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Unpacking postcolonial disability studies / Tsitsi Chataika and Dan Goodley -- The coloniality of disability : analysing intersectional colonialities and subaltern resistance / Robel Afeworki Abay and Karen Soldatic -- A Latin American decolonial thought on disability? : Approaches to a field under construction / Beatriz Revuelta and Raynier Hernández -- Using the perspective of 'peopleship' to conceptualise disability in China / Dong Lin, Fiona Kumari Campbell and Susan Levy -- Decolonising of the global : reflections on constructing local emancipatory projects and influence of western epistemology of disability / Klaudia Muca -- Learning from postcolonial studies, decolonial theory and indigenous studies in disability studies : a scoping review / Yvonne Wechuli and Marianne Hirschberg -- Decolonising disability-inclusive development : the USAID and DFID as case studies / Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez -- Rethinking the smart city as postcolonial technology : the case of the smart nation of Singapore / Kuansong Victor Zhuang and Gerard Goggin -- Africanising neurodiversity : a postcolonial view / Ndakaitei Manase -- 'But I never think of you like that' : an autoethnographic exploration of difference, deviance and defiance as a disabled psychologist / Clare Harvey -- Some faces of power and of those who face with them : thoughts and narratives on the perpetuity of being disabled, enabled and empowered in post/colonial times / Maria Rita Hoffmann and Flamich Maria Magdolna -- 'Who am I to write this?' : an approach to the field of feminist disability studies in Latin America / Constanza López Radrigán and Florencia Herrera -- Changing religio-cultural identities of South Asian disabled youth : accessibility, assimilation and discrimination / Krishan Anil Chadha and Rittika Dasgupta

This book explores the impact of COVID-19 on a wide array of animals, from those in the wild to companion and captive animals. It contributea to a genuinely One Health approach where the health and welfare of both humans and animals are considered holistically.

Front Cover -- Risk Assessment and Management for Ships and Offshore Structures -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- I. Principles of risk assessment and management -- 1 Introduction to risk assessment and management -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Health, safety, and environmental protection -- 1.1.2 Planning of safety studies -- 1.1.3 Definition of structural systems -- 1.1.4 Hazard identification -- 1.1.5 Selection of scenarios -- 1.1.6 Frequency analyses -- 1.1.7 Consequence analyses -- 1.1.8 Risk estimation -- 1.1.9 Risk-reducing measures -- 1.1.10 Emergency preparedness -- 1.1.11 Time-variant risk -- 1.2 Risk calculation -- 1.2.1 Risk to personnel -- 1.2.1.1 Individual risks -- 1.2.1.2 Societal risks and f-N curves -- 1.3 Risk acceptance criteria -- 1.3.1 General -- 1.3.2 Risk matrices -- 1.3.3 As low as reasonably practicable principle -- 1.3.4 Comparison criteria -- 1.4 Risk assessment to determine performance standards -- 1.4.1 General -- 1.4.2 Risk-based fatigue criteria for critical weld details -- 1.4.3 Risk-based compliance process for engineering systems -- References -- 2 Human reliability assessment -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Human error identification -- 2.2.1 Problem definition -- 2.2.2 Task analysis -- 2.2.3 Human error identification -- 2.2.4 Representation -- 2.3 Human error analyses -- 2.3.1 Human error quantification -- 2.3.2 Impact assessment -- 2.4 Human error reduction -- 2.4.1 Error reduction -- 2.4.2 Documentation and quality assurance -- 2.5 Application of ergonomics to the design of marine systems -- 2.6 Quality assurance and quality control -- 2.7 Human and organizational factors in offshore structures -- 2.7.1 General -- 2.7.2 Decreasing human and organizational errors in design -- References -- Further reading -- 3 Risk-based inspection for subsea pipelines -- 3.1 Introduction.

Family Dispute Resolution brings together some of the field's leading practitioners, researchers, teachers, and policymakers to share their expertise and experience. This overview of family dispute resolution processes and practices is designed to help professionals who assist separating and divorcing parents make decisions about the future of their families. It is essential reading for legal and mental health professionals in the field and law and graduate students who intend to work with separating and divorcing families.

Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Contested Borderlands: The US-Mexico War, Treaty, and Immediate Aftermath -- Chapter Two. Responding to Conquest: Land Loss, Violence, and Repatriation -- Chapter Three. Asserting Rights, Remembering Loss: Statehood, Property Rights, and Transnational Influences -- Chapter Four. Immigrants and Transnational Circulation of Conquest Memories: School Segregation, Lynching, and Shifting Boundaries -- Chapter Five. Patriotism and Legacies of Conquest: Segregation, Electoral Politics, and Jury Representation -- Chapter Six. The Civil Rights and Antiwar Movements: Land Grants, Police Brutality, and the Draft -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning addresses the ways in which discourses about language value and identities of linguistic expertise are constructed and negotiated in the Spanish heritage language classroom, and how the classroom discourse shapes, and is shaped by, the world outside.

The collective essays in Sacred Rhetoric dissect the manner in which religious actors or religious themes inform various layers of cultural discourse to foster discussion based upon a greater awareness of the issues at stake and contribute to ongoing discourse about identity and meaning.

A review of sociological, ecological, and economic influences in youth delinquency and the justice system response in various parts of the Caribbean. The work highlights the importance of addressing the issues of youth now to limit crime in the region.