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Teaching Students an Effective Methodology of Reproduction of Syringa Vulgaris in the Laboratory
Authors:   Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Isaev G.I. , Aptarbek D.B. ,   Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University
Published: January 2023

This article describes the methods of identifying effective ways to study the reproduction of the genus Syringa vulgaris in laboratory conditions in the laboratory of Akhmet Yassawi university and its introduction into the educational process at the University. At the present time, students are developing the ability to organize their practical work, demonstrating microclonal propagation of plants in the laboratory. When conducting scientific research, morphological and control, comparative and measuring methods were used. Representatives of the siren family Syringa vulgaris were given the results of complex studies on the reproduction of valuable genotypes using biotechnological methods, micropropagation and plant health improvement in the laboratory in vitro. It is recommended to study the results of the study in the syllabus of the discipline «Biotechnology» of the University in the amount of 1 hour. During the study, students were formed the theoretical foundations of clonal micropropagation of plants, asexual reproduction in vitro. The optimal time for the introduction of the explant in vitro was determined. Under in vitro conditions, an effective method for disinfecting shoots when growing lilacs with the introduction of plant explants into a nutrient medium is proposed. In the research conducted in the laboratory «Biotechnology» of Akhmet Yassawi University, 15 students of the group «ZhBI-811» in biology conducted a control of the ability to grow in the nutrient medium of Murasiga-Skuga explant lilac. The influence of genotypic characteristics and hormonal composition of the nutrient medium on the cultivation of lilac shoots In vitro, the content of nutrient media in the root formation of lilac explants were revealed. As a result of research work, effective methods of reproduction of microclone in general, based on the technology of reproduction of ornamental shrub lilac can be used as auxiliary tools for future specialists, students in the field of biology and the results of this work will be implemented in the content of the disciplines «Biotechnology», «Dendrology».
La mediación de conflictos como área de oportunidad laboral para el criminólogo desde la Criminología de la Consejería Social
Authors: Hikal Carreón Wael Sarwat
Published: January 2023

La criminología en su labor preventiva tiene como función el emplear los medios y técnicas para evitar que los conflictos concluyan en un proceso penal y penitenciario. Solucionar las problemáticas enseñando a los ciudadanos a identificar, entender y solucionar sus conflictos, será clave para una prevención del delito. Para este proceso se da apertura a los profesionales provenientes de las áreas de ciencias jurídicas, sociales y humanidades, el criminólogo al provenir de estas áreas está facultado para ejercer como especialista o facilitador externo. En el presente texto se analizan conceptos de Criminología general, Criminología de la Consejería Social, de criminólogo, mediación de conflictos y facilitador, para finalmente revisar las legislaciones y articular los requisitos profesionales con el campo de la Criminología como área de oportunidad laboral.
Formulation and Evaluation of Fluconazole Lotion
Authors: Patel Ajay , Nikita Upadhyay , Sunita Sonartiya , P.K. Dubey
Published: January 2023

In the present work, Fluconazole -SLNs were successfully prepared by high shear homogenization and ultrasonication technique. The results showed that the entrapment efficiency %, zeta potential, zeta size, morphology, thermal character and the in-vitro drug release from Fluconazole -SLNs dispersion and from Fluconazole -SLNs lotion were greatly affected by the type and concentration of surfactant and concentration of the used lipid which affect the in-vitro antifungal character of the prepared Fluconazole -SLNs lotion. The sustained release behavior of Fluconazole -SLNs gel with favorable physicochemical Properties can form a foundation for further clinical studies using these prepared lotions for topical delivery of Fluconazole. Topical treatment of the skin infection has been mainly used due to its eminence over oral treatment to avoid systemic adverse effects, target the site of infection for application of drug formulation and to increase the patient compliance. The vesicular, colloidal and nanoparticulate carriers systems are used for the topical antifungal treatment. A vesicular carrier such as transferosomes and ethosomes has demonstrated as they increased drug transdermal penetration. Formulation of topical product plays a main role for penetration of the drug through skin. Lipophilicity of drug molecules is also effective parameter in physiochemical property. Some antifungal drugs are more lipophilic compounds which affect the penetration of drugs through stratum corneum. Various formulations have emerged, to optimize new drug delivery carriers for antifungal treatment.
Modal Minimalis Membawa Berkah di Masa Pandemi Covid-19: Pelatihan Daring Ojek Online
Authors: Wijirahayu Suciana , Syarif Mohammad Suryadi , Kamayani Mia
Published: January 2023

