Tabla de Contenidos: “…7 Metacognitive Processes in the Self-Regulation of Goal Pursuit8 People's Thoughts About Their Personal Pasts and Futures; 9 Metacognition and the Social Animal; Section III Experiential Metacognition; 10 The Experience of Thinking: Metacognitive Ease, Fluency, and Context; 11 Emotion and Social Metacognition; 12 Embodied Validation: Our Bodies Can Change and Also Validate Our Thoughts; Section IV Interpersonal Metacognition; 13 Metacognition in Stereotypes and Prejudice; 14 Do You See What I See? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Body and world as phenomenal contents of the brain's reality model / Bjorn Merker -- Homing in on the brain mechanisms linked to consciousness : the buffer of the perception-and-action interface / Christine A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Invisible histories: Primate bodies and the rise of posthumanism in the twentieth century / Chapter Nine. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction and overview / Ladson Hinton and Hessel Willemsen -- Shame and temporality in the streets : consumerism, technology, truth and raw life / Ladson Hinton -- The unbearable shame of the analyst's idealization : reiterating the temporal / Jon Mills -- A time for shame : Levinas, diachrony and the hope of shame / Eric Severson -- Lacan : Nachträglichkeit, shame and ethical time / Sharon Green -- Abject bodies : trauma, shame, disembodiment and the death of time / Angela Connolly -- Existential shame, temporality and cracks in the "ordinary "filled in" process of things" / Sue Austin -- Shame and evanescence : the body as driver of temporality / Hessel Willemsen -- The pharmacology of shame or, Promethean, Epimethean and Antigonian temporality / Daniel Ross -- Justice, temporality and shame at the Khmer Rouge tribunal / Alexander Laban Hinton -- The four modalities of temporality and the problem of shame / Murray Stein -- Disavowal in Jungian psychology : a case study of disenchantment and the timing of shame / Michael Whan…”

“…Examining how an emphasis on auditory culture adds complexity and nuance to understanding the relationship between occupation and the bodily senses, this book is structured around three conceptual themes; voice and occupation, memory, sound and occupation, and auditory responses to occupation. …”

“…The hypothesis that supports the chapters is that Latin American literary thought, in its productive facet and in its critical facet, dialogues with the current horizon of reflection on the politics of life, and that it does so through experiments in which Bodies and affections are not only organizing centers of narratives but also lenses, ethical and political perspectives on the present. …”

“…Focusing on the Kim Dae-jung administration (1998-2003) as a case study in the failure of a government to turn electoral success into stable governability, or ability to implement reform policies, the book's research draws on two bodies of literature which, though focusing on the same dependent variable (cabinet or government stability), have rarely been used in tandem: coalition research on parliamentary systems and studies of divided government in presidential systems. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Black-and-Tan Fantasies; Part II: Confronting the Color Hierarchy; " It Takes Some Time to Learn the Right Words"; Chutney, Metissage, and Other Mixed Metaphors; These Are the Breaks; Part III: Performing AfroAsian Identities; Racing American Modernity; Black Bodies/Yellow Masks; The Rush Hour of Black/Asian Coalitions?…”

“…Explores utilization of SAR data for solid earth, ecosystem, and cryosphere including imaging of extra-terrestrial bodies. Includes PolSAR and PolInSAR for forest aboveground biomass retrieval, and InSAR and PolSAR for snow parameters retrieval. …”

“…The roadmap is the result of intense work over two years, during which companies, universities, research bodies, and associations came together to build a systemic vision for the themes of research and technological innovation with a medium to long term outlook. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gender Quotas for Municipal Executive Bodies in Finland -- 24. Housing First: Combatting Long-Term Homelessness in Finland -- Index…”

“…Because of the lack of evidence available for assessing variants, evaluation bodies have made only a few recommendations for the use of genetic tests in health care. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bad living: mutations, monsters and phantoms -- Monsters and agritoxins: the environmental gothic in Samanta Schweblin's Distancia de rescate / Ana María Mutis -- Toxic nature in contemporary Argentine narratives: contaminated bodies and ecomutations / Gisela Heffes -- The ruins of modernity: synecdoche of neoliberal Mexico in Roberto Bolaño's 2666 / Diana Aldrete -- Part 2. …”

