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Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship
by Salina Yoon Marie KondoInternational tidying superstar and New York Times bestselling author Marie Kondo brings her unique method to young readers in this charming story about how tidying up creates space for joy in all parts of your life, co-written and illustrated by beloved children&’s book veteran Salina Yoon. The KonMari Method inspires a charming friendship story that is sure to spark joy! Kiki and Jax are best friends, but they couldn&’t be more different. The one thing they always agree on is how much fun they have together. But when things start to get in the way, can they make space for what has always sparked joy—each other?
Kill Switch: The History of How Viruses Shaped Humanity and Led to COVID-19
by Dr. Richard BurtFrom the fall of empires to the rise of global health, Dr. Richard Burt&’s Kill Switch reveals how viruses have shaped human history—and what we must learn to protect our future.Viruses are the invisible architects of life and human history. From ancient plagues to modern pandemics, they have shaped civilizations, altered wars, and redefined medicine. Kill Switch takes you on a riveting journey through the history of viral outbreaks, revealing how these microscopic invaders have influenced everything from who we are to the fall of empires to the rise of global health initiatives—and how they ultimately led to COVID-19. Written by renowned physician and scientist Dr. Richard Burt, this book provides a fascinating look at the intersection of science, history, and public health. Dr. Burt unpacks the story of viruses through gripping historical narratives, groundbreaking medical discoveries, and the critical lessons we must learn. In Kill Switch, you&’ll learn: How viruses shaped human history and determined the rise and fall of empires. How viruses affect global policy and economics. The hidden connections between medical breakthroughs and disease. How governments, scientists, and the public have responded to viral threats. How history chauffeured us to where we are. How good intentions go wrong. Why COVID 19 is so controversial. With engaging storytelling and a cutting-edge detective story, Kill Switch is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the power of viruses and their impact on our world. Are we doomed to repeat history, or can we adapt to safeguard our future?
Killer Colas
by Nancy Appleton G. N. JacobsIt&’s as American as fast foods, ice cream, and candy bars. So why are people saying all those nasty things about soft drinks? The answer is simple: All those terrible things are true. And while the facts may be hard to swallow, it is high time we look at the damage that has been done by our long-running love affair with the beverage industry. In their new book, Killer Colas, Dr. Nancy Appleton and G. N. Jacobs provide a startling picture of a greedy industry hell-bent on destroying our country&’s health, no matter what the cost.Over the last twenty-five years, the sale of sodas, energy beverages, and sports drinks has exploded, as has the incidence of adult and childhood obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and stroke. In Killer Colas, the authors detail why this downward spiral has occurred. They look at the history and growth of the soft drink industry from fountain shops to multinational mega-corporations; they examine the industry&’s powerful influence over the media; and they look at the addictive and harmful ingredients these companies have added to their formulas. The authors also offer scientific evidence that links our growing consumption of soft drinks with our declining health.In the light of our country&’s health crisis, the consequences of our addiction to soft drinks can no longer be ignored. Killer Colas exposes the facts behind an addiction that is just as powerful and dangerous as our love of tobacco. Once you have read this book, you will never look at a soft drink in the same way.
Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs
by Peter AndreasThere is growing alarm over how drugs empower terrorists, insurgents, militias, and gangs. But by looking back not just years and decades but centuries, Peter Andreas reveals that the drugs-conflict nexus is actually an old story, and that powerful states have been its biggest beneficiaries. In his path-breaking Killer High, Andreas shows how six psychoactive drugs-ranging from old to relatively new, mild to potent, licit to illicit, natural to synthetic-have proven to be particularly important war ingredients. This sweeping history tells the story of war from antiquity to the modern age through the lens of alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, opium, amphetamines, and cocaine. Beer and wine drenched ancient and medieval battlefields, and the distilling revolution lubricated the conquest and ethnic cleansing of the New World. Tobacco became globalized through soldiering, with soldiers hooked on smoking and governments hooked on taxing it. Caffeine and opium fueled imperial expansion and warfare. The commercialization of amphetamines in the twentieth century energized soldiers to fight harder, longer, and faster, while cocaine stimulated an increasingly militarized drug war that produced casualty numbers surpassing most civil wars. As Andreas demonstrates, armed conflict has become progressively more drugged with the introduction, mass production, and global spread of mind-altering substances. As a result, we cannot understand the history of war without including drugs, and we similarly cannot understand the history of drugs without including war. From ancient brews and battles to meth and modern warfare, drugs and war have grown up together and become addicted to each other.
