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Pandemic

Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond

By: Sonia Shah

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Pandemic

Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond

By: Sonia Shah

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | A New York Times Editor's Choice “[A] grounded, bracingly intelligent study” —Nature Prizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of the pandemics that have ravaged humanity—and shows us how history can prepare us to confront the most serious acute global health emergency of our time. Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either emerged or reemerged, appearing in places where they’ve never before been seen. Years before the sudden arrival of COVID-19, ninety percent of epidemiologists predicted that one of them would cause a deadly pandemic sometime in the next two generations. It might be Ebola, avian flu, a drug-resistant superbug, or something completely new, like the novel virus the world is confronting today. While it was impossible to predict the emergence of SARS-CoV-2—and it remains impossible to predict which pathogen will cause the next global outbreak—by unraveling the stories of pandemics past we can begin to better understand our own future, and to prepare for what it holds in store. In Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond, Sonia Shah interweaves history, original reportage, and personal narrative to explore the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between cholera—one of history’s most deadly and disruptive pandemic-causing pathogens—and the new diseases that stalk humankind today. She tracks each stage of cholera’s dramatic journey, from its emergence in the South Asian hinterlands as a harmless microbe to its rapid dispersal across the nineteenth-century world, all the way to its latest beachhead in Haiti. Along the way she reports on the pathogens now following in cholera’s footsteps, from the MRSA bacterium that besieges her own family to the never-before-seen killers coming out of China’s wet markets, the surgical wards of New Delhi, and the suburban backyards of the East Coast. Delving into the convoluted science, strange politics, and checkered history of one of the world’s deadliest diseases, Pandemic is a work of epidemiological history like no other, with urgent lessons for our own time. “Shah proves a disquieting Virgil, guiding us through the hells ruled by [infectious diseases] . . . the power of Shah's account lies in her ability to track simultaneously the multiple dimensions of the public-health crises we are facing.” —The Chicago Tribune

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Sarah Crichton Books

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0374708746

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9780374708740

The Fever

By: Sonia Shah

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The Fever

By: Sonia Shah

One is often led to believe that mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and its companion diseases, dengue and chikungunya, are backward and rural diseases that have very little to do with urbanization and development. However, it is often just the reverse. These diseases have been around for over 500,000 years and continue to flourish even as we continue to progress as a race. In The Fever, journalist Sonia Shah sets out to address this concern, delivering a timely, inquisitive chronicle of malaria and its influence on human lives. Through the centuries, she finds, we've invested our hopes in a panoply of drugs and technologies, and invariably those hopes have been dashed. From the settling of the New World to the construction of the Panama Canal, through wartimes and the advances of the Industrial Revolution, Shah tracks malaria's jagged ascent and the tragedies in its wake, revealing a parasite every bit as persistent as the insects that carry it. With distinguished prose and original reporting from Panama, Malawi, Cameroon, India and elsewhere, The Fever captures the curiously fascinating, devastating history of this long-standing thorn in the side of humanity.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9387625362

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9789387625365

The Next Great Migration

The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet

By: Sonia Shah

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The Next Great Migration

The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet

By: Sonia Shah

Exodus -- Panic -- Linnaeus's loathsome harlotry -- The deadly hybrid -- The suicidal zombie migrant -- Malthus's hideous blasphemy -- Homo migratio -- The wild alien -- The migrant formula -- The wall -- Conclusion: Safe passage.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526626640

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The Body Hunters

Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

By: Sonia Shah

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The Body Hunters

Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

By: Sonia Shah

Hailed by John le Carré as “an act of courage on the part of its author” and singled out for praise by the leading medical journals in the United States and the United Kingdom, The Body Hunters uncovers the real-life story behind le Carré's acclaimed novel The Constant Gardener and the feature film based on it. "A trenchant exposé . . . meticulously researched and packed with documentary evidence" (Publishers Weekly), Sonia Shah's riveting journalistic account shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing new global trend. Drawing on years of original research and reporting in Africa and Asia, Shah examines how the multinational pharmaceutical industry, in its quest to develop lucrative drugs, has begun exporting its clinical research trials to the developing world, where ethical oversight is minimal and desperate patients abound. As the New England Journal of Medicine notes, “it is critical that those engaged in drug development, clinical research and its oversight, research ethics, and policy know about these stories,” which tell of an impossible choice being faced by many of the world's poorest patients—be experimented upon or die for lack of medicine.

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1595588310

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9781595588319

The Next Great Migration

The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet

By: Sonia Shah

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The Next Great Migration

The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet

By: Sonia Shah

We are surrounded by stories of people on the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated lands in a mass exodus. Politicians and the media present this upheaval of migration patterns as unprecedented, blaming it for the spread of disease and conflict, and spreading anxiety across the world as a result. But the science and history of migration in animals, plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive behaviour, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as breathing.

