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The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology (MEXT) implemented the Top Global University Project (TGU) in 2014 to prioritize support to the universities actively promoting internationalization1. Waseda University was selected to be a part of this project. The Global Asia Research Center (GARC) is one of the centers responsible for world-class education and research at Waseda University, under the framework o...

Magnetic nanoparticles possess unique properties that make them attractive materials for biomedical applications, such as cancer therapy, current modalities of cancer therapy suffer from several drawbacks. Multimodal cancer therapy by simultaneous hyperthermia and chemotherapy can synergistically enhance the therapeutic efficacy compared to individual/sequential application of these techniques.

Although women represent half of the world's population, their role in society has been largely marginalized in various fields and professions, from academia to medicine. The lack of women in business and economics, especially at the decision-making level, is particularly poignant, as women have increasingly more influential purchasing power. Nowadays, women are becoming recognized as the drivers of the world economy, making 80% of consumer pu...

For private companies, the benefits of bringing in outside experience can have a profound impact. This book is designed to give clarity to common questions like: Why should I have a board? How does it help my business? What style of board should I have? What are the roles and functions of the board members? How to recruit and retain advisors? Follow the practical and actionable advice in this guide for greater business success with less risk...

Vietnam is categorized as one of the very few countries in the world most heavily affected by climate change. Particularly, the country's agriculture, on which nearly two-thirds of the population depend, has experienced severe impacts of climate change. Many studies have investigated climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in the agriicultural sector in Vietnam. However, very few studies focus on North Vietnam where climate chang...

The development of social media addiction has become a phenomenon creating a potential public health crisis. While research has found correlations between the development of social media addiction and rising levels of fear of missing out, there is limited research surrounding the influence of smartphone ease of access. This study examined the moderating effects of smartphone ease of access to social media platforms and assessed appropriate tre...

This is a story about a detective as opposed to a detective story. Mathew Brown aka Augustus Cervantes discovers early in life that he has some very special skills. Skills that manifest in what many consider very odd personality traits. Most notably, he claims he can find anything with a little help from a nebulous place in his mind that he calls the canvas. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Having built a lucrative career finding treasured missing objects for weal...

Sexual violence is a critical social issue in Australia, with reported cases steadily increasing each year (ABS 2016). A key element in efforts to decrease sexual violence against women is to emphasise sexual consent. This Book uses interviews with 23 same-sex attracted women to investigate how same-sex attracted women understand sexual consent, how sexual consent operates in same-sex attracted women's relationships, and where interviewees lea...

The significance of female marginalization and inclusion in leadership decision making has been increasingly a topic of deliberation. Women and men share typical characteristics such as knowledge, educational qualification, expertise, socioeconomic status, yet women are continuously marginalized. The bias that women face because of their gender is a lot more pronounced in countries where the traditional roles of the sexes are defined rigidly. ...

In recent years, global institutions like the UN and UNESCO have increasingly treated obligations to preserve cultural heritage as obligations to uphold human rights. Owing to the relative novelty of this approach, little work has been done to see what exactly such rights would be and how this treatment of cultural heritage could be justified. Not only is it unclear what the foundations of a human right to cultural heritage are or what precise...

The present dissertation addresses the right to truth in the field of international human rights law. The objective is to verify the outlines of this right that make it unique, and which justify its own (disputable) existence in the human rights scenario as a legally binding norm. Departing from a historical perspective of the emergence of this right in International Law, the intent is to analyze the multiple debates that have marked the devel...

This Book explores the disclosure of erectile dysfunction to healthcare professionals by asking men with erectile dysfunction, their partners and healthcare professionals to recall their experiences of such conversations. Erectile dysfunction can be a difficult subject to broach or disclose, and as a result, it is considered that the condition is under reported and therefore under diagnosed. In the light of erectile dysfunction being considere...

Breaking the Silence: A Deep Dive into the Lives of Lesbian Parents in Australian Early Childhood Environments" is a comprehensive examination of the experiences and challenges faced by lesbian parents and their children within the context of Australian early childhood environments. This book provides valuable insights into the dynamics of LGBTQ+ families in educational settings, making it an essential resource for educators, researchers, poli...

As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Representative in India and as a co-organiser of this National Dialogue on Indian Agriculture Towards 2030, the FAO India team is honoured to have had this opportunity for a unique collaboration on the policy front. Our collaborators for this National Dialogue have been the NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India. We also had the ...

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Secrets and lies can destroy a marriage. Eleanor Finch loves to paint, and she loves babies. Her six siblings are all married with babies, lots of babies, and she is desperate to escape her lonely existence and have a family of her own. Viscount Julian Heyer, a childless widower, is looking for a wife who can provide him with an heir. Rich, charming and an art lover, he finds Eleanor, with her large family and wide hips, a perfect candidate. L...

Still is a collection of poems that focuses on the immigrant experience: a family's journey from Lima, Peru to Miami, Florida as political refugees and asylum seekers and the impact that had on the life of a boy as he grew into a man. Renzo Del Castillo's poems often reveal larger moral concerns, touching in their language the world of politics and betrayal that cannot help but impose upon the world of private language. That heritage of terror...

Drawing upon a long and immersive experience hiking around Lake Tahoe, as if to return myself to the sea, explores the interconnectedness of the body and mind with the natural world. As if to return myself to the sea asks for a redefinition of home, a shifting of perspective and place, and a way for memories in the mind to become experiences in the body. From Massachusetts and the woods of New Hampshire to the deserts of Utah and mountains of ...

Internet Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms are expected to enable wide spread use of real-time services. New standards and new communication architectures allowing guaranteed QoS services are now developed. We will cover the issues of QoS provisioning in heterogeneous networks, Internet access over 5G networks, and discusses most emerging technologies in the area of networks and telecommunications such as IoT, SDN, edge computing, and MEC ne...

I am on a peak-hour, return leg flight from Sydney to Melbourne following a full day of meetings with clients where I shared the findings from our latest workplace design research. The conversations were fruitful, with a particular focus on innovation - a popular topic among organisations. We discussed the ways a workplace could help unearth ideas that organisations intuitively know exist in the ranks of their employees but can be awfully hard...