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by Damla İnce Melissa MartinAçlık Diyeti Yapmadan, Reklamlara Aldanmadan, Tehlikeli Diyet İlaçları Almadan, Uygun Gıdaların Gücünü, Suyu, Oksijeni ve Öz Benlik Algısı Psikolojisini Kullanarak Nasıl Kilo Verilir?
Kilted Yoga: Yoga Laid Bare (Kilted Yoga)
by Finlay WilsonFROM THE VIRAL YOGA STAR - 43 MILLION VIEWS IN JUST FIVE DAYSYoga as it's never been seen before!'Yoga can feel elitist but the book does not alienate. Partly because of its gentle humour, and partly because the language does not assume any knowledge of terms or sequences. It's straightforward and to the point. And the scenery beats a sterile yoga studio.' - Evening Standard 'Apparently there is something about the recipe of beards, kilts, butts and the Scottish highlands that just works.' - Finlay Wilson'Yoga and kilts in a Perthshire forest has proved to be just what the world was waiting for.' - BBCGet ready to lose yourself in the wilds of Scotland and reconnect with the natural world in this gorgeous little book that will make you look at yoga in a whole new way - kilt optional! After recovering from an accident, Finlay Wilson found yoga was the best way to rebuild his strength. Now a qualified yoga instructor himself, he's decided to bring a modern take to this ancient practice. Feast your eyes on his yoga moves and discover why his Kilted Yoga video became an instant global sensation. This beautiful book is both dramatic and inspirational, but also tongue in cheek, quirky and funny. Finlay introduces you to the fundamentals of yoga through four progressive sequences to help you develop your practice. Combining stunning photography of the Scottish highlands with practical advice, Kilted Yoga is the inspiration you've been waiting for - join the movement here.Check out the video that went viral: www.facebook.com/BBCScotland/videos/1085403278236761
Kilted Yoga: yoga laid bare
by Finlay WilsonFROM THE YOGI WHO BROKE THE INTERNET43 MILLION VIEWS IN JUST FIVE DAYS'Yoga and kilts in a Perthshire forest has proved to be just what the world was waiting for.' - BBC'Apparently there is something about the recipe of beards, kilts, butts and the Scottish highlands that just works.' - Finlay WilsonGet ready to lose yourself in the wilds of Scotland and reconnect with the natural world in this gorgeous little book that will make you look at yoga in a whole new way - kilt optional! After recovering from an accident, Finlay Wilson found yoga was the best way to rebuild his strength. Now a qualified yoga instructor himself, he's decided to bring a modern take to this ancient practice. Feast your eyes on his yoga moves and discover why his Kilted Yoga video became an instant global sensation. This beautiful book is both dramatic and inspiration, but also tongue in cheek, quirky and funny. Finlay introduces you to the fundamentals of yoga through four progressive sequences to help you develop your practice. Combining stunning photography of the Scottish highlands with practical advice, Kilted Yoga is the inspiration you've been waiting for - join the movement here.Check out the video that went viral here: www.facebook.com/BBCScotland/videos/1085403278236761
Kinaesthesia in the Psychology, Philosophy and Culture of Human Experience
by Roger SmithThis accessible book explores the nature and importance of kinaesthesia, considering how action, agency and movement intertwine and are fundamental in feeling embodied in the world. Bringing together psychological, philosophical and cultural perspectives, the book examines the subjective feeling of movement in a cross-disciplinary manner. It discusses kinaesthesia through the framework of embodied cognition and outlines how contemporary discussion in psychology and phenomenology can inform our understanding of everyday experience. The book also sketches a framework for full appreciation of the sense of movement in performance and cultural life, discussing how a sense of movement is central to one’s agency. It is composed in four ‘movements’, aiming to achieve a connected and original argument for why movement matters, an argument exemplified in dance. The first movement explains the science of kinaesthesia and the history of the concept to a discussion of current thought informed by phenomenology and embodied cognition, the second quiet movement reflects on the psychological and philosophical dimensions of the sense of movement, the third movement turns to the culture of movement in dance and walking, and the fourth rests with the pleasures of movement, and emphasizes the social dimensions of movement in gesture and agency. This wide-ranging book is a must-read for all those interested in the psychology of movement, embodied cognition, performance studies and the interaction between psychology and dance. It will also be of interest to students and practitioners of embodied movement and dance practice therapies.
