1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001500969707536

Titolo

Comparative aspects of mechanoreceptor systems / guest editor: F. Ito ; with contributions by J. Adler ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1992

ISBN

3540541187

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Advances in comparative and environmental physiology ; 10

Altri autori (Persone)

Ito, Fumi

Disciplina

591.18

Soggetti

Mechanoreceptors

Comparative physiology

Ion channels

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910159027003321

Autore

Blackmoore Stephen

Titolo

Hungry Ghosts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : DAW, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Collana

Eric Carter ; ; v.3

Disciplina

813/.6

Soggetti

Magic--Fiction

Dead--Fiction

Aztec mythology--Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen Blackmoore's dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts * " Gritty, emotional and phenomenally imaginative." -- RT Reviews Necromancer Eric Carter's problems keep getting bigger. Bad enough he's the unwilling husband to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte, but now her ex, the Aztec King of the dead, Mictlantecuhtli, has come back -- and it turns out that Carter and he are swapping places. As Mictlantecuhtli breaks loose of his prison of jade, Carter is slowly turning to stone. To make matters worse, both gods are trying to get Carter to assassinate the other. But only one of them can be telling him the truth and he can't trust either one. Carter's solution? Kill them both. If he wants to get out of this situation with his soul intact, he'll have to go to Mictlan, the Aztec land of the dead, and take down a couple of death gods while facing down the worst trials the place has to offer him: his own sins.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910252720503321

Autore

Hernando Almudena

Titolo

The Fantasy of Individuality : On the Sociohistorical Construction of the Modern Subject / / by Almudena Hernando

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-60720-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

126.09

Soggetti

Sociology

Feminist anthropology

Gender Studies

Feminist Anthropology

Sociological Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: General approach -- 2: Sex and gender -- 3: The Origin -- 4: Relational identity or identity when one has no power over the world -- 5: Individuality or identity when one has power over the world -- 6: Relational identity/ Individuated identity. The appearance of things -- 7: The fantasy of individuality. Part I: women and gender identity -- 8: The fantasy of individuality. Part II: men’s (unconscious) performance of relational identity -- 9: Dependent individuality and independent individuality -- 10: Sex and gender all over again. 11: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a step in fleshing out the historical reasons for gender inequality from the origins of humankind to present times in the Western world. It argues that despite much critique during the last two decades, gender identities are still ultimately understood as closed and rigid categories which unwittingly reproduce modern Western values. It is a theoretically-informed and up-to-date overview of the history of gender inequality that takes as its starting point the mechanisms through which human beings construct their self-identity. It discusses deeply ingrained assumptions on the relationship between gender and materiality in the present that lead both the academic community and



the general public alike to reproduce specific patterns of thought about sex and gender and project them into the past. Starting from a peripheral and heterodox perspective, this book intends to appraise the complexity of gender identity in all its richness and diversity. It seeks to understand the persistence of relationality in supposedly fully individualized male selves, and the construction of new forms of individuality among women that did not follow the masculine model. It is argued here that by balancing community and self beyond the contradictions of hegemonic masculinity, modern women are struggling to build a new, more empowering form of personhood. The author is an archaeologist, who uses her discipline not only to provide data, theory and a long-term perspective, but also in a metaphorical sense: to construct a socio-historical genealogy of current gender systems, through an examination of how personhood and self-identity have been constructed in the Western world. .

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965285003321

Autore

Hudley Cynthia

Titolo

You did that on purpose : understanding and changing children's aggression / / Cynthia Hudley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008

ISBN

9786612352256

9781282352254

1282352253

9780300151756

0300151756

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 180 p.) ) : ill

Classificazione

77.55

Disciplina

155.4/1247

Soggetti

Aggressiveness in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A look at children's aggression -- Understanding intent : one source of childhood aggression -- The BrainPower program : a strategy for



changing attributions -- Research on the BrainPower program : how effective is it? -- Looking beyond the individual child : what schools can do -- Childhood aggression in the family and the community -- Public policy for children's well-being.

Sommario/riassunto

Some children are prone to a particular kind of aggression when they are with their peers. For these children, any harm done to them-even something as inconsequential as a jostle in the lunch line-is perceived as intentional. Their style of social information processing, termed "hostile attributional bias," increases the likelihood of retaliating with excessive and inappropriate physical aggression. In this valuable book, parents and professionals who work with children will learn what can be done to better understand and control children's aggression. Beginning with a reader-friendly review of the literature, Cynthia Hudley underscores the substantial risks of long-term problems for elementary-school-age children who demonstrate aggressive behavior. Then, drawing on her work as founder of a successful school intervention program, the BrainPower Program, Hudley describes methods for reducing children's peer-directed aggression. She concludes with a discussion of the importance of broad social contexts in supporting nonaggressive behavior.