Search results

Practical PHP and MySQL Website Databases is a project-oriented book that demystifies building interactive, database-driven websites. The focus is on getting you up and running as quickly as possible. In the first two chapters you will set up your development and testing environment, and then build your first PHP and MySQL database-driven website. You will then increase its sophistication, security, and functionality throughout the course of the book. The PHP required is taught in context within each project so you can quickly learn how PHP integrates with MySQL to create powerful database-driven websites. Each project is fully illustrated, so you will see clearly what you are building as you create your own database-driven website. You will build a form for registering users, and then build an interface so that an administrator can view and administer the user database. You will create a message board for users and a method for emailing them. You will also learn the best practices for ensuring that your website databases are secure. Later chapters describe how to create a blog, a product catalog, and a simple e-commerce site. You will also discover how to migrate a database to a remote host. Because you are building the interactive pages yourself, you will know exactly how the MySQL and PHP work, and you will be able to add database interactivity to your own websites with ease.

Green Economy is a key theme of the June 2012 Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The inclusive Green Urban Economy approach embodies a challenge to local government leaders and city practitioners to apply existing tools and methods in new ways to develop innovative approaches by engaging economic-environmental considerations and stakeholders in a much more active fashion. This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level. Green cities are an imperative solution, not only in meeting global environmental challenges but also in helping to ensure socio-economic prosperity at the local level. Environmentalists must learn to understand the language and dynamics of the economy, and to combine important economic interests (such as cost savings) with ecological interests (such as saving of resources). Business and economic leaders must also understand and accommodate ecological interests to advance social improvement and sustainable development. The editors compiled contributions of varying perspectives and practical experiences from the emerging fields of environmental economics, urban development and green cities, along with concrete examples from city governments. The Economy of Green Cities documents and demonstrates the different layers of knowledge required for a Green Urban Economy. The compendium supports researchers, business thinkers and practitioners to explore, detail and discuss an urban Green Economy agenda.

"Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well as the factors that lead to it, communities can minimize their vulnerabilities and increase their resilience.? In this volume, editors Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, and Fernando I. Rivera gather an impressive array of scholars to provide a much needed re-think to the topic disaster resiliency. Previous research on the subject has mainly focused on case studies, but this book offers a more systematic and empirical assessment of resiliency, while at the same time delving into new areas of exploration, including vulnerabilities of mobile home parks, the importance of asset mapping, and the differences between rural and urban locations. Employing a variety of statistical techniques and applying these to disasters in the United States and worldwide, this book examines resiliency through comparative methods which examine public management and policy, community planning and development, and, on the individual level, the ways in which culture, socio-economic status, and social networks contribute to resiliency. The analyses drawn will lead to the development of strategies for community preparation, response, and recovery to natural disasters."--Publisher's website.

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. This book tells the story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world's foremost advocate for women's health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and "one of the most powerful women in the world" (London Times). An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sadik has been a courageous and tireless advocate for women, insisting on discussing the difficult issues that impact their lives: education, contraception, abortion, as well as rape and other forms of violence. After Sadik joined the fledgling UN Population Fund in 1971, her groundbreaking strategy for providing females with education and the tools to control their own fertility has dramatically influenced the global birthrate. This book is the first to examine Sadik's contribution to history - and the unconventional methods she has employed to go head-to-head with world leaders to improve millions of women's lives. Interspersed between the chapters recounting Sadik's life are vignettes of women around the globe who represent her campaign against domestic abuse, child marriage, genital mutilation, and other human rights violations. With its insights into the political, religious, and domestic battles that have dominated women's destinies, Sadik's life story is as inspirational as it is dramatic.

"How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces. Analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the Cuban Republic, Timothy Hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution in 1940 up until the Cuban Revolution.By arguing that constitutionalism was elaborated through architectural principles and practices as well as legal ones, Hyde offers a new view of architectural modernism as a political and social instrument. He contends that constitutionalism produced a decisive confluence of law and architecture, a means for planning the future of Cuba. The importance of architecture in this process is laid bare by Hyde's thorough scrutiny of a variety of textual, graphical, and physical artifacts. He examines constitutional articles, exhibitions, interviews, master plans, monuments, and other primary materials as acts of design.Read from the perspective of architectural history, Constitutional Modernism demonstrates how the modernist concepts that developed as an international discourse before the Second World War evolved through interactions with other disciplines into a civil urbanism in Cuba. And read from the perspective of Cuban history, the book explains how not only material products such as buildings and monuments but also the immaterial methods of architecture as a cultural practice produced ideas that had consequential effects on the political circumstances of the nation. "--

