Rituals of Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Nigeria
This book reveals the hidden beauties of six prominent ritual festivals in Ile-Ifẹ̀, the spiritual capital of the Yoruba people. It provides rare information and profound analysis, an important record of enduring cultural legacies for Yoruba cultural studies.
This book explores quantum-mechanical scattering in macroscopic targets and the conditions for coherent scattering on a macroscopic scale. It introduces coherence domains and examines their role in scattering, emphasizing the momentum and energy transfer to the target.
A realist polemic against nominalism, relativism, and nihilism. This volume formulates Husserl’s dependence ontology of experience, contrasting realist and nominalist views. It also explores Kant’s and Husserl’s concepts of time and how empirical facts arise from experience.
Reconceptualizing Mental Illness in the Viral Age
In the post-COVID viral age, social contagions and irresistible technology create new techno-psychopathologies. As the cybersphere rewires our minds, the checklist diagnostics used to define mental illness have become obsolete. The human mind is fundamentally different.
Light-Duty Vehicle Carbon Emission Standards and the Rebound Effect
This book analyzes Australia’s proposed light vehicle fuel efficiency standards, assessing their economic and environmental impacts. It investigates the rebound effect to determine if efficiency gains truly reduce energy consumption, offering crucial insights for climate policy.
This book presents physical kinetics from a unique angle, deriving the Boltzmann equation from atomic motion using Landau’s elementary excitations. It details the kinetic theory of classical gas and plasma, the lifetime of phonons, and the features of superconductivity.
This book analyses COVID-19 threats and healthcare management in lower-income countries. Researchers and epidemiologists contribute studies to improve decision-making, presenting models for post-pandemic treatments and evidence on social inequalities and new medicaments.
This book examines how language learners develop and use communication strategies (CSs). Based on a study of Japanese university students, it explores how these strategies impact their interactional competence and classroom interactions.
Massive oil revenues led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to invest their enormous wealth abroad. This book shows how foreign investment is a crucial tool for diversification and a strategy for preserving and expanding their oil wealth for the future.
Paleozoic Rocks of Tunisia
This book offers a thorough examination of the Paleozoic units in southern Tunisia, exploring topics from lithostratigraphy to unconventional petroleum systems. It details key geological features like Ordovician glacial sediments and oil and gas shale in a North African context.
This unique mathematical volume brings together geometers, analysts, and graph-theorists to reveal unnoticed commonalities in recent trends. Classical fixed point theory is adapted to graph theory, uncovering versatile tools for mathematicians working in either area.
Alasdair MacIntyre’s Views and Biological Ethics
This book addresses fundamental moral questions through a comparative study of Alasdair MacIntyre’s views and biological ethics. It argues that to understand the complex phenomenon of human morality, both the rational and the biological dimensions of humans must be considered.
A Journey into Ambiguous Set Theory
An introduction to the concepts of ambiguous set theory. Through concrete examples, the book demonstrates practical applications in decision-making, control systems, and medical imaging. It is designed to be approachable for students, researchers, and enthusiasts alike.
Online Pre-Evangelization
In an age of religious indifference, many efforts at evangelization fail without “pre-evangelization”—patiently tilling the soil to build the trust and openness for the Gospel to take root. This book takes a positive approach to leveraging new media for this essential work.
No More Pandemics
This book proposes a path to end pandemics and achieve a world without infectious diseases. Using today’s science, it is entirely possible to avoid infection by implementing an air ventilation approach to stop viruses from entering the body. The challenge must be confronted now.
Thinking of Thinking
This book explores what is exciting about thinking. How we think contributes to developing meaning-in-life and enhances relationships. The quality of our thinking enriches the connection between our inner and external worlds, propelling spiritual development and insight.
Behind the Photographic Lens of Sergio Larraín
Unlock the mystery of Sergio Larraín, Chile’s enigmatic photographer. This essential guide reveals the untold narratives behind his iconic works, exploring the intersection of art, politics, and spirituality that defined his profound and lasting legacy.
The Social Action-Oriented Approach in Language Teaching
First introduced by the CEFR, the social action-oriented approach is a new methodology for language teaching. This book explains its origins, development, and how to implement it in textbooks, classrooms, and curricula. A useful resource for all language professionals.
Contemporary Neuropsychiatry
This volume explores contributions from cognitive-affective and social neuroscience to mental health and disorders. It integrates translational neuroimaging and molecular neurobiology to explain conditions like anxiety.
Voices from Early China
The Chinese “Book of Odes” (1000-600 B.C.) is one of the world’s earliest literary works. This new translation cuts through centuries of obscurity to reveal the poems’ human charm, while also restoring the original speech-music, lost for millennia.