“…The authors think cognitive psychology has become too dominant in reading and dyslexia research, arguing that it should be combined with behaviourism and connectionism – in part by focusing on the concept of ‘skill’. …”

“…"During the last two decades, economic sociology has experienced a remarkable revival and has become one of the most innovative fields of sociological research. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Literally -- Doing Fieldwork -- Following People Around -- Method Triangulation -- The Researcher as a Learner -- My Interaction Partners in the SEM -- Thinking Through and with Practice Theory: Methodological Limits and Challenges -- References -- 3 Asylum Decision-Making in Switzerland -- Asylum Politics in Switzerland and Beyond -- Changing Law and the Proliferation of Legal Categories -- The SEM: A Specialised Asylum Administration Emerges -- The Decision-Making Procedure -- The Swiss Asylum Act -- References -- 4 Knowledge as Practice: Producing Decisional Certainty -- Ben's Case -- "Country Knowledge" -- Determining Applicants' "Country of Origin" -- Assessing Reasonable Likelihood -- Assessing Demeanour -- Producing Decisional Certainty: The Role of Professional-Practical Knowledge -- Producing On-File Facts: The Asylum Interview -- Writing Asylum Decisions: The Final Creation of Legal Facts -- Managing Uncertainty: The Importance of Credibility Determination -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Getting in Line with the Office -- Becoming a Member of the Office -- Who Are the Decision-Makers? …”

“…Understanding the different vulnerability of the dopaminergic neurons from midbrain regions and the mechanisms whereby pathology becomes widespread are primary objectives of basic and clinical research in Parkinson's Disease. …”

“…Based on a rich dataset of annulment actions since the 1960s and a number of in-depth case studies, it explores the political dimension of annulment litigation, which has become an increasingly relevant judicial tool in the struggle over policy content and decision-making competences. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The English Connection, from Cultural Survivals to Cultural Studies; 4. The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm; 5. …”

“…The archaeology of mission sites from Tanna and Erromango islands, southern Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides), offer an informative case study for understanding the material dimensions of religious change. …”

“…As computer technologies have become more established throughout societies, gender gaps in students’ computer and information literacy appear to be closing, although studies into gender differences remain sparse. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…XY, MS, and First-order Ambisonics -- Auditory events of multi-loudspeaker playback -- Amplitude panning using vector bases -- Ambisonic amplitude panning in higher orders -- Signal flow and effects in Ambisonic productions -- Higher-order Ambisonic microphones and the wave equation (linear, lossless) -- Compact spherical loudspeaker arrays -- 5D room impulse responses + virtual IKO…”

“…The information has been compiled from the latest published literature and from the authors’ publications specific to the subject matter. …”

“…Spore forming bacteria are becoming increasingly important in the areas of probiotics, vaccine technology and biotechnology. …”

“…But no matter where a bit of language is from, it will only exist if it has been diffused and kept in circulation through social interaction in the history of a community. …”

“…“Essay 01” develops Kanemura’s idea of photographic “technique” in an era when such techniques have become accessible to all, radically undermining the importance of human subjectivity in the process of capturing the photographic image: “We can say that modern technology constitutes photographic technique.” …”

“…As capitalist societies in the twenty-first century move from crisis to crisis, oppositional movements in the global North have been somewhat stymied (despite ephemeral manifestations like Occupy), confronted with the pressing need to develop organizational infrastructures that might prepare the ground for a real, and durable, alternative. …”

“…"I have been forced to become . . . a librarian."--Georges Bataille. The Non-Library is a non-standard expression for life that is lived without mediation from words, images, or even ideas. …”

