Paulo Pereira's Books

The Cerrados of Brazil

Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna

By: Paulo S.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Cerrados of Brazil

Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna

By: Paulo S.

The massive grasslands of Brazil -- known as the cerrados -- which cover roughly a quarter of its land surface and are among the most threatened regions in South America, have received little media attention. This book brings together leading researchers on the area to produce the first detailed account in English of the natural history and ecology of the cerrado/savanna ecosystem. Given their extent and threatened status, the richness of their flora and fauna, and the lack of familiarity with their unique ecology at the international level, the cerrados are badly in need of this important and timely work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

409

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231505965

ISBN 13

9780231505963

Migration and the Making of Industrial São Paulo

By: Paulo Fontes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Migration and the Making of Industrial São Paulo

By: Paulo Fontes

Published in 2008 and winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial São Paulo is a detailed social history of São Paulo's extraordinary urban and industrial expansion. Fontes focuses on those migrants who settled in the suburb of São Miguel Paulista, which grew from 7,000 residents in the 1940s to over 140,000 two decades later. Reconstructing these migrants' everyday lives within a broad social context, Fontes examines the economic conditions that prompted their migration, their creation of an integrated identity and community, and their efforts to gain worker rights. Fontes challenges the stereotypes of Northeasterners as culturally backward, uneducated, violent, and unreliable, instead seeing them as a resourceful population with considerable social and political resolve. Fontes's investigations into Northeastern life in São Miguel Paulista yield a fresh understanding of São Paulo's incredible and difficult growth while outlining how a marginalized population exercised its political agency.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

323

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822374293

ISBN 13

9780822374299

Eça de Queiroz

Sparks Brazilian Unrest

By: Paulo Cavalcanti

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Eça de Queiroz

Sparks Brazilian Unrest

By: Paulo Cavalcanti

Rescues the libertarian sentiment of the late 19th century , when addressing the last rebellion in Goiana , Pernambuco province. Paulo Cavalcanti examines how the Pernambuco reacted against the will and the Portuguese rule , and his report addresses the crucial moment in 1871, marked by political crises and the great dissatisfaction with the Portuguese monopoly on trade, which has remained unchanged even after several insurgent movements.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

419

Publisher

Companhia Editora de Pernambuco (CEPE)

Published Date

ISBN 10

8578582861

ISBN 13

9788578582869

Torture in Brazil

A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use of Torture by Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979, Secretly Prepared by the Archiodese of São Paulo

By: Brazil Archdiocese of São Paulo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Torture in Brazil

A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use of Torture by Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979, Secretly Prepared by the Archiodese of São Paulo

By: Brazil Archdiocese of São Paulo

Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book From 1964 until 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military regime that sanctioned the systematic use of torture in dealing with its political opponents. The catalog of what went on during that grim period was originally published in Portuguese as Brasil: Nunca Mais (Brazil: Never Again) in 1985. The volume was based on the official documentation kept by the very military that perpetrated the horrific acts. These extensive documents include military court proceedings of actual trials, secretly photocopied by lawyers associated with the Catholic Church and analyzed by a team of researchers. Their daring project—known as BNM for Brasil: Nunca Mais—compiled more than 2,700 pages of testimony by political prisoners documenting close to three hundred forms of torture. The BNM project proves conclusively that torture was an essential part of the military justice system and that judicial authorities were clearly aware of the use of torture to extract confessions. Still, it took more than a decade after the publication of Brasil: Nunca Mais for the armed forces to admit publicly that such torture had ever taken place. Torture in Brazil, the English version of the book re-edited here, serves as a timely reminder of the role of Brazil's military in past repression.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0292772572

ISBN 13

9780292772571

Political Ethics and European Constitution

By: Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Political Ethics and European Constitution

By: Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

Is the dream of EU endangered? This book reviews classic and modern values and virtues, and uses them in order to rethink Europe’s present politics and its future. The idea of the Republic was born with the political ethics of ancient Greece. The current international crisis obliges Europe to face the mirror of truth: What has become of the European Idea and how fares the European Constitution? It has been a long road from the Greek Politeia to the present lack of values and financial monomania in Europe, who seems to have lost any harmony between the spirit, the soul and the body of her Constitution: the will and values of the people (material constitution), the text of the Lisbon Treaty (formal constitution) and its current political interpretation and action (real constitution), making Europe a two-tier or three-tier club, far from the dream of the founding fathers. Without republican values and virtues, and failing to uphold the European social model, the European Union would devolve into moral, social and democratic bankruptcy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662456001