This public service is inspired by the previous action as one of the volunteers in UHAMKA Covid- 19 action. There were 100 Engineering students’ Online motorbike drivers involved in the project yet the recovery of the pandemi is not over. Therefore further programs in the form of creative industry is provided to develop literacy in enterpreneuship. Practitioners are invited in online workshop to support and inspire the participants who are the drivers and the teachers from vocational high school. Follow-up actions in the form of class actions are carried out online with integrative multimedia in English. The activity was carried out using a method consisting of several steps, namely: student Ojol training participants, training in applying knowledge with character development as a starter, interacting with resource persons, simulating the trainees' understanding of integrative multimedia applications in the creative industry and recording in video form. The results of the implementation of the Creative Industry PKM with integrative multimedia have inspired the participants to develop themselves in the business sector. The English used in the media in the form of videos with online business development materials with minimal capital from resource persons and videos in English from Jack Ma have motivated and improved the ability of student members of the PKM partner online driver community and inspired Abdimas partner teachers to add integrated English content with other subject matter.
Peningkatan Literasi Teknologi Guru Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Cijeruk Kabupaten Bogor
Authors: Talitha Stella , Suhendra  , Rosdiana Rina , Dwiastuti Sri Rahayu , Ganeswara Muhamad Ginanjar
Published: January 2023

Pedagogy competency is teacher's ability to understanding of learners and learning management, from planning, implementing to evaluating. Pedagogical competencies to be improved in this activity is utilizing ICT for learning purposes. Technology-based learning media develops and enhances teachers' capabilities to fulfill their various roles and responsibilities related to becoming an educator. These technology-based learning media should provide teachers with wiggle room in the digital age to plan and provide interactive learning when participating in community or teacher work groups and practice in general with fellow educators. The target that has been achieved in community service activities in collaboration with Gugus Kecamatan Cijeruk in general is the increasing pedagogy of teachers in utilizing ICT for learning purposes. Specific targets that have been achieved in this activity include: (1) increasing teacher knowledge related to technology-based learning media, (2) increasing teacher technology literacy, (3) increasing the ability of teachers in making technology-based learning media. The method in this PkM, first establishing the target area and applying the appropriate permits for carrying out the activity to authorized institutions. Second, coordinating with Leader of Gugus Kecamatan Cijeruk and preparing training materials. The materials that have been provided, i.e. (1) introduction of technology literacy, (2) introduction and practice of basic ICT, dan (3) create learning media using ms. power point. In the training, methods the team uses are methods of lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and tasks.
Pembimbingan Administrasi Portal Berita Persiapan Verifikasi Dewan Pers
Authors: Nurdin Nani Harlinda , Rulinawaty  , Marini
Published: January 2023

In Indonesia online media, news portals are required to undergo a verification process by the Press Council. To be verified, the news portal media company is obliged to complete the requirements including; a) incorporated as a Limited Liability Company (PT); b) has a Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP); c) has an editorial office; d) has an editorial structure; e) the editorial staff is led by a certified senior journalist; f) have employees; g) registered in labor insurance; h) attach proof of employee payroll sheet. This requirement is still followed by other requirements, as an indicator of the feasibility of a news portal company. The monitoring partner of the Matarakyat dotcom news portal, an online media under the banner of the people. News, is experiencing administrative problems in facing the verification of the Press Council. Lecturers of the State Administration Study Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), University of East Indonesia (UIT) Makassar, together with a team from the FHISIP of the Open University (UT), and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Bosowa (Unibos) Makassar, carry out Community Service (PKM) guidance. With the guidance method, the 15 employees and journalists obtained results that were believed to be able to overcome the problems at hand. The mentoring has succeeded in providing understanding, knowledge and application in the work practices of partners, before the start of factual verification by the Press Council.
Peningkatan Pemahaman Mahasiswa dalam Penulisan Karya Ilmiah Melalui Kegiatan Menulis Skripsi Itu Mudah
Authors: Vikaliana Resista , Irwansyah
Published: January 2023

Writing scientific papers for undergraduate students in the form of a thesis, it is often difficult to understand the rules of writing.  This was confirmed by the survey at the beginning of the activity. The purpose of this activity is that there is an increase in the student participating in the writing of thesis scientific papers. The method used in this activity is a series of workshops during August-October 2020. The workshops are conducted interactively online through a zoom meeting. After providing materials and simulations through workshops, the activity was continued with individual consultation and mentoring through the WhatsApp group. The training participants consisted of 99 students in the First Series, then 70 students in the Second Series. Workshop participants come from various campuses. To find out the impact of the activity, at the end of the activity an online survey was conducted. In general, the participants felt helped by the activity of this workshop. However, because the speakers has a social and humanities background, participants from the technology science family are not specifically served
How to cultivate practice-oriented talents in higher vocational music teachin
Authors:   Xiamen Nanyang University, China, Zeng Chaoyang
Published: January 2023

