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TRANSLANGUAGING IN ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS
Authors: Canlı Bekir , Canlı Zeynep
Published: September 2023

Ulusal ideolojiler ve dil politikaları, paydaşları yıllardır dil sınıflarında tek dilli stratejiyi izlemeye yönlendirmiştir. Tek bir dilin kullanılmasına rağmen, dil alaşımı, öğrenenlere dil eğitiminde daha esnek bir atmosfer sunmuştur. Bu nedenle, ikinci dil öğrenme ortamlarında bir araştırma konusu olmuştur. Ancak çevrimiçi yabancı dil sınıflarında dil alaşımı uygulamaları pek araştırılmamıştır. Çevrimiçi yabancı dil sınıfları, uygulamalar hakkında sağlam ve değerli bilgiler sunabilir. Bu çalışma, öğrencilerin çevrimiçi yabancı dil sınıflarında bir öğrenme stratejisi olarak dil alaşımı algılarını araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Öğrenciler amaçlı örnekleme yoluyla seçilmiştir. Öğrenciler, Türkiye'deki bir devlet üniversitesinde temel düzeyde İngilizce öğrenen öğrencilerdir. Veriler anket ve yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yoluyla toplanmıştır. Anket Küçük'ün (2018) 22 maddelik ve 5'li Likert ölçekli maddelerden oluşan çalışmasından uyarlanmıştır. Nicel veriler tanımlayıcı istatistiklerle analiz edilmiştir. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler, katılımcıların düşüncelerini derinleştirmek için anket maddeleriyle bağlantılı beş sorudan oluşur. Nitel veriler, temalar ve kodlar sunularak içerik analizi yoluyla analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular, öğrencilerin bilişsel, sosyal ve eğitimsel gelişimleri için faydalıdır. Bu çalışma, öğrencilerin dil alaşımı hakkındaki algılarının hayati olduğu sonucuna varmaktadır. Çalışma sonuçları, paydaşların çevrimiçi yabancı dil sınıflarında dil alaşımı kullanımına ilişkin farkındalığını artırabilir ve kitap yazarları bu bağlamlarda öğrenmeyi geliştirmek için etkinlikler hazırlarken bu konuyu göz önünde bulundurabilir. Analiz, sınıflarda birden fazla dil kullanılarak öğretmenler ve öğrenciler için özgün bir yaklaşım sunabilir; bu nedenle, öğrenciler yeni bir dil öğrenmek için olası tüm potansiyellerini kullanabilirler.
ALPAMIŞ DESTANI’NIN VARYANTLARINDA ZALİM HÜKÜMDARIN ETNİK KİMLİĞİ MESELESİ
Authors: Çöloğlu Raşit
Published: September 2023

Alpamış Destanı ve onun başka isimlerdeki varyantları Türk Dünyasının pek çok bölgesinde anlatılmaktadır. Yüzyıllardır bilinen bu destan Türk boylarının günlük hayatlarına, arzularına, sevinçlerine, kederlerine ve kadim geleneklerine ışık tutmaktadır. Aynı destanın benzer kurgu ama farklı kişi kadrosuyla geniş bir coğrafyada anlatılması değişen gelenekleri ve bakış açısını görmemize olanak tanımaktadır. Böylece destanda Alpamış ve yakınlarına zarar veren zalim hükümdarın etnik kimliğinin varyantlara göre değişimini incelemek mümkün olmaktadır. Buna göre destanın Kongrat rivayetine giren Özbek, Kazak ve Karakalpak varyantlarında zalim hükümdar Kalmuk kökenlidir. Kazak masallarından Jelkildek’te de zalim hükümdar Kalmuk hanı Telege iken Kozı Körpeş ve Bayan Sulu’da Kozı’ya düşmanlık besleyen ve sonunda onu öldüren kişi Kalmuklardan evlat edinilen Kodar’dır. Alpamış’ın oğlunun hikâyesinin yine benzer kurgu ile anlatıldığı Yadgar Destanı’nda da düşman bahadırlar ve zalim hükümdar kâfir Kalmuk halkındandır. Destanın Altay rivayetinde (Alıp Manaş Destanı) ise zalim hükümdar “gaddar Ak Kan”dır. Bu varyantta Hanın ismi çok netken onun uyruğu karanlıkta kalmıştır. Başkurt, Kazan Tatarları ve Tacik varyantlarında da Altay varyantında olduğu gibi zalim hükümdarın kimliğinin belirsiz olduğu görülmektedir. Alpamış Destanı’nın benzer kurgu ama başka isimlerdeki varyantlarına baktığımızda Dede Korkut Kitabı’nın Bamsı Beyrek ve Banıçiçek hikâyesinde zalim hükümdarın Bayburt Hisarı kâfir beyi olduğu anlaşılır. Kırgızlarından derlenen Canış-Bayış Destanı’nda ise zalim hükümdar Kıtayların hanıdır. Bu destanlarda zalim hükümdar tipi ile tarihsel düşmanlar oldukça net tasvir edilir. Yusuf ile Ahmed Destanı’nda ise zalim hükümdar Mısır sultanı Küzer Şah’tır. Çalışmada “Karşılaştırmalı Metin Analizi” yöntemi kullanılmıştır.
Severe maternal morbidity requiring intensive care units admission in the Slovak Republic – a 9-year population based study
Authors:   1st Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Vargová Mária , Adamec Adam , Kotríková Dominika , McCullough Liam , Kanásová Diana , Daniš Jakub , Gabal Rebeka , Krištúfková Alexandra , Nižňanská Zuzana , Korbeľ Miroslav
Published: September 2023

