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Culture and Customs of the Sioux Indians
Authors: Gagnon Gregory O. 
Published: December 2023

A new addition to the Culture and Customs of Native Peoples in America series, this book examines the traditions and contemporary culture of the Sioux Indians.
The Sioux are a Native American people who live in reservations and communities within Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin, as well as certain provinces in Canada. According to U.S. Census Report data, over 150,000 individuals identify themselves as Sioux—more than any other tribe besides Cherokee, Navajo, Latin American Indian, and Chocktaw.
Culture and Customs of the Sioux Indians reveals the details of the Sioux' past, such as wars and conflicts, historical tools, technology, and traditional housing. It also provides a comprehensive examination of the Sioux in the modern world, covering topics such as religion, education, social customs, gender roles, rites of passage, lifestyle, cuisine, arts, music, and much more. Readers will discover how the Sioux today merge traditional customs that have survived their tumultuous history with contemporary culture.
Emiliano Zapata
Authors: Rolls Albert 
Published: December 2023

This thorough narrative examines Emiliano Zapata's life, his role in Mexico's revolutionary movement, and his true motivations and beliefs.
Emiliano Zapata is regarded as among the most important figures of the Mexican Revolution. This book provides more than just a biography of a great leader; it enables readers to understand who Zapata was and the interests and ideologies he supported, emphasizing his ideals and distinguishing him from those who have used his name for their own purposes.
Emiliano Zapata: A Biography is organized chronologically, detailing Zapata's youth and early adulthood in the years preceding the Mexican Revolution; his role in getting his home state involved in the Revolution; and his ascent to power in Morelos' revolutionary movement. The author elucidates Zapata's continual struggle to bring meaningful change to the lives of Mexico's poorest people, how his commitment to revolutionary reform came to define his existence, and how his ideals led to his own violent death as they had to the deaths of so many of his adversaries. A fascinating read for high school students as well as general readers, this biography tells an unforgettable story of one of Mexico's heroic figures.
Environmental Justice
Authors: Newton David E. 
Published: December 2023

Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition offers a current overview of the environmental inequities faced by poor and minority communities and the development of the grassroots movement working to address them.
Building on the original edition's focus on the link between social inequalities and the uneven distribution of environmental hazards in the air, water, and soil, Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition presents a contemporary look at the convergence of the environmental movement and civil rights activism.
Environmental Justice, Second Edition follows the rise and maturation of the movement focused on environmental racism, describes solutions that have been implemented, and examines issues that remain unresolved. The book offers a wealth of new data and information, particularly in its expanded coverage of environmental disparities in developing countries and its rich bibliography of print and online resources.
Medical Tourism
Authors: Watson Stephanie , Stolley Kathy 
Published: December 2023

From exotic spa treatments to euthanasia, this book examines the background and social context of medical tourism—the practice of traveling for health care. This work also documents how this industry is reshaping the face of medicine worldwide for individuals, local communities, and national health care systems.
Medical Tourism: A Reference Handbook provides an accessible overview of the state of medical tourism, written from a balanced, unbiased perspective. The authors provide relevant social context for this controversial topic, discussing the state of extremely limited research data on medical tourism; the ethical issues involved, such as traveling to have a black-market organ transplanted; and the significant impact of medical tourism on health care systems—that of the United States, and those of the destination countries.
The book highlights many contemporary problems, controversies, and implications of medical tourism both for individuals and health care systems, and presents thought-provoking potential solutions. The topic of medical tourism is also addressed against the backdrop of current healthcare reforms in the United States. Readers can reference a wealth of additional material on medical tourism, ranging from original documents to extensive directories of selected organizations and resources.
Metalworking through History
Authors: Lopez Ana M. 
Published: December 2023

