreign Investment * Energy * Information Technology * Agriculture * Infrastructure * Social Issues RapidGator https://rg.to/file/eab88f2e91423e0ae0ed716f128ffd42/i5pcd.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/tbg3ml4y72hw/i5pcd.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/C11V4A4Hzh/i5pcd.7z.html

Incredible Pirate Tales : Nineteen Classic Stories Of The Outlaws Of The High Seas By Tom McCarthy 2016 | 305 Pages | ISBN: 1493018787 | EPUB | 1 MB From Long John Silver to Captain Hook, Blackbeard to Captain Kidd, pirates are the stuff of legend. Storylines have been based on these terribly charismatic cutthroats for decades, with varying degrees of fact thrown in. Incredible Pirate Tales captures the most audacious tales of actual and fictional characters who took up the "black flag" and a life of crime on the high seas. *Books on pirates and their escapades are irresistable *Anthologies of classic stories make great gifts Tom McCarthy grew up on the Great Lakes. His love of sailing and the ocean is the driving force behind this collection of stories. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/7b92a366cc420a5538d6c8f4f585844b/j0t69.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/8r6zk7zlzfp6/j0t69.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/B5KyWYwnTE/j0t69.7z.html

Increase By Lia Purpura 2000 | 76 Pages | ISBN: 0820322326 | EPUB | 1 MB Increase is Lia Purpura's chronicle of her pregnancy, the birth of her son, Joseph, and the first year of his life. She recounts her journey with the heightened awareness of a mother-to-be and through the eyes of a poet, from the moment she confirms her pregnancy as "A blue X slowly crosses itself, first one arm, then the other in the small white window of the test," through "the X of his crossed feet in sleep" as her child's world begins. Purpura's sensibility transcends the facts of personal experience to enfold the dramatically changing shape of a larger, complex world. These closely knit essays portray the rhythms of a new mother's life as it is challenged and transformed in nearly every aspect, from the emotions of wildness, loss, need, and desire to the outward progress--and interruption--of her work and activities. Increase offers us motherhood at an extraordinary pitch, recording, absorbing, and revisiting experiences from a multitude of angles. Purpura presents her story of discovery with unequaled eloquence, grace, and power. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/5a443bfeee9119d24131d586b7d78a74/lt669.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/8np3td1rd5ri/lt669.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/vf3V5Qe4JF/lt669.7z.html

Inclusive Principles and Practices in Literacy Education By Marion Milton; Chris Forlin 2017 | 289 Pages | ISBN: 1787145905 | EPUB | 1 MB This volume draws together research and practice from the fields of literacy education and inclusion. As such it provides an insight into current theory, research and issues associated with teaching literacy to all students in inclusive classrooms. Literacy remains a critical success factor for students, as the basis for concurrent and future learning throughout the curriculum. As such, we take a broadened view of inclusive education and include not only students with disabilities and learning difficulties, but also those whose linguistic, cultural or social backgrounds act to marginalise or inhibit their learning. Numerous books publish research on inclusive education but this volume is dedicated to the critical aspect of literacy and inclusive practices in a range of countries. The changes to literacy in today's technological world are considered along with the impact on teaching and learning. Examples of good practice are provided, as are models of effective inclusion and differentiation in literacy teaching at different year levels, for different groups of students and the application in important subjects such as mathematics and science. Chapter authors have expertise in the fields of pre-school and early literacy, mathematical, technology and science literacy, English as an additional language, literacy difficulties in primary and secondary schools, inclusion and special education. They provide highly relevant research and useful information for researchers, teacher educators and those engaged at all levels of the implementation of inclusive literacy education in schools. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/8e363f000abe63f4a74b019eeab79b24/c3qkj.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/cfaxvzooy3cp/c3qkj.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/6akHL8PEl5/c3qkj.7z.html

