Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ramirez

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  • EL ESPAÑOL PARA FINES ESPECÍFICOS EN LATINOAMÉRICA
    CARMEN KING RAMÍREZ
    El español para fines específicos en Latinoamérica: un panorama de prácticas pedagógicas y tendencias investigativas es el primer libro en ofrecer un panorama de investigaciones que se están realizando sobre el campo de español para fines específicos (EFE) en esta región. Está conformado por dos partes, las cuales ofrecen aproximaciones al español para fines académicos y el esp...

    $1,240.00

  • TRANSNATIONAL APPROACHES TO BILINGUAL AND SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
    M. DOLORES RAMÍREZ-VERDUGO
    This innovative collection explores transnational approaches to bilingual teacher education from different angles, unpacking the challenges and opportunities in contemporary global bilingual programs. The book offers a thorough account of transnational pedagogical research and best practice in bilingual and second language education to advance bilingual and content and language...

    $1,240.00

  • INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN BILINGUAL AND SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
    M. DOLORES RAMÍREZ-VERDUGO
    The book provides a comprehensive overview of international pedagogical approaches, research, innovation experiences, and best practices in bilingual and second language education to enhance bilingual teacher education programs. The book clearly outlines the need for an interdisciplinary and interconnected approach to effecting successful bilingual teacher education programs. F...

    $1,240.00

  • A HUMAN CATECHISM
    JOEL DAVID AGUILAR RAMIREZ
    A Human Catechism is a theopoetic journey. It is the integration of personal experience, theological reflection, and contextual analysis. This book proposes a radical way of discipleship in which we are invited to run the risk of positively imitating one another through the imitation of Christ. If violence happens through the imitation of one another, maybe good things do too. ...

    $408.00

  • OPTICAL METHODS FOR MANAGING THE DIABETIC FOOT
    GENNADI SAIKO / ROBERT L. BARTLETT / JOSE L. RAMIREZ-GARCIALUNA
    This book discusses optical technologies for Diabetic Foot management. It combines the current medical literature review with an overview of the technology and physics behind it. Thus, it is a single-source introduction to the topic. It can also be used as a reference source and practical guide for the use of technology. The particular focus is on low-cost technologies, includi...

    $1,420.00

  • WEAVING TALES
    GARCÍA-RAMÍREZ, PAULA
    This collection of essays brings together a wide range of Spanish and Portuguese academics and writers exploring the ways in which our encounters with literatures in English inform our assumptions about texts and identities (or texts as identities) and the way we read them. Mapping, examining, reading and re-reading, fashioning and self-fashioning and, especially, weaving appea...

    $1,120.00

  • SMALL STEPS, BIG CHANGES
    CHRIS CONFER / MARCO RAMIREZ
    During the past two decades, Chris Confer and Marco Ramirez have worked to deepen and improve mathematics instruction at schools around the country. Wherever they go, they find the raw ingredients for success already present: The potential for positive change lies within each school. Abundance is present in the form of capable children, teachers, coaches, and principals. Potent...

    $740.00

  • UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO COLLECTIVE ACTION
    CARLOS RAMÍREZ
    When speaking colloquially of political participation or civic action, one thinks, in the first instance, of groups and organizations such as political parties, social movements or various types of voluntary associations. The perspective of individuals is not the first thing that comes to mind when seeking to understand their functioning. In contrast to this vision, understandi...

    $1,160.00

  • THE POWER OF LOVE FOR REACHING OUT TO “THE OTHER”
    JOHNNY RAMIREZ-JOHNSON
    Race is a result of God's design and not of sin. God loves diversity and sought it. Race biases are normal and come as a result of likes and dislikes; love of "the other" is to be learned. In this book, Bible stories and principles are combined with four intercultural communication skills to help develop love of the other. This book builds on what Sherwood Lingenfelter and Marv...

    $568.00

  • THE POWER OF LOVE FOR REACHING OUT TO “THE OTHER”
    JOHNNY RAMIREZ-JOHNSON
    Race is a result of God's design and not of sin. God loves diversity and sought it. Race biases are normal and come as a result of likes and dislikes; love of "the other" is to be learned. In this book, Bible stories and principles are combined with four intercultural communication skills to help develop love of the other. This book builds on what Sherwood Lingenfelter and Marv...

    $568.00

  • CONQUEST AND RECLAMATION IN THE TRANSATLANTIC IMAGINATION
    LUZ ELENA RAMIREZ
    This book examines the imperial spectacles and startling reversals of fortune related in William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) and History of the Conquest of Peru (1847), and investigates how these accounts inspired fictional adaptations by George A. Henty, H. Rider Haggard, and George Griffith. The revision of history in the Amerindian adventure both e...

