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Abrams Loveblock (An Abrams Block Book)
Learn how animals around the world show their love in this interactive board book Love is strong. You have my back and I’ll always have yours. From swans to sloths, from elephants to kangaroos, animals show their love in so many ways! This interactive board book, with its chunky, die-cut pages and surprise-filled gatefolds, is the perfect gift for anyone you love.
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Abrams Buildablock (An Abrams Block Book)
In this companion to Alphablock, Countablock, Dinoblock, and Cityblock, readers are introduced to more than 24 construction machines. As in the previous books, Buildablock features die-cut shapes on every other spread and the charming art of British design team Peskimo. Alphablock was chosen one of Parents magazines 10 Best Childrens Books of 2013 and one of ALSCs Notable Childrens Books of 2014.
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Trafalgar Square Equus Lost?: How We Misunderstand the Nature of the Horse-Human Relationship--Plus Brave New Ideas for the Future
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Karma C-A-T Spells Murder
Artist Alex Da Corte (born 1980) worked with writer and artist Sam McKinness to compile this book of 24 stories and fictional essays on the themes of the Telephone, Paranoia, Romance in the Night, Suburbia, the Moon, Superstitions, Ghosts and Monsters. The writers for the book include Jia Tolentino, Francesca Gavin, Collier Schorr, George Pendle and David Rimanelli.
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Alianza Editorial Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis
Julio Desnoyers, joven argentino acomodado de ascendencia francesa, aguarda en un jardín de París una cita de amor. Poco sospecha que en breve habrá de desencadenarse sobre Europa una de las más terribles calamidades, la guerra, con toda su secuela de desastres. " Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis " es una novela que permite dar rienda suelta al placer de leer. En el marco del enfrentamiento entre alemanes y franceses en la Primera Guerra Mundial, dos familias (los Desnoyers y los Hartrott), con un tronco común pero pertenecientes cada una a uno de los bandos en contienda, se verán envueltas en el mismo trágico conflicto que se resuelve en los desolados campos de batalla.
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Literatura Random House Mademoiselle de Maupin
Una de las obras más subversivas de la narrativa francesa del siglo XIX.Ofrecemos aquí la primera traducción al castellano de una de las obras más subversivas de la narrativa francesa del siglo XIX. La obra cuenta la historia de una mujer que, harta de los hombres, decide hacerse pasar por uno de ellos. Así, la joven muchacha se convierte en Théodore, un joven de una extraordinaria belleza que seduce por igual a hombres y mujeres hasta el punto de que el apuesto y viril D'Albert, siempre en busca de la mujer ideal, se enamora de él, obligándole a romper con todas sus ideas preconcebidas y a entrar en un embarazoso y divertidísimo juego de seducción y desconcierto. Obra sin parangón sobre el amor, mascarada sobre la condición de la mujer y las relaciones sentimentales, Mademoiselle de Maupin llega por fin al lector español.
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 15
After navigating the succession dispute within the Twin Kingdoms, Zenjiro's visit home is unfortunately short-lived. He swiftly returns abroad with a gift from Queen Aura to Prince Francesco - marbles which carry incredible value in the arts of enchantment. Speaking with the man, he learns of a new revelation that could change the fate of the entire world! Not long after, Princess Freya visits the Kingdoms to request a magical item of her own. What could a northern princess from the realm of technology and progress want from the enchanters of Sharou?
