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Kundenzufriedenheit und -loyalität sind zentrale Determinanten des nachhaltigen Unternehmenserfolgs – ganz besonders in der wettbewerbsintensiven Gemeinschaftsverpflegungsgastronomie. Da bislang kaum Erkenntnisse darüber vorliegen, wodurch Zufriedenheit und Loyalität in dieser Branche entstehen und wodurch die Auswirkungen der Wettbewerbsintensität abgeschwächt werden können, widmet sich diese Arbeit der Beantwortung dieser Fragen. Die empirische Überprüfung eines umfassenden theoretischen Forschungsmodells erfolgt unter anderem anhand eines PLS-Strukturgleichungsmodells. Die Ergebnisse zeigen erstmals die zentralen Zufriedenheits- und Loyalitätstreiber im Rahmen der Gemeinschaftsverpflegungsgastronomie auf, wodurch eine Optimierung des nachhaltigen Unternehmenserfolgs ermöglicht wird.

Reúne este libro quince ensayos dedicados al humanismo reformista de Mateo Alemán, intelectual comprometido avant la lettre, y centrados en la «poética» subversiva del Guzmán de Alfarache. Desde diversos enfoques (textuales, contextuales, intertextuales), estos estudios reivindican el inconformismo y la modernidad, tanto ideológica como narrativa, de una ficción atalayista que a la trayectoria vital de una «persona ni buena ni mala» confiere la universalidad de la condición humana. La relect...

The monastery of San Miniato, formerly Black Benedictine, in 1373 was entrusted to the care of the Monte Oliveto’s monks with the favor of pope Gregory XI. The paper retraces the reasons of this passage of observance, which took place during a difficult period for the city of Florence, engaged in the War of the Eight Saints, and in the context of an almost generalized crisis of Benedictine abbeys, analyzing the resumption of regular life and institutional innovations, such as the temporary mandate of abbots; until the site was abandoned after the mid-sixteenth century.

This book is the third production from the ESREA Gender network and, once more, an opportunity to let the readers discover, or to know more, for a better understanding of questions related to gender and adult learning. It shows how researchers can be deeply involved in this specific field of adult education. The notion of informal learning has already been treated as a chapter in the 2003s book, but it becomes central and relevant in this new book considering the growing complexity of our society. Readership: Educational Researchers and their students

Na przykładzie terenu Parku Krajobrazowego Wzniesień Łódzkich omówiono różnorodność form rzeźby terenu związanych z istnieniem tzw. strefy krawędziowej Wzniesień Łódzkich i działaniem lądolodu zlodowacenia środkowopolskiego odry stadiału warty. Północne stoki wzgórz powstały w wyniku przekształcenia w warunkach klimatu peryglacjalnego moreny czołowej uformowanej w miejscu akumulacyjnej działalności tegoż lądolodu. Dla obszaru mezoregionu Wzniesień Łódzkich, którego zaledwie część obejmuje park krajobrazowy, charakterystycznym elementem są głęboko wcięte asymetryczne doliny rzeczne, co obrazuje rezerwat Struga Dobieszkowska, a także parowy, które podziwiać można w rezerwacie Parowy Janinowskie. Na obszarze Parku znajdziemy również ślady eratyków wskaźnikowych, którym przyporządkować można konkretną lokalizację w Skandynawii, skąd zostały wyerodowane i „wbudowane” w masę lądolodu. Prócz form rzeźby terenu związanymi z działaniem lądolodu skandynawskiego, płynącą wodą czy z procesami eolicznymi, na omawianym obszarze nie brakuje przykładów form rzeźby terenu, będącymi przejawem wpływu człowieka na ukształtowanie powierzchni, m.in. wysokie miedze czy rozcięcia drogowe. Wszystkie omówione elementy geomorfologiczne odnaleźć można w wybierając się na 3-4 godzinne zajęcia w terenie.

This book attempts to provide a platform for researchers, policy makers, and engineers to share their latest thoughts and findings on groundwater quality and public health, as well as novel methods dealing with groundwater pollution. The chapters published in this book include the latest research results by world-renowned researchers, whose findings can benefit researchers, engineers, policy makers, and government officials in future groundwater quality research and policy making.

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This book contains a documental inventory of the administrative records of the public examinations to law professorships within the period 1859-1941 arranged chronologically based on the date of announcement. The catalogue, which includes 302 records stored in the “Archivo General de la Administración (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid), describes the essential elements of the public examination records: signature, professorship denomination, university, date of announcement, applicable regulation, examiners, candidates, votes, nomination and materials.---Este libro ofrece un inventario documental de los expedientes de oposiciones a cátedras de Derecho desde el año 1859 a 1941 ordenado cronológicamente según la fecha de la convocatoria de la oposición. La catalogación, que incluye 302 expedientes custodiados en el Archivo General de la Administración (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid), describe los elementos esenciales del expediente de oposiciones: signatura del archivo, denominación de la cátedra, universidad, fecha de la convocatoria de la oposición, reglamento aplicable, jueces del tribunal, opositores, votación, propuesta y materiales.

