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L’ouvrage rassemble les communications du colloque des 8/9/10 décembre 2020 tenu virtuellement à l’Institut catholique de Toulouse. Il était consacré à l’étrange figure de Seignelay Colbert de Castlehill, né à Inverness, le 13 août 1735 dans une famille presbytérienne et mort à Londres, évêque anticoncordataire et animateur de la Petite Église le 15 juillet 1811. Vicaire général de Loménie de Brienne à Toulouse, fréquentant les salons parisiens, en particulier celui de Madame du Deffand, il fut le guide de l’économiste Adam Smith et de son élève le futur duc de Buccleuch à Toulouse et dans le Sud-Ouest de Bordeaux à Montpellier de mars 1764 à octobre 1765. Sa correspondance avec David Hume, le duc de Buccleuch et Smith comme avec Condorcet montre un épistolier plein d’esprit et en même temps un administrateur soucieux de remplir au mieux ses obligations. Élevé au siège épiscopal de Rodez en 1782, il devient président de l’Assemblée provinciale de Haute-Guyenne. Député de la sénéchaussée de Rodez en 1789, il sera l’un des évêques ralliés au Tiers État permettant aux États-généraux de devenir l’Assemblée nationale. Colbert est l’auteur d’un livre sur le droit de la nature et d’un projet de paix perpétuelle. Cette trajectoire exceptionnelle a échappé à la prosopographie de la Révolution française comme à l’historiographie écossaise.

Three Tuscan doctors, and three intriguing professional histories. The inventory of the papers of Pietro Betti, Carlo Burci and Vincenzio Chiarugi has made available an important archive heritage, which goes to supplement the partial knowledge deriving from the biographies and works of these figures who represented the bridge between the enlightened and revolutionary eighteenth century and the following century, taut between the claims of science and political and social influences. A great season for Medicine and Surgery is revisited through the voices of three important exponents of this period of knowledge and action, of a commitment – that is also contemporary – to care, to teaching and to research.

Urban settlements are critical today, not only in demographic, economic and cultural terms, but also for their environmental impact. A sustainable land management is therefore a fundamental requirement. Urban sprawl has long been described as settlement model that is unsustainable from all the points of view, but its growth has been virtually unchallenged for decades. Many regions have recently become aware of the problem however, and they are trying to tackle this challenge. This book tries to focus on this challenge and it moves from the following research questions: which outcomes have been obtained against sprawl? Which difficulties emerged? Who and why is against these policies? Which are the "unwanted effects" of these policies? The book is focused on the US trends, where the problem emerged first. Portland, Denver and Minneapolis are considered: three metropolitan regions in different parts of the country but with similar dimensions, characteristics and policies. The conditions that made some outcomes possible are highlighted (the ability to network institutions at multiple levels and to foster the participation of local actors in the land management process), as well as some critical issues and unsolved problems (the exponential growth of real estate costs, the opposition of a part of the local community, the persistence of segregation and inequality forms).

Gregorio López de Tovar (1547-1636) was, besides being a prosecutor, oidor and counselor of Orders, the architect of a repertoire of laws and glosses destined to accompany the successful official edition that in 1555 his grandfather, Gregorio López de Valenzuela (1490-1560), had prepared of the Partidas. The memoirs in which, throughout most of his life, he recorded these and other public and private events, remained unpublished as a whole until now. Beyond the editorial history of this code, to which they have contributed, their possibilities remained untapped for knowledge of the mechanics of access and promotion within the judicial machinery or of the social customs of his privileged estate, among other inquisitive aspects.

Proceedings of the V International Congress of Social Work (CIFETS 2024) and XIV Congress of Faculties and Schools of Social Work developed at the University of Malaga during April 17 to 19, 2024, under the theme CON-SCIENCE OF SOCIAL WORK, IN TIMES OF GLOBAL TRANSITIONS.

The paper resumes the outcomes of the literature review conducted from the general theme regarding the city as an educational context and subject in the twenty-first century and presents a summary of the research design undertaken. The aim is to investigate the city as a ‘learning city’ where educational and training processes can become engines of regeneration. It is also intended to survey some examples of generative transformations traceable to the development trajectories drawn by Agenda 2030 that emerge in the learning city model, in order to understand their impact on the communities involved, the policies and the professional figures required to govern the processes.

Peut-on rassembler, sans reste, le tout de l’expérience vécue, se restaurer, ramasser les miettes de sa vie ? Peut-on inscrire son origine au commencement et sa mort à la fin de son livre, ce qui s’appelle communément faire œuvre ? Ce sont ces questions sans issue qui auront animé ce travail. Se donne à lire ici un Chateaubriand désœuvré, dépossédé, privé de la main et de la manuscripture, aliéné à sa propre mort. "Ma main… n’est pas revenue : je meurs par morceaux.", aura-t-il écrit, sur le pas de la mort. Émasculé ou manchot ? Peut-être… Un Chateaubriand en tout cas qui n’en finit pas de finir, et crève d’inachèvement ; un Vicomte, enfin, qui jouit de l’obscène effeuillage de sa propre mort.

Le Patient anglais, le film d'Anthony Minghella sorti sur les écrans en mars 1997 et mettant en vedette Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott-Thomas et Juliette Binoche a certainement fait découvrir au public français le dernier roman de Michael Ondaatje publié en 1992. Né au Sri Lanka, éduqué en Angleterre, Ondaatje s'est imposé comme l'un des plus grands auteurs canadiens depuis qu'il a émigré au Canada en 1962. L'apport culturel des immigrés a enrichi considérablement la littérature...

