This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B.B. Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D. D. Hook and R. M....

Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets. This volume, the fourth in the Heliophysics collection, explores what makes the conditions on Earth 'just right' to sustain life, by comparing Earth to other solar system planets, by comparing solar magnetic activity to that of other stars, and by looking at the properties of evolving exoplanet systems. By taking ...

While transgender lives are at the forefront of contemporary politics, what do we really understand about the complexity of trans experience? Trans people who go through various aspects of gender transition experience shifts not only in their gender, but also with regards to other categories of identity such as race, social class, sexuality, disability, and more.Centering the stories of trans people and their loved ones, Sojka and de Vries investigate how intersectionality operates...

Tales of mistreatment of “the other” abound in historical or religious writings from around the world and through all time. But there are also plenty of examples of people helping each other, caring for one another, learning about each other. Sometimes in big ways, sometimes in small—but they all add up.The Golden Door is a collection of stories showing the impact on people when they’re treated as “the other,” whether they’re immigrants to a country, a group of targeted wi...

This illustrated book describes in laser-sharp detail battle-tested techniques for influencing others’ perceptions of you.It gives you control over your own conscious and subconscious communications and the capacity to take affirmative action towards creating a purposeful first impression.Imagine you have one small five-minute window to create a solid emotional ecosystem from which every subsequent interaction you have with a person will build. This eco...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Experts from across the globe review leading social policy scholarship in this new volume in the Social Policy Review series.Specialists explore local and multi-level trends in social policy including government responses to the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and decentralisation in primary health care in Thailand. They also review policy responses to working age risks in England, Italy and Australia, as well as pol...

The two-volume set LNAI 15048 and 15049 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Text, Speech, and Dialogue, TSD 2024, held in Brno, Czech Republic, during September 9–13, 2024.The 50 revised full papers presented in these deadline proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions.The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: TextPart II: Speech, Dialogue

The two-volume set LNAI 15048 and 15049 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Text, Speech, and Dialogue, TSD 2024, held in Brno, Czech Republic, during September 9–13, 2024.The 50 revised full papers presented in these deadline proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions.The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: TextPart II: Speech, Dialogue

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Text, Speech, and Dialogue, TSD 2020, held in Brno, Czech Republic, in September 2020.*The 54 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named text, speech, and dialogue. The book also contains 3 invited talks.* The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.In the latest volume of the long-established Social Policy Review series, leading experts critically assess key developments and debates in social and public policy over the past year.Offering a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary issues – including labour market transitions, migrant experiences, welfare governance and inequalities in care – this book brings together research that reflects the diversity and dyna...

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting Writers Residency, and the magnificent Stadler Center for Poetry. He over saw the restoration of Bucknell Hall for the Stadler Center and today it is one of the most beautiful and distinguishe...

The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015.With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of current welfare provision. The first half of the book...