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Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global
consumers as an important and more widely available way of
expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of
luxury products and services use them as status symbols and symbols
of success. However, the definition of success - and the way it is
perceived by others - is changing. Many of these successful
consumers now want the brands they use to reflect their concerns
and aspirations. Such products come with a heavy social and
environmental cost. Sustainable luxury is about rediscovering the
old meaning of luxury - a considered purchase of a beautifully
crafted object with built-in social and environmental value. The
social entrepreneurs documented in this book highlight the
relationship between personal values and sustainability,
entrepreneurship and innovation in developing and marketing luxury
products. The pioneers outline how they have developed inclusive
supply chains with poor and vulnerable communities. Their stories
prove that luxury need not be a destructive force. Instead, this
book opens a window on a world where entrepreneurial pioneers can
change the rules of the game.
Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global
consumers as an important and more widely available way of
expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of
luxury products and services use them as status symbols and symbols
of success. However, the definition of success - and the way it is
perceived by others - is changing. Many of these successful
consumers now want the brands they use to reflect their concerns
and aspirations. Such products come with a heavy social and
environmental cost. Sustainable luxury is about rediscovering the
old meaning of luxury - a considered purchase of a beautifully
crafted object with built-in social and environmental value.The
social entrepreneurs documented in this book highlight the
relationship between personal values and sustainability,
entrepreneurship and innovation in developing and marketing luxury
products. The pioneers outline how they have developed inclusive
supply chains with poor and vulnerable communities. Their stories
prove that luxury need not be a destructive force. Instead, this
book opens a window on a world where entrepreneurial pioneers can
change the rules of the game.
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The perfect new spice for bored couples, or a sexy surprise for a
single's overnight company.
Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global
consumers as an important and more widely available way of
expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of
luxury products and services use them as status symbols and symbols
of success. However, the definition of success - and the way it is
perceived by others - is changing. Many of these successful
consumers now want the brands they use to reflect their concerns
and aspirations. Such products come with a heavy social and
environmental cost. Sustainable luxury is about rediscovering the
old meaning of luxury - a considered purchase of a beautifully
crafted object with built-in social and environmental value.The
social entrepreneurs documented in this book highlight the
relationship between personal values and sustainability,
entrepreneurship and innovation in developing and marketing luxury
products. The pioneers outline how they have developed inclusive
supply chains with poor and vulnerable communities. Their stories
prove that luxury need not be a destructive force. Instead, this
book opens a window on a world where entrepreneurial pioneers can
change the rules of the game.
Faculty and staff in higher education are looking for ways to
address the deep inequity and systemic racism that pervade our
colleges and universities. Pedagogical partnership can be a
powerful tool to enhance equity, inclusion, and justice in our
classrooms and curricula. These partnerships create opportunities
for students from underrepresented and equity-seeking groups to
collaborate with faculty and staff to revise and reinvent
pedagogies, assessments, and course designs, positioning equity and
justice as core educational aims. When students have a seat at the
table, previously unheard voices are amplified, and diversity and
difference introduce essential perspectives that are too often
overlooked.In particular, the book contributes to the literature on
pedagogical partnership and equity in education by integrating
theory, synthesizing research, and providing concrete examples of
the ways partnership can contribute to more equitable educational
systems. At the same time, the authors acknowledge that partnership
can only realize its full potential to redress harms and promote
equity and justice when thoughtfully enacted. This book is a
resource that will inspire and challenge a wide variety of higher
education faculty and staff and contribute to advancing both
practice and research on the potential of student-faculty
pedagogical partnerships. Presenting a conceptual framework for
understanding the various epistemological, affective, and
ontological harms that face students from equity-seeking groups
inpost secondary education, Promoting Equity and Justice Through
Pedagogical Partnership applies this conceptual framework to
current literature in partnerships, highlighting the promise of
partnership as the way to redress these harms. The authors ground
both the conceptual framework and the literature review by offering
two case studies of pedagogical partnership in practice. They then
explore the complexities raised by their framework, including the
conditions under which partnerships themselves may risk reproducing
epistemic, affective, or ontological harms. Applying the framework
in this way allows them to propose strategies that make it more
likely for these mediations to be successful. Finally, the authors
focus on the future of pedagogical partnership and share their
perspectives on new directions for inquiry and practice. After
summarizing the overarching themes developed throughout the book,
the authors leave the reader with a set of questions and
recommendations for further inquiry and discussion.
