This is the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM) held from July 25 to 27, 2014 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal and organized by International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management (ISMSEM), Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) and Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal). The goals of the conference are to foster international research collaborations in Management Science and Engineering Management as well as to provide a forum to present current findings. A total number of 138 papers from 14 countries are selected for the proceedings by the conference scientific committee through rigorous referee review. The selected papers in the first volume are focused on Intelligent System and Management Science covering areas of Intelligent Systems, Decision Support Systems, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management.

This is the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM) held from July 25 to 27, 2014 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal and organized by International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management (ISMSEM), Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) and Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal). The goals of the conference are to foster international research collaborations in Management Science and Engineering Management as well as to provide a forum to present current findings. A total number of 138 papers from 14 countries are selected for the proceedings by the conference scientific committee through rigorous referee review. The selected papers in the second volume are focused on Computing and Engineering Management covering areas of Computing Methodology, Project Management, Industrial Engineering and Information Technology.

Mark Platts is responsible for the first systematic presentation of truth-conditional semantics and for turning a generation of philosophers on to the Davidsonian program. He is also a pioneer in discussions of moral realism, and has made important contributions to bioethics, the philosophy of human rights and moral responsibility. This book is a tribute to Platts's pioneering work in these areas, featuring contributions from number of leading scholars of his work from the US, UK and Mexico. It features replies to the individual essays from Platts, as well as a concluding chapter reflecting on his philosophical career from Oxford to Mexico City. Mind, Language and Morality will be of interest to philosophers across a wide range of areas, including ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of law, and philosophy of language.

With advancing technology, students are getting accustomed to evermore portable resources on their phones - pocketbook texts are therefore required to compete with this shift in approach. Where easy layouts assist with faster clinical reasoning, or ambulatory practice provides poor signal, printed text still out-competes digital technologies. Affordable and concise, this visually engaging concise textbook is easy to use as a revision aid and take on placement (veterinary EMS - Extra-mural studies). The spiralbound format allows it to lay flat when referred to in practice, adding another level of practical use. The emphasis will be on those things regularly available to general practitioners with minimal information of advanced techniques. Similar to the popular MiniVet guide, but for Equine: fills a gap for a concise, quick and easy practical reference for students in Equine practice. There’s a clear market for books that focus on best practices, protocols, and treatment management for equine pathologies and thus provide a direct clinical approach to cases and clinical reasoning. The book is clearly divided into sub-sections, i.e., etiology, differential diagnosis etc. This makes it simple to follow and useful to apply to cases. The high quantity of pictures and diagrams help understanding of each different condition. International readership Can be bought as a single text or as a package with other books in the Equine ConciseTextbook series Distills key information from 'Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction 2E' which has previously been out of the student price range.

With advancing technology, students are getting accustomed to evermore portable resources on their phones - pocketbook texts are therefore required to compete with this shift in approach. Where easy layouts assist with faster clinical reasoning, or ambulatory practice provides poor signal, printed text still out-competes digital technologies. Affordable and concise, this visually engaging concise textbook is easy to use as a revision aid and take on placement (veterinary EMS - Extra-mural studies). The spiralbound format allows it to lay flat when referred to in practice, adding another level of practical use. The emphasis will be on those things regularly available to general practitioners with minimal information of advanced techniques. Similar to the popular MiniVet guide, but for Equine: fills a gap for a concise, quick and easy practical reference for students in Equine practice. There’s a clear market for books that focus on best practices, protocols, and treatment management for equine pathologies and thus provide a direct clinical approach to cases and clinical reasoning. The book is clearly divided into sub-sections, i.e., etiology, differential diagnosis etc. This makes it simple to follow and useful to apply to cases. The high quantity of pictures and diagrams help understanding of each different condition. International readership Can be bought as a single text or as a package with other books in the Equine ConciseTextbook series Distills key information from 'Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction 2E' which has previously been out of the student price range.

