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Terms of Inclusion

Black Intellectuals in Twentieth-century Brazil

By: Paulina L. Alberto

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Terms of Inclusion

Black Intellectuals in Twentieth-century Brazil

By: Paulina L. Alberto

In this history of black thought and racial activism in twentieth-century Brazil, Paulina Alberto demonstrates that black intellectuals, and not just elite white Brazilians, shaped discourses about race relations and the cultural and political terms of in

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807834378

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The Hard Ticks of the World

(Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

By: Alberto A. Guglielmone,Richard G. Robbins,Dmitry A. Apanaskevich,Trevor N. Petney,Agustín Estrada-Peña,Ivan G. Horak

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The Hard Ticks of the World

(Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

By: Alberto A. Guglielmone,Richard G. Robbins,Dmitry A. Apanaskevich,Trevor N. Petney,Agustín Estrada-Peña,Ivan G. Horak

This book has been designed to summarize current, essential information for every one of the world’s 700+ hard tick species. Under each species name, we will cite the original description, followed by information on type depositories, known stages, distribution (by zoogeographic region and ecoregion), hosts, and human infestation (if any). Each species account will also include a list of salient references and, where necessary, remarks on systematic status. We envision eight chapters: six devoted to the major ixodid tick genera (Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Hyalomma, Ixodes, Rhipicephalus), one covering eight minor genera (including two that are fossil), and a concluding summary chapter. There will be two tables on host associations and zoogeography in each major genus chapter, as well as five tables in the summary chapter, for a total of 17 tables. No similar synopsis of the world’s hard tick species exists in any language.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400774974

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9789400774971

Ticks of the Southern Cone of America

Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance

By: Santiago Nava,Jose M. Venzal,Daniel González Acuña,Thiago F. Martins,Alberto A Guglielmone

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Ticks of the Southern Cone of America

Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance

By: Santiago Nava,Jose M. Venzal,Daniel González Acuña,Thiago F. Martins,Alberto A Guglielmone

Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including their distribution, biology, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods. Based on review of the literature from more than five decades, 62 species of both hard and soft tick have been discovered on the Southern Cone of America. Tick genera observed and recorded include Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus. - Presents a comprehensive discussion that can be used to study identification and biology of tick species on hosts endemic to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) - Provides pictorial keys that can be used to further identify species - Facilitates prevention and control of tick-borne diseases in tropical region - Helps in the diagnoses of tick borne diseases

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Academic Press

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0128110767

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9780128110768

A Contemporary Study of Iterative Methods

Convergence, Dynamics and Applications

By: A. Alberto Magrenan,Ioannis Argyros

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A Contemporary Study of Iterative Methods

Convergence, Dynamics and Applications

By: A. Alberto Magrenan,Ioannis Argyros

A Contemporary Study of Iterative Methods: Convergence, Dynamics and Applications evaluates and compares advances in iterative techniques, also discussing their numerous applications in applied mathematics, engineering, mathematical economics, mathematical biology and other applied sciences. It uses the popular iteration technique in generating the approximate solutions of complex nonlinear equations that is suitable for aiding in the solution of advanced problems in engineering, mathematical economics, mathematical biology and other applied sciences. Iteration methods are also applied for solving optimization problems. In such cases, the iteration sequences converge to an optimal solution of the problem at hand. - Contains recent results on the convergence analysis of numerical algorithms in both finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional spaces - Encompasses the novel tool of dynamic analysis for iterative methods, including new developments in Smale stability theory and polynomiography - Explores the uses of computation of iterative methods across non-linear analysis - Uniquely places discussion of derivative-free methods in context of other discoveries, aiding comparison and contrast between options

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0128094931

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Modeling Steel and Composite Structures

By: Pedro Vellasco,Sebastiao Arthur Lopes de Andrade,Luciano Rodrigues Ornelas de Lima,Marley Maria Bernardes Rebuzzi Vellasco,Luis Alberto Proenca Simoes da Silva

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Modeling Steel and Composite Structures

By: Pedro Vellasco,Sebastiao Arthur Lopes de Andrade,Luciano Rodrigues Ornelas de Lima,Marley Maria Bernardes Rebuzzi Vellasco,Luis Alberto Proenca Simoes da Silva

