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| kira macnicol: Older Workers in Transition David Lain, Sarah Vickerstaff, Mariska van der Horst, 2022-09-12 More people are extending their working lives through necessity or choice in the context of increasingly precarious labour markets and neoliberalism. This book goes beyond the aggregated statistics to explore the lived experiences of older people attempting to make job transitions. Drawing on the voices of older workers in a diverse range of European countries, leading scholars explore job redeployment and job mobility, temporary employment, unemployment, employment beyond pension age and transitions into retirement. This book makes a major contribution and will be essential reading within a range of disciplines, including social gerontology, management, sociology and social policy. |
| kira macnicol: Already Toast Kate Washington, 2021-03-16 The story of one woman’s struggle to care for her seriously ill husband—and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support. Already Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support, and how the social and literary narratives that have long locked women into providing emotional labor also keep them in unpaid caregiving roles. When Kate Washington and her husband, Brad, learned that he had cancer, they were a young couple: professionals with ascending careers, parents to two small children. Brad’s diagnosis stripped those identities away: he became a patient and she his caregiver. Brad’s cancer quickly turned aggressive, necessitating a stem-cell transplant that triggered a massive infection, robbing him of his eyesight and nearly of his life. Kate acted as his full-time aide to keep him alive, coordinating his treatments, making doctors’ appointments, calling insurance companies, filling dozens of prescriptions, cleaning commodes, administering IV drugs. She became so burned out that, when she took an online quiz on caregiver self-care, her result cheerily declared: “You’re already toast!” Through it all, she felt profoundly alone, but, as she later learned, she was in fact one of millions: an invisible army of family caregivers working every day in America, their unpaid labor keeping our troubled healthcare system afloat. Because our culture both romanticizes and erases the realities of care work, few caregivers have shared their stories publicly. As the baby-boom generation ages, the number of family caregivers will continue to grow. Readable, relatable, timely, and often raw, Already Toast—with its clear call for paying and supporting family caregivers—is a crucial intervention in that conversation, bringing together personal experience with deep research to give voice to those tasked with the overlooked, vital work of caring for the seriously ill. |
| kira macnicol: Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide Leonard Maltin, 2017-11-28 Previously published as Leonard Maltin’s 2015 Movie Guide, this capstone edition includes a new Introduction by the author. (Note: No new reviews have been added to this edition) Now that streaming services like Netflix and Hulu can deliver thousands of movies at the touch of a button, the only question is: What should I watch? Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; the masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Woody Allen; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This capstone edition covers the modern era while including all the great older films you can’t afford to miss—and those you can—from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for. With nearly 16,000 entries and more than 13,000 DVD listings, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide remains “head and shoulders above the rest.” (The New York Times) Also included are a list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos, official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17, and Leonard's list of recommended films. |
| kira macnicol: The Essential Cult TV Reader David Lavery, 2021-09-15 The Essential Cult TV Reader is a collection of insightful essays that examine television shows that amass engaged, active fan bases by employing an imaginative approach to programming. Once defined by limited viewership, cult TV has developed its own identity, with some shows gaining large, mainstream audiences. By exploring the defining characteristics of cult TV, The Essential Cult TV Reader traces the development of this once obscure form and explains how cult TV achieved its current status as legitimate television. The essays explore a wide range of cult programs, from early shows such as Star Trek, The Avengers, Dark Shadows, and The Twilight Zone to popular contemporary shows such as Lost, Dexter, and 24, addressing the cultural context that allowed the development of the phenomenon. The contributors investigate the obligations of cult series to their fans, the relationship of camp and cult, the effects of DVD releases and the Internet, and the globalization of cult TV. The Essential Cult TV Reader answers many of the questions surrounding the form while revealing emerging debates on its future. |
