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Bisexuality: Your Q&A Guide to Coming Out, Dating, Parenting and Beyond
by Lewis OakleyMy partner doesn't believe I'm bisexual, what should I do?How should I approach sex with someone of a different gender for the first time?Can I reconcile being bisexual with wanting a biological child? Identifying as bisexual can be a pretty confusing experience - navigating experimentation versus orientation, at times presenting as a straight-passing member of a queer community, at other times having people discredit your attraction to multiple genders. Lewis Oakley, creator of the Ask A Bi Dad column, knows every trick in the book - and he's here to answer your most burning questions...Warm, chatty, wise and startlingly honest - this is your new bi bible.
Bisexuality: Your Q&A Guide to Coming Out, Dating, Parenting and Beyond
by Lewis OakleyMy partner doesn't believe I'm bisexual, what should I do?How should I approach sex with someone of a different gender for the first time?Can I reconcile being bisexual with wanting a biological child? Identifying as bisexual can be a pretty confusing experience - navigating experimentation versus orientation, at times presenting as a straight-passing member of a queer community, at other times having people discredit your attraction to multiple genders. Lewis Oakley, creator of the Ask A Bi Dad column, knows every trick in the book - and he's here to answer your most burning questions...Warm, chatty, wise and startlingly honest - this is your new bi bible.
Birthing Romans: Childbearing and Its Risks in Imperial Rome
by Anna Bonnell FreidinHow Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirthAcross the vast expanse of the Roman Empire, anxieties about childbirth tied individuals to one another, to the highest levels of imperial politics, even to the movements of the stars. Birthing Romans sheds critical light on the diverse ways pregnancy and childbirth were understood, experienced, and managed in ancient Rome during the first three centuries of the Common Era.In this beautifully written book, Anna Bonnell Freidin asks how inhabitants of the Roman Empire—especially women and girls—understood their bodies and constructed communities of care to mitigate and make sense of the risks of pregnancy and childbirth. Drawing on medical texts, legal documents, poetry, amulets, funerary art, and more, she shows how these communities were deeply human yet never just human. Freidin demonstrates how patients and caregivers took their place alongside divine and material agencies to guard against the risks inherent to childbearing. She vividly illustrates how these efforts and vital networks offer a new window onto Romans&’ anxieties about order, hierarchy, and the individual&’s place in the empire and cosmos.Unearthing a risky world that is both familiar and not our own, Birthing Romans reveals how mistakes, misfortunes, and interventions in childbearing were seen to have far-reaching consequences, reverberating across generations and altering the course of people&’s lives, their family histories, and even the fate of an empire.
The Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study
by Ana-Marie Rizzuto M.D.Utilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world.
Birth Figures: Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body
by Rebecca WhiteleyThe first full study of “birth figures” and their place in early modern knowledge-making. Birth figures are printed images of the pregnant womb, always shown in series, that depict the variety of ways in which a fetus can present for birth. Historian Rebecca Whiteley coined the term and here offers the first systematic analysis of the images’ creation, use, and impact. Whiteley reveals their origins in ancient medicine and explores their inclusion in many medieval gynecological manuscripts, focusing on their explosion in printed midwifery and surgical books in Western Europe from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century. During this period, birth figures formed a key part of the visual culture of medicine and midwifery and were widely produced. They reflected and shaped how the pregnant body was known and treated. And by providing crucial bodily knowledge to midwives and surgeons, birth figures were also deeply entangled with wider cultural preoccupations with generation and creativity, female power and agency, knowledge and its dissemination, and even the condition of the human in the universe. Birth Figures studies how different kinds of people understood childbirth and engaged with midwifery manuals, from learned physicians to midwives to illiterate listeners. Rich and detailed, this vital history reveals the importance of birth figures in how midwifery was practiced and in how people, both medical professionals and lay readers, envisioned and understood the mysterious state of pregnancy.
