1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465640603321

Autore

Smith Andrew

Titolo

The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-78170-000-1

1-84779-345-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

823.0873309

Soggetti

Ghost stories, English - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719074462; 9780719074462; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Seeing the spectre: an economic theory of the ghost story; 2 Dickens's spectres: sight, money,and reading the ghost story; 3 Money and machines: Wilkie Collins's ghosts; 4 Love, money, and history: the female ghost story; 5 Reading ghosts and reading texts: spiritualism; 6 Haunted houses and history: Henry James's Anglo-American ghosts; 7 Colonial ghosts: mimicry,history, and laughter; 8 M.R. James's Gothic revival; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History examines the British ghost story within the political contexts of the long nineteenth century. By relating the ghost story to economic, national, colonial and gendered contexts' it provides a critical re-evaluation of the period.The conjuring of a political discourse of spectrality during the nineteenth century enables a culturally sensitive reconsideration of the work of writers including Dickens, Collins, Charlotte Riddell, Vernon Lee, May Sinclair, Kipling, Le Fanu, Henry James and M.R. James. Additionally, a chapter on the interpretation of spi



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797822303321

Titolo

Plant microbe interactions / / Harsh Bais, Janine Sherrier, volume editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-12-420116-4

0-12-420174-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

Advances in botanical research, , 0065-2296 ; ; Volume 75

Disciplina

579.178

Soggetti

Plant-microbe relationships

Life sciences - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH; Plant Microbe Interactions; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; One - Not Just Sweet Talkers: How Roots Stimulate Their Colonization by Beneficial Bacteria; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ATTRACTION; 3. NUTRITION; 4. COLONIZATION; 5. GENERAL EFFECTS; 6. COMPOUNDS FROM THE PLANT THAT AFFECT THE PGP EFFECT OF BACTERIA; 7. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; Two - Molecular Patterns of Rhizobacteria Involved in Plant Immunity Elicitation; 1. HOST RESISTANCE ELICITATION AS PART OF RHIZOBACTERIA-MEDIATED BIOCONTROL

2. GLOBAL ASPECT OF MICROBE-INDUCED PLANT IMMUNITY3. MAMPS FROM BACTERIAL PATHOGENS AND EARLY PHYSIOLOGICAL/SIGNALLING EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PERCEPTION; 3.1 Molecular Patterns and Cognate Receptors; 3.2 Early Physiological Responses and Signalling; 4. ELICITORS OF PLANT IMMUNITY FROM BENEFICIAL BACTERIA; 4.1 Surface-Exposed MAMPs; 4.2 Secreted Compounds; 4.2.1 Exopolysaccharides; 4.2.2 Iron-Regulated Metabolites; 4.2.2.1 Pyoverdines/Pseudobactins; 4.2.2.2 Salicylic Acid (SA) and SA-Derived Siderophores; 4.2.3 Alkyl Chain-Containing Metabolites; 4.2.3.1 Lipopeptides

4.2.3.2 Rhamnolipids4.2.3.3 N-Acyl-L-Homoserine Lactones; 4.2.3.4



N-Alkylated Benzylamine Derivative; 4.2.4 Elicitors with Antibiotic Function; 4.2.5 Volatiles; 4.2.6 Other Elicitors; 4.3 Multiple Compounds Involved in Plant Defence Elicitation by a Single PGPR Strain; 4.4 Host Perception of PGPR Elicitors; 4.4.1 Recognition at the Plant Cell Surface; 4.4.2 Downstream Early Signalling and Defence-Related Events; 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Three - Root Microbiome Assemblage is Modulated by Plant Host Factors; 1. INTRODUCTION

2. MICROBIOME ASSEMBLAGE IS INFLUENCED BY THE HOST GENOME3. MICROBIOME ASSEMBLAGE IS INFLUENCED BY THE HOST DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; 4. MICROBIOME ASSEMBLAGE IS INFLUENCED BY THE HOST HEALTH AND FITNESS; 5. MICROBIOME ASSEMBLAGE IS INFLUENCED BY ALTERATION IN PLANT SIGNALLING; 6. IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; REFERENCES; Four - PGPR Interaction: An Ecofriendly Approach Promoting the Sustainable Agriculture System; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RHIZOSPHERE, THE HOT SPOT FOR PGPR INTERACTION; 3. COLONIZATION AND COMPETENCE; 4. PGPR ROOTING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; 4.1 PGPR as Biofertilizers

4.1.1 Nitrogen Fixation4.1.2 Phosphorus Solubilization; 4.1.3 Absorption of Iron; 4.1.4 Phytostimulators; 4.1.4.1 Indole-3-Acetic Acid; 4.1.4.2 Gibberellin; 4.1.4.3 Cytokinin; 4.1.4.4 Regulating Plant Ethylene Levels; 4.2 PGPR as Biopesticides; 4.3 PGPR as Bioremediators; 5. COMMERCIALIZATION OF PGPR; 6. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Five - Human Pathogen-Plant Interactions: Concerns for Food Safety; 1. INTRODUCTION: MERGING PLANT SCIENCE AND FOOD SCIENCE TO ADDRESS FOOD SAFETY; 2. HUMAN PATHOGENS ON PLANTS; 3. HUMAN PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS WITH PHYTOBACTERIA AND RHIZOBACTERIA

4. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PLANT STOMATA, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AND HUMAN PATHOGENS



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350337203321

Autore

Zawacki-Richter Olaf

Titolo

Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East : National Perspectives in a Digital Age / / edited by Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Adnan Qayyum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2019

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

9789811357879

9811357870

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 140 p. 10 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education, , 2509-4343

Classificazione

EDU009000EDU015000EDU039000EDU043000

Disciplina

371.3

Soggetti

Learning, Psychology of

Educational technology

International education

Comparative education

Education, Higher

Instructional Psychology

Digital Education and Educational Technology

International and Comparative Education

Higher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 China -- 3 China: Commentary -- 4 India -- 5 India: Commentary -- 6 Russia -- 7 Russia: Commentary -- 8 South Africa -- 9 Commentary on Open and Distance Education in South Africa -- 10 South Korea -- 11 Commentary on Open and Distance Education in South Korea -- 12 Turkey -- 13 Commentary on Open and Dsitance Education in Turkey -- 14 The Current State of Open and Distance Education.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: China, India, Russia, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. It describes how open and distance education is



evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of the national higher education systems in these countries. It also explores the similarities and differences between how their open and distance higher education systems are managed and structured. This book is the second in a series, following Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas (Springer 2018). Both books compare and draw conclusions about the nature of open and distance education in the context of various national higher education systems. In a digital era characterized by the growing use of online, open and distance education, this book will prove particularly valuable for policy-makers and senior administrators who want to learn about establishing or expanding open and distance education services. In addition, it offers a valuable reference guide for researchers, academics and students interested in understanding the different approaches to open and distance education.