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Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies

Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies provides a comprehensive collection of essays on contemporary defence studies by leading international scholars. Defence studies is a multi-disciplinary study of how agents predominantly states prepare for and go to war. Whereas security studies has been broadened and stretched to cover at times the near totality of international and domestic affairs and war studies has come to mean not just operations and tactics but also experiences and outcomes defence studies remains a coherent area of study primarily aimed at how defence policy changes over time and in relation to stimulating factors such as alterations in power strategy and technology. This new Handbook offers a complete landscape of this area of study and contributes to a review of defence studies in terms of policy security and war but also looks forward to new challenges to existing conceptions of defence and how this is changing as states and their militaries also change. The volume is divided into four thematic sections: Defence as Policy; Defence Practice; Operations and Tactics; and Contemporary Defence Issues. The ability to review the field while also looking forward to further research is an important element of a sustainable text on defence studies. In as much as this volume is able to highlight the main themes of defence studies it also offers an in-depth look into how defence issues can be examined and compared in a contemporary setting. This Handbook will be of great interest to students of defence studies strategic studies war studies security studies and IR.

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NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century An Assessment of the Warsaw Summit

NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century An Assessment of the Warsaw Summit

This book presents a cutting-edge assessment of NATO's collective defence strategies in the immediate aftermath of the July 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit. Collective defence and deterrence came back on the agenda at the 2014 Wales Summit following the Russian annexation of Crimea and was in many respects a game changer for NATO. The Warsaw Summit was a follow-up and operationalization of the Wales Summit as well as adding further initiatives to the agenda. But is NATO delivering? This book provides a thorough assessment of the on-going debates and discussions taking place within and outside of NATO in Europe and North America. In its return to deterrence NATO is confronted with challenges relating to strategic thinking capability development and the role of nuclear weapons. It has also raised questions about the future prospects for NATO membership for countries such as Sweden and Finland with broader implications for the security situation in the Baltic region. Central to all this is of course NATO’s relationship with Russia and questions of a new security dilemma in turning bringing to the fore the challenge of maintaining an appropriate balance between deterrence and dialogue. The chapters in this volume address these questions and provide a much-needed analysis of the results of the NATO Warsaw Summit. This book will be of interest to policymakers and students of NATO international security European Politics security studies and IR in general. | NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century An Assessment of the Warsaw Summit

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Talkabout for Children 1 Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

Talkabout for Children 1 Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

Talkabout for Children: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social emotional or behavioural difficulties. Self-awareness and self-esteem is an essential prerequisite to developing social skills and so this book is an excellent first step to any social skills programme. This resources creates the foundation of the Talkabout heirachy where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal with assertiveness coming last. Resources include: an assessment framework planning and evaluation forms a three-term intervention plan for schools over 40 structured activity sessions focussing on self-awareness and self-esteem all the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions. This second edition is presented with full-colour illustrations and handouts and includes a new introduction by Alex Kelly reflecting on her own experiences of using the resources since they were first developed. | Talkabout for Children 1 Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

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Towards a New Concept of the Political A Defence of Universalism and Difference

Towards a New Concept of the Political A Defence of Universalism and Difference

This book addresses the current crisis of democratic politics and its phase of ‘interregnum’ – in which the past finds it hard to die and the future finds it difficult to be born – by proposing a radical redefinition of the concept of the Political. Drawing on the thoughts of Antonio Gramsci and Walter Benjamin among others it explores the meaning of the lemma auctoritas – the opposition between authority and power – and offers a comparison of the Frankfurt School’s radical critique of power with Georges Bataille’s critique of political economy and consumerist productivism demonstrating how the two ultimately converge. Based on an ontology of the present that is critical of ‘identity obsession’ and advances instead a universalism of difference the author proposes a new understanding of politics founded not on ‘vertical’ domination but on a ‘horizontal’ recomposition of subjectivities allowing interaction and acting-in-common between different forms of life. This book will therefore appeal to scholars of social and political theory. | Towards a New Concept of the Political A Defence of Universalism and Difference

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Self-Evaluation And Psychotherapy In The Market System

Self-Evaluation And Psychotherapy In The Market System

Self-Evaluation and Psychotherapy in the Market System examines the ways in which the competitive hierarchical nature of today’s market system contributes to the issues that many clients bring to therapy. Instead of seeing a lack of self-esteem as the root of clients’ problems Glantz and Bernhard argue that self-evaluation—the struggle to achieve a high opinion of self—exacerbated by the market system leads to stress and endless self-involvement. Beginning with an explanation of the connection between the market system and self-evaluation this volume then goes on to describe an approach to therapeutic treatment designed to free clients from the negative effects of the market system by moving away from self-evaluation altogether. This is a must-read for therapists looking for a new approach to treating clients left questioning their place in a society that encourages competition and self-involvement.

