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This book offers a genuinely interdisciplinary engagement with the future of paid and unpaid work in the context of the twin challenges of decarbonisation and the growing impacts of an unstable climate. It is innovative in its grounding of such discussions in the everyday realities of workers’ experiences with an empirical focus on skill, occupational shifts and technological change at the workplace level. Part I: Skills and Training delves into how workers gain crucial skills across their lifetimes. From survivalist “preppers” to local microgrid operators, the chapters reveal practical and often unrecognised but essential expertise. Case studies include air-conditioning technical educators and construction trades leveraging tacit knowledge of sustainable practices. Part II: Industrial Transformation draws on empirical studies from coal mining, manufacturing, defence and construction to highlight workers’ experiences of climate shifts, heat and industrial transition. Theoretical contributions explore novel legal strategies such as fossil fuel “cessation” and examine the role of health and safety frameworks in addressing worker democracy and climate-change mitigation. This collection will resonate with scholars, students, policymakers and trade unionists interested in environmental labour studies, just transitions and the future of work. It offers vital lessons for navigating complex industrial transformations. Key features: Detailed case studies in critical sectors such as energy, construction, defence and manufacturing; A dynamic interdisciplinary fusion of human geography, political economy, sociology, industrial relations and law; Emphasis on worker agency, practical skill and grassroots adaptability amid intensifying climate impacts.

Letters were an important medium of everyday communication in the ancient Mediterranean. Soon after its emergence, the epistolary form was adopted by educated elites and transformed into a literary genre, which developed distinctive markers and was used, for instance, to give political advice, to convey philosophical ideas, or to establish and foster ties with peers. A particular type of this genre is the letter cast in verse, or epistolary poem, which merges the form and function of the letter with stylistic elements of poetry. In Greek literature, epistolary poetry is first safely attested in the fourth century AD and would enjoy a lasting presence throughout the Byzantine and early modern periods. The present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored chapter of post-classical Greek literature through an anthology of exemplary epistolary poems in the original Greek with facing English translation. This collection, which covers a broad chronological range from late antique epigrams of the Greek Anthology to the poetry of western humanists, is accompanied by exegetical commentaries on the anthologized texts and by critical essays discussing questions of genre, literary composition, and historical and social contexts of selected epistolary poems.

This richly illustrated volume explores Edison's inventive and personal pursuits from 1888 to 1889, documenting his responses to technological, organizational, and economic challenges.Thomas A. Edison was received at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle—the World's Fair—as a conquering hero. Extravagantly fêted and besieged by well-wishers, he was seen, like Gustave Eiffel's iron tower, as a triumphal symbol of republicanism and material progress. The visit was a high-water mark of his international fame.Out of the limelight, Edison worked as hard as ever. On top of his work as an inventor, entrepreneur, and manufacturer, he created a new role as a director of research. At his peerless laboratory in Orange, New Jersey, he directed assistants working in parallel on multiple projects. These included the "perfected" phonograph; a major but little-recognized effort to make musical recordings for sale; the start of work on motion pictures; and improvements in the recovery of low-grade iron ore. He also pursued a public "War of the Currents" against electrical rival George Westinghouse. Keenly attuned to manufacturing as a way to support the laboratory financially and control his most iconic products, Edison created a new cluster of factories. He kept his manufacturing rights to the phonograph while selling the underlying patents to an outside investor in a deal he would regret. When market pressures led to the consolidation of Edison lighting interests, he sold his factories to the new Edison General Electric Company. These changes disrupted his longtime personal and professional relations even as he planned an iron-mining project that would take him to the New Jersey wilderness for long periods.The ninth volume of the series, Competing Interests explores Edison's inventive and personal pursuits from 1888 to 1889, documenting his responses to technological, organizational, and economic challenges. The book includes 331 documents and hundreds of Edison's drawings, which are all revealing and representative of his life and work in these years. Essays and notes based on meticulous research in a wide range of sources, many only recently available, provide a rich context for the documents.

