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¿En qué medida nuestro aparato conceptual permite comprender y describir los cambios en el derecho? ¿Qué puede aportar a nuestra actividad investigadora, desde un punto de vista analítico, una observación del derecho en sus momentos dinámicos? El objetivo del volumen es intentar una primera aproximación al análisis de un tema inusual: el derecho en movimiento. Los estudios aquí reunidos analizan algunas experiencias jurídicas concretas del movimiento del derecho, tomando en consideración tres perfiles particulares: la circulación de personas, la circulación del derecho (en referencia tanto a los saberes, y a las culturas jurídicas, como a las opciones normativas), la circulación de los derechos (en referencia a la multiplicidad de las formas de tutela jurídica y a su difusión).

This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics. There were struggles, triumphs and defeats around land rights, community control of organisations, national coalitions and the international movement for Indigenous rights. The changes of these years generated new roles for Aboriginal people. Leaders had to grapple with demands to be administrators and managers as well as spokespeople and lobbyists. The challenges were personal as well as organisational, with a central one being how to retain personal integrity in the highly politicised atmosphere of the ‘Aboriginal Industry’. Kevin Cook was in the middle of many of these changes – as a unionist, educator, land rights campaigner, cultural activist and advocate for liberation movements in Southern Africa, the Pacific and around the world. But ‘Cookie’ has not wanted to tell the story of his own life in these pages. Instead, with Heather Goodall, a long time friend, he has gathered together many of the activists with whom he worked to tell their stories of this important time. Readers are invited into the frank and vivid conversations Cookie had with forty-five black and white activists about what they wanted to achieve, the plans they made, and the risks they took to make change happen. “You never doubted Kevin Cook. His very presence made you confident because the guiding hand is always there. Equal attention is given to all. I am one of many who worked with Cookie and Judy through the Tranby days and in particular the 1988 Bicentennial March for Freedom, Justice and Hope. What days they were. I’m glad this story is being told.” Linda Burney, MLA New South Wales “Kevin Cook was a giant in the post-war struggle for Aboriginal rights. His ability to connect the dots and make things happen was important in both the political and cultural resurgence of the 1970s onwards.” Meredith Burgmann, former MLC, New South Wales “Kevin has had a transformative effect on the direction of my life and the lives of so many other people. This book is an important contribution to understanding not only Kevin’s life but also the broader struggles for social and economic justice, for community empowerment and of the cooperative progressive movement. It will greatly assist the ongoing campaign for full and sustainable reconciliation.” Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary, Maritime Union of Australia “Cookie has made great contributions in enhancing the struggles of our people. He is a motivator, an astute strategist, and an excellent communicator with wonderful people skills. It’s a pleasure to be able to call him a mate and a brother.” John Ah Kit, former MLA, Northern Territory

In a wide-ranging and in-depth study of the recent history of anthropology, David Price offers a provocative account of the ways anthropology has been influenced by U.S. imperial projects around the world, and by CIA funding in particular. DUAL USE ANTHROPOLOGY is the third in Price’s trilogy on the history of the discipline of anthropology and its tangled relationship with the American military complex. He argues that anthropologists’ interactions with Cold War military and intelligence agencies shaped mid-century American anthropology and that governmental and private funding of anthropological research programs connected witting and unwitting anthropologists with research of interest to military and intelligence agencies. Price gives careful accounts of CIA interactions with the American Anthropological Association (AAA), the development of post-war area studies programs, and new governmental funding programs articulated with Cold War projects. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, American anthropologists became increasingly critical of anthropologists’ collaborations with military and intelligence agencies, particularly when these interactions contributed to counterinsurgency projects. Awareness of these uses of anthropology led to several public clashes within the AAA, and to the development of the Association’s first ethics code. Price compares this history of anthropological knowledge being used by military and intelligence agencies during the Cold War to post-9/11 projects. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Die Idee, die technische Klopfprüfung zur Prüfung von Abwasserkanälen einzusetzen, wurde bislang in einem pragmatischen Ansatz verfolgt. Im Gegensatz dazu wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit gezeigt, wie die wissenschaftliche Durchdringung der komplexen Problematik der Klopfprüfung zu einer stabilen anwendungsfähigen Lösung führt. Eine transiente Anregung des verlegten Abwasserrohres mit einem Hammer erzeugt im Prüfobjekt Schwingungen, die sich beim Ausschwingvorgang zu Eigenschwingungen überlagern. Mit Hilfe von numerischen Modellen werden die Auswirkungen von Fehlstel-len (Risse bzw. Hohlräume im Bereich der Rohrbettung) auf die Schwingungsantwort veranschaulicht. Die numerischen Ergebnisse fließen in die Optimierung der Messtechnik und der Signalverarbeitung mit ein. Digitale Filterverfahren verbessern die Qualität der infolge von Kontaktproblemen beeinträchtigten Messungen, so dass eine zuverlässige Schadensdiagnose möglich wird. Die im Labor und in situ erzielten Messergebnisse werden in den Kontext anderer Sensoren gestellt, die auf unterschiedlichen physikalischen Prinzipien basieren.

