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Este libro es resultado del Primer Encuentro Internacional de Historia sobre ""El Siglo XIX en Bolivia y América Latina"", organizado por la Coordinadora de Historia y el Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA) el año 1994 en la ciudad de Sucre en homenaje postumo a Gunnar Mendoza. Dedicado al siglo XIX, por ser un período poco abordado en general por la historiografía de los últimos años, tuvo el propósito de analizar, con mayor profundidad y rigor, tanto las continuidades coloniales como...

The female pelvis is a complex anatomical region composed of the bony pelvis, pelvic muscle, connective tissue, and pelvic organs. The levator ani muscles, pelvic floor fasciae, and ligaments play a critical role in maintaining pelvic organs in their normal location. The injury and defects of these muscles and connective tissues can result in pelvic floor dysfunction. With a deep understanding of the functional anatomy of the female pelvis, precision treatment can be achieved for the management of pelvic floor dysfunction. In this book, experts and researchers from different countries present the latest advances and innovations in the field of the female pelvis. The contents offer readers vital updates, even though they cannot cover every facet of the female pelvis.

The Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods adopts a pluralistic, interdisciplinary approach to causality. It formulates distinct questions and problems of causality as they arise across scientific and policy fields. Exploring, in a comparative way, how these questions and problems are addressed in different areas, the Handbook fosters dialogue and exchange. It emphasizes the role of the researchers and the normative considerations that arise in the development of methodological and empirical approaches. The Handbook includes authors from all over the world and with many different disciplinary backgrounds, and its 50 chapters appear in print here for the first time. The chapters are organized into the following seven parts: Causal Pluralism from Theory to Practice Causal Theory and the Role of Researchers Features of Causal Systems Causal Methods, Experimentation and Observation Measurement and Data Causality, Knowledge, and Action Causal Theory across Disciplinary Borders Essential reading for scholars interested in an interdisciplinary approach to causality and causal methods, the volume is also a valuable resource for advanced undergraduates as well as for graduate students interested in delving into the rich field of causality.

Afterlives of Chinese Communism comprises essays from over fifty world- renowned scholars in the China field, from various disciplines and continents. It provides an indispensable guide for understanding how the Mao era continues to shape Chinese politics today. Each chapter discusses a concept or practice from the Mao period, what it attempted to do, and what has become of it since. The authors respond to the legacy of Maoism from numerous perspectives to consider what lessons Chinese communism can offer today, and whether there is a future for the egalitarian politics that it once promised.

Reclus dans sa cuisine d’Aix-en-Provence, emmitouflé dans sa bure d’hiver, portant béret et lunettes, son éternelle cigarette au bec, il pose sous l’objectif de Robert Doisneau à côté de la machine à écrire d’où sont sorties les pages de L’Homme foudroyé, qui vient de paraître chez Denoël. Tel est le visage de Blaise Cendrars qu’ont pu découvrir, en octobre 1945, les lecteurs du Figaro-Illustré : celui de l’auteur d’« un grand livre, un de ces livres comme il n’y en a pas un en dix ans […] qui nous transporte, par la maitrise d’un art littéraire entièrement personnel, hors de tout art, par-delà toute littérature ». Ainsi Maximilien Vox saluait-il la parution de ce premier volume des « Mémoires sans être des Mémoires ». À ce livre foudroyant, les Cahiers de sémiotique textuelle de l’université Paris Nanterre avaient consacré en 1989, sous la direction de Claude Leroy, son quinzième numéro, rassemblant des études critiques, des inédits et des documents. Premier et unique ouvrage jusqu’à ce jour entièrement consacré à L’Homme foudroyé, ce volume est ici republié à l’occasion du programme de l’agrégation de lettres 2020.

