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Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society

by Gilbert R. Cadena, Janie Filoteo, Elizabeth Flores, Lara Medina, Robert P. Moreno, Maria C. Morales, Gilda L. Ochoa, Eric Romero, Rogelio Saenz, Armando Trujillo, Elsa O. Valdez, Raul H. Villa ...

This book deals with a broad range of social issues facing Mexican-origin people in the United States. The studies presented in this volume are brought together by two main themes: (1) social inequalities-cultural, educational, and economic-endured by the Chicano/Mexicano community in the United States and (2) the community's efforts to eradicate the source of those inequalities.The second edition ... Read more

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This book deals with a broad range of social issues facing Mexican-origin people in the United States. The studies presented in this volume are brought together by two main themes: (1) social inequalities-cultural, educational, and economic-endured by the Chicano/Mexicano community in the United States and (2) the community's efforts to eradicate the source of those inequalities.The second edition
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Ptsd: A Neuroscience-based Guide to Healing Emotional Numbness (Achieve Emotional Stability by Managing Trauma Induced Anxiety Disorders and Depression)

by Robert Moreno ...

Repetitive trauma during childhood can impact your emotional development, creating a ripple effect that carries into adulthood. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-ptsd) is a physical and psychological response to these repeated traumatic events. Learn the skills necessary to improve your physical and mental health with practical strategies taken from the most effective therapeutic methods, ... Read more

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Repetitive trauma during childhood can impact your emotional development, creating a ripple effect that carries into adulthood. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-ptsd) is a physical and psychological response to these repeated traumatic events. Learn the skills necessary to improve your physical and mental health with practical strategies taken from the most effective therapeutic methods,
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On New Shores

Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America

by Carl F. Auerbach, James D. Bachmeier, John W. Berry, Scott Coltrane, Jeffrey Cookston, Roberto M. De Anda, Uwe Gielen, Donald J. Hernandez, Ronit Kahana Kalman, Akira Kanatsu, Eunjung Kim, Michael E. Lamb, Suzanne E. Macartney, Alfredo Mirandé, Erika Y. Niwa, Ross D. Parke, Aris Peguero, Norma Perez-Brena, Joseph H. Pleck, Sara Tocher Rosse, Louise Bordeaux Silverstein, Yanjie Su, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Eric Vega, Carrie Z. Woldenberg, Hiro Yoshikawa, Ruth Chu-Lien Chao, Nancy A. Denton ...

Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of fathering across various ethnic groups remains limited. Throughout Canada and the United States, the ... Read more

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Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of fathering across various ethnic groups remains limited. Throughout Canada and the United States, the
... Read more
Interdecadal Changes in Ocean Teleconnections with the Sahel

Implications in Rainfall Predictability

by Roberto Suárez Moreno ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
In tropical latitudes, monsoons trigger regimes of strong seasonal rainfall over the continents. Over the West African region, the rainfall has shown a strong variability from interannual to decadal time scales. The atmospheric response to global sea surface temperatures is the leading cause of rainfall variability in the West African Sahel. This thesis explores changes in the leading ocean ... Read more

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In tropical latitudes, monsoons trigger regimes of strong seasonal rainfall over the continents. Over the West African region, the rainfall has shown a strong variability from interannual to decadal time scales. The atmospheric response to global sea surface temperatures is the leading cause of rainfall variability in the West African Sahel. This thesis explores changes in the leading ocean
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Using Space: Critical Geographies of Drugs and Alcohol

Edited by Christopher M. Moreno, Robert Wilton ...

The consumption of drugs and alcohol, and the pleasures and problems arising from this consumption, can be understood as embedded and constitutive elements of social, family, and recreational life. At the same time, they are key sites of intervention for a broad array of state and non-state actors focused on regulation, treatment, and recovery.This edited volume showcases current research on the ... Read more

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The consumption of drugs and alcohol, and the pleasures and problems arising from this consumption, can be understood as embedded and constitutive elements of social, family, and recreational life. At the same time, they are key sites of intervention for a broad array of state and non-state actors focused on regulation, treatment, and recovery.This edited volume showcases current research on the
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The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli ...

Narrated by Miles Turner, Robert Moreno ...

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Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following observations, be Machiavellian as we understand the disparaging term? 1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people. 2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show ... Read more

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Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following observations, be Machiavellian as we understand the disparaging term? 1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people. 2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show
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Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2024

19th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 25 – March 1, 2024, Revised Selected Papers, Part II

Edited by Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Michael Affenzeller, Roberto Moreno-Díaz ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems
... Read more
Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2024

19th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 25 – March 1, 2024, Revised Selected Papers, Part III

Edited by Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Michael Affenzeller, Roberto Moreno-Díaz ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems ... Read more

$67.49 USD

This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems
... Read more
Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2024

19th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 25 – March 1, 2024, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

Edited by Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Michael Affenzeller, Roberto Moreno-Díaz ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This three part LNCS volumes constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2024, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, during February 25 to March 1, 2024.The 104 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows :Part I : Systems
... Read more
Immigrant Children

Change, Adaptation, and Cultural Transformation

by Michele Adams, Lisa Baumwell, John W. Berry, Michael Boiger, Avary Carhill, Xinyin Chen, Scott Coltrane, Jeff Cookston, Lisa W. Coyne, Sandra I. Dias, David Este, Christopher Friesen, Eun-Jin Han, Leon Kuczynski, Kate Luther, Amy Marks, Geoff Navara, Félix Neto, Hieu Van Ngo, Ross D. Parke, Flannery Patton, Desiree Qin, Sarah Rasmi, Colette Sabatier, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Hennis Chi-Hang Tse, Carola Suárez-Orozco ...

Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a "new" North America, this group of children and youth is not a singular homogenous group but rather, a mosaic and diverse ethnic, racial, and ... Read more

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Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a "new" North America, this group of children and youth is not a singular homogenous group but rather, a mosaic and diverse ethnic, racial, and
... Read more
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The Madonnas of Echo Park

by Brando Skyhorse ...

Narrated by Robert Ramirez, Luis Moreno, Alma Cuervo, Alyssa Bresnaham, Jonathan Davis, Tony Chiroldes, Florencia Lozano, Annie Henk ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Reminiscent of Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse’s “engaging storytelling” (Vanity Fair) brings the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles to life in this poignant and propulsive novel following several generations of Mexican immigrants through their shifting cultural and physical landscapes.The Madonnas of Echo Park is both a grand mural of a Los Angeles ... Read more

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Reminiscent of Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse’s “engaging storytelling” (Vanity Fair) brings the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles to life in this poignant and propulsive novel following several generations of Mexican immigrants through their shifting cultural and physical landscapes.The Madonnas of Echo Park is both a grand mural of a Los Angeles
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Using the Narcotrafico Threat to Build Public Administration Capacity between the US and Mexico

Edited by Donald E. Klingner, Roberto Moreno Espinosa ...

Series series ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy
The current drug trafficking crisis between the US and Mexico is a perfect storm that has caused deaths, disappearances, and widespread fear of violence and insecurity in the border area between these two countries. Current US drug control policies with Mexico are based on a militarized system of border control and characterized by domestic gridlock over drug control and immigration reform. ... Read more

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The current drug trafficking crisis between the US and Mexico is a perfect storm that has caused deaths, disappearances, and widespread fear of violence and insecurity in the border area between these two countries. Current US drug control policies with Mexico are based on a militarized system of border control and characterized by domestic gridlock over drug control and immigration reform.
... Read more

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