'Wir wollen mit der Musik, die wir machen, die Menschen davon überzeugen, dass sich alle Menschen von ihren Unterdrückern befreien müssen' erklärt Rio Reiser, Frontmann der Band Ton Steine Scherben 1970 in einem Interview. Die Band hatte sich kurz zuvor im West-Berliner Stadtteil Kreuzberg gegründet, im Zeichen der aufgeheizten Atmosphäre des Konflikts zwischen verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Gruppen. Mit ihrem selbst erfundenen Musikstil Agit-Rock und Titeln wie 'Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht', 'Ich will nicht werden was mein Alter ist', 'Wir streiken' oder 'Der Kampf geht weiter' entwickelten sich in kurzer Zeit zu Hymnen von Hausbesetzern, politischen Aktivisten und Kulturrebellen. Der genaue Blick auf Ton Steine Scherben legt eine ungewöhnliche Mischung aus künstlerischer und Lebensradikalität frei: Als Teil der West-Berliner Gegengesellschaft lebten sie in Kommunen, beteiligten sich an Demonstrationen, Solidaritäts- oder Protestaktionen und standen in Kontakt mit Personen aus dem Umfeld der APO, Bewegung 2. Juni und RAF. Konzerte endeten oft in Hausbesetzungen, ihre Kommune wurde regelmäßig von Polizeikommandos gestürmt. Die Türen ihrer Wohn- und Arbeitsräume standen jedermann offen, gemeinsam hat man musiziert, diskutiert oder Drogen konsumiert. Die Bandmitglieder verstanden sich als Teil einer revolutionären Bewegung, deren politische Ausrichtung dem Kampf gegen Unterdrückung, Unfreiheit und Ungerechtigkeit dienen sollte, vor allem in ihrer direkten Umgebung in Kreuzberg/West-Berlin. Aber wie sollte die politische Arbeit einer Musikgruppe aussehen? Wieso verbreiteten sich ihre radikalen, schlagwortartigen Parolen blitzartig durch den deutschsprachigen Raum? Wie traten sie wofür ein, mit welchen Inhalten, Zielen und Methoden? Aus welchem Grund stieg die Band abseits klassisch-wirtschaftlicher Strukturen in kürzester Zeit zu einer der bekanntesten westdeutschen Gruppen auf - ohne Plattenlabel oder Vermarktungsstrategie? Woher stammte überhaupt die Idee oder der Glaube daran, mit Musik Politik machen zu können? Politik für oder gegen welche politischen, gesellschaftlichen oder kulturellen Ansichten und Gruppen - und vor allem weshalb? Diese Fragen werden im vorliegenden Buch beleuchtet und letztendlich beantwortet. Florian Tobias Kreier ist Kulturaktivist, Musiker, Autor und Journalist. Der gebürtige Chiemgauer studierte in München Politologie, Philosophie und Literaturwissenschaften, widmete sich aber hauptsächlich seinem Steckenpferd Musik und sah die Universität deshalb eher selten von innen. Stattdessen arbeitete er für Stadtmagazine und Radiosender, trat mit verschiedenen Bandprojekten in halb Europa auf und veranstaltete Kulturhappenings, Konzerte und Festivals. Momentan ist Florian Kreier Mitglied der on3-Musikredaktion des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herausgeber des Magazins für Fotografie und Literatur 'DER GREIF' und veröffentlicht unter verschiedenen Pseudonymen Musik und Literatur.

