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Rereading Heterosexuality : Feminism, Queer Theory and Contemporary Fiction
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ISBN: 9780748649082 0748649085 9780748649280 074864928X 9780748639557 0748639551 9780748649273 9781474429818 1474429815 1322980632 9781322980638 Year: 2012 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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Presents new perspectives on representations of female heterosexuality in selected contemporary British and American novels.Drawing on feminist and queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality, this study focuses on female identities at odds with heterosexual norms. In particular, it explores narratives in which the conventional equation between heterosexuality, reproductive sexuality and female identity is questioned. Key Features: A timely exploration of the dynamic relationship between feminist and queer theory Offers close analysis of influential novels by leading contemporary authors, i


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A brief answer to A brief state of the question between the printed and painted callicoes, and the woollen and silk manufactures
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Sphingolipids : From Pathology to Therapeutic Perspectives - A Themed Honorary Issue to Prof. Lina Obeid
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Although sphingolipids are ubiquitous components of cellular membranes, their abundance in cells is generally lower than glycerolipids or cholesterol, representing less than 20% of total lipid mass. Following their discovery in the brain—which contains the largest amounts of sphingolipids in the body—and first description in 1884 by J.L.W. Thudichum, sphingolipids have been overlooked for almost a century, perhaps due to their complexity and enigmatic nature. When sphingolipidoses were discovered, a series of inherited diseases caused by enzyme mutations involved in sphingolipid degradation returned to the limelight. The essential breakthrough came decades later, in the 1990s, with the discovery that sphingolipids were not just structural elements of cellular membranes but intra- and extracellular signaling molecules. It turned out that their lipid backbones, including ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate, had selective physiological functions. Thus, sphingolipids emerged as essential players in several pathologies including cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders, and autoimmune diseases. The present volume reflects upon the unexpectedly eclectic functions of sphingolipids in health, disease, and therapy. This fascinating lipid class will continue to be the subject of up-and-coming future discoveries, especially with regard to new therapeutic strategies.

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S1P receptor --- inflammation --- S1P transporter --- spinster homolog 2 --- barrier dysfunction --- anxiety --- depression --- sphingolipids --- sphingomyelinase --- ceramidase --- Smpd1 --- acid sphingomyelinase --- forebrain --- depressive-like behavior --- anxiety-like behavior --- ceramide --- ceramides --- ceramidases --- neurodegenerative diseases --- infectious diseases --- sphingosine 1-phoshate --- sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor --- S1P1–5 --- sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolism --- sphingosine 1-phosphate antagonistst/inhibitors --- sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling --- stroke --- multiple sclerosis --- neurodegeneration --- fingolimod --- Sphingosine-1-phosphate --- obesity --- type 2 diabetes --- insulin resistance --- pancreatic β cell fate --- hypothalamus --- sphingosine-1-phosphate --- ischemia/reperfusion --- cardioprotection --- vasoconstriction --- coronary flow --- myocardial function --- myocardial infarct --- albumin --- type 1 diabetes --- beta-cells --- islets --- insulin --- cytokines --- S1P --- animal models --- cystic fibrosis --- autophagy --- myriocin --- Aspergillus fumigatus --- CLN3 disease --- Cln3Δex7/8 mice --- flupirtine --- allyl carbamate derivative --- apoptosis --- cancer --- gangliosides --- immunotherapy --- metastasis --- phenotype switching --- sphingosine 1-phosphate --- Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) --- S1P-lyase (SGPL1) --- tau --- calcium --- histone acetylation --- hippocampus --- cortex --- astrocytes --- neurons --- sphingosine kinase --- G-protein-coupled receptors --- Gαq/11 --- n/a --- sphingosine kinase 1 --- SK1 --- microRNA --- transcription factor --- hypoxia --- long non-coding RNA --- S1P1-5


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Sphingolipids : From Pathology to Therapeutic Perspectives - A Themed Honorary Issue to Prof. Lina Obeid
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Although sphingolipids are ubiquitous components of cellular membranes, their abundance in cells is generally lower than glycerolipids or cholesterol, representing less than 20% of total lipid mass. Following their discovery in the brain—which contains the largest amounts of sphingolipids in the body—and first description in 1884 by J.L.W. Thudichum, sphingolipids have been overlooked for almost a century, perhaps due to their complexity and enigmatic nature. When sphingolipidoses were discovered, a series of inherited diseases caused by enzyme mutations involved in sphingolipid degradation returned to the limelight. The essential breakthrough came decades later, in the 1990s, with the discovery that sphingolipids were not just structural elements of cellular membranes but intra- and extracellular signaling molecules. It turned out that their lipid backbones, including ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate, had selective physiological functions. Thus, sphingolipids emerged as essential players in several pathologies including cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders, and autoimmune diseases. The present volume reflects upon the unexpectedly eclectic functions of sphingolipids in health, disease, and therapy. This fascinating lipid class will continue to be the subject of up-and-coming future discoveries, especially with regard to new therapeutic strategies.

