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This volume explores the relevance of decline within the republican tradition. The essays in this volume focus on the Dutch Republic during the revolutionary era, as well as early modern Spain and Venice, the German Enlightenment, and the Weimar Republic. ; Readership: Students of republicanism, political culture, intellectual history, the history of political thought, the Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions, the history of the Netherlands, early modern European history, and German history.

Au début du Ve/XIe siècle, l'Espagne musulmane connut une grave crise politique qui aboutit à l'abolition du califat et au morcellement du pays en petits États souverains. Paradoxalement, cette situation, désastreuse politiquement, provoqua un essor culturel sans précédent, et poètes et prosateurs ne furent jamais aussi nombreux qu'à cette époque. La production littéraire fut exceptionnellement abondante et variée. Les Hispanos-Musulmans traitèrent tous les genres et tous les thèmes poétiques...

The chapter covers the difficulties that the director Frant Gwo, who rose to fame with My Old Classmate, faced when receiving the script for The Wandering Earth: distrust in the domestic market, the lack of experience related to science fiction films and the lack of local talent. With love, Frant Gwo assembled a team determined to make a truly localized and well-grounded Chinese science fiction film.

This is the first book of a series of forthcoming publications on this field by this publisher. The reader can enjoy both a classical printed version on demand for a small charge, as well as the online version free for download. Your citation decides about the acceptance, distribution, and impact of this piece of knowledge. Please enjoy reading and may this book help promote the progress in ceramic development for better life on earth.

Die Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie war nach Kriegsende die größte Konsumgüterbranche und die erste Industrie, die ihre Produktion in Länder mit niedrigen Lohn- und Sozialstandards verlagerte. Trotz dieser Herausforderungen organisierte die Gewerkschaft Textil-Bekleidung über 49 Jahre hinweg erfolgreich ihre mehrheitlich weiblichen Beschäftigten. Peter Donath und Annette Szegfü dokumentieren erstmals, wie es der Gewerkschaft unter schwierigen wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen gelang, Tarifverträge mit eigenen Akzenten durchzusetzen und gleichzeitig zur anerkannten Sprecherin ›ihrer‹ Branchen zu werden.

Die Erde befindet sich in einem vom Menschen bewirkten, tiefgreifenden Veränderungsprozess. Um dieses dringliche Problem neu anzugehen, nehmen die Autor*innen dieses Bandes den Begriff der „Zone“ zum Ausgangspunkt für eine kritische Ökologie. Das „Denken in Zonen“ hält der Makro-Perspektive des Planetarischen den Blick auf das Heterogene und Prozesshafte, auf die Übergänge, Grenzen und Singularitäten von Räumen entgegen. In den Vordergrund rücken damit die Handlungsmacht und Relationalität von Räumen, um die drastischen, ebenso materiellen wie epistemischen Veränderungen und Verschiebungen im Verhältnis des Menschen zur Erde im Anthropozän besser zu fassen. Mit Aufsätzen von Florian Auerochs, Jeanne Etelain, Mary Louise Pratt und Robert Stockhammer versammelt dieser Band erstmals maßgebliche Zugänge zu Begriff und Ästhetik der Zone, die seine Tragweite als Instrument ökologischen Denkens in den Kulturwissenschaften aufzeigen.

Le mezcal est la boisson identitaire des Mexicains. Issu de la distillation de l’agave, ce spiritueux est encore très mal connu en dehors de son pays d’origine. Ignoré du grand public, le véritable mezcal exerce une fascination transculturelle auprès des connaisseurs du monde entier. Cette eau-de-vie est aujourd’hui l’un des spiritueux les plus en vogue. L’histoire du mezcal c’est aussi celle du Mexique. Cette boisson symbolise la quintessence de la culture mexicaine. La fabrication artisanale, la large palette aromatique et la production biologique font la spécificité de cet « enfant terrible du Mexique ». Le renouveau du mezcal prend sa source au Mexique et aux États-Unis. Son passage par les circuits culturels internationaux participe à sa découverte et sa légitimation. Distillé et consommé principalement par les populations indigènes d’origine rurale, il a longtemps été ignoré, voire méprisé par les élites qui aujourd’hui en sont particulièrement friandes. Ce livre analyse le processus de réhabilitation du mezcal. Il donne à voir la manière dont se construit son nouveau statut symbolique, révèle les contradictions liées au développement économique du Mexique. Par là même, il mesure l’évolution des rapports économiques et sociaux qui sous-tendent ce processus. Combinant une analyse sociologique et historique, cet ouvrage propose au lecteur un véritable voyage au « pays du mezcal »

