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Depuis l'Antiquité, le thermalisme entretient avec la médecine et les pratiques de santé des relations complexes, ambivalentes, voire conflictuelles. En couvrant une aire géographique intégrant les espaces européens et méditerranéens, cet ouvrage questionne un phénomène qui a une longue histoire, mais dont les développements et les caractéristiques restent encore souvent à préciser. Il vise à dégager, dans une perspective diachronique, les grandes tendances du développement du thermalisme (aussi bien médical que récréatif) et à souligner les difficultés que l'étude du phénomène suscite. Les études présentées concernent ses principaux aspects (architecturaux, économiques, politiques, culturels et médicaux) et sont toutes fondées sur une grande richesse documentaire, textuelle et/ou archéologique.

Die Stände der Kurmark Brandenburg haben einen jahrhundertealten Urkundenbestand hinterlassen. Er beginnt im 13. und reicht bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts. In den in dieser Arbeit vorgelegten Vollregesten erfahren die inhaltlichen Aussagen der einzelnen Urkunden ausführliche Wiedergabe. Neben mittelalterlichen Bedeverträgen mit den Landesherren, Landfriedensbündnissen, Lehnsurkunden, Münz- und Zollprivilegien stehen in der frühen Neuzeit Landtagsrezesse, Obligationen und Schuldverschreibungen. In ihnen dokumentiert sich die beachtliche Stellung der Stände im Zusammenhang mit dem Schuldenwesen der Landesherren.

Two aspects of anthropogenic impacts on the atmosphere are investigated using means of numerical weather prediction. A case study is conducted to estimate the impact of such artificial clouds on the incoming solar radiation at the Earth's surface with special regard to photovoltaic power production. Furthermore, simulations are performed to assess the efficacy of injecting particles into the Arctic troposphere with the aim of modifying cirrus clouds for counteracting global warming.

Cet ouvrage réunit les contributions de spécialistes allemands et français sur un sujet qui, depuis les ouvrages d’Armin Mohler (1948) et de Kurt Sontheimer (1962) en Allemagne, de Jean-Louis Loubet del ßayle (1967) en France, n’a cessé de retenir l’attention des historiens du second après-guerre : la recherche d’une "troisième voie" entre marxisme et libéralisme durant le premier après-guerre, les chassés-croisés Idéologiques et politiques qu’elle entraîne, le problème des rapports de cette pensée "ni gauche, ni droite", "conservatrice-révolutionnaire" ou "non-conformiste" avec le fascisme et le national-socialisme. L’originalité de ce recueil vient de ce qu’il pose les jalons d’une étude comparative mettant en évidence les convergences et les divergences de ces "idéologies de la crise" en Allemagne et en France, ainsi que les différentes médiations qui ont pu s’effectuer d’un pays à l’autre. A l’heure où en Europe les Idéologies sont de nouveau en crise, ces études présentent, à n’en pas douter, un intérêt qui n’est pas seulement historique.

In this innovative collection, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from Australia and Europe reflect on how their life histories have impacted on their research in Indigenous Australian Studies. Drawing on Pierre Nora’s concept of ego-histoire as an analytical tool to ask historians to apply their methods to themselves, contributors lay open their paths, personal commitments and passion involved in their research.

Projekte als meist einmalige, neuartige sowie langfristige und mit hohen Zahlungen verbundene Vorhaben erfordern ein an den Projekt- und Unternehmungszielen ausgerichtetes Projektmanagement. Ein explizites Vertragsmanagement mit methodischer Unterstützung findet selten statt. Diese Arbeit zeigt ein Konzept auf, welches die in Investitionsprojekten vorliegenden Kooperationsmerkmale in die Vertrags- und Projektplanung des Auftraggebers integriert. Die theoretischen und die Thematik systematisch erweiternden Ansätze werden fortlaufend durch ein Beispiel veranschaulicht. Der Auftraggeber kann durch die weiterentwickelten Planungsmodelle unter Berücksichtigung der vermuteten Präferenzen des Auftragnehmers die Konsequenzen verschiedener Zahlungsvereinbarungen bestimmen und ein aus seiner Sicht optimales Vertragsdesign festlegen.

In der Reihe Slavistische Beiträge werden vor allem slavistische Dissertationen des deutschsprachigen Raums sowie vereinzelt auch amerikanische, englische und russische publiziert. Darüber hinaus stellt die Reihe ein Forum für Sammelbände und Monographien etablierter Wissenschafter/innen dar.

Seismology in polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic) allows us to study the static condition and high-latitude dynamics of the Earth. This book covers the recent developments in seismology in polar regions; observations and networks; international collaboration; heterogeneous structure and dynamics of the lithosphere; deep Earth's interiors observed from high latitudes; characteristics of seismicity and seismic wave propagation; and global tectonics in terms of Earth's history, including the interdisciplinary studies on the interaction between Earth's spheres. Since the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007/2008 was the most exciting campaign launched within contemporary polar studies, this book observes recent seismological achievements by the IPY, specifically focusing on the seismic signals near the surface associated with cryosphere dynamics and evolution. Topics on cryoseismology, such as glacial earthquake activities, are viewed in terms of global warming. Moreover, observational experiments and long-term monitoring under the extreme conditions in the polar environment are also discussed.

