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Le cycle de Guiron le Courtois, composé sans doute à partir de 1230 et en plusieurs étapes, est le dernier grand roman arthurien en prose française à rester inédit. Guiron le Courtois consiste en effet en plusieurs œuvres caractérisée par une tradition textuelle complexe : le Meliadus, le Roman de Guiron et la Suite Guiron. Le Meliadus et le Guiron ont été conçus indépendamment l’un de l’autre ; en outre, dans leur état initial, ils n’ont sans doute jamais été achevés, ce qui explique la tradition textuelle assez éclatée et, en particulier, la multitude de « raccords » et de « suites » destinés à combler les interstices. Une édition critique de l’ensemble du cycle est actuellement en cours. Ceci est le deuxième volume du Roman de Guiron propre, qui en comportera trois. Le texte est précédé d’une introduction, comportant la description des manuscrits, une analyse de la tradition textuelle, une étude littéraire, un examen de la langue du manuscrit. Il est suivi de notes, d’un glossaire et d’un index des noms propres.

Before President Erdogan's repressive politics took hold, queer cultures were more visible than ever in Turkey. Queer Turkey offers a broad range of reflections on queer Turkish cultures within a transnational, Euro-American context. Based on his experience in Istanbul, Ralph J. Poole shares his impressions of queer desires between Muslim tradition and global pop, observes what goes on in the hamam , and wonders about Arabesk culture. The book features discussions of queer travel writers, poets, playwrights, and film directors. Their multifarious works manifest the subtle and subversive ways in which artists crisscross the cultural borders of East and West. With its many facets of Turkish-Euro-American cultural interactions, Queer Turkey outlines a kaleidoscope of transnational poetics.

We worked on different magnetic molecules containing 3d and 4f magnetic centers. Their growth on metallic surfaces, topographies, spin states, magnetic properties and electron transport were locally investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at temperatures down to 30mK. The main achievement of this dissertation reveals the abrupt switching of crystal fields during formation of molecular contacts.

El libro que tiene en sus manos, es fruto del esfuerzo y de sueños colectivos que articuladamente logran plasmarse en una publicación que se ofrece a Latinoamérica y al mundo. Es el resultado de la transformación de sueños en proyectos y de la lucha que implica materializarlos en la sociedad. Es el trabajo de diversos profesionales de las ciencias sociales, que hoy más que profesionales, a muchos y muchas podemos llamarlos compañeros de ruta, y amigos de la vida. Por eso, esta publicación que surge desde Chile es un regalo para aquellas mentes que buscan orientación respecto a los Estudios Sociales del Deporte en nuestro continente. Es un presente para todos y todas nuestras compañeras que en Latinoamérica están haciendo posible que el deporte sea una herramienta de transformación social.

Explore the latest strides in robot control systems through “Recent Progress in Robot Control Systems: Theory and Applications.” This curated collection of original research and survey papers delves into the intricacies of control system design, addressing challenges in precision-controlled objects. From electronic rotors to spacecraft flywheels, discover how sophisticated algorithms maintain elegance amidst industry growth. Join us in advancing the fusion of theory and practical application.

The rapid development of new information and communication technologies has changed people’s everyday life and consumption patterns significantly. The worldwide spread of those technologies provides many innovations for consumers, but it can also bear risks, such as the indiscriminate collection, storage and cross-border flow of personal data, illegal spying on Internet activities, dissemination of personal information, and abuse of user passwords. The study deals with the current state of consumer data protection law in Brazil, China and Germany from a comparative perspective. It covers the main legal issues of consumer privacy and data protection in these countries and seeks to explain current issues and case law concerning consumer data protection from a practical perspective.

Legal academics and progressive politics in South Africa: Moving beyond the ivory tower - PULP FICTIONS No.2 Edited by Karin van Marle 2006 ISSN: 1992-5174 Pages:30 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available

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Silicon (Si) technologies provide an excellent platform for the design of microsystems where photonic and microelectronic functionalities are monolithically integrated on the same substrate. In recent years, a variety of passive and active Si photonic devices have been developed, and among them, photodetectors have attracted particular interest from the scientific community. Si photodiodes are typically designed to operate at visible wavelengths, but, unfortunately, their employment in the infrared (IR) range is limited due to the neglectable Si absorption over 1100 nm, even though the use of germanium (Ge) grown on Si has historically allowed operations to be extended up to 1550 nm. In recent years, significant progress has been achieved both by improving the performance of Si-based photodetectors in the visible range and by extending their operation to infrared wavelengths. Near-infrared (NIR) SiGe photodetectors have been demonstrated to have a “zero change” CMOS process flow, while the investigation of new effects and structures has shown that an all-Si approach could be a viable option to construct devices comparable with Ge technology. In addition, the capability to integrate new emerging 2D and 3D materials with Si, together with the capability of manufacturing devices at the nanometric scale, has led to the development of new device families with unexpected performance. Accordingly, this Special Issue of Micromachines seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that show the most recent advances in the field of silicon photodetectors and their respective applications.

