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Modernity in Black and White

Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890–1945

By: Rafael Cardoso

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Modernity in Black and White

Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890–1945

By: Rafael Cardoso

Modernity in Black and White provides a groundbreaking account of modern art and modernism in Brazil. Departing from previous accounts, mostly restricted to the elite arenas of literature, fine art and architecture, the book situates cultural debates within the wider currents of Brazilian life. From the rise of the first favelas, in the 1890s and 1900s, to the creation of samba and modern carnival, over the 1910s and 1920s, and tracking the expansion of mass media and graphic design, into the 1930s and 1940s, it foregrounds aspects of urban popular culture that have been systematically overlooked. Against this backdrop, Cardoso provides a radical re-reading of Antropofagia and other modernist currents, locating them within a broader field of cultural modernization. Combining extensive research with close readings of a range of visual cultural production, the volume brings to light a vast archive of art and images, all but unknown outside Brazil.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108612016

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Fighting over Fidel

The New York Intellectuals and the Cuban Revolution

By: Rafael Rojas

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Fighting over Fidel

The New York Intellectuals and the Cuban Revolution

By: Rafael Rojas

How New York intellectuals interpreted and wrote about Castro's revolution in the 1960s New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War—and the Cuban Revolution. Fighting over Fidel brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New York intellectuals who championed and opposed Castro’s revolution. Setting his narrative against the backdrop of the ideological confrontation of the Cold War and the breakdown of relations between Washington and Havana, Rafael Rojas examines the lives and writings of such figures as Waldo Frank, Carleton Beals, C. Wright Mills, Allen Ginsberg, Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, Eldridge Cleaver, Stokely Carmichael, and Jose Yglesias. He describes how Castro’s Cuba was hotly debated in publications such as the New York Times, Village Voice, Monthly Review, and Dissent, and how Cuban socialism became a rallying cry for groups such as the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the Hispanic Left. Fighting over Fidel shows how intellectuals in New York interpreted and wrote about the Cuban experience, and how the Left’s enthusiastic embrace of Castro’s revolution ended in bitter disappointment by the close of the explosive decade of the 1960s.

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Princeton University Press

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0691169519

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Slavery and Politics

Brazil and Cuba, 1790-1850

By: Rafael Marquese,Tâmis Parron,Márcia Berbel

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Slavery and Politics

Brazil and Cuba, 1790-1850

By: Rafael Marquese,Tâmis Parron,Márcia Berbel

The politics of slavery and slave trade in nineteenth-century Cuba and Brazil is the subject of this acclaimed study, first published in Brazil in 2010 and now available for the first time in English. Cubans and Brazilians were geographically separate from each other, but they faced common global challenges that unified the way they re-created their slave systems between 1790 and 1850 on a basis completely departed from centuries-old colonial slavery. Here the authors examine the early arguments and strategies in favor of slavery and the slave trade and show how they were affected by the expansion of the global market for tropical goods, the American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the collapse of Iberian monarchies, British abolitionism, and the international pressure opposing the transatlantic slave trade. This comprehensive survey contributes to the comparative history of slavery, placing the subject in a global context rather than simply comparing the two societies as isolated units.

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UNM Press

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0826356494

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Lawfare

Waging War through Law

By: Cristiano Zanin Martins,Valeska Teixeira Zanin Martins,Rafael Valim

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Lawfare

Waging War through Law

By: Cristiano Zanin Martins,Valeska Teixeira Zanin Martins,Rafael Valim

This book examines one of the most emblematic cases of lawfare today: the criminal prosecution of former Brazilian President Lula. The authors argue that lawfare is not just a slogan or a game at the service of any one political ideology. Rather, it has to do with a complex, multifaceted phenomenon that should be carefully reflected upon in modern constitutional democracies, given that it is able to demolish majority rule and the rule of law. They contend it is the strategic use of the law with the purpose of delegitimizing, harming or annihilating an enemy. The literature specializing in the subject tends to alternate between analysis of only one aspect of the phenomenon or consists of extensive case studies. In order to fill this gap, this book revisits the subject and offers a sophisticated theoretical approach to lawfare, in an unprecedented combination of theory of war and theory of law. The book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers working in the areas of public law, international law, procedural law, anthropology of law and sociology of law, as well as political science and international relations.

