Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism

Table of Contents: “…Ageism-Concept and Origins: Liat Ayalon & Clemens Tesch-Römer -- Ageism: The Relationship between Age Stereotypes and Age Discrimination: Peggy Voss & Klaus Rothermund -- Multiple Marginalizations Based on Age: Gendered Ageism and Beyond: Clary Krekula, Pirjo Nikander, & Monika Wilińska -- Origins of Ageism at the Individual Level: Sagit Lev -- Work Environment and the Origin of Ageism: Laura Naegele, Wouter De Tavernier & Moritz Hess -- Ageism and Age Discrimination in the Labour Market: A Macrostructural Perspective: Justyna Stypińska & Pirjo Nikander -- On the Manifestations and Consequences of Ageism: Liat Ayalon & Clemens Tesch-Römer -- Ageism in the Third Age: Angela Kydd, Anne Fleming, Sue Gardner, Patricia Hafford Letchfield -- Pathways from Ageism to Loneliness: Sharon Shiovitz-Ezra, Jonathan Shemesh, & Mary McDonnell/Naughton -- Ageism and sexuality: Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Patricia Hafford-Letchfield, Yael Benyamini, Amanda Phelan, Jeannie Jackson & Liat Ayalon -- Visual Ageism in the Media: Eugène Loos & Loredana Ivan -- Ageism and Older Immigrants: Pnina Dolberg, Sigurveig, Sigurðardóttir, & Ursula Trummer -- Ageism in the Health Care System: Providers, Patients, and Systems: Mary F. …”
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WAC and Second-Language Writers Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices

Table of Contents: “…Graduate Writing Workshops: Crossing Languages and Disciplines, Elaine Fredericksen and Kate Mangelsdorf -- Chapter 15. …”
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The Future of Consumption How Technology, Sustainability and Wellbeing will Transform Retail and Customer Experience /

Table of Contents: “…, Matthias Lehner, Jessika Luth Richter & Oksana Mont -- The Challenge of Overproduction and Overconsumption, Gabriella Wulff -- Creating Tomorrow's Vintage, Kevin Gelsi & Sandya Lang -- Part 3 - Wellbeing -- The Future of Wellbeing: Value Creation in Digital Mental Health Services, Alisa Minina Jeunemaître -- No cash, no coins, no cards, but you: Biohacking the future of payments, Vitor Lima & Russell Belk -- Contemporary Consumption of Brand Activism, Natasha Lewis & Jessica Vredenburg -- Vegan Consumption: Insights into the consumer-driven emergence of the vegan market, Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne -- Buying Happiness, Tomas de Souza -- Part 4 - Customer Experience -- Re-examining the Place of the Physical Store During the Digital Retail Era, Elin Nilsson -- Employee-to-Customer Improvisation: A Value Creation Strategy for Navigating the Contemporary Consumption Experience, Jessica Vredenburg, Simon J. …”
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Remedies against Immunity? Reconciling International and Domestic Law after the Italian Constitutional Court's Sentenza 238/2014 /

Table of Contents: “…by Giovanni Boggero and Karin Oellers-Frahm -- Part VI - Negotiations: 16 Deadlocked in Dualism: Negotiating for a Final Settlement by Andreas von Arnauld -- 17 Moving beyond Judicial Conflict in the Name of the Pre-Eminence of Fundamental Human Rights by Valerio Onida -- 18 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Italian Concerns between Constitutional Rights and International Law by Andreas L. …”
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The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900-2008 The Mediterranean Way Towards Industrialization / by González de Molina, Manuel, Soto Fernández, David, Guzmán Casado, Gloria, Infante-Amate, Juan, Aguilera Fernández, Eduardo, Vila Traver, Jaime, García Ruiz, Roberto

Table of Contents: “…The agricultural population during the first half of the twentieth century -- 4.2. An estimate of the agricultural sector's macromagnitudes (1950-2008) -- 4.3. …”
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Perspectives on Digital Humanism

Table of Contents: “…Ethical Complexities of Search Engine Rankings -- 20. Personalization, Fairness and Post-Userism -- Part 6: Platform Power -- 21. …”
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A Roadmap for Plant Genome Editing

