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[Full article is in English]English:
This article analyzes the role of school education as a medium
for indoctrinating young minds through school textbooks within the
framework of India–Pakistan relations. This fact is more pronounced in
Pakistan, but even in the case of India, eff orts are not undertaken to objectively
teach subjects in a way that helps sensitize students about the
India–Pakistan relationship. The author argues that the young generations
in India and Pakistan largely lack a shared understanding until they
undergo a process of de-learning and re-learning. Hence, the borders between
India and Pakistan remained intact and militarized but defi nite
types of borders are also created in young minds. Unless the psychological
borders melt, it is diffi cult to imagine a porous physical border
between India and Pakistan. This article att empts to understand how
pedagogically the image of an enemy is created in young minds serving
the purpose of the state.Spanish:
Este artículo analiza el papel de la educación escolar como un medio para
adoctrinar mentes jóvenes a través de libros de texto en el marco de las relaciones
India–Pakistán. Esta situación es más pronunciada en Pakistán,
pero incluso en la India, no se llevan a cabo esfuerzos para enseñar objetivamente
temas que apoyen la sensibilización de los estudiantes sobre
la relación India–Pakistán. El autor argumenta que jóvenes generaciones
en India y Pakistán comparten la falta de un conocimiento compartido
hasta que pasen por un proceso de des-aprendizaje y re-aprendizaje. En consecuencia, las fronteras entre India y Pakistán permanecen intactas
y militarizadas, pero también otros tipos de definición de fronteras son
creados en las mentes jóvenes. A menos que las fronteras psicológicas
se derritan, es difícil imaginar una frontera física porosa entre la India
y Pakistán. Este artículo busca entender cómo la imagen del enemigo es
pedagógicamente creada en las mentes jóvenes sirviendo el propósito del
Estado. Los casos de los libros de texto en India y Pakistán son presentados
para comprender los diferentes tipos de fronteras prevalecientes en
el sur de Asia.French:
Cet article analyse le rôle de l'éducation scolaire comme un moyen
d'endoctrinement de jeunes esprits à travers les livres scolaires dans
le contexte des relations entre l'Inde et le Pakistan. Cette situation est
particulièrement marquée au Pakistan mais y compris en Inde, aucun
effort n'est mené pour enseigner objectivement des thèmes qui sensibilisent
les élèves sur les relations Inde-Pakistan. L'auteur argumente que
les jeunes générations indiennes et pakistanaises manquent de connaissances
partagées jusqu'à ce qu'elles transitent par un processus de désapprentissage
et de ré-apprentissage. En conséquence, les frontières entre
l'Inde et le Pakistan continuent à être intactes et militarisées et d'autres
types de frontières claires son créées dans les esprits de la jeunesse. À
moins que les frontières psychologiques ne disparaissent, il reste difficile
d'imaginer une frontière physique poreuse entre l'Inde et le Pakistan.
Cet article cherche à comprendre comment l'image de l'ennemi est créée
pédagogiquement dans les jeunes esprits et sert les intérêts de l'Etat.

Situations coloniales, pluralisme ethnique et défis de l'autonomie autochtone en Amérique latineCristhian Teófilo da Silva L'objectif de cet article est de présenter des concepts et des notions anthropologiques et sociologiques tirés des situations coloniales et des situations de contact afin d'expliquer la persistance de la notion de race dans l'exercice du pouvoir étatique sur les peuples autochtones à l'échelle des États nationaux de l'Amérique latine. Ce cadre conceptuel présente une lecture critique du multiculturalisme constitutionnel dans la région comme étant une tentative, uniquement rhétorique jusqu'à présent, pour surmonter ce modèle de domination et promouvoir les autonomies autochtones. L'auteur présente un débat critique sur les défis posés par la réalisation de l'autonomie autochtone en tant que projet effectif de décolonisation des sociétés postcoloniales de la région.Mots clés : racialité du pouvoir, indigénisme, multiculturalisme, autonomie autochtone Colonial Situations, Ethnic Pluralism and Challenges to Indigenous Autonomy in Latin AmericaCristhian Teófilo da Silva This article aims to present anthropological and sociological concepts developed under colonial and contact situations to explain the persistence of the notion of race in the exercise of State power over indigenous peoples within the national states of Latin America. This will enable a conceptual reference and a critical reading of the constitutional multiculturalism in the region as a rhetorical attempt so far to overcome this racial pattern of domination and promote indigenous autonomies. The author presents a critical debate around the challenges of indigenous autonomy as an effective decolonization project in the post-colonial societies of Latin America.Keywords: raciality of power, Indigenism, Multiculturalism, Indigenous Autonomy Las situaciones coloniales, el pluralismo étnico y desafíos para la autonomía indígena en América LatinaCristhian Teófilo da Silva El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar los conceptos antropológicos y sociológicos creados bajo las situaciones coloniales y las situaciones de contacto para explicar, según ellos, la persistencia de la noción de raza en el ejercicio del poder del Estado sobre los pueblos indígenas de América Latina. Esta revisión brindará una lectura crítica del multiculturalismo constitucional en la región como un intento sólo retórico para superar este modelo de dominación y promover las autonomías indígenas. El autor presenta un debate crítico sobre los problemas seculares para la realización de la autonomía indígena como un proyecto de descolonización efectivo de las sociedades postcoloniales en la región.Palabras clave : Racialidad del poder, indigenismo, multiculturalismo, autonomía indígena Situações coloniais, pluralismo étnico e desafios da autonomia indígena na América LatinaCristhian Teófilo da Silva Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar conceitos e noções antropológicos e sociológicos desenvolvidos em situações coloniais e de contato para explicar, através deles, a permanência da noção de raça no exercício do poder estatal sobre os povos indígenas no âmbito dos Estados nacionais latino-americanos. Este referencial conceitual permitirá esboçar uma leitura crítica do multiculturalismo constitucional na região como uma tentativa apenas retórica até o momento de superar este padrão de dominação e promover as autonomias indígenas. O objetivo é apresentar um debate crítico sobre os desafios seculares para a realização da autonomia indígena como um projeto de descolonização efetivo nas sociedades pós-coloniais na região.Palavras-chave : Racialidade do poder, indigenismo, multiculturalismo, autonomias indígenas

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to gain a greater understanding of the development of safer walking technology for people with dementia through contemporary literature.


