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In examining the subject and his relation to the objects, it can be seen that Andrei Voznesensky's official poetry of the late 1950s and early 1960s contains postmodern elements; indeed, because it is unconsciously postmodern, it far exceeds the original conception of French philosophy from "postmodernism" corresponds to the so-called Russian Neoavantgarde. The aim of this work, to comprehensively and closely examine the relationship between subject and object in Voznesensky, and the comparative approach require that one limit oneself to exemplary analyzes. For this purpose, six poems were selected that are meaningful in relation to the subject.

Seife Tadelle Kidane is the Director of the Center for Governance and Intra-Africa Trade Studies (CGIATS) at the University of Johannesburg and an Associate at the Institute of Pan African Thought and Conversation (IPATC). He also chairs ACESS: Africa Connect E-commerce Seamless Solutions, an initiative dedicated to advancing the implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). Dr. Seife has authored numerous scholarly publications in the fields of postcolonial African social and political philosophy, indigenous knowledge, contemporary African governance, and international relations. His professional experience spans national, regional, and global institutions, including leadership roles such as former head of the Pan African Youth Movement (PYM), President of the African Youth Peace Council (AYPC), Vice President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), and leadership positions in civil society organizations such as Africa Speaks and the Great Run Africa. He has also contributed to the African Union and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). With over twenty-five years of engagement across public, private, academic, and non-state sectors in Africa, Dr. Seife brings a uniquely grounded perspective to his work. He identifies primarily as an African thinker, transcending ethnic, political, and religious categorizations. His scholarship is informed by both rigorous academic inquiry and extensive practical experience, reflecting a commitment to Pan-Africanism and transformative governance. Zaira Solomons is a senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. She holds a PhD from Coventry University and received the prestigious Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship. She is a decolonial scholar with an emphasis on gender parity and STEM. This edited collection emerged as a result of an international conference she organised during her research sabbatical at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. It weaves together voices from distinct South-North perspectives on matters relating to minorities and STEM, sexual diversity and inclusion, as well as the political economy and equity. “This book is a considered contribution to ongoing discussions and debates about inclusion and equity. A timely addition to the literature with important insights into under-researched challenges.” Billy Wong Professor of Education and Director of Research and Evaluation (Access & Participation) at University of Reading, UK & Editor for British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) “In addition to being a political project that stresses the prospect of a just future, this book encourages us to pursue the possibilities of gender and epistemological justice. The contributions emphasise the necessity of persistently challenging colonial and patriarchal systems, drawing upon a thorough decolonial feminist overview. The book emphasises the value of elevating marginalised voices, perspectives, and knowledge as well as the skewed and invisible histories and contributions of women and all other disenfranchised people both in Africa and across the world.” Puleng Segalo Professor of Social Psychology & Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at University of South Africa “The authors tackled their respective topics from fresh and unique angles and should be congratulated for their contributions. This collection is aimed at providing valuable insights for anyone interested in ongoing work concerning decoloniality, gender equity and diversity.” Leigh Ann van der Merwe Founder of Social, Health & Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa & South African Commissioner for Gender Equality

Le propos de cet ouvrage est d’élargir le champ habituel de la réflexion bioéthique par l’inscription de la réflexion critique au cœur même du déploiement de la pratique médicale. Cette inscription se heurte à certaines difficultés dues aux ambiguïtés de la démarche bioéthique qu’il convient dès lors d’analyser pour dégager les conditions d’une pensée critique à propos de la médecine et proposer un engagement dans la recherche bioéthique comme devoir social. Pour ce faire l’ouvrage développe d’abord une interrogation sur la aise de la médecine, la mutation du rapport à la norme et l’expérience éthique, pour ensuite envisager l’éthique clinique comme méthode d’intervention au sein de la pratique soignante, le statut critique de l’expérience des soignants dans une telle approche, l’importance du contexte institutionnel du soin pour l’enjeu que représente une démarche éthique au sein des pratiques de santé. L’ouvrage se termine par une réflexion sur le défi politique majeur que représente la bioéthique pour nos sociétés contemporaines.