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Dying to Self and Detachment

Dying to Self and Detachment

Exploring the religious category of dying to self this book aims to resolve contemporary issues that relate to detachment. Beginning with an examination of humility in its general notion and as a religious virtue that detachment presupposes Kellenberger draws on a range of ancient medieval modern and contemporary sources that address the main characteristics of detachment including the work of Meister Eckhart St. Teresa and Simone Weil as well as writers as varied as Gregory of Nyssa Rabi'a al-Adawiyya S¸ren Kierkegaard Andrew Newberg John Hick and Keiji Nishitani. Kellenberger explores the key issues that arise for detachment including the place of the individual's will in detachment the relationship of detachment to desire to attachment to persons and to self-love and self-respect and issues of contemporary secular detachment such as inducement via chemicals. This book heeds the relevance of the religious virtue of detachment for those living in the twenty-first century. | Dying to Self and Detachment

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The Self Explained Why and How We Become Who We Are

The Self Explained Why and How We Become Who We Are

The idea of the self is immediately familiar to everyone yet elusive to define and understand. From pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister this volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge to provide a panoramic view of the human self-how it develops and functions why it exists and what problems it encounters on the journey through life. What are the benefits of self-knowledge and how attainable is it? Do we have one self or many? What is the relationship of self and society? In 28 concise chapters Baumeister explains complex concepts with clarity and insight. He reveals the central role played by the self in enabling both individuals and cultures to thrive. | The Self Explained Why and How We Become Who We Are

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Handbook of Self-Regulation Third Edition Research Theory and Applications

Handbook of Self-Regulation Third Edition Research Theory and Applications

From leading authorities this significantly revised and expanded handbook is a highly regarded reference in a rapidly growing field. It thoroughly examines the conscious and unconscious processes by which people manage their behavior and emotions control impulses and strive toward desired goals. Chapters explore such vital issues as why certain individuals have better self-control than others; how self-regulation shapes and is shaped by social relationships; underlying brain mechanisms and developmental pathways; and which interventions can improve people’s self-control. The volume also addresses self-regulatory failures and their consequences with chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder criminality addictions and money management challenges. As a special bonus purchasers of the third edition can download a supplemental e-book featuring two notable highly cited chapters from the second edition. New to This Edition *Incorporates current topic areas theories and empirical findings. *Updated throughout with 21 new chapters and numerous new authors. *Cutting-edge topics: implicit self-regulation processes the role of physical needs and processes (such as the importance of sleep) the benefits of dampening positivity the frequency and consequences of emotional control in the workplace and self-regulation training. *Expanded coverage of motivational factors romantic relationships and lapses of self-control. *Supplemental e-book featuring selected chapters from the prior edition. | Handbook of Self-Regulation Third Edition Research Theory and Applications

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Self-Healing Systems and Wireless Networks Management

Self-Healing Systems and Wireless Networks Management

Do you believe in open-source development? Would you like to see your security system grow and learn by itself? Are you sick of paying for software license fees every year that produce little return on investment? And would you prefer to invest in something you could sell later on to other IT security departments? If you answered yes to these questions then this is the book for you. Addressing the issues of fault identification and classification Self-Healing Systems and Wireless Networks Management presents a method for identifying and classifying faults using causal reasoning—a powerful bottom up technique for deep surface and cross context correlation establishment. It explains how to employ a similarity matrix to match the user activity log and its pattern in a transformed space and discusses the development and deployment of a policy engine. The book describes how to use this self-growing policy engine in collaboration with a scheduler and plug-in bank to generate a healing policy. This healing policy presents the solution of the direct and causal fault. The author describes how to embed the solutions of the related faults in the healing policy so that if a client faces more faults related to the previous one they can be addressed at the client side. Exploring prototype systems the text defines supporting systems architectures and includes a case study of an autonomic healing-based self-management engine. It also explains how to fulfill the tasks in linear time so that the increase in the source file size does not affect the performance of your system—making the system highly scalable for distributed self-healing systems. This book provides valuable guidance to help you build a self-growing self -earning self-healing system that after development learns for itself about the IT security vulnerabilities of your organization and fills the holes for future breach prevention.

