Fernando M : 76 books
Faces of Resistance
Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and power.
In the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community...
by Paulo Fernando Ribeiro, Carlos Augusto Duque, Augusto Santiago Cerqueira
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
With special relation to smart grids, this book provides clear and comprehensive explanation of how Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Computational Intelligence (CI) techniques can be applied to solve problems in the power system.
Its unique coverage bridges the gap between DSP, electrical...
Postphenomenological Investigations
Essays on Human–Technology Relations
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human–Technology Relations provides an introduction to the school of thought called postphenomenology and showcases projects at the cutting edge of this perspective. Postphenomenology presents a unique blend of insights from the philosophical traditions...
by Cecilia Alero Titilayo Saibu, David Wafula Yenjela, Shalini Nadaswaran
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
This book is a comprehensive study of some ways of treating the subject that demonstrate new and unusual perspectives, and provides a different approach to the popularly-held views of mothers-in-law; and that further address these works as popular culture; and as texts in their own right from within...
Colombia's Political Economy at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century
From Uribe to Santos and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This volume examines Colombia’s political economy at the outset of the twenty-first century. A group of leading experts explores various issues, such as drug trafficking, organized crime, economic performance, the internal armed conflict, and human rights. The experts highlight the various challenges...
The Criminalization of States
The Relationship between States and Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.
by Peter Müller, Alejandro Jara, Tim Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
This book reviews nonparametric Bayesian methods and models that have proven useful in the context of data analysis. Rather than providing an encyclopedic review of probability models, the book’s structure follows a data analysis perspective. As such, the chapters are organized by traditional data...
Computational Metrics for Soccer Analysis
Connecting the dots
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
This book provides an account of the use of computational tactical metrics in improving sports analysis, in particular the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) data in soccer. As well as offering a practical perspective on collective behavioural analysis, it introduces the computational metrics...
Structural Performance of Masonry Elements
Mortar Coating Layers Influence
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
This book discusses the main mechanical features of masonry buildings and the peculiarities that affect their structural behaviour. It also examines technical information regarding accidents that have occurred in recent years in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, along with the historical records...
by Fernando A.N. Silva, Bernardo Horowitz, João M.P.Q. Delgado
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
This book offers a new calculation procedure of the structural behavior of grouped layout of silos, easy to use and with satisfactory responses.
Groups of reinforced concrete silos are structures commonly used in the food industry, where it is usually necessary to separate the storage of different...
Ultimate Performance Analysis Tool (uPATO)
Implementation of Network Measures Based on Adjacency Matrices for Team Sports
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
This book introduces the ultimate performance analysis tool (uPATO) as a new software to compute social network metrics in the scope of team sports analysis. The reader will identify the algorithms to test the general properties of the team, the co-dependencies and the centrality levels of players,...
by Ana M. Afonso, Luis P N Rebelo, Tetsuya Tsuda
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Ionic liquids are attractive because they offer versatility in the design of organic salts. As ion-rich media, ionic liquids can control the systems properties by tuning the size, charge, and shape of the composing ions. Whilst the focus has mainly been on the potential applications of ionic liquids...
Heranças de Derrida (vol. 1)
Da ética à política
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Heranças de Derrida é uma obra publicada em 3 volumes, que reúne os textos apresentados no I Colóquio Internacional Desconstrução, Linguagem e Alteridade, ocorrido no Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais da UFRJ em 2011. O Colóquio foi uma realização conjunta do Grupo de Trabalho Desconstrução,...
Spirituality, Values and Mental Health
Jewels for the Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Spirituality, religious belief and inclusive faith communities are important for mental well being but mental health practitioners have few guidelines for acknowledging these issues when working with service users.
Spirituality, Values and Mental Health gathers together personal and professional...