With the continuous development of economy and society, people's requirements for education are getting higher and higher, therefore, higher vocational music teaching should also develop in a higher direction. In the new era, music education is to meet the practical needs for social development and cultivate high-quality music practice-oriented talents, the so-called practice-oriented talents are those who can master the basic skills or have certain comprehensive quality in practical work. In order to cultivate practical talents that meet the needs of society, higher vocational music teaching must take the cultivation of practical talents as the main direction, and cultivate practical talents from the curriculum, teaching methods and means.
How did the scientific publication system respond to the Covid-19 pandemic?
Authors: Renan Moritz Varnier de Almeida
Published: January 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic introduced new complicating factors for the process of scientific publication, such as an unprecedented volume of article submissions. These changes have the potential to significantly alter how scientific communication is done, thus demanding scrutiny. To assess how the scientific publication system responded to the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. The following topics of interest were analyzed with the help of a review of the pertinent scientific literature: a) How were review quality and publication speed affected by the increased volume of Covid-19-related submissions; b) How were Covid-19 retraction and citation rates affected; and c) How was the scientific communication process impacted by the widespread use of “preprints” as a valid (“citable”) source of information. Concerning review quality, some extremely dubious articles on Covid-19 treatment managed to be published, some of which were in relatively prestigious journals. Regarding retractions (contrary to initial reports), no increase in retractions rate was evident as time passed and the system reached its “steady state”. As for preprints, problems associated with their use are the practice of “retracting” (withdrawing) preprints with no adequate retraction standards and how to evaluate preprint quality effectively. As a whole, the scientific publication system seems to have survived the unusual circumstances arising from the pandemic; e.g., no increase in retractions rates was observed. Problems remain to be dealt with, particularly regarding improving the peer review quality and the citation/evaluation/retracting of preprints.
Credit Cards: A Sectoral Analysis
Authors: Monis Elroy , Pai Ramesh
Published: January 2023

Background: India, being one among the fastest growing economies in the World, yet there exists an enormous gap in having access to formal credit when compared to advanced countries. Banks and financial institutions are continuously striving to fill this gap with the aid of introducing new payment merchandise and units that would make accessibility to credit less difficult. Historically, formal credit was only restricted to financial products like home, car and private loans, but now it's been shifted to instruments such as credit cards. Credit cards have witnessed big scale issuance and increase in usage. Despite the fact that, traditionally India has been a debit card marketplace, the boom in credit card market has modified this narrative and credit cards have been prominently used in recent times.
Objective: This paper aims at sectoral analysis of the credit card industry in India by considering top three credit card issuers i.e., HDFC bank, SBI Cards, and ICICI Bank.
Methodology: In order to study the credit card industry in India, its growth and usage, secondary data from various sources were analysed. A SWOT analysis was conducted to depict the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of credit card industry.
Findings and Conclusion: Sectoral analysis of HDFC, SBI and ICICI bank indicates that usage and growth of credit cards in India has tremendously increased over the years. However, India has a long way to go and potential to explore the credit card market. Security issues has always been a concern in the credit card market. Credit cards have proved to be convenient in managing ones expenses, at the same time it needs to be used carefully in order to avoid debt traps, in case of over spending.
Paper Type: Case Study based research analysis on credit cards industry by highlighting about 3 major credit card issuers i.e., HDFC bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India.
COVID-19 PANDEMİSİNDE Z KUŞAĞININ SANAL MARKET ALIŞVERİŞ ALIŞKANLIKLARININ İNCELENMESİ: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: Güngör Sabri , Efe Hatice , İpek Ayşegül , Er Nediman
Published: January 2023

2019 yılının Aralık ayında Çin’de ortaya çıkarak bütün dünyayı etkisi altına alan COVID-19 pandemisi günlük hayatımızda önemli değişimlere, özellikle de birçok alanda daha hızlı gelişen dijital dönüşümlere neden olmuştur. Pandemi öncesi Türkiye’de çok yaygın kullanımı olmayan sanal market uygulamaları da bu dönüşümden payını almış ve bu uygulamaların kullanımında büyük bir artış olmuştur. Dijital dönüşüm kavramı ile büyüyen Z kuşağının sanal market uygulamalarının gösterdiği bu dönüşüme karşı sergiledikleri davranışlar, gelecekte ekonomik özgürlüklerini tamamen alacakları düşünüldüğünde dikkatle incelenmelidir. Bu çalışmada Erciyes Üniversitesi’nde öğrenim gören Z Kuşağına dahil bireylerin sanal market alışveriş alışkanlıklarının yapısı, farklılıkları ve COVID-19 pandemisinin bu alışkanlıkları üzerindeki etkisi 413 gönüllünün katıldığı bir anket uygulaması ile araştırılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre en yaygın kullanılan sanal market uygulamalarının Trendyol Market, Getir ve Yemeksepeti Banabi olduğu görülmüştür. Sanal market uygulamalarına erişim yöntemi olarak en çok akıllı telefondan uygulama indirme yöntemi kullanılırken, en yaygın kullanım amacı olarak katılımcılar bu uygulamaların kolaylık sağlamasını göstermiştir. Sanal market uygulamalarından haberdar olma yöntemi olarak en fazla internet reklamlarının etkin olduğu görülmüştür. Pandeminin hem sıklık hem de hacim bakımından online alışveriş ve sanal market alışverişi alışkanlıklarında arttırıcı etki gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir.
The role of winter wheat plant height in the formation of grain yield depending on varietal characteristics and weather conditions
Authors: Korkhova Margaryta , Drobitko Antonina , Panfilova Antonina , Smirnova Iryna
Published: January 2023

