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AMD's Fight to Free an Industry from the Ruthless Grip of Intel

By: Hector Ruiz

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AMD's Fight to Free an Industry from the Ruthless Grip of Intel

By: Hector Ruiz

When Hector Ruiz joined AMD, quickly ascending to the CEO’s suite, he took the helm of a dynamic company that was nonetheless struggling against perceptions that it could not contend with Intel, the Goliath of the microchip industry. Though AMD’s technology, products, and pricing were keeping pace with or outstripping Intel’s, the market wasn’t responding. Why? Ruiz found deals unaccountably collapsing, his executives stonewalled by business partners, and promising innovations thwarted. As Intel made it almost impossible for its customers to use competitors’ chips, rumors floated that the only reason Intel “allowed” AMD to exist was to stave off antitrust investigations by the Federal Trade Commission. As government investigations began to reveal the truth about Intel’s predatory business practices, Ruiz realized that AMD’s only option was to become David to Intel’s Goliath. Recruiting a team of renowned strategists and industry leaders, Ruiz developed tactics based on superior technology and innovative alliances. And when he finally made the decision to file a historic lawsuit against Intel, the battle between the two rivals escalated, enveloping the entire personal computer industry and bringing to a head a conflict that had been building for more than a decade. This unprecedented inside account of the microchip industry at war offers lessons to all readers interested in the thrust and parry of the high-technology sector—or who face daunting competitive challenges of their own.

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Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

A Practical Guide

By: Robert L. Rhodes,Salvador Hector Ochoa,Samuel O. Ortiz

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Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

A Practical Guide

By: Robert L. Rhodes,Salvador Hector Ochoa,Samuel O. Ortiz

This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English-language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided are research-based, step-by-step procedures for conducting effective interviews with students, parents, and teachers; making the best use of interpreters; addressing special issues in the prereferral process; and conducting accurate, unbiased assessments of academic achievement, intellectual functioning, language proficiency, and acculturation. Among the book's special features are reproducible worksheets, questionnaires, and checklists--including several in both English and Spanish--in a ready-to-use, large-size format. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.

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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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Harlequin Kimani Romance October 2016 Box Set

An Anthology

By: Deborah Fletcher Mello,Sheryl Lister,Nicki Night,Carolyn Hector

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Harlequin Kimani Romance October 2016 Box Set

An Anthology

By: Deborah Fletcher Mello,Sheryl Lister,Nicki Night,Carolyn Hector

Looking for entertaining stories of drama, glamour and passion featuring sophisticated and sensual AfricanAmerican and multicultural heroes and heroines? Harlequin® Kimani Romance brings you all this and more with these four new full length books for one great price! A STALLION’S TOUCH (The Stallions) After an injury changes his life, quarterback Nicholas Stallion is angry at the world—and butting heads with Dr. Tarah Boudreaux. Yet the neurosurgeon's unwavering encouragement sparks an intimacy that blindsides them both. But with a rival in the mix, Nicholas must make the ultimate play for her heart. PLACES IN MY HEART (The Grays of Los Angeles) Sheryl Lister Omar Drummond has closed himself off from emotional entanglements. With Morgan Gray, it’s different—he craves more. But proving herself as a sports agent means securing the football superstar as a client, not a lover. To win her, he’ll have to show her that he’s playing for keeps. RIDING INTO LOVE (The Barrington Brothers) Nicki Night Manhattan attorney Alana Thomas doesn’t believe Mr. Right exists. The only one who ever came close was Drew Barrington. Now the motorcycle legend is back in town. But breaking her no-dating rule for Drew could also break her heart. Can they rewrite the laws of love? HIS SOUTHERN SWEETHEART (Once Upon a Tiara) Carolyn Hector Reality show producer Amelia Marlow has a score to settle with Nate Reyes—and buying him at a bachelor auction promises sweet satisfaction. The forty hours of community service Nate owes soon turns into sensual overtime. And he soon discovers that there’s only one place for Amelia—in his arms!

