The role of LEGO in numeracy development: A case study

in Xu, Shuang Shuang; Marsico, Giuseppina (Eds.) Where culture grows: Social ecology of a Chinese kindergarten (2021)

Entwicklungslinien internationaler und komparativer Inklusionsforschung

in Köpfer, Andreas; Powell, Justin J W; Zahnd, Raphael (Eds.) International Handbook of Inclusive Education: Global, National and Local Perspectives (2021)

In diesem Handbuch wird das Augenmerk auf globale, regionale und lokale Fragestellungen Inklusiver Bildung gerichtet. Inklusive Bildung kann dabei als weltweites Paradigma bezeichnet werden, mit dem ... [more ▼]

In diesem Handbuch wird das Augenmerk auf globale, regionale und lokale Fragestellungen Inklusiver Bildung gerichtet. Inklusive Bildung kann dabei als weltweites Paradigma bezeichnet werden, mit dem Teilhabe und Partizipation sowie Prozesse des Ein- und Ausschlusses in Bildungskontexten und darin eingelagerte Barrieren sowie Diskriminierungen in den Blick genommen werden. Politisch-normative Setzungen Inklusiver Bildung – u.a. durch die UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention (UN-BRK) (UN 2006) – werden derzeit in bildungspolitischer Hinsicht national, regional und lokal aufgegriffen und daran anschließend Prozesse der Steuerung in Bildungssystemen initiiert. Inklusion kann dabei als "fuzzy concept" (Artiles/Dyson 2005: 43) beschrieben werden, das sich dadurch auszeichnet, dass es auf nationaler und regionaler Ebene in differenten historisch entwickelten, kulturell ausgeprägten sowie normativ und rechtlich fundierten Bil- dungssystemen aufgenommen und in die Praxis übersetzt bzw. transformiert werden muss. In den deutschsprachigen Bildungs- und Erziehungswissenschaften ist Inklusive Bildung zu einem interdisziplinären Leitbegriff avanciert, der insbesondere in der Schulpädagogik, der Sonderpädagogik und der Allgemeinen Erziehungswissenschaft diskutiert wird, allerdings auch hier mit unterschiedlichen Vorstellungen. Trotz globaler Relevanz stellen internationale und komparative Fragestellungen im Kontext Inklusiver Bildung bislang im deutschsprachigen wie internationalen Diskurs ein unzureichend bearbeitetes Forschungsfeld dar – insbesondere mit Blick auf international und interkulturell vergleichende Forschungsarbeiten. Vor diesem Hintergrund sind in diesem Handbuch Beiträge versammelt, die das Feld der internationalen, interkulturellen und komparativen Forschung schärfen und Inklusive Bildung – anschließend an die Diskurslinien der Disability Studies – als Prozess der Beseitigung von Barrieren und Benachteiligungen in Bildungssystemen und -organisationen verstehen. Dementsprechend werden Prozesse der Exklusion und Aussonderung sowie der Unterstützung und Inklusion mit besonderer Berücksichtigung komparativer Perspektiven analysiert, wobei unterschiedliche Dimensionen von Heterogenität und deren Intersektionalität, insbesondere mit Blick auf marginalisierte und von Exklusion bedrohter Personengruppen, berücksichtigt werden. Aufgrund der disziplinären Verortung der Autor*innen – v.a. in der Erziehungswissenschaft und Soziologie – und deren Beschäftigung mit Behinderungen und Benachteiligungen, rückt die Differenzlinie Behinderung bzw. „behindert werden“ in den Vordergrund. [less ▲]

Resilienz im Kontext von Migration und Flucht

in Ringeisen, Tobias; Genkova, Petia; Leong, Frederick T. L. (Eds.) Handbuch Stress und Kultur: Interkulturelle und kulturvergleichende Perspektiven (2021)

Im Rahmen von Migration ergibt sich insbesondere für Geflüchtete ein erhöhtes Risiko von ungünstigen Entwicklungen und Adaptationsverläufen, da sie nicht nur mit allgemeinen Herausforderungen der ... [more ▼]

Im Rahmen von Migration ergibt sich insbesondere für Geflüchtete ein erhöhtes Risiko von ungünstigen Entwicklungen und Adaptationsverläufen, da sie nicht nur mit allgemeinen Herausforderungen der Anpassung an einen neuen kulturellen Kontext konfrontiert sind, sondern auch mit spezifischen Erfahrungen im Herkunftsland oder auf der Flucht, die potentiell traumatisch sein können. Dennoch zeigen sich signifikante psychische Beeinträchtigungen in der Folge nur bei einem Teil der Geflüchteten. Das Konzept der Resilienz, das in den letzten Jahren nicht nur in Bereichen der klinischen Psychologie, sondern auch in der entwicklungspsychologischen Forschung und verwandten Disziplinen zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen hat, scheint besonders fruchtbar, um solche interindividuellen Unterschiede im Umgang mit Flucht- und Migrationserfahrungen zu erforschen. Nach einer kurzen Einführung in die Arten der Migration und damit zusammenhängende Herausforderungen befasst sich der vorliegende Beitrag mit Resilienz im Kontext von Migration und Flucht, wobei eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit stark auf individuelle Faktoren fokussierten Konzeptualisierungen angestrebt und eine stärker systemische Sichtweise vorgeschlagen wird, wie sie auch neueren Ansätzen zur psychologischen Resilienz entspricht. [less ▲]