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The 'end of history' has not taken place. Ideological and economic crisis and the status quo of neoliberal capitalism since 2008 demand a renewed engagement with Marx. But if we are to effectively resist capitalism we must truly understand Marx: Marxism today must theorise how communication technologies, media representation and digitalisation have come to define contemporary capitalism. There is an urgent need for critical, Marxian-inspired knowledge as a foundation for changing the world and the way we communicate from digital capitalism towards communicative socialism and digital communism. Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism does exactly this. Delving into Marx's most influential works, such as Capital, The Grundrisse, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, The German Ideology and The Communist Manifesto, Christian Fuchs draws out Marx's concepts of machinery, technology, communication and ideology, all of which anticipate major themes of the digital age. A concise and coherent work of Marxist media and communication theory, the book ultimately demonstrates the relevance of Marx to an age of digital and communicative capitalism.

In recent years, a remarkable number of studies have investigated sensory characteristics, such as flavor and texture, of edible insect and insect-based foods, their contribution to consumers’ attitudes toward edible insects are important in consumer appeal and their willingness to try eating insects in the future. This paper addresses the problem of describing the sensory characteristics aof edible insect and insect-based foods in terms of preferences. To this end, we conducted a study to explore the representations of sensory experiences related to an insect-based dish involving a voluntary sample of 154 consumers. The quasi-experiment, which we have called projective sensory experience (PSE), follows a two-step procedure. In the first step, we asked the participants to imagine tasting an insect-based dish and then to rate, from 1 (imperceptible) up to 10 (very perceptible), the following taste-olfactory sensations: Sapidity, Bitter tendency, Acidity, Sweet, Spiciness, Aroma, Greasiness-Unctuosity, Succulence, Sweet, Fatness, Persistence. In the second step, we asked our interviewees to indicate, through a specific check-list, which was the most disturbing and least disturbing taste-olfactory sensation imagined. We collected data from May to July 2020 by using an anonymous on-line questionnaire. Results could help understand the sensory characteristics of “insects as food” that should be used or avoided, for example, in communication aimed at promoting familiarity with edible insects and improving the acceptability of insects as a novel food.

This chapter demonstrates how the use of a national web archive in hyperlinked network analyses may prove an indispensable source when conducting not only historical but also contemporary analyses of a given website. Our analyses are based on the case of videnskab.dk, a Danish journalistic website disseminating research-related knowledge to the public. Focus is on the examination of hyperlinks related to videnskab.dk in the years of 2009, 2014, 2018, and 2022, followed by a network analysis of videnskab.dk in relation to similar transnational websites. Our results showcase what insights may be gained when conducting analyses with and without access to a national web archive, respectively, highlighting the impact and importance of data collections when studying the online web.

Zeitschriften wie Nation Europa und Défense de l`Occident tradierten nach 1945 die alte rechtsradikale Ideologie. Rechtsradikale Ideologie verschwand nach 1945 nicht, sondern suchte sich neue Ausdrucksformen. In der Bundesrepublik und in Frankreich spielten dabei die rechtsradikalen Zeitschriften »Nation Europa« und »Défense de l’Occident« eine zentrale Rolle. Sie bewahrten faschistische und nationalsozialistische Denkmuster und arbeiteten an neuen Begriffen, »Rasse« wurde etwa zu »Kultur«. Sie entwarfen mit dem »europäischen Nationalismus« ein ideologisches Dach für unterschiedliche Strömungen. Marie Müller-Zetzsche rekonstruiert die intellektuelle Vorgeschichte der »Neuen Rechten« in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Frankreich. Sie zeigt, wie ein Netzwerk von »politischen Schriftstellern« über Jahrzehnte hinweg ideologische Kontinuitäten schuf, Narrative bewahrte und Diskursräume öffnete, die für spätere rechte Bewegungen anschlussfähig wurden. Dabei steht nicht nur die inhaltliche Tradierung im Fokus, sondern auch die publizistische Strategie: Wiederholung, scheinbarer Pluralismus, Kampf um Begriffe, Übersetzung und nicht zuletzt transnationale Vernetzung.