Objective: Analysis of life-threatening maternal morbidities, the condition of which required subsequent treatment in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the Slovak Republic in the years 2012–2020. Methodology: Retrospective analysis of 655 identified cases of mothers admitted to the intensive care units out of 436,136 births. The reasons for the transport were divided into nine categories: peripartum bleeding, hypertensive diseases, thromboembolism, cardiovascular diseases, sepsis/severe infections, metabolic diseases, complications of anaesthesiology, gastroenterological problems and others. Results: The total incidence of admission to the intensive care units in the observed period was 1.5 per 1,000 births, but for mothers of Roma nationality it was 8.8 per 1,000 births. The average age of mothers was 30.7 years, while 29.7% were over 35 years old. Overweight and obesity was present by 70.4% of mothers. The most common reason for transport to the ICU (49.3%) was severe postpartum hemorrhage. The second most common cause (26.0%) was hypertensive diseases (preeclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome). The third most common cause (4.9%) was sepsis and severe maternal infections. The mortality rate of mothers admitted to the ICU was 2.3% and infant mortality of these mothers was 8.7%. Conclusion: The incidence of admission of mothers to the ICU in the monitored years was 1.5 per 1,000 births, which in international comparison ranks Slovakia among countries with a lower incidence. Key words: severe acute maternal morbidity – mother admission to the intensive care unit
Therapeutical strategies for recurrent endometrial cancer
Authors:   Gynecological Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic, Crha Tomáš , Minář Luboš , Felsinger Michal , Weinberger Vít
Published: September 2023

Objective: A comprehensive overview of therapeutical strategies for recurrent endometrial cancer with illustrative case report. Methodology: A review providing basic overview of therapeutical options for different forms of recurrent endometrial cancer including surgical treatment, systemic treatment and radiotherapy. It includes a case report presenting a treatment of patient with an endometrial cancer recurrence in the abdominal wall. Conclusion: Therapeutical strategies in patients with endometrial cancer recurrence include surgical treatment, radiotherapy and systemic treatment depending on previous therapy, type and site of recurrence or dissemination, performance status and wishes of the patient. Decision about choice of treatment should be individually discussed and evaluated by multidisciplinary oncogynecological commission board. Key words: endometrial cancer – local recurrence – distant recurrence – systemic treatment – radiotherapy – surgery
Social Media Marketing: Strategies and Impact on Business
Authors: Ballabh Samita
Published: September 2023

This paper aims to explore the field of social media marketing for businesses.  Individuals use social media to stay in contact with friends, family and  communities at large. Businesses of all kinds and sizes use social media to  interact with customers and promote their brand at a relatively low cost.  In today’s digital era, social media platforms have revolutionized the way  businesses engage with their target audience, build brand awareness and  promote their products and services. 

The study delves into various strategies used in social media marketing  such as selecting the right platform, creating compelling content,  leveraging influencer collaborations and enhancing customer engagement.  Additionally, the paper attempts to compare the effectiveness and impact  of social media marketing with traditional marketing methods. For  this purpose, a descriptive research approach was employed, utilizing  secondary data. The research findings provide valuable insights into the significance of social  media marketing as a powerful tool for businesses, especially micro and  small enterprises to reach and engage with their customers. By embracing  the power of social media marketing, businesses can effectively reach their  target audience and stay competitive in this digital age.
Management of Cervico-vaginal and Rectal Prolapse in Goat during Advanced Pregnancy
Authors: Bhat Ghulam Rasool , Nisa Masrat un , Yousuf Nahida , Singh Pawan preet , Parrah Jalaluddin
Published: September 2023

An apparently healthy doe with a history of bright red protruding cervico-vaginal and rectal mass through the vulva and anus, respectively, and continuous straining efforts was successfully managed till kidding with Buhner sutures using silk under epidural anesthesia.
Comparison of hormonal levels in ovarian follicular fluid of normal versus subfertile buffaloes
Authors: Honparkhe Mrigank , Gandotra Vinod Kumar , Ghuman Sarvpreet Singh , Matharoo J S , Brar Parkash Singh
Published: September 2023

