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The article traces the reception and depiction of the events that took place on 5 February 1597 in Nagasaki, Japan (i.e. the martyrdom of the Franciscans) in the Spanish colonies in America. Accounts describing the death of the friars very quickly reached the territories of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru, and the beatification in 1627 was used as a pretext for preparing publications, organising public celebrations and creating visual representations commemorating the martyrs. The paper characterises multifigure scenes from both Mexico and Peru. It shows representations in several perspectives, presents the iconography and martyrdom tradition of the Franciscan order and characterises various functions of the narrative story glorifying the martyrs in the Far East. The author points out that the visualisations aimed to promote the attitude of a true Christian in the face of danger, which was reflected in American realities during the missionary activities of the friars. The final aspect of the representations, which is characterised in the article, is a didactic and evangelising function of the paintings.

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The invasive character of a primary cancer is greatly dependent on numerous interactions between tumor cells and their extracellular surroundings. Matricellular receptors are defined as (cell-surface) receptors that bind extracellular matrix (ECM) structural proteins and soluble factors dynamically acting on ECM homeostasis. Matricellular receptors mediate numerous signalings from the extracellular environment to cell nucleus and drive main biological functions that are cell growth, survival and migration. Numerous data from the last decade evidence that matricellular receptors are biosensors that allow to a tumor cell answering to microenvironmental variations, and in this sense they are important contributors to tumor cell malignancy. Matricellular receptors represent thus valuable targets for the development of original anti-cancer strategies. Original reports, bibliographic reviews or hypotheses are welcome to improve the basic knowledge of matricellular receptor properties, their spatio-temporal regulation, the dynamic formation of complex receptors and the impact of such interactions on the invasive properties of tumor cells. Biological, biophysical and pharmacological, as well as in silico contributions will be appreciated.

This volume re-examines popular sovereignty, a vital principle of modern politics jeopardized by deepening polarization and the global rise of authoritarian populism. Eighteen cutting-edge contributions from scholars and practitioners engage with the dilemmas of popular sovereignty through interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives.

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Pediatric cardiology has developed into a specialism within both pediatrics and cardiology over the past few decades. It covers cardiac disorders in developing children, from the fetal stage through young adulthood. Lifelong monitoring is sometimes necessary for children with congenital cardiac conditions, regardless of whether they have undergone surgery. The modern therapy of congenital heart disorders has led to a normal or almost normal life during childhood and adulthood. Diagnostic techniques and treatment methods have made significant progress in pediatric cardiology, leading to innovative procedures with higher success rates and improved quality of life. Advanced imaging techniques for pediatric patients encompass echocardiography, cardiac MRI, computed tomography, angiography, and electrophysiological examinations with three-dimensional mapping. Catheter procedures have evolved from atrial balloon septostomy to the innovation of novel occluders for atrial and ventricular septal defects. The improvement in stent quality has enabled better long-term outcomes with fewer complications. Over the last twenty years, pediatric invasive and semi-invasive electrophysiology has emerged as a standard component of treatment strategies. Transesophageal procedures can be performed in newborns and young children without the risks associated with invasive techniques. The pharmacist now exerts a greater influence in the routine practice of pediatric cardiology. Pediatric patients utilize the identical medications as adult cardiac patients; yet, drugs have infrequently received thorough evaluation in children via large-scale studies. The pharmacist's support facilitates a more customized, pediatric-oriented treatment.

This volume draws together a diverse array of scholars from across the humanities to formulate and address the question of “ethics and literary practice” for a new decade. In taking up a conjunction whose terms remain productively open to question, fifteen essays survey a range of approaches and topics including genre and disciplinary rhetoric, emergence theory and literary signification, the ethics of alterity, of attention, and of aesthetics, the decolonial and the paracritical, neorealism and contingency, analogy and affect, scripture and national literature. From Seamus Heaney to Hannah Arendt, Teresa Brennan to Stanley Cavell, Ronit Matalon to Édouard Glissant, Uwe Timm to Katherena Vermette, Notes for Echo Lake to the Gospel of St. Matthew, these contributions demonstrate how broadly and fruitfully ramifying its organizing inquiry can be. Bringing such multifarious perspectives to the topic feels only more urgent as language, meaning, and expression enter the crucible of a “post-truth” era.

