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Mastering the UKCAT

Second Edition

By: Dr Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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Mastering the UKCAT

Second Edition

By: Dr Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Dr Ricardo Tavares

Drawing on The Medic Portal’s proven track record, this fully-updated second edition of Mastering the UKCAT takes you step by step through the proven techniques that have helped thousands of students achieve top UKCAT scores. Our expert authors deconstruct all question types before leading you through core strategies, common pitfalls, and top tips – as well as the tactics examiners use to trip you up. This book covers all parts of the UKCAT, including verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract reasoning, decision analysis, and situational judgment.

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0429943016

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9780429943010

The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations

By: Ricardo Almeida,Dina Tavares,Delfim F. M. Torres

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The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations

By: Ricardo Almeida,Dina Tavares,Delfim F. M. Torres

The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations is devoted to the study of fractional operators with variable order and, in particular, variational problems involving variable-order operators. This brief presents a new numerical tool for the solution of differential equations involving Caputo derivatives of fractional variable order. Three Caputo-type fractional operators are considered, and for each one, an approximation formula is obtained in terms of standard (integer-order) derivatives only. Estimations for the error of the approximations are also provided. The contributors consider variational problems that may be subject to one or more constraints, where the functional depends on a combined Caputo derivative of variable fractional order. In particular, they establish necessary optimality conditions of Euler–Lagrange type. As the terminal point in the cost integral is free, as is the terminal state, transversality conditions are also obtained. The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations is a valuable source of information for researchers in mathematics, physics, engineering, control and optimization; it provides both analytical and numerical methods to deal with variational problems. It is also of interest to academics and postgraduates in these fields, as it solves multiple variational problems subject to one or more constraints in a single brief.

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3319940066

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Algarve Building

Modernism, Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal, 1925-1965

By: Ricardo Agarez

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Algarve Building

Modernism, Regionalism and Architecture in the South of Portugal, 1925-1965

By: Ricardo Agarez

Foreword by Adrian Forty. The Algarve is not only Portugal’s foremost tourism region. Uniquely Mediterranean in an Atlantic country, its building customs have long been markers of historical and cultural specificity, attracting both picturesque driven conservatives and modernists seeking their lineage. Modernism, regionalism and the ‘vernacular’ – three essential tropes of twentieth-century architecture culture – converged in the region’s building identity construct and, often the subject of strictly metropolitan elaborations, they are examined here from a peripheral standpoint instead. Drawing on work that won the Royal Institute of British Architects President’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in 2013, Algarve Building challenges the conventional inclusion of Portuguese modern architecture in ‘Critical Regionalism’ narratives. A fine-grain reconstruction of the debates and cultures at play locally exposes the extra-architectural and widely participated antecedents of the much-celebrated mid-century shift towards the regional. Uncelebrated architects and a cast of other players (clients, officials, engineers and builders) contributed to maturing a regional strand of modern architecture that, more than being the heroic outcome of a hard-fought ‘battle’ by engaged designers against a conservative establishment, became truly popular in the Algarve. Algarve Building shows, more broadly, what the processes that have been appropriated by the canon of architectural history and theory – such as the presence of folk traditions and regional variation in learned architecture – stand to gain when observed in local everyday practices. The grand narratives and petites histoires of architecture can be enriched, questioned, revised and confirmed by an unprejudiced return to its facts and sources – the buildings, the documents, the discourses, the agents and the archives.

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1317182618

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Mastering the UCAT, Third Edition

By: Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Ricardo Tavares,Dr Christopher Nordstrom,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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Mastering the UCAT, Third Edition

By: Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Ricardo Tavares,Dr Christopher Nordstrom,Dr Ricardo Tavares

Drawing on The Medic Portal’s established track record, the third edition of this popular revision aid, retitled Mastering the UCAT to reflect the extension of the former UK-specific exam to prospective medical and dental students in Australia and New Zealand, takes you, step by step, through the proven techniques that have already helped thousands of our students achieve top scores. Our expert authors deconstruct all question types before leading you through core strategies, common pitfalls and top tips – as well as the tactics examiners use to trip you up.

