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The term "risk" is very often associated with negative meanings. However, in most cases, many opportunities can present themselves to deal with the events and to develop new solutions which can convert a possible danger to an unforeseen, positive event. This book is a structured collection of papers dealing with the subject and stressing the importance of a relevant issue such as risk management. The aim is to present the problem in various fields of application of risk management theories, highlighting the approaches which can be found in literature.

Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire during the years 1808–1917. At this time nationalism as well as other ideologies reached Finland from Europe, which strengthened the willingness to change both in society and on a governmental level. The Fennoman movement, which was a movement focusing both on language and on nationalism, became the core of the Finnish self-perception. The goal was to define Finland as a coherent and separate country in relation to its neighbouring countries. Collecting folk poems and learning to know one’s home country became essential. People saw the Kalevala poems as a way to understand and define the Finnish identity and the history of the Finnish people. Especially young people with a background in academia were intrigued by these ideas. University students collected poems all over the Grand Duchy of Finland as well as in the Russian part of Carelia, in Sweden, Norway and in Ingria. Students who collected these folk poems also wrote travelogues about their travels and all this material was handed over to The Finnish Literature Society. These documents are unique and there has not been much research done on them, especially with the focus on how the young academic generation during the age of autonomy defined their home country, their national self-perception, themselves and the commoners living in the rural parts of the country. This book reviews travelogues written by one hundred university students who travelled in the country collecting folk poems during 1836–1917. The book offers insight into how the students described Finland and what it meant to be Finnish. Travelogues can be defined as a sort of hybrid of texts. They consist of a mixture of letters, journals, biographical texts and travel books. Consequently, the image that the students depict of Finland is in this study based upon research perspectives and methods used in textual research, oral history and travel literature. The travelogues written by students previously evoked the interest of researchers who mainly studied certain traits of poem collectors, tradition bearers or poems. However, the travelogues contain plenty of information about the lives of the people who lived in the areas where the poems were collected. The descriptions of Finland in the travelogues do not represent the “real” 19th century Finland, but instead it is a story written and created by university students. The characteristics that are presented in The Land of Hope are based on how the intelligentsia perceived “real” Finnishness as opposed to the uneducated commoners living in the rural parts of the country. The most notable themes in the travelogues are the state and the future of the society and of being Finnish. Another theme is the otherization of those who were uneducated commoners. These themes describe the fears and hopes that university students had about Finland. They also show us that the travelogues were ideological texts about Finland and Finnishness that united the collectors of folk poetry. This book studies the collection of folk poetry in the context of the ideologies during the age of autonomy and it explains what the collection of poems meant and who were involved in it. Furthermore, the book gives an insight into the possibilities to pursue academic studies and it also presents the most essential sources of students’ knowledge about Finland at that point of time.

Wie schreiben professionelle Schreiber*innen? Wie passen sie ihre Strategien, Routinen und sprachlichen Ressourcen situativ an? In 17 Fallstudien wird Mustern und Zusammenhängen in Schreibprozessverläufen mehrsprachiger Schreiber*innen nachgegangen: 13 Studierende und 4 Wissenschaftler*innen haben Schreibsessions im Real life writing mit Screen-Capturing-Software aufgezeichnet und in Interviews über ihre Sprach(en)- und Schreibbiographien Auskunft gegeben. Auf der Cross-Case-Analyse dieser 17 Fallstudien basiert das PROSIMS-Schreibprozessmodell, das die spezifischen Einflussfaktoren und dynamischen Wechselbeziehungen in Schreibsituationen konzipiert und visualisiert. Es wird durch eine umfassende interdisziplinäre Diskussion einschlägiger Fachdiskurslinien kontextualisiert.

In der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildungspraxis sind digitale Medien zentrale Einflussfaktoren. Sie wirken auf Bildungs- und Lernprozesse Erwachsener, Anforderungen an Professionelle, Veränderungen der Organisationen sowie des gesamten Systems. Daraus ergeben sich neue und notwendige Forschungsperspektiven. In dem Sammelband wird die Digitalisierung als Forschungsfeld der Erwachsenenbildungswissenschaft eingeordnet und umrissen. Für die Formierung dieses Feldes setzen die Herausgeber:innen in ihrem Einstiegsbeitrag wichtige Impulse. Die Themenauswahl und Editierung der darauf folgenden Beiträge verweisen auf die zentralen Forschungsaufgaben einer erwachsenenpädagogischen Digitalisierungsforschung: die Fundierung der erwachsenenpädagogischen Praxis und Theoriebildung für die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Phänomen des Digitalen. Grundfragen der Finanzierung, der Kompetenzen, der Lehre, des Lernens und der Institutionen werden aus verschiedenen Perspektiven diskutiert.