Intro -- PSYCHOLOGY OF BIAS -- PSYCHOLOGY OF BIAS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: BIASES IN MEDICAL DECISION MAKING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. The Error in Medicine -- 1.2. The Dimension of Medical Error -- 2. COGNITIVE BASIS OF DIAGNOSIS -- 2.1. Diagnostic Errors -- 2.2. The Medical Choice: Beyond the Given Data(Toward Diagnosis) -- 2.3. Cognitive Heuristics and Biases -- 3. TWO WAYS OF THINKING -- 3.1. Is there Room for Intuition in Medicine? -- 3.2. Summing Up -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: PERCEPTUAL BIASES FOR THREAT -- ABSTRACT -- BIASES FOR ANCIENT THREATS-AN EVOLUTIONARY MODEL -- BIASES FOR MODERN THREATS-A LEARNING MODEL -- BIASES FOR THREAT IN CHILDREN AND INFANTS-A DUAL-PATHWAY MODEL -- BEHAVIORAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: ON THE RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN STIMULUS VALENCE,EMOTIONAL BIAS, AND BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RELEVANCE OF THE STIMULUSVALENCE TO SURVIVAL -- FROM ENVIRONMENT TO COGNITIONTHROUGH MOOD -- EMOTIONAL VALENCE:IS IT AN ARTIFICIAL DICHOTOMIZATION? -- THE POWER OF UNCONSCIOUSLY PERCEIVEDEMOTIONAL STIMULI -- THEORETICAL ORIENTING FRAMEWORKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: THE BIAS TOWARD CAUSE AND EFFECT -- THE BIAS TOWARD CAUSE AND EFFECT -- MAKING THE CASE FOR 'CAUSE' -- THE SAME UNDERLYING CONCEPT? -- CHALLENGES TO A SINGLE NOTION OF CAUSE -- A DIFFERENT APPROACH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: RESPONDING TO GROUPBASEDDISCRIMINATION:WHEN THE NORMATIVE PROTECTIONOF THE (DISADVANTAGED)INGROUP MATTERS -- ABSTRACT -- RESPONDING TO GROUP-BASED DISCRIMINATION:WHEN THE NORMATIVE PROTECTIONOF THE (DISADVANTAGED) INGROUP MATTERS -- DISCRIMINATION: THE TARGET'S PERSPECTIVE -- OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- PERSPECTIVES ON ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS (AAS) AND DOPING IN SPORT AND HEALTH -- PERSPECTIVES ON ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS (AAS) AND DOPING IN SPORT AND HEALTH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ANABOLIC STEROIDS USED AS DOPING AGENTS IN SPORTS -- ABSTRACT -- BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY -- AAS AND SPORT -- LEGAL ASPECTS SURROUNDING AAS USE -- AAS AND TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION -- PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE -- ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DOPING, SCIENCE AND SPORT -- PUBLIC ENQUIRIES INTO AAS ABUSE -- METHODS OF AAS ADMINISTRATION IN SPORT -- DRUG TESTING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TESTOSTERONE AND MOLECULAR REGULATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Testosterone Production in-vivo -- Peripheral Tissue Expression -- TESTOSTERONE AND SKELETAL MUSCLE -- DIRECT PATHWAY (TESTOSTERONE-AR COMPLEX) -- INDIRECT PATHWAYS -- Role of IGF-I and Its Downstream Pathways -- MAPK/JNK/Notch Signalling -- Wnt/β -Catenin Signalling -- Myostatin/TGF-. Signalling -- TESTOSTERONE AND CALCIUM CONCENTRATION -- EXPERIMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS/CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROID (AAS) USE - PERSPECTIVES OF A GENERAL PRACTITIONER AND SPORTS PHYSICIAN -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- THE EFFECTS OF NON-THERAPEUTIC ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROID (AAS) USE ON CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- FOREWORD -- ABSTRACT -- I. AAS IN BLOOD LIPIDS AND LIPOPROTEINS -- II. AAS ON SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE -- III. EFFECTS OF AAS ON VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION -- IV. AAS ON HAEMOSTATIC SYSTEM -- IV. AAS ON MYOCARDIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION -- ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- HEALTH AND BEHAVIOURAL CONSEQUENCES OF ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROID (AAS) USE -- OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER -- INTRODUCTION -- POTENTIAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF AAS USE -- POTENTIAL PSYCHIATRIC CONSEQUENCES AF AAS USE -- AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE.

An inside look at what makes a successful financial services companyIrv Rothman may not have considered a career in the financial services early on, but he ended up in leadership positions at AT&T, Compaq and, for over a decade, Hewlett-Packard. His consistent record of success and insider perspective make him the perfect guide to the art of building and growing a financial services company, and in Out-Executing the Competition he shares his remarkable story and years of experience, giving readers a glimpse into his numerous accomplishments and providing takeaways they can apply to their own companies, whatever the industry.An engaging and lively account of Rothman's career focusing on his work at financial services companies during some of the most economically challenging periods of the past thirty years, the book explores the methods and tactics he used to help his companies not only weather financial uncertainty, but to thrive. Tells the story of financial services company expert Irv Rothman, in his own words Includes invaluable insights into how to build a financial services company that can survive and thrive in even the toughest economic climate Helps readers working at financial services companies and in other industries to construct solid businesses that can outperform their competition Part biography, part how-to guide, Out-Executing the Competition is the ultimate inside look at building a financial services company that's sure to succeed.