Airworthiness, as a field, encompasses the technical and non-technical activities required to design, certify, produce, maintain, and safely operate an aircraft throughout its lifespan. The evolving technology, science, and engineering methods and, most importantly, aviation regulation, offer new opportunities and create, new challenges for the aviation industry. This book assembles review and research articles across a variety of topics in the field of airworthiness: aircraft maintenance, safety management, human factors, cost analysis, structures, risk assessment, unmanned aerial vehicles and regulations. This selection of papers informs the industry practitioners and researchers on important issues.

This Reprint offers a state-of-the-art overview of the converging fields of clinical nutrition, energy metabolism, and neurobehavioral vulnerability. It explores how emerging dietary strategies, including the Mediterranean diet, influence body composition, metabolic energy expenditure, and the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie eating behaviors and disorders. Particular attention is given to body composition assessment through advanced methodologies such as DXA and BIA, to the regulation of metabolic processes and energy balance, and to the neurological aspects of obesity, food addiction, and eating disorders. The role of the gut microbiota is also examined as a key component of the gut–brain axis, with implications for nutrient absorption, appetite regulation, and the aggravation of neuro-metabolic fragility. By integrating insights from nutrition, metabolism, neuroscience, and behavioral science, this Reprint provides a comprehensive and updated perspective on how foods and dietary patterns affect human health. It highlights the importance of precision approaches in clinical nutrition and offers new directions for the prevention and management of chronic noncommunicable diseases and eating disorders.

Des milliers de bêtes trottinant dans le tintement des sonnailles ont construit une image mythique des déplacements de troupeaux. Si aujourd'hui l'âge d'or d'un élevage fortement spéculatif semble révolu, de nouvelles préoccupations patrimoniales ou environnementalistes redonnent toute leur actualité aux enjeux de la transhumance et de l'estivage. Au-delà de l'étonnante variété des types d'élevage, l'étude des acteurs sociaux, de la construction des territoires, de l’organisation étatique ont été au cœur des interrogations portant sur un large espace géographique incluant le Maghreb. Les approches croisées d'historiens, d'archéologues, de juristes, de géographes et d'ethnologues contribuent à la richesse des analyses de ce volume.

Pricing Carbon Emissions provides an economic critique on the utopian idea of a uniform carbon price for addressing rising carbon emissions, exposing the flaws in the economic propositions with a key focus on the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). After an Executive Summary of the contents, the chapters build up understanding of orthodox economics’ role in protecting the neoliberal paradigm. A salient case, the ETS is successful in shielding the Business-as-Usual activities of the EU’s industry, however this book argues that the system fails in creating innovation for decarbonizing production technologies. A subsequent political economy analysis by the author points to the discursive power of giant fossil fuel and electricity companies keeping up a façade of Cap-and-Trade utopia and hiding the reality of free permit donations and administrative price control, concealing financial bills mostly paid by household electricity customers. The twilights between reality and utopia in the EU’s ETS are exposed, concluding an immediate end of the system is necessary for effective and just climate policy. The work argues that the proposition of shifting to a global uniform carbon tax is equally utopian. In practice, a uniform price applied on heterogeneous cases is not a source of benefits but one of ad-hoc adjustments, exceptions, and exemptions. Carbon pricing does not induce innovation, however assumed by the economic models used by IPCC for advising global climate policy. Thus, it is persuasively demonstrated by the author that these schemes are doomed to failure and room and resources need to be created for more effective and just climate politics. The book’s conclusion is based on economic arguments, complementing the critique of political scientists. This book is written for a broad audience interested in climate policy eager to understand why decarbonizing progress is slow as it is. It marks a significant addition to the literature on climate politics, carbon pricing and the political economy of the environment more broadly. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

With a focus on migrant narratives, or the storytelling about migration, this volume considers the ways in which migration is and has been shaped by individual and collective experiences of agency, belonging and community. Driven by an agenda of deep listening, each chapter presents a narrative directly derived from qualitative research, an outline of the methodological framing as well as narrative analysis. Through close attention to the narrative, its performative aspects and its ruptures and silences, authors identify patterns and material in the fabric of such telling and retelling of stories that open up new perspectives on the migrant experience. This book develops a methodology of ""dwelling with stories"" that allows for sustained and slow interrogation of the migrant experience and the accompanying decisions that shape narratives around mobility across borders. Its structure is innovative by emphasising the migrant voice and reflecting on the scholars’ positionality, while also offering new theoretical contributions that will advance the field of narrative analysis. The book will appeal to academics, students and practitioners in a wide range of subject areas within the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, human geography, migration/refugee/diaspora studies and oral history.

The Gift is part of a broader project titled Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories that is developed as a dialogue between collections of four museums. The conversation extend into four related exhibitions that include artwork exchanges. This exploration of collections also uncovers histories of collecting—of gifts received, rare discoveries unearthed, and acknowledgements of significance. As with the gift, the value of those accumulated objects confer upon the collection stature and prestige, but also impose a duty of care and responsibility for these riches.

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