Ranging over the broad spectrum of contemporary literary and film theory, Breaking the Frame explores the different approaches to cinematic art that are offered by cognitive psychology, feminist theory, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. In this study Inez Hedges looks closely at films that challenge accepted norms in both form and content. The films discussed here, including Zazie, La Nuit de Var…
Despite significant progress in the global fight against malaria, this parasitic infection is still responsible for nearly 300 million clinical cases and more than half a million deaths each year, predominantly in African children less than 5 years of age. The infection starts when mosquitoes transmit small numbers of parasites into the skin. From here, the parasites travel with the bloodstream…
During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D') Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of th…
Why are there so few women in science? In Breaking into the Lab, Sue Rosser uses the experiences of successful women scientists and engineers to answer the question of why elite institutions have so few women scientists and engineers tenured on their faculties. Women are highly qualified, motivated students, and yet they have drastically higher rates of attrition, and they are shying away from …
eBook ini merupakan kompilasi artikel dari Frontiers Research Topics, sebuah koleksi multidisiplin yang memuat sepuluh artikel terpilih mengenai subjek spesifik. Fokus utama kajian ini adalah Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), sebuah ancaman kesehatan masyarakat global yang signifikan akibat resistensinya terhadap antibiotik lini akhir. Di kawasan Asia Pasifik, prevalensi CRE dilapo…
The authors in this volume explore the interconnected issues of intergenerational trauma and traumatic memory in societies with a history of collective violence across the globe. Each chapter's discussion offers a critical reflection on historical trauma and its repercussions, and how memory can be used as a basis for dialogue and transformation. The perspectives include, among others: the heal…
In this important book, Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper bring together an internationally acclaimed group of contributors to demonstrate the complexities of the social and political spheres in various areas of public policy. By breaking down the state into the players who really make decisions and pursue coherent strategies, these essays provide new perspectives on the interactions bet…
Takes the singular eco-catastrophic "Age of Man" and redefines this epoch We live in a new world: the Anthropocene. The Age of Man is defined in many ways, and most dramatically through climate change, mass extinction, and human marks in the geological record. Ideas of the Anthropocene spill out from the geophysical sciences into the humanities, social sciences, the arts, and mainstream debate…
Samudra Pasifik bagian Barat dan Tengah adalah rumah bagi perikanan tuna terbesar di dunia-sekitar setengah dari pasokan tuna dunia-dan merupakan sumber ekonomi yang vital bagi negara-negara kepulauan Pasifik. Potensi perikanan tuna Pasifik untuk berkontribusi pada pembangunan ekonomi di negara-negara kepulauan Pasifik sangat besar, tetapi akan membutuhkan strategi regional yang kooperatif untu…
Buku akses terbuka ini mensurvei bagaimana teknologi digital dapat berkontribusi secara efektif untuk meningkatkan pemahaman kita tentang masa lalu, melalui keterlibatan indrawi berdasarkan bukti budaya material. Secara khusus, ini mendorong para spesialis untuk mempertimbangkan indera dan hak pilihan manusia sebagai faktor penting dalam mempelajari ruang kuno, sambil mengakui peran yang dimain…