Browsing by Type "Book"
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    A former jesuit and an agnostic jew talk about religion over a cup of coffee
    ( 2018-01-01)
    Lemlij M.
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    Montagne E.
    Two psychoanalysts, Moises Lemlij and Eduardo Montagne, met for coffee to talk about their experiences of and attitudes to religion, and to compare them. Eduardo Montagne is a psychoanalyst and an Associate Member of the Peruvian Psychoanalytic Society. Religion is a subject that has been present in his life for as long as he could remember. The sense of security that religion provides is tremendously important at certain times of life, such as adolescence. Many possibilities and alternatives are opened up, but accompanied by a large dose of uncertainty and insecurity. Moises Lemlij is a psychoanalyst belonging to both the Peruvian Psychoanalytic Society and the British Psycho-Analytical Society. He had—and still have—the chance to experience a very special sensation of being in contact with the transcendent which he would describe in a form very similar to the religious experience of the feeling of being one with the whole.
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    Antioxidants in neurodegeneration: Truth or myth?
    ( 2015-01-01)
    Capani F.
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    Barreto G.
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    Calvo E.B.
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    Lillig C.H.
    The cell signaling theory was developed from the analysis of signal transduction from extracellular signals to intracellular effector molecules via G-protein coupled receptors by Rodbell [1] and Gilman [2]. First, an extracellular signal activates a receptor protein or protein complex. Then, this activation promotes the release of second messenger molecules. These molecules might act on transducer proteins, e.g., protein kinases, activate the production or release of third messenger molecules, or directly activate effector molecules.
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    Cysticercosis
    ( 2006-12-01)
    Garcia H.H.
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    Wittner M.
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    Coyle C.M.
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    Tanowitz H.B.
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    White A.C.
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    Educating for the knowledge economy?: critical perspectives
    ( 2012-01-01)
    Lauder H.
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    Young M.
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    Daniels H.
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    BALARIN BONAZZI, MARIA RAFAELA
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    Lowe J.
    The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative and to attract high incomes. What credence should we give to this promise? The current economic crisis is provoking a reappraisal of both economic and educational policy. Policy makers and educationists across the world see education as central to economic competitiveness. However, this book asks fundamental questions about the relationship between the economy and education since, in contrast to policy makers rhetoric, the relationship between the two sectors is not straightforward. An unorthodox account of the knowledge economy and economic globalisation suggests that autonomy in the workplace and permission to think will be only given to the elite. In this view many aspirant well-educated middle-class young workers are doomed to disappointment. In this book, leading scholars from the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand discuss these issues and interrogate the assumptions and links between the different elements of education and how they might relate to the economy. Even if we assume that the official view of the knowledge economy is correct, are we educating young people to be autonomous, creative thinkers? Are current policies relating to knowledge, learning and assessment consistent with the kinds of workers and skills required for the knowledge economy? Educating for the Knowledge Economy? will appeal to academics, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the central role of education in the knowledge economy.
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    Electronic payment systems for competitive advantage in e-commerce
    ( 2014-02-28)
    Liébana-Cabanillas F.
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    Muñoz-Leiva F.
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    Sanchez-Fernández J.
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    Martínez Fiestas, Myriam
    Recent innovations in the field of information technology and communications are radically changing the way international organizations conduct business. In this competitive environment, having the necessary tools to streamline business transactions and secure digital payments is crucial to business success. Electronic Payment Systems for Competitive Advantage in E-Commerce provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical findings on electronic payment systems in the digital marketplace. Focusing on the importance of e-commerce in business development, including the advantages and disadvantages of e-payments, this book is an essential resource for business professionals who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of e-commerce in all dimensions, as well as for both researchers and students.
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    Future Prospects
    ( 2011-01-01)
    Ortiz R.
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    Pillay M.
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    Tenkouano A.
    This conclusion presents some closing thoughts of the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of the book. The book deals with several subjects: botany, evolution, genetic resources, cytogenetics, genetics, plant health management, genetic enhancement, postharvest processing, micropropagation, and delivery of new cultivars to farming systems. It provides an update on molecular breeding of asexual crops from which the next genetic enhancement schemes can be sought. The book deals with the genetic resources of wild-seeded bananas. Recent research on Musa wild species gave priority to establishing the boundary between sections and among species therein. The book provide state-of-the-art knowledge of banana cytogenetics and genetics. Musa species are among the best examples of organisms whose complex cytogenetic structure ensued through extensive chromosomal rearrangements. The book speaks about reproductive biology, which is central to the species breeding system and for success of banana breeding schemes.
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    Household Food Access and Child Malnutrition: Results from the Eight- Country MAL-ED Study
    ( 2016-01-01)
    Psaki S.
