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Photobiomodulation Therapy in Oral Medicine

Evidence-based Clinical Protocols

Edited by Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Ana Gabriela Normando, César Augusto Migliorati, Mariana de Pauli Paglioni ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Photobiomodulation (PBM) includes a broad range of nonionizing light sources that, when applied to tissues, lead to anti-inflammatory effects, promote wound healing and tissue repair, improve neural function, and exert an analgesic effect. Although PBM is well established and accessible technique, there is great variability in PBM parameters, protocols, and equipment, which hampers consistent ... Read more

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Photobiomodulation (PBM) includes a broad range of nonionizing light sources that, when applied to tissues, lead to anti-inflammatory effects, promote wound healing and tissue repair, improve neural function, and exert an analgesic effect. Although PBM is well established and accessible technique, there is great variability in PBM parameters, protocols, and equipment, which hampers consistent
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Professional Training of Psychologists

Dialogues of Cultural Psychology from Latin America to the World

Edited by Julio César Ossa, Ana Maria Jacó-Vilela, Jean Nikola Cudina ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This book represents an intellectual journey through the history, culture, and training of psychologists in Latin America to transcend borders. It analyzes the inception of academic programs in each country in the region, exploring the socio-political and economic context, and delves into the conceptual, methodological, and epistemological aspects of training. Similarly, it discusses how ... Read more

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This book represents an intellectual journey through the history, culture, and training of psychologists in Latin America to transcend borders. It analyzes the inception of academic programs in each country in the region, exploring the socio-political and economic context, and delves into the conceptual, methodological, and epistemological aspects of training. Similarly, it discusses how
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Foodscapes

Theory, History, and Current European Examples

Edited by Olaf Kühne, Julia Deborah Fischer, Timo Sedelmeier, Volker Hochschild, Barbara Staniscia, Cesare Manetti, Liliana Dumitrache, Ana-Maria Talos, Angel Menéndez Rexach, Ana de Marcos Fernández ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
Since the mid-1990s, the term 'foodscapes' has been used. Its reference to landscape opens it up to a wide theoretical variety and numerous methodological approaches. Through the large 'semantic yard' of the concept of landscape it becomes clear that the approach of foodscapes aims less at the description or pure positivistic analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of food, but is ... Read more

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Since the mid-1990s, the term 'foodscapes' has been used. Its reference to landscape opens it up to a wide theoretical variety and numerous methodological approaches. Through the large 'semantic yard' of the concept of landscape it becomes clear that the approach of foodscapes aims less at the description or pure positivistic analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of food, but is
... Read more
Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2022

17th Ibero-American Conference on AI, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, November 23–25, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia, Mariza Ferro, Julio Cesar Rodríguez Ribón ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IBERAMIA 2022, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in November 2022.The 33 full and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: applications of AI; ethics and smart city; green and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IBERAMIA 2022, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in November 2022.The 33 full and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: applications of AI; ethics and smart city; green and
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Aesthetics and Sustainable Luxury Consumption

Evidence from Scientific Literature, Case Studies and Consumer Neuroscience

by Alba D’Aniello, Ana Carmela Martinez Levy, Cesare Amatulli, Matteo De Angelis, Rumen Pozharliev ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Luxury goods and service environments are inherently beautiful, refined, and aesthetically pleasing, qualities that closely align them with the concept of "art”. Yet specific aesthetic attributes can shape or undermine responsible consumer choices.Drawing on relevant literature, enriched by insightful case studies and empirical research, the book introduces a novel conceptualization of sustainable ... Read more

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Luxury goods and service environments are inherently beautiful, refined, and aesthetically pleasing, qualities that closely align them with the concept of "art”. Yet specific aesthetic attributes can shape or undermine responsible consumer choices.Drawing on relevant literature, enriched by insightful case studies and empirical research, the book introduces a novel conceptualization of sustainable
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New Perspectives on the Good Neighbor Policy

by Fernando Atique, Alexandre Fortes, Olival Freire Junior, Dennison de Oliveira, Ursula Prutsch, Alexandre Busko Valim, Ana Maria Mauad, Vinícius Marcondes Araújo, Adriana Mendonça Cunha0, Francisco César Alves Ferraz1, Maria Girardello Gatti2, Luis Felipe Kojima Hirano3, Simone Petraglia Kropf4, Aline Vanessa Locastre5, Érica Gomes Daniel Monteiro6, Eliza Mitiyo Morinaka7, Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo8, Richard Cándida Smith9, Antonio Pedro Tota0 ...

