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Zeitgenössische russischsprachige Prosa der Diaspora
No full textLiterary translation always involves engaging with linguistic structures and reflecting on cultural particularities – areas that are equally relevant to both linguistics and literary studies. This is why Katrin B. Karl and Christian Zehnder bring together the core disciplines of Slavic studies: in a joint practical seminar, students analyze, contextualize, and translate contemporary Russian-language prose texts. Five highly diverse short stories by Yevgenia Belorusets, Olga Bragina, Mikhail Gigolashvili, Maxim Osipov, and Mikhail Shishkin are presented here for the first time in both German and Russian, accompanied by philological commentaries and reflections on the translation process. Language biographies provide insights into the use of Russian in multilingual settings. This volume is intended as an open resource at various intersections – as a reader, as material for academic teaching, and as a resource for language didactics
Birgittine Chantscapes
No full textThis book takes the reader on a 800 year long journey through the chant and liturgy of the Order of the Birgittines investigating liturgical books from the Birgittine abbeys in Vadstena, Mariënwater/Maria Refugie (the Netherlands), Mariëntroon (Belgium), and Altomünster (Germany). Karin Lagergren explores how the liturgy maintained the Birgittine identity through all these centuries and how it negotiated the Birgittine liturgical heritage in order to adapt to a changing world. The Birgittine Order is a monastic order with the charismatic figure of St Birgitta as its very special hallmark, providing spiritual unity and a firm foundation for the Birgittine identity. How could such a figure remain constantly present and relevant to the Order’s existence and members? This is one of the questions the book attempts to answer. Furthermore, it seeks to address how the Birgittines used, expanded, altered, and lived with the Birgittine liturgy, through examining their liturgical books. More generally, interest lies in exploring how groups use chant and liturgy and adapt them to their particular needs; the Order of the Birgittines provides a specific case. Another issue concerns the intriguing question of the transmission of the Birgittine liturgy. In summary, the overall and guiding idea behind this book is to describe how liturgy expresses fundamental ideas about how a community chooses to define itself, in this case the Birgittines. A theoretical basis for this understanding has been adopted from Max Weber’s concept of charisma. Understanding arises through examination of the musical content of the liturgical books as well as the structure, layout and decoration of the books and how these can be linked to historical circumstances. The Birgittine liturgical chant repertoire in this study is regarded as a ‘chantscape’, a term covering the entire Birgittine liturgy as experienced by the sisters and brothers of the Order. This term, used here for the first time, is based on the more familiar concept of ‘soundscape’ and will be the guide for analysis of musical examples and then related to questions of Birgittine spirituality and Birgitta’s charismatic authority. This book is the first to address the Birgittine chant and liturgy after the Middle Ages and considers many sources that until now have been unexplored
Merkebygging
No full textBranding serves as a strategic tool for differentiating products and services in a competitive market and helps foster customer loyalty and trust. This anthology explores the ways in which strong brands are created and developed in various contexts – from branding in start-ups to destinations, flagship stores and personal branding.
Key themes in the book are:
· Developing a strong brand identity
· Customer loyalty and how to build lasting relationships
· Co-creating value with customers and stakeholders
· Agile methods in market strategy development
· Innovation in brand-building
· The importance of analysis and evaluation in the branding process
The book contains both empirical and conceptual studies. The authors have backgrounds in marketing, innovation, sales, service design, tourism and the experience economy. With contributions from 13 authors, Branding: Development, Involvement and Strategies provides insight for academics, students and marketers who want to learn more about developing effective brand strategies.Merkebygging fungerer som et strategisk verktøy for å skille produkter og tjenester i et konkurransepreget marked, og bidrar til å fremme kundelojalitet og tillit. Merkebygging: Utvikling, involvering og strategier er en antologi som utforsker hvordan sterke merkevarer skapes og utvikles i ulike sammenhenger – fra merkevarebygging i oppstartsbedrifter til destinasjoner, flaggskipbutikker og personlig merkevarebygging.
