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Les religions et l’Europe
No full textCet ouvrage est la traduction des sections du Oxford Handbook on Religion and Europe consacrées à la religion dans l’Europe contemporaine. Les Handbooks sont des ouvrages de référence hautement appréciés dans le monde anglophone. Celui-ci offre un état des lieux unique en son genre des religions en Europe, analysant l’évolution du rapport à la puissance étatique et à l’idée-même d’Europe. Il éclaire les enjeux contemporains liés au religieux, notamment l’évolution des croyances et des pratiques, en procédant par synthèses par religions ou par approches nationales. Rédigé par des experts et dirigé par deux spécialistes de renommée internationale, cette somme couvre de façon exhaustive un territoire important et une grande diversité religieuse. Il n’existait pas d’équivalent en langue française. Il était donc essentiel de pouvoir offrir à tous, et particulièrement aux chercheurs, étudiants et journalistes, un outil aussi précieux
Ventilación mecánica prolongada posterior a RVM
No full textMechanical ventilation in a patient undergoing coronary bypass is generally necessary for 1–2 days after surgery. Prolonged MV in patients with coronary bypass is defined as ventilatory support greater than 48 hours. When this is prolonged, the hospital stay, the cost of treatment, the risk of disability and the decrease in the quality of life are directly increased. Factors associated with prolonged MV in this group of patients include chronic kidney disease, advanced age, surgical time, emergency surgery. Elevated NYHA scores and COPD. Some less frequently documented risk factors are: female gender, diabetes mellitus, low blood pressure of oxygen prior to surgery and history of cerebrovascular disease. Muscle training of the patient prior to coronary artery bypass surgery improves respiratory function after surgery. Likewise, early mobilization is very useful as it reduces the risk of physical deconditioning. With this, it is possible to minimize the sedation time, maintain the ranges of joint mobility, reduce the time of mechanical ventilation and stay in the ICU.PublishedLa ventilación mecánica en un paciente sometido a bypass coronario generalmente es necesaria durante 1-2 días posteriores a la cirugía. Por definición la VM prolongada en pacientes con bypass coronario se define como el soporte ventilatorio mayor a 48 horas. Cuando esta se prolonga, directamente se incrementa la estancia hospitalaria, el costo del tratamiento, el riesgo de discapacidad y la disminución en la calidad de vida. Los factores asociados a VM prologada en este grupo de pacientes incluyen: la enfermedad renal crónica, la edad avanzada, el tiempo quirúrgico, la cirugía de emergencia, puntuaciones del NYHA elevados y la EPOC. Algunos factores de riesgo documentados con menor frecuencia son: el género femenino, la diabetes mellitus, la baja presión arterial de oxígeno previa a la cirugía, antecedentes de enfermedad cerebrovascular. El entrenamiento muscular del paciente antes del bypass coronario mejora la función respiratoria posterior a la cirugía. Igualmente, la movilización temprana es de gran utilidad al disminuir el riesgo de desacondicionamiento físico. Con ello se logra minimizar el tiempo de sedación, mantener los rangos de movilidad articular, disminuir el tiempo de ventilación mecánica y de estancia en UCI
Gendered Jobs and Local Leaders
No full textMen from business are overrepresented in local politics in the United States. The authors propose a theory of gendered occupations and ambition: the jobs people hold—and the gender composition of those jobs-shape political ambition and candidate success. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Enquêter en carnaval
No full textComment établir des convergences entre une diversité de pratiques et d’esthétiques portant sur l’étude des carnavals et des pratiques festives ? Quels parallèles, quelles différences et quelles analogies pouvons-nous établir sur de tels objets ? Pour réfléchir aux liens entre analyse de la pensée symbolique, les pratiques sociales et les études littéraires, historiques, scéniques ou musicologiques, le livre articule trois moments : « Enquêter en Carnaval : méthodologies créatives et sensibles », « Carnaval au prisme de l’histoire, des rites et des mythes », « Les territoires de carnaval : témoignages et retours d’expériences ». La cartographie des pratiques carnavalesques étant tellement large, l’ouvrage ne peut traiter de tous les carnavals du monde, même les plus emblématiques comme ceux du Brésil, ni établir un inventaire des pratiques. Il prétend néanmoins renouveler la pensée sur des questions de méthodologies croisées grâce à de nombreuses études de cas et témoignages. Il ouvre des perspectives permettant de saisir dans leurs spécificités anthropologique, artistique, historique et littéraire, les pratiques carnavalesques
