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Jews in China

Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions

By: Irene Eber

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Jews in China

Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions

By: Irene Eber

Irene Eber was one of the foremost authorities on Jews in China during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries—a field that, in contrast to the study of the Jewish diaspora in Europe and the Americas, has been critically neglected. This volume gathers fourteen of Eber’s most salient articles and essays on the exchanges between Jewish and Chinese cultures, making available to students, scholars, and general readers a representative sample of the range and depth of her important work in the field of Jews in China. Jews in China delineates the centuries-long, reciprocal dialogue between Jews, Jewish culture, and China, all under the overarching theme of cultural translation. The first section of the book sets forth a sweeping overview of the history of Jews in China, beginning in the twelfth century and concluding with a detailed assessment of the two crucial years leading up to the Second World War. The second section examines the translation of Chinese classics into Hebrew and the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Chinese. The third and final section turns to modern literature, bringing together eight essays that underscore the cultural reciprocity that takes place through acts of translation. The centuries-long relationship between Judaism and China is often overlooked in the light of the extensive discourse surrounding European and American Judaism. With this volume, Eber reminds us that we have much to learn from the intersections between Jewish identity and Chinese culture.

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Penn State Press

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0271085878

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The Stargods Trilogy

By: Irene Radford

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The Stargods Trilogy

By: Irene Radford

FANTASY. This omnibus volume, "The Stargods Trilogy," brings together Irene Radford's "The Hidden Dragon," "The Dragon Circle," and "The Dragon's Revenge." The O'Hara brothers are on the run from the intergalactic government when they stumble across an abandoned colony planet. They must face the dangers of the strange hunter-gatherer society they've found -- where their technology could make the brothers seem like gods -- as well as the continued threat of the interstellar police force still searching for them.

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Penguin

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0756410428

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9780756410421

Philip Melanchthon

Theologian in Classroom, Confession, and Controversy

By: Irene Dingel,Timothy J. Wengert,Robert Kolb,Nicole Kuropka

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Philip Melanchthon

Theologian in Classroom, Confession, and Controversy

By: Irene Dingel,Timothy J. Wengert,Robert Kolb,Nicole Kuropka

These twelve essays by international scholars investigate Melanchthon's theological activities as teacher, confessor of the faith, and defender of his doctrine and ecclesiastical policies as they developed within the context of his service of society and church. In the past quarter century Melanchthon researchers have scrutinized older, mostly negative, interpretations of the Preceptor Germaniae. The editors present in this volume precisely focused appraisals of »Master Philip« in his role as theologian at the university and in the service of his own prince and others. By carefully placing his use of Aristotle, his understanding of the nature of training for pastoral ministry, his biblical exegesis in context, by analyzing four of his attempts to formulate Wittenberg teaching in public confession, by assessing how his own writings took on normative character for the church, and by tracing his thinking on the free will and the Lord's Supper in the midst of controversy, these authors offer carefully etched portraits of Melanchthon as Preceptor ecclesiae. This volume contributes to the expansion of our understanding of Melanchthon as key figure in the Wittenberg Reformation and the currents of controversy that have long surrounded the interpretation of his contributions.

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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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3647550477

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9783647550473

Frauen Konnen Mehr

By: Irene Fiedler

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Frauen Konnen Mehr

By: Irene Fiedler

While the author was still a student at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda (1968/69), she realized how important women are, in the society and in the church. After Makerere, she worked for seven years in the Kania la Biblia in Southern Tanzania. While living in Matemanga, she established the church's Women's Ministry, which she continued to lead from Songea and Mbinga. In this book she looks back on her life, work and thinking in those years, based on her diaries and correspondence. This she augments by information on related developments over the last 50 years, which show what women can achieve. Irene Fiedler (*1942), after training as a domestic worker, as a kindergarten teacher and then as a primary school teacher, studied at Makerere University in Kampala and after that worked for seven years as a missionary of the Kanisa la Biblia in South Tanzania. Returning to Germany in 1976, she trained as a child and adolescent psychotherapist and received her PhD in Education from Dortmund University in 1984. She worked as a psychotherapist in private practice and as an instructor in psychotherapy. Mother of three children, two of them born in Tanzania. Editor of the Old Testament section of the Swahili Bible Concordance (Itifaki ya Biblia) published in 1990 in Dodoma (Central Tanganyika Press) and in Nairobi (Uzima Press).

