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This book is about power and freedoms in our technological world and has two main objectives. The first is to demonstrate that a theoretical exploration of the algorithmic governmentality hypothesis combined with the capability approach is useful for a better understanding of power and freedoms in ... More

Gabriel during his long life was a lover of the eternal feminine, the Woman was always for him a perdition. As a young man, many young women passed through his life, many were slender, over the years he learned to curb this insatiable desire for the conquest of women's love, for the pursuit of perfe... More

Sertão of the northeast, arid and barren land, Cradle of the greatest droughts, In cycles she delights herself. When they come it causes great damage, For the earth, fauna, flora and the man himself. Everything she consumes. And what to do? Before tremendous tragedy? There are two possibilities: Sta... More

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From that much of relations with the machines than with people, humans apparently lost the social skills needed to maintain good relationships. There are those who dropped to relate to and live today locked in a few cubic meters trying to live life alone. How to relate? How to maintain a relationsh... More

The intent of this book is to present recent results in the control theory for the long run average continuous control problem of piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMPs). The book focuses mainly on the long run average cost criteria and extends to the PDMPs some well-known techniques relat... More

It has been widely recognized nowadays the importance of introducing mathematical models that take into account possible sudden changes in the dynamical behavior of a high-integrity systems or a safety-critical system. Such systems can be found in aircraft control, nuclear power stations, robotic ma... More

No primeiro fim-de-semana foi para uma conhecida cidade pelo seu frio, localizada em Kashmir, Dras. Algumas pessoas chamam-na de Drass. Até recebeu turistas com um letreiro pintado a dizer “Bem-vindos à Drass – o segundo lugar habitado, mais frio do mundo”. Era conhecido como a porta de entrada para... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 23rd Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2019, held in Porto, Portugal, in October 2019. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the following workshops: Third Workshop on Practical Formal Verifica... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 23rd Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2019, held in Porto, Portugal, in October 2019. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the following workshops: Third Workshop on Practical Formal Verifica... More

Transpoetic Exchange illuminates the poetic interactions between Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and Haroldo de Campos (1929-2003) from three perspectives--comparative, theoretical, and performative. The poem Blanco by Octavio Paz, written when he was ambassador to India in 1966, and Haroldo de Campos’ tra... More

"O futuro de uma importante agência de publicidade passa pelo sucesso do seu projeto mais ousado e ambicioso, ao qual está vinculado não só o destino da empresa, mas também o dos homens que a tornaram grande e conhecida. Num clima de grande incerteza, todos são chamados a juntar as cabeças em tor... More

Jorge Luis Borges is the hero of this literary whodunit by one of Brazil's most celebrated writers. Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor o... More

This book brings together in a review manner a comprehensive summary of high-quality research contributions from the different research teams and their collaborators, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA). The topics span from animal ... More

A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: 'a friend' must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger. As he pieces together the story, he learns that the author is the wife of one of the two Martelli brothers - gangsters who dominate a small town... More

Higher-Order Differential Equations and Elasticity is the third book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set. As a set, they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Technology. This third book ... More

  Non-Linear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems is the second book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set. As a set, they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Technology. This se... More

  Simultaneous Differential Equations and Multi-Dimensional Vibrations is the fourth book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set. As a set, they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Techno... More

  Linear Differential Equations and Oscillators is the first book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set. As a set, they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Technology. This first book co... More

Classification and Examples of Differential Equations and their Applications is the sixth book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set. As a set, they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Te... More

Singular Differential Equations and Special Functions is the fifth book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations, Six-volume Set. As a set they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Technology. This fifth... More

Manual of Clinical Procedures in the Horse is a detailed step-by-step guide to clinical skills in equine practice. With information on techniques ranging from physical examination and blood sampling to lameness and neurologic exams and other specialized procedures, the book is an aid to confidently ... More

Compressible Flow with Application to Shocks and Propulsion is part of the series "Mathematics and Physics for Science and Technology", which combines rigorous mathematics with general physical principles to model practical engineering systems with a detailed derivation and interpretation of results... More

Vector Fields with Applications to Thermodynamics and Irreversibility is part of the series "Mathematics and Physics for Science and Technology", which combines rigorous mathematics with general physical principles to model practical engineering systems with a detailed derivation and interpretation ... More

Get a detailed look at the Thai sex/gender system—through analysis of the personal stories from transgendered youth in ThailandThe Thai term sao braphet song (a “second type of woman”) describes males who reject the gender of masculinity for femininity. Male Bodies, Women&’s Souls: Personal Narrativ... More