Including a Symposium on Bruce Caldwell's Beyond Positivism after 35 Years By Luca Fiorito; Scott Scheall; Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak 2018 | 203 Pages | ISBN: 1787561267 | EPUB | 1 MB Volume 36A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology featuresa symposium on Bruce Caldwell's BeyondPositivismafter 35 years. Contributors to the symposium include KevinHoover, Wade Hands, Tony Lawson, and Peter Boettke. The volume also featuresgeneral-research essays from Luis Mireles-Flores and Alain Marciano. LucaFiorito presents a new discovery from the archives. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/19e034af399ea0a85308f23060c794c4/q9nhp.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ifgw2ijlfl4c/q9nhp.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/h2HJ04lxIz/q9nhp.7z.html

In the Twilight with God : A Critique of Religion in the Light of Man's Glassy Essence By Benjamin W. Farley; Donald K. McKim 2014 | 138 Pages | ISBN: 1625646313 | EPUB | 1 MB Granted that God may exist, how may God be defined in our time? Addressing this issue Benjamin Farley explores a variety of belief systems, Western and Eastern, religious and skeptical. Taking an approach that is both critical of religion as well as sympathetic, Farley refuses to shy away from hard questions or to dismiss constructive answers that speak to the human condition. He distinguishes human "intellectual ascent" towards God from humankind's "innate and inner sense" to know and relate to the living God, demonstrating the efforts and rewards of both approaches in Christianity, as well as in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Zen. Alongside these more obviously "religious" approaches, Farley reviews the methodologies and findings of today's greatest scientific minds, including skeptics such as Hawking, Dawkins, and Wilson, as well as their skeptical forerunners of the past. He argues that belief in God can no more ignore the scientific truth about the universe than science can dismiss the spiritual yearnings and hunger of humanity for purpose, meaning, and its inescapable sense of the presence of God. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/09664f5cea4c31e27380b00c898ff12a/4t8i7.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/o9m5stvwhyb0/4t8i7.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/91cpIeH1QP/4t8i7.7z.html

In the Shadow of Progress : Being Human in the Age of Technology By Eric Cohen 2008 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1594032084 | PDF | 1 MB We live in an age of unprecedented human mastery -- over birth and death, body and mind, nature and human nature. In every realm of life, science and technology have brought remarkable advances and improvements: we are healthier, wealthier, and more comfortable than ever before. But our gratitude for the benefits of progress increasingly mixes with concern about the meaning and consequences of our newfound powers. If we can dream about a new age of genetic medicine, we can also shudder at a new age of weapons of mass destruction. As we welcome longer lives, we wonder if we will still value human life as we should. In the Shadow of Progress: Being Human in the Age of Technology is a deep and lively reflection on the moral challenges of the technological age. Eric Cohen, a leading voice in America's bioethics debates, offers a tour of the complex dilemmas at the intersection of science and morality, moving seamlessly from contemporary subjects like stem cells and evolution to classic texts like the Hebrew Bible and Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis." Why are the wealthiest people in human history the least likely to want children? What kind of civilization will we become if we seek cures for the sick by destroying human embryos? What is lost when we relieve human sadness by altering the chemical balance of the brain, or enhance human performance by altering the biological workings of the body? In this age of scientific wonders, have we forgotten what sets human beings apart from everything else in the natural world? Can the fruits of modern science ever satisfy our deepest longings -- for love, for virtue, and for transcendence? In the end, Cohen argues, there are no easy answers. Our challenge is to live simultaneously with gratitude and fear, pride and shame, sobriety and hope, in this new age of technology. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c54a9f34073a4f2849788b088e9eec7f/uh55d.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/iq5ui8acelua/uh55d.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/e0CobUDMen/uh55d.7z.html

In the House By Lynn K. Kilpatrick 2010 | 138 Pages | ISBN: 1573661546 | PDF | 1 MB A collection of stories that limn the dangers of domesticity a In Lynn K. KilpatrickOCOs "In the House, "anything can happen. A collection of shortsOColists, character sketches, directions, scripts, and instructionsOCo"In the House" reveals the often conspicuous, yet frequently overlooked, dangers of relationships gone awry. a In a home suffused with fragility or in a kitchen surrounded by knives, KilpatrickOCOs men and women navigate around one anotherOCOs eccentricities with caution, highlighting the unspoken desires and veiled needs of domestic routine. In these stories those desires collide, illuminating the dangers that can lurk in seemingly insignificant places such as the pantry, a basement, the Miss America pageant, dioramas, or in the mind of the one you love." RapidGator https://rg.to/file/0a84e180ba01dcfea8ae3074ecfa93b4/hvjdi.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/xxljz8f6lcd8/hvjdi.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/ktGKiO3s2U/hvjdi.7z.html

