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Globalization is producing a new kind of fictional writing which may be better described as cosmopolitan than postcolonial because it moves beyond the cultural categories described in postcolonial theory without ignoring inequalities of power. This article analyses Jhumpa Lahiri's short story collection Interpreter of Maladies by way of example.

This paper outlines small scale research regarding mathematics anxiety and potential links to confidence and mathematics subject knowledge for primary teacher education (QTS) students in a HE institution, where the author is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Mathematics Education. The purpose is to establish the existence of such anxiety and related concerns, to determine implications for students' achievement of government standards for the award of QTS. Investigation is carried out through review of theory and consideration of questions subsequently arising, linked to collection of qualitative data from an interview with a QTS student, and analysis via an interpretivist approach.

In this dispatch, Elizabeth Jackson reflect upon the process and possible implications of a collaboration called "Stopgaps and Gems," a creative research project that saw newcomer youth exploring and sharing their personal experiences and insights with other members of Guelph's public. Following Jackson's piece, she and Lisa Hirmer engage in a dialogue about Hirmer's creative practice, Dodolab, and the ways in which her work conceptualizes, engages, and challenges conventional notions of power, place, and representation.

General Introduction -- Section 1 : Abortion -- The Sanctity of Life Argument -- The Future of Value Argument -- The Famous Violinist Argument -- Section 2 : Animal Ethics -- The Contractarian Argument -- Animal Welfare and Animal Rights -- Humane Farming -- Section 3 :Environmental Ethics -- Future Generations - Environmentalism -- Wild Animals -- Section 4 : Charitable Giving -- The Obligatory View -- The Supererogatory View -- Charity Skepticism -- Section 5 : Punishment -- Justifying Punishment, Part 1 -- Justifying Punishment, Part 2 -- Injustice and Abolition -- Section 6 : Disability -- What Is a Disability? -- The Mere-Difference View -- The Bad-Difference View

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: General Introduction -- Section 1: Abortion -- Chapter 2: The Sanctity of Life Argument -- Chapter 3: The Future of Value Argument -- Chapter 4: The Famous Violinist Argument -- Section 2: Animal Ethics -- Chapter 5: The Contractarian Argument -- Chapter 6: Animal Welfare and Animal Rights -- Chapter 7: Humane Farming -- Section 3: Environmental Ethics -- Chapter 8: Future Generations -- Chapter 9: Environmentalism -- Chapter 10: Wild Animals -- Section 4: Charitable Giving -- Chapter 11: The Obligatory View -- Chapter 12: The Supererogatory View -- Chapter 13: Charity Skepticism -- Section 5: Punishment -- Chapter 14: Justifying Punishment, Part 1 -- Chapter 15: Justifying Punishment, Part 2 -- Chapter 16: Injustice and Abolition -- Section 6: Disability -- Chapter 17: What Is a Disability? -- Chapter 18: The Mere-Difference View -- Chapter 19: The Bad-Difference View -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Back Cover.

The cumulative effects of trauma, violence, and substance abuse both define women's pathways into the correctional system and contribute to their unique needs within it. This research offers a case study of the implementation of a gender-responsive, trauma-informed integrated mindfulness program within a women's prison. Applying a yoga-based psycho-educational approach, the manualized curriculum was presented in a 16-session, closed-group format with peer-facilitation and pre- and postprogramming assessments. Overall, outcomes of this study were promising. Program participants demonstrated improvements in the use of healthy coping skills, experience of traumatic stress, symptoms of anxiety and depression, self-compassion, sense of connection, ability to relate to others, emotional awareness, and self-regulation.

Abstract  The highly volatile auction system in Australia accounts for 85 percent of ex‐farm wool sales, with the remainder sold by forward contract, futures, and other hedging methods. In this article, against the background of an extensive literature on price risk strategies, we investigate title behavioral factors associated with producers' adoption of price risk‐management strategies (specifically futures and forward contracts) for selling wool. This research presents a behavioral model based on Diffusion of Innovations, the Theory of Reasoned Action, and the Theory of Planned Behavior. We found that the auction system is used as a price risk‐management tool because other selling methods are considered more risky. We also report on a curious relationship between risk and complexity in terms of wool producers' intentions to use forward contracts. We explored sociological factors in conjunction with focus‐group data in an attempt to understand this relationship. This exercise yielded some interesting findings on the impact that trust, habit, social cohesion, and networks have on decision making in the rural community. The significance of this article lies in its application of core sociological theory in a new research context: the Australian wool industry.