“…Welcome to the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), held from October 14th to October 17th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. UIST is the premier forum for presenting innovative research on software and technology for humancomputer interfaces. …”

“…sta obra dibuja la historia de Europa, desde la llegada de los primeros hombres al continente hasta el proceso de construcción de su unidad, acelerado tras la caída del muro de Berlín. Primer libro de historia escrito por un equipo de 12 historiadores europeos, cada uno de nacionalidad distinta, propone una visión de conjunto que conjuga diversidad y comunidad, superando las visiones nacionalistas que fueron la causa de tantas guerras…”

“…Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; Egyptian leaders' thinking about the Israeli nuclear arsenal during wars in 1969-70 and 1973; Chinese confrontations with the United States in 1950, 1954, and 1958; and a dispute that never escalated to war, the Soviet-United States tensions between 1946 and 1948 that culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Strategies employed include limiting the scope of the conflict, holding chemical and biological weapons in reserve, seeking outside support, and leveraging international non-use norms. …”

“…A new language to express possibilities of gender and sexuality emerged at the turn of the twentieth century, from Sigmund Freud's theories of homosexuality in Vienna to Magnus Hirschfeld's "third sex" in Berlin. Together, they provided a language of sex and sexuality that is still recognizable today. …”

“…Paris, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Doha, Berlin, Honolulu, La Chaux-de-Fonds: each of these cities hosts a museum of Islamic art, and many more can be added to this list. …”