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The book contains nine articles on the subject of diagnosis and treatment of macular edema due to different causes. It presents both reviews of current recommendations of macular edema treatment as well as original research on specific forms of that entity.

YouTube has afforded new ways of documenting, performing and circulating musical creativity. This first open access sustained exploration of YouTube and music shows how record companies, musicians and amateur users have embraced YouTube’s potential to promote artists, stage performances, build artistic (cyber)identity, initiate interactive composition, refresh music pedagogy, perform fandom, influence musical tourism and soundtrack our everyday lives. Speaking from a variety of perspectives, musicologists, film scholars, philosophers, new media theorists, cultural geographers and psychologists use case studies to situate YouTube as a vital component of contemporary musical culture. This book works together with its companion text Remediating Sound: Repeatable Culture, YouTube and Music. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.

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Tribute to Professor Jesús María Galiana Moreno, Professor of Labor Law and Social Security of the University of Murcia, on the occasion of his recent administrative retirement, and comes to recognize the importance of his figure within the work of Spanish and comparative iuslaboralism. The extensive volume (1148 pages) consists of a presentation, twenty-eight chapters and the academic-scientific curriculum of the honoree. The payroll of authors amounts to thirty -three, most of them colleagues and disciples of Professor Galiana Moreno (professors, titular professors ...), who provide services or have done so recently in various Spanish universities;but also recognized jurists belonging to the world of high judiciary, law or labor administration.

Focussing European borders: The book provides insight into a variety of changes in the nature of borders in Europe and its neighborhood from various disciplinary perspectives. Special attention is paid to the history and contemporary dynamics at Polish and German borders. Of particular interest are the creation of Euroregions, mutual perceptions of Poles and Germans at the border, EU Regional Policy, media debates on the extension of the Schengen area. Analysis of cross-border mobility between Abkhazia and Georgia or the impact of Israel's "Security Fence" to Palestine on society complement the focus on Europe with a wider view.

The latter years of the first decade of the twenty-first century were characterised by an enormous amount of challenge and change to Australia and Australians. Australia’s part in these challenges and changes is borne of our domestic and global ties, our orientation towards ourselves and others, and an ever increasing awareness of the interdependency of our world. Challenges and changes such as terrorism, climate change, human rights, community breakdown, work and livelihood, and crime are not new but they take on new variations and impact on us in different ways in times such as these. In this volume we consider these recent challenges and changes and how Australians themselves feel about them under three themes: identity, fear and governance. These themes suitably capture the concerns of Australians in times of such change. Identity is our sense of ourselves and how others see us. How is this affected by the increased presence of religious diversity, especially Islamic communities, and increased awareness of moral and political obligations towards Indigenous Australians? How is it affected by our curious but changing relationship with Asia? Fear is an emotional reaction to particular changes and challenges and produces particular responses from individuals, politicians, communities and nations alike; fear of crime, fear of terrorism and fear of change are all considered in this volume.

In his commentary on Aristotle’s Physics, Nicole Oresme raises a question that he is apparently the first to ask in these terms, in such a context: do all beings have the desire to persevere into being? Before him, this question is not found in any of the medieval commentaries on Aristotle’s Physics. But after him it became canonical until at least the 16th century, since it can be found in Pietro Pomponazzi’s works for example. The novelty here consists in questioning the validity of Averroes’ thesis, in his own commentary on the Physics, according to which all beings have the desire to persist into being, using the Augustinian analysis of voluntary death and suicide. How can we explain that one can freely put an end to his days if he is naturally inclined by a desire for life and even for eternity? Oresme’s solution consists in justifying not only the possibility, but also the moral obligation to accept death under certain conditions. In most cases, we do not really want to die. The desperate man wishes to cancel his misfortune and the heroic man who sacrifices himself for his country wishes to immortalize himself in the memory of other men. From a moral point of view, Nicole Oresme justifies only one case of voluntary death: that of individual sacrifice for the common good. The aim of this paper is to analyze precisely this important turning point in the long history of the notion of conatus in the West by comparing this quaestio from the commentary on the Physics with the glosses that accompany the French translation of the Nicomachean Ethics realised by Oresme at the court of Charles V.

Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are the most common pathologies of the central nervous system currently without a cure. They share common molecular and cellular characteristics, including protein misfolding, mitochondrial dysfunction, glutamate toxicity, dysregulation of calcium homeostasis, oxidative stress, inflammation, and ageing, which contribute to neuronal death. Efforts to treat these diseases are often limited by their multifactorial etiology. Natural products, thanks to their multitarget activities, are considered promising alternatives for the treatment of neurodegeneration. This book deals with two different forms of natural products: extracts and isolated compounds. The study of the bioactivity of the extracts is extremely important as many studies have demonstrated the synergistic effect of the combination of different natural products. On the other hand, the investigation of the activity of specifically isolated natural products can be also important to understand their cellular and molecular mechanisms and to define the specific bioactive components in extracts or foods. This book can be considered an important contribution to knowledge of the neuroprotective effect of natural products and presents a great deal of information, related to both the benefits but also the limitations of their use in counteracting neurodegeneration.

An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living.