ISBN 13

9783662456002

A Practical Guide To Brain Data Analysis

By: Joao Paulo Vieito,Armando Freitas Da Rocha,Carlos Thomaz,Fabio Theoto Rocha

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Practical Guide To Brain Data Analysis

By: Joao Paulo Vieito,Armando Freitas Da Rocha,Carlos Thomaz,Fabio Theoto Rocha

This book was developed to help students and researchers in the fields of economics, finance, law and other social science areas to understand and apply neuroscience. With the use of neuroscience technologies, it is now possible to understand how people make decisions in practice, using friendly and ecological experimental setups. The first half of the book studies the decision-making process and explains how the brain is organized. It presents the brain as a distributed processing system, shows how to record brain activities, and how to combine neurosciences and statistical tools to design experiments. In the last chapters, experiments on stock market decision, dilemma judgment, vote decision and understanding of media propaganda are described and discussed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

205

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9813144459

ISBN 13

9789813144453

Fernando Pessoa

A quasi memoir

By: José Paulo Cavalcanti Filho

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fernando Pessoa

A quasi memoir

By: José Paulo Cavalcanti Filho

Writing a biography about Pessoa is a seemingly impossible task. The great Portuguese poet did not have just one life, but his existence virtually exploded in over a hundred different personalities. Only by placing oneself close to Pessoa, only by becoming almost one with him, is it possible to trace the life of this poet who was himself a multitude. José Paulo Cavalcanti has done such a thing, sewing together a path that runs through Pessoa’s multiple voices and personalities, seamlessly moving in and out of the poet’s work, daily habits and interactions. Following the great success of the Brazilian edition, Fernando Pessoa. A quasi Memoir is the first English translation of the book, and it provides new insights on the complex nature of the Portuguese poet.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1535

Publisher

Mimesis

Published Date

ISBN 10

8869772489

ISBN 13

9788869772481

Literacy

Reading the Word and the World

By: Paulo Freire,Donaldo Macedo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literacy

Reading the Word and the World

By: Paulo Freire,Donaldo Macedo

Freire and Macedo analyse the connection between literacy and politics according to whether it produces existing social relations, or introduces a new set of cultural practices that promote democratic and emancipatory change.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

218

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

113578485X

ISBN 13

9781135784850

The Portuguese and the Straits of Melaka, 1575-1619

Power, Trade and Diplomacy

By: Paulo Jorge De Sousa Pinto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Portuguese and the Straits of Melaka, 1575-1619

Power, Trade and Diplomacy

By: Paulo Jorge De Sousa Pinto

Following the fall of the Melaka Sultanate to the Portuguese in 1511, the sultanates of Johor and Aceh emerged as major trading centers alongside Portuguese Melaka. Each power represented wider global interests. Aceh had links with Gujerat, the Ottoman Empire and the Levant. Johor was a center for Javanese merchants and others involved with the Eastern spice trade. Melaka was part of the Estado da India, Portugal's trading empire that extended from Japan to Mozambique. Throughout the sixteenth century, a peculiar balance among the three powers became an important character of the political and economical life in the Straits of Melaka. The arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth century upset the balance and led to the decline of Portuguese Melaka. Making extensive use of contemporary Portuguese sources, Paulo Pinto uses geopolitical approach to analyze the financial, political, economic and military institutions that underlay this triangular arrangement, a system that persisted because no one power could achieve an undisputed hegemony. He also considers the position of post-conquest Melaka in the Malay World, where it remained a symbolic center of Malay civilization and a model of Malay political authority despite changes associated with Portuguese rule. In the process provides information on the social, political and genealogical circumstances of the Johor and Aceh sultanates.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

