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      • Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc.

        Arab Scientific Publishers (ASP) publishes award winning books that cater to all ages and interests. The subject matter is wide ranging from drawing and cooking books, to Mayo Clinic references, Microsoft Training Kits, and bestselling novels, targeting children, teenagers, students, adults, and professionals.  A r a b S c i e n t i f i c P u b l i s h e r s (ASP) is a fully consolidated commercial Printing and Publishing powerhouse. The company is involved in all activities along the value chain from concept creation to distribution.   The company’s proven track record in delivering first-rate publishing and printing services will serve as a catalyst to grow the company into a global digital enterprise. Our vision is that ASP will become a strategic holding structure with international subsidiaries all around the globe.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2024

        Dog politics

        Species stories and the animal sciences

        by Mariam Motamedi Fraser

        Do dogs belong with humans? Scientific accounts of dogs' 'species story,' in which contemporary dog-human relations are naturalised with reference to dogs' evolutionary becoming, suggest that they do. Dog politics dissects this story. This book offers a rich empirical analysis and critique of the development and consolidation of dogs' species story in science, asking what evidence exists to support it, and what practical consequences, for dogs, follow from it. It explores how this story is woven into broader scientific shifts in understandings of species, animals, and animal behaviours, and how such shifts were informed by and informed transformative political events, including slavery and colonialism, the Second World War and its aftermath, and the emergence of anti-racist movements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book pays particular attention to how species-thinking bears on 'race,' racism, and individuals.

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        Psychiatry

        Intoduction to Affect Phobia Therapy

        by Dr. Quin van Dam

        A fear of one’s own emotions can lead people to develop what has been termed emotion- or affect phobia. To deal with this specific kind of phobia, Affect Phobia Therapy (APT) has proven to be useful. In APT, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and experimental techniques are combined to help the patient to learn to accept and manage emotions again. Research shows that especially people suffering from anxiety or depression and people with avoidant or dependent personality disorders benefit from this method. This book offers a practical explanation of this evidence-based therapeutic method. The eight chapters focus on all different aspects of APT and the underlying theoretical concepts are illustrated with example patient-therapist dialogues.   Target Group: psychologists, psychotherapists, students

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        Media studies
        June 2014

        Show me the money

        The image of finance, 1700 to the present

        by Edited by Paul Crosthwaite, Peter Knight and Nicky Marsh

        What does money really stand for? How can the abstractions of high finance be made visible? Show me the money documents how the financial world has been imagined in art, illustration, photography and other visual media over the last three centuries in Britain and the United States. It tells the story of how artists have grappled with the increasingly intangible and self-referential nature of money, from the South Sea Bubble to our current crisis. Show me the money sets out the history and politics of representations of finance through five essays by academic experts and curators, and is interspersed with provocative think pieces by notable public commentators on finance and art. The book, and the exhibition on which it is based, explore a wide range of images, from satirical eighteenth-century prints by William Hogarth and James Gillray to works by celebrated contemporary artists such as Andreas Gursky and Molly Crabapple. It also charts the development of an array of financial visualisations, including stock tickers and charts, newspaper illustrations, bank adverts and electronic trading systems.

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        March 2023

        Einfach erklärt - Künstliche Intelligenz - Fake News - Unsere digitale Zukunft

        Leicht verständliches Sachbuch über Algorithmen und Probleme digitaler Kommunikation - Für Kinder ab 10 Jahren

        by Manfred Theisen, Mo Büdinger

        Die Reihe Einfach erklärt hält, was sie verspricht: Hier werden komplexe Themen leicht verständlich aufbereitet und anschaulich illustriert. Kurze Kapitel, eine klare Struktur und der coole Mix aus Fotos und modernen Infografiken helfen Leser*innen ab zehn Jahren, schnell und unkompliziert neues Wissen zu erlangen. So klappt es mit dem Durchblick – garantiert! Was ist ein Algorithmus? Können Maschinen denken? Welche technischen Entwicklungen wird es in der Zukunft geben? Wie entstehen Fake News? Und wie können Staaten und Regierungen all das nutzen, um ihre Bevölkerung zu beeinflussen? Der Autor spannt den Bogen von Algorithmen über den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz in verschiedenen Bereichen bis hin zum hochaktuellen Thema Propaganda. Durch leicht verständliche Erklärungen und zahlreiche detaillierte Infografiken wird so das Interesse an unserer technischen Zukunft geweckt.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2023

