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A Mob Story

Autor: Michele R. Mcphee

Número de Páginas: 318

Chris Paciello seemed to have it all. With heartthrob good looks and an A-list roster of clients and friends, he was a South Beach businessman/playboy whose local fame was reaching new heights—until his "wise guy" past came crashing down upon him. When some of Chris's former 'fellas were arrested, they ratted him out to the government. One case in particular—a botched robbery that turned deadly—was a time bomb that would blow the cushy new world Chris created for himself to bits...and propel him straight back to New York City to face justice.

La Argentina democrática

Autor: Antonio Camou , María Cristina Tortti

Número de Páginas: 429

La Crónica médica

Número de Páginas: 542

Mileo entre dos golpes militares

Autor: Aníbal Grosso

Número de Páginas: 224

Bragado sufrió la división política generada en épocas del peronismo con mucha violencia en hechos y en discursos. Algún político incluso llegó a pedir la toma de las armas para recuperar el gobierno del pueblo. Los tiempos que transcurrieron con gobiernos por comisionados en la Municipalidad tuvieron distintos resultados desde el cumplimiento del mero trámite administrativo hasta gestiones cargadas de buenos resultados. El gobierno de Mileo, electo por la ciudadanía, cumplió con creces las expectativas que generó. Con errores y aciertos, fue una administración ocupada en la tarea de hacer crecer a Bragado con la perspectiva de un hombre que desarrollaba su actividad en uno de los pueblos del Partido. Las obras fueron importantes y resultaron acordes con las necesidades de la población (salvo la terminal de ómnibus, en la que se equivocó el proyecto). Sin embargo, la política se entremezcló demasiado con la actividad pública, con divisiones en el Partido Radical y la proscripción del peronismo, que no ayudaron en nada al crecimiento de Bragado.

Prensa médica argentina

Número de Páginas: 1264

Actas

Autor: Argentina. Congreso De La Nación. Cámara De Diputados De La Nación

Número de Páginas: 832

Islands in Geography, Law, and Literature

Autor: Chiara Battisti , Sidia Fiorato , Matteo Nicolini , Thomas Perrin

Número de Páginas: 231

This collection explores the heterogeneous places we have traditionally been taught to term ‘islands.’ It stages a conversation on the very idea of ‘island-ness’, thus contributing to a new field of research at the crossroads of law, geography, literature, urban planning, politics, arts, and cultural studies. The contributions to this volume discuss the notion of island-ness as a device triggering the imagination, triggering narratives and representations in different creative fields; they explore the interactions between legal, socio-political, and fictional approaches to remoteness and the ‘state of insularity,’ policy responses to both remoteness and boundaries on different scales, and the insular legal framing of geographical remoteness. The product of a cross-disciplinary exchange on islands, this edited volume will be of great interest to those working in the fields of Island Studies, as well as literary studies scholars, geographers, and legal scholars.

Character Education in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities

Autor: Verónica Fernández , Tom Harrison , Kristján Kristjánsson , Roland Bernhard

Número de Páginas: 300

The book aims to highlight the distinct challenges and opportunities that character education faces across several European countries, including Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain. By examining character education landscapes in these diverse contexts, this work provides insights into specific hurdles and potential avenues for advancement in promoting character development and positive impact across the region and beyond. Through a detailed analysis of country reports, practices, and research findings, the book sheds light on varying approaches to character education. It emphasizes the need for tailored strategies that resonate with each country"s cultural, social, and educational landscapes. These approaches, including traditional, liberal, psychological, and neo-Aristotelian, share a common goal of fostering strong character dispositions but diverge in their philosophical foundations, pedagogical methods, and political assumptions. While European character education grapples with significant challenges, its multifaceted approaches —particularly the neo-Aristotelian— offer robust strategies for developing character...

Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy

Autor: Michel Croce , Maria Silvia Vaccarezza

Número de Páginas: 240

Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy. Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today

The Oxford Handbook of Emotional Development

Autor: Daniel Dukes , Andrea C. Samson , Eric A. Walle

Número de Páginas: 641

Explores a range of disciplines, including, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education.

