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Studying Distant Galaxies: A Handbook Of Methods And Analyses

By: Francois Hammer,Mathieu Peuch,Hector Flores,Myriam Rodrigues

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Studying Distant Galaxies: A Handbook Of Methods And Analyses

By: Francois Hammer,Mathieu Peuch,Hector Flores,Myriam Rodrigues

Distant galaxies encapsulate the various stages of galaxy evolution and formation from over 95% of the development of the universe. As early as twenty-five years ago, little was known about them, however since the first systematic survey was completed in the 1990s, increasing amounts of resources have been devoted to their discovery and research. This book summarises for the first time the numerous techniques used for observing, analysing, and understanding the evolution and formation of these distant galaxies.In this rapidly expanding research field, this text is an every-day companion handbook for graduate students and active researchers. It provides guidelines in sample selection, imaging, integrated spectroscopy and 3D spectroscopy, which help to avoid the numerous pitfalls of observational and analysis techniques in use in extragalactic astronomy. It also paves the way for establishing relations between fundamental properties of distant galaxies. At each step, the reader is assisted with numerous practical examples and ready-to-use methodology to help understand and analyse research.François Hammer worked initially in general relativity and made the first modelling of gravitational lenses prior to their spectroscopic confirmation. Following this, he became co-leader of the first complete survey of distant galaxies, the Canada-France-Redshift Survey. This led to the discovery of the strong decrease of the cosmic star formation density measured from UV light as z=1, which, alongside Hector Flores, they confirmed as bolometric and dust independent. With Mathieu Puech, they then pioneered the 3D spectroscopy of distant galaxies, leading to a major increase of understanding of the dynamic state of distant galaxies evidenced by the scatter of the Tully-Fisher relation. This led them to propose, with the addition to the team of Myriam Rodrigues, that galactic disks may survive or be rebuilt in gas-rich mergers, a scenario that is consistent with contemporary cosmological simulations. Besides extensive observational experience, the authors have led, or are leading, several instruments implemented or to be implemented at the largest telescopes, including VLT/Giraffe, VLT/X-shooter, VLT/MOONS and E-ELT/MOSAIC. They have also developed several observational techniques in adaptive optics, and in sky subtraction for integral field units and fibre instruments.

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1786340569

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Cultura y Corazón

A Decolonial Methodology for Community Engaged Research

By: Rosa D. Manzo,Lisceth Brazil-Cruz,Yvette G. Flores,Hector Rivera-Lopez

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Cultura y Corazón

A Decolonial Methodology for Community Engaged Research

By: Rosa D. Manzo,Lisceth Brazil-Cruz,Yvette G. Flores,Hector Rivera-Lopez

Cultura y Corazón is a research approach and practice that is rooted in the work of Latinx and Chicanx scholars and intellectuals. The book documents best practices for Community Based and Participatory Action Research (CBPAR), which is both culturally attuned and scientifically demonstrated. This methodology takes a decolonial approach to engaging community members in the research process and integrates critical feminist and indigenous epistemologies. Cultura y Corazón presents case studies from the authors’ work within the fields of education and health. It offers key strategies to working in partnership with marginalized Latinx communities that are grounded in deep respect for the communities’ cultures and lived experiences. This book is intended for students, researchers, and practitioners who want to work with vulnerable populations through a community-based approach that truly respects and integrates culture, values, and funds of knowledge.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816541957

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9780816541959

Principles and Applications of NanoMEMS Physics

By: Hector Santos

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Principles and Applications of NanoMEMS Physics

By: Hector Santos

Presents the first unified exposition of the physical principles at the heart of NanoMEMS-based devices and applications Provides newcomers with a much needed coherent scientific base for undertaking study and research in this field Takes great pains in rendering transparent advanced physical concepts and techniques, such as quantum information, second quantization, Luttinger liquids, bosonization, and superconductivity

