“…Some miRNAs are ancient, being present in all species of land plants and controlling fundamental processes such as phase change, organ polarity, flowering, and leaf and root development. …”

“…Zoonotic diseases, which are spread between animals and humans, are an important issue as they reflect our relationship with other animals in a common environment. Zoonoses are still presented with high occurrence rates, especially in rural communities, with direct and indirect consequences for people. …”

“…Many of the developments presented have become de-facto standards in educational and psychological measurement, including in item response theory (IRT), linking and equating, differential item functioning (DIF), and educational surveys like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Programme of international Student Assessment (PISA), the Progress of International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). …”

“…Dalloway, and The Voyage Out borrow from and implicitly criticize Robins's work.Hite presents and develops the concept of narrative tone as a means to enrich and complicate our readings of Woolf's modernist novels. …”

“…Bakker shows that such short speech units are present in Homeric poetry, with significant consequences for Homeric metrics and poetics. …”

“…The book presents the proceedings of the international conference CLiP 2003, Computer Literacy and Philology, held in Florence on 4 and 5 December 2003 within the framework of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Florence University. …”

“…Les travaux présentés ici s'inscrivent dans le cadre d'un atelier intensif, lieu de conception et de fabrication du projet architectural et urbain in situ et de ses développements dans le cursus semestriel de l'enseignement de l'architecture en dernière année d'études de Master ; l'autre est celui de l'échange par la coopération avec un établissement universitaire chinois, l'Institut de construction urbaine de la Faculté d'urbanisme de l'Université de Wuhan (WUDA), en 2005 et 2006. …”

“…Ils mettent en valeur les dynamiques de cette mobilisation et les formes de la solidarité entre associations du Sud et du Nord, avec leurs succès et leurs contradictions. Ils présentent également les arguments économiques pour améliorer l’accès aux traitements pour les populations du Sud ainsi que les positions contrastées des associations du Nord face à la complexité des situations au Sud. …”

“…Les principales raisons et les objectifs fondamentaux qui ont guidé cette décision sont précisés dans les différents chapitres composant le présent ouvrage. En outre, celui-ci établit sur la réalité du sport contemporain un "état des lieux" sans précédent, ayant mis à contribution plus d'une centaine d'experts et autant d'acteurs du monde sportif…”

“…The volume is proposed as a navigation tool among the documentary materials present in its rich archive, which range from personal to official correspondence, passing through handwritten and unpublished notes. …”

“…The historical-critical edition reconstructs the history of the play and its publication, presents archival materials, and provides a print text and commentary. …”

“…Meanwhile a lot of European countries gather systematic and comprehensive information on recidivism, periodically and on a national level. This volume presents an exemplary collection of such endeavours: Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Switzerland and a comparative study of England, Wales and Scotland Rückfall gehört zu den zentralen Kategorien der Kriminologie, Strafrechtspraxis und Kriminalpolitik. …”

“…L’objet de ce livre est d’exposer les principaux obstacles qui se présentent à l’éthicien et de proposer des pistes qui permettraient de les éviter. …”

“…This volume, occasioned by the centenary of the Fritz Haber Institute, formerly the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, covers the institute's scientific and institutional history from its founding until the present. The institute was among the earliest established by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, and its inauguration was one of the first steps in the development of Berlin-Dahlem into a center for scientific research. …”

“….), the anonymous chronicler of 1234 (XII-XIII cent.) and Agapius of Mabbug (X cent.) has led the author of this book to reconsider the theory of the "circuit of Theophilos of Edessa" and to look with new eyes at the whole question of the writing of history in Greek, Syriac and Arabic during the first two centuries after the Islamic conquests. The present work delves into this conspicuous case of "intercultural transmission" with the aim of finding some tentative answers to the unspoken questions due to our scarce knowledge of historiography in such a crucial period: who kept memory of what, why, for whom? …”

“…Andreas Lemke seeks to answer these questions - among others - in his recent publication. He presents us with a unique compendium of interdisciplinary approaches to the subject and sheds new light on the Old English translation of the Historia in a way that will fascinate scholars of Literature, Language, Philology and History Entstand die altenglische Übersetzung der Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum des Beda Venerabilis, des wohl bedeutendsten anglo-lateinischen Werkes des Mittelalters, auf Bestreben König Alfreds 'des Grossen' als Teil seines Übersetzungs- und Bildungsprogrammes? …”

“…Ces communications, qui concernent un espace couvrant les provinces romaines tardives de Lyonnaise I, de Belgique I et II, de Séquanaise et de Germanie I, en France et en Allemagne, présentent des travaux récents et le plus souvent inédits sur des sites urbains et ruraux de l’Antiquité tardive. …”

“…Readers are encouraged to use the presented tools to visualize other demographic data or any event that can be measured by age and calendar time, allowing them to adapt the methods to their respective research interests. …”

“…The diversity of music in Norway during the occupation is presented in this book by Norwegian and German authors, confronting research on collaboration, persecution, and resistance for the first time as an international endeavour. …”