Design/methodology/approach
– A two stage systematic approach to searching the literature was adopted. Initially this involved searching the literature to gain a broad overview of the development of safer walking technology and the context in which it has been developed. Then, this literature was examined in detail to look at published evidence surrounding the use of safer walking technology by people with dementia. These articles were quality appraised and a meta ethnographic approach taken to synthesis of the findings.


Findings
– There is a small but growing body of literature within this field. Whilst there is only limited evidence to support the use of safer walking technologies for people with dementia, the evidence to date indicates great potential for its use. If provided with the right support and guidance, safer walking technology has the potential to increase freedoms and independence for people with dementia; gaining them improved access to outdoor spaces and environments to support their health and wellbeing. However, if the safer walking technology continues to be associated with only risk management it will not achieve this potential.


Research limitations/implications
– The published literature within this field is small and has limited generalisability as much of it was generated in recent years has been by the same small research teams, often reusing data sets. There is also very little research that examines the experience of actually using safer walking technology and even less which explores the views of people with dementia. It is evident that a greater breadth and depth of knowledge is needed within this field to develop a clearer understanding of how this technology is used and perceived by all stakeholders concerned. In particular the literature would benefit from greater consideration of the views and experiences of people with dementia themselves.


Practical implications
– For many people with dementia, health and social care professionals can play an important role in ensuring appropriate assessment and support in the decision-making process when using safer walking technology. However, greater support is needed in decision making for all people with dementia, especially those people not currently engaged with specialist services. Therefore greater awareness of the benefits and limitations of this technology is needed by all health and social care professionals as well as the general public.


Originality/value
– At the time of conducting this review the author is unaware of any other systematic search of literature or overview of research on the use of safer walking technology and its use by people with dementia. Despite this safer walking technology is growing in popularity, commonly recommended by health and social care practitioners and often marketed and purchased directly by people with dementia and their families. This review offers an insight into the development of the technology and the current evidence base for its use.

part Part I: Baseline and The Territorial Sea -- chapter 1 Lewis M. Alexander (1983), 'Baseline Delimitations and Maritime Boundaries', Virginia Journal of International Law, 23, pp. 503-36. -- chapter 2 Shekhar Ghosh (1980), The Legal Regime of Innocent Passage through the Territorial Sea', Indian Journal of International Law, 20, pp. 216-42. -- part Part II: Straits -- chapter 3 S.N. Nandan and D.H. Anderson (1989), 'Straits Used for International Navigation: A Commentary on Part III of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982', British Year Book of International Law, 60, pp. 159-204. -- part Part III: Island and Archipelagic States -- chapter 4 Janusz Symonides (1987), 'The Legal Status of Islands in the New Law of the Sea', Revue de Droit International de Sciences Diplomatiques, Politiques et Sociales, Geneva, 65, pp. 161-80. -- chapter 5 H. P. Rajan (1986), 'The Legal Regime of Archipelagos', German Yearbook of International Law, 29, pp. 137-53. -- part Part IV: The Exclusive Economic Zone -- chapter 6 Tommy T. B. Koh (1988), 'The Exclusive Economic Zone', Malaya Law Review, 30, pp. 1-33. -- part Part V: The Confidential Shelf -- chapter 7 Makhdoom Ali Khan (1985), 'The Juridical Concept of the Continental Shelf', Pakistan Horizon (Karachi), 38, pp. 19-40. -- chapter 8 Duncan J. McMillan (1985), 'The Extent of the Continental Shelf: Factors Affecting the Accuracy of a Continental Margin Boundary', Marine Policy, 9, pp. 148-56. -- part Part VI: Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries -- chapter 9 Shabtai Rosenne (1996), 'Geography in International Maritime Boundary-Making', Political Geography, 15, pp. 319-34. -- chapter 10 Barbara Kwiatkowska (1988), 'Equitable Maritime Boundary Delimitation - A Legal Perspective', International Journal of Estuarine and Coastal Law, 3, pp. 287-304. -- part Part VII: The High Seas -- chapter 11 Ram P. Anand (1982), 'Freedom of the Seas: Past, Present and Future', in Rafael Gutierrez Girardot and others (eds), New Directions in International Law: Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Abendroth, Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, pp. 215-33. -- part Part VIII: Fisheries -- chapter 12 Shigeru Oda (1983), 'Fisheries Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea', American Journal of International Law, 77, pp. 739-55. -- chapter 13 Moritaka Hayashi (1995), 'The 1995 Agreement on the Conservation and Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks: Significance for the Law of the Sea Convention', Ocean and Coastal Management, 29, pp. 51-69. -- part Part IX: The International Seabed Area -- chapter 14 Alexandre Kiss (1985), 'The Common Heritage of Mankind: Utopia or Reality?', International Journal, 40, pp. 423-41. -- chapter 15 Bernard H. Oxman (1994), 'Law of the Sea Forum: The 1994 Agreement on Implementation of the Seabed Provisions of the Convention on the Law of the Sea - The 1994 Agreement and the Convention', American Journal of International Law, 88, pp. 687-97. -- part Part X: Land Locked States -- chapter 16 Helmut Tuerk and Gerhard Hafner (1985), 'The Land-Locked Countries and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea', in Budislav Vukas (edition), Essays on the New Law of the Sea, Zagreb: Sveucilisna Naklada Liber, pp. 58-70. -- part Part XI: The Protecton and Preservation of The Marine Environment -- chapter 17 Alan E. Boyle (1985), 'Marine Pollution Under the Law of the Sea Convention', American Journal of International Law, 79, pp. 347-72. -- part Part XII: Marine Scientific Research -- chapter 18 Patricia Birnie (1995), 'Law of the Sea and Ocean Resources: Implications for Marine Scientific Research', The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 10, pp. 229-51. -- part Part XIII: Maritime Jurisdiction and Enforcement -- chapter 19 I. A. Shearer (1986), 'Problems of Jurisdiction and Law Enforcement Against Delinquent Vessels', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 35, pp. 320-43. -- part Part XIV: Military Uses of the Sea -- chapter 20 Budislav Vukas (1990), 'Military Uses of the Sea and the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention', in Budislav Vukas (ed. ), Essays on the New Law of the Sea 2, Zagreb: Sveucilisna Naklada Liber, pp. 401-27. -- chapter 21 Rüdiger Wolfrum (1998), 'Military Activities on the High Seas: What Are the Impacts of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea?', in Michael N. Schmitt and Leslie C. Green (eds), International Law Studies, 71. The Law of Armed Conflict: Into the Next Millennium, Naval War College, Newport, RI, pp. 501-13. -- part Part XV: Underwater Archeological and Historical Objects. -- chapter 22 Janet Blake (1996), 'The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 45, pp. 819-43. -- part Part XVI: The Polar Regions -- chapter 23 Donald R. Rothwell and Stuart Kaye (1994), 'Law of the Sea and the Polar Regions: Reconsidering the Traditional Norms', Marine Policy, 18, pp. 41-58. -- part Part XVII: Settlement of Disputes -- chapter 24 Tullio Treves (1997), The Jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea', Indian Journal of International Law, 37, pp. 396-419.