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1488025169

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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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0300102690

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Money Flows

The Political Consequences of Migrant Remittances

By: Catherine De Vries,David Doyle,Hector Solaz,Katerina Tertytchnaya

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Money Flows

The Political Consequences of Migrant Remittances

By: Catherine De Vries,David Doyle,Hector Solaz,Katerina Tertytchnaya

Remittances, the repatriated earnings of emigrant workers, have risen spectacularly in recent decades. They are a crucial lifeline for the households that receive them and one of the largest sources of capital for developing economies, outstripping both aid and foreign direct investment. Money Flows studies how remittances shape the relationship between remittance recipients and the authorities in migrant-sending countries by providing a comprehensive study of the political effects of remittances on the attitudes of their recipients. It argues that far from being an exclusively economic risk-sharing mechanism between poorer, migrant-sending, and richer, migrant-receiving economies, remittances may compromise rudimentary accountability mechanisms in the developing world. The book leverages survey data from Central-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia and original focus groups from Kyrgyzstan. It shows how remittances, and fluctuations in their volume, colour recipients' economic evaluations; shape the burden of corruption; and change how recipients interact with, and view their state, ultimately impacting the approval function of the authorities.

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Oxford University Press

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019265117X

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Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development

6th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2005, Chicago, IL, USA, August 23-26, 2005, Proceedings

By: Hector Munoz-Avila,Héctor Muñoz-Avila,Francesco Ricci

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Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development

6th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2005, Chicago, IL, USA, August 23-26, 2005, Proceedings

By: Hector Munoz-Avila,Héctor Muñoz-Avila,Francesco Ricci

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2005, held in Chicago, IL, USA, in August 2005. The 19 revised full research papers and 26 revised poster papers presented together with the abstracts of 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. The papers address all current foundational, theoretical and research aspects of case-based reasoning as well as advanced applications either with innovative commercial deployment or practical, social, environmental or economic significance.

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The Bachelor and the Beauty Queen

By: Carolyn Hector

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The Bachelor and the Beauty Queen

By: Carolyn Hector

Spotlight on temptation The tall, sexy stranger who just barged into Lexi Pendergrass's shop looks like a perfect ten to her. But not only does Stephen Reyes accuse the former beauty queen of selling his young niece a scandalous dress, he then prevents Lexi from buying her dream property next door. Not exactly Mr. Congeniality. Even still, beneath their bickering simmers an inconvenient chemistry that's shaking Lexi's legendary poise to the core. Real estate mogul Stephen has had his world rocked twice in recent months. First, he became guardian to his late brother's children. Now he's falling for a feisty Southern beauty who, when she isn't coaching his pageant-crazy niece, is schooling him in desire. He misjudged her once. Now he's using all his seductive talents to win Lexi for now and forever...

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0373864442

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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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His Southern Sweetheart

By: Carolyn Hector

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His Southern Sweetheart

By: Carolyn Hector

Seduction, Southern style! Reality show producer Amelia Marlow has a score to settle with sexy Nate Reyes—and buying him at a bachelor auction promises sweet satisfaction. After all, it's thanks to him that workaholic Amelia is on temporary leave in her sleepy Georgia hometown. The least he can do is help her while she's stuck there! But the forty hours of community service Nate owes soon turn into sensual and sizzling overtime… Nate wants to make things right with the gorgeous Amelia. Through sultry days and even hotter nights, Nate's surprised to find she's slowly turning his "no complications wanted" attitude into intense attraction. And he soon discovers that he'll do anything to prove that there's only one perfect place for Amelia—in his arms!

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1488003750

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Criminal Justice and Mental Health

An Overview for Students

By: Jada Hector,David Khey

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Criminal Justice and Mental Health

An Overview for Students

By: Jada Hector,David Khey

This textbook provides an overview of the overlap between the criminal justice system and mental health for students of criminology and criminal justice. It provides an accessible overview of basic signs and symptoms of major mental illnesses and size of scope of justice-involved individuals with mental illness. In the United States, the law enforcement and the criminal justice system is often the first public service to be in contact with individuals suffering from mental illness or in mental distress. Those with untreated mental illnesses are often at higher risk for committing criminal acts, and due to a lack of mental health facilities, resources, and pervasive misconceptions about this population, those with mental illness often end up in the corrections system. This timely work covers the roles of each part of the criminal justice system interacting with mentally ill individuals, from law enforcement and first responders, social services, public health services, sentencing and corrections, to release and re-entry. It also addresses the crucial need of mental healthcare for criminal justice professionals, who suffer from high rates of job stress, PTSD, and other mental health issues. With new chapters on stigma, mental illness during and after disaster and crisis, and updates and new supplementary materials throughout, this book will be of interest to students of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, psychology, and public health. It will also be of interest to policy-makers and practitioners already working in the field, interacting with and addressing the needs of mentally ill individuals.