Six normal cycling and fifteen subfertile buffaloes were subjected to transvaginal ultrasound guided aspiration of ≥5 mm size follicles and the follicular fluid was collected on each occasion to estimate the levels of progesterone, estradiol and IGF-1. The follicles were categorized and pooled according to their size as 5 to 6, >6-8 and >8 mm. In normal cycling buffaloes, estradiol and IGF concentration increased (P<0.05) as the follicular size increase whereas the progesterone concentration varied non-significantly among the different size categories of follicles. In subfertile buffaloes, the concentrations of progesterone, estradiol and IGF-1 remained similar among different follicular diameter ranges. However, the concentrations of various hormones in different size categories were significantly (P<0.05) higher in subfertile than that in normal cycling buffaloes. In conclusion, subfertile buffaloes had unchanged concentrations of hormones among different size categories indicating disturbed steroidogenesis and require further investigations.
Therapeutic Management of Anovulatory Follicle using CIDR Based protocol in a Repeat Breeder Heifer
Authors: Chandel Anshul , Singh Madhumeet
Published: September 2023

A Controlled internal drug releasing device (CIDR)- Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) based estrus synchronization protocol and post-insemination CIDR application led to successful conception and parturition in a repeat breeder anovulatory heifer.
Effect of percoll density gradient centrifugation on semen quality of X- sperm enriched crossbred bull semen
Authors: Chaudhary Deeksha , Sharma Mridula , Devlal Kamal
Published: September 2023

The present study was conducted to observe the effect of percoll density gradient centrifugation on quality of semen. Ejaculates were collected by AV method from Sahiwal bulls. X-sperm enrichment was done by percoll density gradient method i.e. 7 layers (70-10%). Centrifugation was done at 750 g (22-24°C) for 15 min. The pellets obtained were diluted in EYC medium. Semen quality was evaluated in fresh semen (Control), in pellet of normal centrifugation (Group I), supernatant of centrifugation in percoll density gradient (Group II) and pellet of centrifugation in percoll density gradient (Group III). To assess the quality of enriched semen pH, mass motility, progressive motility, live spermatozoa %, abnormal spermatozoa %, HOST % and intact acrosome % were evaluated. Number of progressively motile sperms in pellet of X- enriched semen were non-significantly increased and significantly (P<0.05) decreased in supernatant. The abnormal spermatozoa (%) were decreased in G III as compared to G II Live spermatozoa (%) were increased in enriched semen (pellet). Number of Intact sperms decreased significantly (P<0.05) in supernatant of percoll density gradient centrifuged Sahiwal semen. HOST responsive sperms number was not affected after percoll density gradient centrifugation. Thus, the semen quality of X sperm enriched semen by percoll density gradient method (7 layer 70%) was not affected hence it can be used to increase female calves’ birth after A.I.
Impact of Cysteine as a Semen Additive on Mitigating the Decline in Sperm Quality due to Summer Stress in Riverine Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Authors: Arunpandian J , Srivastava Neeraj , Singh Gyanendra , Kumar Brijesh , Jackson Amala , Chandra Pradeep , Ghosh Subrato Kumar , Singh Sanjay Kumar , Khan Meiraj Haider
Published: September 2023

The seasonal variations such as temperature, rain and humid environment greatly influences reproduction, and semen quality particularly in buffalo bulls, either positively or negatively. The heat stress coupled with freezing and thawing processes generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), which further reduce post-thaw spermatozoa quality. Application of cysteine as a semen additive have been reported to alleviate such damaging effect in canine, buck, bull, human, boar, and rooster. Therefore, objective of this study was to investigate ameliorating effect of cysteine on summer stress on buffalo spermatozoa. For the experiment, 24 ejaculates with individual progressive motility >70, volume >1mL and sperm concentration 1000 million/mL from four Murrah buffalo bulls were collected and divided into four groups as Control (Group-I), and Group-II, III, and IV (4, 8, and 12 mmol cysteine, respectively) containing 80 million spermatozoa per mL. Semen was filled (French mini straw), sealed and equilibrated at 40⸰C and frozen into LN2. The group containing L-cysteine at 4 mmol concentration had higher significant (p<0.05) difference in post thaw motility, viability, plasma membrane integrity and acrosome integrity, TAC, DNA integrity and lower significant (p<0.05) difference in spermatozoa abnormality, LPO and intracellular ROS. Moreover, cysteine concentration at 8 mmol has no beneficial effect compared to the Control, whereas Group-IV had greater adverse effect. This may be due to its toxicity at this concentration. It is evident from the study that the cysteine molecules at 4 mmol concentration produced more pronounced improvement in the freezability potential of buffalo bull spermatozoa.
Therapeutic Management of Canine Dirofilariasis in Nagaland, India
Authors: Kuotsu Keneisezo , Ozukum Sashitola , Kuotsu Neithono , Devi N Bhumapati , Laltlankimi  , Chutia Tukheswar , Biswas Newton , Das Gunjan
Published: September 2023

