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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781126503321

Autore

Katz Steven T

Titolo

Why Is America Different? [[electronic resource] ] : American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : University Press of America, 2010

ISBN

1-282-60765-0

9786612607653

0-7618-4770-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

300

973.04924

Soggetti

Democracy -- Textbooks

Political science -- Juvenile literature -- Textbooks

Political science -- Textbooks

United States -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature -- Textbooks

United States -- Politics and government -- Textbooks

Jews - Social life and customs - United States

Jews in motion pictures

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; In Place of an Introduction: Some Thoughts on American Jewish Exceptionalism; Chapter 01. Enlightenment, Statesmen and the Jews in Europe and the United States, 1776-1820; Chapter 02. American Exceptionalism: The Case of the Jews, 1750-1850; Chapter 03. Why and How Are Americans Different?; Chapter 04. Immigrant Jews and the Challenge of American Athleticism; Chapter 05. America's Most Memorable Zionist Leaders; Chapter 06. Encountering Jewish Feminism; Chapter 07. Judaism and the Pluralist Dynamic

Chapter 08. From Treifene Medina to Goldene Medina: Changing



Perspectives on the United States among American HaredimChapter 09. From Many, One? Reflections on the Notion of American Jews; Chapter 10. Superbowl Parties, Women Rabbis and Freedom Seders: Twenty-first Century Jewish American Synergy; Chapter 11. American Anti-Semitism: The Myth and Reality of American Exceptionalism; Chapter 12. To Make "a Jew": Projecting Anti-Semitism in Post-War America; Chapter 13. Jews in the United States: How Good It Has Been; Chapter 14. Anti-Semitism Today

Chapter 15. The NYT: The Newspaper American Jews Love to HateChapter 16. Confessions of a Jewish Journalist; Chapter 17. Portraits of America in Jewish Culture; Chapter 18. Yiddishkeit and the American Jewish Writer: The Break through Reconsidered; Chapter 19. Cinema as a Lens on America's Jews; Chapter 20. What Makes America Different: Jewish Artists and Their Concerns in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 21. Studies in Hysteria, or Jewish Comedy from Shtetlakh to Shticklakh; Chapter 22. The Transformation of Traditional Jewish Music in Jewish America

Chapter 23. America: Memories of Doubts and Hope

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910166646703321

Autore

Andrade Mariza de

Titolo

The Foundation of Precision Medicine: Integration of Electronic Health Records with Nenomics Through Basic, Clinical, and Translational Research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Soggetti

Genetics (non-medical)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This eBook contains the 19 articles that were part of a Special Topic in Frontiers in Genetics entitled "Genetics Research in Electronic Health Records Linked to DNA Biobanks". The Special Issue was published on-line in 2014-2015 and contained papers representing the diverse research ongoing in the integration of electronic health records (EHR) with genomics through basic, clinical, and translational research. We have divided the eBook into four Chapters. Chapter 1 describes the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) network and its contri-bution to genomics. It highlights methodological questions related to large data sets such as imputation and population stratification. Chapter 2 describes the results of genetic studies on different diseases for which all the phenotypic information was extracted from the EHR with highly specific ePhenotyping algorithms. Chapter 3 focuses on more complex analyses of the genome including copy number variants (CNV), pleiotropy com-bined with phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS), and epistasis (gene-gene interactions). Chapter 4 discusses the use of genetic data together with EHR-derived clinical data in clinical settings, and how to return genetic results to patients and providers. It also contains a comprehensive review on genetic risk scores. We have included mostly Original Research Articles in the eBook, but also Reviews and Methods papers on the relevant topics of analyzing and integrating genomic data. The release of this



eBook is timely, since several countries are launching Precision Medicine initiatives. Precision Medicine is a new concept in patient care taking into account individual variability in genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors, when treating diseases or trying to prevent them from developing. It has become an important focus for biomedical, clinical and translational informatics. The papers presented in this eBook are well positioned to educate the readers about Precision Medicine and to demonstrate the potential study designs, methods, strategies, and applications where this type of research can be performed successfully. The ultimate goal is to improve diagnostics and provide better, more targeted care to the patient.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337806003321

Titolo

Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship / / edited by Adnane Maâlaoui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-13334-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Disciplina

331.398

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Demography

Population

Economics - Psychological aspects

Population and Demography

Economic Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Senior Entrepreneurship: From the Shadow to the Light -- Part I: Senior Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Consideration and Future Researches: A Scoping Study of Entrepreneurship Among Seniors:



Overview of the Literature and Avenues for Future Research -- Context, Cognitive Functioning and Entrepreneurial Intentions in the Elderly -- Entrepreneurs' Exit and Paths to Retirement - Theoretical and Empirical Considerations -- Experience of Aging as an Opportunity for Entrepreneurship Among the Elderly -- Senior Entrepreneurs: Are They Really Different? -- Part II: Senior Entrepreneurs: Are They Really Different? -- Heterogeneous Boomer Entrepreneurs -- Technology Adoption and Product Innovation by Third-Age Entrepreneurs: Evidence from GEM Data -- Senior Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Intersectionality -- How to Support Women Seniorpreneursin Europe -- The New Career Starts After the Entrepreneurial Life -- Part III: Elderly Entrepreneur in Different Context -- Elderly Entrepreneurs in Healthcare: The Case of the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) -- A Portrait of the Older Entrepreneur: Factors Toward Transformation and Persistence -- How to Foster Older Adults Entrepreneurial Motivation - The Israeli Case -- Senior Entrepreneurs in China. .

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook introduces readers to the concept of elderly entrepreneurship, and analyzes key issues concerning individuals and institutions. In addition, it presents theoretical and empirical studies exploring the reasons why elderly persons choose to pursue entrepreneurship, despite their advanced age. To investigate this comparatively new entrepreneurial phenomenon, the contributors address psychological, sociological and gerontological aspects, and share unique interdisciplinary insights. The book’s chapters are methodologically diverse, and the scale of analysis ranges from individual cases to country-level patterns. At a time when the world’s major economies are facing a demographic challenge due to ageing populations, elderly entrepreneurship may provide new economic opportunities and motivate more inclusive policymaking.