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3031153383

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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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Courts, Justice, and Efficiency

A Socio-legal Study of Economic Rationality in Adjudication

By: Hector Fix-Fierro

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Courts, Justice, and Efficiency

A Socio-legal Study of Economic Rationality in Adjudication

By: Hector Fix-Fierro

This study explores the socio-legal context of economic rationality in the legal and judicial systems. It examines the meaning and relevance of the concept of efficiency for the operation of courts and court systems,seeking to answer questions such as: in what sense can we say that the adjudicative process works efficiently? What are the relevant criteria for the measurement and assessment of court efficiency? Should the courts try to operate efficiently and to what extent is this viable? What is the proper relationship between 'efficiency' and 'justice' considerations in a judicial proceeding? To answer these questions, a conceptual framework is developed on the basis of empirical studies and surveys carried out mainly in the United States, Western Europe and Latin America. Two basic ideas emerge from it. First, economic rationality has penetrated the legal and judicial systems at all levels and dimensions, from the level of society as a whole to the day-to-day operation of the courts, from the institutional dimension of adjudication to the organizational context of judicial decisions. Far from being an alien value in the judicial process, efficiency has become an inseparable part of the structure of expectations we place on the legal system. Second, economic rationality is not the prevalent value in legal decision-making, as it is subject to all kinds of constraints, local conditions and concrete negotiations with other values and interests.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847310559

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Strongly Elliptic Systems and Boundary Integral Equations

By: William Charles Hector McLean

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Strongly Elliptic Systems and Boundary Integral Equations

By: William Charles Hector McLean

This 2000 book provided the first detailed exposition of the mathematical theory of boundary integral equations of the first kind on non-smooth domains.

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Cambridge University Press

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052166375X

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The Impact of Remittances on Economic Activity: The Importance of Sectoral Linkages

By: Hector Perez-Saiz,Mr.Jemma Dridi,Tunc Gursoy,Mounir Bari

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The Impact of Remittances on Economic Activity: The Importance of Sectoral Linkages

By: Hector Perez-Saiz,Mr.Jemma Dridi,Tunc Gursoy,Mounir Bari

We propose a simple macroeconomic model with input-output sectoral linkages based on Acemoglu et al. (2016) to quantify how changes in aggregate demand due to additional income from household’s remittances propagates through the network of input-output linkages in Sub-Saharan African countries. We first propose two network centrality measures to assess the role of some sectors as key input providers in the economy. Then, we use these measures to quantify the effect of sectoral linkages on sectoral and total output following an increase in remittances inflows. Our empirical results suggest that the effects of remittances on recipient economies increase with the degree of linkages across sectors, which is especially prominent in the case of the financial intermediation sector. Our paper contributes to the emerging macroeconomic literature on the propagation of shocks across sectors and the implications for the whole economy.

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International Monetary Fund

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1498324487

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Indigenous Peoples In Latin America

The Quest For Self-determination

By: Hector Diaz Polanco

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Indigenous Peoples In Latin America

The Quest For Self-determination

By: Hector Diaz Polanco

This book deals with the perennial tensions between ethnic groups and the modern nation-state and does so from the perspective of a leading Mexican anthropologist with deep and long experience in these matters. As such, it is both a superb introduction to the basic issues and a presentation of the author's own original contributions. The appearance of this book in English gives North American readers access to these important and political currents in Latin American anthropology and political economy. It is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the current recrudescence of indigenous peoples at this moment in history?when conventional wisdom had predicted its demise.

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0429968418

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Tempting the Beauty Queen

By: Carolyn Hector

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Tempting the Beauty Queen

By: Carolyn Hector

From beauty queen…to bride? A Once Upon a Tiara story If Kenzie Swayne didn’t require a date for a string of upcoming weddings, she’d turn Ramon Torres’s offer down flat. The gorgeous entrepreneur stood her up once, unwilling to let emotion interfere with his ambition. Ramon needs Kenzie’s expertise for a new business venture, so he agrees to escort her. But when secrets from their pasts are revealed, can Ramon make Kenzie his—forever?

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1488081697

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The Farm

By: Hector Abad

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The Farm

By: Hector Abad

Closely knit Colombian siblings' internal rifts threaten to tear apart the hard-won legacy their father fought to establish against guerilla and paramilitary violence. An intimate and transgressive novel that confirms Héctor Abad as one of the great writers of Latin American literature today. Pilar, Eva, and Antonio Ángel are the last heirs of La Oculta, a farm hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The land has survived several generations. It is the landscape of their happiest memories but it is also where they have had to face the siege of violence and terror, restlessness and flight. In The Farm, Héctor Abad illuminates the vicissitudes of a family and of a people, as well as of the voices of these three siblings, recounting their loves, fears, desires, and hopes, all against a dazzling backdrop. We enter their lives at the moment when they are about to lose the paradise on which they built their dreams and their reality.

