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Centenarians

A European Overview

By: Laetitia Teixeira,Lia Araújo,Constança Paúl,Oscar Ribeiro

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Centenarians

A European Overview

By: Laetitia Teixeira,Lia Araújo,Constança Paúl,Oscar Ribeiro

This book focuses on centenarians – people aged 100 and over – one of the fastest growing segments of the population in most developed countries. Drawing on official international and national data, it describes the longevity phenomenon and profiles socio-demographic, health and living conditions of long-lived people in 28 European countries. By comparing and synthesizing current information according to country, the book helps fill the knowledge gap regarding Europe’s centenarian population. Providing insights to help stakeholders better predict, plan for and respond to the challenges of extreme longevity, it is a valuable resource for students and academics in the field of population aging, gerontology and geriatrics, as well as social scientists and policymakers.

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3030520900

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Frei Betto

The Political-Pastoral Work of a Dominican Friar in Brazil and Beyond

By: Americo Oscar Guichard Freire,Evanize Martins Sydow

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Frei Betto

The Political-Pastoral Work of a Dominican Friar in Brazil and Beyond

By: Americo Oscar Guichard Freire,Evanize Martins Sydow

The Biography includes a Preface by Cuban Commander Fidel Castro Frei Bettos roles as a revolutionary Christian, popular educator, social movement articulator, and journalist/writer provide insight into the political and religious history not only of Brazil, but of Cuba and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe. His lifepath is one of engagement with the revolutionary struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship in favor of social transformation. His arrest in 1969 for coordinating the safe departure of political militants from Brazil, and his concern to eliminate hunger and suffering from the poorer classes, were strong credentials as he promoted dialogue between political bodies, the religious establishment and the population at large. Strongly influenced by the propositions of Liberation Theology, a defining thread of its activities was to seek an understanding, an accommodation, between Christianity and socialism. Friar Betto maintained close relations with former Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolutionary government, and wrote about how the internal dynamics of the Cuban religious universe could be applied to other countries and to different political circumstances. His writings on socialist countries, especially Paradise Lost, are aimed at promoting understanding on several levels: between the Church and the communists; between the military and politicians; between religious leaders and the people. Frei Bettos biography is an invitation to understand five decades of a personal pursuit of revolutionary ideals through the prism of religious tolerance and the pursuit of socialism. The Portuguese edition was a finalist in the biography section of Jabuti the prestigious national literary prize granted by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL).

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Liverpool University Press

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1802071318

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9781802071313

Story of a Death Foretold

The Coup Against Salvador Allende, 11 September 1973

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

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Story of a Death Foretold

The Coup Against Salvador Allende, 11 September 1973

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

On 11 September 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile, Latin America's first democratically elected Marxist president, was deposed in a violent coup d'état. Early that morning the phone lines to Allende's office were cut, army officers loyal to the republic were arrested and shortly afterwards bombs from four British-made Hawker Hunter jets began slamming into the presidential palace. Allende refused to leave his post, making broadcasts to encourage the Chilean people until the last pro-government radio station was silenced. Later that morning he was found dead, with an AK-47 that had been a gift from Fidel Castro by his side.The coup had been planned for months, even years before it actually happened. In fact, from the moment Allende's electoral victory in 1970 became a possibility, business leaders in Chile, extreme right-wing groups, high-ranking officers in the Chilean military and the US administration and the CIA worked together to secure a prompt and dramatic end to his progressive social programme.Why Allende seemed such a threat in the political and economic context of the time and how the coup was engineered is the story Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells, drawing on a wide range of sources, including phone transcripts and documents released as recently as 2008. It is a radical retelling of a moment in history that even at the height of Cold War paranoia - a time when Henry Kissinger described Chile as 'a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica' -shocked the world and which continues to resonate today. As the uprisings of the Arab Spring and the global protests at austerity measures introduced since the crash of 2008 show, the world is struggling to deal with the economic and political dilemmas Allende faced at the time.

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A&C Black

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1408830086

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9781408830086

Angola

By: Mike Stead,Sean Rorison,Oscar Scafidi

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Angola

By: Mike Stead,Sean Rorison,Oscar Scafidi

The only English-language guidebook covering Angola, written for visitors and residents alike.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1841624438

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Contaminations and Ethnographic Fictions

Southern Crossings

By: Oscar Hemer

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Contaminations and Ethnographic Fictions

Southern Crossings

By: Oscar Hemer

In an unusual merging of academic and literary practices, this volume attempts to identify a form (or forms) that is congenial with the subject of interrogation: the world in transition, with South Africa as the main focal point. Approaching anthropology from the position of the literary writer, Oscar Hemer here takes the reader through a kaleidoscope of perspectives—a stream-of-consciousness understanding of “writing the city” of Johannesburg, embedding ethnography in subjectivity; a challenge to binaries both temporal and gendered in examining the growth of the IT metropolis Bangalore to a combusting mega-city; an auto-ethnographic interweaving of fictional reportage with a close-reading of anthropological and philosophical treatises, including Mary Douglas’s Purity and Danger and Edouard Glissant’s Poetics of Relation, among others—to interrogate themes of transition, identity, purity and variation in the Western Cape. As the form transcends boundaries to create a methodological hybrid, creolization comes to the fore as a theoretical concept and as cultural practice.