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1000044068

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The Long-Run Decoupling of Emissions and Output: Evidence from the Largest Emitters

By: Gail Cohen,João Tovar Jalles,Mr.Prakash Loungani,Ricardo Marto

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The Long-Run Decoupling of Emissions and Output: Evidence from the Largest Emitters

By: Gail Cohen,João Tovar Jalles,Mr.Prakash Loungani,Ricardo Marto

For the world's 20 largest emitters, we use a simple trend/cycle decomposition to provide evidence of decoupling between greenhouse gas emissions and output in richer nations, particularly in European countries, but not yet in emerging markets. If consumption-based emissions—measures that account for countries' net emissions embodied in cross-border trade—are used, the evidence for decoupling in the richer economies gets weaker. Countries with underlying policy frameworks more supportive of renewable energy and climate change mitigation efforts tend to show greater decoupling between trend emissions and trend GDP, and for both production- and consumption-based emissions. The relationship between trend emissions and trend GDP has also become much weaker in the last two decades than in preceding decades.

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1484347897

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The Defocusing Nonlinear Schr?dinger Equation

From Dark Solitons to Vortices and Vortex Rings

By: Panayotis G. Kevrekidis,Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis,Ricardo Carretero-Gonz?lez

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The Defocusing Nonlinear Schr?dinger Equation

From Dark Solitons to Vortices and Vortex Rings

By: Panayotis G. Kevrekidis,Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis,Ricardo Carretero-Gonz?lez

Bose?Einstein condensation is a phase transition in which a fraction of particles of a boson gas condenses into the same quantum state known as the Bose?Einstein condensate (BEC). The aim of this book is to present a wide array of findings in the realm of BECs and on the nonlinear Schr?dinger-type models that arise therein. The Defocusing Nonlinear Schr?dinger Equation is a broad study of nonlinear excitations in self-defocusing nonlinear media. It summarizes state-of-the-art knowledge on the defocusing nonlinear Schr?dinger-type models in a single volume and contains a wealth of resources, including over 800 references to relevant articles and monographs and a meticulous index for ease of navigation.

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1611973937

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Brazilwood

The color and the sound

By: Ricardo Maranhão

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Brazilwood

The color and the sound

By: Ricardo Maranhão

Brazil's name comes from the tree called brazilwood, used during 350 years to embellish with red color the clothing of powerful people in Europe, and for that reason it turned to be one of Brazil's export riches, collected to a large extent. Over those years, it even became the subject of a number of policies issued by Portuguese, French and Dutch governments; and produced funds to pay for the external debt created in order to enable the country's independence. That is why it was strongly endangered. This book tells this story and presents the present situation of the red wood, including its use for good music, onde the best violin bows in the world are made of brazilwood.

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8578162323

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The Xavante in Transition

Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil

By: Carlos E. A. Coimbra,Nancy M. Flowers,Francisco M. Salzano,Ricardo V. Santos

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The Xavante in Transition

Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil

By: Carlos E. A. Coimbra,Nancy M. Flowers,Francisco M. Salzano,Ricardo V. Santos

The Xavánte in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction between the Xavánte, an indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding nation, documenting the effects of this interaction on Xavánte health, ecology, and biology. A powerful example of how a small-scale society, buffeted by political and economic forces at the national level and beyond, attempts to cope with changing conditions, this study will be important reading for demographers, economists, environmentalists, and public health workers. ". . . an integrated and politically informed anthropology for the new millennium. They show how the local and the regional meet on the ground and under the skin." --Alan H. Goodman, Professor of Biological Anthropology, Hampshire College "This volume delivers what it promises. Drawing on twenty-five years of team research, the authors combine history, ethnography and bioanthropology on the cutting edge of science in highly readable form." --Daniel Gross, Lead Anthropologist, The World Bank "No doubt it will serve as a model for future interdisciplinary scholarship. It promises to be highly relevant to policy formulation and implementation of health care programs among small-scale populations in Brazil and elsewhere." --Laura R. Graham, Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr. is Professor of Medical Anthropology at the National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro.Nancy M. Flowers is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College. Francisco M. Salzano is Emeritus Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ricardo V. Santos is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the National School of Public Health and at the National Museum IUFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.