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
by Kenn KaufmanRenowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world.Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer of courtesy. Heroic effort combined with plagiarism, theft, exaggeration, and fraud. This was the state of bird study in eastern North America during the early 1800s, as a handful of intrepid men raced to find the last few birds that were still unknown to science. The most famous name in the bird world was John James Audubon, who painted spectacular portraits of birds. But although his images were beautiful, creating great art was not his main goal. Instead, he aimed to illustrate (and write about) as many different species as possible, obsessed with trying to outdo his rival, Alexander Wilson. George Ord, a fan and protégé of Wilson, held a bitter grudge against Audubon for years, claiming he had faked much of his information and his scientific claims. A few of Audubon&’s birds were pure fiction, and some of his writing was invented or plagiarized. Other naturalists of the era, including Charles Bonaparte (nephew of Napoleon), John Townsend, and Thomas Nuttall, also became entangled in the scientific derby, as they stumbled toward an understanding of the natural world—an endeavor that continues to this day. Despite this intense competition, a few species—including some surprisingly common songbirds, hawks, sandpipers, and more—managed to evade discovery for years. Here, renowned bird expert and artist Kenn Kaufman explores this period in history from a new angle, by considering the birds these people discovered and, especially, the ones they missed. Kaufman has created portraits of the birds that Audubon never saw, attempting to paint them in that artist&’s own stunning style, as a way of examining the history of natural sciences and nature art. He shows how our understanding of birds continues to gain clarity, even as some mysteries persist from Audubon&’s time until ours.
Birds (Animal Classifications Ser.)
by Angela RoystonThis book is all about birds: what they do, how they behave, and how these characteristics are different from other groups of animals. Beautifully illustrated with colorful photographs, the book shows many examples of different types of birds in their natural environment.
Birding
by Rose RuaneIn a small seaside town, autumn is edging into winter, gulls ride winds over the waves, and two women pass each other on the promenade, as yet unaware of each other's existence.In the nineties Lydia was a teen pop star, posed half naked on billboards everywhere with a lollipop between her lips and no idea how to live, letting the world happen to her. Now, three decades later, Lydia is less and less sure that what happened to her was in the least bit okay. The news cycle runs hot with #MeToo stories, and a famous former lover has emerged with a self-serving apology, asking her to forgive him. Suddenly, the past is full of trapdoors she is desperately trying not to fall through.Joyce, in middle age, has never left home. She still lives with her mother Betty. With their matching dresses, identical hairdos and makeup, they are the local oddballs. Theirs is a life of unerring routine: the shops, biscuits served on bone china plates, dressing up for a gin and tonic on Saturday. Nice things. One misstep from Joyce can ruin Betty's day; so Joyce treads carefully. She has never let herself think about a different kind of life. But recently, along with the hot flushes, something like anger is asserting itself, like a caged thing realising it should probably try and escape.Amid the grey skies, amusement parks and beauty parlours of a gentrifying run-down seaside resort, these two women might never meet. But as they both try to untangle the damaging details of their past in the hope of a better future, their lives are set on an unlikely collision course.With mordant wit and lyrical prose, Birding asks if we can ever see ourselves clearly or if we are always the unreliable narrators of our own experiences. It is a story about the difference between responsibility and obligation, unhealthy relationships and abusive ones, third acts and last chances, and two women trying to take flight on clipped wings.
Bird Tracks: A Field Guide to British Species
by John Rhyder David Wege"A wonderful book that shares rare knowledge in a clear and focused way. I love it." - Tristan GooleyBird Tracks: A Guide to British Species explores and enhances the ability to identify a diversity of birds using just their tracks and trails. John Rhyder and David Wege approach this subject from the perspective of both the tracker and the birdwatcher. They have examined and described 139 species, each richly illustrated with a mixture of photographs and drawings of their unique tracks and trails.Bird Tracks is a comprehensive guide for trackers and birdwatchers interested in studying species found around the British Isles, and can also be of great use across north-western Europe. Written by experts in their respective fields, this work represents several years of research collated into the most in-depth study of bird tracks published to date.
The Bird of the River
by Kage BakerIn this new standalone story set in the world of The Anvil of the World and The House of the Stag, two teenagers join the crew of a huge river barge after their mother drowns. The girl and her half-breed younger brother try to make the barge their new home. As the great boat proceeds up the long river, we see a panorama of cities and cultures, and begin to perceive patterns in the pirate attacks that happen so frequently in the river cities. Eliss, the girl, becomes a sharp-eyed spotter of obstacles in the river for the barge, and more than that, one who perceives deeply.A young boy her age, Krelan, trained as a professional assassin, has come aboard, seeking the head of a dead nobleman, so that there might be a proper burial. But the head proves as elusive as the real explanation behind the looting of cities, so he needs Eliss's help. And then there is the massive Captain of the barge, who can perform supernatural tricks, but prefers to stay in his cabin and drink.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives (Earth Day Ser.)