The Second World War was a watershed moment in US–South American relations. Yet the Good Neighbor Policy—the driving force behind many of the changes during this time—remains underanalyzed, especially from a South American perspective. Examining topics ranging from literary fashions and trends in the press to science, militarism, and gender categories, New Perspectives on the Good Neighbor Policy ... Read more

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The Second World War was a watershed moment in US–South American relations. Yet the Good Neighbor Policy—the driving force behind many of the changes during this time—remains underanalyzed, especially from a South American perspective. Examining topics ranging from literary fashions and trends in the press to science, militarism, and gender categories, New Perspectives on the Good Neighbor Policy
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Decentering the Nation

Music, Mexicanidad, and Globalization

by Nadine Hubbs, Cathy Ragland, Chela Sandoval, Helena Simonett, Jesús A. Ramos-Kittrell, Lizette A. Alegre González, Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, César Jesús Burgos Dávila, Alex E. Chávez, Peter J. García0, Laura G. Gutiérrez1, Alejandro L. Madrid2 ...

Series series Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
winner of the 2021 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume PrizeDecentering the Nation: Music, Mexicanidad, and Globalization considers how neoliberal capitalism has upset the symbolic economy of “Mexican” cultural discourse, and how this phenomenon touches on a broader crisis of representation affecting the nation-state in globalization. This book argues that, while mexicanidad emerged in the early twentieth ... Read more

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winner of the 2021 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume PrizeDecentering the Nation: Music, Mexicanidad, and Globalization considers how neoliberal capitalism has upset the symbolic economy of “Mexican” cultural discourse, and how this phenomenon touches on a broader crisis of representation affecting the nation-state in globalization. This book argues that, while mexicanidad emerged in the early twentieth
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Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Biological Control Agents

by Steven P. Arthurs, Anil Baniya, Rubén Blanco-Pérez, Mary Barbercheck, Helge Bode, Raquel Campos Herrera, Julie G. Chacon-Orozco, Harun Cimen, Regina K. Cruzado Gutiérrez, Surendra Dara, Adler R Dillman, Larry Duncan, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Shane Foye, Patrick Frettinger, Fernando Garcia-del-Pino, Professor Itamar Glazer, John Goolsby, Dawn Gouge, Parwinder Grewal, Richou Han, Sebnem Hazal Gulsen, Canan Hazir, Selcuk Hazir, Ivan Hiltpold, Ganpati Jagdale, Rinus Knoetze, Albrecht Koppenhofer, Gabriela Lankin, Luis Garrigós Leite, Diana Karime Londono, Antoinette P. Malan, Dana Ment, Jayashree Ramakrishnan, Gadi V P Reddy, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Weibin Ruan, Michael Samish, Ernesto San-Blas, Ramandeep Kaur Sandhi, Ana Luiza Sousa, Tatyana Stefanovska, Glen Stevens, S. Patricia Stock, Yoelvis Sulbaran, Ghada Tafesh-Edwards, Mustapha Touray, Stefan Toepfer, Derya Ulug, Bart Vandenbossche, Christopher Williams, Sheng-Yen Wu, Xun Yan ...

