“…This ethnographic research provides a snapshot of the changes brought about by new ICT in the social fabrics and the lives of these young people. The place and period are highly relevant for getting a better understanding of the forms that civic engagement can take, and the roles that new ICT can play in settings of political repression. …”

“…En contrechamp des films qui ont illustré le genre, d’insolites et fascinantes figures se succèdent : les écorchés du De Humani Corporis Fabrica de Vésale (1543), les « corps sans organes » de Deleuze et Guattari, les variations techniques sur l’homme mécanique, des automates de Vaucanson aux pensionnaires sous hypnose de Charcot. …”

“…En el fondo sigue siendo la misma chica oriunda de un pueblo en la frontera entre Polonia y Rusia, célebre por sus pogromos; la misma mujer emancipada que creció en el Leningrado de los años veinte, en plena «fase de construcción» del comunismo, que se convirtió en obrera de una fábrica textil y luego en traductora del alemán, y que sufrió el interminable asedio de la ciudad mientras criaba a sus dos hijos, y la gente sobrevivía haciendo caldo con la cola del empapelado, comiéndose al canario o devorándose los unos a los otros. …”

“…Por otro lado, será una variada clientela, individual o colectiva, la que demandará la fábrica de estas máquinas, cuyo proceso de contratación conllevaba una serie de pasos previos en los que se hacía necesario observar algunas formalidades burocrático-administrativas. …”

“…Por medio de la comparación con otras civilizaciones, y gracias al viaje de ida y vuelta entre el ayer y la actualidad, se pretende arrojar una nueva luz sobre algunas de las cuestiones que más afectan a nuestras sociedades: ¿cómo se fabrica «lo político»? ¿Existe un lugar para ello? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.8.4 Control of PMD in Fiber Manufacturing2.8.5 Measurement of PMD; 2.8.6 Fiber-to-Cable-to-Field PMD Mapping; 2.9 Microbending Loss; 2.9.1 Microbending; 2.10 Fiber Nonlinearities; 2.10.1 Overview; 2.10.2 Background; References; Chapter 3: Overview of Materials and Fabrication Technologies; 3.1 Double-Crucible Technique; 3.2 Vapor-Deposition Techniques; 3.3 Outside Vapor Deposition; 3.4 Vertical Axial Deposition; 3.5 Direct Nanoparticle Deposition; 3.6 Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition; 3.6.1 Chemical Equilibria: Dopant Incorporation; 3.6.2 Purification from Hydroxyl Contamination…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…20 Intoxicación por plaguicidas (organofosforados) Jesús Ruiz Macossay, Jesús Arturo Ruiz Quiñones21 Listeriosis Héctor Fabricio Espinosa Ortega, Jesús Arturo Ruiz Quiñones, Daniel Juventino Vázquez Gómez, Marco Antonio González Contreras, Ricardo Martín Zamora López…”

“…From the Mamluk era, several urban cores appeared in this peripheral space of Damascus; their growth, as well as the creation of housing estates and the multiplication of wheat warehouses along the road will participate, in the Ottoman era, in the constitution of the urban fabric of a large suburb. Through the chronicles, this one appears as the den of the local janissaries who, throughout this period, will oppose, in numerous and bloody conflicts, the imperial janissaries, installed in the citadel and the districts which are close to it . …”

“…From pioneering women lawyers and scientists to ballet dancers, secretaries, historians, humanitarian relief workers, social researchers, and Cold War diplomats, the book reveals that precarity was a thread woven throughout the very fabric of modern professional life, with far-reaching implications for the study of power, privilege, and expertise. …”

“…The definitive separation of the university professors and assistant professors destroys the scientific fabric that had allowed science to take off in Spain and the renewal of the Spanish University. …”

“…This chapter introduces the basic usages of Photoshop tools to enhance and improve costume designs, in order to provide easy delivery design ideas to the director and design team, provide easy changes and alterations during the design process, virtually apply actual fabric swatches over costume sketches, and help visualize lighting effects…”

“…Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family had, within a matter of hours, convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. …”