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Koinòs Logos is the title that receives this collection of writings in two volumes tribute to Professor José García López.

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En esta publicación el lector encontrará los resultados de los últimos trabajos que, desde distintas disciplinas y ópticas, llevaron a cabo los investigadores de las Cátedras Unesco e Infancia de la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Dichas cátedras son espacios de discusión crítica acerca de las garantías efectivas de los derechos fundamentales mediante la superación de las violencias y el ejercicio de la democracia. La primera parte del libro contiene reflexiones acerca del derecho como fue...

Gender Inequality - Issues, Challenges and New Perspectives brings together advancements and empirical studies on gender studies from different parts of the world. Focusing on issues, challenges, and new perspectives on gender (in)equalities in multiple spheres and multiple countries, the book is an interdisciplinary and international compilation of studies on gender that also offers insight into future directions for the field. The book will appeal to those interested in empirical and practical advancements in gender studies, particularly students, teachers, and researchers across disciplines, as well as professionals, employers, and practitioners who are working towards addressing gender inequalities across the world.

Esta obra contribuye a comprender la compleja relación entre las iglesias y el Estado respecto a los pueblos indígenas. La primera parte recoge contribuciones de misioneros, teólogos, antropólogos e historiadores. Sus artículos exponen casos de la Amazonía ecuatoriana y peruana relacionados con las misiones capuchinas, salesianas y franciscanas. Incluye también un estudio sobre la relación de la misión franciscana con los mapuche en su doble rol de agente gubernamental y evangelizadora y un estudio de caso en Chimborazo, así como una revisión crítica de los documentos en torno al Sínodo para la Amazonía. La segunda parte transcribe tres documentos relacionados con los hechos acaecidos en las Escuelas Residenciales Indígenas de Canadá que conmocionaron la opinión pública. Se trata de un fragmento del Informe de la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación de Canadá (2015); la Declaración de disculpa de los obispos católicos de Canadá a los indígenas de esta tierra; y, finalmente, la Carta abierta del Equipo de Pastoral Indígena (EDIPA) de Neuquén (Argentina) que se hace eco de los sucesos de Canadá desde la perspectiva de solidaridad, sanación y reparación.

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Las organizaciones de jóvenes constituyeron uno de los factores básicos para la consolidación y reproducción de las comunidades aldeanas premodernas. A pesar de la dominación política e influencia ideológica bajo el shogunato Tokugawa, el mundo campesino mantuvo cierta autonomía frente al mundo de comerciantes y artesanos. En este libro se examinan las diferentes funciones que estas organizaciones tuvieron en la vida rural y también el proceso de su decadencia bajo los efectos de la economía de mercado y la política de integración del shogunato, que se expresó típicamente en la prohibición de las organizaciones de jóvenes en 1828.

This special issue "Separation, Extraction and Purification of Natural Products from Plants" contains high-quality multidisciplinary research and review articles on various aspects of natural products. Quality by design (QbD) is a science-based and risk-based concept. The implementation of QbD ensures consistent high quality of natural product. The advantages of the concept are reflected in the researches collected in this special issue, such as the two articles on the optimization of the steam distillation process from Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine. Process analytical technology (PAT) is an important part of the implementation of QbD concept. Two articles from Dr. Li Wenlong combines spectroscopy and chemometrics, providing good examples on the monitoring of natural product preparation process. Chromatographic separation and analysis are very important for quality control of natural products. There are six articles from different countries focusing on this topic. There are two articles investigating separation technologies, including membrane filtration and ethanol precipitation. Traditional Chinese medicines are also an important category of natural products. A review from Zhejiang University talks about the quality control of Xiaochaihu Capsule. I received a lot of help from friends from universities and enterprises in completing this special issue. I would like to express my gratitude to them. My thanks also go to the editors of this journal of Separations.

Every day in Mumbai 5,000 dabbawalas (literally translated as "those who carry boxes") distribute a staggering 200,000 home-cooked lunchboxes to the city’s workers and students. Giving employment and status to thousands of largely illiterate villagers from Mumbai's hinterland, this co-operative has been in operation since the late nineteenth century. It provides one of the most efficient delivery networks in the world: only one lunch in six million goes astray. Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance. Developing the idea of "gastrosemantics" – a language with which to discuss the broader implications of cooking and eating – Roncaglia's study helps us to rethink our relationship to food at a local and global level. The publication of this book is financed by the generous support of interested readers and organisations, who made donations using the crowd-funding website unglue.it

Drug-Acceptor Interactions: Modeling theoretical tools to test and evaluate experimental equilibrium effects suggests novel theoretical tools to test and evaluate drug interactions seen with combinatorial drug therapy. The book provides an in-depth, yet controversial, exploration of existing tools for analysis of dose-response studies at equilibrium or steady state. The book is recommended reading for post-graduate students and researchers engaged in the study of systems biology, networks, and the pharmacodynamics of natural or industrial drugs, as well as for medical clinicians interested in drug application and combinatorial drug therapy. Even people without mathematical skills will be able to follow the pros and cons of reaction schemes and their related distribution equations. Chapter 9 is a hands-on guide for software to plot, fit and analyze ones own data.

