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A period, in which getting the access to the Internet at the library required using the computer belonging to the library, and most often wired connected to the network, is ending. More and more libraries are giving users an alternative and more convenient way to use the Internet – access through wifi. All the more, it is possible to use the past tense while talking about the period when one should pay a fee for the access to the Internet in the library. Also, the expression “hotspots in libraries” has recently gained a new meaning. This is because among the items lent by libraries, alongside books and audiovisual materials, there appeared also portable devices called hotspots. They allow users to connect their mobile devices to the Internet practically from the any place – of course also beyond the library. In the article an attempt was made to answer the question of how common it has become in libraries to share the Internet wireless and by what rules it is being realized.

Aircraft Manufacturing, Safety and Control is a concise, practice-oriented guide to how modern aeroplanes are conceived, built, certified, and kept safe in service. Bridging design, production, and operations, the volume introduces core methods in manufacturing (metallic and composite processes, bonding and fastening, tolerance management, non-destructive inspection, digital manufacturing/Industry 4.0, producibility and cost), alongside safety and airworthiness thinking (regulatory compliance, reliability and risk assessment, damage tolerance, maintenance, human factors, continued airworthiness). It also connects these themes to flight and control systems, guidance, navigation and control, fly-by-wire, fault detection and isolation, health monitoring, and emerging autonomy, showing how control architecture, verification, and safety assurance inform manufacturing choices. With clear definitions, process insights, and worked examples, the book helps engineers and managers translate requirements into robust products and repeatable factory practices. Emphasis on sustainability (lightweight structures, energy-efficient processes, repairability) and on data-driven decision-making prepares readers for the next generation of aircraft programs. Written for students, practitioners, and leaders, this cross-disciplinary reference offers ready-to-apply concepts, checklists, and reasoning pathways that reduce risk, improve quality, and shorten time-to-market while strengthening safety from the first drawing to the last flight.

How has the digital turn shaped the practices of doing film history in research and teaching? From digital archival practices, database-driven search and analysis of film historical collections to the visualization and dissemination of film historical materials online, this book addresses the question of how computational tools and methods have changed how we search, analyze, visualize, publish and think about film history in the digital age.

This Special Issue serves as a crystallographic forum covering various aspects of material science that have in common the use of the powerful Rietveld method in the analysis of the powder XRD patterns of investigated compounds.

Microalgae biotechnology has grown very rapidly in the last few decades due to the multiple applications that these microorganisms have from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to foods/feeds and biofuels. One of the main challenges in expanding this industry is to enlarge the single use of the biomass produced in addition to reducing the high biomass production cost of the current technologies. To overcome this bottleneck, the development of microalgae-based biorefineries has been proposed. The issue is to obtain as many bioproducts as possible from the cultivated biomass, including biofuels. Consequently, biodiesel production (from the lipid fraction), bioethanol (from carbohydrate fraction), and biogas or bio-oil (from the whole biomass) have been posited. In this book chapter, we review the current state of the art in the production of sustainable biofuels from microalgae and analyze the potential of microalgae to contribute to the biofuel sector.

This work contains a selection of papers from the International Conference on Urban Studies (ICUS 2017) and is a bi-annual periodical publication containing articles on urban cultural studies based on the international conference organized by the Faculty of Humanities at the Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia. This publication contains studies on issues that become phenomena in urban life, including linguistics, literary, identity, gender, architecture, media, locality, globalization, the dynamics of urban society and culture, and urban history.

The author of this book, Diego Sánchez Jara, national teacher and journalist, nephew of the poet and journalist Pedro Jara Carrillo, available of all the ingredients and of all the loyalities to undertake this work, which is now reissued as a preambulus to the acts of the centenary of the University of Murcia.

From premodern societies onward, humans have constructed and produced images of ideal masculinity to define the roles available for boys to grow into, and images for adult men to imitate. The figure of Alexander the Great has fascinated people both within and outside academia. As a historical character, military commander, cultural figure and representative of the male gender, Alexander’s popularity is beyond dispute. Almost from the moment of his death Alexander’s deeds have had a paradigmatic aspect: for over 2300 years he has been represented as a paragon of manhood - an example to be followed by other men - and through his myth people have negotiated assumptions about masculinity. This work breaks new ground by considering the ancient and medieval reception of Alexander the Great from a gender studies perspective. It explores the masculine ideals of the Greco-Roman and medieval past through the figure of Alexander the Great, analysing the gendered views of masculinities in those periods and relates them to the ways in which Alexander’s masculinity was presented. It does this by investigating Alexander’s appearance and its relation to definitions of masculinity, the way his childhood and adulthood are presented, his martial performance and skill, proper and improper sexual behaviour, and finally through his emotions and mental attributes. Masculine Ideals and Alexander the Great will appeal to students and scholars alike as well as to those more generally interested in the portrayal of masculinity and gender, particularly in relation to Alexander the Great and his image throughout history.

