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Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions

By: Marcos Von Sperling,Carlos Augustos de Lemos Chernicharo

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Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions

By: Marcos Von Sperling,Carlos Augustos de Lemos Chernicharo

Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions gives a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment, particularly domestic sewage. The book covers the main treatment processes used worldwide with wastewater treatment in warm climate regions given a particular emphasis where simple, affordable and sustainable solutions are required. This comprehensive book presents in a clear and informative way the basic principles of biological wastewater treatment, including theory and practice, and covering conception, design and operation. In order to ensure the practical and didactic view of the book, 371 illustrations, 322 summary tables and 117 examples are included. All major wastewater treatment processes are covered by full and interlinked design examples which are built up throughout the book, from the determination of wastewater characteristics, the impact of discharge into rivers and lakes, the design of several wastewater treatment processes and the design of sludge treatment and disposal units. The 55 chapters are divided into 7 parts over two volumes: Volume One: (1) Introduction to wastewater characteristics, treatment and disposal; (2) Basic principles of wastewater treatment; (3) Stabilisation ponds; (4) Anaerobic reactors; Volume Two: (5) Activated sludge; (6) Aerobic biofilm reactors; (7) Sludge treatment and disposal. As well as being an ideal textbook, Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions is an important reference for practising professionals such as engineers, biologists, chemists and environmental scientists, acting in consulting companies, water authorities and environmental agencies.

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1843390027

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Risk management as a strategy for the preservation of cultural heritage in sciences and health

By: Carla Coelho,Marcos José Pinheiro,Bruno Sá,Nathália Vieira Serrano

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Risk management as a strategy for the preservation of cultural heritage in sciences and health

By: Carla Coelho,Marcos José Pinheiro,Bruno Sá,Nathália Vieira Serrano

This publication aims to share the work process and main results of the pilot cycle in the implementation of risk management for the cultural heritage of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). The initiative was coordinated by Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC) through an interdisciplinary Working Group and enjoyed the collaboration of other technical and scientific units of the institution, especially the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC) and the Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (ICICT). Since the preventive approach is still not a consolidated reality in the Brazilian context, our objective in publishing this book is to contribute to the dissemination of risk management by reporting a real-world experience that involved various stakeholders, analyzing the main work stages, difficulties, and strategies employed in the process. The ABC Method for cultural heritage risk management, developed by the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) with the collaboration of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), was chosen by the group for conducting its work. The method is relatively complex and there are few examples to date of published Brazilian case studies.

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Mórula Editorial

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6581315621

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9786581315627

Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment

By: Marcos Von Sperling

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Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment

By: Marcos Von Sperling

Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment is the second volume in the series Biological Wastewater Treatment, and focusses on the unit operations and processes associated with biological wastewater treatment. The major topics covered are: microbiology and ecology of wastewater treatment reaction kinetics and reactor hydraulics conversion of organic and inorganic matter sedimentation aeration The theory presented in this volume forms the basis upon which the other books of the series are built. About the series: The series is based on a highly acclaimed set of best selling textbooks. This international version is comprised by six textbooks giving a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment. Other titles in the series are: Volume 1: Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal; Volume 3: Waste Stabilisation Ponds; Volume 4: Anaerobic Reactors; Volume 5: Activated Sludge and Aerobic Biofilm Reactors; Volume 6: Sludge Treatment and Disposal

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1843391627

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The Septuagint in Context

Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible

By: Natalio Fernández Marcos

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The Septuagint in Context

Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible

By: Natalio Fernández Marcos

This comprehensive introduction to the Septuagint and other Greek versions of the Hebrew Bible will prove indispensable to the study of the textual and cultural aspects of the first translation of the Bible, and of its reception by Jews and Christians.

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BRILL

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9004498087

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9789004498082

Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal

By: Marcos Von Sperling

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Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal

By: Marcos Von Sperling

Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal is the first volume in the series Biological Wastewater Treatment, presenting an integrated view of water quality and wastewater treatment. The book covers the following topics: wastewater characteristics (flow and major constituents) impact of wastewater discharges to rivers and lakes overview of wastewater treatment systems complementary items in planning studies. This book, with its clear and practical approach, lays the foundations for the topics that are analysed in more detail in the other books of the series. About the series: The series is based on a highly acclaimed set of best selling textbooks. This international version is comprised by six textbooks giving a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment. Other titles in the series are: Volume 2: Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment; Volume 3: Waste Stabilisation Ponds; Volume 4: Anaerobic Reactors; Volume 5: Activated Sludge and Aerobic Biofilm Reactors; Volume 6: Sludge Treatment and Disposal

