“…Private standards are used to remedy flaws in legislation in order to reach higher levels of consumer protection than the ones chosen by the EU legislature and to manage risks and liability beyond the traditional limits of food businesses. …”

“…The Arab spring, protest movements in the EU, Russia, Turkey or elsewhere, are often labeled as twitter-revolutions. …”

“…This special issue in Frontiers in Pediatrics, now an e-book, focuses on 'Ventricular mechanics in congenital heart disease' and looks at current knowledge of phenomena such as systolic/diastolic dysfuction and current methods (chiefly in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography) to evaluate cardiac function in the presence of CHD, and then presents a series of original studies that employ both medical imaging and computational modelling techniques to study specific CHD scenarios…”

“…They play a significant role in fixation of nitrogen, improvement plant growth, biodegradation, bioremediation and environmental protection. Therefore, understanding the actinobacterial diversity and distribution in such special environments is important in deciphering the ecological roles of these microorganisms and for biotechnological bioprospecting. …”

“…Addicted to Oil is the first book to undertake an in-depth analysis of the motorisation of US society which explicitly links it to America's foreign policy adventures, past and present. Addicted to Oil is essential reading for an understanding of America's international political priorities and its fraught relations with the Middle East."…”

“…En noviembre de 1971, la televisión holandesa transmitió un diálogo entre Noam Chomsky y Michel Foucault, moderado por Fons Elders, que se inscribía en la serie de encuentros organizados por el International Philosophers Project. Ya en la presentación del encuentro, y anticipando lo que posiblemente ocurriría, Elders caracterizó a los oponentes como "dos obreros que estuviesen perforando un túnel en una montaña, cada uno desde un lado opuesto, con instrumentos diferentes, y sin saber si se encontrarán". …”

“…Há mais de dez anos, desde 2001, o grupo Archai – desde 2011 Cátedra UNESCO Archai – promove investigações, organiza seminários e publicações (entre eles a revista Archai) com o intuito de estabelecer uma metodologia de trabalho e de constituir um espaço interdisciplinar de reflexão filosófica sobre as origens do pensamento ocidental. A presente coleção – parte do selo editorial Annablume Clássica – quer contribuir para a divulgação no Brasil de produções editoriais que busquem compreender, a partir de uma perspectiva cultural mais ampla, nossas origens. …”

“…An additional report presents a reflection on the outcome of two questionnaires filled by past participants and organisers of EVALITA, and of the panel “Raising Interest and Collecting Suggestions on the EVALITA Evaluation Campaign” held at CLIC-it 2015.…”

“…Cases discussed range from locative art projects, OpenStreetMap mapping parties, sensory mapping, Google Street View, to visual mapping, smart city dashboards and crisis mapping. …”

“…The 12th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference was recently held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The present Special Issue of Energies, specifically dedicated to the 12th SDEWES Conference, is focused on five main fields: energy policy and energy efficiency in smart energy systems, polygeneration and district heating, advanced combustion techniques and fuels, biomass and building efficiency…”

“…The movement emerged in response to systemic economic problems that arose throughout the nineteenth century and coincided with a wide-ranging project of cultural nationalism. Within a short space of time the co-operative movement established a swathe of creameries, agricultural societies and credit societies, leading to a radical reorganization of rural Ireland and helping to create a distinctive Irish political economy. …”

“…Amb Els fantasmes de l’exclusió, el Grup de Recerca sobre Exclusió i Control Social (GRECS) aporta, després de més de sis anys de treball intens en la investigació d’aquest àmbit, una sèrie de ponències que mostren la diversitat i heterogeneïtat dels seus projectes al voltant de l’exclusió social, un terme que, tot i que pretén il·luminar certes realitats, en deixa moltes d’altres en la penombra…”

“…À partir des situations contrastées de la France et de l’Allemagne, ce sont les questions auxquelles le présent ouvrage se propose de répondre…”

“…This shift has actually helped the industry gain traction with the IC Engine market projected to grow at 4.67% CAGR during the forecast period 2019-2025. …”

“…For reasons of lack of access, continued repression of nonofficial histories, fear, and loss of living memory, Tibetan medical doctors--the so-called amchi--have been little studied. This volume presents their story, showing how practitioners from Tsang have retained crucial links in the teaching of medical knowledge despite the near-annihilation of monastic Buddhism and 'medical houses."…”

“…L'objectiu d'aquest projecte ha estat l'estudi de les característiques de l'activitat solar i en concret de les taques que apareixen a la fotosfera solar. …”

“…The Stanze della Moda project has set up an Observatory with the purpose of economic and management monitoring of the fabric of the Florentine companies through a marketing and research workshop. …”

“…The first section tells how the library was conceived and planned, with the librarians' working groups preparing the move and projecting the changes to be made in the new site. The second part tackles the problems of organisation and management of the services in the new library Il volume racconta le tappe dell'allestimento della nuova Biblioteca di Scienze Sociali dell'Università di Firenze. …”

“…Les contributions de chercheurs en sciences sociales, réunis ici sous la direction de Stéphane Dorin, et précédées d'un entretien avec Jeremy Deller, prennent toutes au sérieux les musiques populaires, dans leurs dimensions industrielles et commerciales, mais aussi dans leur propension à renouveler les pratiques culturelles, les politiques économiques et les esthétiques. …”

“…However, development for the ILO was not reduced to a project of economic modernization, but was seen as a tool for social engineering, as evidenced by the ILO's missions of technical assistance, organized since 1930. …”