Situated at a crossroads of trade in the late nineteenth century, and later the economic capital of German East Africa, the thriving caravan and port town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania is one of many diverse communities on the East African coast which has been characterized as 'Swahili'. Seeking an alternate framework for understanding community and identity, Steven Fabian combines extensive archival sources from African and European archives alongside fieldwork in Bagamoyo to move beyond the cate...

La transexualidad, ¿a qué lógica obedece? ¿De qué manera se sitúa este problema de identidad sexual en relación a los diferentes registros real, simbólico e imaginario, y la sexuación en juego? Poder situar lo heterogéneo y singular de cada trans será una de las maneras de poder trabajar en esta nueva clínica. Ser un hombre, ser una mujer, es ser esa mujer, ese hombre en particular. Tener una conducta adecuada en función de ciertas normas sociales impide que cada quien pueda reconocerse a ...

The movement of policy is a core feature of contemporary education reform. Many different concepts, including policy transfer, borrowing and lending, travelling, diffusion and mobility, have been deployed to study how and why policy moves across jurisdictions, scales of governance, policy sectors or organisations. However, the underlying theoretical perspectives and the foundational assumptions of different approaches to policy movement remain insufficiently discussed.To address th...

Are you ready to go on a journey to a place you have never been before? What would you like to do? Maybe a swim with dolphins, meet strange new creatures, or see John Dillinger behind bars? You could take a trip through time, visit a new planet, or hop on a train worn with memories. The possibilities are just a page away.So, strap in and get comfortable as we travel into the imaginative realm of possibilities. Together, we will journey into all things possible and impossible. Once ...

The pomegranate, Punica granatum L., is one of the oldest known edible fruits and is associated with the ancient civilizations of the Middle East. This is the first comprehensive book covering the botany, production, processing, health and industrial uses of the pomegranate. The cultivation of this fruit for fresh consumption, juice production and medicinal purposes has expanded more than tenfold over the past 20 years. Presenting a review of pomegranate growing, from a scientific and hort...

Wenn man Professor van Dusen ist, gönnt einem das Schicksal nicht einmal den ungestörten Kauf eines Eisbechers. Denn der Besuch eines Eiswagens nimmt eine schockierende Wende, als die Schauspielerin Norene McDermott aus der siebenundzwanzigsten Etage auf den Wagen herabstürzt. - Oder springt? Eine Frage, die es zu klären gilt!

In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts.From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to international human rights, domestic violence to torture, and the law of war to victim impact statements, the law is awash in epistemological and ethical problems associated with knowing ...

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2020, held in Bogota, Colombia, in October 2020.The 32 revised full papers and 12 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 136 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: computational intelligence; computer science; optimization; bioengineering; military applications; simulation, IoT and networks; power applicatio...

Unter dem Einfluss des geheimnisvollen Dr. König bringt Royal-Air-Force-Pilot John Gilbert in Australien den DX-Langstreckenbomber und den Phantom-Piloten in seine Gewalt. Er verschwindet mit dem Bomber über dem Pazifik. In Russland befindet sich die junge Soldatin Charlene Jason in der Gewalt des korrupten General Radski, der die Atomsprengköpfe der Andropow-Basis an eine unbekannte Macht verkauft hat. Um am Leben zu bleiben, muss Jason alles riskieren. Auf der anderen Seite des Globus kö...

Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later that night, you wake with a jolt but don’t remember what startled you. Your thoughts are racing...

Hallo! Ich bin Gerda, eine kleine Giraffe. Mein Kopf ist voller Flausen. Wild sause ich im Dschungel umher, ganz ohne Pausen. Ich finde das Leben im Dschungel echt klasse! Es gibt nichts, was ich in diesem Abenteuerwald verpasse!