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Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- S1P receptor --- inflammation --- S1P transporter --- spinster homolog 2 --- barrier dysfunction --- anxiety --- depression --- sphingolipids --- sphingomyelinase --- ceramidase --- Smpd1 --- acid sphingomyelinase --- forebrain --- depressive-like behavior --- anxiety-like behavior --- ceramide --- ceramides --- ceramidases --- neurodegenerative diseases --- infectious diseases --- sphingosine 1-phoshate --- sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor --- S1P1-5 --- sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolism --- sphingosine 1-phosphate antagonistst/inhibitors --- sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling --- stroke --- multiple sclerosis --- neurodegeneration --- fingolimod --- Sphingosine-1-phosphate --- obesity --- type 2 diabetes --- insulin resistance --- pancreatic β cell fate --- hypothalamus --- sphingosine-1-phosphate --- ischemia/reperfusion --- cardioprotection --- vasoconstriction --- coronary flow --- myocardial function --- myocardial infarct --- albumin --- type 1 diabetes --- beta-cells --- islets --- insulin --- cytokines --- S1P --- animal models --- cystic fibrosis --- autophagy --- myriocin --- Aspergillus fumigatus --- CLN3 disease --- Cln3Δex7/8 mice --- flupirtine --- allyl carbamate derivative --- apoptosis --- cancer --- gangliosides --- immunotherapy --- metastasis --- phenotype switching --- sphingosine 1-phosphate --- Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) --- S1P-lyase (SGPL1) --- tau --- calcium --- histone acetylation --- hippocampus --- cortex --- astrocytes --- neurons --- sphingosine kinase --- G-protein-coupled receptors --- Gαq/11 --- sphingosine kinase 1 --- SK1 --- microRNA --- transcription factor --- hypoxia --- long non-coding RNA --- S1P receptor --- inflammation --- S1P transporter --- spinster homolog 2 --- barrier dysfunction --- anxiety --- depression --- sphingolipids --- sphingomyelinase --- ceramidase --- Smpd1 --- acid sphingomyelinase --- forebrain --- depressive-like behavior --- anxiety-like behavior --- ceramide --- ceramides --- ceramidases --- neurodegenerative diseases --- infectious diseases --- sphingosine 1-phoshate --- sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor --- S1P1-5 --- sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolism --- sphingosine 1-phosphate antagonistst/inhibitors --- sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling --- stroke --- multiple sclerosis --- neurodegeneration --- fingolimod --- Sphingosine-1-phosphate --- obesity --- type 2 diabetes --- insulin resistance --- pancreatic β cell fate --- hypothalamus --- sphingosine-1-phosphate --- ischemia/reperfusion --- cardioprotection --- vasoconstriction --- coronary flow --- myocardial function --- myocardial infarct --- albumin --- type 1 diabetes --- beta-cells --- islets --- insulin --- cytokines --- S1P --- animal models --- cystic fibrosis --- autophagy --- myriocin --- Aspergillus fumigatus --- CLN3 disease --- Cln3Δex7/8 mice --- flupirtine --- allyl carbamate derivative --- apoptosis --- cancer --- gangliosides --- immunotherapy --- metastasis --- phenotype switching --- sphingosine 1-phosphate --- Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) --- S1P-lyase (SGPL1) --- tau --- calcium --- histone acetylation --- hippocampus --- cortex --- astrocytes --- neurons --- sphingosine kinase --- G-protein-coupled receptors --- Gαq/11 --- sphingosine kinase 1 --- SK1 --- microRNA --- transcription factor --- hypoxia --- long non-coding RNA

