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This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of Turkey’s response to Syrian mass migration from 2011 to 2020. It examines internal and external dimensions of the refugee issue in relation to Middle Eastern geopolitics as well as the salience of controlling irregular migration to the European Union. The book focuses on policies and discourses developed in the fields of border management, reception, asylum and protection, and integration of refugees with an emphasis on continuities, ruptures and changes. One of its main goals is to compare differences in policy practices across provinces in order to better capture ways in which Syrian refugees claim agency, develop belonging and experience integration in the context of cultural intimacy, precarity and temporariness. By providing rich empirical evidence, this book provides a valuable resource for students and scholars in migration studies, political science, anthropology, sociology and public administration disciplines as well as policy makers, stakeholders and the general public.

El presente libro es una obra que conjuga varios aspectos de la historia de los pueblos indígenas en América Latina, en conexión y divergencia, a la vez, con actores como los estados nacionales y las sociedades criollas hegemónicas. Proponemos como propulsor de este trabajo, el anhelo de poner "en la mesa" la historia de pueblos, comunidades, organizaciones y discursos indígenas, que son fraguados al calor de luchas "externas", así como la configuración de nuevos grupos sociales, en perspectiva de clase, emblemas, ritos, tradiciones y semânticas urbanas con las cuales se encontraron los indígenas de este vasto territorio, una vez iniciado el proceso diásporo-migratorio de inserción forzada e ignominiosa en complejos urbanos, occidentales y eurocéntricos.

Strontium aluminate cement is special inorganic cement with the properties which make it favorable for various special applications such as refractory products, macro defect free (MDF) composites, blended cements and expansive cements for high temperature applications. There is an immense number of possible combinations which can be made to prepare blended and multicomponent cements and to investigate the influence of substitutions on the properties of strontium aluminate. Divided into ten sections, this book provides the latest research achievements in many aspects of this binder. The manufacturing, the hydration process, the setting behavior and the properties are described. The book contains many original and firstly published experimental research results obtained during writing. Currently there is no comprehensive work on this topic in literature. From this point of view, the book is a pilot work on this topic and should attract the attention of researchers and bring further progress of this topic.

This book collects the papers presented at the Italian-German Conference held in Villa Vigoni in May 2015, Pius XI’s pontificate in the European Crisis: historiographic questions. Pope Pius XI reigned in crucial decades of the European history (February 1922 - February 1939). The interwar period saw the rise of authoritarian governments, the growth of a totalitarian control on individuals and societies, and the spread of legalized racism and antisemitism. The Catholic hierarchy (the pope, the national episcopacies and the clergy) was called to face these political, social and cultural changes. Scholars were invited to submitt the results of their studies based on documents available in the Vatican Archives, or to discuss new methodological and interpretative problems of still on going research.

Good governance is a critical factor in shaping the level of peace and stability in any country as well as influencing the prospects for its economic development. African governance trends were supposedly transformed by the dramatic reforms introduced by almost all countries at the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. Most commentators were optimistic that a new era of good governance and constitutionalism had set in. Now, three decades since these reforms were undertaken, are they bearing fruit? Have the prospects for political stability, peace and economic development been enhanced? In reviewing the state of governance, this chapter examines good-governance initiatives introduced in the 1990s by African governments and reinforced by several instruments adopted to this end by the African Union and Regional Economic Communities. Against this background, the chapter examines a number of continental and global good-governance indicators to see what they tell us about the state of governance in the continent today. The chapter concludes that unless the existing framework for constitutionalism, good governance, and respect for the rule of law are reimagined and reinforced, Africa will continue to lag behind in social and economic development while political instability will increase.

Este libro versa sobre la historiografía regia de los territorios cristianos noroccidentales de la península ibérica (Asturias, León, Castilla y Navarra), así como sobre la de su aledaño “cidiano” entre finales del siglo IX y finales del XII. La perspectiva es fundamentalmente la de una interpretación semántica orientada por el hecho de que hasta muy avanzado el siglo XIII –en concreto, hasta la redacción de las Siete partidas–, la historiografía fue, en la península ibérica, la forma más relevante del discurso político. Pero interpretar la intencionalidad política de una obra participa de una operación global que incluye la determinación de un contexto compositivo, la cual, a su vez, aunque obedezca a métodos e imperativos propios, es indisociable de la cuestión del sentido. La dilucidación genética constituye una dimensión importantísima de este libro, llegando a ser dominante en el caso de la enigmática historiografía dedicada al Campeador. Es asimismo la más polémica, debido a la escasez de datos que brindan las obras de la alta Edad Media sobre las circunstancias de su producción. De ningún modo se pretende ofrecer al lector un panorama interpretativo de la historiografía hispana altomedieval. Al contrario, la obra reúne estudios puntuales y profundizados motivados ora por la relevancia de la propuesta política que brinda una fuente, ora por el interés que ofrece una peculiar dimensión de su sentido, ora por la intensidad de los debates que suscita su composición entre los estudiosos. No por eso carece de una profunda unidad, pues el análisis de cada texto supone la consideración de su contextura con otros, lo que permite apreciar tanto el continuum funcional del saber histórico como la lógica de su constante renovación. Acabado el libro, viene a formar parte del perpetuo entrecruzamiento de creaciones y de lecturas –del hilo infinito– que es y que genera la historiografía medieval.