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0472026518

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Trails of conquest

Shaping the Brazilian Territory

By: Ricardo Maranhão

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Trails of conquest

Shaping the Brazilian Territory

By: Ricardo Maranhão

The book is about the approximately 300 years of the Brazilian colonial period, from the arrival of the first Portuguese navigators to the expansion of the country’s borders beyond what was defined by the Treaty of Tordesillas. As a language resource, the drawings of Vallandro Keating and the text of the journalist and historian Ricardo Maranhão complement each other, providing an unexpected perspective of the space and new angles of vision for old maps and representations, stimulating the reflection about embedded intellectual positions established by the traditional historiography.

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8578162331

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Unknown Capoeira, Volume Two

A History of the Brazilian Martial Art

By: Ricardo Cachorro

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Unknown Capoeira, Volume Two

A History of the Brazilian Martial Art

By: Ricardo Cachorro

Companion vol. to: Unknown Capoeira: secret techniques of the original Brazilian martial art.

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1583942343

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Emissions and Growth: Trends and Cycles in a Globalized World

By: Gail Cohen,João Tovar Jalles,Mr.Prakash Loungani,Ricardo Marto

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Emissions and Growth: Trends and Cycles in a Globalized World

By: Gail Cohen,João Tovar Jalles,Mr.Prakash Loungani,Ricardo Marto

Recent discussions of the extent of decoupling between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and real gross domestic product (GDP) provide mixed evidence and have generated much debate. We show that to get a clear picture of decoupling it is important to distinguish cycles from trends: there is an Environmental Okun's Law (a cyclical relationship between emissions and real GDP) that often obscures the trend relationship between emissions and real GDP. We show that, once the cyclical relationship is accounted for, the trends show evidence of decoupling in richer nations—particularly in European countries, but not yet in emerging markets. The picture changes somewhat, however, if we take into consideration the effects of international trade, that is, if we distinguish between production-based and consumption-based emissions. Once we add in their net emission transfers, the evidence for decoupling among the richer countries gets weaker. The good news is that countries with underlying policy frameworks more supportive of renewable energy and supportive of climate change tend to have greater decoupling between trend emissions and trend GDP, and for both production- and consumption-based emissions.

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1484318188

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Haiti

international dilemmas and failures

By: Ricardo Seitenfus

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Haiti

international dilemmas and failures

By: Ricardo Seitenfus

After supporting Préval as the indispensable President of Haiti, the United States and France grew increasingly antagonistic to him and were bent on preventing the election of his handpicked successor, Jude Célestin. In fact, Seitenfus reveals that this antagonism reached the point where the Core Group led by Mulet attempted to remove Préval from office and send him into exile. Had it not been for the intervention of Seitenfus himself, Préval might well have had in Mulet's words "to leave the presidency and abandon Haiti." While the Core group failed to carry this gross and illegal coup, it nonetheless succeeded in creating a process that changed the results of the first round of the presidential elections and opened the way to Martelly's election in the second round. Seitenfus' explosive revelations are of great significance and deserve to be known by a wide audience. In addition, Seitenfus expands the thoughts he initially developed in an interview published in December 2010 that was highly critical of the international intervention in Haiti and that ultimately led to his firing by the OAS. Haiti: International Dilemmas and Failures shows convincingly that the intervention has been a failure. It has not contributed to any significant economic development, it has failed to stabilize the democratic transition, and it has a deeply flawed record on establishing the institutions required for a secure environment. He also makes the case that the agreements signed between the Haitian government and the UN allowing MINUSTAH to take control of the country were illegal; they lacked the endorsement of Haiti's president, and were thus unconstitutional. Seitenfus is not only critical of the foreign community; he has harsh words for the behavior of Haiti's venal political class and predatory elite. While he has good things to say about Préval, he is right in condemning his anarchic disdain for institutions and his slow and hesitant reaction to the earthquake. Préval was no dictator and probably did more for national reconciliation than any other Haitian leader, but he lacked a sense of purpose to guide the country in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. In conclusion, Seitenfus has written a provocative and most persuasive and detailed account of the travail of the foreign occupation of Haiti. It will attract a wide audience; "Haitianists," academics and professionals studying international relations, humanitarian interventions, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the UN will be interested in Haiti: International Dilemmas and Failures. Seitenfus has thus written an important and critical book that will become a must read for anyone interested in Haiti, development, and humanitarian interventions. He shows persuasively that the type of foreign assistance that Haiti has been receiving does more harm than good. I am convinced that Haiti: International Dilemmas and Failures will be a major reference in Haitianist circles for a long time to come; it is an eloquent challenge to the prevailing system of foreign assistance and imperial interference. It is the work of a brave man and real humanist. July 21 2020 Robert Fatton Jr. Julia Cooper Professor of Politics Department of Politics University of Virginia