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| kira macnicol: No One Tells You This Glynnis MacNicol, 2019-07-16 Featured in multiple “must-read” lists, No One Tells You This is “sharp, intimate…A funny, frank, and fearless memoir…and a refreshing view of the possibilities—and pitfalls—personal freedom can offer modern women” (Kirkus Reviews). If the story doesn’t end with marriage or a child, what then? This question plagued Glynnis MacNicol on the eve of her fortieth birthday. Despite a successful career as a writer, and an exciting life in New York City, Glynnis was constantly reminded she had neither of the things the world expected of a woman her age: a partner or a baby. She knew she was supposed to feel bad about this. After all, single women and those without children are often seen as objects of pity or indulgent spoiled creatures who think only of themselves. Glynnis refused to be cast into either of those roles, and yet the question remained: What now? There was no good blueprint for how to be a woman alone in the world. It was time to create one. Over the course of her fortieth year, which this “beguiling” (The Washington Post) memoir chronicles, Glynnis embarks on a revealing journey of self-discovery that continually contradicts everything she’d been led to expect. Through the trials of family illness and turmoil, and the thrills of far-flung travel and adventures with men, young and old (and sometimes wearing cowboy hats), she wrestles with her biggest hopes and fears about love, death, sex, friendship, and loneliness. In doing so, she discovers that holding the power to determine her own fate requires a resilience and courage that no one talks about, and is more rewarding than anyone imagines. “Amid the raft of motherhood memoirs out this summer, it’s refreshing to read a book unapologetically dedicated to the fulfillment of single life” (Vogue). No One Tells You This is an “honest” (Huffington Post) reckoning with modern womanhood and “a perfect balance between edgy and poignant” (People)—an exhilarating journey that will resonate with anyone determined to live by their own rules. |
| kira macnicol: Disney Voice Actors Thomas S. Hischak, 2011-10-06 This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more than 300 films are covered, with biographical information, individual career summaries, and descriptions of the animated characters they have performed. Among those listed are Adriana Caselotti, of Snow White fame; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Sterling Holloway, best known for his vocal portrayal of Winnie the Pooh; and such show business luminaries as Bing Crosby, Bob Newhart, George Sanders, Dinah Shore, Jennifer Tilly and James Woods. In addition, a complete directory of animated Disney films enables the reader to cross-reference the actors with their characters. |
| kira macnicol: From Unseen Fire Cass Morris, 2018 After the Dictator of Aven dies, Latona, a mage, wants to become the protector of her people and allies herself with Sempronius, a Senator who is also a mage, as they face off against an opposing Senate faction willing to use violence to take control of Aven. |
| kira macnicol: Kebiasaan-Kebiasaan Wanita Sukses Glynnis MacNicol dan Rachel Sklar, 2021-03-18 Mungkin tidak ada grup yang mengalami lebih banyak pergolakan dalam beberapa dekade terakhir dibandingkan dengan wanita yang bekerja. Kebiasaan-Kebiasaan Wanita Sukses adalah kumpulan kisah perjalanan sukses dari para wanita terpilih yang dipilih Glynnis MacNicol dan Rachel Sklar, dengan mengungkapkan kebiasaan-kebiasaan mereka dalam mengambil suatu keputusan kebijaksanaan. Glynnis MacNicol dan Rachel Sklar adalah pendiri TheLi.st, jaringan inovatif yang ditujukan untuk mengangkat wanita profesional. Dalam buku ini, setiap wanita bisa mengambil pelajaran sehingga bisa menjadi berbeda dalam meniti kariernya dan mencapai kesuksesan profesional. Bagaimana kita mengambil pelajaran dari kepribadian CNN Sally Kohn tentang kebenaran emosional, atau mengapa Nisha Chittal tidak akan memberitahu umurnya? Apa pelajaran yang bisa kita ambil dari seorang pramusaji membuat Jenna Wotham sampai ke New York Times, - esai ini mengungkap tantangan dan kesenangan dalam mengejar, dan menemukan sukses dalam pekerjaan dan kehidupan. Terobosan yang menginspirasi, Kebiasaan-Kebiasaan Wanita Sukses adalah hal yang harus dibaca oleh wanita yang ingin mendapatkan status quo di tempat kerja dan membuat jejaknya sendiri menuju kesuksesan. |
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| kira macnicol: Gender and Authority across Disciplines, Space and Time Adele Bardazzi, Alberica Bazzoni, 2020-09-07 This edited collection investigates the relationship between gender and authority across geographical contexts, periods and fields. Who is recognized as a legitimate voice in debate and decision-making, and how is that legitimization produced? Through a variety of methodological approaches, the chapters address some of the most pressing and controversial themes under scrutiny in current feminist scholarship and activism, such as pornography, political representation, LGBTI struggles, female genital mutilation, the #MeToo movement, abortion, divorce and consent. Organized into three sections, “Politics,” “Law and Religion,” and “Imaginaries,” the contributors highlight formal and informal aspects of authority, its gendered and racialized configurations, and practices of solidarity, resistance and subversion by traditionally disempowered subjects. In dialogue with feminist scholarship on power and agency, the notion of authority as elaborated here offers a distinctive lens to critique political and epistemic foundations of inequality and oppression, and will be of use to scholars and students across gender studies, sociology, politics, linguistics, theology, history, law, film, and literature. |