Dirofilariasis is one of the most clinically important diseases  in dogs. It is also called as heart-worm disease, which is a  non-contagious parasitic disease caused by filarial or small  thread-like worms, Dirofilaria immitis, and D. repens of the  family Onchocercidae (Nelson et al., 2014; Adebayo et al., 2022).  It is an arthropod-borne disease. The mosquitoes belonging  to the genera Culex, Aedes, Anopheles, and Mansonia are  principally responsible for the transmission of this disease  (Borthakur et al., 2016). Transmission of the parasite occurs  when a potential vector bites dogs during a blood meal.  It takes about 6-7 months for the third-stage larvae (L3) to  become adult parasites after entering the blood vessels of  the hosts (Koutsu et al., 2022).  After maturation, the adult  worms reproduce and produce microfilariae (pre-L1), which  are released in the host blood vessels and taken up by a  feeding mosquito (Thilakarathne et al., 2023), and completed  the lifecycle of the parasite.
AI Horizons: Unveiling the Future of Generative Intelligence
Authors: Sanhita Kar  , Chayantika Roy  , Meghna Das  , Soumita Mullick  , Rupa Saha
Published: September 2023

Generative AI is basically a subfield of artificial intelligence. It mainly focuses on developing systems that can generate creative outputs such as images, music, text, and more. By deep learning techniques, Generative models are capable of independent producing content that look like human-generated creations. The key characteristic of Generative AI is its capacity to learn from huge datasets, catch patterns, and generate new content that show similar characteristics. In recent years, Generative AI models such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and variational autoencoders (VAEs). GANs consist of two components: a generator network and a discriminator network those engaged in a competitive process of generating and evaluating content. VAEs employ an encoder-decoder architecture to learn and generate new samples.
This paper discusses the key areas where Generative AI is expected to make significant contributions in the future. These areas include: Healthcare, Art and Entertainment, Ethical and Societal Considerations, Autonomous Systems, Content Creation etc.
Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England
Authors: Watt David
Published: September 2023

‘We live,’ according to Adam Kotsko, ‘in an awkward age.’ While this condition may present some challenges, it may also help us to be more attuned to awkwardness in other ages. This book explores laughter and awkwardness in late-medieval English literature.

In this nuanced and engaging study, David Watt focuses especially, but not exclusively, on the 15th century, which seems to intervene awkwardly in the literary trajectory between Chaucer and the Renaissance. The hypothesis of this book is that the social discomfort depicted and engendered by writers as diverse as Thomas Hoccleve, Margery Kempe, and Sir Thomas Malory is a feature rather than a flaw. In exploring this, Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England reveals how and why these texts generate awkwardness and questions and in turn contemplates what it meant to live together in an awkward age.
Literature and the Telephone
Authors: Jackson Sarah
Published: September 2023

Literature and the Telephone explores the ways that the telephone taps into the operations of reading and writing, opening up our understanding of how, where and why literary communication takes place.

Addressing the telephone’s complex, multiple and mutating functions, and drawing on recent work by writers and thinkers including Sara Ahmed, Stacy Alaimo, Judith Butler, Nicholas Royle and Eyal Weizman, this open access book considers the linguistic, technical and conceptual disruptions of the literary telephone as well as the poetic and political possibilities of the exchange.

Focusing on the telephonic effects of post-war writing by authors such as Mourid Barghouti, Caroline Bergvall, Tom Raworth, Muriel Spark, Ali Smith and Rita Wong, Sarah Jackson proposes that the uncanny logic of the telephone, and its capacity for ordering and disordering the text, speaks to some of the most urgent concerns of our era.

Examining topics ranging from surveillance and migration to warfare and electronic waste, Jackson argues that the literary telephone offers new ways of conceiving ethical and creative technological futures, as well as different modes of reading, writing and listening across cultures.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Nottingham Trent University.
A Sociopolitical Agenda for TESOL Teacher Education
Authors: Yazan Bedrettin , Prabjandee Denchai
Published: September 2023

Teaching English to the speakers of other languages (TESOL) sits at the nexus of constant change, which makes it vitally important for language teachers to engage in continuous development to survive professionally. Central to moving with the proverbial times, is keeping abreast with the sociopolitical milieu in which teachers are embedded. However, most teacher education activities are often associated with what is perceived as “best practices” that are expected to be adopted (often uncritically) for classroom application and practice, with the intention of “training” teachers to become “technicians” in their respective classrooms. However, in reality, TESOL practitioners often find themselves in situations that require them to be reflexive practitioners and to negotiate sites of political struggles and social injustice.

Given that a socially situated understanding of TESOL teacher education is often overlooked, this volume highlights the sociopolitical dimensions of TESOL teacher education. In the first part of the volume, the chapters introduce the theoretical underpinnings of the sociopolitical agenda proposed by this volume. Building upon these theoretical underpinnings, the chapters in the second part of the volume subsequently realize the proposed agenda by situating it within actual TESOL teacher education contexts that are characterized by power imbalances and neoliberally-inflected educational injustices.
Roger Ascham’s Themata Theologica
Authors: Nicholas Lucy R. , Williams Gareth , Williams Gareth , Watanabe Akihiko
Published: September 2023

Roger Ascham is often classified as ‘a great mid-Tudor humanist’ and he is perhaps best recognised for his role as tutor to Elizabeth I. His most famous works, The Scholemaster and Toxophilus, have been extensively excerpted in studies on prose style and English humanism. By contrast, his Latin works that centred on theology and key Reformation concerns have languished in the shadows of modern scholarship. Ascham’s Themata Theologica (Theological Propositions), composed in the late 1530s and early 1540s, is one of these. This little-known text of eleven ‘themes’ offers a rare opportunity both to trace the course of Ascham’s own religious development and to take the temperature of the confessional climate at Cambridge University during one of the most turbulent periods of the Reformation.

