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    Advances in Micro- and Nanomechanics

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    This book focuses on recent advances in both theoretical and experimental studies of material behaviour at the micro- and nano-scales. Special attention is given to experimental studies of nanofilms, nanoparticles and nanocomposites as well as tooth defects. Various experimental techniques were used. Magneto- and thermoelastic coupling were considered, as were nonlocal models of thin structures

    International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022

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    This conference proceedings gathers work and research presented at the International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022 (IASSC2022) held on July 3, 2022, in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The conference was jointly organized by the Faculty of Information Management of Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch, Malaysia; University of Malaya, Malaysia; Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta, Indonesia; Universitas Ngudi Waluyo, Indonesia; Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Philippines; and UCSI University, Malaysia. Featuring experienced keynote speakers from Malaysia, Australia, and England, this proceeding provides an opportunity for researchers, postgraduate students, and industry practitioners to gain knowledge and understanding of advanced topics concerning digital transformations in the perspective of the social sciences and information systems, focusing on issues, challenges, impacts, and theoretical foundations. This conference proceedings will assist in shaping the future of the academy and industry by compiling state-of-the-art works and future trends in the digital transformation of the social sciences and the field of information systems. It is also considered an interactive platform that enables academicians, practitioners and students from various institutions and industries to collaborate

    Cyberbullying in educational context

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    Kustenmacher and Seiwert (2004) explain a man’s inclination to resort to technology in his interaction with the environment and society. Thus, the solution to the negative consequences of Cyberbullying in a technologically dominated society is represented by technology as part of the technological paradox (Tugui, 2009), in which man has a dual role, both slave and master, in the interaction with it. In this respect, it is noted that, notably after 2010, there have been many attempts to involve artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize, identify, limit or avoid the manifestation of aggressive behaviours of the CBB type. For an overview of the use of artificial intelligence in solving various problems related to CBB, we extracted works from the Scopus database that respond to the criterion of the existence of the words “cyberbullying” and “artificial intelligence” in the Title, Keywords and Abstract. These articles were the subject of the content analysis of the title and, subsequently, only those that are identified as a solution in the process of recognizing, identifying, limiting or avoiding the manifestation of CBB were kept in the following Table where we have these data synthesized and organized by years

    Tourism and heritage in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

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    Tourism and Heritage in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) uses an ethnographic lens to explore the dissonances associated with the commodification of Chornobyl's heritage. The book considers the role of the guides as experience brokers, focusing on the synergy between tourists and guides in the performance of heritage interpretation. Banaszkiewicz proposes to perceive tour guides as important actors in the bottom-up construction of heritage discourse contributing to more inclusive and participatory approach to heritage management. Demonstrating that the CEZ has been going through a dynamic transformation into a mass tourism attraction, the book offers a critical reflection on heritagisation as a meaning-making process in which the resources of the past are interpreted, negotiated, and recognised as a valuable legacy. Applying the concepts of dissonant heritage to describe the heterogeneous character of the CEZ, the book broadens the interpretative scope of dark tourism which takes on a new dimension in the context of the war in Ukraine. Tourism and Heritage in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone argues that post-disaster sites such as Chornobyl can teach us a great deal about the importance of preserving cultural and natural heritage for future generations. The book will be of interest to academics and students who are engaged in the study of heritage, tourism, memory, disasters and Eastern Europe

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    Innovation and Change in the 4th mil BC