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Altamura - Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Ceramica Italiota a Figure Rosse, Sovraddipinta Monocroma E Policroma, Lekythoi a Reticolo (I): Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Italia, LXXXVII
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Onyx Editorial El arte oculto de volar
Northwood ha sido invadido por criaturas que se asemejan a demonios y provienen de otro mundo. Aunque su apariencia resulta amenazante, no suponen ningún riesgo, al menos de momento, para sus habitantes. Sin embargo, los miembros del Club de Artes Ocultas de la Academia Wingston no están dispuestos a tener a esas criaturas vagando por su pueblo, y planean enfrentarse a ellas utilizando la hechicería. Ottolyn Goode, una chica muy inocente que siempre se ha visto atraída por la magia, hará todo lo posible por dominar las técnicas y los hechizos que Jake Ryser se ha propuesto enseñarles a sus aprendices.EL ARTE OCULTO DE VOLAR es una historia sobre creer en algo y seguir adelante aun sin tener todas las de ganar. Es una historia de valor, constancia y perseverancia. Además, valores como la amistad, la familia y la responsabilidad son aspectos importantes de la historia. La novela también combina varios elementos de la literatura clásica de fantasía.
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Editorial Verbo Divino Los sabios testigos del Dios de la vida participante guía para una lectura comunitaria de los libros sapienciales y los salmos
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José J. Olañeta Editor Luces del Islam instituciones arte y espiritualidad en la ciudad musulmana
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Editorial Iberia, S.A. Crónica escandalosa Epistolario festivo
Sólo mediante los escandalosos escritos de este autor, de una notable fidelidad histórica, se puede comprender toda la época española en la que vivió. A la vez de hacernos reír como pocos humoristas del Renacimiento, atina a dar el mejor contrapunto a los más serios acontecimientos de la España de entonces.
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Marcombo Fro Comercial y Expansin con Tubo Capilar DVD 6 Tcnicos de servicio vol6 Spanish Edition
La colección Tecnicos de servicio tiene como objetivo principal dar a conocer, de una forma práctica y fácil de entender, los conocimientos necesarios para moverse en el mundo de la refrigeración.En los DVD se desarrollan los diferentes temas con imágenes reales, tanto del uso y manejo de las diferentes herramientas como del muestreo de los diferentes circuitos frigoríficos y eléctricos de cada instalación. También se explican las características de funcionamiento y el método a utilizar para el seguimiento y diagnóstico de lasposibles averías que puedan producirse, así como de su reparación.El libro que acompaña a cada DVD es un soporte donde se desarrolla cada materia de forma más extensa y detallada, para así complementar los conocimientos adquiridos a traves de las imágenes.La colección Tecnicos de Servicio será, en lo sucesivo, la herramienta más rentable de todo el taller.Duración del DVD: 41 minutos.
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Mis ejercicios antiestrs de 80 ejercicios para cultivar la calma
La mejor manera de desconectar, liberarse, dejarse ir y (re)encontrar la armonía.Con ejercicios de todo tipo (acertijos, origamis, mandalas para colorear, modos de relajación, etc.) para que, en función del estado de ánimo o inclinación del momento, pueda llevarse a cabo una pequeña gimnasia mental, o ejercitar la respiración, u optar por una vena más creativa con papel o lápices de colores.
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B de Blok (Ediciones B) El futuro del equipo
Tercer libro de Campeón!, la serie de fútbol que explica la alucinante historia de cómo Antoine Griezmann llegó a convertirse en uno de los mejores jugadores del mundo. Una serie escrita por él mismo y basada en su propia vida.Los sueños pueden hacerse realidad!Muchos compañeros de equipo de Tony Grizi ya han sido reclutados por algunas de las más prestigiosas escuelas de fútbol del país. Así es como se convertirán en jugadores profesionales.Sin embargo, ningún equipo parece querer a Tony. La razón? Su corta estatura...Con el respaldo de su padre y sus amigos, el joven delantero atraviesa Francia entera en busca de un lugar donde conseguir cumplir sus sueños.
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Manic D Press,U.S. Open Letter to Quiet Light
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Teen Spirit
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Birkhauser Verlag AG A study on nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor expression in the rat visual cortex: possible sites and mechanisms of NGF action in cortical plasticity
Neuronal plasticity is the term generally used to describe a great variety of changes in neuronal structure and functions, in particular activity-dependent, prolonged functional changes, accompanied by corresponding biochemical and possibly morphological alterations. The first insights about neuronal plasticity have been obtained on simple forms of life. Today, many areas in the mammalian central nervous system are under investigation, in particular the cortex and the hippocampus. In these areas, neuronal plasticity is considered to be at the basis of learning and memory. The study of brain plasticity in sensory systems has been particularly fruitful, because these systems can be experimentally manipulated in a very precise manner by changes in the sensory imput.
