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Retinal Degenerative Diseases
This book will contain the proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (RD2010), held July 13-17, 2010, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. The volume will present representative state-of-the-art research in almost all areas of retinal degenerations, ranging from cytopathologic, physiologic, diagnostic and clinical aspects; animal models; mechanisms of cell death; candidate genes, cloning, mapping and other aspects of molecular genetics; and developing potential therapeutic measures such as gene therapy and neuroprotective agents for potential pharmaceutical therapy.
German Immigrants
The second volume of German Immigrants provides information on about 35,000 German immigrants from Bremen who arrived in New York from 1855 to 1862. The names are arranged alphabetically, and family members are grouped together, usually under the head of the household. In addition, data on age, place of origin, date of arrival, and the name of the ship are supplied, plus citations to the original source material.
The Shape of Stories
How were narratives composed in the ancient Near East? What patterns and principles, constraints and considerations guided the shaping of cuneiform stories? The study of narrative structures has emerged as a promising approach to the textual heritage of the cuneiform world. Engaging with practically any ancient text—whether literary, historical, or religious—requires some understanding of the narrative forms that shaped their content. This volume gives researchers the tools to better understand those form, illustrating each approach to narrative analysis with a case study from the cultures of the ancient Near East: Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Hittite.
The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer
With the rise of the ‘knowledge for development’ paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of ‘technical assistance’ – a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed – has been documented in a host of studies. Nonetheless, international organisations continue to send advisors, promising to increase the ‘effectiveness’ of expert support if their technocratic recommendations are taken up. This book reveals fundamental problems of expert advice in the context of aid that concern issues of power and legitimacy rather than merely flaws of implementation. Based on empirical...
Offal: Rejected and Reclaimed Food
Contains the proceedings from the 2016 Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery focusing on offal.
Schluckstörung – und jetzt? Zaburzenie połykania – i co teraz?
Schluckstörungen, die nach einer Erkrankung des Gehirns oder des Nervensystems vorkommen, bezeichnet man als neurologisch bedingte Dysphagien. Essen und Trinken ist dann nicht mehr wie gewohnt möglich, weil der Transport der Speisen oder Getränke nicht mehr richtig funktioniert oder „in den falschen Hals“ gerät. Schutzmechanismen wie Husten oder Räuspern versagen oder funktionieren nur unzureichend. Um auch die vielen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz lebenden Menschen, deren Muttersprache nicht Deutsch ist, über neurologisch bedingte Dysphagien und den Umgang damit zu informieren, erklären jeweils zweisprachig angelegte Ratgeberwichtige Schluckstrukturen und den üblich...
Mesopotamian Astrology
This book is intended to serve as a general introduction to Mesopotamian astrology, both its outward phenomena and its inner structure.
Astrology in Time and Place
Astrology is the practice of relating the heavenly bodies to lives and events on earth, and the tradition that has thus been generated. Many cultures worldwide have practised it in some form. In some it is rudimentary, in others complex. Culture and scholarship have categorised it as both belief and science, as a form of magic, divination or religious practice – but in many ways it defies easy categorisation. The chapters in this volume make a significant contribution to our understanding of astrology across a range of periods of cultures. Based on papers presented at the annual conference of the Sophia Centre held in 2012, the contributions range from China and Japan, through India, the ancient Near East, the classical world and early modern Europe, to Madagascar and Mesoamerica. The different topics include ritual and religion, magic and science, calendars and time, and questions of textual transmission and methodology. Astrology in Time and Place is essential reading for all interested in the history of humanity’s relationship with the cosmos.
The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture
An authoritative guide to the Ancient Middle East as seen through the lens of cuneiform writing, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. Written by a team of international scholars, with chapter bibliographies and numerous illustrations, the Handbook is a state-of-the-art guide to the discipline as well as offering pathways for future research.