Der vorliegende Band enthält Referate der letzten von Peter Oberender organisierten Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe Wettbewerb im Verein für Socialpolitik. Die behandelten Themen umfassen den Wettbewerb und die Wettbewerbspotenziale im deutschen Gesundheitswesen mit speziellem Fokus auf Krankenhausmärkte, die politische Dividende kommunaler Krankenhäuser im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wirtschaftlichkeit und Politik sowie institutionenökonomische Überlegungen und Praxisbeobachtungen zur Selbstverwaltung als Hüterin von Innovation und Wettbewerb im deutschen Gesundheitswesen.»Competition in Health Care Markets« The present book contains papers presented at the last conference of the German Economic Association's working group on competition policy organized by Peter Oberender. Topics include competition in the German health care sector with a particular emphasis on hospitals, the political dividend of local government-owned hospitals and an institutional economics analysis of the self-administered system as a guarantee for innovation and competition in the German health system.

Cataract surgery has recently become the backbone of ophthalmic surgery. It aims for a clear visual axis, a perfect optical system, visual improvement, amblyopia management, and a spectacle-free life at all distances. There are certain tender spots in dealing with a pediatric cataract case, where developmental stages are not yet completed, and in using the best of current technology for refractive lens exchange. This book covers important aspects of preoperative evaluation, surgical tips and techniques, and postoperative care for both pediatric and refractive cataract surgeries.

This volume provides a thorough conspectus of the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies in archaeology, history, literature and art. The chapters from this international group of experts showcase innovative methodologies, such as archaeological GIS, as well as providing accessible explanations of specialist techniques such as die studies of coins, and important theoretical perspectives, including postcolonial approaches to the Greeks in India. Chapters cover the region’s archaeology, written and numismatic sources, and a history of scholarship of the subject, as well as culture, identity and interactions with neighbouring empires, including India and China. The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World is the go-to reference work on the field, and fulfils a serious need for an accessible, but also thorough and critically-informed, volume on the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms. It provides an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the Hellenistic East.

With the A in Our Hearts: A Today That Remembers Yesterday is a work dedicated to the living memory of the “Eloy Alfaro” National High School in Quito and to those who have built it with commitment, identity, and passion. Inspired by the secular and revolutionary legacy of the “Old Fighter,” the book brings together the values, experiences, and legacies of generations who have embraced the motto: “For the Alfaro… to the Alfaro… today, tomorrow, and always.” Through testimonies, symbols, and the school anthem, it celebrates the effort, loyalty, and education that transcend time, strengthening the sense of belonging and the Alfaro educational mission.

In nature, it is possible to observe a cooperative behaviour in all animals, since, according to Charles Darwin’s theory, every being, from ants to human beings, form groups in which most individuals work for the common good. However, although study of dozens of social species has been done for a century, details of how and why cooperation evolved remain to be worked out. Actually, cooperative behaviour has been studied from different points of view. Swarm robotics is a new approach that emerged on the field of artificial swarm intelligence, as well as the biological studies of insects (i.e. ants and other fields in nature) which coordinate their actions to accomplish tasks that are beyond the capabilities of a single individual. In particular, swarm robotics is focused on the coordination of decentralised, self-organised multi-robot systems in order to describe such a collective behaviour as a consequence of local interactions with one another and with their environment. This book has only provided a partial picture of the field of swarm robotics by focusing on practical applications. The global assessment of the contributions contained in this book is reasonably positive since they highlighted that it is necessary to adapt and remodel biological strategies to cope with the added complexity and problems that arise when robot individuals are considered.

الوقفية الغسانية تحتوي على مسودات أوقاف تتناول ما أوقف من أوقاف على مصالح عامة في مدينة تعز في فترتي حكم الدولة الرسولية والاحتلال العثماني الأول لليمن. وقد حرص ولاة الدولة العثمانية في اليمن على نسخ ما وجدوا من مسودات أوقاف لحفظها من التمزق والضياع و تلاهم في هذا التقليد من أتى بعدهم من دول وحكام لبلاد اليمن وكان من نتاج هذا العمل ان تخلف عنه كم كبير من المسودات والدفاتر لم تجد طريقها للنشر بعد ومن بينها الوقفية الغسانية التي ننشرها اليوم لتكون بداية لخروج هذا التراث الغني والهام إلى النور .