Revista Medicina

Número de Páginas: 1120

Current List of Medical Literature

Número de Páginas: 968

Includes section, "Recent book acquisitions" (varies: Recent United States publications) formerly published separately by the U.S. Army Medical Library.

Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology

Número de Páginas: 840

Supplements 1-14 have Authors sections only; supplements 15- include an additional section: Parasite-subject catalogue.

Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology

Autor: United States. Bureau Of Animal Industry. Zoological Division

Número de Páginas: 762

Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology

Autor: Charles Wardell Stiles , Albert Hassall

Número de Páginas: 1402

Cumulated Index Medicus

Número de Páginas: 1848

Debunking the Middle-Class Myth

Autor: Eileen Gale Kugler

Número de Páginas: 192

Many parents search for a "good" school to enroll their children. They look at the school's standardized test scores and check out demographic statistics, but fail to investigate the strengths of these schools that have a vibrant mix of races and cultures. Eileen Gale Kugler offers a unique perspective on what every educator, parent, and community leader should know about reaping the rich harvest of our diverse schools. This book provides guidance on how we can all work together to dispel the myths and nurture the opportunities that these schools offer such as academic challenge and social advantages. Anecdotes from Kugler's personal experience are included as well as information from 80 interviews with key educators, parents, and students. This book stands alone as a resource that pulls all of this information together. Will be of interest to anyone who cares about education. See Wendy Burt-Thomas's interview with author Eileen Kugler at http://askwendy.wordpress.com/?s=kugler

Estudio social de la ciencia y la tecnología desde América Latina

Autor: Antonio Arellano Hernández , Hebe Vessuri , Léa Velho , Rosalba Casas Guerrero , Matilde Luna Ledesma , Alexis De Greiff , Óscar Javier Maldonado , Ivan Da Costa Marques , Leonardo Silvio Vaccarezza

Número de Páginas: 348

Este libro tiene dos objetivos: en primer lugar, poner en escena los aportes y las propuestas desarrolladas por un conjunto de investigadores latinoamericanos sobre diversos temas y enfoques en torno al estudio de las relaciones entre la ciencia, la tecnología y la sociedad (CTS), es decir, tratar de presentar un panorama de los estudios CTS latinoamericanos vistos a través de las aportaciones teórico-epistemológicas y empíricas recientes, generadas por especialistas representativos de campos de conocimiento y abordajes diversos; en segundo lugar, mostrar algunas avenidas por las que transcurrirán los esfuerzos de investigación en la región, tratando de profundizar los debates vigentes y de enriquecer la agenda de discusión de los estudios CTS, y dar cuenta de las modificaciones del campo CTS en la región en términos de los abordajes posdisciplinarios, de la fuerte integración conceptual y empírica de los diversos ámbitos y de las posiciones críticas respecto de las elaboraciones teórico-metodológicas de otras regiones.

Philosophy of Fame and Celebrity

Autor: Catherine M. Robb , Alfred Archer , Matthew Dennis

Número de Páginas: 185

In an era of cancel culture, digital identities and thriving conversation surrounding parasocial relationships, we question today the nature of the celebrity, the scope of their power and influence, as well as the ethical issues these implicate. It is a wonder, then, that philosophy is a discipline that has, as of yet, contributed surprisingly little to this debate despite the growing philosophical literature on connected philosophical topics that serve as a starting point for the philosophical inquiry into the nature and value of fame and celebrity. For example, the literature on the philosophy of admiration, achievement, skills and talents, epistemic authority, virtue and moral psychology can all serve to analyse the important questions arise when considering what fame is, and the way that it influences the way we live. Offering the first introductory overview of the key philosophical issues involved in the nature and value of fame and celebrity, this edited collection provides a new perspective and voice to the conversation. Divided into four parts, its first focuses on conceptual differences between fame and celebrity, the experience of being famous, how celebrities interact...

