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Malnutrition lurks in the background of hospitalized medical patients. A large proportion of patients are malnourished upon hospital admission and patients often experience further nutritional deterioration during their stay and during disease recovery. However, although the negative effects of malnutrition on the outcomes of patients are well recognized, we still struggle to identify appropriate patients and efficacious nutritional interventions to overcome this problem. Recent studies have produced convincing evidence that adequate and timely nutritional management of medical in-patients can contribute to the prevention of negative consequences and thus improve the clinical outcome of patients. This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine focuses on multiple practical aspects of nutritional management of medical in-patients, from screening for nutritional risk to the practical implementation of nutritional therapy and its possible complications, including financial aspects, to increasing clinician awareness and knowledge of nutritional care in hospitals.

Skin wounds are common occurrences that result from the breakdown of anatomical continuity and integrity of the epidermis, with consequent functional changes. Wound healing is a complex phenomenon through which there is healing of the skin. The wound healing process begins immediately after the wound occurs and can be a lengthy and complex process depending on the severity of the wound and the normal or abnormal healing progress. Wound healing progress through three distinct phases of inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling in a methodical and complex sequence that involves cellular, molecular, and humoral mechanisms of action. Any change in this sequence of events can lead to abnormal wound healing. Due to the health and psychological consequences of wounds that are difficult to heal there has been a continuous effort to develop new therapies that promote wound healing more quickly and effectively and that restore the skin’s barrier function. Nevertheless, this situation remains a medical challenge. This book presents some therapeutic advances based on new and innovative therapeutic options, medical devices, and biomaterials to promote wound healing. It is a theoretical and practical reference for future research on chronic wound healing.

Durant le long xixe siècle, face à un Occident de plus en plus puissant et arrogant, l’Empire ottoman s’est modernisé dans le but avoué de gérer une situation de plus en plus précaire. L’histoire de cette modernité, fortement empreinte d’occidentalisation, doit s’affranchir de bien des influences politiques et idéologiques qui l’ont grevée jusqu’ici : orientalisme eurocentrique, nationalisme kémaliste, ottomanisme islamisant… L’étude d’une grande variété de sources – la plupart encore inexploitées – viendra nourrir une réflexion critique sur cette période dont l’importance n’a d’égal que sa complexité.

Die Verbindung von Fleisch und Männlichkeit hat eine enorme kulturelle Relevanz - auch für vegane Ernährung. Eine soziologische Perspektive auf den Ernährungswandel zeigt, wie dieser sozial und kulturell strukturiert ist: Zwischen dem Lebensmittel Fleisch, veganer Ernährung, Körper, Gesundheit und Geschlecht spannt sich ein gesellschaftliches Konfliktfeld auf. Martin Winter untersucht diese Zusammenhänge mit großer theoretischer Tiefe in seiner breit angelegten qualitativen empirischen Studie. Dabei kann er die komplexen Bedingungen der Popularisierung und Normalisierung veganer Ernährung sowie die Reproduktion und das Aufbrechen hegemonialer Männlichkeitskonstruktionen nachweisen.

This report analyzes the National Guard’s centrality to American national security, the idea that it prevents the United States from fighting controversial foreign wars, and its claim to embody the citizen soldier. It concludes that there are increasing tensions among these three ideals and that as the Guard has become an increasingly important tool of American national security, it has lost some of the attributes of the citizen soldier.

Esta obra é o resultado da minha dissertação de mestrado, Politica, tecnologia e educação na formação do cidadão, defendida na UNESP de Marília em 1996, sob a orientação do Professor Doutor Tullo Vigevani.

En quelques années, les bibliothèques françaises ont développé des services de questions-réponses en ligne. Beaucoup d'établissements en sont encore à la phase de réflexion, d'autres démarrent, des réseaux s'élaborent. Dans le contexte actuel du repérage, de la sélection et de la validation de l'information pléthorique disponible sur Internet, les services de questions-réponses en ligne ont un rôle primordial à jouer. En effet, ils valorisent l'offre des bibliothèques dans le contexte du développement des services aux publics et des services à distance. Leur mise en place interroge le professionnel sous de multiples facettes : organisation du travail, politique de services, choix des outils… Ces différents aspects sont abordés, s'appuyant sur des expériences françaises et étrangères, qu'elles soient locales, coopératives et/ou collaboratives. Un éventail d'offres existe aujourd'hui, selon les objectifs, les besoins, les publics, les moyens mis à disposition et les technologies choisies. Le plan s'articule autour de quatre parties pragmatiques et opératoires : construire le projet, développer un savoir-répondre, organiser et travailler au sein d'une équipe et, enfin, adapter le service à l'environnement et à la nature de ses publics. Cet ouvrage collectif, coordonné par Claire Nguyen, se veut un guide utile à tous les professionnels qui veulent créer, maintenir ou faire évoluer un service de questions-réponses à distance.