The legacy of intimate partner violence in heterosexual and gay (LGBTQ) communities. New challenges for the family doctor.

in Baum, Erika; Ungan, Mehmet; Steylaerts, Carl (Eds.) The World Book of Family Medicine (2020)

The “classic” gender violence of the heterosexual couples has left a painful legacy to the LGBT community. Recent researches show that rates of IPV in LGBT are similar to or higher than the rates found ... [more ▼]

The “classic” gender violence of the heterosexual couples has left a painful legacy to the LGBT community. Recent researches show that rates of IPV in LGBT are similar to or higher than the rates found for heterosexual women. Though hardly worked, it seems to be that existing approach programs turn out to be incomplete and insufficient to address this problem in heterosexual women, being practically unknown in sexual minorities. The greater part of health professionals seems to have a vague and unclear knowledge of many basic LGBTQ+ concepts and specific health needs (social isolation, substance abuse, eating disorders, intimate partner violence, cancer prevention, etc...) The reality is that most of nowadays family physicians are not conscious nor trained to identify no manage the differences in professional help need between sexual minorities and heterosexual patients. [less ▲]

Le cadre familial et socio-professionnel des légionnaires luxembourgeois de la Première Guerre mondiale

in Camarda, Sandra; Reinert, François; Sauer, Arnaud (Eds.) et al Légionnaires: Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France (2020)

Michel Schmit : le parcours d'un Luxembourgeois engagé

in Camarda, Sandra; Reinert, François; Sauer, Arnaud (Eds.) et al Légionnaires: Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France (2020)

Edmond Célestin Grethen

in Camarda, Sandra; Sauer, Arnaud; Scuto, Denis (Eds.) et al Légionnaires : Parcours de Guerre et de Migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France (2020)

Self-Regulation of Fundamental Rights? The EU Code of Conduct on Hate Speech, Related Initiatives and Beyond

in Ojanen, Tuomas; Petkova, Bilyana (Eds.) Fundamental Rights Protection Online: the Future Regulation of Intermediaries (2020)

This contribution will give a brief overview of EU legislation encouraging self-regulation, such as codes of conduct, communications and recommendations and propose an alternative approach towards ... [more ▼]

This contribution will give a brief overview of EU legislation encouraging self-regulation, such as codes of conduct, communications and recommendations and propose an alternative approach towards fighting illegal content on online platforms, which ventures squarely into co-regulation. There is no formal and straightforward definition on what constitutes illegal hate speech. However, hate speech might be classified as targeting minority groups in a way that promotes violence or social disorder and hatred. The use of social media and online platforms to spread illegal content and hate speech has increased progressively during recent years, as content may be disseminated anonymously and further shared by other users. Therefore, the timely removal or blocking of access to illegal content is essential to limit the wider dissemination and harm of individuals targeted by hate speech. The prominent role of online platforms in revolutionizing modern communication and as influencers of the public opinion has increasingly come to the attention of policy makers. Since online platforms provide an important stage for phenomena such as ‘fake news’, ‘hate speech’ or ‘disinformation’, the pressure to take more responsibility over content hosted by them has grown. The EU Commission took action via several attempts to set certain rules for online intermediaries, mostly relying on non-binding agreements, often in the form of self-regulatory measures, such as codes of conduct, guidelines and recommendations. These measures have raised concerns regarding possible limitations of Freedom of Expression, because they require online platforms to adjudicate on the legality of content, often by relying on automated systems. Meanwhile decisions over the unlawfulness of hate speech and “disinformation” are often notoriously difficult. The deployment of algorithms to analyse the content generated on platforms, such as recognition and filtering technologies, bear risks and pitfalls of automated compliance solutions. Although the use of algorithms to monitor content online still happens based on the “human-in-the-loop principle”, the diligence and efficiency with which illegal content can be reviewed is also dependent on the financial capacity and resources of each company. In addition, these privatized removal procedures maybe influenced by commercial interests and lack effective appeals mechanisms. All these issues throw up serious questions about the democratic legitimacy of self-regulatory removal procedures An alternative solution, proposed in this article, would require platforms to apply a risk-based approach to preventing and removing illegal content. The norms and standards of such an approach would be based on duty of care and be subject to regulatory oversight. It is suggested that the current self-regulatory proposals be replaced by co-regulatory solutions. [less ▲]

Crowned Heads and Succession Crises : The Design and Reception of Bernard Gui’s Arbor genealogiae regum francorum

in Augustyn, Wolfgang; Worm, Andrea (Eds.) Visualisieren – Ordnen – Aktualisieren. Geschichtskonzepte des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit im Bild (2020)

Bernard Gui is known for his career as an inquisitor but he was also a prolific historian. His illustrated genealogical tree of the kings of France, revised over several decades in the early 14th c ... [more ▼]