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Stiebner Verlag GmbH Sizilien vegetarisch
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National Gallery Company Ltd The Last Caravaggio
A focus on Caravaggio's last work, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, telling the story of an empowered female saint
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Llewellyn Publications Golden Art Nouveau Grand Trumps
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Laser Imaging and Manipulation in Cell Biology
Here, the editor has gathered a team of international experts to present the latest advances in the field of laser imaging and manipulation techniques. The result is broad coverage of the interactions with biological samples to perform novel optical manipulation operations, both on the cellular and tissue levels. Of interest to physicists working and researching laser tissue mechanisms, cell biologists investigating new imaging and manipulation operation on the cellular level, medical doctors working with new laser therapies and diagnostic tools, as well as engineers developing new technologies in the field of optics and lasers.
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Yale University Press The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright's Iconoclastic Masterpiece
The captivating tale of the plans and personalities behind one of New York City’s most radical and recognizable buildings Considered the crowning achievement of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan is often called iconic. But it is in fact iconoclastic, standing in stark contrast to the surrounding metropolis and setting a new standard for the postwar art museum. Commissioned to design the building in 1943 by the museum’s founding curator, Baroness Hilla von Rebay, Wright established residence in the Plaza Hotel in order to oversee the project. Over the next 17 years, Wright continuously clashed with his clients over the cost and the design, a conflict that extended to the city of New York and its cultural establishment. Against all odds, Wright held fast to his radical design concept of an inverted ziggurat and spiraling ramp, built with a continuous beam—a shape recalling the form of an hourglass. Construction was only completed in 1959, six months after Wright’s death. The building’s initial critical response ultimately gave way to near-universal admiration, as it came to be seen as an architectural masterpiece. This essential text, offering a behind-the-scenes story of the Guggenheim along with a careful reading of its architecture, is beautifully illustrated with more than 150 images, including plans, drawings, and rare photographs of the building under construction.
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Loft Publications Building in the Desert: Architects of the Southwest
Building in the Desert showcases residential projects and landscape design works built in the American Southwest: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. All the projects highlight this as an unparalleled region with a rich variety of landscapes—rolling hills, mountains, canyons, mesas, deserts and volcanoes. These conditions offer unique design challenges and opportunities to create works that adapt to the natural environment—no matter how harsh it is—rather than conquer it, while always addressing sustainability.
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Loft Publications Coastal Charm: Waterside Living
Coastal Charm: Waterside Living is a beautifully illustrated book that celebrates the joys and beauty of living by the water. It explores the allure of waterside living, from the quiet atmosphere of coastal towns to the thrill of ocean-front living. Through stunning photography and a thoughtful text, the book takes the reader on a journey to some of the most stunning coastal properties in the world, showcasing examples from grand beachfront mansions to rustic cottages by the sea. The book delves into the ways in which living by the water can enhance one's mental and emotional wellbeing, and the role that the natural beauty of the coast plays in this. The volume is a captivating celebration of the beauty and allure of the coast. It is a must-read for anyone interested in architecture, design and coastal living, and a perfect gift for those who appreciate the tranquility and majesty of the sea.
