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Art, understood as a product of the creative work of historically and socially developed individuals, constitutes one of the sources of its humanizing process. On the one hand, when art is produced, it does not only result in artistic objects, but, dialectically, it produces its creator as a human being who, in front of the world, feels, knows, reflects, perceives and takes a stand. On the other hand, the art-enjoying public is also part of humanizing process, by developing their perception, expanding their knowledge, understanding their reality and, with that, developing capacities such as imagination, reflection, abstraction and conceptualization. Historically, we have seen different views about art that end up influencing the teaching activity in this area, of which we highlight the view of artistic work as a copy of reality, as a photograph or illustration of something real and the view that considers artistic production as fruit of a natural gift or aptitude, received as a divine gift. These visions are present in more varied forms of artistic production, among them drawing, the focus of the research work presented in this book, which considers, in opposition to these two visions, drawing as language, an artistic form of expression and representation of reality, of an interpretive nature and symbolic, which can be learned as an object of the child's creative activity. In the learning process of drawing thus conceived, the child appropriates of a certain cultural content and is objectified in the most diverse productions, registering in this object a little of their ideas, knowledge and capacities, thus developing their personal poetics.

Werke, die sowohl einzeln als auch simultan aufgeführt werden können, schaffen Möglichkeiten das „Werk“ neu zu denken. Denn die monologisch geschlossene Anlage des einzelnen Werks wird durch ein weiteres Werk geöffnet und kontextualisiert. Warum sollten nicht auch musikalische Werke in eine Beziehung treten können, die sie gleichzeitig erklingen lässt? Und wie könnte so eine Beziehung kompositorisch beschaffen sein? In den letzten 70 Jahren haben viele namhafte Komponist:innen wie Darius Milhaud, Chaya Czernowin, Adriana Hölszky, Julio Estrada oder Klaus Huber das Konzept der Vergleichzeitigung umgesetzt. Anhand vieler verschiedener Beispiele und künstlerischer Reflexionen wird mit diesem Buch das Poly-Werk erstmals eingehend und detailliert dargestellt.

L'humanité trouvera-t-elle de quoi nourrir 9 milliards d'hommes en 2050, dans un contexte climatique probablement plus difficile ? L'inquiétude n'est pas nouvelle, mais la croissance démographique s'est emballée dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, et la crainte d'une crise alimentaire mondiale est réapparue. Certes, les progrès des technologies agricoles ont permis, au plan global, de maintenir le niveau nutritionnel moyen pendant les années de la "Révolution verte", mais la situation restait loin d'être satisfaisante, puisque environ 850 millions de personnes étaient sousalimentées au début du XXIe siècle. Or de nouvelles inquiétudes se font jour : les surfaces cultivables ne sont plus guère extensibles, la productivité des sols atteint des niveaux qui risquent de les endommager de façon irréversible, les prix de l'énergie et des intrants indispensables à l'agriculture moderne sont à la hausse... Et les perspectives de changements climatiques ne sont pas rassurantes. De nouveaux progrès technologiques permettront-ils de dépasser, une fois encore, les contraintes naturelles et démographiques ? Cet ouvrage rappelle d'abord ces contraintes démographiques, climatiques et environnementales qui pèseront sur la disponibilité de ressources à l'horizon 2050, et traite ensuite des facteurs d'évolution de la demande alimentaire, des moyens techniques et économiques d'y faire face, et enfin des conditions d'un équilibre possible. Une synthèse est proposée en début de volume. Des recommandations y sont faites, destinées aux pouvoirs publics français pour les éclairer sur leur politique nationale et internationale, mais aussi à la société civile, qui est concernée car les problèmes ne sont pas seulement scientifiques ou technologiques : ils mettent aussi en jeu les comportements individuels des producteurs et des consommateurs. Trois domaines où il faut agir sans tarder sont mis en valeur : la nutrition et les habitudes alimentaires, puis la démographie, et enfin l'économie mondiale et le commerce international. Les recommandations portent ensuite sur la production agricole et les questions d'environnement, puis sur la prévention, l'anticipation et la gestion des situations de crise, hélas quasi inévitables.