Winter wheat is one of the main food crops that ensures the national food security of Ukraine with general production and high-quality grain. The area of winter wheat sowing ranks first in Ukraine, and the production of high-quality grain is of particular relevance. In the technology of its cultivation, the selection of varieties is a decisive factor in increasing yield and improving the quality of grain. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of weather conditions and variety characteristics during the year on plant height, lodging resistance, and yield of winter wheat. This paper presents data on the results of the research of 20 varieties of soft winter wheat in the conditions of the Research-to-Practice Centre of the Mykolaiv National Agrarian University from 2017 to 2022. During the study, generally accepted methods were used: system approach, system analysis, analysis and synthesis, field and statistical method. The study also analysed the influence of variety characteristics and weather conditions in the years under study on the yield of soft winter wheat. It was established that the optimal plant height of winter wheat varieties ranged within 94.9-100.7 cm, at which the highest grain yield is formed, from 7.09 t/ha in the Staleva variety to 7.73 t/ha in the Duma Odeska variety. An increase in the height of the winter wheat varieties under study by 4.0-6.4% led to a decrease in yield from 4.5 to 20.9%. It was established that the awned varieties of soft winter wheat formed a higher grain yield, compared to the thornless forms, which had a higher plant height and less lodging resistance. The conducted studies confirmed that, on average, the resistance to lodging was higher in the thornless forms of winter wheat plants, which is 0.4 points higher than in the awned ones. The higher average grain yield of soft winter wheat was formed by varieties of spiny forms, which is 5.8% more than that of awned varieties. The obtained results will contribute to the wide application of the varieties of soft winter wheat under study for this soil and climate zone, which will further contribute to the increase in yield and gross grain harvests.
Ahlâkî Değerlerin Ontolojik Kaynağı (Eş’arî ve Mâtürîdî Örneği)
Authors: ŞAHİN Mehmet Kenan , FINDIK Aydın
Published: January 2023

Ahlâkî değerlerin ontolojik kaynağı ismini verdiğimiz bu çalışmada ilk olarak ahlâkın zorunluluğuna değinilmiştir. Çünkü insanlık tarihinde ahlâk her zaman var olmuştur. İnsan kâinatta tek başına yaşamını devam ettirebilen bir varlık değildir. İnsanoğlu bu anlamda her zaman bir başkasına muhtaç olmuş bu da onu toplumsal bir varlık haline getirmiştir. Nitekim İslâm dini, insanın bu zorunluluğuna vurgu yaparak ahlâkî ilke ve değerlere büyük bir önem vermiştir. Bu öneme dikkat çekmek için ahlâkın dinî temelleri ismiyle bir başlık açtık. İslâm kelâmcıları da insanın ahlâkî eylemleri ile ilgili meseleleri tartışırken insan aklını, tabiatını, psikolojisini ve onun toplumsal bir varlık olmasını bir bütün olarak değerlendirmişlerdir. Kelâm ilmi insana bir nimet olarak bahşedilen irade ve özgürlüğün hangi değer yargıları yönünde kullanacağı meselesini de bu doğrultuda ele almıştır. Zirâ ahlâk bir bütün olarak düşünüldüğünde sadece insanın davranışlarını nitelendirmekle kalmaz aynı zamanda insanın kendi kimliğinin oluşmasını sağlayan bir değer yargısı oluşturur. Ahlâk kelâm ilmi içerisinde değerlendirildiğinde ahlâkın inanç esaslarından biri olan kader konusuyla yakından ilişkili olduğu görülmektedir. Dolayısıyla biz de Mâtürîdî ve Eş’arî ekollerinin ahlâkî değerlerin belirlenimi meselesini teorik olarak irade, ef’âlü’l -ibâd, hüsün-kubuh ve kesb gibi terimlerle nasıl açıkladıklarını görmeye çalıştık. Yöntem olarak akılcı bir tutum sergileyen Mu’tezile her konuda olduğu gibi bu konuda da aklı ön planda tutmuştur. Eş’arîler Allah’ın mutlak iradesi ve kudretine karşı tutumlarından dolayı ahlâkî değerlerin yalınızca vahiy yoluyla bilinebileceğini iddia ederken, Mâtürîdîler ise akıl ve vahyi beraber değerlendirmenin yanında insanın tabiatını da dikkate olarak Eş’arî ve Mu’tezile’ye göre daha makul ve kapsamlı bir yol bulmaya çalışmışlardır.
Türkiye’deki Müzik Terapistlerin Müzik Terapi Ünitesine İlişkin Görüşleri
Authors: AKYÜREK Gürbüz , ÖZKELEŞ Sercan
Published: January 2023