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African Books Collective

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9996066827

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Seferis and Elytis as Translators

By: Irene Loulakaki-Moore

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Seferis and Elytis as Translators

By: Irene Loulakaki-Moore

George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis gave the Modern Greek language a substantial corpus of translations from poets working in French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, English and Ancient Greek. However, the translation practices of these two Nobel Prize-winning poets have long been inadequately observed. The present volume provides a close examination of Seferis' and Elytis' inter- and intra-lingual verse translations with the aim of discovering their translating techniques and their personal and public goals in pursuing the act of translation. Similarities and differences between the two poets are highlighted comparatively. The methodological approach, informed by recent findings in the field of descriptive translation studies and polysystem theories, investigates the function of translation in the target culture and the relation of translation to original poetic production. Throughout the book the study of translation is shown to be a powerful tool for the study of Modern Greek literature and its relation to other literatures and movements of the time, while the task of the translator and the task of the writer unfold as two components of the same endeavour.

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Peter Lang

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3039119184

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The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906)

By: Irene Eber

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The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906)

By: Irene Eber

Provides new and fascinating information about a major 19th century Bible translator, S.I.J. Schereschewsky, the early years of the Episcopal mission in China, his translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into northern vernacular Chinese and its Chinese reception.

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BRILL

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9004112669

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The World in an Orange

Creating Theatre with Barney Simon

By: Irene Stephanou,Leila Henriques

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The World in an Orange

Creating Theatre with Barney Simon

By: Irene Stephanou,Leila Henriques

Barney Simon (1932–1995) was the legendary artistic director, writer, and co-creator ofthe Market Theatre in Johannesburg, one of the most influential and distinguished theatres in South Africa and the world. He workshopped, wrote, and directed unforgettable and pertinent plays in his quest to "hold a mirror up high to society." These works stand as a testament to South Africa’s recent history. Here are 80 testaments from international artists about Barney’s often mysterious creative process. Barney was especially known for his famous "orange exercise." Through a single orange,he communicated lessons ofdetail,care, and respect. With full-color illustrations throughout, this is an essential book for students and teachers of theatrical expression, and indeed for anyone who strives to understand their own voice. With the passing of a decade of democracy in South Africa, The World in an Orange is a record of the last years of apartheid and the role of the arts community in bringing it down.

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Seven Stories Press

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1609800982

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Running in the Red

The Political Dynamics of Urban Fiscal Stress

By: Irene S. Rubin

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Running in the Red

The Political Dynamics of Urban Fiscal Stress

By: Irene S. Rubin

This case study of a politically reformed, middle-sized Midwestern city provides a model of fiscal stress that contrasts sharply with that of America's vast metropolitan centers. Dr. Rubin examines the interaction of social, political, and economic causes of the city's predicament. She then goes on to analyze the specific factors that solved the city's problems over a six-year period. Finally, she offers a self-correcting mechanism that would allow a city to save itself from financial trouble without direct state or federal assistance. This study suggests that local political factors were even more important than national factors in contributing to the city's fiscal stress. It also brings into question the theory that generosity to the poor creates urban fiscal stress and that giving less to the poor will solve urban financial problems.

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State University of New York Press

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1438418175

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Johann Sebastian Bach

The Culmination of an Era

By: Karl Geiringer,Irene Geiringer

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Johann Sebastian Bach

The Culmination of an Era

By: Karl Geiringer,Irene Geiringer

When it was originally published in 1967, this study of J.S. Bach was the first important work on the composer in nearly a generation. The many discoveries about Bach’s life and music that occurred in the postwar years created the need for a new interpretative study incorporating this research and this was the only book which incorporated the vast amount of material uncovered since 1950, the bicentennial of Bach’s death. The volume begins with a brief biography and is followed by an analysis of each major type of composition: vocal, organ, keyboard and instrumental music. In each section the author examines thoroughly many Bach compositions and evaluates them in relation to the rest of the composer’s work, as well as in relation to the music of his contemporaries. More than 70 music examples enable the reader to understand how Bach worked, the manner in which his genius developed and grew, and to see outstanding excerpts from his music in various stages of completion. An interesting aspect of research methods is revealed through an explanation of the detective work which has been done regarding handwriting, paper and watermarks in the original sources.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040217400

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Exhausting Intellectual Property Rights

A Comparative Law and Policy Analysis

By: Shubha Ghosh,Irene Calboli

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Exhausting Intellectual Property Rights

A Comparative Law and Policy Analysis

By: Shubha Ghosh,Irene Calboli

Provides an in-depth assessment of the exhaustion doctrine and explores how its various implementations have shaped international trade issues.

