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 Jeanne Shea, "Beyond Filial Piety: Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies " English | ISBN: 1789207886 | 2020 | 432 pages | PDF | 8 MB Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth. Today these societies are experiencing unprecedented social challenges to the filial tradition of adult children caring for aging parents at home. Marshalling mixed methods data, this volume explores the complexities of aging and caregiving in contemporary East Asia. Questioning romantic visions of a senior's paradise, chapters examine emerging cultural meanings of and social responses to population aging, including caregiving both for and by the elderly. Themes include traditional ideals versus contemporary realities, the role of the state, patterns of familial and non-familial care, social stratification, and intersections of caregiving and death. Drawing on ethnographic, demographic, policy, archival, and media data, the authors trace both common patterns and diverging trends across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and Korea.  Beyond Copper Soaps: Characterization of Copper Corrosion Containing Organics by Luciana da Costa Carvalho English | PDF | 2022 | 71 Pages | ISBN : 3030978915 | 1.7 MB This book reports a series of electrochemical experiments where copper was corroded in the presence of various organic substances. Combining data from spectroscopy techniques, X-ray diffraction and mass spectrometry (including proteomics) the experiments demonstrate that copper-organic complexes can be formed during the corrosion of copper. The low solubility of copper-organic complexes in organic solvents and their amorphous nature mean that these compounds cannot be easily detected by one single analytical technique. This book benefits researchers investigating the presence of organic residues in archaeological copper corrosion and copper-organic complexes in art, where sampling is often subject to curatorial constraints.
 Timothy Brown, Lorena Anton, "Between the Avant-garde and the Everyday: Subversive Politics in Europe from 1957 to the Present" English | 2011 | ISBN: 0857450786 | PDF | pages: 306 | 24.9 mb The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term "1968" can by no means be confined under the rubric of "protest," understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives. Indeed, the actions generated in response to "1968" frequently involved attempts to elaborate resistance within the realm of culture generally, and in the arts in particular. This blurring of the boundary between art and politics was a characteristic development of the political activism of the postwar period. This volume brings together a group of essays concerned with the multifaceted link between culture and politics, highlighting lesser-known case studies and opening new perspectives on the development of anti-authoritarian politics in Europe from the 1950s to the fall of Communism and beyond.  Best Practices in Lean Manufacturing: A Relational Analysis by José Roberto Díaz-Reza English | PDF | 2022 | 128 Pages | ISBN : 303097751X | 2.3 MB This book reports four structural equation models (SEM) for quantifying the relationship between the most important lean manufacturing (LM) practices applied to the manufacturing industry. The SEMs are evaluated using 220 responses to a survey applied to manufacturing companies applying LM principles in the production system and are related to: distribution and maintenance, production process and quality system, supply chain and quality, and an integrator model. The findings identify the most important activities for every LM practices and how they are related. These relationship' values will help administrators, managers, engineers to focus their efforts on these most important activities, facilitating the decision-making process.
 Best Easy Day Hikes Olympic National Park (Best Easy Day Hikes Series), 4th Edition by Erik Molvar English | July 15th, 2022 | ISBN: 1493063553 | 116 pages | True EPUB | 2.11 MB This fourth edition of Best Easy Day Hikes Olympic National Park features concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for thirty-one short, manageable hikes. Veteran author and hiker Erik Molvar describes the best routes for those who have limited time or abilities, without missing out on the area's scenic splendors: majestic spires, Pacific coast beaches, and a rare temperate rain forest ecosystem.  David Mikics, "Bellow's People: How Saul Bellow Made Life Into Art" English | 2016 | ISBN: 0393246876 | EPUB | pages: 270 | 0.2 mb A leading literary critic's innovative study of how the Nobel Prize-winning author turned life into art.  Alexander Freund, "Being German Canadian: History, Memory, Generations " English | ISBN: 0887559190 | 2021 | 290 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, histories, and memories of German immigrants and their descendants. As one of Canada's largest ethnic groups, German Canadians allow for a variety of longitudinal and multi-generational studies that explore how different generations have negotiated and transmitted diverse individual experiences, collective memories, and national narratives. Drawing on recent research in memory and migration studies, this volume studies how twentieth-century violence shaped the integration of immigrants and their descendants. More broadly, the collection seeks to document the state of the field in German-Canadian history. Being German Canadian brings together senior and junior scholars from History and related disciplines to investigate the relationship between, and significance of, the concepts of generation and memory for the study of immigration and ethnic history. It aims to move immigration historiography towards exploring the often fraught relationship among different immigrant generations―whether generation is defined according to age cohort or era of arrival.
 Margaret Magat, "Balut: Fertilized Eggs and the Making of Culinary Capital in the Filipino Diaspora" English | ISBN: 1474280323 | 2019 | 208 pages | EPUB | 5 MB In this book, Margaret Magat explores both the traditional and popular culture contexts of eating balut. Balut-fertilized duck or chicken eggs that have developed into fully formed embryos with feathers and beaks-is a delicacy which elicits passionate responses. Hailed as an aphrodisiac in Filipino culture, balut is often seen and used as an object of revulsion in Western popular culture.
 Authentic Tuscan Salad Recipes: Take A Delicious Trip Away to Tuscany with These Amazing Salads by Tyler Sweet English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B653LCFP | 75 pages | EPUB | 3.87 Mb Have you been craving some delicious healthy salads these days? If so, then we propose that you give Tuscan salads a shot.  Attuned Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Non-abused, High-functioning People Living Outside of Time English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032201304 | 329 Pages | PDF (True) | 22 MB This book takes a painstaking look at developmental trauma as it manifests in group, individual, and combined psychotherapies, tracking the growth of non-abused individuals who have courageously addressed overwhelming childhood experiences to make sense of the chaos in their lives. |
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