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Archipelago

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0914671936

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Shortest Paths for Sub-Riemannian Metrics on Rank-Two Distributions

By: Wensheng Liu,Hector J. Sussmann

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Shortest Paths for Sub-Riemannian Metrics on Rank-Two Distributions

By: Wensheng Liu,Hector J. Sussmann

A sub-Riemannian manifold ([italic capitals]M, E, G) consists of a finite-dimensional manifold [italic capital]M, a rank-two bracket generating distribution [italic capital]E on [italic capital]M, and a Riemannian metric [italic capital]G on [italic capital]E. All length-minimizing arcs on ([italic capitals]M, E, G) are either normal extremals or abnormal extremals. Normal extremals are locally optimal, i.e., every sufficiently short piece of such an extremal is a minimizer. The question whether every length-minimizer is a normal extremal was recently settled by R. G. Montgomery, who exhibited a counterexample. The present work proves that regular abnormal extremals are locally optimal, and, in the case that [italic capital]E satisfies a mild additional restriction, the abnormal minimizers are ubiquitous rather than exceptional. All the topics of this research report (historical notes, examples, abnormal extremals, Hamiltonians, nonholonomic distributions, sub-Riemannian distance, the relations between minimality and extremality, regular abnormal extremals, local optimality of regular abnormal extremals, etc.) are presented in a very clear and effective way.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821804049

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The Engine of America

The Secrets to Small Business Success From Entrepreneurs Who Have Made It!

By: Hector V. Barreto

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The Engine of America

The Secrets to Small Business Success From Entrepreneurs Who Have Made It!

By: Hector V. Barreto

Winning business strategies from CEOs of 50 successful small businesses (some of which are now large corporations) who share their experiences to help those starting or growing their own business Small business is the engine that drives America's new economy. In The Engine of America, former administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Hector Barreto and veteran journalist Bob Wagman reveal the winning business strategies of CEOs from 50 companies. For all those starting or growing their own small business, the wisdom, experience, and counsel of these successful leaders provides inspirational and thoughtful advice on making it as an entrepreneur. In this book, Barreto shares details of business success, and the insights he gained while administering the nation's largest small business loan, training, and counseling organization. Some of those sharing their stories in The Engine of America have grown their businesses from the most humble of beginnings into corporate giants whose brands are household names and whose operations are integral parts of the national economy. Others may not be instantly recognizable, but what they have in common is success. Hector Barreto believes if you can teach a small business owner something he or she doesn't know, but which is critical to the growth of their small business or which allows them to avoid a critical mistake, you have helped put them on the road to success. That's what The Engine of America will do. Hector V. Barreto (Los Angeles, CA) is the former five-year administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration where he directed a $60 billion support system for American entrepreneurs. He has lived and worked in all regions of the country, and is currently the Chairman of the Latino Coalition and a frequent speaker on small business topics. Robert Wagman (Washington, DC) is the former Capitol bureau chief for Scripps Howard's Newspaper Enterprise Association. He is also a former field producer for 60 Minutes, editor of the World Almanac on Politics, and author of many business and political nonfiction books.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470196467

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9780470196465

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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IPG

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1936182947

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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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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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Contemporary Intellectual Property

Law and Policy

By: Hector MacQueen

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Contemporary Intellectual Property

Law and Policy

By: Hector MacQueen

This textbook provides an account of intellectual property law. The underlying policies influencing the direction of the law are explained and explored and contemporary issues facing the discipline are tackled head-on. The international and European dimensions are covered together with the domestic position.

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0199575320

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Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

Chapter 25. Neurocysticercosis

By: Oscar H. Del Brutto,Hector H. Garcia

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Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

