“…A presente obra resulta da experiência acumulada de mais de duas décadasdo autor, centrada no empreendedorismo, enquanto professor,investigador, vice-reitor, presidente da Comissão de Coordenação eDesenvolvimento Regional do Centro (CCDRC) e deputado, mas sobretudotambém como dinamizador da criação de múltiplas novas realidadesorganizacionais. …”

“…Even if the aether has points, we should reject the orthodoxy that all regions are grounded in points by summation. 5. If the aether is point-free but not continuous, its most likely structure has extended atoms that are not simples. 6. …”

“…"Au musée, voir en même temps les objets là où ils sont, et là où ils ne sont plus, c'est-à-dire dans les régions où ils ont été pris. Jouir de la beauté et du savoir accumulés dans nos villes pendant des siècles, mais en jouir en toute connaissance de cause, en ayant à l'esprit les conditions de collecte des objets dans des contextes économiques, militaires, épistémologiques asymétriques. …”

“…The book brings together chapters that address questions about the new economic and social configuration in which the economic importance of knowledge stands out as the main source for the creation of wealth, replacing physical capital and / or natural resources, which are decisive for the organization of production until the 20th century.In addition to conceptual considerations, the chapters that make up the work discuss results of research carried out by teams of researchers in Grenoble (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1 and Université Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble 2), France, and in Rio Grande do Sul (Federal University Rio Grande do Sul), Brazil, addressing topics that, in more general terms, refer to the debate on interaction between science, technology, innovation and local and regional development. Therefore, socio-cultural realities that are quite different in both economic and historical terms are examined.The objective was to know the strategies of each society, with unequal resources, in the face of significant economic changes…”

“…Calling the technical system that has generated ideas about silk a form of textile seri-technics, this volume presents historical case studies that, sampled from diverse cultural regions, exemplify major technological processes and practices of silk textile production. …”

“…Drawing conclusions about linguistic and journalistic practices by place and interrogating the notions of 'European identity' and 'European journalism', Stylistic Deceptions in Online News reveals how stylistic features vary according to both political leanings and national and regional contexts, and the influence these have upon readers"--…”

“…The author also analyzed and evaluated the competitiveness of the Vietnamese economy, and pointed out the remaining weaknesses of competitiveness compared to the selected regional countries such as shortage of production resources supply, a dominance of inefficient state-owned enterprises and its slow reform, and weak public institutions as well as inefficient government governance. …”

“…In order to present revisionist perspectives of the Jesuit missions based on a broader international framework beyond North America, the existing historical paradigms of the Jesuit missionary activity to Amerindians based on the limited regional history of New France are re-examined. The time period of analysis covers one entire century, from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. …”

“…New populist and nationalist movements that target central banks and central bankers as a source of popular malaise. New regional organizations and geopolitical alignments laying claim to authority over the global economy. …”

“…Based on intertextual relations between necrologies, rent-rolls, and chronicles from Swiss regions, this study shows how commemorating the dead required new techniques of writing that were not only meant to promote salvation, but also helped enforce local lordship. …”

“…For example, the effects of regional climate, differentiated topography and vegetation, and frozen ground appear to play an essential role in the evolution of the fluvial system. …”

“…Yet local, national and regional gender values are not always consistent with the principles of gender equality and women’s rights that undergird these globalising conventions. …”

“…This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy. …”

“…A series of key challenges are considered in depth from a multidisciplinary perspective, spanning engineering, architecture, and regional and urban economics. These challenges include strategies to relaunch socioeconomic development through regenerative processes, the regeneration of urban spaces from the perspective of resilience, the development and deployment of innovative products and processes in the construction sector in order to comply more fully with the principles of sustainability and circularity, and the development of multiscale approaches to enhance the performance of both the existing building stock and new buildings. …”

“…This concerns not only the case of ships, stadiums or buildings, all with restricted geometries, but also the evacuation of complete geographical regions due to natural disasters. Furthermore, also ‘simple’ crowd motion in ‘relaxed’ situations poses new questions with respect to higher comfort and efficiency since the number of involved persons at large events is as high as never before. …”

“…As a consequence, it becomes ever more crucial to develop cities, regions, and economies with resilience in mind. Because of their global reach, substantial resources, and information-driven leadership structures, multinational corporations can play a major, constructive role in improving our understanding and design of resilient systems. …”

“…This includes ‘macro-connectome’ efforts to comprehensively chart long-distance pathways and functional networks; ‘micro-connectome’ efforts to identify every neuron, axon, dendrite, synapse, and glial process within restricted brain regions; and ‘meso-connectome’ efforts to systematically map both local and long-distance connections using anatomical tracers. …”

“…The last part of the book moves to other regions of theory, particularly questions surrounding the cinematization of the handwritten word…”

“…The treaty creating the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights, if and when it comes into force, contains innovative elements that have potentially significant implications for current substantive and procedural approaches to regional and international dispute settlements. Bringing together leading authorities in international criminal law, human rights and transitional justice, this volume provides the first comprehensive analysis of the 'Malabo Protocol' while situating it within the wider fields of international law and international relations. …”

“…Extensive analysis of select case studies in different regions illustrate these claims. Thornhill offers a sociological theory of global law to explain contemporary processes of democratic integration and institutional formation, and contemporary constructions of citizenship and political rights. …”