The present edition, in addition to producing the first English translation of this text, aims to show the ways in which this work can cast fresh light on sixteenth-century intellectual culture by illuminating a critical phase of religious reform and biblical scholarship in England. The essays set forth in this volume present key insights into what Ascham considered essential in the English Church, and how his Christian compatriots should worship.
Behind the Seams
Authors: Hiner Susan
Published: September 2023

In this highly original book, Susan E. Hiner looks behind fashion’s seams and focuses on the women fashion producers – both working- and middle-class – who were key to shaping the French fashion economy. Behind the Seams thus opens up the fields of both fashion and French cultural studies and explores new ways of understanding the 19th century by demonstrating that these women’s complex and contradictory roles as producers of luxury items left them exploited by an oppressive fashion system even as they served as influencers within it.

In 19th-century France, fashion was a powerful and lucrative network that depended on women’s expert manipulation of its raw materials. The delicate finger work of seamstresses and modistes yielded frothy dresses and ethereal hats; the subtle, persuasive rhetoric of written chronicles resulted in savvy, targeted marketing campaigns of goods and lifestyles; and the stylized visual splendour of the detailed drawing, engraving, and painting of fashion plates fed an aspirational fantasy that ended in consumption.

Yet this fashion system paradoxically effaced many of the women on whom it depended. Rather than repeating the familiar narrative of women as victims of fashion, Behind the Seams tells a more complicated story. Hiner’s close examination reveals the productive women workers, writers, and artists who achieved agency, influence, and active careers even as their work and lives were masked by the ways in which they were mythologized in popular culture, rendered anonymous, and marginalized by institutional exclusion.

Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout, Behind the Seams is a rich resource and essential reading for all those interested in fashion history, 19th-century French history and visual culture, and the social history of women.
Hidden Patrons
Authors: Boyington Amy
Published: September 2023

An enduring myth of Georgian architecture is that it was purely the pursuit of male architects and their wealthy male patrons. History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes.

Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth – revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than has previously been recognised. Architectural drawing and design, discourse, and patronage were interests shared by many women in the eighteenth century. Far from being the preserve of elite men, architecture was a passion shared by both sexes, intellectually and practically, as long as they possessed sufficient wealth and autonomy.

In an accessible, readable account, Hidden Patrons uncovers the role of women as important patrons and designers of architecture and interiors in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Exploring country houses, Georgian townhouses, villas, estates, and gardens, it analyses female patronage from across the architectural spectrum, and examines the work of a range of pioneering women from grand duchesses to businesswomen to lowly courtesans. Re-examining well-known Georgian masterpieces alongside lesser-known architectural gems, Hidden Patrons unearths unseen archival material to provide a fascinating new view of the role of women in the architecture of the Georgian era.
Semantic Change and Collective Knowledge in 18th Century Britain
Authors: Regan John
Published: September 2023

An in-depth digital investigation of several 18th-century British corpora, this book identifies shared communities of meaning in the printed British 18th century by highlighting and analysing patterns in the distribution of lexis.

There are forces of attraction between words: some are more likely to keep company than others, and how words attract and repel one another is worthy of note. Charting these forces, this book demonstrates how distant reading 18th-century corpora can tell us something new, methodologically defensible and, crucially, interesting, about the most common constructions of word meanings and epistemes in the printed British 18th century. In the case studies in this book, computation brings to light some remarkable facts about collectively-produced forms of meaning, without which the most common meanings of words, and the ways of knowing that they constituted, would remain matters of conjecture rather than evidence.

Providing the first investigation of collective meaning and knowledge in the British 18th century, this interdisciplinary study builds on the existing stores of close reading, praxis, and history of ideas, presenting a view constructed at scale, rather than at the level of individual texts.
The Lost Decade
Authors: Horn Chris
Published: September 2023

Provides an analysis of Hollywood from a fresh viewpoint that shows the careers of Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, William Friedkin, and others in the 1980s as far from conforming to a monolithic pattern of decline, but rather as diverse and complex responses to political and industrial changes.

The 1980s are routinely seen as the era of the blockbuster and of ‘Reaganite entertainment,' whereas the dominant view of late 1960s and early 1970s American film history is that of a ‘Hollywood Renaissance’, a relatively brief window of artistry based around a select group of directors. Yet key directors associated with the Renaissance period remained active throughout the 1980s and their work has been obscured or dismissed by a narrow, singular model of American film history.

