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World-renowned for its biological diversity and model conservation system, Costa Rica is home to a wide variety of amphibians and reptiles, from the golden toad to the scorpion lizard to the black-headed bushmaster. Jay M. Savage has studied these fascinating creatures for more than forty years, and in The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica he provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of their biology and evolution ever produced. Costa Rica has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role in the study of tropical biology as well as the development of ecotourism and ecoprospecting, in part because more than half of the amphibians and reptiles in Costa Rica are also found elsew...
In clear, engaging prose, "Snakes" provides an up-to-date summary of every facet of the natural history of snakes--their diversity, evolution, and conservation--and, at the same time, makes a personal statement about why these animals are so compelling. 215 color photos. 3 tables.
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Collection of writings about the negotiations people make everyday to juggle the demands of love and work. She investigates the globalization of love by focusing on care workers who leave their own children and elderly to take care for children and the elderly in other countries. She explores personal services for hire and asks if capitalism is a religion. Several older essays such as 'Inside the clockwork of male careers' have been revised and updated for this collection.
This book features a selection of articles from The 2019 International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS’19), held at the Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas, in Quito, Ecuador, on 6th to 8th February 2019. ICIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent findings and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern information technology and systems research, together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are: information and knowledge management; organizational models and information systems; software and systems modeling; software systems, architectures, applications and tools; multimedia systems and applications; computer networks, mobility and pervasive systems; intelligent and decision support systems; big data analytics and applications; human–computer interaction; ethics, computers & security; health informatics; information technologies in education; cybersecurity and cyber-defense; electromagnetics, sensors and antennas for security.
Depuis 1944, les Fiches du Cinéma éditent, chaque année, l'Annuel du Cinéma. L'édition 2012 comprend 611 films pour 611 fiches. Chaque fiche comprend : un générique complet, un résumé intégrale, un commentaire, une photo. L'Annuel du Cinéma, c'est aussi une somme d'informations extrêmement complète : un éphéméride, les Films qui ont marqué l'année, un carnet de tendances, composé d'interviews de personnalités invitées à faire le point sur les mutations que connaît actuellement le cinéma, le Box-Office, les Etoiles de la rédaction, des index (Réalisateurs, titres originaux, premiers longs métrages, nationalités, distributeurs, genres), un répertoire thématique, les Palmarès (festivals français et étrangers, récompenses et prix nationaux et internationaux), la Nécrologie des artistes disparus durant l'année.