“…It is comprised of 11 papers involving soundscape studies conducted in urban forests from Asia and Africa. This collection contains six research fields: (1) the ecological patterns and processes of forest soundscapes; (2) the boundary effects and perceptual topology; (3) natural soundscapes and human health; (4) the experience of multi-sensory interactions; (5) environmental behavior and cognitive disposition; and (6) soundscape resource management in forests…”

“…Disaster research has been studied from many angles, seldom targeting its implications for vulnerable territories in Africa. Entities most subject to the effects of climate change are often undeveloped and located in disadvantaged regions. …”

“…Tras la caída del comunismo, el islam es para los europeos la nueva amenaza que se cierne sobre la vieja civilización cristiana; la punta de lanza de las jóvenes y prolíficas naciones de Asia y África que llaman insistentemente a nuestras puertas...Pero el miedo es mal consejero y hace que muchos vean la realidad con excesivo simplismo: para ellos, el islam significa fanatismo, guerra santa, integrismo, poligamia, fatalismo... …”

“…Si bien hasta principios del siglo XX el maniqueísmo era conocido casi únicamente por los testimonios de heresiólogos cristianos y doxólogos musulmanes, el descubrimiento de fuentes maniqueas en Asia Central, Egipto y el norte de África ha revolucionado nuestro conocimiento de esta religión universalista. …”

“…Las tropas británicas están en marcha hacia el Norte de África para enfrentarse al ejército del III Reich. …”

“…Extending from the 1950s to the present and covering Canadian aid to all regions of the Global South, from South and Southeast Asia to Latin America and Africa, these essays embrace a variety of approaches and methodologies ranging from traditional, archival-based research to textual and image analysis, oral history, and administrative studies. …”

“…Framed by appropriate conceptual frameworks to define the contemporary dynamics of innovation in tourism, case studies supported by advanced quantitative methods and developed in rural and urban areas of Asia, Europe, and Africa are presented and discussed. The concept of smart specialization inspires the formulation of regional innovation policies and strategies, emphasizing the importance of endogenous resources and existing territorial capabilities. …”

“…Examples are drawn not just from Western Europe and North America but also Australia, South Africa, the Far East, Israel, Iran, South America, and Eastern Europe. …”

“…This treatment gap is particularly high in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Challenges to MNS care in SSA countries include a lack of trained mental health professionals, few mental health facilities, and low prioritization for MNS disorders in budget allocations. …”

“…By recent estimates, unsafe food kills over 400,000 people a year, a third of them children under 5, mostly in low- and middle-income countries; every year poor quality medicines cause about 70,000 excess deaths from childhood pneumonia and roughly 8,500 to 20,000 malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa alone. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Global Policy and Strategy is charged with improving capacity of the agency's foreign counterpart offices and increasing understanding of the importance of regulatory systems for public health, development, and trade. …”

“…This book examines the application of the UN Security Council's mandatory sanctions since 1946, and, in particular, the regimes adopted for specific types of conflict.Beginning in the Cold War period with South Africa and Southern Rhodesia and continuing today, following the post-9/11 experience with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, sanctions are a key tool in the UN's efforts to deal with conflict. …”

“…The Taliban harbored al-Qaeda before the 1998 twin embassy attacks in Africa and during the September 2001 attacks on the United States. …”

“…Chapters discuss quality control of Nigeria's road network, Ethiopia's leather industry, Africa's food industry, and Hong Kong's construction sector, among other scenarios. …”

“…En ±Oriente —término que por lo general sigue empleándose a principios del siglo XX para referirse a las sociedades islámicas y otras sociedades de África y Asia—, la mayoría de los musulmanes define al feminismo producido por las mujeres dentro de su medio como anatema. …”

“…Conocida también por uno de sus seudónimos, Isak Dinesen, nos ha regalado algunos de los mejores relatos de la historia de la literatura y novelas tan conocidas como Memorias de África. Hasta ahora poco sabíamos de su vida a su regreso a Dinamarca, donde, en su casa de Rungstedlund, escribió la mayor parte de sus obras y cientos de cartas que la relacionaban con el mundo. …”

“…L’Europa occidentale vive in pace da oltre settant’anni, ma nel resto del mondo infuriano le guerre: Medio Oriente, Africa, Asia, fino all’Europa dell’est. Con questa opera Yuriy Tykhovlis presenta uno studio filosofico-giuridico approfondito sulla relazione tra pace e giustizia in Tommaso d’Aquino fornendo un’interpretazione contestualizzata al mondo d’oggi — nota nella Prefazione il Cardinale Schönborn. …”

“…Durante meses los vándalos han mantenido el asedio a Hippo Regius, Hipona, en el norte de África, una ciudad de importante presencia cristiana en la que se han celebrado 3 Concilios. …”
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