Machine generated contents note:I.History of Beyng --1."The History of Beyng" Is the Name ... --2.History of Beyng --3.Western Philosophy --4.Truth of Beyng --5.Are We--6."We Are" --7.Da-sein --8.Beyng --9.αληθepsilonια and Beyng --10.That Truth --II.Contra-diction and Refutation --11.Contra-diction and Refutation (Re-iteration) --12.Historicism of Modernity and the History of Beyng --III.Passage. The History of Beyng --13.Consummation of Metaphysics --14.Strife --15.Strife --16.World-relation --17.Historical Moment --18.Other Sovereignty --19.What Is That--20.Beyng and Beings --21.Commencement --22.What the Singular Need Is --23.History of Beyng --24.Representedness of Beings as the Actual --25.Beingness as Representedness --26.History of Beyng --27.Beyng as Sustainment --28.History of Beyng --29.History "of" Beyng --30.Failure to Recognize the Commencement --31.History of Beyng --32.Magnanimity and Forbearance toward What Is Most in Coming --IV.Consummation of Metaphysics Being's Abandonment --33.Consummation of Metaphysics --34.Overcoming of Metaphysics. The Transition --35.Being's Abandonment --36.End of the Modern Age in the History of Beyng --V.To Koivov --37.Passage --38.Subjectivity and Being's Abandonment --39.Koivov. On Passage --40.On the Concept of Machination --41.Machination (conceived in terms of the history of beyng) --42.Machination and Devastation --43."Total" War --VI.Sustainment. The Essence of Power The Necessary --44."The Distinction" --45.Trace Pointing to the Truth of Beyng --46.Trace Pointing to the Truth of Beyng The Unusual in the Essential Sense --47.Truth of Beyng --48.Beyng --49.Decision. Beyng and the Human Being --50.Decision --51.Decision and the Future --52.Beyng --53.Beyng --54.Machination and Event --55.Singular Decision --56.Whence Being as Power--57.Essence of Power --58.Determination of the Essence of Power --59.Power "Needs" Power (Violence) --60.Power and Violence --61.Power and Crime --62.Essence of Power and Subjugation --63."The Demonic Nature of Power" --64.Power and Truth --65.Power and Leveling --66.Power and Wretchedness --67."Power" and "System" --68.Power and Public --69.Inhabitual and the Unexpected --70.Necessary --71.Beyng-Historical Thinking --72.Essence of Philosophy --73.Human Being and Da-sein --VII.Essence of History. "Commencement." "Beyng" --74.History --75.History --76.History --77.Essence of History --78.History (Past and Having-been) --79.History of Beyng --80.History and Beyng --81.Concerning the Essence of History --82.Commencement-History-The Suddenness of the Commencement --83.Essence of History --84."Life" and "History" --85.Historiography --86.History --87.History --88.Essence of History --VIII.Beyng and the Last God --89.Last God --90.Countering --91.Confidence and Dasein --92.Beyng Is ... --93.Event --94.Earth and World --95.Beyng --96.Beyng --97.Beyng and the Nothing --98.Beyng. Coming to Be Appropriated into the In-between --99.Poverty --100.Poverty --IX.Essence of History --101.Beyng-Historical Concept --102.Beyng --103.History of Beyng --104.History of Beyng --105.Bestowal and Reflection --106.Joint Crumbling of the German and Russian Worlds through Machination --X.Owned --107.Bestowal and Impoverishment --108.Owned (Beings in Beyng as Event) --109.Owned --110.Owned --111.Beyng --112.Owned --XI.Configuration of Saying --113.Beyng --114.History of Beyng --115.History of Beyng --116.History of Beyng --117.History of Beyng --118.Beyng --119.Beyng --120.Beyng --121.Guiding Words --122.Only Beyng Is --123.Beyng --124.Beyng --125.Beyng Is the Once --126.Event --127.Event of Appropriation and the History of Beyng --128.In the Event of Appropriation --129.Truth as the Clearing --130.Truth --131.Concealing --132.Truth --133.Is Beyng Always--134.Beyng as Event of Appropriation --XII.History of Beyng (Da-sein) --135.Da-sein --136.That the Historical Human Being Comes into His Essence (Da-sein) --137.Da-sein --138.Protection --139.Errancy --140.Da-sein --141.Being's Abandonment --142.Projections of the Being of Beings from Out of the Casting of Being Itself --143.Seeking More Essentially the Other Commencement --144.Word and Language --145.Decision --146.Beyng --147.History of Beyng --148.History of the Human in Being --149.History --150.Democritus, Fragment 269 --151.Thinker --152.They Rail Surreptitiously and Openly --153.History, Commencement, Downgoing --154."Ego" and "Subject" --155.Being of Beings and Beyngs of Beyng --156.History of Beyng --157.Experience and Steadfast Insistence --158.Leap Off --159.First Commencement --160.Essencing of Truth as Clearing of Beyng --161.Human Being and Anthropology --162.Human[--]Animal rationale --163.Metaphysics[--]Anthropology --164.First Commencement and the Human --165.History of Essential Thinking --166.Truth and Beyng. The Essence of History --XIII.Beyng-Historical Thinking --167.Beyng-Historical Thinking and Philosophy --168.Beyng-Historical Thinking --169."Philosophy" in the Other Commencement --170."Philosophy" --171.Commencement --172.Essential Thinking --173.Beyng-Historical Thinking --174.Freedom --175.Honoring and Valuing --176.Questioning --177.Pure Finding --178.Sequence of Publications (in short treatises) --Koivov. Out Of The History Of Beyng (1939-40) --Additional Materials for The History of Beyng (1938-40) --Additional Materials for Koivov. Out of the History of Beyng (1939-40).