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387258345

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9780387258348

Central America, 1821-1871

Liberalism Before Liberal Reform

By: Lowell Gudmundson,Hector Lindo-Fuentes

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Central America, 1821-1871

Liberalism Before Liberal Reform

By: Lowell Gudmundson,Hector Lindo-Fuentes

Two interrelated essays dealing with the economic, social, and political changes that took place in Central America Central America and its ill-fated federation (1824-1839) are often viewed as the archetype of the “anarchy” of early independent Spanish America. This book consists of two interralted essays dealing with the economic, social, and political changes that took place in Central America, changes that let to both Liberal regime consolidation and export agricultural development after the middle of the last century. The authors provide a challenging reinterpretation of Central American history and the most detailed analysis available in English of this most heterogeneous and obscure of societies. It avoids the dichotomous (Costa Rica versus the rest of Central America) and the centralist (Guatemala as the standard or model) treatments dominant in the existing literature and is required reading for anyone with an interest in 19th century Latin America.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817307656

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No Wonder!

The Art of Creating a New World

By: Hector G. Balcazar

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No Wonder!

The Art of Creating a New World

By: Hector G. Balcazar

This book is a memoir. Throughout this storytelling narrative, the reader will be taken on a journey that is full of adventures and rich in serendipity. The author takes the reader on a journey through his academic experience in five US states and six universities. The book has three sections. Part 1 begins with the immigrant experience of the author's family. Part 1 covers the author's early years, growing-up in Mexico City, including his college experience, and later his International Nutrition studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In Part 1, the author shares his entry into his academic career where he discovers his passion for public health. He writes about his road to public health to seek a philosophy of scholarship bridging science with human justice. Part 2 focuses on the author's work with community health workers. In Part 2, the author sets the stage and explains ways to transform communities and to bring health justice. Finally, in Part 3, the author presents a new vision with a new actor: the community spiritual worker. The book is a vibrant and colorful tapestry, full of inspirational real-life stories, cultural foods, poems, songs, and many accounts of the author's rich life experience, living in two cultures, Mexico and the US, and working in various universities. The author sheds light on the people who have been in the shadows and who have been invisible within communities. The book emphasizes that working with communities is an art.

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1662942370

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Citizenship Excess

Latino/as, Media, and the Nation

By: Hector Amaya

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Citizenship Excess

Latino/as, Media, and the Nation

By: Hector Amaya

“Drawing on the Athenian tradition of ‘wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a contingently defined polis,’ Hector Amaya has crafted an elegant and sophisticated analysis of the contemporary policies designed to contain and criminalize Latina/os. Citizenship Excess demonstrates that he is one of the leading Latina/o Media Scholars today.” —Angharad N. Valdivia, General Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Media Studies and author of Latina/os Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, Citizenship Excess illustrates the limitations of liberalism as expressed through U.S. media channels. Inspired by Latin American critical scholarship on the “coloniality of power,” Amaya demonstrates that nativists use the privileges associated with citizenship to accumulate power. That power is deployed to aggressively shape politics, culture, and the law, effectively undermining Latino/as who are marked by the ethno-racial and linguistic difference that nativists love to hate. Yet these social characteristics present crucial challenges to the political, legal, and cultural practices that define citizenship. Amaya examines the role of ethnicity and language in shaping the mediated public sphere through cases ranging from the participation of Latino/as in the Iraqi war and pro-immigration reform marches to labor laws restricting Latino/a participation in English-language media and news coverage of undocumented immigrant detention centers. Citizenship Excess demonstrates that the evolution of the idea of citizenship in the United States and the political and cultural practices that define it are intricately intertwined with nativism.

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NYU Press

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0814708455

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9780814708453

Trends in Cervical Cancer Research

By: Hector T. Varaj

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Trends in Cervical Cancer Research

By: Hector T. Varaj

Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. World-wide, it is the second most common cancer of women. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in advanced stages, which has made cervical cancer the focus of intense screening efforts utilising the Pap smear. Most scientific studies point to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection which is responsible for 90% of the cases of cervical cancer. There are 7 most common types of HPV-16, 18, 31, 33, 42, 52 and 58. Types 16 and 18 being the most common cause of the cancer. Treatment is with surgery (including local excision) in early stages and chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced stages of the disease. This book presents cutting edge research in this study of cervical cancer. This involves, new perspectives in pharmacological treatments, anti-hormonal agents, therapeutic trends for patients, nerve sparing treatments, antibodies in single chain formats, predictors of radiation response, lymphatic mapping and docetaxel labelling with radionuclides.

