Providing a review of the relevant literature and research, this book demonstrates how discourse and conversation analysis can be applied to rework central feminist notions and concepts, ultimately revealing their full potential and relevance to other disciplines. It is useful to the students of sociology, gender studies and cultural studies.

Written by experts specialising in the study of Jaina narrative literature, this unique book offers an interdisciplinary approach. It presents interesting juxtapositions of narrative paradigms with Jaina ritual culture in history and the contemporary world as well as in Buddhism and Hinduism, thus resulting in new insights which are reflected in the chapters.It will be of interest to specialists in South Asian and Asian religions.

This book examines the effects of external interventions on conflict intensity in civil wars.

This book aims to provide the background knowledge, necessary tools, and guidelines for rationalized and consistent engineering approaches to design and construction in and on jointed and faulted rock. Three avenues will be exploited to that effect: mechanics, empiricism and analysis (including numerical analysis). The text will be permeated with informative and illustrated case records from the authors' total of 40 countries sphere of experience. Solutions of every-day problems will be interspersed with experiences from the longest tunnel, the widest cavern, the highest dam, the site of the largest underground power house, and the problems with the deepest TBM tunnels.

D.I. Mendeleev (1834-1907) is known and respected internationally as the inventor of the periodic table of elements and as a pioneer in the understanding of the nature of chemical periodicity, but what is far less recognised is that he was also a major economist and policy-maker. This scholarly volume offers the first full-length study of Mendeleev's economic thought, and of the relationship between this and his work on theoretical chemistry.

This book is an historical investigation into the role of the European Community in the overcoming of the East-West divide during the Cold War.

Occupational Biomechanics, Fifth Edition provides the foundations and tools to assemble and evaluate biomechanical processes. It describes the mechanical side of ergonomics. This revision of a well-established graduate-level text enables the book to stay current with research and development in occupational biomechanics. All chapters are updated to reflect recent data (anthropometry for example). New methods in biomechanics, simulation, movement recording, job analysis, hand activity, and muscle fatigue have been inserted. Rarely used job analysis methods (example: posture targeting) are removed and replaced by more contemporary methods (example: Hand Activity Level). Since worker selection is no longer a predominant issue, this part has been removed and the section on administrative controls is developed further. Review questions are updated and/or expanded.

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This book is intended to be an introductory bioinformatics textbook for mathematicians and computer scientists. It focuses on using algorithms and discrete mathematics to solve biological problems. The book systematically describes biological applications, the corresponding mathematical/computational problems, and various algorithmic solutions. It also discusses the practical use of various algorithmic methods and describes what algorithms should be used in different situations.

The book presents a rigorous framework for understanding the local effects and responses to the resource extraction operations, building on the existing literature of mining impacts to provide a grounded theoretical approach towards large-scale mining in Melanesia.

From copyright and trademark concerns to ever-changing privacy laws to determining how to comply with the range of open source software licences, the number of issues that a web professional can face is daunting. This book presents best practices to avoid some common legal pitfalls that all web professionals face. It provides detailed explanations of copyright law and intellectual property, dissections of oft-used contracts, and overviews of trademark and patent laws. This book covers laws and regulations surrounding data gathering, open source tools, and rules on privacy and shows readers how to legally navigate those murky waters.

This book offers an excellent introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology. In the first part, the main concepts of General Relativity are presented, while the second offers an introduction to the astrophysical applications.

An ideal introduction to the world of children's films that charts the key productions from 1902 to the present day. An essential guide to the enchanting world of film for aspiring young film buffs (and nostalgic adults). From Le Voyage Dans la Lune to Hugo, via Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Ghostbusters, this offers a journey through film guaranteed to entertain and delight.

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the historical evolution of the art and practice of insurgency and counter insurgency, providing the reader with a wide survey of 'classic' campaigns. It gives an informed and balanced overview of insurgency and counter insurgency in the past, present and future.

The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066ΓÇô1901 presents the first systematic review of the ways in which AngloΓÇôSaxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century Tells the story of how the idea of AngloΓÇôSaxon England evolved from the AngloΓÇôSaxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and some of their most cherished institutions Combines original research with established scholarship to reveal how current conceptions of English identity might be very different if it were not for the discovery ΓÇô and invention ΓÇô of the AngloΓÇôSaxon past Reveals how documents dating from the AngloΓÇôSaxon era have greatly influenced modern attitudes toward nationhood, race, religious practice, and constitutional liberties Includes more than fifty images of manuscripts, early printed books, paintings, sculptures, and major historians of the era

This volume will bring together Schreiner's three published collections of short fiction in one volume; namely, Dreams (1890), Dream Life and Real Life (1893), and the posthumously published Stories, Dreams and Allegories (1923).

An invaluable practitioner guide to the interface between trade mark law and competition law, combining practice, doctrine and policy, including a detailed review and analysis of jurisprudence from Europe, the United States, and Australia.

A practical and authoritative guide to using the European patent system, offering insightful comparative analysis of two major patent jurisdictions, the UK and Germany and prospects for the new Unitary Patent Package, and focusing on both substantive law and procedure.