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1843391619

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The Physics of Foraging

An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters

By: Gandhimohan. M. Viswanathan,Marcos G. E. da Luz,Ernesto P. Raposo,H. Eugene Stanley

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The Physics of Foraging

An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters

By: Gandhimohan. M. Viswanathan,Marcos G. E. da Luz,Ernesto P. Raposo,H. Eugene Stanley

Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion? If so, then why? These questions have attracted the attention of scientists in many disciplines, and stimulated debates ranging from ecological matters to queries such as 'how can there be free will if one follows a law of motion?' This is the first book on this rapidly evolving subject, introducing random searches and foraging in a way that can be understood by readers without a previous background on the subject. It reviews theory as well as experiment, addresses open problems and perspectives, and discusses applications ranging from the colonization of Madagascar by Austronesians to the diffusion of genetically modified crops. The book will interest physicists working in the field of anomalous diffusion and movement ecology as well as ecologists already familiar with the concepts and methods of statistical physics.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139497553

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9781139497558

Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones

A Guide to Current Common Practice

By: Gabriel Tojo,Marcos I. Fernandez

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Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones

A Guide to Current Common Practice

By: Gabriel Tojo,Marcos I. Fernandez

The aim of this book is to help people performing routine operations in Organic Synthesis in a laboratory. This book, the first one in a series, focuses on the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones. Probably, this is the most important routine operation in Organic Synthesis.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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038725725X

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9780387257259

Frequency Measurement Technology

By: Ignacio Llamas-Garro,Jung-Mu Kim,Marcos Tavares De Melo

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Frequency Measurement Technology

By: Ignacio Llamas-Garro,Jung-Mu Kim,Marcos Tavares De Melo

This unique first-of-its-kind resource provides practical coverage of the design and implementation of frequency measurement receivers, which aid in identifying unknown signals. The technologies used in frequency measurement interferometry-based on-delay lines and filters are explored in this book. Practitioners also find concrete examples of microwave photonics implementations. The designs and concepts that cover conventional photonic instantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) circuits are explained. This book provides details on new designs for microwave photonic circuits and reconfigurable frequency measurement (RFM) circuits using diodes and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). This book explains the many diverse applications of frequency measurement that are used in defense, radar, and communications. The instrumentation used to perform frequency measurements is explained, including the use of block analysis for network and spectrum analyzers and calibration techniques. Readers learn the advantages of using frequency measurement based on microwave/RF techniques, including immunity to electromagnetic interference, low loss, compatibility with fiber signal distribution, and parallel processing signals. Moreover, readers gain insight into the future of frequency measurement receivers. The book examines both the underpinnings and the implementation of frequency measurement receivers using many diverse technological platforms.

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Artech House

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1630815160

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9781630815165

Sludge Treatment and Disposal

By: Cleverson Vitorio Andreoli,Marcos Von Sperling,Fernando Fernandes,Mariska Ronteltap

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Sludge Treatment and Disposal

By: Cleverson Vitorio Andreoli,Marcos Von Sperling,Fernando Fernandes,Mariska Ronteltap

Sludge Treatment and Disposal is the sixth volume in the series Biological Wastewater Treatment. The book covers in a clear and informative way the sludge characteristics, production, treatment (thickening, dewatering, stabilisation, pathogens removal) and disposal (land application for agricultural purposes, sanitary landfills, landfarming and other methods). Environmental and public health issues are also fully described. About the series: The series is based on a highly acclaimed set of best selling textbooks. This international version is comprised by six textbooks giving a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment. Other titles in the series are: Volume 1: Waste Stabilisation Ponds; Volume 2: Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment; Volume 3: Waste Stabilization Ponds; Volume 4: Anaerobic Reactors; Volume 5: Activated Sludge and Aerobic Biofilm Reactors

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184339166X

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Rotary Drum

Fluid Dynamics, Dimensioning Criteria, and Industrial Applications

By: Marcos Antonio de Souza Barrozo,Dyrney Araújo Dos Santos,Cláudio Roberto Duarte,Suellen Mendonça Nascimento

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Rotary Drum

Fluid Dynamics, Dimensioning Criteria, and Industrial Applications

By: Marcos Antonio de Souza Barrozo,Dyrney Araújo Dos Santos,Cláudio Roberto Duarte,Suellen Mendonça Nascimento

Rotary Drum: Fluid Dynamics, Dimensioning Criteria, and Industrial Applications provides in-depth analysis of fluid dynamics in rotary drums. In addition, it provides analysis on the different configurations, including nonconventional ones, diverse industrial applications, and comparison with competing dryer types, as well as the modeling of these devices. Covering important aspects of fluid dynamics in rotary drums, which directly influence the drying performance, the book also considers the significant cost of conventional rotary dryers. It takes into account the scale-up of rotary dryers and the control of product quality during processing, which can leave the final product overdried and overheated, wasting thermal energy. The book serves as a useful reference for researchers, graduate students, and engineers in the field of drying technology.

