John P. Doyle's groundbreaking studies of Francisco Suarez's imposing yet highly original system of scholasticism have helped to make the Jesuit's ideas tractable and accessible. This volume collects Doyle's most important articles on the philosophical theology metaphysics, ethics, and legal philosophy of Suarez, and is prefaced by an introductory chapter that places the Jesuit's life and thought in context. The volume is a fitting and timely tribute to a scholar whose selfless and sympathetic concern with the ideas of Suarez have served the cause of Suarezian scholarship with great distinction.

This book provides an overview of the advances on nanostructured celullose from different obtaining forms: natural plants and bacterial microorganisms. It gives the reader an introduction of cellulose focusing in nanosize particles, its potential applications and future perspectives. The potential use of cellulose in the biomedical field is highlighted.

Quantifying exergy losses in the energy supply system of buildings reveals the potential for energy improvement, which cannot be discovered using conventional energy analysis. Thermoeconomics combines economic and thermodynamic analysis by applying the concept of cost (an economic concept) to exergy, as exergy is a thermodynamic property fit for this purpose, in that it combines the quantity of energy with its quality factor. Exergy Analysis and Thermoeconomics of Buildings applies exergy analysis methods and thermoeconomics to the built environment. The mechanisms of heat transfer throughout the envelope of buildings are analyzed from an exergy perspective and then to the building thermal installations, analyzing the different components, such as condensing boilers, absorption refrigerators, microcogeneration plants, etc., including solar installations and finally the thermal facilities as a whole. A detailed analysis of the cost formation process is presented, which has its physical roots firmly planted in the second law of thermodynamics. The basic principles and the rules of cost allocation, in energy units (exergy cost), in monetary units (exergoeconomic cost), and in CO2 emissions (exergoenvironmental cost), based on the so-called Exergy Cost Theory are presented and applied to thermal installations of buildings. Clear and rigorous in its exposition, Exergy Analysis and Thermoeconomics of Buildings discusses exergy analysis and thermoeconomics and the role they could play in the analysis and design of building components, either the envelope or the thermal facilities, as well as the diagnosis of thermal installations. This book moves progressively from introducing the basic concepts to applying them. Exergy Analysis and Thermoeconomics of Buildings provides examples of specific cases throughout this book. These cases include real data, so that the results obtained are useful to interpret the inefficiencies and losses that truly occur in actual installations; hence, the assessment of their effects encourages the manner to improve efficiency.

Barcelona is well known as a center of contemporary art and architecture, but that prominence owes much to the creative outpouring it witnessed at the dawn of the twentieth century, when it was known as the "rose of fire." The physical city was transformed by the civil engineer Ildefonso Cerda and the architects Antoni Gaudi and Lluis Domenech. As Barcelona changed around them, modernist artists including Pablo Picasso, Isidre Nonell, and Ramon Casas produced work fueled by and focused on political and humanitarian concerns.

Barcelona 1900 portrays the artistic, cultural, social, and political history of the city at this crucial turning point. Featuring more than 192 color and black-and-white illustrations paintings, sculptures, drawings, and objects of applied art the book illustrates the development of the modern city, Art Nouveau, and modernism alongside Barcelona's tumultuous social conflicts, the daily life of the middle classes, the anarchist movement, and the anticlerical sentiment of the day.In a series of thematic chapters, Barcelona 1900 explores the city's artistic flowering in all its dimensions: paintings by Picasso, Casas, and Santiago Rusinol; the Art Nouveau jewelry of Lluis Masriera; public and domestic architecture by Gaudi, Domenech, and Josep Puig; posters, advertisements, and other ephemera by Casas and other proponents of modernisme; and works of Catalan literature.

Accompanied by a wealth of historical and contemporary photographs of the cityscape, this book which also serves as the catalog for a landmark exhibition of the same name organized by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam invites the reader to promenade along the most remarkable spots in the city, from Las Ramblas, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, and the Palau de la Musica; to Els Quartes Gats, the cafe where Picasso and his friends met; and Parc Guell and Gaudi's Sagrada Familia."

There are those who believe when human life expires, the soul ascends to the sanctity of Heaven above or descends to the abyss of Hell below. But ... there are those who have witnessed evidence of an earthbound afterlife. Making a change from their lifestyle in Hollywood, newlyweds Michael (an independent film creator) and his wife, River Bathory (a freelance illustrator and movie prop maker) decide to relocate to Michael's hometown of Colorado Springs, CO. While rooming with River's close friend Mia Summers, both Michael and River finely find a residence to call their very own. By the looks of the large structure and beautiful landscape, the house on Teardrop Lane captures River's eye of an ideal dream home. Although, due to the newlywed's ethereal experiences of unexplained events, the house and property expose signs of haunting occupancy. Keeping siblings separated and confined by a spirit in black, both Samantha and Jeremiah Thatcher roam restless as their souls are not at rest. In their state of eternal life of separation the two spirits call out to the living by paranormal means to reunite and ease the pain of their untimely death. "Mother, will you save us?"

"As the eras come to pass, I adapt to my surroundings, seek the lost knowledge, and hone my abilities to protect the innocent from those I hunt ... I see what mortals cannot." For generations a member of selected Gypsy clans is chosen to walk the path of a Kulath. A Seeker sworn to purge demonic legions set free by advocates of evil-Necromancers of the Priesthood Council of Nine, also known as Lucifage Order. Eras have passed since the fall of the Balcescu clan and Abigail made her pact with the Angle of Death. As an observer, Death presents himself to her as an ordinary black and white cat, and as a result of her fatal choice, Abigail is now tied between the land of the living and the realm of the dead. Following her grandfather's footsteps as a Kulath, it is Abigail's duty to bind the thirteen demons that were set free by Necromancers, Reverend and his son, Bel Cavalera, from her family's Book of Knowledge. Added to her supernatural abilities, Abigail wields a dual-bladed weapon she calls Krisis and with her six words, "WITH MY WOUNDS I BIND THEE " she is obligated by oath and curse to rid the world of Reverend and Bel's demonic throng-Helguun Legion.

Wrap up in a warm blanket, sit in front of a fire, and drink some cocoa as you read these tales of Winter & Ice. Covering Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, and more. The authors take the reader on a journey with spatterings of humor intertwined into the mix. Ninjas, werewolves, sadistic killers, demons & daemons, and ghosts are but a small part of this collection. You may even find your own addiction to be more of a threat. Poems and pictures bring out more of the environment and help the reader become immersed into the world.

A collection of Halloween related tales and poems. Ranging from ancient Ireland to modern-day Colorado Springs, you will encounter paranormal beings, ghosts, werewolves, demons, delusion, and daemons. Humor and horror flow from these pages as the authors endeavor to entertain and frighten the reader.