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Representing Sylvia Plath

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Merciful judgments and contemporary society legal problems, legal possibilities /

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Open Society Unresolved : The Contemporary Relevance of a Contested Idea /

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A Force for Change : The Class of 1950 / by Norberg, John

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Postclassical Narratology : Approaches and Analyses /

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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

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The Middle Included : Logos in Aristotle / by Aygün, Ömer, 1975-

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Repentance for the Holocaust : Lessons from Jewish Thought for Confronting the German Past / by Chung, C. K. Martin

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The Rise of Euroskepticism : Europe and Its Critics in Spanish Culture / by Martín-Estudillo, Luis

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Traumatic Stress in South Africa / by Kaminer, Debra

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Scale : Discourse and Dimensions of Social Life /

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Meaningful Flesh: Reflections on Religion and Nature for a Queer Planet / by Bauman, Whitney

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Imagining Afghanistan : Global Fiction and Film of the 9/11 Wars / by Ivanchikova, Alla, 1977-

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Misreading the Bengal Delta : Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal​ Bangladesh / by Dewan, Camelia

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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Volume 1 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 /

Table of Contents: “…Landslide Risk Reduction in Croatia: Scientific research in the framework of the WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-173, IPL-184, ICL ABN -- Shapes and Mechanisms of Large-scale Landslides in Japan: Forecasting Analysis from an Inventory (WCoE 2014–2017 -- Retrospective and Prospects for Cold Regions Landslide Research (2012-2016) (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-132, IPL-167, IPL-203, CRLN -- Large-scale Rockslide Inventories: from the Kokomeren River Basin to the Entire Central Asia Region (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-106-2) -- Interventions for Promoting Knowledge, Innovations and Landslide Risk Management Practices within South and Southeast Asia (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Promoting a Global Standard for Community-based Landslide Early Warning Systems (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-158, IPL-165) -- Model Policy Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines on Landslide Disaster Reduction (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Landslide Hazard and Risk Management (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Mitigation of Landslide Hazards in Ukraine under the Guidance of ICL: 2009–2016 (IPL-153, IPL-191) -- Development of a Hazard Evaluation Technique for Earthquake-Induced Landslides Based on an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (IPL-154) -- The Croatian-Japanese SATREPS Joint Research Project on Landslides (IPL-161).…”
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AI and Human Thought and Emotion. by Freed, Sam (Philosophy professor)

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Environmental justice creating equality, reclaiming democracy / by Shrader-Frechette, K. S. (Kristin Sharon)

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 3 -- Environmentalism and Biocentrism 4 -- From Environmentalism to Environmental Justice 5 -- Understanding Environmental Injustice 6 -- Overview of the Book 18 -- 2 Distributive Justice, Participative Justice, and the Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality 23 -- Overview 24 -- The Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality (PPFPE) and Distributive Justice 24 -- The Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality and Participative Justice 27 -- Objections to the Principle of Prima Facie Political Equality 29 -- How Careless Use of Science Can Encourage Environmental Injustice 34 -- Federal versus Local Control of Siting: Balancing Equity and Utility 36 -- A Case Study 41 -- Conclusions 47 -- 3 Appalachians, Access to Land, and Procedural Justice 49 -- Overview 50 -- Setting the Scene for the First Argument: The -- California Farmer 51 -- Another Instance of Environmental Injustice: The Appalachian Farmer 53 -- ProceduralJustice and End-State Principles 55 -- A Procedurally Based Argumentfor Limiting Property Rights in Resources 56 -- Resource Transactions, Voluntariness, and the Lockean Proviso 56 -- Suggestions for Limiting Property Rights in Land 62 -- Objections to the Argument 63 -- A Second Argument for Limiting Property Rights in Resources 64 -- Objections to the Second Argument 65 -- Conclusion 68 -- 4 African Americans, LULUs, and Free Informed Consent 71 -- Reverend Coleman and the South Side 71 -- Overview 74 -- A Case Study: Homer, Louisiana 74 -- The Louisiana Siting Was Not EthicallyJustified 77 -- Objections and Replies: An EnvironmentallyJust Energy Policy 84 -- Objections and Replies: No Economic Need for the Plant 90 -- Postscript 92 -- 5 Equity and Duties to Future Generations: The Case of Yucca Mountain 95 -- Overview 95 -- Prima Facie Arguments for Equal Treatment 96 -- Utilitarian Objections 97 -- Duties to Future Generations 100 -- Consent and Future Persons 105 -- Practical and Legal Considerations Affecting Justice for Future People 113 -- Conclusions 116 -- 6 Native Peoples and the Problem of Paternalism 117 -- Colonialism and the Exploitation of Indigenous People: The Case of Shell Oil 118 -- Overview 121 -- Paternalism, Consent, and Participative Justice 122 -- The Mescalero Apache, Paternalism, and Waste Disposal 124 -- Environmental Justice and the Mescalero 126 -- Geographical Inequality, Distributive Justice, and the Mescalero 128 -- History of the Nuclear Waste Issue 129 -- Science Relevant to Nuclear Waste Problem 131 -- Conclusion 132 -- 7 Risky Occupational Environments, the Double Standard, and Just Compensation 135 -- Overview 136 -- The Double Standard 137 -- Historical Background 138 -- The Theory of the Compensating Wage Differential 139 -- Arguments against the CWD 148 -- A Case Study: Six Hundred Thousand DOE Workers 152 -- Conclusions and Alternatives 161 -- 8 Developing Nations, Equal Protection, and the Limits of Moral Heroism 163 -- Overview 165 -- The Social Progress Argument 166 -- The BloodyLoafArgument 167 -- The Consent Argument and a Moral Response to It 171 -- The Economic-RealityArgument and a Moral Response to It 175 -- Citizens' Responsibilities for Environmental Justice 177 -- Conclusion 182 -- 9 Taking Action: Public Responsibility for Environmental -- Justice 185 -- Overview 185 -- EnvironmentalJustice Advocacy 186 -- The Tilted Playing Field 186 -- Consequentialist Arguments for Environmental Justice Advocacy 195 -- Deontological Arguments for Environmental Justice Advocacy 197 -- Restrictions on Environmental-Justice Advocacy 197 -- Practical Steps: Working with Nongovernmental Organizations 202 -- Conclusion 205.…”
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Toward an ecology of transfiguration orthodox Christian perspectives on environment, nature, and creation /

Table of Contents: “…Dionysius the Areopagite -- Eric D. Perl -- The Beauty of the World and Its Significance in St. …”
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Neural stem cell assays /

Table of Contents: “…Cryopreservation of Human Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells / Profico D., Sgaravizzi G., Projetti Pensi M., Muzi G., Ricciolini C., Gelati M., and Vescovi A.L. 7. …”
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Deferred development : setting aside cells for future use in development in evolution /

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