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CRC Press

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1000894886

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Revolting Indolence

The Politics of Slacking, Lounging, and Daydreaming in Queer and Trans Latinx Culture

By: Marcos Gonsalez

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Revolting Indolence

The Politics of Slacking, Lounging, and Daydreaming in Queer and Trans Latinx Culture

By: Marcos Gonsalez

How indolent practices in Latinx LGBTQ culture challenge capitalist imperatives to be productive. Revolting Indolence makes a case for laziness as an aesthetic-political strategy for countering the oppressive logics of cisheteronormative racial capitalism. Focusing on ways in which queer and trans Latinx people demonstrate the unwillingness of their participation in “productivist” ethics and allied respectability politics, Marcos Gonsalez argues that slacking off, lounging, daydreaming, and partying are liberatory practices—revolts that in turn are treated as revolting. Gonsalez explores how queer and trans Latinx artists refute discourses in which work is a moral good. In Paris Is Burning, RuPaul's Drag Race, documentary photography of queer and trans Latinx life in Los Angeles, and other sources, Gonsalez identifies two lazy styles: first, flagrant refusals of work that critique capitalist reason; and second, the invention of alternative aesthetic worlds beyond racial capitalism and violence targeting queer and trans people, whose rejection of the cisgender nuclear family paradigm is rightly seen as threatening the stability of a functioning capitalist system. Reclaiming laziness as a resource for radical imagining, Revolting Indolence asks us to do that which we want most and which capitalist exploitation can least tolerate: to slow down.

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University of Texas Press

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1477330534

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Chern-Simons Theory, Matrix Models, and Topological Strings

By: Marcos Marino

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Chern-Simons Theory, Matrix Models, and Topological Strings

By: Marcos Marino

In recent years, the old idea that gauge theories and string theories are equivalent has been implemented and developed in various ways, and there are by now various models where the string theory / gauge theory correspondence is at work. One of the most important examples of this correspondence relates Chern-Simons theory, a topological gauge theory in three dimensions which describes knot and three-manifold invariants, to topological string theory, which is deeply related to Gromov-Witten invariants. This has led to some surprising relations between three-manifold geometry and enumerative geometry. This book gives the first coherent presentation of this and other related topics. After an introduction to matrix models and Chern-Simons theory, the book describes in detail the topological string theories that correspond to these gauge theories and develops the mathematical implications of this duality for the enumerative geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds and knot theory. It is written in a pedagogical style and will be useful reading for graduate students and researchers in both mathematics and physics willing to learn about these developments.

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Oxford University Press

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0191524530

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9780191524530

Away Games

The Life and Times of a Latin Baseball Player

By: Marcos Bretón,José Luis Villegas

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Away Games

The Life and Times of a Latin Baseball Player

By: Marcos Bretón,José Luis Villegas

The story of Latino players in the major leagues from the perspective of Miguel Tejada, who overcomes abject poverty to succeed, and also of the many who were discarded along the way. Tejeda was named American League MVP for 2002.

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UNM Press

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0826322328

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9780826322326

Foreign Exchange Intervention in Inflation Targeters in Latin America

By: Mr.Marcos d Chamon,Mr.David J Hofman,Mr.Nicolas E Magud,Alejandro M. Werner

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Foreign Exchange Intervention in Inflation Targeters in Latin America

By: Mr.Marcos d Chamon,Mr.David J Hofman,Mr.Nicolas E Magud,Alejandro M. Werner

Foreign exchange intervention is widely used as a policy tool, particularly in emerging markets, but many facets of this tool remain limited, especially in the context of flexible exchange rate regimes. The Latin American experience can be informative because some of its largest countries adopted floating exchange rate regimes and inflation targeting while continuing to intervene in foreign exchange markets. This edited volume reviews detailed accounts from several Latin American countries’ central banks, and it provides insight into how and with what aim many interventions were decided and implemented. This book documents the effectiveness of intervention and pays special attention to the role of foreign exchange intervention policy within inflation-targeting monetary frameworks. The main lesson from Latin America’s foreign exchange interventions, in the context of inflation targeting, is that the region has had a considerable degree of success. Transparency and a clear communication policy have been key. For economies that are not highly dollarized, rules-based intervention helped contain financial instability and build international reserves while preserving inflation targets. The Latin American experience can help other countries in the design and implementation of their policies.

