This book addresses people displaced by disasters in Brazil’s Northeast, who lack legal protection. It argues for categorising them as IDPs to receive international legal protection and proposes collaborative policy responses among governments, NGOs, and local people.
This book argues for an integrative view of depression, where mood is modulated by both central and peripheral mechanisms. Sensorimotor stimulation—via our senses and movement—can have the diametrically opposite effects of either alleviating or aggravating depression.
Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Geotourism
This book connects geology, culture, and tourism, showing how geoheritage can create sustainable geotourism. Using João Pessoa, Brazil as an example, it shows how tourism can preserve environments, enrich visitor experiences, and support local communities.
Evolution of Haematology in India
Tracing the five-decade journey of hematology in India, from a sub-specialty to a distinct discipline. It highlights the pioneers and technological breakthroughs—like CAR-T and gene therapy—that have revolutionized patient care and saved lives.
Religious Minorities’ Migration from Iran
This book explores the marginalization of non-Muslim religious minorities by state authorities and the mechanisms these groups develop to survive. It examines the dynamics of extremism, its impact, and the responses of these communities in Iran.
This book delves into advancements in hip arthroscopy for traumatic injuries. Gain deep insights into common trauma-related indications, arthroscopic treatments, and potential complications, highlighting where surgical innovation offers patients novel avenues for recovery.
Untold Stories of Black Leadership in Higher Education
Black leaders from within academia share candid stories of their journey to becoming skilled leaders. Their narratives provide meaningful insight into leadership at the college level and offer a guide for handling conflict and change.
Trends and Advances in Sport and Leisure Management
This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics reshaping sport and leisure and the responses of key organisations. It brings together contributions that pinpoint advances for theory and practice, ultimately expanding the frontiers of sport and leisure management.
This book reveals that fields and particles are rotational changes within an elastic medium called ‘ether’. This theory explains gravitational attraction, electromagnetism, electron spin, and nuclear reactions.
The Canopy of the Old War
Religion’s power in war is undeniable. These presentations explore the ambivalence of religion, showing how it leads to extreme enmity. But violence does not have the last word. This book demonstrates religion’s function as the authentic expression of the meaning of our lives.
As China’s rise reconfigures the global order, Beijing is reviving ancient religious traditions. This book examines how a rejuvenated Confucian-Daoist-Buddhist ethos may shape modern China and argues for these ideals to remedy the ills afflicting the nation today.
This book analyzes multilingual academic writing through translanguaging, examining the disparity between thinking in one language and writing in another. It offers practical strategies for educators to acknowledge student voices and identities, decolonizing academic writing.
Can the spirit of “Wabi-Sabi” be seen through science? This book explores the Japanese tea ceremony and its utensils from the field of materials science. While tea master Rikyu Sen perfected his art, his contemporary Leonardo da Vinci was integrating art and science in Europe.
Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson, Then and Now
This study offers a vital new perspective on African American poet Phillis Wheatley, reassessing her work and historical significance. It investigates the relationship between Wheatley and her greatest adversary: Thomas Jefferson, analyzing his infamous critique of her poetry.
This book presents the spiritual foundations of occupational therapy, arguing the profession originated in existentialist philosophy and the humanist approach. The main goal of treatment is to rehabilitate the fallen spirit of the patient.
Audience Reception of Benin Cinema in Nigeria
This pioneering study explores Benin (Edo) cinema, a vibrant and largely unexplored frontier in Nigerian performing arts. It covers the history, filmography, and audience reception of these films, revealing a contemporary visual encyclopedia of Benin culture within Nollywood.
The Phenomenology of Movement and Rest
This book is a phenomenological exploration of wandering and dwelling in the works of V. S. Naipaul, W. G. Sebald, and T. G. Tranströmer. It is the first study of their common engagement with the existential themes of movement and rest, which testify to our primal human desires.
This book offers a critical review of Horacio Quiroga’s work from the perspective of the border, verifying how the discourse of 19th-century Argentine nation-building reverberates in his literature. It grants a new status to his work, avoiding regionalist or realist readings.
Trusted Routing Mechanisms
As our business and private lives rely on computing systems, digital security is imperative. This book offers solutions that ensure the integrity and confidentiality of network traffic by protecting data from third parties.
This book covers new artificial intelligence methods for medical image processing. It presents and analyzes new, more efficient convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures aimed at increasing the accuracy of tumour detection and cancer classification, with proven results.
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