Christina R : 37 books

Book cover of digitalSTS

digitalSTS

A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies

by Janet Vertesi, David Ribes, Laura Forlano
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
Book cover of Das Haus am Ende des Weges ...

Das Haus am Ende des Weges ...

Auf den Spuren von Edgar Allan Poe

by Alf Glocker, Angelika Emmert, Andreas Schumacher
Language: German
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Wer kennt sie nicht? Die schaurigen Geschichten von Edgar Allan Poe? 59 Autoren haben sich an die Fersen des großen Meisters des Gruselns gehängt und sind ihm gefolgt, haben Geschichten geschrieben, die es in sich haben. Kaum weniger psychotisch, gruselig und mörderisch. Der amerikanische Schriftsteller...
Book cover of Notes from the Ameripocalypse

Notes from the Ameripocalypse

The Best of Essay Club 2016

by Matthew Broyles, Ashley Van Arsdel, Clay Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017

Publishing essays in the age of the tweet is a bit like selling buggywhips next to the car dealership. One would only expect such an activity to be pursued by old fuddy-duddies waving their canes at the kids on their lawns. We are actually huge proponents of social media. The restrictions of 140 characters...
Book cover of Many Voices, One Vision: The Early Years of the World Heritage Convention
by Christina Cameron, Mechtild Rössler
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016

In 1972, UNESCO put in place the World Heritage Convention, a highly successful international treaty that influences heritage activity in virtually every country in the world. Focusing on the Convention's creation and early implementation, this book examines the World Heritage system and its global...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2
by Prof. Peter J. Gregory, Mukesh Meena, Sreejith Aravindakshan
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...
Book cover of Nichts als Lügen!

Nichts als Lügen!

Kurzgeschichten

by Kerstin Surra, Christa Huber, Ulrike Zimmermann
Language: German
Release Date: March 30, 2014

Wissenschaftliche Studien belegen: Wir lügen jeden Tag, bewusst oder unbewusst, in Gedanken oder laut. Wir verschonen die Lieben mit der Wahrheit und lügen stattdessen, damit es erträglicher bleibt. Oder wir lügen, weil wir ein schlechtes Gewissen haben und eine Ausrede brauchen. Es gibt viele...
Book cover of Iatrogenicity

Iatrogenicity

Causes and Consequences of Iatrogenesis in Cardiovascular Medicine

by Dirk Loznitzer, Fatima Ali, Uzair Ansari
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

Iatrogenesis is the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors. This is a huge...
Book cover of Embodied Difference

Embodied Difference

Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse

by Jamie A. Thomas, Christina Jackson, Emily August
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019

Focusing on the body as a visual and discursive platform across public space, we study marginalization as a sociocultural practice and hegemonic schema. Whereas mass incarceration and law enforcement readily feature in discussions of institutionalized racism, we differently highlight understudied...
Book cover of Epidemiologie körperlicher Erkrankungen und Einschränkungen im Alter
by Siegfried Weyerer, Christina Ding-Greiner, Ulrike Marwedel
Language: German
Release Date: January 17, 2008

Chronische körperliche Erkrankungen werden mit zunehmendem Alter immer häufiger. In diesem Buch geht es um die Bedeutung von Gesundheit und Krankheit im Alter. Es werden Prozesse und Faktoren erörtert, die den Gesundheitszustand, den Verlauf einer Erkrankung, mögliche Krankheitsfolgen wie Hilfsbedürftigkeit...
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