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An analysis of what the history of epidemic diseases can reveal about urban planning. In the 1860s and 1870s, Buenos Aires was hit by a series of dramatic cholera and yellow fever epidemics that decimated its population and inspired extensive debates on urban space among its elites. The book takes readers into three intriguing spaces—the slaughterhouses, the tenements, and the park of Palermo—which found themselves at the center of the discussions about the causes of epidemic disease. The banning of industrial slaughterhouses from the city, reform of tenement houses, and construction of a major park promised to tackle the problem of disease while giving rise to new visions of the city. By analyzing the discussion on these spaces, the book illuminates critical spatial junctures at the crossroads of both local and global forces and reconstructs the interconnection between elite imaginaries and the production of space. Park, Tenement, Slaughterhouse reveals that the history of epidemic diseases can tell us a great deal about urban space, the relationships between different social classes in cities, and the articulations of global and local forces.

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Message From the Shadows is a new collection featuring Antonio Tabucchi's finest short stories, spanning the breadth of his career. These playful tales explore Tabucchi's signature themes, from his inventive, lyrical meditations on language, art, and philosophy, to his fascination with the passage of time, and the mystery of storytelling.

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This research review provides thought-provoking discussion of the most influential papers in the field of comparative property law. These articles have played an essential role in shaping property law discourse on both a national and global level. The review carefully examines different concepts and aspects of property, including theoretical approaches and comparative perspectives, followed by a series of key constitutional questions. This structure offers the reader the opportunity to trace the evolution of comparative property law through the global legal community. Students, teachers and practitioners will find this analysis both a fascinating read and a helpful tool in thoroughly understanding the central, yet profoundly puzzling topic of comparative property law.

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The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the course of several decades in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, to produce this extraordinary achievement of Western civilization. In this book, the art historian and restorer Antonio Forcellino tells the remarkable story of the Sistine Chapel, bringing his unique combination of knowledge and skills to bear on the conditions that led to its creation. Forcellino shows that Pope Sixtus IV embarked on the project as an attempt to assert papal legitimacy in response to Mehmed II''s challenge to the Pope''s spiritual leadership. The lower part of the chapel was decorated by a consortium of master painters whose frescoes, so coherent that they seem almost to have been painted by a single hand, represent the highest expression of

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Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured powerful ideas of nationalism. By examining how the Olympic movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates the profound role sports play in the political and cultural processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition of autonomy rather than traditional political independence. Significantly, it was precisely in the Olympic arena that Puerto Ricans found ways to participate and show their national pride, often by using familiar colonial strictures—and the United States’ claim to democratic values—to their advantage. Drawing on extensive archival research, both on the island and in the United States, Sotomayor uncovers a story of a people struggling to escape the colonial periphery through sport and nationhood yet balancing the benefits and restraints of that same colonial status.The Sovereign Colony describes the surprising negotiations that gave rise to Olympic sovereignty in a colonial nation, a unique case in Latin America, and uses Olympic sports as a window to view the broader issues of nation building and identity, hegemony, postcolonialism, international diplomacy, and Latin American–U.S. relations.

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Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured powerful ideas of nationalism. By examining how the Olympic movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates the profound role sports play in the political and cultural processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition of autonomy rather than traditional political independence. Significantly, it was precisely in the Olympic arena that Puerto Ricans found ways to participate and show their national pride, often by using familiar colonial strictures—and the United States’ claim to democratic values—to their advantage. Drawing on extensive archival research, both on the island and in the United States, Sotomayor uncovers a story of a people struggling to escape the colonial periphery through sport and nationhood yet balancing the benefits and restraints of that same colonial status.The Sovereign Colony describes the surprising negotiations that gave rise to Olympic sovereignty in a colonial nation, a unique case in Latin America, and uses Olympic sports as a window to view the broader issues of nation building and identity, hegemony, postcolonialism, international diplomacy, and Latin American–U.S. relations.

