This volume contains the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Physics of New Laser Sources", the twelfth course of the Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics, held under the supervision of the Quantum Electronics Division of the European Physical Society. The Institute was held at Centro "I Cappuccini" San Miniato, Tuscany, July 11-21, 1984. The Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics was started in 1970 with the aim of providing instruction for young researchers and advanced students already engaged in the area of quantum electronics or for those wishing to switch into this area after working previously in other areas. From the outset, the School has been under the direction of Prof. F. T. Arecchi, then at the University of Pavia, now at the University of Florence, and Dr. D. Roess of Heraeus, Hanau. In 1981, Prof. H. Walther, University of Munich and Max-Planck Institut fur Quantenoptik joined as co-director. Each year the Directors choose a subj~ct of particular interest, alternating fundamental topics with technological ones, and ask colleagues specifically competent in the chosen areas to take the scientific responsibility for that course.
This book provides a comprehensive survey on related work for radio link quality estimation, which covers the characteristics of low-power links, the fundamental concepts of link quality estimation in wireless sensor networks, a taxonomy of existing link quality estimators and their performance analysis. It then shows how link quality estimation can be used for designing protocols and mechanisms such as routing and hand-off. The final part is dedicated to radio interference estimation, generation and mitigation.
In 2007, after collapsing on a practice field at the Nike campus, champion marathoner Alberto Salazar's heart stopped beating for 14 minutes. Over the crucial moments that followed, rescuers administered CPR to feed oxygen to his brain and EMTs shocked his heart eight times with defibrillator paddles. He was clinically dead. But miraculously, Salazar was back at the Nike campus coaching his runners just nine days later. Salazar had faced death before, but he survived that and numerous other harrowing episodes thanks to his raw physical talent, maniacal training habits, and sheer will, as well as—he strongly believes—divine grace. In 14 Minutes, Salazar chronicles in spellbinding detail how a shy, skinny Cuban-American kid from the suburbs of Boston was transformed into the greatest marathon runner of his era. For the first time, he reveals his tempestuous relationship with his father, a former ally of Fidel Castro; his early running life in high school with the Greater Boston Track Club; his unhealthy obsession to train through pain; the dramatic wins in New York, Boston, and South Africa; and how surviving 14 minutes of death taught him to live again.
Describes and visualizes over 1,200 magical lands found in literature and film, discussing such exotic realms as Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz.
Obra histórica ficticia ambientada en el Japón imperial. Sinopsis: El emperador de Japón es asesinado. Siendo sospechoso del asesinato, Raiko, el príncipe heredero, se ve obligado a huir. Pasará años escondido, hasta que sus decisiones le llevan hasta un grupo de extraños guerreros, con quienes se preparará para enfrentarse al asesino de su padre.
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.
A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams is the first dictionary of all the characters and personal names found in the work of Marcus Valerius Martialis, containing nearly 1,000 comprehensive entries. Each of them compiles and analyses all the relevant information regarding the characters themselves, as well as the literary implications of their presence in Martial’s poems. Unlike other works of this kind, the book encompasses not only real people, whose positive existence is beyond doubt, but also fictional characters invented by the poet or inherited from the cultural and literary tradition. Its entries provide the passages of the epigrams where the respective characters appear; the general category to which they belong; the full name (in the case of historical characters); onomastic information, especially about frequency, meaning, and etymology; other literary or epigraphical sources; a prosopographical sketch; a discussion of relevant manuscript variants; and a bibliography. Much attention is paid to the literary portrayal of each character and the poetic usages of their names. This reference work is a much needed tool and is intended as a stimulus for further research.
PREMIO DE NARRATIVA BREVE REPSOL 2022 Dous homes entran nun bar. Non se coñecen, nunca cruzaron palabra e non poden sospeitar que, cinco días despois, un morrerá a mans do outro. Niso terá moito que ver unha muller, Carol Kembler, a irmá dunha nena desaparecida trinta anos atrás. E un suceso insólito: a evacuación de Augsburgo durante o Nadal de 2016 ao descubrirse unha bomba da Segunda Guerra Mundial que non estourara. A cidade baleirada devorará a Matthias Lentz, a Wilhelm Wegener e á propia Carol nunha novela sobre o cruzamento involuntario de vidas e pasados, as cicatrices mal disimuladas do trauma e o silencio agreste do que permanece oculto. Pero tamén sobre o azar que move o mundo e os campos de minas que poden chegar a ser certas familias. Cun estilo literario inconfundible, ao tempo fráxil e punxente, Alberto Ramos constrúe en Os corpos dos Romanov unha intriga cativadora que atrapa a quen le na recámara onde cada segredo terrible agarda a súa detonación.
An acclaimed multi-volume treatise presents precise and creative exercises for serious painists and teaches technique, pedaling, fingering, and other methods.
Cuando se diseñó en 2003 el taller Arqueología del Talento(c) había una intención clara: Que las personas tomaran conciencia de que tienen un propósito o misión propia de vida que hace merezca la pena tratar de realizar la vida soñada. Además, que fueran conscientes de que poseen una capacidad especial que les diferencia, es decir un talento personal para cumplirlo. La mejor forma para ello es descubrirse a uno mismo, reconocer nuestro sueño y nuestro talento. Así la existencia de cada persona se guiará con claridad, sentido y confianza. Esta obra tiene la peculiaridad de haber sido diseñada como un "libro audiovisual". Demostrando los propios principios en que se sustenta el método, la utilización de las tecnologías más actuales hace que el libro encuentre su sitio diferenciado. Los códigos QR, que actuan como hiperenlaces, abren las reflexiones del autor a otros horizontes que resuenan en la misma frecuencia.
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