Bu araştırmada; Türkiye’deki müzik terapi ünitesi koşullarının tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, müzik terapi alanında gerek araştırmacı gerekse müzik terapistler için kaynak teşkil etmesi, sertifikalı müzik terapi ünitelerine yönelik yeni düzenlemelerin yapılması açısından önemlidir. Araştırma Türkiye’deki müzik terapi ünitesi koşullarının tespit edilmesine yönelik genel tarama modelinde betimsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, ülkemizde müzik terapisti sertifikasına sahip olan akademisyenler, uzman doktorlar, müzik meslek mensupları, sağlık meslek mensupları ve müzik terapistler oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma grubunu veri miktarı ve araştırmanın odağı dikkate alınarak en az lisans eğitimini tamamlamış ve gerek yurt dışında gerekse yurt içinde müzik terapi eğitimlerini tamamlamış ülkemizdeki sertifika sahibi kişiler oluşturmuştur. Araştırmadaki verilerin toplanmasında görüşme türlerinden standartlaştırılmış açık uçlu görüşme yaklaşımından yararlanılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulgularında öncelikle katılımcıların görüşlerini yansıtmak amacıyla betimsel analiz yöntemi kullanılarak doğrudan alıntılara yer verilmiştir. İkinci aşama olarak betimsel yaklaşımla farkına varılmayan tema ve kavramlar içerik analizi uygulanarak neden sorusuna cevap aranmıştır. İçerik analizinde elde edilen veriler ise, “Verilerin Kodlanması”, “Temaların Bulunması”, “Verilerin Temalara ve Kodlara Göre Düzenlenmesi ve Tanımlanması”, “Bulguların Yorumlanması” şeklinde dört evrede analiz edilerek yorumlanmıştır. Ülkemizdeki müzik terapi ünitelerinde; bir takım motor işlevlerinin yerine getirilmesine yönelik prototip enstrümanlar ve işlevsel materyallerin yer almadığı ayrıca ünitelerde çalgı bulundurulmasının zorunlu tutulmadığından hastalara/danışanlara yönelik müzik terapi uygulamaları sırasında, Orff müzik terapi, Aktif müzik terapi, Doğaçlama müzik terapi ve Kreatif müzik terapi gibi müzik terapi yaklaşımlarından yararlanılamayacağı ve Müzik terapi ünitelerinin sadece üniversite bünyesinde faaliyet göstermesinin terapi ünitelerinde yoğunluk oluşturabileceği, hastaların/danışanların müzik terapi uygulamalarından zamanında yararlanamayacağı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Google Meet's Ubiquitous and Pervasive Application with BigBlueButton
Authors: Mrs. R. Valliyammal
Published: January 2023

In this pandemic period, the education processes apply online distance learning. There are many educational learning media that can be used and one is by using Google Meet. A platform for video conferences is called Google Meet. With the ability to host video conferences and host presentations, it is an excellent platform for cooperation. so that you can attend meetings straight from an email or Calendar event. Google Meet is important to inspect teachers' perceptions and attitudes. When they have positive perceptions about online education, teachers also adopt positive attitudes toward educational technology. They would thus be open to change and resist the move to online virtual education. Google Meet is now experiencing a pandemic with various difficulties. This research paper aims to introduce Google Meet, how to utilize the application of Google Meet, how to generate Google meet links, and their benefits. This paper focuses on the effect of the Google Meet media-assisted lecture method on building student knowledge.
Illustrated Men
Authors: O’Neal Lamont
Published: January 2023

Delve into the art of menswear illustration and learn what it takes to create professional, praiseworthy fashion sketches.

With over 300 color examples, illustrator and educator Lamont O’Neal uses a mixture of watercolor, marker, pencil and digital tools to help you master fundamentals such as anatomy and proportion. Later chapters focus on garment drawing, the principles of balance and movement as well as classic poses and how they can highlight a design.

There’s also a guide to the history of menswear illustration, with introductions to some of the most influential practitioners and discussion of how to develop your own individual style by using hand drawing as an expression of individual style and creativity. There are also reference photographs showing how sketches and illustrations relate to the finished garment, making this the ultimate guide to drawing and rendering the male fashion figure.

Profiles: Cody Cannon, Carlos Aponte, Mengjie Di, Brian Lane, Ryan McMenamy, Emee Mathew, Francisco Cortés

Key topics: Drawing the Male Fashion Figure, Movement, Drawing the Clothed Figure, Drawing the Garment, Rendering Techniques, Digital Art
Wigs, Hair and Make-Up
Authors: Casey Helen
Published: January 2023

Written by the Deputy Head of Make-Up and Wigs at the National Theatre, this book opens up a process that very few people will otherwise be privy to, giving perspectives on the preparation before a production and responsibilities during, as well as looking more widely at training, career opportunities and success. It does so through drawing upon some of the most adventurous and challenging productions mounted at the National Theatre and elsewhere.

From designing and fitting wigs to managing lighting-fast quick changes, hair, wigs and make-up people are a major part of the creation of any theatrical production. Yet their role and contribution are much less discussed and written about than elements such as writing, directing and acting, despite being critical to defining and executing the aesthetic of a production.

