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Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

By: Fernando Sorrentino

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Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

By: Fernando Sorrentino

These wide-ranging conversations have an exceptionally open and intimate tone, giving us a personal glimpse of one of the most fascinating figures in contemporary world literature. Interviewer Fernando Sorrentino, an Argentinian writer and anthologist, is endowed with literary acumen, sensitivity, urbanity, and an encyclopedic memory of Jorge Luis Borges' work (in his prologue, Borges jokes that Sorrentino knows his work "much better than I do"). Borges wanders from nostalgic reminiscence to literary criticism, and from philosophical speculation to political pronouncements. His thoughts on literature alone run the gamut from the Bible and Homer to Ernest Hemingway and Julio Cortázar. We learn that Dante is the writer who has impressed Borges most, that Borges considers Federico García Lorca to be a "second-rate poet," and that he feels Adolfo Bioy Casares is one of the most important authors of this century. Borges dwells lovingly on Buenos Aires, too. From the preface: For seven afternoons, the teller of tales preceded me, opening tall doors which revealed unsuspected spiral staircases, through the National Library's pleasant maze of corridors, in search of a secluded little room where we would not be interrupted by the telephone…The Borges who speaks to us in this book is a courteous, easy-going gentleman who verifies no quotations, who does not look back to correct mistakes, who pretends to have a poor memory; he is not the terse Jorge Luis Borges of the printed page, that Borges who calculates and measures each comma and each parenthesis. Sorrentino and translator Clark M. Zlotchew have included an appendix on the Latin American writers mentioned by Borges

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1589882849

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Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

By: Jorge Luis Borges,Fernando Sorrentino

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Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

By: Jorge Luis Borges,Fernando Sorrentino

These wide-ranging conversations have an open and intimate tone, giving readers a uniquely personal glimpse of one of the most fascinating figures in contemporary world literature. Interviewer Fernando Sorrentino, an Argentinean writer and anthologist, displays literary acumen, sensitivity, urbanity, and an encyclopedic knowledge of Borges' work. (In his prologue, Borges jokes that Sorrentino knows his work "much better than I do.") Borges wanders from nostalgic reminiscence to literary criticism and from philosophical speculation to political pronouncements. His thoughts on literature run the gamut from the Bible and Homer to Hemingway and Cortazar. We learn that Dante is the writer who most impressed Borges, that Borges considered Garcia Lorca to be a "second-rate poet", and that he considered Bioy Casares one of the most important authors of the twentieth century. Along the way, Borges dwells lovingly on his native Buenos Aires.

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Paul Dry Books Incorporated

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1589880609

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Responsible Research and Innovation Actions in Science Education, Gender and Ethics

Cases and Experiences

By: Fernando Ferri,Ned Dwyer,Saša Raicevich,Patrizia Grifoni,Husne Altiok,Hans Thor Andersen,Yiannis Laouris,Cecilia Silvestri

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Responsible Research and Innovation Actions in Science Education, Gender and Ethics

Cases and Experiences

By: Fernando Ferri,Ned Dwyer,Saša Raicevich,Patrizia Grifoni,Husne Altiok,Hans Thor Andersen,Yiannis Laouris,Cecilia Silvestri

This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good practices for Responsible Research and Innovation and how to promote them among citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and educational institutions to foster their adoption as a potential benchmark in establishing RRI processes. Further, the book discusses gender and ethical issues, which are highly relevant for RRI initiatives in connection with representativeness, risks and in some cases, minority rights.

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107

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Springer

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3319732072

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9783319732077

Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Eco-Labelling and Case Studies

By: Fernando Pacheco-Torgal,Luisa F. Cabeza,Joao Labrincha,Aldo Giuntini de Magalhaes

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Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Eco-Labelling and Case Studies

By: Fernando Pacheco-Torgal,Luisa F. Cabeza,Joao Labrincha,Aldo Giuntini de Magalhaes

Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials reviews ways of assessing the environmental impact of construction and building materials. Part one discusses the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to building materials as well as eco-labeling. Part two includes case studies showing the application of LCA methodology to different types of building material, from cement and concrete to wood and adhesives used in building. Part three includes case studies applying LCA methodology to particular structures and components. - Reviews ways of assessing the environmental impact of construction and building materials - Provides a thorough overview, including strengths and shortcomings, of the life cycle assessment (LCA) and eco-labeling of eco-efficient construction and building materials - Includes case studies showing the application of LCA methodology to different types of building material, from cement and concrete to wood and adhesives used in building

