EMERGENCE - SPRING 2023

EMERGENCE - SPRING 2023
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Publisher : INTERLUNAR
Total Pages : 102
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ISBN-10 : 9789811863769
ISBN-13 : 9811863768
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis EMERGENCE - SPRING 2023 by : Ella Wee

“The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.” - John Lassiter, former CEO of Pixar. EMERGENCE is INTERLUNAR’s first zine volume. A birth-child of our passion for creative spaces, this issue dives into the intersections of art, business, culture, design, film, and technology. We highlight the works of industry-leading innovators and emerging creatives. Explore the future of design, ponder the ethics of AI-generated art, and read more about our featured artists. We hope you will gain new insights, knowledge and inspiration to pursue your next entrepreneurial endeavour.

The Periodical Cicada

The Periodical Cicada
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044102823416
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Periodical Cicada by : C. L. Marlatt

The New Futures of Exclusion

The New Futures of Exclusion
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9783031418662
ISBN-13 : 3031418662
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Futures of Exclusion by : Daniel Briggs

Based upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital extraction and political control that emerged throughout the pandemic. The book also explicates how the ‘vaccine hesitant’ became marginalized in both mainstream discourse and through regulatory interventions. Whilst the book addresses the wider political economy within which so-called ‘anti-vaxxers’ were ostracized, it also explores the complex nature of their sentiments. The book closes by considering The New Futures of Exclusion, outlining the forms of surveillance and control that may be implemented in the future particularly in light of the challenges brought by global warming and the energy transition. It is a broadly accessible text, particularly appealing to policymakers, general readers and academics in sociology, political sociology, politics, human geography, political economy, criminology, social policy, psychology, history, and infectious diseases and medicine.

Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2023

Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2023
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 122
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ISBN-10 : 9781464819827
ISBN-13 : 1464819823
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2023 by : Ivailo Izvorski

Economic growth slowed sharply last year in Europe and Central Asia, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a surge in inflation, and the sharp tightening of monetary policy and financing conditions hit private consumption, investment, and trade. The marked increase in food and energy prices boosted inflation to a pace not seen in 20 years. The burden of inflation was spread unevenly across households. The poorest households faced inflation that was more than 2 percentage points higher than the inflation faced by the richest households, with this difference exceeding 5 percentage points in some countries. Poverty and inequality rates derived from household-specific inflation rates differ from those based on the standard consumer price index (CPI) approach. These differences have important policy implications, because many programs use CPI†“based inflation adjustments, which do not accurately capture changes in the cost of living of targeted populations. Output growth in the region is projected to remain little changed in 2023 but better than projected in January 2023, largely reflecting upgrades to the pace of expansion in Poland, Russia, and Türkiye.

Survival: April – May 2024

Survival: April – May 2024
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781040122112
ISBN-13 : 1040122116
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Survival: April – May 2024 by : The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: • Benjamin Rhode examines the threat of Europe’s security guarantor of the past 80 years stepping back • Ellen Laipson and Douglas Ollivant explore how the Gaza war has threatened Iraq’s balancing act between the US and Iran • Nigel Gould-Davies cautions that, despite the West’s economic superiority over Russia, it is starting to look like the balance of resolve in the Ukraine war favours Russia • Dana H. Allin and Jonathan Stevenson examine the mystery of why new aid for Ukraine is blocked in the US Congress in spite of bipartisan support • And eight more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Editorial Assistant: Conor Hodges

Improving Technology Through Ethics

Improving Technology Through Ethics
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 9783031529627
ISBN-13 : 3031529626
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Improving Technology Through Ethics by : Simona Chiodo

Biology and Ecology of Fishes

Biology and Ecology of Fishes
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 564
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ISBN-10 : 9781119505747
ISBN-13 : 1119505747
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Biology and Ecology of Fishes by : James S. Diana