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Getty Trust Publications A is for Artist - A Getty Museum Alphabet
In this delightful alphabet book, cleverly illustrated with paintings from the collection of the Getty Museum, A is for an artist by Jan Steen, B is for a bumblebee by Ambrosius Bosschaert, and C is for a candle by Jean-Francois de Troy. Details from twenty-six different paintings by artists including Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas provide the objects corresponding with each letter of the alphabet. The book also contains reproductions of all the paintings from which the details were selected. This charming book provides a unique opportunity to help children learn the ABC's while teaching them to look closely at great works of art. The other artists are: Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708-1787) Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749) Luca Carlevarijs (Italian, 1663-1730) Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588-1629) Francesco Salviati (Francesco de'Rossi) (Italian, 1510-1563) Bartolommeo Vivarini (Italian, about 1432-1499) Dosso Dossi (Giovanni de'Luteri) (Italian, active 1512--died 1542) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Jean-Simeon Chardin (French, 1699-1779) Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568-1625) Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659-1734) Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616-1686) Jean-Etienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789) James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949) Lawrence Alma Tadema (Dutch/English, 1836-1912) Georges de La Tour (French, 1593-1652) Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629-1684) Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666) Joseph Ducreux (French, 1735-1802) Joachim Wtewael (Dutch, 1566-1638)
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Encountering the Suffering of the Other: Reconciliation Studies amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezechiel 36:26). This biblical image, particularly significant for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, gives insight into the central issues of this book: how a greater readiness to reconcile can take place among individuals and groups who experience the "suffering of the other," even in the midst of a protracted conflict such as the Israeli-Palestinian one. This book offers a collection of essays written by the team members of a transdisciplinary DFG project between Jena University, Ben Gurion University, Tel Aviv University, and the Wasatia Academic Institute.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Eine europäische »Generation Ebert«?: Politische Sozialisation und sozialdemokratische Politik der »1870er«
Die Aufsätze des Sammelbandes untersuchen die Frage, ob das für Deutschland geltende Konzept einer "Generation Ebert", also einer zweiten Generation von Arbeiterführern, die sich von den Parteigründern in Herkunft, Denken und Handeln abgrenzen lässt, auf die europäische Ebene übertragen werden kann. Damit wird ein wichtiger Beitrag zur Erforschung des Demokratisierungsprozesses nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg geleistet, den diese Generation von Sozialdemokraten, aus der Systemopposition kommend, nun als politisch Verantwortliche entscheidend mitgestaltete. Insgesamt zeigen die Beiträge, dass eine generationelle Perspektive auf die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung in den letzten Jahrzehnten des 19. und der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts neue Einsichten in deren Handlungsmöglichkeiten eröffnet und althergebrachte, auf Ideen, Organisationsstrukturen und Einzelpersönlichkeiten fokussierte Forschungsansätze in produktiver Weise ergänzt.
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Springer International Publishing AG New Metropolitan Perspectives: Post COVID Dynamics: Green and Digital Transition, between Metropolitan and Return to Villages Perspectives
The book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas.
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Arnoldsche Silver Triennial International: 20th Worldwide Competition
Since 1965, the Association for Goldsmiths’ Art and the German Goldsmiths’ House Hanau have been organising the Silver Triennial International to promote contemporary silversmithing. The 20th competition demonstrates the variety of works at a high level: 121 silversmiths from 21 countries submitted hollow- and flatware or free-formed works. The focus is not only on technical and artistic aspects; a large number of the entries also have a socio-critical and contemporary historical background. An expert jury was again assembled this year: Dirk Allgaier, head of Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart; Dr. Claudia Banz, curator for design at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin; and JaKyung Shin, silversmith and assistant professor at Seoul National University, Korea, selected 67 impressive silver works. Text in English and German.
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MIT Press Ltd Foundations of Global Financial Markets and Institutions
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Pares i fills
La mirada de la periodista Montserrat Besses sobre una França que busca el seu lloc al món.El president Emmanuel Macron ha revalidat el mandat per cinc anys més, els darrers d?un polític jove, ambiciós i singular. La França d?avui és un país encara més convuls que cinc anys enrere: l?extrema dreta de Marine Le Pen s?ha vist reforçada, el president no té majoria, la pandèmia, les reformes i les conseqüències de la guerra a Ucraïna han encès els carrers ?especialment de la França més allunyada de París?, es manté l?amenaça del terrorisme i la vella grandeur francesa tremola davant del futur, sacsejada per la globalització i un món cada vegada més polaritzat. La prestigiosa periodista Montserrat Besses, amb la seva experiència com a corresponsal de TV3 a París, presenta la França d?avui a través del símbol de Marianne, l?encarnació ?la cara, les cares? de la República Francesa.