The vanishing Irish : households, migration, and the rural economy in Ireland : 1850-1914
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ISBN: 0691043078 0691628149 1400879825 0691653828 Year: 1997 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population: the percentage of adults who never married soared from 10 percent to 25 percent, while the overall population decreased by one third. What accounted for this? For many social analysts, the history of post-Famine Irish depopulation was a Malthusian morality tale where declining living standards led young people to postpone marriage out of concern for their ability to support a family. The problem here, argues Timothy Guinnane, is that living standards in post-Famine Ireland did not decline. Rather, other, more subtle economic changes influenced the decision to delay marriage or not marry at all. In this engaging inquiry into the "vanishing Irish," Guinnane explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, cultural influences on marriage and family life, and especially emigration.Guinnane focuses on rural Ireland, where the population changes were most profound, and explores the way the demographic patterns reflect the rural Irish economy, Ireland's place as a small part in a much larger English-speaking world, and the influence of earlier Irish history and culture. Particular effort is made to compare Irish demographic behavior to similar patterns elsewhere in Europe, revealing an Ireland anchored in European tradition and yet a distinctive society in its own right.Originally published in 1997.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1900-1909 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Ireland --- Households --- History. --- Rural conditions. --- Emigration and immigration --- Population --- Families --- Home economics --- Irish Free State --- Adult. --- Appointee. --- Arthur Balfour. --- Aunt. --- Celibacy. --- Census. --- Charles Stewart Parnell. --- Congested Districts Board (Scotland). --- Corn Laws. --- County Wicklow. --- Demographic history. --- Demography. --- Developing country. --- Dowry. --- Economic power. --- Economic problem. --- Economics. --- Economy of the Republic of Ireland. --- Emigration. --- English Poor Laws. --- Eradication of infectious diseases. --- Eugenics. --- Extreme poverty. --- Family income. --- Famine. --- Fertility. --- Foray. --- Gombeen man. --- Grandparent. --- Great Depression in the United States. --- Great Famine (Ireland). --- Gresham's law. --- His Family. --- Household. --- Housing in the United Kingdom. --- Human overpopulation. --- Immigration to the United States. --- Impediment (canon law). --- Income. --- Internal migration. --- Irish Americans. --- Irish Catholic. --- Irish Poor Laws. --- Laborer. --- Land War. --- Late Marriage. --- Legitimacy (family law). --- Life table. --- Longevity. --- Make A Difference. --- Michael Davitt. --- Moneylender. --- Mortality displacement. --- Mortality rate. --- NEE. --- Nationalization. --- Navvy. --- Nazi propaganda. --- Opportunity cost. --- Oppression. --- Orange Order. --- Outdoor relief. --- Partible inheritance. --- Pauperism. --- Peasant. --- Peat. --- Penal Laws (Ireland). --- Pension. --- Pensioner. --- Plan of Campaign. --- Poor rate. --- Population Matters. --- Population ageing. --- Population decline. --- Population growth. --- Population projection. --- Prevalence. --- Primogeniture. --- Protestant Ascendancy. --- Publican. --- Purchasing power. --- Racial hygiene. --- Remarriage. --- Remittance. --- Rome Rule. --- Rural district. --- Rural housing. --- Scarcity. --- Sibling. --- Social Darwinism. --- Spinster. --- Standard of living. --- Subsistence crisis. --- Tax. --- Thomas Robert Malthus. --- Ultimogeniture. --- United Nations Development Programme. --- Urbanization. --- Western European marriage pattern. --- Workhouse. --- DEMOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE --- IRLANDE --- CONDITIONS ECONOMIQUES --- 19E SIECLE --- CONDITIONS SOCIALES --- 20E SIECLE

Memoirs : Hortense Mancini and Marie Mancini
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ISBN: 9786612070037 1282070037 0226502805 9780226502809 9780226502786 0226502783 9780226502793 0226502791 661207003X 9781282070035 Year: 2008 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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The memoirs of Hortense (1646-1699) and of Marie (1639-1715) Mancini, nieces of the powerful Cardinal Mazarin and members of the court of Louis XIV, represent the earliest examples in France of memoirs published by women under their own names during their lifetimes. Both unhappily married-Marie had also fled the aftermath of her failed affair with the king-the sisters chose to leave their husbands for life on the road, a life quite rare for women of their day. Through their writings, the Mancinis sought to rehabilitate their reputations and reclaim the right to define their public images themselves, rather than leave the stories of their lives to the intrigues of the court-and to their disgruntled ex-husbands. First translated in 1676 and 1678 and credited largely to male redactors, the two memoirs reemerge here in an accessible English translation that chronicles the beginnings of women's rights to personal independence within the confines of an otherwise circumscribed early modern aristocratic society.

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. --- Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, --- Mancini, Maria, --- Mancini, Anna Maria --- M. L. D. M. --- M., M. L. D. --- Mancini, Hortense, --- Mazarin, Hortense Mancini de La Porte, --- Mazarin, --- Mazarine, --- Mazarine, Hortense Mancini, --- Mazzarino, Ortensia Mancini, --- France --- Bro-C'hall --- Fa-kuo --- Fa-lan-hsi --- Faguo --- Falanxi --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- Faransā --- Farānsah --- França --- Francia (Republic) --- Francija --- Francja --- Francland --- Francuska --- Franis --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Frankrig --- Frankrijk --- Frankrike --- Frankryk --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Franse Republiek --- Frant︠s︡ --- Frant︠s︡ Uls --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Franza --- French Republic --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- Frenska republika --- Furansu --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Gallia --- Gallia (Republic) --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- Hyãsia --- Parancis --- Peurancih --- Phransiya --- Pransiya --- Pransya --- Prantsusmaa --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Ranska --- República Francesa --- Republica Franzesa --- Republika Francuska --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- Republikang Pranses --- République française --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Γαλλία --- Франц --- Франц Улс --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Францыя --- Франция --- Френска република --- פראנקרייך --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- فرانسه --- فرنسا --- フランス --- フランス共和国 --- 法国 --- 法蘭西 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- 프랑스 --- France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) --- History --- Court and courtiers --- hortense, marie, mancini, cardinal, mazarin, louis xiv, france, french, history, historical, biography, autobiography, journal, diary, spinster, affair, husband, divorce, feminism, traveling, reputation, public, image, identity, intrigue, 1600s, translation, academic, scholarly, research, literature, literary, college, university, textbook, womens rights, woman, feminist, liberty, independence, aristocratic, early modern.

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