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International Monetary Fund

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1484393023

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9781484393024

Postnatal Development of the Human Hippocampal Formation

By: Ricardo Insausti

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Postnatal Development of the Human Hippocampal Formation

By: Ricardo Insausti

The postnatal development of the human hippocampal formation (HF) is subject of increasing interest due to its implication in important pathologies that hamper the normal development of children. In this work, the authors present a glimpse of the main events that constitute important milestones in the development and shaping of some of the most important psychological capabilities such as autobiographical memory. Although they examined some cases in the last trimester of gestation, their description starts at birth, around 40 gestational weeks. Serial sections with thionin for Nissl analysis revealed that all fields of the HF were present and identifiable at birth. However, the relative growth of the cortical mantle was much higher relative to the HF. The main structural changes took place during the first postnatal year, in particular in the dentate gyrus and in the entorhinal cortex. At subsequent ages, a growth in size was noted in all components of the HF. This growth was more evident at the body and tail of the hippocampus, as evidenced by measurements of the neuroanatomical series. In addition, the authors examined in some cases the MRI appearance of the HF at different postnatal ages obtained by post-mortem imaging. MRI neuroanatomical series provided anatomically identified landmarks useful for the MRI identification of different components of the HF during postnatal development.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642048048

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The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics

By: Marcos Nadal,Oshin Vartanian

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The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics

By: Marcos Nadal,Oshin Vartanian

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species. Our ancestors have decorated their bodies, tools, and utensils for over 100,000 years. The expression of meaning using color, line, sound, rhythm, or movement, among other means, constitutes a fundamental aspect of our species' biological and cultural heritage. Art and aesthetics, therefore, contribute to our species identity and distinguish it from its living and extinct relatives. Science is faced with the challenge of explaining the natural foundations of such a unique trait, and the way cultural processes nurture it into magnificent expressions, historically and ethnically unique. How do the human mind and brain bring about these sorts of behaviors? What psychological and neural processes underlie the appreciation of painting, music, and dance? How does training modulate these processes? Are humans the only species capable of aesthetic appreciation, or are other species endowed with the rudiments of this capacity? Empirical examinations of such questions have a long and rich history in the discipline of psychology, the genesis of which can be traced back to the publication of Gustav Theodor Fechner's Vorschule der Aesthetik in 1876, making it the second oldest branch in experimental psychology. The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics brings together leading experts in psychology, neuroimaging, art history, and philosophy to answer these questions. It provides the most comprehensive coverage of the domain of empirical aesthetics to date. With sections on visual art, dance, music, and many other art forms and aesthetic phenomena, the breadth of this volume's scope reflects the richness and variety of topics and methods currently used today by scientists to understand the way our mind and brain endow us with the faculty to produce and appreciate art and aesthetics.

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Oxford University Press

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0192557726

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9780192557728

Flores na Varanda

By: Marcos H. N. Rossi

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Flores na Varanda

By: Marcos H. N. Rossi

Você já esteve numa situação onde sentiu a necessidade de mudar o mundo a sua volta para melhor, mas não sabia nem onde ou como começar? Alguma vez já sentiu como se o "sistema" estivesse vencendo e você estivesse sendo forçado a seguir um conjunto de regras e modelos de comportamento pré-definidos que não necessariamente tem a ver com quem você realmente é? Já teve vontade de transformar sua vida de uma maneira em que você esteja no comando, obtendo um melhor resultado em seus relacionamentos, esteja em paz e em harmonia com aqueles que você ama, inclusive consigo mesmo(a)? Este livro faz uso de situações e desafios do dia a dia para mostrar que tudo isso é possível e, mais importante, não é tão difícil como parece. Em linguagem simples, usando situações e analogias da vida real, Flores na Varanda seguramente tocará seu coração, trará mudanças e transformará sua vida. Seguir os vinte "Chamados para Ação" listados no final do livro certamente trarão os resultados que você esta procurando. Colocar as "Flores na Varanda" é o segredo.