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Una influencer muerta en París
El nuevo thriller juvenil de Blue Jeans, brutalmente impactante y actualParís, 2023. Una famosa marca francesa de perfumes y cosméticos convoca el Premio al Mejor Influencer del Momento de habla hispana para así hacerse un hueco en el mercado español. El galardón se entregará en la capital francesa, pero esta fiesta repleta de lujo, influencers y lentejuelas acabará de una forma trágica: Henar Berasategui, una de las candidatas al premio y la instagrammer más popular de los últimos tiempos, aparece muerta en uno de los baños del teatro donde se celebra la gala. Junto al cadáver encuentran, con las manos llenas de sangre, a Ana Leyton (Ley), una tiktoker de diecinueve años que está arrasando y que es la mayor rival de Henar.El mundo de los influencers, sus representantes, las marcas, la rivalidad entre creadores de contenido, la juventud con la que adquieren la fama, los haters, la pr
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Officina Libraria Cats of Paris: and Elsewhere
Paris cats have been celebrated by painters, writers and chansonniers since the 19th century, when Steinlein created the poster for the cabaret 'Le Chat noir'. An important place among these artists is occupied by Lila De Nobili, who moved to the French capital in 1945 and never left the 7th arrondissement, its quintessential neighbourhood. She painted and designed stage sets for the Scala in Milan, the Opera in Paris, the Covent Garden in London and many other theatres. Sought by the most famous directors, she designed costumes for Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Audrey Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman. Just after the events of May 1968, she devoted herself exclusively to painting and adopted her first cat, Ulysse, in her apartment in rue de Verneuil. The feline family soon grew and Lila never tired of sketching them, drawing them, or painting them in watercolour. Most of these intimate works, full of insight and subtlety, were gifted to a friend, herself a cat lover, by Lila in her last years and thanks to this collection a book can now be published.
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Theodor Mommsen E Il Lazio Antico: Giornata Di Studi in Memoria Dell'illustre Storico, Epigrafista E Giurista
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Les Belles Lettres de Familia / de la Famille: Livres I Et II
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Topics in Global Real Analytic Geometry
In the first two chapters we review the theory developped by Cartan, Whitney and Tognoli. Then Nullstellensatz is proved both for Stein algebras and for the algebra of real analytic functions on a C-analytic space. Here we find a relation between real Nullstellensatz and seventeenth Hilbert’s problem for positive semidefinite analytic functions. Namely, a positive answer to Hilbert’s problem implies a solution for the real Nullstellensatz more similar to the one for real polinomials. A chapter is devoted to the state of the art on this problem that is far from a complete answer. In the last chapter we deal with inequalities. We describe a class of semianalytic sets defined by countably many global real analytic functions that is stable under topological properties and under proper holomorphic maps between Stein spaces, that is, verifies a direct image theorem. A smaller class admits also a decomposition into irreducible components as it happens for semialgebraic sets. During the redaction some proofs have been simplified with respect to the original ones.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG New Metropolitan Perspectives: Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition Volume 2
This book presents the outcomes of the symposium “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES,” held at Mediterranea University, Reggio Calabria, Italy on May 26–28, 2020.Addressing the challenge of Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition, the book presents a multi-disciplinary debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools in connection with urban–rural area networks and metropolitan centers. The respective papers focus on six major tracks: Innovation dynamics, smart cities and ICT; Urban regeneration, community-led practices and PPP; Local development, inland and urban areas in territorial cohesion strategies; Mobility, accessibility and infrastructures; Heritage, landscape and identity;and Risk management,environment and energy. The book also includes a Special Section on Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. Given its scope, the book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in issues concerning metropolitan and marginal areas.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Creating and Managing Superior Customer Value