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Routledge

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1000430685

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Transforming Brazil

A History of National Development in the Postwar Era

By: Rafael R. Ioris

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Transforming Brazil

A History of National Development in the Postwar Era

By: Rafael R. Ioris

In this book, Rafael R. Ioris critically revisits the postwar context in Brazil to reexamine traditional questions and notions pertaining to the nature of Latin America’s political culture and institutions. It was in this period that the region lived some of its most intense and successful experiences of fast economic growth, which was paradoxically marred by heightened ideological divisions, political disruptions, and the emergence of widespread authoritarian rule. Combining original sources of political, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, and labor histories, Ioris provides a comprehensive history of the fruitful debates concerning national development in postwar Brazil, a time when the so-called country of the future faced one of its best moments for consolidating political democracy and economic prosperity. He argues that traditional views on political instability have been excessively grounded on an institutional focus, which should be replaced by in-depth analysis of events on the ground. In so doing, he reveals that as national development meant very different things to multiple different social segments of the Brazilian society, no unified support could have been provided to the democratically elected political regime when things rapidly became socially and politically divisive early in the 1960s. Innovating in its multidimensional analytical scope and interdisciplinary focus, Transforming Brazil provides a rich political, cultural, and intellectual examination of a historical period characterized by rapid socio-economic changes amidst significant political instability and the heightened ideological polarization shaping the political scenario of Brazil and much of Latin America in the Cold War era.

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1317680022

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Multi-Agent Oriented Programming

Programming Multi-Agent Systems Using JaCaMo

By: Olivier Boissier,Rafael H. Bordini,Jomi Hubner,Alessandro Ricci

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Multi-Agent Oriented Programming

Programming Multi-Agent Systems Using JaCaMo

By: Olivier Boissier,Rafael H. Bordini,Jomi Hubner,Alessandro Ricci

The main concepts and techniques of multi-agent oriented programming, which supports the multi-agent systems paradigm at the programming level. A multi-agent system is an organized ensemble of autonomous, intelligent, goal-oriented entities called agents, communicating with each other and interacting within an environment. This book introduces the main concepts and techniques of multi-agent oriented programming, (MAOP) which supports the multi-agent systems paradigm at the programming level. MAOP provides a structured approach based on three integrated dimensions, which the book examines in detail: the agent dimension, used to design the individual (interacting) entities; the environment dimension, which allows the development of shared resources and connections to the real world; and the organization dimension, which structures the interactions among the autonomous agents and the shared environment. The book puts the approach into practice using the JaCaMo programming model and platform. It employs an easy-to-follow, step-by-step style, showing solutions to increasingly complex scenarios. The book also discusses the integration of MAOP into existing technologies and application domains, including mobile computing, web-based computing, and robotics. Finally, it considers artificial intelligence (AI)–related classical problems from an MAOP perspective and discusses an agent-oriented approach to software engineering.

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MIT Press

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0262044579

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9780262044578

Implications of Food Subsistence for Monetary Policy and Inflation

By: Rafael Portillo,Luis-Felipe Zanna,Mr.Stephen A. O'Connell,Richard Peck

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Implications of Food Subsistence for Monetary Policy and Inflation

By: Rafael Portillo,Luis-Felipe Zanna,Mr.Stephen A. O'Connell,Richard Peck

We introduce subsistence requirements in food consumption into a simple new-Keynesian model with flexible food and sticky non-food prices. We study how the endogenous structural transformation that results from subsistence affects the dynamics of the economy, the design of monetary policy, and the properties of inflation at different levels of development. A calibrated version of the model encompasses both rich and poor countries and broadly replicates the properties of inflation across the development spectrum, including the dominant role played by changes in the relative price of food in poor countries. We derive a welfare-based loss function for the monetary authority and show that optimal policy calls for complete (in some cases nearcomplete) stabilization of sticky-price non-food inflation, despite the presence of a foodsubsistence threshold. Subsistence amplifies the welfare losses of policy mistakes, however, raising the stakes for monetary policy at earlier stages of development.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475542631

