Böcker utgivna av Springer Verlag, Singapore

The comprehensive volume delves into the discursive valences and contingencies of resistance. It examines key issues and situations within the complex power dynamics of various cultures, societies, nations, and ethnicities. It explores the varying meanings of resistance in different contexts with analyses of select literary texts from various works of literature worldwide that range from Tribal writings in English and Nepalese literature to British literature and American literature. It evaluates various factors, including structure, situation, context, culture, agency, place, motives, ideology and oppression within the discourse of resistance. It emphasizes the cultural relevance of the study of resistance across a range of fields, such as postcolonialism, feminism, ecocriticism, gender relations and sexuality, myth and folklore, existentialism, cultural studies, rural feminism, trauma theory and violence, globalization, ethnicity and identity, child trafficking and third gender issues, subalternity and marginality. The book covers the genres of novels, poetry, autobiography, and short stories. It investigates the potency of these literary forms as cultural expressions of resistance. It is an essential read for students, researchers, and teachers worldwide who are enthusiastic and curious about the meanings and contexts of resistance and its representations in literature.

This book follows the thread of transportation development along a continuous timeline of historical dynasties, with a primary focus on presenting the factual accounts of transportation development, key events, and their evolving characteristics. It paints a fundamental picture of the origins, formation, and development of transportation. Simultaneously, the author delves into the exploration of the mutual relationship between transportation and Chinese culture, elucidating how transportation is integrated with politics, economics, society, and international exchanges. This not only reflects the supporting role of transportation but also highlights its transformative effects. Additionally, the author has, based on ancient texts and historical sources, created road network maps from different eras and thoughtfully selected photographs of significant transportation landmarks to facilitate readers' intuitive comprehension.This book is a splendid creation with a well-structured narrative, abundant visual content, and easy-to-understand language. The publication of this book not only helps readers to comprehensively grasp the main facets of China's transportation development but also fosters the spirit of self-improvement among those in the transportation industry, thereby bolstering the efforts to build a powerful transportation nation.

This book discusses the underlying metaphors of some important business principles and terms and positive teaching effects from deliberately implanting those metaphors in business lessons. It introduces original metaphors creatively used in live webcast courses which introduce difficult economic concepts to netizens. The deliberate metaphor is considered to represent a new dimension of metaphor, the communicative dimension. The book explores the communicative effect of deliberate metaphors and proves its effectiveness in teaching difficult business concepts.This book explores different uses of deliberate metaphors designed to support the teaching of business concepts and discusses two teaching experiments done to explore their effectiveness. Results showed that a focused design using deliberate metaphors in the lectures improved test performance, while a scattered design using deliberate metaphors used in lectures significantly increased students' interest in the lectures.

This collection scrutinizes the representation, dynamics, transformation and/or adaptation of various heroes and heroines in different folkloric traditions and narratives in the context of Asia. Exploring notions in the topics of mythologies, folktales, literature, theatre performance and any other art forms, the volume collates discussions on the pragmatic and aesthetic representation of men and women within the mythic world, and within contemporary settings. In doing so, it produces a contemporary theorization of Asian heroes and heroines beyond their mythic structure and folkloric limits. In considering the representation of heroes and heroines in the Asian folkloric tradition, and in comparative contexts, the book establishes connections between characters from myths and folktales and those found in contemporary narratives, considers the adaptation and transformation of heroes and heroines as revealed in a variety of literary works, and also assesses the gendering of social roles in modern literature and other art forms. It is of interest to scholars and advanced students in comparative literature, Asian cultural studies and theatre and performance.

The book covers all aspects of neonatal ultrasound including advances in imaging technology. It covers the technique, clinical applications and recent advances of ultrasound in neonates. Chapters provide easy and systematic approach to the diagnosis of various pathological entities in neonates and includes infections, inflammation, and tumors. Chapters are divided based on organ wise distribution which helps the readers in easy understanding and practical applications. The book also includes the important normal variants and anatomical landmarks based on ultrasound. It provides key points in each chapter. It is written by national and international experts.The book helps practicing consultants and residents in early and rapid diagnosis of various conditions from head to toe in neonatal ultrasound.