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July 2024Conservation of Dragonflies
Sentinels for Freshwater Conservation
by Michael J Samways
Dragonflies are among the most familiar and popular of all insects, deeply embedded in human cultural history. They are iconic and tell us much about the environments in which we and they live. Their conservation is an important part of biodiversity conservation. One modern dragonfly species is listed as extinct, with many others currently threatened. It is now essential to increase conservation efforts towards saving these threatened species, with strategies now available for doing this. Recovery of dragonfly populations goes hand in hand with improvements to both freshwater conditions and bank vegetation quality. In contrast, some other dragonfly species have benefitted greatly from human transformation of the landscape, with artificial ponds in particular, increasing the population levels of many species. In turn, climate change is seeing many geographical range shifts. Dragonflies are variously sensitive to the health of freshwater systems, and the quality of vegetation along rivers and around ponds. Dragonflies are excellent indicators in these times of great concern over the quality of our freshwater supplies. Their wide range of sensitivities enables us to measure the extent to which freshwater ecosystems are either deteriorating or are improving when we undertake restoration. They enable us to gauge how well we are conserving freshwaters, whether ponds and lakes, streams or rivers. They are also good umbrellas for many other freshwater inhabitants, which altogether reflect the health of a freshwater system. Conservation of Dragonflies: Sentinels for Freshwater Conservation is for naturalists, citizen scientists, entomologists and conservation scientists, as well as practitioners and policy makers around the world.
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MedicineManual Trigger Point Therapy and Dry Needling for Chronic Pain
Myofascial medicine as an approach to an unresolved challenge
by Beat Dejung
Medicine for the relief of pain has made little progress in the last 50 years. 16% of our population claim to suffer from chronic pain, for which no lasting help can be found, despite years of treatment by different doctors. Trigger point therapy experts have integrated myofascial techniques into their everyday therapy in recent decades and through this they have achieved good results even with complex and chronic problems. In this book, instructors from the Interest Group for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy (IMTT) in Switzerland present 33 complex cases of patients with chronic pain, whose pain they were able to relieve permanently with manual trigger point therapy and dry needling. Using these case studies, doublepage spreads with an educational, uniform layout clearly present the diagnosis, pathophysiology and chronifcation of myofascial pain syndromes and, in conclusion, describe encouraging and surprising successes despite previous therapy resistance.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2019Chinese Tea Culture in Guzhang
by Xie Hui
Guzhang County, in western Hunan, is one of the birthplace of Chinese tea culture where several kinds of famous Chinese tea are produced and national industries and technology systems developing tea are set up. The book focuses on tea culture, and describes how people in Guzhang County realized poverty alleviation as well as lived a better life in the process of planting tea, making tea, and promoting tea. The book is about 120,000 words divided into four chapters: the first chapter introduces the spirit of tea makers through the story of Guzhang "Tea King", history of tea in Guzhang, wishes of tea planters, and the development of tea industry; the second chapter tells the stories of tea makers who manage the tea industry and promote Guzhang tea; the third chapter talks about the innovation and brand of Guzhang tea; the fourth chapter relates how outsiders contributed to the growth of Guzhang.
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Food & DrinkTea Book
by Studio of Fashion and Life
This book is a tea encyclopedia for those who are new to tea. It includes detailed explanations of 67 kinds of famous teas, 37 practical tea brewing exercises, and 33 tea therapeutic methods and prescriptions. Adopting a large number of exquisite pictures and easy-to-understand words, Tea Book allows readers to receive a complete and clear knowledge of tea from the growing environment, quality characteristics to purchasing criteria, and obtain a profound understanding and appreciation of Chinese tea culture.
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Food & DrinkMay 2022Tea ceremony: from tea to understand tea
by wang jianrong
The distance from tea lover to tea master is just a book. There are more than 600 sharp images in this book, which showing you how to understand the drink, how to buy good quality tea leaf, how to make a nice cup of tea, how to taste the tea, and knowing about every aspect of tea. The book will lead you from tea ceremony, tea art and tea history of green tea, black tea and Pu'er tea to build your bourgeois life.