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Soldiers, Politicians, and Civilians

By: David Pion-Berlin,Rafael Martínez

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Soldiers, Politicians, and Civilians

By: David Pion-Berlin,Rafael Martínez

This book argues that for a nation to become fully democratic, it must strengthen the interactions between its soldiers, politicians, and civilians.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107149975

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The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui

By: Rafael Sanchez Ferlioso

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The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui

By: Rafael Sanchez Ferlioso

This is the first English translation of The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui, a picaresque novel in which the hero, a magical little boy, goes in search not of his fortune but of knowledge, growing both wiser and possibly sadder in the process. These are the adventures of a magical little boy which will appeal to both children and adults.

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SCB Distributors

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1910213888

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The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change

By: Karin Gwinn Wilkins,Thomas Tufte,Rafael Obregon

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The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change

By: Karin Gwinn Wilkins,Thomas Tufte,Rafael Obregon

This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and communication in advancing the goals of social, cultural, and political change. A stand-out reference on a vital topic of primary international concern, with a rising profile in communications and media research programs Multinational editorial team and global contributors Covers the history of the field as well as integrating and reconceptualising its diverse perspectives and approaches Provides a fully formed framework of understanding and identifies likely future developments Features a wealth of insights into the critical role of digital media in development communication and social change

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118505360

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9781118505366

Infectious Diseases in Dogs

By: Rafael Ruiz de Gopegui

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Infectious Diseases in Dogs

By: Rafael Ruiz de Gopegui

This practical guide provides updated information about the infectious diseases that most commonly affect dogs, diagnostic approaches, treatments, vaccinations programmes and recommendations, etc. all described from a highly practical point of view.

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Grupo Asís Biomedia S.L.

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8416818363

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Cartographies of Youth Resistance

Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico

By: Maurice Rafael Magaña

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Cartographies of Youth Resistance

Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico

By: Maurice Rafael Magaña

In his exciting new book, based on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, Maurice Magaña considers how urban and migrant youth in Oaxaca embrace subcultures from hip-hop to punk and adopt creative organizing practices to create meaningful channels of participation in local social and political life. In the process, young people remake urban space and construct new identities in ways that directly challenge elite visions of their city and essentialist notions of what it means to be indigenous in the contemporary era. Cartographies of Youth Resistance is essential reading for students and scholars interested in youth politics and culture in Mexico, social movements, urban studies, and migration.

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University of California Press

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0520344618

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9780520344617

The Brazilian Arbitration Act

A Case Law Guide

By: André Abbud,Daniel Levy,Rafael Francisco Alves

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The Brazilian Arbitration Act

A Case Law Guide

By: André Abbud,Daniel Levy,Rafael Francisco Alves

Brazil has risen to extraordinary prominence as an arbitration seat, and Brazilian law in matters of domestic and international arbitration has been watched all over the world due to its arbitration-friendly legislation and cutting-edge case law. This is the first book to fully recognize and elucidate this phenomenon with a detailed article-by-article examination, in English, of decisions of the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) and the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) on each of the Brazilian Arbitration Act’s (BAA) provisions. More than two hundred judicial decisions are directly quoted. In-depth annotation of the text of each article includes the following: a short descriptive summary of how the article is interpreted by case law and doctrine; a thorough report of decisions of the Brazilian superior courts since the 1996 enactment of the BAA referring to that article, presenting not only the majority view but also dissenting opinions; and a list of authorities interpreting each article and its relevant case law. All decisions that could represent current case law on arbitration are considered. Nearly half of the quoted decisions have direct impact on international arbitration, and many deal with enforcement of arbitral awards. Therefore, the book will attract not only Brazilian practitioners but will be particularly useful to international counsel and arbitrators dealing with Brazilian parties or cases with a Brazilian element. The only book of its kind, it will prove indispensable for arbitration scholars and law libraries. “By providing a careful and comprehensive compilation of Brazilian case law on arbitration, with a particular focus on the Superior Court of Justice’s leading precedents, this volume makes a valuable contribution to the continued development of arbitration in Brazil and elsewhere. While it will no doubt be of great use to the Brazilian bar, it is a particularly useful reference for the non-Brazilian practitioner and scholar, who do not have ready access to Brazilian court decisions or, in many cases, even knowledge of the Portuguese language”. From the foreword by Donald Francis Donovan

