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‘Populism’ is one of the most frequently used terms in today’s political discussions. From Turkey to the United States of America, the effect of populist politicians is felt more than ever today. Indeed, it is an extremely common occurrence to come across a political commentator defining a politician as a populist in newspapers or TV shows. This volume brings together scholars from various disciplines and invites its readers to consider the role played by both conventional and new media in the rise of this political movement. Its focus is not limited to the USA nor the UK, but investigates populism in countries such as Turkey and Spain. It will appeal to readers interested in classical populism and polarization studies, as well as those interested in post-truth studies.
Una serie de investigadores punteros de varias universidades mundiales han recibido el encargo de analizar la última vanguardia en comunicación. Así, se han podido recopilar sus investigaciones y reflexiones en torno a los nuevos contenidos (in)formativos a partir de las reformas que ha supuesto el Espacio Europeo de Enseñanza Superior (EEES o Plan Bolonia) como reto innovador en las aulas en tanto en cuanto contenidos y fórmulas. Esta aportación intelectual a las nuevas corrientes docentes se ha plasmado en un trabajo, multidisciplinar y variado, que se presenta en formato de libro, patrocinado por el Fórum Internacional de Comunicación y Relaciones Públicas (Fórum XXI), la Socied...
This open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features essays that take a close look at key intellectuals and how they engaged with the main ideas of this qualitative introduction to geocentric cosmology. Johannes de Sacrobosco compiled his Tractatus de sphaera during the thirteenth century in the frame of his teaching activities at the then recently founded University of Paris. It soon became a mandatory text all over Europe. As a result, a tradition of commentaries to the text was soon established and flourished until the second half of the 17th century. Here, readers will find an informative overview of these commentaries comp...
[The book] is intended to meet the need for a text to accompany the Advanced Placement Spanish Lanugae course. The overall goal ... is to prepare students to perform at a high level of proficiency in the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Upon completing the course, students are expected to be able to comprehend formal and informal Spanish, and also speak, read and write cohesively and precisely at the third-year college level. [The authors] have attempted to create a series of exercises that will both meet the general objectives of the course and help the students prepare for the Advanced Placement examination ... Although geared primarily to the AP course and examination, the book is also intended to provide an opportunity for advanced learning. The exercises are desgined not only to review and reinforce students' knowledge, but also to increase their vocabulary and sharpen their grammatical skills. [The book] can be used as a complementary text in any advanced course in Spanish.-Intro.
Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is being rapidly introduced into the clinical management of early breast cancer. APBI, in fact, encompasses a number of different techniques and approaches that include brachytherapy, intraoperative, and external beam techniques. There is currently no single source that describes these techniques and their clinical implementation. This text is a concise handbook designed to assist the clinician in the implementation of APBI. This includes a review of the principles that underlie APBI, a practical and detailed description of each technique for APBI, a review of current clinical results of APBI, and a review of the incidence and management of treatment related complications.
In this rapidly globalizing world, any investigation of architecture inevitably leads to considerations of regionalism. But despite its omnipresence in contemporary practice and theory, architectural regionalism remains a fluid concept, its historical development and current influence largely undocumented. This comprehensive reader brings together over 40 key essays illustrating the full range of ideas embodied by the term. Authored by important critics, historians, and architects such as Kenneth Frampton, Lewis Mumford, Sigfried Giedion, and Alan Colquhoun, Architectural Regionalism represents the history of regionalist thinking in architecture from the early twentieth century to today.
Modern medical imaging and radiation therapy technologies are so complex and computer driven that it is difficult for physicians and technologists to know exactly what is happening at the point-of-care. Medical physicists responsible for filling this gap in knowledge must stay abreast of the latest advances at the intersection of medical imaging an