In Search of the Great Canadian Shark by Chris Harvey-Clark English | March 15, 2024 | ISBN: 1990770517 | 196 pages | PDF | 2.66 Mb The story provides a firsthand account of underwater naturalist and veterinarian Dr Chris Harvey-Clark's many diving research adventures with sharks, torpedo rays, endangered Northern Right Whales and other charismatic megafauna in Canadian waters. The book is loaded with fascinating biological discoveries and anecdotes featuring the secret lives of aquatic animals and tells the story of a burgeoning passion for marine species and undersea exploration. From early experiences as a marine biologist and commercial diver to later, first-ever studies with Greenland sharks, torpedo rays, beavers and ultimately Great White sharks in Canadian waters, Chris gives you an immersive look at the unique animals and people encountered in Canada's three oceans, as global warming changes the invisible underwater world that surrounds us. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/b4a873950e0324f7f370f1d0565c73c4/y660h.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/cd91sqhdtw0b/y660h.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/hn8KvTkFZD/y660h.7z.html

In Search of the Classical World : An Introduction to the Ancient Aegean By Dudley Moore 2015 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 1443878138 | PDF | 1 MB This book provides an introduction to the complex world of the ancient societies of the Aegean, offering general insights into the Aegean civilisations of the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, the Trojans of the Bronze Age, and the later Classical Greeks. With regard to the latter, the book explores their history against the might of Persia and the strife and tribulations between their own Greek city states - particularly Athens and Sparta. It also shows how Classical Greece made use of the Homeric heroes of the Mycenaean period in its literature and drama to reflect upon its own ancient heritage. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/81f2f3fe50421af0bda748e3d077544a/bzb1h.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/irgqiqsijl3j/bzb1h.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/yEUAlwclUf/bzb1h.7z.html

In Search of Legitimacy : How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition By Lauren Miller Griffith 2016 | 206 Pages | ISBN: 1785330632 | PDF | 1 MB Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why "first world" men and women leave behind their jobs, families, and friends to pursue a strenuous training regimen in a historically disparaged and marginalized practice. Using the concept of apprenticeship pilgrimage-studying with a local master at a historical point of origin-the author examines how non-Brazilian capoeiristas learn their art and claim legitimacy while navigating the complexities of wealth disparity, racial discrimination, and cultural appropriation. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/d6bc164aca84db78fe4f03aa06e8753d/dtszx.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/u1trprx4n4br/dtszx.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/oNB4Utw9e5/dtszx.7z.html

In Search of Annie Drew : Jamaica Kincaid's Mother and Muse By Daryl Cumber Dance 2016 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 0813938465 | EPUB | 1 MB There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother, whether her subject is ostensibly other family members, her home nation, a precolonial world, or even Kincaid herself. A devoted reader of Kincaid's work, Dance had long been aware of the author's love-hate relationship with her mother, but it was not until reading the 2008 essay "The Estrangement" that Dance began to ponder who this woman named Annie Victoria Richardson Drew really was. Dance decided to seek the answers herself, embarking on a years-long journey to unearth the real Annie Drew. Through interviews and extensive research, Dance has pieced together a fuller, more contextualized picture in an attempt to tell Annie Drew's story. Previous analyses of Kincaid's relationship with her mother have not gone beyond the writer's own carefully orchestrated and sometimes contrived portraits of her. In Search of Annie Drew offers an alternate reading of Kincaid's work that expands our understanding of the object of such passionate love and such ferocious hatred, an ordinary woman who became an unforgettable literary figure through her talented daughter's renderings. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/f4fc0cbd5180b0f2b7cf52086cc59d91/3pssd.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/mefy9kk9zi0v/3pssd.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/cDm4wVKU1U/3pssd.7z.html

