From the time of birth, our character and personality are influenced and altered by the people we live with, those we meet as friends and those with whom we make permanent attachments. Life is a series of events which accumulate into a collection of experiences. These experiences combine to influence our personality. We are formed by what happens to us and what we cause to happen to others. When we leave this existence we are quite a bit different from when we came in. What we were when we...

This book functions as a practical guide to support teachers and higher education institutions in the construction of their courses and programmes in light of the Anthropocene. It is divided into two complementary parts. The first part lays the theoretical foundations of what is a transition pedagogy and provides a pedagogical framework. It offers practical tools and didactic levers to be used by teachers and institutions to build a truly transformative pedagogy for students, with referenc...

Il volume raccoglie i contributi relativi al decimo Seminario internazionale organizzato nel novembre 2019 dall’Archivio «Julien Ries» per l’antropologia simbolica presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, dedicato al tema Il viaggio. Spazi e tempi di una trasformazione. Il viaggio sarà affrontato dal punto di vista della trasformazione interiore dell’uomo che, lungo il proprio percorso esistenziale, viene a contatto con la trascendenza, o meglio viene incontrato dalla trascendenza e ...

There are laws of nature, so why shouldn't there be laws of marketing?As Al Ries and Jack Trout—the world-renowned marketing consultants and bestselling authors of Positioning—note, you can build an impressive airplane, but it will never leave the ground if you ignore the laws of physics, especially gravity. Why then, they ask, shouldn't there also be laws of marketing that must be followed to launch and maintain winning brands? In The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

This open access book comes at an opportune time, with ‘land take’ high on the EU policy agenda. It shows how over one million hectares in Europe became urbanized between 2000 and 2018, over eight times that which changed back to agriculture or nature. This book seeks to explain this development and offer suggestions on how to control it, drawing on the ESPON Sustainable Urbanization and land-use Practices in European Regions (SUPER) project. It presents up-to-date analyses on urbanization...

The book begins with real world cases of botnet attacks to underscore the need for action. Next the book will explain botnet fundamentals using real world examples. These chapters will cover what they are, how they operate, and the environment and technology that makes them possible. The following chapters will analyze botnets for opportunities to detect, track, and remove them. Then the book will describe intelligence gathering efforts and results obtained to date. Public domain tools lik...

This volume is the first concentrated effort to offer a philosophical critique of relational and intersubjective perspectives in contemporary psychoanalytic thought. The distinguished group of scholars and clinicians assembled here are largely preoccupied with tracing the theoretical underpinnings of relational psychoanalysis, its divergence from traditional psychoanalytic paradigms, implications for clinical reform and therapeutic practice, and its intersection with alternative psychoanal...

La mochila que ríe cuenta con humildad, sencillez y humor los 366 días de andanzas por el mundo de un profesor-actor francoitaliano que decidió abandonar su trabajo en Nueva York para cumplir un sueño. De Estocolmo a París, pasando por los cinco continentes y viviendo en 18 países, David investigó la esencia de la risa y del humor universal con la intención de grabar un documental. Gracias a los artistas entrevistados y a los activistas de la risa conocidos, se fue acercando a la risa que ...

This marketing classic has been expanded to include new commentary, new illustrations, and a bonus book: The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet BrandingSmart and accessible, The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding is the definitive text on branding, pairing anecdotes about some of the best brands in the world, like Rolex, Volvo, and Heineken, with the signature savvy of marketing gurus Al and Laura Ries. Combining The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding and The 11 Imm...

La mochila que ríe cuenta con humildad, sencillez y humor los 366 días de andanzas por el mundo de un profesor-actor francoitaliano que decidió abandonar su trabajo en Nueva York para cumplir un sueño. De Estocolmo a París, pasando por los cinco continentes y viviendo en 18 países, David investigó la esencia de la risa y del humor universal con la intención de grabar un documental. Gracias a los artistas entrevistados y a los activistas de la risa conocidos, se fue acercando a la risa que ...

Over the last decade, a great amount of effort and resources have been invested in the development of Semantic Web Service (SWS) frameworks. Numerous description languages, frameworks, tools, and matchmaking and composition algorithms have been proposed. Nevertheless, when faced with a real-world problem, it is still very hard to decide which of these different approaches to use.In this book, the editors present an overall overview and comparison of the main current evaluation init...

Explore cutting-edge research and practical insights from the 16th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE2025), held in Thessaloniki. This comprehensive volume gathers peer-reviewed papers from a global interdisciplinary community, covering the latest advancements in educational robotics. From innovative teaching methodologies and curriculum development across all educational levels to the exciting intersections of AI, human-robot interaction, new robot designs, and maker s...