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Lo que Natalia no sabe
By Cecilia Curbelo. 2020
Es una historia de Natalia y de cómo de un segundo para el otro su vida cambia drásticamente, y para…
siempre. Natalia llegó del liceo y se encontró a su madre esperándola con un pasaje de ómnibus. Sin explicación alguna la envió a la cabaña de una señora llamada doña Rosa, situada en un balneario lejos de la ciudad y de su propia casa. Lo peor: sin fecha de retorno. Confundida y aterrorizada, Natalia trata de ver lo positivo: el lugar es maravilloso, con sus playas extensas y sus cantos rodados. Sin embargo, bajo ese paraíso, se esconde algo turbio. Algo que está relacionado con ella misma. Natalia sabe que la vigilan y que muchos de los habitantes la observan con desdén murmurando a sus espaldas. Pero ¿por qué?. En esta aventura de descubrimientos Natalia comprenderá cuán fuerte ha sido hasta ahora, destapará secretos escondidos, reavivará viejos rencores y forjará lazos de amor, amistad y también la esperanza de una vida diferente.Alaska: Los sueños se cumplen... si te animás a ser vos
By Gimena Sauchenco. 2020
El libro de la youtuber uruguaya más conocida y más querida. En ese libro, Gime, más conocida como Alaska, cuenta…
su historia, la historia de una adolescente uruguaya como cualquier otra, pero además, reflexiona sobre la vida, cuáles son sus miedos, qué piensa sobre la sociedad, entre otras cosas, que son temas que preocupan y ocupan a los adolescentes de hoy.Ángeles de la muerte: Los enfermeros que iban a ser asesinos seriales
By Emiliano Zecca. 2020
. Hace algunos años, los medios de comunicación presentaban una historia que llenó de espanto a la opinión pública: dos…
enfermeros habían confesado asesinar a varios de sus pacientes. La historia recorrió el mundo. Se los llamó los ángeles de la muerte, y el móvil fluctuaba entre la eutanasia, la voluntad de poder y los motivos religiosos. El asunto se convirtió en el tema central de las conversaciones durante semanas y generó todo tipo de elucubraciones. ¿Cuál fue la verdadera trama de esta historia? ¿Cuánto quedó debajo de la superficie? ¿Qué pasó finalmente con los acusados? ¿Habían confesado? ¿A alguien le importó realmente acercarse a la verdad? Hagamos un pacto de olvido. Desviemos la mirada y sospechemos de nosotros mismos, de nuestros prejuicios, de lo que pensábamos. Esta es una historia de acusados, inocentes, víctimas y muertos que un día nos reventó en la cara y después se esfumó para todos. Menos para sus protagonistas. El periodista Emiliano Zecca nos invita a un recorrido a través de estas páginas que intentan aproximarse a la única verdad posible: intersubjetiva, negociada y parcial, hija de las tendencias, de la sensibilidad de su tiempo y de eso que llamamos información. Con rigor profesional y talento narrativo, nos conduce a través de los caminos de esta historia atrapante, que incluye a los medios de comunicación, el mundo médico y eso que acostumbramos a denominar justicia. Este libro es, en todo caso, una duda con argumentos y no una duda como un lugar cómodo o como hoja en blanco para que otros la llenen con sus certezas. Por eso es necesario. Porque nos interpela como ciudadanos y nos convoca a la reflexión.El origen de la monstruosidad
By Jorge Bafico. 2015
Jorge Bafico recorre las increíbles historias de psicóticos, asesinos seriales y monstruos morales. La monstruosidad está entre nosotros. Todos los…
días leemos o escuchamos historias de personas capaces de cometer las más grandes atrocidades sin sentir remordimientos. A menudo se trata de personas consideradas socialmente como “normales”, adaptadas, incluso anodinas. ¿Qué los impulsa en la búsqueda hacia el dolor? ¿Dónde está la línea que separa la cordura de la locura? ¿Todos somos potencialmente seres monstruosos? A través del vértigo de una lectura adictiva, este libro inquietante nos precipita por los oscuros pasadizos de la psique humana.I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad
By Baynard Woods, Brandon Soderberg. 2020
The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city…
