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  • QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
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    QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
    JUDITH GREEN / NICKI THOROGOOD / G.J. MELENDEZ-TORRES
    Whether you are looking to interpret and evaluate existing health research, or conduct your own, this book discusses every step of the research process, from theory and ethics to data collection, analysis and dissemination.  Clear, engaging and drawing on diverse examples from various health disciplines – from public health and nursing to occupational health and nutrition – thi...

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  • THE EARLY SLAVS
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    THE EARLY SLAVS
    SUSANA TORRES PRIETO
    This book presents an introductory and comprehensive history of the Slavic-speaking peoples who inhabited Eastern and Southern Europe during the 700-year period stretching from the first archaeological and historical records to the establishment of their first organised polities. The book is organised thematically (social organisation, politics and government, economy, religion...

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  • MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
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    MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
    PRADIP DEBNATH, H. M. SRIVASTAVA, DELFIM F. M. TORRES, AND YEOL JE CHO
    Mathematical Analysis: Theory and Applications provides an overview of the most up-to-date developments in the field, presenting original contributions and surveys from a spectrum of respected academics. Readers will discover numerous valuable tools and techniques to enhance their understanding of recent advancements in mathematical analysis and its applications. Each chapter h...

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  • PHYSICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
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    PHYSICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
    JOSÉ MANUEL TORRES FARINHA
    This book describes techniques, tools, and models about engineering maintenance and life cycle models, aimed at the efficient managing of assets. It presents new asset management models, namely the Holistic Diagnostic Model (HDM) and Integrated Asset Management Support Model (IAMSM), including quantitative decision support tools for life cycle management of physical assets. It ...

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  • INEQUALITY AND STAGNATION
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    INEQUALITY AND STAGNATION
    SANTIAGO CAPRARO / CARLO PANICO / LUIS TORRES-GONZÁLEZ
    The book examines how the outgrowth of the financial industry has contributed to the recent tendencies towards inequality and stagnation. It proposes a monetary interpretation of these events using a Classical–Keynesian theoretical approach derived from the work of Keynes and Sraffa. The approach moves from the distributive conflicts among economic and social groups, presuming ...

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  • ART EDUCATION AS A RADICAL ACT
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    ART EDUCATION AS A RADICAL ACT
    SARA TORRES-VEGA, WENDY WOON
    This comprehensive volume highlights and centers untold histories of education at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 1937 to 2020, using the critical voices of artists, scholars, designers, and educators. Exploring these histories as transformative and paradigm-shifting in museum education, it elevates MoMA educators as vocal advocates for harnessing the educational power tha...

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  • MULTIFUNCTIONAL HYDROGELS
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    MULTIFUNCTIONAL HYDROGELS
    JOSÉ GARCÍA-TORRES, CARLOS ALEMÁN, RAM K. GUPTA
    Hydrogels are important polymer-based materials with innate fascinating properties and applications: they are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks that can absorb large amounts of water or aqueous fluids and are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and soft. The incorporation of functionalities to develop smart and bioactive platforms has led to a myriad of appli...

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  • AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA IN THE ERA OF MILITARY RULE
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    AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA IN THE ERA OF MILITARY RULE
    SEBASTIÁN HURTADO-TORRES / JOAQUÍN FERMANDOIS
    Based on research conducted in archives in six countries, An International History of South America in the Era of Military Rule: Geared for War offers a detailed account of the tensions and fears of war that engulfed South America in the 1970s, when most countries of the region were ruled by military governments. Scholars of contemporary history and international relations, gra...

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  • UNDERSTANDING THE LATINX EXPERIENCE
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    UNDERSTANDING THE LATINX EXPERIENCE
    VASTI TORRES / EBELIA HERNÁNDEZ / SYLVIA MARTINEZ
    The Latino presence continues to grow in traditional population enclaves and has tripled in areas that are not traditionally associated with this pan-ethnic group. The dramatic growth of this population in the U.S. requires a considerably deeper understanding of individuals that share this multifaceted identity. This timely book synthesizes new research and its implications for...

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  • HUMAN EXTINCTION
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    HUMAN EXTINCTION
    ÉMILE P. TORRES
    This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks." Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300,000-year history as a species. This book provides insight on the key questions that inform this dis...