Table of Contents: “…CRISPR/Cas-based precision breeding - recent improvements -- Chapter 19 Targeted gene editing in pome fruit genetics and breeding: state-of-the-art, application potential and perspectives -- Chapter 20 Genome editing in forest trees -- Chapter 21 Genome editing for reduction of bitterness and for production of medicinal terpenes in Cichorium species -- Chapter 22 Engineering phytonutrient content of tomato by genome editing technologies -- Chapter 23 Breeding for yield quality parameters and abiotic stress in tomato using genome editing -- Chapter 24 Genome Editing-Based Strategies Used to Enhance Crop Resistance to Parasitic Weeds -- Chapter 25 Genome editing in biotech regulations worldwide -- Chapter 26 Interpreting Precision Breeding: Key legal concepts under international law and current domestic regulatory approaches in the Global South -- Chapter 27 CRISPR Processes Patents in Green Biotechnology: Collaborative Licensing Models -- Section 4- Public and stakeholder perceptions -- Chapter 28 The view of the European seed sector on genome editing tools in plant breeding -- Chapter 29 The awareness of the Polish society on new genomic techniques -- Chapter 30 Improving Science Communication about Genome Editing - Mitigating Strong Moral Convictions through Shared Moral Goals -- Chapter 31 The citizens' awareness and concerns during the transition from Genetically Modified to Genome Edited plants in Europe about their use in agriculture and food production -- Chapter 32 What is the problem with Europe in a philosophical point of view? …”
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Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis by Soderberg, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 9: Phosphate transfer reactions -- Section 1: Overview of phosphate groups -- Section 2: Phosphate transfer reactions - an overview -- Section 3: ATP, the principal phosphate group donor -- Section 4: Phosphorylation of alcohols -- Section 5: Phosphorylation of carboxylates -- Section 6: Hydrolysis of organic phosphates -- Section 7: Phosphate diesters in DNA and RNA -- Section 8: The organic chemistry of genetic engineering -- Chapter 10: Nucleophilic carbonyl addition reactions -- Section 1: Nucleophilic additions to aldehydes and ketones: an overview -- Section 2: Hemiacetals, hemiketals, and hydrates -- Section 3: Acetals and ketals -- Section 4: N-glycosidic bonds -- Section 5: Imines -- Section 5: A look ahead: addition of carbon and hydride nucleophiles to carbonyls -- Chapter 11: Nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions -- Section 1: Carboxylic acid derivatives -- Section 2: The nucleophilic acyl substitution mechanism -- Section 3: The relative reactivity of carboxylic acid derivatives -- Section 4: Acyl phosphates -- Section 5: Formation of thioesters, esters, and amides -- Section 6: Hydrolysis of thioesters, esters, and amides -- Section 7: Protein synthesis on the ribosome -- Section 8: Nucleophilic substitution at activated amides and carbamides -- Section 9: Nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions in the laboratory -- Section 10: A look ahead: acyl substitution reactions with a carbanion or hydride ion nucleophile -- Chapter 12: Reactions at the α-carbon, part I -- Section 1: Review of acidity at the α-carbon -- Section 2: Isomerization at the α-carbon -- Section 3: Aldol addition -- Section 4: α-carbon reactions in the synthesis lab - kinetic vs. thermodynamic alkylation products -- Interchapter: Predicting multistep pathways - the retrosynthesis approachChapter 13: Reactions at the α-carbon, part II -- Section 1: Decarboxylation -- Section 2: An overview of fatty acid metabolism -- Section 3: Claisen condensation -- Section 4: Conjugate addition and elimination -- Section 5: Carboxylation -- Chapter 14: Electrophilic reactions -- Section 1: Electrophilic addition to alkenes -- Section 2: Elimination by the E1 mechanism -- Section 3: Electrophilic isomerization -- Section 4: Electrophilic substitution -- Section 5: Carbocation rearrangements -- Chapter 15: Oxidation and reduction reactions -- Section 1: Oxidation and reduction of organic compounds - an overview -- Section 2: Oxidation and reduction in the context of metabolism -- Section 3: Hydrogenation of carbonyl and imine groups -- Section 4: Hydrogenation of alkenes and dehydrogenation of alkanes -- Section 5: Monitoring hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions by UV spectroscopy -- Section 6: Redox reactions of thiols and disulfides -- Section 7: Flavin-dependent monooxygenase reactions: hydroxylation, epoxidation, and theBaeyer-Villiger oxidation -- Section 8: Hydrogen peroxide is a harmful 'Reactive Oxygen Species' -- Chapter 16: Radical reactions -- Section 1: Overview of single-electron reactions and free radicals -- Section 2: Radical chain reactions -- Section 3: Useful polymers formed by radical chain reactions -- Section 4: Destruction of the ozone layer by a radical chain reaction -- Section 5: Oxidative damage to cells, vitamin C, and scurvy -- Section 6: Flavin as a one-electron carrier -- Chapter 17: The organic chemistry of vitamins -- Section 1: Pyridoxal phosphate (Vitamin B6) -- Section 2: Thiamine diphosphate (Vitamin B1) -- Section 3: Thiamine diphosphate, lipoamide and the pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction -- Section 4: Folate…”
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Business Ethics

