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This collection spotlights the diachronic dimensions of the linguistic landscape, the importance of exploring temporal dissonances in historical events in order to better understand semiotic, political, and social transformations across different communities over the last century. The volume seeks to expand the current borders of linguistic landscape (LL) research by situating the analysis of signs in the LL within their time–space organization, which has been understudied in existing scholarship. The book, featuring chapters from established and emerging scholars, argues that a focus on the historicity of the city text can reveal unique insights into the role of semiotic processes as precursors and support mechanisms for political and social changes. The collection is structured around different temporal clusters and geographic contexts across the globe where shorter and longer waves of politically driven resemioticization can be most sharply observed– post-colonial communities; post-communist societies; and recent and current sociopolitical upheavals. Taken together, the volume proposes a kaleidoscope view of the complex temporalities that underpin multimodal discourses in contested public spaces, offering new directions for research. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, semiotics, visual anthropology, and political science.

The Transfer-Translation-Localization of European Scientific Knowledge in Kopievsky’s Textbooks. The article examines the methods of introducing European scientific knowledge into the Russian language used by Ilya Fedorovich Kopievsky (c. 1651–1714) in his textbooks, compiled and published in Amsterdam by decree of Peter the Great. Particular attention is paid to the strategies and techniques used by Kopievsky when transferring this knowledge into a different linguistic and cultural environment. To denote these strategies and techniques, along with the concepts of “translation” and “compilation,” the article uses the notion of “localization.” In the opinion of its author, this notion more accurately reflects both the essence of Kopievsky’s efforts and the process of transferring European knowledge to Petrine Russia as a whole.

Sinopsis Explorando los senderos de la intervención en la ocupación: un enfoque investigativo es un libro de investigación estudiantil que aborda una variedad de temas fundamentales para el desarrollo personal y social. Con un enfoque en el bienestar, la inclusión ocupacional, las habilidades sociales y la lúdica, invita al lector a sumergirse en un reconocimiento de las esferas ocupacionales en el curso de vida, proporcionando una visión integral para mejorar la calidad de vida y promover la inclusión en diversos contextos. El libro está conformado por capítulos que contienen experiencias investigativas estudiantiles con asesoría de profesores investigadores desde Terapia Ocupacional y Licenciatura en Educación Infantil, realizadas en la Universidad Mariana y Universidad CESMAG en la ciudad de Pasto, Nariño. A lo largo del libro se explora conceptos clave relacionados con el bienestar ocupacional y la percepción de la inclusión laboral, destacando la importancia de encontrar un propósito significativo en el desempeño ocupacional en las diferentes etapas del curso de vida y cómo esto influye en la satisfacción y el bienestar general. El aspecto de las habilidades sociales también se aborda en profundidad, proporcionando estrategias prácticas para desarrollar una comunicación efectiva, establecer relaciones sólidas y fomentar un entorno socialmente inclusivo. El libro explora técnicas para superar la timidez, mejorar la empatía y resolver conflictos de manera constructiva, destacando la dimensión lúdica como una poderosa herramienta para el bienestar y la inclusión. Se explora actividades recreativas, juegos y formas de expresión artística, como medios para promover la creatividad, la colaboración y el disfrute, que se puede integrar en diferentes contextos, como la educación y el ámbito laboral. Con un enfoque accesible y ameno, este libro se convierte en una guía indispensable para profesionales de la salud, educadores, terapeutas ocupacionales, psicólogos y cualquier persona interesada en mejorar su bienestar y promover la inclusión social a través de habilidades sociales y actividades lúdicas.

As an essential contribution to the study of History in its various aspects, this book demonstrates the importance of sciences such as Palaeography, Diplomatics, Sigillography, and Codicology in understanding the societies of the past and their articulation with the future, by using current tools through the Digital Humanities.In Between Lines and Notarial Marks: Documentation Sciences in rebuilding the past, we are able to gain a better understanding of the past through these sciences, each with its own specific scope of analysis, demonstrating clearly how interdisciplinarity can be beneficial to writing history. But we have achieved more: we have understood the importance that these sciences have in archives and teaching today, and the challenges that the Digital Humanities represent for each of them and for the production of knowledge about the past, in a truly international analysis.