Sentrale temaer i boken er:
· Utvikling av en sterk merkeidentitet
· Kundelojalitet og hvordan bygge varige relasjoner
· Samskaping av verdi med kunder og interessenter
· Smidige metoder i markedsstrategiutvikling
· Innovasjon i merkebygging
· Betydningen av analyse og evaluering i merkevareprosessen
Boken inneholder både empiriske og konseptuelle studier. Forfatterne har bakgrunn fra markedsføring, innovasjon, salg, tjenestedesign, reiseliv og opplevelsesøkonomi. Med bidrag fra 13 forfattere gir Merkebygging: Utvikling, involvering og strategier innsikt for både akademikere, studenter og markedsførere som ønsker å lære mer om utviklingen av effektive merkevarestrategier
Chapter 30 On Translation and Censorship of Children's Literature during the Cold War in Europe
No full textThe Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship is the first handbook to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic, offering broad geographic and historical coverage, and extending the political contexts to incorporate colonial and postcolonial viewpoints, as well as pluralistic societies. It examines key cultural texts of all kinds as well as audio-visual translation, comics, drama and videogames. With over 30 chapters, the Handbook highlights commonalities and differences across the various contexts, encouraging comparative approaches to the topic of translation and censorship. Edited and authored by leading figures in the field of Translation Studies, the chapters provide a critical mapping of the current research and suggest future directions. With an introductory chapter by the editors on theorizing censorship, the Handbook is an essential reference and resource for advanced students, scholars and researchers in translation studies, comparative literature and related fields
Unravelling Molecular Docking
No full textMolecular docking is an important computational tool in modern drug discovery, structural biology and biomolecular studies. The docking methods in this book are discussed concisely and practically, with key topics including docking algorithms, scoring function, ligand and receptor flexibility, and AI-assisted optimization. Real-world examples, such as virtual screening and lead optimization, as well as protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions, are covered in detail. With a balance of theory and practice, the book is a must-read for students, researchers and professionals in computational chemistry, pharmacy and biomedicine
Repurposed Drugs
No full textDespite remarkable advances in pharmaceutical sciences, traditional and de novo drug discovery and development face significant barriers to obtaining marketing approval, including long timeframes, substantial financial investment, and high failure rates. Thus, a lot of effort is being made to bring out novel approaches to deal with the debilitating challenges facing the global pharmaceutical industry. Drug repurposing (or drug repositioning) represents one of the alternative strategies for traditional drug discovery, in which the process aims to seek new uses for already approved or investigational drugs beyond their original indication. Drug repurposing has been largely preferred owing to superior benefits related to reduced drug discovery timelines and costs. To date, a number of drugs have been successfully repurposed by providing effective solutions to various diseases that are especially hard to manage, making the drug repurposing a growing trend. This book's chapters offer comprehensive topics on drug repurposing and repurposed drugs
Intersectionality and the City
No full textThis book combines intersectional perspectives and urban research to demonstrate the importance of intersectionality as a concept that can complement “refigurational” understandings of social change as the outcome of spatial conflicts. Showing how intersectionality enables us to grasp the intersecting categories of inequality in these spatial tensions, it remains attentive to the role of social difference and power in these processes, as well as to modes of normativity and resistance. With case studies gathered from a range of national contexts, it provides rich empirical insights into the relationship between urban spatialities, power dynamics, and embodied social inequalities, addressing the manner in which different conflicts are made manifest intersectionally in and through situated urban spaces. The chapters consider issues such as the gendering and racialization of urban spaces; urban marginality and environmental pressures; intersectional power dynamics in research; heteronormative and cisgender- centric structures in the city; aging in the city; young people, control, and insecurity; police violence; migrant emplacement and activism; racialized gentrification and commoning, and pandemic safety and protest, to explore the uneven outcomes of spatial planning and urban development. As such, it draws attention to the interplay of various forces in the production of exclusion and injustice and will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology, geography, and urban studies with interests in inequality, social change, and resistance to exclusion
Fairs, Cities and Merchants
No full textIn the premodern period, many cities endeavoured to obtain a fair privilege and attract as many merchants as possible. Through the economic activities and infrastructures provided, a supra-regional spatial configuration gradually emerged. This volume provides a new look at the history of annual markets and fairs. It deals with spatiotemporal aspects such as disputes over fair dates, visiting rhythms, and the transport of goods and routes
Chapter 6 Arrested Development
No full textThis edited collection contends that the figure of the child is foundational to the workings of biopolitical power yet remains undertheorized. The study of nineteenth-century biopolitics offers a theoretical framework that promises to increase our understanding of how modern democracies manage their subjects. Recent scholarship has invigorated interrogations into forms of state governance that operate at the level of population, a biological phenomenon defined as a group of individuals linked by racialized fictions of biological commonality. This collection seeks to recognize and position critical childhood studies as essential to these interrogations. The essays theorize the role of representations of children and childhood as tools of biopolitical governance in America in the long nineteenth century. They variously explore how the interrelated and overlapping qualities integral to our understandings of the child and childhood are readily deployed by biopolitical power. The collection is organized into three sections that illustrate how these qualities enable the sorting of human beings into populations targeted for reform, exploitation, and disposal
Vortex Dynamics
No full textVortex dynamics plays a crucial role in various natural and industrial fluid systems, influencing processes such as turbulence, mixing, aerodynamics, and even quantum phenomena. Understanding and controlling vortex structures is essential for optimizing performance in fields ranging from aerospace engineering to environmental science and energy systems. Vortex Dynamics – Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Approaches presents a comprehensive exploration of vortex behavior from multiple perspectives. This book brings together cutting-edge research on vortex structures, their stability, and their applications, offering valuable insights into one of the most fascinating aspects of fluid mechanics. The five chapters in this volume cover a broad spectrum of vortex-related topics: • Nested Surface Vortices and Proton Properties – A novel geometric framework that connects vortex structures to fundamental particle physics. • Navier–Stokes Equations and Bellman Principle – A rigorous mathematical investigation into the regularity and smoothness of vortex-driven flows. • Vortex Symmetry and Flow Separation Control – A theoretical and experimental study of vortex asymmetry and its regulation through local gas heating. • Acoustic-Vortex Decomposition for Aeroacoustics – An advanced computational approach for analyzing noise generation in blade machines. • Thermal Effects on Taylor–Couette Flow – An experimental and numerical examination of heat transfer and vortex interactions in rotating flows. With contributions from leading researchers, this book is a valuable resource for engineers, scientists, and graduate students interested in fluid dynamics, turbulence, and vortex control. By integrating theoretical models, experimental findings, and computational methods, this volume paves the way for future advancements in vortex-based technologies. Whether you are a researcher exploring fundamental vortex behavior or an engineer seeking innovative flow control strategies, Vortex Dynamics – Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Approaches provides the essential knowledge to deepen your understanding of vortex-driven phenomena