This book was written in 1954 by Jose del Carmen Garcia, a person that was passionate about eating and living healthy. He spent countless hours reading, researching and testing diets and their effect on health. This book presents his notes, findings and recommendations from his work. It is comforting to know that most of the principles that he describes in this book are consistent with what 60 years later are commonly accepted healthy diets. He also lived by these principles until one day at the age of 96 he went to sleep one night and never woke up. He is greatly missed, but this book will help readers understand and live by his legacy.

* for millenials and novice investors who wish to understand more of social impact investing and the book provides an easy to follow framework through the Australian case study * fills a market gap as the book looks at how policy making plays a crucial role in the development of impact investing enterprises and addresses how regulatory framework can effect the nurturing of such enterprises * Promises to be a digestible, easy to read guide to impact investing

* for millenials and novice investors who wish to understand more of social impact investing and the book provides an easy to follow framework through the Australian case study * fills a market gap as the book looks at how policy making plays a crucial role in the development of impact investing enterprises and addresses how regulatory framework can effect the nurturing of such enterprises * Promises to be a digestible, easy to read guide to impact investing

One of the main contributions of this important book is that it offers a thorough survey of the theoretical and empirical developments that have occurred in the area of (im)politeness in the different regions of the Spanish-speaking world, gathering together overviews by distinguished scholars. Additionally, the book advances the field with new empirical research on linguistic (im)politeness, and silence and (im)politeness, in a range of (non)institutional contexts, as well as new perspectives for the study of (im)politeness. A closing chapter by the editors provides an assessment of salient trends in the area and directions for future research. Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World is essential reading for students in Spanish pragmatics and Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. The volume is also very useful to English-speaking scholars in the general field of pragmatics who are not proficient in Spanish but require access to these empirical studies.

One of the main contributions of this important book is that it offers a thorough survey of the theoretical and empirical developments that have occurred in the area of (im)politeness in the different regions of the Spanish-speaking world, gathering together overviews by distinguished scholars.  Additionally, the book advances the field with new empirical research on linguistic (im)politeness, and silence and (im)politeness, in a range of (non)institutional contexts, as well as new perspectives for the study of (im)politeness. A closing chapter by the editors provides  an assessment of salient trends in the area and directions for future research.
"Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World" is essential reading for senior undergraduates and graduate students in Spanish pragmatics and Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. The volume is also very useful to English-speaking scholars in the general field of pragmatics who are not proficient in Spanish but require access to these empirical studies.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IberSPEECH 2016 Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2016. The 27 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The selected articles in this volume are organized into four different topics: Speech Production, Analysis, Coding and Synthesis; Automatic Speech Recognition; Paralinguistic Speaker Trait Characterization; Speech and Language Technologies in Different Application Fields

En Marcha! is the only intensive course in Spanish for beginners. Systematic and comprehensive, it takes the student from beginner to solid intermediate level in one year. Carefully graded exercises and expert grammatical explanations are combined with lively activities and an attractive presentation to develop rapidly the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The material is organised in 8 units. Each unit has a theme around which the language content is developed and provides a variety of activities to practise what is being learnt, with clear instructions guiding the student and regular summaries of key points. The units also provide sections for self-study, which consolidate material learnt in class, as well as a full key to the exercises. The books contains a set of worksheets related to 15 role-plays, which allow students to deal in an effective manner with everyday situations such as buying food, clothes, going to a restaurant and seeing a doctor.

This newly enhanced seventh edition of INTERACCIONES bridges the gap between first- and second-year Spanish through a broad focus on useful grammar structures, practical vocabulary, and an effective integration of language and culture. INTERACCIONES enforces grammar and vocabulary presentations with authentic readings and listening activities in order to give students a real-life context in which to use the material. INTERACCIONES employs a tried-and-true pedagogical approach, with special attention to the use of language in context and the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. These features give students the practice and context needed to communicate in Spanish, and fully engage them to continue studying Spanish past the intermediate level.

In the last few years, the concern about pollutants present in indoor environments has greatly increased since in developed countries people spend large amounts of time indoors. The markedly growing consumption of cosmetics, air fresheners, house-cleaners, biocides, as well as the increase in the use of new building materials in carpeting, paints, furnishings, etc, may turn our homes, schools, offices and workplaces into harmful microenvironments. Inadequate ventilation coupled with the slow indoor degradation processes may increase indoor pollution levels. This book presents methodological developments for the analysis of pollutants in indoor air, focusing the attention on emerging contaminants and biocides that can be found both in the air gas phase, as well as associated to the suspended particulate matter and settled dust.