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6586081556

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Indian Village And Other

By: Ricardo Portugal

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Indian Village And Other

By: Ricardo Portugal

A poesia de Ricardo Portugal inquieta o leitor. Mistura imagens e sons, criando efeitos difusos e oscilantes de significados. Seus versos reviram o mundo selvagem do inconsciente, mas também se movem pela vida real e igualmente indecifrável Aqui, temos mais uma vez a força da sua arte numa seleção de poemas escolhidos pelo próprio poeta.

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8582450400

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Jose Bonifacio De Andrada E Silva

The Greatest Man in Brazilian History

By: Ricardo C. Amaral

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Jose Bonifacio De Andrada E Silva

The Greatest Man in Brazilian History

By: Ricardo C. Amaral

Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva "The Greatest Man in Brazilian History" This book will introduce to the United States the founding father of Brazil. He is one of the greatest statesman in world history, but he is unknown to the American public. He is the Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and George Washington of Brazil embodied in one person. This book will cover some of the following subjects: Learn why the country itself was Jose Bonifacio's legacy to future Brazilian generations. The legacy that he left us is "Brazil" itself, because without Jose Bonifacio in Brazilian history, "Brazil" the country in its current form would not exist today. __ Learn how a document prepared by Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva "Lembranas e Apontamentos do Governo Provisorio de Sao Paulo" dated October 9, 1821, is considered the most important document in the history of Brazil. This document laid the foundations for the new nation. Learn about the major impact that Jose Bonifacio had with his writings on the process of ending slavery in Brazil. His position paper on slavery (November 1823) had a major influence on all future legislation related to the slavery issue. Jose Bonifacio's grandson, Jose Bonifacio (The Younger), continued on his grandfather's fight to end slavery in Brazil. He did his fighting on the floor of the Senate until his death in October 1886. Slavery ended in Brazil on May 13, 1888. __ Learn about Jose Bonifacio's very important document regarding the Native Brazilian Indians; how his document served as the basis in 1845 (Imperial Brazil) and again in 1910 (now a republic), of information when they designed and organized the Service for the Protection of Native Indians. Learn how the Andrada brothers (Jose Bonifacio, Martim Francisco and Antonio Carlos), with their leadership, had a major impact on the Constituent Assembly. And how they guided the proceedings of the process of framing the first Brazilian Constitution . This Constitution was effective December 13, 1823, with the swearing-in ceremony on March 25, 1824. The book documents the reasons why Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva's name will be immortalized by history. His name will be included on an exclusive list of immortal leaders. He will be recognized as one of the "Greatest Statesman" in world history.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1477181970

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Head Injury Simulation in Road Traffic Accidents

By: Fábio A. O. Fernandes,Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa,Mariusz Ptak

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Head Injury Simulation in Road Traffic Accidents

By: Fábio A. O. Fernandes,Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa,Mariusz Ptak

In this work the development of a new geometrically detailed finite element head model is presented. Special attention is given to sulci and gyri modelling, making this model more geometrically accurate than others currently available. The model was validated against experimental data from impact tests on cadavers, specifically intracranial pressure and brain motion. Its potential is shown in an accident reconstruction case with injury evaluation by effectively combining multibody kinematics and finite element methodology.