This concise, practical text covers the essential information veterinary students need to succeed in Equine medicine and surgery, focusing on skin, urinary, liver and endocrine diseases. Written for an international readership, the book includes a glossary of terms and conveys the core information in an easily digestible, precise form with extensive use of bullet-points, tables, flow-charts, diagrams, lists, protocols and extensive illustration. Part of a five-book series that extracts and updates key information from Munroe’s Equine Surgery, Reproduction and Medicine, Second Edition, the book distils best practice in a logical straightforward clinical-based approach. It details clinical anatomy, physical clinical examination techniques, diagnostic techniques and normal parameters, emphasising the things regularly available to general practitioners with minimal information of advanced techniques. The liver section is divided into clinical evaluation, diagnostic tests, possible causes and treatment. The diagnostic approach to endocrine disease is followed by specific diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary gland, equine metabolic syndrome and other miscellaneous disorders. The approach to urinary tract problems includes information on diagnostic tests and imaging, renal diseases, and diseases of the ureters, bladder and urethra. The approach to skin disease is discussed in detail, including relevant diagnostic tests. Following this, individual skin diseases are covered under the headings of genetic, infectious, immune-mediated, nutritional, endocrine, idiopathic, traumatic and neoplastic causes. Finally, skin wounds, burns, and infections of synovial structures are discussed. Ideal for veterinary students and nurses on clinical placements with horses as well as practitioners needing a quick reference ‘on the ground’. The spiralbound format allows the book to lie open during practice.

Mark Platts is responsible for the first systematic presentation of truth-conditional semantics and for turning a generation of philosophers on to the Davidsonian program. He is also a pioneer in discussions of moral realism, and has made important contributions to bioethics, the philosophy of human rights and moral responsibility. This book is a tribute to Platts's pioneering work in these areas, featuring contributions from number of leading scholars of his work from the US, UK and Mexico. It features replies to the individual essays from Platts, as well as a concluding chapter reflecting on his philosophical career from Oxford to Mexico City. Mind, Language and Morality will be of interest to philosophers across a wide range of areas, including ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of law, and philosophy of language.

La bioetica es la etica aplicada a la biologia, el respeto a la vida humana, el derecho a vivir y a morir, a clonar seres humanos y a llegar con el ser humano hasta donde los limites de la ciencia nos permitan. No obstante... Es licito aplicar a la vida humana todo aquello que cientificamente es posible hacer? El futuro que proponen la biologia y la medicina modernas es altamente esperanzador; pero tambien es verdad que algunos nubarrones preocupantes se han empezado a elevar sobre el horizonte del respeto y de la dignidad humana. La actualidad del tema hace que pastores y lideres cristianos, acosados constantemente, en conferencias e intervenciones de radio y television, con preguntas sobre cual es nuestra posicion al respecto, se vean en la necesidad de afrontarlo. Pero el tema es complejo y las respuestas no son faciles. En este libro encontraran un fuente de informacion erudita y documentada, a la vez que asequible y comprensible, de la mano de una autoridad en ambas materias involucradas: biologia y teologia. Asi, este libro trata temas tan interesantes como: el aborto, el control de natalidad, la eutanasia, la manipulacion de genes y el proyecto del genoma humano, entre otros muchos mas. Todo ello, bajo una perspectiva cristiana."