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FictionSeptember 2009Library of Chinese Classics :The Classic of Tea
by Jiang Xin, Jiang Yi
The Book of Tea is written by Lu Yu, who is hailed as the "Tea Saint." It was written in the first year of Jianzhong in the Tang Dynasty (AD 780). As the first tea in China and even in the world, "The Book of Tea" pioneered the Chinese tea ceremony and the precedent for the tea "writing study and learning", and its historical and cultural value has so far been unmanned. "The Book of Tea," a comprehensive account of planting tea, picking tea, tea, tea, tea, recorded tea, Yong tea and other rich content. "Continued Tea" Written in the "Book of Songs" was born about a thousand years later, the author is Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Tingcan. "Continued Tea" followed the "tea by" way, the word number is "tea" ten times. This tea monograph collects Luo Hongfu on the historical materials of tea after the Tang Dynasty, which has fine examination, clear definition and high academic and historical value. "The Book of Songs" and "Continuation of the Tea" is a pair of tea culture books in natural sciences and social sciences, material and spiritual clever combination of the shiny treasure. The translation of this translation and English translation by the Dalian University of Technology College of Foreign Languages Jiang Yi, Professor Jiang Xin completed.
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Science & MathematicsMarch 2022Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests
by Takumasa Kondo, Gillian Watson
Scale insects feed on plant juices and can easily be transported to new countries on live plants. They sometimes become invasive pests, costing billions of dollars in damage to crops worldwide annually, and farmers try to control them with toxic pesticides, risking environmental damage. Fortunately, scale insects are highly susceptible to control by natural enemies so biological control is possible. They have unique genetic systems, unusual metamorphosis, a broad spectrum of essential symbionts, and some are sources of commercial products like red dyes, shellac and wax. There is, therefore, wide interest in these unusual, destructive, beneficial, and abundant insects. The Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests is the most comprehensive work on worldwide scale insect pests, providing detailed coverage of the most important species (230 species in 26 families, 36% of the species known). Advice is provided on collection, preservation, slide-mounting, vouchering, and labelling of specimens, fully illustrated with colour photographs, diagrams and drawings. Pest species are presented in two informal groups of families, the 'primitive' Archaeococcids followed by the more 'advanced' Neococcids, covered in phylogenetic order. Each family is illustrated and diagnosed based on features of live and slide-mounted specimens, with information on numbers of genera and species, main hosts, distribution, and biology. For the important pest species, coverage includes information on the morphology of live and slide-mounted specimens, common names, principal synonyms, geographical distribution, plant hosts, plant damage and economic impact, reproductive biology, dispersal, and management strategies including biological, cultural and chemical control, sterile insect techniques, regulatory control, early warning systems and field monitoring. An additional complete list of scale insect pests worldwide is provided, comprising 642 species in 28 scale insect families (about 8% of the 8396 species of living scales known), with information on plant hosts, geographical distribution and validation sources. Beneficial uses of scale insects as sources of red dyes, natural resins and waxes, as agents for invasive weed control. The importance of their honeydew to bees for making honey, and as a food source to other animals, are included. Academic researchers, students, entomologists, pest management officials in agribusiness or government including plant quarantine identifiers, extensionists, farmers, field scientists and ecologists will all benefit from this book.
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MedicineGolden Needle: Plum Blossom Acupuncture School
by Zhou Meisheng
The Plum Blossom Acupuncture School, also known as "Zhou's Plum Blossom Acupuncture," originates from the family tradition of Zhou Meisheng, a luminary in Chinese acupuncture and the author of "The Moxa Cord." This technique boasts nearly 300 years of history. Named after the fourth-generation master and late Qing Dynasty physician Zhou Shudong, who had a particular fondness for plum blossoms, the school was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of Anhui Province in 2017. This book is the foundational and sole surviving work of the Plum Blossom Acupuncture School, offering essential insights into its acupuncture theories and techniques.