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  • AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS OF DRYLANDS AND DESERTS
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    AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS OF DRYLANDS AND DESERTS
    DAVID RAMIRO AGUILLÓN-GUTIÉRREZ, CRISTIAN TORRES-LEÓN, AND JORGE ALEJANDRO AGUIRRE-JOYA
    The description and analysis of the Mexican and other countries desertic plants from the point of view of their use in traditional medicine and their potential use in integrative medicine is the overall theme of this book. Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of Drylands and Deserts: Ecology, Ethnobiology and Potential Uses describes the historic use of drylands plants, botanical and ...

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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO PABLO GONZÁLEZ CASANOVA
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO PABLO GONZÁLEZ CASANOVA
    JAIME TORRES GUILLÉN / JAIME ANTONIO PRECIADO CORONADO
    This book is an introduction to Pablo González Casanova, giant of Latin American sociology. It examines his work across history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, exploring in depth his writings on the university, democracy, the new sciences, alternatives to capitalism, the humanities, equity with social justice, patriarchal domination, and the struggle for planet...

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  • THE SIX PRIORITIES
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    THE SIX PRIORITIES
    LUIS ELADIO TORRES
    In this provocative and timely book, Luis Eladio Torres challenges a common assumption: that education is the "first priority" for families, including those who are raising their children in low-income, high-need communities. Instead, he argues that these families must confront daunting challenges in five other areas—food, shelter, safety, health, and access to technology...

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  • CUSTOMER SERVICE MARKETING
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    CUSTOMER SERVICE MARKETING
    EDWIN N. TORRES / TINGTING ZHANG
    This timely book is a comprehensive overview of customer service principles, theories, and practices. It looks at the best practices of service enterprises and the delivery of superior customer service. It also includes classic and contemporary theories relating to the consumers, managers, and their behaviors in organizational setting. The book uses real-life applications throu...

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  • INDIRECT TRANSLATION EXPLAINED
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    INDIRECT TRANSLATION EXPLAINED
    HANNA PIĘTA / RITA BUENO MAIA / ESTER TORRES-SIMÓN
    Indirect Translation Explained is the first comprehensive, user-friendly book on the practice of translating indirectly in today’s world. Unlike previous scholarly approaches, which have traditionally focused on translating from the original, this textbook offers practical advice on how to efficiently translate from an already translated text and for the specific purpose of fur...

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  • NEGOTIATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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    NEGOTIATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION
    SUSAN R. JONES / VASTI TORRES / JAN ARMINIO
    Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher Education illuminates the complex nature of qualitative research, while attending to issues of application. This text addresses the essentials of research through discussion of strategies, ethical issues, and challenges in higher education. In addition to walking through the methodological steps, this text considers...

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  • SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSITIONS DURING THE LEFT TURN IN LATIN AMERICA
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    SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSITIONS DURING THE LEFT TURN IN LATIN AMERICA
    KAREN SILVA-TORRES
    Social and Political Transitions During the Left Turn in Latin America provides fourteen contributions to understand, from a multidisciplinary perspective, processes of socio-political reconfigurations in the region from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s. The Left Turn was the regional shift to left-of-center governments and social movements that sought to replace the neoliberal...

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  • TEMPORAL REGIMES
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    TEMPORAL REGIMES
    FELIPE TORRES
    Temporal Regimes provides a theoretical framework for understanding the temporal structures of society; a conceptually rich, empirically nuanced and culturally embodied account of temporal phenomena in contemporary world. What does it imply temporal regimes? How the everyday life as well as the global mobilities coordination requires temporal underpinnings? The answers to these...

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  • ERIC VOEGELIN’S POLITICAL READINGS
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    ERIC VOEGELIN’S POLITICAL READINGS
    BERNAT TORRES AND JOSEP MONSERRAT
    Eric Voegelin’s Political Readings fills a critical void by providing an original approach to studying the work of Eric Voegelin, one of the major political philosophers of the twenty-first century. Across six chapters, experts guide the reader from classical to modern times presenting six political philosophers who have had an impact on the life and philosophical production of...