of Baltimore for half a decade. When Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer—one that he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited some of America’s greatest problems: guns, drugs, toxic masculinity, and hypersegregation.In the upside-down world of the GTTF, cops were robbers and drug dealers were the perfect victims, because no one believed them. When the federal government finally arrested the GTTF for robbery and racketeering in 2017, the stories of victims began to come out, revealing a vast criminal enterprise operating within the Baltimore Police Department. Cops planted heroin to cover up a fatal crash that resulted from a botched robbery. They stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, faked video evidence, and forged a letter trying to break up the marriage of one of their victims to keep his wife from paying a lawyer. And a homicide detective was killed the day before he was scheduled to testify against the crooked cops.I Got a Monster is the shocking history of the rise and fall of the most corrupt cops in America from Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg.Emerging Technologies for Waste Valorization and Environmental Protection
By Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Suggala V. Satyanarayana, S. Varadarajan. 2020
This book features carefully selected articles on emerging technologies for waste valorization and environmental protection. The term “waste valorization” is…
used particularly in engineering, economics, technology, business, environmental and policy literature to refer to any unit operation or collection of operations targeted at reusing, recycling, composting or converting wastes into useful products or energy sources without harming the environment. The book discusses the rudimentary concept, and describes a range of emerging technologies in the field, including nano, fuel-cell and membrane technologies, as well as membrane bioreactors. It also examines in detail essential and common processes in waste valorization, such as rigorous chemical engineering applications, mathematical modeling and other trans-disciplinary approaches. The chapters present high-quality research papers from the IconSWM 2018 conference.Death Strike (Left Behind. The Kids, #8)
By Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins. 2000
A horrifying future awaits the Young Trib Force. As Vicki fights for her life in a detention center, Judd sets…
a new goal that could put the group in the greatest danger yet. With conflict arising, Judd faces a decision that will affect the rest of his life. The rise of a rebel group, a global catastrophe, a disappearance, and the death of a friend give the kids a heartbreaking challenge.Non Invasive Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
By Bernardo Dell’Osso, Giorgio Di Lorenzo. 2020
This book presents the state of the art regarding the use of non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS and tDCS) in the…
research and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. The contributions, all of which were prepared by internationally recognized experts in the field, are divided into two main sections (for TMS and tDCS, respectively) across diagnoses, following an introductory section on the mechanisms of action and neurophysiological background. Neuropsychological perspectives and approaches are provided as well. The book is ultimately intended to offer a unique, integrated approach to the use of non-invasive brain stimulation across the clinical neurosciences, providing a comprehensive and updated perspective that will benefit psychiatrists, neurologists, clinical psychologists and neurophysiologists alike.Gestaltung vernetzt-flexibler Arbeit: Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis für die digitale Arbeitswelt
By Marco Wedel, Mario Daum, Christian Zinke-Wehlmann, Hannah Ulbrich. 2020
Dieses Open-Access-Buch umfasst fünfzehn Beiträge aus sechs Verbundvorhaben, die im Rahmen des Förderschwerpunkts „Arbeit in der digitalisierten Welt“ des Bundesministeriums…
für Bildung und Forschung unterschiedliche Entwicklungen im Transformationsprozess der Arbeitswelt analysieren, konkrete Lösungsansätze entwickeln und wissenschaftlich begleiten und evaluieren. Die Autoren der Beiträge geben Einblicke in ihre Erkenntnisse und die entwickelten Konzepte. Daraus lassen sich für Akteure aus Politik und Wirtschaft entsprechende Handlungsempfehlungen ableiten und es ergeben sich neue Forschungsimpulse für Akteure aus der Wissenschaft.Advances in Information Systems Development: Information Systems Beyond 2020 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation #39)
By Michael Lang, Christoph Schneider, Chris Barry, Henry Linger, Alena Siarheyeva. 2020
This volume features a collection of papers on emerging concepts, significant insights, novel approaches and ideas in information systems development…