Chapter 25. Neurocysticercosis

By: Oscar H. Del Brutto,Hector H. Garcia

Cysticercosis, an infection caused by the cystic larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, is one of the most frequent parasitic infections of the human nervous system (neurocysticercosis). It is endemic in most of Latin America, the sub-Saharan Africa, and vast parts of Asia, including the Indian subcontinent. It has also been increasingly diagnosed in developed countries because of migration of people from endemic zones and exposure in travelers. The life cycle involves the development of the adult tapeworm in the human small intestine (after ingesting infected pork with cysts) and larval infection in pig tissues (after ingesting human stools containing the eggs of the tapeworm). Humans get infected by the fecal-oral route, most often from a direct contact with an asymptomatic Taenia carrier. Most common clinical presentations are seizures (particularly late-onset seizures), chronic headaches, and intracranial hypertension. However, cysticerci can locate anywhere in the human nervous system, thus potentially causing almost any neurological syndrome and making clinical diagnosis a difficult task. Neuroimaging is the main diagnostic tool, and specific serology confirms the diagnosis and helps to define the diagnosis when images are unclear. Factors such as location (extraparenchymal versus intraparenchymal), number, size and evolutive stage of the parasites determine the clinical manifestations, therapeutic approach, and prognosis. Management includes symptomatic drugs (analgesics, antiepileptic drugs, anti-inflammatory agents) and in many cases cysticidal drugs, either albendazole or praziquantel. In recent years, efforts have focused on transmission control and potential elimination in endemic regions.

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012807969X

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Trafficking

Narcoculture in Mexico and the United States

By: Hector Amaya

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Trafficking

Narcoculture in Mexico and the United States

By: Hector Amaya

In Trafficking Hector Amaya examines how the dramatic escalation of drug violence in Mexico in 2008 prompted new forms of participation in public culture in Mexico and the United States. He contends that, by becoming a site of national and transnational debate about the role of the state, this violence altered the modes publicness could take, transforming assumptions about freedom of expression and the rules of public participation. Amaya examines the practices of narcocorrido musicians who take advantage of digital production and distribution technologies to escape Mexican censors and to share music across the US-Mexico border, as well as anonymous bloggers whose coverage of trafficking and violence from a place of relative safety made them public heroes. These new forms of being in the public sphere, Amaya demonstrates, evolved to exceed the bounds of the state and traditional media sources, signaling the inadequacy of democratic theories of freedom and publicness to understand how violence shapes public discourse.

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Duke University Press

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1478009039

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Practical Data Analysis

By: Hector Cuesta

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Practical Data Analysis

By: Hector Cuesta

Each chapter of the book quickly introduces a key ‘theme’ of Data Analysis, before immersing you in the practical aspects of each theme. You’ll learn quickly how to perform all aspects of Data Analysis.Practical Data Analysis is a book ideal for home and small business users who want to slice & dice the data they have on hand with minimum hassle.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1783281006

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9781783281008

Fire and Salt

Human Niche Construction and Holocene Landscape Evolution on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica

By: Hector Neff

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Fire and Salt

Human Niche Construction and Holocene Landscape Evolution on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica

By: Hector Neff

Fire and Salt traces the history of how human activities have helped build the littoral landscape of Pacific coastal southern Mesoamerica over the past five thousand years. Evidence comes from airborne lidar, surface reconnaissance and excavation within the mangrove-estuary zone, sediment coring, and a chronological framework encompassing nine ceramic complexes extending from Early Formative to Historic times. In presenting the landscape as it exists today, this volume also describes what may soon be lost. The mangrove forests harbor a record of the human past, a focus of the present volume, but they also shield the coast from storms and tsunamis, provide nurseries for commercially important marine species, and store large amounts of carbon. These threats may pale, however, in comparison to the imminent threat posed by sea-level rise over the coming decades, especially if worst-case scenarios come to pass. By inventorying resources, including cultural resources, this book makes a first step toward mitigating the effects of environmental degradation that appear all but unavoidable.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826366783

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9780826366788

The Beauty and the CEO

By: Carolyn Hector

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The Beauty and the CEO

By: Carolyn Hector

Undeniable chemistry Makeup artist Zoe Baldwin can't believe the gorgeous guy she flirted with on the way to a job interview was her potential boss. So when Will Ravens, CEO of his family's cosmetics company, tells Zoe her innovative approach isn't right for his brand, she agrees to work alongside him at a beauty pageant to prove her skills. But where there are sparks, there's certain attraction… Will is fighting to keep his family legacy afloat. He's going back to basics at Ravens Cosmetics, leaving no time for romance or Zoe's avant-garde ideas. But despite his intentions, he finds himself falling deeper under Zoe's sensual spell. Amid the chaos caused by company sabotage, can both their career dreams and passionate fantasies come true?

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Harlequin

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1488013675

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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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Contemporary Intellectual Property

Law and Policy

By: Hector L. MacQueen,Charlotte Waelde,Graeme T. Laurie

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Contemporary Intellectual Property

Law and Policy

By: Hector L. MacQueen,Charlotte Waelde,Graeme T. Laurie

The book is accompanied by a web site where students and lecturers alike can access updates on major developments in the law as well as pointers to the exercises contained in the text.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199263396

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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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