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Springer Nature

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303034925X

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9783030349257

Trypanosoma cruzi as a Foodborne Pathogen

By: Belkisyolé de Noya,Oscar González,Lucy J. Robertson

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Trypanosoma cruzi as a Foodborne Pathogen

By: Belkisyolé de Noya,Oscar González,Lucy J. Robertson

This Brief provides a comprehensive overview of Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that is traditionally considered as exclusively vectorborne, but can be foodborne, and may lead to outbreaks of Chagas disease in consumers. The characteristics of Trypanosoma cruzi and the clinical effects of the disease are covered, including documented outbreaks, regional patterns, and epidemiology. The various transmission routes are outlined, but with specific focus on foodborne transmission. A major emphasis of this text is contamination of fruit juices with Trypanosoma cruzi in, a transmission vehicle with increasing significance in the spread of this parasite. Also outlined is the difficulty of establishing a protocol for detection in food samples. Results on survival of Trypanosoma cruzi in food matrices is considered, as well as current risk assessment procedures and regulations. Different approaches to preventing transmission, including inactivation and decontamination are introduced, but also the importance of targeted educational initiatives, and also with a focus on future detection, prevention, and prevention of contamination of foods with this parasite.

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3319234102

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The People of the River

Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

By: Oscar de la Torre

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The People of the River

Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

By: Oscar de la Torre

In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. He draws on social and environmental history to connect them intimately to the natural landscape and to Indigenous peoples. Relying on this world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-Brazilians fought for autonomous communities and developed a vibrant ethnic identity that supported their struggles over labor, land, and citizenship. Prior to abolition, enslaved and escaped blacks found in the tropical forest a source for tools, weapons, and trade--but it was also a cultural storehouse within which they shaped their stories and records of confrontations with slaveowners and state authorities. After abolition, the black peasants' knowledge of local environments continued to be key to their aspirations, allowing them to maintain relationships with powerful patrons and to participate in the protest cycle that led Getulio Vargas to the presidency of Brazil in 1930. In commonly referring to themselves by such names as "sons of the river," black Amazonians melded their agro-ecological traditions with their emergent identity as political stakeholders.

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UNC Press Books

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1469643251

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Advancing Robust Multi-Objective Optimisation Applied to Complex Model-Based Water-Related Problems

By: Oscar Osvaldo Marquez Calvo

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Advancing Robust Multi-Objective Optimisation Applied to Complex Model-Based Water-Related Problems

By: Oscar Osvaldo Marquez Calvo

The exercise of solving engineering problems that require optimisation procedures can be seriously affected by uncertain variables, resulting in potential underperforming solutions. Although this is a well-known problem, important knowledge gaps are still to be addressed. For example, concepts of robustness largely differ from study to study, robust solutions are generally provided with limited information about their uncertainty, and robust optimisation is difficult to apply as it is a computationally demanding task. The proposed research aims to address the mentioned challenges and focuses on robust optimisation of multiple objectives and multiple sources of probabilistically described uncertainty. This is done by the development of the Robust Optimisation and Probabilistic Analysis of Robustness algorithm (ROPAR), which integrates widely accepted robustness metrics into a single flexible framework. In this thesis, ROPAR is not only tested in benchmark functions, but also in engineering problems related to the water sector, in particular the design of urban drainage and water distribution systems. ROPAR allows for employing practically any existing multi-objective optimisation algorithm as its internal optimisation engine, which enables its applicability to other problems as well. Additionally, ROPAR can be straightforwardly parallelized, allowing for fast availability of results.

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CRC Press

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1000043142

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Fiction and Truth in Transition

Writing the Present Past in South Africa and Argentina

By: Oscar Hemer

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Fiction and Truth in Transition

Writing the Present Past in South Africa and Argentina

By: Oscar Hemer

What can fiction tell us about the world that journalism and science cannot? This simple yet vast question is the starting-point for an interrogation of the relationship between literary fiction and society's dramatic transformation in South Africa and Argentina over the past several decades. The resulting discursive text borders on both journalism and literature, incorporating reportage, essay, and memoir. (Series: Freiburg Studies in Social Anthropology - Vol. 34)

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LIT Verlag Münster

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364380122X

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Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

Chapter 28. Neurological effects of venomous bites and stings: snakes, spiders, and scorpions

By: Oscar H. Del Brutto

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Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

Chapter 28. Neurological effects of venomous bites and stings: snakes, spiders, and scorpions