“…This book meticulously shows how public spheres are rooted in the emotional, bodily, and affective dimensions of language, and how language - in its capacity to affect and to be affected - produces those dynamics of affective resonance that characterize contemporary forms of political debate. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A critique of mainstream medical ethics -- Technical language and ordinary language -- Fearless thinkers and monstrous thoughts -- Standing behind one's words -- Conceptual revision -- Ways of seeing -- The vegetarian and the carnivore -- Conscientious objection -- The limits to a philosopher's authority -- Matters of birth and life -- The place of pregnancy and birth in human lives -- Creation and flesh -- The problem with descriptions -- Learning to love -- The clash of perspectives -- Individuals and uniqueness -- Responses to Warnock, Harris and Glover -- The paradox of non-directive counselling -- Resource allocation and the clash of perspectives -- The abortion debates -- Arbitrariness and potential -- Women and mothers -- Attitudes to life -- Proximity and authority -- The shape of a life -- Dialogue -- Momentous decisions -- The change in the person -- Old age as the last chapter in the story -- Matters of life and death -- The problem of suicide -- Horror and pity -- Diane Pretty -- The ethics of palliative care -- Making sense of dementia -- The problem of personal identity -- Fear, pity and mockery -- Human bodies -- The Alder Hey scandal -- The post mortem -- The euthanasia debates -- Futility, best interests and arbitrariness -- Implications of Keown's position -- The symbolic and the regulatory role of the law -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…Bell (1841-1921)-author Jennifer Raab examines how the work of photographing warfare-specifically violence to the body-shaped and impacted post-Civil War photography. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Protecting the Environment in Offshore Energy Operations -- 3.1 Sectoral and Geographical Fragmentation -- 3.2 Unconventional Lawmaking by the IMO and Global Treaty Bodies -- 3.3 Unconventional Lawmaking by Regional Seas Treaties Bodies -- 3.4 Unconventional Lawmaking by Unconventional Actors -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Arguments for and Against the Commissioner's Appointment by the State Government -- Term of the Commissioner -- Powers and Functions of the Commissioner -- Functions of Municipal Corporations -- Performance of the Functions: An Appraisal -- Erosion of Their Functions -- Notes and References -- Chapter 8: Urban Local Government Personnel Administration -- Separate Personnel System -- Merits -- Demerits -- Unified Personnel System -- Merits -- Demerits -- Integrated Personnel System -- Merits -- Demerits -- Position in India -- Provincialization of Municipal Services -- Recruitment of Municipal Personnel -- Promotion of Municipal Personnel -- Training of Municipal Personnel -- Transfers -- Service Benefits -- Conduct and Discipline -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Chapter 9: Urban Local Government Finances -- Powers of Taxation of Local Government -- Municipal Budget -- Sources of Income of Municipal Bodies -- Local Taxes -- Octroi: Case for Its Abolition or Retention -- Property Tax -- Profession Tax -- Entertainment Tax -- Advertisement Tax -- Grants-in-Aid -- Loans -- Municipal Expenditure -- Accounting and Auditing -- Reasons for Critical Financial Condition of Urban Local Bodies -- Unjust Distribution of Revenue Sources -- Defective Budgeting -- Hesitation to Impose New Taxes -- Defective System of Grants -- Rigid Government Attitude -- Defective Accounts and Audit System -- Limited Borrowing Powers -- Faulty Tax Administration -- Poverty -- Suggestions for Augmenting Municipal Finance -- Maximum Utilization of Existing Resources -- Assignment/Sharing of Proceeds of Certain Taxes Levied by the State Government -- Commercial Undertakings -- Need for Maximum Economy -- Utilization of Resource Potential from Municipal Fees and Property -- Revolving Fund -- Municipal Finance Corporation -- Urban Development Finance Corporation -- Municipal Finance Commission…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Public Administration in India -- Ancient Indian Administration -- The Vedic Period -- The Post-Vedic Period -- Administrative Structures -- Medieval Administration -- Rajput Period Administration -- Sultanate Period Administration -- Mughal Period Administration -- British Period Administration -- Portfolio System -- Introduction of Local Self-Government -- Administrative Reforms of 1919 -- Administrative Reforms of 1935 -- Legacies of the British Administration -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Constitution and Administration -- Constitutional Safeguards for Public Servants -- Reservation and Administration -- Constitutional Amendments and Administration -- Federal System and Administration -- Parliamentary Democracy and Administration -- Generalist Administration and Developmental Orientation -- Autonomous Bodies and Administration -- Chapter 3: Parliamentary Democracy -- Introduction -- Characteristics of the Parliamentary Form of Government -- Constitutional or Nominal and Real Executive -- Plural Executive -- Ministerial Responsibility and Collective Responsibility -- Parliamentary Sovereignty -- Parliamentary Control Over Administration -- Indian Federalism: Nature And Problems -- Written Constitution -- Supremacy of the Constitution -- Rigid Constitution -- Division of Powers -- Independent Judiciary -- Bicameral Legislature -- Unitary Features of the Indian Constitution -- A Strong Centre -- Single Citizenship -- Single Constitution for Union and State -- Centre Can Change the Name and Boundaries of States -- Single Unified Judiciary -- Unequal Representation of States In the Rajya Sabha -- Common All-India Services -- Emergency Provisions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Political Executive at the Union Level -- The President of India -- Power of the President…”