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3319899260

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Encouraging Formal Invoicing and Reducing the VAT Impact on Low-Income individuals

By: Mr.Ricardo Fenochietto,Juan Carlos Benitez

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Encouraging Formal Invoicing and Reducing the VAT Impact on Low-Income individuals

By: Mr.Ricardo Fenochietto,Juan Carlos Benitez

This paper analyses and compares two different groups of tools, the first to encourage the use of invoices (or payment systems) and the second to refund the VAT to low-income individuals. The analysis contributes to the existing literature by providing a clear characterization between these two groups of tools that are too often misunderstood and offers clear guidance to policymakers on the benefits and pitfalls of them based on available empirical studies and novel data analysis. Briefly, the first group includes a set of regressive and distortive tools (such as, allowing deducting the VAT paid on personal consumption from the PIT and reducing the VAT rate for using electronic means of payments or registration), while the second group includes tools that are less distortionary and improve income distribution (tax credits and VAT rate reduction targeted only at low-income individuals). This paper also finds that allowing the deduction of personal consumption against the PIT’s taxable base (i) did not impact positively the VAT revenue in Guatemala and (ii) worsens the income distribution in Ecuador.

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151356997X

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Unsupervised Signal Processing

Channel Equalization and Source Separation

By: João Marcos Travassos Romano,Romis Attux,Charles Casimiro Cavalcante,Ricardo Suyama

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Unsupervised Signal Processing

Channel Equalization and Source Separation

By: João Marcos Travassos Romano,Romis Attux,Charles Casimiro Cavalcante,Ricardo Suyama

Unsupervised Signal Processing: Channel Equalization and Source Separation provides a unified, systematic, and synthetic presentation of the theory of unsupervised signal processing. Always maintaining the focus on a signal processing-oriented approach, this book describes how the subject has evolved and assumed a wider scope that covers several topics, from well-established blind equalization and source separation methods to novel approaches based on machine learning and bio-inspired algorithms. From the foundations of statistical and adaptive signal processing, the authors explore and elaborate on emerging tools, such as machine learning-based solutions and bio-inspired methods. With a fresh take on this exciting area of study, this book: Provides a solid background on the statistical characterization of signals and systems and on linear filtering theory Emphasizes the link between supervised and unsupervised processing from the perspective of linear prediction and constrained filtering theory Addresses key issues concerning equilibrium solutions and equivalence relationships in the context of unsupervised equalization criteria Provides a systematic presentation of source separation and independent component analysis Discusses some instigating connections between the filtering problem and computational intelligence approaches. Building on more than a decade of the authors’ work at DSPCom laboratory, this book applies a fresh conceptual treatment and mathematical formalism to important existing topics. The result is perhaps the first unified presentation of unsupervised signal processing techniques—one that addresses areas including digital filters, adaptive methods, and statistical signal processing. With its remarkable synthesis of the field, this book provides a new vision to stimulate progress and contribute to the advent of more useful, efficient, and friendly intelligent systems.

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1420019465

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When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness (Dalkey Archive Scholarly Series)

By: Rowan Ricardo Phillips

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When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness (Dalkey Archive Scholarly Series)