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iUniverse

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1475957777

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The Return of Epidemics

Health and Society in Peru During the Twentieth Century

By: Marcos Cueto

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The Return of Epidemics

Health and Society in Peru During the Twentieth Century

By: Marcos Cueto

This investigation of the history of epidemics in various parts of Peru during the twentieth century opens up a new field for Latin American studies to include health and disease. These are important areas of the past that enable us to understand better the living conditions of people, the role of state authority and the dynamics of social movement.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351882899

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Everyday Acts of Design

Learning in a Time of Emergency

By: Zoy Anastassakis,Marcos Martins

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Everyday Acts of Design

Learning in a Time of Emergency

By: Zoy Anastassakis,Marcos Martins

From 2016-2018, teachers and students at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil found themselves at the center of a crisis. A new right-wing government suspended payment of staff salaries and student scholarships and stopped funding basic maintenance. Everyday Acts of Design tells the story of how the university's design school reacted to the crisis: not with despondency or despair, but by promoting a series of radical teaching experiments. Working together, students, alumni, teachers, and staff embraced hope as a method, demonstrating that it is possible to find positive answers even in a situation of imminent collapse. The case histories narrated in the book provide alternatives to conventional forms of design teaching, but also prove that education can be a site for democracy and the practice of freedom. Deprived of the activity of creating for an imagined future, design can still assert a way forward through practices of making and experimenting. Drawing on their personal experience of designing and teaching design at a time of crisis, the authors assert the value of a design attitude which, in refusing to be delimited by the forethought of designing, insists on a radical, experimental practice as a means of survival. Although a multitude of voices, both assenting and dissenting, are present in the text, the authors do not hide their own position, making it clear that their stories are not a balanced mosaic of polyphonic positions. The contemporary attack on free public education, fueled by the growth of far-right regimes all over the globe, relies on a totalizing univocal conception of 'truth' as a means to shut down a plurality of thinking. Against this, this book adopts the partiality of historical and cultural truths as an urgent and explicit counter-attack. Adopting a consciously international approach,the authors connect and compare their own story with those of similar design teaching movements in the Global South, such as the Barefoot School in India, and ZIVA, founded by Saki Mafunkikwa in Zimbabwe.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350162418

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Inequality, Democracy, and Growth in Brazil

A Country at the Crossroads of Economic Development

By: Marcos Mendes

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Inequality, Democracy, and Growth in Brazil

A Country at the Crossroads of Economic Development

By: Marcos Mendes

In terms accessible to non-economists, Marcos José Mendes describes the ways democracy and inequality produce low growth in the short and medium terms. In the longer term, he argues that Brazil has two paths in front of it. One is to create the conditions necessary to boost economic performance and drive the country toward a high level of development. The other is to fail in untying the political knot that blocks growth, leaving it a middle-income country. The source of his contrasting futures for Brazil is inequality, which he demonstrates is a relevant variable in any discussion of economic growth. Inequality illuminates causes of seemingly-unconnected problems. This book, which includes freely-accessible documents and datasets, is the first in-depth analysis of an issue that promises to become increasingly prominent. - Contrasting visions of Brazil's future described in economic terms - Easy-to-understand graphs and tables illustrate analytical arguments - All Excel-based data available on a freely-accessible website

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Academic Press

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0128019654

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9780128019658

Activated Sludge and Aerobic Biofilm Reactors

By: Marcos Von Sperling

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Activated Sludge and Aerobic Biofilm Reactors

By: Marcos Von Sperling

Activated Sludge and Aerobic Biofilm Reactors is the fifth volume in the series Biological Wastewater Treatment. The first part of the book is devoted to the activated sludge process, covering the removal of organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus.A detailed analysis of the biological reactor (aeration tank) and the final sedimentation tanks is provided. The second part of the book covers aerobic biofilm reactors, especially trickling filters, rotating biological contractors and submerged aerated biofilters. For all the systems, the book presents in a clear and informative way the main concepts, working principles, expected removal efficiencies, design criteria, design examples, construction aspects and operational guidelines. About the series: The series is based on a highly acclaimed set of best selling textbooks. This international version is comprised by six textbooks giving a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment. Other titles in the series are: Volume 1: Waste Stabilisation Ponds; Volume 2: Basic Principles of Wastewater Treatment; Volume 3: Waste Stabilization Ponds; Volume 4: Anaerobic Reactors; Volume 6: Sludge Treatment and Disposal