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    Bhutta Z.A.
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    Ahmed T.
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    Ahmed S.
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    Bessong P.
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    Islam M.
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    John S.
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    Kosek M.
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    Lima A.
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    Nesamvuni C.
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    Shrestha P.
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    Svensen E.
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    Mcgrath M.
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    Richard S.
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    Seidman J.
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    Caulfield L.
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    Miller M.
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    Checkley W.
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    Knowledge and innovation for development: The sisyphus challenge of the 21st century
    (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2004-01-01)
    SAGASTI HOCHHAUSLER, FRANCISCO RAFAEL
    This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the many different issues related to the Sisyphean task of building science and technology capabilities in developing countries. It attempts to answer crucial questions including: how can knowledge be utilized to improve the human condition, and how can we bridge the growing knowledge divide between those who produce and use modern science and technology – and those who do not?
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    Livelihood - hope and conditions of a new paradigm for development studies: The case of Andean regions
    ( 2014-10-01)
    Czerny M.
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    CORDOVA AGUILAR, HILDEGARDO
    This book is a bird's eye view of the livelihood and geographical conditions of backward rural areas in the central and northern Andes in Perú and in Argentina. There, people live in scattered settlements dedicated to subsistence agriculture and are also marginal to markets. NGOs are playing increasing roles in the development of peripheral rural regions, such as in Perú; while the State addresses the production at the commercial agricultural levels, the subsistence dwellers speak of the difficulties they continue to encounter to manage the marketing of their crops. In rural development, we found the need for interdisciplinary approaches to tackle the poor conditions of education, health protection, increased agricultural output, infrastructure, improved living (including sanitary) conditions and social development. In conclusion, we argue that rural development should be confronted within a systems approach that relies heavily on education. In fact the poor education of the peasantry is a hindrance to a better livelihood. All these thoughts are applied to Frias, Perú and Quebrada Lules in Argentina. The book is arranged in 15 chapters that discuss conceptual terms such as "livelihood "and continues to present the study area and its possibilities to development. This gives way to expand on a discussion on participatory research, programmes supporting livelihoods in developing countries, natural resources, and productive activity. The environmental characteristics of the district of Frias and its agriculture are examined, as well as the factors limiting the development of Frias, its threats, social vulnerability and dwellers' ways of life. The authors of this book also discuss the social ties and the role of local authorities in development taking, for example, the Quebrada de Lules in Argentina.
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    Liver, Lung, and Intestinal Fluke Infections
    ( 2005-12-21)
    Maclean J.D.
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    Cross J.
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    Mahanty S.
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    Out of the mainstream: Water rights, politics and identity
    (Taylor and Francis Inc., 2010-02-26)
    Boelens R.
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    Getches D.
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    GUEVARA GIL, JORGE ARMANDO
    Water is not only a source of life and culture. It is also a source of power, conflicting interests and identity battles. Rights to materially access, culturally organize and politically control water resources are poorly understood by mainstream scientific approaches and hardly addressed by current normative frameworks. These issues become even more challenging when law and policy-makers and dominant power groups try to grasp, contain and handle them in multicultural societies. The struggles over the uses, meanings and appropriation of water are especially well-illustrated in Andean communities and local water systems of Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia, as well as in Native American communities in south-western USA. The problem is that throughout history, these nation-states have attempted to 'civilize' and bring into the mainstream the different cultures and peoples within their borders instead of understanding 'context' and harnessing the strengths and potentials of diversity. This book examines the multi-scale struggles for cultural justice and socio-economic re-distribution that arise as Latin American communities and user federations seek access to water resources and decision-making power regarding their control and management. It is set in the dynamic context of unequal, globalizing power relations, politics of scale and identity, environmental encroachment and the increasing presence of extractive industries that are creating additional pressures on local livelihoods. While much of the focus of the book is on the Andean Region, a number of comparative chapters are also included. These address issues such as water rights and defence strategies in neighbouring countries and those of Native American people in the southern USA, as well as state reform and multi-culturalism across Latin and Native America and the use of international standards in struggles for indigenous water rights. This book shows that, against all odds, people are actively contesting neoliberal globalization and water power plays. In doing so, they construct new, hybrid water rights systems, livelihoods, cultures and hydro-political networks, and dynamically challenge the mainstream powers and politics.
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    Potato Origin and Production
    (Elsevier, 2016-01-01)
    Haan S.
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    RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, FLOR DE MARIA
    The extent of the potato gene pool, with its abundant landrace diversity and numerous wild relatives, offers a wide range of options for prospecting, prebreeding, and niche market development. Landraces are still widely produced by smallholder farmers in the center of origin and are a key component of complex production systems that cover multiple agroecologies and production objectives. Sustainable future conservation and use will require attention to systematic monitoring of potato genetic diversity, gap analysis, screening, and prebreeding. Modern and traditional uses are both main drivers behind the rational use of potato biodiversity. Both offer promise for the scientific advancement of potato chemistry and technology.