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The Fever

How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

By: Sonia Shah

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The Fever

How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

By: Sonia Shah

This deep dive into humanity’s very long fight against malaria is “a vivid and compelling history with a message that’s entirely relevant today” (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction). In a time when every emergent disease inspires waves of panic, why aren’t we doing more to eradicate one of our oldest foes? And how does a parasitic disease that we’ve known how to prevent for more than a century still infect 500 million people every year, killing nearly 1 million of them? Philanthropists from Laura Bush to Bono to Bill Gates have contributed to the effort to find a cure for malaria—but there’s much more that can be done to minimize its deadly effects. In The Fever, journalist Sonia Shah sets out to answer these questions, delivering a timely, inquisitive chronicle of the illness and its influence on human lives. Through the centuries, she finds, we’ve invested our hopes in a panoply of drugs and technologies, and invariably those hopes have been dashed. From the settling of the New World to the construction of the Panama Canal, through wars and the advances of the Industrial Revolution, Shah tracks malaria’s jagged ascent and the tragedies in its wake, revealing a parasite every bit as persistent as the insects that carry it. With distinguished prose and original reporting from Panama, Malawi, Cameroon, India, and elsewhere, The Fever captures the curiously fascinating, devastating history of this long-standing thorn in the side of humanity. “Fascinating . . . an absorbing account of human ingenuity and progress, and of their heartbreaking limitations.” —Publishers Weekly “A thrilling detective story, spanning centuries, about our erratic pursuit of a villain still at large . . . rich in colorful detail.” —Malcolm Molyneux, Professor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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1429981172

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9781429981170

Crude

The Story of Oil

By: Sonia Shah

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Crude

The Story of Oil

By: Sonia Shah

Crude is the unexpurgated story of oil, from the circumstances of its birth millions of years ago to the spectacle of its rise as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. In addition to fueling our SUVs and illuminating our cities, crude oil and its byproducts fertilize our produce, pave our roads, and make plastic possible. "Newborn babies," observes author Sonia Shah, "slide from their mothers into petro-plastic-gloved hands, are swaddled in petro-polyester blankets, and are hurried off to be warmed by oil-burning heaters." The modern world is drenched in oil; Crude tells how it came to be. A great human drama emerges, of discovery and innovation, risk, the promise of riches, and the power of greed. Shah infuses recent twists in the story with equal drama, through chronicles of colorful modern-day characters — from the hundreds of Nigerian women who stormed a Chevron plant to a monomaniacal scientist for whom life is the pursuit of this earthblood and its elusive secret. Shah moves masterfully between scientific, economic, political, and social analysis, capturing the many sides of the indispensable mineral that we someday may have to find a way to live without.

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Seven Stories Press

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160980063X

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9781609800635

Recording History: Live 2008

By: Mohit Moondra,Shashwat Patel,Rachita Rai,Sonia Kaushal,Ami Patel,Priyasha Uppal,Karan Sarna

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Recording History: Live 2008

By: Mohit Moondra,Shashwat Patel,Rachita Rai,Sonia Kaushal,Ami Patel,Priyasha Uppal,Karan Sarna

4-H Indian Langoor Club has been part of the Middlesex County 4-H Youth Program for twelve years since 1996. The club teaches kids about the Indian sub-continent by touching upon all aspects of Indian culture through arts and crafts, literature, performing arts, social studies, and philosophy. Recently, the Club started its Teen Chapter and has begun to offer advanced cultural study programs through philosophy lectures and special projects for young adults over thirteen years of age. Our goal is not just to learn about Indian culture but also to share it with the community. The Club performs at libraries, schools, Heritage Day Festivals, 4-H events and exhibits its work at libraries, schools and other community events. . The Oral History Program "Recording History: Live!" started in 2006 with the help of grants received from the Middlesex County and Cultural Heritage Commission has truly helped us achieve our goal.

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Lulu.com

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1300021616

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The Next Great Migration

The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

By: Sonia Shah

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The Next Great Migration

The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

By: Sonia Shah

Finalist for the 2021 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A Library Journal Best Science & Technology Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2020 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Semifinalist in Science & Technology A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, history, and reporting--predicting its lifesaving power in the face of climate change. The news today is full of stories of dislocated people on the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated lands, creeping, swimming, and flying in a mass exodus from their past habitats. News media presents this scrambling of the planet's migration patterns as unprecedented, provoking fears of the spread of disease and conflict and waves of anxiety across the Western world. On both sides of the Atlantic, experts issue alarmed predictions of millions of invading aliens, unstoppable as an advancing tsunami, and countries respond by electing anti-immigration leaders who slam closed borders that were historically porous. But the science and history of migration in animals, plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive behavior to be quelled at any cost, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as breathing. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea. Unhampered by barbed wire, migration allowed our ancestors to people the planet, catapulting us into the highest reaches of the Himalayan mountains and the most remote islands of the Pacific, creating and disseminating the biological, cultural, and social diversity that ecosystems and societies depend upon. In other words, migration is not the crisis--it is the solution. Conclusively tracking the history of misinformation from the 18th century through today's anti-immigration policies, The Next Great Migration makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of fear, but of hope.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1635571995