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IWA Publishing

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1843391651

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9781843391654

Atlas of Otologic Surgery and Magic Otology, Second Edition, Two Volume Set

By: Marcos V Goycoolea

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Atlas of Otologic Surgery and Magic Otology, Second Edition, Two Volume Set

By: Marcos V Goycoolea

In order to select and develop an appropriate therapy, it is essential to have an understanding of the anatomy, function and pathology of the organs involved, as well as the mechanisms of a disease. The second edition of this two volume set has been fully updated and gives special emphasis to structure, function, pathogenesis and research. Written by international experts, the atlas discusses new developments in otology, such as genetics and molecular biology, and includes a complete section on anatomy, histology, dissection, sculpturing and surgical procedures of temporal bones. Nearly 1600 detailed illustrations, figures and histology material including electron microscopy, assist understanding. A DVD featuring real cases and surgical procedures is also provided.

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JP Medical Ltd

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9350255197

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9789350255193

Tumors of the Jugular Foramen

By: Ricardo Ramina, MD, PhD,Marcos Soares Tatagiba, MD, PhD

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Tumors of the Jugular Foramen

By: Ricardo Ramina, MD, PhD,Marcos Soares Tatagiba, MD, PhD

This book covers all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of the jugular foramen – cranial base lesions that present particular diagnostic and management difficulties and remain challenging to remove despite advances in surgery and interventional neuroradiology. The authors have developed novel concepts and surgical techniques relating to management of the facial nerve, reconstruction of the cranial base, and resection of large tumors with intra- and extracranial extension. These techniques, as well as anatomic studies in cadavers, are presented by means of surgical photographs, illustrations, and videos. Tumors of the Jugular Foramen will be of interest to all specialists involved in the management of these challenging tumors, including neurosurgeons, ENT surgeons, neuroradiologists, neurologists, neurointensivists, radiotherapists, oncologists, and physiotherapists.

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Springer

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3319433687

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9783319433684

Limits of Democracy

From the June 2013 Uprisings in Brazil to the Bolsonaro Government

By: Marcos Nobre

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Limits of Democracy

From the June 2013 Uprisings in Brazil to the Bolsonaro Government

By: Marcos Nobre

In this timely book, Brazilian political philosopher Marcos Nobre analyzes the social and political roots of the election of Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil and shows how this process is connected to the rise of new far-right movements threatening democracy around the world. Nobre describes the rise of the movement that elected Bolsonaro as a reactionary and anti-democratic highjack of the democratic impulse unleashed by the June 2013 uprisings, when millions of Brazilians took to the streets to protest against a dysfunctional political system, and frames the Brazilian case within the global crisis that exposed the limits of a democracy based on the neoliberal consensus after the 2008 financial crisis. According to Nobre, the June 2013 uprisings in Brazil was part of the global cycle of popular protests that swept many countries between 2011 and 2013, reclaiming a new model of democracy which could go beyond bureaucratic and technocratic parties and cabinets. However, in Brazil, as in many other places, this initial democratic impulse was captured by new far-right movements which are now posing serious threats to democracy. This book intends to collaborate in a change of attitude, both theoretical and practical, that may help finding ways of fighting the authoritarian threat to democracy as well as of deepening democracy as a life form. The decline of neoliberalism not only did not produce any effectively progressive realist alternative, but also opened the way for a dispute over models of society in which democracy itself has ceased to represent the primary reference in disputes over the best way to regulate life in society. Democracy is no longer self-evident, it is in danger. And the only way to save it is by inventing new democratic practices to overcome the limits imposed by institutional political systems no longer capable of channeling the real struggles in the societies they claim to represent.

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3031163923

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The Patagonian Sublime

The Green Economy and Post-Neoliberal Politics

By: Marcos Mendoza

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The Patagonian Sublime

The Green Economy and Post-Neoliberal Politics

By: Marcos Mendoza

Machine generated contents note: Contents List of Acronyms List of Spanish Terms List of Images Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Part One: The Sphere of Tourism Consumption 1 Alpine-Style Mountaineering: Resolve and Death in the Andes 2 Adventure Trekking: Pursuing the Alpine Sublime Part Two: The Sphere of Service Production 3 Comerciante Entrepreneurship: Investment Hazard and Ethical Laboring 4 Golondrina Laboring: Informality and Play Part Three: The Sphere of the Conservation State 5 Community-Based Conservation: Land Managers and State-Civil Society Collaborations 6 Conservation Policing: Education and Environmental Impacts Part Four: The Politics of the Green Economy 7 Defending Popular Sustainability in la Comuna 8 Kirchnerismo and the Politics of the Green Economy Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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By: Marcos Carlos Vieira Dos Santos