Their involvement requires a great deal of research and creative thinking; collaboration with other members of the creative team; specific knowledge of wig-making and measuring, make-up design and application; and managing all of these elements during the course of the evening. Often required to cover all three elements (and sometimes more), the designer looking after hair, wigs and make-up needs to bring to the production multiple areas of expertise and is a core part of the creative team.
Architecture and Retrenchment
Authors: Mattsson Helena
Published: January 2023

Scholars in architectural and urban history have, over the last decade, been trying to come to terms with architecture’s ‘neoliberal turn’ and its various impacts – from municipal policy to the artistic imagination. However most scholarship has focussed on generalizations, with very little work to date focussing on specific cases.

Architecture and Retrenchment brings one such case to the fore – investigating the relation between architecture and the Swedish Model of the welfare state. It tracks the response of architecture to the gradual retrenchment and ultimate dismantling of the Swedish welfare state – which was, in its heyday, world-famous for its integration of architecture and the built environment into the welfare system. Ultimately, neoliberal economics prevailed, yet this book reveals how new architectural strategies and techniques were developed in order to protect the agency of architecture in the newly reorganised society of the 1980s and 1990s.

Through eight in-depth case-studies, the book situates the often abstract, generalised discourse of neoliberalism and privatisation in specific architectural sites, and provides an original interpretation of how architecture, space, aesthetics, and politics converged at the end of the twentieth century.
William Shakespeare: A Brief Life
Authors: Menzer Paul
Published: January 2023

This engaging and fresh biography begins by examining how Shakespeare’s life turns into myth so comfortably as to seduce even the most sceptical scholar. The early departure, the late return. Public success, private loss. A twilight of plays about family reunions, a death at home in the biggest house in town, the one he walked by as a schoolboy and eyed with envy, or at least ambition. Shakespeare led an orbital life, everything returned to where it began. He even had the dramatic good sense to die on his birthday.

One of the appealing dynamics of the Shakespeare myth is the contrast of his humble beginnings and his lofty achievements, persuading us that genius might blossom anywhere. William Shakespeare: A Brief Life honours these myths, but also explores some of the mysteries: why Shakespeare left Stratford, who he ran with in London, why he put down his pen and at last came home again. Ultimately, the book explores the compelling contrast between the mere fifty two years Shakespeare lived, with the prolonged after lives of his work and his story, which show no sign of ending.
Fear and Clothing
Authors: Baker Jane Custance
Published: January 2023

Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers’ anxieties and fears about class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction was deemed at the time to be a masculine and high-status entertainment. However the literature demonstrates an admiration and acceptance of the woman’s identity, performed during the Great War and continuing throughout the interwar period, as girl pal and female gentleman.

In chapters that explore age, character, class, masculinity, performative womanhood and race, Jane Custance Baker exposes how dress was a status marker to both male and female readers, made anxious by social change brought about by war. Dress in detective fiction reveals a set of signs to be read, digested, and possibly employed to model the individual reader's personal dress choices. Fear and Clothing sheds new light on dress of the period, the social and cultural environment as depicted in the popular fiction genre in the early 20th century, and is of interest to researchers and scholars within dress history, literary and historical studies.
Interfaces and Us
Authors: Kaiser Zachary
Published: January 2023

We’re all familiar with smart TVs making suggestions on our future watching, real-world exercise data being transferred into stats and infographics on our workout apps and turning up our home heating before we start our commute – but how does this world of technological interfaces affect our actions and perceptions of self? When society relies on computer models and their interfaces to explain and predict everything from love to geopolitical conflicts, our own behaviour and choices are artificially changed. Zachary Kaiser explores the harmful social consequences of this idea – balanced against speed and ease for the user – and how design practice and education can respond positively.

– Concepts of freedom vs convenience

– Smart objects and manipulation

– Real world information transformed into data

– Technology’s decisions made on our behalf
A New History of “Made in Italy”
Authors: Savi Lucia
Published: January 2023

In the first book to examine the role played by textile manufacturing in the development of fashion in Italy, A New History of ‘Made in Italy’ investigates Italy’s transition from a country of dressmakers, tailors and small-scale couturiers in the early post-Second World War period to a major producer of ready-to-wear fashion in the 1980s. It takes the reader from Italy’s first internationally attended fashion show in 1951 to Time magazine’s Giorgio Armani April 1982 cover story, which signalled the fashion designer’s international arrival, and Milan’s presence as the capital of ready-to-wear.

Chapters focus for the first time on the material substance of Italian fashion – textile – looking at questions including the importance of manufacturing quality, design innovation, composition, production techniques, commerce and the role of textile on the country’s overall fashion system. Through these, Lucia Savi brings to light the importance of synthetic fibres, previously little-known players, such as the carnettisti (a type of textile wholesalers) as well as re-investigating well-known couturiers and designers such as Simonetta, Gianfranco Ferré and Gianni Versace.