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The FX options market represents one of the most liquid and strongly competitive markets in the world, and features many technical subtleties that can seriously harm the uninformed and unaware trader. This book is a unique guide to running an FX options book from the market maker perspective. Striking a balance between mathematical rigour and market practice and written by experienced practitioner Antonio Castagna, the book shows readers how to correctly build an entire volatility surface from the market prices of the main structures. Starting with the basic conventions related to the main FX deals and the basic traded structures of FX options, the book gradually introduces the main tools to cope with the FX volatility risk. It then goes on to review the main concepts of option pricing theory and their application within a Black-Scholes economy and a stochastic volatility environment. The book also introduces models that can be implemented to price and manage FX options before examining the effects of volatility on the profits and losses arising from the hedging activity. Coverage includes: how the Black-Scholes model is used in professional trading activity the most suitable stochastic volatility models sources of profit and loss from the Delta and volatility hedging activity fundamental concepts of smile hedging major market approaches and variations of the Vanna-Volga method volatility-related Greeks in the Black-Scholes model pricing of plain vanilla options, digital options, barrier options and the less well known exotic options tools for monitoring the main risks of an FX options’ book The book is accompanied by a CD Rom featuring models in VBA, demonstrating many of the approaches described in the book.

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Le Muse di Archilocho - Ricerche sullo stile archilocheo

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Along its existence, humans have used Earth resources in a reckless way, having little consideration for its importance, and for the future generations and their needs. Considering the complexity of this subject, and the extreme difficulty of analyzing all aspects of soil degradation, the Editors nonetheless gather here some contributions, each one addressing different soil conservation problems, strategies or methodologies, trying to add some contributions for the understanding of the overall problem of soil degradation and conservation in the world. The seven chapters that comprise this book address topics related to soil degradation and conservation strategies, presenting some cases and methodological approaches, in different parts of the world, promoting scientific research developed with the objective of contributing to a better knowledge of the problem and to help in its mitigation.

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Endless sky, rock, and water: Where the arid grasslands of southern Argentina meet the Atlantic Ocean, the wild winds and waters of Patagonia have sculpted a magical landscape. This wonderland is Monte Leon National Park. Established in 2002 through public/private collaboration, the park's creation was prompted by a gift from Kristine Tompkins, the former CEO of the clothing company named for this legendary region at the bottom of the Earth. Encompassing roughly 155,000 acres and 25 miles of shoreline, Monte Leon is now held in trust for future generations as part of Argentina's national park system. It is both a destination for adventurous travellers and a home to an array of charismatic creatures; a place where guanacos remain ever wary of stalking pumas, vast colonies of Magellanic penguins coat the beaches, and every tide pool harbours a universe in miniature. In Monte Leon, photographer Antonio Vizcaino takes readers on a visual tour of the park's natural features, exploring the wildlife, landforms, and textures and the sublime quality of light where land meets sea. Essays are included by Carlos Enrique Meyer, Silvia Braun, Claudio Campagna, William Coway, Francisco Erize and Patricia Gandini, the key players who helped birth the new park and other experts complement Vizcaino's images. Monte Leon is a book as beautiful as the landscape it celebrates. For everyone who has ever dreamed of Patagonia, Monte Leon is your invitation to visit a treasure of the Patagonia coast. All proceeds from the sale of the book go to continue conservation efforts in Monte Leon.

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‘He’d almost walked right over it when he finally saw it for what it was: a stain of red blood, churned into the white blanket of snow…’ After getting on the wrong side of the wrong people in Rome, Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone is exiled to Aosta, a small, touristy alpine town far from the cobbled streets and fritto misto of his beloved city. Rocco’s talent for solving crimes is matched only by his disdain for the rules and his eye for a beautiful woman. But when a mangled body is found on the ski slopes, he soon discovers that his Roman sophistication – not to mention his expensive Roman shoes – are of little help in this dangerous and unfamiliar mountain landscape. With blood on the black run, rumours of mafia involvement and a murderer at large, Deputy Police Chief Schiavone is about to find himself skating on very thin ice…