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are biocontrol agents that are used to control a wide variety of insect pests within agriculture and forestry. In addition to their use as bio-pesticides, EPNs have a fascinating biology and are thus considered model organisms in ecology, symbiosis and pathogenesis. This book presents basic knowledge and diverse applications to illustrate how EPNs play an ... Read more

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Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are biocontrol agents that are used to control a wide variety of insect pests within agriculture and forestry. In addition to their use as bio-pesticides, EPNs have a fascinating biology and are thus considered model organisms in ecology, symbiosis and pathogenesis. This book presents basic knowledge and diverse applications to illustrate how EPNs play an
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Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit, The

by Joana Abrantes, Marielle Afanassieff, Daniel Allain, Andre Almeida, Susana S. Araújo, Manuel Baselga, Agustin Blasco, Paul Boettcher, Cristiano Boiti, Gerard Bolet, Darko Bosnakovski, Zsuzsanna Bosze, Samuel Boucher, Samuele Bovo, Gudrun A. Brockmann, Luca Buttazzoni, Cesare Castellini, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, Peter Chrenek, Veronique Duranthon, Pedro José Esteves, Jianglin Fan, Bernd Fischer, María-Luz García, Hervé Garreau, Elen Gócza, Mélanie Gunia, Pilar Hernández, László Hiripi, Arata Honda, Adriana Kolesárová, Ana Lemos de Matos, Rose Mage, Manolis Matzapetakis, István Nagy, Clive Page, Mariana Palma, Miriam Piles, Andrea Rau, Andreas Ritsch, Claire Rogel-Gaillard, Jun Pablo Sanchez, Maria Antonia Santacreu, Pierre Savatier, Giuseppina Schiavo, Domenico Spina, Ina Sternstein, Zsolt Szendro, Valerio Joe Utzeri ...

Rabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals. Understanding their genetics and genomics is key to their production and, equally, to their care, welfare and health. Beginning with an introduction to the rabbit, including key information on their evolution, domestication and breed types, this book then concentrates on the ... Read more

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Rabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals. Understanding their genetics and genomics is key to their production and, equally, to their care, welfare and health. Beginning with an introduction to the rabbit, including key information on their evolution, domestication and breed types, this book then concentrates on the
... Read more
Living, Loving, Longing, Lisbon

Living, Loving, Longing, Lisbon, #2

by Marina Pacheco, Jen Nafziger, Jürgen Schöneich, Marianne Rogoff, Nadia Lym, Fernando César, Ana Patrícia Gomes, P.J. Town ...

Series Book 2 - Living, Loving, Longing, Lisbon
Discover the captivating essence of Lisbon in this collection of tales from residents, visitors, and people who have fallen in love with this ancient and quirky city. Uncover what the locals really think of tourists — wherever they come from; feel your heart race as the sea-creatures take their revenge; accompany a solo visitor on an internal and external voyage; bear witness to a life-changing ... Read more

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Discover the captivating essence of Lisbon in this collection of tales from residents, visitors, and people who have fallen in love with this ancient and quirky city. Uncover what the locals really think of tourists — wherever they come from; feel your heart race as the sea-creatures take their revenge; accompany a solo visitor on an internal and external voyage; bear witness to a life-changing
... Read more
Fundamentos y modelos del estudio pragmático y sociopragmático del español

by Mercedes Niño-Murcia, Sarah E. Blackwell, Gonzalo Martínez Camino, César Félix-Brasdefer, Diana Bravo, Dale A. Koike, Memoria C. James, Holly R. Cashman, Virginia Zavala, María Isabel González-Cruz0, José Luis Blas Arroyo1, Anna María Escobar2, María del Puy Ciriza3, Claudia Holguín Mendoza4, Isabel Bustamante-López5, Ana Isabel García Tesoro6, Nieves Hernández Flores7, Susana de los Heros9 ...

Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish—upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students—who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language.Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic ... Read more

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This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish—upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students—who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language.Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic
... Read more
Engaging Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Possibility

From Blind to Transformative Optimism

by César Augusto Rossatto ...

Engaging Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Possibility is a cross-cultural case study of how people experience schooling in relation to their sense of time and optimism. César Augusto Rossatto examines how real-life situations and social structures influence people's construction of notions of possibilities. Positionality, or perceptions about life and projections of the future, has great impact on ... Read more

$42.89 USD

Engaging Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Possibility is a cross-cultural case study of how people experience schooling in relation to their sense of time and optimism. César Augusto Rossatto examines how real-life situations and social structures influence people's construction of notions of possibilities. Positionality, or perceptions about life and projections of the future, has great impact on
... Read more