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Egalitarian Dynamics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 407

Egalitarian Dynamics

Liminality: the state of being ‘betwixt and between’ is one of anthropology’s most influential concepts. This volume reconsiders Victor Turner’s innovative extension of Arnold Van Gennep’s concept of liminality from within the Manchester tradition of Social Anthropology established by Max Gluckman. Turner’s work was grounded in ethnography and engaged with philosophical perspectives in varied socio-historical contexts, extending well-beyond the confines of the anthropology that initially inspired much of his work. Liminality has therefore become a concept with broad interdisciplinary reach. Engaging with topical issues across the globe – from neuroscience to open access publishing and refugee experiences in Europe – this volume launches Turner’s fundamental work into the future.

Beyond the Flow
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 382

Beyond the Flow

In the wake of the so-called digital revolution numerous attempts have been made to rethink and redesign what scholarly publications can or should be. Beyond the Flow examines the technologies as well as narratives driving this unfolding transformation. However, facing challenges such as the serial crisis, knowledge burying or sudoku research the discourses and practices of scholarly publishing today are mainly shaped by confusion, heterogeneity and uncertainty. By critically interrogating the current state of digital publishing in academia the book asks for how a sustainable post-digital publishing ecology can be imagined.

Opening Science
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 325

Opening Science

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-16
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  • Publisher: Springer

Modern information and communication technologies, together with a cultural upheaval within the research community, have profoundly changed research in nearly every aspect. Ranging from sharing and discussing ideas in social networks for scientists to new collaborative environments and novel publication formats, knowledge creation and dissemination as we know it is experiencing a vigorous shift towards increased transparency, collaboration and accessibility. Many assume that research workflows will change more in the next 20 years than they have in the last 200. This book provides researchers, decision makers, and other scientific stakeholders with a snapshot of the basics, the tools, and the underlying visions that drive the current scientific (r)evolution, often called ‘Open Science.’

A Thinker and Seeker
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 382

A Thinker and Seeker

This book is about the author’s (my) life including my ancestors who came into Colonial America from Northern Ireland in 1746. This book is also about me growing up on the farm. There are episodes given such as the time when I was about 10 years old and had the chore of taking two gallons of skim milk to feed about eight 200 pounds pigs their desert so to speak. On at least one occasion, the pigs surrounded me and ran into the pail of skim milk resulting in me getting a skim milk bath. My educational journey started in a two-room country school where the eighth grade included four girls and me. My educational journey continued through high school, University undergraduate and graduate scho...

Reassembling Scholarly Communications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 473

Reassembling Scholarly Communications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-10-20
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

A critical inquiry into the politics, practices, and infrastructures of open access and the reconfiguration of scholarly communication in digital societies. The Open Access Movement proposes to remove price and permission barriers for accessing peer-reviewed research work—to use the power of the internet to duplicate material at an infinitesimal cost-per-copy. In this volume, contributors show that open access does not exist in a technological or policy vacuum; there are complex social, political, cultural, philosophical, and economic implications for opening research through digital technologies. The contributors examine open access from the perspectives of colonial legacies, knowledge fr...

Legal Compilation; Statutes and Legislative History, Executive Orders, Regulations, Guidelines and Reports
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 626
Yoga Journal
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

Yoga Journal

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1993-03
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  • Publisher: Unknown

For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.

Transforming Scholarly Publishing Through Open Access
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 182

Transforming Scholarly Publishing Through Open Access

Can scholarly journal articles and other scholarly works be made freely available on the Internet? The open access movement says "yes," and it is having a significant impact on scholarly publishing. There are two major open access strategies: (1) open access journals publish articles (typically peer-reviewed articles) that are free of charge and may be able to be reused under an open license (e.g., a Creative Commons license), and (2) self-archiving of digital e-prints (typically prepublication versions of articles) by authors in digital repositories, where they can be accessed free of charge and sometimes reused. Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography, which has over 1,100 references, provides in-depth coverage of published journal articles, books, and other works about the open access movement. Many references have links to freely available copies of included works.

Wissenschaftliches Publizieren
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 554

Wissenschaftliches Publizieren

Die Welt des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten zahlreiche einschneidende Veränderungen erlebt und befindet sich weiterhin in einem ständigen Umbruch. Den mit diesen Prozessen verbundenen Herausforderungen widmet sich der vorliegende Band, der die Forschungsergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppe »Zukunft des wissenschaftlichen Kommunikationssystems« der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften vereint. Er lenkt den Blick erstmals auf den Zusammenhang zwischen vier Entwicklungslinien: Digitalisierung, Ökonomisierung, die zunehmende Außenbeobachtung von Publikationsaktivitäten anhand formaler Merkmale sowie die verstärkte Beobachtung durch die Massenmedien...

New Results and Advances in PGE Mineralogy in Various Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE Ore Systems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

New Results and Advances in PGE Mineralogy in Various Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE Ore Systems

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-11-14
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  • Publisher: MDPI

The book (Special Issue) presents impressive new results related to a wide spectrum of occurrences of platinum-group minerals (PGM) and natural compounds enriched in platinum-group elements (PGE), which are associated with various complexes and deposits, such as Uralian-Alaskan-type complexes, layered intrusions and placers. The geographical locations of the involved deposits and complexes include, on a truly international scale, different areas of the Urals, Western and Eastern Sayans and Gornaya Shoria in Siberia, Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt in China, Northern Michigan, USA, South Africa and Zimbabwe, etc. Of particular interest is the first description of a new species of PGM, thalhammerite (approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association), which is a new species of palladium-silver sulfobismuthide discovered in the Noril’sk region of Russia. Additionally, comprehensive reviews, on compositional variations in Pt–Fe alloy minerals and processes of transformations of PGM in exogenic environments, are presented which will also attract attention from international readers.