This book brings together diverse perspectives from the newest generation of scholars from Canada and China to better understand China in the 21st century. It examines China's socio-political structure, its particular relationship with Canada, and interaction with the international community; and discusses how to overcome the ideological differences between the two countries to establish positive and sustainable Canada-China bilateral relations for the future. Importantly, the perspectives are from young authors, with a different relationship to China (and Canada) than more established authors. This compilation helps breathe new life into the study of Sino-Canada relations from both countries, and to reassess and re-frame issues related to China in the 21st century. Huhua Cao is a Full Professor in the University of Ottawa's Department of Geography specializing in urban geography, with the use of geostatistical methods and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In recent years, Dr. Cao's research has focused on engaging urban indigenous and ethnic minority people in urban contexts using e-participation methods. He has directed numerous international research projects that have received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), the International Development of Research Centre (IDRC), the European Union and the Government of China. Professor Cao has also written numerous articles and books related to urban and regional development while collaborating with academics throughout the world. The Sino-Canadian relationship is another research interest of Professor Cao. In 2011 he published The China Challenge: Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century with former Senator Vivienne Poy. China Challenge was selected as one of the 20 most important books in foreign policy in 2011 by Embassy Newspaper.Jeremy Paltiel is Professor of political science at Carleton University in Ottawa and was visiting professor at the department of international relations at Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2009. He received his BA in East Asian Studies from the University of Toronto in 1974, diploma in Philosophy from Peking University in 1976 and his MA (1979) and PhD (1984) in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has published widely on China and its foreign relations. This includes articles on human rights and the Chinese culture, the elite politics of the Chinese Communist Party, Civil-Military relations and Sino-Canadian relations. He co-ordinated the Chinese domestic background theme of the Canadian International Council's China Working Group and authored two of its papers: 'Canada in China's Grand Strategy' and 'Structure and Process in China's Foreign Policy Making - implications for Canada.' More recently he published 'Reimagining Canada's Present and Future in the Shadow of China's Rise,' the concluding chapter in Huhua Cao and Vivienne Poy eds., The China Challenge: Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century. He is the author of The Empire's New Clothes: Cultural Particularism and Universality in China's Rise to Global Status (Palgrave, 2007) and 'Mencius and World Order Theories'(2010), 'China's Regionalization Policies: Illiberal internationalism or Neo-Mencian Benevolence?' (2009) 'Peaceful Rise? Soft Power? Human Rights in China's New Multilateralism'(2007). In 2014 he was awarded an SSHRC Insight grant in the amount of $425,000 to study Canada's relations with China and the Asia-Pacific.

'In this 2ndedition, Robinson and Reiter give us an updated blueprint for full integration of behavioral health and primary care in practice. They review the compelling rationale, but their real contribution is telling us exactly HOW to think about it and how to do it. This latest book is a must for anyone interested in population health and the nuts and bolts of full integration through using the Primary Care Behavioral Health Consultation model.'Susan H McDaniel Ph.D., 2016 President, American Psychological Association Professor, University of Rochester Medical CenterThe best-selling guide to integrating behavioral health services into primary care is now updated, expanded and better than ever! Integration is exploding in growth, and it is moving inexorably toward the model outlined here. To keep pace, this revised text is a must for primary care clinicians and administrators. It is also essential reading for graduate classes in a variety of disciplines, including social work, psychology, and medicine. This updated edition includes: · A refined presentation of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model · The latest terms, trends and innovations in primary care · Comprehensive strategies and resource lists for hiring and training new Behavioral Health Consultants (BHC) · Step-by-step guidance for implementing the PCBH model · A plethora of evolved practice tools, including new Core Competency Tools for BHCs and primary care providers · Sample interventions for behaviorally influenced problems · The use of 'Third Wave' behavior therapies in primary care · Detailed program evaluation instructions and tools · The latest on financing integrated care · An entire chapter on understanding and addressing the prescription drug abuse epidemic · Experienced guidance on ethical issues in the PCBH model · Improved patient education handoutsWith all of the changes in health care, the potential for the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model to improve primary care-and the health of the population-is greater than ever.This book should be the first read for anyone interested in realizing the potential of integration. Patricia Robinson Ph.D. is currently principal and consultant for the Mountainview Consulting Group Inc., a firm specializing in providing consultation, program implementation and training services for health care systems seeking to integrate behavioral health and primary medical services and/or develop effective methods for collecting and using clinical outcome data. Dr. Robinson obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from Texas Womans University in 1979. Dr. Robinson worked in a student health setting at Kansas State University several years before joining the Mercer Island School District in 1981, where she served as Director of Childfind. During her employment at Mercer Island, Dr. Robinson developed school-based group treatment programs for behaviorally disabled adolescents and socially isolated elementary students. Jeff Reiter, Ph.D., ABPP. is a Clinical Psychologist with an ABPP in Behavioral Psychology. Co-director of Primary Care Behavioral Health Services for HealthPoint Community Health Centers, Seattle, WA, Dr. Reiter is the co-author of the book, Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services. Dr. Reiter spent eight years as a psychologist in the U.S. Air Force. In 2008, he was one of three consultants contracted by the U.S. Air Force to help implement integrated care services throughout their bases worldwide. His work in primary care recently earned him an APA Presidential Award for Innovative Practice, one of twelve given annually.

