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“…Regarding current considerations to use smart speakers in the context of law enforcement, it is only a matter of time until they will also be dealt with by the highest courts. …”

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“…"User experience strategy entails a blend of business strategy and UX design, but until now, there hasn't been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it. …”

“…The courts of the seventeenth century - when 'a cyclonic shattering' produced a 'great overturning of everything in England' - have, surprisingly, had to wait until now for scrutiny. Church Courts and the People in Seventeenth-Century England offers a detailed survey of three dioceses across the whole of the century, examining key aspects such as attendance at court, completion of business and, crucially, the scale of guilt to test the performance of the courts. …”

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“…Dobbins, Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology, taught at the University of Virginia in the Department of Art from 1978 until his retirement in 2019. His legacy of research and pedagogy is explored in 'A Quaint & Curious Volume: Essays in Honor of John J. …”

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“…For their investigations some of them chose the First World War, especially the Eastern front, where more than 5 million soldiers were captured until the revolutionary events of 1917/18. Contrary to the few existing studies, the present publication concentrates more on the evaluation of captivity in the historical background rather than on the description of "POW-fates" in "the hands of their enemies". …”

“…Mettendo in evidenza le modalità, i punti di vista e le prospettive con cui sono state trattate le tematiche di identità e appartenenza dagli autori istriani Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini, Franco Vegliani e Fulvio Tomizza, e dallo scrittore sloveno naturalizzato americano Louis Adamič, incluso nell'analisi in quanto precursore del multiculturalismo, l'autrice valuta la rilevanza e l'attualità delle proposte degli scrittori presi in esame, sottolineando alcuni aspetti che emergono dalle loro opere e tenendo conto della composizione delle società contemporanee e delle prospettive odierne dell'identità.Gli autori presi in esame in questo volume possono essere definiti precursori di tematiche attuali, e per certi versi delicate, in riferimento a società complesse: il pluralismo linguistico e culturale, l'ibridismo, le identità incerte, l'incontro e lo scontro di culture, il bisogno di conciliazione, il dialogo interculturale…”

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