Balancing the self

Abstract Concepts of ‘balance’ have been central to modern politics, medicine and society. Yet, while many health, environmental and social challenges are discussed globally in terms of imbalances in biological, social and ecological systems, strategies for addressing modern excesses and deficiencies have focused almost exclusively on the agency of the individual. Balancing the Self explor…

Best Practice Examples of Implementing Ecosystem-Based Natural Hazard Risk Ma…

The choice of a natural risk prevention strategy must be considered at the scale of a territory in order to take into account all its components. Since 2015, France has developed integrated natural risk management (INRM) approaches in Alpine territories

Balancing Act: Structural-Functional Circuit Disruptions and Compensations in…

Abstract This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential …

Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities

Keywords water resources; hydrology; sustainable development; urban planning; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere DOI

Beside You in Time

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Bakhtin’s Theory of the Literary Chronotope: Reflections, Applications, Per…

Abstract This edited volume is the first scholarly tome exclusively dedicated to Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of the literary chronotope. This concept, initially developed in the 1930s and used as a frame of reference throughout Bakhtin’s own writings, has been highly influential in literary studies. After an extensive introduction that serves as a ‘state of the art’, the volume is divided…

Bains publics

Abstract With Bains publics, Sophie Richelle offers an original double story. That of the history of communal baths, understood as the places where it was possible to have a wash outside home at a lower cost in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. And that of the historian's quest being conducted. Avec Bains publics, Sophie Richelle propose un double récit original. Celui de l'histoire…

Bainite and Martensite: Developments and Challenges

Abstract The microstructures of both martensite and bainite, although sharing some common features, depict a plethora of subtle differences that made them unique when studied in further detail. Tailoring the final properties of a microstructure based on one or the other as well as in combination with others and exploring more sophisticated concepts, such as Q&P and nanostructured bainite, are …

Berry Crop Production and Protection

Silicon application can improve productivity outcomes for salt stressed plants. Here, we describe how strawberry plants respond to treatments including various combinations of salt stress and nano-silicon dioxide, and assess whether nano-silicon dioxide improves strawberry plant tolerance to salt stress

Baffin Island

Abstract A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the _golden age_ of federal research. In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canada's Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources travelled to Baffin to study glacial geomorphology and glaciolog…