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Cosmopolitics and Biopolitics seeks to trace cosmopolitical aesthetics understood not only as the union of art, science, and the right to survive, but also as the prism through which artistic practices are developed around questions connected to transculturality, migration, nomadism, post-gender subjectivities, social and natural sustainability, and new digital technologies. This book’s authors fashion a narrative that moves in the territory of “inbetweenness”, between hospitality and hostility, between welcoming and conflict, between languages and intermediate languages, science, and survival in a world that is “common” more than global.

Slave labor survived the abolition of slavery. Karl Marx analyzed both the role of legal slavery in the original accumulation of the capital and the forms of forced labor inherent to the “free” labor relationships (wage slavery). In the XX century some critics of the prominent social role of labor shown a form of nostalgia for ancient slavery which set free citizens from necessity. Globalized capitalism exploits slaves, even if formally free like in the early modernity, whereas extreme subordination is widespread in developed economies and in sectors employing advanced technologies.

This essay aims to present the first results of an ongoing research project devoted to study the evolution of the economic inequality in Catalonia based on different documentary sources and parameters. Here we focus on the strengths and limits of the rich fiscal sources preserved between the 14th and 18th century allowing us an analysis of inequality. This study is limited to the period before 1716 because we do not consider totally reliable connecting data from taxes before this moment, essentially focused on immovable wealth, with those from the Cadastre, which was levied on a wide range of incomes.

In der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts wandelten sich euro­päische Städte in sozialer, politischer, wirtschaftlicher und städte­baulicher Hinsicht grundlegend. Dieses Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen dieses Wandels auf die Konstruktion von Stadt­identitäten am Beispiel von Winterthur, Luzern und Bern. Die drei Städte stehen für Typen, die im 19. Jahrhundert entstanden sind: Winterthur war eine moderne Industriestadt, Luzern die wichtigste städtische Tourismusdestination in der Schweiz und Bern als Bundeshauptstadt ein Verwaltungs- und Dienst­leistungszentrum. Die Autorin analysiert die Selbstdarstellung dieser drei Städte anhand vielfältiger Quellen, unter anderem Postkarten, Fremdenblättern, Festschriften, Reiseführern, Reiseberichten, Zeitungsartikeln und Vereinsprotokollen. Sie erläutert die Prozesse der Identitätsbildung und fragt nach Unterschieden: Welche Ziele verfolgten die jeweiligen Akteure? Gibt es Charakteristika, die die Konstruktionen prägten? Wie beeinflussten Stadtidentitäten den Städtebau, die Wirtschaft? Die Studie zeigt, dass drei Aspekte in den untersuchten Städten auf je eigene Weise zentral waren: der Geschichtsbezug, der Umgang mit Modernisierung und die Hervorhebung der Natur.

Dando prosseguimento ao Colóquio “Na Gênese das Racionalidades Modernas– Em torno de Leon Battista Alberti” realizado pela UFMG em abril 2011,em Belo Horizonte, este Colóquio “Na Génese das Racionalidades ModernasII – Em torno de Alberti e do Humanismo”, que teve lugar nos dias 15 a 19de Abril de 2013 nas instalações do Museu da Ciência da Universidade deCoimbra, promovido pelo Centro de Estudos Sociais, bem como pelo Departamentode Arquitetura da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia desta Universidade,teve por objetivo debater, para além das categorias tradicionais dahistoriografia, as novas formas de racionalidade que a abordagem peculiaraos saberes dada por Alberti engendrou em todos os campos do conhecimento,sejam de natureza artística, técnica, moral, política e cultural, bemcomo aferir a sua influência até aos nossos dias. A ambição destes eventosfoi justamente esta: investigar em que sentido a obra de Alberti pode-nosajudar a pensar o mundo de hoje, nos dois lados do Atlântico, seja a partirdos textos escritos que concebeu, seja pe¬las obras que deixou como, ainda,pela realização de uma vida ativa e interventiva no quadro do primeiroRenascimento italiano, principalmente se tivermos em conta como os estudoshumanísticos são entendidos atualmente.

Jacq Vogelaar was the most radical champion of experimental form in post-war Dutch literature. After his debut in 1965, he published a series of novels in which he progressively pushed the dismantling of the traditional narrative form. Jacq Vogelaar was not only an innovator of literary form, but also a leading and often critical voice in the public debate on Dutch literature. By showing Vogelaar’s multifaceted literary activity from diverse perspectives, Woekering en weigering offers a representation of this underrated author that is refreshing and rich in nuance. It is a well-deserved tribute to a literary monument.

Die Südosteuropa-Studien werden von der in München ansässigen Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, der wichtigsten Wissenschaftsorganisation der Südosteuropa-Forschung im deutschsprachigen Raum, herausgegeben. Sie dienen der vertieften und interdisziplinären wissenschaftlichen Darstellung wichtiger Themen aus der Südosteuropa-Forschung. Auch Fragen zur aktuellen politischen und sozio-ökonomischen Entwicklung in der Region Südosteuropa werden aufgegriffen. Herausgeber der Einzelbände sind renommierte Repräsentanten der deutschen und internationalen Südosteuropa-Forschung.