by Mark E. HauberAn hourly guide that follows twenty-four birds as they find food, mates, and safety from predators. From morning to night and from the Antarctic to the equator, birds have busy days. In this short book, ornithologist Mark E. Hauber shows readers exactly how birds spend their time. Each chapter covers a single bird during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four different bird species from around the globe, from the tropics through the temperate zones to the polar regions. We encounter owls and nightjars hunting at night and kiwis and petrels finding their way in the dark. As the sun rises, we witness the beautiful songs of the “dawn chorus.” At eleven o’clock in the morning, we float alongside a common pochard, a duck resting with one eye open to avoid predators. At eight that evening, we spot a hawk swallowing bats whole, gorging on up to fifteen in rapid succession before retreating into the darkness. For each chapter, award-winning artist Tony Angell has depicted these scenes with his signature pen and ink illustrations, which grow increasingly light and then dark as our bird day passes. Working closely together to narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time, Hauber and Angell have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or two—and a true gift for readers, amateur scientists, and birdwatchers.
Birchwood: A Novel (Vintage International Ser.)
by John BanvilleA classic novel of family, isolation and a blighted Ireland from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea depicts the end of innocence for a boy and his country. Once the big house on an Irish estate, Birchwood has turned into a dilapidated family manor filled with memories and despair. One disaster succeeds another, until young Gabriel Godkin runs away to join a traveling circus and look for his long-lost twin sister. Soon he discovers that famine and unrest stalk the countryside, and Ireland is ruined too. Told with lyrical prose, John Banville&’s Birchwood is the elegiac story of the aristocratic decline of an eccentric family riddled with dark secrets. "John Banville is one of the greatest masters of the English language." —The Scotsman
Biotechnological Processes for Green Energy, and High Value Bioproducts by Microalgae, and Cyanobacteria Cultures (Developments in Applied Phycology #13)
by Alfredo de Jesús Martínez-RoldánMicroalgae and cyanobacteria are a very diverse group of photosynthetic microorganisms with many applications. Some of them are related to the accumulation of molecules involved in specific metabolic pathways such as pigments, fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, carbohydrates, amino acids, etc. Also, there are uses of the biomass related to the exploitation of physiological necessities such as the absorption of essential nutrients (the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, the capture of CO2 from the fixation of nitrogen, etc.). Nevertheless, the evaluation in financial and life-cycle aspects is necessary to ensure the industrial application of the processes. The objective of the book is to analyze innovative applications of microalgae and cyanobacteria to develop environmental-friendly processes for removal of pollutants, wastewater treatment, production of high-value products or bioenergy, and finally evaluate the feasibility of the processes both ineconomic and sustainability aspects.
Biosensors: Developments, Challenges and Perspectives (Springer Tracts in Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
by J. Ajayan Ribu MathewThis book equips its readers with fundamental concepts and a comprehensive understanding of the principle and functionality of biosensors. This book focuses on various biosensor technologies like field effect transistor (FET), plasmonics, bioresorbable biosensors, electro-chemical biosensors, etc., and their applications. The book also covers the reliability aspects and challenges in biosensor development that are a major cause of erroneous calibration and even failure. The book also features the concept of bio receptors, immobilization techniques, target-receptor interactions, surface energy changes, sensitivity, selectivity, etc. This would be an ideal reference for researchers and scholars studying biosensors realized with various material sets and technologies including state-of-the-art modern materials and innovative techniques.
Biorefinery and Industry 4.0: Empowering Sustainability (Green Energy and Technology)
by Anuj Kumar ChandelThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in the production of low carbon chemicals and biofuels from renewable feedstock, including pilot, demo, and commercial-scale technologies. It highlights the role of Industry 4.0 in improving the efficiency and affordability of biorefineries, ultimately leading to the production of bio-based molecules and energy with low carbon and water footprints. Drawing on the expertise of established researchers, academics, and engineers, the book presents a range of informative chapters on the subject. It explores the key elements of Industry 4.0, such as, interconnectivity and smart process automation, and shows how these can be harnessed to revolutionize industrial processes and offer finished products in a cost-effective manner. With its emphasis on sustainability and cutting-edge technology, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the future of low carbon chemistry and bioenergy production.