The Reprint of the Special Issue “Advances in Modelling and Simulation of Materials in Applied Sciences” presents recent developments in methods and applications of material modelling and simulation across a wide range of applied science fields. It features advanced approaches such as finite element simulations, multiphysics modelling, ab initio and molecular dynamics simulations, and structural optimization. Applications span mechanical and manufacturing engineering, mechanical behavior and characterization of materials, thermomechanics and thermohydrodynamics, vibration and acoustics, and fluid dynamics, with materials ranging from metals and alloys to composites, fibrous media, metamaterials, and multifunctional structures. Within this context, the contributions of the Special Issue are organized into five themes: (i) finite element simulations in mechanical and manufacturing engineering; (ii) mechanical behavior and characterization of materials; (iii) reliability and vibration performance of engineered systems; (iv) thermohydrodynamic multiphysics modelling; and (v) ab initio and atomistic modelling of materials. Together, they demonstrate how simulations not only predict outcomes but also complement experiments in guiding design, processing, and optimization. This collection serves as a valuable reference for researchers, physicists and engineers seeking the latest advances in computational materials science and novel methods for material processing and characterization across multiple scales.

Promotor e interveniente nas célebres "Conferências do Casino", historiador da literatura, introdutor em Portugal dos estudos linguísticos e da pedagogia, Adolfo Coelho (1847-1919) foi também - a par de Teófilo Braga, Consiglieri Pedroso, Leite de Vasconcelos e Rocha Peixoto - uma das figuras decisivas na constituido e desenvolvimento inicial da antropologia em Portugal. A cultura (...) cigana e a sua língua (...) constituem antes de mais urna curiosa possibilidade etnográfica: olhar o exótico no interior da cultura do observador. Efectivamente; embora partilhem os mesmos antepassados civilizacionais e lingüísticos que os seus hospedes europeus (...), os Ciganos apresentam uma organização social muito próxima da sua ascendêcia indiana, melhor dizendo, hindú e, nesta medida, irredutível à morfologia social predominante na Europa.

Due to the influence of pore-throat size distribution, pore connectivity, and microscale fractures, the transport, distribution, and residual saturation of fluids in porous media are difficult to characterize. Petrophysical methods in natural porous media have attracted great attention in a variety of fields, especially in the oil and gas industry. A wide range of research studies have been conducted on the characterization of porous media covers and multiphase flow therein. Reliable approaches for characterizing microstructure and multiphase flow in porous media are crucial in many fields, including the characterization of residual water or oil in hydrocarbon reservoirs and the long-term storage of supercritical CO2 in geological formations. This book gathers together 15 recent works to emphasize fundamental innovations in the field and novel applications of petrophysics in unconventional reservoirs, including experimental studies, numerical modeling (fractal approach), and multiphase flow modeling/simulations. The relevant stakeholders of this book are authorities and service companies working in the petroleum, subsurface water resources, air and water pollution, environmental, and biomaterial sectors.

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Die Verwendung des Konzeptes der Vormischverbrennung in technischen Verbrennungsanlagen fördert die Ausbildung von selbsterregten Instabilitäten.Der Schwerpunkt der Arbeit liegt in der Berechnung des dynamischen Verhaltens bzw. des Frequenzgangs von pulsierten turbulenten vorgemischten Axialstrahlflammen. Dieses steht unter dem Einfluss der Bildung von kohärenten Ringwirbelstrukturen an der Brennermündung. Es werden sowohl instationäre Flammen als auch Ringwirbelströmungen numerisch untersucht.

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This book explores the discourse in and of translation within and across cultures and languages. From the macro aspects of translation as an inter- cultural project to actual analysis of textual ingredients that contribute to translation and interpreting as discourse, the ten chapters represent different explorations of ‘global’ theories of discourse and translation. Offering interrogations of theories and practices within different sociocultural environments and traditions (Eastern and Western), Discourse in Translation considers a plethora of domains, including historiography, ethics, technical and legal discourse, subtitling, and the politics of media translation as representation. This is key reading for all those working on translation and discourse within translation studies and linguistics.

Anti-social behaviors and social deficits induced mental disorders are critical problems in our society today. Social behaviors and interactions are shaped by experience, hereditary components (genes, hormones and neuropeptides) and environmental factors (photoperiods and metabolic signals). In addition to the classical gonadotropin-releasing hormone, RFamide peptides, kisspeptin and gonadotropin-inhibiting hormone are emerging as important regulators of the reproductive axis. These neuropeptides are evolutionarily conserved and are regulated by environmental factors. In this Research Topic, we advocate more recent advances in reproductive neuropeptides and sex steroids in the domains of social behavior including sexual and parental behavior, aggression, stress and anxiety. Using multiple species model, we also review how genes and the neuroendocrine system interact at the cell and organismic levels to contribute to social behavior in particular the epigenetic genomic changes caused by early life environment. We provide comprehensive insights of distinct neural networks and how cellular and molecular events in the brain regulate social behavior from a comparative perspective.