The following Reprint, based on the Special Issue “Advances in Wastewater Treatment 2024”, compiles 12 papers (one Editorial, five review papers, and six original scientific papers) on innovative pollutant-removal technologies aimed at harnessing renewable energy from wastewater. Several papers included in this Special Issue address energy efficiency: the authors of one study assess the economic feasibility of a hydropower plant at the Toruń (Poland) treatment facility, while the authors of another study analyze energy use across three plants in southwestern Poland to propose strategies for reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint. In another study, the authors evaluate a novel Venturi-assisted confined tube aerator designed to lower aeration energy demand. The focus of three of the included papers is contaminant removal: synthesis and testing of Zn/Al layered double hydroxides for Congo red dye removal; assessment of low direct-current densities for phosphorus, nitrogen, and organic-compound removal in a sequential electrochemical reactor treating greenhouse wastewater; and evaluation of biochars and activated carbon for removing heavy metals from wastewater generated during soil remediation. The five review papers focus on renewable-energy integration for energy-self-sufficient municipal plants; advances in chemical coagulation and electrocoagulation; methanogenesis for biomethane production; solar-driven photocatalytic treatment using concentrator systems; and modeling and management strategies to optimize aeration energy use.

Die Corona-Krise ist Anlass für die Thematisierung von Krisen im Kontext von Erwachsenen-/Weiterbildung. Der Titel "Re-Konstruktionen“ zielt darauf, auch andere – ökologische, ökonomische, soziale, psychische, politische oder biographische – Krisenphänomene, die im Kontext von Erwachsenen-/Weiterbildung bedeutsam sind, zum Reflexionsgegenstand zu machen. Die Pandemie bildet damit den exemplarischen Ausgangspunkt, denn sie hat die Erwachsenenbildung in mehrfacher Hinsicht ge- und betroffen.

This chapter explores the medical environment of 1640s Ireland, particularly during the 1641 Rebellion. It uses the 1641 Depositions to explore how people understood reported sickness and disease. It also traces the experiences of a broad range of medics during a period of warfare and significant social and political upheaval. In doing so, it enables an important new perspective on medicine in Early Modern Ireland.

Cultural Transfer and Circulation of Knowledge in the long 1960s. The German-American Fulbright Program for teachers. The dissertation traces intercultural knowledge movements between West Germany and the United States in the long 1960s, initiated by the teacher exchange of the German-American Fulbright Program, focussing on everyday culture and the educational/professional context. For the first time, the Annual Exchange Teacher's Reports on Teaching Experiences in the United States, which are kept in the archives of the German-American Fulbright Commission in Berlin, will be evaluated alongside further sources on the institutionalization, design and operationalization of the German-American Fulbright Program. The reports were submitted as completed questionnaires and form the basis of the work as a serial source. They provide information on how German exchange teachers perceived and reflected on their stay in the USA and show which misconceptions were consolidated or overcome. At the same time, knowledge circulation can be traced, and exchange teachers can be identified as agents of a knowledge movement after World War II. The aim here is not so much to write a normative success story of a straightforward US culture transfer to West Germany. Rather, the focus is on the multi-layered, interwoven, and above all open-ended knowledge movements as part of the German-American educational and cultural transfer processes of the post-war period. The focus will be on the agents, networks, structures, and communication spaces within the German-American Fulbright Program in order to understand where, how, and by whom elements were reflected, selected, adapted, and reshaped or rejected. Thus, the transatlantic exchange encounters of Fulbright teachers indicate that cultural objects and patterns of action as well as societal values were adopted from the United States, thus creating a readiness for modernization through adaptations and reinterpretations. The Fulbright Program continued the German-American educational exchange, setting new accents which influenced developments in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1945, especially in education and everyday culture, while at the same time aiding German culture in its initial opening up to ‚Americanization‘. As a result, the exchange teachers contributed to the cultural transfer between the U.S. and the Federal Republic of Germany in the long 1960s.