DEVELOPING GOVERNMENT POLICY CAPABILITY: POLICY WORK, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Policy Work as a Context for Project Management -- Project Management in Context -- Rethinking Project Management -- Policy Work -- Project Management in a Policy Context -- What Is This Book About? -- Chapter 2: Policy Work in Australia -- Policy Work in Australia -- The Role of the Federal Government Cabinet -- The Reform Agenda to Build Policy Capability -- Policy Work Through the Lens of Project Management -- Fit for Purpose—Project Management for Policy Work? -- Concluding Remarks—Policy Work in Australia -- Chapter 3: Reconceptualizing Project Management for Policy Work -- Policy Capability: Implications for Project Management -- Soft Skills -- Governance -- Communication and Engagement -- Managing Uncertainty -- Planning for Contingencies -- Structuring the Project -- Controlling the Project -- The Value Proposition of the Project -- Dealing with Wicked Problems: A Knowledge-Based View of the Project Management Practice -- Reflective Practice -- Experiential Learning -- Sense-Making -- Remembering -- Concluding Remarks: A Knowledge-Based View of Project Management -- Chapter 4: The Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 Case Study -- Research Method -- Case Study: Tobacco Plain Packaging -- Case Setting: Australian Effort on Tobacco Control in an International Context -- Overview—Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 (TPP) -- The TPP: A Project Management Perspective -- Soft Skills -- Governance -- Communication and Engagement -- Managing Uncertainty -- Planning for Contingencies -- Controlling the Project -- The Value Proposition of the Project -- Knowledge-Based Practices -- Reflective Practice -- Experiential Learning

Intro -- SNAP'S (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) ROLE IN POVERTY REDUCTION AND INCREASED FOOD SECURITY -- SNAP'S (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) ROLE IN POVERTY REDUCTION AND INCREASED FOOD SECURITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SNAP BENEFITS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- SUMMARY -- What Is the Issue? -- What Did the Study Find? -- How Was the Study Conducted? -- INTRODUCTION -- SNAP: ELIGIBILITY, PARTICIPATION, AND BENEFITS -- THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY DATA -- MEASURES OF POVERTY -- THE EFFECT OF SNAP BENEFITS ON POVERTY -- SNAP Impact Is Stronger on Reducing Depth and Severity of Poverty Than Prevalence of Poverty -- SNAP Effect on Poverty Levels Is Underestimated in CPS -- SNAP's Effect on Poverty Was Strongest in 2009 -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 FOOD SECURITY IMPROVED FOLLOWING THE 2009 ARRA INCREASE IN SNAP BENEFITS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SUMMARY -- What Is the Issue? -- What Did the Study Find? -- How Was the Study Conducted? -- INTRODUCTION -- Previous Estimates of the Stimulus Effects of the ARRASNAP Enhancements -- ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK, DATA, AND KEY VARIABLES -- Analytic Framework -- Data Used in the Study -- Measurement of Key Variables -- RESEARCH CHALLENGES AND METHODS -- Unadjusted Comparisons Pre-ARRA to Post-ARRA -- Multivariate (Adjusted) Comparisons Pre-ARRA to Post-ARRA -- Difference-in-Difference Comparisons Pre-ARRA to Post-ARRA -- SNAP PARTICIPATION INCREASED -- Expected Changes -- Findings -- SNAP BENEFITS INCREASED -- Expected Increase -- Findings -- TFP-ADJUSTED FOOD EXPENDITURES INCREASED AMONG LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS -- Expected Changes -- Findings -- FOOD SECURITY IMPROVED AMONGLOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS -- Expected Changes -- Findings

Intro -- Social Work Practice with Groups, Communities, and Organizations -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Assessment of Groups -- Historical Background -- Summary of Current Evidence and Application to Group Assessment -- Group Definition -- Group Pragmatics -- Group Composition -- Group Engagement -- Group Identity/Cohesion -- Group Climate -- Interactive Processes -- Group Norms -- Group Leadership -- Group Development -- Identified Needs for New Research -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 2 Group Work: A Critical Addition to the Social Work Repertoire -- Group Work: A New Method of Intervention with Deep Historical Roots -- Group Work Models for Practice -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 3 Assessment of Communities -- Historical Background and Theory -- Historical Background -- Community Theory: An Essential Component in Shaping Approaches to Community Assessment -- Assessment in Practice: Discovering and Documenting the Life of a Community -- Assessment Frameworks -- Social Network and Social Network Mapping -- Role of Technology in Community Assessment -- Limitations of the Evidence -- Implications for Social Work on Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Levels -- Future Directions -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 4 Intervention with Communities -- Focus of Community Intervention: What Does Community Mean? -- Historical Background -- Current Evidence-Based Intervention with Communities -- Limitations to the Evidence -- Implications for Social Work -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Review Questions for Critical Thinking -- Online Resources -- References -- Chapter 5 Assessment of Organizations.