Bernard Gui is known for his career as an inquisitor but he was also a prolific historian. His illustrated genealogical tree of the kings of France, revised over several decades in the early 14th c., foregrounds the anxieties and crises that affected the end of the direct Capetian line by stressing a single line of male succession. However, the reception of Bernard's Arbor in Avignon stresses the opposing idea, suggesting that genealogies are complex, discontinuous and multiple. [less ▲]

Migration, remittances, and child education in Ghana. Evidence from a longitudinal study

in Konte, Maty; Linguère Mously, Mbaye (Eds.) Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa (2020)

Evidence on the time-varying effects of migration, remittances, and child education in African contexts remains scarce. This study employs panel data to examine educational outcomes – school enjoyment ... [more ▼]

Evidence on the time-varying effects of migration, remittances, and child education in African contexts remains scarce. This study employs panel data to examine educational outcomes – school enjoyment, and class ranking – of children whose parents migrated internally or internationally and who received in-kind remittances, monetary remittances, or both. The data were collected in 2013, 2014, and 2015 on a panel of school-going children and youths aged from 12 to 21 in two urban areas with high out-migration rates in Ghana: Kumasi and Sunyani (N = 741). The panel includes children of both migrant and non-migrant parents. Results indicate dynamic patterns of sending remittances over years, with preferences converging toward sending both in-kind and monetary remittances by internal and international migrant parents. Overall, the education of children benefits when they receive both in-kind and monetary remittances. The positive effects are further enhanced when remittances are directly invested in child education. The absence of remittances has more negative effects on child education, especially for girls. This study gives a more nuanced understanding of the dynamic and intertwined associations between parental migration, remittances, and the education of children in transnational families. [less ▲]

«Property States» and the Financialization of Urban Development

in Hertweck, Florian (Ed.) Architecture on Common Ground The Question of Land: Positions and Models (2020)

The process of globalization of the economy and society has fundamentally changed the realities of life in cities in recent decades. Technological innovations in data processing allowed current trends ... [more ▼]

The process of globalization of the economy and society has fundamentally changed the realities of life in cities in recent decades. Technological innovations in data processing allowed current trends such as digitalization or the platform economy to gain momentum. Financialisation and its imprint on real estate markets has made land becoming increasingly included in the sphere of the global exchange economy, as an asset. The mobilization of financial assets is followed by the large-scale valuation of real estate; as a consequence, local lifeworlds are subject to heightened pressure to achieve high rates of return. The chapter discusses the implications of these developments for urban development and sheds light on the particular role of property in two small states: Luxembourg and Singapore. The rather distinct role of the state in either facilitating profit or ensuring access to public housing (at least for some) is reflected in the notion of 'property states'. [less ▲]

Current Data Protection Regulations and Case Law in Greece

in Cortez, Kiezow (Ed.) Data Protection Around the World (2020)

Euroregion

in Wassenberg, Birte; Reitel, Bernard (Eds.) Critical Dictionary on Cross-Border Cooperation in Europe (2020)

Euroregion (also Euregio, Euroregion, Europaregion) designates a category of territorial organisations gathering subnational public authorities along adjacent national border(s). This community of ... [more ▼]

Euroregion (also Euregio, Euroregion, Europaregion) designates a category of territorial organisations gathering subnational public authorities along adjacent national border(s). This community of interest provides a platform for cross-border exchange along with dialogue and projects between local and/or regional authorities. Its geographical coverage is defined by its members, either based on the extent of cross-border, socio-economic integration or on administrative units. A Euroregion is oriented towards the interests of the cross-border community rather than the interests of each individual member. Its activities are circumscribed to the field of competencies held by its members. A Euroregion therefore does not represent a genuine administrative level. Fields of cooperation cover mostly planning, environment, transport, education, culture. [less ▲]

Rampini, Asca

in Thill, Jean (Ed.) Luxemburger Musiklexikon (2020)

Reflections on our teaching activities in the initial teacher training during the COVID-19 crisis: From “onsite classes” to “schooling at home”

in Mein, Georg; Pause, Johannes (Eds.) Self and Society in the Corona Crisis: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences (2020)

The COVID-19 public health crisis and the subsequent confinement induced a series of profound changes to teaching and learning in education all over the world (Lancker and Parolin 2020). Mid-March 2020 ... [more ▼]

The COVID-19 public health crisis and the subsequent confinement induced a series of profound changes to teaching and learning in education all over the world (Lancker and Parolin 2020). Mid-March 2020, the University of Luxembourg also switched from on-campus classes to schooling at home for all courses. This transition was more or less smooth for the teaching staff and the students. In this paper, we present our reflections, as lecturers in the “Bachelor en Sciences de l’Éducation”, on how we adapted three courses and the internships, which could not happen as usual. We describe and discuss which aspects of our teaching approaches and the settings within which we have been working so far, might have contributed to a rather successful response to the current health crisis. The insights gained via these forced changes are discussed in terms of lessons learned for future instructional design decisions. [less ▲]

Chapters on European and Comparative Consumer Law

in Fenouillet, Dominique (Ed.) Dalloz Action - Droit de la consommation (2020)

