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This book recounts the author's fieldwork among the trans and gender-variant communities in Naples. This is where a gender-variant figure, the femminiello, has found a safe environment within the city's historical poorest neighborhoods, the so-called "quartieri popolari", which were and continue to be culturally and socially connoted. The femminielli, who can be read as "suspended" figures between the feminine and the masculine, provide the ba...

Recueil de vies, de cris et de silences, de sentiments qui s'aiment et se font la haine, Exutoire est l'empreinte, les désirs éphémères et éternels de l'auteur. Matérialisation de sa résilience et de sa perception de la vie, cet univers particulier vous invite à vous redécouvrir au gré de votre sensiblité...

Ein einziger Augenblick verändert das eigene Leben und plötzlich ist nichts mehr so, wie es einmal war. So wird der Besuch eines Schlachthofes und die direkte Konfrontation mit dem Tod so vieler Tiere für die Autorin zu dem Beginn einer sehr bewegenden Reise. Ihre Erlebnisse in diesem Schlachthof sowie die Besichtigung industrieller Nutztierhaltungsanlagen während des Studiums verändern nicht nur ihre Einstellung zu der Nutzung von Tieren als ...

The book is a compact and easy-to-use source of technical information on crop production and soil management. It is meant for use by students and teachers of agriculture at the college and the undergraduate levels, also farmers and agriculturists. It is presented in two parts (1 and 2).Part 1 discusses the principles and factors that determine success in crop production, such as the roles of soil, climate and technology adoption. In discussing...

Potsdam - 1961: Eine Pfarrersfamilie siedelt sich in Potsdam an. Vier Kinder gehen unterschiedliche, nicht alltägliche Wege in Familie und Beruf. Als Christ stößt der Autor in Schule und Beruf immer wieder an Grenzen und lernt dadurch, oft "gegen den Strom" schwimmen zu müssen. Die Erinnerungen des Autors sind eine Abrechnung mit dem ungeliebten DDR-System, das ihn zur Übersiedlung in die BRD treibt. Wie es ihm und seiner Familie dabei ergange...

Hidden behind dark tufts of forests there lays a castle made of the darkest stone and wood. The castle houses students, children with ruined pasts and families, who are from supernatural descent. The students of the Academy are trained to kill. The selection roots out the students who are not accomplished to hold the name of the Academy. Azalea Selene is participating in the Selection this year. Will the license to kill be the only thing that ...

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Vandi, the goose, was always happy and excited about life. He loved playing goose games with his family and friends. He enjoyed his time spent with Tipper and Tally. No one could discourage Vandi and change his happy mood. He was determined not to let other geese have control over him. But one day, he met Beeker, the grumpy goose. Would he be able to change Vandi? Characters in this book are the following: Vandi, a young Canadian goose. He was...

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This volume provides an overview of experimental methods, approaches, and techniques used by field linguists of the Russian school, and highlights the fieldwork experience of Russian scholars working in regions with a range of languages that differ genetically, typologically, and in the degree of their preservation. The collection presents language and sociolinguistic data relating to fieldwork in diverse languages: Uralic, Altaic, Paleo-Siber...

The Battle of Grand Coteau remains one of the greatest sources of pride for Métis peoples in Western Canada. On that day, July 13, 1851, a handful of 80 proud and daring Métis fighters came up against 2, 000 intrepid Sioux warriors. The latter, absolute Masters of the Prairie, had decided to prohibit the Métis from hunting bison, which was essential to the very survival of this French-speaking people. The fierce battle lasted two long days and...

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A young girl maneuvers through the court system to foster home placement where she finds safety and peace in homes where she is surrounded by kids like her, kids with parents who hurt them, kids with no parents, all depending on the kindness of strangers who have opened their homes to be foster parents. She thrives in her new homes, new schools with new friends, she will even meet her future husband while in foster care.

Finding Your B.I.G. is for those charting new territory: independent artists, creative entrepreneurs and overwhelmed employees whose gifts are urgently needed now.Inspired by the five elements of creation, Finding Your B.I.G. is a five-step journey that promises to help readers realign their life and purpose without unnecessary trial and error. It offers a powerful self-paced journey to help individuals and working groups recapture hope and re...

Grappling specifically with the norm of sovereignty as responsibility, the book seeks to advance a critical constructivist understanding of norm development in international society, as opposed to the conventional - or liberal - constructivist (mis)understanding that still dominates the debate. Against this backdrop, the book delves into the institutionalization of sovereignty as responsibility within the lived practice of the International Cr...

Understanding extracellular matrix (ECM) structure and function is important for developing biomedical applications that are as close to 'native' as possible. Written by pioneering scientists from all over the world, this book reports research and new developments in the field of collagen structure, function, and biomechanics and discusses the relevance of hyaluronic acid and its therapeutic uses. It gives readers a glimpse of what is current ...

This book deals with intelligent information processing systems related to natural language processing, text mining, web information processing, and nursing and caring robot technologies. It introduces the latest trends and past research results of researchers in a wide range of fields related to knowledge information processing, which is one of the ultimate goals of information processing technology and is necessary for making artificial brai...

Written by experts in the field of bariatrics, this edited volume reviews the multidisciplinary process of treating the obese patient, from the reception of the obese patient and their dietary, social, and psychological evaluations to individual management, discharge, and follow-up. It offers a holistic approach, providing the knowledge required to implement treatment effectively. Chapters cover surgical procedures in the abdomen, physical exe...

This Edited Volume "Alternative Medicine - Update" is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of alternative medicine. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the alternative medicine research area. All chapters are complete in themselves but united under a common research study topic. This publica...