En el Nuevo Ateismo se habla del movimiento intelectual que prolifera hoy en los ambientes universitarios, en el que se cambia erroneamente la Fe en Dios por la fe en la materia. Este libro es una respuesta desde la ciencia, la razon y la fe que analiza un importante tema actual desde el punto de vista de la biologia, la teologia y la fe. El autor Antonio Cruz (pastor, biologo, catedratico, con multiples publicaciones cientificas y teologicas prolificas) examina las diferencias y la relacion que existe entre la teologia y la ciencia. El expone como ante el espiritu cientifico del hombre, Dios sigue presentandose como respuesta a la pregunta humana acerca la complejidad de la vida y de su origen, entendiendose la vida como una estructura biologica con un diseno real y perfecto. Incluye: Contenido teologico y cientifico por un experto en ambas materias. Tematica controversial y compleja. Orden y secuencia. Tipografia adecuada para una lectura agradable. New Atheism In New Atheism the writer shares about this intellectual movement that proliferates today in university environments, in which Faith in God is erroneously exchanged for faith in things. This book is an answer elaborated from science, reason, and faith that analyzes an important current topic from the point of view of biology, theology, and faith. The author Antonio Cruz (pastor, biologist, professor, with multiple prolific scientific and theological publications) examines the differences and the relationship that exists between theology and science. He exposes how in view of the scientific spirit of man, God continues to appear as an answer to the human question about the complexity of life and its origin, understanding life as a biological structure with a real and perfect design. It includes: Theological and scientific content by an expert in both subjects. Addresses a controversial and complex subject. Order and sequence. Suitable typography for a pleasant reading.

A lo largo del siglo XX, la ciencia ha hecho descubrimientos espectaculares. Y todos ellos confluyen en un punto: la necesidad de recurrir a la idea de un designio inteligente para explicar la creciente complejidad del universo. La fisica ha demostrado que el cosmos tuvo un comienzo, que el universo es mucho mayor, mas complejo y mas maravilloso de lo que en principio se intuia. La biologia, desentranando los misterios del gen y los mecanismos irreductiblemente complejos, ha puesto en tela de juicio el desarrollo evolutivo a traves de mutaciones aleatorias. El origen de la vida sigue siendo inexplicable sin recurrir a un designio inteligente. La neurologia, al investigar el comportamiento del cerebro humano en relacion a la espiritualidad, esta descubriendo que las conclusiones de Sigmund Freud, al afirmar que La religion es un espejismo, eran precipitadas y reduccionistas. El cerebro, visto como una simple computadora desligada de todo elemento trascendente, no encaja a la hora de explicar la complejidad y la peculiaridad de la conciencia humana. Las cosas han cambiado tanto que se ha invertido el proceso. Antano eran los apologistas cristianos los que tenian que esforzarse en argumentar la existencia de un Creador, hoy son algunos cientificos ateos los que investigan febrilmente tratando de apartarle de la escena. Hace unos anos, creer en Dios requeria un salto de fe, ahora cada vez hace falta mas fe para seguir negando su existencia. El cientifico cristiano Antonio Cruz, biologo y pastor, en un lenguaje asequible pero sin perder por ello su valor cientifico, con la ayuda de imagenes esquemas y diagramas, explica en estas paginas los mas recientes descubrimientos de la nueva ciencia que apuntan hacia la realidad de Dios. Con ello, abre un nuevo horizonte en el campo de la apologetica cristiana para el siglo XXI."

En los ultimos anos hemos sido testigos de grandes cambios sociales y culturales en Occidente, cambios originados por la busqueda continua del hombre de un fundamento. Ayer habia esperanza en la razon, la fe y la ciencia. Hoy existe el desaliento, la muerte de las ideas y los valores, el surgimiento de la verdad relativa y el individualismo. Esta nueva manera de pensar que difiere de las ideas tradicionales y estilos de vida que llamabamos ayer modernidad, hoy se denomina postmodernidad. Tanto ayer como hoy, el evangelio es la respuesta a esa busqueda del hombre. Como cristianos, estamos llamados a conocer y ser sensibles a esa necesidad del hombre para saber como darle una respuesta y esperanza. Postmodernidad del Dr. Cruz analiza esta nueva filosofia de vida y, ademas, plantea al cristiano las pautas a seguir para alcanzar a ese hombre necesitado de hoy con el poder del Evangelio."

