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This paper deals with the analysis of legal content in animated films. The study covers both the presence, functioning and role of legal aspects in these pieces and the possibility of their use in the process of legal education. The analysis is conducted on the basis of the ten most lucrative animated movies in the history of cinema, which were released until 2017. The author points out the structuring role of law in animated movies and notes that the plot of the film in many cases develops due to the occurrence of legal events, and the motivations of the characters' actions are often determined by incentives to achieve the desired legal consequences. The article emphasizes that the law is treated in animated movies as a means to achieve certain goals, for example, humoristic or regarding developing plot, as evidenced by the differences in the translation of dialogues involving legal issues into different languages. At the same time, the author draws attention to the practical possibilities of using animated films in the process of legal education of children.

Partir sur les traces de Matswa, dans l’entre-deux-guerres, c’est illuminer l’itinéraire d’un acteur à la fois mystérieux et méconnu, pourtant incontournable si l’on veut saisir les contours de la fronde contre l’ordre colonial qui se dessine aux quatre coins de l’Hexagone à partir des années 1920. Utilisant la quête de la citoyenneté française comme un fil d’Ariane, l’auteur fait cheminer le lecteur dans le dédale de la lutte anticoloniale, des cafés de la Ville-Lumière, aux Quatre Communes côtières du Sénégal, aux villages frondeurs du Moyen-Congo et aux camps de détention du Sahel tchadien. À son parcours militant audacieux se double un destin posthume qui occupe une place disproportionnée dans l’imaginaire collectif des Congolais. C’est une vie créée de toutes pièces, une vie de légende dans laquelle Matswa apparaît affublé d’oripeaux prométhéens. Cette biographie de Matswa s’attèle justement, en recourant à une pléthore de sources, à faire la part entre l’univers des croyances et l’ordre des connaissances.

Applied legal research, whose publication outcomes have led to the scientific work collected in this volume, stems from the synthesis between academic experience in the legal field and practical experience gained in courtrooms. In this context, the opportunity offered by the Uni4Justice project—promoted by the Ministry of Justice within the 2014–2020 PON Governance and Institutional Capacity program and carried out in synergy with the initiatives envisaged by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP)—made it possible to pursue the project’s institutional goals, while also turning it into a tool for exploring some of the most significant legal issues which, in the private-law sphere, have a major impact on the judicial workload currently borne by the courts. At the same time, the work undertaken has become genuine teaching material, allowing students enrolled in the Comparative Private Law and European Union Private Law courses at the School of Law of the University of Padua to follow step by step the dynamics of the research’s development and to approach their studies not only from a traditional academic perspective, but also from the viewpoint of how doctrines and concepts are implemented in court practice. Thus, while the general theme of the research—connected to the protection of rights through judicial activity in its broadest sense—calls to mind traditional aspects and topics underlying the function and exercise of jurisdiction, the practical approach linked to the methods by which the research activity was carried out makes it possible to view the contributions collected in this volume—including those on Family Law, Succession Law, and the Law of Vulnerable Persons—as a qualified report of what is currently happening in courtrooms in these areas. The valuable cooperation between the University and the Courts (in particular the Tribunals of Padua, Treviso, and Rovigo) is once again an expression of Law in Action, which in the socio-legal sphere makes the educational and the applicative dimensions two distinct faces of the same coin: the justice system as a whole. The discussions on support administrators (amministratore di sostegno), which several contributions in this volume examine, highlight—among other things—the pressing need for the legal system to be able to adapt not only adequately but also rapidly to the new needs expressed by society. Finally, the research again brings to light the necessity that the formation of legal rules—whose application is entrusted to the judge—be suitable for the purpose for which those rules are created. Indeed, an appropriate rule-making process within a complex society, characterized by multi-level legal orders such as that of today, is and must be regarded as the conditio sine qua non for achieving not only formal but also substantial and concrete protection of rights.

Seaweeds are the rich sources of naturally occurring valuable therapeutic substances. Many different marine organisms have been explored for novel bioactive compounds that exhibit antiviral, antitumor, anticoagulant, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, and antiinflammatory activities. Nonetheless, seaweed-derived polysaccharides have also been studied for the design of different kinds of novel drug delivery systems. Over the last 30-40 years, research has been ongoing in the search for novel seaweed-derived bioactive compounds. This book covers up-to-date information on seaweed biomaterials and their therapeutic potentials.

