João: 361 books
Divining Slavery and Freedom
The Story of Domingos Sodré, an African Priest in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Since its original publication in Portuguese in 2008, this first English translation of Divining Slavery has been extensively revised and updated, complete with new primary sources and a new bibliography. It tells the story of Domingos Sodré, an African-born priest who was enslaved in Bahia, Brazil...
Towards an African Peace and Security Regime
Continental Embeddedness, Transnational Linkages, Strategic Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Towards an African Peace and Security Regime: Continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities...
by Wolfgang Sprößig, João Pedro Morais, Svetlin Georgiev
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Real quaternion analysis is a multi-faceted subject. Created to describe phenomena in special relativity, electrodynamics, spin etc., it has developed into a body of material that interacts with many branches of mathematics, such as complex analysis, harmonic analysis, differential geometry, and differential...
English Portuguese Bible No1
King James Bible 1611 - Almeida Recebida 1848
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This publication contains King James Bible (1611, Pure Cambridge, Authorized Version) and Almeida Recebida (1848) translation. It has 173,773 references. It contains 2 different formats of the Bible.
It includes King James Bible and Almeida Recebida formatted in a read and navigation friendly...
Human Development in the Life Course
Melodies of Living
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental...
The Paleogene and Neogene of Western Iberia (Portugal)
A Cenozoic record in the European Atlantic domain
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
This volume includes a general description of the Portuguese Cenozoic basins in the Iberian tectonic context. The main stratigraphic units, including sedimentological, stratigraphical and palaeontological data, are characterized. Correlations between different sectors are presented as well as general...
by Alessandro N. Vargas, Eduardo F. Costa, João B. R. do Val
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
This brief broadens readers’ understanding of stochastic control by highlighting recent advances in the design of optimal control for Markov jump linear systems (MJLS). It also presents an algorithm that attempts to solve this open stochastic control problem, and provides a real-time application...
by Robert Beale, João André
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Temporary structures are a vital but often overlooked component in the success of any construction project. With the assistance of modern technology, design and operation procedures in this area have undergone significant enhancements in recent years. Design Solutions and Innovations in Temporary...
Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics
Questions to the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2015
This book, written by researchers who had been professionals in accelerator physics before becoming leaders of groups in astroparticle physics, introduces both fields in a balanced and elementary way, requiring only a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics on the part of the reader.
The new...
by João Gaspar
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
With SketchUp Pro 2014 you can classify objects according to the standard IFC and export your model to other software in that format. This puts SketchUp definitely into the BIM world. Another important novelty of 2014 was the introduction of automatic texts in SketchUp LayOut, a resource that can...
by Laurent Borgmann, Anne Burke, João M. S. Carvalho
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
As a result of the industrialization, urbanization, and population increase during the last two centuries, the global landscape has been irreversibly damaged. These anthropological pressures have create endless problems on the global level, and individuals and organizations are beginning to realize...
The Reality for Agricultural Economics Within the European Union
Stressing the Efficiency Indicators Across the Representative Farms
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
The objective of this study is to analyze several dimensions of the agricultural economics reality for the representative farms of the European Union countries by using microeconomic data available in the Farm Accountancy Data Network from 1989-2009. To support this research, several ratios and efficiency...
Innovation Africa
Emerging Hubs of Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Innovation is critical to growth and development in Africa. In the context of a continent characterized by fast growing economies as well as an array of socioeconomic challenges, such as high levels of poverty, innovation in Africa must be understood in an encompassing manner. Africa needs to foster...