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Il Devisement dou monde è probabilmente l’opera della letteratura medievale che ha attraversato la più intricata vicenda testuale: scritto nel 1298 da Rustichello da Pisa, prigioniero insieme a Marco nelle carceri di Genova (in un francese fortemente mescidato da tratti italiani, riconoscibile nella sola copia rimasta, il cod. parigino fr. 1116: F), entro la prima metà del XIV secolo l’opera fu più volte tradotta in versioni che spesso sfiorano il radicale rimaneggiamento in toscano, veneziano, latino, francese, catalano, tedesco, ecc., producendo una ricchissima tradizione manoscritta e approdando precocemente alla stampa.

The COVID-19 pandemic bared the inadequacies in existing structures of public health and governance in most countries. This book provides a comparative analysis of policy approaches and planning adopted by federal governments across the globe to battle and adequately respond to the health emergency as well as the socio-economic fallouts of the pandemic. With twenty-four case studies from across the globe, the book critically analyzes responses to the public health crisis, its fiscal impact and management, as well as decision-making and collaboration between different levels of government of countries worldwide. It explores measures taken to contain the pandemic and to responsibly regulate and manage the health, socio-economic welfare, employment, and education of its people. The authors highlight the deficiencies in planning, tensions between state and local governments, politicization of the crisis, and the challenges of generating political consensus. They also examine effective approaches used to foster greater cooperation and learning for multi-level, polycentric innovation in pandemic governance. One of the first books on federalism and approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic, this volume is an indispensable reference for scholars and researchers of comparative federalism, comparative politics, development studies, political science, public policy and governance, health and wellbeing, and political sociology.

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Dietary patterns are evolving, and we are increasingly aware of the contribution of food and food systems to community and planetary health. To be responsive to these changes and to promote dietary patterns that enhance the health and wellbeing of populations and protect against climate change, nutrition professionals and researchers need to monitor evolving dietary patterns and trial comprehensive, multiaction solutions. Countries are pushing back on corporate and climate change disruptions to food systems and are looking for ways to strengthen community involvement in food systems, so that healthy and environmentally friendly food choices are easier to make. To achieve this, policymakers need access to the latest evidence on evolving dietary patterns and on effective solutions, and this Special Issue on Progress in Community Nutrition: Dietary Patterns and Planetary Health provides some of this evidence.

This Reprint compiles recent research exploring a broad range of contaminants in water environments. It highlights studies conducted across diverse aquatic systems such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and groundwater. The articles employ advanced analytical tools and modeling techniques to assess contaminant sources, transport mechanisms, and ecological risks. This collection includes case studies from across the world, including Indonesia, Egypt, and the United States, offering both local and global perspectives. A special focus is granted to the roles of land use, climate variability, and human activity in influencing water quality. Several contributions focus on pollution load estimation, wastewater surveillance, and water–wastewater network optimization. Collectively, this Reprint advances the understanding of environmental behavior and the public health implications of water pollutants. It offers a valuable reference for scientists, engineers, and decision-makers in environmental and water resource management.

Cyberspace is increasingly vital to the future of humanity and managing it peacefully and sustainably is critical to both security and prosperity in the twenty-first century. These chapters and essays unpack the field of cyber peace by investigating historical and contemporary analogies, in a wide-ranging and accessible Open Access publication.

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

Presents the findings of a broad-ranging literature review intended to identify, frame, and assess relevant issues concerning effective out-of-school-time (OST) programs. Drawing on recent studies the authors identify and address the level of demand for OST services, the effectiveness of offerings, what constitutes quality in OST programs, how to encourage participation, and how to build further community capacity. They make recommendations for improving the information used in policy making.

Quel sera l’impact du changement climatique à l’échelle de l’Aquitaine ? Comment se traduirait un réchauffement global de plusieurs degrés sur ses paysages et ses ressources ? Quelles seraient les perspectives d’adaptation du milieu et des Hommes ? Ce sont les questions auxquelles tente de répondre le travail dirigé par Hervé Le Treut, climatologue, membre de l'Académie des Sciences et expert auprès du GIEC (Groupe Intergouvememental d'experts sur l’Évolution du Climat) en s'appuyant sur la collaboration de plus de 150 chercheurs, toutes disciplines confondues. Les auteurs réfléchissent au devenir de l'Aquitaine, à sa vulnérabilité face au changement climatique, en envisageant les conséquences probables sur l'économie (agriculture, viticulture, forêts...), le paysage (littoral, montagne, estuaires, forêts...) et la population. À travers le territoire aquitain, cet ouvrage décline les principaux enjeux auxquels il convient dès maintenant de faire face. Richement illustré et accessible à tous, ce livre donne une vision d'ensemble, mais ancrée localement, des impacts relatifs au changement climatique et préconise des solutions, des pistes à privilégier pour que les sociétés aquitaines puissent s'adapter à ces modifications.

"Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) is the gold standard for any practising audiologist, and for families of infants and children with hearing impairment. Yet EHDI remains a significant challenge for Africa, and various initiatives are in place to address this gap in transferring policy into practice within the southern African context. Early Detection and Intervention in Audiology: An African Perspective aims to address the diversity of factors in southern Africa that presents unique challenges to teaching and research in this field. The South African government’s heightened focus on increasing access to health care, which includes ongoing Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes, makes this an opportune time for establishing and documenting evidence-based research for current undergraduate and postgraduate students. Detailed case studies pay careful attention to contextual relevance and responsiveness to both identification and intervention in hearing impairment. With diverse contributions from local and international experts, but always with an African perspective, this textbook will be an essential resource for students, researchers and practitioners. "

This open access book presents work collected through the Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects (LEAP) in 2019 (LEAP-ASIA-2019) following the LEAP-UCD-2017 whose results have been published as a first volume. In addition to the research targets set in the previous one, such as the repeatability, variability, and sensitivity of lateral spreading on mildly sloping liquefiable sand, this volume includes research efforts to validate the generalized scaling law (hereafter “GSL”) for the identical prototype with the one employed in UCD-2017. In LEAP-ASIA-2019, 10 institutes around the world conducted 23 tests in total. It was the first multi-institutional attempts to investigate the validity of the generalized scaling law for the saturated sandy sloping deposit with wide range of initial conditions. The experimental data provided a unique basis for assessing the capabilities of six different simulation platforms for numerical simulation of soil liquefaction. The results of the experiments and the numerical simulations are presented and discussed in papers submitted by the project participants.

This reprint presents the most recent developments in the synthesis, modification, properties, and applications in various areas related to functional nanosystems and nanomaterials. This reprint will be useful to scientists of diverse backgrounds, i.e., material science, organic and inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology, and nanomedicine.

La guerre de Candie est aujourd’hui bien oubliée. Ce conflit suscita pourtant un intérêt constant dans l’Europe du xviie siècle, tenue en haleine par les péripéties de ce siège interminable qui aboutit, en 1669, à la prise par les Ottomans de la capitale du Regno di Candia (aujourd’hui Héraklion). Des milliers de soldats, gentilshommes, aventuriers, gens sans aveux, combattirent les Turcs sous les bannières de Venise et du Pape, mus par des motivations fort diverses, allant du zèle religieux à la soif de gloire et d’aventure, en passant par la geste nobiliaire, le recrutement forcé ou la simple rapine. Le capitaine Pierre Domenisse (v. 1629-1710) a laissé pour sa part un précieux témoignage des quelques semaines qu’il passa en Crète à l’occasion du « secours » envoyé par Louis XIV aux Vénitiens, durant l’été 1669. La publication de son Mémoire des choses les plus remarquables qui se sont faites au voyage de Candie, plus de trois siècles après, offre l’occasion de se plonger au cœur de ce conflit qui, par bien des aspects, accompagna et consacra les derniers feux du mythe de croisade, si cher à Alphonse Dupront. À travers le regard d’un rude protestant cévenol, ce texte donne aussi matière à s’interroger sur les relations complexes et mouvantes qui agitèrent et unirent mondes occidental et ottoman, alors même que les Turcs constituaient encore une menace pour l’Europe chrétienne.

Die Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (IGNM) beging 2022/23 ihr 100-jähriges Bestandsjubiläum. Aus diesem Anlass fand in Wien ein internationales Symposium statt, das Zukunftsentwürfen in den Künsten gewidmet war. Nicht wenige dieser Entwürfe durchzieht ein dystopischer Grundton. Utopien und Dystopien zeichnen konträre, gleichwohl zueinander in Relation stehende Zukunftsbilder aus der jeweiligen historischen Gegenwart. Ob sie dies – wie in den Gründungsjahren der IGNM – auch heute noch mit dem Ziel tun, die Symptome der Zeit zu benennen und zu behandeln, oder ob das Relevanzversprechen der Kunst obsolet geworden ist, war eine der auf dem Symposium diskutierten Fragen. Die Beiträge des Bandes dokumentieren diese Fragestellungen bzw. suchen nach Antworten und bieten Einblick in die bewegte Vergangenheit der IGNM, behandeln aber ebenso gegenwärtige und zukünftige Probleme des Komponierens.