Sermones actuales sobre las parabolas de Jesus es un libro de gran utilidad para aquellos que quieran examinar el verdadero mensaje de las ensenanzas de Jesus y conocer sus aplicaciones actuales. A diferencia de las clasificaciones clasicas en esta obra se analizan las parabolas no por tema sino por orden de aparicion en los evangelios sinopticos. El proposito principal del libro es servir de referencia como base y ayudar al predicador, pastor, o lider cristiano en el importante ministerio de llevar el mensaje de Jesucristo al hombre de hoy. Sermones actuales sobre las parabolas de Jesus aborda 43 relatos que constituyen las parabolas sinopticas, precedidos por el titulo que les da la version Reina-Valera y uno menos ortodoxo dado por el autor. Incluye: Citas con puntos de vista de diversos especialistas con su correspondiente bibliografia. Parabolas sinopticas con su introduccion, contexto original. Facilita ideas actuales y sugerentes para crear nuevas predicaciones con una aplicacion a nuestros dias. Current Sermons on the Parables of Jesus Current Sermons on the Parables of Jesus is a particularly useful book for those who want to examine the true message of the teachings of Jesus and how to apply them nowadays. Unlike the classical classifications, in this work the parables are analyzed not by theme but by order of appearance in the synoptic gospels. The purpose of the book is to serve as a base reference and assist the Christian preacher, pastor, or leader in the important ministry of carrying the message of Jesus Christ to mankind today. UpToDate sermons on the parables of Jesus considering 43 stories that make up the synoptic parables, preceded by the title given by the Reina-Valera Spanish version and a less orthodox one given by the author. It includes: Citations with the opinion of various specialists and their corresponding bibliography. Synoptic parables with their introduction, original context. Provides current and suggestive ideas to create new sermons with an application to our days.

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A veces, en este mundo mareado con tantas ideas, nos parece como cristianos que estamos nadando en contra de la corriente. Las ideas postmodernas en la television, las peliculas y las canciones facilmente nos influyen, sin que nos demos cuenta. Tambien ejercen un dominio fuerte sobre nuestros hijos y seres queridos. Para no ser arrastrados por esta corriente, y para dar la mano a otros que estan ahogandose en busca de respuestas apropiadas, es imprescindible conocer las raices del pensamiento actual, y buscar respuestas correctas centradas en la Biblia. El Dr. Cruz hace un analisis profundo y acertado de algunos de los pensadores mas destacados de los ultimos siglos, explicando su filosofia, y comparando sus ideas con las ensenanzas biblicas. Este libro es dinamita para la 'destruccion de fortalezas, derribando argumentos y toda altivez que se levanta contra el conocimiento de Dios, y llevando cautivo todo pensamiento a la obediencia a Cristo' (2 Corintios 10:4-5)"

At last there is a book available on scientific apologetics, originally written in Spanish, to counter the effects of evolutionary philosophy. Discussing each of the relevant themes in the debate over evolution vs. creation, the author debunks many of the weak, pseudo-scientific myths prevalent today. *Debate between evolution and creation *Species change, but not that much *Classifications contradict evolution *In search of the missing link *Human evolution?: The genes say no *The nightmare of the eye and other discussions that will help you witness about your faith.

Al empezar un nuevo siglo, y un nuevo milenio, es conveniente que los cristianos le demos una mirada al futuro que nos espera, que pasemos revista a las nuevas interrogantes que se empiezan a vislumbrar en el mundo, asi como a los retos que tales senales pueden suponer para el cristianismo. Durante las dos ultimas decadas ha tenido lugar en nuestro planeta toda una serie de acontecimientos que han contribuido a cambiar las relaciones humanas y a crear un nuevo tipo de sociedad a escala global. Cual debe ser la actitud cristiana frente al actual proceso de globalizacion? Como tiene que comportarse el cristiano con el extranjero segun la Palabra de Dios? Seremos capaces durante este tercer milenio de no destruirnos mediante la energia nuclear o la guerra bacteriologica? Como se configura la nueva familia globalizada? Como es posible incultural hoy el mensaje cristiano en medio de una sociedad tan variada y plural?"