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Metoda ECOVAST służy do identyfikowania i charakteryzowania krajobrazów w skali lokalnej (skala 1:10000–1:50000). Metoda opiera się na definicji krajobrazu podanej w Europejskiej Konwencji Krajobrazowej. Charakterem krajobrazu nazywamy wyraźny, rozpoznawalny i spójny układ elementów w krajobrazie. Te cechy nadają każdemu obszarowi specyfikę, bez przesądzania, który krajobraz jest lepszy lub gorszy. W procesie identyfikacji i charakterystyki krajobrazów metodą Ecovast używa się tabeli kontrolnej, uwzględniającej dziesięć warstw czy składowych krajobrazu: skały, klimat i wody, formy ukształtowania terenu, gleby, pokrycie terenu, przejawy działalności rolniczej i leśnictwa, osadnictwo, inne elementy związane z działalnością człowieka, cechy historyczne, emocje i skojarzenia. W tabeli odnotowuje się obecność i wyrazistość poszczególnych warstw krajobrazu, które łącznie stanowią o jego charakterze. Obok tabeli znajduje się miejsce na krótki opis krajobrazu oraz na zdjęcia ilustrujące charakterystyczne cechy, a także na wyrażenie własnej opinii i ewentualne dodatkowe komentarze. Proces identyfikacji krajobrazu metodą ECOVAST złożony jest z trzech etapów: - pracy przygotowawczej – etap kameralny. - obserwacji krajobrazu – etap terenowy. - przygotowania opisu krajobrazu. Jednym z efektów pracy jest powstanie zbiorczej mapy jednostek krajobrazowych. Zadanie identyfikacji i charakterystyki krajobrazu metodą Ecovast jest przeznaczone do realizacji w szkołach ponadpodstawowych oraz na studiach wyższych na kierunku geografia lub gospodarka przestrzenna.

Transcend the traditional binary opposition in research methods and examine the complexity of Qu Qiubai’s thoughts. This book interprets Qu Qiubai’s intellectual, political, and literary practices as a significant case of cross-cultural modernity in early 20th-century China. Drawing on Benjamin Schwartz’s concept of “two-handed dialectics,” the author seeks to rejuvenate a critical space for Qu Qiubai studies. Within this new space, the book connects texts across different domains: philosophical reflections on dialectical materialism, personal recollections of political events, and adaptations of novels. At the same time, it juxtaposes seemingly unrelated or even opposing intellectual traditions—such as Lebensphilosophie, Buddhist Yogācāra thought, and anarchism—to reveal their peculiar historical interrelations. More importantly, the author places Eastern and Western Marxist thinkers, who were simultaneously active on the global political and intellectual stage, onto the same research platform for detailed comparison and analysis. Only through this broad perspective of cross-cultural modernity can the multifaceted and complex intellectual world of Qu Qiubai be fully revealed before us.

This study aims to increase awareness and interest on the pharmaceutical quality and counterfeit medicines issues in the Mekong Subregion. It provides a review of existing empirical findings regarding the state of medicine quality in the region. It also analyzes data on quality testing of drug samples from the five countries (Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam) in the region, in order to develop a conceptual framework for addressing the issue at the regional level, and to suggest areas for further study.

The book is about the outcomes of the three second year Architectural Design Studios of the Bachelor degree course in Science of Architecture of the Department of Architecture of the Federico II University of Naples held during the academic year 2021/22. The three ateliers took as their year theme, the construction of a school building within the modern housing quarters in the suburbs of the city of Naples. In particular, Course A – Prof. Federica Visconti – worked on Rione Luzzatti in Poggioreale and the Barra quarters (Rione d’Azeglio, Rione Cavour and Parco Azzurro), and Courses B and C – Prof. Anna Maria Puleo and Prof. Tommaso Fantini, respectively – focused only on Rione Luzzatti sharing the goal of knowing the settlement principles of the existing in order to design Spaces of Education. On the basis of these premises, the book is not limited to being a simple collection of students’ projects but aspires to offer the entire academic community (and not only) an additional condition of possibility of comparison.

This work is a contribution to understanding multi-object traffic scenes from video sequences. All data is provided by a camera system which is mounted on top of the autonomous driving platform AnnieWAY. The proposed probabilistic generative model reasons jointly about the 3D scene layout as well as the 3D location and orientation of objects in the scene. In particular, the scene topology, geometry as well as traffic activities are inferred from short video sequences.

Transport: general interest

This chapter examines the social dynamics of projections about the outcomes and implications of the repeated elections in Israel. Based on a combination of a panel survey and focus groups, we analyze citizens’ evolving predictions regarding the expected largest party, the next prime minister, the coalition composition, and the future of Israel more generally. Introducing a conceptual framework that breaks political projections into several constituent elements, we study what probabilities and evaluations people assign to their predictions, how they explain them, and what their implications are for political participation. We show that despite the deepening political crisis, Israeli citizens’ political optimism did not decrease during the three 2019–2020 election campaigns. Furthermore, we find an important link between intention to vote and the expected level of happiness about the predicted outcomes. Based on these findings, we argue that persistent optimism is one explanation for the higher voter turnout in each round of elections. In the epilogue we consider additional insights from the 2021 election, which saw a reversal in voters’ growing optimism and turnout, but which eventually fulfilled hopes of the anti-Netanyahu camp for political change.