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Why Ethics Matter -- 1.1 Being a Professional of Integrity -- 1.2 Ethics and Profitability -- 1.3 Multiple versus Single Ethical Standards -- Chapter 2: Ethics from Antiquity to the Present -- 2.1 The Concept of Ethical Business in Ancient Athens -- 2.2 Ethical Advice for Nobles and Civil Servants in Ancient China -- 2.3 Comparing the Virtue Ethics of East and West -- 2.4 Utilitarianism: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number -- 2.5 Deontology: Ethics as Duty -- 2.6 A Theory of Justice -- Chapter 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders -- 3.1 Adopting a Stakeholder Orientation -- 3.2 Weighing Stakeholder Claims -- 3.3 Ethical Decision-Making and Prioritizing Stakeholders -- 3.4 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -- Chapter 4: Three Special Stakeholders: Society, the Environment, and Government -- 4.1 Corporate Law and Corporate Responsibility -- 4.2 Sustainability: Business and the Environment -- 4.3 Government and the Private Sector -- Chapter 5: The Impact of Culture and Time on Business Ethics -- 5.1 The Relationship between Business Ethics and Culture -- 5.2 Business Ethics over Time -- 5.3 The Influence of Geography and Religion -- 5.4 Are the Values Central to Business Ethics Universal? …”
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Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change Science for Management and Policy Interventions /

Table of Contents: “…Dynamics and Drivers of Net Primary Production (NPP) in Southern Africa Based on Estimates from Earth Observation and Process-Based Dynamic Vegetation Modelling -- Chapter 27. …”
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The Interconnected Arctic - UArctic Congress 2016

Table of Contents: “…The Possible Applications of these Indices in Long-term Weather Forecasts -- Chapter 10 Student contribution: Difficulties of Geological Engineering in Arctic Seas -- Part II Vulnerability of the Arctic societies. …”
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How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It A Practical Guide to Mastering Very Large Government Projects / by Ibrahim, Jimoh, Loch, Christoph, Sengupta, Kishore