Archivos de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (boletín informativo de la Revista de la universidad).

Autor: Universidad De Buenos Aires

Número de Páginas: 996

Clubland

Autor: Frank Owen

Número de Páginas: 337

In 1995, journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on "Special K," a new designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally-notorious Limelight, a decrepit church converted into a Manhattan disco, where pulse-pounding music, gender-bending dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Clubland is the story of Owen's six year journey behind the velvet ropes, into the cavernous clubs where any transformation was possible, every extreme permissible--even murder. At first, Owen found an unexpected common ground between very different people: stockbrokers danced with transvestites, pacifier-sucking "club kids" with celebrities, thick-necked jocks with misfits. But as money flowed into the clubs, the music darkened, the drugs intensified, and the carnival spiraled out of control. Four men defined the scene, all of them outsiders, who saw in clubland the chance to escape their pasts and reinvent themselves by making their own rules. Peter Gatien rose from a small Canadian milltown to become the most powerful club operator in America; Michael Alig, a gay misfit from the midwest, escaped...

Revista de especialidades

Número de Páginas: 732

Quien es quien en la Argentina; biografías contemporáneas

Número de Páginas: 1002

Literature Search

Autor: National Library Of Medicine (u.s.)

Número de Páginas: 208

Revista Medicina

Número de Páginas: 1120

Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Diputados

Autor: Argentina. Congreso De La Nación. Cámara De Diputados De La Nación

Número de Páginas: 812

Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Diputados

Autor: Argentina. Congreso De La Nación. Cámara De Diputados De La Nación

Número de Páginas: 1064

Primera plana

Número de Páginas: 1010

Storage Ring-Based Inverse Compton X-ray Sources

Autor: Benedikt Sebastian Günther

Número de Páginas: 356

This thesis presents research on novel laboratory-scale synchrotron X-ray sources based on inverse Compton scattering and applications of their X-ray radiation using the Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS) as an example. It provides an introduction to the theory of this laser-electron interaction, laser resonators and X-ray interactions with matter. On this basis, upgrades to the laser system including the development of a new laser optic, X-ray beam stabilisation and two techniques for fast X-ray energy switching of inverse Compton sources are presented. On the application side, the beamline, designed and developed for the inverse Compton X-ray source at the MuCLS, is described before various techniques and applications are demonstrated at this laboratory-scale synchrotron X-ray facility. Among them are K-edge subtraction imaging, X-ray phase contrast imaging and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Additionally, a new X-ray microscopy technique, called full-field structured-illumination super-resolution X-ray transmission microscopy, is presented. Apart from research conducted at the MuCLS, this thesis contains an in-depth overview on the state of the art of the various types of...

Boletín oficial de la República Argentina

Autor: Argentina

Número de Páginas: 1072

Practical Wisdom

Autor: Mario De Caro , Maria Silvia Vaccarezza

Número de Páginas: 184

Featuring original essays from leading scholars in philosophy and psychology, this volume investigates and rethinks the role of practical wisdom in light of the most recent developments in virtue theory and moral, social and developmental psychology. The concept of phronesis has long held a prominent place in the development of Aristotelian virtue ethics and moral education. However, the nature and development of phronesis is still in need of investigation, especially because of the new insights that in recent years have come from both philosophy and science. The essays in this volume contribute to the debate about practical wisdom by elucidating its role in empirical psychology and advancing important new research questions. They address various topics related to practical wisdom and its development, including honesty, ecocentric phronesis, social cognitive theory, practical wisdom in limited-information contexts, Whole Trait Theory, skill models, the reciprocity of virtue, and challenges from situationism. Practical Wisdom will interest researchers and advanced students working in virtue ethics, moral psychology, and moral education.