415

Publisher

NUS Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9971695707

ISBN 13

9789971695705

The Post-War Angola

Public Sphere, Political Regime and Democracy

By: Paulo C. J. Faria

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Post-War Angola

Public Sphere, Political Regime and Democracy

By: Paulo C. J. Faria

The quest for a broader reform of the current political regime and for equitable redistribution of Angola's wealth constitutes the most surmountable challenge this country faces since the end of civil war in 2002. State power has become a personalized affair to the extent of perpetuating an entrenched, centralised and overly bureaucratic structure of governance. To understand these dynamics, this book explores the role of the 'public' in post-war Angolan politics. The reality mimics the acti ...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

335

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1443866717

ISBN 13

9781443866712

Data Science for Business and Decision Making

By: Luiz Paulo Favero,Patricia Belfiore

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Data Science for Business and Decision Making

By: Luiz Paulo Favero,Patricia Belfiore

Data Science for Business and Decision Making covers both statistics and operations research while most competing textbooks focus on one or the other. As a result, the book more clearly defines the principles of business analytics for those who want to apply quantitative methods in their work. Its emphasis reflects the importance of regression, optimization and simulation for practitioners of business analytics. Each chapter uses a didactic format that is followed by exercises and answers. Freely-accessible datasets enable students and professionals to work with Excel, Stata Statistical Software®, and IBM SPSS Statistics Software®. - Combines statistics and operations research modeling to teach the principles of business analytics - Written for students who want to apply statistics, optimization and multivariate modeling to gain competitive advantages in business - Shows how powerful software packages, such as SPSS and Stata, can create graphical and numerical outputs

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1246

Publisher

Academic Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0128112174

ISBN 13

9780128112175

Modern Optimization with R

By: Paulo Cortez

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Modern Optimization with R

By: Paulo Cortez

The goal of this book is to gather in a single work the most relevant concepts related in optimization methods, showing how such theories and methods can be addressed using the open source, multi-platform R tool. Modern optimization methods, also known as metaheuristics, are particularly useful for solving complex problems for which no specialized optimization algorithm has been developed. These methods often yield high quality solutions with a more reasonable use of computational resources (e.g. memory and processing effort). Examples of popular modern methods discussed in this book are: simulated annealing; tabu search; genetic algorithms; differential evolution; and particle swarm optimization. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, information technology, and related areas, as well as data analysts interested in exploring modern optimization methods using R. This new edition integrates the latest R packages through text and code examples. It also discusses new topics, such as: the impact of artificial intelligence and business analytics in modern optimization tasks; the creation of interactive Web applications; usage of parallel computing; and more modern optimization algorithms (e.g., iterated racing, ant colony optimization, grammatical evolution).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

264

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030728196

ISBN 13

9783030728199

The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions

By: Victor Rico-Gray,Paulo S. Oliveira

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions

By: Victor Rico-Gray,Paulo S. Oliveira

Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe their evolutionary success to an array of interspecific interactions—such as pollination, seed dispersal, and herbivory—that have helped to shape their great diversity. The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions brings together findings from the scientific literature on the coevolution of ants and plants to provide a better understanding of the unparalleled success of these two remarkable groups, of interspecific interactions in general, and ultimately of terrestrial biological communities. The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions synthesizes the dynamics of ant-plant interactions, including the sources of variation in their outcomes. Victor Rico-Gray and Paulo S. Oliveira capture both the emerging appreciation of the importance of these interactions within ecosystems and the developing approaches that place studies of these interactions into a broader ecological and evolutionary context. The collaboration of two internationally renowned scientists, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions will become a standard reference for understanding the complex interactions between these two taxa.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226713547

ISBN 13

9780226713540

Diversity - The Brazilian Essence: Knowing Brazil By the Culture of Their People

By: Paulo Franco

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diversity - The Brazilian Essence: Knowing Brazil By the Culture of Their People

By: Paulo Franco

The author got putting together in this work an original and well selected context that help us understanding who they are and how modern brazilian people live. In a light language this book make us getting into the culture and tradition on day by day of brazilian people on deep way to understand why the word "mix" represent so well the nature of this singular people. It's a perfect guide for you that want to visit Brazil on business or pleasure and essencial for those who want to study, making friends or even to live on this interesting, different, and wonderful country. Clauber Mendonca CEO Atrium Business Group

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

174

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483412555

ISBN 13

9781483412559

The New Book of Prime Number Records

By: Paulo Ribenboim

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The New Book of Prime Number Records