Preface / by Omri Gillath, Glenn Adams, & Adrianne D. Kunkel -- Introduction : theoretical integration in relationship science: making interdisciplinarity work / by Omri Gillath, Glenn Adams, & Adrianne D. Kunkel -- Guiding theoretical approaches -- Relationship neuroscience : where we are and where we might be going / by Jennifer M. Tomlinson & Arthur Aron -- Evolutionary perspectives on caring and prosocial behavior in relationships / by Lane Beckes & Jeffry A. Simpson -- A cultural psychology of relationship : decolonizing science and practice / by Glenn Adams, Tugçe Kurtis, Phia S. Salter, & Stephanie L. Anderson -- Caring -- Culture and genes : moderators of the use and effect of social support / by Heejung S. Kim, Taraneh Mojaverian, & David K. Sherman -- New directions in the neurobiology and physiology of paternal care / by Karen L. Bales, Nicole Maninger, & Katie Hinde -- Social-interactional perspectives on child maltreatment : how can they contribute to relationship science? / by Steven R. Wilson -- Attraction and relationship initiation -- Relational mobility : a socio-ecological approach to personal relationships / by Masaki Yuki & Joanna Schug -- Adaptive relationship cognition : the sights and smells of sexual attraction / by Jon K. Maner, Saul L. Miller, & Jennifer Leo -- How to relate to people : the extra-terrestrial's guide to homo sapiens / by Alan Page Fiske & Lisa Schubert -- Attachment and loss -- Relationship after loss: communication in the new grief paradigm / by Michael Robert Dennis & Adrianne D. Kunkel -- What is attachment? : a multi-level multi-method interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of attachment / by Omri Gillath, Melanie Canterberry, & Tara J. Collins

"Traditional logistical chains have enabled us to respond efficiently to the needs of customers in terms of services and products. However, the returns, rejects and by-products of these activities have been eliminated or ignored. Reverse logistics aims at valuing these products using a value creation network integrating recovery, processing, recycling, distribution or clean removal processes. In the context of sustainable development, integrating economic, social and environmental factors, these activities raise questions concerning the design of products, processes and logistic networks. Taking these considerations into account involves significant changes that affect business models as well as consumer habits. New working methods and a long-term vision are the new bases for sustainable logistic networks. The objective of this book is to supply an educational tool for engineering schools, as well as a management tool for the efficient implementation of the reverse logistics function. It brings together the knowledge acquired by the scientific community. Even if reverse logistics has been the subject of several books over the past few years, very few theories have been developed and the subject is far from being exhausted. This book proposes generic concepts and processes that can be adapted to all businesses producing goods and services and which aim to integrate reverse logistics. These processes will enable us to shed light on their complexity and to take into account all the important variables."--Publisher information

"Corresponding to Etruscan belief the supernatural-divine sphere took great influence on the life of both the single and the whole community. The interpretation of the divine will and the accurate execution of cult activities played an important role. It is not surprising that the Etruscans were considered as very religious people in ancient opinion. The 26 articles of these international proceedings address the many aspects of a theme, that deals with the widespread interactions between religious and public-social spheres, in with regard to content and method different ways. The chronological frame ranges from the Villanovan period, the early phase of Etruscan culture, down to the Roman Empire. Linguistically oriented articles stand next to those of archaeological, epigraphical and/or more historical approach illustrating the broadness of actual research interests. Special interest is hold for the Etruscan pantheon (as a whole or with regard to single gods), structure and range of duties of priesthoods as well as the literarily (especially the Liber Linteus and the 'brontoscopic calendar'), archaeological and iconographical manifestations of rituals and religious beliefs. Analyses with specific Etruscan focus are complemented by articles treating questions concerning the Etrusco-Greek or Etrusco-Italic escpecially Etrusco-Roman network of relationships (for example the genesis of the triumph and the role of the haruspices) or concentrating on testimonies of other peoples of pre-Roman Italy."--Publisher's website