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| kira macnicol: A Dream Worth Keeping Debbie Tillinghast, 2020-11-25 iThe most meaningful journeys encompass more than the distance we travel... When Martha files for divorce from her controlling and dismissive husband, Tony, she knows she'll have to begin again. Tony persuaded her to abandon her dreams of chocolate and pastry fame, and to break a promise to her grandmother, to follow him and his dreams. Martha's heart pulls her back to her hometown in seaside Maine, to Gram, and to the bakery where Gram is still waiting for her to return. But before she can go home, Martha must learn who she really is, and her journey of discovery leads her south-from Baltimore and Tony's betrayal, to the Gulf coast of Florida and the friends she'd made in culinary school, when her dreams had felt within her reach. When she eventually returns to Baltimore, life offers her another chance at love. But Martha can't believe in love again until she first believes in herself. A Dream Worth Keeping is a story of friendship and loss, guilt and forgiveness. It takes readers on a journey of love and redemption-and reminds us that we can't love anyone else until we love ourselves. |
| kira macnicol: Imagerie musculosquelettique : pathologies locorégionales Anne Cotten, 2017-06 Ce volume s'associe au premier tome consacré aux pathologies générales et s'impose comme la référence en langue française de l'imagerie ostéoarticulaire. Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement transformée et considérablement enrichie, est consacrée à l'ensemble des pathologies locorégionales du système musculosquelettique : épaule, coude, main-poignet, colonne vertébrale, ceinture pelvienne, genou, jambe, cheville-pied, et dédie une partie complète aux malformations. Intégrant les dernières innovations techniques, ce traité expose avec rigueur et clarté l'ensemble de la sémiologie radiologique et de l'analyse diagnostique, les complications à rechercher, les associations lésionnelles possibles ainsi que les options de traitements. Les différentes techniques d'investigation sont intégrées. L'ouvrage éclaire le praticien sur les diagnostics différentiels, l'oriente dans ses interprétations et l'aide à choisir la technique d'imagerie la plus performante dans chaque contexte. La richesse et la qualité exceptionnelle de son iconographie (plus de 2 800 illustrations) en couleur font de cet ouvrage une référence précieuse et indispensable. Fruit d'une collaboration étroite entre des spécialistes experts dans chaque pathologie abordée, s'appuyant sur une revue exhaustive et actualisée des derniers travaux, ce traité s'adresse aux radiologues confirmés ou en formation, aux chirurgiens orthopédistes, aux rhumatologues, aux urgentistes et aux internistes. Anne Cotten est professeur des universités – praticien hospitalier, chef du service de radiologie et d'imagerie musculosquelettique au centre de consultations et d'imagerie de l'appareil locomoteur, Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille. |
| kira macnicol: Willa & Hesper Amy Feltman, 2019-02-05 For fans of What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell and The Futures by Anna Pitoniak, a soul-piercing debut that explores the intertwining of past and present, queerness, and coming of age in uncertain times. Willa's darkness enters Hesper's light late one night in Brooklyn. Theirs is a whirlwind romance until Willa starts to know Hesper too well, to crawl into her hidden spaces, and Hesper shuts her out. She runs, following her fractured family back to her grandfather's hometown of Tbilisi, Georgia, looking for the origin story that he is no longer able to tell. But once in Tbilisi, cracks appear in her grandfather's history-and a massive flood is heading toward Georgia, threatening any hope for repair. Meanwhile, heartbroken Willa is so desperate to leave New York that she joins a group trip for Jewish twentysomethings to visit Holocaust sites in Germany and Poland, hoping to override her emotional state. When it proves to be more fraught than home, she must come to terms with her past-the ancestral past, her romantic past, and the past that can lead her forward. Told from alternating perspectives, and ending in the shadow of Trump's presidency, WILLA & HESPER is a deeply moving, cerebral, and timely debut |
| kira macnicol: THE LIFE OF KRISHNA IN INDIAN ART P. BANERJEE, The life of Krishna and his teachings have had a profound influence on the minds of the Indian people. The main aim of this volume is to present the life of Krishna as delineated in Indian art. This volume includes most of the best examples of Indian art to represent the episodes of his life. |