W tomie poświęconym motywowi lustra znalazły się artykuły siedmiu badaczy zajmujących się literaturą, językiem i kulturą, pokazujących zagadnienie autopoznania w kontakcie z rekwizytem lustra na przestrzeni wieków. Jako symbol pojawia się ono między innymi w kontekście przekładu, kodów językowych, komunikacyjnych oraz perswazji. […] Pomieszczone w publikacji studia pokazują złożony proces autopoznania, jakiego istota ludzka doświadcza w kontakcie z fizycznym bądź symbolicznym zwierciadłem. Warto sobie zadać pytanie, czy człowiek, patrząc w lustro, co przecież czyni od najdawniejszych czasów, rzeczywiście chce ujrzeć swój prawdziwy obraz. Antropologiczne rozpoznanie tematu daje nam odpowiedź, że przeglądanie się w zwierciadle jest tak naprawdę poszukiwaniem idealnej formy, sposobem ucieczki od świata realnego, a zatem także sposobem wyobcowania się wobec ,ja”. Skoro po drugiej stronie lustra nie ma podmiotu, to czy poszukując „własnego ja”, natykamy się na „własnego innego”?

Wie werden aus (potenziell) »gefährlichen« Leuten »gewöhnliche« Gesellschaftsmitglieder? Kategorien, die aus Menschen behördliche Fälle machen, sind hartnäckige Produkte institutionellen Arbeitens. Sie zu lösen, bedarf umfangreicher Arbeiten. Die Autor*innen liefern ethnografische Einblicke in die Praktiken der »Deradikalisierung« und Extremismusprävention, die sicherheits- und justizbehördliche Fälle in Gesellschaftsmitgliedschaften zu überführen versuchen. Diesen Rückbau von Statuskategorien bewirken häufig Coaches aus nichtstaatlichen Organisationen durch beiläufige Vorarbeiten sowie permanente Adressierungen und Vorschläge - was zeigt, wie vielfältig und unverzichtbar Transitional Work rund um den Strafvollzug ist.

In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wirken neben dem Staat als Hauptträger der öffentlichen Leistungserstellung verschiedene nicht-staatliche Entscheidungseinheiten an der Erfüllung öffentlicher Aufgaben mit und beeinflussen so die Realisation der öffentlichen Planungsziele. Obgleich die entsprechenden Aktivitäten dieser Institutionen weitgehend ausserhalb des staatlichen Budgets ablaufen, sollte eine zielorientierte öffentliche Aufgabenplanung sie nicht ignorieren. Die Arbeit untersucht deshalb die Wirkungen, die von den Handlungen nicht-staatlicher Entscheidungseinheiten auf die budgetären Ausgabenschwerpunkte sowie auf verschiedene Leistungs- bzw. Zielebenen ausgehen.

Campylobacter is the major cause of food-borne bacterial diarrheal illnesses worldwide. Many wild and domestic animals carry the organism in their intestines. Intestinal colonization results in the transmission of Campylobacteriosis to healthy animals, and epidemiological studies imply that contaminated animal products contribute to Campylobacteriosis. Interventions in animal production offer the best chance of minimizing illness risk. In addition, implementing enhanced hygiene standards and decontamination can reduce the prevalence of Campylobacter contamination in animal meat. This book investigates Campylobacter’s significance as a food-borne pathogen and summarizes recent breakthroughs in isolation, identification, the involvement of immune responses and microbiota, as well as novel control strategies.

This reprint includes contributions focusing on theoretical and experimental studies that report on the innovative processing and characterization of materials and nanostructured materials engineered for photovoltaic applications. In particular, the reprint presents a collection of twelve high-quality articles, among which are two comprehensive reviews, one communication letter and nine original research papers. These articles exhaustively cover state-of-the-art aspects of the four essential constitutive building-blocks of a photovoltaic element: the main absorber component, the “window” layer, the electron- and hole-transporter media, as well as the back- and top-electrodes of the solar cell.

The recording and analysis of individual experience worlds via digital feedback communication offers new opportunities. In conjunction with the reconstruction of associated digital event chains, a customer's experience worlds can be recreated. The data from this experience world can then be fed into a management process. In order to economically use the resulting data volume for experience management, companies need referenceable models and IT architectures.

