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"Four decades of economic reform have made China one of the most unequal countries in the world - but the impact of this inequality is not just socioeconomic. Love Troubles is the first book to examine the emotional cost of this inequality to the intimate and emotional lives of China's people.Drawing on first-hand ethnographic research among rural migrant factory workers in the Pearl River Delta in southern China, Wanning Sun critically analyzes narratives about love, romance, and intimacy in contemporary Chinese public discourses. Examining the impact of economic and cultural inequality on private life, this book both embodies and facilitates an intimate turn in the study of China's social change, and presents a significant intellectual intervention into worldwide debates on inequality."

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This third and final volume of the annotated catalog of the Edward C. Atwater, M.D. Collection of American Popular Medicine includes books, manuscripts, pamphlets, periodicals, and printed ephemera acquired since the publication of Volume 1 (Authors A-L) in 2001 and Volume 2 (Authors M-Z) in 2004. Volume 3 (Authors A-Z) contains entries for more than 2,000 items. Together, these three volumes provide an unparalleled perspective on the vast and diverse body of literature published between the colonial period and World War I that, among other things, instructed Americans on the domestic treatment of illness or injury, advised women on reproductive control, and enlightened school children on the structure and functioning of their own bodies.

This Element focuses on the efforts of interest groups who try to to influence a policy-maker who in turn exerts effort to increase the probability that a reform be implemented. It analyses linking of the allocative efficiency and redistribution of the aggregate surplus, as both depend on the set of active principals as well as on the group size.

Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PROLOGUE: BEFORE DRUGS -- PART I THE NEW ACCELERATOR: DRUGS AND MENTAL ENHANCEMENT -- 1 THE ELIXIR OF LIFE -- 2 PROSTHETIC GODS -- PART II BEYOND THE VEIL: DRUGS AND THE LIMITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- 3 A WORLD OF PURE EXPERIENCE -- 4 THE UNSEEN REGION -- PART III SATURNALIA OF THE SENSES: DRUGS AND THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION -- 5 TALES OF THE HASHISH EATERS -- 6 EXTASIA, FANTASIA AND ILLUMINATI -- PART IV LOST AND FOUND -- 7 A SIN, A CRIME, A VICE OR A DISEASE? -- 8 TWICE-BORN -- EPILOGUE: AFTER DRUGS -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- About the authors -- Chapter 1: Perceiving AI through a humanistic lens -- Introduction -- Humanism and AI -- Ubuntu and AI -- Decolonial and post-colonial lenses -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Intricate intersections: AI's diversity and governance crises -- Introduction -- The portrayal of AI as white -- Women in (emerging) technology -- Algorithmic exploitation -- Ecology in two senses of the word -- Ethical AI and policymaking -- A humanistic view of ethical AI governance -- Chapter 3: AI ethics in and for Africa: Some preliminary thoughts -- Introduction -- Disconnects -- Ethical debates around AI -- A relational ethics of care -- Feminist and engaged commitments to AI -- Notes -- Chapter 4: (Mis)perceptions of AI in Africa: Metaphors, myths, and realities -- Introduction -- African perceptions of AI -- Techno-utopia versus techno-dystopia -- Making (non)sense of AI as a technical artefact -- Note -- Chapter 5: Digital citizenship in Africa: Contestations and innovations in the context of AI -- Introduction -- Responses to the curtailment of digital citizen engagement -- Responses to unequal digital access and (responsible) digital literacy -- Responses to digital citizenship through digital education and research -- Promoting digital citizenship in Africa in the context of AI: Moving beyond a symbolic term -- Notes -- Chapter 6: AI and the labour sector in Africa: Disruptive or transformative? -- Introduction -- Artificial intelligence and the disruption of the labour market -- Semi-skilled labour -- Unskilled labour -- Skilled labour -- A pessimistic view of the impact of automation on the labour market -- An optimistic view of the impact of automation on the labour market -- AI ethics in the workplace.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Economy of consumption. Starting with Lipovetsky and Bauman -- Chapter 3: Politics of subjectivity. Starting with Lasch and Beck -- Chapter 4: Psyche of autoimmunity. Starting with Ehrenberg and Han -- Chapter 5:Mythical individual and surrogate individual. The end of civilization as a desire.