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The aim of this book Symmetry (Group Theory) and Mathematical Treatment in Chemistry is to be a graduate school-level text about introducing recent research examples associated with symmetry (group theory) and mathematical treatment in inorganic or organic chemistry, physical chemistry or chemical physics, and theoretical chemistry. Chapters contained can be classified into mini-review, tutorial review, or original research chapters of mathematical treatment in chemistry with brief explanation of related mathematical theories. Keywords are symmetry, group theory, crystallography, solid state, topology, molecular structure, electronic state, quantum chemistry, theoretical chemistry, and DFT calculations.

This volume presents papers from the fourth biennial Information Systems Foundation Workshop, held at The Australian National University in Canberra from 2-3 October, 2008. The focus of the workshop was, as for the others in the series, the foundations of Information Systems as an academic discipline. The emphasis in this workshop was on the movement known as 'Design Science' and its importance in practical disciplines such as Information Systems. The chapters in the volume provide a critical examination of current design science ideas, with the role of human creativity given special mention. The philosophical underpinnings of design science thinking are also examined. Practically, the volume shows how the design science approach can be used in academic research that leads to artefacts that add value for individuals, organizations and society.

The key aim of this Event is to provide a forum for the user, supplier and scientific research communities to meet and exchange experiences, ideas and plans in the wide area of Culture & Technology. Participants receive up to date news on new EC and international arts computing & telecommunications initiatives as well as on Projects in the visual arts field, in archaeology and history. Working Groups and new Projects are promoted. Scientific and technical demonstrations are presented.

The article contains an analysis of creative linguistic and stylistic means used in online advertising. The research material consists of posts published on the Facebook fan pages of three coffee shop chains: Costa Coffee Poland, Green Caffè Nero and So! Coffee, in the period 2019-2020. The following groups of means are discussed in the text: metaphors (including: synesthetic metaphors, hyperbolas and personifications), modifications of phraseologisms and proverbs, intertextual references, examples of using the ambiguity of words (polysemy) and their sonic similarity (homonymy), and graphic means.

The murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo, former director of the Banco di Palermo, at the hands of the Sicilian Mafia in 1893 represents a controversial and obscure event in Italian history. There were three trials (Milan, Bologna, Florence), which also involved a Sicilian deputy: Raffaele Palizzolo. Anna Franchi's documentation work takes place in the Assize court of Florence: she attended every hearing, and observed relentlessly both the 'Mafia' phenomenon and the actual theatre of testimonies, confessions, retractions and false tracks characterising the trial in Florence (1903-1904). It was possible to widely integrate Franchi's account after the discovery of the entire folder relating to the process in the State Archives of Florence: about 1500 handwritten pages by the various chancellors dealing with the trial. The trial ended in a general acquittal for principals and executors for lack of evidence. For some, Sicily’s honour was safe, but for many others, the truth was forever covered up.

Picturing the Invisible presents different disciplinary approaches to articulating the invisible, that which is not known or that which is not provable. The challenge that we have seen is how to articulate these concepts, not only to those within a particular academic field but beyond, to other disciplines and society at large. As our understanding of the complexity of the world grows incrementally, so does our realisation that issues and problems can rarely be resolved within neat demarcations. Therefore, the importance of finding means of communicating across disciplines and fields becomes a priority. Whilst acknowledging the essential importance of the specialist academic, the capacity to understand other disciplines, their priorities, methodologies and even the language used can become crucial in being an effective instrument for change. This book brings together insights from leading academics from a wide range of disciplines including Art and Design, Curatorial Practice, Literature, Forensic Science, Fashion, Medical Science, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Philosophy, Astrophysics and Architecture with a shared interest in exploring how, in each discipline, we strive to find expression for the invisible or unknown, and to draw out and articulate some of the explicit and tacit ways of communicating those concepts that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

The book presents a qualitative and quantitative approach to understand, manage and enforce the integration of statistical concepts into quality control and quality assurance methods. Utilizing a sound theoretical and practical foundation and illustrating procedural techniques through scientific examples, this book bridges the gap between statistical quality control, quality assurance and quality management. Detailed procedures have been omitted because of the variety of equipment and commercial kits used in today's clinical laboratories. Instrument manuals and kit package inserts are the most reliable reference for detailed instructions on current analytical procedures.