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Nova Publishers

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1600212999

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Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants

By: Robert D. Slocum,Hector E. Flores

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Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants

By: Robert D. Slocum,Hector E. Flores

Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants provides a comprehensive introduction to commonly used methods in polyamine research and the problems unique to plant studies. Topics discussed include polyamine metabolism in plants, the functions of polyamines in plant growth and development, and an examination of analytical methods for polyamines and enzymes of polyamine metabolism. Agronomists, plant physiologists, and biochemists interested in polyamines in plants will find this book to be a valuable reference resource.

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0849368650

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Reviving Professional Learning Communities

Strength Through Diversity, Conflict, Teamwork, and Structure

By: Perry P. Wiseman,Hector Arroyo,Nicholas Richter

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Reviving Professional Learning Communities

Strength Through Diversity, Conflict, Teamwork, and Structure

By: Perry P. Wiseman,Hector Arroyo,Nicholas Richter

A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school's overarching culture and climate. With such widespread notoriety, though, there has been a dilution of the true essence of the term. Understanding of what a Professional Learning Community is varies from one district to another, from one school to another, even from one educator to another. It's about time for a resurrection. Reviving Professional Learning Communities does exactly that through the lens of a simple framework called, the 4S Approach. This new development helps practitioners build thriving learning communities through: (1) recognition and validation of each staff member's unique points of view, (2) natural conflict that accompanies the assorted viewpoints, (3) healthy teamwork, and (4) effective systems. Sprinkled throughout the book are also 32 practical, high-leverage strategies that are easy to understand and simple to put into practice right away. This book will most certainly help answer the perennial question: How do we achieve a genuine Professional Learning Community?

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1475801041

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Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino?

By: Mari Carmen Ramirez,Tomas Ybarra-Frausto,Hector Olea

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Resisting Categories: Latin American and/or Latino?

By: Mari Carmen Ramirez,Tomas Ybarra-Frausto,Hector Olea

DIV This first volume of the Critical Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art series published by the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents 168 crucial texts written by influential artists, critics, curators, journalists, and intellectuals whose writings shed light on questions relating to what it means to be "Latin American" and/or "Latino." Reinforced within a critical framework, the documents address converging issues, including: the construct of "Latin-ness" itself; the persistent longing for a continental identity; notions of Pan–Latin Americanism; the emergence of collections and exhibitions devoted specifically to "Latin American” or "Latino" art; and multicultural critiques of Latin American and Latino essentialism. The selected documents, many of which have never before been published in English, span from the late fifteenth century to the present day. They encompass key protagonists of this comprehensive history as well as unfamiliar figures, revealing previously unknown facets of the questions and issues at play. The book series complements the thousands of seminal documents now available through the ICAA Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art digital archive, http://icaadocs.mfah.org. Together they establish a much-needed intellectual foundation for the exhibition, collection, and interpretation of art produced in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States. /div

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Yale University Press

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0300187157

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Screening Cuba

Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War

By: Hector Amaya

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Screening Cuba

Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War

By: Hector Amaya

Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, Screening Cuba compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: Memories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, and Portrait of Teresa. In examining cultural production through the lens of the Cold War, Amaya reveals how contrasting interpretations of Cuban and U.S. critics are the result of the political cultures in which they operated. While Cuban critics viewed the films as powerful symbols of the social promises of the Cuban revolution, liberal and leftist American critics found meaning in the films as representations of anti-establishment progressive values and Cold War discourses. By contrasting the hermeneutics of Cuban and U.S. culture, criticism, and citizenship, Amaya argues that critical receptions of political films constitute a kind of civic public behavior.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252035593

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9780252035593

The Book of Contemporary Conga Techniques

By: Hector Pocho Neciosup,José Rosa

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The Book of Contemporary Conga Techniques

By: Hector Pocho Neciosup,José Rosa

Contemporary Conga Techniques secrets revealed! Learn the secret techniques that has been hidden for years that will help you develop the inner conguero in you.