In Defense of Faith : The Judeo-Christian Idea and the Struggle for Humanity By David Brog 2010 | 435 Pages | ISBN: 1594033803 | EPUB | 1 MB Religious faith is under assault. In books and movies and on television, militant secular critics attack religion with a renewed vigor. These "new atheists" repeat a two-part mantra: that religious faith is hopelessly irrational and that those possessed of such faith are responsible for the hatred and bloodshed that has plagued humanity. Abandon religion, they urge us, and the world will at last live in peace. In Defense of Faith examines this proposition in the context of Western civilization and the Judeo-Christian tradition and asserts that, far from encouraging hatred and violence, the Judeo-Christian tradition has easily been the most effective curb upon the dark defects of human nature and our best tool in the struggle for humanity. From the Christian activists who fought to stop the genocide of Indians in South America and their ethnic cleansing in North America, to the abolition of African slavery on both sides of the Atlantic, and on to modern human rights activists from Martin Luther King Jr. to the rock star Bono-In Defense of Faith rebuts the fashionable arguments against religion and presents the strong and lasting record of the Judeo-Christian idea. History has not been as kind to the atheist model: every time it is put to the test, we have reverted to the most base, violent instincts of our selfish genes. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/e0896cda48f69151dbac75cbfec7b140/86tde.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/k5c00i0hxmz9/86tde.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/OH2tMogyPo/86tde.7z.html

In Byron's Footsteps By Tessa de Loo 2011 | 134 Pages | ISBN: 1906598770 | EPUB | 1 MB When Tessa de Loo saw Albania for the first time, no foreigners were allowed to enter. Filled with a great curiosity, longing, and a sense of wonderment by this isolated land, de Loo gazed toward the mountains that stood like "the backs of patiently waiting elephants" across the water from Corfu. Inspired by the famous Thomas Phillips portrait of Lord Byron in Albanian national costume, and enthralled by the image of Lord Byron since her teenage years, she sets about exploring not only his physical journey, but attempts to understand his inner one as well. de Loo stole her way in and found a country suffering the hardships of post-communist reality and the constant and sometimes fractious clash between tradition and modernity. In the tradition of Bruce Chatwin, de Loo, the award-winning author of The Twins, has written a fascinating travelogue and a very personal reassessment of the a formative chapter in Lord Byron's short life. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/24b2baa1342a9df0f73558feed97af22/cznll.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/e1u7k5oedvr8/cznll.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/gvIyUB3JdC/cznll.7z.html

Improving Services for Young Children : From Sure Start to Childrens Centres By Angela Anning; Mog Ball 2008 | 132 Pages | ISBN: 0857026925 | EPUB | 1 MB This book makes the lessons learned from the evaluation of Sure Start accessible to the expanding number of practitioners, professionals, students, parents and other interested parties who will benefit from the reform of children's services through Extended Schools and Children's Centres. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/b8396222e31c74cdc1018543b1d02553/l175e.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/zz82bcp307w0/l175e.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/BI2LA88A1q/l175e.7z.html

Improving Quality in American Higher Education : Learning Outcomes and Assessments for the 21st Century By Richard Arum; Josipa Roksa; Amanda Cook 2016 | 241 Pages | ISBN: 1119268508 | EPUB | 1 MB An ambitious, comprehensive reimagining of 21st century higher education Improving Quality in American Higher Education outlines the fundamental concepts and competencies society demands from today's college graduates, and provides a vision of the future for students, faculty, and administrators. Based on a national, multidisciplinary effort to define and measure learning outcomes--the Measuring College Learning project--this book identifies 'essential concepts and competencies' for six disciplines. These essential concepts and competencies represent efforts towards articulating a consensus among faculty in biology, business, communication, economics, history, and sociology--disciplines that account for nearly 40 percent of undergraduate majors in the United States. Contributions from thought leaders in higher education, including Ira Katznelson, George Kuh, and Carol Geary Schneider, offer expert perspectives and persuasive arguments for the need for greater clarity, intentionality, and quality in U.S. higher education. College faculty are our best resource for improving the quality of undergraduate education. This book offers a path forward based on faculty perspectives nationwide: Clarify program structure and aims Articulate high-quality learning goals Rigorously measure student progress Prioritize higher order competencies and disciplinarily grounded conceptual understandings A culmination of over two years of efforts by faculty and association leaders from six disciplines, this book distills the national conversation into a delineated set of fundamental ideas and practices, and advocates for the development and use of rigorous assessment tools that are valued by faculty, students, and society. Improving Quality in American Higher Education brings faculty voices to the fore of the conversation and offers an insightful look at the state of higher education, and a realistic strategy for better serving our students. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/ed3d25ff92bd89b5ba32005b583e3424/cvvss.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/8cpsm668lk2p/cvvss.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/zPseZqGCah/cvvss.7z.html