This book deals with industrial contexts that conditioned these directors’ ability to work creatively, but it is also very much about the analysis of individual films, bringing to light a range of unheralded work, from the visual experimentation of One from the Heart (Coppola, 1981) to the experimental production contexts of Secret Honor (Altman, 1984) and the stylistic élan of To Live and Die in L.A. (Friedkin, 1985). Behind the homogenous picture of the decline of the auteur in 1980s American cinema are films and careers that merit greater attention, and this book offers a new way to perceive individual films, American film history, and the viability of sustained authorial creativity within post-studio era Hollywood.
Licensed Premises
Authors: Kolvin Philip
Published: September 2023

Licensed Premises: Law, Practice and Policy, Second Edition is a highly practical guide to the licensed industry. It clearly explains, through the use of case studies, practical tools and strategic policy advice, how the licensing regime, allied to other statutory and voluntary schemes, can be used to develop a more sustainable, diverse leisure economy.

Untangling the web of licensing law: The second edition is supported by copious charts and tables to simplify explanations and argues for a strategic approach to licensing, explaining how it is part of a much larger web of control of the night time economy.

Each interlocking contribution is written by an expert in their field. These include those in the areas of planning, noise, policing, door supervision, health and safety and local government strategies – all to ensure that every reader can gain an understanding of how the whole system works, as well as each individual part.

Fully updated to include Hemming, Levy and EMROs: Timed to coincide with the fees, regime, the outcome of the crucial Hemming case as well as Levy and EMROs, this edition addresses such questions as ‘Are enforcement costs recoverable from licensees?’, ‘What are the effects of the Services Directive on licensing?’ and “May objections be made to EMROs on socio-economic grounds?” It also includes coverage of: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011; Localism Act 2011 and Policing and Crime Act 2009.

The second edition also contains and covers:

Strategic and policy advice for those working in the licensing field;

The role of policy in creating vibrant economies and the role of evidence, proximity and opening hours;

Standards of excellence for licensing authorities, officers, councilors, lawyers, and in licensing hearings;

Public sector duties of licensing authorities, including the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the Equality Act, human rights, the Provision of Services Regulations, the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and RIPA;

Statutory remedies in the night time economy, including controlled drinking zones, dispersal orders, directions to leave, EMROs, area closure orders, reviews, premises closures, drink banning orders, confiscation powers and alcohol arrest referral schemes;

Practical sections and appendices.

Licensed Premises: Law, Practice and Policy, Second Edition is supplemented by a series of appendices encompassing helpful advice from government, trade associations and other bodies as well as a summary of the key case law in the field.
The Red Shoes
Authors: Hutchinson Pamela
Published: September 2023

Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to leave them with troubling questions. Representing the climax of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s celebrated run of six exceptional feature films, the film remains a beloved, if unsettling and often divisive, classic.

Pamela Hutchinson’s study of the film examines its breathtaking use of Technicolor, music, choreography, editing and art direction at the zenith of Powell and Pressburger’s capacity for ‘composed cinema’. Through a close reading of key scenes, particularly the film’s famous extended ballet sequence, she considers the unconventional use of ballet as uncanny spectacle and the feminist implications of the central story of female sacrifice.

Hutchinson goes on to consider the film’s lasting and wide-reaching influence, tracing its impact on the film musical genre and horror cinema, with filmmakers such as Joanna Hogg, Sally Potter, Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma having cited the film as an inspiration.
Russell Banks
Authors: McEneaney Kevin T.
Published: September 2023

This book provides comprehensive, up-to-date commentary and critical guidance on the writings of Russell Banks.

Despite being a globally successful writer who has been published for over 30 years and is credited with two successful movies based on his work, there is but one prior study of Russell Banks's work in English, which is now nearly a decade old. Russell Banks: In Search of Freedom offers the only modern, complete commentary on his work and establishes Banks as one of the leaders in the postmodern, neorealist tradition of American fiction.

This critical guide contains a brief biography of Banks, describing the details of his life that shaped his philosophies, plot themes, and settings, such as New England and the Caribbean. Russell Banks then illustrates how Banks moved beyond his working-class origins and explored problems in race, communication, sexual and family relations, religion, popular culture, landscape, and more recently, the upper class. The final chapter explains Banks's unique vision of American history and liberty.
Serial Killing for Profit
Authors: Gibson Dirk C.
Published: September 2023

This the first book to focus specifically on serial killers motivated by monetary gain.

Serial Killing for Profit: Multiple Murder for Money addresses a gap in the existing literature by documenting one dozen of the most notorious perpetrators of commercial serial murder—murderers who kill to secure inheritances and pensions, to sell possessions or even the body itself, or as murderers-for-hire.

In these pages, readers will encounter some of the nation's most infamous and disturbing criminals, including "America's first serial killer," Herman Mudgett; Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the "Honeymoon Killers;" Los Angeles's "Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez; the "black widow" Blanche Taylor Moore; and Dana Sue Gray, who killed three women for shopping money. Author Dirk Gibson gets to the twisted heart of each case, meticulously detailing the crimes, the victims, the hunt for the killers, the distinctive variations on the motive of "killing for money," and the lessons learned by investigators in each instance. Everyone from professional investigators to true crime aficionados will be riveted by these stunning accounts.
Shakespeare and Son
Authors: Smith Keverne
Published: September 2023

A revealing examination of an under-explored area of Shakespeare studies, this work looks at the evidence for the author’s deep and evolving response to the loss of his only son, Hamnet.