Industrial Colonialism in Latin America

Autor: Victor Figueroa Sepulveda

Número de Páginas: 208

This book confronts critical problems being experienced by Latin America in its quest for development. Special attention is paid to the living conditions of the popular sectors over the last half-century under “industrial colonialism.” The author’s framework of analysis weaves together key structural variables including the neoliberal mode of knowledge creation for material production in order to unveil the actual mechanisms of the reproduction of this system. The decisive role of science in the development of the productive forces forms the basis of explicating the “state development function.” The external and internal manifestations of the main underlying contradictions in Latin America are systematically exposed as they unfold from the region’s particular integration into the imperialist system.

The Culture of Science

Autor: Martin W. Bauer , Rajesh Shukla , Nick Allum

Número de Páginas: 491

This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors; the question of science and religion and its influence on particular developments (e.g. stem cell research); and the demarcation of science from non-science as well as issues including the ‘incommensurability’ versus ‘cognitive polyphasia’ and the cognitive (in)tolerance of different systems of knowledge.

The Moral Psychology of Envy

Autor: Sara Protasi

Número de Páginas: 259

Envy is a vicious and shameful response to the good fortune of others, one that ruins friendships and plagues societies—or so the common thinking goes, shaped by millennia of religious and cultural condemnation. Envy’s bad reputation is not completely unwarranted; envy can indeed motivate malicious and counterproductive behavior and may strain or even tear apart relations between people. However, that is not always the case. Investigating the complex nature of this emotion reveals that it plays important functions in social hierarchies and it can motivate one to self-improve and even to achieve moral virtue. Philosophers and psychologists in this volume explore envy’s characteristics in different cultures, spanning from small hunter-gatherer communities to large industrialized countries, to contexts as diverse as academia, marketing, artificial intelligence, and Buddhism. They explore envy’s role in both the personal and the political sphere, showing the many ways in which envy can either contribute or detract to our flourishing as individuals and as citizens of modern democracies.

Cellular Aspects of HIV Infection

Autor: Andrea Cossarizza , David Kaplan

Número de Páginas: 474

Cellular Aspects of HIV Infection provides a highly readable, detailed overview of the state of the art in modern HIV research at the cellular level. This volume brings together renowned experts who have provided concise, synthetic treatments of the biology of HIV infection. It presents these descriptions and analyses with particular attention to the techniques of flow cytometry that have allowed us to not only observe the course of HIV infection and the immune system's response to it, but have also increased our ability to treat patients and understand their response to therapy. The book is divided into five sections covering molecules and cells, pathophysiological processes, technologies, and organisms. A perspective on future therapies concludes the book. Each chapter offers an intelligent, concise synthesis of the topic, highlighting the biological principles and technologies involved in the study of HIV infection. Cellular Aspects of HIV Infection is an indispensable, up-to-date guide for immunologists, virologists, clinicians, and researchers.

Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti

Autor: Gene Mustain , Jerry Capeci

Número de Páginas: 428

He was a little-known wiseguy out of Howard Beach, Queens, who blasted his way into the public eye with the assassination of Gambino Family boss Paul Castellano in December 1985, a rubout that’s the stuff of Mafia legend. Ruthless, cunning, and tougher than the streets that produced him, John Gotti seized control of the nation’s most powerful crime family, beat the law on rap after rap, and became an American legend. First published in 1988 and fully revised and updated for this edition, Mob Star traced John Gotti’s spectacular rise and eventual downfall after the betrayal of his closest ally, Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano. At his death, ten years after he was jailed for life and four years after he began battling cancer, John Gotti was still the biggest name in today’s Mafia.

Narrative, Film, and Identity

Autor: William Pamerleau

Número de Páginas: 206

Our identities are shaped by narratives, and cinema contributes to that process. While there is substantial scholarship on both narrative identity and film narrative, there is very little investigation of the intersection between them. This book provides that, with particular attention to how the interaction between film narratives and life narratives affect the meaning of life. Traditional issues like spectator activity and realism appear in a different light when viewed through this interaction. It also reveals how film can both help and hinder the meaning of our lives by sustaining oppressive narratives or promoting new narrative possibilities.