Implementing Inclusive Education : Issues in Bridging the Policy-Practice Gap By Amanda Watkins; Cor J. W. Meijer; Chris Forlin 2016 | 311 Pages | ISBN: 1786353881 | EPUB | 1 MB The volume will provide an examination of issues around how policy for inclusive education can be implemented in practice.In relation to different thematic policy areas considered in each chapter these questions will be considered: * What are the main policy issues for inclusive education?* What recommendations are there for addressing these issues?* What are the difficulties in implementing these recommendations?* How can these difficulties be overcome? Overall conclusions will focus on lessons learnt for supporting the implementation of policy for inclusive education and bridging the policy-practice gap. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/4451f39dbe9dccadcd382f38507cd16c/6k0gx.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/y230e8sdjzm0/6k0gx.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/k4zWXuQfqE/6k0gx.7z.html

Implementing Energy Efficiency in Industries by G C Datta Roy English | November 25, 2024 | ISBN: 1032532602 | 154 pages | MOBI | 5.64 Mb This book focuses on designing, implementing, and verifying the performance of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) projects in relevant industries from a practitioner's perspective. Various techniques and approaches are presented using case studies collated from the author's notes from about four decades of working in process industries and two decades as an international sustainable energy consultant. Features:Provides a broad overview of the main issues in implementing energy efficiency in industries.Focuses on implementation issues - technical, financial and employee engagement.Provides a brief description on the fundamental thermodynamic principles that drive efficiency and conservation.Includes a comparative evaluation of ESCO performance contract implementation.Charts out the energy efficiency journey, developing long-term goals and short-term activities.Includes case studies related to energy efficiency in energy-intensive large industries.This book is aimed at professionals working in energy engineering, industry, efficiency, and policy. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/34b127355c34a3f83950a3af37a5ea8b/ltkae.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/23zz3zclv9ks/ltkae.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/ohXjMISXzo/ltkae.7z.html

Imperial Cults: Religion and Politics in the Early Han and Roman Empires by Rebecca Robinson English | June 7, 2023 | ISBN: 0197666043 | 208 pages | MOBI | 2.21 Mb Imperial Cults is a comparative study of the transformation of imperial religion and imperial authority in the early Han and Roman empires. During the reigns of the Emperor Wu of Han and Octavian Augustus of Rome, the rulers undertook substantial reforms to their respective systems of cult, at a time when they were re-shaping the idea of imperial authority and consolidating their own power. The changes made to religious institutions during their reigns show how these reforms were a fundamental part of the imperial consolidation. Employing a comparative methodology the author discusses some of the common strategies employed by the two rulers in order to centre religious and political authority around themselves. Both rulers incorporated new men from outside of the established court elite to serve in their religious institutions and as advisors, thus weakening the authority of those who had traditionally held it. They both expanded the reach of their imperially-sponsored cult, and refashioned important ceremonies to demonstrate and communicate the unprecedented achievements of each ruler. Emperor Wu recruited experts in mantic knowledge from far reaches of the empire, while Augustus co-opted loyal followers into the newly revived priestly colleges. Robinson shows how the rulers used their respective religious institutions to consolidate their authority, secure support, and communicate their authority to the elite and commoners alike. By using the comparative approach, the author not only reveals similar trends in the formation of ancient empires, but also shows how new perspectives on familiar material can be found when engaging with other societies. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/ee160eba0c1e225cafd6c1629c05429b/z9kk6.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/v9sf234h4yjg/z9kk6.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/zSXeoQG0cf/z9kk6.7z.html