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9781635571998

The Politics and Law of Democratic Transition

Caretaker Government in Bangladesh

By: Sonia Zaman Khan

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The Politics and Law of Democratic Transition

Caretaker Government in Bangladesh

By: Sonia Zaman Khan

Peaceful legal and political ‘changing of the guards’ is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere. As a relatively new democracy, marred by long periods of military rule, Bangladesh has been encountering serious problems because of a prevailing culture of mistrust, weak governance institutions, constant election manipulation and a peculiar socio-political history, which between 1990 and 2011 led to a unique form of transitional remedy in the form of an unelected neutral ‘caretaker covernment’ (CTG) during electoral transitions. This book provides a contextual analysis of the CTG mechanism including its inception, operation, manipulation by the government of the day and abrupt demise. It queries whether this constitutional provision, even if presently abolished after overseeing four acceptable general elections, actually remains a crucial tool to safeguard free and fair elections in Bangladesh. Given the backdrop of the culture of mistrust, the author examines whether holding national elections without a CTG, or an umpire of some kind, can settle the issue of credibility of a given government. The book portrays that even the management of elections is a matter of applying pluralist approaches. Considering the historical legacy and contemporary political trajectory of Bangladesh, the cause of deep-rooted mistrust is examined to better understand the rationale for the requirement, emergence and workings of the CTG structure. The book unveils that it is not only the lack of nation-building measures and governments’ wish to remain in power at any cost which lay behind the problems that Bangladesh faces today. Part of the problem is also the flawed logic of nation-building on the foundation of Western democratic norms which may be unsuitable in a South Asian cultural environment. Although democratic transitions, on the crutch of the CTG, have been useful in moments of crisis, its abolition creates the need for a new or revised transitional modality – perhaps akin to the CTG ethos – to oversee electoral governance, which will have to be renegotiated by the polity based on the people’s will. The book provides a valuable resource for researchers and academics working in the area of constitutional law, democratic transition, legal pluralism and election law.

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Routledge

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1351860240

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Family Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Sonia Harris-Short,Joanna Miles

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Family Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

By: Sonia Harris-Short,Joanna Miles

Presented in an accessible format, this text provides a detailed and authoritative exposition of the law, illustrated by carefully selected materials and complemented by clear and engaging commentary drawing on a range of critical and theoretical perspectives.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199563829

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9780199563821

Extremophiles: Applications in Nanotechnology

By: Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro,Debora Frigi Rodrigues

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Extremophiles: Applications in Nanotechnology

By: Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro,Debora Frigi Rodrigues

This book discusses the extremophiles explored for biosynthesis of nanoparticles. Nanotechnology is a widely emerging field involving interdisciplinary subjects such as biology, physics, chemistry and medicine. A wide variety of microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi and algae are employed as biological agents for the synthesis of nanoparticles. Novel routes by which extremophiles can be employed to generate nanoparticles have yet to be discovered. The book is divided into 5 major chapters: (1) Major types of nanoparticles in nanotechnology (2) Diversity of microbes in the synthesis of nanoparticles (3) Extremophiles in nanoparticle biosynthesis (4) Applications of nanoparticles produced by extremophiles (5) Challenges and Future perspectives

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Springer

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3319452150

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9783319452159

School Bullying

Insights and Perspectives

By: Sonia Sharp,Peter K Smith,Peter Smith

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School Bullying

Insights and Perspectives

By: Sonia Sharp,Peter K Smith,Peter Smith

Gives a succinct and authoritative account of research into the nature and extent of bullying in schools, evaluating the success of different approaches to the problem.

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1134849982

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Will I Live Tomorrow?

One Woman's Mission to Create an Anti-Taliban Film in War-Torn Afghanistan

By: Sonia Nassery Cole

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Will I Live Tomorrow?