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Self-build How to design and build your own home

Self-build How to design and build your own home

If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home this book is for you. Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder – you can do so without ever having to lay a brick yourself. Self-built homes can also be more individual better designed and more economical than buying from a developer. This book is designed for homeowners and self-builders whether aspiring or on the brink of starting a project. It provides a jargon-free step-by-step guide to the process of designing and building your own home distilling all of the practical information needed to make your dream house a reality. Carefully crafted to offer friendly easy-to-understand practical guidance and packed with watch points hints and tips it also highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests ways of avoiding them. Including indications of costs and timescales Self-build demystifies the process of budgeting finding a site gaining planning permission designing your home and all of the surrounding issues to do with sustainability planning regulations procurement and the use of building contracts. Beautifully illustrated with over 230-colour photos diagrams and plans it provides all the inspiration and ideas you need to bring your own project to life. Featured houses include: Amphibious House by Baca Architects Corten Courtyard House by Barefoot Architects Haringey Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects Sussex House by Wilkinson King Architects The Pocket House by Tikari Works Architects. | Self-build How to design and build your own home

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Introduction to Self-Driving Vehicle Technology

Introduction to Self-Driving Vehicle Technology

This book aims to teach the core concepts that make Self-driving vehicles (SDVs) possible. It is aimed at people who want to get their teeth into self-driving vehicle technology by providing genuine technical insights where other books just skim the surface. The book tackles everything from sensors and perception to functional safety and cybersecurity. It also passes on some practical know-how and discusses concrete SDV applications along with a discussion of where this technology is heading. It will serve as a good starting point for software developers or professional engineers who are eager to pursue a career in this exciting field and want to learn more about the basics of SDV algorithms. Likewise academic researchers technology enthusiasts and journalists will also find the book useful. Key Features: Offers a comprehensive technological walk-through of what really matters in SDV development: from hardware software to functional safety and cybersecurity Written by an active practitioner with extensive experience in series development and research in the fields of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving Covers theoretical fundamentals of state-of-the-art SLAM multi-sensor data fusion and other SDV algorithms. Includes practical information and hands-on material with Robot Operating System (ROS) and Open Source Car Control (OSCC). Provides an overview of the strategies trends and applications which companies are pursuing in this field at present as well as other technical insights from the industry. | Introduction to Self-Driving Vehicle Technology

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Lady Bird Self-Determination for a New Century

Lady Bird Self-Determination for a New Century

Examining the ideas philosophies and strategies that inform and enable a young woman’s self-determination for a new century this is a detailed insightful study of Greta Gerwig’s much-loved influential and critically acclaimed film. Drawing on Transcendentalism French feminist thought Californian art and the work of iconic American essayist Joan Didion Rob Stone approaches Lady Bird as a film about young women’s self-determination in relation to other women and waves of feminist history. Structured to emulate the evolving conscience and emerging consciousness of the film’s eponymous protagonist this new volume in the Cinema and Youth Cultures series provides an incisive portrait of a particular American youth subculture struggling to assert its identity between the shock of 9/11 in 2001 and the global financial crisis of 2008. It also sensitively examines tensions between Gerwig and Lady Bird and between Lady Bird being set in 2002 and made in 2017. Written by an expert on American independent cinema and the dynamics of World Cinema this volume explores strategies of self-determination that ignite in the friction between mothers and daughters and culminate in considerations of how the film’s form and aesthetics lead to reflections on its philosophy and politics. Situating Lady Bird in the genre of youth movies and feminist film practice and culture this book is ideal for students and researchers looking at wider dialogues and discourses about feminism philosophy gender genre and American independent filmmaking. | Lady Bird Self-Determination for a New Century

