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The Routledge Companion to Critical Approaches to Contemporary Architecture

The Routledge Companion to Critical Approaches to Contemporary Architecture convenes a wide array of critical voices from architecture art history urbanism geography anthropology media and performance studies computer science bio-engineering environmental studies and sociology that help us understand the meaning and significance of global architecture of the twenty-first century. New chapters by 36 contributors illustrated with over 140 black-and-white images are assembled in six parts concerning both real and virtual spaces: design materiality alterity technologies cityscapes and practice.

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Curved-Folding Origami Design

The origami introduced in this book is based on simple techniques. Some were previously known by origami artists and some were discovered by the author. Curved-Folding Origami Design shows a way to explore new area of origami composed of curved folds. Each technique is introduced in a step-by-step fashion followed by some beautiful artwork examples. A commentary explaining the theory behind the technique is placed at the end of each chapter. Features Explains the techniques for designing curved-folding origami in seven chapters Contains many illustrations and photos (over 140 figures) with simple instructions Contains photos of 24 beautiful origami artworks as well as their crease patterns Some basic theories behind the techniques are introduced

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Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints. The book focuses on the works and writings of architects in Nordic countries such as Sigurd Lewerentz Jørn Utzon Sverre Fehn and the Aaltos (Aino Elissa and Alvar) among others. It is structured around the ideas of organic design principles that influenced them and allowed their work to evolve from one building to another. Erik Champion argues organic architecture can be viewed as a concerted attempt to thematically unify the built environment through the allegorical expression of ongoing interaction between designer architectural brief and building-as-process. With over 140 black and white images this book is an intriguing read for architecture students and professionals alike.

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Reconstructive and Reproductive Surgery in Gynecology Second Edition Two Volume Set

This new edition of a groundbreaking book is now in two volumes on 'Fundamentals Symptoms and Conditions‘ on 'Reconstructive and Fertility Preserving Surgery and Procedures. From a distinguished editorial team and internationally recognized contributors the text educates surgeons on the techniques and procedures now needed in gynecology with a special focus on reconstructive vaginal hysteroscopic laparoscopic and laparotomic surgery including that designed to preserve or enhance fertility. The reader can now more readily understand pathogenesis appropriate investigation and application of both surgical and nonsurgical strategies and techniques. The two volumes contain over 20 new chapters and in the integral ebook over 140 instructional videos; each chapter has Key Points summarized. | Reconstructive and Reproductive Surgery in Gynecology Second Edition Two Volume Set

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Introduction to Renewable Energy Conversions

Introduction to Renewable Energy Conversions examines all the major renewable energy conversion technologies with the goal of enabling readers to formulate realistic resource assessments. The text provides step-by-step procedures for assessing renewable energy options and then moves to the design of appropriate renewable energy strategies. The goal is for future engineers to learn the process of making resource estimates through the introduction of more than 140 solved problems and over 165 engineering related equations. More than 120 figures and numerous tables explain each renewable energy conversion type. A solutions manual PowerPoint slides and lab exercises are available for instructors. Key Features Covers all major types of renewable energy with comparisons for use in energy systems Builds skills for evaluating energy usage versus environmental hazards and climate change factors Presents and explains the key engineering equations used to design renewable energy systems Uses a practical approach to design and analyze renewable energy conversions Offers a solutions manual PowerPoint slides and lab activity plans for instructors

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Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)integration

This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey towards desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. Building on interviews with 140 justice-involved youth and young adults (aged 16 to 35) the book explores the challenges they faced while they were under the control of the justice system the ways in which they navigated the obstacles they came up against and the support they needed to overcome them. What and who they consider to be facilitators in their journeys is presented. The book also examines experiences of assisted desistance in different settings such as incarceration addiction services and community supervision. What distinguishes this book is its focus on how justice-involved youth and young adults perceive their own experiences of desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. An accessible and compelling read Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)Integration will be of interest to those engaged with desistance studies rehabilitation re-entry juvenile and adult justice and recovery from addiction.