By: Oscar H. Del Brutto

Snake and spider bites, as well as scorpion sting envenoming, are neglected diseases affecting millions of people all over the world. Neurological complications vary according to the offending animal, and are often directly related to toxic effects of the venom, affecting the central nervous system, the neuromuscular transmission, the cardiovascular system, or the coagulation cascade. Snake bite envenoming may result in stroke or muscle paralysis. Metalloproteinases and other substances (common in vipers and colubrids) have anticoagulant or procoagulant activity, and may induce ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes. The venom of elapids is rich in neurotoxins affecting the neuromuscular transmission at either presynaptic or postsynaptic levels. The clinical picture of scorpion sting envenoming is dominated by muscle weakness associated with arterial hypertension, cardiac arrythmias, myocarditis, or pulmonary edema. These manifestations occur as the result of release of catecholamines into the bloodstream or due to direct cardiac toxicity of the venom. Cerebrovascular complications have been reported after the sting of the Indian red scorpion. Intracranial hemorrhages occur in the setting of acute increases in arterial blood pressure related to sympathetic overstimulation, and cerebral infarctions are related to either cerebral hypoperfusion, consumption coagulopathy, vasculitis, or cardiogenic brain embolism. Three main syndromes result from spider bite envenoming: latrodectism, loxoscelism, and funnel-web spider envenoming. Latrodectism is related to neurotoxins present in the venom of widow spiders. Most cases present with headache, lethargy, irritability, myalgia, tremor, fasciculation, or ataxia. Loxoscelism is caused by envenoming by spiders of the family Sicariidae. It may present with a stroke due to a severe coagulopathy. The venom of funnel-web spiders also has neurotoxins that stimulate neurotransmitter release, resulting in sensory disturbances and muscle paralysis. Proper management of the envenomed patient, including prompt transport to the hospital, correction of the hemostatic disorder, ventilatory support, and administration of antivenom, significantly reduce the risk of neurological complications which, in turn, reduce the mortality and improve the functional outcome of survivors.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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012807972X

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9780128079720

What If Latin America Ruled the World?

How the South Will Take the North Through the 21st Century

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

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What If Latin America Ruled the World?

How the South Will Take the North Through the 21st Century

By: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

This tour of the histories of North and South America explains how Latin America has become a vital part of the global community and discusses how its consumers, resources and emigrants will become big factors in the future.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608192725

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9781608192724

The Leguminosae, a Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation

By: Oscar Nelson Allen,Ethel K. Allen

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The Leguminosae, a Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation

By: Oscar Nelson Allen,Ethel K. Allen

The volume contains a comprehensive taxonomic account of the family Leguminosae as a framework for the author's census report of the nodulating and non-nodulating genera and species. The main body of the work consists of synopses of 750 leguminous genera arranged alphabetically. Each is described taxonomically within its proper tribe and subfamily, in accordance with accepted classification systems. All of the nodulation data from the survey are further summarized in tabular alphabetical listings of genera under each of the three subfamily categories.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299084000

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9780299084004

Journey's Within

By: Oscar Webb

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Journey's Within

By: Oscar Webb

THIS A MY RESEARCHED WORK ON WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SECRET SOCIETIES AND THIS NEW WORLD ORDER THAT KEPT POPING UP DURING THE DOCUMENTS I FOUND AND THE VIDEO’S. I POINT OUT THAT THIS NOW IS BEHIDE THE EVENTS OF 9/11 AND MANY OTHER EVENTS SUCH AS THE FIRST ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BACK IN 1993 AND WACO AND COLUMBINE SCHOOL SHOOTING AND OKLAHOMA ALFRED P. MURRAH BUILDING BOMB ATTACK. IT LOOKS LIKE THESE SECRET SOCIEITES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND CALLING ALL THE ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD, NOT JUST THE ONE’S IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD SINCE THEY CONTROL THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS AND FUND WARS. THE SEEK POWER AND CONTROL OF THE POPULATIONS OF THE WORLD. AND THERE’S MORE DESTRUCTIVE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS 2012 (FEAR-BASED) TRAUMA ATTACK ON AMERICA AGAIN FOR THEY SAY THEY DID’NT KILL ENOUGH PEOPLE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001 READ THE INFORMATION IT’S OUT HERE JUST SEARCH IT OUT ONLINE AND OFFLINE.

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Xlibris Corporation

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146911030X

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9781469110301

Basic Portuguese Dictionary

By: Jura D. Oliveira,Oscar Fernández

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Basic Portuguese Dictionary

By: Jura D. Oliveira,Oscar Fernández

A home study course in 40 lessons to enable one to learn Portuguese quickly and easily.

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Living Language

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0609802925

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9780609802922

Centenarians

A European Overview

By: Laetitia Teixeira,Lia Araújo,Constança Paúl,Oscar Ribeiro

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A European Overview

By: Laetitia Teixeira,Lia Araújo,Constança Paúl,Oscar Ribeiro

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Trypanosoma cruzi as a Foodborne Pathogen

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The People of the River

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Advancing Robust Multi-Objective Optimisation Applied to Complex Model-Based Water-Related Problems

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Fiction and Truth in Transition

Fiction and Truth in Transition

Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology

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What If Latin America Ruled the World?

What If Latin America Ruled the World?

The Leguminosae, a Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation

The Leguminosae, a Source Book of Characteristics, Uses, and Nodulation

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