“…Die 1972 von den Frankfurter Slavisten Olexa Horbatsch und Gerd Freidhof begründete Reihe Specimina philologiae Slavicae wird heute von Holger Kuße (Dresden), Peter Kosta (Potsdam), Beatrix Kreß (Hildesheim), Franz Schindler (Gießen), Barbara Sonnenhauser (Zürich) und Nadine Thielemann (Wien) herausgeben. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chemistry and Chemical Education as a Bridge to Peace -- “Jeopardy” in the Inorganic Classroom - Teaching Descriptive Chemistry Using a Television Game Show Format -- Teaching Thermodynamic Relations Using a Story and Two-Dimensional Cartesian Coordinate System -- Heralding Calamity of Global Warming and Chemistry Role Through a Chorus -- Using the Arts and Computer Animation to Make Chemistry Accessible to All in the Twenty-First Century -- Chemical Potential from the Beginning -- The Chemistry of Carbenes and Their Metal Complexes: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment -- SATL, Learning Theory, and the Physiology of Learning -- A Rubric to Guide Curriculum Development of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Focus on Inquiry -- Investigating the Effectiveness of Computer Simulations in the Teaching of “Atomic Structure and Bonding” -- Networked Learning for an Online Coastal Zone Management Module -- Moodle in Teacher Training -- SIA@SFU (Science in Action at Simon Fraser University) -- Context and Chemistry Going Dutch? …”

“…This book contains 14 scientific papers addressing topics that range from the description of the new data processing algorithms that are implemented in the last version of the operational SMOS Level 1 processor, to scientific applications derived from SMOS: results on the sea surface salinity assimilation in coastal models; synergies of the sea surface salinity with temperature and chlorophyll, and their impact on the better retrieval of ocean surface currents; quality assessment of SMOS derived sea ice thickness; sea surface salinity; and soil moisture products, among others. …”

“…To alleviate or eliminate these unfavorable effects, FSIs must be dealt with in ocean, coastal, offshore and marine engineering to design safe and sustainable engineering structures. …”

“…The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. …”

“…With the worldwide boom in exploration and application of ocean resources, a dramatically increasing amount of coastal engineering and offshore engineering facilities have been constructed in the last few decades. …”

“….” – Andrea Spehar, Director of the Centre on Global Migration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Reflecting debate around hospitality and the Baltic Sea region, this open access book taps into wider discussions about reception, securitization and xenophobic attitudes towards migrants and strangers. Focusing on coastal and urban areas, the collection presents an overview of the responses of host communities to guests and strangers in the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, from the early eleventh century to the twentieth. …”