One Woman's Mission to Create an Anti-Taliban Film in War-Torn Afghanistan

By: Sonia Nassery Cole

When Sonia Nassery Cole set out to film The Black Tulip in her homeland of Afghanistan, she knew the odds were against her; she was told time and time again that filming inside a war zone would be impossible. What she didn't anticipate was how intent the Taliban and its sympathizers were on halting the film's production—the crew encountered extortion, government corruption, kidnapping attempts, and death threats, even with around-the-clock security. Her cinematographer fled after two days, and many others followed. After 9/11, Cole wrote The Black Tulip, based on a true story of a real Afghan family. The plot was simple: After 2001, when the Taliban was routed, an Afghan family opened The Poet's Corner—a restaurant with an open microphone for all to read poetry, perform music, and tell their stories. But the Taliban didn't approve, and the family's new-found hope proved fleeting as it struggled to maintain the restaurant and its vibrant way of life. Selected as Afghanistan's official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Academy Awards, The Black Tulip is a modern portrait of Afghanistan that captures the plight and resilience of its people. Without financial support from a studio or anyone else, Cole self-financed the film by mortgaging her home and selling her belongings. Then, with everything on the line, she left for Kabul to make the impossible possible and set out to gather the right people who would risk their lives and willingly be part of the production. In Will I Live Tomorrow?, Cole gives an intimate look into what went on behind the scenes of making a controversial film in the heart of a war-ravaged country—the looming terror the Taliban creates among Afghans everywhere and the challenges and fear the cast and crew faced every day. Will I Live Tomorrow? is a memoir about one woman's struggle to make a difference in a violent world.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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193952914X

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9781939529145

Safe Dance Practice

By: Quin, Edel,Rafferty, Sonia,Tomlinson, Charlotte

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Safe Dance Practice

By: Quin, Edel,Rafferty, Sonia,Tomlinson, Charlotte

Safe Dance Practice bridges the gap between research and application for dancers and dance educators at all levels. The book presents integrated guidelines and principles that will maximize physical and mental well-being without compromising creativity and expression.

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Human Kinetics

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1450496458

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9781450496452

Middle Eastern Leaders and Islam

A Precarious Equilibrium

By: Sonia Alianak

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Middle Eastern Leaders and Islam

A Precarious Equilibrium

By: Sonia Alianak

This book breaks down and elucidates the relationships between the several leaders of an increasingly religious Middle East. Considering Islamic religious figures as well as the political leaders of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt, it explains how, in times of crisis, these leaders counter the influences of moderate and extremist Islamists with Islam itself. Each uses an interpretation of the religion to effect equilibrium amongst their people, thus generating relative stability for their rule. As a result, many leaders have enjoyed remarkable longevity of power, and some have managed to obtain legitimate political ends. This book goes beyond state- and society-centered theories to focus on the dynamic interactions between the rulers and the ruled, shedding new light on how international crises create domestic crises, and suggesting new solutions to the Middle East's international problems.

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Peter Lang

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0820469246

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9780820469249

Pious Peripheries

Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan

By: Sonia Ahsan-Tirmizi

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Pious Peripheries

Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan

By: Sonia Ahsan-Tirmizi

The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan women. Pious Peripheries examines women's resistance through groundbreaking fieldwork at a women's shelter in Kabul, home to runaway wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters of the Taliban. Whether running to seek marriage or divorce, enduring or escaping abuse, or even accused of singing sexually explicit songs in public, "promiscuous" women challenge the status quo—and once marked as promiscuous, women have few resources. This book provides a window into the everyday struggles of Afghan women as they develop new ways to challenge historical patriarchal practices. Sonia Ahsan-Tirmizi explores how women negotiate gendered power mechanisms, notably those of Islam and Pashtunwali. Sometimes defined as an honor code, Pashtunwali is a discursive and material practice that women embody through praying, fasting, oral and written poetry, and participation in rituals of hospitality and refuge. In taking ownership of Pashtunwali and Islamic knowledge, in both textual and oral forms, women create a new supportive community, finding friendship and solidarity in the margins of Afghan society. So doing, these women redefine the meanings of equality, honor, piety, and promiscuity in Afghanistan.

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Stanford University Press

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1503614727

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9781503614727

Entrepreneurship and Development

Realities and Future Prospects

By: Sonia Ben Slimane,Hatem M'henni

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Entrepreneurship and Development

Realities and Future Prospects

By: Sonia Ben Slimane,Hatem M'henni

In analyzing the complex link between entrepreneurship, innovation and development in the context of the emerging world, this book offers a holistic reading of this triptych based on a theoretical foundation that is itself subject to controversy: the national system of innovative entrepreneurship. The “emerging” nature of the studied countries provides specific insights, and allows the theoretical developments to be fine-tuned to the current issues. In a context that makes competitive advantages transient, emerging markets can provide a real test case for responding in a structural and innovative way to social and economic challenges, thus ensuring the sustainable performance of their innovative entrepreneurial system. Entrepreneurship and Development advocates for the integration of the social and cultural history of a given country within the framework of public policies, and proposes more targeted actions for innovative entrepreneurial activities. Moreover, the education system must integrate the entrepreneurial culture and foster multidisciplinarity to support the transfer of knowledge to markets.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119788099