Faculty and staff in higher education are looking for ways to
address the deep inequity and systemic racism that pervade our
colleges and universities. Pedagogical partnership can be a
powerful tool to enhance equity, inclusion, and justice in our
classrooms and curricula. These partnerships create opportunities
for students from underrepresented and equity-seeking groups to
collaborate with faculty and staff to revise and reinvent
pedagogies, assessments, and course designs, positioning equity and
justice as core educational aims. When students have a seat at the
table, previously unheard voices are amplified, and diversity and
difference introduce essential perspectives that are too often
overlooked.In particular, the book contributes to the literature on
pedagogical partnership and equity in education by integrating
theory, synthesizing research, and providing concrete examples of
the ways partnership can contribute to more equitable educational
systems. At the same time, the authors acknowledge that partnership
can only realize its full potential to redress harms and promote
equity and justice when thoughtfully enacted. This book is a
resource that will inspire and challenge a wide variety of higher
education faculty and staff and contribute to advancing both
practice and research on the potential of student-faculty
pedagogical partnerships. Presenting a conceptual framework for
understanding the various epistemological, affective, and
ontological harms that face students from equity-seeking groups
inpost secondary education, Promoting Equity and Justice Through
Pedagogical Partnership applies this conceptual framework to
current literature in partnerships, highlighting the promise of
partnership as the way to redress these harms. The authors ground
both the conceptual framework and the literature review by offering
two case studies of pedagogical partnership in practice. They then
explore the complexities raised by their framework, including the
conditions under which partnerships themselves may risk reproducing
epistemic, affective, or ontological harms. Applying the framework
in this way allows them to propose strategies that make it more
likely for these mediations to be successful. Finally, the authors
focus on the future of pedagogical partnership and share their
perspectives on new directions for inquiry and practice. After
summarizing the overarching themes developed throughout the book,
the authors leave the reader with a set of questions and
recommendations for further inquiry and discussion.
The book is about applying Lean manufacturing principles to
industrial maintenance in order to improve the efficiency and be
able to do more with the same (or less) resources. By industrial
maintenance we mean the maintenance that takes place in factories
and industrial facilities. The book is the result of multiple
improvement projects carried out by the authors in various
industrial settings and sectors in the past 10 years.The approach
works and can be applied in any industry. It yields results without
investment. The book is a step-by-step guide that takes the reader
through the maintenance process, from equipment failure to finished
repair. In each step of the process, the typical inefficiencies are
explained and tools are given to improve the process. The book is
meant to be used as a guide in an improvement journey. The
improvement approach presented in the book is very close to the
shop floor and instructs the reader to engage with all team members
in the maintenance department in every step of the process, in
order to make the improvements sustainable. If one looks at the
main market indexes, between one third and one half of companies on
those indexes belong to the industrial sector: automotive, power
generation, basic materials, chemicals, consumer goods, et cetera.
Those companies spend on average 2 - 5% of plant replacement value
per year on maintenance. About one third of this cost is
maintenance labor. The maintenance work that gets done every day in
factories around the world is typically inefficient, from a Lean
perspective: time is wasted, different tasks are not properly
coordinated, job durations are overestimated and job plans, when
they exist, are thus "inflated" to cover up the inefficiency. All
this happens because maintenance tends to be the "forgotten" area
of efficiency in industrial companies, as much of the improvements
are carried out on the (literally) productive areas of the
factories. When companies set out to "improve" maintenance, they
typically do it through budget cuts that can risk the reliability
of the equipment. The authors believe there is a better way to do
more with the same resources through a careful review of the
current way of working and the introduction of Lean. With this book
, the authors try to bring to maintenance managers and
practitioners the tools they need to quickly improve efficiency (in
a matter of weeks) without any investment.
Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global
consumers as an important and more widely available way of
expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of
luxury products and services use them as status symbols and symbols
of success. However, the definition of success - and the way it is
perceived by others - is changing. Many of these successful
consumers now want the brands they use to reflect their concerns
and aspirations. Such products come with a heavy social and
environmental cost. Sustainable luxury is about rediscovering the
old meaning of luxury - a considered purchase of a beautifully
crafted object with built-in social and environmental value. The
social entrepreneurs documented in this book highlight the
relationship between personal values and sustainability,
entrepreneurship and innovation in developing and marketing luxury
products. The pioneers outline how they have developed inclusive
supply chains with poor and vulnerable communities. Their stories
prove that luxury need not be a destructive force. Instead, this
book opens a window on a world where entrepreneurial pioneers can
change the rules of the game.
This is the third volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing.
The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing
topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration
based on MATLAB programs. This book includes MATLAB codes to
illustrate each of the main steps of the theory, offering a
self-contained guide suitable for independent study. The code is
embedded in the text, helping readers to put into practice the
ideas and methods discussed. The book primarily focuses on filter
banks, wavelets, and images. While the Fourier transform is
adequate for periodic signals, wavelets are more suitable for other
cases, such as short-duration signals: bursts, spikes, tweets, lung
sounds, etc. Both Fourier and wavelet transforms decompose signals
into components. Further, both are also invertible, so the original
signals can be recovered from their components. Compressed sensing
has emerged as a promising idea. One of the intended applications
is networked devices or sensors, which are now becoming a reality;
accordingly, this topic is also addressed. A selection of
experiments that demonstrate image denoising applications are also
included. In the interest of reader-friendliness, the longer
programs have been grouped in an appendix; further, a second
appendix on optimization has been added to supplement the content
of the last chapter.
This is the first volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing.
The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing
topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration
based on MATLAB programs. This book includes MATLAB codes to
illustrate each of the main steps of the theory, offering a
self-contained guide suitable for independent study. The code is
embedded in the text, helping readers to put into practice the
ideas and methods discussed. The book is divided into three parts,
the first of which introduces readers to periodic and non-periodic
signals. The second part is devoted to filtering, which is an
important and commonly used application. The third part addresses
more advanced topics, including the analysis of real-world
non-stationary signals and data, e.g. structural fatigue,
earthquakes, electro-encephalograms, birdsong, etc. The book's last
chapter focuses on modulation, an example of the intentional use of
non-stationary signals.
This is the second volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing.
The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing
topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration
based on MATLAB programs. This second book focuses on recent
developments in response to the demands of new digital
technologies. It is divided into two parts: the first part includes
four chapters on the decomposition and recovery of signals, with
special emphasis on images. In turn, the second part includes three
chapters and addresses important data-based actions, such as
adaptive filtering, experimental modeling, and classification.
The book is about applying Lean manufacturing principles to
industrial maintenance in order to improve the efficiency and be
able to do more with the same (or less) resources. By industrial
maintenance we mean the maintenance that takes place in factories
and industrial facilities. The book is the result of multiple
improvement projects carried out by the authors in various
industrial settings and sectors in the past 10 years.The approach
works and can be applied in any industry. It yields results without
investment. The book is a step-by-step guide that takes the reader
through the maintenance process, from equipment failure to finished
repair. In each step of the process, the typical inefficiencies are
explained and tools are given to improve the process. The book is
meant to be used as a guide in an improvement journey. The
improvement approach presented in the book is very close to the
shop floor and instructs the reader to engage with all team members
in the maintenance department in every step of the process, in
order to make the improvements sustainable. If one looks at the
main market indexes, between one third and one half of companies on
those indexes belong to the industrial sector: automotive, power
generation, basic materials, chemicals, consumer goods, et cetera.