“…Long before Manga was a multi-billion-dollar-a-year comic book industry, there was Hokusai's thirteen-volume manga, depicting everything from trees to demons, from squirrels to shingles. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1 -- Introduction: Genomics, Health and Society, Sahra Gibbon, Barbara Prainsack, Stephen Hilgartner and Janelle Lamoreaux -- --Section One: Genomic/DNA-based Technologies in the Clinic and Beyond -- --2 Introduction, Sabina Leonelli -- --3 Biomedicalisation in the Postgenomic Age, Catherine Bliss -- --4 Genomics and Big Data in Biomedicine, Sabina Leonelli and Niccolo Tempini -- --5 Mainstreaming Genomics and Personal Genetic Testing, Susan Kelly, Sally Wyatt and Anna Harris -- --6 Bringing Genetics into the Clinic: The Evolution of Genetic Testing and Counselling, Ilana Lowy -- --7 From Quality Control to Informed Choice: Understanding "Good Births" and Prenatal Genetic Testing in Contemporary Urban China, Jianfeng Zhu and Dong Dong -- --Section Two: Genomic Technologies in the Bioeconomy -- --8 Introduction, Claire Marris -- --9 Limits to Biocapital, Margaret Chiappetta and Kean Birch -- --10 Gendered Bioeconomies, Janelle Lamoreaux -- --11 Genomic Hope: Promise in the Bioeconomy, Paul Martin -- --12 Neoliberalism on Drugs: Genomics and the Political Economy of Medicine, Edward Nik-Khah -- --13 The Value of the Imagined Biological in Policy and Society: Somaticizing and Economising British Subject(ivitie)s, Martyn Pickersgill -- --14 Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Ulrike Felt -- --Section Three: Current Challenges in the Governance of Medical Genomics -- --15 Introduction, Stephen Hilgartner -- --16 The Human Genome Project and the Legacy of its Ethics Programs, Stephen Hilgartner -- --17 Patenting, Shobita Parthasarathy -- --18 Genomic Platforms and Clinical Research, Alberto Cambrosio, Etienne Vignola-Gagn, Nicole Nelson, Peter Keating, Pascale Bourret -- --19 Diagnostics, Stuart Hogarth -- --20 Collection and Protection of Personal Health Data, Edward Dove -- --21 In CRISPRs World: Genome Editing and the Politics of Global Science, Ben Hurlbut -- --Section Four: Diversity and Justice -- --22 Introduction, Sahra Gibbon and Barbara Prainsack -- --23 Disability and the Challenge of Genomics, Jackie Lee Scully -- --24 Eugenics and Enhancement in Contemporary Genomics, Silvia Camporesi and Giulia Cavaliere -- --25 Genomics and Insurance, Ine van Hoyweghen -- --26 Power Asymmetries, Participation, and the Idea of Personalised Medicine, Barbara Prainsack -- --27 Excavating Difference: Race in Genomic Medicine, Sandra Lee -- --28 Genomics in Emerging and Developing Economies, Duana Fullwileyand Sahra Gibbon -- --Section Five: Crossing Boundaries -- --29 Introduction, Janelle Lamoreaux -- --30 Epigenetics, Margaret Lock -- --31 Environmental Epigenetics and Suicide Risk at a Molecular Scale, Stephanie Lloyd and Eugene Raikhel -- --32 Stem Cells, Global Cells, Local Cultures, Jennifer Liu -- --33 Co-producing Animal Models and Genetic Science, Carrie Friese -- --34 Making Microbiomes, Amber Benezra -- --35 Behavior Genetics: Boundary Crossings and Epistemic Cultures, Nicole Nelson and Aaron Panofsky -- --36 Synthetic Biology, Jane Calvert, Dominic Berry and Deborah Scott…”

“…While not diminishing the importance of individual or sole-authored methodologies, project-centered collaborative approaches have today become a defining characteristic of Vanuatu's unique research environment. …”

“…That Matthew Arnold was aware of the difficulty in achieving the necessary unity becomes clear in his own criticism, which Roper examines along with a large and representative number of Arnold's poems. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Words about words about words: theory, criticism, and the literary text ; The arts and the idea of progress ; From theory to thematics: The ideological underside of recent theory ; Literary invention, critical fashion, and the impulse to theoretical change: "Or whether revolution be the same" ; A meditation on a critical theory institute -- Critical positions: Self-definition and other definitions. …”