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The Framework Plan for Kindergartens shapes the everyday lives of children and staff and expresses society’s prevailing view of children and childhood. This anthology examines how the current framework plan from 2017 works in kindergartens and the kindergarten sector—through different perspectives, methods, and types of sources. The anthology addresses two overarching themes: First, how kindergarten authorities, owners, staff, and other actors understand the goals and intentions of the framework plan and how they experience implementing it. Second, it investigates how the same actors use the framework plan through deep dives into selected areas: the subject areas in kindergarten, progression as a way of working, Sami perspectives, and work on children’s transitions—from home to kindergarten, within kindergarten, and from kindergarten to school. In addition, it examines the significance of a strengthened owner role and the municipalities’ role as supervisory authorities. The anthology is suitable for bachelor’s and master’s students and researchers in kindergarten teacher education programs, principal/leadership programs, as well as kindergarten staff and others in the kindergarten field.

Food allergy, a specific immune response that occurs reproducibly upon exposure to a food allergen, is an increasing public health problem, causing a significant burden for affected patients, resulting in dietary restrictions, fear of accidental ingestions and related risk of severe reactions, and reduced quality of life. Clinical presentation ranges from mild to life-threatening symptoms. Component-resolved diagnosis with recombinant allergens has improved the diagnosis and, consequently, clinical management. Currently, there is no specific treatment for food allergy, so the only available management is limited to strict dietary avoidance, education on prompt recognition of symptoms, and emergency treatment of adverse reaction. In parallel, novel knowledge on the pathogenesis of food allergy is opening the way to new trials investigating several allergen-specific and allergen non-specific therapies, aiming to prevent the development of food allergy and acquire a persistent food tolerance.

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Il turismo negli ultimi decenni è diventato una delle principali industrie dell'economia mondiale. In questo contesto, lo studio delle destinazioni turistiche si configura sempre più come un elemento critico per la competitività dei paesi a vocazione turistica. L'obiettivo di questa ricerca è stato principalmente individuare quali sono i sistemi locali turistici in Italia ed in che modo competono tra di loro. Attraverso l'applicazione della metodologia Istat-Sforzi e le tecniche di Econometria Spaziale, il volume propone un ampio panorama di rappresentazione cartografiche delle destinazioni italiane ed elabora una proxi di analisi per misurare empiricamente le fonti di competitività di questi sistemi di impresa, concentrandosi in particolare sulla filiera turistica allargata e su reti di destinazioni.

The geographic diversity of many military enterprises, their partners, and their customers has made virtual collaboration vital to their daily operations. However, virtual collaboration can pose challenges to effective team communication, as well as building cohesiveness and trust among team members. This report addresses these challenges through an assessment of three modes of virtual collaboration: computer-mediated communication, audioconferencing, and videoconferencing.

L'ouvrage de François Voeffray traite avec brio d'une question de droit international qui n'avait jamais fait l'objet jusqu'ici d'une enquête systématique et approfondie : celle de l'action populaire ou du droit d'agir en justice en défense de l'intérêt commun. Dans la Rome antique, tout citoyen pouvait dénoncer devant un juge certaines atteintes à l'ordre ou aux biens publics. Connu sous le nom d'actio popularis, cet instrument faisait de chaque citoyen romain un gardien du bien public et p...

Die Digitalisierung der öffentlichen Verwaltung steht für einen grundlegenden Wandel von Verwaltung und Verwaltungskultur. Als Motor für diesen Wandel wirken zum Teil unionsrechtliche Vorgaben. Da Verwaltungsorganisation und Verwaltungsverfahren aber in erster Linie Sache der Mitgliedstaaten sind und die Verwaltungsdigitalisierung in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten unterschiedlich weit vorangeschritten ist, vergleicht der vorliegende Sammelband die föderal gegliederte Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die zentralistisch organisierte Republik Polen aus einer rechts- und verwaltungswissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Die Beiträge beleuchten historische, rechtliche und verwaltungswissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Verwaltungsdigitalisierung näher, stellen die Regulierung dihrer technischen Aspekte dar und nehmen einzelne Verwaltungssektoren in den Blick.