Overview I: Edo Period -- Case 1: Konoike Zen'emon: Successive Innovations on the Nationwide Market -- Case 2: Takatoshi Mitsui: New Business Opportunities and the Retail Revolution -- Case 3: Genzaemon Nakai: Regional Merchant Thriving on the National Stage -- Discussion Point 1: Early Modern or Pre-modern? -- Overview 2: From Port Opening to the Post Russo-Japanese War Period -- Case 4: Hikojiro Nakamigawa: Zaibatsu Reform by Salaried Managers -- Case 5: Yataro Iwasaki and Yanosuke Iwasaki: Formation of Zaibatsu by Owner Managers -- Case 6: Zenjiro Yasuda and Soichiro Asano: Zaibatsu Formation through the Collaboration of Two Owner-Managers -- Case 7: Eiichi Shibusawa: Mobilization of Managerial Resources by an Investor-Manager -- Discussion Point 2: How Did Japan's Economy Manage to Take Off So Early? Conditions that Enabled the First Successful Industrialization Case among Late Developers -- Overview 3: World War I to the 1980s -- Case 8: Ichizo Kobayashi: A Leader in Urbanization Creates a New Industry -- Case 9: Yasuzaemon Matsunaga: Electrification Leader Establishes Private Sector-Led Public Utility Operations -- Case 10: Saburosuke Suzuki II : Commercialization of Exceptional Breakthrough Innovation -- Case 11: Kiichiro Toyoda: From Breakthrough to Incremental Innovations -- Case 12: Shitagau Noguchi and Yoshisuke Aikawa: Emergence of New Konzerns and Foray into the Continent -- Case 13: Sazo Idemitsu: From "Oil Merchant of the Continent" to "Hero of Native Oil Companies" -- Case 14: Yataro Nishiyama: Leader of Capital Investment Drives High Economic Growth -- Case 15: Konosuke Matsushita: Initiator of "Consumer Revolution" Drives High Economic Growth -- Case 16: Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita, Soichiro Honda, and Takeo Fujisawa: The Groundbreaking Nature of Sony and Honda Becoming Global Companies -- Case 17: Toshio Doko: The Sense of Crisis Harbored by the "Fine Physician of the Business World" and "Mr. Administrative Reform" -- Discussion Point 3: How did Japan's Economy Grow Continuously Over a Long Period of Time? Catch-Up and Domestic Demand -- Overview 4: Japan since the 1990s -- Case 18: Kazuo Inamori: Managerial Renewal by a Venture Manager -- Case 19: Toshifumi Suzuki: Convenience Store Innovations Originating in Japan Spread to the World -- Case 20: Tadashi Yanai and Masayoshi Son: Exceptional Challenges Undertaken by the Two Risk Takers -- Discussion Point 4: Why did Japan's Economy Slow Down? ICT Revolution and "Disruptive Innovation".

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- About This Book -- About IIT Guwahati -- From the Desk of Chairman of Technical Committee of NERC 2022 -- North East Research Conclave-2022: Toward Sustainable Science and Technology -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment -- Multi-metal Adsorption and Cyclic Desorption Characteristics of Zn+2 and Cu+2 Constituting Multi-component Synthetic Wastewater System Using Commercial Resins -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Materials -- 2.1 Chemicals and Reagents -- 2.2 Characterizations and Analysis -- 2.3 Multi-heavy Metal Containing Synthetic Wastewater Solutions -- 2.4 Batch Adsorption Studies -- 2.5 Batch Desorption Studies -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Batch Adsorption Characteristics -- 3.2 Equilibrium and Kinetic Model Fitness -- 3.3 Commercialized Resin Characterization -- 3.4 Cyclic Desorption Characteristics -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Investigation of Microalgae Growth in a Mixture of Kraft Paper Industry Effluent and Biogas Slurry: Wastewater Treatment and Biodiesel Production -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Collection of Samples -- 2.2 Pre-treatment of the Effluent -- 2.3 Media Preparation -- 2.4 Microorganism Selection and Growth Condition -- 2.5 The Dry Weight of Algal Biomass -- 2.6 Lipid Extraction (Lipid Percentage) -- 2.7 Biodiesel Production -- 3 Results and Discussions -- 3.1 Microalgal Growth -- 3.2 Physical Parameters of the Prepared Samples (After and Before Being Treated with Algae) -- 3.3 Chemical Parameter of Kraft Paper Mill Effluent and Biogas Slurry -- 3.4 Biomass and Lipid Production -- 3.5 Biodiesel Analysis-NMR Spectroscopy -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Pharmaceutically Active Compounds' (PhACs) Threat: An Environmental Prospective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pharmaceutically Active Compounds (PhACs).