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    Die vorliegende Studie widmet sich der Technik- und Sozialgeschichte im Nordpontus und geht der Frage nach, wie Innovationen im 4. Jt. v. Chr. gesellschaftlich wirksam werden. Im Besonderen erfolgt durch Auswerten von Wissenskomplexen um die Herstellung von Keramik, Metall und Textil eine Bezugnahme auf die Themen Standardisierung, Technik und Distinktion. Es zeigt sich, dass Vorformen der Institutionalisierung von Gesellschaften durch eine Typisierung und Habitualisierung von Herstellungstechniken und Produktionsweisen ausgeprägt werden und damit soziale Komplexität stimuliert wird. Eng ist damit ein veränderter Möglichkeitsrahmen für die Formierung politischer Systeme verbunden.This study is devoted to the history of technology and social history in northern Pontus and explores the question of how innovations became socially effective in the 4th millennium BC. BC become socially effective. In particular, by evaluating knowledge complexes around the production of ceramics, metal and textiles, reference is made to the topics of standardization, technology and distinction. It becomes apparent that pre-forms of the institutionalization of societies are shaped by a typification and habitualization of manufacturing techniques and modes of production, thus stimulating social complexity. Closely connected to this is an altered framework of possibilities for the formation of political systems.Данное исследование посвящено истории технологии и социальной истории в Северном Понте и исследует вопрос о том, как инновации стали социально эффективными в IV тысячелетии до н.э. БК становятся социально эффективными. В частности, оценивая комплексы знаний, связанные с производством керамики, металла и текстиля, мы обращаемся к темам стандартизации, технологии и различий. Становится очевидным, что предварительные формы институционализации обществ формируются путем типизации и привыкания к технологиям производства и способам производства, что стимулирует социальную сложность. С этим тесно связана измененная структура возможностей для формирования политических систем

    Tracing Sexual Violence in Conflict as a Continuum of Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Nigeria: Pitfalls of Law and Policies

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    Sexual violence is a human rights infringement that causes harm in the lives of individuals when committed and may lead to severe complications, disabilities or even death. In Nigeria, women suffer from a chain of violence which is traced from regular times to post-conflict situations in addition to other social problems like gender discrimination, gender inequality, to name but a few. As a result, this work focuses on the experiences of Nigerian women with sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings in Northern Nigeria, especially with the abductions of girls in Borno and Yobe States between 2014 and 2018. This research approaches the problem through desk research using the socio-legal methodology, which draws insights from the interdisciplinary lens of human rights law, international security, and women/development using post-colonial feminist theory. The primary question this work poses is how the Nigerian National Action Plans (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) can be utilized to help end the conflict-related sexual violence continuum in Nigeria and advance the protection of women against sexual violence? The research finds that there are insufficient policy guidelines and legal frameworks for the prevention or eradication of sexual violence in Nigeria, and where policy guidelines or frameworks exist, there has been poor or no implementation

    Platform://Democracy: Perspectives on Platform Power, Public Values and the Potential of Social Media Councils

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    Social media platforms have created private communication orders which they rule through terms of service and algorithmic moderation practices. As their impact on public communication and human rights has grown, different models to increase the role of public interests and values in the design of their rules and their practices has, too. But who should speak for both the users and the public at large? Bodies of experts and/or selected user representatives, usually called Platform Councils of Social Media Councils (SMCs) have gained attention as a potential solution. Examples of Social Media Councils include Meta’s Oversight Board but most platforms companies have so far shied away from installing one. This survey of approaches to increasing the quality of platform decision-making and content governance involving more than 35 researchers from four continents brough to together in regional "research clinics" makes clear that trade-offs have to be carefully balanced. The larger the council, the less effective is its decision-making, even if its legitimacy might be increased. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, the projects demonstrates that procedures matter, that multistakeholderism is a key concept for effective Social Media Councils, and that incorporating technical expertise and promoting inclusivity are important considerations in their design. As the Digital Services Act becomes effective in 2024, a Social Media Council for Germany’s Digital Services Coordinator (overseeing platforms) can serve as test case and should be closely monitored. Beyond national councils, there is strong case for a commission focused on ensuring human rights online can be modeled after the Venice Commission and can provide expertise and guidelines on policy questions related to platform governance, particularly those that affect public interests like special treatment for public figures, for mass media and algorithmic diversity. The commission can be staffed by a diverse set of experts from selected organizations and institutions established in the platform governance field

    Development of linguistic linked open data resources for collaborative data-intensive research in the language sciences

