“…"Explores various methods archaeologists use to identify ritual in the material record and discusses the influence it had on the formation, reproduction, and transformation of community in past Andean societies. How ritual influenced, permeated, and altered political authority, economic production, shamanic practice, and landscape cognition over 3,000 years"--Provided by publisher…”

“…Including extensive quotations from interviews, archival sources, and local newspapers, the story unfolds, in part, through the voices of the people themselves: the workers who fought for unions, the community members who supported them, and the employers who opposed them…”

“…It gathers the stories included in Xi’s speeches on various occasions, where they conveyed the essence of China’s history and culture, its reform and development, and the principles of China’s participating in global governance and cooperating with other countries to build a community of common destiny. The respective stories not only convey abstract and profound concepts of governance in comparatively straightforward language, but also create an immediate emotional connection between the narrator and the listener. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Experience -- Chapter 15: A Vision for Improving Quality of Life Among Spanish-Speaking Latina Breast Cancer Survivors -- Chapter 16: Research Democracy in a Randomized Controlled Trial: Engaging Multiple Stakeholders in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research -- Chapter 17: Es Tiempo: Engaging Latinas in Cervical Cancer Research -- Chapter 18: Reaching Latinos Through Social Media and SMS for Smoking Cessation -- Chapter 19: The Need for a Holistic Approach to Prevent Reproductive Cancers among US Latinas: The Potential Impact of Normalizing Sexuality and Improving Communication -- Chapter 20: Critical Steps for Engaging Hispanics in Cancer Research: Building Capacity to Enhance Participation in Biospecimen Donation with Hispanic Communities -- Chapter 21: Emerging Policies in US Health Care -- Chapter 22: A Way Forward: The Future of Cancer Health Disparities Research in Latinos…”

“…As detailed in a masterful introduction, each essay serves as a concrete example of "thick description"-an approach invented by philosopher Gilbert Ryle-which aims to reveal the logic that informs an observable exchange among members of a community or society. To grasp the significance of such exchanges, it is necessary to investigate the networks of meaning on which they rely. …”

“…Nettle analyses these findings in the context of the cultural, psychological and economic consequences of economic deprivation, and of the ethical difficulties of representing a deprived community. In so doing the book sheds light on one of the main issues of our time: the roles of culture and of socioeconomic factors in determining patterns of human social behaviour. …”

“…The articles in this volume reflect the unique and integrated voice and vision that Joel Roth has brought to the American Jewish community…”

“…Questions in this volume regard concepts of the self, conflicting discourses, intersections of self-identity and community, and Moroccan reclamation of identity in the post-colonial sphere…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents -- List of figures--List of tables--List of contributors--Acknowledgements--Volume introduction: MEDIA, MEDIATIZATION AND MUSEUMS: A NEW ENSEMBLE -- The editors-- --Section 1: FOUNDATIONS-- --1.0--Section introduction -- The editors--1.1 -- Walk-in media: International exhibitions as media space--Anders Ekstrm--1.2 -- The museum as a media producer: Innovation before the--digital age -- Peter Pavement--1.3--Revisiting the utopian promise of interpretive media: --An autoethnographic analysis drawn from art museums, 19912017 -- Peter Samis--1.4--Online collections, curatorial agency and machine-assisted curating -- Bodil Axelsson--1.5--Visitor and audience research in museums -- Susan Anderson-- --Section 2: ENVIRONMENTS-- --2.0--Section introduction -- The editors--2.1--Rethinking museum/community partnerships: Science and natural history museums and the challenges of communicating climate change -- Karen Knutson--2.2--Mobile media, mobility and mobilisation in the current museum field -- Rikke Haller Baggesen -- 2.3--Learning and engagement in museum mediascapes -- Palmyre Pierroux--2.4--The museum as an arena for cultural citizenship: Exploring modes of engagement for audience empowerment -- Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt and Pille Runnel--2.5 -- The museum as a charged space: The duality of digital museum communication -- Bjarki Valtysson and Nanna Holdgaard --Section 3: PRACTICES-- --3.0--Section introduction -- The editors--3.1 -- From elsewhere to everywhere: Evolving the distributed--museum into the pervasive museum -- Vince Dziekan and Nancy Proctor--3.2--Digital media ethics and museum communication--Jenny Kidd -- 3.3--Complexities of collaborating: Understanding and managing differences in collaborative design of museum communication -- Line Vestergaard Knudsen and Anne Rrbk Olesen--3.4--Participation in design and changing practices of museum development -- Dagny Stuedahl --Section 4: VISUAL ESSAY---4.0--Incident(al) Readings -- Vince Dziekan --Section 5: DIRECTIONS-- --5.0--Section introduction -- The editors--5.1--Smart media: Museums in the new data terroir -- Lauren Vargas -- 5.2--The proliferation of aura: Facsimiles, authenticity and digital objects -- Sarah Kenderdine and Andrew Yip--5.3 -- Assets, platforms and affordances: The constitutive role of media in the museum -- Kathleen Pirrie Adams--5.4--Feeling the Exhibition: Design for an Immersive and Sensory Exhibition Experience -- Maholo Uchida and Jingyu Peng--5.5 -- Museums and cultural diversity: A persistent challenge -- Ien Ang -- Index…”

“…The objective of this special session is to provide insightful information regarding the technological advancements for the researchers in the community…”

“…This increased number of needs, some of them specially challenging, is pushing the Scientific Community, as well as companies, towards the development of innovative solutions, ranging from new hardware / open source software approaches and integration with other devices, up to the adoption of artificial intelligence methods for the automatic extraction of salient features and quality assessment for performance verification The aim of the present book is to cover the most relevant topics and trends in Mobile Mapping Technology, and also to introduce the new tendencies of this new paradigm of geospatial science…”

“…Canada continues to have a rich history of ground-breaking research in drug delivery within academic institutions, pharmaceutical industry and the biotechnology community…”

“…A strict borderline between micro and nano manufacturing can hardly be drawn, such that both domains are treated as complementary and mutually beneficial within a closely interconnected scientific community. Both micro and nano manufacturing can be considered as important enablers for high-end products. …”

“…It illuminates the role of sport and religion in the social formation of collective groups, and explores how sport might operate in the service of a religious community.The book offers a series…”

“…The authors show us not only what is learned by such communities, but also what their environment can learn from them. …”

“…Collaboration is often seen as a palliative for the many wicked problems challenging our communities. These problems affect some of the most vulnerable and unempowered people in our community. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Commercial/private broadcasters -- 3. Community broadcasting -- 4. Technical standards and accessibility of services -- 5. …”

“…Since the 1990s, internationalisation has become key for institutions wishing to secure funding for higher education and research. For the academic community, this strategic shift has had many consequences. …”

“…Since publication of the first prototypical genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators (Cameleons) in 1997, we have witnessed remarkable evolution of the field, with rapid improvement of indicator performance as well as expanded application to many model organisms in the neuroscience community. Challenges still remain, however, concerning the mammalian central nervous system: limited sensitivity of indicators to subtle changes in activity, slow signal kinetics, cytotoxicity after a long-term and high-level expression of indicators, and variable performance across cell types. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rinus Penninx -- 7: EU policymaking and research: Case studies of the Communication on a Community Immigration Policy and the Common Basic Principles for Integration: Sandra Pratt -- 8: Speaking truth to power? …”