Imperatives and Directive Strategies By Daniël Van Olmen; Simone Heinold 2017 | 332 Pages | ISBN: 9027259496 | EPUB | 1 MB Imperatives and directive strategies have intrigued both formalists and functionalists. They continue to search for the answers to questions like "what are the semantics of the imperative?", "how is it used (in the world's languages)?" and "which factors determine the choice between imperatives and other directive strategies?". This volume takes a broadly functional-typological perspective and contributes to the literature in several respects. It presents new data from a variety of languages, some of which have not been studied in depth before. It exemplifies the benefits of traditional methodologies as well as the potential of more innovative ones. In addition, the volume sheds new light on the imperative as a typological notion, its meaning and uses and its interaction with other grammatical categories. It also offers new insights into the relation between different directive strategies within and across languages and into the (dis)similarities between equivalent directive strategies in a language family. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/4d4ace634b0dd2ce430dd47b79b1a22e/m3s30.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/s6qp4pr6ooed/m3s30.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/H6m8mWvMVO/m3s30.7z.html

Immigration and Social Capital in the Age of Social Media : American Social Institutions and a Korean-American Women's Online Community By Joong-Hwan Oh 2016 | 257 Pages | ISBN: 1498519261 | EPUB | 1 MB In this new age of social media, the role of online ethnic networks is as important as offline ethnic networks-families, friends, etc.-in helping immigrants adjust to their new country. This is something that has received very little attention in the academic field of international immigration which Oh hopes to rectify through this book. He focuses on the five American social institutions (immigration, welfare, education, housing, and finance) to explore this topic through the lens of married Korean-American women. In their online "MissyUSA" community, the largest Korean-American women's online community in North America, they share a wide range of information about the rules of each of these social institutions as they work together to navigate American society. Oh explores how the "MissyUSA" community creates two distinctive forms of social capital: social resources and social support. For some of its members (inquirers or information seekers), the "MissyUSA" community functions as an important source of their information (social resources) about the rules of the American social institutions. Likewise, it also functions as a network of social supporters (respondents or information providers) for those information seekers. Here, what makes this book a significant one is the fact that these social supporters are distinctively identified as instrumental guiders (information describers, expositors, confirmers, and advisors) and emotional supporters (companions, encouragers, and critics). By researching the lives of Korean-American women who are members of the "MissyUSA" community, Oh's book works to understand how a sub-set of the Korean-American community shares information about American institutions and uses the internet to do so. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/9f433d7ef5624eabf5a6f84cbd15b288/mpo5b.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/p4wwu5toh79s/mpo5b.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/InEl4MpgmI/mpo5b.7z.html

Immersed in Media : Telepresence in Everyday Life By Cheryl Campanella Bracken; Paul Skalski 2009 | 273 Pages | ISBN: 0415993393 | EPUB | 1 MB "Over the next few decades, immersive media could fundamentally change the ways humans engage in entertainment, communication, and social interaction. The current volume takes a step towards understanding this potential paradigm shift, combining insights from pioneers of the field of 'presence' with bright young scholars who bring a new perspective." --Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University, USA "This book provides an indispensable contribution to scholars in communication studies, computer science and psychology interested in the modes of being present in different media, and offers a careful historical and theoretical framework to the state-of-the-art research."--Anna Spagnolli, University of Padova, Italy "Bracken and Skalski have assembled a collection of works from the world's foremost authorities on telepresence, a topic that has gone understudied for years. Someone has finally assembled a comprehensive volume on the subject. This book is a must not only for those interested in telepresence, but for mass communication scholars of all kinds."--Kenneth A. Lachan, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA Immersed in Media highlights the increasing significance of telepresence in the media field. With contributions representing diverse disciplines, this volume delves into the topic through considerations of popular media types and their effects on users. Chapters in the work explain how the experience of presence can be affected by media technologies, including television, video games, film, and the Internet. They also discuss how presence experience mediates or moderates commonly studied media effects, such as enjoyment, persuasion, and aggression. These discussions are accompanied by overviews of the current state of presence research and its future. Ultimately, this work establishes the crucial role of telepresence in gaining a complete understanding of the uses and effects of popular media technologies. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/6479203b6539a5b7a04e643e0fd5dcc2/vc88s.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/cg12x2roepck/vc88s.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/6qAcRFBf6u/vc88s.7z.html

