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  • Forests, Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

    by Denis Loustau ...
    Series series Update Sciences & technologies
    The results presented in this book summarize the main findings of the CARBOFOR project, which brought together 52 scientists from 14 research units to investigate the effects of future climate on the carbon cycle, the productivity and vulnerability of French forests. This book explains the current forest carbon cycle in temperate and Mediterranean climates, including the dynamics of soil carbon ... Read more

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  • Montagne, laboratoire de la diversité

    Plus de 40 auteurs, tous porteurs de la question montagnarde, de l'éleveur au haut fonctionnaire, en passant par l'élu, le socio-professionnel, le chercheur... présentent la montagne, 20 % du territoire national et milieu d'exception où la nature rencontre les dimensions socio-économiques. Le recueil est organisé à partir d'un itinéraire professionnel, celui de Louis Guimet, premier chef du ... Read more

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  • L'Italia post-lockdown: la nuova normalità digitale delle famiglie italiane

    by Censis, Auditel ...
    Il rapporto analizza alcuni dati relativi al 2020, attraverso la ricerca di base Auditel applicata a un campione di circa 5mila famiglie nel periodo successivo al lockdown, sulle dotazioni tecnologiche delle case degli italiani e sugli utilizzi individuali di tecnologie. Si è potuta così valutare l’eredità della pandemia in termini di facilità e frequenza delle connessioni, modalità di utilizzo ... Read more

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  • Merlín, el Pequeño Felino

    Illustrated by Elodie Garcia ...
    La errancia diagnóstica es devastadora para las personas con enfermedades raras y sus familias.Para entender las diferencias de su hijo, Mamá Leona recorre sin descanso la sabana africana.SOBRE LA AUTORALa secretaria médica, Sonia Goerger, lleva muchos años recibiendo y conociendo a numerosos pacientes con problemas genéticos. Esta interacción la inspiró a crear esta serie de libros sobre los ... Read more

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  • Coexistence et confrontation des modèles agricoles et alimentaires

    Un nouveau paradigme du développement territorial ?

    Series series Nature et société
    L’ouvrage propose un cadre d’analyse des situations de coexistence et de confrontation des modèles agricoles et alimentaires, et porte ainsi un nouveau regard sur le développement territorial. Il le met à l’épreuve dans une série de travaux conceptuels et d’études de cas en France et de par le monde. ... Read more

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  • Mediating the Otherworld in Polish Folklore

    A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

    Series Book 28 - Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
    This book analyses the ways of conceptualising and interpreting the interaction between physical and metaphysical worlds in Polish folklore. A linguistic and anthropological analysis offered in this study focuses primarily on myth, ritual and symbol as reflected in language (dialect lexis, phraseology, speech acts). Employing the methodology and analytical tools of cognitive linguistics ... Read more

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  • 歴史からの逃走

    by 小林 道憲 ...
    人間の歴史は、常に復帰と再生を繰り返しながら、螺旋的に進行してきた。しかし、19世紀以来、現代文明は、進歩する歴史を信奉し、過去から断絶し、現在を滑り落ち、未来へと直線的に進むようになった。この未来信仰は、同時に、過去へも破壊的に侵入し、過去をもまた未来への突入の手段にしていく。現代文明の中に、歴史の喪失を見る現代文明論。(小林道憲〈生命の哲学〉コレクションⅥ 『欲望の体制』 ミネルヴァ書房 2017年 所収) ... Read more

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  • Risk Communication Applied to Food Safety Handbook

    It further targets agriculture/agrifood and public health institutions, which frequently share governmental responsibility for food safety at the country and/or regional level.This handbook focuses on practical principles and best practices of risk communication to support risk management of adverse food safety events associated with biological, chemical or physical hazards. It addresses the use ... Read more

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  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

    Keeping Our Heads above Water

    Series series Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series
    Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – but it is also a country that is capable of coping. Far from being a victim, Bangladesh has lessons for activists, scientists, government and donor officials and concerned citizens who want to know what climate change looks like and how to respond to it.This densely populated country feeds itself because it is in a rich delta. ... Read more

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  • Sinister Script: How Handwriting Exposes Evil

    Sinister Script - How Handwriting Exposes Evil is a 127 page eBook (27,849) written by Charles T. Richardson, a certified handwriting analyst with nearly 50 years of experience in graphology. The book contains four chapters and footnotes, detailed endnotes, a glossary of handwriting analysis terms, an extensive bibliography and a thorough index. Many samples of handwriting, along with photos, are ... Read more

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  • 2018 Состояние Мирового Рыболовства И Аквакультуры: Достижение Целей Устойчивого Развития

    Авторы рассматривают особую роль рыболовства во внутренних водах и маломасштабного рыболовства, подчеркивают значение правомерного руководства в плане справедливого и инклюзивного развития.Как и прежние выпуски доклада, настоящую публикацию открывает основанный на наиболее актуальных данных официальной статистики анализ глобальных тенденций в части производства продукции рыболовства и аквакультуры ... Read more