Modeling Steel and Composite Structures explains the computational tools, methods and procedures used to design steel and composite structures. The reference begins with the main models used to determine structural behavior. This is followed by a detailed description of experimental models and their main requirements and care. Numerous simulations presenting non-linear response are illustrated as are their restrictions in terms of boundary conditions, main difficulties, solution strategies and methods adopted to surpass convergence difficulties. In addition, examples of the use of computational intelligence methods to simulate steel and composite structures response are presented. - Includes numerical models based in the finite element method - Provides numerous simulations, presenting a non-linear response - Contains examples of the use of computational intelligence methods to simulate steel and composite structures

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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0128135697

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Iterative Methods and Their Dynamics with Applications

A Contemporary Study

By: Ioannis Konstantinos Argyros,Angel Alberto Magreñán

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Iterative Methods and Their Dynamics with Applications

A Contemporary Study

By: Ioannis Konstantinos Argyros,Angel Alberto Magreñán

Iterative processes are the tools used to generate sequences approximating solutions of equations describing real life problems. Intended for researchers in computational sciences and as a reference book for advanced computational method in nonlinear analysis, this book is a collection of the recent results on the convergence analysis of numerical algorithms in both finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional spaces and presents several applications and connections with fixed point theory. It contains an abundant and updated bibliography and provides comparisons between various investigations made in recent years in the field of computational nonlinear analysis. The book also provides recent advancements in the study of iterative procedures and can be used as a source to obtain the proper method to use in order to solve a problem. The book assumes a basic background in Mathematical Statistics, Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis and may be used as a self-study reference or as a supplementary text for an advanced course in Biosciences or Applied Sciences. Moreover, the newest techniques used to study the dynamics of iterative methods are described and used in the book and they are compared with the classical ones.

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CRC Press

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1498763626

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9781498763622

Variational Approach to Gravity Field Theories

From Newton to Einstein and Beyond

By: Alberto Vecchiato

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Variational Approach to Gravity Field Theories

From Newton to Einstein and Beyond

By: Alberto Vecchiato

This book offers a detailed and stimulating account of the Lagrangian, or variational, approach to general relativity and beyond. The approach more usually adopted when describing general relativity is to introduce the required concepts of differential geometry and derive the field and geodesic equations from purely geometrical properties. Demonstration of the physical meaning then requires the weak field approximation of these equations to recover their Newtonian counterparts. The potential downside of this approach is that it tends to suit the mathematical mind and requires the physicist to study and work in a completely unfamiliar environment. In contrast, the approach to general relativity described in this book will be especially suited to physics students. After an introduction to field theories and the variational approach, individual sections focus on the variational approach in relation to special relativity, general relativity, and alternative theories of gravity. Throughout the text, solved exercises and examples are presented. The book will meet the needs of both students specializing in theoretical physics and those seeking a better understanding of particular aspects of the subject.

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3319512110

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Neotropical Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

A Critical Analysis of Their Taxonomy, Distribution, and Host Relationships

By: Alberto A. Guglielmone,Santiago Nava,Richard G. Robbins

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Neotropical Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

A Critical Analysis of Their Taxonomy, Distribution, and Host Relationships

By: Alberto A. Guglielmone,Santiago Nava,Richard G. Robbins

Of the 758 species of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) currently known to science, 137 (18%) are found in the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region, an area that extends from the eastern and western flanks of the Mexican Plateau southward to southern Argentina and Chile and that also includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the Galápagos Islands. This vast and biotically rich region has long attracted natural scientists, with the result that the literature on Neotropical ticks, which are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human disease and are of paramount veterinary importance, is enormous, diffuse, and often inaccessible to non-specialists. In this book, three leading authorities on the Ixodidae have combined their talents to produce a summary of essential information for every Neotropical tick species. Under each species name, readers will find an account of the original taxonomic description and subsequent redescriptions, followed by an overview of its geographic distribution and host relationships, including a discussion of human parasitism. Additional sections provide detailed analyses of tick distribution by country and zoogeographic subregion (the Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America, South America, and the Galápagos Islands), together with a review of the phenomenon of invasive tick species and examination of the many valid and invalid names that have appeared in the Neotropical tick literature. The text concludes with an unprecedented tabulation of all known hosts of Neotropical Ixodidae, including the tick life history stages collected from each host. This book is an invaluable reference for biologists and biomedical personnel seeking to familiarize themselves with the Neotropical tick fauna.

