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Islam, Europe's Second Religion
Authors: Hunter Shireen T. 
Published: August 2024

Today there are at least 15 million people in Western Europe who adhere to the Muslim faith or have close cultural or other affiliations with the Islamic world. Indeed, in the course of a few decades, Islam has emerged as Europe's second religion, after Christianity. What is remarkable about this phenomenon is that it has occurred gradually, generally peacefully, and, in some measure, as a consequence of the economic needs of European countries.
Despite some difficulties, Islam is slowly but inexorably becoming part of Europe's social, cultural, and, to some degree, political landscape. The question today is not can Islam be uprooted and expelled from European soil, as was done six centuries ago during the period of Reconquista in Spain, but rather what is the best way of accommodating Islam in Europe and establishing cooperative relations between Muslims and the followers of other religious and/or secular value systems. This volume examines the situation and attempts to provide answers to these questions through a country-by-country analysis by recognized experts from each of the Western European nations examined. An invaluable resource and text for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with Islamic and European Studies.
Libraries in the Information Age
Authors: Fourie Denise , Loe Nancy 
Published: August 2024

The bookLibrary Media Connectioncited as something "all librarians need to have on their shelves" is now thoroughly revised for today's 21st-century library environment. Covering both technology and library practices, the title has been a go-to text for librarians and library school students since 2002.
Since the second edition of this must-have book was published in late 2009, libraries have undergone profound changes, primarily linked to advances in technology. We've seen the debut of RDA, the release of new Pew Research library and Internet use data, and the establishment of digital repositories, community MakerSpaces, and "community reads" programs. Of course, libraries have also been affected by the expanding use of social media. This thoroughly updated title addresses all these changes and more, bringing you up to date on the monumental shifts impacting librarianship.
The book is designed to introduce LIS students to the profession, preparing them to enter an exciting and evolving world. It clarifies the changing roles and responsibilities of library professionals, new paradigms for evaluating information, and characteristics and functions of today's library personnel. Among other subjects, chapters cover preparing materials for use, circulation, reference services, ethics in the information age, Internet trends, and job search basics. References, websites, and publications at the end of every chapter point to further resources, and appendices supply information such as policies, the library bill of rights, and the Freedom to Read statement.
Marriage Customs of the World
Authors: Monger George 
Published: August 2024

This book presents a comprehensive overview of global courtship and marriage customs, from ancient history to contemporary society, demonstrating the vast differences as well as the similarities across all of human culture.
This second edition ofMarriage Customs of the Worldexamines historical context, social significance, and current trends and controversies of matrimony in the Western world as well as other cultures. Apart from detailing the ceremonies from specific countries, the book identifies specific elements of the wedding event and discusses them in a comparative manner, showcasing the similarities across cultures.
The new content in this work includes additional information on courtship and how future spouses are found in other cultures; marriage in art, cinema, theater, and poetry; wedding bands; forced marriages and shotgun weddings; New Year's weddings; legislation regarding marriage; and engagement practices. Entries carried over from the first edition have been revised and updated as well. With its broad scope and consideration of contemporary issues alongside historical information, this work will be ideal for high school and undergraduate students; scholars of anthropology, social studies, and history; and general readers.
Military Organizations for Homeland Defense and Smaller-Scale Contingencies
Authors: Stringer Kevin D. 
Published: August 2024

History has often confirmed that it is not superior weapons but superior organizations that are the most effective factor in achieving military success. In light of this consideration, Kevin D. Stringer's new work proposes how the U.S. military can best be restructured to conduct military operations other than war (as they are known in doctrinal terms).. Such reform is central to meeting the demands of homeland defense and smaller-scale contingencies, including nation-building and stability operations. Foreign military formations present models for peace operations, irregular warfare, and other missions, as well as counterterrorism, law enforcement, and border control. The models considered — drawn from tactical units in Britain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Norway, Rhodesia, Russia, and Switzerland — are selected as best practice examples for transforming the U.S. Armed Forces for future missions both at home and abroad.
The author describes the categories of military operations other than war in the context of force structure requirements for homeland defense and irregular warfare. Each chapter aligns foreign tactical organizations with these military operations to identify appropriate formations to enhance the U.S. Army. This issue of future organizational structure is crucial to the debate over the Quadrennial Defense Review, the Pentagon report to Congress on emerging threats, and the future role of the National Guard. Changes in existing force structure will have significant implications for the conduct of stabilization operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as responses by the active and Reserve components to domestic emergencies.
Native North American Religious Traditions
Authors: Paper Jordan 
Published: August 2024

