Humanities & Social Sciences

The 17th Tyrolean Geotechnical Day on Natural Hazards, the 1st Tyrolean Geotechnical Day at the Congress Innsbruck, was marked by the exchange of knowledge between more than 250 experts from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Once again, the importance of this event for the Alpine region, which extends far beyond the borders of Tyrol, was evident. The Geotechnical Engineering Department at the University of Innsbruck was also able to present its expertise in the field of geotechnical engineering and natural hazards with several research projects. Der 17. Tiroler Geotechniktag Naturgefahren, dem 1. Tiroler Geotechniktag im Congess Innsbruck, stand im Zeichen des Wissensaustausches von mehr als 250 ExpertInnen aus Italien, Deutschland, Schweiz und Österreich. Es zeigte sich abermals die Bedeutung dieser Veranstaltung für den alpinen Raum, welcher weit über die Grenzen von Tirol reicht. Dabei konnte auch der Arbeitsbereich für Geotechnik der Universität Innsbruck seine Expertise im Fachbereich Geotechnik und Naturgefahren mit mehreren Forschungs­projekten präsentieren.

The human ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is comprised of nearly 1000 proteins. Although originally identified as a mechanism of protein destruction, the UPS has numerous additional functions and mediates central signaling events in myriad processes involved in both cellular and organismal health and homeostasis. Numerous pathways within the UPS are implicated in disease, ranging from cancer to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's. The goal of this book is to deliver a collection of synopses of current areas of UPS research that highlights the importance of understanding the biology of the UPS to identify disease-relevant pathways, and the need to elucidate the molecular machinations within the UPS to develop methods for therapeutic modulation of these pathways.

What influence did doctors have on schools? A study on school hygiene from the middle of the 19th century onwards.

Warum sind unsere Daten und das Private schützenswert? Diese Frage stellt sich insbesondere in Zeiten der vierten Industriellen Revolution, des Internets der Dinge und des politischen Wandels. Julia Maria Mönig zeigt, dass Hannah Arendts Anliegen, das Private unbedingt zu bewahren, von ihrem Verständnis des antiken Haushalts bis hin zur Verletzung der informationellen Privatheit im Totalitarismus aufschlussreiche Einsichten in aktuelle Debatten - etwa über Cybermobbing - liefert. Das Buch richtet sich an Philosoph_innen ebenso wie an Datenschützer_innen und Privatheitsforscher_innen verschiedener Disziplinen sowie an alle, die sich über die Zukunft und Gegenwart der Demokratie Gedanken machen.

Der Verkehr ist der einzige Sektor, in dem die CO2-Emissionen bis heute steigen. Trotz deutlicher Effizienzgewinne durch z.B. ressourcenschonende Motoren hat der Verkehrssektor in den letzten 30 Jahren keinen Beitrag zu den politisch angestrebten Klimazielen geleistet: Das absolute Verkehrswachstum hat alle Einsparungen kompensiert. Daraus folgt die basale verkehrswissenschaftliche Einsicht, dass technologische Innovationen allein nicht zu einer nachhaltigen Verkehrsentwicklung beitragen. Oliver Schwedes zeigt: Eine Verkehrswende erfordert Innovationen auch auf sozialer Ebene - wir müssen unser Zusammenleben neu organisieren!

This annual yearbook presents essays in environmental history based on lectures given at the Göttingen study group “Environmental History” by external authors. As previous yearbooks it is dedicated to the plurality of approaches in environmental history and serves as a valuable source for information about current research in that realm.

Economics; Political Science; European Union

This open access proceedings volume brings selected, peer-reviewed contributions presented at the Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics (STUOD) 2021 Workshop, held virtually and in person at the Imperial College London, UK, September 20–23, 2021. The STUOD project is supported by an ERC Synergy Grant, and led by Imperial College London, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic Control (INRIA) and the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). The project aims to deliver new capabilities for assessing variability and uncertainty in upper ocean dynamics. It will provide decision makers a means of quantifying the effects of local patterns of sea level rise, heat uptake, carbon storage and change of oxygen content and pH in the ocean. Its multimodal monitoring will enhance the scientific understanding of marine debris transport, tracking of oil spills and accumulation of plastic in the sea. All topics of these proceedings are essential to the scientific foundations of oceanography which has a vital role in climate science. Studies convened in this volume focus on a range of fundamental areas, including: Observations at a high resolution of upper ocean properties such as temperature, salinity, topography, wind, waves and velocity; Large scale numerical simulations; Data-based stochastic equations for upper ocean dynamics that quantify simulation error; Stochastic data assimilation to reduce uncertainty. These fundamental subjects in modern science and technology are urgently required in order to meet the challenges of climate change faced today by human society. This proceedings volume represents a lasting legacy of crucial scientific expertise to help meet this ongoing challenge, for the benefit of academics and professionals in pure and applied mathematics, computational science, data analysis, data assimilation and oceanography.

This work offers a detailed analysis of the Slavic translation of a sixth-century Greek liturgical poem that is representative of the poetic genius of the best of the Byzantine melodes. The immediate goal has been to discover to what degree the poetic elements of the original text were reproduced in the translation. The analysis illuminates the question of the quality of the Slavic translations of Byzantine liturgical hymns.