Although many commentators have been intrigued by the possible effects of the death of Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet, on the writer, Shakespeare and Son: A Journey in Writing and Grieving is the first full-length study examining the evidence that Shakespeare’s later work was deeply involved with this loss. The book is also the first full-length study to explore Shakespeare’s works in light of the psychology of grief, combining psychological insights with literary analysis.

Specifically, the book explores 20 plays from all parts of Shakespeare’s career, concentrating on works known to definitely have been written after Hamnet’s death, especially Much ado About Nothing, Henry the Fourth Part 2, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, and The Tempest. Examining various manifestations of grief in the plays, such as anger, depression, guilt, and hope, author Keverne Smith argues that the evidence of Shakespeare’s grief is cumulative and evident in repeated structures and patterns in plays written over a period of 14 to 15 years.
Spotlighting the Strengths of Every Single Student
Authors: Jones-Smith Elsie
Published: September 2023

This book explains how a teaching system focused on identifying and stoking each student's strengths-rather than concentrating on deficits-can bring remarkable academic improvement and achievement. It's a familiar and seemingly logical model: to improve performance, identify weaknesses and target these problem areas.
Toxic Mix?
Authors: Foerstel Herbert N.
Published: September 2023

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the contentious relationship between the White House and the scientific community from the FDR administration to the Obama administration.

Toxic Mix?: A Handbook of Science and Politics takes a topic very much in the center of public debate in the last decade and places it in a revealing historical context. It follows the often contentious relationship of science and politics from the FDR era to the current Obama administration, highlighting the many highly charged moments when the two were in conflict.

Toxic Mix? ranges across the major areas of scientific inquiry with public policy implications, including atomic energy, space science, public health, stem cells, sexual reproduction, environmental science, global warming, and evolution, to examine important events where political imperatives and scientific research were at odds. In addition, the book looks at another important area where politics and science are at cross purposes; immigration—as many of our most accomplished degree earners are foreign born and are unable to stay and work in the United States. A final chapter analyzes the attempts by the early Obama administration to build public policy that embraces science rather than manipulates it.
Vikings
Authors: Mueller-Vollmer Tristan , Wolf Kirsten
Published: September 2023

For three centuries, the Vikings changed the political world of northern and western Europe. This encyclopedia explores exactly how they did it in a highly readable and informative resource volume. How did the Vikings know when to strike? What were their military strengths? Who were their leaders? What was the impact of their raids? These and many more questions are answered in this volume, which will benefit students and general readers alike. The only encyclopedia devoted specifically to the topic of conflict, invasions, and raids in the Viking Age, this book presents detailed coverage of the Vikings, who are infamous for their violent marauding across Europe during the early Middle Ages. Featuring extracts of poetry and prose from the Viking Age, the book provides cultural context in addition to an in-depth analysis of Viking military practices.
War Crimes and Trials
Authors: Taulbee James Larry
Published: September 2023

This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved.

War Crimes and Trials analyzes the evolution of war crime trials through primary sources. Beginning with a general discussion of why regulations for war have evolved, it then illustrates the resulting changes in the nature and consequences of war as well as attitudes toward war as a part of international life. Moreover, it contextualizes contemporary rules that pertain to both international and non-international armed conflicts.

The heart of the book focuses on 12 World War II cases central to the development of war law over the next 50 years, including the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials of major war criminals. It additionally dedicates discussion to the evolution of the law after World War II as set in motion by the United Nations, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and amendments, the background and operation of the ad hoc international criminal courts, and the creation of the permanent International Criminal Court, illustrating problems and successes through 12 cases drawn from these four courts.
Who's in Charge?
Authors: Kahn Laura H.
Published: September 2023

With a new preface assessing leadership responses to the coronavirus pandemic, this text explores leadership problems that can develop during such public health crises as the 2001 anthrax attacks, 2003 SARS epidemic, and Mad Cow Disease epidemic of the 1980s–1990s.

A threat to public health, such as a rampaging virus, is no time for a muddled chain of command and contradictory decision-making. Who's In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises, re-issued with a new preface assessing leadership during the COVID-19 outbreak, explores the crucial relationships among political leaders, public health officials, and journalists to see why leadership confusion develops. As the problematic response to COVID-19 has once again shown, the reluctance of politicians to risk alarm can run counter to the public health need to prepare for worse cases.

Many leaders will seek high visibility during a public health crisis, but politicians are not medical experts, and the more they speak, the more they risk disseminating harmful information. How to achieve the right balance is the essence of this book. Beginning by looking at the overarching issues of leadership and public health administration, it then examines in depth five emergencies: the 2001 anthrax attacks, the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreaks, the 2003 SARS outbreak, the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease crisis, and the battle against Mad Cow Disease.
America's Natural Places: South and Southeast
Authors: Kowtko Stacy
Published: September 2023

From the Texas Blackland Prairies to the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of the Carolinas, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the southern United States.