Multiresistant bacterial pathogens pose a serious problem worldwide making the appropriate treatment of patients with healthcare-associated infections a challenge. The spread of antibiotic resistance is either mediated by mobile genetic elements (MGEs) or the dissemination of genetically-related groups of pathogens, “high-risk clonal complexes”. Interestingly most multiresistant healthcare-associated bacteria command just a few dominant international clonal complexes causing infections in various geographical areas. It is of utmost importance to identify the determinants associated with and promoting the spread of antibiotic resistance and the dissemination of these multiresistant pathogens. The Topic comprises mostly of population and epidemiological studies investigating antibiotic resistance mechanisms, MGEs and the impact of antibiotic resistance, and the production of virulence factors on the clonal dynamics of a diverse range of bacterial species. Though, the exploration of the mechanisms governing clonal dynamics and the dissemination of antibiotic resistance will remain a salient issue for a considerable time to come we believe that the papers published in the Topic have usefully contributed to the better understanding of some of the processes involved and supplement papers investigating the “non-bacterial” constituents of clonal mobility, like proper medical practice and compliance with hygienic standards.

Massimo Quaini wrote about ninety titles strictly connected to cartography in his long academic career and his large scientific production. Considering this quantity of works, the articles published by Quaini about geographic engineers’ activity represent a seamless thread. In this contribution I examine such articles focusing on the heuristic motivations that have pushed him to put these actors at the centre of his historical-cartographic reflection.

The Atlas wanted to bring attention to the role of digital platforms as an interface between the space of flows and the space of places by highlighting the digitally-mediated (socio-spatial) effects in the emerging platform society.

Le commissaire Maigret de Georges Simenon est souvent associé dans l’imagination populaire avec la ville de Paris. Cependant, des 75 romans et 28 contes et nouvelles de la série Maigret presque le tiers des enquêtes se déroulent en-dehors de la capitale et la Normandie occupe une position privilégiée parmi ces toiles de fond non-parisiennes. Bien qu’il n’ait jamais vécu en Normandie, la région a joué un rôle important dans le développement personnel et littéraire de Simenon et le commissaire Maigret fait ses débuts professionnels dans un des récits normands de l’auteur. Dans ce livre, Bill Alder considère les écrits normands de Simenon par rapport à leur réalité contemporaine pour faire sortir leur sens au niveau du contexte historique et social dans lequel, par lequel et pour lequel ils ont été produits. Les récits normands, Maigret et non-Maigret tous confondus, sont présentés, discutés et mis en relation avec le reste de l’œuvre simenonienne afin d’arriver à des conclusions d’ordre général sur leur importance dans la littérature du vingtième siècle.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. How do you govern a university to make it effective in the real world? This informative book explores the increasingly complex challenges in governing and managing contemporary universities. Mats Benner demonstrates how institutions can best respond to changing social, economic and political dynamics to ensure their efficient operation and continued growth.

