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"Yongning Na, also known as Mosuo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Southwest China. This book provides a description and analysis of its tone system, progressing from lexical tones towards morphotonology. Tonal changes permeate numerous aspects of the morphosyntax of Yongning Na. They are not the product of a small set of phonological rules, but of a host of rules that are restricted to specific morphosyntactic contexts. Rich morphotonological systems have been reported in this area of Sino-Tibetan, but book-length descriptions remain few. This study of an endangered language contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of prosodic systems in East Asia. The analysis is based on original fieldwork data (made available online), collected over the course of ten years, commencing in 2006."

This book focuses on strategies for applying games, simulations and interactive experiences in learning contexts. The contributors orchestrated this collection together, reading and writing as a whole so that concepts resonate across articles. Throughout, the promises and problems of implementing games and media in learning experiences are explored. The articles have been authored by Clark Aldrich, Ian Bogost, Mia Consalvo, William Crosbie, Drew Davidson, Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Melinda Jackson, Donna Leishman, Michael Mateas, Marc Prensky, Scott Rettberg, Kurt Squire, David Thomas, Siobhan Thomas, Jill Walker Rettberg, and Jenny Weight.

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Die Digitalisierung fordert die Soziale Arbeit heraus, ihre digitalen Transformationsprozesse möglichst in Eigenregie zu steuern und diese zugleich aktiv zu gestalten. Die Beiträge zeigen, welche gestalterischen Impulse die Soziale Arbeit zu ihrer eigenen digitalen Transformation setzt und welche Entwicklungen noch zu gehen sind.

Catherine A. John’s Afroindigenization examines ways that diasporic descendants of enslaved Africans internalize and deploy spiritual power as fuel for their dynamic cultural expression, which in turn help to ensure their psychological and spiritual survival.

This Hungarian EPPO/OLAF volume focuses on criminal and administrative investigations in Hungary. As Hungary is a non-participating Member State to the EPPO, the EPPO chapter of this book discusses the relations between the EPPO countries and the Hungarian Prosecution Offices under a Working Arrangement as well as the rules of the Hungarian Prosecution Offices when investigating EU fraud and financial crime offences. It covers the material collected, co-operation with the Hungarian judicial authorities, criminal investigations into PIF-offences and compliance with the EPPO-Regulation. This volume also deals with the impact of OLAF investigations in Hungary and their significance for the Hungarian criminal justice system. Prof Dr Krisztina Karsai has acted as the publication’s national expert. While written in English, the volume includes footnotes that reproduce the original Hungarian legislation in the local language. Easily navigable with the help of visual symbols, it is designed as a quick reference tool for academics, students, practitioners and other interested readers.

There is a growing view that certain foods, particularly those high in refined sugars and fats, may be addictive and that some forms of obesity may be treated as food addictions. This is supported by an expanding body of evidence from animal studies, human neuroscience, and brain imaging. Obese and overweight individuals also display patterns of eating behavior that resemble the ways in which addicted individuals consume drugs. Scientific and clinical questions remain: Is addiction a valid explanation of excess weight? Is food addiction a behavioural (i.e., eating) or substance (i.e., sugar) addiction, or a complex interaction of both? Should obesity be treated as a food addiction? Should we distinguish food addiction from other forms of disordered eating like Binge Eating Disorder? It is also unclear what impact food addiction explanations might have on the way in which we think about or treat people who are overweight: What impact will a food addiction diagnosis have on individuals’ internalised weight-bias, stigma, and self-efficacy? Should some foods be regulated like other addictive commodities (i.e., alcohol and tobacco), whose advertising and sale is restricted, or like certain foods, which are taxed? This Special Issue addresses questions raised by the concept of food addiction.

City and territory are currently experiencing a phase of development, or crisis, depending on whether they manage to form the know-how to respond to the current exponential evolution. Know-how that has to make a critical assessment of the fabric of structures, cultures and inherited layouts. Between continuity and innovation, contemporary town planning culture creates the basis for a more flexible model that can seek out new continuities by interpreting the present discontinuity, dissent, difference, decentralization and dispersion. This implies a processual space and new aesthetics of sense and therefore presupposes new themes able to redefine the physical-relational relationships by combining cultural roots, functional requirements and spatial layouts.

Os textos aqui reunidos se oferecem como possíveis leituras da problemática do Outro na literatura, pertencente a diversas esferas e recortado conforme a perspectiva crítica adotada em seu enfoque pelos autores. O propósito maior desta coletânea, portanto, é fornecer ao leitor reflexões e questionamentos sobre os aspectos implicados na relação eu x outro presentes nas manifestações literárias tomadas como objeto de análise. Desse modo, os gestos de escrita e leitura serão dimensões em relevo ao longo deste livro, complementando-se e coproduzindo-se no percurso crítico que vai do eu(s) ao outro(s).

Im vorliegenden Band werden sechzehn Vorträge publiziert, die während der Tagung der Grimmelshausen-Gesellschaft zum Thema «Geschlechtermodelle bei Grimmelshausen und in der Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit» Ende Juni 2022 in Oberkirch und Renchen gehalten wurden.

How can economic insights be better used in the interpretation and concretization of the prohibition of abuse under Article 102 TFEU? The author answers this research question and comes to the conclusion that the more economic approach to Article 102 TFEU has failed. To prove this, he utilizes the method of qualitative content analysis from social science for the legal analysis of decisions. Subsequently, the author shows that economic insights can be decisive not only for the content of the prohibition of abuse under Article 102 TFEU, but also for the process of interpretation and concretization. He develops a method to translate economic insights into legal rules.

Die Verspottung von Personen und Gruppen als »Spießer« ist in der (deutschsprachigen) Lebenswelt ein weitverbreitetes Phänomen - umso erstaunlicher ist es, dass diese Alltagspraxis bisher kaum erforscht wurde. Sonja Engel und Dominik Schrage widmen sich der Analyse von Spießerschmähungen aus historisch-soziologischer Perspektive und zeichnen die Genealogie des Spießerverdikts nach, indem sie sie ins 19. Jahrhundert zurückverfolgen. Die Invektiven gegen Philister, Klein- und Spießbürger als Sozialfiguren der gesellschaftlichen Mitte erweisen sich dabei als relevante Momente der Etablierung und Veränderung von Vorstellungen sozialer Ordnung, die bis in die Gegenwart Wirkung entfalten.

Transitioning to No Poverty is part of MDPI's new Open Access book series Transitioning to Sustainability. With this series, MDPI pursues environmentally and socially relevant research which contributes to efforts toward a sustainable world. Transitioning to Sustainability aims to add to the conversation about regional and global sustainable development according to the 17 SDGs. Set to be published in 2020/2021, the book series is intended to reach beyond disciplinary, even academic boundaries.

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The book ‘Social Ecology. State of the Art and Future Prospects’ is published by ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research, Frankfurt am Main and the Vienna Institute of Social Ecology (SEC). Both institutes have made defining contributions to the field of social ecology. How the complex relations between society and nature can be theoretically captured, empirically investigated and sustainably shaped is a focal question for both institutes. This book provides an overview of the current state of social-ecological research. It contains 11 contributions from 29 scientists, edited by Johanna Kramm and Martin Zimmermann (ISOE) and Melanie Pichler and Anke Schaffartzik (SEC). Topics range from the conceptional and theoretical foundations of social ecology to empirical case studies and research frontiers. The peer-reviewed essays highlight the role of social ecology as a critical, transdisciplinary science, discussing the current challenges for social-ecological transformations. Key concepts for sustainability research like ecosystem services, societal metabolism, risk, or extractive economies are applied and advanced.