This double-volume work focuses on socio-demographics and the use of such data to support strategic resource management and planning initiatives. Papers go beyond explanations of methods, technique and traditional applications to explore new intersections in the dynamic relationship between the utilization and management of resources, and urban development.International authors explore numerous experiences, characteristics of development and decision-making influences from across Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as recounting examples from America and Africa. Papers propound techniques and methods used in geographical research such as support vector machines, socio-economic correlates and travel behaviour analysis.In this volume the contributions examine issues such as natural resource and environmental management, livelihoods issues in the context of climate change, land markets and land trusts, adaptive management of wildlife sanctuaries, ground water scarcity, flood hazards and flood plain management, non-conventional energy resources, community forestry and management and land use and land cover change. The significance of these topics lie in the pace and volume of change as is reflected through continued development within established fields of inquiry and the introduction of significantly new approaches during the last decade.Readers are invited to consider the dynamics of spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development, and to explore conceptual discussion of the innovations in and challenges on urbanization processes, urban spaces themselves and both resource management and environmental management.Together, the two volumes contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on regional resources and urban development by collating recent research with geography at its core. Scholars of urban geography, human geography, urbanism and sustainable development will be particularly interested in this book. Dr. Ashok Duttis Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, Planning and Urban Studies, University of Akron, Akron. He is the leading exponent of urban and regional development and planning and has contributed nearly 350 research papers. He is the editor/author of 27 books. Dr. Allen G. Nobleis Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning at the University of Akron, Akron. He is a cultural geographer with interest in urban studies and South Asia. He has authored several books including Barns in the Midwest. Dr. Frank J. Costais Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, Planning and Urban Studies, University of Akron, Akron. He has published in a wide variety of planning, urban studies and geography journals worldwide. He has edited and co-authored several books. Dr. Sudhir Thakuris Associate Professor at the College of Business Administration, California State University, Sacramento. He has research interests in the areas of regional economic systems, technological change and regional development, location and land use and spatial econometrics. He has published among others with the Structural Change and Economic Dynamics and UNU-WIDER.Dr. Rajiv Thakuris Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and currently Chair, Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. He is an Economic Geographer with research interest that centers on regional innovations and cluster-based economic development. His publications are in the field of regional economic development.Dr. H. S. Sharmais a former Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. His research interests lie in environmental geography and has published widely in geography journals.

On a historical global turning point, this book offers a thorough exploration of the 'New Sustainability Paradigm', originally developed by the Global Scenario Group (GSG) of the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) as a starting point for analyzing real-life transitions and transformations. 11 contributors from 5 continents present detailed analyses of economic and political transitions in Western and Eastern Europe, the USA, the Middle East, and in Asia, discussing the role of different players in the implementation of the New Sustainability Paradigm.Part I offers an overview of the six scenarios developed by the GSG and a short discussion of significant papers published by the Great Transition Initiative (GTI) of the Tellus Institute. Next come examples of dramatic historical and current transitions in Western Europe, the USA, Eastern Europe, the Middle East (Arabian Spring), and Asia, as well as an analysis of the potential of humankind to manage a great transition to the new sustainability paradigm. Subsequent chapters highlight the role of culture and education and review the role of different players for the implementation of the new sustainability paradigm. The focus of Part II is on the ecological pillar of Sustainability. The discussion includes urgent ecological problems including climate engineering, eco-criminality, bioterrorism, biodiversity protection, water, energy, and food security. Part III deals with needed innovations in sustainable waste management and sustainable city architecture, especially big cities in developing and threshold countries, where a significant part of the world population is concentrated. The fourth and final section offers an analysis of insights developed throughout the book, and outlines recommendations for the implementation of the New Sustainability Paradigm by civil society, grass-root movements, scholars, politically neutral NGOs, sincere media players, and by open-minded and enlightened politicians to manage and steer the Great Transition towards sustainable global democracy. Odile Schwarz-Herion studied law with focus on criminology at bachelor's level and earned an MBA from the Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT). She did her PhD degree in economic sciences at the University of Hohenheim/Stuttgart, investigating and evaluating the performance of private enterprises in Sustainability Management and the role of politics in fostering goals of the UN Agenda 21. As organizer and plenary assembly keynote speaker at international Sustainability conferences, Dr. Schwarz-Herion treated key issues in economics and international politics. After having worked as project manager and sales engineer in large international enterprises, she became a Sustainable Development Consultant. In 2011, ZAD examined Private Investigator Dr. Odile Schwarz-Herion, who also holds the extensive state security permission, founded Dres. Schwarz-Herion KG Detektei, a private Detective Agency specialized in eco-criminality and crimes against humanity. She is author and co-editor of books and journal articles about Sustainability Management, ethics and crime investigation.Professor Dr. Abdelnaser Omran is a lecturer at School of Economics, Finance and Banking at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). He is an avid writer, contributed many publications in the field of environmental sciences and engineering, construction, and project management. So far, he published 167 articles in international journals and more than 112 proceeding papers at local and international conferences. Besides that, he has written 4 books. Abdelnaser served as an international reviewer and an editorial member for quite a number of international journals and as scientific committee member for many local and international conferences and seminars.