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403506725

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9789403506722

Ultra-low Voltage Circuit Techniques for Energy Harvesting

By: Rafael Luciano Radin,Marcio Bender Machado,Mohamad Sawan,Carlos Galup-Montoro,Marcio Cherem Schneider

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Ultra-low Voltage Circuit Techniques for Energy Harvesting

By: Rafael Luciano Radin,Marcio Bender Machado,Mohamad Sawan,Carlos Galup-Montoro,Marcio Cherem Schneider

This book provides design-oriented models for the implementation of ultra-low-voltage energy harvesting converters, covering the modeling of building blocks such oscillators, rectifiers, charge pumps and inductor-based converters that can operate with very low supply voltages, typically under 100 mV. Analyses based on the diode and MOSFET models are included in the text to allow the operation of energy harvesters from voltages of the order of 100 mV or much less, with satisfactory power efficiency. The practical realization of different converters is also addressed, clarifying the design trade-offs of ultra-low voltage (ULV) circuits operating from few millivolts. Offers readers a state-of-the-art revision for ultra-low voltage (ULV) energy harvesting converters; Provides analog IC designers with proper models for the implementation of circuits and building blocks of energy harvesters, such as oscillators, rectifiers, and inductor-based converters, operating under ultra-low voltages; Addresses the design of energy harvesters operating from ultra-low voltages, enabling autonomous operation of connected devices driven by human energy; Demonstrates design and implementation of integrated ULV up-converters; Includes semiconductor modeling for ULV operation.

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Springer Nature

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3031044924

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,M. Christine Stock,Rafael Ortega

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,M. Christine Stock,Rafael Ortega

Clinical Anesthesia, Seventh Edition covers the full spectrum of clinical options, providing insightful coverage of pharmacology, physiology, co-existing diseases, and surgical procedures. This classic book is unmatched for its clarity and depth of coverage. *This version does not support the video and update content that is included with the print edition. Key Features: • Formatted to comply with Kindle specifications for easy reading • Comprehensive and heavily illustrated • Full color throughout • Key Points begin each chapter and are labeled throughout the chapter where they are discussed at length • Key References are highlighted • Written and edited by acknowledged leaders in the field • New chapter on Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Whether you’re brushing up on the basics, or preparing for a complicated case, the digital version will let you take the content wherever you go.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469830248

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Index of American Periodical Verse 1984

By: Rafael Catalá,James D. Anderson

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Index of American Periodical Verse 1984

By: Rafael Catalá,James D. Anderson

The Index of American Periodical Verse is an important work for contemporary poetry research and is an objective measure of poetry that includes poets from the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean as well as other lands, cultures, and times. It reveals trends in the output of particular poets and the cultural influences they represent. The publications indexed cover a broad cross-section of poetry, literary, scholarly, popular, general, and "little" magazines, journals, and reviews.