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    Rate control mechanism for LAN/MAN interworking systems
    ( 1994-12-01)
    Orozco-Barbosa L.
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    Hirzalla N.
    In this paper, a novel rate control scheme is presented. The main aim of this scheme is to regulate the flow of traffic through a high-speed backbone network interconnecting multiple LANs. The scheme is implemented at the interconnection devices (bridges) where the traffic from each source-destination LAN pair is monitored and enforced. This scheme aims to provide a fair sharing of the network resources. LAN/MAN systems are of particular interest as the deployment of this kind of systems is seen as the first step to the development of the future Broadband-ISDN.
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    Techniques in diagnosing dermatologic manifestations of infectious diseases
    (Cambridge University Press, 2009-01-01)
    BRAVO PUCCIO, FRANCISCO GERARDO
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    MOHANNA BARRENECHEA, SALIM
    A vital step toward making the right diagnosis when dealing with infectious diseases is ordering the appropriate test. That implies having a certain idea of the range of possible organisms involved and directing your workup toward ruling in or out a specific agent. Of course, there will be cases where a more blind approach is in order and a large range of diagnostic possibilities should be considered. In those situations, smears and cultures for bacterial, mycobacterial, and fungal microorganisms are indicated. Also viral diseases should be considered in specific situations, such as febrile patients with disseminated maculopapular or vesicular rashes. However, just for practical purposes, it is better to take a syndromic approach, considering a range of possibilities regarding the etiology of the lesions and then, selecting the appropriate test. Let us take an example such as a patient with a sporotrichoid pattern of lesions. If the diagnosis to confirm is sporotrichosis, a fungal culture will be very sensitive and very specific. Pyogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcal aureus can also produce such a pattern. In these cases, a Gram stain and routine culture will be helpful. But, if the patient likes fishing, swimming, or diving besides gardening an atypical mycobacterial infection (M. marinum) also has to be listed in the differential. In such cases, a biopsy, acid-fast stain, and mycobacterial culture should also be considered, although recognizing this is a difficult diagnosis to make because of the low sensitivity of each individual test.
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    The custodians of biodiversity: Sharing access to and benefits of genetic resources
    (Taylor and Francis, 2012-01-01)
    RUIZ MULLER, MANUEL RICARDO
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    Vernooy R.
    Globally, local and indigenous approaches to conserving biodiversity, crop improvement, and managing precious natural resources are under threat. Many communities have to deal with ‘biopiracy,' for example. As well, existing laws are usually unsuitable for protecting indigenous and traditional knowledge and for recognizing collective rights, such as in cases of participatory plant breeding, where farmers, researchers and others join forces to improve existing crop varieties or develop new ones, based on shared knowledge and resources. This book addresses these issues. It outlines the national and international policy processes that are currently underway to protect local genetic resources and related traditional knowledge and the challenges these initiatives have faced. In particular these themes are addressed within the context of the Convention of Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The authors broaden the policy and legal debates beyond the sphere of policy experts to include the knowledge-holders themselves. These are the ‘custodians of biodiversity’: farmers, herders and fishers in local communities. Their experience in sharing access and benefits to genetic resources is shown to be crucial for the development of effective national and international agreements. The book presents and analyzes this experience, including case studies from China, Cuba, Honduras, Jordan, Nepal, Peru and Syria. Copublished with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
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    The future of development financing: Challenges, scenarios and strategic choices
    (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005-06-14)
    SAGASTI HOCHHAUSLER, FRANCISCO RAFAEL
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    Bezanson K.
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    Prada F.
    Today's international development financing system seems like a collection of disjointed entities that often work at cross purposes without being able to mobilize enough finance for developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This book brings together the vast array of new initiatives in financing mechanisms and proposals to transform the development finance architecture. Based on four different scenarios for the next ten-year period, proposals are made for how to reach an effective system.
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    The growth of firms: A survey of theories and empirical evidence
    (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2009-12-01)
    COAD, ALEX
    Much progress has been made in empirical research into firm growth in recent decades due to factors such as the availability of detailed longitudinal datasets, more powerful computers and new econometric techniques. This book provides an up-to-date catalogue of empirical work, as well as a coherent theoretical structure within which these new results can be interpreted and understood. It brings together a large body of recent research on firm growth from a multidisciplinary perspective, providing an up-to-date synthesis of stylized facts and empirical regularities. Numerous empirical findings and theories of firm growth are also surveyed and compared in order to evaluate their validity. © Alex Coad 2009. All rights reserved.