«Il mio nome è Nerina. Sono un'elegante micetta nera... come la fuliggine dei camini che ricopre i tetti su cui vivevo in compagnia degli altri randagi. Dei gatti neri come me la gente si vuole disfare, ma Mastro Leonardo mi ha preso in casa che ero una pischella, un soldo di cacio. Mi ha messo nella sua borsa di cuoio che porta al collo, piena zeppa di disegni e schizzi strani, e da quel giorno per me ha avuto solo coccole e carezze...». Il volume racconta la storia di uno dei più grandi geni dell'umanità attraverso gli occhi di una simpatica gattina. La sua voce narrante, colta e un po' sofisticata, incanta grandi e piccoli e trasporta i lettori nel magico mondo del Rinascimento. Testo con font Alta Leggibilità. Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

Juanito è un gattone di pura stirpe basca, che vive coccolato e riverito nella casa di una aristocratica dama spagnola, Beatrice di Bobadilla. Abituato a mangiare gamberetti e a dormire su cuscini vellutati, si ritrova per sua sbadataggine nella stiva di una delle caravelle di Cristoforo Colombo a nutrirsi di topi rachitici e a patire il mal di mare. La penna raffinata di Roland Martin firma un'avventura scoppiettante di umorismo che incanta e diverte, sapientemente incastonata nelle vivaci illustrazioni di Mariangela Mariotta. Il micione più simpatico, sbadato e sornione che ci sia, svela ai bambini la vera storia di una scoperta che ha cambiato il destino dell'umanità. Perché dietro grandi uomini ci sono spesso grandi gatti. Testo con font Alta Leggibilità. Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

Il volume racconta uno dei più grandi misteri della storia sacra attraverso gli occhi di un simpatico gattino randagio. La sua voce narrante incanta grandi e piccoli e trasporta i lettori nella magia della notte di Natale. Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

Dal 1945 alla sua morte, l'artista e poeta Jean Arp (1886-1966) ha realizzato numerose opere destinate a contesti architettonici eccezionali, nel nome di quella «sintesi delle arti» che diventa di grande attualità nel secondo dopoguerra. Oggi queste opere sono finalmente presentate in un unico volume, con saggi firmati da alcuni tra i più importanti studiosi dell'opera di Arp.

Gillam and Siriwardena present readers with a compendium of tools toward managing primary care organizations to improve overall quality of care. The text is organized in three sections dedicated to managing for quality, tools for improvement, and evaluation and personal development, in turn. The text also includes coverage of various techniques used for assessing and measuring quality of care, as well as commonly used improvement frameworks, and information regarding the emerging work on process control, systems, and spread. Gillam is a faculty member of University of Cambridge. Siriwardena is a faculty member of University of Lincoln. Distributed in the U.S. by Martin P. Hill Consulting. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Sustainable Development has become a buzzword, with everyone from CEO's to legislators calling for the adoption of its principles. And while there are many terms for it — "Corporate Social Responsibility", "Corporate Sustainability", "Corporate Citizenship", fundamental questions remain.Is Sustainable Development just a PR exercise for organizations trying to demonstrate a commitment to something other than a financial bottom line, or can it bring real lasting value? And if it is of value, how can Sustainable Development, which is fundamentally focused on the long-term, bring value to projects, which are by definition, temporary? In 2010, an interdisciplinary team of project management and sustainability practitioners and researchers from the University of Vienna, supported by a research grant from Project Management Institute, set out to answer these questions. Before their multi-year journey was through, they would find themselves working around the world: debriefing project teams at Siemens and OMV Petrom Wind Farms in Brazil and Romania, working alongside executives planning to build a hospital in Austria and collaborating with researchers and practitioners at academic conferences in Europe and the United States.Their conclusion: Sustainable Development is a new management paradigm, one whose principles can be operationalized and used to improve how practitioners of all levels manage the complexity and dynamics of organizations, projects and programs.Illustrated with more than 100 figures and tables, Project Management and Sustainable Development Principles provides practitioners with all the tools they need to understand Sustainable Development and apply its principles to the initiation and management of projects. This comprehensive volume begins by establishing a baseline understanding of Sustainable Development's history, its value to society and its relationship to global project management standards. It then offers an inside view of Sustainable Development in action on a range of real-world projects and guidance on how Sustainable Development principles can improve the quality of overall process design, investment analysis and project definition, contexts and structures.