This open access book provides a valuable resource for hospitals, institutions, and health authorities worldwide in their plans to set up and develop comprehensive cancer care centers. The development and implementation of a comprehensive cancer program allows for a systematic approach to evidence-based strategies of prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation. Comprehensive cancer programs also provide a nexus for the running of clinical trials and implementation of novel cancer therapies with the overall aim of optimizing comprehensive and holistic care of cancer patients and providing them with the best opportunity to improve quality of life and overall survival. This book's self-contained chapter format aims to reinforce the critical importance of comprehensive cancer care centers while providing a practical guide for the essential components needed to achieve them, such as operational considerations, guidelines for best clinical inpatient and outpatient care, and research and quality management structures. Intended to be wide-ranging and applicable at a global level for both high and low income countries, this book is also instructive for regions with limited resources. The Comprehensive Cancer Center: Development, Integration, and Implementation is an essential resource for oncology physicians including hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and oncology nurses as well as hospitals, health departments, university authorities, governments and legislators.

The volume reproduces the reports and discussions at the conference of the Association of German Constitutional Law Teachers in Jena from 6th to 9th October 2004.

The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Digital Age is the first theoretically-driven book to comprehensively address the central dynamics of the digitalization of the media industry in the Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland – and the ways media organizations there are transforming to address the new digital environment. The authors address Nordic media-industry structure and content from the standpoint of scholarly perspectives on global, regional and local approaches to media development. Taking a comparative approach, they provide an overview of media institutions and policy throughout the region, focusing on the impact of Information and Communication Technology/Internet and digitalization on the Nordic media sector. As illustrations, the authors draw on a wide range of cases, including developments in media forms such as television, radio, the press and the public service media institution.

The present monograph provides an inventory and a current account of about half a century of Slavic studies, Slavic research and teaching, at the German University in Prague. It assumes, in the sense of the futuristic programs of Heinrich Felix Schmid and Reinhold Trautmann (1927), Franz Spinas and Gerhard Gesemanns (1928) as well as Maximilian Braun (1949), of a comprehensive concept of Slavic, which in addition to Slavic philology the history of Slavic peoples and the history of German-Slavic spiritual-cultural relations.

Soil hydrology determines the water–soil–plant interactions in the Earth’s system because porous medium acts as an interface within the atmosphere and lithosphere; regulates main processes such as runoff discharge, aquifer recharge, movement of water, and solutes into the soil; and ultimately the amount of water retained and available for plants growth. Soil hydrology can be strongly affected by land management. Therefore, investigations aimed at assessing the impact of land management changes on soil hydrology are necessary, especially to optimize water resources. This Special Issue collects 12 original contributions addressing the state-of-the-art advances in soil hydrology for sustainable land management. These contributions cover a wide range of topics including (i) the effects of land use change, (ii) water use efficiency, (iii) erosion risk, (iv) solute transport, and (v) new methods and devices for improved characterization of soil physical and hydraulic properties. They include both field and laboratory experiments as well as modelling studies. Different spatial scales, i.e., from field to regional scales, and a wide range of geographic regions are also covered. The collection of these manuscripts presented in this Special Issue provides a relevant knowledge contribution for effective saving water resources and sustainable land management.

This Special Issue of Minerals, “Industrial Mineral Flotation—Fundamentals and Applications,” presents eight contributions that collectively advance the science and practice of flotation in industrial mineral processing. The papers cover a wide range of topics, from molecular-level insights into mineral–reagent interactions, bubble dynamics, and interfacial phenomena, to innovative engineering solutions that enhance separation efficiency. Fundamental studies explore the flotation mechanisms of spodumene, dolomite, apatite, and sulfide ores, providing new perspectives on reagent chemistry and interfacial control. Complementing these are applied investigations into rare-earth recovery, copper extraction from slags, ultrasonic-assisted flotation, and emulsion flotation for difficult-to-float coals. Collectively, these works underscore the essential role of flotation not only in traditional ores but also in critical minerals, waste reprocessing, and sustainable energy technologies. Looking forward, integration of computational modeling, novel reagents, and advanced process technologies with digitalization and green chemistry will further shape the future of flotation. This Special Issue offers valuable perspectives for both researchers and practitioners, emphasizing the ongoing importance of flotation to industrial minerals, critical raw materials, and the circular economy.

The paper retraces the negotiations undertaken by the Olivetan monks at the beginning of the 20th century for their return to the ancient abbey of San Miniato al Monte, which they had been forced to abandon in 1552 for the construction of the ramparts to defend the city. Given its location, other religious orders wanted to settle there, such as the Vallombrosans of Santa Trinita and the Cassinesi of the Florentine Abbey, but the Olivetans claimed their rights. So on 11th July 1924 the visiting abbot Benedetto Benedetti signed the deed of delivery to his regular family. The official entrance, disclosed by the town press, took place on Sunday 26 October 1924, and the resumption of the monastic life the following year, under the guidance of Don Gaetano Romagnoli, the first abbot of the restored Olivetan community.

O livro aborda a interação da psicologia com grupos considerados vulneráveis segundo o conceito de vulnerabilidade social, que vem sendo adotado por diversos campos do conhecimento, partindo do reconhecimento de uma psicologia alinhada com os direitos humanos e compromissada com as questões sociais. A partir de capítulos com aportes teóricos e práticos, o livro aborda questões relevantes para o atendimento ético e qualificado dessas populações, demarcando as possibilidades e limitações enquanto profissional de psicologia e difundindo práticas eficazes em diferentes contextos. Espera-se que a leitura ofereça subsídios de avaliação e intervenção para estudantes e profissionais de psicologia que atuam ou têm interesse no trabalho com pessoas que têm suas vidas marcadas pelo preconceito, pela desigualdade e/ou pela exclusão social.