ResumenDesde el triunfo revolucionario, el modelo de desarrollo cubano se ha destacado históricamente por una concepción política, basada en la centralidad del Estado en la provisión del bienestar y en una vocación de justicia social, así como en la construcción de ciudadanía a través de la implementación de políticas de carácter universal. Un dilema, sin embargo, con el que ha tenido que lidiar este modelo, ha estado asociado a la contradicción entre la intención política, los avances obtenidos en materia social, por un lado; y las dificultades para sedimentar un sostén económico con el cual respaldar una propuesta integral de desarrollo. El artículo presenta una propuesta de análisis sobre la reforma iniciada en el 2011, presentando resultados respecto al estrechamiento de las políticas sociales en el marco de un legado institucional de desarticulación entre universalidad y focalización en ese contexto. Desde la perspectiva metodológica, las principales fuentes utilizadas fueron de base documental: fuentes oficiales y resultados de investigación realizados por la autora y autores sobre la reforma cubana actual.Palabras-Chaves: Políticas Sociales, Asistencia Social, Pobreza y Desigualdades en Cuba, Reforma. ***Tensões no Modelo de Proteção Social Cubano: uma arqueologia para olhar o presente das políticas sociais.ResumoDesde a vitória da revolução, o modelo de desenvolvimento cubano vem se assentando em uma concepção política que enfatiza a centralidade do Estado na provisão do bem-estar e na promoção de justiça social, assim como na construção de cidadania pela via da implementação de políticas de escopo universal. Contudo, este modelo teve de enfrentar o dilema colocado pela contradição entre, de um lado, os avanços obtidos em matéria social, e de outro, as dificuldades de consolidar um suporte económico capaz de respaldar uma proposta integral de desenvolvimento. O artigo pretende analisar a reforma iniciada em 2011, apresentando resultados a respeito do estreitamento das políticas sociais no marco de um legado institucional de desarticulação entre universalidade e focalização. Do ponto de vista metodol&oacute ;gico, privilegiou-se base documental, incluindo fontes oficiais, e resultados de pesquisa realizados tanto pela autora como por outros autores sobre a trajetória recente da reforma cubana.Palavras-chaves: Políticas Sociais, Assitência Social, Pobreza e Desigualdade e Cuba, Reforma. ***Tensions in the Cuban Social Protection Model: an archeology to look at the present of social policies.AbstractThe Cuban Model of Development has been characterized, since the Revolution triumph for a political conception based on State centrality in welfare provision and social justice. As well as in the building of a citizenship trough the implementation of social policies with universal perspective.A dilemma, however associate to this Model has been related to the contradiction between the political intentions, the advancement achieved in social indicators in one hand; and in the other, the difficulties in order to achieve efficient economic policies, which could support the social development.This article present a proposal about the reform started on 2011, which the objective to present outcomes about the retrenchment of the Cuban social policies in the frame of non-correspondence between universality and focalization in a historical perspective. Since the methodological point of view, the main sources used were official and research results conducted for the author and other academics about current Cuban reform.Keywords: social policies, social assistance, poverty and inequalities in Cuba, reform

The definitive pioneering blueprint covering the what, why and how of the blockchain. Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects trust into the network, cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function and creatively disrupting how they operate. Metaphorically, blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers. Once launched, they never go down, and offer an incredible amount of resiliency, making them dependable and attractive for running a new generation of decentralized services and software applications. The Business Blockchaincharts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before. William Mougayar anticipates a future that consists of thousands, if not millions of blockchains that will enable not only frictionless value exchange, but also a new flow of value, redefining roles, relationships, power and governance. In this book, Mougayar makes two other strategic assertions. First, the blockchain has polymorphic characteristics; its application will result in a multiplicity of effects. Second, we shouldn't ask ourselves what problems the blockchain solves, because that gives us a narrow view on its potential. Rather, we should imagine new opportunities, and tackle even more ambitious problems that cross organizational, regulatory and mental boundaries. Drawing on 34 years of technology industry experience as an executive, analyst, consultant, entrepreneur, startup mentor, author, blogger, educator, thought leader and investor, William Mougayar describes a future that is influenced by fundamental shifts brought by blockchain technology as the catalyst for change. William Mougayar has been described as the most sophisticated blockchain business thinker. He is a blockchain industry insider whose work has already shaped and influenced the understanding of blockchain for people around the world, via his generous blogging and rigorous research insights. He is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market, working alongside startups, entrepreneurs, pioneers, leaders, innovators, creators, enterprise executives and practitioners; in addition to being an investor, advisor, and board member in some of the leading organizations in this space, such as the Ethereum Foundation, OpenBazaar and Coin Center.Just as the Internet created new possibilities that we didn't foresee in its early years, the blockchain will give rise to new business models and ideas that may still be invisible. Following an engaging Foreword by Vitalik Buterin, this book is organized along these 7 chapters:1. What is the Blockchain?2. How Blockchain Trust Infiltrates3. Obstacles, Challenges Mental Blocks4. Blockchain in Financial Services5. Lighthouse Industries New Intermediaries6. Implementing Blockchain Technology7. Decentralization as the Way ForwardThe Business Blockchainis an invitation for technologists to better understand the business potential of the blockchain, and for business minded people to grasp the many facets of blockchain technology. This book teaches you how to think about the blockchain. William Mougayar (Toronto, Canada) is a known entrepreneur, investor, blogger, mentor and advisor to startups and enterprises, focusing on blockchain technologies, decentralization and peer-to-peer models. For the past 2.5 years, William has been writing extensively about Bitcoin, Blockchains, Cryptocurrency and Decentralization. He has been described as one of the most original and deep thinker on the business applications of the blockchain. William is the General Partner at Virtual Capital Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, and currently on the Board of Directors of OB1, the OpenBazaar open source protocol that is pioneering decentralized peer-to-peer commerce. Previously, he held senior level positions at Hewlett-Packard, Cognizant and AberdeenGroup, and he founded 3 startups, CYBERManagement, Eqentia, and Engagio.