Those companies spend on average 2 - 5% of plant replacement value
per year on maintenance. About one third of this cost is
maintenance labor. The maintenance work that gets done every day in
factories around the world is typically inefficient, from a Lean
perspective: time is wasted, different tasks are not properly
coordinated, job durations are overestimated and job plans, when
they exist, are thus "inflated" to cover up the inefficiency. All
this happens because maintenance tends to be the "forgotten" area
of efficiency in industrial companies, as much of the improvements
are carried out on the (literally) productive areas of the
factories. When companies set out to "improve" maintenance, they
typically do it through budget cuts that can risk the reliability
of the equipment. The authors believe there is a better way to do
more with the same resources through a careful review of the
current way of working and the introduction of Lean. With this book
, the authors try to bring to maintenance managers and
practitioners the tools they need to quickly improve efficiency (in
a matter of weeks) without any investment.
This is the second volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing.
The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing
topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration
based on MATLAB programs. This second book focuses on recent
developments in response to the demands of new digital
technologies. It is divided into two parts: the first part includes
four chapters on the decomposition and recovery of signals, with
special emphasis on images. In turn, the second part includes three
chapters and addresses important data-based actions, such as
adaptive filtering, experimental modeling, and classification.
Celebrate the revered Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos with
this beautiful little book. Packed with activities, recipes,
spells, and rituals, this pocket-sized guide is a must-have tool
for honouring the sacred dead. Author Jaime Girones shares
authentic ways to respectfully enjoy this holiday, from creating an
altar to baking pan de muerto (bread of the dead). Sharing his
personal experiences and recommendations, Jaime guides you through
the Day of the Dead's origins, history, and modern celebrations.
Discover how to build an altar, set out your ancestors' favourite
foods, and invite the spirits to a feast. Explore the significance
of marigolds, sugar skulls, and monarch butterflies. You'll also
learn how to say goodbye when celebrations are over. This book
provides everything needed to honor the dead and share your love
and abundance with them.
Taking advantage of the many specialists visiting Spain prior to
the INFORMS Meeting in Barcelona, hold from July 14th to July 17th
1997, we organized a work shop on Decision Analysis Applications at
the Real Academia de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain, from J uly 11th to
12th 1997, under the sponsorship of de the Instituto Espaiia. This
workshop had a precedent in the International Conference Decision
Making: Towards the 21st Century also held at the Real Academia de
Ciencias in 1993. The idea of organizing an event, this time
devoted to applications of Decision Analysis, was due to Prof.
Sixto Rfos, who some four years ago, .sponsored and encouraged by
the Royal Academy of Sciences, was the creator of an
Interdisciplinary Working Group on Decision Analysis -formed with
researchers from within and outside this Academy- which has been
active since then, organizing periodical meetings, and whose last
project has tumed out into this Workshop. The workshop turned out
to be an stimulating opportunity for communicating and discussing
the enormous variety of applications of Decision Sciences. In this
volume we have included most of the invited papers and a selection
of refereed contributed papers. Due to the varied nature of the
applications, we have grouped them into five groups ending, as way
of an epilog, with a paper by Sarin which contains important
insights and reftections on the nature of Decision Analysis in
public and private sectors."
Dramatic Comedy / 1m, 1f Emilie's Voltaire is a passionate dramatic
comedy that explores a love affair that scandalized all of Europe
between Voltaire, the greatest wit of his time, and the beautiful
scientist Emilie du Chatelet. It takes place before the French
Revolution. Winner of the Galileo Prize fo Playwriting "What
happens when the minds of two seekers of knowledge, one a
challenger of life and the other a hedonistic rule breaker, meet?
