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An annual bow hunting trip for elk into the deep mountains of Montana between two friends is an adventure that is greatly anticipated by both. All of the preparation and hard work put in is essential in helping them to be prepared for the grind that elk hunting is physically and mentally. The mountains are rugged and unforgiving for those who come unprepared for the demands they present.This trip would prove to be the greatest hunt of my life for many reasons. Every day was filled with the beauty of God's creation-the sights, sounds, and smells of the fall mountains, along with many encounters with game animals of all types; some wanted and some unwanted and at some very uncomfortable distances.This trip would have moments of excitement, success, joy, danger, fear and, ultimately, a tragedy that set me on a walk unlike any walk I have ever taken before in my life, a walk that would change my life forever.

In this Special Issue, we aim to publish articles, reviews, short notes, etc., on active and innovative approaches towards methodologies and advanced research relating to sustainable STEAM and mathematics education. We encouraged theoretical, methodological, and empirical research on teaching and learning, competencies and assessment, policy, program development and implementation, instructor preparation, community- and project-based learning, institutional collaborations and partnerships, and other relevant topics. Particular focus was also directed towards active and innovative teaching and learning approaches and methodologies that have been substantiated to be relevant to sustainable STEAM and mathematics education, such as flipped classrooms, blended learning, escape rooms, gamification, technology-based classrooms, future classrooms, virtual reality, e-learning and online-learning, project-based learning, service learning, inclusive learning, etc.

This reprint includes papers that were presented at the Zimányi School Winter Workshop in 2022. This workshop aimed to summarize the developments of 2022 in high-energy heavy-ion physics with particular attention to the new data emerging from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and SPS. The included papers discuss new results in hydrodynamics, flow and femtoscopy. One of the main aims of the workshop was to encourage interactions between the theoretical and experimental community, hence experimental and theoretical papers appear alongside one another in the reprint.

This Special Issue comprises 14 original studies and 2 reviews, and will serve as a platform to further the current knowledge of antibody responses against RNA virus infections. Infectious diseases represent one of the major public health concerns on the global level.The emergence and re-emergence of different RNA viruses (influenza, SARS-CoV-1, MERS,CHIKV, Zika and SARS-CoV-2) remain a major concern for public health control worldwide[1,2]. In every disease outbreak, valuable knowledge about virus-host interactionscan be learnt to better manage and control the spread of RNA virus diseases.

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the geoenvironment, with concepts like "geosites", "geoparks", and "geodiversity" becoming integral to the local economic and cultural development of various areas. Globally recognized significant geosites benefit from exchanges of information, skills, experience, and personnel within the geopark community. Geotourism, a form of tourism focused on understanding the geological features of visited areas, plays a crucial role, encompassing both natural and human resources. The core of geoparks lies in geoeducation, as they serve as ideal locations for educational activities.This volume aims to compile a collection of papers highlighting the importance of geoeducation in promoting and preserving geological heritage and geoethical values. Beyond research articles covering various geological heritage approaches, this volume zooms in on new cases, emphasizes current challenges and knowledge gaps, and includes long-term review articles. This Special Issue addresses topics such as the following:Scientific studies of geoheritage sites, showcasing geosites across different geological and geomorphological contexts.Techniques for enhancing geoheritage.The significance of geoheritage in human life.Geosciences education for sustainability.Educational programs fostering geoeducation.Sustainable geotourism, shedding light on issues related to geological heritage management.The sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage and resources.The valorization of geoheritage for sustainable and innovative tourism development.

Due to the increase in population worldwide, there is an urgent need to estimate natural hazards more efficiently. A crucial aspect of this challenging task is the mitigation of the risk of earthquakes. The occurrence of earthquakes is an inherently complex phenomenon that is manifested in the nonlinear dynamics that form the process of earthquake generation. Earthquakes interact over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales to generate new events; meanwhile, the coupling of stress interactions with other aseismic processes, such as fluid flow, poroelastic effects, and aseismic slip, may further reduce the frictional strength of faults, triggering more earthquakes. As such, earthquakes are considered a critical phenomenon, exhibiting nonlinearity, self-organized criticality, scaling, clustering, fractal/multifractal structures, and long-range interactions. The analysis of earthquake phenomena in the light of complexity theory is thus ubiquitous, and mathematical tools arising from statistical physics offer a consistent theoretical framework with which to better understand the occurrence of earthquakes. With the significant generation of new data in recent years, these modern tools may provide novel and substantial insights into the physics of earthquakes, with the ultimate aim being to mitigate the risk of earthquakes more effectively.

