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Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies (2016)
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Keval, H. (2016). Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45703-5

This book explores the often contentious relationship between health, concepts of race and ethnicity, and the impact on South Asian groups. Using medical sociological and anthropological perspectives, it excavates racialised constructions of diabetes... Read More about Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies.

Public and third sector leadership: experience speaks (2016)
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Howieson, B., & Hodges, J. (2016). Public and third sector leadership: experience speaks. (2nd). Bingley, UK: Emerald

For those bold enough to lead in this age of austerity, the challenges are immense. Seismic shifts have taken place in the public and third sectors. Political, economic, technological, and social change are driving profound transformation of organiza... Read More about Public and third sector leadership: experience speaks.

The Routledge companion to alternative and community media (2015)
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Atton, C. (Ed.). (2015). The Routledge companion to alternative and community media. Abingdon: Routledge

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world. The volume offers a multiplicity... Read More about The Routledge companion to alternative and community media.

Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin de Siecle Literary Scene. (2015)
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Dryden, L. (2015). Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin de Siecle Literary Scene. Palgrave

This is the first sustained examination of of the literary friendship between Conrad and Wells. Drawing upon archival research, diaries, letters and a close analysis of texts, the book traces the relationship between the two authors at the close of t... Read More about Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin de Siecle Literary Scene..

Requirements Engineering for Digital Health (2015)
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Fricker, S. A., Thuemmler, C., & Gavras, A. (2015). Requirements Engineering for Digital Health. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5

Healthcare and well-being have captured the attention of established software companies, start-ups, and investors. Software is starting to play a central role for addressing the problems of the aging society and the escalating cost of healthcare serv... Read More about Requirements Engineering for Digital Health.

Solar photovoltaic system applications: a guidebook for off-grid electrification (2015)
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Mohanty, P., Muneer, T., & Kolhe, M. (Eds.). (2015). Solar photovoltaic system applications: a guidebook for off-grid electrification. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14663-8

Presenting a complete guide for the planning, design and implementation of solar PV systems for off-grid applications, this book features analysis based on the authors’ own laboratory testing as well as their in the field experiences. Incorporating t... Read More about Solar photovoltaic system applications: a guidebook for off-grid electrification.

Handbuch Angewandter Dramaturgie: Vom Geheimnis des filmischen Erzählens – Film, TV und Games (2015)
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Stutterheim, K. (2015). Handbuch Angewandter Dramaturgie: Vom Geheimnis des filmischen Erzählens – Film, TV und Games. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-03095-2

Dramaturgie hat eine lange Tradition, auch im Bereich von Film- und Fernsehen. Kenntnisse der Dramaturgie ermöglichen es, einem Werk zu seiner bestmöglichen Entfaltung zu verhelfen, ohne diesem standardisierte Grenzen einer Formatvorlage aufzuerlegen... Read More about Handbuch Angewandter Dramaturgie: Vom Geheimnis des filmischen Erzählens – Film, TV und Games.

Handbuch Angewandter Filmdramaturgie: Vom Geheimnis des filmischen Erzaehlens - Film, TV Und Games (2015)
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Stutterheim, K. (2015). Handbuch Angewandter Filmdramaturgie: Vom Geheimnis des filmischen Erzaehlens - Film, TV Und Games. Peter Lang

Dramaturgie hat eine lange Tradition, auch im Bereich von Film- und Fernsehen. Kenntnisse der Dramaturgie ermoglichen es, einem Werk zu seiner bestmoglichen Entfaltung zu verhelfen, ohne diesem standardisierte Grenzen einer Formatvorlage aufzuerlegen... Read More about Handbuch Angewandter Filmdramaturgie: Vom Geheimnis des filmischen Erzaehlens - Film, TV Und Games.

Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering: Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System (2015)
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Abel, A., & Hussain, A. (2015). Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering: Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13509-0

This book presents a summary of the cognitively inspired basis behind multimodal speech enhancement, covering the relationship between audio and visual modalities in speech, as well as recent research into audiovisual speech correlation. A number of... Read More about Cognitively Inspired Audiovisual Speech Filtering: Towards an Intelligent, Fuzzy Based, Multimodal, Two-Stage Speech Enhancement System.

Feederism (2015)
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Charles, K., & Palkowski, M. (2015). Feederism. Springer Nature. doi:10.1057/9781137470461

Sexualised weight gain, also known as feederism, has become the subject of documentaries, films, and media coverage over the last 15 years. A growing internet community and online presence has brought this fetish to mainstream attention and it has be... Read More about Feederism.

Northern Light, Volume 6 (2015)
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E. Bouet, & T. Thomson (Eds.), (2015). Northern Light, Volume 6

A collection of original poetry, prose and drama by 2014-15 Creative Writing students at the Scottish Universities' International 
Summer School at the University Of Edinburgh.

Intellectual Property and Competition in Standard Setting (2015)
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Torti, V. (2015). Intellectual Property and Competition in Standard Setting. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315673608

Competition and intellectual property rights (IPRs) are both necessary for a market to work efficiently and to promote consumer welfare. Properly applied, intellectual property rules define a legal framework which allows undertakings to profit from t... Read More about Intellectual Property and Competition in Standard Setting.

The International Companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon (2015)
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Lyall, S. (Ed.). (2015). The International Companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies

Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell), the author of the acclaimed trilogy A Scots Quair – Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite – is one of the most important Scottish writers of the early twentieth century. This International Companion pr... Read More about The International Companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

Green services, engineering, optimization and modelling in the technological age (2015)
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Liu, X., & Li, Y. (Eds.). (2015). Green services, engineering, optimization and modelling in the technological age. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8447-8

Concerns surrounding environmental sustainability have led to an increase of interest in environmentally-friendly systems. In the ICT realm, attention has been largely paid to green aspects of hardware; however, it is equally necessary to address thi... Read More about Green services, engineering, optimization and modelling in the technological age.