Navigating Issues of Equity in Schools Through Research-Practice Partnerships
No full textThis book provides a wealth of rich cases describing how research-practice partnerships (RPPs) in K-12 schools navigate equity in the design and implementation of their projects and shares insightful recommendations for both research-side and practice-side RPP leaders engaged in this work. Chapter authors from both researcher and practitioner communities unpack real examples that illustrate how RPPs conceptualized, conducted, and shared research related to prominent equity challenges in K-12 schools. Chapters also detail specific tensions and challenges – political, methodological, relational – and how to overcome these. Presenting an equity-focused RPP framework, this important volume explores how to cultivate trusting and equitable relationships among partners, prioritize humanity and equity in the identification and articulation of a RPP project topic, center equity goals, and align methodological approaches to equity objectives. This important resource helps aspiring, new, and veteran RRP leaders initiate projects or partner with new collaborators as they develop trusting relationships within university and school settings in order to conduct impactful, equity-oriented research
Immobilie Kirche
No full textThis conference volume places the church property at the centre of the interdisciplinary discourse on the transformation of sacred spaces. Sustainable conversion strategies for the future of our church buildings require great sensitivity, a willingness for transdisciplinary cooperation and the harmonisation of the different value systems of all stakeholders. In addition to specialist knowledge, 18 specialist articles and field reports from (international) practice provide inspiration for intelligent, creative and sustainable conversion and financing concepts, thus promoting the professionalisation of sacred space transformation with the help of the real estate industry
Forme materiate
No full textThe book collects a series of original contributions on the theme of Aristotelian hylomorphism, in particular on the theoretical and interpretative problems raised by the application of the inextricable couple material/form to the psycho-biological field. Each of the essays explores a specific aspect of the Aristotelian conception of the soul, according to a thematic extension that ranges from the ontology of the living body to the organization of the bio-cognitive functions of the animal, up to the practical and ethical-political dimension of human life.PublishedIl volume raccoglie una serie di contributi originali sul tema dell’ilomorfismo aristotelico, in particolare sui problemi teorici e interpretativi sollevati dall’applicazione della coppia inestricabile materia/ forma all’ambito psico-biologico. Ciascuno dei saggi esplora un aspetto specifico della concezione aristotelica dell’anima, secondo un’estensione tematica che spazia dall’ontologia del corpo vivente all’organizzazione delle funzioni bio-cognitive dell’animale, sino alla dimensione pratica ed eticopolitica della vita umana
Johan Storm Munch
No full textJohan Storm Munch's life (1827–1908) was an encounter with most of the changes that Norwegian church life was exposed to in the 19th century. In this book, you can follow him from his early years in Kristiansand, where his father was bishop, and on to his life as a student in Kristiania. He came to live in a time of great spiritual renewal. As a student, Johan Storm Munch seems to have been influenced by the spirituality of the Moravian Brethren. As a pastor for Norwegian emigrants in the United States, Storm Munch got to know a church life that was both Lutheran and independent from national authorities. During the years he spent in America he also strengthened his relationship to the Haugean movement that had formed one of the Norwegian church bodies there.
When Johan Storm Munch became a student, his mother was widowed, and he had to finance his theological education by working as a schoolteacher. And it was as teacher he met the woman that should become his wife, Kaja Falch. Her letters from the time in the United States are an important source of knowledge about life among the emigrants, in addition to providing a picture of a creative and committed woman.