In a world dealing with the widespread impact of heavy metals on our environment, it is crucial to delve deep into the subject and develop effective strategies. Despite appearing in seemingly harmless concentrations, these metals, which do not break down easily and accumulate in living organisms, pose potential threats to various life forms, including humans. Understanding the intricate details of their presence, pathways, sources, and associated risks in our environment underscores the need for focused research.This reprint is expected to provide valuable insights that will lay the foundation for future research and policy efforts. The combined knowledge of the global scientific community shared in these pages will contribute to a more resilient and sustainable approach to tackling the complex challenges presented by heavy metal pollutants in our environment. Additionally, the reprint will serve as a handy reference for students, scholars, and budding researchers.

Das Rechtsmissbrauchsverbot besitzt im Arbeits- und Gesellschaftsrecht eine große Bedeutung. Beide Bereiche weisen einen besonders lückenhaften Normenbestand auf. Zur Lückenschließung greift die Rechtsprechung regelmäßig auf das Rechtsmissbrauchsverbot zurück. Diese Figur ist zwar seit langem in Lehre und Praxis anerkannt, jedoch besteht bis heute große Unklarheit darüber, unter welchen Voraussetzungen ein Verhalten als rechtsmissbräuchlich anzusehen ist. Dies liegt daran, dass Rechtsmissbrauchskontrollen in der Praxis vielfach derart einzelfallbezogen ausfallen, dass sie keine übergreifenden Argumentationsstrukturen erkennen lassen. Ansgar Kalle leistet einen Beitrag zur Schärfung von Rechtsmissbrauchskontrollen. Hierzu analysiert er anhand zahlreicher Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis, wie das Vorliegen eines Rechtsmissbrauchs begründet werden kann und entwickelt entsprechende Argumentationsmuster.

From the acclaimed author of Netherland (a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the year): the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might change their fortunes.Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the United Kingdom, is a desperate young soccer agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin”—an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Lionel Messi.Narrated in turn by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams, Godwin is a tale of family and migration as well as an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and ugliness of soccer, the perils and promises of international business, and the dark history of transatlantic money-making.As only he can do, Joseph O’Neill investigates the legacy of colonialism in the context of family love, global capitalism, and the dreaming individual.

HELDEN DER GESTADE DES GOTTWALS An den gischtumtosten Gestaden des Gottwals finden sich tapfere Seefahrer, zaubermächtige Tierkriegerinnen und finstere Schrecken aus nachtschwarzen Tiefen und längst vergangenen Tagen, die das ohnehin raue Leben im hohen Norden zu einer wahren Herausforderung machen. In diesem Buch werden zwölf zur Region passende Professionen vorgestellt, darunter die sagenumwobenen Gjalsker Tierkrieger, die schlagkräftigen Premer Kriegerinnen oder die vom Gottwal behüteten Geweihten des Swafnir. Weiterhin sind enthalten: Fokusregeln zur Schifffahrt, den Hochlandspielen der Gjalsker, den Wesenszügen der Thorwaler und Gjalsker, die deinen Helden regionaltypisches Flair verleihen, neue Sonderfertigkeiten, Zauber und Liturgien, sowie die dazu passenden Zauberer- und Geweihtentraditionen, Talent-, Kampf-, Zauber- und Liturgiestile und jede Menge zugehörige erweiterte Sonderfertigkeiten, um deinen Helden mit zusätzlichen Tricks auszustatten, Waffenzauber der Tierkrieger, Zauberrunen der Runenschöpfer und Zaubermelodien der Sangara sowie eine umfassende Rüstkammer mit neuen Waffen und Rüstungen aus der Region. Darunter das Nadertaler Hjalsmesser, die Premer Langaxt, das Gjalsker Barbarenschwert, aber auch besondere Gegenstände wie die Klinge Tyrfing oder göttliche Artefakte wie das Ruderblatt von Jurga Tjalfsdottir und die Rufhörner des Natûru-Gon, die in den sechs ursprünglichen Siedlungen der Gjalsker aufbewahrt werden.