Metalworking Through History provides a comprehensive, historic overview of the subject of metalworking while exploring it within its cultural context. It is written from the perspective that the crafting of objects in metal is a unique way of understanding a particular time and culture. As a broad encyclopedia of metalworking, it allows the reader to view the different societies and periods that produced work in this medium as part of a global, interrelated practice. Comprised of over sixty entries on relevant time periods, cultures, makers and processes, the book is a much-needed general reference text in the survey of this craft. The subjects span all the major metalworking periods and peoples, from the rituals of African iron smelting to the twentieth century studio movement. Outstanding individual makers are highlighted to give additional insight into the times at which they were active. Furthermore, the materials and techniques used in the act of metalworking are clearly explained in terms that are easily understood by a practitioner with tacit knowledge of the medium. Suggested further readings and cross-references allow for the expansion of research and additional study. It is an excellent first resource for understanding the concepts and terminology of the ancient and pervasive craft of metalworking. Volume includes eight pages of color plates, and black and white photos throughout.
*Art Deco *Marianne Brandt *Chinese *Dark Ages *Enamel *Engraving *Georg Jensen *Judaica *Metals and their Alloys *Native American *Plating and Leaf *Renaissance *June Schwartz *Soldering *South American *Samuel Yellin
A Military History of the Ottomans
Authors: Uyar Mesut , Erickson Edward J. 
Published: December 2023

The Ottoman Army had a significant effect on the history of the modern world and particularly on that of the Middle East and Europe. This study, written by a Turkish and an American scholar, is a revision and corrective to western accounts because it is based on Turkish interpretations, rather than European interpretations, of events. As the world’s dominant military machine from 1300 to the mid-1700’s, the Ottoman Army led the way in military institutions, organizational structures, technology, and tactics. In decline thereafter, it nevertheless remained a considerable force to be counted in the balance of power through 1918. From its nomadic origins, it underwent revolutions in military affairs as well as several transformations which enabled it to compete on favorable terms with the best of armies of the day. This study tracks the growth of the Ottoman Army as a professional institution from the perspective of the Ottomans themselves, by using previously untapped Ottoman source materials. Additionally, the impact of important commanders and the role of politics, as these affected the army, are examined. The study concludes with the Ottoman legacy and its effect on the Republic and modern Turkish Army.
This is a study survey that combines an introductory view of this subject with fresh and original reference-level information. Divided into distinct periods, Uyar and Erickson open with a brief overview of the establishment of the Ottoman Empire and the military systems that shaped the early military patterns. The Ottoman army emerged forcefully in 1453 during the siege of Constantinople and became a dominant social and political force for nearly two hundred years following Mehmed’s capture of the city. When the army began to show signs of decay during the mid-seventeenth century, successive Sultans actively sought to transform the institution that protected their power. The reforms and transformations that began frist in 1606successfully preserved the army until the outbreak of the Ottoman-Russian War in 1876. Though the war was brief, its impact was enormous as nationalistic and republican strains placed increasing pressure on the Sultan and his army until, finally, in 1918, those strains proved too great to overcome. By 1923, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk emerged as the leader of a unified national state ruled by a new National Parliament. As Uyar and Erickson demonstrate, the old army of the Sultan had become the army of the Republic, symbolizing the transformation of a dying empire to the new Turkish state make clear that throughout much of its existence, the Ottoman Army was an effective fighting force with professional military institutions and organizational structures.
Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific
Authors: Peou Sorpong 
Published: December 2023

Demonstrating that none of the various perspectives under review has emerged as the clear winner in the struggle for theoretical hegemony in security studies, this book shows that eclectic perspectives, like democratic realist institutionalism, can better explain peace and security in the Asian Pacific.
The Asian Pacific has emerged as one of the most important regions in the world, causing scholars to pay increased attention to the various challenges, old and new, to peace and security there. Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive, critical review of the established theoretical perspectives relevant to contemporary peace and security studies in the light of recent experiences.
Illuminating ongoing debates in the field, the book covers some 20 theoretical perspectives on peace and security in the Asian Pacific, including realist, liberal, socialist, peace and human security, constructivist, feminist, and nontraditional security studies. The first section of the book discusses perspectives in realist security studies, the second part covers perspectives critical of realism. The author’s goal is to assess whether any of the perspectives found in nonrealist security studies are capable of undermining realism. His conclusion is that each theoretical perspective has its strengths and weaknesses, leaving eclecticism as the best way to understand the region’s dynamics.
The Politics of Food
Authors: Schanbacher William D. 
Published: December 2023