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Springer Nature

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3030723534

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Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis

By: Alberto Escarpa,María Cristina González,Miguel Ángel López

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Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis

By: Alberto Escarpa,María Cristina González,Miguel Ángel López

Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis offers a comprehensive rationale of electroanalysis, revealing its enormous potential in agricultural food analysis. A unique approach is used which fills a gap in the literature by bringing in applications to everyday problems. This timely text presents in-depth descriptions about different electrochemical techniques following their basic principles, instrumentation and main applications. Such techniques offer invaluable features such as inherent miniaturization, high sensitivity and selectivity, low cost, independence of sample turbidity, high compatibility with modern technologies such as microchips and biosensors, and the use of exciting nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanowires. Due to the advantages that modern electroanalytical techniques bring to food analysis, and the huge importance and emphasis given today to food quality and safety, this comprehensive work will be an essential read for professionals and researchers working in analytical laboratories and development departments, and a valuable guide for students studying for careers in food science, technology and chemistry.

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1118682963

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In Hell

Guerillas that Devour their Own

By: Luis Alberto Villamarín Pulido

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In Hell

Guerillas that Devour their Own

By: Luis Alberto Villamarín Pulido

Based on the spontaneous and hair-raising, Johnny’s verbal testimony, a former guerilla who belonged and spent almost 13 years inside many of the Farc fronts, In Hell, summarizes and records for historic memory, experiences of a Colombian peasant guy, who was 12-year-old, when he left his mother’s home, for being engaged to the oldest Latinamerican irregular armed and subversive organization. Johnny’s narration articulates the dramatic and exciting storm of facts, hidden or masked, about the daily events happened inside harsh Leninist systems, as the cultivated since Farc’s birth, by its instigator and founder, former oil ist and Colombian Communist Central Committee Party’s member, Luis Alberto Morantes, a. Jacobo Arenas. This is a short excerpt of In Hell: And Leoni assured: —I closed my eyes to avoiding see her face, while I took this woman from her hair— —One....Two....Three!— We followed Alonso orders. Astonished I heard the guttural sound of the death, expelled by her wounded throat. By instinct I lifted the extreme of the rope. The heavy lifeless body fell down over a piece of a tree, as sooner as Leoni lifted her hair, and nauseated vomited all that his stomach had inside. With the diabolic sight aimed over the naked corpse, and without astonishing, Alonso added: —I took you here so you could get used to it.... If you were here with your mother and she screwed up, you would kill her too— We were trembled because it was the first time that we killed somebody— And now we had to kill Walter the retarded kid, who tied-up had been looking on with horror. He was sweating profusely, and even tough he was tied up and had a nose around his neck, he struggled for survival and wrestled with great strength. During the court-martial I knew that Walter was born in la Vereda Patios of Baraya Huila, so I was concerned because he could some of my father relatives. Alonso inquired: —What ´s up my friends? ...Are not you strong enough?... Pull harder!... Pull harder!....Tighten the rope!!!!— We tightened with so much strength. Walter died. Alonso took the knife and cut off his right arm, while his corpse was pending of the ropes still. The body was warm, so blood drained out of it. —Drink blood of the dead, so you learn to kill traitors, as I did when I was handsome and young—Alonso exclaimed while his eyes were filed with diabolic look.

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Ediciones LAVP

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9589780776

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Botti Rubin Arquitetos

By: Alberto Botti

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Botti Rubin Arquitetos

By: Alberto Botti

Alberto Botti and Marc Rubin graduated from the architectural school of the Mackenzie University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. They soon got into partnership and have since been responsible for hundreds of projects, ranging from single family homes to high-rise b

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Images Publishing

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1864700688

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Botulinum Toxin E-Book

Therapeutic Clinical Practice and Science

By: Joseph Jankovic,Alberto Albanese,M. Zouhair Atassi,J. Oliver Dolly,Mark Hallett,Nathaniel H. Mayer

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Botulinum Toxin E-Book

Therapeutic Clinical Practice and Science

By: Joseph Jankovic,Alberto Albanese,M. Zouhair Atassi,J. Oliver Dolly,Mark Hallett,Nathaniel H. Mayer