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1432704400

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The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss

By: Michel Loreau,Andy Hector,Forest Isbell

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The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss

By: Michel Loreau,Andy Hector,Forest Isbell

The idea that changes in biodiversity can impact how ecosystems function has, over the last quarter century, gone from being a controversial notion to an accepted part of science and policy. As the field matures, it is high time to review progress, explore the links between this new research area and fundamental ecological concepts, and look ahead to the implementation of this knowledge. This book is designed to both provide an up-to-date overview of research in the area and to serve as a useful textbook for those studying the relationship between biodiversity and the functioning, stability and services of ecosystems. The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss is aimed at a wide audience of upper undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and academic and research staff.

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1119902908

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Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health

History, Theory and within Group Differences

By: Hector Y. Adames,Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas

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Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health

History, Theory and within Group Differences

By: Hector Y. Adames,Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas

Advancing work to effectively study, understand, and serve the fastest growing U.S. ethnic minority population, this volume explicitly emphasizes the racial and ethnic diversity within this heterogeneous cultural group. The focus is on the complex historical roots of contemporary Latino/as, their diversity in skin-color and physiognomy, racial identity, ethnic identity, gender differences, immigration patterns, and acculturation. The work highlights how the complexities inherent in the diverse Latino/a experience, as specified throughout the topics covered in this volume, become critical elements of culturally responsive and racially conscious mental health treatment approaches. By addressing the complexities, within-group differences, and racially heterogeneity characteristic of U.S. Latino/as, this volume makes a significant contribution to the literature related to mental health treatments and interventions.

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1317529790

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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Basic Science And Clinical Evidence

By: Derek S. Wheeler,Hector R. Wong

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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Basic Science And Clinical Evidence

By: Derek S. Wheeler,Hector R. Wong

This new textbook is the definitive evidence-based resource for pediatric critical care. It is the first ostensibly evidence-based pediatric critical care textbook and will prove an invaluable resource for critical care professionals across the globe.

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1846284635

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Poemas en Transito

el Subway

By: Hector Geager

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Poemas en Transito

el Subway

By: Hector Geager

“Poemas en Tránsito” is a poetry book narrating my personal experiences, as I commute to work in the number 1 Train, which runs from 242nd Street in the Bronx to Battery Park, in Manhattan. In the poems, I use the kaleidoscope of sounds, visuals and people in the subway to relate some of my experiences. In its totality, the book is a compendium of poems selected from my poetic production starting in 1976, under the guidance of my illustrious and respected, Professor Jaime Montesinos. His intellectual infl uence and guidance were the midwives of this book.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479796026

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El Guerrero Uteh en el Reino de Ramses II

By: Hector Fernandez

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El Guerrero Uteh en el Reino de Ramses II

By: Hector Fernandez

Hector Fernandez Cuba junio 1965 es un joven estudioso de las culturas antiguas y fruto de abundantes compilaciones historicas es su novela, " El Guerrero Uteh en el Reino de Ramses II" este libro narra las aventuras del joven Uteh descendiente de una estirpe guerrera que arde en deseos de entrar en combate bajo las ordenes del Faraon Ramses II contra su mas potente enemigo el imperio Hitita {actual Armenia) y que culmina con lo que hoy se conoce como el primer tratado de paz entre ambos imperios, escrita en lenguaje coloquial y directo sin rebuscamientos barrocos el texto de fernandez incerta inmediatamente al lector en un mundo fascinante y exotico, literatura que tiene un largo expediente contemporaneo recordemos Mika Waltari con "Sinuhue el Egipcio" esta novela se agrega con su precensia singular al monto de total de la literatura cubana escrita en las ultimas dos decadas .