| kira macnicol: I Am Still Alive Kate Alice Marshall, 2019-07-02 This tense wire of a novel thrums with suspense. . . . [this book] just might be the highlight of your summer.”–The New York Times Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets The Revenant in this heart-pounding story of survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness. After: Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows if she doesn’t act fast, the cold will kill her before she has time to worry about food. But she is still alive—for now. Before: Jess hadn’t seen her survivalist, off-the-grid dad in over a decade. But after a car crash killed her mother and left her injured, she was forced to move to his cabin in the remote Canadian wilderness. Just as Jess was beginning to get to know him, a secret from his past paid them a visit, leaving her father dead and Jess stranded. After: With only her father’s dog for company, Jess must forage and hunt for food, build shelter, and keep herself warm. Some days it feels like the wild is out to destroy her, but she’s stronger than she ever imagined. Jess will survive. She has to. She knows who killed her father…and she wants revenge. |
| kira macnicol: Those Who Knew Idra Novey, 2018-11-06 Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by * NPR * Esquire * O, The Oprah Magazine * Real Simple * BBC * PopSugar * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub “A gripping, astute, and deeply humane political thriller.” —The Boston Globe “Mesmerizing [and] uncannily prescient.”—Los Angeles Times A taut, timely novel about what a powerful politician thinks he can get away with and the group of misfits who finally bring him down, from the award-winning author of Ways to Disappear. On an unnamed island country ten years after the collapse of a U.S.-supported regime, Lena suspects the powerful senator she was involved with back in her student activist days is taking advantage of a young woman who's been introducing him at rallies. When the young woman ends up dead, Lena revisits her own fraught history with the senator and the violent incident that ended their relationship. Why didn't Lena speak up then, and will her family's support of the former regime still impact her credibility? What if her hunch about this young woman's death is wrong? What follows is a riveting exploration of the cost of staying silent and the mixed rewards of speaking up in a profoundly divided country. Those Who Knew confirms Novey's place as an essential new voice in American fiction. |
| kira macnicol: A Magical Friendship Journey Scout Murphy, 2017-11-04 A Magical Friendship Journey is about twelve year old Chloe and her unlikely family. Chloe has a magical alacorn and two horses that live in the forest with her. They live a peaceful life. The family travels between the magical land, Senana and the forest. One day a new family of mischievous critters moves into the forest near them. |
| kira macnicol: The Year That Broke America Andrew Rice, 2022-02-22 “In his beautifully crafted and rigorously reported volume, Andrew Rice takes readers back to Florida in 2000, laying out a cultural and political history of a moment at which America’s political system was turned inside out, its power structures upended. The Year That Broke America is vivid and wide-ranging; it also happens to be a page turner.”—Rebecca Traister, bestselling author of Good and Mad “Engrossing, insightful, tragic and above all, irresistible.”— Ronald Brownstein Combining the compelling insight of Nixonland and the narrative verve of Ladies and Gentleman: The Bronx is Burning, a journalist’s definitive cultural and political history of the fatefully important moment when American politics and culture turned: the year 2000. Before there was Coronavirus, before there was the contentious 2020 election or the entire Trump presidency, there was a turning-point year that proved momentous and transformative for American politics and the fate of the nation. That year was 2000, the last year of America’s unchallenged geopolitical dominance, the year Mark Burnett created Survivor and a new form of celebrity, the year a little Cuban immigrant became the focus of a media circus, the year Donald Trump flirted with running for President (and failed miserably), the year a group of Al Qaeda operatives traveled to America to learn to fly planes. They all converged in Florida, where that fall, the most important presidential election in generations was decided by the slimmest margin imaginable. But the year 2000 was also the moment when the authority of the political system was undermined by technical malfunctions; when the legal system was compromised by the justices of the Supreme Court; when the financial system was devalued by deregulation, speculation, creative securitization, and scam artistry; when the mainstream news media was destabilized by the propaganda power of Fox News and the supercharged speed of the internet; when the power of tastemakers, gatekeepers, and cultural elites was diminished by a dawning recognition of its irrelevance. Expertly synthesizing many hours of interviews, court records, FOIA requests, and original archival research, Andrew Rice marshals an impressive cast of dupes, schmucks, superstars, politicians, and shameless scoundrels in telling the fascinating story of this portentous year that marked a cultural watershed. Back at the start of the new millennium it was easy to laugh and roll our eyes about the crazy events in Florida in the year 2000—but what happened then and there has determined where we are and who we’ve become. |