By: Paulo Ribenboim

This text originated as a lecture delivered November 20, 1984, at Queen's University, in the undergraduate colloquium senes. In another colloquium lecture, my colleague Morris Orzech, who had consulted the latest edition of the Guinness Book of Records, reminded me very gently that the most "innumerate" people of the world are of a certain trible in Mato Grosso, Brazil. They do not even have a word to express the number "two" or the concept of plurality. "Yes, Morris, I'm from Brazil, but my book will contain numbers different from ·one.''' He added that the most boring 800-page book is by two Japanese mathematicians (whom I'll not name) and consists of about 16 million decimal digits of the number Te. "I assure you, Morris, that in spite of the beauty of the appar ent randomness of the decimal digits of Te, I'll be sure that my text will include also some words." And then I proceeded putting together the magic combina tion of words and numbers, which became The Book of Prime Number Records. If you have seen it, only extreme curiosity could impel you to have this one in your hands. The New Book of Prime Number Records differs little from its predecessor in the general planning. But it contains new sections and updated records.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

558

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461207592

ISBN 13

9781461207597

Contact Force Models for Multibody Dynamics

By: Paulo Flores,Hamid M. Lankarani

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Contact Force Models for Multibody Dynamics

By: Paulo Flores,Hamid M. Lankarani

This book analyzes several compliant contact force models within the context of multibody dynamics, while also revisiting the main issues associated with fundamental contact mechanics. In particular, it presents various contact force models, from linear to nonlinear, from purely elastic to dissipative, and describes their parameters. Addressing the different numerical methods and algorithms for contact problems in multibody systems, the book describes the gross motion of multibody systems by using a two-dimensional formulation based on the absolute coordinates and employs different contact models to represent contact-impact events. Results for selected planar multibody mechanical systems are presented and utilized to discuss the main assumptions and procedures adopted throughout this work. The material provided here indicates that the prediction of the dynamic behavior of mechanical systems involving contact-impact strongly depends on the choice of contact force model. In short, the book provides a comprehensive resource for the multibody dynamics community and beyond on modeling contact forces and the dynamics of mechanical systems undergoing contact-impact events.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

177

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319308971

ISBN 13

9783319308975

Labor, Human Rights and Public Policy

By: Paulo Campanha Santana

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Labor, Human Rights and Public Policy

By: Paulo Campanha Santana

Public policy discussions are, at any time, a major issue in any government, since they are a fundamental part of government agendas and the main mechanism for the realization of human and social rights. Brazil is a country that has a growing importance in the international arena, especially for its environmental and cultural riches, making it a country of extreme geopolitical relevance. Nevertheless, issues such as security, hunger, education, health, transportation, and democracy are constantly put to the test in the face of its development, size, and conflicts.Therefore, this work aims to bring important reflections on this theme, analyzing the public policies regarding labor and human rights. And in the midst of this, social policies must function as tools to realize human rights and restore balance. It is a great book for understanding better the labor environment in Brazil and how it is affecting human rights safeguard.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

153

Publisher

Lisbon

Published Date

ISBN 10

9893754852

ISBN 13

9789893754856

Truth and Suffering

Psychoanalysis, Science and the Production of Symptoms

By: Paulo Beer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Truth and Suffering

Psychoanalysis, Science and the Production of Symptoms

By: Paulo Beer

Although truth occupies a central position in philosophy and the philosophy of science, there is much debate about its actual role in scientific practice. Truth and Suffering explores different conceptions of truth and their profound influence on our understanding and approach to suffering. By discussing how different definitions of truth shape distinct ways of producing knowledge, the analysis prompts reflection on the impact of knowledge production on people's lives. Drawing on the work of authors from psychoanalysis and the philosophy of science, this book challenges dominant mental health paradigms, particularly the hegemony of biologic psychiatry. It resists attempts to naturalise symptoms and emphasises the need for ethical and political factors to be consistently taken into account when addressing suffering. Offering a clear and original approach to an important and complex debate, Truth and Suffering is of interest not only to specialist readers in a variety of fields, ranging from philosophy of science to psychoanalysis, but also provides an introduction to newcomers interested in these discussions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Leuven University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9462704066