Hva skjer med litteraturen når omgivelsene digitaliseres? Hvorfor insisterer Agnes Ravatn på å skrive for hånd, Tomas Espedal på skrivemaskin, mens Carl Frode Tiller mener at datamaskinen gir frihet? Og hva med litteraturen som bare kan leses på skjerm Diskusjoner om litteraturen og det digitale har en tendens til å bli svært polariserte. Er papirboken død? Kommer vi fortsatt til å tenke dype og sammenhengende tanker når teknologien synes å legge opp til det motsatte? Eller åpner den digitale teknologien opp for uante muligheter for å formidle og oppleve litteratur? I denne boken ser Øyvind Prytz på hvordan den digitale utviklingen tematiseres i samtidslitteraturen, og hvordan de litterære uttrykksformene preges av de nye skrive- og leseteknologiene. Han undersøker hvorvidt de teknologiske endringsprosessene bidrar til å forandre begreper som «forfatteren», «leseren», «boken» og «den litterære teksten». Den teknologiske utviklingen kan vanskelig reverseres. I «Litteratur i en digital tid» tegnes et balansert og sammensatt bilde av digitaliseringens påvirkninger på litteraturen – og av litteraturens utforskning av det digitale – uten dystre spådommer om papirbokens død, litteraturens forvitring eller kulturens forfall.

This Reprint gathers recent progress and perspectives in the field of functional coatings, reflecting the growing importance of surface engineering in modern materials science. As technological applications increasingly require components with properties that extend from bulk to tailored surface functionalities, coatings provide a vital means to enhance performance, durability, and adaptability in demanding environments. The contributions collected here span theoretical analyses, numerical modeling, and experimental investigations, offering a comprehensive overview of how coatings can be designed, optimized, and characterized. The articles address key advances in coating technologies, novel application strategies, and the integration of advanced analytical tools in production. They also highlight innovative materials solutions, from protective to multifunctional coatings, that are capable of meeting the challenges posed by complex service conditions. Together, these studies provide valuable insights into current trends and emerging directions in functional coatings, underlining their critical role in enabling sustainable and high-performance engineering applications.

In der großen Zeitspanne, die seit 1956 verstrichen ist, hat sich die Slavistik mit dem Gegenstand weiter befasst. Einzelne Fragen wurden in der Diskussion auf dem Internationalen Slavistenkongress in Sofia 1963 aufgegriffen, die jedoch zu keinem schriftlichen Niederschlag geführt haben. Ferner sind seit 1965 einige schriftliche Untersuchungen über das Gesamtproblem erschienen, die hier an gegebener Stelle zu Wort kommen.

Die digitale Transformation vollzieht sich in einer gesamtgesellschaftlichen Wirkung und ist damit für die Disziplin, Profession und Klientel Sozialer Arbeit in den vergangenen Jahren zu einem zentralen, gegenstands(mit)bestimmenden Querschnittsthema geworden. Der vorliegende Band möchte dieser Entwicklung begegnen, indem er Studierenden, Lehrenden, Forschenden und der Praxis Sozialer Arbeit perspektivenöffnende Befunde digitaler Projektarbeit in der Sozialen Arbeit zur Verfügung stellt, die eine gelingende Gestaltung des digitalen Wandels in den Fokus rücken.

In dieser Arbeit wurde der Effekt des metallischen Interkonnektors (MIC) auf die Leistungsdichte der anodengestützten Zelle (ASC) sowie die Wechselwirkung zwischen dem MIC und der Kathode (Cr-Vergiftung) untersucht. Durch die Separation der Elektrodenverluste wurden drei von der Geometrie verursachte Verluste identifiziert und quantifiziert. Weiter konnte gezeigt werden, dass in Anwesenheit des MIC eine starke Degradation der Zellleistung durch Cr-Vergiftung der Kathoden-Elektrochemie stattfand.

"Florentine Banks in Germany" offers a thorough examination of the market strategies employed by the influential Florentine banking families Alberti, Medici, and Spinelli from 1400 to 1475. Kurt Weissen reveals how these powerful merchants navigated the challenges and opportunities of the German market, facilitating key financial transfers between Germany and the Roman Curia. By leveraging advanced banking practices and building extensive networks across Europe, they played a crucial role in shaping medieval trade and finance, leaving a lasting impact on the development of economic systems in the early modern period, particularly within the realms of commerce and banking.

The European Academy of Land Use and Development is committed to an integrated multidisciplinary view on sustainable land management. It regularly organizes interdisciplinary symposia. This volume contains experiences and new approaches from the fields of geodesy, geography and geo information, land readjustment, philosophy, spatial planning, jurisprudence and environmental sciences. The contributions deal withquestions of social and ecological development in different European regions that are relevant to land tenure systems and land use policy as well as with issues related to planning processes and procedures.