“…This book thoroughly reviews our current scientific understanding of the significant role that mobile genetic elements play in the evolution and function of genomes and organisms–from plants and animals to humans. Highly-regarded geneticist Haig Kazazian offers an accessible intellectual history of the field’s research strategies and concerns, explaining how advances opened up new questions, and how new tools and capabilities have encouraged progress in the field. …”

“…The release of pheromones is one of various forms of nonverbal communication many animals use to transmit messages to other members of the same species. …”

“…This book, Endocrine Disruptors, includes eight chapters that illustrate potential endocrine-disrupting activities in water, sediments, crops, animals, and humans. This book assesses the relationship between the EDCs and development, reproduction, or obesity. …”

“…The desired body orientation depends on many different parameters, such as the animal’s nutritional state, its reproductive status, the time of day, the current behavioral state, or previous experience. …”

“…Drugs are then tailored to fit a treatment profile, rather than the traditional method of 'trial and error' drug discovery which focuses on testing chemicals on animals or cell cultures and matching their effects to treatments. …”

“…This has always been true; community helped keep us safe as dangerous animals prowled outside our caves. We are now even more interconnected with each other. …”

“…Welton emphasises the social networks of the household in which food was entangled, arguing that household animals and ritual foodstuffs were social agents, challenging traditional understandings of sacrifice. …”

“…We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. …”

“…Marc Bekoff, one of our most engaging animal experts and activists, here applies the concept to human attitudes. …”

“…A team of experts make the very tough journey to the Danakil to see how its people and animals survive, and to use 3D laser mapping technology to make the first ever scan of the inside of a live volcano…”

“…Sense perception raises the further questions of the mind-body relation, of self-awareness, of infinite divisibility and the continuum, of the capacities of animals and children and of the relation between perception and reason. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Endangered ecosystems and coping strategies : towards a conceptualization of environmental change in the developing world / Beate Lohnert and Helmut Geist -- Coping with vulnerability and unsustainability : the case of Nepalese upland farmers / Hans-Georg Bohle -- Hydropower, rice farmers and the state : the case of deforestation in Laos / Thomas Krings -- Debating vulnerability, environment and housing : the case of rural-urban migrants in Cape Town, South Africa / Beate Lohnert -- Soil mining and societal responses : the case of tobacco in eastern Miombo highlands / Helmut Geist -- Changes of land use and institutions in natural resource management : the case of the Tanzanian Maasailand / Sven Schade -- Drought hazards and threatened livelihoods : environmental perceptions in Botswana / Fred Krüger -- Environmental conservation, land tenure and migration : the case of the Atlantic rainforest in southeast Brazil / Florian Dünckmann -- Why herd animals die : environmental perception and cultural risk management in the Andes / Barbara Göbel -- Risks and coping strategies of a vulnerable group in the Dominican Dry Forest : the case of charcoal burners in Chalona / Veronika Ulbert -- Actors, structures and environments: a comparative and transdisciplinary view on regional case studies of global environmental change / Gerhard Petschel-Held, Matthias K.B. …”

“…Walking as a central experience that ties these texts together—never simply a metaphor or allegory—offers storytellers and authors an elastic figure through which to engage diverse cultural practices and beliefs including Puritan and Catholic teachings, Diné and Anishinaabe oral traditions, Chicanx histories, and European literary traditions.Hamilton argues that walking bodies alert readers to the ways the physical world—more-than-human animals, trees, rocks, wind, sunlight, and human bodies—has a hand in creating experience and meaning. …”