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Woodhead Publishing

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0857097725

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9780857097729

Quantum Measurement of Gravity for Geodesists and Geophysicists

By: Fernando Sansò,Federica Migliaccio

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Quantum Measurement of Gravity for Geodesists and Geophysicists

By: Fernando Sansò,Federica Migliaccio

During the last thirty years a great advancement in low energy physics, particularly interactions of atoms with the electromagnetic field, has been achieved and the development of electronics and laser techniques has allowed to implement a fine manipulation of atoms with photons. A wealth of important applications has sprung out from the ability of manipulating large samples of cold atoms. Among them, the improvement of atomic clocks and the creation of atomic gyroscopes and of atomic gravity meters, which is obviously of great interest for geodesists and geophysicists, particularly for potential applications in satellite geodesy. This book explains the fundamental concepts necessary to understand atom manipulation by photons, including the principles of quantum mechanics. It is conceived as a road that leads the reader from classical physics (mechanics and electromagnetism, considered as a common scientific background of geodesists and geophysicists), to the basics of quantum mechanics in order to understand the dynamics of atoms falling in the gravity field, while interacting with suitably resonant laser beams. There are different types of measurements of gravity based on the manipulation of ultra-cold atoms; the book presents the principles of the instruments based on stimulated Raman transition, which can be easily worked out analytically. However, the concepts explained in the text can provide a good starting point to understand also the applications based on the so-called Block oscillations or on the Bose–Einstein condensation.

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Springer Nature

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3030428389

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Analysis of the Gravity Field

Direct and Inverse Problems

By: Fernando Sansò,Daniele Sampietro

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Analysis of the Gravity Field

Direct and Inverse Problems

By: Fernando Sansò,Daniele Sampietro

This textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of the theory and implementation of inverse methods in the analysis and interpretation of Earth’s gravity field. By restricting their consideration to a local rather than global level, the authors focus on the use of observations and data that are more sensitive to local mass anomalies. All necessary theoretical aspects are reformulated in terms of a Euclidean framework so that less complex tools from mathematical analysis can be utilized. Divided into three parts, the text begins with a review of basic mathematical properties of gravitation, computing gravity from mass distributions, and relevant methods from Fourier analysis. In the second part of the text, the Earth’s gravity field and its properties are introduced, and the preprocessing and processing of gravity data are explored. Finally, elementary inverse theory is discussed, after which the general inversion problem is considered via application of both the Tikhonov deterministic approach and a stochastic MCMC model. Throughout, examples and exercises are provided to both clarify material and to illustrate real-word applications for readers. Analysis of the Gravity Field: Direct and Inverse Problems is carefully written to be accessible to both mathematicians and geophysicists without sacrificing mathematical rigor. Readers should have a familiarity with the basics of mathematical analysis, as well as some knowledge of statistics and probability theory. Detailed proofs of more advanced results are relegated to appendices so that readers can concentrate on solution algorithms.

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3030743535

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Concrete Structures Deteriorated by Delayed Ettringite Formation and Alkali-Silica Reactions

By: António C. Azevedo,Fernando A.N. Silva,João M.P.Q. Delgado,Isaque Lira

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Concrete Structures Deteriorated by Delayed Ettringite Formation and Alkali-Silica Reactions

By: António C. Azevedo,Fernando A.N. Silva,João M.P.Q. Delgado,Isaque Lira

This book discusses the behaviour of isolated concrete bottle-shaped struts affected by internal expansion reactions (ISR). For that purpose, the numerical modelling of damaged concrete was performed using the Concrete Damaged Plasticity Model (CDPM) implemented in ABAQUS and validated the model through Sankovich's tests. A procedure to automatically obtain the concrete plasticity and damage parameters, essential for CDPM, was developed in Matlab. The inputs were the characteristic compressive strength of the concrete, the equivalent length of the finite element mesh and the ratio between the plastic and inelastic compressive strains. The results showed that the CDPM could represent the load-bearing mechanisms of isolated concrete bottle-shaped struts for a range of several stress levels to which these elements may be subjected in the panels investigated. The numerical simulations for different expansion levels consistently captured the expected damage profile of the panels and the load corresponding to the formation of the first crack, the estimated crack opening, and the ultimate load. For the panels investigated, the reduction observed in the failure load reached values close to 70%, the increase of the tensile plastic deformation was more than 60%, and the maximum crack opening can reach an increase of 113% when compared with those observed experimentally in panels without internal swelling reactions The book also offers a systematic review of the current state of knowledge and it is a valuable resource for scientists, students, practitioners, and lecturers in various scientific and engineering disciplines, namely, civil and materials engineering, as well as and other interested parties.