Representative Native American religions and rituals are introduced to readers in a way that respects the individual traditions as more than local curiosities or exotic rituals, capturing the flavor of the living, modern traditions, even as commonalities between and among traditions are explored and explained. This general introduction offers wide-ranging coverage of the major factors—geography, history, religious behavior, and religious ideology (theology)—analyzing select traditions that can be dealt with, to varying degrees, on a contemporary basis.
As current interest surrounding Native American studies continues to grow, attention has often been given to the various religious beliefs, rituals, and customs of the diverse traditions across the country. But most treatments of the subject are cursory and encyclopedic and do not provide readers with the flavor of the living, modern traditions. Here, representative Native American religions and rituals are introduced to readers in a way that respects the individual traditions as more than local curiosities or exotic rituals, even as commonalities between and among traditions are explored and explained. This general introduction offers wide-ranging coverage of the major factors—geography, history, religious behavior, and religious ideology (theology)—analyzing select traditions that can be dealt with, to varying degrees, on a contemporary basis.
Covering such diverse ceremonies as the Muskogee (Creek) Busk, the Northwest Coast Potlatch, the Navajo and Apache menarche rituals, and the Anishnabe (Great Lakes area) Midewiwin seasonal gatherings, Paper takes a comparative approach, based on the study of human religion in general, and the special place of Native American religions within it. His book is informed by perspective gained through nearly fifty years of formal study and several decades of personal involvement, treating readers to a glimpse of the living religious traditions of Native American communities across the country.
Political Parties in Post-Soviet Space
Authors: Kulik Anatoly , Pshizova Susanna 
Published: August 2024

Anatoly Kulik and Susanna Pshizova have compiled an engaging and comprehensive, cross-national study that explores the stormy political developments in the post-Soviet countries. They gathered essays regarding the formation of the various new democratic institutions of Russia, the Baltic States, the Slavic States, and Moldova. The contributors are all distinguished scholars indigenous to their areas of focus; consequently, they are able to provide a true insider's perspective of the political climates of their respective lands. Kulik and Pshizova have organized the studies into seven generously detailed, nation-specific chapters that permit readers to see the individual party systems in both their sub-regional contexts as well as in their national ones.
The Newly Independent States that appeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union faced the necessity of creating their own democratic political systems in the first months of independence. While each state had the same basic task and came out of roughly the same background, each country implemented its own methods of government rule: they each pursued different paths with different outcomes. It is logical to view and study the states as a group, but also necessary to see them as individual governments with individual policies and political cultures.
Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever
Authors: Walker Clinton 
Published: August 2024

Saturday Night Fever is simultaneously one of the biggest-selling albums of all time and one of the most reviled. How can a record create such a polarizing reaction?
Australian writer Clinton Walker attempts to answer that question and finds that, among other things, a certain seemingly unlikely Australianness is part of the reason.
Fever was a supernova for disco, for the Bee Gees, for the domineering Robert Stigwood, producer of the film and its true auteur, and for the entire record business. This book traces all the interdependent convolutions that fed into the film and its music – not least the Australian roots that Stigwood and Gibb brothers shared, which gave them an Otherness and almost gormless, shape-shifting self-determination – and it finds that sometimes great art can be made by a committee ... that sometimes, five songs are enough to change the world.
Perancangan Aplikasi Sewa Online Alat Outdoor Pada Toko Outdoorkris Menggunakan Metode Waterfall
Authors: Putri Funni Marliana , Solehatin Solehatin 
Published: August 2024

Di era digitalisasi banyak perusahaan atau penyewaan barang sudah memanfaatkan aplikasi untuk membantu penyewaan secara online. Saat ini penyewaan yang dilakukan oleh Outdoorkris masih menggunakan sistem manual dan belum terkomputerisasi. Kebanyakan orang gemar melakukan aktifitas outdoor yang tentu saja membutuhkan peralatan outdoor, sehingga kesempatan ini membuka peluang usaha penyewaan alat outdoor menggunakan internet yaitu sistem informasi berbasis web. peran dari pembuatan web ini berpengaruh besar dalam mempromosikan sebuah bisnis agar dapat menarik minat banyak pelanggan dan terlihat lebih meyakinkan untuk dijual.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengembangkan sistem penyewaan di bidang teknologi informasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Waterfall dengan model perancangan dan analisis aplikasi menggunakan model UML (Unified Modeling Language) untuk membantu pendeskripsian dan desain system perangkat lunak, khususnya system yang dibangun menggunakan programing berorientasi objek. Pembuatan dan pengembangan aplikasi menggunakan bahasa pemrograman yaitu Wordpress,CMS (content management system), prototype, plugin WooCommerce, dan MySQL sebagai basis data aplikasi.
Hasil penelitian pada pembuatan aplikasi penyewaan alat outdoor berbasis web ini diharapkan dapat membantu outdoorkriss dalam proses penyewaan alat secara online. Harapannya aplikasi nantinya dapat meningkatkan harga sewa Outdoorkris, mempermudah penyewaan proses pembayaran tagihan serta memudhkan informasi penyewaan barang yang tersedia di Outdoorkriss.
Documentary evidence of urban droughts and their impact in the eastern Netherlands: the cases of Deventer and Zutphen, 1500–1795
Authors: Moerman Dániel Johannes 
Published: August 2024