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147715230X

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Decimas de Nuestro bonito Folklor

By: Hector Morales

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Decimas de Nuestro bonito Folklor

By: Hector Morales

En este mi primer trabajo se lo dedico a mi madre Eusebia Pizarro y mi padre Lázaro Morales Ramos por la vida que me otorgaron pues gracias a ellos soy un hombre de bien. También a mí adorada esposa Sharon Lynch de Morales porque ella siempre ha sido buena guía instruyéndome para que obtenga buen provecho a mi talento poético.

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1479759074

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Death in Veracruz

A Novel

By: Hector Camín

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Death in Veracruz

A Novel

By: Hector Camín

Marks the long-awaited arrival—in English—of a masterful voice in Mexican and noir fiction Death in Veracruz is a gritty and atmospheric noir centered on the so-called oil wars of the late 1970s, which pitted the extremely powerful and corrupt government-owned oil cartel against the agrarian landowners in the Tabasco region of Southern Mexico. This novel, translated for the first time in English since its publication 30 years ago, concerns a journalist who investigates the death of a colleague and friend Rojano in a bizarre shooting incident that takes place in a small rural village, and who finds himself up against crooked police and petty government officials bought by the oil conglomerate. But, as he gets deeper and deeper into this Mexican Heart of Darkness, he finds Rojano was not all he seemed, and neither was his widow with whom he falls into a doomed affair. Death in Veracruz.

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1936182947

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Cultural Competency in Health, Social & Human Services

Directions for the 21st Century

By: Pedro J. Lecca,Ivan Quervalu,Joao V. Nunes,Hector F. Gonzales

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Cultural Competency in Health, Social & Human Services

Directions for the 21st Century

By: Pedro J. Lecca,Ivan Quervalu,Joao V. Nunes,Hector F. Gonzales

Cultural competency is an issue that is becoming increasingly more important as thousands of people come to this country every year. Because of widely different social mores, living conditions, traditions, personal beliefs, and practices of clients, health professionals in all specialties are finding it difficult to communicate effectively with the members of the diverse racial and ethnic groups that come to them for help. To give health and human services professionals the necessary training, material on cultural competency has been mandated in several different curricula, yet appropriate pedagogical material remains relatively rare. This pioneering volume presents the latest information and techniques for improving cultural competency in the delivery of health, social, and human services to ethnic and racial minority groups in the United States. Special attention is paid to the importance of understanding the social and culture backgrounds of clients when assessing diagnosis of policy and economic issues, which are rarely examined in this context. Notable for its combination of theory and practice, which will be invaluable for both professionals and students, this book also includes material on cultural competency within such special populations as the mentally ill, the elderly, children, and families.

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1317777352

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Inverted Utopias

Avant-garde Art in Latin America

By: Héctor Olea Galaviz,Mari Carmen Ramírez,Mari Carmen Ramirez,Héctor Olea,Hector Olea Hernandez

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Inverted Utopias

Avant-garde Art in Latin America

By: Héctor Olea Galaviz,Mari Carmen Ramírez,Mari Carmen Ramirez,Héctor Olea,Hector Olea Hernandez

In the twentieth century, avant-garde artists from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean created extraordinary and highly innovative paintings, sculptures, assemblages, mixed-media works, and installations. This innovative book presents more than 250 works by some seventy of these artists (including Gego, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Xul Solar, and Jose Clemente Orozco) and artists' groups, along with interpretive essays by leading authorities and newly translated manifestoes and other theoretical documents written by the artists. Together the images and texts showcase the astonishing artistic achievements of the Latin American avant-garde. The book focuses on two decisive periods: the return from Europe in the 1920s of Latin American avant-garde pioneers; and the expansion of avant-garde activities throughout Latin America after World War II as artists expressed their independence from developments in Europe and the United States. As the authors explain, during these periods Latin American art was fueled by the belief that artistic creations could present a form of utopia - an inversion of the original premise that drove the European avant-garde - and serve as a model for

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