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Pakistan is host to the largest concentration of jihadist groups in the world. Since the 1980s, the Pakistani state has been accused of sponsoring local jihadist groups and sending Pakistani volunteers to support them. This book is based on almost 114 interviews, conducted mainly in Urdu and Pashto, from within Al-Qaeda and affiliated jihadist groups. It examines the relationship between the Pakistani security agencies and Al-Qaeda, and how they both became entangled and used by the local jihadists they were themselves trying to exploit. The interviews paint a picture of the shifting strategies and priorities of the different jihadi groups in the early 21st century, covering their ideological objectives, their agreements and disagreements over tactics, as well as pressure from rival militant groups and internal factionalism. The book is the most in-depth study of jihadism in Pakistan, and Antonio Giustozzi highlights the strategies global jihadists deployed after 9/11 and how Al-Qaeda tried to manage the largest jihadist group in Pakistan, the Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The book also covers other key issues in South Asian security, such as the impact of Islamic State on Al Qaeda’s power after 2014, why Al-Qaeda continue to back the TTP, and what is happening with the groups focused on taking jihad to Kashmir and India.

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Secrets of Infinity examines infinity as it has been studied sinceantiquity, beginning with the classical figures from Greece and Rome. In an entertaining and practical way, readers will discover that infinity is not limited to the mathematical concept as represented by the symbol nor its metaphysical concept as the indefinable concept of eternity, but in fact, it resides in a variety of disciplines, a multitude of contexts and has a far-reaching influence on human existence. Secrets of Infinity organizes the 150 articles into six subject areas: Science: Henrietta Lacks - Her death in 1951 from uterine cancer at the age 31 did not end her existence. Her doctor took a tissue sample from the tumor and developed the first continuous culture of human cells and thus the first immortal cell line in history, known as HeLa; Mathematics: Googol - Edward Kasner (1878–1955) devised the googol to show how huge infinity is through a number so large that it is unimaginable but still not even close to infinity; Technology: TA-65 - Recently, researchers at Sierra Sciences discovered the TA-65, which could be the chromosomal catalyst to stopping, slowing or even reversing the aging process, bringing us closer to the myth of eternal youth; Art: The Endless Stairs of the Vatican - Little did the Vatican Museums know in 1932, when the stairs were built, that this formation could represent life itself, with the discovery of the DNA double helix chain in 1953; Philosophy: René Descartes, the Infinite and God - According to Descartes, the idea of infinity has been imposed by a nature that is higher than human, and can only come from this nature being infinite,so he interprets that the existence of infinity confirms the existence of God; Symbology: The Labyrinth - A labyrinth is a route made up of streets and crossroads with an ingenious and complex structure whose design variations are endless, especially in the case of the rhizome labyrinth, which has infinite ramifications. Engaging and free of jargon, Secrets of Infinity helps to demystify the elusive infinity and bring it closer to modern concepts and understanding. Thinking readers and students will find enjoyment and insight on its pages.

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In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, 'I think, therefore I am,' science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended until recently to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes' Error. Antonio Damasio challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wonderfully engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behaviour.

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Joy, sorrow, jealousy and awe - these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. Presumed to be too private for science to explain and not to be essential for comprehending human rationality and understanding, they have largely been ignored. But not by the great seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher Spinoza. And not by Antonio Damasio. In this book Dr. Damasio draws on his innovative research and on his experience with neurological patients to examine how feelings and the emotions that underlie them support the governance of human affairs.

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Encuadernación: Rústica.Como consecuencia del buen hacer, el contundente éxito, la aceptación y la experiencia de las versiones de Microsoft Project 4, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 y 2007, aparece ahora en el mercado Microsoft Office Project 2010, un producto maduro y con vocación de continuidad durante los próximos años. La cantidad total de instalaciones, que supera los 15 millones de usuarios en todo el mundo, incluye una gran variedad de tipos que van desde aquellos que lo utilizan de un modo general hasta los administradores de proyectos profesionales. Microsoft Office Project 2010 es el resultado de grandes esfuerzos de investigación y desarrollo para abarcar toda la diversidad de clientes con el fin de proporcionar una gran cantidad de características, una mayor potencia y mejoras adicionales. Esta aplicación constituye una poderosa herramienta de gestión de proyectos para plantear, planificar y representar gráficamente la información, así como para exponérselos a los demás. Así mism