By: Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Lyrical, provocative, and highly original—a groundbreaking book by one of America’s smartest young poet-critics. In When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness, Rowan Ricardo Phillips pushes African American poetry to its limits by unraveling “our desire to think of African American poetry as African American poetry.” Phillips reads African American poetry as inherently allegorical and thus “a successful shorthand for the survival of a poetry but unsuccessful shorthand for the sustenance of its poems.” Arguing in favor of the “counterintuitive imagination,” Phillips demonstrates how these poems tend to refuse their logical insertion into a larger vision and instead dwell indefinitely at the crux between poetry and race, “where, when blackness rhymes with blackness, it is left for us to determine whether this juxtaposition contains a vital difference or is just mere repetition.” From When Blackness Rhymes with Blackness: Phillis Wheatley, like the epigraphs that writers fit into the beginning of their texts, is first and foremost a cultural sign, a performance. It is either in the midst of that performance (“at a concert”), or in that performance’s retrospection (“in a cafe?”), that a retrievable form emerges from the work of a poet whose biography casts a far longer shadow than her poems ever have. Next to Langston Hughes, of all African American poets Wheatley’s visual image carries the most weight, recognizable to a larger audience by her famed frontispiece, her statue in Boston, and the drama behind the publication of her book, Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral. All of this will be fruit for discussion in the pages that follow. Yet, I will also be discussing the proleptic nature with which African American literature talks, if you will, Phillis Wheatley.

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Conquering global markets: a guide to internationalization for entrepreneurs in the United States of America

By: Ricardo Alex Bruhn Otero

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Conquering global markets: a guide to internationalization for entrepreneurs in the United States of America

By: Ricardo Alex Bruhn Otero

In today’s globalized world, the line between domestic and international markets is becoming increasingly blurred. For Brazilian entrepreneurs looking to expand into the United States, this presents both exciting opportunities and significant challenges. *“Conquering Global Markets”* is designed to guide these business leaders through the complexities of internationalization, offering practical strategies and insights tailored to their needs. This eBook provides a clear roadmap for companies at every stage of the internationalization process. From initial planning to executing strategies in the U.S. market, the book addresses the unique aspects of Brazilian companies entering foreign markets. It draws from academic research and real-life case studies to offer a well-rounded understanding of what it takes to succeed. Key topics include cultural adaptation, navigating legal regulations, and overcoming logistical hurdles. These are critical components for any company looking to build sustainable operations abroad. The authors offer practical tools and models to help Brazilian businesses confidently tackle these challenges. More than just a guide, *“Conquering Global Markets”* empowers entrepreneurs to turn global challenges into strategic advantages. The book encourages readers to embrace the opportunities in the U.S. market, providing them with the knowledge and strategies they need to thrive. This eBook is an indispensable resource for Brazilian companies ready to enter the global stage. It will serve as a reliable companion, offering insights and practical solutions for every step of the journey towards international success.

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AIDA-CMK: Multi-Algorithm Optimization Kernel Applied to Analog IC Sizing

By: Ricardo Lourenço,Nuno Lourenço,Nuno Horta

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AIDA-CMK: Multi-Algorithm Optimization Kernel Applied to Analog IC Sizing

By: Ricardo Lourenço,Nuno Lourenço,Nuno Horta

This work addresses the research and development of an innovative optimization kernel applied to analog integrated circuit (IC) design. Particularly, this works describes the modifications inside the AIDA Framework, an electronic design automation framework fully developed by at the Integrated Circuits Group-LX of the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisbon. It focusses on AIDA-CMK, by enhancing AIDA-C, which is the circuit optimizer component of AIDA, with a new multi-objective multi-constraint optimization module that constructs a base for multiple algorithm implementations. The proposed solution implements three approaches to multi-objective multi-constraint optimization, namely, an evolutionary approach with NSGAII, a swarm intelligence approach with MOPSO and stochastic hill climbing approach with MOSA. Moreover, the implemented structure allows the easy hybridization between kernels transforming the previous simple NSGAII optimization module into a more evolved and versatile module supporting multiple single and multi-kernel algorithms. The three multi-objective optimization approaches were validated with CEC2009 benchmarks to constrained multi-objective optimization and tested with real analog IC design problems. The achieved results were compared in terms of performance, using statistical results obtained from multiple independent runs. Finally, some hybrid approaches were also experimented, giving a foretaste to a wide range of opportunities to explore in future work.