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Family Self and Human Development Across Cultures Theory and Applications

Family Self and Human Development Across Cultures Theory and Applications

Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in mainstream western psychology about the nature of individuals. During the past two decades since its publication cultural and cross-cultural research and theory on the self family and human development have expanded greatly developing fruitfully from the basic issues and paradigms Kağıtçıbaşı explored. This Classic Edition provides a critical assessment consideration and reflection of recent scholarship in this field. It brings this essential work up to date and appraises it in the light of current prevailing perspectives. | Family Self and Human Development Across Cultures Theory and Applications

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Self-Determination Theory Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation Development and Wellness

Self-Determination Theory Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation Development and Wellness

Self-determination theory (SDT) provides a framework for understanding the factors that promote motivation and healthy psychological and behavioral functioning. In this authoritative work the codevelopers of the theory comprehensively examine SDT's conceptual underpinnings (including its six mini-theories) empirical evidence base and practical applications across the lifespan. The volume synthesizes a vast body of research on how supporting-or thwarting-people's basic needs for competence relatedness and autonomy affects their development and well-being. Chapters cover implications for practice and policy in education health care psychotherapy sport and the workplace. | Self-Determination Theory Basic Psychological Needs in Motivation Development and Wellness

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Self-Similarity and Beyond Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Problems

Self-Similarity and Beyond Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Problems

Nonlinearity plays a major role in the understanding of most physical chemical biological and engineering sciences. Nonlinear problems fascinate scientists and engineers but often elude exact treatment. However elusive they may be the solutions do exist-if only one perseveres in seeking them out. Self-Similarity and Beyond presents a myriad of approaches to finding exact solutions for a diversity of nonlinear problems. These include group-theoretic methods the direct method of Clarkson and Kruskal traveling waves hodograph methods balancing arguments embedding special solutions into a more general class and the infinite series approach. The author's approach is entirely constructive. Numerical solutions either motivate the analysis or confirm it therefore they are treated alongside the analysis whenever possible. Many examples drawn from real physical situations-primarily fluid mechanics and nonlinear diffusion-illustrate and emphasize the central points presented. Accessible to a broad base of readers Self-Similarity and Beyond illuminates a variety of productive methods for meeting the challenges of nonlinearity. Researchers and graduate students in nonlinearity partial differential equations and fluid mechanics along with mathematical physicists and numerical analysts will re-discover the importance of exact solutions and find valuable additions to their mathematical toolkits. | Self-Similarity and Beyond Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Problems

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No Plastic Sleeves The Complete Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide

No Plastic Sleeves The Complete Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide

A polished and professional portfolio—including both print pieces and an online presence—is more important than ever for photographers graphic designers and other creative professionals to make a great first impression and secure employment. This new third edition of No Plastic Sleeves has been thoroughly updated across all facets of portfolio production including increased coverage on self-promotion social media branding online promotion new and updated interviews case studies and more. Including hundreds of photos examples of successful design from both students and professionals and interviews with industry professionals this text will guide you through the complete process of conceptualizing designing developing branding and promoting all the interconnected aspects of your total portfolio package including teaching you how to: Objectively evaluate and edit your work Develop a distinguishing brand concept and identity Understand and apply effective design strategies including layout and sequencing Design a tailor-made portfolio book Develop a comprehensive online portfolio Develop printed promotional and professional materials Utilize social media and self-promotion strategies Alongside the acclaimed companion website www. noplasticsleeves. com— featuring additional portfolios resources tutorials and articles—Larry Volk and Danielle Currier offer an essential guide to portfolio design development and promotion. | No Plastic Sleeves The Complete Portfolio and Self-Promotion Guide

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The Discovery of the Self A Study in Psychological Cure