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Muchos nos hemos preguntado alguna vez: Si no lo ven, cómo saben que está ahí?. Como seres visuales que somos, nos cuesta comprender la realidad en términos que no sean los de lo estrictamente aparente. Desde esta perspectiva, buena parte de la historia del conocimiento humano puede resumirse como una carrera de los hombres por ir más allá de lo que le dicen sus ojos. Para conseguir desentrañar estos misterios diseñaron nuevos instrumentos de observación y comprendieron que no solo el ojo podía engañarlos, sino que los propios artefactos con los que trabajaban introducían distorsiones que les obligaban a repensar la realidad. Y solo cuando calibraron los instrumentos para poder mirar las estrellas pudieron darles la vuelta y apuntar con ellos al fondo de nuestro propio ojo.Este empeño en trascender a lo aparente y detectar lo invisible ha convertido a los seres humanos en unos predictores extraordinarios. Por señales indirectas se descubrieron los virus, la selección natural,

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La división entre personas y cosas es el postulado que parece haber organizado desde tiempos inmemoriales la experiencia humana. Ningún otro principio está tan enraizado en la percepción y en la conciencia moral como la convicción de que los seres humanos no somos cosas, porque las cosas, según una dicotomía insalvable, son lo opuesto a las personas. Sin embargo, la reconstrucción genealógica, al destapar el dispositivo de la persona, permite seguir las consecuencias divisivas que han conformado el horizonte moderno según un doble proceso de despersonalización (o cosificación) de las personas y de desreificación (o anonadación) de las cosas. Este nudo entre personas y cosas, determinante para la confluencia del derecho romano, la filosofía griega y la concepción cristiana, solo puede ser desenredado, según Roberto Esposito, desde la perspectiva del cuerpo, tercero excluido de la dicotomía entre cosas y personas. Lo que los estudios antropológicos revelan sobre el cuerpo como lugar de i

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Encuadernación: RústicaEn la actualidad se exige a las personas que desempeñan una actividad, ya sean empleados, estudiantes, jefes o directivos, o que aspiren a ejercerla, una gran habilidad en la dirección de si mismos y de los demás que tengan a su cargo, pero no siempre se encuentra el tiempo suficiente para profundizar en qué destrezas desarrollar y en cómo hacerlo.Antonio Valls identifica cuáles son esas habilidades clave y, con un lenguaje directo y riguroso, da al lector herramientas para ayudarle a desarrollarlas.Tomar las mejores decisiones; diseñar una estrategia profesional; gestionar el tiempo, el estrés y las relaciones con compañeros y jefes; motivarse a uno mismo y a los demás; negociar con destreza o seducir en las presentaciones en público,son algunas de las que encontrará en este libro. No están todas las que son, pero como dice el autor: "Están aquellas que si potenciamos pueden ayudarnos enormemente a ser más competentes y eficaces y a obtener, al mismo ti

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Breve biografía para que los jóvenes conozcan los rasgos de su personalidad, las causas que defendió, los métodos que utilizó, su pensamiento y los ideales que enarboló. Se da protagonismo a las palabras del líder y a la descripción de su trayectoria para lograr nuevas cotas de la justicia y libertad. El anexo para trabajar el texto facilitará la lectura comprensiva, la reflexión personal, el diálogo y la realización de trabajos a los adolescentes y jóvenes. Martin Luther King (1929-1968) murió en Memphis. Víctima de la violencia racista, fue partidario de los métodos no-violentos y demostró la eficacia de los mismos haciendo que las leyes, las sensibilidades y las conciencias iniciasen un camino de superación. Su patria reconoce su liderazgo: le ha erigido una estatua en Washington, cerca del monumento a Abraham Lincoln, donde él pronunció el 28 de agosto de 1963 su famoso discurso Tengo un sueño; y, desde 1986, celebra su fiesta el tercer lunes de enero, el día más próximo a la fecha

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Lección Inaugural impartida por el Prof. Dr. D. Antonio Puerta Notario con motivo de la inauguración del Curso Academico 2011-2012

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Este manual, cuyo objetivo primordial es el desarrollo de la comprensión lectora de textos científico-técnicos, está dirigido a estudiantes de ingenierías quienes han de utilizar necesariamente documentación en inglés (libros de consulta, problemas, manuales de instruccíones, normativas, etc.) ya en su etapa formativa universitaria y, con toda probabilidad, en su posterior actividad profesional.

