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Using a theoretical review as a foundation, this volume for the first time provides a comprehensive review of the manifold possibilities for the use of gaming in libraries. It presents new trends in gaming as well as current activities being conducted by libraries to reveal the growing impact of gaming on the transmission of culture and knowledge.

Pandemic, health crisis, climate risk after decades of stressing natural capital because of overexploitation of resources and moreover increasing socio-economic inequalities are considered by many scholar to cause a tipping point in the evolution of bio-physical and socio-technical processes on a global level. In light of the systemic interdependencies of a hyper-connected world, the scenario of a global systemic crisis does not appear unlikely. We can try to avoid it by taking on new strategic priorities and mindset, then defining theoretical imperatives and application criteria. In this perspective, an example is the paradigm shift represented by the passage from the so-called shareholder capitalism to the stakeholder capitalism.

L'importance du monde arabe dans la politique internationale, la présence d'immigrés musulmans dans nos pays et le réveil de l'Islam provoquent notre réflexion. Au-delà des stéréotypes et des craintes, il faut aller au cœur même de la foi de l'Islam : le Coran, la loi, la Tradition, la mystique. On peut ainsi redécouvrir des sources communes, que souligne la comparaison entre la Bible, la Torah et le Coran, et des convergences profondes, tout en reconnaissant les différences entre chrétiens et musulmans. Cet essai de compréhension de la religion musulmane dans sa cohérence interne permet de mieux situer le regard que le musulman et le chrétien portent l'un sur l'autre. La confrontation de l'Islam actuel avec sa tradition pose enfin des questions aux croyants des différentes religions révélées. C'est à une réflexion en profondeur qu'invitent ces leçons de la session théologique organisée en 1984, par l'abbé D. Coppieters de Gibson, peu avant son décès, dans le cadre de l'École des sciences philosophiques et religieuses des Facultés universitaires Saint- Louis à Bruxelles.

This book consists of several selected chapters on important subjects in modern high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC). The content addresses aspects related to both improvements in the mainstream HPLC/UPLC technology and utilization, as well as developments of exploratory new materials and equipment. The book presents useful details about the presented subjects as well as describes new applications and/or relevant case studies for each subject. It is addressed to a large audience of analytical chemists involved in separation science. Each chapter is authored by scientists with considerable field and academic experience.

This volume presents the Proceedings of the International Conference of the WADI project held in Malta, 5-8 November 2008, at the end of the project itself. The WADI project funded by the European Commission, was carried out from 2006 to 2008 by a consortium of researchers from European and Mediterranean countries, and was focused on coastal water bodies, aiming at integrating water management and the needs of all stakeholders. The Proceedings illustrate some of the outcomes of the WADI project that focused on case studies represented by water bodies in the Mediterranean coastal area.

Technology is changing the manufacturing world. For example, sensors are being used to track inventories from the manufacturing floor up to a retail shelf or a customer’s door. These types of interconnected systems have been called the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, and are projected to lower manufacturing costs. As industry moves toward these integrated technologies and lower costs, engineers will need to connect these systems via the Internet of Things (IoT). These engineers will also need to design how these connected systems interact with humans. The focus of this Special Issue is the smart sensors used in these human–robot collaborations.

Industrial / commercial art & design

The World Health Organization -WHO- (2016, p.1) notes that, "Annually, more than 800,000 people take their own lives and many more attempt suicide. Each suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities, and countries and has lasting effects for those close to the suicidal person." Suicidal behavior ranges from ideation in its different expressions, through threats, gestures and attempts, to the suicide itself. The presence of any of these indicators (ideation, threats, gestures and attempts) should be considered as a sign of high risk in the individual presenting them. The relationship between suicide and mental disorders is quite close, however, it does not mean that those who do not suffer from a mental disorder are exempt from this suicidal behavior, since there have been cases that occur impulsively as a response to a crisis that affects the ability to cope with the difficulties of life, such as economic problems, the breakup of sentimental or family relationships, or chronic pain and illness.