A description of the current global food system, this book challenges our ethical responsibility to the global poor and implicates us all for failing to curb global hunger and malnutrition.
The Politics of Food: The Global Conflict between Food Security and Food Sovereignty argues that our current global food system constitutes a massive violation of human rights.
In this impassioned, well-researched book, William Schanbacher makes the case that the food security model for combating global hunger—driven by the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and other organizations—is a failure, too dependent on trade and too reliant on international agribusiness. Instead, the emerging model of food sovereignty—helping local farmers and businesses produce better quality food—is the more effective and responsible approach. Through numerous case studies, the book examines critical issues of global trade and corporate monopolization of the food industry, while examining the emerging social justice movements that seek to make food sovereignty the model for battling hunger.
Imaginary Worlds and Real Ethics in Japanese Fiction
Authors: Weinberger Christopher 
Published: December 2023

Can novels contribute to the ethical lives of readers? What responsibilities might they bear in representing others? Are we ethically accountable for how we read fiction?
s study takes up modern Japanese fiction and metafiction, subjects overwhelmingly ignored by Anglophone scholarship on novel ethics, to discover pioneering answers to these and other questions. Each chapter offers new readings of major works of modern Japanese literature (1880s through 1920s) that experiment with the capacity of novel narration to involve readers in ethically freighted encounters.
Christopher Weinberger shows that Mori Ogai and Akutagawa Ryunosuke help to address key issues in new ethical theories today: debates about the roles that identification and empathy play in novel ethics; concerns about the representation of “otherness” and alterity in novels; divergence between cognitive and affective theories of ethics; widespread disagreement about what novel ethics obtain in the experience of reading, the effects of reading, or the form or content of novel representation; and, finally, concerns with bias and appropriation in the study of world literature.
Concluding with a jump to the present, Imaginary Worlds and Real Ethics in Japanese Fiction puts on display a startling continuity between the methods of Japan’s modern novel progenitors and those of novelists at the forefront of global literature today, especially Haruki Murakami. Ultimately, this book models an original approach to ethical criticism while demonstrating the relevance of modern Japanese fiction for rethinking contemporary theories of the novel.
Pulp's This Is Hardcore
Authors: Savidge Jane 
Published: December 2023

This Is Hardcore is Pulp’s cry for help. A giant, sprawling, flawed masterpiece of a record, the 1998 album manages to tackle some of the most inappropriately grown-up issues of the day – fame, ageing, mortality, drugs, and pornography – and still come out crying and laughing on the other side. The subject of pornography dominates the record – from its controversial artwork to the images conjured up by songs like “Seductive Barry” and the title track – after Pulp’s main man, Jarvis Cocker – who’d spent most of his teenage and adult life chasing celebrity, only to be cruelly disappointed when it finally arrived in spades – hit upon the grand notion of using pornography as a metaphor for fame. The album’s commercial failure as a follow-up to the band’s Britpop-defining, Different Class, also symbolizes a death knell for Britpop itself.
Dark, right? Except just like Pulp themselves, Jane Savidge’s book is playful and sometimes very funny indeed. Kicking off with an imaginary conversation between Jarvis Cocker and the people who run the Total Fame Solutions helpline, Savidge expertly guides us through the trials and tribulations of an album that begins with the so-called Michael Jackson Incident, when Cocker got up on stage at the 1996 Brit Awards and waggled his fully-clothed bum at the King of Pop. Pulp’s This Is Hardcore may be a sleazy run through porn and mental demise, and an album that chronicles Cocker’s continuing disillusionment with his newfound lot in life, but Savidge’s book assesses the cultural and historical context of the album with insider knowledge and a sharp modern lens, ultimately making a case for it as one of the most important albums of the 1990s.
Horror as Racism in H. P. Lovecraft
Authors: Steadman John L. 
Published: December 2023