All'inizio degli anni '90 l'Italia è attraversata dalla scossa che andrà sotto il nome di Tangentopoli. Un brutto nome per una brutta storia. Che riguarderà da vicino la città di Milano e ugualmente da vicino il mondo della comunicazione. Campagne pubblicitarie e professionisti noti vengono messi sotto accusa, coinvolti da elementi emersi a carico di politici e ministri. Nello stesso periodo, significativamente tra il 1991 e il 1992, il cardinale Carlo Maria Martini, arcivescovo di Milano, attraverso lo strumento delle lettere pastorali e in altre occasioni di riflessione pubblica, affronta in modo meno congiunturale e più mirato al rapporto tra persone e valori le questioni della comunicazione e dei mass media. Dedicherà due testi ("Effatà" nel 1991 e "Il lembo del mantello" nel 1992) a queste problematiche. A lui si rivolgono quindi i pubblicitari italiani raccolti nella Associazione Tecnici Pubblicitari per aprire nella sede di Assolombarda a Milano una conferenza dedicata al rapporto tra etica e comunicazione per segnalare spunti critici e autocritici alla realtà professionale e alla società. Martini accetta di aprire quei lavori, affiancato da un rappresentante laico delle istituzioni che da alcuni anni svolgeva, come direttore generale dell'informazione a Palazzo Chigi, un riconosciuto lavoro di professionalizzazione e modernizzazione nel settore pubblico, Stefano Rolando.

"Respiratory disease is the most common reason for admission to intensive care and advanced respiratory support is one of the most frequently used interventions in critically ill patients. An intimate understanding of respiratory disease, its diagnosis, and its treatment, is the cornerstone of high quality intensive care. This book includes detailed sections on invasive ventilation, including the principles of each ventilatory mode and its applications in clinical practice. Each disease is discussed at length, with advice on management. The book is aimed primarily at trainees in intensive care and specialist nurses, but will also appeal to both trainees and more senior staff in anaesthesia and respiratory medicine"--Provided by publisher.

As an African American, you've heard the adage that you need to work twice as hard as white counterparts to succeed. So you play "the game" and anticipate being rewarded for your talents and hard work. Now you're up for a prized promotion, landmark business deal, or other professional breakthrough---this is your moment....

It's at this point that many African-American professionals experience a "black faces in white places" moment: a point at which it becomes all too clear that just playing well isn't enough---because the rules can change on you in a heartbeat. This scenario plays out countless times each day in American workplaces, and for Randal Pinkett it played out on national television---when Pinkett's seemingly storybook ending during the finale of The Apprentice was about to get an unexpected twist.

Black Faces in White Places is about that very game---the one played in the competitive world in which we all live and work. While exploring the ideals and realities of identity, meritocracy, opportunity, and society, the book lays out ten concrete strategies to help you become a "game changer." The ten strategies will advance you to the next level of personal and professional success and unleash the greatness that lies within you.

The book also examines social responsibility, institution building, and longstanding traditions of giving throughout African-American culture and history.

Based on interviews with dozens of prominent African Americans and the authors' considerable experience in business, in the public eye, and in the minority, Black Faces in White Places shows how as an African-American professional you can (and must) think and act both entrepreneurially and "intrapreneurially"; combine the strengths of your peers with the wisdom of others; and plant the seeds of a positive and lasting legacy.

Despite major efforts by the scientific community over the years, our understanding of the pathogenesis or the mechanisms of injury of multiple sclerosis is still limited. Consequently, the current strategies for treatment and management of patients are limited in their efficacy. The mechanisms of tissue protection and repair are probably even less understood. One reason for these limitations is the enormous complexity of the disease and every facet of its pathogenesis, the mechanisms of tissue injury, the diagnostic procedures and finally the efficacy of treatments and their side effects.The aim of this book is to review the most recent advances made in this highly complex field.

"Most contemporary young people operate far enough from Moses’ moral compass that it never occurs to them that “OMG” (“oh my God,” in teenspeak) has anything to do with the Ten Commandments, much less that it breaks one of them. After all, the phrase is a nearly ubiquitous adolescent throw-away line...Yet Christians should hear the phrase “oh my God” differently. Youth ministers, parents, teachers—anyone who has ever loved an adolescent—know that “OMG” can be a prayer, a plea, a petition, a note of praise, or an unbidden entreaty that escapes our lips as we seek Christ for the young people we love." from the book

Using six lens the authors detail current practices and tease out underlying questions as youth ministry becomes more self-consciously aligned with practical theology.

Contributors include: Kenda Creasy Dean, Mike Carotta, Roland Martinson, Rodger Nishioka, Don Richter, Dayle Gillespie Rounds, and Amy Scott Vaughn.

Comprehensive introduction to non-binary error-correction coding techniques

Non-Binary Error Control Coding for Wireless Communication and Data Storage explores non-binary coding schemes that have been developed to provide an alternative to the Reed – Solomon codes, which are expected to become unsuitable for use in future data storage and communication devices as the demand for higher data rates increases. This book will look at the other significant non-binary coding schemes, including non-binary block and ring trellis-coded modulation (TCM) codes that perform well in fading conditions without any expansion in bandwidth use, and algebraic-geometric codes which are an extension of Reed-Solomon codes but with better parameters.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive and self-contained reference to non-binary error control coding starting from binary codes and progressing up to the latest non-binary codes

• Explains the design and construction of good non-binary codes with descriptions of efficient non-binary decoding algorithms with applications for wireless communication and high-density data storage

• Discusses the application to specific cellular and wireless channels, and also magnetic storage channels that model the reading of data from the magnetic disc of a hard drive.

