To meet challenges in health, agriculture, and industry, knowledge of genetic engineering is indispensable. This volume coherently presents comprehensive information from recent studies on its principles and applications for students and researchers in the biological sciences.
This publication asks whether FODMAPs have contributed to the rapid rise of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease in Japan, showing that the disease can be improved by a strict diet based on a deep understanding of the patient and their diet.
This textbook is a unique treatise on the present status of particle physics summarised for physics students at an introductory level: it provides insights into essential experimental and theoretical techniques and will gradually deepen the reader’s understanding of the field.
The United Nations System
This introduction to the United Nations covers its purposes, history, and structure. The volume examines the UN’s work through two major sections: by topic, including development, peace, and security; and by geographical region, from Africa and the Americas to Asia and Europe.
Finding W.D. Fard
Since his arrival in Detroit in 1930, W.D. Fard, also known by over fifty other aliases, has elicited an enormous amount of curiosity. Through meticulous scholarship and a detailed analysis of his teachings, this work provides huge insight into the founder of the Nation of Islam.
Road Safety Management in Africa
This book examines Africa’s capacity to reduce road deaths. It evaluates crash data accuracy, causes of death, and institutional weaknesses through detailed case studies, offering policy suggestions. Ideal for students and policy makers, this text encourages reflective practice.
This book offers a theoretical and practical treatment of World and Comparative Literature from the perspective of “peripheral” cultures. It aims to transcend the monologues of cultural “centres,” advocating for creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship.
Critical Engagements on African Literature
This is the first book devoted to Isidore Diala’s award-winning drama and poetry. The essays offer fresh insights on African literary landscapes, exploring themes of national history, ritual aesthetics, postcolonial implosions, oil politics, exile, and gender.
The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus Volume II
The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus reveals the dark arts of WWII’s elite propagandists. Believing propagandists were trained, not born, they taught how to deliver lethal propaganda, use murder to amplify a message, and planned for a shocking, British-led Europe.
Bombay Novels
Walk the streets of Mumbai through the eyes of literary wanderers. Analyzing four novels, this book reveals how the act of flânerie uncovers hidden histories and exposes power relations, offering a transgressive, alternative vision of the city and its people.
Empowerment and Fragility
The book discusses how biopolitics and ethics influence the fields of international relations and strategic studies, critically questioning how international policies in areas like terrorism, health, and are being built through global policy regimes and global discursive regimes.
This collection of papers charts European cemeteries as cultural sites and open-air museums. Authors present funerary art, investigate historical approaches, and propose ways to promote cemetery heritage, laying the groundwork for public discussion on our common heritage.
The Literary Representation of World War II Childhood
Focusing on twenty one primary texts about childhood under Nazism, Honan examines how childhood in literature has changed over the years, from the Romantic writers to child slave labour in the Victorian era, the child-soldier and the impact of deportation.
Intelligent Systems in Buildings
This book explores how intelligent systems can enhance the performance of the traditional courtyard house. It identifies key features of these homes and shows how knowledge of intelligent systems is crucial to fulfilling occupants’ needs.
The Sexualized Body and the Medical Authority of Pornography
This collection examines pornography as a material practice that eroticises gender inequality and sexual violence towards women. It addresses the complex relationship between pornography and medicine, whereby medicine has afforded pornography great legitimacy and even authority.
Revolution of Cosmetics
Cosmeceuticals merge cosmetics with pharmaceutical properties. This book clarifies their complex regulatory landscape and explores the latest trends in cosmetic science, evaluating products that claim to deliver positive physiological impacts.
The Linguistic Sophistication of Morphological Decomposition
How do we recognize words? Challenging the idea that we rely solely on visual patterns, this book proposes a novel model of lexical access. It posits a mechanism where the brain generates multiple decomposition patterns in parallel, then evaluates them to choose the optimal one.
Western Echoes in Arabic Voices
This book delves into the socio-cultural journey of dubbing Western content into Arabic. From ‘Monsters Inc.’ to ‘The Simpsons’, it uncovers the intricate process of transcreating visuals, irony, and stereotypes in a unique blend of academic research and engaging storytelling.
Female Recreation of Music Traditions
Explore how women composers since the 20th century reinterpret past music, fusing traditional idioms into their own unique compositions. Through in-depth analyses with musical examples, this book reveals their techniques for musicians and listeners alike.
This pioneering research on Arab political discourse in Israel shows how Arab MKs use lively rhetorical devices to criticize the government’s discriminatory policies and to promote the rights of Israeli Arabs and the Palestinian people.