Juan M : 108 books
Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 1
Breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Soybeans are one of the most widely-grown crops in the world. As the world’s main source of vegetable protein, they have a wide range of food and non-food uses. Current yields need to increase significantly to meet growing demand but in a way that reduces input use, does not damage the environment...
by Mª del Puy Pérez Echeverría, Juan Ignacio Pozo Municio, Nora Scheuer Rubiños
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Una propuesta teórica, al tiempo renovadora y sencilla, según la cual la única forma de cambiar la educación es cambiar a las personas que la hacen posible. Nada cambiará si eso no cambia.Tabla de materias / Tabla de contenidOLas concepciones del aprendizaje ante la nueva cultura educativa ·...
by Eulalia Agrelo Costas, Mª del Mar Fernández Vázquez, Carmen Ferreira Boo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Una selección literaria sobre conflictos bélicos y sociales que pretende facilitar la tarea de asentar el hábito lector y conseguir un lector competente, tanto en el ámbito de los textos como el de las imágenes. También es de gran utilidad como material de apoyo en el siempre complicado proceso...
Espectros
Ghostly Hauntings in Contemporary Transhispanic Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Espectros is a compilation of original scholarly studies that presents the first volume-length exploration of the spectral in literature, film, and photography of Latin America, Spain, and the Latino diaspora. In recent decades, scholarship in deconstructionist "hauntology," trauma studies, affect...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Molly Cummings Carney, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teacher accountability has been a major strategy for “fixing” education for the last 2 decades. In this book, Cochran-Smith and her research team argue that it is time for teacher educators to reclaim accountability by adopting a new approach that features intelligent professional responsibility,...
Maintenance Management in Network Utilities
Framework and Practical Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
In order to satisfy the needs of their customers, network utilities require specially developed maintenance management capabilities. Maintenance Management information systems are essential to ensure control, gain knowledge and improve-decision making in companies dealing with network infrastructure,...
Peace versus Justice
Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2005
This book examines the costs and benefits of ending the fighting in a range of conflicts, and probes the reasons why negotiators provide, or fail to provide, resolutions that go beyond just 'stopping the shooting.' What is the desired and achievable mix between negotiation strategies that look backward...
by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Linda S. Bosniak, Joseph H. Carens
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual...
by Richard A. Santillán, José M. Alamillo, Anna Bermúdez
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Mexican American Baseball in Ventura County pays tribute to the legendary teams and players from Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Santa Paula, and other surrounding neighborhoods. From the early 20th century through the 1950s, baseball in Ventura County safeguarded opportunities...
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...
Religion and Psychiatry
Beyond Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Religion (and spirituality) is very much alive and shapes the cultural values and aspirations of psychiatrist and patient alike, as does the choice of not identifying with a particular faith. Patients bring their beliefs and convictions into the doctor-patient relationship. The challenge for mental...
by Ana Matias, Manuel Nunes da Ponte, Jeremy Luterbacher
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
In recent years carbon dioxide has played an increasingly important role in biomass processing. This book presents the state-of-the-art of a range of diverse approaches for the use of carbon dioxide in biomass valorisation. The book explores cutting-edge research and important advances in green high-pressure...
Latinas in American Politics
Changing and Embracing Political Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection...