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Acknowledged Legislator
Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Acknowledged Legislator: Critical Essays on the Poetry of Martín Espada stands as the first-ever collection of essays on poet and activist Martín Espada. It is also, to date, the only published book-length, single-author study of Espada currently in existence. Relying on innovative, highly original...
Africa Rise Up!
Perspectives on African Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
As Africa continues the search for relevance, influence, peace, progress, and stability in a highly competitive global system, 'Africa Rise Up!' interrogates the historical and contemporary forces, agency, and factors that combine to affect the location of the continent in the global order. From politics...
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee
Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction...
Sleep in the Military
Promoting Healthy Sleep Among U.S. Servicemembers
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Given the unprecedented demands on the U.S. military since 2001 and the risks posed by stress and trauma, there has been growing concern about the prevalence and consequences of sleep problems. This first-ever comprehensive review of military sleep-related policies and programs, evidence-based interventions,...
MRI of the Fetal Brain
Normal Development and Cerebral Pathologies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In recent years, Fetal MR has grown continually in importance, and the brain has become the main focus of investigation. However, we lack established standards and a good knowledge of the normal MR appearance. To fill this gap is the purpose of the first part of this book, which is an MR atlas of...
by Robert L. Arrington, Peter M. Burkholder, Shannon Dubose
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
With this issue we initiate the policy of expanding the scope of Tulane Studies in Philosophy to include, in addition to the work of members of the department, contributions from philosophers who have earned advanced degrees from Tulane and who are now teaching in other colleges and universities....
by Robert P. Mecham, William C. Parks
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 1998
The chapters in this book thoroughly cover the structure, regulation, and function of matrix metalloproteinases, and provide information on the latest strategies to inhibit enzyme activity. This work will be an indispensable reference tool for investigators with an interest in extracellular matrix...
by Jian Farhadi, MD, Jaume Masia
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Guest Edited by Drs. Stefan Hofer, Jian Farhadi and Jaume Masia, is devoted to Contemporary Indications in Breast Reconstruction. Articles in this comprehensive issue include: Modern approaches to surgical management of malignant breast disease and the role...
Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students
Qualitative and Intersectional Studies of Educational Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students comprises a wide range of studies that explore the multidimensional social processes and meanings germane to the experiences of first-generation college students before and during their matriculation into institutions of higher education. The...
Time's River
Archaeological Syntheses from the Lower Mississippi Valley
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
This volume stands as a key general resource for archaeologists working in the region extending from Louisiana through Mississippi north to Missouri and Kentucky, and it represents an opportunity to influence for decades a large part of the archaeological work to take place in the Southeast.
The...
Teacher Certification and the Professional Status of Teaching in North America
The New Battleground for Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
This book locates recent developments in teacher certification in North America within a broader, international policy context characterized as hegemonic neoliberalism wherein economic rationalism has begun to trump professional judgment. We focus on teacher certification because it addresses fundamental...
by Beaten Track Publishing, K.C. Faelan, Jonathan Penn
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Beaten Track authors present fourteen short summer reads filled with friendship, romance and, of course, enough heat to make your ice lolly dribble.Summer Bigger Than Others takes you away to your own private island of diverse stories that will make your summer days sweet, sizzling and sexy.From...
Going out in Style
A Guide to Planetary Departure
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Have you wondered what its really like to cross over into the afterlife? Would you like to make it a good trip for yourselfor be an ambassador of goodwill for someone who is dying? If so, welcome to this rich forum of information and compelling personal stories.
You may be cynical, frightened, sure...
Religion and Charity
The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Free markets alone do not work effectively to solve certain kinds of human problems, such as education, old age care, or disaster relief. Nor have markets ever been the sole solution to the psychological challenges of death, suffering, or injustice. Instead, we find a major role for the non-market...