| kira macnicol: What If This Were Enough? Heather Havrilesky, 2019-10-08 *A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018* *A Bustle Best Nonfiction Book of 2018* *One of Chicago Tribune's Favorite Books by Women in 2018* *A Self Best Book of 2018 to Buy for the Bookworm in Your Life* By the acclaimed critic, memoirist, and advice columnist behind the popular Ask Polly, an impassioned collection tackling our obsession with self-improvement and urging readers to embrace the imperfections of the everyday Heather Havrilesky's writing has been called whip-smart and profanely funny (Entertainment Weekly) and required reading for all humans (Celeste Ng). In her work for New York, The Baffler, The New York Times Magazine, and The Atlantic, as well as in Ask Polly, her advice column for The Cut, she dispenses a singular, cutting wisdom--an ability to inspire, provoke, and put a name to our most insidious cultural delusions. What If This Were Enough? is a mantra and a clarion call. In its chapters--many of them original to the book, others expanded from their initial publication--Havrilesky takes on those cultural forces that shape us. We've convinced ourselves, she says, that salvation can be delivered only in the form of new products, new technologies, new lifestyles. From the allure of materialism to our misunderstandings of romance and success, Havrilesky deconstructs some of the most poisonous and misleading messages we ingest today, all the while suggesting new ways to navigate our increasingly bewildering world. Through her incisive and witty inquiries, Havrilesky urges us to reject the pursuit of a shiny, shallow future that will never come. These timely, provocative, and often hilarious essays suggest an embrace of the flawed, a connection with what already is, who we already are, what we already have. She asks us to consider: What if this were enough? Our salvation, Havrilesky says, can be found right here, right now, in this imperfect moment. |
| kira macnicol: Best Babysitters Ever Caroline Cala, 2019-02-05 A funny new middle grade series about three 12-year-old best friends who start a babysitting club in their small California town. Perfect for fans of series like Whatever After and the Dork Diaries. Once upon a time, a girl named Kristy Thomas had a great idea: to form The Baby-Sitters Club with her best friends. And now twelve-year-old Malia Twiggs has had a great idea too. Technically, she had Kristy’s idea. (And technically, little kids seem gross and annoying, but a paycheck is a paycheck). After a little convincing, Malia and her friends Dot and Bree start a babysitting club to earn funds for an epic birthday bash. But babysitting definitely isn’t what they thought it would be. Three friends. No parents. Unlimited snacks. And, okay, occasionally watching other people’s children. What could possibly go wrong? |
| kira macnicol: Indian Philosophy Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 1995-09 This Volume, A General Introduction To Indian Philosophy, Covers The Vedic And Epic Periods, Including The Expositions On The Hymns Of The Rig Veda, The Upanishads, Jainism, Buddhism And The Theism Of The Bhagvadgita. |
| kira macnicol: Can You Tolerate This? Ashleigh Young, 2019-08-08 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019 WINNER OF A WINDHAM-CAMPBELL PRIZE 2017 'I love this book' MAGGIE NELSON 'An essay collection unlike any I've read' New York Times In Can You Tolerate This? Ashleigh Young ushers us into her early years, coming of age in a small town in the faraway yet familiar New Zealand, yearning for a larger and more creative life. As Young's perspective expands, a series of historical portraits - a boy with a rare skeletal disease, a French postman who built a stone fortress by hand, a generation of Japanese shut-ins - strike unexpected personal harmonies, as an unselfconscious childhood gives way to painful shyness in adolescence. As we watch Young fall in and out of love, undertake intense physical exercise that masks something deeper, and gradually find herself through her writing, a highly particular psyche comes into view: curious, tender and exacting in her observations of herself and the world around her. |
| kira macnicol: The Gunners Rebecca Kauffman, 2019-01-10 What's the point in friends, if you can't share your secrets? The Gunners used to be inseparable. A gang of latchkey kids, they took their name from the doorbell of the abandoned house they played in as children - and drank in as teenagers. Together they navigated the difficult journey from childhood to adolescence and learnt their first vital lessons about becoming adults; Mikey, Sam, Lynn, Alice, Jimmy and Sally are more like a family than just friends. One day, Sally suddenly stopped speaking to them and wouldn't explain why. Years later, Sally's suicide forces the Gunners back together for her funeral. All of them have secrets they are reluctant to share, secrets which mean they must reassess their happy memories and finally be honest about the reasons Sally left. This is a generous and poignant novel about the difficulty - and the joy - of being a true friend. |
