Mit dem Übergang von der industriellen zur digitalen Kultur kommen neue Bildmedien auf – aber sie entstehen nicht aus dem Nichts. Sie bilden sich allmählich heraus, in einem komplexen Wechselspiel von technologischen und sozialen, ästhetischen und epistemologischen Faktoren. Die Beiträge des Bandes widmen sich diesem Wandel der Bildformen, der im Zuge der Digitalisierung eingeleitet wurde, und reflektieren ihn aus verschiedenen medienhistorischen und medientheoretischen Perspektiven.
Wie wurden die kirchlichen Feste zur Zeit des letzten Krieges und in der Nachkriegszeit gefeiert? Unter dieser Fragestellung haben sich sieben Frauen und zwei Männer in einem einjährigen Schreibprojekt des Bistums Limburg an ihre Kindheit erinnert und ihre Geschichten aufgeschrieben. Entstanden sind sehr unterschiedliche Texte: ernste und heitere, fromme und eigenwillige. Eine spannende Lektüre, die zum eigenen Nachdenken und zum Gespräch in der Gruppe anregt.
This book acts as a self-contained resource for understanding the current technological advancement of biomaterials towards tissue engineering applications. It covers impact of biomaterials at different length scales such as macro/micro/nano/ level and offers extensive discussion on cell-biomaterial interactions with illustrative examples. This resource offer a multi-disciplinary approach for the adaptability of integrated biomaterials in tissue repair and reconstruction.
Facebook, Twitter, Google…today's tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren't experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power of digital technologies and social media. With contributions from authorities on the topic of educational technology, What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media is a...
Presents the state of the technology and points to future directions for semantic computing Semantic computing, a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field, seeks to structure, design, and manipulate computer content to better satisfy the needs and intentions of users and create a more meaningful user experience. This remarkable contributed work examines the art, engineering, technology, and applications of the field. Moreover, it brings together researchers from such disciplines as natural...
Was ist Berlin? Die Stadt verändert sich dauernd, jeder hat einen anderen Begriff von Berlin – Texte aus 200 Jahren zwischen Hass und Liebe, von Kleist, Fontane, über Kästner bis Wiglaf Droste und jungen Berliner Schriftstellern.
WINNER OF THE CANTEMIR PRIZE 2012 awarded by the Berendel Foundation The Map Reader brings together, for the first time, classic and hard-to-find articles on mapping. This book provides a wide-ranging and coherent edited compendium of key scholarly writing about the changing nature of cartography over the last half century. The editorial selection of fifty-four theoretical and thought provoking texts demonstrates how cartography works as a powerful representational form and explores how...
A practical and science-based approach for addressing toxicological concerns related to leachables and extractables associated with inhalation drug products Packaging and device components of Orally Inhaled and Nasal Drug Products (OINDP)—such as metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, and nasal sprays—pose potential safety risks from leachables and extractables, chemicals that can be released or migrate from these components into the drug product. Addressing the concepts, background,...
This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the 8th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Materials, Science, and Technology on topics such as Cell and Stack Development; Electrochemical/Mechanical/Thermal Performance; Electrodes; Interconnects; Novel Cell/Stack Design and Processing; and...