“…This experience has exposed universities to systematic challenges that are local, regional and global, and which forces them to adapt while serving stakeholders and society. …”

“…Prospective authors were invited to submit papers on a wide range of topic areas, including: Coastal Resiliency Pollutant Transport and Water Quality Prediction Modeling Techniques and Sensitivity Studies Model Assessment Modeling Specific Estuarine and Coastal Systems Model Output Visualization and Analysis Techniques Wave and Sediment Transport Modeling Modeling of Chemicals and Floatables Oil Spill Transport and Fate Modeling Inverse Methods Facility Siting and CSO Studies Data Assimilation Techniques Nowcast/Forecast Modeling Systems Coupled Models of Terrestrial, Atmospheric, Coastal Systems Modeling Systems with Strong Buoyancy Forcing Risk Analysis This Special Issue presents a selection of papers from the conference; the papers give insight, both into current research and commercial developments, and highlight areas where further research or engineering studies are required…”

“…Annotation Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) is known to have far-ranging impacts on human health through to climate forcing. The characterization of emission sources and the quantification of specific source impacts to PM concentrations significantly enhance our understanding of, and our ability to, eventually predicting the fate and transport of atmospheric PM and its associated impacts on humans and the environment. …”

“…Human-related global impacts such as climate changes and accelerating urbanization force extant species to continuous adaptations, population modifications, or even outright extinction. …”

“…However, with the shuttering of many businesses, unemployment has surged and many have left the labour force. Bringing people back into work quickly is important as the recession risks leaving behind a long-lasting negative economic impact. …”

“…In the bedlam of the early months, health, science, political, and economic communities were hit with sudden force, required to quickly shift and rearrange the normal order of work. …”

“…The fight against climate change forces architects and urban designers to take seriously the climatic issue in order to base their design on its the local climatic context and energy resources. …”

“…Galaxies, along with their underlying dark matter halos, constitute the building blocks of structure in the Universe. Of all fundamental forces, gravity is the dominant one that drives the evolution of structures from small density seeds at early times to the galaxies we see today. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Working night and day" : working at night as a metaphor in Paul's First epistle to the Thessalonians / Antoine Paris -- The nights of Bombay workers (1870-1920) / Arun Kumar -- Nightwork in Lisbon (1890-1915) / Rosa Maria Fina -- Night work restrictions in interwar Czechoslovakia (1918-1938) / Jakub Ra ́kosni ́k -- Disrupted times : continuous shift workers in societal and sociological debates between boom and crisis (1945-1975) / Malte Mu ̈ller -- "Enter the world of danger, drama and death!" …”

“…He shows the importance of intermediality as a driving cultural force and how its proliferation significantly altered Canadian cultural expression. …”

“…Is climate change a factor of change for human societies, forcing them to adapt and find sustainable solutions?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- PART I: Why You Need a Strong Sales Team (Not Just Strong Sales Performers) -- Chapter 1: Start from Where You Are Right Now -- One Thing That Hasn't Changed about Selling -- What You Need Isn't What You Think -- Building an Unstoppable Sales Team -- You're in a Marathon, Not a Sprint -- Scale Sales Faster Starting from Where You Are Right Now -- Chapter 2: Your Sales Team's Greatest Challenge -- It's Becoming More Difficult for Your Buyer to Buy -- The Dawn of Buyer-Centric Selling…”

“…Sharad Chari argues that efforts to address the crises of racial capitalism through spatial fixes have produced new contradictions and struggles, and he investigates how state and capital forces harness biopolitical discourse in this circular struggle. …”

“…Yanqiu Zheng argues that, unlike similar projects by more established powers, Chinese cultural diplomacy in this era was not carried out solely by a functional government agency; rather, limited resources forced an uneasy collaboration between the New York-based China Institute and the Chinese Nationalist government. …”

“…Deep focus allows you to lead others successfully, find clarity amid uncertainty, and heighten your sense of professional fulfillment. Yet the forces that challenge sustained focus range from dinging phones to office politics to life's everyday worries. …”

“…The assertion of working class dignity, honour and respect, Pnina argues, is a powerful motivating force for manual workers. Against legal-sceptical approaches, The Making of an African Working Class argues that in challenging the government - their employer - in court, manual workers' protests and mobilisation are deeply embedded in ethics, social justice and the law…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part I. Introduction essay. Darwin's greatest discovery : design without designer / Francisco J. …”

“…What results is a foundational study that establishes the geography of art as a subject and forces us to reconsider assumptions about the place of art that underlie the longstanding narratives of art history…”
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“…When Tony Blair insisted that British Armed Forces form part of the invasion of Iraq, little attention was paid as to how this might work out in practice or what the consequences might be. …”

“…This beautiful and moving novel steps between Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia, evoking the life, traditions, and tastes of a forceful Chinese family as well as the hardship, cruelty, and pain. …”