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In this chapter the author lays out a theoretical groundwork for a semiotic theory of multimodality in the Divine Comedy. The analysis is not comprehensive of all modes, but limited to key-modal forms that Dante’s text authorizes in order to understand the formation of codes based on different forms of articulation and how different modes of articulation may interact with one another in a multimodal arrangement to achieve strong, functional signification in general and, where necessary, working toward the formation of new ontologies intimating human transcendence in terms of signification.

Mediale Darstellungen von Geschlecht und Sexualität sind eingebettet in Machträume und gesellschaftliche Ordnungen. Dieses Buch gibt Einblicke in kritische Analysen gegenwärtiger Mediennutzungs- und Deutungspraktiken. Außerdem setzt es sich mit der übergeordneten Frage auseinander, wie feministische und geschlechtertheoretische Zugänge für eine machtanalytische Weiterentwicklung der Medienforschung fruchtbar gemacht werden können. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.de

The volume, dedicated to the 44th International Conference of the Italian Union for Drawing, investigates the theme of ‘Transitions’, which particularly effectively represents our time and the current condition of the discipline of Drawing. The term, beyond its generic meaning of an intermediate stage in a process in which a condition changes from one state to another, has always been used in various fields, from music to geophysics. In fact, the disciplines of drawing have always been confronted with themes and issues relating to transitions from one condition to another. The history of representation tells us of transformations, even epochal ones, relating to ‘drawing’, with all that such transitions entail: suffice it to think of the evolution of forms of representation, of instrumental apparatuses, of the mutability of supports, of the analogical-digital transition underway, of the new modes of communication on platforms, of the hypertrophic offer of images also on the net that confirms Guy Debord’s intuitions relating to the new spectacularisation of society. Similarly, representation triggers transitions in the prefiguration and communication of design, the anticipation and foreshadowing of future events.The challenges posed by the digital pose open questions whose scope can only be glimpsed, such as the relationship between drawing and the act of modelling, and the construction of new paradigms of visual language and communication. ‘Transitions’, almost implicitly, points to possible futures, the evolution of technique and the search for new modes of expression; at the same time, however, it can suggest silences and reflections in a process of connection between history, theory, criticism and construction.

Pulmonary infections are notorious in causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, respiratory infections require distinct knowledge of recent advances in pathogenesis. Progress in the understanding of immunopathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii infection will explain how an atypical organism establishes infection. The chapter regarding pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in the State of Para depicts a unique study in an endemic region for tuberculosis in North of Brazil. The diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis is a formidable challenge. Thus, new developments in diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis are included in this book. Challenging in their diagnosis, nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases require special education for management. The problems of respiratory infections in the immunocompromised host are increasing in numbers and in resilience to treatment. Therefore, the chapter describing the host immune responses against pulmonary fungal pathogens comes as a necessary section in this book. The insight brought forth from this book can be valuable for both clinicians and scientists.

The book discusses the experience of two Florentine travellers in the Levant from the 1760s to 1792. During their separate stays in Cyprus and in Istanbul they visited the Holy Land, Anatolia and Mesopotamia providing extensive reports on natural history, institutions, local customs and languages as well as data on the economy and the health conditions of the area. Their numerous printed works enjoyed remarkable success and were translated into French and other languages. The inquiry places the authors firmly within the European ‘Republic of letters’ and testifies to the growing interest for Islam and Ottoman power during the Enlightenment debate on the eve of the French Revolution.

Dr. Franz von Ottenthal served as a General Practitioner in Sand, in the South Tyrolean Tauferer Ahrntal from 1847 to 1899, over a period lasting more than 50 years. From 1861 until 1882, in a period of great regional and imperial tensions, he even was member of the Tyrolean Landtag (diet). In 1837/8 he began his medical studies at the University of Vienna, where important physicians from the "Zweite Wiener Medizinische Schule" like Carl von Rokitansky, Joseph Skoda and Philipp Semmelweis were teaching. Ottenthal worked as a medical expert in Windisch-Matrei (East Tyrol) for almost two years. Then he went back home and became a General Practitioner in Neumelans, the residence of his family. This biography treats particularly the career as a physician, his engagement in the medical service and the difficulties during the collaboration with medical authorities. On the other side it contains further an analysis of the medical records and the letters of his patients for a better patient view. Further this biography discusses open questions like medical development, fees, properties of a noble rural physicians in the second part of the 19 century and the competition with other physicians and healers. A big space is dedicated to the treatment of mental illness. Ottenthal wasn't a 'psychiatrist', but he was as well responsible for the care and the treatment of persons with mental disease. With a report by a physician began - crossing a lot of other institutions - the way in the asylum. The Ottenthal family, whose everyday life has tried to be reconstructed along private correspondence, is a typical example of a family from the second part of the 19th century between nobility and bourgeoisie characterized on the one hand by qualification, know-how and a lucrative job and on the other by a nobility title, fortune and landed property. Franz von Ottenthal wasn't a famous physician like Rudolf Virchow, Robert Koch or Carl von Rokitansky. Nevertheless he was a modern, political engaged, self-confident practitioner and he is a very good example for the fusion of nobility and bourgeoisie in a rural life of the 19th century. This publication should be a contribution to the exploration of rural medical practice, which is little known and often poor of sources. It will even be a starting-point for further comparative studies of other medical biographies and legacies.