Table of Contents: “…-- References -- 3 Structure of the Investigation -- 3.1 Overview of the Approach Taken in This Study -- 3.2 Construction and Execution of the Survey -- 3.3 Construction of the Sample of Projects -- 3.4 Construction of the Case Studies -- Appendix: Full Questionnaire as It Was Administered -- Our Request -- Project Variables -- References -- 4 A Description of the 38 Matched Projects -- 4.1 Lagos-Ibadan Express Road -- 4.2 Lagos-Badagry Express Road -- 4.3 Third Mainland Bridge -- 4.4 Second Niger Bridge -- 4.5 Egbin Power Station -- 4.6 Calabar Power Station -- 4.7 Zungeru Hydropower Plant -- 4.8 Delta State (Oghareki) Power Plant -- 4.9 Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station -- 4.10 Omoku Power Plant Station -- 4.11 Mambilla Hydroelectric Power -- 4.12 Ajaokuta Steel Project -- 4.13 Kanji Dam -- 4.14 Otukpo Dam -- 4.15 Nigeria Satellite 2 -- 4.16 Nigeria Satellite 1 -- 4.17 Airtel Nigeria -- 4.18 Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) -- 4.19 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium -- 4.20 (Samuel) Ogbemudia Stadium -- 4.21 Abuja International Airport -- 4.22 Lagos MMA2 Airport -- 4.23 Yenagoa International Cargo Airport -- 4.24 Jigawa Airport Project -- 4.25 Tin Can Island Port -- 4.26 Calabar Seaport -- 4.27 Victoria Garden City (VGC) Housing Estate -- 4.28 Festac Town Federal Housing Estate -- 4.29 1004 Housing Estate -- 4.30 Abuja Mass Federal Housing Project -- 4.31 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library -- 4.32 Abuja National Library -- 4.33 Nigerian Youth Empowerment Scheme (N-Power) -- 4.34 Nigeria Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) -- 4.35 Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) -- 4.36 Cleaner Lagos Initiative (Visionscape) -- 4.37 University College Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan -- 4.38 University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) -- References -- 5 Insights from the Analysis of the Questionnaires -- 5.1 Variable Distributions and Variable Capability to Detect Differences Across Projects -- 5.1.1 Each Respondent Type Adds Unique Perspectives and Information -- 5.1.2 The Variables Capture Robust Differences Between Abandoned and Completed Projects -- 5.2 Condensing Variables into Aggregated Success Factors -- 5.2.1 Approach -- 5.2.2 Identifying the Factors -- 5.3 Econometric Prediction of Project Completion -- 5.4 Econometric Prediction of Cost and Schedule Overruns for Completed Projects -- 5.4.1 Effect of Variables on Budget Overruns -- 5.4.2 Effect of Variables on Schedule Overruns -- 5.5 The Corrosive Effect of Corruption -- Appendix 1 Correlations Among Independent Variables Across All 114 Responses -- Appendix 2 Factor Analysis -- Appendix 3 Specification of the Logistical Regression -- Appendix 4 The Logistical Completion Probability Regression by Respondent Group -- Appendix 5 Robustness Analysis: Cost Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- Appendix 6 Robustness Analysis: Schedule Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- 6 Two Library Projects -- 6.1 The National Library of Nigeria in Abuja: An Abandoned Project -- 6.1.1 Project Initiation -- 6.1.2 Contract Signature and Execution -- 6.1.3 Conclusion -- 6.2 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library: A Completed Project -- 6.2.1 Project Initiation -- 6.2.2 Project Execution and Outcome -- 6.2.3 The Difference Between the Two Projects: In the Words of Former President Obasanjo -- References -- 7 Two Bridge Projects -- 7.1 The Second Niger Bridge: A Stalled Project -- 7.1.1 Project Initiation -- 7.1.2 Contract Disputes and Recontracting -- 7.1.3 Continued Stalling -- 7.1.4 Diagnosis of the Reasons for Failure, in the Words of (Former) President Jonathan -- 7.1.5 Conclusion -- 7.2 The Third Mainland Bridge: A Completed Project -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Starting and Stalling -- 7.2.3 Restarting the Project Under President Babangida -- 7.2.4 Project Execution and Outcome -- 7.2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Two Power Plants -- 8.1 Egbin Power Station, Ikorodu Lagos State: A Completed Project -- 8.1.1 Initiation and Completion -- 8.1.2 Success Conditions and Challenges -- 8.1.3 Privatization and Trouble -- 8.2 The Calabar Odukpani Power Station: Completed but with Little Delivery -- 8.2.1 Project Initiation -- 8.2.2 Project Complications and Delays -- 8.2.3 Delivery of the Calabar Power Station in 2015 -- 8.2.4 What Has Been Delivered? …”
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The European Blood and Marrow Transplantation Textbook for Nurses Under the Auspices of EBMT /

Table of Contents: “…Transplantation through the generations. Introduction. Brief outline of differences between Transplantation in child and the adult. …”
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The EBMT Handbook Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies /

Table of Contents: “…Cellular therapy with engineered T cells, efficacy and side effects -- 61. …”
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The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics