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Cambridge University Press

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110711585X

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Awakening Desire

Encountering the Divine Feminine in the Masculine Christian Journey

By: Irene Alexander

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Awakening Desire

Encountering the Divine Feminine in the Masculine Christian Journey

By: Irene Alexander

The hope of this book is that it awakens desire to know more intimately the God who breaks through our compartmentalization and naming. While most in the West have heard God's name as almost exclusively masculine, a child growing up in Israel would have experienced the Spirit of God, and Lady Wisdom, as female. This ruach, the breath of God, brooded over the face of the deep in the creation story like a hovering mother bird. The God of the Bible and the early church has been described with both masculine and feminine imagery, referred to by the church fathers and mystics as both Mother and Father. In our time we have lost much of this rich feminine imagery. This book explores not only this historical knowing of God but also more contemporary writers, such as Carl Jung, Paul Young (The Shack), George MacDonald, and Thomas Merton. Each of these men engaged with the Divine Feminine, giving us examples of how we too may find God more deeply and more intimately.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498245161

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Gordion Special Studies, Volume II

The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels

By: Irene Bald Romano

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Gordion Special Studies, Volume II

The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels

By: Irene Bald Romano

This book contains a detailed analytical catalogue of 171 terracotta figurines and figural vessels. These are represented in every period at Gordion from the Early Bronze Age. The majority dates from the Late Phrygian/Hellenistic period when there was a proliferation of imports from Greece. Gordion's long and rich history, from a Bronze Age center to a Phrygian capital to a market town and Graeco-Celtic center, makes it unique in the archaeological and historical record of central Turkey. University Museum Monograph, 86

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UPenn Museum of Archaeology

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0924171294

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9780924171291

The Alex Studies

cognitive and communicative abilities of grey parrots

By: Irene M. PEPPERBERG,Irene M Pepperberg

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The Alex Studies

cognitive and communicative abilities of grey parrots

By: Irene M. PEPPERBERG,Irene M Pepperberg

20 years ago Pepperberg set out to discover whether results of pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds were incapable of mastering cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. This is a synthesis of her studies.

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Harvard University Press

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0674041992

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9780674041998

Women and Men at Work

By: Irene Padavic,Barbara F. Reskin

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Women and Men at Work

By: Irene Padavic,Barbara F. Reskin

The Second Edition of this best selling book provides a comprehensive examination of the role that gender plays in work environments. This book differs from others by comparing women′s and men′s work status, addressing contemporary issues within a historical perspective, incorporating comparative material from other countries, recognizing differences in the experiences of women and men from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Relying on both qualitative and quantitative data, the authors seek to link social scientific ideas about workers′ lives, sex inequality, and gender to the real-world workplace. This new edition contains updated statistics, timely cartoons, and presents new scholarship in the field. It also provides a renewed focus on reasons for variability in inequality across workplaces. In sum, the second edition of Women and Men at Work presents a contemporary perspective to the field, with relevant comparative and historical insights that will draw readers in and connect them to the wider concern of making sense of our dramatically changing world.

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SAGE Publications

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1452267685

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South Hadley

By: Irene Cronin,South Hadley Historical Society

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South Hadley

By: Irene Cronin,South Hadley Historical Society

South Hadley covers the history of the community from its early settlement through 1965 with an unprecedented pictorial collection. The South Hadley Historical Society presents a lasting tribute to the people and places of its past and celebrates the change, growth, and development the town has seen since its beginnings. Featured in this book are the many families who have contributed to South Hadley's history, including the Woodbridges, Carews, Bardwells, Smiths, Gaylords, and Eastmans. Also depicted are the churches and schools that have colored the history of the community. The development of one-room schoolhouses into modern systems is pictured, as well as the establishment of Mount Holyoke College, the first women's college in the United States. Evolutions in transportation, participation in wars, and the unique phenomena of Titan's Pier and Titan's Piazza are all explored in South Hadley.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738586781

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Irene Rice Pereira

Her Paintings and Philosophy

By: Karen Anne Bearor,Irene Rice Pereira

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Irene Rice Pereira

Her Paintings and Philosophy

By: Karen Anne Bearor,Irene Rice Pereira

In this major revisionist work, Margaret C. Jones calls for reexamination of the relevance of The Masses' feminism to that of the 1990s. She explores women contributors' perspectives on crucial issues: patriarchy, birth control, the labor movement, woman suffrage, pacifism, and ethnicity.