"Superior Customer Value" (SCV) advances theory and offers new tools useful for measuring value dimensions and strength. Achieving highly useful sense making about the value concept and value metrics is important because of the substantial evidence that: customer assessments of total value in a product/service offering strongly affects acceptance and initial purchase; customer evaluations of value experiences relate strongly with retaining them and growing the share-of-business these customers award specific suppliers; and increases in delivered-value implemented strategies relates positively to increases in profitability. "SCV" focuses on advancing value theory, research, and strategy in business-to-business contexts. Coverage includes in-depth case research findings for existing and disruptively new products and services and all papers in this volume embrace the proposition that context is a major force affecting planning and implementing strategy. "SCV" is relevant in particular to European and North American B-to-B contexts. However, the tools and theories in the volume are certainly relevant for research by scholars and decisions by executives working in Asia and Australia. "SCV" is essential reading for improving thinking, decisions, and actions relating to the creation, marketing, and purchasing of superior value in products and services - critical abilities for product-service executives.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research on Techno-Entrepreneurship, Third Edition: Ecosystems, Innovation and Development
While knowledge-intensive environments encourage and foster new ideas for products, services, production methods and business models, they also entail high levels of risk derived from the fast and dynamically changing nature of technology. This Handbook explores the new theoretical frameworks that are needed to cope with the growing relevance of techno-entrepreneurship initiatives globally. Demonstrating that techno-entrepreneurship and its ecosystems create opportunities across national borders, this Handbook also shows how they proactively shape their business environment and engage in more complex collaborative networks. Chapters cover emerging areas in the field, such as frugal innovation, the drone industry and gender-specific entrepreneurship. Separated into sections dedicated to entrepreneurial ecosystems - with original research into incubators, accelerators and crowd funding - and techno-entrepreneurship across countries, the contributors examine specific issues that arise in context. With international scope, this Handbook will be an essential read for entrepreneurship and innovation scholars. Any researcher with an interest in entrepreneurial ecosystems will also benefit from the original research presented.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Technology and International Relations: The New Frontier in Global Power
Exploring how changes in advanced technology deeply affect international politics, this book theoretically engages with the overriding relevance of investments in technological research, and the ways in which they directly foster a country’s economic and military standing. Scholars and practitioners present important insights on the technical and social issues at the core of technology competition.Technology and International Relations emphasizes the importance of leadership styles, domestic political agendas and the relative weight of technologically driven countries in global affairs. It highlights the now widely shared belief among both developed and developing countries that technology will be the defining factor in international politics. The book also unpacks the complexity of real-life cases of key technological advances, including artificial intelligence, UAVs, satellites and the responses of governments and the private sector to rising technological challenges.This will be an important read for scholars of political science, international relations and international political economy, particularly those looking at the impact of technology and innovation.