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    Making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, and accessible: perspectives from language/language acquistiion researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers. This volume examines the challenges inherent in making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, integrated, and accessible, thus fostering wide data sharing and collaboration. It is unique in integrating the perspectives of language researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers. Reporting on both active research needs in the field of language acquisition and technical advances in the development of data interoperability, the book demonstrates the advantages of an international infrastructure for scholarship in the field of language sciences. With contributions by researchers who produce complex data content and scholars involved in both the technology and the conceptual foundations of LLOD (linguistics linked open data), the book focuses on the area of language acquisition because it involves complex and diverse data sets, cross-linguistic analyses, and urgent collaborative research. The contributors discuss a variety of research methods, resources, and infrastructures. Contributors Isabelle Barrière, Nan Bernstein Ratner, Steven Bird, Maria Blume, Ted Caldwell, Christian Chiarcos, Cristina Dye, Suzanne Flynn, Claire Foley, Nancy Ide, Carissa Kang, D. Terence Langendoen, Barbara Lust, Brian MacWhinney, Jonathan Masci, Steven Moran, Antonio Pareja-Lora, Jim Reidy, Oya Y. Rieger, Gary F. Simons, Thorsten Trippel, Kara Warburton, Sue Ellen Wright, Claus Zin

    Ruina Montium: Estudios sobre la plata en Iberoamérica. De los orígenes al siglo XIX.

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    Editado conjuntamente con : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (México)[ES] Alio modo puteorum scrobibus effoditur aut in ruina montium, escribía Plinio el Viejo en el siglo primero de nuestra era en su Naturalis Historiae, 33,66, después de haber sido administra- dor de las minas romanas a cielo abierto de Las Medulas, cercanas a Asturica Augusta (Astorga), en la actual provincia de León (España). Pues bien, para este volumen hemos elegido como títu- lo dos de las palabras de este párrafo del autor latino, ruina montium, como recuerdo del paisaje generado por la extracción de oro en ese lugar, declarado patrimonio de la humanidad desde el año 1997. El método de extracción consistía en desviar los cursos de agua hacia galerías en la montaña para horadarlas en profundidad. Algo parecido a este método sería el empleado en las minas de esmeraldas de Muzo (Colombia), o, en el siglo XIX, en las minas de oro de California. De hecho, en este volumen, una aportación que se publica es el resultado de la investigación de varios profesores de la Universidad de León, que se hallan trabajando sobre el paisaje minero dejado por las explotaciones romanas. Recordando aquella minería hispana y americana, nos encontramos hoy ante un nuevo vo- lumen, el octavo, de nuestra colección de Estudios sobre la plata en Iberoamérica. En ella, mantenemos la ampliación temporal que habíamos proyectado en el volumen anterior, es decir, estudiar los diferentes aspectos que afectan a los metales preciosos desde los orígenes, y no so- lamente desde el periodo de conquista y colonización europea. En este volumen, tenemos como aportación temática novedosa los aspectos léxicos relacionados con los metales preciosos, de los que no se había tratado en monográficos anteriores y que, sin duda, son de gran importancia no solo para los historiadores, sino también para el conjunto de investigadores que trabajan sobre los metales y las piedras preciosas. Igualmente, los temas literarios también van adquiriendo cuerpo en el conjunto de las aportaciones en com- paración con las publicaciones anteriores. Obviamente perviven como prioritarios los temas de la minería en general y de la platería en sus diferentes variantes geográficas temáticas: centros mineros, técnicas, casas de moneda, talleres, punzones, estudios de piezas, etc. La interdisciplinariedad de la temática abordada nos pone de nuevo frente a una obra colectiva, en la que participan destacados investigadores de América y Europa, así como otros investigadores más noveles que con gran ilusión se acercan a una temática que les resulta atractiva y en la que demuestran unos conocimientos que auguran un futuro de magníficos trabajos y aportaciones. Muchos de los investigadores ya formamos un grupo de intercambio de ideas..
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