Biology and Ecology of Fishes Immerse yourself in the world of fish ecology with the newest edition of this essential introduction The study of fish ecology has traditionally proceeded along two tracks: the first is more basic, concerned with the anatomy, physiology and theoretical ecology of fish, and the second is more practical, concerning itself with fish populations, management, and habitats. Many fish researchers have come to view this distinction as artificial, and to develop a new study of fish that combines both tracks in a single holistic approach. It has never been more critical for introductory textbooks to represent this combined study in order to prepare the next generation of fish biologists and fishery scientists. Biology and Ecology of Fishes meets this need with a textbook that incorporates both biology and population management. Beginning with a general introduction to aquatic life and ecosystems, this book covers anatomical, environmental, and ethological topics to give a thoroughly rounded view of its subject, promising to serve as the fundamental introduction to multidisciplinary fish studies. Readers of the third edition of Biology and Ecology of Fishes will also find: Detailed coverage of subjects including growth and bioenergetics, feeding and predation, mortality and recruitment and more Increased attention to stressors of fish populations and communities New and revised chapters that introduce quantitative methods and present emerging issues facing fish populations and communities Biology and Ecology of Fishes is a useful overview for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying fish ecology or fishery biology, as well as a reference for researchers and professionals in fish ecology, fish population management, and related fields.

Archaeology & Pilgrimage

Archaeology & Pilgrimage
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Publisher : Edizioni Engramma
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9791255650232
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Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Archaeology & Pilgrimage by : Maddalena Bassani

Engramma 204 collects researches and findings of several Italian and European scholars who have dealt with aspects related to ancient, Medieval and Modern pilgrimage along the main three European Routes (Via Romea Francigena, Via Romea Strata, Via Romea Germanica), or along other routes to the Holy Land. The issue is divided into three sections. The first one is dedicated to the European project rurAllure by Martín López Nores, José Juan Pazos Arias, Susana Reboreda Morillo, Óscar Penín Romero, which focuses on the enhancement of minor sites along the pilgrimage routes of Europe, and it is accompanied by an overview on the development of promotional activities for some Italian cases supervised by Alessia Mariotti. The second section presents a series of studies related to some contexts that are close to mineral springs or important waterways and were frequented by pilgrims throughout the centuries: these are articles by Paola Zanovello and Andrea Meleri's on the Euganean Hills (Padua), by Maddalena Bassani's on the sanctuary of Minerva Medica in Val Trebbia (Piacenza) and that at Timavo’s Sources (Monfalcone), by Jacopo Turchetto on the centuriation between Padua and Altino. Furthermore, the articles by Silvia González Soutelo, Miguel Gómez-Heras, and Laura García Juan on the Bagno Vignoni area (Siena), and by Alessia Mariotti and Mattia Vitelli Casella on the Argenta site (Po Delta). In the third and final section one can read two important contributions, the first by Ludovico Rebaudo, devoted to the study of manuscript evidences recorded during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about archaeological remains in Anatolia; the second by Jacopo Tabolli, who presents an exhibition on votive bronzes left by pilgrims in the sanctuary at the ‘Sorgenti di San Casciano ai Bagni’ (Siena) that recently opened at the Palazzo del Quirinale in Rome.

The Natural History of the Turtles of Iowa

The Natural History of the Turtles of Iowa
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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781609389864
ISBN-13 : 1609389867
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis The Natural History of the Turtles of Iowa by : Terry VanDeWalle

This book is an in-depth look at the natural history of every turtle species found in Iowa. Each of the thirteen species accounts include a sampling of the common names the species has been known by in the past, the first specimens collected in the state, and a brief history of the early Iowa literature related to the species, along with a complete description and a discussion of similar species, distribution in the state, habitat, behavior, threats, foods and feeding, and reproduction. While readers will be able to identify Iowa’s turtles through its species accounts, identification keys, and beautiful photographs and illustrations, this book is intended to be more than a field guide. What makes it truly unique is the comparison of historic data collected by Iowa herpetologists in the 1930s and 1940s with data collected by the authors, along with James L. Christiansen and others, since 1960. Custom maps show the reader how species’ distributions have changed over time. This book contains Iowa-specific data found nowhere else and is essential to all who study turtles in the Midwest.