Tabla de Contenidos: “…Watson -- 22. Japan: Western science and Japanese culture / Masataka Watanabe and Mitsuru Kudo -- 23. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Neglected Aspects of the So-Called Revival of a Classical Indian Dance Form -- Previous Research and Open Questions -- Indian Influences on Western Performing Arts -- Developments in India's Performing and Visual Arts -- Earlier and Later 'Revivals' of the South Asian Performing Arts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: 'The Priestess of Hindu Dance': Leila Sokhey's Repertoire and Its Reception in the Netherlands and Germany (1927-38) -- Indian Debut -- Preparing for the European Stage -- Constructing Continuity -- Artistic Individuality -- Where the Gods Are Nigh: Dutch Reception -- 'Noble Grace in the Highest Perfection': German Reviews -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Roaming Between East and West: In Search of Religious Ecstasy in the Interwar Period -- Sources and Steps Ahead -- 'A Sea of Ecstasy' -- The Convert Register -- Parallel Experiences…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hsieh: The First Chinese Chair in the Physics Department -- William Band: A 'Mathematical and Practical' Physicist from England -- An Outstanding Cradle of Physics Researchers in China -- 14: Science with Boundaries: Yang Zhongjian and Vertebrate Paleontology in Republican China, 1919-1950 -- Introduction -- At Peking University, 1919-1923 -- At the University of Munich, 1923-1927 -- The Cenozoic Research Laboratory in the Interwar Period -- The Central Asiatic Expedition -- Wartime Research -- Teaching -- International Networking -- Conclusion -- 15: Training Medical Researchers in Korea during the Japanese Colonial Period (1910-1945) -- Introduction -- Western Medicine Comes to Korea -- Medical Education Policy in Colonial Korea -- Medical Research in the Early 1910s -- The First Generation of Korean Medical Researchers -- Japanese Doctoral System and Medical Research -- Conclusion -- 16: Training Historians and Ethnologists in Taiwan, 1928-1949 -- Introduction -- The Foundation and Organization of Taihoku Imperial University -- Academic Careers at Japanese Universities -- Research Training -- The War and the Handover -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- The Foundation of Research Education in the University -- Instruments of Research and their Multiplication…”

“…Gender Equality has not yet been achieved in many western countries. Switzerland in particular has failed as a forerunner in integrating women in politics and economy. …”

“…The chapters critically interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment. …”

“…The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. …”

“…Unlike the traditional vitamins, they are not essential for short-term wellbeing, but there is increasing evidence that modest long-term intakes can have favourable impacts on the incidence of cancers and many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes, which are occurring in Western populations with increasing frequency. This book covers the latest science on the metabolism and potential health benefits of teas, cocoa, coffee…”