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Western Sahara International Law Justice and Natural Resources

As the Spanish were preparing to leave colonized Western Sahara in 1975 Morocco invaded sparking a war with the Western Saharan Polisario Front. About 70% of Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco which stations up to 140 000 soldiers in the territory primarily along a 1700 kilometre long sand berm that is protected by one of the world’s largest fields of landmines. In 1991 Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed to a truce ahead of a referendum on Western Sahara’s future. However Morocco has since refused to allow the referendum to take place and has begun the extensive exploitation of Western Sahara’s non-renewable natural resources. This has both highlighted the plight of the Saharawi people who live in refugee camps in Algeria and in occupied Western Sahara and pushed the Polisario Front back to a position where it is openly canvassing for a return to war. This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Change Peace and Security. | Western Sahara International Law Justice and Natural Resources

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The Geography of Transport Systems

This expanded and revised fifth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts methods and areas of application. Aimed mainly at an undergraduate audience it provides an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and freight is linked with geography. The book is divided into ten chapters each covering a specific conceptual dimension including networks modes terminals freight transportation urban transportation and environmental impacts and updated with the latest information available. The fifth edition offer new and updated material on information technologies and mobility e-commerce transport and the economy mobility and society supply chains security pandemics energy and the environment and climate change. With over 140 updated figures and maps The Geography of Transport Systems presents transportation systems at different scales ranging from global to local. This volume is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography as well as those interested in economic and urban geography transport planning and engineering. A companion web site which contains additional material such as photographs maps figures and PowerPoint presentations has been developed for the book and can be found here: https://transportgeography. org/

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Wind Loading of Structures

Wind forces from extreme wind events are the dominant loading for many parts of the world exacerbated by climate change and the continued construction of tall buildings and structures. This authoritative source for practising and academic structural engineers and graduate students ties the principles of wind loads on structures to the relevant aspects of meteorology bluff-body aerodynamics probability and statistics and structural dynamics. This new edition covers: Climate change effects on extreme winds – particularly those from tropical cyclones hurricanes and typhoons Modelling of potential wind vulnerability and damage Developments in extreme value probability analysis of extreme wind speeds and directions Explanation of the difference between ‘return period’ and ‘average recurrence interval’ as well as ‘bootstrapping’ techniques for deriving confidence limits Wind over water and profiles and turbulence in non-synoptic winds An expanded chapter on internal pressures produced by wind for various opening and permeability scenarios Aerodynamic shaping of high- and low-rise buildings Recent developments in five major wind codes and standards A new chapter on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as applied to wind engineering A greatly expanded appendix providing the basic information on extreme wind climates for over 140 countries and territories Additional examples for many chapters in this book | Wind Loading of Structures

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The Myth of the Queer Criminal

The Myth of the Queer Criminal documents over a century of writings by sociologists psychologists criminologists and forensic scientists in Europe and the United States who asserted that LGBT persons were innately and uniquely criminal. Applying the tools of narratology and queer theory Jeffery P. Dennis examines the ten types of queer criminal that have appeared in seminal texts both literary and scientific over the past 140 years - beginning with Lombroso's Criminal Man (1876) and extending to postmodern criminologists and contemporary textbooks. Each type is named after its defining characteristic. The pederast for example was believed to be a master-criminal leading vast criminal empires. The degenerate intellectually and morally corrupted was perceived as a symptom or cause of societal decay. The silly lisping pansy was a figure of ridicule rather than of dread. The traitor was murderous and depraved prepared to destroy democratic institutions worldwide. The book aims to contextualize this mythology revealing the motivations of the agents behind it the influence of broader preoccupations and anxieties of the age and its societal political and cultural impact. This carefully researched meticulously written history of the queer criminal will be of interest to students and researchers in criminology gender studies queer studies and the history of sexuality.