Geopolitics and climate change now have immediate consequences for national and international security interests across the Arctic and Antarctic. The world’s polar regions are contested and strategically central to geopolitical rivalry. At the same time, rapid political, social, and environmental change presents unprecedented challenges for governance, environmental protection, and maritime operations in the regions. With chapters that raise awareness, address challenges, and inform policy options, Polar Cousins reviews the state of strategic thinking and options on Antarctica and the Southern Oceans in light of experience in the circumpolar North. Prioritizing strategic issues, it provides an essential discussion of geostrategic thinking, strategic policy, and strategy development. Featuring contributions from international defence experts, scientists, academics, policymakers, and decisionmakers, Polar Cousins offers key insights into the challenges unique to the polar regions.

En 2010, les entreprises marchandes qui exercent leurs activités dans les secteurs des arts du spectacle vivant, dans le soutien au spectacle vivant et dans la gestion des salles de spectacles réalisent un chiffre d’affaires de 4,4 milliards d’euros et dégagent une valeur ajoutée de près de 1,5 milliard d’euros. L’intégration nouvelle de ces secteurs du spectacle vivant dans le dispositif des statistiques structurelles d’entreprises de l’Insee permet de les situer dans l’économie marchande française : ainsi les entreprises du spectacle vivant, hors unités majoritairement subventionnées qui sont non marchandes et associations non-employeuses, contribuent à 11 % du nombre des unités des secteurs culturels marchands, à 5 % de leur valeur ajoutée et à 3 % de leur excédent brut d’exploitation. La rentabilité comptable des secteurs du spectacle vivant est positive en 2010, alors que leurs charges d’exploitation sont élevées et leur taux de marge relativement inférieur à la moyenne des secteurs culturels marchands. Les secteurs du spectacle vivant marchand sont composés d’un tissu important de petites entreprises principalement installées en Île-de-France : 96 % des entreprises de moins de 10 salariés réalisent 56 % du chiffre d’affaires total par l’exercice de leur activité principale de création, production, diffusion et soutien au spectacle vivant.

Digital Twins in Industry is a compilation of works by authors with specific emphasis on industrial applications. Much of the research on digital twins has been conducted by the academia in both theoretical considerations and laboratory-based prototypes. Industry, while taking the lead on larger scale implementations of Digital Twins (DT) using sophisticated software, is concentrating on dedicated solutions that are not within the reach of the average-sized industries. This book covers 11 chapters of various implementations of DT. It provides an insight for companies who are contemplating the adaption of the DT technology, as well as researchers and senior students in exploring the potential of DT and its associated technologies.

Title in English: MABC-2 for children with autism spectrum disorder. Manual for the MABC-2 motor skills test for children Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neuro-developmental pervasive multifactorial diseases of unknown aetiology that are often associated with a significant impairment of motor skills and a delay in motor development. With the rapidly increasing prevalence of these disorders in the Czech Republic and worldwide, the possibilities of diagnosing the motor skills of children with ASD are an increasingly important priority. The research modified the standard administration and implementation process of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd edition (MABC-2) by designing modifications that utilize fundamental principles of structured learning and the TEACCH program. In particular, these elements: Individualization, Structuralization, Visualization and Motivation, were implicated in the entire process of testing children's motor skills with the MABC-2 Test.

While many professional translators believe the ability to translate is a gift that one either has or does not have, Allison Beeby Lonsdale questions this view. In her innovative book, she demonstrates how teachers can guide their students by showing them how insights from communication theory, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and semiotics can illuminate the translation process. Using Spanish to English translation as her example, she presents the basic principles of translation through 29 teaching units, which are prefaced by objectives, tasks, and commentaries for the teacher, and through 48 task sheets, which show how to present the material to students.

This volume brings together studies in honour of Luísa de Nazaré Ferreira. Researchers from different scientific domains reflect on themes related to Ancient Greece and Ancient History, but also to other areas of History, Literature, Politics and Religion. Salamis is the main axis around which Vol. I is organised – literary testimonies, their impact on History and the reception in Art and Literature. Vol. II gathers various contributions, from Ancient Egypt and Rome to the Modern and Contemporary Periods. The richness of the themes, which cross time and space, reflects the responses of colleagues, friends and students to the call to participate in this tribute to the Hellenist, professor and researcher of the University of Coimbra, Luísa de Nazaré Ferreira