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Hospital infectionsNovember 1997Occupational Blood-borne Infections
Risk and Management
by Edited by Christopher H Collins, D A Kennedy
Many health professionals may be exposed to, and undertake the collection and handling of blood or its products, whether it be for analysis and diagnosis or more specifically for transfusion. Other workers in a variety of public services, such as the police and community care, also routinely encounter situations in which exposure to blood through such incidents as needle stick injuries is a serious issue. This timely book describes the diversity of risks faced within these differing settings and sets out the methods by which these risks can be reduced or managed. The authors describe the various blood-borne disease-causing agents and their epidemiology, including hepatitis B, C and D, HIV viruses and bacterial, protozoal and helminthic organisms. Prevention of infection is discussed thoroughly and existing standard procedures are reviewed. Detection, decontamination and post-exposure procedures are also examined. This book is an essential resource for all physicians, general practitioners, nursing and dental staff and laboratory workers who collect and handle blood. It is important reading for all those undertaking medical training, especially those studying for postgraduate qualifications in pathology, infection control and microbiology. It is also a valuable reference source for all public service workers such as the police, prison officers, and community and social workers.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2024The Official Record
Oversight, national security and democracy
by Peter Finn, Robert Ledger
The construction, control and preservation of the Official Record is inherently contested. Those seeking greater openness and (democratic) accountability argue 'sunlight is [...] the best of disinfectants', while others seek stricter information control because, to their mind, sound government arises when advice and policy are formulated secretly. This edited volume explores the intersection of the Official Record, oversight, national security and democracy. Through US, UK and Canadian case studies, this volume will benefit higher level undergraduate readers and above to explore the Official Record in the context of the national security operations of democratic states. All chapters are research-based pieces of original writing that feature a document appendix containing primary documents (often excerpts) that are key to a chapter's narrative. As a result, this book interrogates the boundaries between national security, accountability, oversight, and the Official Record.
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2019 - December 2024Diamond Dust Aristocratic Family
by Zhang Hengshui
In the 1920s, Jin Yanxi, the son of Jin Quan, Prime Minister of Beiyang Warlord Cabinet, and a civilian woman named Lengqing Autumn, the seeds of love once sprouted and took root in their hearts. The spirit of love and rebellion linked them together. They were together because of love, but they were cruel feudal consciousness. Destroying their love, they finally chose to abandon and separate...
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Genealogy, heraldry, names & honoursMay 2015Anne Clifford's Great Books of Record
by Jessica L. Malay
In her Great Books of Record Anne Clifford places herself within the dynamic history of the ancient Clifford family, providing an unbroken view into medieval and early modern life for nearly six centuries. In this annotated edition, we glimpse the lives of simple widows, traders, farmers, and labourers juxtaposed with the adventures of soldiers, lords and ladies, princes and princesses. Throughout, Anne Clifford asserts the centrality of women to the success of noble families, including the monarchy. Her Great Books draws upon medieval traditions and early modern scholarship and builds upon these through biographies of the Clifford lords and ladies, along with an extended biography of her mother Margaret Russell and her own autobiographical 'Life of Mee'. Those interested in the lives of medieval and early modern women, changes in culture, the effect of the political upon individuals, and the inspiring life of Anne Clifford will find this a rich and rewarding book.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 1984Im Aschenregen / die Spur deines Namens