Imdeduya : Variants of a Myth of Love and Hate from the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea By Gunter Senft 2017 | 262 Pages | ISBN: 9027244561 | EPUB | 1 MB This volume presents five variants of the Imdeduya myth: two versions of the actual myth, a short story, a song and John Kasaipwalova's English poem "Sail the Midnight Sun." This poem draws heavily on the Trobriand myth which introduces the protagonists Imdeduya and Yolina and reports on Yolina's intention to marry the girl so famous for her beauty, on his long journey to Imdeduya's village and on their tragic love story. The texts are compared with each other with a final focus on the clash between orality and scripturality. Contrary to Kasaipwalova's fixed poetic text, the oral Imdeduya versions reveal the variability characteristic for oral tradition. This variability opens up questions about traditional stability and destabilization of oral literature, especially questions about the changing role of myth - and magic - in the Trobriand Islanders' society which gets more and more integrated into the by now "literal" nation of Papua New Guinea. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/810f2fce146fbf1ba336ed0568d2de95/bvrrw.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ojuxg8ha7hyo/bvrrw.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/vW0sMVGbm7/bvrrw.7z.html

Imaging of the Aorta: A Practical Guide for Radiologists by Iacopo Carbone, Davide Farina, Pier Giorgio Nardis English | July 27, 2024 | ISBN: 3031525264 | 248 pages | MOBI | 29 Mb This book provides younger radiologists with a practical guide to aortic imaging, from acquisition to reporting. It discusses the pros and cons of the different available techniques and offers tips for the optimization of acquisition protocols and it covers the most frequent aortic pathologies, from a diagnostic and interventional point of view. Report building is discussed starting from standardized terminology; for each pathology, the book lists, in a simple and schematic way, the key points that must be included in the report of a cross-sectional study. Checklists used by clinicians and radiologists in routine practice are also included, and iconography is enriched by numerous stand-alone images. The Authors have long-standing experience in cardiovascular imaging and interventional procedures and with this publication they are providing a useful guide in everyday clinical practice. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/db15716f2fd706b4bde7be15c5fd913e/voenp.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/r7gngcfohlba/voenp.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/MEKrL7D14Z/voenp.7z.html

Imaginarium : Sightings, Galleries, Sightlines By A. Robert Lee 2013 | 131 Pages | ISBN: 1940939054 | EPUB | 1 MB IMAGINARIUM: SIGHTINGS, GALLERIES, SIGHTLINES, A. Robert Lee's latest collection of poetry, turns on two connecting keynotes: imagination and sight. Across a broad canvas each of its sequences explores the ways we go about imagining as much as seeing reality. Sightings, which opens the book, turns upon a dozen or so celebrated paintings, among them J.M.W. Turner and Frida Kahlo. Galleries extends the usual meaning of the term to include vantage-points like a French archeological cave, a Bosphorus Straits crossing and a Tokyo station. Sightlines frames a run of personal encounters within the heights and widths of buildings and landscapes -- whether different Metro stations, or a major Japanese waterfall or Memphis's Beale Street. IMAGINARIUM explores yet other kinds of seeing, including poems that use bird flight as metaphors of imagination, airplane travel and its larger meanings of self-journey, science fiction film and the envisioning of other worlds, a roster of US photography, and imagination itself as a process to be imagined. In sum the reader is invited into a two-way exchange, imagination as seeing, seeing as imagination. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/4f5891e6d54c3efa054dc5bf397de33b/3sbg1.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/x0n4seftl7kg/3sbg1.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/kg3ESvItrV/3sbg1.7z.html