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Scarecrow Press

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081081918X

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Los cambios en el mundo del trabajo del periodista

By: Figaro, Roseli,Nonato, Cláudia,Grohmann, Rafael

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Los cambios en el mundo del trabajo del periodista

By: Figaro, Roseli,Nonato, Cláudia,Grohmann, Rafael

El quehacer del periodista se ha modificado sustancialmente. Los materiales periodísticos impresos, televisivos o radiofónicos se producen hoy de manera completamente distinta a la de hace años. Las tecnologías de la comunicación y de la información posibilitaron que se redujera el tiempo y el espacio, lo que ha reducido el tiempo de reflexión y de investigación. El periodismo en línea, en tiempo real, los blogs y las herramientas de las redes sociales digitales constituyen innovaciones en las rutinas profesionales. Pero ¿cómo observa el profesional de la información esos cambios? ¿Qué piensa el periodista sobre su propio trabajo y sobre el periodismo en general? ¿Cómo la actividad laboral le organiza su vida? ¿Qué tipo de consumidor mediático es el periodista?

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Editorial UOC

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8491160140

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9788491160144

Competition Policy and MERCOSUR

By: Malcolm Rowat,Michele Lubrano,Rafael Porrata

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Competition Policy and MERCOSUR

By: Malcolm Rowat,Michele Lubrano,Rafael Porrata

World Bank Technical Paper No. 385. MERCOSUR, the QUOTECommon Market of the Southern Cone,QUOTE was established to liberalize the movement of goods and services, eliminate customs duties, and coordinate macroeconomic and sectoral polices. Competition policy has been the subject of coordination at the MERCOSUR level. This paper provides an assessment of the legislative and enforcement effectiveness of the competition framework of the four MERCOSUR countries and gives specific recommendations for reform. MERCOSUR, formed in 1991 under the Treaty of Asuncion, currently consists of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay with Chile and Bolivia as associate members.

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World Bank Publications

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0821340557

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9780821340554

Environmentally Friendly Zeolites

Synthesis and Source Materials

By: Rafael Chaves Lima,Lindiane Bieseki,Paloma Vinaches Melguizo,Sibele Berenice Castellã Pergher

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Environmentally Friendly Zeolites

Synthesis and Source Materials

By: Rafael Chaves Lima,Lindiane Bieseki,Paloma Vinaches Melguizo,Sibele Berenice Castellã Pergher

This book details zeolites, their structures and the parameters that influence their synthesis, providing a new and actual perspective of this field. Following this, the authors show different processes used to synthesize zeolites using residues, natural materials, and other eco-friendly materials such as raw powder glass, clays, aluminum cans, diatomites, rice ashes or coal ashes. Finally, this book gives the reader a wide range of different synthesis methods that they can be applied to several industrial processes.

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Springer

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3030199703

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Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers

By: Mike Sharples,Rafael Pérez y Pérez

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Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers

By: Mike Sharples,Rafael Pérez y Pérez

This fascinating book explores machines as authors of fiction, past, present, and future. For centuries, writers have dreamed of mechanical storytellers. We can now build these devices. What will be the impact on society of AI programs that generate original stories to entertain and persuade? What can we learn about human creativity from probing how they work? In Story Machines, two pioneers of creative artificial intelligence explore the design and impact of AI story generators. The book covers three themes: language generators that compose coherent text, storyworlds with believable characters, and AI models of human storytellers. Providing examples of story machines through the ages, it covers the history, recent developments, and future implications of automated story generation. Anyone with an interest in story writing will gain a new perspective on what it means to be a creative writer, what parts of creativity can be mechanized, and what is essentially human. Story Machines is for those who have ever wondered what makes a good story, why stories are important to us, and what the future holds for storytelling.