Commercial application of chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) processes is expected to grow significantly over the next decade. Thus, Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (cEOR): A Practical Overview offers key knowledge and understanding of cEOR processes using an evidence-based approach intended for a broad audience ranging from field operators, researchers, to reservoir engineers dealing with the development and planning of cEOR field applications. This book is structured into three sections; the first section surveys overall EOR processes. The second section focuses on cEOR processes, while the final section describes the electrorheology technology. These sections are presented using a practical and realistic approach tailored for readers looking to improve their knowledge and understanding of cEOR processes in a nutshell.

Ao longo das últimas quatro décadas, a história social do trabalho se tornou um dos mais consolidados ramos da historiografia brasileira. Seus temas, objetos, temporalidades e enfoques teórico-metodológicos se diversificaram, permitindo confrontar distorções e ampliar questões acerca da história da classe trabalhadora do Brasil e de suas relações com as outras classes e com o Estado. Parte dessa diversidade encontra-se reunida neste livro, composto por capítulos que tratam de balanços historiográficos e de aspectos das experiências históricas de classe de trabalhadores e trabalhadoras escravizados, libertos, “livres”, urbanos, rurais, sindicalizados ou não, de Alagoas, Pernambuco e Paraíba. Trata-se de uma contribuição coletiva, que almeja servir tanto ao público acadêmico, em especial a estudantes de graduação e de pós-graduação, quanto aos trabalhadores e trabalhadoras, agentes de sua própria história.

This book contains research on the chemistry of each step of biogas generation, along with engineering principles and practices, feasibility of biogas production in processing technologies, especially anaerobic digestion of waste and gas production system, its modeling, kinetics along with other associated aspects, utilization and purification of biogas, economy and energy issues, pipe design for biogas energy, microbiological aspects, phyto-fermentation, biogas plant constructions, assessment of ecological potential, biogas generation from sludge, rheological characterization, etc.

« La poésie n’invente pas un autre monde mais transforme le rapport qu’on a avec celui-ci », affirme Henri Meschonnic en soulignant à quel point le langage poétique - qu’il soit en vers ou en prose - permet d’exprimer notre condition entre un ici et un Ailleurs, entre moi et l’Autre. Un parcours critique et stylistique de la poésie romane méridionale propose dans cet ouvrage une vingtaine de contributions scientifiques pour définir comment le langage poétique, au fil du temps, a contribué à créer l’Ailleurs et ses images. Découverte et voyage, dialectique entre le proche et le lointain, étrangeté du langage, aventures linguistiques, poétiques totalisantes fondées sur l’Ailleurs, conscience de l’invisible ou du différent : telles sont les principales approches proposées par les études réunies qui couvrent les domaines de la littérature ibérique en castillan, en catalan et en portugais, de la littérature italienne en italien et en dialecte, de la littérature d’Amérique centrale et de deux aspects de la poésie française (la poésie de ‘l’amour de loin’ et la reprise de traditions romanes par Aragon). Les auteurs de l’ouvrage ont analysé les formes d’expression de l’Ailleurs en poésie pour trouver, des troubadours occitans jusqu’à notre époque, une volonté commune de découvrir ce que Jules Supervielle a nommé le « paysage humain ».

The volume, dedicated to the 44th International Conference of the Italian Union for Drawing, investigates the theme of ‘Transitions’, which particularly effectively represents our time and the current condition of the discipline of Drawing. The term, beyond its generic meaning of an intermediate stage in a process in which a condition changes from one state to another, has always been used in various fields, from music to geophysics. In fact, the disciplines of drawing have always been confronted with themes and issues relating to transitions from one condition to another. The history of representation tells us of transformations, even epochal ones, relating to ‘drawing’, with all that such transitions entail: suffice it to think of the evolution of forms of representation, of instrumental apparatuses, of the mutability of supports, of the analogical-digital transition underway, of the new modes of communication on platforms, of the hypertrophic offer of images also on the net that confirms Guy Debord’s intuitions relating to the new spectacularisation of society. Similarly, representation triggers transitions in the prefiguration and communication of design, the anticipation and foreshadowing of future events.The challenges posed by the digital pose open questions whose scope can only be glimpsed, such as the relationship between drawing and the act of modelling, and the construction of new paradigms of visual language and communication. ‘Transitions’, almost implicitly, points to possible futures, the evolution of technique and the search for new modes of expression; at the same time, however, it can suggest silences and reflections in a process of connection between history, theory, criticism and construction.