New Hong Kong Cinema

New Hong Kong Cinema
Author: Ruby Cheung
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1782387048
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The trajectory of Hong Kong films had been drastically affected long before the city’s official sovereignty transfer from the British to the Chinese in 1997. The change in course has become more visible in recent years as China has aggressively developed its national film industry and assumed the role of powerhouse in East Asia’s cinematic landscape. The author introduces the “Cinema of Transitions” to study the New Hong Kong Cinema and on- and off-screen life against this background. Using examples from the 1980s to the present, this book offers a fresh perspective on how Hong Kong-related Chinese-language films, filmmakers, audiences, and the workings of film business in East Asia have become major platforms on which “transitions” are negotiated.

Loveless

Loveless
Author: Alice Oseman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338751956
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For fans of Love, Simon and I Wish You All the Best, a funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of a girl who realizes that love can be found in many ways that don't involve sex or romance. From the marvelous author of Heartstopper comes an exceptional YA novel about discovering that it's okay if you don't have sexual or romantic feelings for anyone . . . since there are plenty of other ways to find love and connection. This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn't understand why she can't crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She's surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It's not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum -- coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she's been told since birth isn't easy -- there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia's determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.

I Was Born for This

I Was Born for This
Author: Alice Oseman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338830953
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From the bestselling creator of HEARTSTOPPER and LOVELESS, a deeply funny and deeply moving exploration of identity, friendship, and fame. For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark -- a boy band that's taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fandom has given her everything she loves -- her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Her Muslim family doesn't understand the band's allure -- but Angel feels there are things about her they'll never understand. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark. He's their frontman -- and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing, even it only amplifies his anxiety. The fans are very accepting that he's trans -- but they also keep shipping with him with his longtime friend and bandmate, Rowan. But Jimmy and Rowan are just friends -- and Rowan has a secret girlfriend the fans can never know about. Dreams don't always turn out the way you think and when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together, they find out how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be. A funny, wise, and heartbreakingly true coming of age novel. I Was Born for This is a stunning reflection of modern teenage life, and the power of believing in something -- especially yourself.

The Adult Learner

The Adult Learner
Author: Malcolm S. Knowles
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2020-12-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000072894
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How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field. The addition of two new chapters on diversity and inclusion in adult learning, and andragogy and the online adult learner. An updated supporting website. This website for the 9th edition of The Adult Learner will provide basic instructor aids including a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter. Revisions throughout to make it more readable and relevant to your practices. If you are a researcher, practitioner, or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without.

Designing Your World II

Designing Your World II
Author: Marcel Wolterinck
Publisher: Lannoo Publishers
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-10-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9789089898760
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* Following the success of Designing Your World, Wolterinck presents 17 new international projects in this second volume* The latest book of interior, exterior, and product design by Dutch designer Marcel Wolterinck* An inspiring book for interior designers and design enthusiastsIn Designing Your World II, top Dutch designer Marcel Wolterinck once again demonstrates the enormous versatility and creativity of his design agency through 17 recently completed international projects. The homes in this book reflect the diversity of Wolterinck's practice, and include a classic estate in the Dutch countryside, a loft in Amsterdam, and a holiday home in Ibiza. The refined design, high quality materials, and elegant finishes these projects share reflect the top of the market and are hallmarks of the Wolterinck design studio. Text in English and Dutch.

The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia

The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia
Author: Wolf Gruner
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 178920285X
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Prior to Hitler’s occupation, nearly 120,000 Jews inhabited the areas that would become the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; by 1945, all but a handful had either escaped or been deported and murdered by the Nazis. This pioneering study gives a definitive account of the Holocaust as it was carried out in the region, detailing the German and Czech policies, including previously overlooked measures such as small-town ghettoization and forced labor, that shaped Jewish life. Drawing on extensive new evidence, Wolf Gruner demonstrates how the persecution of the Jews as well as their reactions and resistance efforts were the result of complex actions by German authorities in Prague and Berlin as well as the Czech government and local authorities.

RSSDI Yearbook of Diabetes 2022

RSSDI Yearbook of Diabetes 2022
Author: Sujoy Ghosh
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2022-08-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9354657745
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Section 1: Epidemiology Association Between Glycemic Status and the Risk of Parkinson Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Study Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Patients with Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Screening and Treatment Outcomes in Adults and Children with Type 1 Diabetes and Asymptomatic Celiac Disease: The CD-DIET Study Adolescent Obesity and Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Bone Mass and Density in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Healthy Weight White Rice Intake and Incident Diabetes: A Study of 132,373 Participants in 21 Countries Sleep Duration Patterns in Early to Middle Adulthood and Subsequent Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women Prognostic Significance of Long-term HbA1c Variability for All-Cause Mortality in the ACCORD Trial Using the BRAVO Risk Engine to Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes in Clinical Trials with Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors Influenza Vaccination is Associated with Reduced Cardiovascular Mortality in Adults with Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Diabetes: A Single-Institution Experience Risk of Anemia with Metformin Use in Type 2 Diabetes: A MASTERMIND Study Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals With Diabetes Long-term Follow-up of Glycemic and Neurological Outcomes in an International Series of Patients with Sulfonylurea-Treated ABCC8 Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Accuracy of 1-Hour Plasma Glucose During the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: A Meta-analysis Worldwide Epidemiology of Diabetes-Related End-Stage Renal Disease, 2000-2015 Metabolic Impact of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventional Studies Foot Care Practices Among Diabetologists in India: A Descriptive Study by the Diabetic Foot Research India Impact of Age at Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis on Mortality and Vascular Complications: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women with Prior Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Section 2: Basic Science The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Insulin Sensitivity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Microbiota-Related Metabolites and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Role of Patatin-Like Phospholipase Domain - Containing 3 Gene for Hepatic Lipid Content and Insulin Resistance in Diabetes Plasma Metabolomics Identifies Markers of Impaired Renal Function: A Meta-analysis of 3,089 Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Two Decades Since the Fetal Insulin Hypothesis: What Have We Learned from Genetics? Section 3: Comorbidities Association of Type 2 Diabetes with Cancer: A Meta-analysis with Bias Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding in 151 Cohorts Comprising 32 Million People Post Pancreatitis Diabetes Confers Higher Risk for Pancreatic Cancer Than Type 2 Diabetes: Results from a Nationwide Cancer Registry Incidence of Hospitalization for Heart Failure Relative to Major Atherosclerotic Events in Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis of Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials Influence of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors on Lower- Respiratory Tract Infections in Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II The Close Link of Pancreatic Iron with Glucose Metabolism and With Cardiac Complications in Thalassemia Major: A Large, Multicentre Observational Study Rapid Changes in Serum Testosterone in Men