Biopolymers in the Textile Industry: Opportunities and Limitations
by Shakeel Ahmed Mohd ShabbirThis book highlights the comprehensive overview of the current status and future potential of biopolymers in the textile industry, including the properties and performance of different types of biopolymers, the applications of biopolymers in various textile products, the challenges and limitations associated with their use, and the environmental impact and economic benefits of biopolymers in the textile industry. The textile industry is one of the largest and most important industries in the world, but it also has a significant environmental impact due to the use of non-renewable and non-biodegradable materials. Biopolymers, which are derived from renewable biological sources such as plants and microorganisms, have the potential to be a sustainable alternative to traditional textile materials. However, the use of biopolymers in the textile industry is still a relatively new and rapidly evolving field, and there is a need for more information and understanding about the opportunitiesand limitations associated with their use.
Biopharma in China: Innovation, Trends and Dealmaking
by Sven Agten Ben WuThis book provides an insider’s overview of the emerging Chinese biopharma sector, its dynamics and trends, first bust and boom cycle, long-term perspectives, and how as a foreign company or investor to tap into this. China has gone from a country with no innovation in drug discovery, to a country which starts to out-license its biopharma technology to the rest of the world. The Chinese biopharma sector is only a decade old, but it already has become a new driver of growth and value. The book takes a closer look at what drives Chinese innovation in the biopharma sector, how to deal with this innovation, and what opportunities and challenges this provides for foreign companies. The book also takes a deep dive into its first biopharma boom and bust cycle, and what it means for the sector. It also explains what deals Chinese biopharma companies and investors are looking for, what works and what doesn’t, and how as a foreign company can tap into the world’s second largest healthcare market.
Biomimetics, Biodesign and Bionics: Technological Advances Toward Sustainable Development (Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes)
by Felipe Luis Palombini Amilton José Vieira ArrudaNature is a vast source of inspiration and information for the resolution of complex problems and can influence many varieties of design. Biomimetics, biodesign and bionics are three branches of interdisciplinary research merging biological and applied sciences. This volume collects cases that highlight recent breakthroughs in these disciplines. Biological features such as patterns, shapes, mechanisms, colors, structures, and more can be analyzed, organized, and modeled for application in human creations. Therefore, design, engineering, and architecture projects can benefit from solutions that were already tested and verified through evolution in the natural world. With the development of new technologies for the investigation, simulation, and testing of natural features, the path from nature to product can be accelerated. The cases presented in this work showcase how technological advancements are leading to improved design solutions and influencing our very comprehension of natureand its complex organization.
Biomedical Perspectives of Herbal Honey
by Rajesh Kumar Suresh Kumar Shamsher S KanwarThis book overviews honey and herbs that profoundly affect human metabolism when mixed in a balanced ratio. It covers various aspects of honey added to herbs and provides collective information and practical approaches regarding herbal honey and its applications as functional food and medicine. Honey has miraculous properties like anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, free radical scavenging, and anti-carcinogenic, so honey has tremendous therapeutic importance. Infusion of extract from various medicinal herbs in honey further modulates its therapeutic potential. This book provides all the information about the essentials of herbs-infused honey and its efficiency in fighting against pathogenic bacteria. It presents the significance and benefits of honey infused with herbs that may promote/boost immunity to fight contagious or non-contagious diseases. Not only does this book explain the comprehensive knowledge of herbal honey and its medicinal properties based on current researched evidence, but it also explores the contribution of herbal honey in the food science and medicine industry as a significant part of nutraceuticals and functional food research. By providing knowledge about the formulation of traditionally used herbs in combination with honey, scientific knowledge can be supplied and made available to the common public which shall probably be a real contribution to society.
Biomedical Aspects of Solid Cancers
by Rama Krishna KanchaThis book offers an overview of the biological basis of 26 different solid cancers for scientists and oncologists to understand the clinical challenges. The book provides a quick, simplified, and updated review of the present genetic or genomic medicine era. With genetic and molecular details to enhance understanding of biological mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis and treatment response, each chapter covers epidemiology, risk factors, classification, pathophysiology, genetics, and treatment of solid cancers.This book is a beginner’s guide for life sciences and medicine graduate students, fellows in training, biomedical sciences researchers, principal investigators, clinician-researchers and oncologists.
