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Mineral processing deals with complex particle systems with two-, three- and more phases. The modeling and understanding of these systems are a challenge for research groups and a need for the industrial sector. This Special Issue aims to present new advances, methodologies, applications, and case studies of computer-aided analysis applied to multiphase systems in mineral processing. This includes aspects such as modeling, design, operation, optimization, uncertainty analysis, among other topics. The special issue contains a review article and eleven articles that cover different methodologies of modeling, design, optimization, and analysis in problems of adsorption, leaching, flotation, and magnetic separation, among others. Consequently, the topics covered are of interest to readers from academia and industry.

Quelle est la nature de l’autorité de l’État ? Le livre répond à travers le prisme original de l’autorité de trois de ses représentants en province (les préfets, les sous-préfets et les maires), de 1800 à la fin du Second Empire. Il s’agit pour lui de rendre compte de la manière dont les préfets, les sous-préfets et les maires s’efforçaient d’obtenir l’obéissance de la population à leur personne, au régime qu’ils servaient et à l’État, et d’identifier les difficultés auxquelles ils étaient confrontés dans le cadre des quatre départements lorrains (Meurthe, Meuse, Moselle et Vosges). Cela implique tout d’abord de rendre compte du cadre, fixé par l’État, dans lequel s’inscrivait leur autorité, avant d’examiner la manière dont ils exerçaient concrètement cette dernière. Les administrateurs devaient faire face à un certain nombre de difficultés qui mettaient leur autorité à l’épreuve. L’étude offre ainsi un regard neuf sur le processus d’étatisation de la société française au xixe siècle.

Bruno Trentin’s studies on political communication are neither unitary nor exhaustive, that’s why his research is original and innovative. Through the investigation of different communication contexts it is possible to reconstruct lexicon, rhetoric, narration, visual identity, relationship with the media. Far from the tones of the average union leader, Trentin remains faithful to his composed and philosophical attitude and, by so doing, successfully involves and fascinates masses, the television audience, readers, and even activists and fellow party members. The linguistic and communication strategies he uses differ not only from the traditional trade union leadership but also from politics. In Trentin’s studies the substance of the message definitely prevails on the aesthetics of the form.

Este libro ofrece una mirada integral de la “cuestión litio" y calibra la dimensión efectiva de las ilusiones que el “oro blanco" despierta en Sudamérica. La primer sección es de escala global y se centra en dos tópicos claves: relaciones norte-sur y transición energética justa. La segunda compone un análisis transversal de la dinámica extractiva, las cadenas de valor y el accionar de las comunidades locales en el “Tríangulo del litio" (Argentina, Bolivia y Chile). Por último, se analizan problemáticas centrales: la situación ambiental y la cuestión litífera en Brasil. La energía del litio nos brinda la oportunidad de diseñar nuevas estrategias de posdesarrollo, construyendo sociedades económicamente igualitarias, ecológicamente sustentables y radicalmente democráticas.

Gender, Politics, Elections, Democracy, LGBTQ

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This book is the first published analysis and interpretation of the collection of literary collages Und. Überhaupt. Stop. Collagen. 1996-2000. by Austrian writer Marlene Streeruwitz. It presents the author and body of her narrative work, analyses her programmatic poetics and investigates the collage as a technique, aesthetic principle and mode of thought, before moving on to the examination of the primary text. It thus addresses a noticeable gap in the reception of Streeruwitz’ work (as this collection has been virtually ignored, also internationally) and provides methodological and aesthetic insights relevant to the analysis of other literary collages, while also providing a comprehensive resource for the study of Streeruwitz and her oeuvre.

This book focuses on the multiple and diverse masculinities ‘at work’. Spanning both historical approaches to the rise of ‘profession’ as a marker of masculinity, and critical approaches to the current structures of management, employment and workplace hierarchy, the book questions what role masculinity plays in cultural understandings, affective experiences and mediatised representations of a professional ‘career’.

This book provides a critical assessment of the broadly held view that states ‘own’ war. The central theme of the book is that the persistence of non-state actors in historical as well as contemporary conflicts challenges this narrative. It takes a multidisciplinary approach to address a host of questions concerning the role of non-state actors, both armed and unarmed, in conflict and their relationship with states. Recurring themes are issues of loyalty, accountability and effectiveness. Part I is subdivided into two separate themes. The first is the use of civilians in war from a legal and military operational perspective, the second the question of loyalty and accountability of the private sector. Part II considers the cases of several non-state armed actors from the past and the present, showcasing the variety of actors and roles they play. Together, the contributions to this book provide an important new perspective on the role of non-state (armed) actors in war.