The result is a tumultuous, fascinating 16-year love affair that is
wonderfully portrayed in Arthur Giron's Emilie's Voltaire...The
captivating Emilie's Voltaire is an inside look at genius and the
underlying emotions that feed it. Definitely a bit of history
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- William Wolf, Wolf Entertainment Guide "Arthur Giron's words are
what actors long to wrap their voices around." - The New York
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The studyofthehealingpowerofchemicalcompounds, present into the
known natural active principles and its subsequent use, shall be
seen initially as a pseudoscientificprocedure,
acontinuationoftheChineseandArabianoccultism, whichwasbased
inthepercentagecontentoffire, air, earthandwater, aswellas
ontheassociatedqualities: hot-cold, humid-dry. . .,
whichthematterwassupposed to be formed by. Themethod,
possessingroots in Hippocrates, Dioscoridesand Galen was studied,
described and polished by Avicenna, Averrot s, Bacon and Villanova
inthe MiddleAge. Italsowasappearingasastudyconstantduringthe
renaissance and after. On the other hand, the birthofchemistry
asascientific offspring from alchemy propitiated alternative ways
ofknowledge in order to solve the same problem. In this manner, in
the past century, approximately hundred years from now, Sylvester
proposed the first molecular description in numerical discrete
form, employing ideas which even in present times can be associated
withinthesocalledmoleculartopology. Sylvester'stopologicalmodel can
be considered the seed allowing the originofthis big tree, which is
now knownastheoreticalchemistry. . During all the past time from
the first topological modelofSylvester up to now, the
proliferationofnumerical parameters to describe molecular
structures has not ceased to grow larger. Some ofthese parameters
have played a very important role for the understandingofthe
organic molecules behavior and, by extension, for the comprehension
and evaluation of their physical as well as biologicalproperties.
InthemindofeveryspecialistaretheHammett'scr, theTaft constantsor
the octanol-water partition coefficient. Other numerical
parameters,
suchasthosederivedfromthemodemtopologicalmolecularrepresentationarein
aprocessofconstantrevisionandgrowing. Thus,
theHosoyaandRandicindices, ortheKier'sconnectivities,
amongseveralnotsowellknownnumericaldataare usual reference
descriptors. They are putatthe researchers' disposition, andare
easily deducible from any molecular representation in form
ofordered setsof numerical figures. All ofthem are profusely
studied and employed in present times. The main idea consists into
the useofthese numerical data in orderto
obtaininformationonthemoleculartrendstopossessoracquirecertainproperties
and, even better than this, to determine in which degree or
intensity molecules presenteverything.
Taking advantage of the many specialists visiting Spain prior to
the INFORMS Meeting in Barcelona, hold from July 14th to July 17th
1997, we organized a work shop on Decision Analysis Applications at
the Real Academia de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain, from J uly 11th to
12th 1997, under the sponsorship of de the Instituto Espaiia. This
workshop had a precedent in the International Conference Decision
Making: Towards the 21st Century also held at the Real Academia de
Ciencias in 1993. The idea of organizing an event, this time
devoted to applications of Decision Analysis, was due to Prof.
Sixto Rfos, who some four years ago, .sponsored and encouraged by
the Royal Academy of Sciences, was the creator of an
Interdisciplinary Working Group on Decision Analysis -formed with
researchers from within and outside this Academy- which has been
active since then, organizing periodical meetings, and whose last
project has tumed out into this Workshop. The workshop turned out
to be an stimulating opportunity for communicating and discussing
the enormous variety of applications of Decision Sciences. In this
volume we have included most of the invited papers and a selection
of refereed contributed papers. Due to the varied nature of the
applications, we have grouped them into five groups ending, as way
of an epilog, with a paper by Sarin which contains important
insights and reftections on the nature of Decision Analysis in
public and private sectors."
