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Reforming Brazil (Paperback, New)
Mauricio A. Font, Anthony Peter Spanakos, Cristina Bordin; Contributions by Maria Herminia Tavares De Almeida, Eliana Cardoso, …
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R1,162
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This groundbreaking work is the first volume in English to examine
Brazil's historic policy reforms of the 1990s and the political,
economic, and social results. For years the large and ineffective
government of Brazil could neither improve the country's greatly
uneven distribution of wealth nor maintain inflation at reasonable
levels. In the 1990s, long overdue changes bettered the
government's fiscal performance, tamed inflation, and addressed
chronic social ills stemming from the imbalance of wealth. But many
problems, and many questions, remain. Why is Brazil still so poor,
and why is inequality so intransigent? Were some of the reforms
counterproductive, or could they have been implemented in a more
effective way? Collecting essays by top Brazilianist scholars from
various disciplines and intellectual traditions, Reforming Brazil
provides new insights for international policy makers, economists,
and scholars of Brazil.
The symposium "Prehistoric Iberia: genetics, anthropology and
linguistics" was held in the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid on
16th -17th November 1998. The idea was bringing together
specialists who could address not clearly resolved historic and
prehistoric issues regarding ancient Iberian and Mediterranean
populations, following a multidisciplinary approach. This was
necessary in the light of the new bulk of genetic, archeological
and linguistic data obtained with the new DNA technology and the
recent discoverings in the other fields. Genes may now be easily
studied in populations, particularly HLA genes and markers of the
mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome. Basques, Iberians, North
Africans, Berbers (Imazighen) and Mediterraneans have presently
been widely studied. The genetic emerging picture is that
Mediterraneans are closely related from West (Basque, Iberians,
Berbers) to East (Jews, Lebanese, Cretans); however, Greeks are
outliers in all the analyses done by using HLA genes.
Anthropologists and archeologists showed how there was no people
substitution during the revolutionary Mesolithic-Neolithic
transition; in addition, cultural relationships were found between
Iberia and predinastic Egypt (EI Badari culture). Basque language
translation into Spanish has been the key for relating most
Mediterranean extinct languages. The Usko-Mediterranean languages
were once spoken in a wide African and European area, which also
included parts of Asia. This was the "old language" that was slowly
substituted by Eurasian languages starting approximately after the
Bronze Age (or 2,000 years BC).
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Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use - 12th International Workshop, CRIWG 2006, Medina del Campo, Spain, September 17-21, 2006, Proceedings (Paperback, 2006 ed.)
Yannis A. Dimitriadis, Ilze Zigurs, Eduardo Gomez-Sanchez
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R1,783
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th
International Workshop on Groupware, CRIWG 2006. The book presents
21 revised full papers and 13 revised short papers, carefully
reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. Topical sections include
collaborative applications and group interaction, group awareness,
computer supported collaborative learning, languages and tools
supporting collaboration, groupware development frameworks and
toolkits, collaborative workspaces, web-based cooperative
environments, mobile collaborative work, and collaborative
design.
The symposium "Prehistoric Iberia: genetics, anthropology and
linguistics" was held in the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid on
16th -17th November 1998. The idea was bringing together
specialists who could address not clearly resolved historic and
prehistoric issues regarding ancient Iberian and Mediterranean
populations, following a multidisciplinary approach. This was
necessary in the light of the new bulk of genetic, archeological
and linguistic data obtained with the new DNA technology and the
recent discoverings in the other fields. Genes may now be easily
studied in populations, particularly HLA genes and markers of the
mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome. Basques, Iberians, North
Africans, Berbers (Imazighen) and Mediterraneans have presently
been widely studied. The genetic emerging picture is that
Mediterraneans are closely related from West (Basque, Iberians,
Berbers) to East (Jews, Lebanese, Cretans); however, Greeks are
outliers in all the analyses done by using HLA genes.
Anthropologists and archeologists showed how there was no people
substitution during the revolutionary Mesolithic-Neolithic
transition; in addition, cultural relationships were found between
Iberia and predinastic Egypt (EI Badari culture). Basque language
translation into Spanish has been the key for relating most
Mediterranean extinct languages. The Usko-Mediterranean languages
were once spoken in a wide African and European area, which also
included parts of Asia. This was the "old language" that was slowly
substituted by Eurasian languages starting approximately after the
Bronze Age (or 2,000 years BC).
Mapping and Forecasting Land Use: The Present and Future of
Planning is a comprehensive reference on the use of technologies to
map land use, focusing on GIS and remote sensing applications and
methodologies for land use monitoring. This book addresses
transversal topics such as urbanisation, biodiversity loss, climate
change, ecosystem services and participatory planning, with the
pros and cons of various aerial technologies in mapping and land
use. It follows a multidisciplinary approach and provides opinions
and evidence from leading researchers working in academic
institutions across the globe. The book's second half moves from
theory and research advancement into case studies, compiling global
examples to provide real-world context and evidence of the
techniques and applications. Mapping and Forecasting Land Use is a
valuable guide for graduates, academics and researchers in the
fields of geography, geographic information science and land use
science who want to effectively apply GIS and remote sensing
capabilities to mapping or wider land studies. Researchers in
geosciences, environmental science and agriculture will also find
this of value in utilising 21st-century technologies in their
field.
Intelligent Systems and Learning Data Analytics in Online Education
provides novel artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics-based
methods to improve online teaching and learning. This book
addresses key problems such as attrition and lack of engagement in
MOOCs and online learning in general. This book explores the state
of the art of artificial intelligence, software tools and
innovative learning strategies to provide better understanding and
solutions to the various challenges of current e-learning in
general and MOOC education. In particular, Intelligent Systems and
Learning Data Analytics in Online Education shares stimulating
theoretical and practical research from leading international
experts. This publication provides useful references for
educational institutions, industry, academic researchers,
professionals, developers, and practitioners to evaluate and apply.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ El Judio Errante: Melodrama En Cuatro Actos Y Un Epilogo,
Dividido En Ocho Cuadros; Basado En La Popular Novela De Eugenio
Sue; Volume 23, Issue 18 Of Teatro Espanol Antonio Soler y Torres,
Eduardo Gomez Gereda, Eugene Sue R. Velasco, 1903
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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