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3031122674

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Soil Colloids

Properties and Ion Binding

By: Fernando V. Molina

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Soil Colloids

Properties and Ion Binding

By: Fernando V. Molina

Within the field of soil science, soil chemistry encompasses the different chemical processes that take place, including mineral weathering, humification of organic plant residues, and ionic reactions involving natural and foreign metal ions that play significant roles in soil. Chemical reactions occur both in the soil solution and at the soil part

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CRC Press

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1439851158

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Bio- and Bioinspired Nanomaterials

By: Daniel Ruiz-Molina,Fernando Novio,Claudio Roscini

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Bio- and Bioinspired Nanomaterials

By: Daniel Ruiz-Molina,Fernando Novio,Claudio Roscini

A comprehensive overview of nanomaterials that are inspired by or targeted at biology, including some of the latest breakthrough research. Throughout, valuable contributions from top-level scientists illustrate how bionanomaterials could lead to novel devices or structures with unique properties. The first and second part cover the most relevant synthetic and bioinspired nanomaterials, including surfaces with extreme wettability properties, functional materials with improved adhesion or structural and functional systems based on the complex and hierarchical organization of natural composites. These lessons from nature are explored in the last section where bioinspired materials are proposed for biomedical applications, showing their potential for future applications in drug delivery, theragnosis, and regenerative medicine. A navigational guide aimed at advanced and specialist readers, while equally relevant for readers in research, academia or private companies focused on high added-value contributions. Young researchers will also find this an indispensable guide in choosing or continuing to work in this stimulating area, which involves a wide range of disciplines, including chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering, biology, and medicine.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527675841

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News from the Empire

By: Fernando del Paso

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News from the Empire

By: Fernando del Paso

If there was not so much fiction in News from the Empire, it could be called a work of history. In fact, the focus of this broad work is history itself, as well as the many unrecorded lives and events that history has forgotten from this strange era in Mexico's early nationhood. Using Emperor Maximilian and his wife, Carlota, as a starting point, Fernando Del Paso both considers what Mexico is and the country's place in the larger narrative of world history. The book spans the palaces of Europe and the villages of Mexico, yet despite its broad focus News is a book rich in characters and details, a work that opens up this era of Mexican history to readers without specialized knowledge. Maximilian and Carlota are the focus of the book, and even if they are not explicitly on every page, they are always in the background somewhere, providing the humanizing contradictions that fill it. Del Paso draws a complicated picture of two naïve people placed in a situation they could not manage and a country they did not understand. This innocence is especially inexplicable in the case of Maximilian, who, as brother of Austria's Emperor Franz Josef, should have known something about ruling but is completely unable to govern.

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Dalkey Archive Press

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1564785335

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9781564785336

Littérature au travail, letteratura al lavoro, literature at work. La formation en sciences humaines et les mondes professionnels

La formation en sciences humaines et les mondes professionnels

By: Funari Fernando

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Littérature au travail, letteratura al lavoro, literature at work. La formation en sciences humaines et les mondes professionnels

La formation en sciences humaines et les mondes professionnels

By: Funari Fernando

L’importance que le storytelling a désormais acquise, sous de nombreuses facettes, est une réalité permettant d’entamer une réflexion sérieuse et un questionnement constant sur la situation actuelle du rapport entre le monde du travail et la formation en sciences humaines. Cette réflexion doit s’adresser en même temps au monde universitaire et au monde du travail, afin de savoir quelles sont les compétences nécessaires aujourd’hui pour avancer dans la profession. C’est ce questionnement qui est à la base du projet HEAD (Humanities and Enterprises Annual Dialogue), dans l’espoir d’un débat visant à mettre en avant combien une formation humaniste, et surtout littéraire, est fondamentale aujourd’hui et quels changements doit-elle prévoir pour l’avenir.

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EMIL

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8866802239

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Responsible Research and Innovation Actions in Science Education, Gender and Ethics

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Quantum Measurement of Gravity for Geodesists and Geophysicists

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Analysis of the Gravity Field

Analysis of the Gravity Field

Concrete Structures Deteriorated by Delayed Ettringite Formation and Alkali-Silica Reactions

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News from the Empire

News from the Empire

Littérature au travail, letteratura al lavoro, literature at work. La formation en sciences humaines et les mondes professionnels

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