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In this pathbreaking study, Paul Gowder proposes a new conception of the rule of law as measurable by social equality. Seamlessly integrating theory and statistics, The Rule of Law in the Real World is an essential work for scholars, students and policymakers.

From the birth of railways in Britain in the early nineteenth century, it rapidly became usual (but not obligatory) for the classes of locomotive used on passenger trains to bear names. Before 1846 diverse practices were in play; after that the majority of the names bestowed were reapplications of pre-existing proper names, for example those of persons, celestial bodies, racehorses, geographical features or buildings. This paper contends that such practices were not random, but closely aligned to sociocultural preoccupations of the period covered, 1846 to 1954, which coincides with Britain’s peak as a world power. Evidence is presented that the major railway companies differed in detail in their practices, but that there was a common overarching unscripted policy regarding eponyms which responded to contemporary high culture, moral and political values and the underpinnings of Britain’s imperial project.

What do actors accomplish when they play characters on stage? Bruce Wilshire contends that through deliberate mimetic involvement, actors attempt to display how we are already mimetically involved with others offstage-bound up with them and authorized by them through imitation. To illustrate his argument that theatre is life-like , Wilshire provides examples from Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, and the work of the avant-garde Polish director Jerzy Grotowski, among others. Wilshire then reverses his focus to show that life is theatre-like. The book's final section includes a thoughtful critique of current theories of social role playing. Wilshire affirms that acting is more than just role playing; it is the process of creating the self. Throughout, he makes use of a phenomenological methodology to establish theatre as the art of imitation that reveals imitation. Role Playing and Identity is an imaginative and broad-ranging reflection on the nature of the human condition that will be admired by social scientists and philosophers as well as by students of the theatre and literary scholars.

Research and Writing: Publish do not Perish is a collection of texts published in Portuguese, based on the problematization of a five-year experience of advanced extracurricular training in information literacy, writing and scientific publication (i.e., Publish do not Perish: Survive the Stampede). It is a questioning of the role of science in a context that appears to reproduce neoliberalism and the commodification of academia. This work results from the collaboration of national and international authors who consider a diversity of theoretical and empirical fields that deal with that phenomenon. This book aims to identify and question the subsequent problems, trying to point out solutions to the growing malaise in the academic world.

Biomass from olives as a raw material for biorefineries Recent advances in chemical composition determination Latest progress in the extraction and characterization of biocompounds Exploitation of by-products such as wastewater, pomace or olive leaves as raw materials for the production of renewable compounds Applications in bioenergy, renewable chemical production or biofuel production

Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease. More than half a million new cases from 100 countries are reported annually to the World Health Organization (WHO). The majority of patients are living in developing countries. Brucellosis is a systemic infection with a broad clinical spectrum, ranging from an asymptomatic disease to a severe and fatal illness. Clinical and laboratory features vary widely. The main presentations are acute febrile illness, localized infection, and chronic infection. Laboratory tools for diagnosis of brucellosis include culture, serology, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The goal of brucellosis therapy is to control the illness and prevent complications, relapses, and sequelae. Important principles of brucellosis treatment include use of antibiotics with activity in the acidic intracellular environment, use of combination regimens, and prolonged duration of treatment. This book is the result of several months of outstanding efforts by the authors and the revision of the content by experts in the field of brucellosis. This book is a valid resource and is intended for everyone interested in infectious disease to learn the most important aspects of brucellosis.