Abstract. Compared to other parts of Europe, very little is known about pre-instrumental drought periods in the Netherlands. Existing reconstructions are based primarily on data from England, France, and Germany, while more local studies on drought and its impact are still absent. This article thus aims to expand our knowledge of droughts in the Netherlands between 1500 and 1795 by focusing specifically on drought in an urban context to provide a more precise and local idea of the impact and severity of drought. The main case studies are cities in the eastern part of the country, Deventer and Zutphen. Both cities lay in relatively close proximity to each other and share similar geological and hydrological conditions, as well as extensive archives that can be used to gather documentary data regarding historical drought periods. The three primary aims of the article are (1) to examine the potential use of documentary data from the city archives of Deventer and Zutphen for historical drought reconstruction; (2) to establish droughts for both cities on the basis of the year and month or season in which they took place, as well as ranking the droughts according to the impact-based Historical Severity Drought Scale (HSDS); and (3) to compare the data from this analysis with those from other indices. In the end, the article strengthens the need to focus on documentary data from local case studies regarding drought, not only to provide more precise local reconstructions of drought severity compared to regional studies, but also to take into account the long-term effects on urban waterscapes and the provisioning of fresh water.
Touring Absences, Erasures, and Futures in the Unholy Land: A Religiously Literate Diasporic Reading of Palestine/Israel
Authors: Omer Atalia , Moore Diane L. , Rantisi Hilary 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This article examines a decolonial approach to teaching a course on Palestine/Israel involving experiential travel to the region. A decolonial syllabus studies absences, erasures, the multiple intersecting mechanisms and matrices of violence, and alternative futures as they inhabit subordinated pasts (histories) and the present in various activist spaces. We expand on other decolonial learning-in-context by underscoring the need for religious literacy. This is especially urgent because the land is a destination for apocalyptic, messianic, and birthright tourism designed to confirm and reinforce people’s redemptive scripts and fantasies about the land. The objective of the decolonial approach is not “metaphorical.” It is to dismantle the oppression of Palestinians, institute mechanisms for restorative justice, and draw ethical political maps. It is also hermeneutical, denoting the urgent need to dezionize Jewish consciousness. This article centers on those dimensions of our work that engage with pathways for decolonial Jewish political ethics in Palestine.
Preliminary Studies of the Paintings in the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Totma. The Enigmas of the Vologda Raphael
Authors: Будниченко И.Л. , Рогозный М.Г. 
Published: August 2024

Храм Рождества Христова с уникальной, ни на что не похожей архитектурой — жемчужина города Тотьмы. Не менее интересно его внутреннее живописное убранство, до сих пор не ставшее предметом научного исследования. Проводятся первые попытки сопоставить монументальные росписи верхнего храма с живописным наследием одного из самых известных и талантливых вологодских художников XIX века — академика П.С. Тюрина.
The Church of the Nativity of Christ with its unique architecture that looks like nothing else is the pearl of the town of Totma. No less interesting is its interior mural decoration, which has not yet been the subject of scientific research. In this article the first attempts are made to compare the monumental paintings of the upper church with the paintings by Academician Platon Tyurin, one of the most famous and talented 19th- century Vologda artists.
Traditional and Modern Techniques for Stretching the Canvas on a Provisional Stretcher
Authors: Березина А.С. , Борг Ч. 
Published: August 2024

Плоскостные деформации — частая проблема, с которой сталкиваются реставраторы станковой масляной живописи при работе как со старинными, так и с современными картинами. Перепады температуры и влажности, небрежное хранение могут сильно деформировать тканевую основу. Фиксация картины на рабочий подрамник известна с давних пор, это распространенный метод устранения различного рода деформаций. С течением времени усовершенствовались методики, нашли применение новые материалы для решения этой задачи. В статье дается ретроспектива методов фиксации картин, написанных на тканевой основе, на рабочем подрамнике, и проводится сравнительный анализ существующих на данный момент материалов и методик, применяющихся в разных странах мира в музейной реставрации и частной практике.
Planar deformities are a common issue in the field of restoration of oil paintings on canvas, be they antique or modern. Changes to temperature and humidity and improper storage can seriously deform the fabric. Stretching the canvas on a provisional stretcher is a very old and widespread method of resolving such issues. Over time, techniques have been improved and new materials have been used to solve this problem. This article provides a retrospective of methods and a comparative analysis of currently existing methods used in different countries across the world in museum restoration and private practice.
Equaliberty and Human Rights: a Critical Endeavour
Authors: Nikolakakis Nikolaos 
Published: August 2024