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Die in den vergangenen Jahren zahlreich entstandenen außerschulischen Lernorte an der deutschen Wattenmeerküste sind Ausdruck einer Differenzierung der dortigen Bildungslandschaft, in der schulisches durch non-formales Lernen im regionalen Kontext ergänzt wird. Die außerschulischen Lernorte zeichnet aus, dass sie ihren Besucherinnen und Besuchern Primärerfahrungen bieten, um die außergewöhnliche Dynamik und Sensitivität des Wattenmeeres zu verdeutlichen. Allerdings schöpfen die Lernorte ihr Potenzial für das außerschulische Physiklernen nicht aus, denn obwohl insbesondere Strömungen und Strukturbildungen (z. B. Rippel, Dünen und Priele) das Erscheinungsbild des Wattenmeers prägen und dessen Dynamik repräsentieren, werden in den Bildungsangeboten bisher fast ausschließlich biologische Inhalte behandelt. Deshalb ist physikdidaktische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeit nötig, die durch eine Didaktische Rekonstruktion von Strömungen und Strukturbildungen geleistet wird. Hierzu gehört zunächst eine fachliche Klärung. Im Anschluss werden Lernendenvorstellungen untersucht, indem problemzentrierte Interviews entlang von Realexperimenten durchgeführt und einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse unterworfen werden. Auf Basis des Vergleichs zwischen fachlicher Sicht und Lernendensicht gilt es sodann, Bausteine für didaktische Strukturierungen zu entwickeln. Diese Bausteine werden schließlich eingesetzt, um gemeinsam mit den Lernortbetreibenden Bildungsangebote zu entwickeln, die auch physikalische Zusammenhänge zur Küstendynamik explizieren.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has turned from a universally fatal to a highly curable disease in little more than four decades. Even though differences in outcome continue to exist between children and adults, intense efforts are under way to overcome this discrepancy and improve the prognosis of adult patients as well. This exemplary progress in ALL therapy has been possible by the combination of an increasingly better understanding of the biology of the disease, availability of a range of effective drugs, and astute designs and relentless executions of many clinical trials. ALL is a complex disease requiring complex therapy. Whereas this book cannot provide a comprehensive review of every one of its many facets, the chapters from many investigators from around the world nevertheless cover a number of relevant topics: aspects of the epidemiology of ALL in Hispanics, ophthalmologic manifestations of ALL, overviews of current therapy and drug-resistance mechanisms, novel biological pathways and targets, new drugs in development, and long-term consequences of CNS prophylaxis and therapy. The publishers and editor therefore hope that the prospective readers will find enough insight and information for their own endeavors.

In the context of disease pathogenesis, it has been observed that after inadequate administration of antibiotics, animals become more susceptible to intestinal colonization and organ invasion by enteropathogens, these could be related to changes caused in the gastrointestinal microbial community. Therefore, we must reconsider the negative consequences that disruption of the microbiome has in the biology of metazoans (dysbacteriosis). Alternations of the intestinal microbiota composition in animals can be caused by multiple factors, including the misuse of antibiotics, having as a result a negative impact on the development and function of the immune, endocrine, nervous, and digestive systems. For this reason, social concerns regarding the development of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms have resulted in an urgent necessity to find feasible alternatives to maintain animal health and performance without the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP), in order to sustain livestock production as an economically viable source of food for human consumption. Hence, research about AGP alternatives such as probiotics, prebiotics, phytochemicals, organic acids, enzymes, and vaccines has become a priority for many scientists around the world.

This innovative Research Handbook answers crucial questions about how individuals and organisations can make a difference towards sustainability. Offering an integrative perspective on sustainability agency, it reviews individual, active, organisational and relational forms of sustainability agency, demonstrating the capacity of individuals and organisations to act toward sustainable futures.

Referring to etymological analysis, the author of this article presents a new hypothesis concerning the origin of the Old Prussian (OPr.) mythological name Patollo ‘a deity of the dead’ found in “Prussian Chronicle” (“Preussische Chronik”) written by the Dominican priest, Simon Grunau. It is to be assumed that the form patollum, earlier recorded in the fragment of “Collatio Episcopi Warmiensis facta coram Summo pontifice per dominum Andream plebanum in Danczk” (1418), was erroneously ascribed to theonyms by Grunau. The analysis refers to the description of derivatives and semantic development of this mythonym. While summing up the research results, one may conclude that a mythological name such as OPr. Patollo belongs to lexemes of Latin origin. More precisely, this mythonym is derived from a Medieval Latin (MLat.) adverb patulo ‘in many places; openly, clearly, in public’, which in the course of history was changed to MLat. patollu ‘ditto’, that is, a metathetical form with transposed medial/final vocalic elements of the second and last syllables. Thus, the fragment of “Collatio Episcopi Warmiensis…” “expulsi (!) sunt gentes seruientes demonibus colentes patollum Natrimpe et alia ignominiosa fantasmata” is to be translated in a well-formed and fluent way, i.e., banished are the peoples who worship demons and idolise Natrimpe and other ignominious phantoms in public. The Old Prussian mythologeme Patollo is a a pseudomythologeme invented by Grunau.