        Forensic cultures in modern Europe

        by Willemijn Ruberg, Lara Bergers, Pauline Dirven, Sara Serrano Martínez

        This edited volume examines the performance and role of scientific experts in modern European courts of law and police investigations. It discusses cases from criminal, civil and international law to parse the impact of forensic evidence and expertise in different European countries. The contributors show how modern forensic science and technology are inextricably entangled with political ideology, gender norms and changes in the law and legal systems. Discussing fascinating case studies, they highlight how the ideology of authoritarian and liberal regimes has affected the practical enactment of forensic expertise. They also emphasise the influence of images of masculinity and femininity on the performance of experts and on their assessment of evidence, victims and perpetrators. This book is an important contribution to our knowledge of modern European forensic practices.

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        Health & Personal Development

        Suggestion, Empathy and Evidence in Medicine

        Take Opportunities, Recognize Limits

        by Johannes Jörg

        Depending on their personality, their social, cultural, and religious environ­ ment, and the nature of their illness, patients tend to have a wait­and­see mood when they come into contact with a doctor, and usually an anxious mood in the case of emergencies. The situation is often accompanied not only by heightened expectations, but also by increased psychological as well as vegetative suggestibility. Suggestion and autosuggestion can, depending on the degree of psychovegetative infl­ enceability, activate the self­healing powers through psychological and physiological changes. On the one hand, the author vividly describes how the conscious use of empathy and sug­ gestion in the context of medical prac­ tice can promote a close doctor­ patient­relationship and positively inflence the results of therapy. On the other hand, he illustrates the negative side of the latter, namely as an exag­ gerated form of overestimation or abuse.

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        July 2019

        Show me the Stars

        by Kira Mohn

        Take Some Time Out! The headline grabs Liv’s attention as she browses, depressed, through the job ads. Although she’s only 22 and just starting out in journalism, a recent disastrous interview cost her a new job. The ad sounds like a dream come true: someone needs a house-sitter to mind a lighthouse on the Irish coast for six months!    Taking time out is exactly what Liv needs to clear her head and recharge her batteries. She sends off her application and a few weeks later finds herself standing in front of her new home. Next to a good-looking Irishman who makes her heart beat faster. She doesn’t know it yet, but he’ll break her heart, too…   16+ years The beginning of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately. Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2024

        Birth controlled

        Selective reproduction and neoliberal eugenics in South Africa and India

        by Amrita Pande

        This book analyses the world of selective reproduction by a critical analysis of three modes of controlling birth, namely contraception, reproductive violence, and repro-genetic technologies. All population control policies target and vilify women (Black women in particular), and coerce them into subjecting their bodies to state and medical surveillance; Birth controlled argues that assisted reproductive technologies and repro-genetic technologies employ a similar and stratified burden of blame and responsibility based on gender, race, class and caste. The book draws on gender studies, sociology, medical anthropology, politics, science and technology studies, theology, public health and epidemiology to provides a critical, interdisciplinary and cutting-edge dialogue around the interconnected issues that shape reproductive politics in an ostensibly 'post-population control' era.

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        The Arts
        June 2021

        Medieval film

        by Anke Bernau, Bettina Bildhauer

        Medieval film explores theoretical questions about the ideological, artistic, emotional and financial investments inhering in cinematic renditions of the medieval period. What does it mean to create and watch a 'medieval film'? What is a medieval film and why are they successful? This is the first work that attempts to answer these questions, drawing, for instance, on film theory, postcolonial theory, cultural studies and the growing body of work on medievalism. Contributors investigate British, German, Italian, Australian, French, Swedish and American film, exploring topics such translation, temporality, film noir, framing and period film - and find the medieval lurking in inexpected corners. In addition it provides in-depth studies of individual films from different countries including The Birth of a Nation to Nosferatu, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Medieval Film will be of interest to medievalists working in disciplines including literature, history, to scholars working on film and in cultural studies. It will also be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and to an informed enthusiast in film or/and medieval culture.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Medieval film

        by Anke Bernau, Bettina Bildhauer

        Medieval film explores theoretical questions about the ideological, artistic, emotional and financial investments inhering in cinematic renditions of the medieval period. What does it mean to create and watch a 'medieval film'? What is a medieval film and why are they successful? This is the first work that attempts to answer these questions, drawing, for instance, on film theory, postcolonial theory, cultural studies and the growing body of work on medievalism. Contributors investigate British, German, Italian, Australian, French, Swedish and American film, exploring topics such translation, temporality, film noir, framing and period film - and find the medieval lurking in unexpected corners. In addition it provides in-depth studies of individual films from different countries including The Birth of a Nation to Nosferatu, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Medieval film will be of interest to medievalists working in disciplines including literature, history, art history, to scholars working on film and in cultural studies. It will also be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and to an informed enthusiast in film or/and medieval culture.

