Francisco: 1215 books

This book provides a conceptual and computational framework to study how the nervous system exploits the anatomical properties of limbs to produce mechanical function. The study of the neural control of limbs has historically emphasized the use of optimization to find solutions to the muscle redundancy...

Computational intelligence techniques are becoming more and more important for automated problem solving nowadays. Due to the growing complexity of industrial applications and the increasingly tight time-to-market requirements, the time available for thorough problem analysis and development of tailored...

Following on from their previous volume on Chocolate as Medicine, Philip K. Wilson and W. Jeffrey Hurst edit this companion volume, Chocolate and Health, providing a comprehensive overview of the chemistry, nutrition and bioavailability of cacao and chocolate. The book begins with a brief historical...

- Analizar la normativa y las principales características de los instrumentos de cobro y pago convencionales y telemáticos. - Determinar la documentación correspondiente a los distintos instrumentos de cobro y pago convencionales y telemáticos cumplimentándola de manera correcta. - Realizar los...

The 2007-08 financial crisis surprised many economists and the public. But how did the crisis come about, why was it so deep, and why has the clean-up been so slow and painful? Many accounts of the crisis focus on renegade activity in marginal financial sectors. Shadow Networks challenges this pervading...

This book focuses on the development of a new simulation paradigm allowing for the solution of models that up to now have never been resolved and which result in spectacular CPU time savings (in the order of millions) that, combined with supercomputing, could revolutionize future ICT (information...

This book develops the basic content for an introductory course in Mechanism and Machine Theory. The text is clear and simple, supported by more than 350 figures. More than 60 solved exercises have been included to mark the translation of this book from Spanish into English. Topics treated include: dynamic...

La presente obra pretende responder a la nueva realidad a la que se enfrenta la enseñanza del Derecho Administrativo en la estructura de los nuevos Grados adaptada al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Nos encontramos ante un libro que sistematiza los conceptos básicos y fundamentales que todo...

Luciano realized that Bono had fallen in love with Lady Beautiful. He did not say one word, not even opened his mouth. He feigned not noticing and kept silent. The next time that Lady Beautiful appeared at La Buena Vida everything happened real quickly, as if she had arrived fl ying at great speed....

El libro constituye un instrumento práctico y eficaz para el estudio y aplicación de los aspectos generales de la contratación administrativa y, de modo especial, de los contratos de suministro y de servicios, que constituyen una parte muy importante de la contratación de las Administraciones...

El autor parte de los conceptos básicos y de los principios fundamentales del Trabajo Social Comunitario para describir unos modelos de redes comunitarias útiles en la práctica profesional, en algunos campos de más relieve social, como la convivencia en la comunidad, la violencia comunitaria,...

An in-depth examination of the concept of value in a digital world, an analysis of a range of digital business models and a framework for assessing the value of digital businesses. Assessing the value of traditional business was easy. There are hard, well tested metrics and tangible, measurable...

This book addresses questions in connection with the international legal regime on demands for secession, which have arisen in various States. More specifically, it examines the unilateral declarations of independence by Kosovo in 2008, and by Crimea and its subsequent annexation by the Russian Federation...

After decades of stagnation, the size of Latin America's middle class recently expanded to the point where, for the first time ever, the number of people in poverty is equal to the size of the middle class. This volume investigates the nature, determinants and possible consequences of this remarkable...