Providing a new perspective on Lovecraft’s life and work, Horror as Racism in H.P. Lovecraft focuses on the overlap between the writer’s personal beliefs and the racist images and narratives in his speculative fiction.
Building on recent debates about Lovecraft and drawing on the concept of “white fragility,” John Steadman argues that the writer’s fiction reflects his feelings of resentment and anger towards non-white persons and was used to advocate for his racist, xenophobic political beliefs - that western civilization was in decline and slavery was justifiable among “superior” civilizations. In making these claims, Lovecraft’s tales pit humans against extra-terrestrial aliens, developing a terrifying, futuristic vision of the Earth as a plantation planet.
The familiar image of Lovecraft as a reclusive, creative genius and mentor to young writer-friends is dismantled through close readings of his fiction and nonfiction - including correspondence, essays, and poetry - and examination of his early biography. This image is replaced by that of a cruel, callous, and, at times, psychotic man, a violently vitriolic racist and white supremacist who hated most of the non-white races.
While some will dismiss the author outright and others will read his fiction but ignore the racism, Horror as Racism in H.P. Lovecraft takes a middle ground: acknowledging Lovecraft’s personal history and heinous intentions, it helps readers navigate the author’s disturbing biography while also getting a better sense of the stories, which remain significant within American science fiction.
İçeceklerin Tek Renkli Kompozit Rezinlerin Renk Stabilitesine ve Yüzey Pürüzlülüğüne Olan Etkisi
Authors: ERÇİN Özlem , KOPUZ Dilan 
Published: December 2023

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, 5 farklı renklendirme solüsyonunun tek renkli kompozit rezinlerin renk stabilitesine ve yüzey pürüzlülüğüne olan etkisinin değerlendirilmesidir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmada 5 farklı tek renkli kompozit rezin (Clearfil Majesty ES-2 Universal, Omnichroma, Vittra APS Unique, ZenChroma, Charisma Topaz ONE) kullanılmıştır. Her bir grup için 35 adet kompozit disk (2 mm kalınlığında- 7 mm çapında) hazırlanmıştır. Bitim ve cila işlemleri Sof-Lex XT cila diskleri ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Polimerizasyon işleminin tamamlanması için örnekler 37 °C distile suda 24 saat bekletilmiştir. Ardından örnekler rastgele 5 deneysel gruba ayrılarak; kahvede, distile suda, kırmızı şarapta, çayda ve kolada renklendirilmiştir (n=7). Örneklerin başlangıç, 10. gün ve 28. gün L, a, ve b değerleri Konica Minolta CM-3600A ile ölçülmüş ve renk değişimleri CIEDE2000 formülü kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Yüzey pürüzlülükleri ise Mitutoyo SJ-410 profilometre cihazı ile ölçülmüştür. Veriler tek yönlü varyans analizi (One-way ANOVA) ve Kruskal Wallis testleri ile analiz edilmiştir (p
The Vitamin D Receptor Bsm1 Variant is not Associated With Temporomandibular Disorder With or Without Bruxism
Authors: YILDIZ Serkan , YİĞİT Serbülent , NURSAL Ayşe Feyda , KARAKUŞ Nevin , TÜMER Mehmet Kemal 
Published: December 2023

Background: Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD), a set of conditions that affect the temporomandibular joint and related structures, is frequently linked to bruxism. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) affects calcium absorption, bone remodeling, and mineralization rate. The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of the VDR Bsm1 (rs1544410) variant in the susceptibility to bruxism in TMD.
Method: A total of 321 people [221 TMD patients (135 with bruxism and 86 without bruxism) and 100 healthy controls] were included in the study. The VDR Bsm variant was genotyped using the PCR-RFLP method.
Results: We found no significant difference between the all-TMD patient group and the control group regarding the VDR Bsm1 genotype and allele distribution (p>0.05). There was no deviation from HWE for the VDR variant in groups. There was no relationship between pain characteristics and VDR Bsml genotype distribution in patients with bruxism.
Conclusions: Our results support the conclusion that the VDR Bsm1 variant is not a risk factor for the development of bruxism in TMD. The effect of the VDR Bsml variant on the risk of bruxism in TMD should be investigated in studies involving larger populations and other ethnicities.
MAKSİLLER SİNÜS SEPTALARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ RETROSPEKTİF BİR KONİK IŞINLI BİLGİSAYARLI TOMOGRAFİ ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: AKBARİHAMED Raha , EBERLİKÖSE Hacer , GÜLER Arif Yiğit , KARASU Hakan Alpay 
Published: December 2023