| kira macnicol: Coordination Chemistry of Macrocyclic Compounds Gordon Melson, 2012-12-06 Chemists have been aware of the existence of coordination compounds con taining organic macrocyclic ligands since the first part of this century ; however, only during the past few years have they expanded research into the chemistry of these compounds. The expansion was initiated in the early 1960s by the synthesis and characterization of compounds containing some new macrocyclic ligands. The synthesis of compounds which may serve as model systems for some natural products containing large rings as ligands provided the main goal for the early expansion of research effort; indeed, a recurrent theme behind much of the reported chemistry has been the analogy between synthetic macrocyclic compounds and many natural-product systems. More recently, the emphases of reported research have ranged over the whole spectrum of chemistry, and the number of publications that discuss macrocyclic chemistry has increased at a dramatic rate. The completed research has been reported in a variety of journals throughout the world but there has been no previous attempt to bring the major developments together under one cover. This book, therefore, attempts to satisfy the need for a single source in which there is both a collection and a correlation of information concerning the coordination chemistry of macrocyclic compounds. The chapters in this book discuss various aspects of macrocyclic chemistry, and while these chapters as a whole constitute an in-depth survey of the state-of the-art of the field, each chapter is written as a complete unit. |
| kira macnicol: Supramolecular Polymers/Polymeric Betains/Oligomers Akihiro Abe, Karel Dusˇek, Shiro Kobayashi, 2006-06-22 This volume represents the Highest Impact Factor of all journals ranked by ISI within Polymer Science. It contains short and concise reports on physics and chemistry of polymers, each written by the world renowned experts. The information remains valid and useful after five or ten years. The electronic version is available free of charge for standing order customers at: springer.com/series/12/ |
| kira macnicol: A Lab of My Own Neena B. Schwartz, 2010-01 What was it like to be a woman scientist battling the “old boy's” network during the 1960s and 1970s? Neena Schwartz, a prominent neuroendocrinologist at Northwestern University, tells all. She became a successful scientist and administrator at a time when few women entered science and fewer succeeded in establishing independent laboratories. She describes her personal career struggles, and those of others in academia, as well as the events which lead to the formation of the Association of Women in Science, and Women in Endocrinology, two national organizations, which have been successful in increasing the numbers of women scientists and their influence in their fields.The book intersperses this socio-political story with an account of Schwartz's personal life as a lesbian and a description of her research on the role of hormones in regulating reproductive cycles. In a chapter titled “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” she examines the “evidence” from a scientist's point of view for the hormonal and genetic theories for homosexuality. Other chapters provide advice on mentoring young scientists and a discourse on why it matters to all of us to have more women doing and teaching science. She also describes the process of putting together an interdisciplinary Center on Reproductive Science at Northwestern, which brought together basic and clinical scientists in an internationally recognized program of research and practice. |
| kira macnicol: Computer Networks Piotr Gaj, Andrzej Kwiecień, Piotr Stera, 2015-05-27 This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 22st International Conference on Computer Networks, CN 2015, held in Brunów, Poland, in June 2015. The 42 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers in these proceedings cover the following topics: computer networks, distributed computer systems, communications and teleinformatics. |
| kira macnicol: Son of the Morning Linda Howard, 2009-11-24 New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard captivates readers in the deeply romantic tale of a contemporary woman who unravels an extraordinary mystery from the past—by living it. A scholar specializing in ancient manuscripts, Grace St. John never imagined that a cache of old documents she discovered was the missing link to a lost Celtic treasure. But as soon as she deciphers the legend of the Knights of the Templar -- long fabled to hold the key to unlimited power -- Grace becomes the target of a ruthless killer bent on abusing the coveted force. Determined to stop him, Grace needs the help of a warrior bound by duty to uphold the Templar's secret for all eternity. But to find him -- and to save herself -- she must go back in time . . . to fourteenth-century Scotland . . . and to Black Niall, a fierce man of dark fury and raw, unbridled desire. . . . |
| kira macnicol: Neuronal Cytoskeleton; Morphogenesis, Transport and Synaptic Transmission 廣川信隆, 1993 |