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The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader

The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader combines extracts from over 70 international practitioners companies collectives and makers from the fields of Dance Theatre Music Live and Performance Art and Activism to form an essential sourcebook for students researchers and practitioners. This is the follow-on text from The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader which has been the key introductory text to all kinds of performance for over 20 years since it was first published in 1996. Contributions from new and emerging practitioners are placed alongside those of long-established individual artists and companies representing the work of this century’s leading practitioners through the voices of over 140 individuals. The contributors in this volume reflect the diverse and eclectic culture of practices that now make up the expanded field of performance and their stories reflections and working processes collectively offer a snapshot of contemporary artistic concerns. Many of the pieces have been specially commissioned for this edition and comprise a range of written forms – scholarly academic creative interviews diary entries autobiographical polemical and visual. Ideal for university students and instructors this volume’s structure and global span invites readers to compare and cross-reference significant approaches outside of the constraints and simplifications of genre encouraging cross-disciplinary understandings. For those who engage with new live and innovative approaches to performance and the interplay of radical ideas The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader is invaluable.

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Psychology in Historical Context Theories and Debates

Psychology the study of mind and behaviour has developed as a unique discipline in its brief history. Whether as it currently takes place or how it has been conducted over the past 140 years or so since it became recognized as a separate field of study there has been constant debate on its identity as a science. Psychology in Historical Context: Theories and Debates examines this debate by tracing the emergence of Psychology from parent disciplines such as philosophy and physiology and analyzes key topics such as: the nature of science itself a much misunderstood human activity often equated with natural science; the nature of the scientific method and the relationship between data gathering and generalization; the nature of certainty and objectivity and their relevance to understanding the kind of scientific discipline Psychology is today. This engaging overview written by renowned author Richard Gross is an accessible account of the main conceptual themes and historical developments. Covering the core fields of individual differences cognitive social and developmental psychology as well as evolutionary and biopsychology it will enable readers to understand how key ideas and theories have had impacts across a range of topics. This is the only concise textbook to give students a thorough grounding in the major conceptual ideas within the field as well as the key figures whose ideas have helped to shape it. | Psychology in Historical Context Theories and Debates

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Understanding Early Christian Art

Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students. It opens by discussing a series of questions pertaining to the evidence itself and how scholars through the centuries have regarded this material as expressing and transmitting aspects of the developing faith and practice of early adherents of Christianity. It considers possible sources for the various motifs and the complex relationship between words and images as well as the importance of studying visual and material culture alongside theological and liturgical texts. Rather than organising surviving examples by medium or chronology the chapters categorise the evidence according to their general iconographic type such as generic symbols biblical narratives and portraits. Each chapter takes up important questions of visual culture formal style and the ways in which the iconography is distinct from or shows parallels with contemporary documentary sources like sermons exegetical works catechetical lectures or dogmatic treatises. Concluding with a discussion of the late-emerging depictions of Jesus’s crucifixion resurrection and ascension it remains a valuable guide to comprehending the complex theology history and context of Christian art. Augmented by over 140 full-colour images accompanied by parallel text the interdisciplinary and boundary-breaking approach taken in this extensively revised edition of Understanding Early Christian Art enables students and scholars in fields such as religion and art history to further their understanding and knowledge of the art of the early Christian era.

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Dynastic Colonialism Gender Materiality and the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau

Dynastic Colonialism analyses how women and men employed objects in particular places across the world during the early modern period in order to achieve the remarkable expansion of the House of Orange-Nassau. Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent explore how the House emerged as a leading force during a period in which the Dutch accrued one of the greatest seaborne empires. Using the concept of dynastic colonialism they explore strategic behaviours undertaken on behalf of the House of Orange-Nassau through material culture in a variety of sites of interpretation from palaces and gardens to prints and teapots in Europe and beyond. Using over 140 carefully selected images the authors consider a wide range of visual material and textual sources including portraits glassware tiles letters architecture and global spaces in order to rethink dynastic power and identity in gendered terms. Through the House of Orange-Nassau Broomhall and Van Gent demonstrate how dynasties could assert status and power by enacting a range of colonising strategies. Dynastic Colonialism offers an exciting new interpretation of the complex story of the House of Orange-Nassau‘s rise to power in the early modern period through material means that will make fascinating reading for students and scholars of early modern European history material culture and gender. This book is highly illustrated throughout. The print edition features the images in black and white whereas the eBook edition contains the illustrations in colour. | Dynastic Colonialism Gender Materiality and the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau

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Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations Tradecraft Methods Practices Tactics and Techniques

Tradecraft is a term used within the intelligence community to describe the methods practices and techniques used in espionage and clandestine investigations. Whether the practitioner is a covert agent for the government or an identity thief and con man the methods practices tactics and techniques are often the same and sometimes learned from the same sources. Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations: Tradecraft Methods Practices Tactics and Techniques reveals how intelligence officers and investigators conduct their tradecraft. You’ll learn how to plan an operation how to build an identity and cover story for deep cover operations and how to detect those who have created false identities for illegal purposes. You’ll also get insight into the technical aspects of intelligence (the INTs) counterintelligence and criminal investigations and legal considerations for conducting intelligence investigations. Topics include:A discussion of black bag operational planningHUMINT (human intelligence)—the gathering of information from human sourcesDAME (defenses against methods of entry) forced entry into buildings safes and combination locks and automobile locksPSYOPS (psychological operations) and the use of social networksELINT (electronic intelligence) and SIGINT (signals intelligence)—electronic interception of intelligence bugs wiretaps and other communications interceptionsEMINT (emanations intelligence) which concerns the emanation of data signals or other intelligence from C4I systemsIMINT (imagery intelligence) involving any intelligence gathered using imagesIntelligence files and analytical methodsBased upon the author’s training and experience over more than three decades as a law enforcement investigator and military officer as well as research conducted as an attorney and in academia the book provides you with an insider perspective on sensitive covert and overt operations and sources. Supplemented with roughly 140 illustrations and photos this collection of special skills and reference materials is essential to the professional investigator and intelligence operative. | Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations Tradecraft Methods Practices Tactics and Techniques

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Readings for Diversity and Social Justice

For nearly 20 years Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the trusted leading anthology to cover a wide range of social oppressions from a social justice standpoint. With full sections dedicated to racism religious oppression classism ableism youth and elder oppression as well as an integrative section dedicated to sexism heterosexism and transgender oppression this bestselling text goes far beyond the range of traditional readers. New essay selections in each section of this fourth edition have been carefully chosen to keep topic coverage timely and readings accessible and engaging for students. The interactions among these topics are highlighted throughout to stress the interconnections among oppressions in everyday life. A Table of Intersections leads you to selections not in the section dedicated to an issue. Retaining the key features and organization that has made Readings for Diversity and Social Justice an indispensable text for teaching issues of social justice while simultaneously updating and expanding its coverage this new edition features: Over 40 new selections considering current topics and events such as the Black Lives Matter movement workplace immigration raids gentrification wealth inequality the disability rights of prisoners and inmates and the Keystone XL pipeline protests. An updated companion website with additional resources and short classroom-friendly videos that further complement the readings in each section. A holistic approach to sexism gay lesbian trans and gender-queer oppression that challenges widely-held assumptions about the usual practice of separating analyses of sex and gender binaries. A more optimistic focus on the role of social justice at all levels of society whether personal institutional local or global and the intersections among them. Offering over 140 selections from some of the foremost scholars in a wide range of fields Readings for Diversity and Social Justice is the indispensable volume for every student teacher and social justice advocate.

