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    Sensing Collectives: Aesthetic and Political Practices Intertwined

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    Are aesthetics and politics really two different things? The book takes a new look at how they intertwine, by turning from theory to practice. Case studies trace how sensory experiences are created and how collective interests are shaped. They investigate how aesthetics and politics are entangled, both in building and disrupting collective orders, in governance and innovation. This ranges from populist rallies and artistic activism over alternative lifestyles and consumer culture to corporate PR and governmental policies. Authors are academics and artists. The result is a new mapping of the intermingling and co-constitution of aesthetics and politics in engagements with collective orders

    Modern meat: the next generation of meat from cells

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    Modern Meat is the first textbook on cultivated meat, with contributions from over 100 experts within the cultivated meat community. The Sections of Modern Meat comprise 5 broad categories of cultivated meat: Context, Impact, Science, Society, and World. The 19 chapters of Modern Meat, spread across these 5 sections, provide detailed entries on cultivated meat. They extensively tour a range of topics including the impact of cultivated meat on humans and animals, the bioprocess of cultivated meat production, how cultivated meat may become a food option in Space and on Mars, and how cultivated meat may impact the economy, culture, and tradition of Asia

    Dreaming of Nuclear Futures: History, Toxicity, Panic, and Motherhood in Contemporary Pro-Nuclear Advocacy

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    Senior project submitted to the Division of Social Studies of Bard College. Enjoy

    Disinformation and Fact-Checking in Contemporary Society

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    Funded by the European Media and Information Fund and research project PID2022-142755OB-I00

    Security Analysis: A Critical Thinking Approach

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    Security Analysis: A Critical-Thinking Approach is for anyone desiring to learn techniques for generating the best answers to complex questions and best solutions to complex problems. It furnishes current and future analysts in national security, homeland security, law enforcement, and corporate security an alternative, comprehensive process for conducting both intelligence analysis and policy analysis. The target audience is upper-division undergraduate students and new graduate students, along with entry-level practitioner trainees. The book centers on a Security Analysis Critical-Thinking Framework that synthesizes critical-thinking and existing analytic techniques. Ample examples are provided to assist readers in comprehending the material. Newly created material includes techniques for analyzing beliefs and political cultures. The book also functions as an introduction to Foreign Policy and Security Studies.https://encompass.eku.edu/ekuopen/1005/thumbnail.jp

    Maximising the effectiveness of soil erosion reducing cover crops through plant trait analysis

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    Soil erosion is a global issue, but particularly severe in Mediterranean hillside orchards due to the semi-arid climate, topography, climate change, and farming practices. Seasonal, annual cover crops successfully control soil erosion in orchards, this thesis used plant traits to determine effective cover species, as this not been previously considered. Ten species, native to Spain and previously used as erosion-reducing cover crops, were assessed for above and below ground plant traits, infiltration and evapotranspiration. Brachypodium distachyon, Bromus rubens, Medicago sativa and Silene vulgaris showed the most promise for erosion control. In a field trial in Cordoba, Spain, these species revealed no nutrient competition between cover crops and tree crops but, the high carbon:nitrogen ratio and high nitrogen (N) content of the cover crops could increase soil N. A mesocosm trial was conducted using rainfall simulation to determine the runoff and soil loss from monocultures and a mix of Brachypodium distachyon, Medicago sativa and Silene vulgaris. All the vegetated plots significantly reduced soil loss compared to the bare plots, furthermore M. sativa had a dominant impact on the mix. Despite the knowledge that plants reduce soil loss, few tree crop farmers use vegetation cover. A survey and interviews were conducted to understand this practice, while most of the respondents used cover crops, they believed that lack of knowledge about sustainable soil management was a key barrier to the use of vegetation cover. In conclusion, plant traits analysis provided vital information about the potential impact of species on soil erosion. However, the interactions of the species within mixes, and in the field, needs to be taken into consideration before widespread use. Any Mediterranean plant cover is better than none to prevent soil loss, which is a severe and urgent issue in Spain, therefore a clear transfer of information to farmers is vital
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