From rejection to praise of irony. Dorota Masłowska in her search of "we"The adventures of Dorota Masłowska, experienced between her novels Snow White and Russian Red and Honey, I Killed Our Cats, show a world where capitalism is the only way of organising reality. At the same time, it is a power affecting all types of relations: among people and between people and the world. The motif connecting Masłowska's novels is the pursuit – through one's writing – of liberation from the tools of the capitalist rule recorded and reinforced in the language. Attempts at comprehending this rule, undertaken always as an element of a writer's ethos, are an extremely interesting path from destruction to praising conservatism and from combat for yourself (as defined by Hallward) – as an expression of a specific configuration of reality – to the singularity of a writer's absolute. Taking this path requires a change to the use of two literary categories: grotesque and irony which remain Masłowska's trademarks. At the same time, in her subsequent books grotesque and irony bring a new angle to her polyphonic writing. The author analyses the evolution of Masłowska's writing making a (critical) use of the tools of postcolonial theory. She refers to the notions of "singular" and "specific" as used by Peter Hallward in his Absolutely Postcolonial. Writing between Singular and the Specific (2001). In his dissertation, Hallward presents two trends; a description thereof allows him for "the global and contemporary discrimination of fundamental approaches to our general conceptions of agency and context, self and other, politics and particularity." Snochowska-Gonzalez refers Hallward's categories to the subject of interest of the postcolonial theory (like freshly located and de-territorialisation, national determination and freedom from it). She develops the method of applying analytical tools presented in her article "Od melancholii do rozpaczy. O prozie Andrzeja Stasiuka" published in Studia Litteraria et Historica, no. 2 (2013).Od odrzucenia ironii ku jej afirmacji. Dorota Masłowska w poszukiwaniu "my" Przygody Doroty Masłowskiej, przeżywane na drodze od Wojny polsko-ruskiej pod flagą biało-czerwoną do Kochanie, zabiłam nasze koty, pokazują świat, w którym kapitalizm jest jedynym dostępnym sposobem organizowania rzeczywistości, a jednocześnie siłą, która nadaje kształt wszelkim relacjom – między ludźmi nawzajem i między ludźmi i światem. Nić łącząca powieści Masłowskiej to dążenie do wyzwolenia się – przez własną praktykę pisarską – od zapisanych i umocnionych w języku narzędzi kapitalistycznego panowania. Próby odnalezienia się wobec tego panowania, podejmowane zawsze jako element pisarskiego etosu, są niezwykle ciekawą drogą od burzycielstwa do pochwały konserwatyzmu i od walki o siebie samą, rozumianej po Hallwardowsku jako wyraz konkretnej konfiguracji rzeczywistości, do osobliwości pisarskiego absolutu. Przebycie tej drogi wymaga zmiany w użyciu dwóch kategorii literackich: groteski i ironii, które wciąż pozostają znakiem rozpoznawczym warsztatu Masłowskiej, a jednocześnie nadają – w kolejnych jej książkach – inny ton jej polifonicznemu pisarstwu.Autorka analizuje przemiany, jakim podlega pisarstwo Masłowskiej, przy (krytycznym) użyciu narzędzi teorii postkolonialnej. Wykorzystywane w tekście terminy "osobliwy" i "konkretny" (singular i specific) odwołują się do rozprawy Petera Hallwarda Absolutely Postcolonial. Writing between Singular and the Specific (2001). Hallward przedstawia w niej dwie tendencje, których opisanie pozwala mu na "całościowe i współczesne rozróżnienie zasadniczych ujęć ogólnych koncepcji sprawstwa i kontekstu, koncepcji 'ja' i 'innego', polityki i partykularności". Snochowska-Gonzalez proponuje odniesienie kategorii Hallwarda do tematyki poruszanej przez teorię postkolonialną (takich jak zlokalizowanie i deterytorializacja, narodowe zdeterminowanie i wolność od niego). Autorka rozwija w tekście metodę zastosowania narzędzi analitycznych, przedstawioną w artykule Od melancholii do rozpaczy. O prozie Andrzeja Stasiuka, opublikowanym w piśmie "Studia Litteraria et Historica", nr 2 (2013).