(ISD). It xamines advances in ISD in general and investigates emerging trends that will shape the ISD research agenda beyond 2020. The book gathers selected papers from the 28th International Conference on Information Systems Development held in Toulon, France on August 28-30, 2019.The revised and extended papers explore the mutual influences between information systems and organizational structures, processes and people, and promote research into methodological issues and ways in which the IS designers and developers are transforming organizations and society through information systems.Chapter "Smart Grid Challenges through the lens of the European General Data Protection Regulation" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.comSmart Human Resource Management: Analytics, Automatisierung und Agilität in der Personalarbeit
By Christian Gärtner. 2020
People Analytics, Chat Bots, Robotic Process Automation, Agilität - jeder hat die Buzzwords schon gehört. Doch was davon funktioniert wirklich…
und wie kann HR die digitale Transformation mit bewährten Anwendungsfällen und Tools meistern? Auf diese Frage geben die HR-Professionals, die zu diesem Buch beigetragen haben, einige Antworten. Sie beschreiben anhand vieler konkreter Beispiele, welche digitalen Tools und Methoden sich in der Personalpraxis u.a. bei Coca-Cola, der Deutschen Bahn, Siemens und Trumpf bewährt haben. Angefangen bei Datenanalysen für People Analytics über Methoden agilen Arbeitens bis hin zu Chatbots und Software für die Automatisierung von Prozessen werden Praxisbeispiele eingehend vorgestellt – und kritisch auf ihre Anwendbarkeit hin reflektiert. Dadurch zeigen die Autoren, was wichtig ist und sie machen die Leser damit vertraut, wie die digitale Transformation innerhalb von und durch HR umgesetzt werden kann.Imaging Techniques in Dental Radiology: Acquisition, Anatomic Analysis and Interpretation of Radiographic Images
By Ingrid Rozylo-Kalinowska. 2020
This book is an up-to-date guide to the performance and interpretation of imaging studies in dental radiology. After opening discussion…
of the choice of X-ray equipment and materials, intraoral radiography, panoramic radiography, cephalometric radiology, and cone-beam computed tomography are discussed in turn. With the aid of many illustrated examples, patient preparation and positioning are thoroughly described for each modality. Common technical errors and artifacts are identified and the means of avoiding them, explained. The aim is to equip the reader with all the information required in order to perform imaging effectively and safely. The normal radiographic anatomy and landmarks are then discussed, prior to thorough coverage of frequent dentomaxillofacial lesions. Accompanying images display the characteristic features of each lesion. Further topics to be addressed are safety precautions for patients and staff. The book will be an ideal aid for all dental practitioners and will also be of value for dental students.Tourism Employment in Nordic Countries: Trends, Practices, and Opportunities
By Andreas Walmsley, Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson, Kajsa Åberg, Petra Blinnikka. 2020
Viewed through a politico-economic lens, Nordic countries share what is often referred to as the ‘Nordic model’, characterised by a…
comprehensive welfare state; higher spending on childcare; more equitable income distribution; and lifelong-learning policies. This edited collection considers these contexts to explore the complex nature of tourism employment, thereby providing insights into the dynamic nature, characteristics, and meaning of work in tourism. Contributors combine explorations of the impact of policy on tourism employment with a more traditional human resources management approach focusing on employment issues from an organizational perspective, such as job satisfaction, training, and retention. The text points to opportunities as well as challenges relating to issues such as the notion of ‘decent work’, the role and contribution of migrant workers, and more broadly, the varying policy objectives embedded within the Nordic welfare model. Offering a detailed, multi-faceted analysis of tourism employment, this book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners interested in tourism employment in the region.Satellite Navigation Systems and Technologies (Space Science and Technologies)
By Peng Li, Jun Xie, Haihong Wang, Yansong Meng. 2021