Qu’elle fasse référence au combat d’un mortel offensant un dieu dans un accès d’hybris ou qu’elle désigne les guerres que livrent les Olympiens, la théomachie est un motif essentiel de la mythologie grecque. Elle est absolument centrale dans l’œuvre de Nonnos de Panopolis, poète égyptien de langue grecque du ve siècle après J.-C., à qui la tradition attribue l’épopée des Dionysiaques et une Paraphrase versifiée de l’Évangile de Jean. En effet, dans ce corpus hétérogène, une figure récurrente émerge : celle de l’opposant à la divinité ou θεόμαχος (« théomaque »). Ses incarnations sont multiples tant chez les ennemis du fils de Zeus dans les Dionysiaques que chez ceux de Jésus dans la réécriture de l’Évangile de Jean. Le présent livre offre le portrait et l’analyse de cette figure du théomaque en prenant en compte, pour la première fois dans la bibliographie en français, l’intégralité de l’œuvre nonnienne.

Bringing together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation, Fabricate is a triennial international conference, now in its third year (ICD, University of Stuttgart, April 2017). Each year it produces a supporting publication, to date the only one of its kind specialising in Digital Fabrication. The 2017 edition features 32 illustrated articles on built projects and works in progress from academia and practice, including contributions from leading practices such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, and Ron Arad, and from world-renowned institutions including ICD Stuttgart, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton University, The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and the Architectural Association.

Islam und Christentum haben in ihrer Geschichte vielfach Gewalt legitimiert, aber auch starke friedensethische Impulse gegeben. Die Ansätze dazu sollen in diesem Band im Lichte neuer Konzepte der Konflikttransformation beleuchtet werden. Wie können religiöse Ressourcen dazu beitragen, religiöse, aber auch soziale und politische Konflikte konstruktiv zu bearbeiten? Wo sind diese Ressourcen zu finden, wie können sie erhoben und angewendet werden? Welche Rolle können religiöse Akteure und Gemeinschaften, aber auch die geistigen Quellen und Überlieferungen der Religionen, ihre spirituellen und kommunikativen Praxisformen bei der Konflikttransformation spielen? Diesen Fragen wird aus christlichen und islamischen Perspektiven nachgegangen.

X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) deliver intense, coherent, femtosecond laser pulses in the X-ray range. The XFELs are opening two new research fields. One is to study ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics in various forms of matter. XFELs can make atoms and electrons in action visible. Another field is to study the non-linear interaction of the unprecedented intense X-ray pulse with matter. XFELs transform matter into its new form in extreme conditions that have never been reached. The present special issue provides an overview of the current status and future direction of the development of XFELs and the research fields opened by XFELs. Featured are reports on the status and plans of all FEL facilities in the world, i.e., FLASH in Germany, LCLS in USA, SACLA in Japan, FERMI in Italy, European XFEL, SwissFEL, PAL-XFEL in Korea, and Shanghai SXFEL in China. Reports are also included on instrumentations and on science at these facilities, as well as on the relevant theory.

Serie integrada por nueve tomos, el lector dispone del panorama más completo de la historia de las relaciones de México con el mundo externo. Se trata de la crónica y análisis de la política internacional de nuestro país desde su constitución como nación independiente hasta nuestros días [...] El presente ensayo tiene el objetivo limitado de revisar la historia de las relaciones entre los dos países [Estados Unidos y México] en su época más dramática. algunas expresiones tempranas del imperialismo que se iniciaba - sumadas a la desvertebración social provocada por las reformas borbónicas y la revolución de independencia-, explican la inestabilidad. México se vería apresado por dos fuegos: el expansionismo norteamericano y las ambiciones europeas, lo que no le dejó mucho espacio para elegir alternativas".

The present Special Issue of Symmetry is devoted to two important areas of global Riemannian geometry, namely submanifold theory and the geometry of Lie groups and homogeneous spaces. Submanifold theory originated from the classical geometry of curves and surfaces. Homogeneous spaces are manifolds that admit a transitive Lie group action, historically related to F. Klein's Erlangen Program and S. Lie's idea to use continuous symmetries in studying differential equations. In this Special Issue, we provide a collection of papers that not only reflect some of the latest advancements in both areas, but also highlight relations between them and the use of common techniques. Applications to other areas of mathematics are also considered.