Le souvenir de l’épopée française en Inde est encore présent dans les esprits, mais on a tendance à penser que ce chapitre est définitivement clos. Ce livre après en avoir retracé les péripéties essentielles, en dévoile des prolongements intéressants. Pondichéry a été constamment le théâtre de déplacement de population dans les deux sens. Aussi trouve-t-on chez les Pondichériens, où qu’ils se trouvent, une pluralité de lois personnelles dont les conflits et la comparaison donnent lieu à une étude passionnante. L’auteur d’origine Pondichérienne, qui a été juge de Cours supérieures sous le gouvernement français comme sous le gouvernement indien, apporte dans ce livre un témoignage précieux de sa double expérience.

The physical removal from the school context due to the health emergency caused a sudden interruption, especially in an environment of exchange and relationship, creating important inconveniences on the 'well-being' of learners and teachers. Technology, which has always characterized human development, in its 'digital' dimension has triggered profound mutations, also leading to a profound reflection on teaching methods. Accepting with a critical sense and with adequate positivity the technological and digital evolutions could define a possible improvement of the educational, training and educational responses in a constantly changing social and economic ecosystem.

Nanofibers are well known for their vast range of applications in sensors, catalysts, conductors, tissue engineering, and so on, owing to their high surface-area-to-volume ratio, high porosity, and the ease of tuning their structures, functionalities, and properties This book is a comprehensive overview of the synthesis, characterization, and application of nanofibers. Written by experts in the field, chapters cover such topics as green synthesis of nanofibers, electros­pinning of carbon nanofibers, applications of ceramic nanofibers, transparent electrodes for flexible and stretchable electronics, nanoribbons, and much more.

Curriculum InstitutionALE is an orientation framework for strengthening Institutions of Adult Learning and Education. It provides basic guidelines for managing capacity and organisational development and suggests indicators and means of verification for organisational change and capacity development. It offers the basics for defining goals and criteria for capacity and organisational development, for collecting reliable baseline data, for designing and implementing processes of capacity and organisational development, and for assessing progress. Addressing leaders of Institutions of Adult Learning and Education and external advisors, it can be adjusted to fit various contexts and institutions across the world.

Religiöse und kulturelle Partikularisierung stellen Gesellschaft und staatliche Rechtsordnung vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Die religionsverfassungsrechtliche Dogmatik entwickelt erst langsam Instrumente, die Freiheitssphären der Religionsgemeinschaften und des Einzelnen und den Normbefolgungsanspruch der staatlichen Rechtsordnung neu auszutarieren. Dies geschieht jedoch kaum in der leistungsstaatlichen Dimension des Verhältnisses zwischen Staat und Religionsgemeinschaften: Staatsleistungen an Religionsgemeinschaften werden ungefragt perpetuiert. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es daher, eine der religiösen und kulturellen Varianz in der Gesellschaft entsprechende religionsverfassungsrechtliche Fundamentierung der überkommenen Staatsleistungen vorzunehmen. Hierzu wird die Ablösungsvorschrift des Art. 138 Abs. 1 WRV gleichermaßen dogmatisch neu erfasst, wie die verfassungsrechtlichen Bindungen des leistenden Staates auf der Basis einer Neuinterpretation der verfassungstheoretischen und verfassungsrechtlichen Grundlagen des Staates in seiner Säkularität, seiner Rolle als schwach integrative Kulturverfassungsrechtsordnung und als aktivierender Sozialstaat reformuliert werden.

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Provides a summary and commentary on a more detailed RAND interim evaluation of the California Mental Health Services Authority statewide prevention and early intervention program.

En este volumen se recogen la mayor parte de las ponencias que fueron presentadas en el Simposio El Área Ecuatorial Andina: Regionalización, periodización e intercambio, que tuvo lugar dentro del 49 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, (Julio de 1997 en la ciudad de Quito). La biodiversidad del Área Ecuatorial Andina generó formas precoces de organización social, diferentes adaptaciones medio ambientales y varias redes de intercambio entre distintas regiones y con otras sociedades de And...