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Jazz Theory From Basic to Advanced Study

Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for those with no previous study in jazz as well as those in advanced theory courses. Written with the goal to bridge theory and practice it provides a strong theoretical foundation from music fundamentals to post-tonal theory while integrating ear training keyboard skills and improvisation. It hosts play-along audio tracks on a Companion Website including a workbook ear-training exercises and an audio compilation of the musical examples featured in the book. Jazz Theory is organized into three parts: Basics Intermediate and Advanced. This approach allows for success in a one-semester curriculum or with subsequent terms. If students sense that theory can facilitate their improvisational skills or can help them develop their ears they become more engaged in the learning process. The overall pedagogical structure accomplishes precisely that in an original creative—and above all musical—manner. KEY FEATURES include 390 musical examples ranging from original lead sheets of standard tunes jazz instrumentals transcriptions and original compositions to fully realized harmonic progressions sample solos and re-harmonized tunes. The completely revamped Companion Website hosts: 46 Play Along Sessions audio tracks offering experiences close to real-time performance scenarios. Over 1 000 (audio and written) exercises covering ear training rhythm notation analysis improvisation composition functional keyboard and others. Recordings of all 390 musical examples from the textbook. Links: Guide to Making Transcriptions List of Solos to Transcribe Selected Discography Classification of Standard Tunes and more. Lists of well-known standard tunes including a comprehensive list of 999 Standard Tunes – Composers and Lyricists. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION are instructors’ tools with answer keys to written and ear-training exercises 380 rhythmic calisthenics featuring exercises from the swing bebop and Latin rhythmic traditions a new improvisation section a set of 140 Comprehensive Keyboard exercises plus an expanded ear-training section with 125 melodic 50 rhythmic dictations and 170 harmonic dictations plus 240 written exercises 25 composition assignments and 110 singing exercises. The paperback TEXTBOOK is also paired with the corresponding paperback WORKBOOK in a discounted PACKAGE (9780367321963). | Jazz Theory From Basic to Advanced Study

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Lean Six Sigma for the Office Integrating Customer Experience for Enhanced Productivity

Historically the integration of manufacturing methodologies into the office environment has proven to be problematic. Part of the difficulty lies in the fact that process workflows tend to be globally dispersed and thus rely heavily on information technology. But in complex service systems that contain a mix of employees consultants and technology standardized protocols have been shown to reduce cycle time and transactional cost as well as improve quality. The successful application of Lean methodologies to improve process workflows is an efficient way to simplify operations and prevent mistakes. In Lean Six Sigma for the Office Six Sigma guru James Martin presents proven modifications that can be deployed in offices particularly those offices involved with global operations. Making use of Kaizen and Six Sigma concepts along with Lean manufacturing principles this book instructs managers on how they can improve operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction. The author brings experience gleaned from his application of these methodologies in a myriad of industries to create a practical and hands-on reference for the office environment. Using a detailed sequence of activities including over 140 figures and tables as well as checklists and evaluation tools he demonstrates how to realize the rapid improvement of office operations and how to eliminate unnecessary tasks through value stream mapping (VSM). The book also emphasizes the importance of strategic alignment of Kaizen events and the impact of organizational culture on process improvement activities. Latter chapters in the book discuss key elements of a change model in the context of transitional improvements as they relate to the process owner and local work team. By applying the proven principles found in this book effective and sustainable organizational change can be accomplished efficiency can be improved and mistakes can be eliminated. This 2nd edition provides insight into the new tools and methods Lean Six Sigma process improvement professionals need to improve customer experience and increase productivity within high transaction processes across complex information technology ecosystems. It is one-stop self-contained reference for the application of Lean Six Sigma methods enhanced by powerful approaches for process improvement in highly complex service processes. Several new leading-edge topics are integrated into this new edition such as: • The voice of” customers suppliers employees and partners • Design Thinking Alignment • Ecosystems in Information Technology • Metadata Definition and Lineage • Information Quality Governance • Big Data Collection and Analytics • Mapping High Volume Transactions through Systems • Robotic Process Automation Applications • Automating for Solution Sustainability • Governing Organizations • Data Privacy (General Data Protection Regulation) | Lean Six Sigma for the Office Integrating Customer Experience for Enhanced Productivity

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