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Apple Academic Press Inc. Image Content Retargeting: Maintaining Color, Tone, and Spatial Consistency
In recent years visual devices have proliferated, from the massive high-resolution, high-contrast screens to the tiny ones on mobile phones, with their limited dynamic range and color gamut. The wide variety of screens on which content may be viewed creates a challenge for developers. Adapting visual content for optimized viewing on all devices is called retargeting. This is the first book to provide a holistic view of the subject, thoroughly reviewing and analyzing the many techniques that have been developed for retargeting along dimensions such as color gamut, dynamic range, and spatial resolution.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Finite-Time Stability: An Input-Output Approach
Systematically presents the input-output finite-time stability (IO-FTS) analysis of dynamical systems, covering issues of analysis, design and robustness The interest in finite-time control has continuously grown in the last fifteen years. This book systematically presents the input-output finite-time stability (IO-FTS) analysis of dynamical systems, with specific reference to linear time-varying systems and hybrid systems. It discusses analysis, design and robustness issues, and includes applications to real world engineering problems. While classical FTS has an important theoretical significance, IO-FTS is a more practical concept, which is more suitable for real engineering applications, the goal of the research on this topic in the coming years. Key features: Includes applications to real world engineering problems. Input-output finite-time stability (IO-FTS) is a practical concept, useful to study the behavior of a dynamical system within a finite interval of time. Computationally tractable conditions are provided that render the technique applicable to time-invariant as well as time varying and impulsive (i.e. switching) systems. The LMIs formulation allows mixing the IO-FTS approach with existing control techniques (e. g. H∞ control, optimal control, pole placement, etc.). This book is essential reading for university researchers as well as post-graduate engineers practicing in the field of robust process control in research centers and industries. Topics dealt with in the book could also be taught at the level of advanced control courses for graduate students in the department of electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, and applied mathematics.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Functional Polymers in Food Science: From Technology to Biology, Volume 1: Food Packaging
Polymers are an important part in everyday life; products made from polymers range from sophisticated articles, such as biomaterials, to aerospace materials. One of the reasons for the great popularity exhibited by polymers is their ease of processing. Polymer properties can be tailored to meet specific needs by varying the "atomic composition" of the repeat structure, by varying molecular weight and by the incorporation (via covalent and non-covalent interactions) of an enormous range of compounds to impart specific activities. In food science, the use of polymeric materials is widely explored, from both an engineering and a nutraceutical point of view. Regarding the engineering application, researchers have discovered the most suitable materials for intelligent packaging which preserves the food quality and prolongs the shelf-life of the products. Furthermore, in agriculture, specific functionalized polymers are used to increase the efficiency of treatments and reduce the environmental pollution. In the nutraceutical field, because consumers are increasingly conscious of the relationship between diet and health, the consumption of high quality foods has been growing continuously. Different compounds (e.g. high quality proteins, lipids and polysaccharides) are well known to contribute to the enhancement of human health by different mechanisms, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, coronary disease, and hypertension. This first volume, of this two volume book, concerns the application of polymers in food packaging.
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Fordham University Press Italoamericana: The Literature of the Great Migration, 1880-1943
To appreciate the life of the Italian immigrant enclave from the great heart of the Italian migration to its settlement in America requires that one come to know how these immigrants saw their communities as colonies of the mother country. Edited with extraordinary skill, Italoamericana: The Literature of the Great Migration, 1880-1943 brings to an English-speaking audience a definitive collection of classic writings on, about, and from the formative years of the Italian-American experience. Originally published in Italian, this landmark collection of translated writings establishes a rich, diverse, and mature sense of Italian-American life by allowing readers to see American society through the eyes of Italian-speaking immigrants. Filled with the voices from the first generation of Italian-American life, the book presents a unique treasury of long-inaccessible writing that embodies a literary canon for Italian-American culture—poetry, drama, journalism, political advocacy, history, memoir, biography, and story—the greater part of which has never before been translated. Italoamericana introduces a new generation of readers to the “Black Hand” and the organized crime of the 1920s, the incredible “pulp” novels by Bernardino Ciambelli, Paolo Pallavicini, Italo Stanco, Corrado Altavilla, the exhilarating “macchiette” by Eduardo Migliaccio (Farfariello) and Tony Ferrazzano, the comedies by Giovanni De Rosalia, Riccardo Cordiferro’s dramas and poems, the poetry of Fanny Vanzi-Mussini and Eduardo Migliaccio. Edited by a leading journalist and scholar, Italoamericana introduces an important but little-known, largely inaccessible Italian-language literary heritage that defined the Italian-American experience. Organized into five sections—“Annals of the Great Exodus,” “Colonial Chronicles,” “On Stage (and Off-Stage),” “Anarchists, Socialist, Fascists, Anti-Fascists,” and “Apocalyptic Integrated / Integrated Apocalyptic Intellectuals”—the volume distinguishes a literary, cultural, and intellectual history that engages the reader in all sorts of archaeological and genealogical work. The original volume in Italian: Italoamericana Vol II: Storia e Letteratura degli Italiani negli Stati Uniti 1880-1943
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