This book examines the role of polysaccharides as essential biopolymers, tracing their origins, structural organization, and applications in materials science, healthcare, and environmental sustainability. It provides a detailed exploration of their biosynthesis, functional modifications, and industrial uses. By connecting molecular science with practical applications, the book highlights the importance of polysaccharides in advancing biomedical technologies and sustainable materials. Key Features: Explains the genesis and natural sources of polysaccharides across plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and algae. Describes the biosynthesis pathways and functional modifications of polysaccharides for diverse applications. Highlights industrial uses, including their roles in material making, coatings, gels, and 3D structures. Explores biomedical applications such as wound healing, biofilm disruption, and anticancer activity. Provides insights into the structural and functional versatility of polysaccharides in sustaining life. This book is intended for students, researchers, academics, and industry professionals interested in polysaccharide science and its applications.

The most pressing policy challenges of our time require complex and coordinated strategies that transcend territorial borders. Issues such as climate mitigation, sustainable development and the migration crisis all require policy solutions that compel sub-national governments at regional and local level to coordinate intensely with others across policy sectors, territorial units and state boundaries. Yet horizontal coordination is often rendered difficult due to complexities and high transaction costs, both in terms of time and effort. Adopting a comparative approach, this open access volume provides a unifying perspective and a shared conceptual tool-kit for analysing the nature, intricacies and possibilities of horizontal coordination at local and regional level. It also offers guidelines and recommendations for achieving coordination in everyday policymaking. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from twenty European countries, the book provides profound insights into patterns of horizontal coordination across the continent. It will appeal to scholars and students of public administration, public policy, governance and territorial politics, as well as practitioners and policy makers.

Recent decades have brought international and municipal courts much closer together and induced meaningful cooperation. This holds true also for the International Court of Justice and domestic judicial institutions as they engage actively in an inter-judicial dialogue, particularly on the normative level. Due to the impact of globalisation and internationalisation, the World Court has expanded its jurisprudence to also accommodate references and analysis of external judicial organs and their pronouncements. Likewise, ICJ decisions are referred to and consulted by municipal courts as authoritative statements of international norms or assistance in fact determination. This monograph examines this inter-judicial dialogue in a comprehensive manner by identifying and analysing all its aspects as evidenced in respective jurisprudence. Surprisingly, the mutual conversation in judicial decisions between the World Court and national judicial institutions has drawn little attention from international legal scholarship, and the book is designed to fill this lacuna. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

This volume includes research contributions presented in May 2019 at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck and the Pädagogische Hochschule Tyrol as part of the "Fourth Conference of Subject Specific Education - Interdisciplinary Talks on Education for Sustainable Development". It documents the wide range of approaches, questions and methods with which education research is concerned at both institutions. The fourth conference served as an interdisciplinary platform and this volume contains the plenary lecture as well as seven presentations which show the variety of questions subjects specific education can deal with in the canon of education for sustainable development.; Der vorliegende Band umfasst Forschungsbeiträge, die im Rahmen der „Vierten Tagung der Fachdidaktik: Interdisziplinäre fachdidaktische Diskurse zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“ an der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck und der Pädagogischen Hochschule Tirol im Mai 2019 präsentiert wurden. Er dokumentiert die breite Fülle an Ansätzen, Fragestellungen und Methoden, mit der sich fachdidaktische Forschung am Hochschulstandort Innsbruck beschäftigt. Die vierte Tagung der Fachdidaktik diente dem interdisziplinären Diskurs und enthält neben der Verschriftlichung des einleitenden Plenarvortrages sieben Vor­träge, die beispielgebend aufzeigen, welche Beiträge die einzelnen Unterrichtsfächer zum Bildungskanon einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung leisten können.

What is a Länderzentrum (area studies centre)? How does it contribute to educational politics, the internationalization of universities, and culture? The exciting history of the Canadian Studies Centre at the University of Innsbruck, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, will provide answers to these questions. - Was ist ein Länderzentrum? Welchen Beitrag leistet es zu Bildungspolitik, Internationalisierung der Universitäten und Kultur? Die Antwort gibt die spannende Geschichte des Zentrums für Kanadastudien der Universität Innsbruck, das sein zwanzigjähriges Bestehen feiert. - Qu’est-ce qu’un Länderzentrum (centre international) ? Quelle contribution apporte-t-il à la politique de l’éducation, à l’internationalisation des universités et à la culture ? La réponse se trouve dans l’histoire passionnante du Centre d’études canadiennes de l’université d’Innsbruck, qui fête son vingtième anniversaire.

Over the years, interest in data has always grown and, aware of their centrality, many institutions, both public and private, share their data to facilitate the work of all those who wish to use them to interpret phenomena. In the education field, the data produced by INVALSI undoubtedly have a leading role, both at a sample and census level. The availability of data on learning achievements and living conditions of students (the so-called “context data”), as well as on the professional and operational conditions of teachers and School Managers, collected through specific questionnaires, is a valuable source of information based on which it is possible not only to plan improvement interventions in the didactic field, but also to undertake stimulating paths of educational research. This volume hosts four research papers, presented within the III Seminar “INVALSI data: a research tool”, which took place in Bari from 26 to 28 October 2018. Thanks to the INVALSI data, the authors conducted interesting in depth analysis of various aspects relating to the Italian education system.