"Northeast India is a multifaceted and dynamic region that is constantly in focus because of its fragile political landscape characterized by endemic violence and conflicts. One of the first of its kind, this reader on Northeast India examines myriad aspects of the region – its people and its linguistic and cultural diversity. •The chapters here highlight the key issues confronted by the Northeast in recent times: its history, politics, economy, gender equations, migration, ethnicity, literature and traditional performative practices. •The book presents interlinkages between a range of socio-cultural issues and armed political violence while covering topics such as federalism, nationality, population, migration and social change. •It discusses debates on development with a view to comprehensive policies and state intervention. With its a nuanced and wide-ranging overview, this volume makes new contributions to understanding a region that is critical to the future of South Asian geopolitics. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of contemporary Northeast India as well as history, political science, area studies, international relations, sociology and social anthropology. It will also appeal to those interested in public administration, regional literature, cultural studies, population studies, development studies and economics."

A obra reúne alguns estudos, distribuídos em dez capítulos, sobre saúde, ambiente e trabalho, numa perspectiva qualitativa, trazendo para o centro da investigação a análise de narrativas dos sujeitos implicados no processo de trabalho. Os capítulos articulam a práxis social com a lógica causal das ciências biológicas, humanizadas pelos sentidos dos sujeitos envolvidos, além do diálogo com a análise ergonômica do trabalho, que adquire destaque no processo de adoecimento.

Quelle vision du monde et de la condition humaine la Thébaïde de Stace offre-t-elle au lecteur du premier siècle finissant ? Est-ce l’optimisme virgilien qui l’emporte ou le pessimisme de la Pharsale ? En choisissant de raconter le mythe tragique d’Étéocle et de Polynice, Stace place au centre de son épopée le conflit et la violence criminelle du nefas. Ils sont l’œuvre de la Furie Tisiphone, qui règne sur l’épopée comme un véritable diable. En face, Jupiter et les Olympiens se montrent incapables de faire triompher le bien : ils laissent pour cela la place à des hommes, comme Thésée, et à des allégories, comme Pietas ou Clementia. Car le bien, dans la Thébaïde, c’est le refus du conflit, le renoncement à la violence. On pourra même parler de non-violence, au sens où l’entend René Girard, dont les outils anthropologiques rendent bien compte du récit statien et de son étonnante modernité.

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Two-phase gas–liquid flows are frequently encountered in the energy, nuclear, chemical, geothermal, oil and gas and refrigeration industries. Two-phase gas–liquid flows can occur in various forms, such as flows transitioning from pure liquid to vapor as a result of external heating, separated flows behind a flow's sudden expansion or constriction, dispersed two-phase flows where the dispersed phase is present in the form of liquid droplets, or gas bubbles in a continuous carrier fluid phase (i.e. gas or liquid). Typically, such flows are turbulent with a considerable interfacial interaction between the carrier fluid and the dispersed phases. The interfacial heat and mass transfer is very important in the modeling of such flows. The variety of flow regimes significantly complicates the theoretical prediction of hydrodynamics of the two-phase flow. It requires the application of numerous hypotheses, assumptions, and approximations. Often, the complexity of flow structures makes it impossible to theoretically describe its behavior, and so empirical data are applied instead. The correct simulation of two-phase gas–liquid flows is of great importance for safety's sake and the prediction of energy equipment elements.

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This volume provides in-depth examinations of a variety of individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to the success of expatriate employees. Using data from numerous large-scale studies from both the public and private sectors, this volume provides valuable insights into expatriate success with implications for both theoretical understanding and practical management. The authors explore factors that influence employees to pursue expatriation, contribute to expatriate adjustment and satisfaction, and ultimately drive expatriate performance, well-being, and success. The chapters in this book consider the role of sociodemographic characteristics, personality and individual differences, training and preparation, and social and organizational support in contributing to each of these outcomes. Using findings from diverse countries and sectors and data-focused analytic techniques, this volume provides novel insights into factors promoting expatriate success.