The new, therapeutically-focused Botulinum Toxin presents comprehensive, cross-disciplinary guidance on current practices, covering more than 100 non-cosmetic conditions that occur in neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain medicine, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, urology, orthopedics, and surgery. International contributors review the current understanding of the biology and cellular mechanisms along with relevant research so you can easily apply them to the pathophysiology of the numerous disorders that botulinum toxin is used to treat—such as botulinum toxin applications for the treatment of cranial-cervical dystonias, motor disorders in cerebral palsy, bruxism and temporomandibular disorders, headache, overactive bladder, chronic pelvic pain syndromes, arthritis joint pain, and wound healing. With discussions of the latest in approved treatment practices as well as new and emerging uses, you’ll get in-depth management guidance on the application of the toxin. Provides clinical applications of botulinum toxin for over 100 disorders for immediate access and easy reference during practice and treatment. Covers a broad array of hot topics, including botulinum toxin applications for the treatment of cranial-cervical dystonias, motor disorders in cerebral palsy, bruxism and temporomandibular disorders, headache, overactive bladder, chronic pelvic pain syndromes, arthritis joint pain, and wound healing. Focuses on approved uses with expert advice on thoroughly tested applications but also discusses new and emerging applications to expose you to additional treatment options. Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date material available so you get all the information you need from this one resource. Offers the cross-disciplinary guidance of the best world-class expertise through an authoritative, international group of authors who demonstrate the applications of botulinum toxin across various specialties.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437711197

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Principles of Cardiovascular Neural Regulation in Health and Disease

By: Alberto Malliani

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Principles of Cardiovascular Neural Regulation in Health and Disease

By: Alberto Malliani

This book is an attempt to indicate to researchers and clinicians a simple way to approach the complexity of cardiovascular neural regulation. A conceptual pillar like homeostasis is contrasted with instability and a continuous interaction of opposing mechanisms that have negative and positive feedback characteristics, and is considered to subserve the multitude of patterns pertaining to physiology. However, in pathophysiological conditions the final design is most often replaced by largely purposeless neural mechanisms. The complexity of cardiovascular neural regulation, reflected by the state of sympathovagal balance, is also assessed in the frequency domain. Power spectrum analysis of heart rate and arterial pressure variability, a sophisticated but simply explained approach, provides an unprecedented tool to evaluate this interaction in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. The elementary characteristics of nonlinear dynamics are also outlined. Finally, the need for an ethical structure for science and medicine is analyzed.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461543835

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Stages of Life

Transcultural Performance & Identity in U.S. Latina Theater

By: Alberto Sandoval-S‡nchez,Nancy Saporta Sternbach

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Stages of Life

Transcultural Performance & Identity in U.S. Latina Theater

By: Alberto Sandoval-S‡nchez,Nancy Saporta Sternbach

An analytical companion to the authors' groundbreaking anthology of Latina theater, Puro Teatro, this volume presents a theoretical perspective from which to understand and contextualize Latina theater as a genre in its own right. Applying feminist and postcolonial theory as well as theories of transculturation, they show how these works form a unified body that contributes to the formation of Latina identity in America today".

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University of Arizona Press

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0816518297

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9780816518296

European Society

By: Alberto Martinelli,Alessandro Cavalli

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European Society

By: Alberto Martinelli,Alessandro Cavalli

The EU is to-day at a crossroad: either it becomes a great supranational union or it goes back to being an array of separate independent states. Alberto Martinelli and Alessandro Cavalli draw a grand fresco of the society in which the European Union is taking shape.

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BRILL

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9004351779

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9789004351776

Phase Equilibrium Engineering

By: Esteban Alberto Brignole,Selva Pereda

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Phase Equilibrium Engineering

By: Esteban Alberto Brignole,Selva Pereda

Traditionally, the teaching of phase equilibria emphasizes the relationships between the thermodynamic variables of each phase in equilibrium rather than its engineering applications. This book changes the focus from the use of thermodynamics relationships to compute phase equilibria to the design and control of the phase conditions that a process needs. Phase Equilibrium Engineering presents a systematic study and application of phase equilibrium tools to the development of chemical processes. The thermodynamic modeling of mixtures for process development, synthesis, simulation, design and optimization is analyzed. The relation between the mixture molecular properties, the selection of the thermodynamic model and the process technology that could be applied are discussed. A classification of mixtures, separation process, thermodynamic models and technologies is presented to guide the engineer in the world of separation processes. The phase condition required for a given reacting system is studied at subcritical and supercritical conditions. The four cardinal points of phase equilibrium engineering are: the chemical plant or process, the laboratory, the modeling of phase equilibria and the simulator. The harmonization of all these components to obtain a better design or operation is the ultimate goal of phase equilibrium engineering. - Methodologies are discussed using relevant industrial examples - The molecular nature and composition of the process mixture is given a key role in process decisions - Phase equilibrium diagrams are used as a drawing board for process implementation

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Newnes

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044459471X

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Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Spending Better to Achieve More

By: Marianne Fay,Luis Alberto Andres,Charles Fox,Ulf Narloch,Michael Slawson

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Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Spending Better to Achieve More