Ces conférences données devant l’École doctorale de Science Politique de la Sorbonne se présentent sous le sceau de l’interdisciplinarité, et ceci à un double titre : d’une part, leurs auteurs viennent d’horizons divers, mais se rencontrent sur le terrain de la science politique, d’autre part, la question discutée est justement celle-là même du champ de cette science, et de ses méthodes. Les titres des conférences reflètent bien l’embarras que provoque une telle question. « Faut-il encore une anthropologie politique ? » se demande Georges Balandier, tandis que Jacques Le Goff s’interroge : « L’histoire politique existe-t-elle ? », que Bernard Voutat livre ses « Réflexions sur une discipline sans objet », et que Pierre Ansart, en passionné de sciences sociales, sonde le politique avec ses « Questions de méthode ». Aussi bien, des concepts transversaux à plusieurs disciplines sont-ils souvent utilisés en science politique. Ainsi de la notion de réseau, de public, de civilité. Ils constituent des indices pratiques d’une interdisciplinarité en action, in process. Il en est de même des sous-disciplines « traversières », telles que les « politiques publiques », la « sociologie historique » ou la « communication politique ». Ce recueil de conférences destiné en premier lieu aux doctorants devrait pouvoir aider tous ceux qui sont pris dans un processus de thèse, et au-delà, tous ceux qu’intéressent les champs scientifiques émergeants.

Die Studie präsentiert ein neues Monitoring zur Qualität in der frühkindlichen Betreuung. Mit eigens entwickelten Indikatoren werden Daten zur Personalsituation sowie zu Entwicklungen in den Bereichen Gesundheit, Sprache und Kinderrechten ausgewertet. Das Monitoring zur Entwicklung von Rahmenbedingungen im System der Kindertagesbetreuung ist im KiTa-Qualitäts- und -Teilhabeverbesserungsgesetz (KiQuTG) verankert, das Ende 2018 verabschiedet wurde. Zur Umsetzung hat das Deutsche Jugendinstitut (DJI) zehn Indikatoren entwickelt, die sich an den zehn Handlungsfeldern des Gesetzes orientieren. Der Band stellt die Grundlagen und Umsetzung des Monitorings vor sowie erste Ergebnisse, die aus den Daten einer Umfrage zur Kita-Qualität bei Leitungen und pädagogischem Personal in Kindertageseinrichtungen, deren Trägern, Jugendämtern, Kindertagespflegepersonen, Eltern und Kindern erhoben wurden. Die methodischen Grundlagen des Survey-Prozesses werden in einem eigenen Bericht vorgestellt und können unter www.wbv.de/artikel/6004863w abgerufen werden. Die Publikation richtet sich an politische Akteur:innen in Ministerien und Kommunen ebenso wie an die Wissenschaft.

Creative Chaos describes the dynamic process of collaborative design and development within interdisciplinary teams as they work to create something together. Creativity is wonderfully complex and chaotic, and at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center, we often describe what we do as “creative chaos” in that it’s not necessarily a process within which you ever have complete control. To articulate what this means, this short book provides an overview of the ETC, our research on how diversity, inclusion and innovation are related, and how we support these three associated ideas through our project-based curriculum. We then extrapolate from this to share some applicable best practices from the lessons we’ve been learning about the creative process and how best to support diverse teams and help them make the most of the creative chaos.

La presente obra convida al lector a descubrir “los hijos de la tierra” de San Carlos que pueblan la cordillera andina en los confines de la selva amazónica, en el extremo Norte del Perú. Constituyen un mundo particular fuertemente identificado con sus antepasados comunes, su territorio y sus riquezas naturales, estrechamente asociados a los primeros, así como a sus descendientes presentes y por venir. Los aldeanos concernidos erigen el “Otro”, sea éste lejano o próximo, como el complemento i...

This Special Issue reprint is dedicated to presenting open and challenging issues in earthquake engineering. It consists of 29 peer-reviewed papers that cover a broad range of subjects and applications related to the seismic assessment and design of structures. Based on advanced computational, analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches novel results and discussions are presented. Within this context, the first studies of this issue/reprint are focused on providing an insight into the seismic performance of structures taking into account significant engineering components that still have not been fully addressed. Subsequently, there are studies with new strategies to improve the effectiveness of the dampers on the seismic mitigation performance of structures. Concerning performance-based earthquake engineering, new approaches in the seismic fragility assessment of structures are introduced. Furthermore, new innovative types of reinforced steel for the seismic design and assessment of RC structures are analytically and experimentally evaluated. The seismic performance of retrofitted structures is also addressed, while analytical modeling tools that can effectively capture the seismic behavior of substandard RC structural elements are introduced. Some other papers provide experimental results to evaluate and/or validate the structural performance of elements, such as anchors, connectors, and nuclear components. Finally, this issue/reprint also incorporates modified methodologies and identification techniques to improve seismic analysis methods in the field of structural engineering.

This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019 Conference (LCM) held in Poznań, Poland, and presents different examples of scientific and practical contributions, showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM to target, organize, analyze and manage product-related information and activities towards continuous improvement, along the different products life cycle. The selection of case studies presents LCM as a business management approach that can be used by all types of businesses and organizations in order to improve their sustainability performance. This book provides a cross-sectoral, current picture of LCM issues. The structure of the book is based on five-theme lines. The themes represent different objects that are focused on sustainability and LCM practices mainly related to: products, technologies, organizations, markets and policy issues as well as methodological solutions. The book brings together presentations from the world of science and the world of enterprises as well as institutions supporting economic development.