This edited book addresses the issues of gun trafficking and gun violence across different regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It seeks to identify global key trends on gun trafficking and related violence and discuss different enforcement measures. Each chapter is written by teams of distinguished academics and/or experienced practitioners to include practitioner insights and policy proposals on issues related to gun violence and gun trafficking. Chapters offer an overview of violence and recent gun control debates in the regions, enumerate challenges, provide lessons learnt, and recommend policy solutions. An overview of the global small arms trade is provided at the beginning alongside a comparative analysis of common challenges and significant differences across the regions. This book speaks to those in Criminology, International Relations, Public Policy, International Security, Public health and Law, and to civil society organizations, think tanks, research centers, policy analysts and policy makers involved in gun control debates.

In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editosr Drs. David L. Perez and Sara A. Finkelstein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Functional Neurologic Disorders. Top experts in the field cover issues such as functional movement disorder: assessment and treatment; functional cognitive disorder: diagnosis, treatment, and differentiation from secondary causes of cognitive dysfunction; functional speech and voice disorders: diagnosis and treatment; personalizing clinical care in functional neurological disorder: a biopsychosocial-informed perspective; and more. In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editosr Drs. David L. Perez and Sara A. Finkelstein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Functional Neurologic Disorders. Top experts in the field cover issues such as functional movement disorder: assessment and treatment; functional cognitive disorder: diagnosis, treatment, and differentiation from secondary causes of cognitive dysfunction; functional speech and voice disorders: diagnosis and treatment; personalizing clinical care in functional neurological disorder: a biopsychosocial-informed perspective; and more.

Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS): Global History and Methodology is a comprehensive guide for the safe and efficient performance of ISBCS. It provides an overview of the history, recommended protocols, necessary precautions, exclusion criteria, benefits and risks associated with this procedure, organizational standards, and more. Written by the most prominent ISBCS surgeons in the world, chapters recount the arguments for and against bilateral surgery that have been made throughout the ages, up to the present, and deliver achieved and proposed resolutions to all problems discussed. Topics such as ethics and medico-legal issues surrounding ISBCS are also discussed, and a chapter on the global evolution of bilateral cataract surgery provides readers with a complete overview of the development of ISBCS practices in countries from all continents.

This edited book addresses the issues of gun trafficking and gun violence across different regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It seeks to identify global key trends on gun trafficking and related violence and discuss different enforcement measures. Each chapter is written by teams of distinguished academics and/or experienced practitioners to include practitioner insights and policy proposals on issues related to gun violence and gun trafficking. Chapters offer an overview of violence and recent gun control debates in the regions, enumerate challenges, provide lessons learnt, and recommend policy solutions. An overview of the global small arms trade is provided at the beginning alongside a comparative analysis of common challenges and significant differences across the regions. This book speaks to those in Criminology, International Relations, Public Policy, International Security, Public health and Law, and to civil society organizations, think tanks, research centers, policy analysts and policy makers involved in gun control debates.

In his debut poetry collection, Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse, David Perez takes snapshots of a world under collapse to show us the parts worth saving. His images activate a new way of seeing. The mundane is no longer insignificant- the nightmare no longer insufferable. Animated and imaginative, the poems salvage memories from the wreckage of the Challenger disaster, drink shots with the poltergeist haunting the local dive bar, and resurrect the wisdom in the harsh words of departed lovers. At times, Perez is terse and pragmatic. Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse beckons us into dark corners in ways that let our eyes adjust, revealing a splendor we would have otherwise surely missed.

The book answers a recurring question in the business today: What is the best supply chain strategy for my business? Answering this question is difficult, because it is not easy to understand the multiples relationships among the supply chain and the business strategy, In order to address this shortcoming, the author conducted an analysis of the most widely recognized theories, best practices and case studies about supply chain strategy. His analysis identified a set of common configurations that reveal key drivers of supply chain strategy and explains how these can be aligned in a coherent strategy. These findings are summarized in a strategy formulation method called the Supply Chain Roadmap (r), which provides: Understandings of the interrelation among industry's competitive framework, competitive positioning of the business, and, supply chain processes. A compilation of 42 key factors of a supply chain strategy, which are represented on a graphical diagram on a single page, called The Map. The characterisation of the supply chain strategies most widely used in the industry, the 6 Supply Chain Archetypes Efficient, Fast, Continuous-Flow, Agile, Custom-Configured, and Flexible. About the book The book provides everything the reader need to know about supply chain strategy and how to ensure the alignment of the supply chain with business strategy. This is not a conventional supply chain's book, this is a practical handbook that guides you step by step in the analysis and formulation of supply chain strategy. Book is very easy to read and graphically superior to most business books -book is a full color and includes more than 75 figures-. The book is organized in three sections: * Section 1: Introduction, in which concepts about strategy and supply chain and the theoretical fundamentals behind the Supply Chain Roadmap method are explained: The three perspectives of the supply chain strategy (Business Framework, Unique Value Proposal, and Supply Chain Processes). * Section 2: Supply Chain Roadmap Tools, in which the four tools used for applying the method are explained: The Map, 10-Common-Patterns, 6 Supply Chain Archetypes, and the Feasibility Matrix. * Section 3: Applying the method, in which is explained the how to of the method. Who should read the book? This book enables understanding of the supply chain management from the perspective of the business strategy, is useful for business leaders, managers, consultants, students (undergraduate or graduate of Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, and similar), and all those interested in improving the competitiveness of organization

Siempre, en mis conversaciones con el autor, acabo herido por sus alegres pasiones llenas de incomodas tristezas, por sus silencios impasibles enfermos de esperanza, por sus puntos de vista que aun siempre limitando con lo sordido, permanecen mas proximos a los vestigios de una civilizacion venidera que a la actual decadencia. Tambien se, por esas veladas entre amigos, que, como Stendhal, diriase escribe para criaturas del futuro, tal es su extenuacion de las vulgaridades circundantes. Y si un buen poema es aquel que nos permite ser un poco mas descreidos, al tiempo que nos refuerza con las ocultas cadencias del mundo en una complicidad tacitamente inasible; si un buen poema distorsiona la realidad todo lo posible para que el lector pueda reconstruirla con sus propias palabras, entonces estamos, con este poemario, ante el reto de dilucidar nuestros propios avatares y quimeras, porque en este libro el autor se congratula en considerar que las indignidades que socaban el mundo son igual de humanas que los meritos que lo sostienen y por eso sus poemas intentan dignificarlas sin protegerlas, hacerlas visibles, sin rencores, para reconquistarlas. M.H.G.