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This report explores the applicability of neighborhood theory and social indicators research to understanding the quality of life in and around military bases. It also highlights gaps in neighborhood study methodology that need to be addressed in future research. Finally, it outlines how a more in-depth neighborhood analysis of military installations could be conducted.

This book presents theoretical approaches and work experiences of the professors in the Public Accounting program at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó regarding the projected and applied didactic techniques in their art of teaching accounting. The first section provides a brief contextual introduction to didactics based on its historical background. Next, the strategies and didactic techniques used in the teaching and learning process of accounting professionals are determined. The third section reveals the didactic techniques used for accounting education, and finally, chapter four delves into other didactic techniques derived from pedagogical fieldwork. In this way, this academic text intends to generate debate among the accounting community.

En su sentido esencial la palabra tabú significa algo que no podríamos definir nunca. Algo que escapa a nuestra sensibilidad de civilizados. En realidad, cada cultura es un mundo cerrado al entendimiento de las demás culturas no en su apariencia, si no en su interpretación fundamental. La opinión de los pertenecientes a un grupo es siempre un enigma para los componentes de otro grupo. Nunca se logra una comprensión absoluta. A lo sumo se llega a un simple contagio entre culturas

The book fits into a multidisciplinary research approach. The articles are the result of research conducted by eminent international economists, authors representing academic centres in different countries. The articles address current phenomena observed in the global economy. The authors do not aspire to comprehensively explain all the very complex and multi-dimensional economic developments, but illustrate many of these phenomena in an original way. The multi-threaded and multi-dimensional nature of the discussion in particular articles deserves attention. These include theoretical and methodological articles as well as the results of empirical research presented by the authors. The book is addressed to those persons interested in issues of economics, finance, regional economy, and the management sciences. lt can be valuable for economic practitioners, members of management and supervisory boards of companies, and financial analysts, and the articles may also be useful for academicians and students.

Orthogonal polynomials and special functions are two well-established streams of research in mathematical sciences. As is well known, they are considered classical and have seen many very interesting developments throughout the centuries, extending to original approaches and in-depth studies of the theoretical and/or applied problems considered. Since orthogonal polynomials and special functions are often used in applications, they have found use in various branches of mathematics (e.g., combinatorics, numerical analysis, representation theory, and number theory) and engineering, physics and astronomy, integrable systems, optics, quantum chemistry, computer science, etc. As such, the number of theoretical and applied problems solved using orthogonal polynomials and special functions is constantly growing. The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent trends and applications linked to orthogonal polynomials and special functions, mainly those pertaining to engineering mathematics and related topics.

Nous montrons dans ce livre comment le savant et anarchiste russe P. Kropotkine (1842-1921) a lutté à la fin du xixe siècle contre le social-darwinisme, cette utilisation du modèle darwinien de la sélection naturelle ayant pour but de justifier l’inégalité sociale. Son originalité réside dans le fait qu’il a combattu ce discours idéologique sur son propre terrain, celui d’une continuité entre nature et société. En revenant vers Darwin pour souligner la fonction évolutionnaire de l’entraide tout en lui ajoutant les principaux concepts lamarckiens, Kropotkine a bâti un naturalisme critique, capable d’expliquer avec cohérence le passage de la nature à l’histoire, et encore pertinent pour lutter contre les justifications idéologiques du marché et de l’État recourant à une vision pessimiste de la nature humaine.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents one of the most significant health issues globally, given its high prevalence and challenging nature of liver physiology and hepatic surgery. This means that the most appropriate management of HCC should include a multidisciplinary approach, combining expertise from various specialties. This book showcases the steps involved in the development, diagnosis, staging, and management of HCC and provides us with the views and thoughts of true experts in the field. As such, it is a useful companion for any physician or surgeon, whether training or practicing, who is interested in caring for these patients.

The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel. The man who bought it was a Sephardi Jew in the service of Cardinal Richelieu of France. The first known buyer of an etching plate by Rembrandt, depicting Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, was a Sephardi Jew of Amsterdam. Seen through their eyes, Rembrandt was the creator of images with a special meaning to Jews. They have been followed through the centuries by Jewish collectors, Jewish art historians, Jewish artists who saw their own deepest concerns modelled in his art and life, and even prominent rabbis, one of whom said that Rembrandt was a Tzadik, a holy man blessed by God. This book is the first study in depth of the potent bond between Rembrandt and Jews, from his time to ours, a bond that has penetrated the image of the artist and the people alike.