    $1,160.00

  • DATA DRIVEN STRATEGIES
    WANG JIANHONG / RICARDO A. RAMIREZ-MENDOZA / RUBEN MORALES-MENENDEZ
    A key challenge in science and engineering is to provide a quantitative description of the systems under investigation, leveraging the noisy data collected. Such a description may be a complete mathematical model or a mechanism to return controllers corresponding to new, unseen inputs. Recent advances in the theories are described in detail, along with their applications in eng...

    $1,620.00

  • AIR TURBULENCE AND ITS METHODS OF DETECTION
    LEONARDO DI G. SIGALOTTI / FIDEL CRUZ PEREGRINO / ALEJANDRO RAMÍREZ-ROJAS
    The book is a concise guide dealing with the subject of air turbulence and its methods of detection with particular applications to aviation turbulence. It begins with a general description of turbulence and provides a background into the nature and causes of atmospheric turbulence that affect aircraft motion, giving updates on the state-of-the-art research on clear air turbule...

    $1,320.00

  • THE NEW WORLD OF WORK
    BASHKER BISWAS / WILLIAM GARRISON / ROBERT RAMIREZ
    Arguing that a functional approach to Human Resource Management is fast becoming obsolete, this book explores the many areas of accelerated change in the workplace and how business leaders must evolve their thinking to meet the needs of their workers and managers alike. With a clear focus on the accelerations caused by Covid-19 and how technological platforms have enabled worki...

    $1,160.00

  • STARCH AND STARCHY FOOD PRODUCTS
    LUIS A. BELLO-PÉREZ, JOSÉ ALVAREZ-RAMÍREZ, AND SUSHIL DHITAL
    Starch is one of the main staples in human food, its consumption having both positive and negative aspects. The exploration and exploitation of starches from alternative botanical sources has been increasing recently due to interest in the economic and social development of tropical and sub-tropical regional economies and in support of sustainability. The book reviews existing ...

    $1,780.00

  • BIOMETRY
    RICARDO A. RAMIREZ-MENDOZA, JORGE DE J. LOZOYA-SANTOS, RICARDO ZAVALA-YOÉ, LUZ MARÍA ALONSO-VALERDI,
    Biometrics provide quantitative representations of human features, physiological and behavioral. This book is a compilation of biometric technologies developed by various research groups in Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. It provides a summary of biometric systems as a whole, explaining the principles behind physiological and behavioral biometrics and exploring different type...

    $1,360.00

  • DESIGNING SMALL WEAPONS
    JOSE HERRERA-RAMIREZ / LUIS ZUÑIGA-AVILES
    This book focuses on developing small weapons, following the lifecycle of a firearm from design to manufacture. It demonstrates how modern technologies can be used at every stage of the process, such as design methodologies, CAD/CAE/CAM software, rapid prototyping, test benches, materials, heat and surface treatments, and manufacturing processes. Several case studies are presen...

    $1,060.00

  • THE ETHICS OF VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
    ERICK JOSE RAMIREZ
    This book offers new ways of thinking about and assessing the impact of virtual reality on its users. It argues that we must go beyond traditional psychological concepts of VR "presence" to better understand the many varieties of virtual experiences. The author provides compelling evidence that VR simulations are capable of producing "virtually real" experiences in people. He a...

    $1,200.00

  • A HISTORY OF COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA FROM FIRST ENCOUNTERS TO INDEPENDENCE
    SUSAN ELIZABETH RAMÍREZ
    A History of Colonial Latin America from First Encounters to Independence is a concise and accessible volume that presents the history of the Iberian presence in the Americas, from the era of exploration and conquest to the disruption and instability following independence. This history of the Iberian presence in the Americas contains stories of curiosity, vision, courage, miss...

    $1,120.00

  • INTONATION IN L2 DISCOURSE
    MARÍA DOLORES RAMÍREZ-VERDUGO
    Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic (SFL) approach, this book applies a contrastive interlanguage corpus-based approach to investigate the nature and role of L2 intonation and its pragmatic function in spoken discourse. The volume offers a brief overview of SFL theories and frameworks, with a clear focus on Halliday’s model of phonology and the proposal of developing a...

    $1,160.00

  • THE POLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA (VOLUME 2)
    AVERY PLAW / DAVID RAMÍREZ PLASCENCIA / BARBARA CARVALHO GURGEL
    This volume focuses on the hyper-mediatization of Latin America from the citizen’s perspective, considering the social impact and how people embrace information technologies to improve their living conditions, engage in political issues and the role of digital journalism in promoting democratic values in Latin America. The book is divided into three parts: ‘Digital Media and Da...