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9781119788096

Beautiful Thing

Portrait of A Bombay Bar Dancer

By: Sonia Faleiro

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Beautiful Thing

Portrait of A Bombay Bar Dancer

By: Sonia Faleiro

When Sonia Faleiro set out to report on Bombay's bar dancers, she thought she knew what she would find: downtrodden, voiceless women, the helpless victims of predictable poverty. Instead she meets Leela: nineteen, charismatic and fearlessly outspoken, Leela has been dancing in Bombay's bars since she was thirteen. With her sharp wit and stubborn optimism, she is the best - paid dancer in a bar on the notorious Mira Road. Leela has a 'husband' (who is already married), a few lovers whose names she can't remember, an insufferable mother camping out in her flat, and an adored best friend, Priya - the most beautiful woman she has ever seen. Beautiful Thing is the vivid, intimate portrait of a young woman fleeing abuse and poverty to build a life on her own terms, in a city equally bent on reinventing itself.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459624890

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9781459624894

A thousand years of Russian history : with coloured frontispiece, twelve photogravure plates, numerous other illustrations, and eight maps = Тысяча лет российской истории

By: Sonia Elizabeth Howe

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A thousand years of Russian history : with coloured frontispiece, twelve photogravure plates, numerous other illustrations, and eight maps = Тысяча лет российской истории

By: Sonia Elizabeth Howe

Для английского читателя даны основные этапы русской истории. Основное внимание посвящено причинам экспансии России, помощи славянским народам в освобождении от турецкой зависимости и другим вопросам внешней политики.

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Litres

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5043551720

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9785043551726

Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

By: Sonia Patel

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Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

By: Sonia Patel

From Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel comes a sharply written YA about a girl grappling with a dark, painful secret from her past, perfect for fans of All My Rage and The Way I Used to Be. It’s eighteen-year-old Gita Desai’s first year at Stanford, and the fact that she’s here and not already married off by her traditional Gujarati parents is a miracle. She’s determined to death-grip her good-girl, model student rep all the way to med school, which means no social life or standing out in any way. Should be easy: If there’s one thing she’s learned from her family, it’s how to chup-re—to “shut up,” fade into the background. But when childhood memories of her aunt’s desertion and her then-uncle’s best friend resurface, Gita ends up ditching the books night after night in favor of partying and hooking up with strangers. Still, nothing can stop the little voice growing louder and louder inside her that says something is wrong. . . . And the only way she can burst forward is to stop shutting up about the past. “Funny, messy, gut-wrenching.”—Kirkus Reviews

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Penguin

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0593463188

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9780593463185

Sounding Roman

Representation and Performing Identity in Western Turkey

By: Sonia Tamar Seeman

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Sounding Roman

Representation and Performing Identity in Western Turkey

By: Sonia Tamar Seeman

How do marginalized communities speak back to power when they are excluded from political processes and socially denigrated? In what ways do they use music to sound out their unique histories and empower themselves? How can we hear their voices behind stereotyped and exaggerated portrayals promoted by mainstream communities, record producers and government officials? Sounding Roman: Music and Performing Identity in Western Turkey explores these questions through a historically-grounded and ethnographic study of Turkish Roman ("Gypsies") from the Ottoman period up to the present. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork (1995 to the present), collected oral histories, historical documents of popular culture (recordings, images, song texts, theatrical scripts), legal and administrative documents, this book takes a hard look at historical processes by which Roman are stereotyped as and denigrated as "�ingene"---a derogatory group name equivalent to the English term, "gypsy", and explores creative musical ways by which Roman have forged new musical forms as a means to create and assert new social identities. Sounding Roman presents detailed musical analysis of Turkish Roman musical genres and styles, set within social, historical and political contexts of musical performances. By moving from Byzantine and Ottoman social contexts, we witness the reciprocal construction of ethnic identity of both Roman and Turk through music in the 20th century. From neighborhood weddings held in the streets, informal music lessons, to recording studios and concert stages, the book traces the dynamic negotiation of social identity with new musical sounds. Through a detailed ethnography of Turkish Roman ("Gypsy") musical practices from the Ottoman period to the present, this work investigates the power of music to configure new social identities and pathways for political action, while testing the limits of cultural representation to effect meaningful social change.

