The city is a complex object. Some researchers look at its shape, others at its people, animals, ecology, policy, infrastructures, buildings, history, art, or technical networks. Some researchers analyse processes of in- or exclusion, gentrification, or social mobility; others biological evolution, traffic flows, or spatial development. Many combine these topics or add still more topics beyond …
The wide and feasible availability of positron emitters radionuclides is a prerequisite for suc-cessful application on a routine basis. Fluorine-18 and Gallium-68 are the most used in a clinical setting, so far. Due to its versatility, 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), namely a radio-labelled analogue of glucose, is the by far most widely used P…
At least since the historiographical renewal brought about, among others, by the works of Franco Venturi (1973), the events of the century leading to the R isorgimento and the R isorgimento itself have been placed in the context of cultural exchanges involving European and extra-European intellectuals, trav-ellers, politicians and revolutionaries. In this historiographical…
Black soils are unique soils characterized by a thick, dark-coloured soil horizon, and rich organic matter content. Due to their high inherent fertility, black soils are known as the food basket of the world or the “giant panda in arable land” in Asia. For decades, these fertile soils have been widely cultivated, and have played a key role in global agricultural production of cereals, tuber…
This edited volume highlights how institutions, programs, and less commonly taught language (LCTL) instructors can collaborate and think across institutional boundaries, bringing together voices representing different approaches to LCTL sharing to highlight affordances and challenges across institutions in this collection of essays. Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages in Higher Education sho…
Today the demand for a sustainable clothing care system is higher than ever due to the continuous environmental impact caused by this system. When it comes to the environment (The State of Fashion 2020, 2020), the fashion industry record is well documented. Fashion accounts for 20 to 35 percent of microplastic flows into the ocean and outweighs the …
The present environmental crisis is the gravest challenge of our time. And it is so because it is planetary. To say that it is planetary is not to say that ‘we are all in this together’ or that anthropogenic disturbances act as a welcome equaliser: inequities are still the currency of the day in a vastly unjust world. Rather, it is to say that it is no longer possible to delimit or suppress…