Examines the creation, context, and significance of the first and only East German feature film about homosexuality. It took forty years for East Germany's state-run studios, DEFA, to produce a feature film about homosexuality: Coming Out. The film's story seems radically ordinary today: a young teacher, Philipp, is gay but cannot accept the truth about his sexuality. He starts a relationship with a fellow teacher, Tanja, but falls in love with a man he meets, Matthias, whose confidence in his own self-understanding is alluring for him as well as a challenge. Acclaimed director Heiner Carow created a film that shows the difficulties, both internalized and external, that queer people faced in East Germany. In a quirk of history, Coming Out premiered in German theaters on November 9, 1989, the very night on which the Berlin Wall was opened, which meant the film was initially overshadowed, to say the least, by the earthshaking political events. Yet it remains a popular film and is regularly screened around the world, including prominently at queer film festivals. Kyle Frackman's book examines the film in both the late East German context of its creation and the international context of its reception. This book is openly available in digital formats under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC.

The 7th Bandung Creative Movement conference presented the theme "Dynamics of Industrial Revolution 4.0" which discussed how the digital world and connectivity changed human culture in various aspects of life, and transformed in accordance to human needs and social culture. Digital technology has transformed society to serve people from manufacturing needs to smart cities, from network connectivity to people connectivity. The application of information technology has helped in improving live quality and environmental sustainability. Digital transformation is revolutionizing how businesses and workers interconnect to be more productive and efficient. The result is improved collaboration, faster processes and time-to-market, lower costs and better products. Devices are getting smarter, meaning they are able to perform more and more tasks without human intervention; moreover, these devices generate data that provide insights to further improve processes and gain greater efficiencies. Moreover, with the Internet of Things (IoT), all these smart devices are interconnected in ways that not only help make them even smarter, but also enhances the intelligence of the overall system. Digital technology is a formidable driver for the transformation of a highly carbon-dependent world into one that is more ecologically ‘smart.’ We are entering a new era of environmental innovation that is driving better alignment between technology and environmental goals. Since its first announcement in 2011, industrial revolution 4.0 has dynamically changed and transformed to adjust itself to the human needs and to serve more efficiency and effectiveness of everyday life as well as environmental enhancement. The 7th Bandung Creative Movement has brought forward discussions on dynamic changes, ups and downs, innovations, relations of industrial revolution of the internet of thing, data, automation, to human physical world, new art and aesthetic, business, product innovation, built environment, and education.

En privilégiant l'étude des politiques gouvernementales, les travaux consacrés aux relations économiques franco-allemandes après 1945 laissent dans l'ombre la place occupée par les entreprises. Pourtant, dans le processus relativement bref qui fait passer les deux pays de la confrontation et de la méfiance à l'interdépendance et à la solidarité, il s'agit d'acteurs non négligeables. Pour le montrer, Jean-François Eck se fonde principalement sur les archives de plusieurs entreprises industriel...

Sacrifice has long been a central topic in scholarly debate. Since the publication of Marcel Mauss and Henri Hubert's groundbreaking work in 1898-99, the concept has gained prominence as a distinct theme in comparative religion, anthropology, and the history of religions. Throughout the twentieth century, many distinguished scholars and intellectuals examined the meaning and function of sacrifice to better understand various aspects of human cognition and social interactions. While some explored its connections to violence—particularly forms of self-inflicted violence, such as martyrdom—others sought to disentangle the concept from violent practices altogether. Building on this rich tradition, this collection of articles gathers contributions from leading scholars who explore the theme of sacrifice, examining its diverse meanings and roles across various religious traditions. While the book places particular emphasis on the history of Christianity and the early modern period, it also provides valuable insights into a broad spectrum of religious traditions, including Judaism, Islam, Greek and ancient religions, as well as Japanese religions. Its geographical scope spans regions such as India, China, Africa, and Brazil, offering a truly global perspective.By mapping the varied interpretations and transformations of sacrifice in the early modern period, this book seeks to illuminate its evolving significance. It also strives to offer a comparative framework that highlights the concept's complexity and adaptability across cultural and historical contexts.