America's Natural Places: South and Southeast examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it.

Organized by state within the volume, this book informs readers about the wide variety of natural areas across the south and southeast and identifies places near them that demonstrate the importance of preserving such regions.
Antidepressants
Authors: Jordan Ann Westcot
Published: September 2023

Depression is one of the most commonly reported mental disorders, and it affects millions of Americans. A wide variety of medications are used to treat depression, many of which have become household names—Zoloft, Prozac, and Paxil among them. Because these medications have the ability to alter how people think and feel, however, physicians must weigh a number of factors when prescribing them, especially to teens. Antidepressants: History, Science, and Issues, a part of Greenwood's Story of a Drug series, offers a robust exploration of antidepressant medications that covers the historical, ethical, medical, legal, and scientific dimensions of these drugs.

After an introductory case study of a person with depression and this individual's problems and successes with antidepressants, the book provides an overview of depression and its various symptoms as well as the causes, prevalence, and diagnosis of depression. Readers will gain an understanding of the neurotransmission and specific mechanisms behind the activity of antidepressant medications; the effects and applications of these drugs, plus their associated risks of misuse and abuse; and related policy and societal issues.
Arguing for Evolution
Authors: Cotner Sehoya H. , Moore Randy
Published: September 2023

This timely encyclopedia presents an arsenal of evidence for evolution that goes beyond the typical textbook examples.

Arguing for Evolution: An Encyclopedia for Understanding Science provides readers with a single source for the scientific evidence supporting evolution. The book shows how scientists have tested the predictions of evolutionary theory and created an unshakeable foundation of evidence supporting its truth. As such, it demonstrates how evolution serves as a case study for understanding the scientific method and presents a logical model for scientific inquiry.

The evidence for evolution is presented historically and topically in an accessible, example-rich, and logical format, using an arsenal of examples that goes beyond the typical textbook matter. The chapters are structured around a series of hypotheses that the authors put to the test, amassing evidence on fossils, comparative anatomy, molecules, and evolutionary biology in order to conclude that evolution is scientific fact. Learning about this fascinating field is enhanced through ""see for yourself"" examples that include original data and figures from key historical and contemporary papers in evolutionary biology.
The Artificial Intelligence Imperative
Authors: Lauterbach Anastassia , Bonime-Blanc Andrea
Published: September 2023

This practical guide to artificial intelligence and its impact on industry dispels common myths and calls for cross-sector, collaborative leadership for the responsible design and embedding of AI in the daily work of businesses and oversight by boards. Artificial intelligence has arrived, and it's coming to a business near you. The disruptive impact of AI on the global economy—from health care to energy, financial services to agriculture, and defense to media—is enormous. Technology literacy is a must for traditional businesses, their boards, policy makers, and governance professionals. This is the first book to explain where AI comes from, why it has emerged as one of the most powerful forces in mergers and acquisitions and research and development, and what companies need to do to implement it successfully. It equips business leaders with a practical roadmap for competing and even thriving in the face of the coming AI revolution. The authors analyze competitive trends, provide industry and governance examples, and explain interactions between AI and other digital technologies, such as blockchain, cybersecurity, and the Internet of Things. At the same time, AI experts will learn how their research and products can increase the competitiveness of their businesses, and corporate boards will come away with a thorough knowledge of the AI governance, ethics, and risk questions to ask.
Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
Authors: Anson Denis K.
Published: September 2023

How would you make a phone call or send email if you couldn't hear, see, or use your hands? This book shows how assistive technology helps individuals with disabilities perform tasks that people without disabilities may take for granted. Assistive technology can be used in two ways: to help people with disabilities to do things that people without disabilities can do without technology, and to improve access to everyday technology that is not designed for people with disabilities. In both cases, the focus is on matching individuals with the tools best suited to fill their needs. A part of Greenwood's Health and Medical Issues Today series, Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities explores what technologies are available to individuals with disabilities, what they can help them to accomplish, and potential hurdles to their use that must be overcome. It explores this exciting field broadly and in depth while still keeping the "people-first" mindset that is the hallmark of assistive technology. In addition, it provides guidance and resources for individuals seeking assistive technology for themselves or for a loved one.
Astronomy and Culture
Authors: Hetherington Edith W. , Hetherington Norriss S.
Published: September 2023

While astronomy is a burgeoning science, with tremendous increases in knowledge every year, it also has a tremendous past, one that has altered humanity's understanding of our place in the universe. The impact of astronomy on culture - whether through myths and stories, or through challenges to the intellectual status quo - is incalculable. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series examines how human cultures, in all regions and time periods, have tried to make sense of the wonders of the universe. Astronomy and Culture shows students how people throughout time have struggled with the complexities apparent in the night sky, complexities that modern science has only just begun to understand.