Approche socioéconomique de la mobilité des travailleurs frontaliers : entre condition, contrainte et ressource

in Hamez, Grégory; Defays, Jean-Marc (Eds.) Réalités, perceptions et représentations des frontières. L'espace transfrontalier de la Grande Région Sarre-Lor-Lux. (2020)

Mobility of work is a multidimensional concept. It may concern a movement inside a professional career (promotion…), but also a geographical move. In the economic literature, mobility is analyzed as ... [more ▼]

Mobility of work is a multidimensional concept. It may concern a movement inside a professional career (promotion…), but also a geographical move. In the economic literature, mobility is analyzed as either a condition for the realization of a self-regulating market, or a constraint showing the instability of employment on the external markets, or even a resource for the professional development of the workers, the growth of the firms and the territories. Empirical studies of cross-border work tend to temper these theoretical analyses. The characteristics of workers and context elements have actually to be taken into account in order to better understand mobility. [less ▲]

Introducing aspects of transformative justice to the International Criminal Court through plea negotiation

in Fraser, Julie; Leyh, Brianne McGonigle (Eds.) Intersections of law and culture at the International Criminal Court (2020)

Penetration of Union Law into the Space Sector

in Petrlik, David; Bobek, Michal; Passer, Jan (Eds.) et al Evolution des rapports entre les ordres juridiques de l'union européenne, international et nationaux (2020)

The chapter deals with the evolution of the space competence of the European Union and its interpretation. It analyses the complex relation of the EU to the ESA, and presents national legislation of EU ... [more ▼]

The chapter deals with the evolution of the space competence of the European Union and its interpretation. It analyses the complex relation of the EU to the ESA, and presents national legislation of EU member States. [less ▲]

Die Deutschordenskommende in der Stadt Luxemburg im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert

in Sarnowsky, Jürgen (Ed.) Studies on the Military Orders, Prussia, and Urban History: Essays in honour of Roman Czaja on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Beiträge zur Ritterordens-, Preussen- und Städteforschung. Festschrift für Roman Czaja zum 60. Geburtstag (2020)

Geschichte der Niederlassung des Deutschen Ordens in der Stadt Luxemburg im 14. und 15. Jh., insbesondere ihres Besitzes und ihrer Einkünfte anhand des Zionsregisters von 1457-58

Flexible language use in multilingual early childhood education in Luxembourg: Reflecting on its nature and functions

in Panagiotopoulou, Argyro; Rosen, Lisa; Strzykala, Jenna (Eds.) Inclusion, Education, and Translanguaging: How to Promote Social Justice in (Teacher) Education? (2020)

An inclusive translanguaging pedagogy aims to promote learning and participation by drawing on the learners’ entire semiotic repertoire. The focus of this chapter are the translanguaging practices of four ... [more ▼]

An inclusive translanguaging pedagogy aims to promote learning and participation by drawing on the learners’ entire semiotic repertoire. The focus of this chapter are the translanguaging practices of four early years practitioners in Luxembourg. We analyse the deployment of their linguistic repertoire, their reasons for translanguaging, and the ways in which their practices contributed to inclusion and participation. We found that the practices comprised using linguistic resources dynamically, translating, and ‘home languaging,’ and depended on the practitioners’ pedagogical stance. We argue that multilingual practices need to be embedded in a reflexive translanguaging pedagogy in order to enhance inclusion. [less ▲]

Early Language Education in Luxembourg

in Schwartz, Mila (Ed.) Handbook of Early Language Education (2020)

This chapter examines recent language education laws in Luxembourg as well as the ways in which early years practitioners appropriated the new policies and put them into practice. The chapter begins with ... [more ▼]

This chapter examines recent language education laws in Luxembourg as well as the ways in which early years practitioners appropriated the new policies and put them into practice. The chapter begins with a brief introduction of the linguistic landscape in Luxembourg and a summary of the dynamic development of the country’s early childhood education system. Special emphasis is put on recent changes in language education policies, which call for a more inclusive and multilingual early language education. Monolingual practices now need to open up to flexible language use and offer children opportunities to capitalize on their entire semiotic repertoire for communicating, meaning-making, and learning. The central concerns of this chapter are the ways in which policy changes influence educational practices in formal and non-formal settings and how professional development shapes this process. In order to address these questions, the authors review literature on language education policy, translanguaging and professional development and examine studies on early language education in Luxembourg. Next, they discuss recent initiatives of professional development in formal and non-formal early years settings as well as their outcomes. Finally, they present critical issues such as the practitioners’ reflexivity and responsibility and the sustainability of professional development. Future research directions include family language policies, partnerships between families and early childhood institutions and children’s languaging practices inside and across these institutions. [less ▲]

Research on Physical Education and School sport in Europe - Introduction

in Naul, Roland; Scheuer, Claude (Eds.) Research on Physical Education and School Sport in Europe (2020)

La protection des droits fondamentaux au Luxembourg : Le rôle des institutions nationales des droits de l'homme et de la société civile

in Gerkrath, Jörg (Ed.) La défense des droits et libertés au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (2020)

Corona and the Media

in Mein, Georg; Pause, Johannes (Eds.) Self and Society in the Corona Crisis (2020)