Despite advancements in scientific knowledge and technological capabilities, flood disasters continue to escalate in severity and extent due to the combination of increasingly intensive land use and the growing effects of climate change. To combat this challenge, it is imperative to advance fundamental and applied research that enables targeted interventions, reduces vulnerability, enhances resilience, and supports decision-makers in implementing effective flood risk-reduction policies. This comprehensive volume contributes to this critical objective by collating recent studies and cutting-edge methodologies that delve into understanding both existing and emerging flood risk drivers within the current climate change context. From investigating the role of constructed wetlands in stormwater management and evaluating flood risk in historic urban areas to analysing the non-stationarity of extreme rainfall and advancing torrential rainfall forecasts, no aspect is left unexplored. Additionally, this volume delves into examining flood damage on agricultural land and understanding post-fire debris flow susceptibility. By meticulously investigating these multifaceted dimensions, the book arms readers with actionable insights and knowledge.The editors hope this comprehensive resource serves as a beacon for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike. By equipping readers with the latest advancements and methodologies, we hope this book empowers them to better comprehend flood risks, navigate the complexities of climate change, and forge a path toward a more resilient and sustainable future.

The correspondence between Franco Fortini and Rossana Rossanda spans from 1951 to 1993. The long dialogue between the two correspondents addresses the most diverse moments and events of the second half of the twentieth century in Italy: from the Casa della Cultura in Milan to cinema and mass media, from the political and cultural role of il manifesto to various electoral moments, two of the sharpest minds of the last century clash and reunite for more than forty years, in a bond of friendship that, despite its abrupt interruptions, never ceased. Fortini attacks, Rossanda defends and responds, and in recognizing in each other the same perspective, focused on the same issue, they develop the broad reflections that would accompany them through the most complex, and sometimes painful, years of intellectual and political activism on the left in Italy.

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Monte Carlo methods, or Monte Carlo experiments, are a broad class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results. This book provides a comprehensive overview of these methods, discussing their fundamental aspects and their applications in solving a large array of problems. Recent Advances in Monte Carlo Methods is a useful reference for scholars, researchers, and students in pure and applied mathematics, physical sciences, engineering and technology, computer science, numerical analysis, scientific computing, and the general sciences.

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

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This reprint captures recent advancements in the introduction, usage, and adoption of smart and digital disruptive technologies in the built environment. It consists of 17 chapters covering a range of topics and article types. The key topics include the adoption of smart technologies, automation, and disruption in the built environment, such as wearable devices and augmented reality in construction safety, electronic process monitoring for construction tasks, digital capture of buildings through point clouds, UAVs, and LIDAR, BIM for a learning environment, underground works and wood construction, collaborative information management technologies in construction, techniques for structural health monitoring and evaluation, construction risk management, inclusive walking communities, smart spin models for cities, landfill and waste management in cities, and circular economy in construction for sustainable development.

This open access book constitutes revised selected papers from the workshops and the poster track held at the 26th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2025, which took place in Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland, during June 2-5, 2025. XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and practice. The main ambition of the co-located workshops was to foster collaboration, generate new insights, and advance the field of agile software development. The 2 full papers and 10 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 35 submissions to the workshops and the poster track. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI and Agile Software Development: From Frustration to Success; The Third International Workshop on Global and Hybrid Work in Software Engineering (GoHyb); Towards a Closser Collaboration between Practice and Research in Agile Software Development - What we learnt and what not; Posters.

Recently, a revolution in nanotechnology has pervaded all fields related to animal science. This book collection focuses on the potential applications of nanotechnology in the field of animal science, particularly livestock production and medication. The studies/reviews published in this book show the preparation protocols and physiochemical and biological properties of the innovated nanoparticles, designated for different purposes. This is in line with the potential hazards of these materials. The book collection shows that nanoparticles and nanoparticle-based systems can be developed to serve different purposes in the field of animal production and veterinary, such as the management of reproduction and assisted reproductive techniques, rapid and robust disease diagnosis and treatment, drug delivery, and animal nutrition.

This book shows that the Enlightenment was many before it became one: The French Revolution reinvented the Enlightenment as a secular-democratic project of modernity and thereby obliterated its eighteenth-century variety. By recovering the rival strands of Enlightenment at play in Habsburg Central Europe and the Empire they produced, Fillafer offers a fresh reading of both.

The main objective of this book is to establish the salient reasons why higher education was developed in East Africa and specifically why the Federal University of East Africa was constituted. The book will identify the factors responsible for the collapse of this regional institution in June 1970. Another objective of this book is to demonstrate how the history of the University of East Africa sheds light on colonial and post-colonial policies on education, especially higher education, as a contribution to educational planning in contemporary Africa.