Table of Contents: “…Energy and the economy in Latin America -- 6.5. Energy and the economy in the Middle East and North Africa -- 6.6. …”
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Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 18: Pathways to Advance Agroecology for a Successful Transformation to Sustainable Food Systems -- Chapter 19: A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition -- Chapter 20: Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions -- Chapter 21: The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System -- Chapter 22: Food System Innovations and Digital Technologies to Foster Productivity Growth and Rural Transformation -- Chapter 23: Leveraging data, models & farming innovation to prevent, prepare for & manage pest incursions: Delivering a pest risk service for low-income countries -- Chapter 24: Food Systems Innovation Hubs in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries -- Chapter 25: A Whole Earth Approach to Nature Positive Food: Biodiversity and Agriculture -- Chapter 26: Water for Food Systems and Nutrition -- Chapter 27: Climate Change and Food Systems -- Chapter 28: Delivering climate change outcomes with agroecology in low- and middle-income countries: evidence and actions needed -- Chapter 29: Crop Diversity, its Conservation and Use for Better Food Systems -- Chapter 30: Safeguarding and using Fruit and Vegetable Biodiversity -- Chapter 31: Reduction of Food Loss and Waste - The Challenges and Conclusions for Actions -- Part V: COSTS, INVESTMENT, FINANCE, AND TRADE ACTIONS -- Chapter 32: The True Cost of Food - a preliminary assessment -- Chapter 33: Cost and Affordability of Preparing a Basic Meal around the World -- Chapter 34: The global cost of reaching a world without hunger: Investment costs and policy action opportunities -- Chapter 35: Financing SGD2 and Ending Hunger -- Chapter 36: Trade and Sustainable Food Systems -- Part VI: Regional Perspectives -- Chapter 37: Policy Options for food system transformation in Africa and the role of science, technology and innovation -- Chapter 38: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Chapter 39: The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Asia -- Chapter 40: The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Europe -- Chapter 41: Transforming Chinese Food Systems for both Human and Planetary Health -- Chapter 42: Key Areas of the Agricultural Science Development in Russia in the Context of Global Trends and Challenges -- Chapter 43: Food System in India. …”
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Working With Academic Literacies Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice by Lillis, Theresa, Harrington, Kathy, Lea, Mary, Mitchell, Sally

Table of Contents: “…Transforming Pedagogies of Academic Writing and Reading -- Introduction to Section 1 -- A Framework for Usable Pedagogy: Case Studies Towards Accessibility, Criticality and Visibility, Julio Gimenez and Peter Thomas -- Working With Power: A Dialogue about Writing Support Using Insights from Psychotherapy, Lisa Clughen and Matt Connell -- An Action Research Intervention Towards Overcoming "Theory Resistance" in Photojournalism Students, Jennifer Good -- Student-Writing Tutors: Making Sense of "Academic Literacies", Joelle Adams -- "Hidden Features" and "Overt Instruction" in Academic Literacy Practices: A Case Study in Engineering, Adriana Fischer -- Making Sense of my Thesis: Master's Level Thesis Writing as Constellation of Joint Activities, Kathrin Kaufhold -- Thinking Creatively About Research Writing, Cecile Badenhorst, Cecilia Moloney, Jennifer Dyer, Janna Rosales and Morgan Murray -- Disciplined Voices, Disciplined Feelings: Exploring Constraints and Choices in a Thesis Writing Circle, Kate Chanock, Sylvia Whitmore and Makiko Nishitani -- How Can the Text Be Everything? …”
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International Impacts on Social Policy Short Histories in Global Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…The Washington Consensus and the Push for Neoliberal Social Policies in Latin America: The Impact of International Organisations on Colombian HealthcarReform Gabriela de Carvalho and Lorraine Frisina Doetter -- 18 World Bank Intervention and Introduction of Social Health Insurance in Albania Ertila Druga -- 19 Social Protection in Mozambique from the 1990s to the 2000s Sarah Kassim de Camargo Penteado -- 20. …”
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Global Perspectives on Educational Innovations for Emergency Situations

Table of Contents: “…KLUK) -- Chapter 7 - UTILIZING RAPID NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO STRENGTHEN PK-12 TEACHING AND LEARNING AFFORDANCES IN EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHING (LAUREN M. …”
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Classification and Data Science in the Digital Age

Table of Contents: “…Figueiredo: An MML Embedded Approach for Estimating the Number of Clusters -- Á. Sousa, O. Silva, M. …”
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