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This ePaper is a historically informed analysis of the experiences of asylum seekers in Japan. It engages in ethnographic research through the first-hand accounts of 37 asylum seekers, adapted from interviews conducted by Sophia University’s Refugee Voices Japan project. The perceptions, policies, and practices related to asylum seekers are products of the systemic invisibilisation of mobility and migrants’ roles throughout Japanese history, despite their highly politicised presence in mainstream discourses. The ePaper addresses the continued absence of knowledge about asylum seekers by centralising their voices and stories, which opens a window into the complex realities of their experiences of displacement and seeking asylum in Japan. Their narratives demonstrate that the immigration regime severely restricts all aspects of their lives. Yet, asylum seekers are not passive victims ‘stuck in limbo’ but are active members of society employing various strategies in search of solutions for a less precarious life. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Vahabzadeh Foundation for financially supporting the publication of best works by young researchers of the Graduate Institute, giving a priority to those who have been awarded academic prizes for their master’s dissertations.

Asian Studies --- Demography --- Social Issues --- acteurs non étatiques et société civile --- assimilation --- culture religion et identité --- émigration --- ethnographie --- humanisme --- immigration --- migrations et réfugiés --- politiques de migration --- culture religion and identity --- discrimination --- migration and refugees --- migration policy --- non-state actors and civil society --- public discourse

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Cold War --- Cultural diplomacy --- Exchange of persons programs, American --- Exchange of persons programs, Chinese --- Politics and culture --- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. --- Social aspects. --- History --- people to people, 1970s, Nixon administration, sino-american, Henry Kissinger, Beijing, engagement over isolation, foreign policy.

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This book documents how nurses have shown their dedication, courage, expertise and compassion in helping communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disastrous events. It aims to inspire and equip nurses and other health professionals to help people in disaster-affected areas and contribute to community resilience. The last decade (2005-2015) has been characterized by a number of overwhelming natural disasters - tropical storms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis; and threats of emerging infectious diseases - SARS, MERSCoV and Ebola around the world. Countries from the Asia Pacific region, such as Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Thailand and Vanuatu, have borne the brunt of the devastation caused by these catastrophic events. Nurses from these countries have stepped in providing emergency care in hospitals and in the field, addressing public health needs in evacuation centers, supporting epidemiologic su rveillance and conducting health education, training and research, to help save lives and support communities build back better.

Disaster medicine --- Mass casualties --- Treatment --- Medicine. --- Emergency medicine. --- Public health. --- Critical care medicine. --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Practice of medicine. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Nursing Management. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. --- Practice and Hospital Management. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- Public Health. --- Disaster relief --- Emergency medicine --- Medicine --- Nursing. --- Intensive care --- Intensive medicine --- Intensive care units --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Clinical nursing --- Nurses and nursing --- Nursing process --- Care of the sick --- Nursing administration. --- Administration, Nursing service --- Nursing --- Nursing administration --- Nursing service administration --- Supervisory nursing --- Health services administration --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Primary medical care --- Medical care --- Medical practice --- Practice of medicine --- Physician practice acquisitions --- Administration

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This book reviews the "playing" of Shakespeare in which there is a re-staging and a re-writing -- through adaptation, appropriation, or acculturation -- of the Western Shakespeare into the gestural, symbolic, stylized, or ritualized worlds of Asian theatre languages. It examines this interface in aesthetic, theatrical, cultural and political terms, looking at key issues in intercultural performance, how it re-configures the text, genre and gender and how it can intervene in the shaping of ethnicity, identity and postcoloniality. Contributors examine how differing cultures negotiate such encounters, and the implications of this worldwide re-playing for Shakespeare’s theatre. Focusing specifically on the work of major directors in the central and emerging areas of Asia -- Japan, China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines -- the chapters show how performing Shakespeare in Asia not only revitalizes indigenous theatre forms, but generates an alternate cultural capital which is exploited in the global market.

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) --- Mise en scène --- Appréciation --- Histoire --- Asie

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This book presents the first comprehensive compilation of genome research on the Hevea brasiliensis rubber tree. The genomes of Hevea tree clones (cultivars) are described by three major international groups. Chapters on omics-driven investigations address a broad range of topics including genome annotation and utilisation, transcriptome and gene family analysis, genetic mapping, metabolic pathways in latex and molecular breeding. Additionally, an overview of fundamental rubber biology, especially on laticifers, provides a historical background that is relevant to rubber genome analysis. The book concludes with several perspectives on the future needs of rubber investigations and prospects of rubber genomics. Given the scope of topics, this book will appeal to researchers and university students working in genomics and biotechnology of the rubber tree, and to rubber breeders with an interest in non-conventional approaches to trait analysis, selection and breeding.

Plant genetics. --- Plant breeding. --- Agriculture. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Plants --- Genetics --- Hevea brasiliensis. --- Para rubber tree --- Rubber tree --- Rubbertree --- Siphonia brasiliensis --- Hevea --- Genètica vegetal --- Plantes --- Brasil --- Herbes --- Plantes vasculares --- Plantes no vasculares --- Regne vegetal --- Vegetals --- Vida (Biologia) --- Arbres --- Criptògames --- Halòfits --- Males herbes --- Creixement (Plantes) --- Fanerògames --- Fecundació de les plantes --- Fitoplàncton --- Flora --- Flora urbana --- Flors --- Paleobotànica --- Plantes aquàtiques --- Plantes aromàtiques --- Plantes carnívores --- Flora amenaçada --- Plantes endèmiques --- Plantes farratgeres --- Plantes llenyoses --- Plantes paràsites --- Plantes silvestres --- Plantes suculentes --- Plantes transgèniques --- Plantes tropicals --- Plantes útils --- Botànica --- Vegetació --- Fitogenètica --- Genètica de les plantes --- Genètica --- Genètica molecular vegetal --- Nombre de cromosomes de les plantes --- Millorament selectiu de plantes --- Amazònia --- Amèrica del Sud --- Ceará (Brasil : Estat) --- Maranhão (Brasil : Estat) --- Nordeste (Brasil : Regió) --- Norte (Brasil : Regió) --- Piauí (Brasil : Estat) --- São Francisco (Brasil : Vall) --- Sudeste (Brasil : Regió) --- Sul (Brasil : Regió) --- Tocantins (Brasil)