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University of Texas Press

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0292738587

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Narratives of Difference in an Age of Austerity

By: Irene Gedalof

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Narratives of Difference in an Age of Austerity

By: Irene Gedalof

This book traces the narrative strategies framing austerity policies through an illuminating analysis of policy documents and political discourses, exposing the political consequences for women, racialized minorities and disabled people. While many have critiqued the ways in which austerity has captured the contemporary political narrative, this is the first book to systematically examine how these narratives work to shift the terms within which policy debates about inequality and difference play out. Gedalof’s exceptional readings of these texts pay close attention to the formal qualities of these narratives: the chronologies they impose, their articulation of crisis and resolution, the points of view they construct and the affective registers they deploy. In this manner she argues persuasively that the differences of gender, race, ethnicity and disability have been stitched into the fabric of austerity as excesses that must be disavowed, as reproductive burdens that are too great for the austere state to bear. This innovative, intersectional analysis will appeal to students and scholars of social policy, gender studies, politics and public policy.

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Springer

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113740065X

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9781137400659

Working Within Two Kinds of Capitalism

Corporate Governance and Employee Stakeholding - US and EC Perspectives

By: Irene Lynch-Fannon

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Working Within Two Kinds of Capitalism

Corporate Governance and Employee Stakeholding - US and EC Perspectives

By: Irene Lynch-Fannon

This text compares the corporate governance structures of the US quoted company and its European equivalent and the role which employees as non-shareholding stakeholders hold within those structures. It focuses on the incidents of ownership normally exercised by stakeholders and raises questions regarding different responses to the issue of mandated labour market regulation on both sides of the Atlantic. The text considers theoretical and practical issues raised in this context.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847311482

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The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906)

By: Irene Eber

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The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906)

By: Irene Eber

A study of the life and times of Bishop S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906) and his translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into northern vernacular (Mandarin) Chinese. Based largely on archival materials, missionary records and letters, the book includes an analysis of the translated Chinese text together with Schereschewsky's explanatory notes. The book examines his Jewish youth in Eastern Europe, conversion, American seminary study, journey to Shanghai and Beijing, mission routine, the translating committee's work, his tasks as Episcopal bishop in Shanghai and the founding of St. John's University. Concluding chapters analyze the controversial "Term Question" (the Chinese term for God) and Schereschewsky's techniques of translating the Hebrew text. Included are useful discussions of the Old Testament's Chinese reception and the role of this translation for subsequent Bible translating efforts.

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BRILL

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9004320024

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9789004320024

The Dragon Circle

The Stargods #2

By: Irene Radford

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The Dragon Circle

The Stargods #2

By: Irene Radford

Continuing the tale that began in The Hidden Dragon, this is the story of three Terran brothers who discover a fascinating world where dragons are real-and worshiped as gods.

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Astra Publishing House

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1101167017

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Local Polynomial Modelling and Its Applications

Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability 66

By: Jianqing Fan

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Local Polynomial Modelling and Its Applications

Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability 66

By: Jianqing Fan

Data-analytic approaches to regression problems, arising from many scientific disciplines are described in this book. The aim of these nonparametric methods is to relax assumptions on the form of a regression function and to let data search for a suitable function that describes the data well. The use of these nonparametric functions with parametric techniques can yield very powerful data analysis tools. Local polynomial modeling and its applications provides an up-to-date picture on state-of-the-art nonparametric regression techniques. The emphasis of the book is on methodologies rather than on theory, with a particular focus on applications of nonparametric techniques to various statistical problems. High-dimensional data-analytic tools are presented, and the book includes a variety of examples. This will be a valuable reference for research and applied statisticians, and will serve as a textbook for graduate students and others interested in nonparametric regression.