In kaum einem Jahrzehnt lag im West-Berliner Fußball Dramatik, Begeisterung, Enttäuschung, Auf- und Abstieg so nah beieinander wie in den 1970er-Jahren. In beinahe jeder Saison gab es für die Berliner Fußball-Fans Spannung und Herzinfarkt-Atmosphäre bis zum letzten Spieltag. DFB-Pokalendspiele und aufregende Europapokal-Abende mit Hertha BSC, Auf- und Abstiegskämpfe mit Tennis Borussia in der Bundesliga, Endspiele um Deutsche Meisterschaften mit Hertha 03 Zehlendorf.1975/76 rangen gar vier Berliner Vereine im Profifußball um die Gunst des Publikums: Hertha BSC in der Bundesliga, Tennis Borussia, Wacker 04 und der Spandauer SV in der damaligen Zweiten Liga Nord - einmalig. Wenig verwunderlich daher, dass dieser Zeitabschnitt für viele West-Berliner unvergesslich ist. Zugleich gab es eine enorme Identifikation der Berliner mit ihren Teams, was sicherlich auch daran lag, dass viele Akteure ihren Vereinen lange treu blieben: Norbert Stolzenburg, Jürgen Schulz, Uwe Kliemann, Erich Beer, Lorenz Horr, Michael Sziedat oder "Hanne" Weiner, um nur einige zu nennen, haben in ihren Vereinen Legendenstatus. Auch das unerfreulichste Kapitel des Berliner Fußballs wird nicht ausgespart: Der Bundesligaskandal - und das sogar aus ganz persönlicher Betroffenheit des Autors bzw. seines Vaters. Saison für Saison wird jeweils ein Berliner Höhepunkt detailliert unter die Lupe genommen, dazu vermitteln Kommentare und Zitate aus Presse, Funk und Fernsehen das Gefühl einer kleinen Zeitreise durch die Fußball-Welt der Siebziger Jahre.

Touchdown mitten ins HerzPatric Hastings, einst ein gefeierter Quarterback, versucht sein Comeback bei den New Haven Eagles. Schon immer ordnete er dem dem Sport alles unter, vor allem seine Liebesbeziehungen litten darunter. Dann steht plötzlich Tamzin vor ihm. Seine Jugendliebe, der er einst das Herz brach und die er dennoch nie vergessen konnte. Patric versucht sie zurückzugewinnen, muss aber feststellen, dass Tamzin seit der Trennung etwas vor ihm verbirgt: den gemeinsamen Sohn, Tom. Nun muss er sich entscheiden, ob er für den Erfolg alles opfert oder lieber der Mann sein will, der er immer sein wollte.

Tangled in Vow & Beseech vows to remember what we lose and beseeches us to embrace every moment. Throughout, McCabe Johnson writes intimately about family, nature, and animals, while also protesting the violences of religion, patriarchy, and racism. The lyricism of these poems carries the speaker into the "clear slipstream of memory" to "river me home. River me home."-Craig Santos Perez, author of from incorporated territory [åmot], winner of the National Book Award for PoetryThrough an array of poetic forms, Jill McCabe Johnson explores a deep sense of interconnectedness. These lyric tangles help us grapple with a life where the ugliest abuses of person and planet occur alongside a mother's love for her son, the grace of childhood innocence, the anniversary of a first kiss, and the understanding that "in this land" of "dogwood blossom, swordfern and fen" is "everything" we need to "believe." -Derek Sheffield, author of Not for Luck, co-editor of Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, and Poetry Editor of Terrain.org

The origins of the Olympics date back to Ancient Greece as a festival to the god Zeus but remarkably the four year cycle established then is still integral more than 2000 years later. After setting the scene in Olympia, Joanne traces the evolution of the modern games prompted by the endeavours of a Shropshire doctor William Penny Brookes and taken on by Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He steered the modern Olympics through their formative and rocky early editions under his famous mantra " it's not the winning but the taking part". There's the one legged gold medal gymnast, the athlete whose fame persuaded a town to change their name to his and the novice swimmer who'd never seen a full size pool till he made his debut, the Olympics never fail to surprise and enthral. With more than 100 images the book focuses on people and events, the great, the good and the bad over more than a century, revealing some unusual backstories plus many heartwarming and heartbreaking outcomes that linger long in the memory. It's little wonder as we approach Paris 2024 that the Olympics still attract even the most armchair fans worldwide.

This second edition of the well-received Green Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications addresses a diverse selection of topics in green chemistry, highlighting the potential and scope of green chemistry for clean and sustainable development.

Fatfoot: Encounters with a Dooligahl is a quintessential cryptozoology investigation.Neil Frost has spent decades investigating and interacting with the phenomenon of the Australian Hairy Man, developing an intriguing thesis regarding the mammalian identities behind Yowie encounters. Based on observed behavior and biology (both personal observations and those of his community network, nicknamed The Octopus), the author reasons that there are three distinct species involved, all as-yet-undescribed marsupials. Fatfoot introduces us to the Dooligahl, the aggressive Quinkan, and the monkey-like Junjudee. The author's thesis asserts that 'manlike' or 'apelike' characteristics are due to evolutionary convergence, noting that similar biological parallels are found with many other Australian marsupials and their placental lookalikes. In an eminently readable history of his growing awareness of these mystery animals, the author lays out the evidence he has obtained, discusses the issues with gathering evidence (especially at a time when technology was expensive and difficult to obtain), and builds a foundation for future investigation.As a personal record of the author's coming to terms with an inexplicable animal in his own backyard, and ongoing search for scientific answers, Fatfoot serves to inspire both zoological and indigenous anthropological research.

