“…The Rise of Africa's Middle Class brings together a diverse range of economists, political scientists, and development experts to provide a much needed corrective, overturning the received wisdom within development circles and providing a fresh new perspective on social transformations in contemporary Africa. Featuring a wide array of case studies from across sub-Saharan Africa and covering highly topical issues, including black middle-class support for the ANC in South Africa and anti-government activism in Nigeria, this collection of essays is a timely, on-the-ground look at the realities behind the idea of Africa rising…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: La compraventa en el Código Civil de Cataluña: la lucha entre la uniformización y la diferencia normativas / María Paz García Rubio -- Libro VI del Código Civil de Cataluña: una visión panorámica / Angel Serrano de Nicolás -- Una mirada desde la economía digital de la regulación de la Compraventa en el Libro VI del Código Civil de Cataluña / Mireia Artigot Golobardes -- La compraventa a prueba o ensayo / Lídia Arnau Bosch -- El contrato de arras en el Código Civil de Cataluña : examen del art. 621 del Libro VI / Emilio Roselló Carrión -- El Libro VI del Código Civil de Cataluña: nuevos pactos de garantía en la transmisión de inmuebles / Antonio Longo Martínez -- Las obligaciones del vendedor el el Libro VI del Código Civil de Cataluña: la entrega de la cosa y la transmisión de la titularidad / Immaculada Barral Viñals -- La transmisión de los riesgos en la compraventa : un análisis de las reglas del Libro VI del Código Civil de Cataluña relativo a las obligaciones y los contratos / Carlos Gómez Ligüerre -- La conformidad de la prestación en la nueva regulación de la compraventa en Cataluña / Antoni Vaquer Aloy -- El derecho a resolver el contrato de compraventa. …”

“…The first part, Theological Topics, indicates the distinct array of doctrinal concerns which gives coherence over time to the identity of this tradition in all its diversity. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Site, space, and identity in Jesuit musical life / Eric Bianchi -- Theatricality in the Sistine Chapel / Peter Gillgren -- Blinding light and gloomy darkness : illumination, spectatorship, and the oratorio in baroque Rome / Huub van der Linden -- Sound and sensorial landscape : early modern Rome as a full urban experience / Brice Gruet -- "Comprando la maraviglia con l'impossibilità" : the role of music in the space of a torneo. …”

“…Dentro de esa catedral narrativa que es la Comedia humana, la novela Eugenia Grandet ocupa un lugar especial por los dos grandes caracteres que en ella crea Balzac: el de una joven que descubre por primera vez el amor y entrega como arras cuanto tiene para ayudar a su enamorado, y el de su padre, el tío Grandet, la más acabada de las encarnaciones de avaro desde la obra de ese título de Moliere. …”

“…The book contains eighteen chapters by an international array of major Luther scholars. Historians and theologians join here to present a full picture of Luther's contexts, the major themes in his writings, and the ways in which his ideas spread and have continuing importance today. …”
Primeras páginas

“…El faraón del éxodo, ¿fue un hombre o una mujer? ¿Habló la burra de Balaán? ¿Qué ocurrió en el llamado milagro del sol? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Marcela Albornoz Dachelet (Talca, Chile)Oceánica; Marcos Ana (Salmanca, España); Oídme amigos; María Mercedes Andrade (Saint Louis, EE.UU); Malena; Gregorio Angelcos (Santiago, Chile); La sociedad de la desconfianza; Marcelo Arce Garín (Santiago, Chile); Exhumada; Jorge Arrate (Santiago, Chile); Del cerro los placeres; Marina Arrate (Osorno, Chile); El hombre de los lobos ; Carmen Ávlia González (Santiago, Chile); La quijada del búfalo; Juvenal Ayala (Iquique, Chie); El Panguero; Efraín Barquero (Curicó, Chile); El trabajador; Ángela Barraza (Santiago, Chile); La militante…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.9.1 Provides and Requires Interfaces: Creating Plug-in Methods with Delegates4.9.2 Multicast Delegates; 4.9.3 Generic Delegate Types; 4.9.4 Delegates versus Interfaces, Again; 4.10 The Standard Event Pattern in .NET and the Observer Pattern; 4.11 Summary and Conclusions; 4.12 Exercises and Projects; 5 Data Structures and Collections; 5.1 Introduction and Objectives; 5.2 Arrays; 5.2.1 Rectangular and Jagged Arrays; 5.2.2 Bounds Checking; 5.3 Dates, Times and Time Zones; 5.3.1 Creating and