By looking at how things are made, by whom, and where, this book seeks to unpack the ‘Made in Italy’ label through a focus on making. Informed by extensive archival materials retrieved from a wide range of sources, it brings together the often-separated disciplines of fashion, textile and design history.
From Craft to Career
Authors: Sugarman Merri , Moss Tracy
Published: January 2023

Practical, positive and uplifting, the advice in this book is designed to lead to the best outcomes possible for you, the actor, making the transition from craft to career.

The reader is given insight into the various types of casting directors across the industry and how that practical knowledge can benefit you and increase your chance of success. While providing an in-depth insight into the role of the casting director, this book explains the jobs of all the other people involved in the casting process – including producers, network executives, writers – and how they influence casting decisions.

As the collected wisdom Merri Sugarman’s 20+ years of experience in different aspects of professional casting within television, film and theater, this book is a treasure trove of advice to help the actors and those who support them in their career goals, learn what it takes to be a pro. For those who choose to make their craft a career, it’s an invaluable resource.
Selling Europe to the World
Authors: Donzé Pierre-Yves
Published: January 2023

Chanel suits, Louis Vuitton bags and Omega watches are now objects that embody a globalized material culture. Over the past 30 years, the luxury goods industry has undergone a tremendous expansion around the world. However, it remains largely dominated by European companies, ranging from diversified conglomerates such as LVMH and Richemont to independent companies such as the Italian fashion houses Armani and Ermenegildo Zegna, and industrial groups like Swatch and L’Oréal or new start-ups such as Richard Mille. How and why did these companies succeed? How did they manage to transform a sector previously dominated by small family firms into a global big business?

The Formation and Growth of the Global Luxury Industry presents the development of the global luxury goods industry from the 1980s to the present day. It highlights the strategies implemented by a new generation of entrepreneurs and explains, beyond the glamorous image conveyed by luxury brands, the sources of success of these firms. An essential book for understanding the success of the contemporary luxury industry.
The Abbott Touch
Authors: Hischak Thomas
Published: January 2023

This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott’s name became synonymous with the ‘golden age’ of Broadway. What did Abbott contribute? How did he work? How did he innovate the industry? How did he survive so long? All of these inquiries, and more, lead to the most fundamental question of all: what exactly was the famous “Abbott touch”?

For sixty years, George Abbott was a vital force in the American theatre. As an actor, playwright, director, librettist, play doctor, and producer, he laid his “touch” on approximately 100 New York productions, from The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees through to Once Upon a Mattress and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Spanning this incredible figure’s work chronologically, each chapter of The Abbott Touch examines a period of creativity in his life, culminating in how he became the famous multi-hyphenate artist he is now celebrated as. Beginning with his early career in 1913 through to his work on the 1994 revival of Damn Yankees, this book analyses his key contributions to his primary works, all of which have relied on his genius.

The first study of its kind, The Abbott Touch provides key insights into the working life of one of the 20th Century’s most prolific theatre practitioners, as well as a vital history for theatre scholars and fans alike.
Post-Revolutionary Europe
Authors: Lyons Martyn
Published: January 2023

Martyn Lyons offers a fresh interpretation of European history in the half-century following the fall of Napoleon. Instead of seeing the period in traditional terms of Restoration and Reaction, this new account emphasizes the problems of remembering and forgetting the recent revolutionary and Napoleonic past, and of either incorporating or rejecting its legacy.

Post-Revolutionary Europe:

- Makes interesting comparisons and contrasts between the fall of the French Empire in 1815 and the collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1989-91

- Examines the new forms of popular participation in political life which developed between the 1830 and 1848 Revolutions, as a broad public sphere of action was created

- Offers a series of thematic chapters which discuss key topics such as peasants and artisans, the bourgeois family, nationalism, the growth of cities, and European Jewry

- Covers a wide geographical context, from Britain to the Balkans and from Portugal to Russia

Illustrated throughout, this clear and engaging text is essential reading for all those with an interest in this important period of European history.
Globalisation, Modernity and Social Change
Authors: Dürrschmidt Jörg , Taylor Graham
Published: January 2023

This text provides an overview of the sociology of change and transition, exploring how global transformation processes impact on everyday life by examining a number of ‘hot spots’ of change in contemporary society: the city, the workplace, patterns of consumption, politics, broader areas and the environment. It engages with a range of theories and concepts, in order to investigate the interplay of continuity and change in contemporary society, and assesses their usefulness. It also speculates on the shape of emerging social orders.
Reflexivity in Therapeutic Practice
Authors: Hedges Fran
Published: January 2023

Why do some therapeutic conversations go well but not others?

We all have prejudices and assumptions which influence how we describe the world and how we conduct our conversations with others. Therapists' own narratives can sometimes impede, rather than facilitate, effective therapeutic processes, with far-reaching effects on clients' lives. This unique and important book describes how self-reflexive practices can lead to more ethically responsible, collaborative and life-enhancing conversations.