Based on the design theory and development experience of Beidou navigation satellite system (BDS), this book highlights the space segment…
and the related satellite technologies as well as satellite-ground integration design from the perspective of engineering. The satellite navigation technology in this book is divided into uplink and reception technology, broadcasting link technology, inter-satellite link technology, time-frequency system technology, navigation signal generation and assessment technology, navigation information management technology, autonomous operation technology of navigation satellite. In closing, the book introduces readers to the technological development status and trend of BDS and other GNSS, and propose the technologies of future development.Unlike most current books on this topic, which largely concentrate on principles, receiver design or applications, the book also features substantial information on the role of satellite system in the GNSS and the process of signal information flow, and each chapter not only studies on the theoretical function and main technologies, but also focuses on engineering development. Accordingly, readers will gain not only a better understanding of navigation satellite systems as a whole, but also of their main components and key technologies.Liberaldemokratie: Wohlstand zwischen Freiheit und autokratischer Führung
By Max Meyer. 2020
Noch nie ging es so vielen Menschen so gut. Wohlstand ist aber kein Naturgesetz, er muss erarbeitet werden. Dieses Buch…
will aufzeigen, welche Faktoren für den Aufstieg erfolgreicher Länder entscheidend waren. Im Vordergrund steht dabei eine liberale Wirtschaft – nicht als politisches System, sondern in Form wirtschaftlicher Spielregeln. Die Spielregeln des freien Marktes stehen politisch weder rechts noch links, denn Liberalismus und Sozialstaat sind keine Gegensätze. Das Fundament nachhaltiger Prosperität bilden Freiheit, Chancengleichheit und ein funktionierender Staat. Bedingung dafür ist eine stabile Demokratie, die nicht von einem Autokraten infrage gestellt werden kann. Zwar können erste Schritte aus der Armut autokratisch effizient erfolgen. Sobald jedoch ein gewisser Wohlstand erreicht ist, verlangen die Menschen nach Wohlbefinden – also nach Freiheit und Mitbestimmung. Nur so treiben sie die Entwicklung weiter voran. Die Beachtung der Menschenrechte ist daher entscheidend. Mit über 40 Jahren Erfahrung als Anwalt, Unternehmer und Verwaltungsrat schildert der Autor dieses Buches in klaren Worten, unter welchen Voraussetzungen der Wohlstand eines Landes nachhaltig gesichert werden kann.Smooth Manifolds (Compact Textbooks in Mathematics)
By Claudio Gorodski. 2020
This concise and practical textbook presents the essence of the theory on smooth manifolds. A key concept in mathematics, smooth…
manifolds are ubiquitous: They appear as Riemannian manifolds in differential geometry; as space-times in general relativity; as phase spaces and energy levels in mechanics; as domains of definition of ODEs in dynamical systems; as Lie groups in algebra and geometry; and in many other areas. The book first presents the language of smooth manifolds, culminating with the Frobenius theorem, before discussing the language of tensors (which includes a presentation of the exterior derivative of differential forms). It then covers Lie groups and Lie algebras, briefly addressing homogeneous manifolds. Integration on manifolds, explanations of Stokes’ theorem and de Rham cohomology, and rudiments of differential topology complete this work. It also includes exercises throughout the text to help readers grasp the theory, as well as more advanced problems for challenge-oriented minds at the end of each chapter. Conceived for a one-semester course on Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups, which is offered by many graduate programs worldwide, it is a valuable resource for students and lecturers alike.Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1182)
By Ajith Abraham, M. A. Jabbar, Sanju Tiwari, Isabel M. S. Jesus. 2021
This book highlights recent research on soft computing, pattern recognition and biologically inspired computing. It presents 24 selected papers from…