Luxembourg: Conflict of Qualification and partnership income: autonomous and common interpretation

in Lang, Michael; Rust, Alexander; Owens, Jeffrey (Eds.) et al Tax Treaty Case Law Around the Globe 2019 (2020)

The dispute giving rise to the judgment discussed in this chapter concerns treaty interpretation in the presence of deviating national definitions of business income and thus touches upon a number of long ... [more ▼]

The dispute giving rise to the judgment discussed in this chapter concerns treaty interpretation in the presence of deviating national definitions of business income and thus touches upon a number of long-standing questions surrounding the meaning of article 3(2) of the OECD Model, the importance of common interpretation, and the resolution of qualification conflicts. The issue concerned arose from a different qualification, under domestic law, of the income earned by limited partnerships engaged in private asset management activity: while the income in question was treated as interest and capital gains from a German perspective, Luxembourg’s domestic law applied a legal fiction which resulted in it being treated as business income. In the case, Luxembourg’s highest administrative court (Cour administrative, hereinafter the “Court”) took advantage of Luxembourg and German case law, scholarship and the common legislative heritage of both countries in order to resolve the different income classification under each country’s domestic law. The court did not, however, make use of the Commentary on the OECD Model in this instance. [less ▲]

Räumliche Transformationen: Prozess, Ziel, Leitbild?

in Lange, Bastian; Hülz, Martina; Schmid, Benedikt (Eds.) et al Postwachstumsgeographien. Raumbezüge diverser und alternativer Ökonomien (2020)

Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, räumliche Transformation in die Debatte um raum- und planungsbezogene Leitbilder einzuordnen. Ausgangspunkt ist die sehr heterogene und im Zeit-ablauf wechselhafte ... [more ▼]

Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, räumliche Transformation in die Debatte um raum- und planungsbezogene Leitbilder einzuordnen. Ausgangspunkt ist die sehr heterogene und im Zeit-ablauf wechselhafte, gelegentlich opportunistische Praxis der Formulierung planungsbezo-gener Paradigmen und Leitbilder. Sie folgt zwar spezifischen Problemwahrnehmungen, ist aber auch abhängig von temporären Moden, Konjunkturen und Konstrukten. Die erkenntnis-leitende Frage ist, inwieweit Transformation Leitbildcharakter hat, und wenn ja, worin sich dies äußert: in analytischer, normativer und prozeduraler Hinsicht. Ist das Leitbild allgemein (generell) oder spezifisch ausgerichtet – was ist seine konkrete Zielformulierung? Oder ist Transformation primär als prozedurale Richtschnur zu verstehen, als Metapher zur kollektiven Mobilisierung von Wandel, dessen Inhalte im Schatten partizipativer Prozesse stehen? Der Charme von Transformation liegt womöglich darin, dass dieser Begriff eine an-gemessen differenzierte Vorstellung von evolutionären gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen bietet. Ob es zum Konzept reicht, um intendierten Wandel auf robuste Weise anzuleiten – oder ob sein Mehrwert schlicht darin liegt, Realität zu „verzaubern“ (Tom Sieverts) – wird im Beitrag diskutiert. [less ▲]

Zur Wachstumsfixiertheit der Europäischen Union. Ein Diskussionsbeitrag

in Schulz, Christian; Lange, Bastian; Hülz, Martina (Eds.) et al Postwachstumsgeographien. Raumbezüge diverser und alternativer Ökonomien (2020)

Το Επιλεκτικό Πλεονέκτημα

in Christianos, Vasileios; Rodopoulos, Michail (Eds.) Δίκαιο Κρατικών Ενισχύσεων (2020)

Les exceptions à la règle de l’Etat de droit: déroger aux droits fondamentaux en période de crise?Cahiers Jean Monnet, Actes des ateliers doctoraux « L’état de droit », Centre d'Excellence Europe Capitole

in Cahiers Jean Monnet, Actes des ateliers doctoraux « L’état de droit », Centre d'Excellence Europe Capitole (2020)

Le rapport Werner en suspens. Les débats autour de l'Union économique et monétaire en 1973

in Wilkens, Andreas (Ed.) Une année particulière: 1973 et les tourments de l'Europe (2020)

Tax Procedures in Luxembourg

in Tax Procedures (2020)

This contribution provides an overview of Luxembourg tax procedures and answers a number of questions regarding the administrative law principles governing the collection of taxation, audit, and appeals ... [more ▼]

This contribution provides an overview of Luxembourg tax procedures and answers a number of questions regarding the administrative law principles governing the collection of taxation, audit, and appeals procedures. It was prepared as a contribution to the 2019 Annual Congress of the European Association of Tax Law Professors, which was devoted to tax procedures. [less ▲]

Blockchain and GS1 Standards in the Food Chain: A Review of the Possibilities and Challenges

in Building the Future of Food Safety Technology, 1st Edition, Blockchain and Beyond (2020)

The globalization of food systems has engendered significant changes to the operation and structure of food supply chains (FSCs). Alongside increasing consumer demands for safe and sustainable food ... [more ▼]

