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Climate change effects on biogeochemical cycles, nutrient and water supply / Pascal A. Niklaus -- Nutrient and water demands of plants under global climate change / Oula Ghannoum, Matthew J. Searson and Jann P. Conroy -- Climate change and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in agroecosystems / Richard B. Thomas, Skip J. Van Bloem and William H. Schlesinger -- Belowground food webs in a changing climate / Joseph C. Blankinship and Bruce A. Hungate -- Herbivory and nutrient cycling / R. Andrew Carran and Vincent Allard -- Sustainability of crop production systems under climate change / Jürg Fuhrer -- Plant performance and implications for plant population dynamics and species composition in a changing climate / Grant R. Edwards and Paul C.D. Newton -- Climate change effects on fungi in agroecosystems / Matthias C. Rillig -- Trophic interactions and climate change / Jonathan A. Newman -- Future weed/pest/disease problems for plants / Lewis H. Ziska and G. Brett Runion -- Distinguishing between acclimation and adaptation / Mark J. Hovenden -- Plant breeding for a changing environment / Paul C.D. Newton and Grant R. Edwards

"Emphasizing the voices of activists, this book's diverse contributors examine communities' common experiences with environmental injustice, how they organize to address it, and the ways in which their campaigns intersect with related movements such as Black Lives Matters and Indigenous sovereignty. The global COVID-19 pandemic exposed the ways in which BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities and white working-class communities have suffered disproportionately from the crisis due to sustained exposure to toxic land, air, and water, creating a new urgency for addressing underlying conditions of systemic racism and poverty in North America. In addition to exploring the historical roots of the Environmental Justice movement in the 1980s and 1990s, the volume offers coverage of recent events such as the DAPL pipeline controversy, the Flint water crisis, and the rise of climate justice. The collection incorporates the experiences of rural and urban communities, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Puerto Ricans, and Indigenous peoples in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The chapters offer instructors, undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers a range of accessible case studies that create opportunities for comparative and intersectional analysis across geographical and ethnic boundaries"--

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Prologue: Sports on Trial -- I THE INTEGRITY OF SPORTS -- 1 Misconduct on the Field -- 2 Honoring Civil Rights in Sports -- 3 The Deadliest Sin in Sports -- 4 The Sports War on Drugs -- 5 Athletes as Role Models -- 6 The Moral Ideal for American Sports -- II OWNERS VERSUS PLAYERS -- 7 Show Us the Money -- 8 Sports Joins the Union -- 9 Opening the Flood-Gates -- 10 What Antitrust Did for Players -- 11 How to Level the Player Field -- 12 Salary Sharing among Players -- III OWNERS VERSUS OWNERS—AND FANS -- 13 The Brave New World of Franchise Free Agency -- 14 How Far Have We Traveled? -- 15 What the Law Should Do with Raiders -- 16 Stadium Socialism or a Stadium Cap? -- 17 Sports in Intellectual Space -- 18 What Should Leagues Be Like? -- 19 Expand or Break Up the Big Leagues? -- 20 A Better World for Fans -- Epilogue: A Performance-Enhancing Law for Sports -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: An Empire for Liberty -- 1 Westward the Course of Empire -- 2 The Defense of the Reservation -- 3 World War II Battlegrounds Yes, I really have seen the world but right now I am wishing -- 4 The Cold War on the Indian Frontier -- 5 Nation Building at Home and Abroad -- 6 The Last Indian War -- Epilogue: Indian Country in the Twenty-first Century -- Archival Sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: Research in the Middle East into the Health Benefits of Curcumin -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Current Uses -- 1.3 The Growth in Curcumin Research in the Middle East -- 1.4 The Health Situation in the Middle East -- 1.4.1 Bahrain -- 1.4.2 Cyprus -- 1.4.3 Egypt -- 1.4.4 Iran -- 1.4.5 Iraq -- 1.4.6 Israel -- 1.4.7 Jordan -- 1.4.8 Kuwait -- 1.4.9 Lebanon -- 1.4.10 Oman -- 1.4.11 Qatar -- 1.4.12 Saudi Arabia -- 1.4.13 Syria -- 1.4.14 Turkey -- 1.4.15 UAE -- 1.4.16 Yemen -- 1.5 Conclusions and Future Prospects -- References -- 2: Turmeric and Curcumin: From Traditional to Modern Medicine -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Traditional View -- 2.2.1 Turmeric in Islamic Traditional Medicine (ITM) -- 2.2.2 Indian Traditional Medicine (Ayurveda) -- 2.2.3 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) -- 2.2.4 Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM) -- 2.3 Clinical View -- 2.3.1 Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities -- 2.3.2 Metabolic Disorders -- 2.3.2.1 Cardio- and Vaso-Protective -- 2.3.2.2 Hepato-Protective -- 2.3.3 Neuroprotective and Antidepressant -- 2.3.4 Indications Supported by Both Traditional Medicine and Clinical Trials -- References -- 3: Targeting Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Signaling Pathway by Curcumin: Implications for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 NF-κB -- 3.2.1 NF-κB in the Nervous System -- 3.3 Curcumin -- 3.3.1 Immunoregulatory Effects of Curcumin -- 3.4 TLR 4 -- 3.5 PPARγ -- 3.6 COX-2 -- 3.7 Pro-inflammatory Cytokines -- 3.8 Conclusions -- References -- 4: Carbon-based Nanomaterials and Curcumin: A Review of Biosensing Applications -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Biosensing Applications of Carbon-based Nanomaterials -- 4.3 Carbon Nanotube-Based Biosensors -- 4.4 Graphene-based Biosensors -- 4.5 Carbon Dot-based Biosensors -- 4.6 Conclusions.

Why would countries without nuclear weapons even think about fighting nuclear-armed opponents? A simple answer is that no one believes nuclear weapons will be used. But that answer fails to consider why nonnuclear state leaders would believe that in the first place. In this superb unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Tempting Fate uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; Egyptian leaders' thinking about the Israeli nuclear arsenal during wars in 1969–70 and 1973; Chinese confrontations with the United States in 1950, 1954, and 1958; and a dispute that never escalated to war, the Soviet-United States tensions between 1946 and 1948 that culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Those strategies include limiting the scope of the conflict, holding chemical and biological weapons in reserve, seeking outside support, and leveraging international non-use norms. Counterintuitively, conventionally weak nonnuclear states are better positioned to pursue these strategies than strong ones, so that wars are unlikely when the nonnuclear state is powerful relative to its nuclear opponent. Avey demonstrates clearly that nuclear weapons cast a definite but limited shadow, and while the world continues to face various nuclear challenges, understanding conflict in nuclear monopoly will remain a pressing concern for analysts and policymakers.

The Government-Industrial Complex analyzes the federal government's blended workforce of 9 million civil service, contract, and grant employees. Noted Government reform expert Paul Light explores the history of this blended workforce, explains its rise from Reagan to Trump, and outlines a process for promoting accountability across the government-industrial divide.

This work explores the philosophical basis for the author's theory of phenomenological structuralism. The text is intended for scholars, educators, and students working in the fields of Haitian studies, philosophy, and sociological theory, and gives a hermeneutical approach to understanding and resolving the structure/agency problematic of the social sciences.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- Introduction -- 1 The Children of Sans Souci, Dessalines/Toussaint, and Pétion -- 2 Phenomenological Structuralism -- 3 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism -- 4 The Vodou Ethic and the Spirit of Communism -- 5 Lakouism and Capitalism -- 6 Conclusions: "The My Nigga Haitian" -- References Cited -- Index