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Routledge

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1351434810

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Potpourri from Kettle Land

By: Irene I. Luethge

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Potpourri from Kettle Land

By: Irene I. Luethge

-- Over 100 intricate illustrations by the author. -- Beautiful sketchbook layout. -- Meet hoboes, barn ghosts, dump waifs. -- Study the Lay of the Land Windymare's 120 story packed acres. -- Meet Irene's animal friends -- Learn What the Dowser's Rod Didn't Find. -- 39 Unforgettable recipes including the all time favorite Dog Hair Holder.

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Savage Press

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188602846X

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Nursing in Critical Care Setting

An Overview from Basic to Sensitive Outcomes

By: Irene Comisso,Alberto Lucchini,Stefano Bambi,Gian Domenico Giusti,Matteo Manici

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Nursing in Critical Care Setting

An Overview from Basic to Sensitive Outcomes

By: Irene Comisso,Alberto Lucchini,Stefano Bambi,Gian Domenico Giusti,Matteo Manici

This book provides essential insights into how the approach to nursing care in ICU patients has markedly changed over recent years. It shows how the focus has progressively moved away from the technical approach that characterized early ICUs to a wider personalization of patient care that also highlights general problems such as basic hygiene and general comfort. It also demonstrates that, at the same time, the nurses' role has become more professionalized, with increasing competences in assessing and managing patients' problems and measuring related outcomes. It is structured in four units: Unit 1 presents the essential elements of accurate vital-function and basic-needs assessments for ICU patients, using both instrumental monitoring and specially validated assessment tools. Unit 2 addresses basic care in ICU patients, particularly hygiene and mobilization, reflecting recent developments in nursing that focus on the importance of these activities. Unit 3 highlights the main nursing outcomes in ICU patients, particularly focusing on risk prevention and complication management. Lastly, Unit 4 discusses advances in ICU nursing, from clinical, organizational and research perspectives.

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Springer

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3319505599

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The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide

Strategies for the High-tech Reference Desk

By: Irene E. McDermott

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The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide

Strategies for the High-tech Reference Desk

By: Irene E. McDermott

In this updated and expanded second edition of her popular guidebook, Searcher columnist Irene McDermott once again exhorts her fellow reference librarians to don their pith helmets and follow her fearlessly into the Web jungle. She presents new and improved troubleshooting tips and advice, Web resources for answering reference questions, and strategies for managing information and keeping current. In addition to helping librarians make the most of Web tools and resources, the book offers practical advice on privacy and child safety, assisting patrons with special needs, Internet training, building library Web pages, and much more

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Information Today, Inc.

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1573872350

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Prosodic Phonology

With a New Foreword

By: Marina Nespor,Irene Vogel

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Prosodic Phonology

With a New Foreword

By: Marina Nespor,Irene Vogel

Prosodic Phonology by Marina Nespor and Irene Vogel is now available again. "Nespor & Vogel 1986" is a citation classic - even after twenty years, it is still recognized as the standard resource on Prosodic Phonology. This groundbreaking work introduces all of the prosodic constituents (syllable, foot, word, clitic group, phonological phrase, intonational phrase and utterance) and provides evidence for each one from numerous languages. Prosodic Phonology also includes a chapter in which experimental psycholinguistic data support the proposed hierarchy. A perceptual study provides evidence that prosodic constituent structure - not syntactic constituent structure - predicts whether listeners are able to disambiguate different types of ambiguous sentences. A chapter on the phonology of poetic meter examines portions of Dante's Divine Comedy. It is demonstrated that the constituents proposed for spoken language also make interesting predictions about literary metrical patterns. Prosodic Phonology is an important reference not only for phonologists, but for all linguists interested in the issue of interfaces among the components of grammar. It is also a basic resource for psycholinguists and cognitive scientists working on linguistic perception and language acquisition.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110977796

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Defining Heresy

Inquisition, Theology, and Papal Policy in the Time of Jacques Fournier

By: Irene Bueno

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Defining Heresy

Inquisition, Theology, and Papal Policy in the Time of Jacques Fournier

By: Irene Bueno

In Defining Heresy, Irene Bueno investigates the theories and practices of anti-heretical repression in the first half of the fourteenth century, focusing on the figure of Jacques Fournier/Benedict XII (c.1284-1342). Throughout his career as a bishop-inquisitor in Languedoc, theologian, and, eventually, pope at Avignon, Fournier made a multi-faceted contribution to the fight against religious dissent. Making use of judicial, theological, and diplomatic sources, the book sheds light on the multiplicity of methods, discourses, and textual practices mobilized to define the bounds of heresy at the end of the Middle Ages. The integration of these commonly unrelated areas of evidence reveals the intellectual and political pressures that inflected the repression of heretics and dissidents in the peculiar context of the Avignon papacy.