    $1,200.00

  • THE POLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA (VOLUME 1)
    AVERY PLAW / DAVID RAMÍREZ PLASCENCIA / BARBARA CARVALHO GURGEL
    This book analyses the arrival of emerging and traditional information and technology for public and economic use in Latin America. It focuses on the governmental, economic and security issues and the study of the complex relationship between citizens and government. The book is divided into three parts: • ‘Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers’ centers on the debate...

    $1,040.00

  • MANUAL PARA ACTUAR FRENTE A LA COVID-19
    ALBA RAMÍREZ SORIANO
    Esta guía reúne las medidas sanitarias y los consejos prácticos a seguir para protegerte a ti y a las personas de tu entorno de la covid-19. Prevenir los contagios es el mejor sistema para evitar la propagación del virus y preservar el bien más preciado: la salud. La lucha contra el coronavirus es una responsabilidad compartida. Por ello, es el momento de hacer que fluyan nuest...

    $21.14

  • REAL ESTATE IN CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND THE CARIBBEAN
    CLAUDIA MURRAY / CAMILLA WEEN / YADIRA TORRES-ROMERO / YAZMIN RAMIREZ
    This book examines real estate markets and urban development in Central America, Mexico and The Caribbean (CAMEC). It considers both residential and commercial real estate with a focus on industrial and hospitality sectors, infrastructure and logistics. The CAMEC region is besieged by complexity. Prone to natural disasters, and with the Mexico/US border constituting the largest...

    $1,280.00

  • PREVENCIÓN DE RIESGOS LABORALES. PERSONAL MONITOR
    ALBA RAMÍREZ SORIANO
    Esta guía presenta los conceptos generales para la prevención de riesgos laborales en puestos de trabajo de apoyo al alumnado con necesidades educativas específicas (NEE). Conocer para prevenir es fundamental en el día a día del personal monitor de apoyo. Con el apoyo de numerosas ilustraciones, este manual práctico ayuda a detectar los riesgos asociados tan­to a la actividad c...

    $203.33

  • PREVENCIÓN DE RIESGOS LABORALES. PERSONAL MONITOR DE APOYO AL ALUMNADO CON NECESIDADES EDUCATIVAS ESPECÍFICAS (NEE)
    ALBA RAMÍREZ SORIANO
    Esta guía presenta los conceptos generales para la prevención de riesgos laborales en funciones de monitor/a infantil. Conocer para prevenir es fundamental en el día a día. Con el apoyo de numerosas ilustraciones, este manual práctico ayuda a detectar los riesgos asociados tan­to a la actividad como al entorno de trabajo, a conocer las pautas de actuación en casos de emergencia...

    $203.33

  • DUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN THE US
    PABLO C. RAMÍREZ / ‎CHRISTIAN J. FALTIS
    Originally published as a special issue of the journal Theory into Practice, this text examines innovative practices and research relating to Dual Language Education (DLE) in the US. Offering a variety of perspectives, contributors consider how dual language learning can benefit English-speaking and partner-language students across K-12, and explore how multilingualism can be h...

    $1,160.00

  • A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO METAHEURISTICS USING LABVIEW AND MATLAB®
    PEDRO PONCE-CRUZ / ARTURO MOLINA GUTIÉRREZ / RICARDO A. RAMÍREZ-MENDOZA / EFRAÍN MÉNDEZ FLORES / ALEXAND
    Metaheuristic optimization has become a prime alternative for solving complex optimization problems in several areas. Hence, practitioners and researchers have been paying extensive attention to those metaheuristic algorithms that are mainly based on natural phenomena. However, when those algorithms are implemented, there are not enough books that deal with theoretical and expe...

    $1,500.00

  • AGAINST AUTOMATION MYTHOLOGIES
    J. JESSE RAMIREZ
    Inspired by Roland Barthes’s practice of "semioclasm" in Mythologies, this book offers a "technoclasm"; a cultural critique of US narratives, discourses, images, and objects that have transformed the politics of automation into statements of fact about the "rise of the robots". Treating automation as an ensemble of technologies and science fictions, this book foregrounds automa...

    $640.00

  • CHOCOLATE FADS, FOLKLORE & FANTASIES
    FRANK HOFFMANN / LINDA K FULLER / BEULAH B RAMIREZ
    Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies is the low-cal answer to satisfying chocolate cravings. Documenting the chocolate phenomenon by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information, this tempting book discusses: Chocolate Fads: chocolate books, chocolate goodies (cakes, candy, cookies, ice cream), chocolate clubs, chocolate festivals, chocolate fund-raising, chocolate marketing...

    $860.00