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  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR RURAL START-UPS
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    ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR RURAL START-UPS
    GLORIA JIMÉNEZ-MARÍN / ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ RODRÍGUEZ / MIGUEL TORRES GARCÍA / JOSÉ GUADIX MARTÍN
    Entrepreneurs who start out with no network, no money, no market and scarce resources find a big contrast between what they read in books and the success stories from the Valley and their reality, specially first-timers. Most entrepreneurial books focus on the Business Canvas Model, simplifying the process of building a start-up. Many entrepreneurs who have no previous business...

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  • GLOBAL TRAFFICKING NETWORKS ON FILM AND TELEVISION
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    GLOBAL TRAFFICKING NETWORKS ON FILM AND TELEVISION
    CÉSAR ALBARRÁN-TORRES
    This book draws on a multi-method study of film and television narratives of global criminal networks to explore the links between audiovisual media, criminal networks and global audiences in the age of digital content distribution. Mapping out media representations of the ongoing war on drugs in Mexico and the United States, the author delves into the social, cultural and geop...

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  • SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN INTIMACY
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    SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN INTIMACY
    M. GABRIELA TORRES / KERSTI YLLÖ
    Integrating interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis, this volume advances our understanding of sexual violence in intimacy through the development of more nuanced and evidence-based conceptual frameworks. Sexual violence in intimacy is a global pandemic that causes individual physical and emotional harm as well as wider social suffering. It is also legal and culturally co...

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  • REAL ESTATE IN CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND THE CARIBBEAN
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    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...

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  • GENETIC ANCESTRY
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    GENETIC ANCESTRY
    JADA BENN TORRES / GABRIEL A. TORRES COLÓN
    Genetic Ancestry focuses on the scientific nature and limitations of genetic ancestry testing. Co-authored by a genetic anthropologist and a cultural anthropologist, it examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of how people interpret genetic ancestry data. Utilizing examples from popular culture around the world and case studies from the Caribbean, the chapters ...

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  • THE FORCE OF IRONY
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    THE FORCE OF IRONY
    GABRIEL TORRES
    Winner of the 'Casa Chata Award' for the Best Book of 1994 (Spanish edition)In charting the paradoxical effects of power and knowledge on the everyday life of subordinate people, this book offers a major rethinking of domination and the agricultural labor process. Challenging the belief that ethnography is theoretically weak, the author provides a fresh perspective on rural wor...

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  • LONG ISLAND MIGRANT LABOR CAMPS
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    LONG ISLAND MIGRANT LABOR CAMPS
    MARK A TORRES
    The little-known history of the Suffolk County camps where migrant workers lived in squalor during and after WWII—includes photos.   During World War II, a group of potato farmers opened the first migrant labor camp in Suffolk County to house farmworkers from Jamaica. Over the next twenty years, more than one hundred camps of various sizes would be built throughout the region. ...

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  • REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
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    REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
    EDELBERTO TORRES-RIVAS
    This book summarizes the multiple origins of the crisis that Central Americans are suffering today. It focuses on an analysis of the revolutionary popular movements as a form of social movement capable of joining together a diversity of class-based groups. ...

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  • LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATION
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    LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATION
    CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES
    This book offers a relevant sample of the current research on Latin American education in comparative perspective. In their introduction, Torres and Puiggros, two of the most recognized researchers of Latin American education, draw from political sociology of education, theories of the state, history of education, and deconstructionist theories to focus on changes in state form...

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  • BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS IN MEXICO
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    BUREAUCRACY AND POLITICS IN MEXICO
    EDUARDO TORRES ESPINOSA
    First published in 1999, the main theme of this book is the relationship between bureaucracy and politics in Mexico. This examined though a study of the Secretariat of Programming and Budget, which came into existence in 1976 and was abolished in 1992. The book charts the rise and fall of the Secretariat over three presidential terms and gives an explanation of the chain of eve...

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  • PRINCIPIOS DE LA FELICIDAD ORGANIZACIONAL
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    PRINCIPIOS DE LA FELICIDAD ORGANIZACIONAL
    VICTOR M. GUTIÉRREZ TORRES
    Las organizaciones y el mundo en general, están comenzando a re-conocer que la felicidad no se resumen en "hacer mucho para tener algo"; en este mundo globalizado las cosas  parecieran estar mas accesibles para todos, desde un celular de última generación hasta un auto de lujo, sin embargo, la gente esta experimentando una satisfacción efímera haciéndolos sentir al final vulner...

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