Welche Auswirkungen hat die Corona-Pandemie auf Einrichtungen der Offenen Kinder- und Jugendarbeit? Das Buch befasst sich sowohl mit den Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung und erschwerter Partizipation als auch dem Dilemma der Fachkräfte, die zwischen ihrer Rolle als Regelhüter*innen und Anwält*innen der Interessen der Kinder und Jugendlichen navigieren. Präsentiert werden die Ergebnisse von vier empirischen Erhebungen vom ersten Lockdown bis zum Frühjahr 2021, die exemplarisch an Fachkräfte und Expert*innen-Befragungen aufzeigen, wie es um das Arbeitsfeld derzeit steht. Die Autor*innen beleuchten aktuelle Herausforderungen und Perspektiven und formulieren auf Grundlage der Studien Handlungsempfehlungen für Politik und Praxis.

Schulbücher haben innerhalb der Schule eine große Bedeutung für die Gestaltung des Unterrichts. Das Thema Subsahara-Afrika spielt sowohl in der hiesigen Gesellschaft als auch in Schulbüchern eine eher untergeordnete Rolle. Diese Erfahrung machte der aus Eritrea geflüchtete Autor in den 1980/90er Jahren als Lernender an einer Wuppertaler Gesamtschule. Im Rahmen seines Studiums der Sozialpädagogik stellte er fest, dass diese Problematik im universitären Kontext ebenfalls nur marginal behandelt wird. Auch außerhalb der Schule wird Subsahara-Afrika in der allgemeinen Medienberichterstattung als Krisen- und Katastrophenregion dargestellt, bei der insbesondere der Anteil europäischer bzw. westlicher Länder an dieser Situation weitgehend eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt und Initiativen aus Subsahara-Afrika zur Lösung von Problemen kaum Erwähnung finden.

Savoir faire ne veut pas dire pouvoir transmettre : informels, non codifiés, les savoir-faire ne se dérobent-ils pas sans cesse à toute transmission organisée, à toute politique d’apprentissage ? N’en vient-on pas parfois à douter de la possibilité même de leur transmission ? Si l’inventaire des installations, des sites et des techniques, la description fine des chaînes opératoires, l’identification des détenteurs de savoir-faire sont les démarches préalables à toute analyse des faits techniques, il faut aussi préserver le potentiel adaptatif et créatif de ces savoirs et techniques car ils sont utiles au maintien d’un patrimoine culturel et au développement économique local. Protéger, dans ce cas, c’est avant tout transmettre; il convient donc de prendre en compte les modalités psychologiques, sociales et culturelles de cette transmission. Comprendre de tels processus imposait de croiser des méthodes, confronter des résultats de recherches. Psychologues, ergonomes, cogniticiens, anthropologues, sociologues se sont penchés ensemble, une fois n’est pas coutume, sur ces savoirs professionnels et de métiers si difficiles à décrire et à transmettre, mais pourtant, ô combien efficaces.

When children are born with disabilities or become disabled in childhood, parents often experience bewilderment: they find themselves unexpectedly in another world, without a roadmap, without community, and without narratives to make sense of their experiences. The Disabled Child: Memoirs of a Normal Future tracks the narratives that have emerged from the community of parent-memoirists who, since the 1980s, have written in resistance of their children’s exclusion from culture. Though the disabilities represented in the genre are diverse, the memoirs share a number of remarkable similarities; they are generally written by white, heterosexual, middle or upper-middle class, ablebodied parents, and they depict narratives in which the disabled child overcomes barriers to a normal childhood and adulthood. Apgar demonstrates that in the process of telling these stories, which recuperate their children as productive members of society, parental memoirists write their children into dominant cultural narratives about gender, race, and class. By reinforcing and buying into these norms, Apgar argues, “special needs” parental memoirs reinforce ableism at the same time that they’re writing against it.

A l’heure où le projet de loi « pour une République numérique » propose l’insertion dans le Code de la recherche de dispositions relatives à l’open access, le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), aux côtés de ses partenaires dans le projet ISTEX ainsi que d’un grand nombre de chercheurs et d’acteurs du domaine de la recherche publique, propose par ce Livre blanc le fruit de ses réflexions et analyses. Depuis plusieurs années, la communauté scientifique de la recherche publique...

With the second volume, we continue our mission to providing theoretical and experimental research that contribute new insights and practical findings in the field of crystal plasticity-related topics. Once again, a completely new set of 26 original works (including 22 research articles, 3 communications, and 1 review) has been collected. As in the case of the first volume, here, a full spectrum of topics belonging to the field of crystal plasticity is represented, including both numerical simulations and experimental works. By taking into account the investigated materials, the papers can be assigned to the following thematic groups: Steels and iron-based alloys; Non-ferrous alloys with fcc- (Ni- and Cu-based), or hcp crystal structure (Mg- and Ti-based). Other examples include Zirconium, Bi-Sn alloy, or polycarbonate resins; Multicomponent and high-entropy alloys; General theoretical studies on crystal plasticity. Specifically, the reprint should be interesting for students of material science and engineering, Ph.D. candidates, and researchers dealing with various theoretical and practical aspects of plastic deformation in crystalline materials.