RAFAEL'S CONVENIENT PROPOSAL Vol.1


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Career-oriented Mallory is the executive of a cosmetic company. She goes to Lisbon on vacation and, the day she arrives, saves the life of a little girl. The girl’s father, Rafael, is the representative of a distinguished family, the D’Afonsos. He is arrogant and coercive and…unbelievably handsome. He is also looking for somebody to take care of his daughter. But when Mallory accepts the job, she finds out that he also expects her to marry him!




Utopia


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Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.




The Art of Scientific Storytelling


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The academic and biotech research climate is more competitive than ever before. Congress has not increased the funding of research to match inflation. Governmental study sections (National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation) award research grants based heavily on a proven track record, i.e. peer-review publications in top-tier journals. Publishing in high-impact journals propels your academic career and helps you in the following areas: land a faculty position, faculty promotion and eventual tenure. Publications secure funding for your research program and elevate your research onto the international stage. As your academic level ascends and your expertise increases, the expectation that you can produce a cohesive research article also increases. This book walks you through the steps to crafting your Scientific Story for peer-review journals. This book demystifies the logical thinking required for hypothesis-driven research and encourages scientists to 'Drop the Mic'.







Planning Algorithms


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Planning algorithms are impacting technical disciplines and industries around the world, including robotics, computer-aided design, manufacturing, computer graphics, aerospace applications, drug design, and protein folding. Written for computer scientists and engineers with interests in artificial intelligence, robotics, or control theory, this is the only book on this topic that tightly integrates a vast body of literature from several fields into a coherent source for teaching and reference in a wide variety of applications. Difficult mathematical material is explained through hundreds of examples and illustrations.




Analytical Sample Preparation With Nano- and Other High-Performance Materials


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Analytical Sample Preparation With Nano- and Other High-Performance Materials covers advanced sample treatment techniques and the new materials that can be used to boost their performance. The evolution of sample treatment over the last two decades has resulted in the development of new techniques and application of new materials. This is a must-have resource for those studying advanced analytical techniques and the role of high-performance materials in analytical chemistry. The book explains the underlying principles needed to properly understand sample preparation, and also examines the latest materials - including nanomaterials - that result in greater sensitivity and specificity. The book begins with a section devoted to all the various sample preparation techniques and then continues with sections on high-performance sorbents and high-performance solvents. - Combines basic, fundamental principles and advanced concepts and applications for a comprehensive treatment of sample preparation with new materials - Defines nano- and other high-performance materials in this context, including carbon nanoparticles, inorganic nanoparticles, ionic liquids, supramolecular solvents, and more - Includes discussion of all the latest advancements and new findings in both techniques and materials used for proper sample preparation




Neutrosophic Sets and Systems, Book Series, Vol. 34, 2020. An International Book Series in Information Science and Engineering. Special Issue: Social Neutrosophy in Latin America