Modifying Dates; 5.3.2 Formatting and Parsing Dates; 5.3.3 Working with Dates…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Advanced Architectural Vulnerability Analysis; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Lifetime Analysis of RAM Arrays; 4.3 Lifetime Analysis of CAM Arrays; 4.4 Effect of Cooldown in Lifetime Analysis; 4.5 AVF Results for Cache, Data Translation Buffer, and Store Buffer; 4.6 Computing AVFs Using SFI into an RTL Model; 4.7 Case Study of SFI; 4.8 Summary; 4.9 Historical Anecdote; References; Chapter 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.3.4 Helical Antennas1.3.5 Printed Antennas; 1.4 Arrays; 1.4.1 Array Configurations; 1.5 Basic Effects of Antennas in the Space Environment; 1.5.1 Multipaction; 1.5.2 Passive Inter-modulation; 1.5.3 Outgassing; References; 2 Space Antenna Modeling; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Maxwell's Equations; 2.1.2 CEM; 2.2 Methods of Antenna Modeling; 2.2.1 Basic Theory; 2.2.2 Method of Moments; 2.2.3 FEM; 2.2.4 FDTD Method; 2.3 Fast Algorithms for Large Space Antenna Modeling; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 MLFMA; 2.3.3 Hierarchical Basis for the FEM…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.4.2 Functions2.4.3 Control Structures; 2.4.4 Advanced Plotting; 2.4.5 Interactive Programs; 2.5 Data Analysis; 2.5.1 Importing and Storing Data; 2.6 A Word on Function Handles; 2.7 The Function Browser; 2.8 Summary; MATLAB Functions, Commands, and Operators Covered in This Chapter; 3 Mathematics and Statistics Tutorial; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Linear Algebra; 3.2.1 Matrices, Vectors, and Arrays; 3.2.2 Transposition; 3.2.3 Addition; 3.2.4 Scalar Multiplication; 3.2.5 Matrix Multiplication; 3.2.6 Geometrical Interpretation of Matrix Multiplication; 3.2.7 The Determinant…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.5: Concepts for Further Study 8: Timing Views; 8.1: Lesson from the Real World: The Manager's Perspective and the Engineer's Perspective; 8.2: Performance Limits and Measurement; 8.3: Default Versus Conditional Arcs; 8.4: Break-Point Optimization; 8.5: A Word on Setup and Hold; 8.6: Failure Mechanisms and Roll-Off; 8.7: Supporting Efficient Synthesis; 8.7.1: SPICE, Monotonic Arrays, and Favorite Stdcells; 8.7.2: SPICE, Positive Arrays, and Useful Skew; 8.8: Supporting Efficient Timing Closure; 8.9: Design Corner Specific Timing Views; 8.10: Nonlinear Timing Views are so ""Old Hat"" . . …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A Crash Course in 3D Graphics Math -- Understanding Transformations -- The Modelview Matrix -- More Objects -- Projection Matrix -- The Transformation Pipeline -- Moving Around Using Cameras and Actors -- Summary -- 5 Basic Texturing -- Raw Image Data -- Loading Textures -- Texture Application -- Mipmapping -- Anisotropic Filtering -- Texture Compression -- Summary -- 6 Thinking Outside the Box, Nonstock Shaders -- GLSL 101 -- Shader Uniforms -- Built-In Functions -- Simulating Light -- Accessing Textures -- Summary -- 7 More Advanced Texture Topics -- Rectangle Textures -- Cube Maps -- Multitexture -- Point Sprites -- Texture Arrays -- Texture Proxies -- Summary -- PART II: Intermediate to Advanced Ideas -- 8 Buffer Objects: Storage Is Now in Your Hands -- Buffers -- Framebuffer Objects, Going Beyond the Window…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.4 IXYS power MOS current sources8.5 Lateral enhancement-mode MOSFETs; 9. Using Analog CMOS Arrays to Create Current Sources; 9.1 RCA pioneered CMOS; 9.2 Characteristics of CMOS FETs; 9.3 Using CMOS linear arrays to create current sources; 9.4 Using ALD's programmable EPADs to create precision current sources; 9.5 ALD breaks the gate-threshold barrier; 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Using hashes -- Creating arrays with the split function -- Writing powerful conditional statements -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- elsif branches -- Comparisons -- Combining expressions -- See also -- Using regular expressions in if statements -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Capturing patterns -- Regular expression syntax -- See also -- Using selectors and case statements…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter Objectives -- Introduction -- ANL Instruction -- ORL Instruction -- XRL Instruction -- CLR Instruction -- CPL Instruction -- RL Instruction -- RLC Instruction -- RR Instruction -- RRC Instruction -- Solved Examples -- Summary -- Points t o Remember -- Review Questions -- Evaluate Yourself -- Search for Answers -- Think and Solve -- Boolean Variable Manipulation -- Introduction -- Source and Destination of Boolean Operations -- Boolean Data Loading and Movement -- Clr Instruction -- Setb Instruction -- Mov Instruction -- Bit-Oriented Program Branching -- Jc Instruction -- Jnc Instruction -- Jb Instruction -- Jnb Instruction -- Bit-Oriented Logical Operations -- Anl Instruction -- Orl Instruction -- Cpl Instruction -- Solved Examples -- Summary -- Points to Remember -- Review Questions -- Evaluate Yourself -- Search for Answers -- Think and Solve -- Programming Examples-II -- Introduction -- Count 1s in a Byte -- Unpack a Bcd Number -- Pack Bcd Digits -- Pack Array of Unpacked Bcd Digits -- Find Largest and Smallest Integers of an Array -- Bubble Sorting -- Find the Sum of Factorials -- Sort Out Numbers Divisible by 4 -- Summary -- Points to Remember -- Review Questions -- Evaluate Yourself -- Search for Answers -- Think and Solve -- Advanced Instructions -- Introduction -- Movc Instruction -- Movx Instruction -- Xch Instruction -- Xchd Instruction -- Mul Instruction -- Div Instruction -- Da a Instruction -- Jmp Instruction -- Swap Instruction -- JBC Instruction -- Reti Instruction -- Solved Examples -- Summary -- Points to Remember -- Review Questions -- Evaluate Yourself -- Search for Answers -- Think and Solve -- Programming Examples-III -- Compare with External Array -- Find Sum of a Series -- Reverse an Array -- Hex to Bcd Conversion -- Update Clock Display -- Display Shift for Right Entry -- Count Number of Words -- Generate Prime Numbers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.3 APPLICATION OF THE FRAMEWORK -- 8.4 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 9 Data Quality Issue Resolution -- 9.0 INTRODUCTION -- 9.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY1 -- 9.2 DATA QUALITY METHODOLOGY -- 9.3 PROCESS QUALITY/SIX SIGMA APPROACH -- 9.4 CASE STUDY: ISSUE RESOLUTION PROCESS REENGINEERING -- 9.5 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 10 Information System Testing -- 10.0 INTRODUCTION -- 10.1 TYPICAL SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT -- 10.1.1 The Role of Orthogonal Arrays -- 10.2 METHOD OF SYSTEM TESTING -- 10.2.1 Study of Two-Factor Combinations -- 10.2.2 Construction of Combination Tables -- 10.3 MTS SOFTWARE TESTING -- 10.4 CASE STUDY: A JAPANESE SOFTWARE COMPANY -- 10.5 CASE STUDY: A FINANCE COMPANY -- 10.6 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 11 Statistical Approach for Data Tracing -- 11.0 INTRODUCTION -- 11.1 DATA TRACING METHODOLOGY -- 11.1.1 Statistical Sampling -- 11.2 CASE STUDY: TRACING -- 11.2.1 Analysis of Test Cases and CDE Prioritization -- 11.3 DATA LINEAGE THROUGH DATA TRACING -- 11.4 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 12 Design and Development of Multivariate Diagnostic Systems -- 12.0 INTRODUCTION -- 12.1 THE MAHALANOBIS-TAGUCHI STRATEGY -- 12.2 STAGES IN MTS -- 12.3 THE ROLE OF ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS AND SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO IN MULTIVARIATE DIAGNOSIS -- 12.3.1 The Role of Orthogonal Arrays -- 12.3.2 The Role of S/N Ratios in MTS -- 12.3.3 Types of S/N Ratios -- 12.3.4 Direction of Abnormals -- 12.4 A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS EXAMPLE -- 12.5 CASE STUDY: IMPROVING CLIENT EXPERIENCE -- 12.5.1 Improvements Made Based on Recommendations from MTS Analysis -- 12.6 CASE STUDY: UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF DEFAULTING CUSTOMERS -- 12.7 CASE STUDY: MARKETING -- 12.7.1 Construction of the Reference Group -- 12.7.2 Validation of the Scale -- 12.7.3 Identification of Useful Variables -- 12.8 CASE STUDY: GEAR MOTOR ASSEMBLY -- 12.8.1 Apparatus -- 12.8.2 Sensors -- 12.8.3 High-Resolution Encoder…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.3 Quantum MC Applications on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays2.3.1 Energy Computation and WF Kernels; 2.3.2 Hardware Architecture; 2.3.3 PE and WF Computation Kernels; 2.4 Conclusions and Future Directions; References; 3: Embedded GPU Design; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 System Architecture; 3.3 Graphics Modules Design; 3.3.1 RISC Processor; 3.3.2 Geometry Processor; 3.3.3 Rendering Engine; 3.4 System Power Management; 3.4.1 Multiple Power-Domain Management; 3.4.2 Power Management Unit; 3.5 Implementation Results; 3.5.1 Chip Implementation; 3.5.2 Comparisons; 3.6 Conclusion; References…”