By: Marianne Fay,Luis Alberto Andres,Charles Fox,Ulf Narloch,Michael Slawson

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things. This report asks three questions: what should LAC countries’ goals be? How can these goals be achieved as cost-effectively as possible? And who should pay to reach these goals? In doing so, we drop the ‘infrastructure gap’ notion, favoring an approach built on identifying the ‘service gap’. Benchmarking Latin America in this way reveals clear strengths and weaknesses. Access to water and electricity is good, with the potential for the region’s electricity sector to drive competitive advantage; by contrast, transport and sanitation should be key focus areas for further development. The report also identifies and analyses some of the emerging challenges for the region—climate change, increased demand and urbanization—that will put increasing pressure on infrastructure and policy makers alike. Improving the region’s infrastructure performance in the context of tight fiscal space will require spending better on well identified priorities. Unlike most infrastructure diagnostics, this report argues that much of what is needed lies outside the infrastructure sector †“ in the form of broader government issues—from competition policy, to budgeting rules that no longer solely focus on controlling cash expenditures. We also find that traditional recommendations continue to apply regarding independent, well-performing regulators and better corporate governance, and highlight the critical importance of cost recovery where feasible and desirable, as the basis for future commercial finance of infrastructure services. Latin America has the means and potential to do better; and it can do so by spending more efficiently on the right things.

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World Bank Publications

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1464811024

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Function and Class in Linguistic Description

The Taxonomic Foundations of Grammar

By: Mário Alberto Perini

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Function and Class in Linguistic Description

The Taxonomic Foundations of Grammar

By: Mário Alberto Perini

This book deals with the traditional problem of the classification of linguistic units, with a primary focus on word classes. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and is based on the use of distinctive features analogous to the ones used in phonology, which entails a radical reworking of the traditional classification. The first part presents some basic notions such as the use of distinctive features and the role of word classes in grammar; classification by prototypes; and the use of world knowledge as a resource to assign thematic relations to constituents in the sentence. In the second part, some descriptive problems are examined, namely the classification of verbs according to valency; connectives, adverbs, and the internal constituents of the NP; and the classification of units larger than words. This book will be of use as a guide for linguists working on the description of natural languages, as well as a resource for students on courses in linguistic theory and description.

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3030781739

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Nursing in Critical Care Setting

An Overview from Basic to Sensitive Outcomes

By: Irene Comisso,Alberto Lucchini,Stefano Bambi,Gian Domenico Giusti,Matteo Manici

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Nursing in Critical Care Setting

An Overview from Basic to Sensitive Outcomes

By: Irene Comisso,Alberto Lucchini,Stefano Bambi,Gian Domenico Giusti,Matteo Manici

This book provides essential insights into how the approach to nursing care in ICU patients has markedly changed over recent years. It shows how the focus has progressively moved away from the technical approach that characterized early ICUs to a wider personalization of patient care that also highlights general problems such as basic hygiene and general comfort. It also demonstrates that, at the same time, the nurses' role has become more professionalized, with increasing competences in assessing and managing patients' problems and measuring related outcomes. It is structured in four units: Unit 1 presents the essential elements of accurate vital-function and basic-needs assessments for ICU patients, using both instrumental monitoring and specially validated assessment tools. Unit 2 addresses basic care in ICU patients, particularly hygiene and mobilization, reflecting recent developments in nursing that focus on the importance of these activities. Unit 3 highlights the main nursing outcomes in ICU patients, particularly focusing on risk prevention and complication management. Lastly, Unit 4 discusses advances in ICU nursing, from clinical, organizational and research perspectives.

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3319505599

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Tourism and Resilience

Individual, Organisational and Destination Perspectives

By: C. Michael Hall,Girish Prayag,Alberto Amore

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Tourism and Resilience

Individual, Organisational and Destination Perspectives

By: C. Michael Hall,Girish Prayag,Alberto Amore

This book is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the broader resilience literature. The volume takes a multi-scaled approach to examine resilience at the individual, organisation and destination levels, and with respect to the wider tourism system. It covers the different approaches to understanding resilience (the ecological and engineering approaches) and identifies issues with their understanding and application. The book connects issues of resilience to related key concepts such as vulnerability, adaptation, networks, systems, change and social capital. It is designed to be an upper level undergraduate and postgraduate primer on resilience in a tourism context and will be of interest to tourism researchers in planning, development, geography, impacts, sustainability, disaster management and environmental studies.