Comics Beyond the Page in Latin America is a cutting-edge study of the expanding worlds of Latin American comics. Despite lack of funding and institutional support, not since the mid-twentieth century have comics in the region been so dynamic, so diverse and so engaged with pressing social and cultural issues. Comics are being used as essential tools in debates about, for example, digital cultures, gender identities and political disenfranchisement. Rather than analysing the current boom in comics by focusing just on the printed text, however, this book looks at diverse manifestations of comics ‘beyond the page’. Contributors explore digital comics and social media networks; comics as graffiti and stencil art in public spaces; comics as a tool for teaching architecture or processing social trauma; and the consumption and publishing of comics as forms of shaping national, social and political identities. Bringing together authors from across Latin America and beyond, and covering examples from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, the book sets out a panoramic vision of Latin American comics, whether in terms of scholarly contribution, geographical diversity or interdisciplinary methodologies.

The teacher-student conference is standard in the repertoire of teachers at all levels. Because it's a one-to-one encounter, teachers work hard to make it comfortable; but because it's a pedagogical moment, they hope that learning occurs in the encounter, too. The literature in this area often suggests that a conference is a conversation, but this doesn't account for a teacher's need to use it pedagogically. Laurel Johnson Black's new book explores the conflicting meanings and relations embedded in conferencing and offers a new theoretical understanding of the conference along with practical approaches to conferencing more effectively with students. Analyzing taped conferences of several different teachers and students, Black considers the influence that power, gender, and culture can have on a conference. She draws on sociolinguistic theory, as well as critical theory in composition and rhetoric, to build an understanding of the writing conference as an encounter somewhere between conversation and the classroom. She finds neither the conversation model nor versions of the master-apprentice model satisfactory. Her approach is humane, student-centered, and progressive, but it does not ignore the valid pedagogical purposes a teacher might have in conferencing. Between Talk and Teaching will be a valuable addition to the professional library of writing teachers and writing program administrators.

Comment la justice fonctionne-t-elle aux marges frontalières d'un royaume, et plus largement comment s'y construit l'obéissance au souverain ? En ces territoires, le lien avec le souverain n'est peut-être pas le même qu'ailleurs. Voici une piste de recherche que se propose de suivre cet ouvrage en prenant pour terrain d'étude la Picardie, marge septentrionale du royaume de France sous François Ier , particulièrement menacée par le conflit franco-anglo-impérial en cette première partie du xvie...

This book incorporates developments in our understanding of cell death mechanisms and highlights recent advances in programmed cell death regulation processes. It provides the reader with the network of pathways targeted by herbal anticancer drugs and discusses the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in cell death mechanisms in addition to highlighting the mechanisms of autophagy and its role in diseases. This book provides valuable material for researchers and for teaching postgraduate students. Emphasis on recent advances and their clinical applications offers insights to researchers that will likely lead to the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, or who make themselves the subject of storytelling. These narratives discuss interconnectedness, self-staging, and managing boundaries. From the perspective of media and cultural research, they can be read as responses to the challenges of contemporary society. Providing empirical evidence and thought-provoking explanations, this book will be useful to students and scholars who wish to uncover how ongoing processes of cultural transformation are reflected in the thoughts and feelings of the internet generation.

Human tissue and biobank research is of increasing importance for understanding the causes of widespread diseases and developing effective therapies. However, while the success of biobank research depends on the availability of a large number of samples and the consolidation of collections across country borders is very desirable from the perspective of researchers, the legal and ethical requirements for the procurement, storage and use of human tissue samples are rather heterogeneous across different countries. Moreover, the lack of comprehensive supranational regulation on human tissue and biobanking can be seen as posing a serious threat to transnational biomedical research. Against this background, it was one of the aims of the EU-funded Tiss.EU project (“Evaluation of Legislation and Related Guidelines on the Procurement, Storage and Transfer of Human Tissues and Cells in the European Union – an Evidence-Based Impact Analysis”) to analyse the ethical and legal regulation of human tissue and biobank research across the 27 European Member States plus Switzerland. The results of nine international workshops and three conferences are gathered in this volume. While the country reports evaluate the implementation of ethical and legal guidelines at a national level, point out their strengths and deficits, and, where required, create an evidence base for the revision of said legislation, the conference reports address more general ethical and legal issues in this field. The volume is completed by a final presentation of project’s results.

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Lives on hold: Masculinities, Empathy, and Nonviolence analyses the experiences of young people in Portuguese youth detention centres, connecting life trajectories marked by violence, poverty, and family breakdowns with the construction of rigid and unequal masculinities. Drawing on the X-MEN project, it combines quantitative and qualitative methods to explore gender identities, forms of violence, and aspirations for the future, while also integrating the perspectives of professionals working in highly hierarchical contexts. The book advocates for early, participatory, and transformative interventions grounded in care, empathy and the transformation of gender norms, as a way to break intergenerational cycles of violence and foster caring masculinities and more equitable relationships.