• Includes detailed worked examples for each coding scheme to supplement the concepts described in this book

• Focuses on the encoding, decoding and performance of both block and convolutional non-binary codes, and covers the Kötter-Vardy algorithm and Non-binary LDPC codes

This book will be an excellent reference for researchers in the wireless communication and data storage communities, as well as development/research engineers in telecoms and storage companies. Postgraduate students in these fields will also find this book of interest.

Roland Martin, the most successful bass fisherman in history in terms of tournaments won, is a prolific source of bass fishing wisdom and sure-fire bassing tips. Both practical and discursive, Martin not only discusses why bass strike, how to use live bait, plugs, and spinners, tricks for night fishing, and how to fish logs, weeds, rocks, and trees; he also recounts how he once fished five rods at once during a school feeding frenzy, and how fellow legend Bill Dance charmed him out of a spinnerbait and beat him with it in a tournament. Full of information and great stories, Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets is the best guide available to help fishermen land more bass, and a revealing look at the exciting world of professional fishing.

Fino alla comparsa di questo libro, nel 1983, il termine Wunderkammer era noto soltanto ad una ristretta cerchia di studiosi. Oggi è diventato un termine di uso comune, è nata una "moda" che comprende produzioni contemporanee, fino all'ambito degli arredamenti di interni, dell'oreficeria e degli allestimenti nel mondo dello spettacolo. A 10 anni dalla scomparsa dell'autrice, questo catalogo è pubblicato in una nuova veste e presenta la ricostruzione dei presupposti storici e la reinterpretazione critica della Wunderkammern d'Europa nell'"età della meraviglia". La nuova edizione del catalogo vede l'aggiunta di nuove immagini, una bibliografia aggiornata e un'introduzione di Roland Recht.

Welcome to Klail City, in Belken County, along the Mexican border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. In the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, Jehu Malacara pens letters to his cousin Rafe Buenrostro chronicling the political rabble-rousing of Klail City's wealthiest citizens. In the process he explores the complex web of relationships among the who's who of Belken. At the center is Noddy Perkins, who decides on bank loans and business investments, club memberships, and local politics for the privileged few who control the political and economic landscape of the community.
When Malacara turns up missing, and writer P. Galindo begins interviewing the citizens to find out about his disappearance, tales of deceit and betrayal float to the surface. From Jehu's knockout girlfriend, Ollie, to up-and-coming socialite, Becky Escobar, and even to old man Perkins himself, Hinojosa offers a feast of quirky characters and misdeeds.

Questo terzo volume, che conclude la trilogia sull'arte greca, prende in esame il periodo che va dalla morte di Alessandro Magno alla conquista romana, durante il quale l'arte tende a un sempre maggior individualismo, che si manifesta soprattutto nella ritrattistica. Arte sfarzosa, concepita spesso per la gloria e il prestigio dei monarchi, essa sviluppa i volumi e le dimensioni tanto nella scultura quanto nell'architettura, e favorisce una splendida fioritura della pittura murale decorativa, che esprime una particolare sensibilità per lo spazio, la luce e i colori.

The success of an organization may be dependent on limiting the potential for deviant behavior, and if necessary, reacting to deviant behavior in a positive way. Focusing on the successful management of deviant behavior in the workplace and the role of the organization in creating conditions for this behavior is a crucial topic of study for those interested in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Managing Organizational Deviance goes beyond questions of control to also consider ethical dimensions of conduct. As a result, it teaches students who will go on to inhabit organizations to become familiar with the ethical implications of deviant and dysfunctional behavior in addition to managing this behavior in an effective way.

Il volume prende in esame l'architettura e l'urbanistica, la scultura, la pittura e la ceramica, illustrandone non solo le evoluzioni estetiche e tecniche, ma anche il loro profondo legame con le vicende storiche, politiche e socio-economiche dell'epoca. L'architettura raggiunge il massimo splendore grazie all'equilibrio fra perfezione tecnica e gioco delle proporzioni matematiche. La scultura è profondamente rinnovata da personalità come Mirone, Fidia, Policleto. Infine nella pittura assistiamo alla formazione e apogeo dello stile classico, che ha al suo centro la rappresentazione plastica della figura umana, e agli esordi dell'espressionismo, con una pittura ricca di chiaroscuri e in uno spazio che comincia a vivere.

This book is a practical guide to improving the quality of clinical care in general practice, and should be read by everyone who works in general practice or is involved in managing the quality of general practice. It examines how the quality indicator tool can be used to improve quality in primary care, providing a clear explanation of the tool and then demonstrating the indicators for specific diseases.