La Mésopotamie antique fait l’objet de passionnantes découvertes depuis le xixe siècle. Berceau de notre civilisation, elle a vu naître l’écriture vers la fin du IVe millénaire av. J.-C. Les centaines de milliers de textes qui nous sont parvenus de ces époques lointaines, alliés aux témoignages archéologiques, nous font connaître un monde enchanté où tout, à divers degrés, est sacré. Chaque activité humaine implique l’intervention d’un dieu. Dans ce contexte, les temples consacrés aux divinités ont de quoi nous surprendre. Loin d’être simplement des lieux de culte, où le clergé prenait soin des divinités présentes dans des statues, ils étaient le cadre d’activités de la vie quotidienne : les temples de Shamash, dieu de la justice, fonctionnaient comme des tribunaux ; ceux de Gula, déesse de la santé, comme des centres de cure ; ceux de Nabu, dieu de l’écriture, comme des bibliothèques ; ceux d’Ishtar, déesse de l’amour, comme des maisons de plaisir. En un mot, retracer la vie méconnue de ces temples, c’est tenter de recouvrer celle de ces hommes d’un autre temps. Tel est l’objet de ce livre issu de l’enseignement de Dominique Charpin au Collège de France.

The study examines the friezes of the Heroon of Trysa in context of Lycian culture and society and interprets the selection of the picture themes. In a very exceptional way the friezes visualize Greek, Lycian and Persian subjects and contents which characterize the world of the Lycians and meet the requirements of the tomb owner. The first part of the publication includes an introduction, the status of research, typological and iconographical analysis of the friezes, chapters on the style, the interpretation of the Heroon, and a catalogue, including description and technical information on the friezes and bibliographical abbrevations.The first part of the 2-volume publication includes an introduction, the status of research, typological and iconographical analysis of the friezes, chapters on the style, the interpretation of the Heroon, and a catalogue, including description and technical information on the friezes, and bibliographical abbreviations. http://e-book.fwf.ac.at/o:874 The second part includes images, supplements, tables, lists of images http://e-book.fwf.ac.at/o:875

The concept of forest sustainability dates from centuries ago, although the understanding of sustainable forest management (SFM) as an instrument that harmonizes ecological and socio-economic concerns is relatively new. The change in perspective occurred at the beginning of the 1990s in response to an increased awareness of the deterioration of the environment, in particular of the alarming loss of forest resources. The book collects original case studies from 12 different countries in four continents (Africa, America, Asia and Europe). These studies represent a wide variation of experiences from developing and developed countries, and should clarify the current status of SFM worldwide and the problems associated with its implementation.

During the Ming-Qing transition (roughly from the 1570s to the 1680s), literati-officials in China employed public forms of writing, art, and social spectacle to present positive moral images of themselves and negative images of their rivals. The rise of print culture, the dynastic change, and the proliferating approaches to Confucian moral cultivation together gave shape to this new political culture. Confucian Image Politics considers the moral images of officials—as fathers, sons, husbands, and friends—circulated in a variety of media inside and outside the court. It shows how power negotiations took place through participants’ invocations of Confucian ethical ideals in political attacks, self-expression, self-defense, discussion of politically sensitive issues, and literati community rebuilding after the dynastic change. This first book-length study of early modern Chinese politics from the perspective of critical men’s history shows how images—the Donglin official, the Fushe scholar, the turncoat figure—were created, circulated, and contested to serve political purposes.

Ważnym procesem zachodzącym we współczesnej gospodarce światowej jest umiędzynarodowienie. Polega ono na tworzeniu i rozwijaniu różnych form ponadnarodowych powiązań między przedsiębiorstwami, których przykładem są zagraniczne inwestycje bezpośrednie. Głównym celem podjętych badań jest ocena reakcji inwestorów zagranicznych na stosowanie zachęt. Pierwszą część monografii poświęcono teoretycznym, prawnym i organizacyjnym aspektom wspierania inwestorów zagranicznych. Część druga, empiryczna, zawiera badania oceniające znaczenie zachęt z perspektywy gospodarki kraju goszczącego i kraju pochodzenia. Publikacja adresowana jest przede wszystkim do ekonomistów i przedstawicieli biznesu międzynarodowego. Może również zainteresować osoby związane z funkcjonowaniem przedsiębiorstw w przestrzeni międzynarodowej – menedżerów, ekspertów, reprezentantów administracji publicznej.