This book presents reviews on the application of the technology for crop improvement towards food and nutrition security, and research status on mutation breeding and associated biotechnologies in both seed crops and vegetatively propagated crops. It also presents perspectives on the significance of next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics in determining the molecular variants underlying mutations and on emerging biotechnologies such as gene editing. Reviews and articles are organized into five sections in the publication: (1) Contribution of Crop Mutant Varieties to Food Security; (2) Mutation Breeding in Crop Improvement and Climate-Change Adaptation; (3) Mutation Induction Techniques for Enhanced Genetic Variation; (4) Mutation Breeding in Vegetatively Propagated and Ornamental Crops; and (5) Induced Genetic Variation for Crop Improvement in the Genomic Era. The contents of this volume present excellent reference material for researchers, students and policy makers involved in the application of induced genetic variation in plants for the maintenance of biodiversity and the acceleration of crop adaptation to climate change to feed a growing global population in the coming years and decades.

This book explores the process of modernisation during the Porfiriato and the Conservative republic from the perspective of one of its most erratic agents: the urban police. Taking a pragmalinguistic approach, this book examines police bureaucratic, journalistic, and literary writing practices that flourished in the wake of police professionalisation and in response to the demands of state expansion, urban order, and cultural disciplining. It outlines the precarious state of an institution that had to redefine itself in the face of change, as well as policemen’s attempts to enforce and imagine different modes of doing modern estate, society, and culture. Integrating classical sociological theories and perspectives from Latin American police studies with debates on republican modernity, this study argues for an understanding of fin-de-siècle modernisation as a process of radical transformation rather than a maladaptation to Western modernity or blunt heteronomy. With its comparative approach and theoretically informed analysis, this book will appeal to scholars exploring police formation in Argentina and Mexico, seeking new insights into this key period of national organisation, and questioning the premises underlying the interpretation of modernity. The transdisciplinary approach will be of interest to researchers of writing cultures and postgraduate students wishing to engage critically with the sources of history.

The reprint Latest Advancements in Semiconductor Materials, Devices, and Systems compiles groundbreaking research from a Special Issue of Micromachines. This collection explores the forefront of semiconductor innovation, covering diverse topics such as material synthesis, advanced device architectures, numerical modeling, and emerging applications in electronics and optoelectronics. Aimed at researchers and industry professionals, this volume offers an in-depth perspective on the state-of-the-art developments shaping the future of semiconductor technology.

It can no longer be ignored that Ambient Intelligence concepts are moving away from research labs demonstrators into our daily lives in a slow but continuous manner. However, we are still far from concluding that our living spaces are intelligent and are enhancing our living style. Ambient Intelligence has attracted much attention from multidisciplinary research areas and there are still open issues in most of them. In this book a selection of unsolved problems which are considered key for ambient intelligence to become a reality, is analyzed and studied in depth. Hopefully this book will provide the reader with a good idea about the current research lines in ambient intelligence, a good overview of existing works and identify potential solutions for each one of these problems.

The volume "Space. Power. Inklusion." brings together selected papers from the 35th Annual Conference of Inclusion Researchers (IFO), which was hosted by the University of Innsbruck in cooperation with KPH Edith Stein from February 23-25, 2022. Under the impression of the global crises intensifying due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference focused on the importance of social spaces and powerful social orders for inclusion research. In this context, exclusion can be understood as the expropriation of spaces and their hegemonic occupation; inclusion, on the other hand, as their appropriation, radical democratization, and liberation. The contributions show how exclusive or inclusive spaces can be theoretically conceived, empirically investigated, and practically developed in current research projects.

Within a broad and articulated political action of medieval peasant society, the essay aims to identify the specific dynamics relating to Italy in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Through an analysis of the domains of action related to justice, tax collection, frontiers, churches, new villages and clienteles, a specific peasant focus is outlined in the search for effective mediation tools between local society and princely powers.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that play a crucial role in posttranscriptional gene regulation. Over two thousand miRNAs have been identified in humans, and many of them are conserved in other species. miRNAs are implicated in fundamental cellular functions, including development and disease. In the last decade, there has been an overwhelming amount of data contributing to the understanding of miRNA biogenesis and their target genes. Moreover, a significant amount of work has been carried out in developing miRNA biomarkers and therapeutics for various disease conditions. RNA-based markers and therapeutics have been proven to have a clinical impact, and many of these miRNA-based therapies are at various stages of human clinical trials and clinical applications. Notably, miRNAs are also found in exosomes, and are considered to impart intercellular communication and function via several different modalities, including tunneling nanotubes. In spite of our understanding of miRNA biology and function, there are many challenges in effectively using miRNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic agents in clinical applications. In this Special Issue, we are inviting reviews, perspectives, and original research articles to address some of these challenges. Topics will include, but are not limited to, miRNA biogenesis, clinical applications, extracellular function, biomarkers, miRNA immune regulation, signaling pathways, and preclinical models.