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Este manual desarrolla los temas;incluidos en el Módulo 16 Piston Engines, del programa EASA Parte 66;para técnicos de mantenimiento de aeronaves.;Los primeros cinco capítulos están;dedicados al estudio de los componentes del motor: cilindro, émbolo, biela;cigüeñal, válvulas, cárter y reductores. Una vez conocidos estos elementos de;la arquitectura del motor, es posible abordar con suficiencia los ciclos;motores Otto y Diésel, así como sus rendimientos, contemplados desde la;perspectiva del motor de aviación en los ciclos de cuatro y dos tiempos. El extenso;Capítulo 7 trata de la inspección, revisión, y almacenamiento y preservación;del motor, en atención a los elementos fundamentales estudiados.;Los motores turboalimentados, la carburación;e inyección junto al sistema de control electrónico FADEC ocupan los capítulos;8 a 13. Preparada, pues, la mezcla aire-gasolina procede a continuación el estudio;del encendido y de puesta en marcha del motor. Los capítulos restantes se;dedican al es

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Ámbito óptimo de utilización: 2 Ciclo de primaria.Entrenar en la convivencia escolar se ha convertido en un objetivo prioritario para todos. En el programa PIECE se encuentran actividades secuenciadas y estructuradas para conocer las emociones, el control de las mismas, la solución de conflictos, etc.

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El programa AVANTE está constituido por unidades didácticas dirigidas al aprendizaje de contenidos y habilidades relacionadas con el afrontamiento de la adversidad. En cada unidad se proponen actividades relacionadas.

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Método EOSEdad/Nivel: 6 Curso de Primaria.El programa ESTIMA-TE va dirigido al alumnado de la etapa de la educación primaria. Los componentes del programa se fundamentan en los siguientes aspectos:1. Autoconocimento personal: Descubrir la singularidad de cada uno para desarrollar el sentimiento de identidad personal. Incluye las características físicas, los rasgos de personalidad, las cualidades personales y las competencias básicas.2.Pertenecia al grupo: La percepción de la familia como componente afectivo que le proporciona al alumno la necesaria seguridad emocional, el apoyo de las dificultades y la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas y psicológicas para su desarrollo personal. Así como la convivencia básica, la integración en el grupo clase, en los grupos que comparten intereses, aficiones y preferencias y en las relaciones de amistad.3. Autocompetencia percibida: El alumno dirige su atención a identificar que capacidades tiene y puede desarrollar a través de

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Método EOSEdad/Nivel: 5 Curso de Primaria.El programa ESTIMA-TE va dirigido al alumnado de la etapa de la educación primaria. Los componentes del programa se fundamentan en los siguientes aspectos:1. Autoconocimento personal: Descubrir la singularidad de cada uno para desarrollar el sentimiento de identidad personal. Incluye las características físicas, los rasgos de personalidad, las cualidades personales y las competencias básicas.2.Pertenecia al grupo: La percepción de la familia como componente afectivo que le proporciona al alumno la necesaria seguridad emocional, el apoyo de las dificultades y la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas y psicológicas para su desarrollo personal. Así como la convivencia básica, la integración en el grupo clase, en los grupos que comparten intereses, aficiones y preferencias y en las relaciones de amistad.3. Autocompetencia percibida: El alumno dirige su atención a identificar que capacidades tiene y puede desarrollar a través de

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Método EOSEdad/Nivel: 3 Curso de Primaria.El programa ESTIMA-TE va dirigido al alumnado de la etapa de la educación primaria. Los componentes del programa se fundamentan en los siguientes aspectos:1. Autoconocimento personal: Descubrir la singularidad de cada uno para desarrollar el sentimiento de identidad personal. Incluye las características físicas, los rasgos de personalidad, las cualidades personales y las competencias básicas.2.Pertenecia al grupo: La percepción de la familia como componente afectivo que le proporciona al alumno la necesaria seguridad emocional, el apoyo de las dificultades y la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas y psicológicas para su desarrollo personal. Así como la convivencia básica, la integración en el grupo clase, en los grupos que comparten intereses, aficiones y preferencias y en las relaciones de amistad.3. Autocompetencia percibida: El alumno dirige su atención a identificar que capacidades tiene y puede desarrollar a través de

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