Kinda Vegan: 200 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Meatless Meals (When You Want Them)
by Adams Media200 delicious, fun, and easy vegan recipes for you to explore plant-based eating in a guilt-free, judgement-free way—perfect for new vegans, flexitarians, and curious carnivores.Where do vegans get their protein? What can you possibly eat that doesn’t have milk in it?! Don’t vegans only eat spinach and weeds? Won’t it taste horrible? For many, the vegan diet is as intriguing as it intimidating. Some want to dip their toes into veganism first, testing the waters before deciding to make the change to a completely vegan lifestyle. Others know it’s a great way to incorporate more plant-based meals into their diets, but don’t want to lose the delicious comforts of ice cream, cheese, or fried chicken. That’s where Kinda Vegan comes in—it’s a no-nonsense guide to being vegan-ish. Restrictive dieting be gone, with Kinda Vegan you can go meatless on Monday, then enjoy a juicy steak dinner on Tuesday with no judgement! In this fearless guide to the seemingly complex world of no-meat, no-eggs, no-dairy, you will discover how to go vegan without feeling any pressure whatsoever. You can have your cake and eat it too. And your sweet ice cream. And your delicious cheesy flavor. All you need are some conscious shopper skills and the quick, go-to information found in this book, including a guide to the essential foods to have in your pantry. From grains and lentils to maple syrup and dairy-free milk alternatives, there are tons of delicious vegan ingredients to enjoy. No weeds here! Kinda Vegan includes 200 easy recipes that are so tasty you won’t believe they’re vegan. It’s easy to make a vegan meal—or day of meals—whenever you want. Hearty breakfast dishes like crepes and blueberry muffins; international bites like Mediterranean falafel and Chinese fried rice; and guilt-free desserts like chocolate mocha ice cream and pumpkin bread may just have you wanting to go vegan all week! Not the best at planning meals? Don’t sweat it: the book also included an appendix of vegan meal plans. You can plan out a few days of meals in minutes, or flip to a meal plan whenever you are out of ideas or just don’t have the energy to decide what to eat that day. Whatever your reasons are for ditching meat, and whatever your schedule and taste buds desire, Kinda Vegan makes being vegan-ish a snap!
Kindfulness
by Ajahn BrahmGo beyond mindfulness—practice kindfulness!Here Ajahn Brahm introduces a new kind of meditation: kindfulness. Kindfulness is the cause of relaxation. It brings ease to the body, to the mind, and to the world. Kindfulness allows healing to happen. So don’t just be mindful, be kindful! With his trademark knack for telling engaging stories paired with step-by-step anyone-can-do-it instructions, Brahm brings alive and makes accessible powerful tools transformation. This slim, beautifully designed volume is a Quick Start guide for living a life of joy and compassion.
Kindfulness. Sé amable contigo mismo
by Padraig O'MorainLa nueva tendencia wellness que te ayudará a ser amable con la persona que eres. Esta es una guía práctica sobre los beneficios de la amabilidad y la bondad, una guía conformada por sencillos consejos que te ayudarán a vivir una vida más feliz y satisfactoria, a través de la combinación de dos de las fuerzas más importantes y necesarias actualmente: la atención plena y la autocompasión. Este libro te enseña cómo hacer de la atención plena tu aliado en la vida cotidiana, cómo aceptar quién eres y cómo reducir la ansiedad y los niveles de estrés a través de una serie de eficaces ejercicios. En un mundo caótico como el de hoy todos podemos beneficiarnos de las técnicas del Kindfulness. A través de la autocompasión consciente, este libro te ayudará a que te guste la persona que ves cada mañana en el espejo (con sus defectosy todo). Te ofrecerá las prácticas para aceptar la persona que eres, aprenderás a dejar de escuchar tu yo crítico interno y podrás cambiar tu vida a través de la amabilidad. El psicoterapeuta Padraig O'Morain confirma cómo a través del arte de cuidarnos a nosotros mismos a través de la amabilidad y el asegurarnos de vivir en el presente podemos disipar la negatividad en nuestra vida. Como resultado de amartey aceptarte un poco más, mejorarás tus relaciones con los demás y te convertirás en un ser humano más compasivo y más feliz. La crítica ha dicho...«Te ayuda a cambiar el chip y ver la vida desde otra perspectiva mucho más positiva y sana.»Sintiendo tus letras «Los psicólogos están de acuerdo en que hay muchos beneficios reales: la amabilidad puedereducir la depresión y la ansiedad, mejorar las relaciones y ayudarnos a alcanzar nuestros objetivos.»The Telegraph «Ser amable contigo mismo es la mejor terapia para el alma.»The Independent
Kindfulness: Be a true friend to yourself - with mindful self-compassion