First World War commemoration in Europe has been framed as a moment of national trial and as a collective European tragedy. But the ‘Great War for Civilisation’ was more than just a European conflict. It was in fact a global war, a clash of empires that began a process of nationalist agitation against imperial polities and the racisms that underpinned them in Asia, Africa and beyond. Despite the global context of Centenary commemorative activity these events remain framed by national and state imaginaries and ones in which the ideas about nation, race and imperialism that animated and dominated men and women during the Great War sit uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. By drawing on original archival research, translations from French and Mandarin into English and by employing multidisciplinary conceptual frames of analysis, this exciting and innovative volume explores how race and empire, and racism and imperialism, were commemorated during the First World War Centenary.

In 2023, a Special Issue titled “Sustainable Rural Development: Strategies, Good Practices and Opportunities: Second Edition” was launched, in which 26 papers were published. It is a continuation of a previous Special Issue also published in Land in 2021, which included 16 papers with the same thematic structure. Inhabitants of rural areas are emigrating to urban areas due to the labour and service opportunities offered by the latter. This is causing a demographic decline in rural areas, with depopulation trends, high rates of ageing, masculinisation, and low demographic growth. Rural areas are classified as “spaces in crisis”. The papers in both Special Issues show different public and private strategies that are being pursued to achieve sustainable rural development in areas in decline. These contributions show case studies from different disciplines and territories; contributions from economic science, geography, anthropology, agricultural science, and tourism; and show both successful cases and the obstacles or difficulties that many of them face in trying to achieve their objectives. All of these strategies are intended to achieve economic and social development that is respectful of the environment and ultimately reduces demographic regression in rural areas. The different studies offer contributions from scientific, holistic, and multidisciplinary knowledge in the decision making processes in public policy and planning strategies.

In fall 1999, the Department of Education's Office of Educational Researchand Improvement (OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve thequality and relevance of the education research it funds. The RAND ReadingStudy Group (RRSG) was charged with developing a research framework toaddress the most pressing issues in literacy. RRSG focused on readingcomprehension wherein the highest priorities for research are: (1)Instruction

Lorsque Jacques VI d’Écosse succède en 1603 à la reine Élisabeth d’Angleterre sous le nom de Jacques Ier, il est déterminé à mettre en pratique la théorie du droit divin. L’occasion lui est donnée à la suite de plusieurs complots contre sa personne, notamment le complot des poudres (Gunpowder plot) le 5 novembre 1605. Il impose un serment d’allégeance afin de s’assurer de la loyauté des catholiques anglais. Ce serment met à nouveau à jour leurs divisions internes, et ce d’autant plus que la papauté intervient pour les décourager de le prononcer. Commence alors une controverse qui va prendre une ampleur européenne, par la parution de l’Apologie pour le serment d’allégeance du roi Jacques, le Triplici nodo, Triplex cuneus. Contre ce texte qui dévoile en contexte catholique ses conceptions théologico-politiques du pouvoir royal, le pape Paul V demande au cardinal jésuite Robert Bellarmin de répondre. Par la structure argumentative par laquelle s’opposent les deux protagonistes pour justifier leur plaidoyer en faveur, l’un, de la monarchie de droit divin, l’autre, de la papauté, ce sont deux interprétations des rapports du temporel et du spirituel qui sont en jeu.

In this article it is assumed that migration (in its literally and metaphorical meaning) had significant impact on the Tibetan spirituality. The main aim of this article is to bring closer figure and function of Dharma Protectors (Sanskrit: dharmapala), whose roots have grown out of the pre-Buddhist times. The first migration is connected with the origins of Buddhism on the Roof of the World (activity of Guru Padmasambhava, king Songtsen Gampo and his wives Bhrikuti and Wencheng). That has caused the evolution of Himalayan native deities to the Dharma Protectors. This transformation has resulted in the second migration – metaphorical journey of shamanic deities into the Buddhist monasteries. Many legends and myths are telling about it. Their examples are presented and explained shortly. Finally, the third migration – caused by the Chinese invasion on Tibet – is associated with the mysterious prophesy of Guru Padmasambhava and the question of migration’s influence on the future Tibetan generations.

Este libro ha pretendido ser una historia del pensamiento de las regiones que, en los últimos 300 años, se asumen como intelectualmente periféricas. Ha pretendido serlo, pero no lo es. Ha debido contentarse, a través sucesivas “re-estructuraciones”, con ser la presentación y defensa de la hipótesis siguiente: la manera más comprensiva de entender el pensamiento emergido en las regiones periféricas durante los últimos siglos -regiones en general sometidas a procesos de invasión o colonización- consiste en la disyuntiva ser-como-el-centro versus ser-nosotros-mismos. Este problema se lo ha planteado la intelectualidad suramericana, la africana y la asiática, como también la eslava, la balcánica y la ibérica, de esta poca. En consecuencia, se ha limitado a mostrar múltiples trazos que contribuyan a probar esta hipótesis.

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