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Channel View Publications

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1845416325

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9781845416324

Agroecología y sustentabilidad

Una convergencia para el desarrollo

By: Luis Alberto Olín Fabela,Fermín Carreño Meléndez,Fredyd Torres Oregón

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Agroecología y sustentabilidad

Una convergencia para el desarrollo

By: Luis Alberto Olín Fabela,Fermín Carreño Meléndez,Fredyd Torres Oregón

Este libro exhibe la idea de rescatar las prácticas agroalimentarias que se utilizaban antes de la invasión de los europeos en América Latina, las cuales eran prósperas y ecológicas, y aunque no se usaba el adjetivo sustentable, éste hace muy buena referencia a ello. Se muestran las ventajas de mantener la práctica de una agricultura libre de fertilizantes y agroquímicos industriales, mostrando el beneficio de utilizar compostajes para fertilizar de forma natural el suelo y para potenciar sus nutrientes para mejorar la cosecha, así como la práctica de policultivos seleccionados para cada región, para con ello obtener el aprovechamiento que proveé el suelo sin estresarlo, como lo hace la agroindustria. Con estas prácticas se hace énfasis en no dejar perder estas costumbres en la agricultura, pues la agroecología que proponemos rescatar es el principal camino hacia una agricultura y sociedad sustentables, es el espíritu de la sustentabilidad al que aspiramos todos. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52501/cc.182

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Comunicacion Científica

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6079104407

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9786079104405

The World Disorder

US Hegemony, Proxy Wars, Terrorism and Humanitarian Catastrophes

By: Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira

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The World Disorder

US Hegemony, Proxy Wars, Terrorism and Humanitarian Catastrophes

By: Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira

This book offers a historical analysis of the geopolitical and geoeconomic competition between the USA and Russia, which has recently heated up again due to the eastward expansion of NATO. The analysis departs from an exploration of the USA’s foreign policy and geopolitical ambitions by illustrating the influence of Wall Street and the military-industrial complex on the country’s political decision-making. The historical review covers a wide timespan, from the Second World War and the birth of NATO, to the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan, to the rebellions that erupted in Eurasia, Northern Africa and the Middle East in the 2010’s, as well as the wars in the Ukraine and in Syria. By doing so, it reveals the influence of US neocons, the US intelligence services and the military complex on the Arab Spring, the Color Revolutions and the armed conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Ultimately, the book depicts a new era of worldwide instability and disorder, dominated by violence and arbitrariness.

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Modernism, Rubén Darío, and the Poetics of Despair

By: Alberto Acereda,Rigoberto Guevara

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Modernism, Rubén Darío, and the Poetics of Despair

By: Alberto Acereda,Rigoberto Guevara

Modernism, Ruben Darío, and the Poetics of Despair presents a detailed study of a neglected facet of Ruben Darío, and in general, of Hispanic Modernism: metaphysical and existential dimensions as preludes to Modernity. Alberto Acereda and J. Rigoberto Guevara approach the life and death issues in Darío works with special emphasis on his poetry. The authors demonstrate how the Nicaraguan poet takes the first steps towards poetic modernity. The tragic component of Darío works are examined in the light of Nineteenth Century philosophy, especially the work of Arthur Schopenhauer. Various thematic proposals are also formulated for the study of the works of Ruben Darío.

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University Press of America

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0761829008

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The Visigoths in Gaul and Iberia

A Supplemental Bibliography, 1984-2003

By: Alberto Ferreiro

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The Visigoths in Gaul and Iberia

A Supplemental Bibliography, 1984-2003

By: Alberto Ferreiro

This bibliography is a supplement to the one previously published by Brill in 1988. This one covers material from 1984 to 2003. The chronology has been expanded to begin in the fourth century. Numerous Iberian Church Fathers not represented in the first one are now incorporated. The book contains author and subject indexes and is cross-referenced throughout.

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9047408187

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Socio-Emotional Development and Creativity of Gifted Students

By: Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro Piske ,Tania Stoltz,Alberto Rocha,Cristina Cristina Costa-Lobo

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Socio-Emotional Development and Creativity of Gifted Students

By: Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro Piske ,Tania Stoltz,Alberto Rocha,Cristina Cristina Costa-Lobo

Escrito num tom vigoroso e em cores dinâmicas, este livro não é apenas mais um livro sobre o desenvolvimento social, emocional e criativo dos dotados, mas um conjunto de pontos de vista atentos e teoricamente fundamentados através dos quais podemos olhar para este tema apaixonante de uma forma diferente.