The monograph focuses on the practice of strategy committees, which are formal structures established by supervisory boards and boards of directors. The book presents strategy committees as formal mechanisms that support informal strategizing processes, involving not only official committee members but also other board members, management personnel, and consultants.The publication is based on unique original research, making it of interest not only to the academic community and students focused on corporate governance and strategy but also to members of corporate bodies in public companies, individual and institutional investors. It offers a valuable contribution to the reflection on how supervisory boards can deepen their involvement in strategic processes, inspiring the adoption of more open forms of collaboration in public companies.

Understanding of the neuroendocrine system provides an insight into a wide range of bodily and mental processes. Neuroendocrinology and Behavior brings its readers a concise guide to up-to-date knowledge on the function of the endocrine glands and organs in association with neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and behavioral manifestations. Various forms of stress response, e.g. anxiety and cognitive changes, have been intrinsic to both ourselves and other species. Specifically, these mechanisms involve complex interplays among physical, emotional, and behavioral processes in humans. This volume provides information on peptide hormones, i.e. oxytocin and vasopressin, and how studies of these neuropeptides enrich our understanding of social and other behaviors. These neuromodulators also affect sexual behavior and water balance in the body, an issue also addressed in this Book.

Collaboration has emerged as a central concept in public policy circles in Australia and a panacea to the complex challenges facing Australia. But is this really the cure-all it seems to be? In this edited collection we present scholarly and practitioner perspectives on the drivers, challenges, prospects and promise of collaboration. The papers, first presented at the 2007 ANZSOG Conference, draw on the extensive experience of the contributors in either trying to enact collaboration, or studying the processes of this phenomenon. Together the collection provides important insights into the potential of collaboration, but also the fiercely stubborn barriers to adopting more collaborative approaches to policy and implementation. The collection includes chapter from public servants, third sector managers, and both Australian and international academics which together make it a stimulating read for those working with or within government. It adds considerably to the debate about how to address current challenges of public policy and provides a significant resource for those interested in the realities of collaborative governance.

Neutron and Synchrotron radiation methods have matured to become powerful techniques for the study of a vast range of materials, including metals. The characterization methods comprise the categories of diffraction, spectroscopy and imaging, which themselves can alter greatly in detail, to include hundreds of variants, problems and sample environments. In a similar way, their applications to metals and hard condensed matter materials cover disciplines spanning engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science and their derivatives such as geology, energy storage, etc. … The present book, “Metals Challenged by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation” is a first compilation in Metals of 20 original and review works on research utilizing or designing those state-of-the-art techniques at modern facilities. The Editorial reviews the context of and identifies thematic links between these papers, grouping them into five interwoven themes, namely Sintering Techniques and Microstructure Evolution, Titanium Aluminides and Titanium Alloys Under Extreme Conditions, Metallic Glass and Disordered Crystals, In Situ and Time-Resolved Response to Mechanical Load and Shock, and Thin Films and Layers. This book represents a good cross-section of the status quo of neutron and synchrotron radiation with respect to questions in the metallurgical field, which by far is not exhaustive. Nor are the methods and other materials, which motivated me to the creation of a new sister-journal, entitled Quantum Beam Science. With this, I would like to thank all authors, reviewers and contributors behind the scene for the creation of this work, presenting to you a piece of interesting reading and reference literature.