The Discovery of the Self A Study in Psychological Cure

Elizabeth Severn known as R. N. in Sandor Ferenczi’s Clinical Diary was Ferenczi’s analysand for eight years the patient with whom he conducted his controversial experiment in mutual analysis and a psychoanalyst in her own right who had a transformative influence on his work. The Discovery of the Self is the distillation of that experience and allows us to hear the voice of one of the most important patients in the history of psychoanalysis. However Freud branded Severn Ferenczi’s evil genius and her name does not appear in Ernest Jones’s biography so she has remained largely unknown until now. This book is a reissue of Severn’s landmark work of 1933 together with an introduction by Peter L. Rudnytsky that sets out the unrecognized importance of her thinking both for the development of psychoanalysis and for contemporary theory. Inspired by the realization that Severn has embedded disguised case histories both of herself and of Ferenczi as well as of her daughter Margaret Rudnytsky shows how The Discovery of the Self contains the other side of the story of mutual analysis and is thus an indispensable companion volume to the Clinical Diary. A full partner in Ferenczi’s rehabilitation of trauma theory and champion of the view that the analyst must participate in the patient’s reliving of past experiences Severn emerges as the most profound conduit for Ferenczi’s legacy in the United States if not in the entire world. Lacking any institutional credentials and once completely marginalized Elizabeth Severn can at long last be given her due as a formidable psychoanalyst. Newly available for the first time in more than eighty years The Discovery of the Self is simultaneously an engaging introduction to psychotherapy that will appeal to general readers as well as a sophisticated text to be savored by psychoanalytic scholars and clinicians as a prequel to the works of Heinz Kohut and a neglected classic of relational psychoanalysis. | The Discovery of the Self A Study in Psychological Cure

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Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success A Focus on Self-Regulated Learning

Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success A Focus on Self-Regulated Learning

Now in its 7th edition Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success: A Focus on Self-Regulated Learning provides a framework organized around motivation methods of learning time management control of the physical and social environment and monitoring performance that makes it easy for students to recognize what they need to do to become successful learners. Full of rich pedagogical features and exercises students will find Follow-Up Activities Opportunities for Reflection Chapter-End Reviews Key Points and a Glossary. Seli focuses on the most relevant information and features to help students identify the components of academic learning that contribute to high achievement to master and practice effective learning and study strategies and to complete self-regulation studies that teach a process for improving their academic behavior. Combining theory research and application this popular text guides college students on how to improve their study skills and become more effective self-regulated learners. New in the 7th edition: Increased focus on students’ lived experiences based on race gender socio-economic status and ability Increased coverage on cultural responsiveness and equity in education Additional content relevant for students with special needs Acknowledgement of the impact of COVID-19 on higher education General updates throughout to citations and research since the previous edition Updated companion website resources for students and instructors including sample exercises assessments and instructors’ notes | Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success A Focus on Self-Regulated Learning

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Self-Consolidating Concrete Applying what we know

Self-Consolidating Concrete Applying what we know

A very interesting and useful book for all the different practitioners in the concrete industry. Each necessary step is thoroughly dealt with and explained in a nice and pedagogic way. —Peter Billberg Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute (CBI)Quite comprehensive and with a narrative style at the practitioner level. —Lloyd Keller Director of R&D and Quality Assurance EllisDon CanadaSelf-consolidating concrete (SCC) is an innovative material used successfully throughout the world. It is a highly flowable non-segregating concrete that can spread into place fill the formwork and encapsulate the reinforcement without any mechanical consolidation improving the overall efficiency of a concrete construction project. SCC mixtures are highly fluid yet their flowing properties can be adapted for a range of applications and allow practitioners to select and determine levels of filling ability passing ability and stability. Self-Consolidating Concrete: Applying What We Know discusses all aspects of SCC including:Benefits and limitations Raw material components Mixture proportions Production and quality control Placement and curing Presenting a basis for consistently producing and applying SCC in a regular production environment this book is written from the perspective of the concrete practitioner. It uses descriptions and case studies throughout as examples of specific types of applications to identify where the practitioner needs to focus attention. This book bridges the gap between research and practice. It links science with practical application describing a number of projects and types of applications where SCC has been used successfully. It will be useful for new practitioners as well as for those already using SCC. | Self-Consolidating Concrete Applying what we know

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Con Artists in Cinema Self-Knowledge Female Power and Love