Drawing on her many years' clinical experience, Fran Hedges explores self-reflexive practice in action, offering the reader a set of skills for assessing their own personal resources and stories and unpacking their professional belief systems. Each chapter:

- Describes a single extended case study in psychotherapy as a source of analysis and illumination

- Focuses on a particular theme, from the importance of language and emotion to the often-neglected significance of bodily responses

- Interweaves theory with self-reflection to offer a compelling blend of critical, conceptual and personal material

This stimulating, innovative and practical book will appeal to trainee counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists as well as experienced mental health practitioners and supervisors who are looking for ways to invigorate and enhance their practice.
Supervision in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Authors: Omand Liz
Published: January 2023

Supervision is essential for counsellors and psychotherapists, but it can create emotional pressures and practical dilemmas. This book offers a sympathetic introduction to supervision that helps the reader to think through these complex issues. Rooted in the psychodynamic tradition, this book provides the reader with a sophisticated understanding of theory whilst exploring the principles that underpin good practice. The text gives useful insights into the conflicts and possibilities offered by supervision to both supervisor and supervisee. Drawing on case studies taken directly from the author’s own experience, the individual chapters consider issues in a variety of settings, from group supervision and supervising in institutions, to working with difference and supervising those with clients in crisis. Thought-provoking and enjoyable to read, this book encourages the reader to reflect on their own practice. It is an ideal text for those beginning to supervise as well as for experienced practitioners looking to refresh their knowledge and skills.
Shakespeare: The Histories
Authors: Blades John
Published: January 2023

The History plays established Shakespeare’s reputation as an enormously popular and dramatic storyteller, demonstrating his skill in drawing such astonishing characters as Richard III and Sir John Falstaff. Featuring detailed analyses of extracts, John Blades guides the student through four of Shakespeare’s most compelling Histories.

Part I of this stimulating study:

- Provides clear and engaging close readings of passages from Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, and Richard III

- Examines major themes, characters, language and Shakespeare's dramatic techniques

- Offers suggestions for further work and summarizes the methods of analysis

Part II supplies essential background material, including:

- A detailed survey of Shakespeare's literary and historical contexts

- Samples of criticism from leading scholars

With a helpful Glossary and Further Reading section, this lucid study is ideal for anyone who wishes to appreciate and explore the remarkable writing of Shakespeare's History plays for themselves.
Family and Household in Medieval England
Authors: Fleming Peter
Published: January 2023

Drawing upon a wide range of historical research, Family and Household in Medieval England offers a stimulating and engaging introduction to the formative period of one of the central institutions of western society. The family and household together provided the basic unit of social organisation in the Middle Ages, and this period saw the emergence of many aspects of modern life, not least the marriage service and its attendant ceremonies.

The family was one of the few experiences or institutions common to every rank of medieval society, from princes to peasants. The centrality of this theme is reflected in the breadth of topics considered here, which embrace demography, the law, theology and popular belief, property-holding, employment, and, of course, love and emotional relationships. These areas are explored in a clear and accessible manner.

After discussing the family in the religious and legal traditions from the late classical and barbarian periods to the Middle ages, the book adopts a ‘life-cycle’ approach to the history of the medieval English family, beginning with courtship and marriage, encompassing childbirth and the parent-child relationship along the way, through to the dissolution of marriage, either by death or separation, and ending with a discussion of widowhood, wardship and retirement. The text is illuminated with examples from the experiences of people from all levels of medieval soicety, reflecting the diversity of family life in this period. The history of the family touches upon the most intimate areas of life, and Fleming never forgets that it is real people, who possessed complex emotions, sensibilities and private lives, who form the heart of this study.
Gender Issues and Nursing Practice
Authors: Miers Margaret
Published: January 2023

This reader samples a wide range of modern theological, religious and philosophical discussion on the problem of evil, understood both in terms of the practical or spiritual problem of coping with evil, and the theological problem of explaining its presence in God’s world.
The Merchant Of Venice
Authors: Coyle Martin
Published: January 2023

The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. It is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.
Social Work and Social Problems
Authors: Smale Gerald , Tuson Graham , Statham Daphne
Published: January 2023

This book describes how social work teams can respond to social problems in a way that both deals with immediate need and helps build community capacity.
Rural Englands
Authors: Reay Barry
Published: January 2023

Rural Englands is the first general history of nineteenth-century English rural workers. Barry Reay provides a fresh perspective on England's rural past, reintroducing those often excluded from more traditional historical approaches, and stressing the diversity of working communities and the dynamism of rural life.
Design of Structural Masonry
Authors: Mckenzie W.M.C.
Published: January 2023

This textbook provides a comprehensive source of information on practical masonry design, introduces the nature and inherent characteristics of masonry given in relation to the requirements of BS 5628 and introduces the use of Eurocode EC6 in structural masonry design. The book's content ranges from an introduction to masonry as a material to the design of realistic structures.

This user-friendly text is an indispensable resource both for undergraduates in all years of civil engineering and structural engineering, in construction and architecture, and for practising engineers looking to refresh their knowledge.