the 11th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2019) and 5 papers from the 11th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2019), held at Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, on December 13–15, 2019. SoCPaR–NaBIC is a premier conference and brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involves soft computing and bio-inspired computing, as well as their industrial and real-world applications. Including contributions by authors from 15 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.Immanence and Illusion in Sartre’s Ontology of Consciousness
By Caleb Heldt. 2020
This book is a critical re-evaluation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s phenomenological ontology, in which a theory of egological complicity and self-deception…
informing his later better known theory of bad faith is developed. This novel reinterpretation offers a systematic challenge to orthodox apprehensions of Sartre’s conceputualization of transcendental consciousness and the role that the ego plays within his account of pre-reflective consciousness. Heldt persuasively demonstrates how an adequate comprehension of Sartre’s theories of negation and reflection can reveal the world as it appears to human consciousness as one in which our reality is capable of becoming littered with illusions. As the foundation upon which the rest of Sartre’s philosophical project is built, it is essential that the phenomenological ontology of Sartre’s early writings be interpreted with clarity. This book provides such a reinterpretation. In doing so, a philosophical inquiry emerges which is genuinely contemporary in its aim and scope and which seeks to demonstrate the significance of Sartre’s thought, not only as significant to the history of philosophy, but to ongoing debates in continental philosophy and philosophy of mind.Innovationsförderndes Human Resource Management: Grundlagen, Modelle und Praxis
By Jens Rowold, Kai C. Bormann, Ute Poethke. 2020
Lehrbuch zu Human Resource Management und Innovationen in Unternehmen Ein professionelles Human Resource Management leistet einen unverzichtbaren Beitrag, damit in…
Unternehmen Innovationen erstellt und umgesetzt werden können. Dieses Lehrbuch stellt kritisch den aktuellen Wissensstand zu kreativitäts- und innovationsförderlichen Aspekten des Human Resource Managements vor. Neben klassischen Themen wie Personalentwicklung fokussiert das Buch auf aktuelle Entwicklungen wie z. B. kulturelle Aspekte der Innovation in Unternehmen. Es werden sowohl die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen als auch deren praktische Anwendung sowie aktuelle empirische Erkenntnisse und Trainingskonzepte vorgestellt. Übersichtlicher Aufbau: Kapitelübergreifendes Rahmenmodell zu Kreativität und Innovation in OrganisationenDer Leser wird durch ein integratives Rahmenmodell, in das sich alle Kapitel und Inhalte des Buches einordnen lassen, durch das Buch geführt. Zahlreiche Bezüge zur Praxis und evidenzbasierte Instrumente des innovationsfördernden Human Resource Managements runden das Buch ab. Das Lehrbuch wurde für die zweite Auflage komplett aktualisiert und nimmt auch auf Trends wie z. B. Arbeit 4.0, Gesundheitsförderung und Teamdiversity Bezug.In 14 Kapiteln werden unter anderem folgende Themen ausführlich behandelt: Eigenschaften von Mitarbeitern und der Arbeit Instrumente des Human Resource ManagementsGesundheit und Innovation: Grundlagen und Mindfulness-based Stress ReductionLeadership und Innovation – Überblick und SelbstführungCross Cultural LeadershipOrganisationsklima und OrganisationskulturTeamdiversity und Innovation Kreativitätstrainings, Interkulturelle Trainings und Kreatives Team CoachingAptamers in Biotechnology (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology #174)
By Johanna-Gabriela Walter, Katharina Urmann. 2020
This book reviews the development, characterization and applications of aptamers in different areas of biotechnology ranging from therapeutics to diagnostics…
and protein purification. Hailed as chemical antibodies, these single-stranded nucleic acid receptors were predicted to supersede antibodies in traditional assays, such as ELISA, within a short time. While this has yet to happen, readers will find in this book a deep insight into the progress of aptamer technology and a critical discussion about the limitations that need to be overcome in order to find wider acceptance and use outside of the still relatively small aptamer-community. This book covers all aspects of aptamer generation and application for the aptamer-experienced reader and curious novice alike, with the addition of an industry perspective on the future of aptamer-use in biotechnology.