This study aims to bring together the destructive and constructive dimension of the critical approach vis-à-vis human rights. As such it aims on one hand to reformulate aspects of the critique of the critical legal and political scholarship, whilst attempting to not give up the language of rights entirely to mainstream liberal discourse. What this paper argues is that the language or rights encompasses the regulatory idea of social transformation against structures of domination that should be in the forefront of any critical legal and political debate. Alongside the reformulation of some aspects of the ‘destructive’ dimension of critical thought, this study aims to bring forward a proposition that based on the original problematization of French philosopher Étienne Balibar attempts to offer an alternative view that goes past the current fragmentation of human rights and most importantly the distinction between freedom and equality. The concept of equaliberty rejects the separation between freedom and equality, the separation between the legal and the real, as well as the confusion between the two forms of property and the two forms of solidarity. The present study’s constructive dimension lies with the examination of the implications for law and politics that the introduction of the concept of equaliberty can bring about for the way we discuss human rights today.
Dinâmica de uso e ocupação do solo gerado pelo desenvolvimento agropecuário e industrial em Açailândia-MA, na Amazônia Oriental Brasileira
Authors: Almeida Júnior Joaquim Paulo de , Sousa Ísis da Rocha , Silva Neto Arabutan Maracaipe da , Silva Marcelo Francisco da , Pereira Filho Jurandir 
Published: August 2024

O Maranhão é o estado brasileiro que faz parte da Amazônia Oriental e possui o menor grau de ocupação do espaço com áreas protegidas gerandoum alto grau de pressão antrópica. Encontra-se entre os estados que mais desmataram a floresta. Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as alterações das paisagens, que levam ao desequilíbrio sistémico ambiental, gerado pelo desenvolvimento agropecuário e industrial no município de Açailândia-MA, localizado na Amazônia Oriental brasileira, utilizando ferramentas de geoprocessamento nos anos de 1990, 2000, 2010 e 2020. Os dados foram adquiridos no Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatísticas (IBGE), Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA), MapBiomas, Imagens do satélite Sentinel-2. Foram construídos mapas de densidade populacional, Índice de Vegetação da Diferença Normatizada (NDVI) e Índice de área verde (IVA). Os resultados demonstram que áreas destinadas a silvicultura sofreram um aumento a partir do ano de 2010, e a Lavouras temporárias foram implementadas significativamente no ano de 2020. A floresta amazônica oriental na região está concentrada em sua maior parte, em áreas de reservas federais, como a do Gurupi. Muito da cobertura vegetal nativa foi perdido, e a atividade antrópica avançou sobre áreas de vegetação natural causando uma mudança no índice de áreas verdes do município.
Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Memengaruhi Niat Masyarakat Untuk Terus Menggunakan Aplikasi Satu Sehat
Authors: Abdurrahman Albantani  
Published: August 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi niat pengguna untuk terus menggunakan sistem e-government pada aplikasi Satu Sehat. Penelitian ini menggunakan model kesuksesan yang dikembangkan oleh Delone dan Mclean dengan alat analisis Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) dengan software pendukung Partial Least Square (PLS). penelitian ini memodifikasi dari model penelitian sebelumnya dengan menambahkan faktor harapan hasil pribadi. Sehingga faktor-faktor pada penelitian ini adalah kualitas sistem, kualitas informasi, kualitas layanan, harapan hasil pribadi, efikasi diri, kepuasan dan niat penggunaan berkelanjutan. Teknik pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner yang dibagikan kepada 329 responden. Namun hanya 300 responden yang memenuhi kriteria yang digunakan pada penelitian ini. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kualitas sistem, kualitas informasi, kualitas layanan dan harapan hasil pribadi secara signifikan berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan pengguna. Sedangkan efikasi diri tidak berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan pengguna. Selanjutnya, kepuasan pengguna secara signifikan merupakan faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap niat pengguna untuk terus menggunakan sistem e-government pada aplikasi Satu Sehat.
AUTOCURATELA
Authors: Romiti Angela Patrício Müller 
Published: August 2024

A autocuratela é expressão máxima da autonomia privada. Através dela pessoa capaz antevendo a possibilidade de situação incapacitante declara por intermédio de mandato preventivo firmado através de escritura pública disposições acerca de sua futura e eventual curatela, a ser posteriormente ratificada – ou não - em processo de interdição assecuratório, ao qual soma-se como elemento decisório. Desconhecida da legislação pátria, porém com contornos doutrinários já importados do direito alienígena, a igualmente denominada autotutela é atualmente incorporada pelo vanguardista código de normas do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Trata-se de importante instrumento face o envelhecimento da população e acometimento frequente de doenças incapacitantes. Eis a importância e finalidade do presente estudo – trazer singela contribuição ao debate sobre aplicação e incorporação do instituto da autocuratela junto à legislação civil.