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Perception of beauty
The authors in this book ask us to consider whether the perception of beauty has been defined by our genetics and culture over the years - has it grown and changed? Do certain neural connections define our emotional reactions to beauty? Does beauty follow any rules or laws? Can the aspiration toward beauty be detrimental? Can we divorce ourselves from dictates and sink into a mindful connection…
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- 9789535135814
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- 234 p.; 22 cm.
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- 612.67 PER p
The metamorphosis of autism
"What is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, B…
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- 9780719095924
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- 512 p.; 22 cm.
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- Social Histories of Medicine
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- 616.8982 EVA m
Locating zika : social change and governance in an age of mosquito pandemics
The emergence of Zika virus in 2015 challenged conventional ideas of mosquito-borne diseases, tested the resilience of health systems and embedded itself within local sociocultural worlds, with major implications for environmental, sexual, reproductive and paediatric health. This book explores this complex viral epidemic and situates it within its broader social, epidemiological and historical …
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- 9780429456558
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- xiii, 223p. : ill.
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- 614.5885098 LOC l
Design for sustainability : a multi-level framework from products to socio-te…
This book discusses the most significant ways in which design has been applied to sustainability challenges using an evolutionary perspective. It puts forward an innovation framework that is capable of coherently integrating multiple design for sustainability (DfS) approaches developed so far. It is now widely understood that design can and must play a crucial role in the societal transforma…
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- 9780429456510
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- xiii, 172p. : ill.
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- 658.5752 CES d
Lessons in perception : the avant-garde filmmaker as practical psychologist
Lessons in Perception seeks to clarify notoriously elusive themes of the avant-garde with the use of existing research from the field of psychology. There is a long-standing history of reference to psychological concepts in relation to avant-garde film, such as its unique relationship to memory, visual perception, narrative comprehension, and synesthesia. Yet direct analysis of these topics in …
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- 9781785336423
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- XI, 213 p.
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- 611 TAB l
The art of audit : eight remarkable government auditors on stage
Accountability, good government and public trust are intricately linked. Supreme Audit Institutions fulfil an exceptional role in the public domain, checking if governments spend their money properly. They are like 'watchdogs' for citizens and parliaments with the purpose of auditing public expenditure and examining the effectiveness of policies. They aim to strengthen the trustworthiness of go…
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- 9789462980914
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- 103p. : ill
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- 657.835045 JAN a
Accelerators in Silicon Valley: building successful startups : searching for …
In this book Silicon Valley expert Peter Ester describes how these 'schools of startup entrepreneurship' operate and how they empower startups. He interviewed over twenty Silicon Valley accelerators. They are analyzed in terms of mission, selection policy, technology focus, target groups, program features, funding, mentoring and training, and startup showcases. What can Europe and other regions…
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- 9789462987166
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- 175p. : ill.
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- 658.11 EST a
Taste, power, tradition: geographical indications as cultural property
The idea of origin in terms of space and culture as a special indicator of quality is one of the most influential strands in contemporary food. It impacts on politics, economics and everyday life – and it connects these fields with complex relations of power and culture. With geographical indications, the EU offers an instrument which allows for the declaration of specialties, qualified by…
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- 9783863952082
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- 132 page : ill.; 24 cm.
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- Gottinger Studien zu Cultural Property ; 10
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- 641 TAS t
Competence training for pharmacy
The educational system leading up to the pharmacy degree, student training, and the continuing personal development of pharmacists are being more and more mapped to the competences pharmacists require to provide the relevant safe and efficient pharmaceutical services to meet the health needs of patients. This book draws on the experience of experts involved in the develoment of competence train…
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- 9783038424819
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- vii, 153p.: ill.
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- 615 COM c
Emergence of infectious diseases : risks and issues for societies
From SARS to avian influenza, Ebola virus and MERS-CoV, infectious diseases have received increasing attention in recent decades from scientists, risk managers, the media and the general public. What explains the constant emergence of infectious diseases? What are the related challenges? In five chapters, experts from different scientific fields analyse the ecological, social, institutional and…
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- 9782759227730
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- 127p. : ill.
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- 616.905 EME e
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