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Routledge

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100059145X

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When We're Sixty-Four

Opportunities and Challenges for Public Policies in a Population-Aging Context in Latin America

By: Rafael Rofman,Ignacio Apella

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When We're Sixty-Four

Opportunities and Challenges for Public Policies in a Population-Aging Context in Latin America

By: Rafael Rofman,Ignacio Apella

Latin American countries are in the midst of a demographic transition and, as a consequence, a population-aging process. Over the next few decades, the number of children will decline relative to the number of older adults. Population aging is the result of a slow but sustained reduction in mortality rates, given increases in life expectancy and fertility. These trends reflect welcome long-term improvements in welfare and in economic and social development. But this process also entails policy challenges: many public institutions—including education, health, and pension systems and labor market regulations—are designed for a different demographic context and will need to be adapted. When We’re Sixty-Four discusses public policies aimed at overcoming the two main challenges facing Latin American countries concerning the changing demographics. On one hand, older populations demand more fiscal resources for social services, such as health, long-term care, and pensions. On the other, population aging produces shifts in the proportion of the population that is working age, which may affect long-term economic growth. Aging societies risk losing dynamism, being exposed to higher dependency rates, and experiencing lower savings rates. Nonetheless, in the interim, Latin American countries have a demographic opportunity: a temporary decline in dependency rates creates a period in which the share of the working-age population, with its associated saving capacity, is at its highest levels. This constitutes a great opportunity in the short term because the higher savings may result in increases in capital endowment per worker and productivity. For that to happen, it is necessary to generate institutional, financial, and fiscal conditions that promote larger savings and investment, accelerating per capita economic growth in a sustainable way.

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World Bank Publications

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1464816050

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Return to Aztlan

The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico

By: Douglas S. Massey,Rafael Alarcon,Jorge Durand,Humberto González

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The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico

By: Douglas S. Massey,Rafael Alarcon,Jorge Durand,Humberto González

Return to Aztlan analyzes the social process of international migration through an intensive study of four carefully chosen Mexican communities. The book combines historical, anthropological, and survey data to construct a vivid and comprehensive picture of the social dynamics of contemporary Mexican migration to the United States.

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Univ of California Press

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0520910052

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How to Succeed at Globalization

A Primer for Roadside Vendors

By: Rafael Barajas

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How to Succeed at Globalization

A Primer for Roadside Vendors

By: Rafael Barajas

[T]akes us from the dawn of capitalism to the age of global conglomerates, showing how the world economy developed and how it functions today ... . teaching us not how to become rich but rather why so many remain poor."--Back cover.

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Macmillan

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0805073957

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9780805073959

The Influence of Italian Culture on the Sevillian Golden Age of Painting

By: Rafael Japón

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The Influence of Italian Culture on the Sevillian Golden Age of Painting

By: Rafael Japón

This book explores the cultural exchange between Italy and Spain in the seventeenth century, examining Spanish collectors’ predilection for Italian painting and its influence on Spanish painters. Focused on collecting and using a novel methodology, this volume studies how the painters of the Sevillian school, including Francisco Pacheco, Diego Velázquez, Alonso Cano and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, perceived and were influenced by Italian painting. Through many examples, it is shown how the presence in Andalusia of various works and copies of works by artists such as Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Guido Reni inspired famous compositions by these Spanish artists. In addition, the book delves into the historical, political and social context of this period. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance studies, and Italian and Spanish history.

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1000543714

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Limits to Globalization

North-South Divergence

By: William R. Thompson,Rafael Reuveny

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Limits to Globalization

North-South Divergence

By: William R. Thompson,Rafael Reuveny

Using a world systems approach this book examines how globalization is experienced around the world and compares its intensity and impact in industrialized countries and developing countries, focusing on economic growth, technological diffusion, debt, North-South conflict, democratisation and globalization,

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1135276668

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Software Developers as Users

Semiotic Investigations in Human-Centered Software Development

By: Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza,Renato Fontoura de Gusmão Cerqueira,Luiz Marques Afonso,Rafael Rossi de Mello Brandão,Juliana Soares Jansen Ferreira

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Software Developers as Users

Semiotic Investigations in Human-Centered Software Development

By: Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza,Renato Fontoura de Gusmão Cerqueira,Luiz Marques Afonso,Rafael Rossi de Mello Brandão,Juliana Soares Jansen Ferreira

