“…In this volume Jan Ziolkowski follows the juggler of Notre Dame as he cavorts through new media, including radio, television, and film, becoming closely associated with Christmas and embedded in children's literature. Presented with great clarity and simplicity, Ziolkowski's work is accessible to the general reader, while its many new discoveries will be valuable to academics in such fields and disciplines as medieval studies, medievalism, philology, literary history, art history, folklore, performance studies, and reception studies."…”

“…He not only enlarges the tradition of American philosophers such as John Dewey and William James by examining lesser-known figures such as Henry Bugbee and Thomas Davidson, but finds the theme and ideas of American philosophy in some unexpected places, such as the music of Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, and Bruce Springsteen, and the writingsof Jack Kerouac.The idea of “philosophy Americana” trades on the emergent genre of “music Americana,” rooted in traditional themes and styles yet engaging our present experiences. The music is “popular” but not thoroughly driven by economic considerations, and Anderson seeks out an analogous role for philosophical practice, where philosophy and popular culture are co-adventurers in the life of ideas. …”

“…Against that background, the first of three chapters on professional education presents a general framework for teaching clinical ethics; the second discusses how to integrate ethics into formal health care curricula; and the third addresses the opportunities for teaching available in clinical settings. …”

“…Beispielhaft wird gezeigt, wie zeitgenössische Projekte künstlerischer Dokumentarfotografen diese Bildklischees auszuhebeln versuchen, um so ein neues, kulturell fremdes Japan zu zeigen »Lockemanns Buch ist vor allem deshalb von Relevanz, weil die Autorin am Beispiel des Japan-Themas versucht, eine Definition zu geben, was Dokumentarfotografie ist, wie sie als Kunst funktioniert und was sie als Kunst bewirken kann, nämlich zu irritieren und eingefahrene Sehgewohnheiten in Frage zu stellen.« Thomas Wiegand, RUNDBRIEF FOTOGRAFIE, 17/2 (2010) »In dem konsequent auf gute Lesbarkeit, Übersichtlichkeit und Gründlichkeit der Darstellung hin optimierten Buch folgt auf die ausführliche theoretische Rahmung das Aufzeigen der Entwicklung künstlerisch-dokumentarischer Annäherungen an Japan bzw. die japanische Kultur von 1945 bis in die Gegenwart.« Matthias Kuzina, MEDIENwissenschaft, 3 (2010)…”

“…Arguing against the notion that Japan cannot work with China as long as the US-Japan alliance is in place, the book suggests that Tokyo could forge constructive relations with Beijing by engaging China in joint projects in and outside of the Asia-Pacific in issue areas such as infrastructure development or in the provision of international public goods. …”

“…For academics, the book will provide a combination of analysis and discussion, and present recent learnings from first-hand interaction with entrepreneurs. …”

“…Heterogeneous catalysis played, plays, and will continue to play, a major key role in industrial processes for large-scale synthesis of commodity chemicals of global importance, and in catalytic systems that possess a critical role in energy generation and environmental protection approaches. As a result of the ongoing progress in materials science, nanotechnology, and characterizations, great advances have been achieved in heterogeneous catalysis by nanomaterials. …”

“…The book’s closing chapters present a number of applications in clinical text mining and summarise the lessons learned from the previous chapters. …”

“…For readers interested in methodology, the advanced analytical methods employed present textbook examples of how to address cross-cultural comparability of measurement instruments and multilevel data structures in international large-scale assessments (ILSA). …”

“…In this book such frameworks are incorporated into the discussion of the 'paradox' in an attempt to provide an answer to the question: is there a golden path which can reconcile between the democratic polity's need to defend itself and, at the same time, maintain responsibility to protect and safeguard the basic right of its citizens? …”

“…In recent years we have seen an increasing number of oncology drug development projects that have taken advantage of the drug-diagnostic co-development model, as outline below. …”

“…Compensatory cognitive strategies were less successful in improving perception than might be expected. We also present papers which highlight important methodological considerations that are required when studying the older brain…”

“…This Research Topic presents novel findings and recent achievements in the field of protein interaction networks with a focus on disease. …”

“…Les auteurs de cet ouvrage s'attachent à montrer comment certaines valeurs victoriennes comme l'amour de la campagne ou un intérêt pour la condition féminine se sont développées au xxe siècle pour donner naissance à de nouvelles valeurs comme l'égalité des sexes ou la protection des espaces verts ou ruraux. Par ailleurs d'autres valeurs sont nées de la transformation de la société britannique dans l'après-guerre avec, notamment, la création d'un service national de santé ou l'utilisation grandissante de la publicité. …”

“…Le professeur Mamoudou Gazibo réussit pourtant à présenter les grands enjeux de l’Afrique depuis les années d’indépendance, en privilégiant une approche transversale qui tient compte tout à la fois de la diversité et des questions communes. …”

“…Ces trois disciplines font toutes appel au mouvement, et c'est dans cette optique que les auteurs ont choisi de traiter de la douleur. Ils présentent la prise en charge de la douleur chronique dans la pratique d'une activité physique régulière encadrée par des professionnels de la santé. …”

“…We are hoping to do something along those lines by presenting a collection of research articles dealing with issues of anti-viral immunity, identification of a potentially novel viral genus exemplified by erythrocytic necrosis virus, viral inhibition of innate immunity, identification of novel hosts for lymphocystivirus and invertebrate iridoviruses, and modelling studies of ranavirus transmission. …”

“…At the time this book was published, new towns were cropping up as a matter of public policy in "advanced industrial countries," yet the United States abandoned this project and deemed new towns "inappropriate and impractical for the American situation." …”

“…It focuses on children under 6 years of age and presents key aspects of their well-being and development. …”

“…., meritocracy, individualism, protestant work ethic, ...) shape the psychological experience of (dis)advantaged people. …”