“…It reveals a range of animals that even the most tenacious of Adriatic holidaymakers rarely see, including sand vipers, mongooses and Greek tortoises in the olive groves…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A brief history of the genre -- Characteristics of an RPG -- Story and setting -- A glimpse of a cRPG story -- Exploration and quests -- A glimpse at our exploration and quests -- Inventory system -- Character attributes and actions -- Experience and leveling -- Combat system -- User interaction and graphics -- Existing or upcoming RPG games -- MU Legend -- Titan Siege -- Citadel: Forged with Fire -- Cyberpunk 2077 -- Patterns in RPG -- Terminology -- Contest tree -- Last Man Standing -- Negotiated Contest -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Planning the Game -- Building our RPG -- The story of the Zazar dynasty -- Backstory -- Exploration and quests -- Awakening -- The village -- Broken forest - the horizon -- The kingdom -- Asset inventory -- Environment assets -- Medieval Environment Pack -- Terrain Toolkit 2017 -- Nature Starter Kit 2 -- Character assets -- Barbarians -- Orcs -- Villagers -- Free Assets -- Level design -- Setting the stage -- Terrain toolkit in a nutshell -- The Awakening -- Using the terrain model -- Using a custom toolkit -- Skybox -- Testing the level -- Creating the main menu -- Creating the GameMaster script -- Summary -- Chapter 3: RPG Character Design -- Character definitions -- Character assets -- Base character class attributes -- Character states -- Character model -- Default character models -- Barbarian -- Villager -- Orc -- Let's get started -- Rigging your model -- Character motion -- Animator Controller -- Animation states -- Character controller -- Modification to animations -- Inverse Kinematics -- Setting the animation curve -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Game Mechanics -- Customizing the player character -- Customizable parts -- User interface…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ViewDidUnloadViewWillAppear; ViewWillDisappear; Other Methods; UIView Event Lifecycle; Constructor; Draw; LayoutSubviews; Managing More than One View in a Controller; Switching Views; Animating the Transition; Handling Rotation; Rotation Lifecycle Events in UIViewController; ShouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation; WillAnimateRotation; WillRotate; DidRotate; WillAnimateFirstHalfOfRotation and WillAnimateSecondHalfOfRotation; General Approaches to Rotation; Autosizing; Moving Controls; Swapping Views; Rotation Review; Summary; Chapter 6 Introduction to Controls; Coordinate System; Frame…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Scrolling TextView Ticker; Problem; Solution; How It Works; 2-14. Animating a View; Problem; Solution; How It Works; System Animations; Custom Animations; AnimationSet; 2-15. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part II: How to Make Things in FlashLesson 1: Drawing Tools; LESSON 1; ADDITIONAL TOOLS; DRAWING AIDS; DRAWING TOOLS SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; Lesson 2: Simple Animation; LESSON 2; TIPS ABOUT ANIMATION; SIMPLE ANIMATION SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; Lesson 3: Putting Flash Online; LESSON 3; PUTTING FLASH ONLINE SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; Lesson 4: Buttons; LESSON 4; BUTTONS SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; Lesson 5: Making Buttons Do Things; LESSON 5; MAKING BUTTONS DO THINGS SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; Lesson 6: Movie Clips; LESSON 6; MOVIE CLIPS SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; Lesson 7: Working with Photos; ABOUT THIS LESSON; LESSON 7…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…First Responding OfficerSecuring the Scene; Chain of Custody; Processing the Scene; Initial Documentation; Scene Documentation; Remains in an Aquatic Environment; Collection of Evidence; Review of Scene Processing; Final Inspection; References; 5 Forensic Evidence Collection and Cultural Motives for Animal Harvesting; Introduction; Wild Animals as Pharmacopeias; Trade in Wild Animals; Recovering Evidence at Poaching Scenes; Locating the Burial: Anomalies on the Surface; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Forensic Entomology and Wildlife; Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Coding -- HTML: A Quick Lesson in Code Writing -- Viewing the Code Live -- Uploading and Viewing Your Web Program -- Moving Along -- 6 Graphics-Choice Depends on Purpose -- Screen Resolution -- Image File Size -- Image Resolution -- Raster and Vector Graphics -- Web Graphic Types -- Software for Creating Web Graphics -- Moving Along -- 7 Graphical User Interface-The Key to E-Learning -- GUI Rules -- Screen Layout -- Navigation Buttons and Design -- Usability Flaws -- Other GUI Design Elements -- Moving Along -- 8 Fonts and White Space-How E-Learning Use Is Different -- The Limits of Display -- Font Choice Makes a Difference -- Text as a Graphical Element -- White Space and Line Spacing -- Some Guidelines for Effective Use of Text in E-Learning -- Moving Along -- 9 Animation-Just Enough, Never Too Much -- Animation Types -- Animation in Your E-Learning Program -- Just Enough, Never Too Much -- Moving Along -- 10 Multimedia-Using Audio and Video in E-Learning -- Audio and Video Plug-Ins -- What Type of Audio File Should You Use? …”