This book presents the SigniFYI Suite of conceptual and methodological tools, designed to uncover meanings inscribed in software, their origins, intent and consequences to identify and trace correlating patterns; from software design and development to software use and experience. Based on the study of Semiotic Engineering, the book advances the e study of Human-Centered Computing (HCC), inviting professionals, researchers, teachers and students to reflect upon how subjective and cultural values manifest themselves through software models, programs and user interfaces. The authors weave a mesh of technical, theoretical and philosophical considerations of what it means to build and use software, exploring what we (professionals and non-professionals) mean by the pieces of software we design and develop, as well as what pieces of software mean to end-users and others. Explicitly dedicated to software designers, developers and users, Software Developers as Users is a provocative view of socio-technical communication in the digital age.

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Focus on Leukemia Research

By: Rafael M. Romero

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Focus on Leukemia Research

By: Rafael M. Romero

This new book brings together leading research from around the globe. Leukaemia is cancer that begins in blood cells. In people with leukaemia, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. The abnormal cells are leukaemia cells. At first, leukaemia cells function almost normally. In time, they may crowd out normal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. The scope of the book includes the four common types of leukaemia: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (chronic lymphoblastic leukaemia, CLL) - most often affecting people over age 55; chronic myeloid leukaemia (chronic myelogenous leukaemia, CML) - affects mainly adults; acute lymphocytic leukaemia (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, ALL) - the most common type of leukaemia in young children; and acute myeloid leukaemia (acute myelogenous leukaemia, AML) - which occurs in both adults and children. New advances in diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapy are also presented.

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1594540934

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Solid Fuels and Heavy Hydrocarbon Liquids

Thermal Characterization and Analysis

By: Rafael Kandiyoti,Alan Herod,Keith D Bartle,Trevor J Morgan

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Thermal Characterization and Analysis

By: Rafael Kandiyoti,Alan Herod,Keith D Bartle,Trevor J Morgan

Solid Fuels and Heavy Hydrocarbon Liquids: Thermal Characterisation and Analysis, Second Edition integrates the developments that have taken place since publication of the first edition in 2006. This updated material includes new insights that help unify the thermochemical reactions of biomass and coal, as well as new developments in analytical techniques, including new applications in size exclusion chromatography, several mass spectrometric techniques, and new applications of nuclear magnetic spectroscopy to the characterization of heavy hydrocarbon liquids The topics covered are essential for the energy and fuels research community, including academics, students, and research engineers working in the power, oil and gas, and renewable energy industries. - Includes a description of the principles and design of experiments used for assessing the reactivities, reactions, and reaction products of coal and lignocellulosic biomass - Features an outline of recent advances in the analytical methodology for characterizing heavy petroleum derived fractions and products from the thermochemical reactions of coal and biomass - Provides a link between samples, reaction conditions, and product characteristics to help in the search for upgrading methods for heavy hydrocarbon liquids

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0081007965

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The Emperor's halo: An essay on art and law in medieval political iconography

By: Rafael Lazzarotto Simioni

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The Emperor's halo: An essay on art and law in medieval political iconography

By: Rafael Lazzarotto Simioni

The portraits of kings that we present in this book allow us to think about the complex relationship between law, religion and sovereign power in the Middle Ages. We seek to answer the question about how medieval artists saw the relationship between king, law and faith and how these works of art helped to build, on the visual plane, the symbolic legitimacy of sovereign power. Following the historical trail of Peterson, Schmitt, Kantorowicz and Agamben, we can observe today the relationship between the body and the acclamation and glorification of the sovereign inscribed in these works of art. They are paintings, frescos and illuminations that constitute the founding political iconography of the image that we have and make of Law and the State. The chronological organization of the images corresponds to Kantorowicz's thesis, according to which the mystical body of the king had first, a Christocentric, then a legal and, finally, a governmental foundation. First, the king as an image of Christ, then, as an image of Law and Justice, and finally, in the early Middle Ages, the king as a government.