Terahertz (THz) science deals with the physics, technology, and application of the last unexplored region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The THz region (located between 0.1 and 10 THz) fosters a vast range of sensing for applications in different fields, such as astronomy, non-destructive characterization of materials, communications, defense and security, medicine, and more. This book contributes to three of the main research areas of THz science: THz time-domain spectroscopy, which is the backbone of materials analysis using THz radiation, the use of new 2D materials to develop future THz technology, and the interaction between THz radiation and biology. The contributors to this book are recognized specialists in the THz field.

»Das Gendern« ist einer der meistdiskutierten Punkte im Hinblick auf die Entwicklungen in der deutschen Sprache der Gegenwart. Mithilfe einer diskursanalytischen Medienanalyse sowie Interviews ergründet Paul W. Meuleneers, was in der Debatte als »Gendern« gilt, welche Soziosymbolik die jeweiligen Seiten mit geschlechterbewusster Sprache und dem Emblem »Genderstern« verbinden und wie sie dafür bzw. dagegen argumentieren. Divergierende Sprachverständnisse sowie wiederkehrende und verfestigte Zuschreibungen und Argumentationsmuster liefern dabei einen Erklärungsansatz für die Polarisierung der Debatte.

An introduction to the concept of “migration stigma,” along with new analytical frameworks to deepen understanding of the experiences of immigrants, their descendants, and native-born residents in immigrant-receiving societies.Due to economic crises, sociopolitical instability, and climate change, international migration is likely to persist if not increase in the future. Meanwhile, struggles to secure widespread acceptance of immigrant populations are evident worldwide. This volume, edited by Lawrence Yang, Maureen Eger, and Bruce Link, introduces the concept of “migration stigma” and proposes new ways to understand the complex challenges facing immigrants, their descendants, and contemporary societies. Contributions reveal how migration stigma affects areas such as health, financial well-being, and social cohesion; analyze the multilevel and temporal processes underlying migration stigma; and propose social, economic, and policy frameworks to address its harmful consequences.Contributors Muna Adem, Drew Blasco, Andrea Bohman, Heide Castañeda, Christian S. Czymara, Joerg Dollmann, Maureen A. Eger, Tyrone A. Forman, Daniel Gabrielsson, San Juanita García, Anastasia Gorodzeisky, Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Marc Helbling, Mikael Hjerm, Seth M. Holmes, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Tomás R. Jiménez, Irena Kogan, Christian Albrekt Larsen, Bruce G. Link, Rahsaan Maxwell, Supriya Misra, Dina Okamoto, John E. Pachankis, Nicolas Rüsch, Georg Schomerus, Patrick Simon, Anders Vassenden, Paolo Velásquez, Katie Wang, Markus Weißmann, Rima Wilkes, Lawrence H. Yang, Min Zhou

Zentraler Gegenstand der Wohlfahrtsökonomie ist die Untersuchung geeigneter Kriterien für die Bewertung ökonomischer Zustände nach dem Maßstab von «besser» oder «schlechter». Die Wohlfahrtsökonomie steht damit im Spannungsfeld der in jüngerer Zeit wieder verstärkt diskutierten Beziehung von Ethik und Ökonomie. Ohne etwa eine Synthese beider Disziplinen zu fordern, wird in dieser Arbeit aufgezeigt, inwieweit eine stärkere Einbeziehung ethischer Überlegungen die ökonomische Analyse bereichern kann. Anhand einer Untersuchung des von Bergson in den 30er Jahren eingeführten und von Samuelson und Arrow aufgegriffenen Konzepts einer gesellschaftlichen Wohlfahrtsfunktion werden nicht nur die Grundlagen bisheriger wohlfahrtsökonomischer Standardkonzeptionen dargelegt, sondern diese auch mit der jüngsten Diskussion verknüpft.

Sustainable education in primary school can be viewed from several angles: In a broad understanding of the term, the topic refers to sustainable educational processes in the sense of long-term availability. This plays a special role for the primary school as the first school with its mission of basic education. At the same time, a narrow conceptual understanding is included, which considers education for sustainable development from an ecological, economic and social perspective. In this context, action aims at a more sustainable and just present and future. The present volume compiles contributions from the 30th annual conference of the Commission for Primary School Research and Primary Education, which took place in Regensburg in September 2022 and addressed the topic of "Sustainable Education in Primary Schools".

In the mid-sixties, the discovery by Altman and co-workers of neurogenesis in the adult brain changed the previous conception of the immutability of this organ during adulthood sustained among others by Cajal. This discovery was ignored up to eighty’s when Nottebohm demonstrated neurogenesis in birds. Subsequently, two main neurogenic zones were characterized: the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle and the subgranular layer of the dentate gyrus. Half century later, the exact role of new neurons in the adult brain is not completely understand. This book is composed by a number of articles by leaders in the filed covering from an historic perspective to potential therapeutic opportunities.

Nowadays, all scientists recognize that fluorescent probes play important roles in wide research areas, from chemistry to biology. By combining this fact with specific functional benefits from synthetic polymers, fluorescent polymeric probes are occasionally superior to small organic and inorganic fluorescent (or luminescent) probes in terms of sensitivity, robustness, and multiple functionality. The targets of fluorescent polymeric probes have extended from chemical species to physical parameter. This special issue is a platform for researches to develop a novel fluorescent polymeric probe and to establish a new analytical method using a conventional fluorescent polymeric probe. Related researches, e.g., fluorometric investigation of functional polymers, are also included.