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The aim of the present communication is to investigate and present the different nuances of the natural contingency recounted within the historical and literary production of the Toulousain canonist and ambassador Bernard de Rosier, active in the south of France in the first half of the 15th century. In particular, the focus will be put on two texts, the Ambaxiatorum Brevilogus and the Acta legationis, showing the difficulties caused by natural events during a legation, possible solutions to them and the ambassador’s attempt to universally classify and categorise such events.

This book examines the talmudic writings, politics, and ideology of Y.I. Halevy (1847-1914), one of the most influential representatives of the pre-war Eastern European Orthodox Jewish community. It analyzes Halevy’s historical model of the formation of the Babylonian Talmud, which, he argued, was edited by an academy of rabbis. That model also served as a blueprint for the rabbinic council of Agudath Israel, the political movement he founded.

El Seminario ""Mujeres De Los Andes: Condiciones De Vida Y Salud"" tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Quito, del 6 al 10 de junio de 1991. Reunió investigadores de distintas disciplinas académicas y actores de variados campos, de cuatro países del área andina-Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú-, en los cuales está presente el Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, principal instigador del evento. Este libro, que reúne la mayor parte de las ponencias en él presentadas, se inscribe en la línea de las corr...

L'imaginaire médico-religieux : un chapitre méconnu de l'histoire de la littérature moderne. De Balzac à Guibert, de Michelet à Leiris, en passant par Zola, Huysmans, Artaud et tant d'autres, un tel imaginaire a configuré les conceptions les plus diverses de la littérature et de l'art. Portraits de l'écrivain en clinicien, en anatomiste de la société, en guérisseur, ou encore en patient, digne de compassion : dans leur variété, ces figures renvoient à une problématique inséparablement médica...

The integrated meta-model for organizational resource audit is a consistent and comprehensive instrument for auditing intangible resources and their relations and associations from the network perspective. This book undertakes a critically important problem of management sciences, poorly recognized in literature although determining the current and future competitiveness of enterprises, sectors and economies. The author notes the need to introduce a theoretical input, which is manifested by the meta-model. An expression of this treatment is the inclusion of the network as a structure of activities, further knowledge as an activity, and intangible assets as intellectual capital characterized by a structure of connections. The case study presented is an illustration of the use of network analysis tools and other instruments to identify not only the most important resources, tasks or actors, as well as their effectiveness, but also to connect the identified networks with each other. The author opens the field for applying her methodology, revealing the structural and dynamic features of the intangible resources of the organization. The novelty of the proposed meta-model shows the way to in-depth applications of network analysis techniques in an intra-organizational environment. Organizational Network Analysis makes a significant contribution to the development of management sciences, in terms of strategic management and more strictly resource approach to the company through structural definition of knowledge; application of the concept of improvement-oriented audit abandoning a narrow understanding of this technique in terms of compliance; reliable presentation of audits available in the literature; rigorous reasoning leading to the development of a meta-model; close linking of knowledge and resources with the strategy at the design stage of the developed audit model, including the analysis of link dynamics and networks together with an extensive metrics proposal; an interesting illustration of the application with the use of metrics, tables and charts. It will be of value to researchers, academics, managers, and students in the fields of strategic management, organizational studies, social network analysis in management, knowledge management, and auditing knowledge resources in organizations.

How will AI transform architecture? How can we conceptualize AI in the context of architecture? The contributors to this volume discuss different positions to understand the fundamental shift provoked by AI and contextualize this shift in forms of operational theories and performative uses of the medium. The volume includes essays by practicing architects who explain how AI is used in their work, by philosophers who reflect on the impact of AI on our way of thinking and conceptualizing the world, and by scientists who explain the foundations and the potential of AI for architecture. It provides the starting point to engaging with AI in architecture.

Grain size is recognized as a key microstructural factor affecting mechanical and, to some extent, physical properties of metals and metallic materials. For this reason, all the means designed to control and modify the grain size are considered a proper way to design and tailor metallic materials with desired properties. In this sense, microstructure refinement through severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques can be considered a key method for this purpose. A typical SPD process is currently defined as any method of metal forming under extensive hydrostatic pressure intended to impose a very high strain on a bulk solid without involving any significant change in the overall dimensions and having the ability to produce exceptional grain refinement. What makes SPD processing techniques so popular and attractive is the possibility of using them to enhance the strength behavior of conventional metallic materials by a factor of up to eight for pure metals such as copper and by some 30-50% for alloys. Despite the impressive property improvement achievable with SPD techniques, their uptake by industry has been rather sluggish. This book intends to give a panorama of the typical SPD techniques intended to optimize the mechanical and physical properties of metals through a significant grain size reduction process. Modeling for this purpose is also presented.

Many police departments report difficulties in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces.