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Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press

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9892617703

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Methods for Appearance-based Loop Closure Detection

Applications to Topological Mapping and Image Mosaicking

By: Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo,Alberto Ortiz

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Methods for Appearance-based Loop Closure Detection

Applications to Topological Mapping and Image Mosaicking

By: Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo,Alberto Ortiz

Mapping and localization are two essential tasks in autonomous mobile robotics. Due to the unavoidable noise that sensors present, mapping algorithms usually rely on loop closure detection techniques, which entail the correct identification of previously seen places to reduce the uncertainty of the resulting maps. This book deals with the problem of generating topological maps of the environment using efficient appearance-based loop closure detection techniques. Since the quality of a visual loop closure detection algorithm is related to the image description method and its ability to index previously seen images, several methods for loop closure detection adopting different approaches are developed and assessed. Then, these methods are used in three novel topological mapping algorithms. The results obtained indicate that the solutions proposed attain a better performance than several state-of-the-art approaches. To conclude, given that loop closure detection is also a key component in other research areas, a multi-threaded image mosaicing algorithm is proposed. This approach makes use of one of the loop closure detection techniques previously introduced in order to find overlapping pairs between images and finally obtain seamless mosaics of different environments in a reasonable amount of time.

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3319759930

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Long and Deep Tunnels

Integrated Design and Construction Approach

By: Vittorio Guglielmetti,Shulin Xu,Gianni Alberto Arrigoni,Piergiorgio Grasso

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Long and Deep Tunnels

Integrated Design and Construction Approach

By: Vittorio Guglielmetti,Shulin Xu,Gianni Alberto Arrigoni,Piergiorgio Grasso

The design and construction of “long and deep” tunnels, i.e. tunnels under mountains, characterised by either considerable length and/or overburden, represent a considerable challenge. The scope of this book is not to instruct how to design and construct such tunnels but to share a method to identify the potential hazards related to the process of designing and constructing long and deep tunnels, to produce a relevant comprehensive analysis and listing, to quantify the probability and consequences, and to design proper mitigation measures and countermeasures. The design, developed using probabilistic methods, is verified during execution by means of the so called Plan for Advance of the Tunnel (PAT) method, which allows adapting the design and control parameters of the future stretches of the tunnel to the results of the stretches already finished, using the monitoring data base. Numerous criteria are given to identify the key parameters, necessary for the PAT procedure. Best practices of excavation management with the help of real time monitoring and control are also provided. Furthermore cost and time evaluation systems are analysed. Finally, contractual aspects related to construction by contract are investigated, for best development and application of models more appropriate for tunnelling-construction contracts. The work will be of interest to practising engineers, designers, consultants and students in mining, underground, tunnelling, transportation and construction engineering, as well as to foundation and geological engineers, urban planners/developers and architects.

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0415558549

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Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans

A Global Overview

By: Alberto A. Guglielmone,Richard G. Robbins

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Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans

A Global Overview

By: Alberto A. Guglielmone,Richard G. Robbins

Ticks of the family Ixodidae, commonly known as hard ticks, occur worldwide and are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of agents pathogenic to humans. Of the 729 currently recognized hard tick species, 283 (39%) have been implicated as human parasites, but the literature on these species is both immense and scattered, with the result that health professionals are often unable to determine whether a particular tick specimen, once identified, represents a species that is an actual or potential threat to its human host. In this book, two leading tick specialists provide a list of the species of Ixodidae that have been reported to feed on humans, with emphasis on their geographical distribution, principal hosts, and the tick life history stages associated with human parasitism. Also included is a discussion of 21 ixodid species that, while having been found on humans, are either not known to have actually fed or may have been misidentified. Additionally, 107 tick names that have appeared in papers on tick parasitism of humans, and that might easily confuse non-taxonomists, are shown to be invalid under the rules of zoological nomenclature. Although the species of ticks that attack humans have long attracted the attention of researchers, few comprehensive studies of these species have been attempted. By gleaning and analyzing the results of over 1,100 scientific papers published worldwide, the authors have provided an invaluable survey of hard tick parasitism that is unprecedented in its scope and detail.

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3319955527

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Disorders of Movement

A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Davide Martino,Alberto J. Espay,Alfonso Fasano,Francesca Morgante

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Disorders of Movement

A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

By: Davide Martino,Alberto J. Espay,Alfonso Fasano,Francesca Morgante

This concise but comprehensive book will help interested readers in the health care professions to navigate their way through the jungle of movement disorders, including the potentially complex differential diagnosis and management. The different disorders are discussed in individual sections that explain how to examine the patient and recognize the disorder from its basic phenomenology, how to confirm a diagnosis, how to distinguish a particular disorder from related conditions, and how to treat each disorder effectively. The book makes liberal use of diagrams, algorithms, tables, summary boxes, and illustrations to facilitate solution of clinical problems at the bedside and to solidify previously learned clinical and therapeutic concepts. It will be of interest to a broad audience of health professionals, scientists, and medical students.

