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The author begins by defining the discourse of athletics and investigating its presence in broadcasting by means of textual analyses of the media images of athletes Ryne Sandberg, Jim McMahon, and Michael Jordan. She then considers the athletic ideology portrayed in Hollywood films, concluding that

Comprises nine critical essays from prominent and emerging medievalists, exploring the different ways in which French authors of the Middle Ages transgress normative social and cultural gender codes in their literary works. Essays challenge traditional interpretations of gender roles in Old French

Collects seven original and seven reprinted essays which explore African American writers' varied literary relationships, especially those with authors from non-black cultures. Includes essays focusing on the 19th century, African-American and Irish literature, the early to mid-20th century, and th

African American women who spent a major portion of their lives in domestic service reflect on the strategies they used to manage work, family, and the relationships involved; and how they conceptualized such social structural factors as race, class, poverty, and a low-class occupation. Originally

Contains analytical and interpretive essays on the 107 men and women who have sat on the nation's highest bench, from John Jay, the first Chief Justice, to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the latest appointee. Entries focus on each justice's court tenure and gauge his or her contributions to American law. Wri

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This volume studies the explanation of illness in various cultural and social contexts. It is aimed at scholars and practitioners in health communication and health care fields, including nursing, public health, and medicine.

This book, based on the Flowerree Mardi Gras Symposium at Tulane University, juxtaposes contemporary research and theory from several areas of animal learning -- learning theory, comparative cognition, animal models of human behavior, and functional neurology. Investigators pursuing these different routes often work in isolation of progress being made in, what should be, related fields. This book will acquaint students and researchers with a variety of topics, ordinarily treated separately, in a way that will stimulate integrative thinking. Cognitive interpretations of animal learning are included, as well as recent developments in conditioning theory, physiological bases of learning, animal models of human behavior problems, and psychopharmacology.

Offers a comprehensive compilation of the diverse and often disparate literature regarding animal mesotheliomas. This compendium presents evidence to support the existence of 'background' and 'threshold,' both of which are concepts central to the controversy surrounding nonasbestos-related mesotheliomas.

Rethinks the relevance of social sciences, both Marxist and liberal, to social change in the "Third World". Examines the failure of contemporary development theory to explain the histories of the peoples of Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Offers information on high-performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis (CE) as tools for analyzing biomacromolecules and developing fresh biochemical and medicinal compounds. This book applies biochemical separation technology to the study of macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids.

Examines ways to alleviate the burden placed upon adult children who care for aging parents but who still have children at home. The study shows that the situation is going to continue, complicated by related issues such as the right to die, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Topics address

This book seeks to answer three vital questions about the worldwide response to Hitler's "Final Solution": When did information about the genocide first become known to Jews and non-Jews? Through what channels was this information transmitted? What was the reaction of those who received word of the slaughter?

Protein Formulation and Delivery

Cutaneous Lymphomas

This publication looks at prawns and shrimps of the world, their ecology and consumption. It goes on to look at their physiology and feed as well as the technical aspects of prawn fishing.

Charles Richet was one of the most remarkable figures in the history of medical science

Nuclear technology has been an organizing premise of the international system since 1945

The election of 2008 brought onto the national stage complexitiesarising when the member of a minority group assumes power over national political institutions

What gave rise to our modern conceptions of professional status, and how did particular professions gain their privileged status? Magali Sarfatti Larson shows how our present conception and acceptance of profession was shaped in the liberal phase of capitalism

Describes the tools and techniques for modelling the clustered data often encountered in medical, biological, environmental, and social science studies. This book provides a comprehensive overview of marginal, condition, and random effects models using the likelihood, pseudo-likelihood, and generalized estimating equations methods.

Bayesian methods in reliability cannot be fully utilized and understood without understanding the essential differences between frequentist probability and subjective probability. This book details those differences. It also considers the effects of different levels of information in the analysis of the phenomena of positive and negative aging.

This text provides a practical introduction to the field of public opinion while also teaching students the basic skills necessary for measurement, understanding, and interpreting. It demonstrates the effect and nature of public opinion in other countries while also placing American public opinion in context.

The increased speed of business demands increased accuracy, forcing everyone to re-evaluate chains of command and tear down the walls between functions. This book bridges philosophy and theory and puts together a practical integration of tools necessary to get results from your investment of time, energy, and money.

Contains 462 tables, the USDA food pyramid, recommended daily allowances of vitamins and minerals, and nutritional analyses of 314 of the popular fast foods. This work discusses food labeling legislation and offers ways to reduce the chances of death by heart disease, stroke, and cancer through diet and nutrition.

Heralding critical developments in the rapidly expanding field of therapeutic hypothermia, this reference serves as the first authoritative source on thermoregulation, body temperature manipulation, and the consequences of hypothermia.

This work brings together an international group of experts on the mental health of refugees who have pioneered a new approach to healing the psychological wounds of war and forced migration. Their work is guided by an ecological model.