Cybersecurity is an active and important area of study, practice, and research today. It spans various fields including cyber terrorism, cyber warfare, electronic civil disobedience, governance and security, hacking and hacktivism, information management and security, internet and controls, law enforcement, national security, privacy, protection of society and the rights of the individual, social engineering, terrorism, and more. This book compiles original and innovative findings on issues relating to cybersecurity and threats. This comprehensive reference explores the developments, methods, approaches, and surveys of cyber threats and security in a wide variety of fields and endeavors. It specifically focuses on cyber threats, cyberattacks, cyber techniques, artificial intelligence, cyber threat actors, and other related cyber issues. The book provides researchers, practitioners, academicians, military professionals, government officials, and other industry professionals with an in-depth discussion of the state-of-the-art advances in the field of cybersecurity.

The Escuela Superior de Guerra “General Rafael Reyes Prieto” presents this book, the result of a research process, to offer readers a reflection on the contributions of pacifism to the interpretation of the contemporary notion of security. Additionally, it examines elements of the positive transformation of the Colombian conflict. It seeks to examine more closely the relationship between a culture of peace and security, recognizing its complex and multidimensional nature. To complement these theoretical and conceptual reflections, a methodological approach was developed through the analysis of specific cases in Latin America. These contexts subsequently gave rise to social formations oriented toward resolving conflicts through a culture of peace. These cases illustrate some of the most relevant characteristics of peacebuilding in the Western Hemisphere. Finally, narratives were compiled, and recognition exercises were conducted regarding some of the most pressing conflicts facing 21st-century societies.

The G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PIBOC FEB RAS) was founded in 1964 in Vladivostok in the Far East of Russia. Over many years, we have been carrying out studies on the natural products of both marine and terrestrial origin. In collaboration with many Russian and foreign scientists, we have investigated many hundreds of diverse biomolecules, including steroids and terpenoids, quinoid compounds and alkaloids, polysaccharides and lipids, enzymes and lectins, proteins, and peptides. The Institute has a collection of marine microorganisms (KMM) PIBOC, which includes more than 4000 strains of marine bacteria and more than 1000 strains of marine fungi. The biological activity of natural compounds is also being studied. This book includes the 14 manuscripts which covered almost all aspects of PIBOC research activity in the fields of bioorganic chemistry, biochemistry, organic synthesis of natural compounds, marine microbiology, and genetic engineering, and we hope it will provide interesting new information for scientists working in these fields.

Load/unload response ratio predicting of rockburst; Three-dimensional reconstruction of fissured rock; Nonlinear dynamics evolution pattern of rock cracks; Bayesian model for predicting rockburst

Musikvideos bilden ein beredtes Medium zur Repräsentation der Geschlechterdifferenz. In den hier inszenierten (Sub-)Kulturen werden Frauen typischerweise als »schmückendes Beiwerk« männlicher Stars, Statussymbole protzender Rapper oder als »Anmache« für das zahlende Publikum stilisiert. Andererseits nutzen Frauen wie Madonna oder Lil' Kim das Video zur Auseinandersetzung mit dem männlich dominierten Musikbusiness und zur subtilen Abrechnung mit den frauenverachtenden Diskursen einiger Musikkulturen. Der Band bringt Beiträge aus der Musik-, Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaft zusammen, um bekannte Ansätze der Videoanalyse einer kritischen Neubewertung zu unterziehen und innovative Lesarten zur Diskussion zu stellen.

En 1987, paraissaient dans la Collection de l’EFR les actes d’un colloque fondateur : L’Urbs,espace urbain et histoire. Parce qu’il mit en dialogue les potentialités offertes par les progrès de la topographie historique de la ville de Rome et l’histoire urbaine de celle-ci, ce livre bouleversa nos connaissances. L’année suivante, disparaissait un éminent représentant de la topographie historique : Ferdinando Castagnoli. S’il ne put participer au colloque de 1985, F. Castagnoli avait été l’un des acteurs majeurs des renouvellements qui avaient conduit à son organisation. À trente ans d’écart, le présent livre, lui-même le fruit d’un colloque tenu à Rome en 2018, analyse l’héritage laissé par chacun, mesure le chemin parcouru et ouvre de nouvelles voies à la recherche en archéologie et en histoire urbaine sur la ville éternelle.

Die Publikation stellt das didaktische Format Booksprint vor, bei dem Studierende in kurzer Zeit gemeinsam verffentlichungsreife Texte erarbeiten. Durch strukturierte Arbeitsphasen und wechselnde Rollen frdert der Booksprint sowohl Schreib- als auch Problemlsungskompetenzen. Basierend auf den Erfahrungen aus sechs durchgehrten Booksprints und einer umfangreichen Evaluation wird aufgezeigt, wie dieses Format neue Formen des kollaborativen Lernens ermglicht und erfolgreich in verschiedenen Hochschul- und Fachkontexten eingesetzt werden kann. Neben einer theoretischen Einfhrung bietet die Publikation praxisnahe Anleitungen und Materialien zur Durchfhrung eigener Booksprints, die auch als Open Educational Resources (OER) verfgbar sind. Zielgruppe sind Lehrende und Hochschuldidaktiker:innen, die innovative Anstze in der Lehre einsetzen mchten.