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0199949247

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9780199949243

Multiculturalism and Religious Identity

Canada and India

By: Sonia Sikka,Lori G. Beaman

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Multiculturalism and Religious Identity

Canada and India

By: Sonia Sikka,Lori G. Beaman

How, and to what extent, can religion be included within commitments to multiculturalism? Multiculturalism and Religious Identity addresses this question by examining the political recognition and management of religious identity in Canada and India. In multicultural policy, practice, and literature, religion has until recently not been included within broader discussions of multiculturalism, perhaps due to worries of potential for conflict with secularism. This collection undertakes a contemporary analysis of how the Canadian and Indian states each approach religious diversity through social and political policies, as well as how religion and secularism meet both philosophically and politically in contested public space. Although Canada and India have differing political and religious histories - leading to different articulations of multiculturalism, religious diversity, and secularism - both countries share a commitment to ensuring fair treatment for the different religious communities they include. Combining broader theoretical and normative reflections with close case studies, Multiculturalism and Religious Identity leads the way to addressing these timely issues in the Canadian and Indian contexts.

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0773592210

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Ideas and Adventures, 1200 to 1700

By: Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss

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Ideas and Adventures, 1200 to 1700

By: Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss

With her refreshing new book, [i]Ideas and Adventures 1200 to 1700[/i], covering five centuries of world history, Sonia (Sunny) Seherr-Thoss adds time traveler to her already extensively published world travel reportage. It is a fascinating narrative of world history, accessible to the general reader. Her book reads like a conversation with someone who has camped out in the thirteenth century, transported gold by camel caravan, and returned to relate her adventures. She leaves to others the chronicling of rulers and reigns, the carnage of battles, and the cataloging of maps and dates. Her vision of history is a retrospective on civilization, and an exploration of our multicultural heritage. Mrs. Seherr-Thoss notably includes in her history civilizations which are not typical Western Civ fare. The book takes a multi-disciplinary and multicultural approach to world history, in language which encourages cover-to-cover reading.

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1933538732

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LEGAL PROTECTION TO WOMEN IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A FIELD EXPERIENCE OF MALWA AND DOABA REGIONS OF INDIAN PUNJAB

By: Dr. Anu Sonia

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LEGAL PROTECTION TO WOMEN IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A FIELD EXPERIENCE OF MALWA AND DOABA REGIONS OF INDIAN PUNJAB

By: Dr. Anu Sonia

1. INTRODUCTION: Woman is an essential component of the universe, as a path of the circle of life. In all the systems of society, marriage is treated as a pious obligation and sacrament too. A successful marriage, which is also known as a partnership of life depends on affection, love and trust between husband and wife. This partnership needs the strong support of society in order to enjoy a smooth life. However, sometimes this social partnership comes to an end due to various reasons and these reasons may vary in different regions. Our world is divided into various regions, where the condtions of life are different in respect to the marital affairs. This research work is specific to the Asian context and where some hierarchical patterns may vary between persons and in society too. This also generates the domain of interpersonal relations to a large extent because the domestic violence is used as a method to inefficient aggressive violence to prove/ implement patterns of power and power relationships.

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Laxmi Book Publication

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1304208133

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Everyone Can Heal 21 Days of Guided Healing Processes

By: Sonia Mackwani

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Everyone Can Heal 21 Days of Guided Healing Processes

By: Sonia Mackwani

Every human being feels the need to HEAL at some point in life and to find forgiveness, strength and understanding to live each day with positivity and grace. But what if the HEALER lies dormant in each one of us, just waiting to be invoked? Can the healer indeed become the healed? How uplifting to know the resources to heal both ourselves and those around us already exist – we only have to seek them within. Everyone Can Heal combines three books in this one volume: Book I: Healing Oneself – The Connecting Process Book II: Healing Relationships – You & I Are Beautiful Book III: Healing Loved Ones – Being There. This Unique book offers effective processes to heal the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and other dimensions of human existence. Learning to heal at a distance and healing loved ones are both integral components of the book. The outlined processes tap into intuition and the senses we are all born with. Whether one is beginner or an established healer, this book is a valuable guide to creating a life of consciousness and purpose. It serves as a basic handbook of living and a complimentary tool to other healing therapies one may already be practicing. Each volume presents processes for 21 days, to help discover: the well of wisdom within; the sacredness of togetherness in our relationships; the soulful connections with our loved ones; and the truths about our own existence. Each of the three parts empowers healing by using a set of simple tools and techniques, encouraging us to turn the everyday pages of our lives differently. We first learn to heal ourselves, then our relationships, and finally our loved ones. HEALING IS THE GIFT WE CAN GIVE OURSELVES AND THOSE AROUND US.

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Dr. Koufman's Acid Reflux Diet

With 111 All New Recipes Including Vegan & Gluten-Free: The Never-need-to-diet-again Diet

By: Jamie Koufman,Sonia Huang,Philip Gelb

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Dr. Koufman's Acid Reflux Diet

With 111 All New Recipes Including Vegan & Gluten-Free: The Never-need-to-diet-again Diet

By: Jamie Koufman,Sonia Huang,Philip Gelb

The never-need-to-diet-again diet"--Jacket.