The globalization of food systems has engendered significant changes to the operation and structure of food supply chains (FSCs). Alongside increasing consumer demands for safe and sustainable food products, FSCs are challenged with issues related to information transparency and consumer trust. Uncertainty in matters of transparency and trust arises from the growing information asymmetry between food producers and food consumers. In particular: how and where food is cultivated, harvested, processed, and under what conditions. FSCs are tasked with guaranteeing the highest standards in food quality and food safety-ensuring the use of safe and authentic ingredients, limiting product perishability, and mitigating the risk of opportunism such as quality cheating or falsification of information. A sustainable, food-secure world will require multidirectional sharing of information and enhanced information symmetry between food producers and food consumers. The need for information symmetry will drive transformational changes in FSCs methods of practice and will require a coherent standardized framework of best practice recommendations to manage logistic units in the food chain A standardized framework will enhance food traceability, drive FSC efficiencies, enable data interoperability, improve data governance practices, and set supply chain identification standards for products and assets (what), exchange parties (who), locations (where), business processes (why) and sequence (when). FSCs began to adopt industry-driven supply chain standards in 1974 when the first barcode was scanned at a point-of-sale at Marsh's Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. However, the adoption of standards alone will not adequately address the challenges created by the information asymmetry between food producers and food consumers. Therefore, this paper examines the integration of GS1 standards with the functional components of Blockchain technology as an approach to realize a coherent standardized framework of industry-based tools for successful FSC transformation. [less ▲]

The ITU Facing the Emergence of the Internet, 1960s–Early 2000s

in Fickers, Andreas; Balbi, Gabriele (Eds.) History of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (2020)

The development of data networks was based on the technical convergence of two worlds in the 1960s: telecommunications and computing. The ITU was thereby involved early on through the Consultative ... [more ▼]

The development of data networks was based on the technical convergence of two worlds in the 1960s: telecommunications and computing. The ITU was thereby involved early on through the Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy (CCITT, now known as ITU- T) in the debates concerning transport protocols that arose from the 1970s. At the CCITT, telecommunications’ representatives decided in favour of virtual circuits, which enjoyed a long lifespan. Nevertheless, this choice diverged from the one made by the Arpanet’s researchers, and later the Internet’s community. Faced by the success of Internet and a new model of technical decisions and governance arising within the Internet community, which was openly divergent from the standardization previously at work, the ITU generated strong criticism at the end of the 1990s and at the beginning of the 2000s when it tried to enter the Internet field. The ITU then sought to restore its techno-diplomatic role through multi-stakeholderism, of which the World Summit on the Information Society (2003 and 2005) marked a crucial step. By crossing organizational archives, CCITT and ITU reports, oral history, press materials and web archives, this chapter will show how the ITU dealt with the transition from a well-recognized and salient techno-diplomatic role - partly due to the telecommunications’ monopolies- to a more peripheral position during the deregulation and the growth of the Internet. [less ▲]

Lockdown strategies, mobility patterns and COVID-19

in Covid Economics - Vetted and Real-Time Papers (2020)

Scrivere per ricordare

in Cicotti, Claudio; Portante, Jean; Radicati, Stella (Eds.) Diamo forma alla vita (2020)

Accommodation of non-nationals in Luxembourg

in Klos, Agnieszka; Misiuna, Jan; Pachocka, Marta (Eds.) et al Connecting the European Union of shared aims, freedoms, values and responsibilities. European Union and its values: freedom, solidarity, democracy (2020)

In the space of less than 150 years, the population of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, more than doubled, which is largely attributable to immigration. Today, almost half of the population are foreigners ... [more ▼]

In the space of less than 150 years, the population of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, more than doubled, which is largely attributable to immigration. Today, almost half of the population are foreigners. The authors argue that that the current immigration policy of Luxembourg is based on a strategy of accommodation. They identify three major pillars of this strategy. The first pillar creates conditions favourable to adaptation with the host society. The second pillar brings liberal provisions for naturalization, and the third one offers an open and generous admission of refugees [less ▲]

The Difficult Construction of European Banking Union: Introduction

in Howarth, David; Schild, Joachim (Eds.) The Difficult Construction of European Banking Union (2020)

Banking Union represents one of the most important developments in European integration since the launch of Monetary Union. Furthermore, the design of the Banking Union agreed between 2012 and 2014 was a ... [more ▼]

Banking Union represents one of the most important developments in European integration since the launch of Monetary Union. Furthermore, the design of the Banking Union agreed between 2012 and 2014 was a messy compromise among European Union (EU) member states. It is not surprising then that Banking Union has sparked a lively academic debate and triggered an ever-growing number of publications from different disciplinary backgrounds. This edited volume is located at the intersection of two major waves of academic research on Banking Union. The first wave of academic work focuses upon the economic rationale underpinning the supranationalisation of control over banking—regulation, supervision, support and resolution—and the political dynamics and legal issues that shaped the design of the Banking Union agreed. This literature focuses upon Banking Union’s foundational phase between 2012 and 2014 when the major texts enshrining Banking Union in law were negotiated and adopted. The second stage of academic research analyses the functioning of the different elements of Banking Union. New research questions have been triggered by the—albeit limited—empirical evidence on the operation of the supranational supervision and resolution of banks. Contributions to this second wave of Banking Union-related research attempt to identify potentially dangerous lacunae and contribute to on-going reform debates. This edited volume brings together the work of sixteen scholars focused on the political, legal and economic debates surrounding the construction and operation of Banking Union, and its necessary reform. [less ▲]