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By: Marcos Carlos Vieira Dos Santos

Assim como existe um plano espiritual que atua na Terra, o mesmo ocorre em outros planetas habitados. O Universo real é composto de um fluído, e nós que estamos vivendo em corpos físicos, não podemos vê-lo. Através da realidade espiritual podemos ver também o plano físico, contudo, o contrário não é possível pela limitada visão da matéria densa, a qual nossos corpos são formados. Todo planeta habitado fisicamente tem uma esfera espiritual, entretanto, podemos ter planetas habitados somente em nível espiritual. É importante ressaltar que partimos de uma conjectura, ou seja, uma teoria, alargando nossa visão de mundo, no campo da espiritualidade. Porém, partimos do ponto de vista de grandes estudiosos no assunto, como físicos, astrofísicos, astrônomos, todos intelectuais que também acreditam em outra realidade além desta visível.

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People of the Iberian Borderlands

Community and Conflict between Spain and Portugal, 1640–1715

By: David Martín Marcos

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People of the Iberian Borderlands

Community and Conflict between Spain and Portugal, 1640–1715

By: David Martín Marcos

This book is devoted to the inhabitants of the Spanish–Portuguese borderlands during the early modern period. It seeks to challenge a predominant historiography focused on the study of borderlands societies, relying exclusively on the antagonistic topics of subversion and the construction of boundaries. It states that by focusing just on one concept or another there is a restrictive understanding tending to condition the agency of local communities by external narratives. Thus, if traditionally border people were reduced by some scholars to actors of a struggle against a supposedly imposed border; in a more modern perspective, their behaviors have been also framed in bottom-up processes of consolidation of spaces of sovereignty in a no less limiting vision. Faced with both approaches, the objective of this work is not to deny them but, first and foremost, to situate the experiences of border populations outside of logics that I understand as originally alien to themselves, and to highlight their own subjectivity. Finally, it also demonstrates that most of the practices developed by border people were fundamentally aimed at defending their local communities. It will be useful for both audiences interested in early modern Iberia or border studies from a bottom-up perspective.

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1000646998

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The Secret Life of Chocolate

By: Marcos Patchett

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The Secret Life of Chocolate

By: Marcos Patchett

A fascinating guide to the history and medical uses of cacao. The Secret Life of Chocolate is a book about chocolate. Not the sweet, mass-produced fatty confection most of us are familiar with, though. This book is about old-school chocolate; pre-Colombian, Central American, bitter-spicy-foamy-intense blow-your-socks-off chocolate; chocolate beverages made with toasted cocoa beans, water, and indigenous plants. Today there are many different forms of drinking chocolate in Latin America, most of which reflect European (Spanish) influence, incorporating sugar, cinnamon, and milk. The aim of this work is to peel back the years of cultural cross-pollination and anatomize the original Cacao-based beverages, which were richer, more complex, more potent, and darker (in every sense) than modern forms of chocolate. This book delves into the ancient history of the human relationship with the cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao; it dissects the pharmacological properties of chocolate to the fullest possible extent; and it divulges the mythical and magical associations of human interactions with this incredible plant.

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1801521832

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Quantum Machine Learning and Optimisation in Finance

On the Road to Quantum Advantage

By: Antoine Jacquier,Oleksiy Kondratyev,Alexander Lipton,Marcos Lopez de Prado

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Quantum Machine Learning and Optimisation in Finance