ISBN 13

9789462704060

International Trade Subsidy Rules and Tax and Financial Export Incentives

From Limitations on Fiscal Sovereignty to Development-Inducing Mechanisms

By: Paulo Penteado Neto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

International Trade Subsidy Rules and Tax and Financial Export Incentives

From Limitations on Fiscal Sovereignty to Development-Inducing Mechanisms

By: Paulo Penteado Neto

International Trade Subsidy Rules and Tax and Financial Export Incentives is an inquiry into the interrelations between international trade subsidy rules and the use of tax and financial export incentives by developing countries. Its central claim is that developing countries should be allowed to adopt - based on their right to development - certain such incentives without violating the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules concerning subsidies. It advances the idea that the right to development of developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) entitles them to use tax and financial export incentives vis--vis comparatively more developed nations. However, in order to actualize this right, the existing WTO regulations must go through a process of revision. This process should craft an exception, available exclusively to developing countries and LDCs, allowing them to apply fiscal and financial export incentives against countries with a higher level of development, without being accused of granting prohibited subsidies. As a result of this policy reform, the WTO itself would incorporate development and fair/just trade concerns into its regulatory framework, providing an exceptional treatment for a patently exceptional situation. In doing so, the WTO would be contributing to a more equal international trade scene and a more developed and freer world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

217

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467054569

ISBN 13

9781467054560

Content-based Retrieval of Medical Images

Landmarking, Indexing, and Relevance Feedback

By: Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo-Marques,Rangaraj Rangayyan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Content-based Retrieval of Medical Images

Landmarking, Indexing, and Relevance Feedback

By: Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo-Marques,Rangaraj Rangayyan

Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) is the process of retrieval of images from a database that are similar to a query image, using measures derived from the images themselves, rather than relying on accompanying text or annotation. To achieve CBIR, the contents of the images need to be characterized by quantitative features; the features of the query image are compared with the features of each image in the database and images having high similarity with respect to the query image are retrieved and displayed. CBIR of medical images is a useful tool and could provide radiologists with assistance in the form of a display of relevant past cases. One of the challenging aspects of CBIR is to extract features from the images to represent their visual, diagnostic, or application-specific information content. In this book, methods are presented for preprocessing, segmentation, landmarking, feature extraction, and indexing of mammograms for CBIR. The preprocessing steps include anisotropic diffusion and the Wiener filter to remove noise and perform image enhancement. Techniques are described for segmentation of the breast and fibroglandular disk, including maximum entropy, a moment-preserving method, and Otsu's method. Image processing techniques are described for automatic detection of the nipple and the edge of the pectoral muscle via analysis in the Radon domain. By using the nipple and the pectoral muscle as landmarks, mammograms are divided into their internal, external, upper, and lower parts for further analysis. Methods are presented for feature extraction using texture analysis, shape analysis, granulometric analysis, moments, and statistical measures. The CBIR system presented provides options for retrieval using the Kohonen self-organizing map and the k-nearest-neighbor method. Methods are described for inclusion of expert knowledge to reduce the semantic gap in CBIR, including the query point movement method for relevance feedback (RFb). Analysis of performance is described in terms of precision, recall, and relevance-weighted precision of retrieval. Results of application to a clinical database of mammograms are presented, including the input of expert radiologists into the CBIR and RFb processes. Models are presented for integration of CBIR and computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) with a picture archival and communication system (PACS) for efficient workflow in a hospital. Table of Contents: Introduction to Content-based Image Retrieval / Mammography and CAD of Breast Cancer / Segmentation and Landmarking of Mammograms / Feature Extraction and Indexing of Mammograms / Content-based Retrieval of Mammograms / Integration of CBIR and CAD into Radiological Workflow

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

125

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3031016513

ISBN 13

9783031016516

Performance, Reliability, and Availability Evaluation of Computational Systems, Volume I

Performance and Background

By: Paulo Romero Martins Maciel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Performance, Reliability, and Availability Evaluation of Computational Systems, Volume I

Performance and Background

By: Paulo Romero Martins Maciel

Covers performance, reliability, and availability evaluation for computing systems, although the methods may also be applied to other systems Provides a resource for computer performance professionals to support planning, design, configuring, and tuning the performance, reliability, and availability of computing systems Volume 1 includes coverage of fundamental concepts and performance modeling.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