by Padraig O'MorainThe Irish Times top 10 bestseller. <P><P>Do you criticise yourself on a daily basis? Are you always comparing yourself to others? Kindfulness is there for you. This practical, uplifting guide combines the two hot topics of the moment: mindfulness and self-compassion. From the author of Mindfulness on the Go and Mindfulness for Worriers, this book teaches you how to make mindfulness your ally in everyday life, ways to accept who you are and how to lower anxiety and stress levels through a range of simple exercises. In today's chaotic world, it seems that everyone could benefit from joining the kindfulness movement. <P><P>Psychotherapist Padraig O'Morain believes that through the art of self-care and ensuring that you are living in the present, you can dispel the negativity in your life. As a result of loving and accepting yourself a little bit more, you will improve your relationships with others and become a more compassionate and happier human being.' <P><P>Psychologists agree that there are many real benefits - kindfulness can reduce depression and anxiety, improve relationships and leave you able to pursue your goals.' - Stella Magazine, The Telegraph <P><P>'Being kind to yourself is therapy for the soul.' - The Independent
Kindfulness: Be a true friend to yourself - with mindful self-compassion
by Padraig O'MorainThe Irish Times top 10 bestseller.Do you criticise yourself on a daily basis? Are you always comparing yourself to others? Kindfulness is there for you. This practical, uplifting guide combines the two hot topics of the moment: mindfulness and self-compassion. From the author of Mindfulness on the Go and Mindfulness for Worriers, this book teaches you how to make mindfulness your ally in everyday life, ways to accept who you are and how to lower anxiety and stress levels through a range of simple exercises. In today's chaotic world, it seems that everyone could benefit from joining the kindfulness movement.Psychotherapist Padraig O'Morain believes that through the art of self-care and ensuring that you are living in the present, you can dispel the negativity in your life. As a result of loving and accepting yourself a little bit more, you will improve your relationships with others and become a more compassionate and happier human being.'Psychologists agree that there are many real benefits - kindfulness can reduce depression and anxiety, improve relationships and leave you able to pursue your goals.' - Stella Magazine, The Telegraph'Being kind to yourself is therapy for the soul.' - The Independent
Kindfulness: Be a true friend to yourself - with mindful self-compassion
by Padraig O'MorainBy uniting mindfulness and self-compassion, this practical guide on the benefits of kindness is filled with simple tips and anecdotes will help you live a happier, more fulfilling life.Do you criticise yourself on a daily basis? Are you always comparing yourself to others? Kindfulness is there for you. This practical, uplifting guide combines the two hot topics of the moment: mindfulness and self-compassion. From the author of Mindfulness on the Go and Mindfulness for Worriers, this book teaches you how to make mindfulness your ally in everyday life, ways to accept who you are and how to lower anxiety and stress levels through a range of simple exercises. In today's chaotic world, it seems that everyone could benefit from joining the kindfulness movement.Psychotherapist Padraig O'Morain believes that through the art of self-care and ensuring that you are living in the present, you can dispel the negativity in your life. As a result of loving and accepting yourself a little bit more, you will improve your relationships with others and become a more compassionate and happier human being.(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Kindling the Native Spirit: Sacred Practices For Everyday Life
by Denise LinnKindling the Native Spirit reveals secrets to enhance your connection to the mysterious forces around you. It’s a mystic map that guides the way for you to follow in the footsteps of the wise ones who have gone before you. And in a deeper way, it ignites the majestic native soul that dwells within you, which in turn reestablishes your relationship to the sacred whole.Denise Linn, a member of the Cherokee Nation, has gleaned wisdom from tribal traditions around the world, including the Zulu in Africa, the Maori in New Zealand, the Aborigines of Australia, and various Native American tribes in North America, along with other indigenous cultures. In this groundbreaking book, she shares specific methods to open gateways to mystical encounters and the knowledge that enables you to activate ancient healing practices in your present-day life.You’ll learn how to discover your true name, determine your animal ally, embark on sacred spirit journeys, and experience vision quests. In addition, there are step-by-step instructions on how to make a rattle, dream catcher, spirit stick, prayer feather, and your own medicine bag. Denise also shares little-known methods to shape-shift; tap into your ability to "call" animals, plants, and Spirit; invite the power of the guardians of the four directions; gain protection from your ancestors; spend time with the "little people"; utilize the power of "earthing" to bring wholeness . . . and much more.Ignite your native spirit within, and enter a wondrous realm of profound visionary experiences!