Die vorliegende Festschrift ""Baustoffe und Betonbau - Lehren, Forschen, Prüfen, Anwenden"" ist Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald S. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet. Sie würdigt die Tätigkeit von Herrn Prof. Müller als Hochschullehrer und Forscher, seinen unermüdlichen Einsatz für die Materialprüfung und Normung von Baustoffen sowie sein umfangreiches und langjähriges Engagement in vielen für die Betonbauweise relevanten Gremien und Vereinigungen.

The cover of this book shows a closely-knit community of artists and craftsmen which was portrayed in 1615 by the Augsburg painter Anton Mozart. It is representative of the general aesthetic practice during the pre-modern period of creating artefacts collaboratively – and suggests that such collaboration was the norm rather than the exception. The notion of creativity hence was vastly different from the highly influential narrative of aesthetic autonomy that emerged later. The present volume is linked to the interdisciplinary work at the Collaborative Research Center 1391 Different Aesthetics and presents a first systematic approach to the complex cultural-historical phenomenon of multiple authorship.

Die Text- und Quellensammlung entstand als Arbeitsgrundlage für eine Exkursion nach Hamburg. Studierende der Architektur setzten sich mit der Frage auseinander, inwiefern sich der Umgang mit den Baumaterialien Ziegel und Klinker in konstruktiver und gestalterischer Hinsicht im Laufe der Zeit gewandelt hat. Der Fokus der Analysen wurde auf die Zeitspanne zwischen 1880 und 1930 gerichtet, da in diesen Dekaden das Bauen mit ""Backstein"" besonders starken Veränderungen unterworfen war.

Este livro é um guia prático para lidar com abordagem, prevenção e tratamento do tabagismo. Está dividido em dez capítulos e pretende instrumentalizar os profissionais da saúde a adquirir ferramentas teórico-práticas, que visam o aprimoramento das intervenções para cessação do tabagismo. A metodologia utilizada buscou recomendações do Ministério da Saúde, bem como consensos e diretrizes sobre o assunto.

We have entered a new era where some concepts of the complex community of microorganisms (microbiota comprising bacteria, fungi, viruses, bacteriophages and helminths) are being re-discovered and re-visited. Microbiota and human interaction is not new; they have shared a long history of co-existence. Nevertheless, the opportunities to understand the role of these microorganisms in human diseases and to design a potential treatment were limited. At present, thanks to development of innovative and cutting-edge molecular biological and microbiological technologies as well as clinical informatics and bioinformatics skills, microbiome application is moving into clinics. Approaches to therapy based on prebiotics, probiotics and lately on fecal microbiota transplantation has revolutionized medicine. Microbiota outnumbers our genes and is now regarded as another organ of the body. The gastrointestinal tract and gut microbiota display a well-documented symbiotic relationship. Disruption of intestinal microbiota homeostasis—called dysbiosis—has been associated with several diseases. Whether dysbiosis is a cause or consequence of disease initiation and progression still needs to be investigated in more depth. The aim of this book is to highlight recent advances in the field of microbiome research, which are now shaping medicine, and current approaches to microbiome-oriented therapy for gastrointestinal diseases. Dr. Rinaldo Pellicano Dr. Sharmila Fagoonee Guest Editors

Non-metallic inclusions have a great influence on the cleanliness and mechanical properties of steel. Controlling the size and composition of inclusions contributes to the excellent properties of “clean steel”. At the same time, in terms of our understanding of inclusions’ behavior using thermodynamics principles, the design and control of the composition, shape, size, and distribution of non-metallic inclusions in different steels can significantly enhance steel properties. This reprint introduces the latest developments in inclusion engineering, aiming to control the cleanliness and microstructure of steel through thermodynamic calculations and experimental work. Special attention is paid to the formation mechanism and evolution of inclusions during refining and solidification in real steel plants, the aggregation and floating of inclusions, and the kinetics of inclusion adsorption by refining slag.

In this writing I focus on one of the factors that contributes to this reality, such as those contradictory positions about the approach to the research problem. The purpose is to note that the positivist tradition, with high degrees of conceptual and methodological purity criteria in legal research, has not allowed dialogue and changes in the epistemological position. I maintain that qualitative research is a fertile field to strengthen interactivity over one-sidedness, the experiential character among those who possess scientific knowledge; as well as social knowledge, popular knowledge, in the integral perspective of the ecology of knowledge, as the study of all existing sciences in the world.