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La fin du XIXe siècle se caractérise au Chili par la croissance économique du pays et par la totale intégration du marché chilien dans le système économique mondial. Entre 1880 et 1929, le Chili connaît de profonds changements dans ses structures économiques et sociales en transformant les caractéristiques de ce marché. Parallèlement, les pays industriels se lancent à la conquête de nouveaux débouchés afin de pouvoir placer une partie de leur production industrielle. Entre 1880 et 1914, la part de la France dans le commerce mondial ne cesse de diminuer. La France perd le deuxième rang et le pays n’est plus en 1913 que la quatrième puissance commerciale. Pendant les années 1920, la France conserve sa part de marché et sa position par rapport au commerce mondial. Dans ce monde désorienté, quels succès et quelles limites le commerce français trouve-t-il dans le marché chilien entre 1880 et 1929 ? Et quelle est l’évolution des structures du négoce français au Chili ? Telles sont les questions auxquelles le livre de Enrique Fernández-Domingo s’efforce de répondre. Né à Castellón de la Plana (Espagne) en 1969, Enrique Fernández- Domingo est docteur en histoire contemporaine. Il a enseigné à l’université de Bretagne-Sud. Actuellement Maître de Conférences à l’université de Paris VIII Saint Denis, il travaille notamment sur les pays du cône sud américain.

If you want to repair a vehicle or a machine today you need access to data and software interfaces. For many craft enterprises, "access" is becoming a key issue in the digital economy. This study identifies the rules that currently determine access to data, platforms and software. It shows that there is a risk that, in the future, digital gatekeepers will decide which companies have access to customers at all. Rupprecht Podszun, a law professor and an expert on competition in the platform economy, presents the current framework and proposals to protect open markets and to put consumers in the driving seat. This book is a valuable resource for everyone interested in the role of law for markets in the data economy.

This Edited Volume, Cerebral Palsy - Clinical Presentation, Treatments, and Outcomes , is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in cerebral palsy. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the field. All chapters are complete in themselves but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research efforts by international authors and to open up new possible research paths for further novel developments.

Museums have an important task when it comes to the subject of Judaism. Prejudices, stereotypical thinking, and sheer ignorance are widespread. What is the best way to present Jewish diversity today? The author examines how Jewish museums and education projects are facing up to this challenge and the role played by the culture of remembrance in this process, focusing on museums in Basel, Hohenems, Gailingen, and Bouxwiller.

This book is a collection of original works by authors from all over the world on aspects of unemployment and job issues, seen from various angles and based on their recent research. It sheds light on fresh ideas on unemployment, such as the intergenerational approach and unemployment normalization, and offers solutions from diverse areas such as social economy development and policy-making. Practical issues regarding job creation and labor mobility are also covered. The book aims to provide not only a better understanding of the nature and extent of unemployment in various parts of the world but also solutions in diverse contexts.

The study examines the current state of implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilites (CRPD) with regard to the inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream schools in the German states. It provides a comprehensive structural analysis of this area. Article 24 of the convention obliges the signatory states to guarantee an inclusive education system at all levels. In order to examine the extent to which the German states (Länder) implement this requirement in law and practice in their school systems, empirically measurable indicators were formed on the basis of the provisions of the CRPD. Even more than 10 years after ratification of the CRPD, the majority of the German states still face major challenges. Only a few German states are currently undergoing a process of transformation, which is why the majority of children and young people with special educational needs continue to be trained in special and segregated structures.

Kepler's Dioptrice is a seminal work in the fields of optics and astronomy. Written in response to the ground-breaking telescopic discoveries announced by Galileo Galilei in March 1610, the Dioptrice contained the first theory of the telescope—a theory that Kepler was uniquely qualified to develop--and provided an essential foundation for modern geometrical optics. In the preface, Kepler highlights several examples of the close links which, then as now, exist between optics and astronomy. His excitement about Galileo's new observations is palpable, especially the discoveries of the four moons orbiting Jupiter and the phases of Venus. Both discoveries lent crucial support to the Copernican system, of which Kepler had been an ardent supporter since his days as a student in Tübingen. The Dioptrice is available here in a complete English translation for the first time, along with an introduction and numerous notes to help guide the reader through Kepler's text.

The monograph presents - in beautiful and rich Polish language - the aims of the National Photocorpus of Polish and the methodological foundations for the project. It explores the excerptive work of the 20th century Polish language (in the form of a complete bibliography), indicating the importance of new lexicographic works for deep understanding of Polish. The Corpus contains quotations confirming 250,000 dictionary entries from the years 1901-2000.