| kira macnicol: Health in the European Union Philipa Mladovsky, 2009 Good health can be considered one of the most fundamental resources for social and economic prosperity. While the goal to improve average levels of population health is important, there has been an increasing focus on disparities at national and European levels. Improvements have been seen over the past few decades in both health status and living and working conditions has widened tremendously in the European Union (EU) and will continue to do so as it goes through the enlargement process. The diversity in living conditions has translated into diversity in patterns of health across the region. Inequalities in income, education, housing and employment affect population health, both directly (for example, good housing reduces risks associated with poor health) and indirectly through psychosocial factors (such as stress). From the life course perspective, individuals are affected by different sets of risks related to disease and illness; certain diseases and causes of health are more likely to affect young people, whereas the majority are associated with older ages. Investigating differences in health status within and between European countries provides the focus of this report. The relationship between living conditions, socioeconomic factors and health is discussed and analysed with the objective of stimulating a debate and policy action for creating a healthier and more equitable society. We aim to present an overview of key issues and not comprehensive literature review or exhaustive analysis of the topics involved. |
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| kira macnicol: Fullerenes Fernando Langa De La Puente, Jean-Francois Nierengarten, 2011-10-31 The discovery of caged carbon structures, in 1985, established a whole new field of carbon chemistry. Unlike graphite and diamond, these structures known as fullerenes are finite in structure and are relevant to a wide variety of fields including supramolecular assemblies, nanostructures, optoelectronic devices and a whole range of biological activities. Fullerenes: Principles and Applications discusses all aspects of this exciting field. Sections include: the basic principles for the chemical reactivity of fullerenes, electrochemistry, light induced processes, fullerenes for material sciences, fullerenes and solar cells, biological applications and multifunctional carbon nanotube materials. Written by leading experts in the field the book summarises the basic principles of fullerene chemistry but also highlights some of the most remarkable advances that have occurred in recent years. Fullerenes: Principles and Applications will appeal to researchers in both academia and industry. |
| kira macnicol: A Goodnight Cookie Andrea Smith, 2020-08-25 |
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The name Kira is of multiple origins and meanings. In Russian, it is derived from the word "kiryusha," which means "mistress" or "ruler." In Persian, Kira means "sunbeam" or "ray of …
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Kira is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 2000s. Its usage peaked in 2005 with 0.068% of baby girls being named Kira. It ranked at …
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Kira, the main character of the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry; Kira, daughter of Sarah Manning in the Canadian sci-fi television series Orphan Black; Kira in the 1980 film Xanadu, …
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Kira (Bhutan), the national dress for women in Bhutan; Kira (title), for women who acted on behalf of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire; Kira Institute, a non-profit organization
Kira - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity
5 days ago · The name Kira is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "throne". Though such cognates of Kira as Keira, Kyra, and Ciara are increasingly popular throughout Europe and in …
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Kira is an AI contract review software from Litera that uses patented machine learning to identify, extract, and analyze content in your contracts and documents.
Kira - Name Meaning and Origin
The name Kira is of multiple origins and meanings. In Russian, it is derived from the word "kiryusha," which means "mistress" or "ruler." In Persian, Kira means "sunbeam" or "ray of …
Kira - Meaning of Kira, What does Kira mean? - BabyNamesPedia
Kira is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 2000s. Its usage peaked in 2005 with 0.068% of baby girls being named Kira. It ranked at …
KIRA
KIRA gifts everything it produces for free and donates to various causes around the world.
How Kira Works | Kira Systems
Kira is a patented machine learning software that identifies, extracts, and analyzes content in your contracts and documents with unparalleled accuracy and efficiency.
Kira (given name) - Wikipedia
Kira, the main character of the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry; Kira, daughter of Sarah Manning in the Canadian sci-fi television series Orphan Black; Kira in the 1980 film Xanadu, …
Kira - Wikipedia
Kira (Bhutan), the national dress for women in Bhutan; Kira (title), for women who acted on behalf of the Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire; Kira Institute, a non-profit organization
Kira - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity
5 days ago · The name Kira is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "throne". Though such cognates of Kira as Keira, Kyra, and Ciara are increasingly popular throughout Europe and in …
Kira Talent | The world’s only holistic admissions solution for …
Kira transforms your admissions process with on-demand, timed video and timed written assessments. Kira works with more than 300 programs worldwide to build applicant-first …