Gedichte und Prosa 1976
by Ausländer, Rose
Die Rechte zur Nutzung der Gedichte von Rose Ausländer vergeben wir – mit wenigen Ausnahmen – nur über die Bände der „Gesammelten Werke“. Bitte recherchieren Sie, in welchem Band sich das gewünschte Gedicht befindet, bevor Sie eine Anfrage stellen. Bitte nutzen Sie hierzu das Gesamtverzeichnis (siehe PDF unter „Supporting Information“) und stellen Sie Ihre Anfrage dann über den entsprechenden Band. Vielen Dank! | Band 1: „Die Erde war ein atlasweißes Feld. Gedichte 1927-1956“ | Band 2: „Die Sichel mäht die Zeit zu Heu. Gedichte 1957-1965“ | Band 3: „Hügel aus Äther unwiderruflich. Gedichte und Prosa 1966-1975“ | Band 4: „Im Aschenregen die Spur Deines Namens. Gedichte und Prosa 1976“ | Band 5: „Ich höre das Herz des Oleanders. Gedichte 1977-1979“. | Band 6: „Wieder ein Tag aus Glut und Wind. Gedichte 1980-1982“ | Band 7: „Und preise die kühlende Liebe der Luft. Gedichte 1983-1987“ | Band 8: „Jeden Tropen ein tag. Gedichte aus dem Nachlaß“
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August 2016Thabo. Detektiv & Gentleman 2. Die Krokodil-Spur
by Kirsten Boie, Maja Bohn
In "Thabo. Detektiv & Gentleman 2. Die Krokodil-Spur" von Kirsten Boie verschwindet die kleine Delighty spurlos, was Thabo und seine Freunde vor ein großes Rätsel stellt. Die besorgniserregende Frage, ob sie vielleicht Krokodilen zum Opfer gefallen sein könnte, steht im Raum. Doch bald wird klar, dass sie nicht das einzige vermisste Kind ist. In seiner gewohnten Manier, mit viel Charme und Einfallsreichtum, nimmt Thabo die Ermittlungen auf. Die Suche nach Delighty und den anderen Kindern führt Thabo und seine Freunde durch spannende Abenteuer und lässt sie einmal mehr die Realität und die Herausforderungen in ihrem afrikanischen Dorf hautnah erleben. Fesselnder Kinderkrimi: Kirsten Boie präsentiert ein spannendes Abenteuer, das junge Leserinnen und Leser ab 10 Jahren bis zur letzten Seite fesselt. Lehrreich und unterhaltsam: Die Geschichte bietet nicht nur Nervenkitzel, sondern auch Einblicke in das Leben und die Kultur im südlichen Afrika, verpackt in eine unterhaltsame Detektivgeschichte. Sympathische Charaktere: Thabo, der liebenswerte Detektiv und Gentleman, und seine Freunde werden schnell zu Begleitern, die man ins Herz schließt. Themen von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz: Behutsam greift Boie Themen wie Kinderhandel und Vorurteile auf, die zum Nachdenken anregen und Diskussionen fördern können. Ideal für Vor- und Selberleser: Mit kurzen Kapiteln und einer klaren Sprache eignet sich das Buch sowohl zum Vorlesen als auch zum selbstständigen Lesen für Kinder ab 10 Jahren. Mit Glossar und Karte: Ein Glossar erklärt Begriffe aus dem südafrikanischen Raum (Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans) und eine Karte am Anfang des Buches hilft, Thabos Welt geografisch einzuordnen.
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2023The Island Book of Records Volume I
1959-68
by Neil Storey
The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life. A fifteen-year labour of love, the volumes will fully document the analogue era of Island. Offering a comprehensive archive of album cover design and photography, together with the voices of the musicians, designers, photographers, producers, studio engineers and record company personnel that worked on each project, the volumes show in unique depth the workings of the label, covering every LP. Featuring material from recent interviews and from media interviews of the time, and each including a comprehensive discography of 45s, the books are lavishly illustrated with gig adverts (very many at venues which no longer exist), concert tickets, flyers, international LP variants, labels, LP and 45 adverts and other ephemera. These LP-sized editions are a collector's dream, offering a truly unparalleled resource for those interested in music history and a perfect gift for any music lover.