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3662484684

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Algebras, Rings and Their Representations

Proceedings of the International Conference on Algebras, Modules and Rings, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-18 July 2003

By: Alberto Facchini

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Algebras, Rings and Their Representations

Proceedings of the International Conference on Algebras, Modules and Rings, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-18 July 2003

By: Alberto Facchini

Surveying the most influential developments in the field, this proceedings reviews the latest research on algebras and their representations, commutative and non-commutative rings, modules, conformal algebras, and torsion theories. The volume collects stimulating discussions from world-renowned names including Tsit-Yuen Lam, Larry Levy, Barbara Osofsky, and Patrick Smith. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Some Coreflective Categories of Topological Modules (221 KB). Contents: Krull Monoids and Their Application in Module Theory (A Facchini); Infinite Progenerator Sums (A Facchini & L S Levy); Quadratic Algebras of Skew Type (E Jespers & J Okn nski); Representation Type of Commutative Noetherian Rings (Introduction) (L Klingler & L S Levy); Corner Ring Theory: A Generalization of Peirce Decompositions (T-Y Lam); Quasideterminants and Right Roots of Polynomials Over Division Rings (B L Osofsky); Injective Dimension Relative to a Torsion Theory (P F Smith); and other papers. Readership: Algebraists, mathematicians interested in the connections between algebra and other fields, and graduate students interested in algebra.

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World Scientific

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9812774556

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Rethinking Race in Modern Argentina

By: Paulina Alberto,Eduardo Elena

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Rethinking Race in Modern Argentina

By: Paulina Alberto,Eduardo Elena

This book reconsiders the relationship between race and nation in Argentina during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and places Argentina firmly in dialog with the literature on race and nation in Latin America, from where it has long been excluded or marginalized for being a white, European exception in a mixed-race region. The contributors, based both in North America and Argentina, hail from the fields of history, anthropology, and literary and cultural studies. Their essays collectively destabilize widespread certainties about Argentina, showing that whiteness in that country has more in common with practices and ideologies of Mestizaje and 'racial democracy' elsewhere in the region than has typically been acknowledged. The essays also situate Argentina within the well-established literature on race, nation, and whiteness in world regions beyond Latin America (particularly, other European 'settler societies'). The collection thus contributes to rethinking race for other global contexts as well.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107107636

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European Policy Implementation and Higher Education

Analysing the Bologna Process

By: Cristina Sin,Amélia Veiga,Alberto Amaral

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European Policy Implementation and Higher Education

Analysing the Bologna Process

By: Cristina Sin,Amélia Veiga,Alberto Amaral

This book presents a critical analysis of the implementation of the Bologna Process, its achievements and consequences, as well as its failures and lack of convergence problems. Over the last decade the implementation of the Bologna Process, an ambitious reform of European higher education systems, has attracted attention from politicians, academics, students and scholars in higher education policy. Taking Portugal as a case study, the book includes an analysis of the perceptions and the practices, formed at the institutional level in respect of the key objectives laid down at the European level, namely employability, mobility and attractiveness.

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1137504625

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Principles of Nanomagnetism

By: Alberto P. Guimarães

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Principles of Nanomagnetism

By: Alberto P. Guimarães

The ?eld of Nanomagnetism is a young branch of the study of magnetic phenomena, phenomena that have been a source of amazement and stimulus for speculation for more than 3,000 years [1]. Nanomagnetism, despite being a young area, has already affected every sphere of human activity, through its fundamental contribution to make the computer an ubiquitous instrument for communication, control of industrial processes, medical diagnosis, scienti?c investigation, or leisure. The studies of particulate and thin ?lm magnetic media and other related questions led to improvements that have mul- plied, in ?ve decades, the amount of data that can be encoded into a unitary area by some 50 million times. The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg, is an important recognition of the extraordinary achievements of the research in Na- magnetism. The unfolding revolution brought about by Spintronics is intimately c- nected, and enhances the relevance of these developments. Nanomagnetism already encompasses a very wide range of remarkable pr- erties and phenomena, as illustrated in the case of thin ?lms, for example, by the volumes of the series on Ultrathin Magnetic Structures [2].

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3642014828

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