Nanotechnology has made enormous progress over the last few decades, and the current use of nanomaterials is rapidly increasing. As a result, the continuous release of nanomaterials into the air, water, and soil has raised concerns about possible adverse consequences for environmental and human health. This Special Issue pays close attention to the evaluation of nanomaterials' ecotoxicity associated with their occurrence, behavior, fate, and bioavailability. Such an evaluation would be critical for scientists, legislators, business leaders, and the public to understand and develop effective solutions to the potential impacts of nanomaterials.

Bioinformatics is a field of study that integrates biological sciences with computer science. This book is the first of itskind written for students and teachers. It gives the readers an insight into genomics and proteomics including originand history of bioinformatics, computer generations, their types and operating systems, role of PERL and JAVA asprogramming languages, central dogma of molecular biology, with structural details of DNA, RNA, and proteins andfundamental techniques used to study their structures, the database retrieval with PubMed, Entrez, SRS, OMIM,ExPASy, and EMBL, the BLAST and FASTA software packages to determine sequence matches, the computationalmethods for gene prediction, protein sequence databases, Swiss-Prot, PDB, software for visualization of proteinstructure, and the concepts of gene, genome and genomics with the prime role of GenBank, DDBJ, TIGR, KEGGgenomics of bacteriophage to HGP, gene therapy, drug designing and pharmacogenomics. Several web pages withtheir specific URLs are provided that will definitely help readers to interact and learn more about cutting-edgeresearch and visualize complex processes involved in bioinformatics.ContentsIntroductionEvolution of ComputersBiological MacromoleculesBasic Techniques in BioinformaticsBiological DatabasesSequence AlignmentMultiple Sequence AlignmentsComputational Gene PredictionProteomicsGenomics

Water, Our Precious Resource and Its Vital Role in Life and EcosystemsWater is the heartbeat of life on Earth. This clear liquid, which flows in rivers, leaps in clouds, and kisses the peaks of the Himalayas, is more than just a chemical compound. It is the source of life, the carrier of nourishment, and the conductor of Earth's ecosystems. It is hard to imagine what our planet would be like without water, or even if life would be possible.In this introduction, we will highlight the greatness of this precious resource by focusing on two of its important aspects: the importance of water in our lives and its decisive role in ecosystems.The Foundation of Life:· The Lifeblood: About 60% of the human body is made up of water. It keeps our blood flowing, our organs cool, and our cells functioning. We can survive for weeks without food, but our bodies will break down in just a few days without water.· The Source of Nourishment: Water is not just life-giving, but also an important carrier of nourishment. It helps us digest food, absorb nutrients, and transport them to different parts of the body. Water is also the foundation of our food supply by irrigating fields and promoting plant growth.· Cleanliness and Health: Clean water for drinking and household use can protect us from infectious diseases. Water is essential for maintaining hygiene and personal cleanliness. It is the basis of a healthy environment and community well-being.Water's Role in Ecosystems:· The Water Cycle: Water is constantly moving through the Earth's systems, from the oceans to the atmosphere to the land. This cycle is essential for life, as it provides water for plants, animals, and humans.· The Watershed: A watershed is an area of land that drains into a common water body. Watersheds are important for ecosystems, as they provide water for plants and animals and help to regulate the flow of water.· Freshwater Habitats: Freshwater habitats, such as lakes, rivers, and wetlands, are home to a wide variety of plants and animals. These habitats are essential for biodiversity, as they provide food, shelter, and breeding grounds for many species.

Bioinformatics is a field that presents one of the grand challenges of today. The field is faced with a strong demand for immediate solutions, because the genomic and post-genomic data that are being collected harbour many biological insights whose deciphering can be the basis for dramatic scientific and economical success, and is promising to have a large impact on society. Recent developments in molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, and other areas have produced a wealth of experimental data on sequences and three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules. Consequently, the service of various computational methods of analysis to obtain useful information has now turned out to be a major new discipline as Bioinformatics. The Dictionary of Bioinformatics is a vital reference for important terms, offering students and researchers a convenient summary of the core knowledge of the field, with concise and accurate definitions of over 2200 words, phrases, and concepts. This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive guide for anyone involved in bioinformatics, from beginners to experienced professionals, and serves as an essential tool for understanding and interpreting the vast amount of biological data being generated.