Kindness Will Save the World: Stories of Compassion and Connection
by James CrewsWith essays, reflection prompts, and tips from award-winning poet and mindfulness teacher James Crews, learn how to integrate the life-changing practice of kindness into your own routine.Kindness Will Save the World inspires reflection on one&’s own life, how to find the positive in little moments, and how to radiate kindness to those around you. Read one of the 100 uplifting essays each morning or night and gain inspiration for the new day ahead. With journaling prompts throughout and highlighted Kindness Practices, you are provided the tools to integrate the life-changing practice of kindness into your own life. BITE-SIZE WISDOM: At one to three pages in length each, the stories are heartfelt and thought-provoking, yet brief enough to quickly read during breakfast, on the train, or before bed 100 INSIGHTFUL ESSAYS: In Kindness Will Save the World, you&’ll find dozens of inspirational stories highlighting compassion, all captured with a poet&’s grace LESSONS FOR LIFE: With writing prompts and simple practices to integrate daily, Kindness Will Save the World will inspire you to lead a kindness-centered lifestyle, enriching your own life and the lives of those around you INSPIRATIONAL GIFT: With a beautiful cover and bite-sized wisdom stories, Kindness Will Save the World is an inspirational gift for anyone in search of hope and light in the world, from new graduates to new parents AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: James Crews is an award-winning poet and writer. His work has been awarded the Prairie Schooner Prize and Cowles Prize. He has also been featured in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Ploughshares, and The Sun Magazine KINDNESS IS SELF-CARE: Kindness has been linked to improved mood, release of feel-good hormones, and better relationships
Kindness for Weakness
by Shawn GoodmanIn an environment where kindness equals weakness, how do those who care survive?
Kindness, Clarity, and Insight: The Fundamentals of Buddhist Thought and Practice (Core Teachings of Dalai Lama)
by The Dalai LamaThis beloved classic brings together in one volume all the major themes of the Dalai Lama's teachings such as religious values, the four noble truths, karma, compassion, and meditation.Drawn from the lectures he gave during his first three visits to North America, the book covers the core subject matter of Tibetan Buddhism, as presented for the first time to an English-speaking audience. The chapters are arranged developmentally from simple to complex topics, which include the luminous nature of the mind, the four noble truths, karma, the common goals of the world's religions, meditation, deities, and selflessness. Central to all these teachings is the necessity of compassion--which the Dalai Lama says is "the essence of religion" and "the most precious thing there is."
Kindred Table
by Emily WeeksThere is nothing more vital to the very existence of human beings than food. Cooking, gathering, and eating have been essential to what makes us human since our ancestors began walking this planet. From the lavish feasts offered to royals, to a modest meal served to families gathered around a table to celebrate a holiday, food has always been central to human culture. Food has been used for celebration, tradition, healing, comforting, and pleasure for thousands of years. Cooking and eating connect each and every one of us, yet in our modern society, we have made what should be simple, pleasurable, and delicious a complicated matter ridden with guilt. Food is no longer about nourishment and comfort; rather, it’s a regimented routine meant to induce shame in those who can’t stick to a diet or plan. That’s where intuitive eating comes into play – an approach to becoming healthy and happy that doesn’t involve restriction or dieting. In her new book Kindred Table, Emily Weeks, RDN, LD allows you to break free from the shackles of modern dieting by using the intuitive approach designed specifically with families in mind. Families today are overstressed and overworked, resulting in a reliance on quick processed foods and drive-through meals. Family meals are happening less frequently, and the use of fad diets to lose weight and get healthy is increasing, especially among kids and teenagers. An astonishing number of diets fail, leaving us feeling defeated and frustrated. But what if we could live a life free from dieting, restriction, and the suffering that goes along with it? Kindred Table discusses why restriction doesn’t work and why striving for a certain weight does more harm than good. Instead, it explains how to introduce your family to intuitive eating and, most importantly, how to enjoy healthy and happy family meals. Kindred Table includes: Comprehensive guidance especially tailored for families, with tips for how introducing the intuitive approach to young children and teens A special section on gentle nutrition—how to eat healthier as a family without feeling deprived or restricted Tips for coming together for family meals, trying new foods, and reducing pickiness without a fight Advice for how to become healthier as a family without focusing on weight or body size Information about dealing with junk food and emotional eating as children and adults Nutritionally balanced recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, sides, desserts, and snacks With Emily by your side, you and your family will be able to walk away from dieting and rediscover the simple pleasures of eating.
Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness
by Daniel C. DennettCombining ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Daniel Dennett leads the reader on a fascinating journey of inquiry, exploring such intriguing possibilities as: Can any of us really know what is going on in someone else’s mind? What distinguishes the human mind from the minds of animals, especially those capable of complex behavior? If such animals, for instance, were magically given the power of language, would their communities evolve an intelligence as subtly discriminating as ours? Will robots, once they have been endowed with sensory systems like those that provide us with experience, ever exhibit the particular traits long thought to distinguish the human mind, including the ability to think about thinking? Dennett addresses these questions from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with the macromolecules of DNA and RNA, the author shows how, step-by-step, animal life moved from the simple ability to respond to frequently recurring environmental conditions to much more powerful ways of beating the odds, ways of using patterns of past experience to predict the future in never-before-encountered situations. Whether talking about robots whose video-camera ”eyes” give us the powerful illusion that ”there is somebody in there” or asking us to consider whether spiders are just tiny robots mindlessly spinning their webs of elegant design, Dennett is a master at finding and posing questions sure to stimulate and even disturb.
Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness
by Daniel Clement DennettCombining ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Daniel Dennett leads the reader on a journey of inquiry, exploring such intriguing possibilities as: Can any of us really know what is going on in someone else's mind?
Kinesiology Taping for Rehab and Injury Prevention: An Easy, At-Home Guide for Overcoming Common Strains, Pains and Conditions
by Aliana KimTHE ULTIMATE DIY TAPING GUIDE OF EVERYDAY INJURIES AND AILMENTS INCLUDES OVER 200 STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOSWidely used by physical therapists, chiropractors and personal trainers, kinesiology tape provides incredible support while simultaneously stretching so your body can perform its normal range of motion. Now you can utilize this amazing material at home. Simply buy a roll at your local drugstore and follow the taping methods described in this book to reduce pain, rehab an injury and get back in the game.Providing clear step-by-step instructions and helpful photos, the author shows how to tape the most common injuries and conditions anywhere on the body:• Neck pain• Frozen shoulder• Bicep strain• Tennis elbow• Wrist sprain• Tight IT band• ACL/MCL sprains• Achilles tendinitis• Ankle sprain• Plantar fasciitis
Kinetic Atmospheres: Performance and Immersion
by Johannes BirringerThis book offers a sustained and deeply experiential pragmatic study of performance environments, here defined at unstable, emerging, and multisensational atmospheres, open to interactions and travels in augmented virtualities. Birringer’s writings challenge common assumptions about embodiment and the digital, exploring and refining artistic research into physical movement behavior, gesture, sensing perception, cognition, and trans-sensory hallucination. If landscapes are autobiographical, and atmospheres prompt us to enter blurred lines of a "forest knowledge," where light, shade, and darkness entangle us in foraging mediations of contaminated diversity, then such sensitization to elemental environments requires a focus on processual interaction. Provocative chapters probe various types of performance scenarios and immersive architectures of the real and the virtual. They break new ground in analyzing an extended choreographic – the building of hypersensorial scenographies that include a range of materialities as well as bodily and metabodily presences. Foregrounding his notion of kinetic atmospheres, the author intimates a technosomatic theory of dance, performance, and ritual processes, while engaging in a vivid cross-cultural dialogue with some of the leading digital and theatrical artists worldwide. This poetic meditation will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre, performing arts as well as media arts practitioners, composers, programmers, and designers.
Kinetic Models of Trace Element and Mineral Metabolism During Development
by K. N. Siva Subramanian Meryl E. Wastney-PentchevKinetic models are becoming standard tools in the research of biological systems. They are used to represent hypotheses, analyze data, and design experiments to maximize the information obtained from a study. Kinetic Models of Trace Element and Mineral Metabolism During Development describes models for calcium, chromium, copper, iron, iodide, lead, mercury, selenium, zinc, and others in health and disease.