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Humans as observers in the sea -- Greater abundance of organisms than on land -- Snorkelling and diving -- This book is a habitat guide… -- A few words about the authors -- Every time we put on fins and goggles… -- Habitat-Defining Parameters -- In the sea, just as on dry land, very different habitats exist -- Substances can travel very far -- Geological, geographical, and climatic parameters -- Impact of oceanic forces -- Proximity to river mouths -- Tropical or temperate -- "Keystone species" -- A journey along the path of solar energy -- Habitats in the Mediterranean Sea -- 1 Bright, sun-exposed rocky ground -- 2 Dark, shady rocky ground -- 3 Sea caves -- 4 Intertidal zone -- 5 Sandy ground -- 6 Seagrass -- 7 Deep muddy ground -- 8 Open water -- Impressive Photo Models in their Habitats -- Habitat: Sunlit Rocky Ground -- Durable subtrate -- Distinction based on solar irradiance -- Sun-loving Brown Algae -- The blanket-forming growth of Cystoseira kelp -- Seasonal changes -- Living off carbohydrate reserves until spring -- A chance for peacock's tail and forkweed algae -- Other Algae in Shallow Seas -- A forest of umbrella algae blanketing the bottom -- Giant cell with nucleus at the base of the stalk -- A ground-breaking discovery -- Fertilised sea lettuce -- Every illuminated rock on the sea floor… -- Sessile Animals - Anemones -- Sea anemones: underwater gardeners -- Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemones form a "dinoflagellate garden" -- Two colour morphs with identical clone colonies -- Protection in the Poisonous Tentacle Forest -- Coral Polyps -- Coral colonies in the Mediterranean -- Pillow corals have their own microalgae garden -- Corals with only one polyp -- Sun-loving Sponges -- Sponges are sessile animals… -- The body of a sponge… -- Sponges constantly absorb water.

1. Introduction (Matt Beech and Simon Lee) -- Part 1: Ideas, Leadership and Elections -- 2. Conservative Party Ideology in the Age of Brexit (Matt Beech) -- 3. Prime Ministerial Leadership in the Age of Brexit (Roderick Crawford) -- 4. The General Elections: 2015, 2017, 2019 (Christopher Fear) -- 5. The EU Referendum and British Politics (Jasper Miles) -- 6. Parliament and the Constitution (Philip Norton) -- Part 2: Continuity and Change in Public Policy -- 7. Two Steps Backwards: UK Economic Policy in the Ages of Austerity and Brexit, 2015 to 2020 (Simon Lee) -- 8. Conservative Governments and Education Policy in the Age of Brexit, 2015 to 2020 (Joseph Tiplady) -- 9. The Submerged Welfare State: Health and Social Care Policy in England from 2015 to 2020(Holly Jarman) -- 10. Conservative Welfare Policies: Ideational Oscillation in the Age of Brexit (Daniel Pitt) -- 11. Consistently inconsistent? Assessing UK Climate Action in the Age of Brexit (Jeremy F.G. Moulton) -- 12. British Defence Policy and Brexit: Finding Stability During a Period of Uncertainty (Philip Mayne) -- 13. Foreign Policy and International Development from Cameron to Johnson (James R. Pritchett) -- Part 3: Four Nation Politics -- 14. A Much-Misgoverned Nation: England in the Age of Brexit (Simon Lee) -- 15.Scotland, Conservatism and the British Union, 2015-20 (Margaret Arnott) -- 16. Wales and the Conservative Government, 2015-20 (Roger Awan-Scully) -- 17. Alienation and Destabilization: Northern Ireland in the Age of Brexit (Cillian McGrattan). .

"The book dissects the nature of environmental conflicts in Africa. It presents a new theoretical interpretation of resource factors that could transform African states, when resources are adequately managed." — Dr. Chijioke Odii, Renaissance University Ugbawka, Nigeria " The book is a groundwork on competition over control of mineral resources that have become a major source of armed conflict in Africa. It is a strong call for the transformation of resource governance and management in Africa." — Dr. Prince Enwereji, University of South Africa, South Africa The book discusses the failure of many African governments in providing the social needs of the masses. Unfortunately, in many States, mineral resources are owned, explored and marketed by machinery of the state. The problem arises when the masses begin to challenge State access and ownership of resources that are domiciled within their ancestral land. Often their resistance to state control of natural resources is triggered by sense of exploitation, negligence and widespread poverty in the face of high resource endowment and waste by government officials. Paradoxically, the State uses unlimited might to suppress the agitators, thereby leading to increased arms race by such groups. When the resource agitators succeed in arming themselves, they begin to demand for environmental justice, thereby leading to mass armed conflict with the state forces over control of natural commonwealth. It is that state of desperado to control access, extraction and sale of resources in a state, by different armed groups that turns natural resources extraction as visible cause of conflicts around the African continent that is the centrepiece of the book. Dr. Kelechi Johnmary Ani is a lecturer in Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria and Visiting Senior Lecturer at Renaissance University Ugbawka, Nigeria. He is also an Extraordinary Professor in the Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs, North West University, South Africa .