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Simon and Schuster

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1940561035

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9781940561035

Distributed Optimization-Based Control of Multi-Agent Networks in Complex Environments

By: Minghui Zhu,Sonia Martínez

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Distributed Optimization-Based Control of Multi-Agent Networks in Complex Environments

By: Minghui Zhu,Sonia Martínez

This book offers a concise and in-depth exposition of specific algorithmic solutions for distributed optimization based control of multi-agent networks and their performance analysis. It synthesizes and analyzes distributed strategies for three collaborative tasks: distributed cooperative optimization, mobile sensor deployment and multi-vehicle formation control. The book integrates miscellaneous ideas and tools from dynamic systems, control theory, graph theory, optimization, game theory and Markov chains to address the particular challenges introduced by such complexities in the environment as topological dynamics, environmental uncertainties, and potential cyber-attack by human adversaries. The book is written for first- or second-year graduate students in a variety of engineering disciplines, including control, robotics, decision-making, optimization and algorithms and with backgrounds in aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and operations research. Researchers in these areas may also find the book useful as a reference.

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Springer

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3319190725

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Two Alone, Two Together

Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1922-1964

By: Sonia ( Ed.)

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Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1922-1964

By: Sonia ( Ed.)

Remarkable for their sensitivity and humour, and replete with vivid descriptions of major personalities and events of their times, the letters chart Indira Gandhi's developments from a shy school girl into a charismatic political leader.

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Penguin Books India

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0143032453

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Oral Delivery of Insulin

By: T.A. Sonia,Chandra P. Sharma

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Oral Delivery of Insulin

By: T.A. Sonia,Chandra P. Sharma

Diabetes Mellitus, a syndrome of disordered metabolism, characterised by abnormal elevation in blood glucose level, has become a life-threatening condition for many people. Current means of therapy for Diabetes Mellitus do not mimic the normal physiological pattern of insulin release. Oral delivery is the preferred route of administration due to its non-invasive nature. Oral delivery of insulin presents an overview of Diabetes Mellitus, and discusses the strategies and techniques adopted for oral delivery of insulin. This title begins with an introductory chapter on symptoms, complications and therapy for Diabetes Mellitus. Subsequent chapters cover the various routes for administering insulin; the challenges and strategies of oral delivery; experimental techniques in the development of an oral insulin carrier; lipids; inorganic nanoparticles and polymers in oral insulin delivery; and a summary and presentation of future perspectives on oral delivery of insulin. - Presents an overview of Diabetes Mellitus - Includes a discussion of various strategies and techniques adopted for oral delivery of insulin - Presents an update of research in the field

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Elsevier

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1908818689

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9781908818683

Understanding Narrative Therapy

A Guidebook For The Social Worker

By: Sonia L. Abels, MSW

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Understanding Narrative Therapy

A Guidebook For The Social Worker

By: Sonia L. Abels, MSW

A clear guide to one of todayís most popular treatment modalities, this volume explores why the narrative metaphor is important in the therapeutic relationship, and how to incorporate narrative techniques into social work practice. Building on basic insights about how stories shape peopleís lives, and how destructive stories can be modified, the authors explore various applications of the narrative approach. These applications include conducting groups, working with multicultural clients, and supplementary classroom discussions.

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826116582

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9780826116581

The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939

By: Sonia Amin

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The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939

By: Sonia Amin

This highly interesting book studies the cultural context of modernisation of middle-class Muslim women in late 19th- and 20th-century Bengal. Its frames of reference are the Bengal 'Awakening', the Reform Movements -- Brahmo/Hindi and Muslim -- and the Women's Question as articulated in material and ideological terms throughout the period. Tracing the emergence of the modern Muslim gentlewomen, the bhadramahilā, starting in 1876 when Nawab Faizunnesa Chaudhurani published her first book and ending with the foundation in 1939 of The Lady Brabourne College, the book gives an excellent analysis of the rise of a Muslim woman's public sphere and broadens our knowledge of Bengali social history in the colonial period.

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BRILL

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9004491406

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9789004491403

Jaya and Rasa. A Love Story

By: Sonia Patel

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Jaya and Rasa. A Love Story

By: Sonia Patel

Jaya’s 17, a transgender Gujarati outsider who detests wealth, secrets, and privilege, though he has them all. Only thing 16-year-old Rasa has is siblings, plus a mother who controls men like a black-widow spider. Neither one of them has ever known real love or family. Not until their chance meeting one sunny day on a mountain in Hau’ula.

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Cinco Puntos Press

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1941026885

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9781941026885

Corporate Divas

By: Sonia Golani

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Corporate Divas

By: Sonia Golani

Eighteen extremely talented and determined women have balanced the home and the boardroom with equal aplomb; setting standards in the corporate world for all to follow. Corporate Divas offers inspiring insights into what motivates and sustains India’s leading corporate women. Through a series of in-depth conversations; this book reveals the unconventional styles and the secret mantras they use to achieve phenomenal success in their professions. A riveting and an uplifting read; it is an indispensible resource for anyone striving to build the right attitudes for success in today’s highly competitive global environment.