Amaç:Bu çalışma maksiller sinüs septalarının , sıklığı, lokalizasyonu ve uzunluğunun dişli ve dişsiz hastalarda konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi kullanarak işlem öncesi değerlendirilmesi ve membran perforasyonlarının engellenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem:Çalışma 715 hastadan elde edilen, toplam 1409 sinüsün konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntülerinin retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Maksiller sinüs septasının prevalansı ve lokalizasyonu tomografi görüntüleri üzerinden değerlendirildi.
Bulgular:715 hastanın 399’u kadın, 316’sı erkek olup, yaş ortalaması 43.58±17.16’idi.1409 sinüsün 433’ünde septa kaydedilmişken 976 tanesinde septaya rastlanmadı ve ortalama yüksekliği 8.16±4.16 mm bulunmuştur. Tüm hastaların KIBT incelemesine bakıldığında, septaların 186(%42,96) arkada, 134 ü (%30,94) ü ortada, 113 ü (%26,1) önde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Hastalar dişli ve dişsiz olarak sınıflama yapılınca ,total dişsiz hastalarda 34 (%45.33) arkada, 27 (%36) ortada, 14 (%18.67) ön tarafta bulunurken ,dişli hastalarda 152 (%42.46) arkada, 107 (%29.89) ortada , 99 (%27.65) u önde saptandı. Dişli ve dişsiz hastalarda septa varlığı kıyaslandığında aralarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır.
Sonuç:Maksiller sinüste farklı yükseklik ve sıklıkta septa görülme ihtimali bulunmaktadır. Bu nedenle komplikasyonları önlemek için uygun bir radyografik teknikle kapsamlı değerlendirme ve vakaya özel osteotomi yöntemleri gerekebileceğini klinisyenler göz önünde bulundurmalıdır.
FARKLI KRANİYOFASİYAL BÜYÜME PATERNLERİNDE EL BİLEK VE SERVİKAL VERTEBRAL MATURASYONUN KARŞILAŞTIRMALI OLARAK DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: ÖN ÇALIŞMA
Authors: AKDEMİR Sadık Türker , AKKAYA Sevil 
Published: December 2023

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı farklı kraniyofasiyal büyüme paternlerine sahip bireylerin alt gruplara ayrılarak , el bilek kemik yaş tayin yöntemi ile servikal vertebral yaş yönteminin kantitatif olarak karşılaştırılmasıdır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu ön çalışmanın materyali, Gazi Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi Ortodonti Anabilim Dalı arşivinden sağlanmıştır. Her bir grupta 12 gözlem olmak üzere toplamda 216 gözlem ile çalışma hedeflenmiştir. Kız ve erkek sayısı yarı yarıya olacak şekilde 108 erkek ve 108 kız olarak bölünmüştür. Bu hastaların tamamı pubertal dönemde olup kronolojik yaş aralığı 9-14 olarak belirlenmiştir. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler incelenirken Spearman’s Korelasyon Katsayısından ve/veya normal dağılımdan gelen değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler incelenirken Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısından yararlanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışma toplam gruplarda değerlendirildiğinde korelasyon anlamlı bulunmuştur. Fakat alt gruplarda yapılan değerlendirmelerde her bir grup için farklılıklar bulunmuştur.
Sonuç: Bu ön çalışma sonuçlarına göre servikal vertebral yaş değerlendirilmesi sonucunda görülen farklılıklar nedeniyle iskelet yaşı tayininde el-bilek grafisi kadar güvenli kullanılmaması gerektiği; bununla birlikte daha geniş çalışma gruplarında yapılacak araştırma sonuçlarına ihtiyaç olduğu düşüncesindeyiz.