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        The Arts
        September 2020

        Science in performance

        Theatre and the politics of engagement

        by Simon Parry

        This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change. The book covers a wide range of performance forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Somali drama to grime videos. It features work by pioneering companies including Gob Squad, Headlong Theatre and Theatre of Debate as well as offering fresh analysis of global blockbusters such as Wicked and Urinetown. The book offers detailed description and analysis of theatre and performance practices as well as broader commentary on the politics of theatre as public engagement with science. Science in performance is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners working between science and the arts within fields such as theatre and performance studies, science communication, interdisciplinary arts and health humanities.

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        Medicine
        June 2025

        Head in the game

        Sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport

        by Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond, Rebecca Olive

        Head in the game brings together international scholars from multiple humanities, social science, and scientific disciplines to critically examine one of the most vexing issues in global sport: concussion. It argues that science and medicine alone cannot solve the concussion crisis: sociocultural factors must also be considered. This edited collection draws attention to the ways that social, cultural, historical, political, literary, philosophical, and legal factors have shaped the concussion crisis in sport. Head in the game is essential reading for those who want to understand how the concussion crisis came to be, and provides guidance for developing ethical and evidence-based solutions in the future.

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        Is the Brain Rational?

        The Findings of a Neuropsychologist

        by L. Jäncke

        This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey, demonstrating in an understandable and entertaining way how the brain affects our thoughts, actions, and feelings - and that this sometimes only peripherally involves reason. It shows, that the subconscious actually exists and how it affects us, how we arrive at both right and wrong decisions, how our memory works, how fragile it can be, and yet also how robust. Using insightful experiments and the latest research results, including many examples, this book presents the reader what an incredibly impressive thinking organ the brain actually is – even if it is not a purely “rational machine”.   Target Group: For people interested in the results of research into the workings of the brain in the areas of decision-making, memory, and consciousness.

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        October 2023

        Watching the Brain Think

        Facets of neuroscience: short thought provoking texts for the curious

        by Monika Niehaus/Martin Osterloh

        — An exciting and entertaining explanation of neuroscience — In the diverting and humorous style for which the author is known – learning has never been this much fun What processes in the brain are responsible for intelligence, free will, empathy or reason? Can memories be falsified? And what does actually happen in the brain when we reach puberty? Monika Niehaus and Martin Osterloh answer these and many other neuroscientific questions in their book – a fundamental work on brain research, and easy to understand, exciting and entertaining.

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        2023

        Preventing Migraines Naturally

        by Dr. C. Gaul

        Migraine, a widespread disease Migraine is the second most common headache disorder in western industrialised countries. Pulsating headache attacks occur at more or less frequent intervals, usually on one side of the head. Women are up to three times more likely to be affected than men. In a quarter of patients, the disease begins in childhood and adolescence, and the onset of migraine attacks after the age of 45 is rather unusual. Most migraine attacks occur between the ages of 20 and 40. This self-help book provides migraine patients with up-todate medical and scientifically sound information on how to - be able to relieve headaches and migraines efficiently and sustainably using natural remedies, - reduce the frequency of pain attacks, and - better manage headaches and migraines with simple preventive measures. Improve your quality of life!

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        November 2024

        Laboratory Parameters

        Understand, classify, interpret

        by Ulrich Grass

        Medicine | Pharmacy Laboratory parameters often evoke strong emotions. Many people are familiar with the anxiety of awaiting blood test results or the pride of showcasing perfect results from their last check-up. However, laboratory parameters are just puzzle pieces in diagnosis and therapy. The most critical factor is accurately interpreting them within the clinical context. The necessary know-how can be found here: • practical, concise schematic diagram for the evaluation of laboratory values • systematic grouping into diagnostic fields • details on function and standard values • references to disruptive factors and practical tips New in the 5th edition: Information on laboratory pathways from the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), Alzheimer’s diagnostics, blood tests for early cancer detection, molecular pathological biomarkers and other current topics. This book offers a solid knowledge base for all healthcare professionals – ensuring excellent advice and patient care! Target group: Pharmacists, pharmaceutical technicians, nursing staff/students, physicians, medical technicians

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