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Penguin UK

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8184754884

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9788184754889

What After Money and Fame

Conversations with India’s Rich, Famous and Powerful

By: Sonia Golani

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What After Money and Fame

Conversations with India’s Rich, Famous and Powerful

By: Sonia Golani

Adi Godrej * Ajay Piramal * Amit Chandra * Anu Aga * Hafeez Contractor * Harish Salve * Javed Akhtar * Jayant Sinha * Kavita Seth * Narayana Murthy * Dr Naresh Trehan * Rashesh Shah Twelve distinguished Indians who have achieved dizzying heights of success. What lies beyond material triumph for them? What is it that continues to motivate and sustain them? How much money do they think amounts to enough for individuals? What is their core philosophy of life that has helped them achieve what they have? What according to them is most important in life? From the author of the bestselling book Corporate Divas, this is another insightful and engaging read that answers the above questions and more. Sonia Golani delves deep into the minds and psyche of some of India’s doyens par excellence, and through a series of in-depth conversations, attempts to throw light on the measure of a life well lived. What after Money and Fame is riveting and uplifting, an indispensable resource for anyone striving to attain exceptional success and balance in their lives—for sustained accomplishments for themselves—as well as towards making a definite contribution to the nation.

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Random House India

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9385990136

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9789385990137

Flexible Viruses

Structural Disorder in Viral Proteins

By: Vladimir Uversky,Sonia Longhi

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Flexible Viruses

Structural Disorder in Viral Proteins

By: Vladimir Uversky,Sonia Longhi

This book provides up-to-date information on experimental and computational characterization of the structural and functional properties of viral proteins, which are widely involved in regulatory and signaling processes. With chapters by leading research groups, it features current information on the structural and functional roles of intrinsic disorders in viral proteomes. It systematically addresses the measles, HIV, influenza, potato virus, forest virus, bovine virus, hepatitis, and rotavirus as well as viral genomics. After analyzing the unique features of each class of viral proteins, future directions for research and disease management are presented.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470618310

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9780470618318

Introduction To Metabolic And Cellular Engineering, An (Second Edition)

By: Sonia Del Carmen Cortassa,Miguel Antonio Aon,Juan Carlos Aon,Alberto Alvaro Iglesias,David Lloyd

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Introduction To Metabolic And Cellular Engineering, An (Second Edition)

By: Sonia Del Carmen Cortassa,Miguel Antonio Aon,Juan Carlos Aon,Alberto Alvaro Iglesias,David Lloyd

Metabolic and Cellular Engineering (MCE) is more than an exciting scientific enterprise. It has become the cornerstone for coping with the challenges ahead of mankind. Continuous developments, new concepts, and technological innovations will enable us to deal with emerging challenges, and solve problems once thought impossible ten years ago. Challenges in MCE are broad- from unraveling fundamental aspects of cellular function to meeting unsatiated energy and food demands that are rising in parallel with population growth.In charting the progress of MCE during the last decade, we could not help but feel in awe of the enormous strides of progress made from the nascent Metabolic Engineering to the Systems Bioengineering of today. The burgeoning availability of genomic sequences from diverse species has been spectacular. It has become the engine that drives the genetic means for the modification of existing organisms and the generation of synthetic, man-made ones. From the initial attempts at purposeful genetic modification of a cell for the production of valuable compounds, we have now moved on to changing microbes genetically or metabolically.The arsenal of experimental and theoretical tools available for Metabolic and Cellular Engineering has expanded enormously, driven by the re-emergence of Physiology as Systems Biology. The revival of the concept of networks fueled by new developments has become central to Systems Biology. Networks represent an integrative vision of how processes of disparate nature relate to each other, and as such is becoming a key analytical and conceptual tool for MCE. This book reflects and addresses all these ongoing changes while providing the essential conceptual and analytical tools needed to understand and work in the MCE research field.

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World Scientific

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9814405175

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9789814405171

Study of Clinical Cosmetology - 1

A Hands-on Guide

By: Sonia Tekchandani

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Study of Clinical Cosmetology - 1

A Hands-on Guide

By: Sonia Tekchandani

Study of Clinical Cosmetology - 1: A Hands-on Guide, the first in this series, is a concise and practical resource, covering the basics of cosmetology (aesthetic skin treatment) and common procedures. Illustrated throughout with full colour images, Study of Clinical Cosmetology: A Hands-on Guide is an excellent resource for cosmetologists, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, laser technicians, beauticians, residents and fellows in cosmetic dermatology.

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9351527948

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9789351527947

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