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9004304266

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Dying to Forget

Oil, Power, Palestine, and the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East

By: Irene L. Gendzier

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Dying to Forget

Oil, Power, Palestine, and the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East

By: Irene L. Gendzier

Irene L. Gendzier presents incontrovertible evidence that oil politics played a significant role in the founding of Israel, the policy then adopted by the United States toward Palestinians, and subsequent U.S. involvement in the region. Consulting declassified U.S. government sources, as well as papers in the H.S. Truman Library, she uncovers little-known features of U.S. involvement in the region, including significant exchanges in the winter and spring of 1948 between the director of the Oil and Gas Division of the Interior Department and the representative of the Jewish Agency in the United States, months before Israel's independence and recognition by President Truman. Gendzier also shows that U.S. consuls and representatives abroad informed State Department officials, including the Secretary of State and the President, of the deleterious consequences of partition in Palestine. Yet the attempt to reconsider partition and replace it with a UN trusteeship for Palestine failed, jettisoned by Israel's declaration of independence. The results altered the regional balance of power and Washington's calculations of policy toward the new state. Prior to that, Gendzier reveals the U.S. endorsed the repatriation of Palestinian refugees in accord with UNGA Res 194 of Dec. 11, 1948, in addition to the resolution of territorial claims, the definition of boundaries, and the internationalization of Jerusalem. But U.S. interests in the Middle East, notably the protection of American oil interests, led U.S. officials to rethink Israel's military potential as a strategic ally. Washington then deferred to Israel with respect to the repatriation of Palestinian refugees, the question of boundaries, and the fate of Jerusalem—issues that U.S. officials have come to realize are central to the 1948 conflict and its aftermath.

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The Organic Line

Toward a Topology of Modernism

By: Irene V. Small

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The Organic Line

Toward a Topology of Modernism

By: Irene V. Small

A major rethinking of twentieth-century abstract art mobilized by the work of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark What would it mean to treat an interval of space as a line, thus drawing an empty void into a constellation of art and meaning-laden things? In this book, Irene Small elucidates the signal discovery of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in 1954: a fissure of space between material elements that Clark called “the organic line.” For much of the history of art, Clark’s discovery, much like the organic line, has escaped legibility. Once recognized, however, the line has seismic repercussions for rethinking foundational concepts such as mark, limit, surface, and edge. A spatial cavity that binds discrepant entities together, the organic line transforms planes into flexible topologies, borders into membranes, and interstices into points of connection. As a paradigm, the organic line has profound historiographic implications as well, inviting us to set aside traditional notions of influence and origin in favor of what Small terms weak links and plagiotropic relations. These fragile, oblique, and transversal ties have their own efficacy, and Small’s innovative readings of canonical modernist works such as Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, John Cage’s 4’33”, and Le Corbusier’s machine-à-habiter, as well as contemporary works by such artists as Adam Pendleton, Ricardo Basbaum, and Mika Rottenberg, reveal the organic line’s remarkable potential as an analytic instrument. Mobilizing a rich repertoire of archival sources and moving across multiple chronologies, geographies, and disciplines, this book invites us to envision modernism not as a stable construct defined by centers and peripheries, inclusions and exclusions, but as a topological field of interactive, destabilizing tensions. More than a history of a little-known artistic device, The Organic Line: Toward a Topology of Modernism is a user’s guide and manifesto for reimagining modern and contemporary art for the present.