This volume provides an overview of microbial toxins from diverse
bacterial and fungal origins. These molecules, produced by various
species and consisting of protein or small organic molecules, can
play a pivotal role in pathogenesis of plants, animals, and humans
that in turn can lead to the survival/dissemination of the host
microbe. Many of these microbes, due to their toxins, impact our
society from a health and economic perspective. In particular, this
volume address the diverse niches of these organisms focused upon
their associated toxins. The structures, functions, and genetics of
toxins will be addressed. Besides the ill-effects elicited by these
toxins, it must be noted that there is immense potential for
turning some of these harmful molecules into useful tools as
specific probes (of receptors), novel drugs or drug-conjugates for
the treatment of various diseases, and immunomodulating agents for
targeted vaccine delivery for research and unique medicines. Recent
progress in bacterial genome mapping and establishment of
three-dimensional crystal structures of several bacterial toxins
provides a deeper knowledge and greater understanding of
structure-function relationships. Moreover, the emergence of some
bacteria (i.e., Bacillus anthracis, Burkholderia pseudomallei,
Staphylococcus aureus), and their toxins, as biological weapons
also necessitates a thorough understanding of these agents, their
pathophysiology, and development of countermeasures. This volume
will also be a common resource for researchers interested in many
other medically-relevant microorganisms, and their toxins, that
include Clostridium botulinum, C. difficile, C. perfringens, C.
tetani, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter pylori, and Listeria
monocytogenes. Recent studies have correlated the effect of global
warming and climate change as a trigger for natural disasters and
impact on human health via emergence of various vector-borne and
infectious diseases caused by toxin-producing microbes. The 2003
Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, "Microbial Threats to Health,"
identified the influence of changing ecosystem on the emergence and
spread of infectious diseases and economic development of specific
regions of the world. This current handbook is a major reference
work on microbial toxins written by a panel of International
experts and organized into 24 chapters.
Blended synchronous learning (BSL), where some students are present
in a physical classroom while others participate online in real
time, has been gaining momentum and shows great potential for
teaching less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). In Teaching
Languages in Blended Synchronous Learning Classrooms, Alba Girons
and Nicholas Swinehart provide a concise overview of BSL as it
pertains to language instruction. Topics include a number of key
factors in the BSL classroom: • types of BSL environments•
pedagogical considerations• group dynamics• creating and
adapting activities• common logistical challenges• optimal
space design• technology selection, training, and support This
practical guide will be of use to teachers, technology staff, and
program administrators, all working together to implement
successful BSL programs and ensure quality learning opportunities
for every student.
This is the first volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing.
The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing
topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration
based on MATLAB programs. This book includes MATLAB codes to
illustrate each of the main steps of the theory, offering a
self-contained guide suitable for independent study. The code is
embedded in the text, helping readers to put into practice the
ideas and methods discussed. The book is divided into three parts,
the first of which introduces readers to periodic and non-periodic
signals. The second part is devoted to filtering, which is an
important and commonly used application. The third part addresses
more advanced topics, including the analysis of real-world
non-stationary signals and data, e.g. structural fatigue,
earthquakes, electro-encephalograms, birdsong, etc. The book's last
chapter focuses on modulation, an example of the intentional use of
non-stationary signals.
This is the third volume in a trilogy on modern Signal Processing.
The three books provide a concise exposition of signal processing
topics, and a guide to support individual practical exploration
based on MATLAB programs. This book includes MATLAB codes to
illustrate each of the main steps of the theory, offering a
self-contained guide suitable for independent study. The code is
embedded in the text, helping readers to put into practice the
ideas and methods discussed. The book primarily focuses on filter
banks, wavelets, and images. While the Fourier transform is
adequate for periodic signals, wavelets are more suitable for other
cases, such as short-duration signals: bursts, spikes, tweets, lung
sounds, etc. Both Fourier and wavelet transforms decompose signals
into components. Further, both are also invertible, so the original
signals can be recovered from their components. Compressed sensing
has emerged as a promising idea. One of the intended applications
is networked devices or sensors, which are now becoming a reality;
accordingly, this topic is also addressed. A selection of
experiments that demonstrate image denoising applications are also
included. In the interest of reader-friendliness, the longer
programs have been grouped in an appendix; further, a second
appendix on optimization has been added to supplement the content
of the last chapter.
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