Aboutissement d'une exploration systématique de toutes les sources disponibles, tant latines qu'orientales, ce gros ouvrage constitue une somme encore inégalée sur l'histoire des croisades et du royaume latin de Jérusalem. L'édifice repose sur une étude attentive de la situation de l'Orient musulman et de l'Occident chrétien, à la fin du xie siècle. Dans ce tableau viennent naturellement s'insérer la prédication et l'organisation de la Première Croisade. Pauvres et riches, piétons et chevaliers prennent la route de Jérusalem, conquièrent la Ville sainte, après mainte souffrance, et y établissent le cœur d'un nouvel État progressivement conquis. Le réveil du djihad suscite les Deuxième et Troisième Croisades, inégalement fructueuses. À la fin du xiie siècle, le redressement du monde latin conduit à l'avènement d'un second royaume, centré sur la ville d'Acre, mais réduit à un liseré côtier. Après les espoirs que font naître Frédéric II puis saint Louis, les Mamlûks prennent le dessus, le royaume se désagrège jusqu'à la catastrophe finale de 1291. La précision du récit événementiel laisse place à de larges échappées sur les institutions et la société des États latins, résultat de la première colonisation qu'ait établie l'Occident chrétien en terre étrangère. Tant par l'élégance de son écriture que par la richesse de l'information, l'œuvre de Joshua Prawer reste un monument de granit dans l'historiographie de l'Orient latin.

The causes and consequences of differences in microbial community structure, defined here as the relative proportions of rare and abundant organisms within a community, are poorly understood. Articles in "The Causes and Consequences of Microbial Community Structure", use empirical or modeling approaches as well as literature reviews to enrich our mechanistic understanding of the controls over the relationship between community structure and ecosystem processes. Specifically, authors address the role of trait distributions and tradeoffs, species-species interactions, evolutionary dynamics, community assembly processes and physical controls in affecting ‘who’s there’ and ‘what they are doing’.

While the first volume presented a younger son of a family of Tyrolese nobility, who strived after social advancement throughout Europe and who succeeded to act the part of a special advisor in service of the sovereign, the documents of his life in the second volume concentrate primarily on feuds, captivities and resolution of conflicts in Tyrol. The conflict over the heritage of Hauenstein leads to captivity, provisional release, appeal to the king, further imprisonment and humiliating submission to the duke of Tyrol. Finally Oswald is granted a reprieve and acquires the property of Hauenstein.

This book provides new and in-depth insights into molecular aspects of plant cell signaling in response to biotic, such as aphid- and grey mold disease-resistance, and abiotic stresses, such as soil salinity and drought stress, and additionally, functional analysis on signaling components involved in flowering, juvenility, GA signaling, and biosynthesis, and miRNA-regulated gene expression. Furthermore, plant acclimation was reported, with emphasis on mechanistic insights into the roles of brassinosteroids, cyclic AMP, and hydrogen sulfide, and the recent advances of transmembrane receptor-like kinases were refined. Clearly, plant cell signaling is an intensive topic and whether it is now or in the future, the emerging technology in functional analysis such as genome editing technologies, high-throughput technologies, integrative multiple-omics as well as bioinformatics can assist researchers to reveal novel aspects of the regulatory mechanisms of plant growth and development, and acclimation to environmental and biotic stresses. The achievement of such research will be useful in improving crop stress tolerances to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability for the food supply of the world.

This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and micro) dimensions, namely: reform or policy initiatives; drivers, aims, instruments and actors; structural changes within universities; strategic and performance management; the rise of accountability regimes; incentive and evaluative systems; and perceived changes/effects by the key actors involved, at various levels. The volume provides critical insights to the larger phenomenon of change and adaptation within the public sector. Its findings and implications are of relevance to social science researchers, policy makers, managers/administrators, and external stakeholders.

L'Usage du monde de Nicolas Bouvier est un texte très connu, mais dont la présence au programme des agrégations des lettres est inattendu. Cet essai inédit est d'autant plus précieux, qui propose l'analyse littéraire d'un récit hors norme.

Biomedical technology is continually changing, and new approaches are being developed daily. Although widely used, conventional solutions are losing efficacy due to the evolution of microorganisms and the environment. Pathologies and diseases negatively affect humans and animals, but nanotechnology appears promising in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of health conditions. This book examines some of these nanotechnologies, discussing their advantages and limitations. It is organized into four sections and includes ten chapters that address such topics as drug delivery systems for cancer treatment, photodynamic and photothermal treatments for bacterial infections, electrospun fibers for nanomedical applications, monoclonal antibodies, nanotheranostics, and much more.