With 30 years having passed since Central Asia and the South Caucasus emerged on the international stage, a new approach to understanding its contemporary dynamics is required. This volume argues for a multidimensional analysis of international, regional, and domestic cooperation and conflicts in the region. The authors analyze foreign policies of great powers such as Russia, China, U.S., EU, Japan, and Iran toward this part of the world. The work looks at regional issues and regionalism, including the Eurasian Union and the Belt and Road Initiative. A series of chapters study domestic processes ranging from clan politics, identity construction, the media, to non-state actors. The publication applies theoretical pluralism and utilizes realism, liberalism, constructivism, and FPA.

Unlocking a vital understanding of how literary studies and media studies overlap and are bound together A synthetic history of new media reception in modern and contemporary Japan, The New Real positions mimesis at the heart of the media concept. Considering both mimicry and representation as the core functions of mediation and remediation, Jonathan E. Abel offers a new model for media studies while explaining the deep and ongoing imbrication of Japan in the history of new media.From stereoscopy in the late nineteenth century to emoji at the dawn of the twenty-first, Abel presents a pioneering history of new media reception in Japan across the analog and digital divide. He argues that there are two realities created by new media: one marketed to us through advertising that proclaims better, faster, and higher-resolution connections to the real; and the other experienced by users whose daily lives and behaviors are subtly transformed by the presence and penetration of the content carried through new media. Intervening in contemporary conversations about virtuality, copyright, copycat violence, and social media, each chapter unfolds with a focus on a single medium or technology, including 3D photographs, the phonograph, television, videogames, and emoji.By highlighting the tendency of the mediated to copy the world and the world to copy the mediated, The New Real provides a new path for analysis of media, culture, and their function in the world.

Written by experts from London’s renowned Royal Free hospital, Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery offers a comprehensive overview of the vast topic of reconstructive plastic surgery and its various subspecialties for introductory plastic surgery and surgical science courses. The book comprises five sections covering the fundamental principles of plastic surgery, cancer, burns and trauma, paediatric plastic surgery and aesthetic surgery. Additional coverage of areas in which reconstructive surgery techniques are called upon includes abdominal wall reconstruction, ear reconstruction and genital reconstruction. The broad scope of this volume makes this a unique contribution to the field. Heavily illustrated throughout, Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is essential reading for anyone interested in furthering their knowledge of this exciting field.

Dieses Buch ist Open-Access und bietet viele mathematische Überraschungen. Es gibt viele faszinierende Ergebnisse, die nicht in Lehrbüchern erscheinen, obwohl sie mit guten Kenntnissen der Sekundarschulmathematik zugänglich sind. Dieses Buch stellt eine Auswahl dieser Ergebnisse vor, darunter die mathematische Formalisierung von Origami, Konstruktionen mit Lineal und Zirkel (und anderen Instrumenten), die Fünf- und Sechs-Farben-Theoreme, eine Kostprobe der Ramsey-Theorie und wenig bekannte Theoreme, die durch mathematische Induktion bewiesen werden. Zu den überraschendsten Theoremen gehören das Mohr-Mascheroni-Theorem, das besagt, dass alle klassischen Konstruktionen die mit Lineal und Zirkel ausgeführt werden können, tatsächlich sogar nur mit einem Zirkel ausgeführt werden können, und das Steinersche Theorem, das besagt, dass ein Lineal allein ausreicht, wenn ein einziger Kreis gegeben ist. Der Höhepunkt des Buches ist eine detaillierte Darstellung des rein algebraischen Beweises von Gauß, dass ein regelmäßiges Heptadekagon (ein regelmäßiges Polygon mit siebzehn Seiten) mit Lineal und Zirkel konstruiert werden kann. Obwohl die in diesem Buch verwendete Mathematik elementar ist (euklidische und analytische Geometrie, Algebra, Trigonometrie), werden Schüler und Studenten an weiterführenden Schulen und Hochschulen, Lehrer und andere interessierte Leser gerne die Gelegenheit nutzen, sich der Herausforderung zu stellen, diese überraschenden Theoreme zu verstehen.