Translanguaging practices in early childhood education in Luxembourg

in Kirsch, Claudine; Duarte, Joana (Eds.) Multilingual approaches for teaching and learning. From acknowledging to capitalizing on multilingualism in European mainstream education. (2020)

Calls for multilingual pedagogies have reached early childhood education and some programmes have been implemented in Europe. However, their focus frequently remains on the majority language and home ... [more ▼]

Calls for multilingual pedagogies have reached early childhood education and some programmes have been implemented in Europe. However, their focus frequently remains on the majority language and home languages are given little space. For multilingual programmes to be inclusive and empowering, professionals need to break with monolingual practices based on monolingual ideologies. The resource-oriented pedagogy of translanguaging which challenges hegemonic practices, is one way in which professionals can give space to all languages, leverage children’s resources and contribute to their development. The present chapter presents the findings of a professional development on multilingual pedagogies in Luxembourg. Data stem from observations, video-recorded activities and interviews with four practitioners, two working in a formal education setting and two in a non-formal one. The findings show that the practitioners developed a positive stance towards translanguaging and multilingual education, learned to design a child-centred and holistic multilingual learning environment and used languages flexibly, deploying translation, code-switching and translanguaging. This dynamic language use facilitated communication, participation, language learning and well-being. There were differences between the practitioners’ flexible language use. The professionals in the school did not use pair talk, made less use of code-switching and used languages more strategically and responsibly than the caregivers in the crèche. [less ▲]

Introduction: multilingual approaches to teaching and learning

in Kirsch, Claudine; Duarte, Joana (Eds.) Multilingual approaches for teaching and learning. From acknowledging to capitalising on multilingualism in European mainstream education (2020)

In the wake of the increasing societal diversity in Europe, it is imperative that teachers reflect on their teaching approaches and adjust them to cater for the growing number of multilingual pupils. This ... [more ▼]

In the wake of the increasing societal diversity in Europe, it is imperative that teachers reflect on their teaching approaches and adjust them to cater for the growing number of multilingual pupils. This introductory chapter outlines the monolingual mindset and language hierarchies that still exist in European education systems, and explains these are a result of the nation-forming movements of the nineteenth century. Next, four types of language instruction are presented: foreign language instruction; second language pedagogy; bilingual/monoglossic instruction; and plurilingual/heteroglossic instruction. The chapter continues with different types of multilingual approaches in mainstream educational settings that capitalise on multilingualism for teaching and learning, among them intercomprehension and translanguaging. Having explained these, the chapter explores the importance of partnerships with parents, professional development, and language policies because these actors and factors contribute to the effectiveness and sustainability of the approaches. The chapter concludes with a presentation of the structure of this volume as well as of the individual chapters. [less ▲]

Exploring Affect in Stop Frame Animation

in Toohey, Kelleen; Smythe, Suzanne; Dagenais, Diane (Eds.) et al Transforming Language and Literacy Education: New Materialism, Posthumanism, and Ontoethics (2020)

The text explores affect as it unfolded for Master students, co-authoring this article, while engaging with personally meaningful objects, making their first animation movie, and reflecting on this ... [more ▼]

The text explores affect as it unfolded for Master students, co-authoring this article, while engaging with personally meaningful objects, making their first animation movie, and reflecting on this process in the light of new materialist theories. The text is an experiment, emerging from a collective process of living animation making, and intensely discussing, co-thinking and co-writing about this experience. The text attempts to make tangible this complex process, and it aims to share with the reader the potential of animation making as a source of affect, emerging from a temporary assemblage of people and things joint in co-creation and co-agentive collaboration, driven by affective intensities. It aims, furthermore, to recommend animation making as a powerful tool to put in motion learners and learning about materiality, time, space, and our connections with things and people, spurred by affect as a driving force that pushes us towards discovery. The text ultimately seeks to propose an approach towards learning and understanding literacy that takes impetus and grounding from the forces of living, open to the unforeseen and unpredictable, and based in processes of immanence, emergence and movement, rather than in stasis and pre-meditated design. [less ▲]

Terminologisch gesichert, musikalisch gerechtfertigt? Das „Sinfonische“ und das „Philharmonische“ im Blasmusikwesen

in Sagrillo, Damien (Ed.) Kongressbericht Wadgassen, Deutschland 2018 (2020)

Akademische Profile von Schüler*innen zur Bestimmung der Akkuratheit von Schulübergangsempfehlungen – eine Validierungsstudie

in Glock, Sabine; Kleen, Hannah (Eds.) Stereotype in der Schule (2020)

In verschiedenen europäischen Ländern führt der Wechsel zur Sekundarschule zu einer bedeutsamen Aufgliederung der Bildungswege, welche ein unterschiedlich hohes Schulleistungsniveau der Schüler*innen ... [more ▼]