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Plant Physiological Ecology

By: Hans Lambers,Rafael S. Oliveira

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Plant Physiological Ecology

By: Hans Lambers,Rafael S. Oliveira

Growth, reproduction, and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology: the interaction with the surrounding physical, chemical, and biological environments. This textbook highlights mechanisms that underlie plant physiological ecology at the levels of physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology. At the same time, the integrative power of physiological ecology is well suited to assess the costs, benefits, and consequences of modifying plants for human needs and to evaluate the role of plants in natural and managed ecosystems. Plant Physiological Ecology, Third Edition is significantly updated, with many full color illustrations, and begins with the primary processes of carbon metabolism and transport, plant water relations, and energy balance. After considering individual leaves and whole plants, these physiological processes are then scaled up to the level of the canopy. Subsequent chapters discuss mineral nutrition and the ways in which plants cope with nutrient‐deficient or toxic soils. The book then looks at patterns of growth and allocation, life‐history traits, and interactions between plants and other organisms. Later chapters deal with traits that affect decomposition of plant material and with the consequences of plant physiological ecology at ecosystem and global levels. Plant Physiological Ecology, Third Edition features several boxed entries that extend the discussions of selected issues, a glossary, and numerous references to the primary and review literature. This significant new text is suitable for use in plant ecology courses, as well as classes ranging from plant physiology to plant molecular biology.

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Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting's Clinical Anesthesia

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By: Bruce F. Cullen,M. Christine Stock,Rafael Ortega,Sam R. Sharar,Natalie F. Holt,Christopher W. Connor,Naveen Nathan

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Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting's Clinical Anesthesia

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By: Bruce F. Cullen,M. Christine Stock,Rafael Ortega,Sam R. Sharar,Natalie F. Holt,Christopher W. Connor,Naveen Nathan

Covering the full spectrum of clinical issues and options in anesthesiology, Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia, Ninth Edition, edited by Drs. Bruce F. Cullen, M. Christine Stock, Rafael Ortega, Sam R. Sharar, Natalie F. Holt, Christopher W. Connor, and Naveen Nathan, provides insightful coverage of pharmacology, physiology, co-existing diseases, and surgical procedures. This award-winning text delivers state-of-the-art content unparalleled in clarity and depth of coverage that equip you to effectively apply today’s standards of care and make optimal clinical decisions on behalf of your patients.

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1975199081

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Modernity in Black and White

Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890–1945

By: Rafael Cardoso

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Modernity in Black and White

Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890–1945

By: Rafael Cardoso

In his first single-authored English-language work, Rafael Cardoso offers a re-evaluation of modern art and modernism in Brazil.

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Print + Ebook with Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,Christine M. Stock,Rafael Ortega

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Print + Ebook with Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,Christine M. Stock,Rafael Ortega

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1469830272

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Atlas of Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy

By: Roni Shiloh,Rafael Stryjer,Abraham Weizman,David J. Nutt

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Atlas of Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy

By: Roni Shiloh,Rafael Stryjer,Abraham Weizman,David J. Nutt

The second edition of this exceptional book provides a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of action involved in psychiatric pharmacotherapy. Using imaginative colourful double-page spreads, this exceptional book presents state-of-the-art information on all the basic principles of psychiatric pharmacotherapy, abused substances, drug inter

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, And The Global Economy

By: Rafael Di Tella,Huw R Pill,Ingrid Vogel

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, And The Global Economy

By: Rafael Di Tella,Huw R Pill,Ingrid Vogel

All managers face a business environment where international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock market booms and busts, and social and labor unrest is a crucial aspect in making informed managerial decisions. Adverse macroeconomic phenomena can have a catastrophic impact on firm performance — witness the strong companies destroyed by the Mexican tequila crisis. Yet, at the same time, such episodes also create business opportunities — and not just for the hedge funds and speculators that profit from them. Managers that have and use a coherent framework for analyzing these phenomena will enjoy a competitive advantage.This book presents a series of case studies taught in the Harvard Business School course “Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy.” The course addresses the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy and proposes strategies for managing the risks that globalization entails.

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