Nutrients is planning a Special Issue focusing on beverages and ingestive behavior. This Special Issue will focus on research related to all aspects of beverage consumption and post-ingestive consequences. There continues to be much controversy surrounding the influence of beverage choice on health outcomes. Research investigating the impact of beverage choice has on human health and post-ingestive consequences continue to grow. We know from the growing body of literature that beverage choice has a substantial impact on metabolism, food reinforcement and eating behaviors.

Electrification plays a key role in decarbonizing energy consumption for various sectors, including transportation, heating, and cooling. There are several essential infrastructures for a smart city, including smart grids and transportation networks. These infrastructures are the complementary solutions to successfully developing novel services, with enhanced energy efficiency and energy security. This Special Issue includes high-quality papers that address issues related to cutting-edge smart city technologies in the electrification process, including but not limited to the following: Electrification of building environments and transportation systems; Role and impact of smart grids for smart cities; ICT and IoT infrastructures with big data for smart city electrification; Market, services, and business models for smart city electrification; Standards and implementation for smart city electrification; Advanced smart grid technology integration in smart cities, such as energy storage, demand-side management, and distributed energy resources.

Family, as conceived in early modernity, no longer exists. It is nonetheless a useful historical tool: both to understand how we came to reject it, and to analyse how we built our own, contemporary model of family. We have inherited a complex institution, where hierarchy, division of labour, gender and generational differences, ideas of subsistence, care and feelings as well as modalities of affiliation have dramatically changed. Philosophical ideas of family are undeniably part of our shared history. Grotius, Hobbes, Locke, Pufendorf, Montesquieu, Rousseau and Diderot all considered the family as a crucial issue: Each of them incorporated the notion of family into their political theory and social ontology. Yet, in spite of its importance, studies in the history of philosophy have surprisingly overlooked the topic of the family. This book intends to shed more light on the subject: How did Locke promote parental equality? How did Hobbes deal with the issue of care? How did Montesquieu modify the way we consider heiresses? It also sheds light on how Pufendorf differed from Rousseau on the issue of marital conversation. This history of family forces us to look again at our convictions on any “natural” essence of family. This is, after all, the essential task of philosophy.

Investment in infrastructure is essential for promoting economic growth, and while countries in Asia have enjoyed higher rates of gross domestic product growth in recent years, the region remains severely deficient in the scale and quality of sustainable infrastructure. Moreover, population growth and climate change continue to put increasing pressure on the need for strategic and farsighted development, calling for policy makers to reevaluate infrastructure governance to ensure sustainable economic growth. Currently, in developing Asia, most investment in infrastructure comes from the public sector. However, with growing fiscal deficits and other budgetary constraints, it is essential to develop alternative sources of investment for infrastructure projects. This presents opportunities to tap into the private sector, which can play an instrumental role in minimizing the funding gap through the development of stronger, more transparent public–private partnerships (PPPs) and incentivizing sustainable infrastructure investment. This book provides a scholarly discussion on the importance of PPPs and approaches to unlock private participation in infrastructure investment based on lessons from across Asia. Among the proposed schemes are government tax incentives, development-based land value capture strategy under PPP land pooling, Viability Gap Funds, Project Development Facilities, and other guarantees. The book aims to assess the impacts and future of sustainable infrastructure investments and examines the role of governments in mobilizing financial resources and new models for unlocking private investment in sustainable infrastructure. This book consists of fifteen original chapters on the experiences of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) and a few other cases for promoting private investment in sustainable infrastructure. The fact that not much has been published previously on this theme makes this book a welcome and timely addition to the much needed knowledge on this subject. ‘The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylor fran cis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non- Commercial- No Derivatives 4.0 license.’

This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, allows us to understand concretely which and how these deficiencies are translated in an African urban context. In contrast, the case of Nueve de Julio, intermediate city of 50.000 dwellers in the pampa Argentina, addresses the new forms of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion linked with agro export and crisis of the international markets. Case studies are also included for cities in Asia and Latin America. Differences and similarities between cases allow us to foresee alternative models of urban planning better adapted to tackle poverty and find efficient ways for more inclusive cities in developing and emerging countries, interacting several dimensions linked with high rates of urbanization: territorial fragmentation; environmental contamination; social disparities and exclusion, informal economy and habitat, urban governance and democracy.

Objet transitionnel à deux sens, selon H. Lefebvre, la fenêtre laisse passer la lumière et l’air de l’extérieur tout en constituant un point d’observation du monde du dehors. La fenêtre revêt donc de multiples fonctions et matérialise également différentes symboliques, entre autres celles de l’intérieur et de l’extérieur, du public et du privé, de l’ouvert et du fermé. En tant que cadre, elle a exercé une influence majeure à la perception du paysage et, par extension, à la peinture. L’ouvrage réunit des études qui envisagent la fenêtre dans la littérature et les arts (peinture, photographie, théâtre, cinéma, architecture) par des approches esthétiques, sémiotiques, historiques et narratives.