“…The main storyline opens with the emergence of the Western European concept of the nation, in accord with which the ethnolinguistic nation-states of Italy and Germany were founded. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Management System Planning -- Leadership and Commitment -- Policy -- Process Approach -- Risks -- Global Citizenship-Western Digital's Commitment -- Legal Commitment-Compliance -- Best Practices -- Compliance Costs -- Compliance Costs-Employee Penalties -- Strategic Planning-Objectives and Programs -- Good to Great -- Assess/Reflect/Act -- Notes -- CHAPTER 13 Step Two: Insure -- Implementation of Plans -- Agent for Innovation -- InnovationPoint-Leapfrogging -- Support-Resources -- Organizational Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities -- Role of the Boss -- Employees-Engagement and Innovation -- Recognition -- Building Employee Relationships -- Future Competencies in Demand -- Resources-Training-Competence-Awareness -- Work Environment -- Communication -- Documented Information -- Documented Procedures -- Operation -- Sarbanes‐Oxley -- Due Diligence -- Operational Clauses -- Quality Control Plan -- Management System Control Plan -- Goods and Service Risk Questions -- Production and Service Provision -- Innovation -- Emergency Preparedness and Response -- Notes -- CHAPTER 14 Step Three: Improve -- Performance Evaluation -- Monitor, Measure, Analyze, and Evaluate -- Objectives -- Supply Chain -- Monitoring-Compliance -- Monitoring and Measurement of Processes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…10 Galician Landscapes through the Camera Lens: Visualizing Combat Spaces of the First World War -- 1 Practices of Natural Landscape Photography During the First World War: Historiographical Debates and Methodological Approaches -- 2 The Wartime Visual Travelogue: Galician Landscapes through the Photographic Lens -- 3 Visualizing the Trauma of Military Defeat -- 4 Industrial War through the Camera Lens: a Record of Destroyed Spaces -- 5 Conclusion -- Primary Sources (Photographic Material From the Archives): -- Secondary Literature: -- Part 4: Imperial Debris: Demilitarization of Landscapes in the Era of Imperial Collapse -- 11 Toxic Heritage of the War: Demilitarization of Eastern Front Landscapes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Battlefield Sanitation -- 3 The Effects of Gas Attacks on Fields and Forests -- 4 Demobilization of Animals -- 5 Conclusion -- 12 Conceptualizing the Post-Battle Landscape: the First World War -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transforming the Battlefield in Western Galicia: between Military Pragmatism and Imperial Enterprise -- 3 Creating a Commemorative Landscape for Fallen Soldiers -- 4 A Grand Monument to the Gorlice Victory -- 5 Conclusion: the Monument and Soldier's Grave as a New Element of the Cultural Landscape -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Literature -- 13 First World War Memorialization in Ukrainian Lands (Late 1910s to 1930s) -- 1 Perpetuating the Memory of Fallen Soldiers during the War -- 2 Institutionalization of Memory in the Inter-War Period -- 2.1 The Ukrainian State and the Soviet Union -- 2.2 The First Czechoslovak Republic -- 2.3 The Kingdom of Romania -- 2.4 The Second Polish Republic -- 3 Conclusion -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Literature -- 14 Conflict Landscapes at the Edge of Empire: Archaeology and Environment -- 1 A Traditional Routeway -- 2 The Great Arab Revolt Project (GARP) 2006-2014…”

“…Discover how to use Manga Studio to begin creating comics in manga or Western styles, add color to your creations, and share them with your adoring public. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Historical Account of Human Rights Situation in China -- Human Rights Practise in China -- Human Rights Defenders -- Justice System and Unfair Trial -- Freedom of Expression -- Detention Without Trial -- Death Penalty -- Torture And Other Ill-treatment -- Coercive Family Planning -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region -- Falun Gong -- Comparison Between India and China -- Notes and References -- Chapter 8: Religion in Politics: Secularism and Communalism -- Mahatma Gandhi's Views on Religion and Politics -- Nehru's Views on the Relationship Between Religion and Politics -- Secularism -- Indian Notion of Secularism -- Western Notion of Secularism -- Contemporary Debates on Secularism -- Communalism: An Onslaught on the Principle of Secularism -- Political Economy of Communalism and Communal Violence -- Majority Communalism in India -- Minority Communalism in India -- Solutions to Address the Problem of Communalism in India -- Notes and References -- Chapter 9: Strategies of Development in India Since Indenpendence -- Historical Perspective: A Unique Model of a 'Mixed' Economy -- Planning Process in India -- Planning in India -- The First Five Year Plan (1951-56) -- The Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) -- The Third Five Year Plan (1961-66) -- Annual Plans (1966-69) -- The Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) -- The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-78) -- The Sixth Five Year Plan (1980-85) -- Seventh Five Year Plan (1985-90) -- The Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-97) -- The Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-02) -- The Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) -- Approach to the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) -- Monitorable Social-economic Targets of the Eleventh Plan -- Economic Crisis of 1990-91 and Reforms -- Rationalization and Simplification of the Tax System -- Infrastructure Reforms -- Impact of Economic Reforms -- Growth and Structural Change…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Originate and distribute, the case of UBS -- Subprime securities as 'central bank money' -- How to place 'value at risk' -- High pay policies -- Banks writedowns are a loss of Western wealth -- De-rated: how ratings agencies and regulations failed -- Rating agencies: uncontrolled private regulation -- Basel I and II: regulatory innovation -- The problem with regulations -- The politics of housing -- An unproductive asset -- A unique housing model, with familiar results -- The politics of home ownership -- Clinton's third way -- social inclusion and market economics -- The overlap of politics and bankers -- Beyond domestic politics -- A change of politics -- a change of subprime -- European political distortions in lending -- Eurocrats and euro-lending -- The politics of tax -- Is it the same everywhere? …”