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The Basics of Tea
by Chonglin Zhou
Tang Dynasty, tea efficacy, cultivation, collection, decocting and drinking methods, etc. Zhou Chonglin, a famous writer of tea culture, has been studying tea for 15 years with profound knowledge. He has referred to more than 40 kinds of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign editions in detail. He has been well proofread and proofread the Classic of Tea, which is original and easy to understand. In addition to the careful translation of the original text, there is also an in-depth and extended discussion on the theme of each chapter, from the ancient and modern evolution of tea to the basic cultivation of tea people, from tea events in previous dynasties to tea ceremony, tracing back to the source, unique insights, comprehensive revelation of the code of thought of the Book of Tea. The combination of ancient tea sets and tea drawings can help readers understand the features and structure of ancient tea sets more intuitively, feel the elegant tradition of tea, and draw on the wisdom of ancient people in drinking tea. 《茶经》是关于历代制茶、饮茶、茶道演变的百科全书，后世茶书的开源之作；共十篇，全面记述了唐及唐以前的茶叶历史与产地，茶的功效、栽培、采制、煎煮、饮用方法等。 知名茶文化作家周重林，精研茶学15年，功底深厚，详细参考古今中外版本40余种，勘校精良，带来原汁原味而又通俗易懂的《茶经》读本。除对原文的精心译注之外，还有对每个章节主题的深入延伸探讨，从茶的古今演变到茶人的基本修养，从历代茶事到茶席茶礼，溯本求源，见解独到，全方位揭秘《茶经》的思想密码。搭配古代茶具、茶画图，帮助读者更为直观了解古代茶具的特点和构造，感受茶雅传统，汲取古人饮茶智慧。
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Food & DrinkDistinguishing and Drinking of Chinese Tea
by Li Tao
150 kinds of common teas and rare Souchong, more than 600 primary pictures of dry tea, tea infusion, infused leaf and tea dance. Distinguish the first-class tea and watch tea dance to enjoy its elegance and vulgarity. You can drink the most authentic Chinese Tea only through three steps of selecting, buying and making a tea. With 30 years of experience in tea, the author can teach you how to distinguish tea without being “cheated” and buy cheaper tea and to make a tea at once. With subtle words, selection method and illustration, it is required reading for these who start drinking tea at first and old tea drinkers for more than decade years.
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THE KETER
by Amnon Shamosh
Amnon Shamosh The Aleppo Codex (the Hebrew term "Keter," literally meaning "crown," signifies a codex of the Bible, as opposed to a scroll) is the earliest known manuscript comprising the full text of the Bible. In all probability, it is also the most authoritative, accurate, and sacred source document, both for the biblical text and for its vocalization, cantillation, and "Massorah" (literally "transmission" of the Bible, the oral and written tradition by which the holy scriptures have been preserved and passed on from generation to generation). As such, the Aleppo Codex has achieved a position of preeminence among Hebraic and Judaic manuscripts, and is of greater religious and scholarly import than any other manuscript of the Bible. A time-honored tradition invests the Codex with a unique aura of authority, reverence, and sanctity, and maintains that this was the manuscript consulted by Maimonides in setting down the exact rules for writing scrolls of the Torah (deduced from his comment: "I used it as a basis for the copy of the 'Sefer Torah', which I wrote according to the Law"). The Rabbis and elders of the Aleppo community guarded the Codex jealously for some six hundred years. The drama (if not the trauma) of its loss during the 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aleppo when the local synagogue was set on fire, turned to joy and relief when it was rediscovered (albeit partially) thanks to intensive, dramatic rescue efforts, and brought to Jerusalem. Born in Syria in 1929, Amnon Shamosh immigrated to Tel Aviv as a child, and later became one of the founding members of Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch, where he resides today. A graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, author of both poetry and prose for children and adults, his work has been translated into English, Spanish, and French, and one of his novels was made into a mini-series for television. Amnon Shamosh is a recipient of the Agnon Prize, named after the celebrated Israeli Nobel Laureate in Literature, the Shalom-Aleichem Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize for Creativity, the President of Israel's Award for Literature, and numerous other literary awards.