Con Artists in Cinema Self-Knowledge Female Power and Love

This book examines the con artist film as a genre exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it. The volume explores three diverse themes of the con artist film: edification self-awareness and liberation through con games; the femme fatale as con artist; and romantic love as a plot point. Analyzing movies such as Matchstick Men (2003) House of Games (1987) Body Heat (1981) The Last Seduction (1994) Birthday Girl (2001) and The Game (1997) the book also explores their psychological investigation of the con artist figure the con artist’s mark and how the dynamic between these roles implicates us as the audience. It also addresses the con artist film genre’s close association with neo-noir especially through the femme fatale figure investigating and updating the rich tradition of noir film. Demonstrating the range and flexibility of this understudied genre this book will be of interest to scholars and students of film studies ethics and those studying the representation of women in film. . | Con Artists in Cinema Self-Knowledge Female Power and Love

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Self-Assessment for Vascular and Endovascular Specialists

Self-Assessment for Vascular and Endovascular Specialists

Including over 500 multiple choice questions covering a wide range of vascular disorders to test the skills of all vascular specialists. Suitable for postgraduate trainee vascular medicine internists interventional radiologists vascular surgeons and endovascular therapists as they prepare for exams or ensure that they remain up to date. Divided into 21 subject specific-sections and meticulously written and researched the questions and their accompanying rationales are enhanced by explanatory illustrations and supported by key references. Students and experienced clinicians will be prepared for both testing and teaching in all aspects of clinical practice. Advances in the treatment of vascular disease have played a significant role in rising life expectancy over the past 70 years resulting in lower morbidity mortality and quicker recoveries. However there remains an urgent challenge in controlling risk factors such as obesity sedentary lifestyles and tobacco abuse. As explosive growth in endovascular technology continues it is more important than ever for vascular specialists to remain proficient and stay up to date. | Self-Assessment for Vascular and Endovascular Specialists

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Gender and the Self in Latin American Literature

Gender and the Self in Latin American Literature

This book explores six texts from across Spanish America in which the coming-of-age story ('Bildungsroman') offers a critique of gendered selfhood as experienced in the region’s socio-cultural contexts. Looking at a range of novels from the late twentieth century Staniland explores thematic concerns in terms of their role in elucidating a literary journey towards agency: that is towards the articulation of a socially and personally viable female gendered identity mindful of both the hegemonic discourses that constrain it and the possibility of their deconstruction and reconfiguration. Myth exile and the female body are the three central themes for understanding the personal social and political aims of the Post-Boom women writers whose work is explored in this volume: Isabel Allende Laura Esquivel Ángeles Mastretta Sylvia Molloy Cristina Peri Rossi and Zoé Valdés. Their adoption and adaptation of an originally eighteenth-century and European literary genre is seen here to reshape the global canon as much as it works to reshape our understanding of gendered identities as socially constructed culturally contingent and open-ended. | Gender and the Self in Latin American Literature

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Sacrifice and the Body Biblical Anthropology and Christian Self-Understanding

Sacrifice and the Body Biblical Anthropology and Christian Self-Understanding

What is sacrifice? For many people today the word has negative overtones suggesting loss or death or violence. But in religions ancient and modern the word is linked primarily to joyous feasting which puts people in touch with the deepest realities. How has that change of meaning come about? What effect does it have on the way we think about Christianity? How does it affect the way Christian believers think about themselves and God? John Dunnill's study focuses on sacrifice as a physical event uniting worshippers to deity. Bringing together insights from social anthropology biblical studies and Trinitarian theology Dunnill links to debates in sociology and cultural studies as well as the study of liturgy. Through a positive view of sacrifice Dunnill contributes to contemporary Christian debates on atonement and salvation. | Sacrifice and the Body Biblical Anthropology and Christian Self-Understanding

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The Healthy Mind Mindfulness True Self and the Stream of Consciousness

The Healthy Mind Mindfulness True Self and the Stream of Consciousness

In The Healthy Mind Dr. Henry M. Vyner presents the findings of twenty-seven years of research spent interviewing Tibetan lamas about their experiences of the mind. The interviews have generated a science of stream of consciousness that demonstrates that the healthy human mind is the egoless mind given the paradox that the egoless mind has an ego. Vyner presents this science and also shows his readers how to cultivate a healthy mind. The Healthy Mind features extensive interview excerpts theoretical maps of the egoless and egocentric mind discussions of the history of science and thought experiments that unpack the implications of his findings. This is a useful book for all those interested in the dialogue between Buddhism and psychology and in understanding the nature of the healthy mind. | The Healthy Mind Mindfulness True Self and the Stream of Consciousness

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