“…Hay una recompensa por ellos de 100 dólares vivos o muertos (Billy dos sombreros) La señora Delafield, una viuda acomodada, sobresalta a su familia cuando les anuncia que se ha enamorado de su doctor judío. …”

“…"Entre los años 1998 y 2008, tuve la disparatada experiencia de poner en marcha una pequeña afición; hacerla crecer, por casualidad, hasta convertirla en una gran empresa; y luego venderla por 22 millones de dólares. Así que ahora la gente quiere conocer mis ideas. …”
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“…El gasto mundial en todo lo relacionado con el mundo de la moda se estima en un trillón de dólares. Esta enorme industria está gobernada por una serie de técnicas de marketing que merece la pena diseccionar. …”
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“…No solo por su extraordinario liderazgo en la industria de los medios, la tecnología y el entretenimiento o por su capacidad de generar miles de millones de dólares de ingresos anuales, con más de 167 millones de usuarios en 190 países. …”

“…¿Cómo una pequeña tienda de vinos pasó de facturar 4 a 45 millones de dólares en pocos meses convirtiendo a su fundador en uno de los expertos más influyentes del mundo? …”

“…Films discussed include Helke Sander's Redupers, Julie Dash's Illusions, Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Yvonne Rainer's The Man Who Envied Women, Chantal Akerman's Je tu il elle, Ulrike Ottinger's Ticket of No Return, Anne Severson's Near the Big Chakra, Suzan Pitt's Asparagus, Germaine Dulac's The Smiling Madame Beudet, Agnes Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Trin T. …”

“…"Una banda de ladrones consigue robar algo que, pese a no tener precio, está asegurado en veinticinco millones de dólares: los cinco manuscritos originales de las novelas de Francis Scott Fitzgerald, que hasta hacía poco yacían en una cámara acorazada bajo la biblioteca de la Universidad de Princeton. …”

“…In clinical practice, the decision to treat, based on risk-benefit ratio, is very delicate in patients with concomitant malignant diseases. …”

“…These chapters highlight the delicate balance of interests required in the exclusion of potentially relevant information from a criminal trial and discusses possible approaches to alleviate the legal hurdles involved…”

“…The book is devoted to presenting recent results and developments in GNSS theory, system, signal, receiver, method, and errors sources, such as multipath effects and atmospheric delays. Furthermore, varied GNSS applications are demonstrated and evaluated in hybrid positioning, multi-sensor integration, height system, Network Real Time Kinematic (NRTK), wheeled robots, and status and engineering surveying. …”

“…Discover genetic algorithms and EC approaches to network topology, generative modeling, reinforcement learning, and more! Interactive Colab notebooks give you an opportunity to experiment as you explore…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Co-Authors; Part I: Data Manipulation and Modeling; 1: Predicting Location via Indoor Positioning Systems; 2: Modeling Runners' Times in the Cherry Blossom Race; 3: Using Statistics to Identify Spam; 4: Processing Robot and Sensor Log Files: Seeking a Circular Target; 5: Strategies for Analyzing a 12-Gigabyte Data Set: Airline Flight Delays; Part II: Simulation Studies; 6: Pairs Trading; 7: Simulation Study of a Branching Process; 8: A Self-Organizing Dynamic System with a Phase Transition; 9: Simulating Blackjack…”

“…The book includes examples of very delicate laser operation in biomedical areas and extremely high power systems used for material processing and water purification. …”

“…In Zaatari camp, Jordan, thousands of Syrian refugees were sheltered in tents and caravans, which they steadily appropriated and turned into dwellings that responded to their social and cultural needs. In this book, Ayham Dalal takes a closer look at this remarkable transformation. …”

“…Obaektom nastojaščego issledovanija javljajutsja idiomy - obraznye edinicy jazyka, kotorye po svoemu soderžaniju gorazdo bogače slova: "idiomy vnutrenne složny, no vmeste s tem nesut obaemnuju informaciju; oni vnešne anomal'ny, no za sčet etogo obretajut raznoaspektnuju informacionnuju,pamjat'' (Telija 1996, 152), čto pozvoljaet govorit' ob etich edinicach jazyka kak o svoego roda mikrotekstach (...). …”

“…Permettant de mieux comprendre en quoi les déplacements et les activités quotidiennes des lycéens sont un apprentissage de la ville et de la vie, ce livre intéresse non seulement les adolescents et leurs éducateurs (parents, enseignants,...), mais aussi tous ceux qui travaillent à une meilleure connaissance des phénomènes urbains…”

“…This reprint emphasizes the perspectives and challenges surrounding COVID-19 and obesity-related cancers, including but not limited to the risk factors of severe COVID-19 in cancer patients; the complications of COVID-19 in cancer patients; the challenges in cancer treatment and surgery; guidelines for cancer care during COVID-19; delayed diagnosis and suboptimal cancer management; the impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening, early diagnosis and cancer presentation; immune response after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in cancer patients; psychological distress among cancer survivors; telehealth in cancer care; the role of diet and nutraceuticals in the prevention of severe COVID-19 and cancer; and the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer research…”

“…Folding and misfolding of proteins are considered two sides of the same coin. The delicate equilibrium existing between these two processes is crucial for any living organism and its alterations can lead to the onset of several tremendous diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. …”

“…Then a brief presentation is made of other innovative approaches to the analysis of fluorescence (Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging - CFI, P700 absorbance, delayed fluorescence) and the relative tools. An important part of the book comprises a description of the possible applications of fluorescence techniques for the analysis of various types of stress (aridity, strong light radiations, UV, high and low temperatures, salinity, weedkillers, pollution, etc.) and, consequently, their possible use in agriculture, forestry and to protect the environment…”

“…Through an in-depth analysis of the discourses of Tunisian Ennahda and Lebanese Hezbollah, this book demonstrates that Islamist stances toward the world order involve a delicate balance between resistance to certain aspects of the Western-dominated order and recognition of others…”