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Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

By: Bruna Silva,Filomena Costa,Isabel C. Neves,Teresa Tavares

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Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

By: Bruna Silva,Filomena Costa,Isabel C. Neves,Teresa Tavares

This book describes how psychiatric pharmaceuticals, namely antidepressants, anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics are among the most prescribed active substances due to the higher occurrence of psychiatric disorders throughout the world. It goes on to demonstrate how patients’ excretion of the active compounds along with several metabolites is considered to be the main pathway for the occurrence of these emerging pollutants in wastewater treatment plant effluents, surface and drinking water, soils and sediments. Further chapters are devoted to an exploration of these pharmaceuticals’ high persistence, toxicity and intrinsic biological activity, which can affect the nervous and endocrine systems of terrestrial and aquatic non-target organisms, the dissemination of these compounds in environment matrices and the growing number of associated problems and concerns. The remainder of the book describes how conventional wastewater treatment processes are generally inefficient when it comes to the removal of this type of pollutants, giving rise to the demand for implementing alternative or complementary treatment technologies. Extensive research studies on the efficiency of the degradation and/or removal of these pollutants are summarized, and adsorption, membrane and advanced oxidation processes (AOP) are proposed. Given its content and structure, the book offers a concise summary of the most significant findings on psychiatric pharmaceutical removal in wastewater.

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Springer

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3319204939

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On this and other worlds

Voices from Amazonia

By: Kristine Stenzel,Bruna Franchetto

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On this and other worlds

Voices from Amazonia

By: Kristine Stenzel,Bruna Franchetto

This edited volume offers a collection of twelve interlinear texts reflecting the vast linguistic diversity of Amazonia as well as the rich verbal arts and oral literature traditions of Amazonian peoples. Contributions to the volume come from a variety of geographic regions and represent the Carib, Jê, Tupi, East Tukano, Nadahup, and Pano language families, as well as three linguistic isolates. The selected texts exemplify a variety of narrative styles recounting the origins of constellations, crops, and sacred cemeteries, and of travel to worlds beyond death. We hear tales of tricksters and of encounters between humans and other beings, learn of battles between enemies, and gain insight into history and the indigenous perspective of creation, cordiality and confrontation. The contributions to this volume are the result of research efforts conducted since 2000, and as such, exemplify rapidly expanding investment and interest in documenting native Amazonian voices. They moreover demonstrate the collaborative efforts of linguists, anthropologists, and indigenous leaders, storytellers, and researchers to study and preserve Amazonian languages and cultures. Each chapter offers complete interlinear analysis as well as ample commentary on both linguistic and cultural aspects, appealing to a wide audience, including linguists, historians, anthropologists, and other social scientists. This collection is the first of its type, constituting a significant contribution to focused study of Amazonian linguistic diversity and a relevant addition to our broader knowledge of Amerindian languages and cosmologies.

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Language Science Press

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3961100195

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Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Video Games

an analysis of gender roles and structures of power

By: Bruna Pickler

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Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Video Games

an analysis of gender roles and structures of power

By: Bruna Pickler

This book sheds light on gender politics and structures of power that can be found in new media, as a single structure that can be found in any game. This book brings to the public an academic dissertation, that was written to grant a Master's Degree to its author. It aims to produce knowledge regarding the modern video game medium by analyzing the narrative pertaining to one such game. To be written, a game was played and replayed to its whole extension, and analyzed throughout. The game is used as a contemporary example of the cultural form. The dissertation focuses on the narrative structure of the text using the theoretical work of Vladimir Propp and the ideas he develops in Morphology of Folktale (1968). This book argues that the morphology identified by Propp as being present in traditional folk narratives can also be found in a contemporary electronic cultural text. It also identifies and discusses issues regarding character development, the relationships between archetypes and categories, the allocation of tasks to the players within the story-as-game, the characteristics of the temporal development of the narrative, the significance and roles of the main characters, and the extent to which gender politics informs the narrative of this contemporary video game. "The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ― Roseanne Barr

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Editora Dialética

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6525299705

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Data, Statistics, and Useful Numbers for Environmental Sustainability

Bringing the Numbers to Life

By: Benoit Cushman-Roisin,Bruna Tanaka Cremonini

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Data, Statistics, and Useful Numbers for Environmental Sustainability

Bringing the Numbers to Life

By: Benoit Cushman-Roisin,Bruna Tanaka Cremonini

Data, Statistics, and Useful Numbers for Environmental Sustainability: Bringing the Numbers to Life is an accessible reference for researchers working in environmental and sustainability fields who need to communicate the latest data and statistics to reinforce their own research or message. The book compiles the most-needed numbers into one resource and covers a variety of relevant topics, including materials, energy, environment, city planning, electronics, and waste. This handbook is clearly indexed and full of comprehensive tables, making it easy to find answers. Researchers in environmental and sustainability-related fields will find it an invaluable resource. - Collects and presents important environmental data in one accessible resource - Provides key information needed for effectively communicating environmental and sustainability issues - Offers a clear index - Includes detailed tables throughout for ease of access

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Elsevier

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0128230118

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Spaces for Highly Mobile People

Emerging Practices of Mobility in Italy

By: Bruna Vendemmia

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Spaces for Highly Mobile People

Emerging Practices of Mobility in Italy

By: Bruna Vendemmia

This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory. It establishes an interdisciplinary and a multiscalar approach to mobility analysis and mobility design through the application of a mobile method of research. Drawing on mobile people in Italy, the book highlights how influential movers appropriate and configure space for their own needs, centring their activities on continuous but distant places and configuring territories with uncertain and evolving limits. This change of perspective allows us to redefine the concept of mobility space, including all the spaces that support the development of emerging mobility practices. It also encourages new perspectives on the way in which the relationship between the individual and territory is evolving into a less sedentary way of inhabiting space. This book will be of interest to architects, urban scientists and sociologists, as well as postgraduate students who are interested in understanding how mobilities are transforming contemporary cities and territories.

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Routledge

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1000076326

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9781000076325

Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

By: Bruna Silva,Filomena Costa,Isabel C. Neves,Teresa Tavares

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Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

On this and other worlds

On this and other worlds

Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Video Games

Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Video Games

Data, Statistics, and Useful Numbers for Environmental Sustainability

Data, Statistics, and Useful Numbers for Environmental Sustainability

Spaces for Highly Mobile People

Spaces for Highly Mobile People

Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

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