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Drawing on ethnographic research in salsa classes and oral histories this book details the everyday practices of femininity, heterosexuality and 'new' intimacies among women in midlife. Challenging conventional notions of the baby boomers it draws attention to how these practices are classed and raced, emphasising the quest for 'respectability'.

This book provides an overview and critical assessment of the work of one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, Peter L. Berger, and is an excellent resource for students and researchers interested in the intersection of religion and social theory.

This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the authority of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the determination of international humanitarian law, addressing, among other things, the institution's most distinctive interpretations and law-ascertainments through case studies.

First published in 1984, the purpose of this book was to provide ideas and suggestions about the usefulness of applied psychology in dealing with some problems of the elderly. It looks at the traditional psychological topic of assessment through to psychological treatment and management approaches for various problems.

Originally published in 1986, this title presents papers from the British Society of Gerontology annual conference in 1985. The areas covered include: the sociology of ageing, methodological issues, evaluations of service provision, ethnographies of growing old, historical studies and political perspectives on ageing.

First published in 1983, the chapters in this title draw attention to the changed circumstances in which ageing takes place, at the subjective level, at the level of care and provision, and at the level of theory. As a whole it offers a view of social gerontology and illustrates the integration of theory and practice.

Providing a cornerstone to the global debate on equity and inclusion within education, this handbook explores equity issues pertaining to poverty and social class, race, ethnicity, sociocultural, sociolinguistic exclusion in education and recognises intersectionality and gender across these dimensions.

Front Cover -- Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Topic 1 Solar thermal energy -- 1 Recent developments in optical materials for concentrated solar thermal energy -- Nomenclature -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Reflectors -- 1.2.1 Reflectance: definition, types, solar reflectance -- 1.2.1.1 Reflectance measurement -- 1.2.1.1.1 Spectrophotometers -- 1.2.1.1.2 Reflectometers -- 1.2.2 Primary reflectors -- 1.2.2.1 Silvered-glass reflectors -- 1.2.2.2 Aluminum reflectors -- 1.2.2.3 Composite reflectors -- 1.2.2.4 Antisoiling coatings -- 1.2.3 Secondary reflectors -- 1.3 Glass cover coatings -- 1.3.1 Transmittance: definition, types, solar transmittance -- 1.3.2 Glass covers: functions and materials according to technology -- 1.3.3 AR coatings -- 1.3.3.1 Fabrication methods of AR coatings -- 1.3.4 Multifunctional coatings (AS/AR) -- 1.4 Absorber coatings -- 1.4.1 Solar absorptance, thermal emittance: definitions -- 1.4.2 Line-focus technologies -- 1.4.2.1 Parabolic-trough collectors -- 1.4.2.2 Linear Fresnel collectors -- 1.4.3 Point-focus technologies -- 1.4.3.1 Tubular receivers -- 1.4.3.2 Particle receivers -- 1.5 Solid particles for ST receivers -- 1.5.1 Optical measurement techniques -- 1.5.2 Stability against high temperature oxidation -- 1.5.3 Abrasion and attrition -- References -- Topic 2 Solar photovoltaic energy -- 2 Photovoltaic-driven compression cooling systems -- Nomenclature -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Overview -- 2.1.2 Aims and objectives -- 2.2 Solar cooling systems -- 2.2.1 Overview -- 2.2.2 Comparison of the different solar cooling systems -- 2.2.3 Solar PV-driven compression cooling system -- 2.3 Modeling -- 2.3.1 PV modeling -- 2.3.1.1 Thermal modeling -- 2.3.1.2 Electrical modeling -- 2.3.1.3 Case study -- 2.3.2 Vapor compression refrigeration cycle modeling.

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together an international team of contributors to provide a much-needed examination of climate litigation in Africa. The book outlines how climate litigation in Africa is distinct as well as pinpointing where it connects with the global conversation. Chapters engage with crucial themes such as human rights approaches to climate governance, corporate liability and the role of gender in climate litigation.

This collection of essays aims to better understand what researchers do when they practice research. The team of contributors – which includes human geographers, urban planners and environmental scientists – expose various epistemological, ontological and methodological challenges to pin down what practices "are". The essays showcase how practice theory can help spatial scientists generate new and future-oriented insights on debates such as mobility, relationality, and forms of critical spatial practice. In this way, the book reinforces a specifically geographic and spatial account that is needed for the development of practice theory while also shining new light on current debates within practice theory on power, politics and space. The book positions practices as the point of departure to study and conceptualize socio-spatial life.

The Model of Automated Knowledge Communication outlined in this postdoctoral thesis aims to broaden the scope of current conceptualizations of specialized communication to account for self-adapting, AI-/LLM-based machines since these are presently changing the practice of multilingual specialized communication in fundamental ways – hence affording research to adapt. The model facilitates the development of research on specialized communication specifically by integrating, firstly, new approaches toward concepts of expert knowledge and, secondly, the involvement of sophisticated machines able to act increasingly autonomously. The monograph sets out with an overview on the objects of research the model can be applied to as it incorporates approaches of cybernetics, technical sociology, and media sociology. The description of the model is followed by its validation on basis of seven case studies from which some suggestions for further research are derived.