Biomechanics of Human Motion: Basics and Beyond for the Health Professions
by Barney LeVeauBiomechanics of Human Motion: Basics and Beyond for the Health Professions presents a straightforward approach to the basic principles, theories and applications of biomechanics and provides numerous techniques and examples for approaching biomechanical situations enhanced by healthcare professionals.Building on his previous work, Dr. Barney LeVeau uses clearly defined, concise terms and real-life applications rather than advanced mathematics to make teaching and learning biomechanics easier. Based upon the concept of force, the text illustrates how force is applied to the human body and how the body applies force to various objects. The emphasis is upon the pertinent factors that guide the reader to an understanding of biomechanics at a beginning level.Chapter Topics Include:• Strength of material such as loading and stress-strain relationships• Composition and Resolution of Forces such as graphic method and mathematical method• Equilibrium such as static, first condition and second condition• Dynamics such as kinematics and kinetics • Application such as stability and balance, motion analysis, and gaitWhat’s Inside:• Simple explanations of biological & mechanical concepts• Contemporary articles at the end of each chapter providing readers with information beyond the basics• Over 240 images illustrate biomechanical situations and computations• User-friendly, uncomplicated mathematical formulas and examplesBiomechanics of Human Motion: Basics and Beyond for the Health Professions provides students and clinicians of all allied health professions with a basic background and solid foundation on which to build a solid understanding of force and biomechanics.
Biomaterials: Principles and Applications
by Joon B. Park Joseph D. BronzinoBiomaterials: Principles and Applications offers a comprehensive review of all the major biomaterials in this rapidly growing field. In recent years, the role of biomaterials has been influenced considerably by advances in many areas of biotechnology and science, as well as advances in surgical techniques and instruments. Comprising chapters
Biomass Hydrolyzing Enzymes: Basics, Advancements, and Applications (Sustainable Industrial and Environmental Bioprocesses)
by Reeta Rani Singhania, Anil Kumar Patel, Héctor A. Ruiz, Ashok PandeyThis reference book provides advanced knowledge about lignocellulosic biomass production and its application in biomass hydrolysis. Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant, ubiquitous, and renewable raw material in the world. Though biomass can be deconstructed by other means, biological ways through enzymes are eco-friendly and sustainable. Biomass Hydrolyzing Enzymes: Basics, Advancements, and Applications discusses the different enzymes used for degrading biomass into its monomeric components. It covers important topics like biorefineries, hydrolysis of algal mass, kinetic modelling for hydrolysis, inhibitory effects, and more.Key Features Highlights recent developments in biorefineries, specific enzymes, inhibitor tolerance, and enhanced efficiencies Provides details on various kinds of biomass hydrolysis including algal biomass Includes the best practices for getting economic and efficient high conversions of biomass Covers strategies to be adopted for increasing the production of highly efficient enzymes Explores the advancements in lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis The book is suitable for researchers and students in biotechnology, applied microbiology, and environmental sciences.
Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development (Methods in Molecular Biology #2785)
by Robert PerneczkyThis fully updated volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the current state of technologies helping to accelerate Alzheimer’s disease drug development. Addressing the latest advances in preclinical and clinical research, including new insights into the molecular mechanisms and emerging therapeutic strategies, the book continues by exploring digital biomarkers and advanced neuroimaging analysis which will transform how clinical trials in the Alzheimer’s disease field are performed. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters feature the kind of detailed implementation advice that leads to greater success in the lab or clinic. Authoritative and practical, Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development, Second Edition seeks to inspire and inform future efforts to develop effective treatments for this devastating disease.
Biology 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-stop Tour of Science’s Key Concepts
by Eva AmsenBiology Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in biology in concise, 100-word summaries.One of the titles in a cutting-edge new series created in partnership with The Science Museum, this book introduces 100 key areas of biology-such as life processes, evolution, DNA and inheritance, diversity of plants, immunity, and disease-and explains each topic in just 100 words. Perfect for getting your head around big ideas clearly and quickly or refreshing your memory of the fundamentals of life on earth, this book covers the most up-to-date terms and theories and inspires a heightened level of understanding and enjoyment to the core areas of biology explored in The Science Museum.