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Contributors to current issue (listed in papers’ order): Noel Batista Hernández; C.V. Valenzuela Chicaiza; O.G. Arciniegas Paspuel; P.Y. Carrera Cuesta; D.R. Álvarez Hernández, C.E. Pozo Hernández; E.T. Mejía Álvarez; E.T. Villa Shagnay; S. Guerrón Enríquez; M.A. Tello Cadena; E.M. Pinos Medina; M. Jaramillo Burgos; F. Jara Vaca; R. Aguilar Berrezueta; E.M. Sandoval; B. Villalta Jadán; D. Palma Rivera; L.E. Valencia Cruzaty; M. Reyes Tomalá; C.M. Castillo Gallo, M.R. Velázquez; M.R. Mena Peralta; L. Ricardo Domínguez; D. Andrade Santamaría; X.Cangas Oña; M. Jaramillo Burgos; G.A. Calderón Vallejo; M. Orellana Cepeda; M.F. Galarza Villalba; M.S. Serrano Viteri; I. Ramos Castro; F. Vera Díaz; N.P. Lastra Calderón; D.L. Villarruel Delgado; D. Sandoval Malquín; E. Araujo Guerrón; A.R. Pupo Kairuz; D.V. Ponce Ruiz; F. Viteri Pita; F.S. Bustillo Mena; M.E. Narváez Jaramillo; M.A. Guerrero Ayala; D.A. Flores Jurado; O.M. Alonzo Pico; A.I. Utrera Velázquez; D.A. García Coello; E. Real Garlobo; C. Escobar Vinueza; R.C. Hernández Infante; M.E. Infante Miranda; F.R. Rivadeneira Enríquez; C.J. Galeano Páez; R.M. Montalvo Pantoja; K.A. Narváez Ortiz; S. Guaytarilla Salas; A.D. Rodríguez Lara; C.P. Rendón Tello; J. Almeida Blacio; R. Hurtado Guevara; L.G. Guallpa Zatán; H.J. Paillacho Chicaiza; J. Yaguar Mariño; M. Aguilar Carrión; D.A. Viteri Intriago; L. Álvarez Gómez; D. Ponce Ruiz; L.H. Carrión Hurtado; W.R. Salas Espín; M. Benalcázar Paladines; L. Moreira Rosales; L.K. Baque Villanueva; M.A. Mendoza; R. Salcedo; A.M. Izquierdo Morán; M.A. Checa Cabrera; B.J. Ipiales Chasiguano; A.L. Sandoval Pillajo; R. Díaz Vázquez; N.P. Becerra Arévalo; M.F. Calles Carrasco; John Luis Toasa Espinoza; M. Velasteguí Córdova; V.M. Parrales Carvajal; M.T. Macías Valverde; R. Aguas Pután; N. García Arias; N. Quevedo Arnaiz; S. Gavilánez Villamarín; M. Cleonares Borbor; M.F. Galarza Villalba; R. Aguas Pután; J. Mora Romero; J.E. Espìn Oviedo; L.J. Molina Chalacán; L.O. Albarracín Zambrano; E.J. Jalón Arias; A. Zúñiga Paredes; F. Smarandache; J. Estupiñán Ricardo; E. González Caballero; M.Y. Leyva Vázquez.




My Struggle for Peace, Volume 1 (1953–1954)


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The first volume of the former Israeli prime minister’s journals from the nation’s early years. My Struggle for Peace is a remarkable political document offering insights into the complex workings of the young Israeli political system, set against the backdrop of the disintegration of the country’s fragile armistice with the Arab states. Replete with Moshe Sharett’s candid comments on Israel’s first-generation leaders and world statesmen of the day, the diary also tells the dramatic human story of a political career cut short—the removal of an unusually sensitive, dedicated, and talented public servant. My Struggle for Peace is, above all, an intimate record of the decline of Sharett’s moderate approach and the rise of more “activist-militant” trends in Israeli society, culminating in the Suez/Sinai war of 1956. The diary challenges the popular narrative that Israel’s confrontation with its neighbors was unavoidable by offering daily evidence of Sharett’s statesmanship, moderation, diplomacy, and concern for Israel’s place in international affairs. This is the first volume in the 3-volume English abridgement of Sharett’s Yoman Ishi [Personal diary] (Ma’ariv, 1978) maintains the integrity, flavor, and impact of the 8-volume Hebrew original and includes additional documentary material that was not accessible at the time. The volumes are also available to purchase as a set or individually. “The editors . . . vastly improved on the Hebrew version by adding Sharett’s speeches, reports, cabinet minutes, and other sources to the text’. . . . These additions makes this work so important and welcome by all who aspire to understand the foreign and defense policies of Israel in its first decade.” —Israel Studies Review




Neutrosophic Sets and Systems, Vol. 34, 2020. Special Issue: Social Neutrosophy in Latin America


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Neutrosophy as science has inclusive attributes that make possible to extract the contributions of neutral values in the analysis of data sets; it builds a unified field of logic for transdisciplinary studies that transcend the boundaries between natural and social sciences. Neutral philosophy seeks to solve the problems of indeterminacy that appear universally, to reform the current natural or social sciences, with an open methodology to promote innovation. The research products related in this special issue start from the premise that the difficulty is not the complexity of the social environment, but the instrumental obsolescence to observe, interpret and manage that complexity, there are bold approaches and proposals for valid solutions that come to enrich the universe of resolution through the use of neutral methods. In the last year, the use of tools related to neutrosophy and its application to the social sciences, modeling of social phenomena based on simulation agents, problems associated with health, psychology, education, environmental management and sustainability solutions and legal sciences has increased in the events organized by the Asociacion Latinoamericana de Ciencias Neutrosoficas (ALCN in Spanish). The methods of higher incidence are cognitive maps, neutral Iadovs, neutral Delphi, analytical hierarchy process methods, neutral statistics, neutral personality models, among the most significant. In this special issue, there is a predominance of research from Ecuadorian universities, demonstrating how neutrosophy and its methods are consolidated as instruments of analysis, inference and research validation.