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This volume explores the first four waves of a longitudinal diagnostic study of Indigenous adolescents and their families. The first study of its kind, it calls attention to culturally specific risk factors that affect Indigenous (American Indian and Canadian First Nations) adolescent development and describe the historical and social contexts in which Indigenous adolescents come of age. It provides unique information on ethical research and d...

This book examines the circulation of knowledge within globalization, focusing on the differences between centers and peripheries of knowledge production in the social sciences.

This book turns conventional global-historical analysis on its head, demonstrating, first, that local events cannot be derived ¿ logically or historically ¿ from large-scale, global-historical structures and processes and, second, that it is these structures and processes that, in fact, emerge from our analysis of local events.

The citizens of the Marshall Islands have been told that climate change will doom their country, and they have seen confirmatory omens in the land, air, and sea. This book investigates how grassroots Marshallese society has interpreted and responded to this threat as intimated by local observation, science communication, and Biblical exegesis. It illuminates islander agency at the intersection of the local and the global, and suggests a theory...

This book sets the stage for a new materialist feminist debate on the analysis, ethics and politics of love. The contributors raise questions about social power and domination, situating their research in a materialist feminist perspective that investigates love historically, in order to understand changing ideologies, representations and practices. The essays range from studies of particular representations and examples of love, to feminist t...

One of the first towns settled in the lands once known as Connecticut's Western Reserve, Mentor continues to thrive more than two centuries later. After starting out in 1797 as a sparsely populated wilderness outpost with only a handful of permanent residents, Mentor has transformed into a vibrant 21st-century city. The earliest settlers began the great task of felling trees, clearing land, and establishing farms to provide themselves with foo...

I pray these memoirs share the heart of the Father towards missions, evangelism and a bit of my personal story. I pray that you were inspired, humbled and made aware of the clarion call to all within the body of Christ to answer Matthew 28 great commission of Jesus. Please prayerfully consider, becoming a part of God's army if you are not currently, or have not answered the call to work in his vineyard as of yet. Our lives must bear fruit, and...

Student Journal to accompany Paths to College and Career, English Language Arts, Grade 8, Module 2. .

This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America is devoted to Congenital and Acquired Disorders of Macrophages and Histiocytes.  Guest Editors Nancy Berliner, MD and Barrett Rollins, MD have assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Nosology of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), Cell of Origin of LCH, Genomic Changes in LCH, Clinical Treatment of LCH, Neurodegeneration in LCH, Pathogenesis of Hemophagocyt...

The Editor of this publication is Dr Elise Olsen, Director of the Duke University Cutaneous Lymphoma Research and Treatment Center and professor of Dermatology and Oncology.  In 2014, cutaneous lymphoma (CL) is considered a chronic, non-life threatening disease since the majority of patients are diagnosed at early stage, though progression to later stages does result in death from the disease. This issue covers T-cell and B-cell lymphomas, wit...

This issue, edited by Dr. Frank Scannapieco, is devoted to "Unanswered Questions in Periodontology." Review articles will help answer clinical questions such as: Can lost bone in furcations be regenerated?, What biomarkers exist to detect active periodontal disease?, Which mouthrinse products are beneficial for plaque control and gingival health?, Do mobility and occlusal trauma impact periodontal longevity?, Can peri-implantitis be treated?, ...

Cadet Letters tells the story of a freshman cadet at the newly created Air Force Academy in Colorado in 1961-1962. Written weekly between the cadet and his family, and also to his high school "friend" who later became his wife, the compilation of 150 letters document the rugged trials of military training and education, and tell of a cadet's hopes to survive and succeed. Recently unpacked after fifty years, the letters are an authenic first pe...

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Six months after a Russian Intelligence agent is murdered, Lucas Gates is sent to Moscow in pursuit of a terrorist. A former cop and now a CIA agent, Lucas isn't known for playing well with others. He uses any means necessary and avoids relationships he can't simply walk away from-until he meets Russian liaison officer Elena Ivanova, the widow of the murdered agent. Elena follows the rules, so she accepts her role as Lucas's liaison-a jo...

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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In recent decades urban regions around the world have engaged in a new process of development based on the creation of new knowledge. Amidst the globalization of economic activities and the arrival of transformative technologies, knowledge has become the key driver of competitiveness and is profoundly reshaping the patterns of economic growth and activity. This book offers a comprehensive new model of the rise of a Knowledge Economy and its ev...

Key Methods in Second Language Acquisition Research is a book written to help novice teachers and undergraduate students developing an awareness and understanding of the key methodological frameworks and processes used in second language research.

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