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The chronicle written by Falco of Benevento is a rare testimony to lay urban historiography from southern Italy in the 12th century. Comparisons with the communal historiography of northern Italy are obvious, but easily run the risk of reading the text through a ‘northern prism’. In contrast, the article emphasises the context of Benevento as a papal city. The ‘social logic’ of the Chronicon is to be seen in the communication between papal rectors and local fideles, among whom the chronicler played an important role. Aware of the end of the Innocentian Schism (1130-8), Falco gives a deeply biased account of Benevento’s history from the beginning of the 12th century.

The (re)publication in the Bibliothèque idéale des Sciences Sociales (Bi2S) of the work of Georges Liénard and Émile Servais finally brings to the attention of the scientific community an unjustly unknown investigation. Indeed, although it was published in 1978 in Belgium by Vie Ouvrière, this book has not circulated much in France. It is therefore practically a question of giving access to it for the first time. The book is the result of a sociology thesis carried out by two researchers, and it reports on one of the first surveys on the socialization of children conducted in the homes of families from different social classes. The new preface by Stéphane Bonnéry, after the original one by Jean Remy and Jean-Claude Chamboredon, as well as the afterword by Georges Liénard, Éric Mangez and Hugues Draelants, underline its precursory character for the sociology of education and children. A study of the variation in forms of socialization according to social position, the book is an attempt to link an ethnography of educational practices in different classes and a sociology of class morals. From the description of socialization, the temporal perspective in which it takes place, the representations of the objective future that it implies, the view of work and the social position of the family that accompanies it, the sociological analysis tends to show how social learning is also an apprenticeship of social position, and how socialization is an internalization of social status.

Mortality Rates in Middle and Low-Income Countries describes causes and factors leading to high mortality as well as presents the latest developments in the field of healthcare with best practices to reduce mortality in all ages. It addresses mortality and related health outcomes in economically poor countries and presents a new matric/index for measuring healthcare effectiveness and monitoring levels. It also discusses the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the challenges of implementing prevention measures in developing countries. The information in this book can be adopted at various levels to bolster the quality of healthcare systems across the globe.

Inclusive media education in a mediatised world: media education perspectives on an interprofessional field of research Dealing with diversity in society and the heterogeneous learning and development prerequisites of adolescents represent a central challenge for professionals in educational contexts alongside the discussion about digital education. Social participation as a target dimension of inclusion is increasingly linked to media in view of current everyday and living environments. Media education makes a substantial contribution to inclusion. Inclusion also contributes to the further development of digital education if, for example, media are designed and used in such a way that they can be used by everyone through accessibility and universal design. This volume uses theoretical, empirical and practice-orientated perspectives to show how the discourses on digital and inclusive education can be considered together. In addition to disability and special educational needs, other lines of difference such as age, gender, origin and social situation are included.; Inklusive Medienbildung in einer mediatisierten Welt: Medienpädagogische Perspektiven auf ein interprofessionelles Forschungsfeld Der Umgang mit Vielfalt in der Gesellschaft und die heterogenen Lern- und Entwicklungsvoraussetzungen von Heranwachsenden stellen neben der Diskussion um digitale Bildung eine zentrale Herausforderung für Professionelle in pädagogischen Kontexten dar. Dabei ist gesellschaftliche Teilhabe als Zieldimensionen von Inklusion angesichts aktueller Alltags- und Lebenswelten zunehmend an Medien gebunden. Medienbildung leistet einen substanziellen Beitrag zur Inklusion. Zudem trägt Inklusion zur Weiterentwicklung digitaler Bildung bei, wenn etwa durch Barrierefreiheit und Universal Design Medien so gestaltet und eingesetzt werden, dass sie für alle nutzbar sind. Der vorliegende Band zeigt anhand theoretischer, empirischer und praxisorientierter Perspektiven auf, wie die Diskurse um digitale und inklusive Bildung zusammengedacht werden können. Neben Behinderung und sonderpädagogischer Förderung werden weitere Differenzlinien wie Alter, Geschlecht, Herkunft und soziale Lage einbezogen.

Neonatology is one of the areas of greatest development and evolution within pediatrics. Every year there are advances in the management of the different diseases that newborns develop, which makes it necessary to refresh knowledge on traditional and other emerging issues. This book includes six chapters that address critical and relevant issues in neonatal care and seeks to contribute to the clinical work of health teams in neonatal units.

Based on the most recent clinical and epidemiologic information, one out of seven newly diagnosed epithelial malignancies worldwide result from infection and chronic inflammation in conjunction with cancer. This book draws contributions from international expert researchers from diverse disciplines, who addressed various aspects of experimental and clinical cancer biology, by selectively focusing on inflammation-mediated oncogenesis to debate these and related issues. Topics covered include the epidemiological links between cancer and inflammation, the parallels between inflammation and cancer, the role of inflammation in cancer, inflammatory genes as risk factors for cancer initiation and progression, inflammation and cancer angiogenesis, and preventative/therapeutic strategies. This comprehensive and cutting-edge Special Issue “Inflammation and Cancer” promises to serve as a vital guide and resource for investigators and clinicians working toward the goal of fighting the estimated 2200 inflammation-related oncogenesis fatalities occurring every day.

A ground-breaking collection of essays that explores the place of the Dutch and English East India Companies in Asia and the nature of their interactions with Asian rulers, officials, merchants, soldiers and brokers. The Dutch and English East India Companies were formidable organizations that were gifted with expansive powers that allowed them to conduct diplomacy, raise armies and seize territorial possessions. But they did not move into an empty arena in which they were free to deploy these powers without resistance. Early modern Asia stood at the center of the global economy and was home to powerful states and sprawling commercial networks. With contributions from the most innovative historians working on the companies today, this book presents new ways to understand these organizations by focusing on their diplomatic, commercial and military interactions with Asia.

Wilson Pérez Oviedo hace un examen crítico de la evolución y las limitaciones de la corriente principal de la disciplina económica. Destaca como ésta se ha inspirado en la física y ha adoptado las matemáticas como su lenguaje, hasta el punto de tratar de cimentarse en la axiomatización y la formalización. Debido al rigor de lo formal, este proceso ha develado los límites de la misma teoría, que pueden resumirse en la multiplicidad e indeterminación de los equilibrios en sus modelos. El análisis tiene como eje la interacción entre las acciones y decisiones individuales frente a los procesos de decisión y agregación colectiva. El autor analiza el papel fundamental que juegan las expectativas de las personas en definir la dinámica social y en el fracaso de las expectativas racionales como propuesta teórica para entenderlas. Su planteamiento consiste en retomar la concepción del individuo como ser social, cuyas preferencias y expectativas determinan y son determinadas por su entorno social. Así se lograría tender un puente hacia las otras ciencias sociales. Plantea también entender el papel de la multiplicidad de los equilibrios y resolver la indeterminación. Argumenta que, dentro de los límites que impone la consistencia macroeconómica y la compatibilidad de los incentivos, y ante la multiplicidad de senderos que se bifurcan en el futuro, lo que los humanos creen se hace realidad.

With this Reprint, we wish to offer interested readers the opportunity to explore cutting-edge articles that explore how artificial intelligence, data science, and statistics can improve the effectiveness of medical decision-making and evidence-based medicine. In this Reprint, leading researchers in the field share their insights, experimentations, research findings, and visions for the future. We have compiled a collection of studies covering innovative practices in evidence-based medicine, advances in data analysis and risk management in medical treatment decisions, applications of artificial intelligence methods, modelling and simulation in medical decision-making, and policy development for better evidence-based practices and services.