841

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000643336

ISBN 13

9781000643336

Cinematograph of Words

Literature, Technique, and Modernization in Brazil

By: Flora Süssekind,Paulo Henriques Britto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cinematograph of Words

Literature, Technique, and Modernization in Brazil

By: Flora Süssekind,Paulo Henriques Britto

This is an extraordinarily imaginative attempt to analyze the relations between literature and technique in Brazil from the 1880s to the 1920s. The author suggests that in these relations we can see more clearly the shape of a period that is otherwise usually defined from a literary perspective as pre- or post- something or other, rather than in terms of its own characteristics. One such characteristic is the intense interaction with the new technologies then arising in Brazil, the beginning of the professionalization of writers, and a revision of the concept of literature, redefined as technique. The authors chief concern is to determine what is distinctive about the literary production of the period. Rather than focusing on literatures relations with visual art, with a rising social class, or with the sociopolitical divisions within the educated classes of Brazilian society, the author examines the crônica (a kind of journalistic essay), poetry, and fiction of these decades in terms of their encounter with a burgeoning technological and industrial landscape. This encounter is examined from two perspectives. The first is explicit representation: the portrayal in Brazilian literature of modern artifacts, new means of transformation and communication, and the newborn industries of advertising and commercial publication. The second perspective examines how these close contacts with the technological world came to shape cultural productionthat is, not how literature represents technique, but how literary technique changed as it incorporated procedures characteristic of photography, film, and poster art. This transformation was consistent and concurrent with significant changes taking place in the perceptions and sensibilities of the population of major Brazilian cities, a population increasingly attuned to images, the instant, and technology as all-powerful mediators of the urban landscape, time, and a subjectivity constantly under the threat of extinction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804730636

ISBN 13

9780804730631

Neuroimmunology Research Focus

By: Paulo V. Broglio

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Neuroimmunology Research Focus

By: Paulo V. Broglio

Neuroimmunology is a rapidly-growing branch of biomedical science that studies of all aspects of the interactions between the immune system and nervous system. It deals with, among other things, the physiological functioning of the neuroimmune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the neuroimmune system in disorders (autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency), the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the neuroimmune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Despite the brain's status as an immune privileged site, an extensive bi-directional communication takes place between the nervous and the immune system in both health and disease. Immune cells and neuroimmune molecules such as cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors modulate brain function through multiple signalling pathways throughout the lifespan. Immunological, physiological and psychological stressors engage cytokines and other immune molecules as mediators of interactions with neuroendocrine, neuropeptide, and neurotransmitter systems. For example, brain cytokine levels increase following stress exposure, while treatments designed to alleviate stress reverse this effect. This book presents leading research in the field.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Nova Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1600215319

ISBN 13

9781600215315

Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States

The Development Journeys of Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste

By: Francisco José B.S. Leandro,Enrique Martínez-Galán,Paulo Gonçalves

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States

The Development Journeys of Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste

By: Francisco José B.S. Leandro,Enrique Martínez-Galán,Paulo Gonçalves

This book assesses the dynamics, challenges and achievements of the development processes of three Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States (PSSIDS) - Cabo Verde, São Tome and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste. Important lessons are drawn from those processes, which are relevant for policymakers, as well as for their bilateral and multilateral development partners, including international organizations such as United Nations or the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. To that end, the book includes contributions to the academic literature about SIDS, an area of research that has been significantly overlooked. The conclusions would be of interest to readers as a lead up to the fiftieth anniversary of their independence.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

522

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

981993382X

ISBN 13

9789819933822

Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Optimization

By: Kaushik Kumar,Supriyo Roy,J. Paulo Davim

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Optimization

By: Kaushik Kumar,Supriyo Roy,J. Paulo Davim

This book covers the issues related to optimization of engineering and management problems using soft computing techniques with an industrial outlook. It covers a broad area related to real life complex decision making problems using a heuristics approach. It also explores a wide perspective and future directions in industrial engineering research on a global platform/scenario. The book highlights the concept of optimization, presents various soft computing techniques, offers sample problems, and discusses related software programs complete with illustrations. Features Explains the concept of optimization and relevance to soft computing techniques towards optimal solution in engineering and management Presents various soft computing techniques Offers problems and their optimization using various soft computing techniques Discusses related software programs, with illustrations Provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to handle relevant software for obtaining the optimal solution to various engineering problems