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Fully Integrated Switched-Capacitor PMU for IoT Nodes

Analysis and Design

By: Ricardo Madeira,João Pedro Oliveira,Nuno Paulino

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Fully Integrated Switched-Capacitor PMU for IoT Nodes

Analysis and Design

By: Ricardo Madeira,João Pedro Oliveira,Nuno Paulino

This book provides a step-by-step methodology and system design that can be used to design a fully integrated PMU using SC DC-DC converters, for any CMOS technology. The authors discuss trade-offs between power density and efficiency of the methodology for the 130 nm CMOS technology, and how to implement it on other CMOS technologies. The book describes the state-of-the-art of fully or near-fully integrated SC DC-DC converters with multiple conversion ratios and the techniques used to enhance the overall performance of these converters. Coverage includes the trade-off between the number of conversion ratios and overall extracted efficiency from a supercapacitor, as well as the sizing of the converter cells according to the desired output power and maximum clock frequency. The authors also describe in detail the design of the fundamental blocks for the converter operation, which includes a secondary control loop using capacitance modulation by sensing the clock frequency.

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Judicial institutionalization of integration processes

Intergovernmentalism and politicization in MERCOSUR

By: Ricardo Caichiolo

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Judicial institutionalization of integration processes

Intergovernmentalism and politicization in MERCOSUR

By: Ricardo Caichiolo

The focus of this book is the judicial institutionalization of integration processes through the development of dispute settlement mechanisms, more especifically in the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR), to date, the most important regional bloc in Latin America. The bloc has been in existence since 1991 and has positioned itself as one of the potential regional blocs for trade and investment, while becoming one of the important actors in the international community. However, its achievements have been tainted by the gaps and problems attached to the core foundation of the regional bloc. MERCOSUR has been suffering or experiencing internal disputes and disunity due to its complex and low institutionalization, a situation which can be seen as being paradoxical. Its current Dispute Settlement Mechanism is subject to uncertainty and doubt, since its own framework is also under internal and external criticism. There has been a series of protocols made in order to tackle the problems of the DSM and to further fix the problems that hinder the cooperation as well as the productivity of MERCOSUR's intra-organisation, all guided by intergovernmental decision-making. As such, this book seeks to tackle the concept of regionalism and the possible models which have been used or have influenced the establishment of MERCOSUR, while discussing the different aspects and developments of each intra-organisation. This is done in order to evaluate the nature of the problem, and future developments that could take place. The book also focuses on the prevalence of politicization in MERCOSUR and the pre-eminence of Presidential Diplomacy over the path of regional integration, which influence the DSM of MERCOSUR and possible developments that might occur in the near future.

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Simplíssimo

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Automatic Analog IC Sizing and Optimization Constrained with PVT Corners and Layout Effects

By: Nuno Lourenço,Ricardo Martins,Nuno Horta

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Automatic Analog IC Sizing and Optimization Constrained with PVT Corners and Layout Effects

By: Nuno Lourenço,Ricardo Martins,Nuno Horta

This book introduces readers to a variety of tools for automatic analog integrated circuit (IC) sizing and optimization. The authors provide a historical perspective on the early methods proposed to tackle automatic analog circuit sizing, with emphasis on the methodologies to size and optimize the circuit, and on the methodologies to estimate the circuit’s performance. The discussion also includes robust circuit design and optimization and the most recent advances in layout-aware analog sizing approaches. The authors describe a methodology for an automatic flow for analog IC design, including details of the inputs and interfaces, multi-objective optimization techniques, and the enhancements made in the base implementation by using machine leaning techniques. The Gradient model is discussed in detail, along with the methods to include layout effects in the circuit sizing. The concepts and algorithms of all the modules are thoroughly described, enabling readers to reproduce the methodologies, improve the quality of their designs, or use them as starting point for a new tool. An extensive set of application examples is included to demonstrate the capabilities and features of the methodologies described.

