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We begin by describing welfarist psychiatry before outlining the relevant challenges to improving global mental health and explaining how welfarist psychiatry meets those challenges.

Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching

Pas de société sans communication. Pourtant la communication peut être tout aussi bien technologie de guerre que processus de paix, art de la diversité qu’instrument de domination culturelle, source de la découverte de l’autre que moyen de lui imposer son point de vue. Autrement dit, l’enjeu majeur de la communication est celui du vivre ensemble. Comment éviter l’uniformisation tout en valorisant la diversité ? Ce numéro n’apporte pas une seule réponse, universelle, mais démontre que, selon les aires géographiques et les circonstances, la communication peut être tout à la fois créatrice et destructrice du lien social. Riche et stimulant.

Esta obra contiene una compilación de artículos sobre diversos temas históricos publicados originalmente en la revista Historia Mexicana. Este libro fue editado para conmemorar los cincuenta años del Centro de Estudios Históricos de El Colegio de México

The Queer Museum examines how relationships between institutions and LGBTQ+ communities function and how they help to define queer museum practice. Analysing what it means to queer the museum in Western contexts, the book builds upon and challenges texts about inclusionary, activist museum practice and discusses the ways in which Othered communities are engaged with and represented. Arguing that an institution’s understanding of queerness is directly related to the kind, and extent, of change pursued by the museum, the author clarifies that governance structures, staff hierarchies, funding and relationships to queer communities affect the way queering might be pursued. The analysis looks critically at exhibitions and institutions and particularly forefronts the experiences of museum practitioners. It argues that practical changes that positively affect museums’ long-term relationships with marginalised communities are critical. The book also considers the future of the museum by drawing on queer theories of utopia, futurity, failure and amateurism to complicate understandings of the queer museum and its relationship to people and objects. The Queer Museum will be of interest to students and academics in museum and heritage studies, art history and archival studies. It will also be essential reading for museum and arts sector practitioners who seek to do and engage with this kind of work. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Esta pequeña muestra - sería pretensioso llamarla antología- incluye los principales textos de Alfonso Reyes sobre la muerte de su padre. Quedaron fuera otros, especialmente el aún poco conocido "Mi óbolo a Caronte", rescatado no hace mucho por el estudioso Fernando Curiel. Como complemento a estos textos, la presente plaquette incluye seis dibujos del talentoso artista mexicano Emiliano Gironella, en los que nos transmite el mismo ánimo pesaroso que caracteriza a estos textos fúnebres de Alfonso Reyes. El Colegio de México hace esta edición para conmemorar los 125 años del nacimiento del escritor, en 1889, quien fuera su primer presidente y gran animados, así como a los 55 de su deceso, acaecido en 1959.

National and regional strategies for intelligent specialization in research and innovation, RIS3 strategies (Research and Innovation Smart Specialisation Strategy), are based on the fact that the specialization in certain industries is more beneficial for a territory than indiscriminate diversification in multiple sectors.Under these premises, RIS3MUR was configured in the region of Murcia as an integrative agenda of territorial economic transformation. From the Chair of Innovation for the Smart Specialization of the University of Murcia, funded by the Institute of Development (INFO) of the Region of Murcia, the situation of one of the most relevant specialization areas for the Region of Murcia has been analyzed:The agri -food sector. In this report an analysis of this sector is carried out and different aspects are addressed, such as the weight of this sector in the regional economy and the economic-financial situation of the companies that make up this sector.In addition, the results of a sample study are exposed that highlight the importance of the commitment to innovation when designing business strategies that are successful in that sector. The information collected in this document can help to monitor and control this area of ​​intelligent specialization, at the same time as a guide for the establishment of policies that increase the potential of the sector and, therefore, favor regional development.