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Princeton University Press

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1890951951

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Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Stephen McMahon, FMedSci, FSB,Martin Koltzenburg, MD, FRCP,Irene Tracey,Dennis C. Turk, PhD

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Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Stephen McMahon, FMedSci, FSB,Martin Koltzenburg, MD, FRCP,Irene Tracey,Dennis C. Turk, PhD

2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Anaesthesia category! Apply the latest scientific and clinical advances with Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain, 6th Edition. Drs. Stephen McMahon, Martin Koltzenburg, Irene Tracey, and Dennis C. Turk, along with more than 125 other leading authorities, present all of the latest knowledge about the genetics, neurophysiology, psychology, and assessment of every type of pain syndrome. They also provide practical guidance on the full range of today's pharmacologic, interventional, electrostimulative, physiotherapeutic, and psychological management options. Benefit from the international, multidisciplinary knowledge and experience of a "who's who" of international authorities in pain medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, palliative medicine, and other relevant fields. Access the complete contents online anytime, anywhere at www.expertconsult.com. Translate scientific findings into clinical practice with updates on the genetics of pain, new pharmacologic and treatment information, and much more. Easily visualize important scientific concepts with a high-quality illustration program, now in full color throughout. Choose the safest and most effective management methods with expanded coverage of anesthetic techniques. Stay abreast of the latest global developments regarding opioid induced hyperalgesia, addiction and substance abuse, neuromodulation and pain management, identification of specific targets for molecular pain, and other hot topics.

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0702040592

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Science, Soul, and the Spirit of Nature

Leading Thinkers on the Restoration of Man and Creation

By: Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld

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Science, Soul, and the Spirit of Nature

Leading Thinkers on the Restoration of Man and Creation

By: Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld

Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld interviews 12 respected visionary thinkers about their deep connection with the earth and their views on the relationship between humanity and nature. Each contributor adds insights into the urgent change in consciousness that we must adopt in order to heal and restore our holistic relationship with the earth.

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Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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1591430550

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Hélio Oiticica

Folding the Frame

By: Irene Small

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Hélio Oiticica

Folding the Frame

By: Irene Small

Hélio Oiticica (1937-80) was one of the most brilliant Brazilian artist of the 1960s and 1970s. He was a forerunner of participatory art, and his melding of geometric abstraction and bodily engagement has influenced contemporary artists. This book examines Oiticica's impressive works against the backdrop of Brazil's dramatic postwar push for modernization.

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University of Chicago Press

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022626016X

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The Bach Family

Seven Generations of Creative Genius

By: Karl Geiringer,Irene Geiringer

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The Bach Family

Seven Generations of Creative Genius

By: Karl Geiringer,Irene Geiringer

When this volume was originally published in 1954 it was the first complete history of the Bach family from the 16th Century miller Veit to Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1759-1845), Johann Sebastian’s grandson. The author views the family as a whole and shows the characteristic similarities in their artistic and human attitudes as well as the most significant divergences. Equal stress is laid on the discussion of the personalities, against the swiftly changing historical scene, and on the music, for which the author was able to use vast, hitherto inaccessible material. Apart from describing the fascinating phenomenon of this musical family, the author gives a history of musical thought in the last 300 years.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040222692

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory

Approaches, Scholars, Terms

By: Irene Rima Makaryk

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory

Approaches, Scholars, Terms

By: Irene Rima Makaryk

The last half of the twentieth century has seen the emergence of literary theory as a new discipline. As with any body of scholarship, various schools of thought exist, and sometimes conflict, within it. I.R. Makaryk has compiled a welcome guide to the field. Accessible and jargon-free, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory provides lucid, concise explanations of myriad approaches to literature that have arisen over the past forty years. Some 170 scholars from around the world have contributed their expertise to this volume. Their work is organized into three parts. In Part I, forty evaluative essays examine the historical and cultural context out of which new schools of and approaches to literature arose. The essays also discuss the uses and limitations of the various schools, and the key issues they address. Part II focuses on individual theorists. It provides a more detailed picture of the network of scholars not always easily pigeonholed into the categories of Part I. This second section analyses the individual achievements, as well as the influence, of specific scholars, and places them in a larger critical context. Part III deals with the vocabulary of literary theory. It identifies significant, complex terms, places them in context, and explains their origins and use. Accessibility is a key feature of the work. By avoiding jargon, providing mini-bibliographies, and cross-referencing throughout, Makaryk has provided an indispensable tool for literary theorists and historians and for all scholars and students of contemporary criticism and culture.

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University of Toronto Press

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080206860X

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