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3319420372

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Analog Integrated Circuit Design Automation

Placement, Routing and Parasitic Extraction Techniques

By: Ricardo Martins,Nuno Lourenço,Nuno Horta

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Analog Integrated Circuit Design Automation

Placement, Routing and Parasitic Extraction Techniques

By: Ricardo Martins,Nuno Lourenço,Nuno Horta

This book introduces readers to a variety of tools for analog layout design automation. After discussing the placement and routing problem in electronic design automation (EDA), the authors overview a variety of automatic layout generation tools, as well as the most recent advances in analog layout-aware circuit sizing. The discussion includes different methods for automatic placement (a template-based Placer and an optimization-based Placer), a fully-automatic Router and an empirical-based Parasitic Extractor. The concepts and algorithms of all the modules are thoroughly described, enabling readers to reproduce the methodologies, improve the quality of their designs, or use them as starting point for a new tool. All the methods described are applied to practical examples for a 130nm design process, as well as placement and routing benchmark sets.

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3319340603

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Thermal Processing of Packaged Foods

By: S. Daniel Holdsworth,Ricardo Simpson

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Thermal Processing of Packaged Foods

By: S. Daniel Holdsworth,Ricardo Simpson

This is the second edition of Holdsworth and Simpson’s highly practical work on a subject of growing importance in this age of convenience foods. As before, it discusses the physical and engineering aspects of the thermal processing of packaged foods, and examines the methods which have been used to establish the time and temperature of processes to sterilize or pasteurize the food. However, there is lots of new material too. Unlike other texts on thermal processing, which cover very adequately the technology of the subject, the unique emphasis of this text is on processing engineering and its relation to the safety of processed foods products.

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0387722505

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Mastering the UCAT, Third Edition

By: Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Ricardo Tavares,Dr Christopher Nordstrom,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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Mastering the UCAT, Third Edition

By: Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Ricardo Tavares,Dr Christopher Nordstrom,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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1000053768

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The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations

By: Ricardo Almeida,Dina Tavares,Delfim F. M. Torres

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The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations

By: Ricardo Almeida,Dina Tavares,Delfim F. M. Torres

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Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives

Technological and Social Perspectives

By: Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela,Tavares, Antonio J.,Simoes, Ricardo

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Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives

Technological and Social Perspectives

By: Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela,Tavares, Antonio J.,Simoes, Ricardo

This book provide a comprehensive coverage of the latest and most relevant knowledge, developments, solutions, and practical applications, related to e-Health, this new field of knowledge able to transform the way we live and deliver services, both from the technological and social perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

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161520671X

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Mastering the UKCAT

By: Dr Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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Mastering the UKCAT

By: Dr Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Dr Ricardo Tavares

Drawing on The Medic Portal’s proven track record, Mastering the UKCAT takes you, step by step, through the proven techniques that have helped thousands of students achieve top UKCAT scores. Our expert authors deconstruct all question types before highlighting core strategies, common pitfalls, and top tips – as well as the tactics examiners use to trip you up. This book covers all parts of the UKCAT, including verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract reasoning, decision analysis, and situational judgment.

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1482259672

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Through a Catholic Lens

Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World

By: Peter Malone

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Through a Catholic Lens

Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World

By: Peter Malone

Movies are often examined for subtext and dramatizations of social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Studies of well-known Catholic directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, have made the search for Catholic themes a reputable field of examination. Through a Catholic Lens continues the search for these themes and examines the Catholic undercurrents by studying nineteen film directors from around the world. Although these directors may or may not be practicing Catholics, their Catholic background can be found in their writing and directing. Each chapter, written by a different contributor, analyzes one film of each director for its Catholic motifs. With the recent increase of cinema studies, this collection will be of interest to students and academics as well as cinema buffs.

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Mastering the UKCAT

Second Edition

By: Dr Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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Second Edition

By: Dr Christopher Nordstrom,George Rendel,Dr Ricardo Tavares

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Mastering the UKCAT.

By: Christopher Nordstrom

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By: Christopher Nordstrom

Drawing on The Medic Portal's proven track record, Mastering the UKCAT takes you, step by step, through the proven techniques that have helped thousands of students achieve top UKCAT scores. Our expert authors deconstruct all question types before highlighting core strategies, common pitfalls, and top tips - as well as the tactics examiners use to trip you up. This book covers all parts of the UKCAT, including verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract reasoning, decision analysis, and situational judgment.

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