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Sejauh mana studi Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, masih relevan? Dari karyanya, terlihat bahwa patriarki adalah monster berkepala banyak. Selama beberapa dekade terakhir, berbagai kepala monster ini telah dipenggal: terobosan penting telah dicapai oleh dan untuk wanita dalam hukum, politik, dan ekonomi. Namun, hari ini kita menyaksikan gerakan ke arah yang berlawanan, seperti kebangkitan po…
Bagi banyak orang, pikiran tentang Uni Emirat Arab membangkitkan gambaran gedung pencakar langit ultramodern dan bukit pasir yang bergulir. Namun, Emirat adalah mozaik ekosistem dan habitat yang kaya yang mendukung komunitas organisme yang sangat beragam, dan ada peningkatan kesadaran akan pentingnya aset alam yang sebelumnya kurang dihargai ini. A Natural History of the Emirates memberikan gam…
Arsenic is ubiquitous in nature and has toxic effects on humans, animals, and plants. This book discusses arsenic toxicity and ways of mitigating it. It includes seven chapters that discuss arsenic sources, contamination consequences, and remediation possibilities. The chapters address arsenic and risks to human health, plant health and function, and fish and aquatic biota, as well as the chemi…
«This little gem offers the reader an overview of the various practices that form part of the ever increasing field of audiovisual translation (AVT) and makes brave inroads into the less glamorous but definitely needed areas of theory and research. Covering a wide range of topics in research in AVT, and admittedly questioning «whether a universal methodology for audiovisual translation resear…
This book lays out a numerical framework for the detailed description of heterogeneous chemistry, electrochemistry and porous media transport in solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Assuming hydrogen as the only electrochemically active species, a modified Butler-Volmer equation is used to model the electrochemical charge transfer.
Anthocyanins are natural plant pigments, responsible for many of the orange/red/purple/blue colors of many flowers, fruits, and vegetables. These colorants play important roles in plants, such as conferring UV protection and antimicrobial properties, and they are also implicated to have many potential human health-promoting properties. Research works and epidemiological studies have indicated t…
This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to understand the effects of epidemics on older people. Thematically organised, it shows how to reconcile qua…
Pada bulan Januari 2009, Barack Obama menjadi presiden ke-44 Amerika Serikat. Dalam minggu dan bulan setelah pemilihan, seperti dalam minggu dan bulan yang mendahuluinya, banyak pengamat sosial dari berbagai spektrum ideologis mengomentari signifikansi budaya, sosial, dan politik dari "fenomena Obama." Dalam "Pada Momen Penentu Ini," Enid Logan memberikan analisis yang mendalam dibingkai oleh w…
This reprint provides the most recent advancements and trends in the analysis of cultural heritage samples, including archaeological and bio-archaeological samples, confirming the growing public and academic interest in this field. The submitted papers cover different aspects of cultural and archaeological heritage protection, conservation, and restoration. The complexity of such samples, inclu…