When Johan Storm Munch returned to Norway, he became a staunch advocate for freedom for the state church. He gave up his ministry in 1875 and moved to the capital with his family. There he worked as an evangelist with the American preacher Moody as his role model, while the most famous songs from Moody's Associates were translated into Norwegian. Who has not sung ""I Will Sing of My Redeemer"" and ""What a Friend we Have in Jesus""? His preaching in the Klingenberg Dance Hall and the Calmeyergaten Mission House often gathered over 2,000 listeners, and he published several books. He was also active as an advisor to those who founded the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway, in Arendal 1877. In 1901, Johan Storm Munch was knighted by King Oscar of Norway for ""meritorious pastoral work.""Johan Storm Munchs liv ble et møte med de fleste endringene som norsk kirkeliv ble utsatt for på 1800-tallet; ei tid sterkt preget av vekkelse. Munch ble født og vokste opp i Kristiansand, der hans far var biskop, men faren døde tidlig. Johan måtte finansiere presteutdanningen med arbeid som lærer. Slik møtte han sin framtidige kone, Kaja Falch. I studietida stiftet han også varig bekjentskap med den tyske brødremenigheten.
Ekteparet Munch dro til USA, og som prest for norske utvandrere møtte Johan et kirkeliv som var samtidig luthersk og frikirkelig. Gjennom en av de norske synodene lærte han også Hauge-bevegelsen å kjenne. Kajas brev fra tida i USA er en viktig kilde til kunnskap om livet blant utvandrerne, i tillegg til at de gir et bilde av en kreativ og engasjert kvinne.
Da Johan Storm Munch kom tilbake til Norge ble han en iherdig forkjemper for større frihet for kirken. Han gav opp å være prest i 1875 og flyttet til hovedstaden med sin familie for å virke som evangelist med den amerikanske predikanten Moody som forbilde. Møtene Munch holdt samlet ofte over to tusen tilhørere. Han var også aktiv som rådgiver for stifterne av Den Evangelisk Lutherske Frikirke i Arendal i 1877, og ble i 1901 slått til ridder av St. Olavs Orden for «fortjenstfullt geistlig arbeid»
Nonlinear Systems
No full textOpen Mathematics is a challenging notion for theoretical modeling, technical analysis, and numerical simulation in the fields of physics and mathematics, among others, as highly correlated nonlinear phenomena, evolving over a large range of time and length scales, control the underlying systems and processes in their spatiotemporal evolution. Indeed, available data, be they physical, biological, or financial, and technologically complex systems and stochastic systems, such as mechanical or electronic devices, can be managed from the same conceptual approach, both analytically and through computer simulation, using effective nonlinear dynamics methods. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight papers that show the dynamics, control, optimization, and applications of nonlinear systems. This has recently become an increasingly popular subject, with impressive growth concerning applications in engineering, economics, biology, and medicine, and can be considered a veritable contribution to the literature. Original papers relating to the objective presented above are especially welcome subjects. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Stability analysis of discrete and continuous dynamical systems; Nonlinear dynamics in biological complex systems; Stability and stabilization of stochastic systems; Mathematical models in statistics and probability; Synchronization of oscillators and chaotic systems; Optimization methods of complex systems; Reliability modeling and system optimization; Computation and control over networked systems
EIB Working Paper 2025/02 - How do macroprudential policies affect corporate investment? Insights from EIBIS data
No full textMacroprudential policies aim to preserve financial stability by curbing excessive risk-taking in the financial system. As a knock-on effect, they can also impact investment activity by firms. This study uses firm-level data from the European Investment Bank Investment Survey (EIBIS) for the period 2015-2022 to investigate exactly how different kinds of firms and corporate investment are affected by such macroprudential policies. This analysis confirms that the tightening of macroprudential policies influences bank lending decisions and leads to a reduction in corporate investment. More specifically, the study shows that financially weaker banks are more likely to restrict credit in response to such tightening. Firms that are heavily reliant on external finance for investment, as well as those that are financially weaker, are more adversely affected by a reduced supply of credit supply. Investments in tangible assets are more strongly affected than investment in intangibles, as firms anyway find it harder to obtain credit finance for investments in intangibles assets