This paper describes a new initiative to provide information services in support of professionals, including legislators, that work in health, pharmacovigilance, the herbal and pharmaceutical industries or that undertake pharmaceutical research. The services are being designed to help these audiences to use plant names appropriately and navigate safely the rich information sources that already exist for medicinal plants. Input from the user community is sought to ensure that the services built meet practical needs and are sustainable.

The discrete wavelet transform (DWT) algorithms have a firm position in processing of signals in several areas of research and industry. As DWT provides both octave-scale frequency and spatial timing of the analyzed signal, it is constantly used to solve and treat more and more advanced problems. The present book: Discrete Wavelet Transforms - Biomedical Applications reviews the recent progress in discrete wavelet transform algorithms and applications. The book reviews the recent progress in DWT algorithms for biomedical applications. The book covers a wide range of architectures (e.g. lifting, shift invariance, multi-scale analysis) for constructing DWTs. The book chapters are organized into four major parts. Part I describes the progress in implementations of the DWT algorithms in biomedical signal analysis. Applications include compression and filtering of biomedical signals, DWT based selection of salient EEG frequency band, shift invariant DWTs for multiscale analysis and DWT assisted heart sound analysis. Part II addresses speech analysis, modeling and understanding of speech and speaker recognition. Part III focuses biosensor applications such as calibration of enzymatic sensors, multiscale analysis of wireless capsule endoscopy recordings, DWT assisted electronic nose analysis and optical fibre sensor analyses. Finally, Part IV describes DWT algorithms for tools in identification and diagnostics: identification based on hand geometry, identification of species groupings, object detection and tracking, DWT signatures and diagnostics for assessment of ICU agitation-sedation controllers and DWT based diagnostics of power transformers.The chapters of the present book consist of both tutorial and highly advanced material. Therefore, the book is intended to be a reference text for graduate students and researchers to obtain state-of-the-art knowledge on specific applications.

Die Bodenreform in der SBZ löste eine nie dagewesene Siedlungsbewegung aus. Eine solche hatte es in Deutschland noch nie gegeben; es wird sie nie wieder geben. Aus Gutsländereien mussten 5-ha-Höfe geschnitten, den Neubauern Haus und Hof gebaut und alles in eine sinnvolle Ordnung des ländlichen Raumes gebracht werden. Wolfgang Blöß behandelt mit der Siedlungsplanung die Schnittstelle zwischen Landaufteilung und Neubauern-Bauprogramm und stellt diese in den historischen Kontext. Er arbeitet den Aufbau der dafür erforderlichen Verwaltungsorganisation im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Zentrale und Gliedern der SBZ sowie zwischen deutschen und Besatzungsbehörden ebenso heraus wie Diskussion und Erlass der erforderlichen Richtlinien und Weisungen. Diese wurden vom Umgang mit den Gutsanlagen und der Konzeption des geschlossenen Dorfes bestimmt. Im Fokus steht auch die Arbeit der Planer und Architekten, die sich schwierigsten Bedingungen und einem unerbittlichen Zeitdruck zu stellen hatten. Ihr Arbeitsergebnis, den Dorfbebauungsplan, stellt Blöß vor und führt die in diesem Zusammenhang sicht- und erlebbare, von Widersprüchen geprägte soziale Lage im Dorf vor Augen. Dieses Buch enthält sind 19 s/w Tab, 12 s/w Abb. und 11 farb. Abb.

In 1906, Nello Vernon-Wood (1882–1978) reinvented himself as Tex Wood, Banff hunting guide and writer of “yarns of the wilderness by a competent outdoorsman.” His homespun stories of a vanishing world, in such periodicals as The Sportsman, Hunting and Fishing, and the Canadian Alpine Journal, have much to tell us about the west as envisioned by those who wanted to leave the early 20th century behind—or at least read about others who had done so. In the writings of his persona “ Tex,” Vernon-Wood created an image of the frontier that blended the West of his guiding experiences with the West as a literary object. Editors Gow and Rak, for their part, guide the reader with a framing introduction to the work, as well as to each article.

Este projeto surgiu de uma parceria entre pesquisadores da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Brasil, e pesquisadores da Consultoría BioMundi, Instituto de Información Científico-Tecnológica (IDICT) e Universidad de la Habana, Cuba. Enfoca a inteligência organizacional sob distintos olhares, apresentando temáticas que interagem com este objeto de pesquisa, cujo conhecimento científico construído pode propiciar avanços e desenvolvimentos em distintas áreas.