"Objectivity fetish." Our Class by Tadeusz SłobodzianekOur Class was received in Poland with enthusiasm. The author was praised for his courage and his voice was considered a balanced part of the Jedwabne pogrom discussion, taking place in Poland since 2000. Why this enthusiasm now, when the publication of the Neighbours was received without it? What changes to narration about Jedwabne provided by Słobodzianek were so successful? The article described the drama's reception which turns out to be selective. It also refers to the play's text, bringing out two orders of presenting and explaining the events. Firstly, Our Class creates a picture of interpersonal relations where social mechanisms of discrimination are erased. This thread is picked up and developed by the Polish reviewers. The Slaughter on Jews becomes an outcome of a conflict between two equal groups with similar possibilities of action and agency and therefore not linked to domination of the majority over the minority. Hence, the symmetry of harm and as a consequence, the question of guilt and the alleged tragedy of the characters becomes unsolvable. That is supported by psychological explanations of motives and behaviours, modelled on family relations. The viewpoint of the event's participants, that is a discrimination symptom itself, is being treated as an objectifying description. Seen up close and psychologized fates of the characters veil the background of the dominating group's violence. This violence can be explained only in sociological terms.However Słobodzianek refers also to descriptions on a social level. In that manner he constructs the scene of Rachelka's wedding and the handling of her salvation after the war relating it to extraordinarily described phenomena of the Righteous Among the Nations' social functioning. He notices and describes subordination rituals organised for the Survivors and the Survivor's mimicry. Those threads were completely ignored by the reviewers, however. They were also unable to break through the narration structures of the first type, which are more recognisable.Fetysz "obiektywności". Nasza klasa Tadeusza SłobodziankaNasza klasa przyjęta została w Polsce z entuzjazmem. Autora chwalono za odwagę, a jego głos uznano za wyważony i rozsądny w toczącej się od 2000 roku debacie nad zbrodnią w Jedwabnem. Skąd ten entuzjazm, którego brakowało przecież po publikacji Sąsiadów? Jakie zmiany wprowadzone przez Słobodzianka do narracji o Jedwabnem zapewniły mu sukces?Artykuł opisuje recepcję dramatu, która okazuje się wybiórcza. Sięga także do tekstu sztuki, wydobywając dwa porządki prezentowania i objaśniania zdarzeń. W pierwszej warstwie Nasza klasa tworzy obraz stosunków międzyludzkich, w którym znikają społeczne mechanizmy dyskryminacji. Wątek ten podchwytują i rozwijają polscy recenzenci. Wymordowanie Żydów okazuje się następstwem konfliktu równorzędnych grup z podobnymi możliwościami działania i sprawstwa, a więc nieuwikłanych w stosunki dominacji większości nad mniejszością. Stąd wynika symetria krzywd, a w konsekwencji nierozstrzygalność pytania o winę i domniemany tragizm aktorów zdarzeń. Do tego dochodzi psychologiczne wyjaśnianie zachowań i motywacji wzorowane na relacjach rodzinnych. Punkt widzenia uczestników wydarzeń (będący symptomem dyskryminacji) zostaje potraktowany jako obiektywizujący opis. Widziane z bliska i psychologizowane perypetie bohaterów zasłaniają tło, jakim jest przemoc grupy dominującej. A tę można wyjaśnić jedynie w kategoriach socjologicznych.Słobodzianek sięga jednak także po opis na poziomie społecznym. Tak konstruuje scenę ślubu Rachelki, rozgrywanie sprawy jej ocalenia po wojnie – niezwykle opisany fenomen społecznego funkcjonowania motywu Sprawiedliwych – dostrzega i opisuje rytuały podporządkowania organizowane dla ocalałych oraz to, jak grają narzucone im role. Wątki te zostają jednak całkowicie pominięte przez krytykę. Nie są także w stanie przebić się przez lepiej rozpoznawalne społecznie struktury narracyjne pierwszego typu.

In this paper, the author analyzes family status of the child conceived by
artificial reproduction technologies using the following treatments:
homologues artificial insemination, heterologus artificial insemination
(artificial insemination by donor), ovum donation, embryo donation and
surrogate motherhood. One specific situation of homologues artificial
insemination is posthumous insemination, insemination after the death of the
husband/partner. This procedure is allowed in, for instance, United Kingdom,
but not allowed in France, Switzerland, and Italy. Considering genetics
elements in this situation there is no doubt on fatherhood - father is a man
whose sperm is used for insemination, regardless of the fact if frozen sperm
or frozen embryo is used in the procedure. Nevertheless, until 2008 in United
Kingdom, the husband/partner was not considered as legal father, because of
the fact that the child was born after his death. Heterologous artificial
insemination could be used in three different situations. First, when
subjects are spouses or unmarried partners of different sexes. Second, when
subjects are spouses or unmarried partners of the same sex and the third if a
single woman is an only subject. Most recent procedure is the one in which
subjects are spouses or unmarried partners of the same sex, specifically two
women. This procedure is allowed in the United Kingdom and Sweden. In these
legislatures, there is a rule that the woman who delivers the child is legal
mother, and her spouse/partner is a second parent of the child. The most
recent procedure of egg donation is a donation of only a part of an egg,
mitochondrial DNA. In this case, there are in fact three genetic parents of
the child: two genetic mothers and a father. Legally, the child has one
mother (the woman who delivers a child) and a father. One of potential
outcomes of the recent research is the ability to create human embryo without
any male genetic contribution - by transferring the nucleus of a somatic cell
from one woman into an enucleated egg of another. In that case, the child
would not have genetic father at all. Bearing in mind the new artificial
reproduction technologies and their influence to legal rules of establishment
of the family status of the child, it could be said that the legal principle
of the autonomy of the parties is widened in comparison to material truth.
People who wish to be parents become legal parents although they are not
generic parents. Sometimes they cannot be genetic parents due to their
infertility and sometimes because they are of the same sex. As a result of
artificial reproduction technologies, a child could have a genetic link with
one of the parents, only with a mother - in the heterologous insemination,
only a father - as in egg donation and genetic surrogacy. The child could
have genetic link with both of the parents - as in the gestational surrogacy,
or it could have no genetic links with his/her legal parents - as in embryo
donation. According to some European legislatures, it is possible for the
child to have a mother and the other female parent, or a father and the other
male parent. Surrogate mother, as well as donors of the genetic material, are
not considered as parents. Radical change in social and individual perception
of parenthood could accept the fact the child could have more than two
parents with different roles (biological - genetic parents, gestational
mother, social - legal parents).