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

169

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429622899

ISBN 13

9780429622892

Applied Landscape Ecology

By: Francisco Castro Rego,Stephen C. Bunting,Eva Kristina Strand,Paulo Godinho-Ferreira

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Applied Landscape Ecology

By: Francisco Castro Rego,Stephen C. Bunting,Eva Kristina Strand,Paulo Godinho-Ferreira

An insightful guide to the concepts and practices of modern landscape ecology Elements of geography, conservation biology, soil science and other disciplines factor into landscape ecology's rich analyses of the ecological and environmental forces at play across different terrains. With its unique, organism-oriented approach to the subject, Applied Landscape Ecology considers the effects of ecological processes upon particular species and places its findings within the context of larger-scale concerns. Students, researchers, and practitioners alike will find this a rewarding and instructive read that offers practical and detailed information on the latest methods and technologies used in the field today. This essential resource: Takes an interdisciplinary approach to landscape ecology Examines the subject within the contexts of specific organisms Covers cutting-edge technologies and methods Represents a collaboration between an international team of landscape ecology experts Whether new to the practice or an established ecologist, anyone with an interest in this exciting and developing field should have a copy of Applied Landscape Ecology at their disposal.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

292

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119368200

ISBN 13

9781119368205

Pedagogy in Process

The Letters to Guinea-Bissau

By: Paulo Freire

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pedagogy in Process

The Letters to Guinea-Bissau

By: Paulo Freire

Pedagogy in Process presents a first-hand account of the most comprehensive attempt yet to put into practice Paulo Freire's theory of education within a real societal setting. When Guinea Bissau on the West African coast declared independence in 1973 the rate of illiteracy in its adult population was ninety percent. The new government faced the enormous task of educating its citizens. With Freire as collaborator and advisor the government launched a huge grass-roots literacy campaign and this book is Freire's memoir of that campaign. Those familiar with Freire's work will identify his ongoing insistence on the unity between theory and practice, mental and manual work, and past and present experience. This is essential reading for anyone interested Freire's revolutionary ideas on education and the transformative power they hold when applied to society and the classroom.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

167

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1474268935

ISBN 13

9781474268936

Pedagogy of the Heart

By: Paulo Freire

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pedagogy of the Heart

By: Paulo Freire

Pedagogy of the Heart represents some of the last writings by Paulo Freire. In this work, perhaps more so than any other, Freire presents a coherent set of principles for education and politics. For those who have read Freire's other works the book includes new discussions of familiar subjects including community, neoliberalism, faith, hope, the oppressed, and exile. For those coming to Freire for the first time, the book will open up new ways of looking at the interrelations of education and political struggle. Freire reveals himself as a radical reformer whose lifelong commitment to the vulnerable, the illiterate and the marginalised has had a profound impact on society and education today. The text includes substantive notes by Ana Maria Araújo Freire, a foreword by Martin Carnoy, a preface by Ladislau Dowbor, as well as a substantive new introduction by Antonia Darder, who holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Translated by Donaldo Macedo and Alexandre Oliveira.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

144

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350190268

ISBN 13

9781350190269

Resistive Gaseous Detectors

Designs, Performance, and Perspectives

By: Marcello Abbrescia,Vladimir Peskov,Paulo Fonte

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Resistive Gaseous Detectors

Designs, Performance, and Perspectives

By: Marcello Abbrescia,Vladimir Peskov,Paulo Fonte

This first book to critically summarize the latest achievements and emerging applications within this interdisciplinary topic focuses on one of the most important types of detectors for elementary particles and photons: resistive plate chambers (RPCs). In the first part, the outstanding, international team of authors comprehensively describes and presents the features and design of single and double-layer RPCs before covering more advanced multi-layer RPCs. The second part then focuses on the application of RPCs in high energy physics, materials science, medicine and security. Throughout, the experienced authors adopt a didactic approach, with each subject presented in a simple way, increasing in complexity step by step.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

397

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

3527698728

ISBN 13

9783527698721

Book's by Paulo Pereira

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email