In verschiedenen europäischen Ländern führt der Wechsel zur Sekundarschule zu einer bedeutsamen Aufgliederung der Bildungswege, welche ein unterschiedlich hohes Schulleistungsniveau der Schüler*innen voraussetzen. Die Akkuratheit der Zuweisung von Sekundarschulformen bestimmt nicht nur die Optionen der Schüler*innen bei späteren Übergangen im Bildungssystem, sondern beeinflusst auch den weiteren beruflichen und persönlichen Werdegang der Schüler*innen. Schüler*innen mit Migrationshintergrund sind auf die höheren sekundären Schulformen unterrepräsentiert. Inwiefern diese Unterrepräsentation auf stereotypgeprägte Leistungserwartungen zurückzuführen ist, ist bis jetzt unklar, denn es lisgt kein Kriterium vor, um die Urteilsakkuratheit adäquat zu messen. In diesem Kapitel wird ein Ansatz beschrieben, ein solches Akkuratheitskriterium zu entwickeln und zu validieren. In einem zweiten Schritt wird das Kriterium angewendet, um den Zusammenhang zwischen stereotypgeprägten Erwartungen und der Akkuratheit der Übergangsentscheidungen zu untersuchen. Das Kriterium erweist sich als valides Maß und könnte so einen wertvollen Ansatz für weitere Untersuchungen der Akkuratheit von Lehrerurteilen darstellen. Obwohl Lehrer*innen im Allgemeinen eine hohe Urteilsakkuratheit aufweisen, bestätigen die Befunde dennoch die Zusammenhänge zwischen stereotypgeprägten Erwartungen und Urteilsverzerrungen. [less ▲]

The Kings of Egypt in Paolino Veneto's Universal Chronicles

in Morosini, Roberta; Ciccuto, Marcello (Eds.) Paolino Veneto : Storico, narratore e geografo (2020)

A comparison of two illustrated world chronicles produced under the direction of Paolino Veneto (1321-26) in Venice and Avignon. The depiction of the kings of Egypt differs between the manuscripts. The ... [more ▼]

A comparison of two illustrated world chronicles produced under the direction of Paolino Veneto (1321-26) in Venice and Avignon. The depiction of the kings of Egypt differs between the manuscripts. The Latin version shows them almost identical to the European rules, whereas the Occitan-language version depicts them as Africans, and is hostile in its images. This chapter examines the possible cultural and literary sources for this difference, and suggests that the French artists who worked on the Occitan version were influenced by the Old French 'chanson de geste', while the hostile depiction of Egypt may well reflect the political and crusading concerns of papal Avignon. [less ▲]

Cognitive Factors associated to Gaming Disorders

in Verdejo-Garcia, Antonio (Ed.) Cognition and addiction: A Researcher’s Guide From Mechanisms Towards Interventions (2020)

Transfer pricing rules and State aid law

in Panayi, Christiana HJI; Haslehner, Werner; Traversa, Edoardo (Eds.) Research Handbook European Union Taxation Law (2020)

This contribution addresses the interaction of State aid law with transfer pricing rules. A number of high-profile investigations into transfer pricing arrangements approved by Member States’ authorities ... [more ▼]

This contribution addresses the interaction of State aid law with transfer pricing rules. A number of high-profile investigations into transfer pricing arrangements approved by Member States’ authorities, including for companies like Amazon, Apple, and Starbucks has sparked fierce debate over the existence of an EU principle of “arm’s length” taxation and its possible content. The chapter examines this debate and issues pertaining to the relationship between State aid law and double taxation treaties, justifications on the basis of providing double tax relief or protection from tax avoidance, and the scope of administrative discretion that State aid law needs to accord in a highly technical area of national law such as transfer pricing. [less ▲]

Le dépositaire d'OPC

in Le risque pénal du banquier (2020)

The ATAD and the CCTB

in Bizioli, Gianluigi; Grandinetti, Mario; Parada, Leopoldo (Eds.) et al Corporate Taxation, Group Debt Funding and Base Erosion - New Perspectives on the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (2020)

This short chapter analyses the relationship between the interest limitation rules laid down in the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) and the Proposed Directive on a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB ... [more ▼]

This short chapter analyses the relationship between the interest limitation rules laid down in the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) and the Proposed Directive on a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB). Both are substantially congruent with very few differences in their content. Nevertheless, there are several aspects of the relationship between the two directives that raise fundamental questions as to their respective impacts on national law. Accordingly, this contribution aims to highlight, first, the general relationship between European Union (EU) directives, second, the specific relationship between the ATAD and the CCTB – if and when it is adopted – and, third, comments on the few variations in their respective provisions on interest limitation. [less ▲]

Wie Zeki zu Göhte kommt : Eine Lehrerkonstruktion der besonderen Art

in Rauh, Bernhard; Weber, Jean-Marie (Eds.) Lehrkräftebildung mit Fack ju Göhte : Junge Lehrerinnen und Lehrer zwischen Adoleszenz und Verantwortung (2020)

Introduction to Research Handbook on European Union Taxation Law

in Panayi, Christiana; Haslehner, Werner; Traversa, Edoardo (Eds.) Research Handbook European Union Taxation Law (2020)

This introduction lays out the reasons for deeper research in European Union tax law and provides an overview of the topics covered in the research handbook edited by the authors.