Le principe de changement se trouve au cœur de nos sociétés dont l'évolution dépend désormais largement du déploiement des TIC. Cependant, ces dernières ne s'insèrent pas spontanément dans les pratiques : les conditions instrumentales et humaines, les capacités d'acculturation et de maturation psychologique influent sur les dynamiques d'adhésion ou de résistance au changement. En s'adressant aussi bien aux universitaires qu'aux acteurs de terrain, cet ouvrage renouvelle le questionnement sur la pertinence de l'usage des TIC et envisage leurs apports en matière de coopération ou de médiation au plan humain tout en essayant de discerner leur potentialité d'ouverture, de désenclavement et de valorisation des territoires de toutes sortes. Les analyses ici proposées permettent d'aboutir à des préconisations utiles à l'action et aux visées stratégiques des institutions. Regroupées autour de cinq axes de réflexion, elles témoignent de l'objectif d'ouverture internationale et de l'approche transversale au fondement du réseau international EUTIC, ainsi que de la prise en compte de la diversité des contextes culturels et socio-politiques.

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Pour la 9e session des Journées de Bondues, le choix s’est porté sur un thème d’apparence classique « Vivre sous l’Occupation » que Dominique Veillon a particulièrement bien analysé. Mais, pour la zone interdite, la recherche d’Alain Petit mise à part au même titre que quelques monographies urbaines, les travaux demeurent peu nombreux. Surtout, aucune recherche n’a été conduite sur la problématique que soulèvent la guerre et l’occupation de la région : illégalité, collaboration, résistance. Un constat d’évidence s’impose : la vie de chacune et de chacun est très profondément perturbée et la « vie d’avant » que regrettent les témoignages ne semble pas restaurable dans l’immédiat. À cet égard, le Journal de guerre de Denise Delmas-Decreus, une jeune institutrice affectée à Hazebrouck, offre des éclairages lucides et pertinents sur le ressenti des populations civiles. L’exode des populations locales a dispersé souvent des familles qui tentent de se retrouver tandis que d’autres attendent le retour de « l’absent » c’est-à-dire du prisonnier. La répétition des bombardements et la vie quotidienne dans des paysages de ruines entraînent le déplacement fréquent puis forcé de celles et ceux que les autorités évacuent des zones littorales ou des sites stratégiques pour la durée de la guerre. Les aléas du ravitaillement dessinent également la réalité quotidienne puisqu’il est notoirement insuffisant et de qualité très irrégulière...

Given the increasing attention to managing, publishing, and preserving research datasets as scholarly assets, what competencies in working with research data will graduate students in STEM disciplines need to be successful in their fields? And what role can librarians play in helping students attain these competencies? In addressing these questions, this book articulates a new area of opportunity for librarians and other information professionals, developing educational programs that introduce graduate students to the knowledge and skills needed to work with research data. The term “data information literacy” has been adopted with the deliberate intent of tying two emerging roles for librarians together. By viewing information literacy and data services as complementary rather than separate activities, the contributors seek to leverage the progress made and the lessons learned in each service area.

This edited volume Irrigation Systems and Applications will introduce the reader to new irrigation technology and its diverse applications in modern farming. This work is organized into two distinct sections on 'Irrigation Systems” and 'Irrigation Applications” each offering a unique view into the potential of smart farming practices. From the deployment of hybrid energy-powered systems for smallholder farmers to the revolutionary impact of advanced micro-irrigation techniques, this book presents the reader with the latest trends and innovations in sustainable agriculture. Explore the evolution of rice production in the face of climate change, the enhanced productivity achievable through hydroponics, and the application of geospatial techniques in agricultural resource management. Smallholder irrigation for climate mitigation and cacao performance improvement in rainforest tropics and the quest for maximizing rice farming yields while minimizing water usage to sustain a hungry planet are also presented in this volume. With a focus on practical solutions and forward-thinking approaches, this book takes you through the essential facets of irrigation, providing valuable insights for researchers, students, and professionals alike. The book will help you understand irrigation’s pivotal role in shaping the future of global agriculture. Irrigation Systems and Applications is not just a book; it is a gateway to a greener, more resilient tomorrow in agriculture.