“…Currencies and exchange rates make up another important aspect of finance. If the Western model of finance is discredited, does that mean the dominance of Western currencies is also eroded? …”

“…The subject of this book is Maximus the Greek's testimony regarding the Western religious orders contained in the Terrible and Memorable Narration, and the Perfect Form of Monastic Life and the Letter on the Franciscans and the Dominicans. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Metabolic Control of Mitochondrial Dynamics: The Role of AMPK -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- NADPH Oxidase System Mediates Cholesterol Secoaldehyde-Induced Oxidative Stress and Cytotoxicity in H9c2 Cardiomyocytes -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Chemicals, H9c2 Cardiomyocytes, and Cell Culture Supplies -- Synthesis of Cholesterol Secoaldehyde -- Cell Culture and Treatments -- Cell Proliferation and Metabolism -- Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay -- Measurement of Intracellular Peroxides -- Measurement of Hydrogen Peroxide -- Thiobarbituric Acid-Reactive Substances (TBARs) -- Measurement of Reduced Glutathione Levels -- Assay of Superoxide Dismutase Activity -- Measurement of Mitochondrial Transmembrane Potential -- Western Blot Analysis -- Statistical Analysis -- Results -- Apocynin Exacerbates While DPI Reduces the ChSeco-Induced Cytotoxic Response in H9c2 Cardiomyocytes -- NOS Inhibitors Attenuate the Formation of Peroxide or Peroxide-Like Substances in ChSeco-Exposed H9c2 Cardiomyocytes -- Apocynin Lowers the GSH Levels in ChSeco-Exposed Cardiomyocytes -- Apocynin But Not DPI Enhances the ChSeco-Induced Activation of SOD Activity in H9c2 Cardiomyocytes -- Apocynin and DPI Pretreatment in H9c2 Cardiomyocytes Reduces TBARs Formed in Response to the Exposure of ChSeco -- ChSeco-Induced Loss in Mitochondrial Transmembrane Potential Is Reversed by Pretreatments with Apocynin and DPI -- ChSeco-Induced Overexpression of pp38 and pSAPK in H9c2 Cardiomyocytes Is Mitigated by Pretreatments with Apo and DPI -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Lipid Mediators in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease -- Introduction -- Lipid Mediators -- Oxylipins -- PUFA Reservoirs -- Oxylipin Synthesis -- Cyclooxygenase-Derived Oxylipins -- Lipoxygenase-Derived Oxylipins -- Cytochrome P450-Derived Oxylipins -- Conclusion and Future Perspectives…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Medley of Imports, Derivatives, Imitations, and Hybrids -- The Gods of the Others: Images of Foreign Deities in the Hellenistic Cult Place of Kharayeb -- Remarques sur le rôle du sel dans les pratiques votives de Kition : un exemple d’interaction entre les figurines divines et leur milieu -- On Gods and Caves: Comparing Cave-Sanctuaries in the Ancient Western Mediterranean -- Between Astarte, Isis and Aphrodite/Venus. …”

“…Making use of the leading scholars in the field from Poland, Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Israel, the volume provides a definitive overview of the history and culture of one of the most important communities in the long history of the Jewish people…”