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  • 仏教における悟りと迷い

    by 小林 道憲 ...
    仏教においては、悟りと迷いは、必ずしも対立する概念ではない。煩悩と菩提、生死と涅槃は、相互に映し合い転換しうる。煩悩即菩提、生死即涅槃である。時は永遠であり、生成は真理なのである。こうして、仏教では、この世の日常的生そのものが真理の表現として理解される。このことを、日本仏教、特に、道元の『正法眼蔵』で語られる思想から読み解く。さらに、道元の思想の源泉である華厳哲学や華厳経にまで帰って、そこでの時と永遠について考える。(小林道憲〈生命の哲学〉コレクション4 ミネルヴァ書房 2016年 所収 『続・宗教とは何か』第一章 6) ... Read more

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  • Mercado e utopia

    Este volume contém textos escritos ao longo de muitos anos. O reclamo usual nessas circunstâncias é o de que os textos esparsos que se reúnem apresentam, na verdade, unidade e coerência. Longe de refugar esse reclamo, sustento-o com força no caso presente. [trecho retirado do prefácio do livro] ... Read more

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  • Implementation of Port State Measures: Legislative Template Framework for Procedures Role of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

    Implementation of these measures by all port States, using minimum standards agreed at global and regional levels, is of vital importance for the sustainability of the tuna and other fisheries resources occurring in all marine areas.The entry into force of the FAO Agreement on port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on 5 June 2016 ... Read more

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  • Intersectionality in Feminist and Queer Movements

    Confronting Privileges

    Series series Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality
    Examining the ways in which feminist and queer activists confront privilege through the use of intersectionality, this edited collection presents empirical case studies from around the world to consider how intersectionality has been taken up (or indeed contested) by activists in order to expose and resist privilege.The volume sets out three key ways in which intersectionality operates within ... Read more

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  • Earth Is God's Dime Novel

    This article presents answers, as the author sees them, to the fundamental questions of life. “Why am I here?” To play the game of life. “What is the purpose of life?” To lead as exciting and interesting life as possible. “How can I make my life more significant / meaningful?” By making the role that I play as meaningful (grand, satisfying, intense, interesting, exciting) as possible. You are ... Read more

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  • PDG (Partido Democrático Global)

    ¡Un mundo mejor es posible!, si así lo deseamos y hacemos lo necesario para que ocurra. Nos encontramos en un momento crucial de la historia, en un siglo que supone importantes desafíos a nivel global. Sin embargo, estamos regidos por sistemas inestables e ineficaces para encararlos. Es preciso pues dejar de mirar hacia atrás y centrarse en el presente, actuar, modificar y cambiar aquello que las ... Read more

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  • Valuing Land Tenure Rights: A Technical Guide on Valuing Land Tenure Rights in Line with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

    Value and the valuation process have a direct legal and financial impact on our everyday lives, and yet they are often shrouded in mystery and not clearly understood.The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security recognize the complexities of effective land administration associated with the delivery of ... Read more

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  • Stark

    by Moriah Davis ...
    Stark, the ebook short, is about the discovery of thermal electric communication. Moriah Davis narrates her experiences studying thermal electric fluctuations, and how they align with the formula created to teach others how to “read minds”. Enjoy this never before revealed account from Davis about her research in 2011. ... Read more

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  • The Narrative Subject

    Storytelling in the Age of the Internet

    This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, or who make the media the subject of story telling. These narratives discuss interconnectedness, self-staging, and managing boundaries. From the perspective of media and cultural research, they can be read as responses to ... Read more

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  • Queer Kinship on the Edge? Families of Choice in Poland

    Series series Transforming LGBTQ Lives
    Queer Kinship on the Edge? Families of Choice in Poland explores ways in which queer families from Central and Eastern Europe complicate the mainstream picture of queer kinship and families researched in the Anglo-American contexts.The book presents findings from under-represented localities as a starting point to query some of the expectations about queer kinship and to provide insights on the ... Read more

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  • LGBTQIA+

    Series series Echi
    L’acronimo LGBTQIA+ designa tutte le persone che per orientamento sessuale, identità e/o espressione di genere, caratteristiche anatomiche non aderiscono agli standard del binarismo cisessuale e dell’eterosessualità. Esso conferisce quindi coesione ai movimenti delle minoranze sessuali, veicolando l’idea che esse costituiscano un unico gruppo sociale. Ma evidenzia anche la molteplicità delle ... Read more

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  • Who Is A Jew?

    Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture

    Edited by Leonard J. Greenspoon ...
    Series series Studies in Jewish Civilization
    Jewish identity is a perennial concern, as Jews seek to define the major features and status of those who “belong,” while at the same time draw distinctions between individuals and groups on the “inside” and those on the “outside.” From a variety of perspectives, scholarly as well as confessional, there is intense interest among non-Jewish and Jewish commentators alike in the basic question, “Who ... Read more

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