On the Road to Quantum Advantage

By: Antoine Jacquier,Oleksiy Kondratyev,Alexander Lipton,Marcos Lopez de Prado

Learn the principles of quantum machine learning and how to apply them While focus is on financial use cases, all the methods and techniques are transferable to other fields Purchase of Print or Kindle includes a free eBook in PDF Key Features Discover how to solve optimisation problems on quantum computers that can provide a speedup edge over classical methods Use methods of analogue and digital quantum computing to build powerful generative models Create the latest algorithms that work on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers Book Description With recent advances in quantum computing technology, we finally reached the era of Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computing. NISQ-era quantum computers are powerful enough to test quantum computing algorithms and solve hard real-world problems faster than classical hardware. Speedup is so important in financial applications, ranging from analysing huge amounts of customer data to high frequency trading. This is where quantum computing can give you the edge. Quantum Machine Learning and Optimisation in Finance shows you how to create hybrid quantum-classical machine learning and optimisation models that can harness the power of NISQ hardware. This book will take you through the real-world productive applications of quantum computing. The book explores the main quantum computing algorithms implementable on existing NISQ devices and highlights a range of financial applications that can benefit from this new quantum computing paradigm. This book will help you be one of the first in the finance industry to use quantum machine learning models to solve classically hard real-world problems. We may have moved past the point of quantum computing supremacy, but our quest for establishing quantum computing advantage has just begun! What you will learn Train parameterised quantum circuits as generative models that excel on NISQ hardware Solve hard optimisation problems Apply quantum boosting to financial applications Learn how the variational quantum eigensolver and the quantum approximate optimisation algorithms work Analyse the latest algorithms from quantum kernels to quantum semidefinite programming Apply quantum neural networks to credit approvals Who this book is for This book is for Quants and developers, data scientists, researchers, and students in quantitative finance. Although the focus is on financial use cases, all the methods and techniques are transferable to other areas.

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1801817871

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3D/4D Printing of Bioadhesive Pharmaceutical Systems

Additive Manufacturing and Perspectives

By: Marcos Luciano Bruschi,Denise Tiemi Uchida,Mariana Carla de Oliveira

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3D/4D Printing of Bioadhesive Pharmaceutical Systems

Additive Manufacturing and Perspectives

By: Marcos Luciano Bruschi,Denise Tiemi Uchida,Mariana Carla de Oliveira

This book features a brief history of additive manufacturing and 3D/4D printing techniques, as well as the advantages, applications, and overall challenges facing the technology. It then focuses on the applications of bioadhesive systems for drug delivery. 3D/4D Printing of Bioadhesive Pharmaceutical Systems: Additive Manufacturing and Perspectives, explores recent discoveries of 3D printing in the development of pharmaceutical systems and drug delivery. Specifically, it discusses the main polymers/materials used in the development of bio-adhesive pharmaceutical systems and explains the importance of bio-adhesiveness of drug release through 3D printing. The authors also introduce the main strategies necessary to achieve a proper drug delivery system through 3D printing, and examine the adhesiveness of these systems on the skin as the mucosa decreases with the elimination of the drug by the body. Finally, the book brings all the necessary specifications to obtain a bioadhesive system with suitable bio-ink to obtain the best 3D/4D printing. This book is written with the objective of helping students start their studies in pharmaceutical engineering, bioengineering and additive manufacturing. Moreover, engineering professionals can use the book to improve the performance of 3D/4D printers for this type of system.

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CRC Press

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1040223338

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Proletarian Lives

By: Marcos E. Pérez

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Proletarian Lives

By: Marcos E. Pérez

An ethnographic study of how people in one of Latin America's most notorious social movements became long-term activists.

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1316516644

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The Environment Since 1945

By: Marcos Luna

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The Environment Since 1945

By: Marcos Luna

Examines numerous controversies in environmental politics and policy since 1945, including the Donora smog event of 1948, building dams in national parks, the passage of the National Environmental Protection Act, the banning of DDT, the Love Canal crisis, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Makah whale hunt, and environmental racism.

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1438138113

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Brazilian Derivatives and Securities

Pricing and Risk Management of FX and Interest-Rate Portfolios for Local and Global Markets

By: Marcos C. S. Carreira,Richard J. Brostowicz Jr.

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Brazilian Derivatives and Securities

Pricing and Risk Management of FX and Interest-Rate Portfolios for Local and Global Markets

By: Marcos C. S. Carreira,Richard J. Brostowicz Jr.

The Brazilian financial markets operate in a very different way to G7 markets. Key differences include onshore and offshore markets, exponential rates, business days day-counts, and price formation from the futures markets (instead of the cash markets). This book provides a quantitative, applied guide to the offshore and onshore Brazilian markets, with a focus on the financial instruments unique to the region. It offers a comprehensive introduction to the key financial 'archaeology' in the Brazil context, exploring interest rates, FX and inflation and key differences from G7 market finance. It explores the core industry investment banking business in detail, from FX to interest rates and cash and inflation. Finally it introduces the region's unique financial instruments, as well as their pricing and risk management needs. Covering both introductory and complex topics, this book provides existing practitioners in Brazil, as well as those interested in becoming involved in these markets, everything they need to understand the market dynamics, risks, pricing and calibration of curves for all products currently available.

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