This Topic is a continuation of the previous successful Topic, “3D Computer Vision and Smart Building and City”. Three-dimensional computer vision is an interdisciplinary subject involving computer vision, computer graphics, artificial intelligence and other fields. Its main contents include 3D perception, 3D understanding and 3D modeling. In recent years, 3D computer vision technology has developed rapidly and has been widely used in unmanned aerial vehicles, robots, autonomous driving, AR, VR and other fields. Smart buildings and cities use various information technologies or innovative concepts to connect as well as various systems and services so as to improve the efficiency of resource utilization, optimize management and services and improve quality of life. Smart buildings and cities can involve some frontier techniques, such as 3D CV for building information models, digital twins, city information models, simultaneous localization and mapping robots. The application of 3D computer vision in smart buildings and cities is a valuable research direction, but it still faces many major challenges. This topic focuses on the theory and technology of 3D computer vision in smart buildings and cities.

In this Special Issue, our aim was to collect studies on clinical pharmacology and pharmacy of antimicrobial agents from both human and veterinary medicine as the complex problem of AMR requires actions taken within the One Health approach that involve both fields. Studies covered here are about new or optimized usage of already authorized antimicrobials, as well as discoveries about new agents, new combinations of drugs, and drug repositioning. Pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological aspects of individual and combinational drug use are areas covered in this Special Issue.

In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the “New Hollywood” films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing, made the era such a vividly “grounded” cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative, aesthetic, and ecocritical theories, it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history.

Oxidative stress has been associated with a number of complications, including infectious diseases, inflammatory complications, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic diseases, and various cancers. Natural plant-derived products have been used to treat these complications for thousands of years, without much understanding of the molecular mechanism(s) through which these compounds prevent or cure these human diseases. Furthermore, several antioxidants derived from various natural resources have been tested in the past, and it has been found that their effective antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties could benefit human health. Indeed, some currently available pharmaceutical drugs have been developed from compounds isolated from various plant species. Furthermore, multiple analogs of antioxidants are more potent than parent antioxidants. Although several pre-clinical studies indicate the beneficial effects of various antioxidants, some have never been tested in a clinical setting. Furthermore, novel functions of already-existing antioxidants and the identification of novel antioxidants with potential benefits to human health and disease still need to be explored. This Special Issue is dedicated to studies on various natural antioxidants and their possible analogs in preventing and treating various human diseases.

A new, empathic approach to design research, drawn from the informed experiences of a leading design research program in Finland.Design, Empathy, Interpretation tells the story of empathic design, a design research program at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, that has developed an interpretive approach to design over the past twenty years. As one of the leaders of the Helsinki group, Ilpo Koskinen draws on his own experiences to offer readers a general intellectual and professional history of design research, and argues for what he calls an interpretive approach. Design, Empathy, Interpretation shows how the group has created connections all across the globe, and how a seemingly soft approach to design research can be useful in both industry and government.Koskinen follows design research's transformation from questions of usability, in the 1980s, through to the revolution in personal electronics and the “user-centered” turn of the 1990s. Using the research community in Helsinki as a case study, and moving between specific projects and theoretical debates, heoffers readers a focused introduction to the major methodological and intellectual challenges—as well as the opportunities—of design research. He argues that all design tasks, however simple or complex, begin with understanding the way humans ascribe meaning, both as individuals and as actors in complex societies. Thus all design research must be interpretive at its core.

Uveitis in the Clinic - Current Approaches and Future Directions in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Patient Care brings together international clinical experience and current research to address one of the most challenging areas in ophthalmology. Written by practicing ophthalmologists from different parts of the world, the book combines practical insights with evidence-based strategies. It guides readers through modern diagnostic tools, therapeutic approaches, and surgical techniques, while also highlighting the realities of managing patients in both advanced and resource-limited healthcare systems. Clear, concise, and clinically focused, this volume serves as an essential reference for ophthalmologists, trainees, and researchers. By presenting diverse perspectives in a unified format, it equips readers with the knowledge to make confident decisions and improve outcomes for patients with uveitis.

This book analyses differentiation in European integration from a Nordic perspective. Following an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the idea of the Nordics as a laboratory of differentiation, the book explores specific Nordic concerns in policy fields such as the labour market, security and Justice and Home Affairs (JHA), EU institutions such as the European Commission and the Eurogroup, and legal issues such as the European Economic Area (EEA) law and European patent law. It discusses differentiation, particularly from the Nordic experiences, examines the lessons that can be learnt from them, and suggests more 'hidden' and less researched cases. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European studies, European integration, Nordic studies, differentiated integration and more broadly to comparative politics.