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A collection of writings that explores the experiences of Mexican-Americans during the Vietnam War, both on the warfront and at home; featuring over sixty short stories, poems, speeches, and articles.
Latinos comprise the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, and this interdisciplinary anthology gathers the scholarship of both early career and senior Latina/o scholars whose work explores the varied and unique latinidades, or Latino cultural identities, of this group.
Focusing on a period neglected by scholars, Higgins reconstructs how during the colonial period criollos - individuals identified as being of Spanish descent born in America - elaborated a body of knowledge, an "archive," in order to establish their intellectual autonomy within the Spanish colonial administrative structures." "This book opens up an important area of research that will be of interest to scholars and students of Spanish American colonial literature and history."--BOOK JACKET.
Cytogenetics is the study of chromosome morphology, structure, pathology, function, and behavior. The field has evolved to embrace molecular cytogenetic changes, now termed cytogenomics. Cytogeneticists utilize an assortment of procedures to investigate the full complement of chromosomes and/or a targeted region within a specific chromosome in metaphase or interphase. Tools include routine analysis of G-banded chromosomes, specialized stains that address specific chromosomal structures, and molecular probes, such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and chromosome microarray analysis, which employ a variety of methods to highlight a region as small as a single, specific genetic seque...
El presente libro pretende constituirse como un referente para todo docente, alumno en formacin pedaggica y todo aquel que se encuentra estudiando el rea de la comprensin lectora, el desarrollo del lenguaje, la importancia de estos en la educacin, el proceso de comprensin textual y aquellas estrategias y condiciones que favorecen la comprensin de escritos. La presente obra inicia con un discurso dirigido hacia la conceptualizacin de la educacin y su importancia para la vida del hombre, se realiza un acercamiento a la nocin de lenguaje como elemento significativo para el desarrollo personal y social, adems se presenta un breve recorrido por las teoras constructivistas del aprendizaje, iniciando con la teora piagetiana, la teora socioconstructivista de Lev Vygotsky, Aprendizaje Significativo de David Ausubel, desarrollo cognitivo de Jerome Bruner, Teora de la Actividad y Teora del Aprendizaje Situado. Las temticas abordadas en el presente libro enfatizarn en el proceso lector y de comprensin, as como en el anlisis y recopilacin de aquellas estrategias y condiciones que pretenden favorecer la comprensin de textos.
"This book traces the history of rock 'n' roll in Mexico and the rise of the native countercultural movement La Onda (the wave). This story frames the most significant crisis of Mexico's postrevolution period: the student-led protests in 1968 and the government-orchestrated massacre that put an end to the movement".--BOOKJACKET.
This state-of-the-art text addresses surgery of the frontal sinus, and the challenges that come along with it. It provides a comprehensive overview of the anatomy of the frontal sinus and a systematic method of approaching and executing sinus surgery, as well as tools, tips, and strategies in optimizing success. Additional chapters include the management of acute and chronic frontal sinus inflammation, trauma of the frontal sinus, tumors in the frontal sinus, and pediatric frontal surgery. Perioperative care and management of complications are also discussed. Chapters are richly illustrated with fi gures and surgical videos, replete with practical pearls and tips. Frontal Sinus Surgery: A Systematic Approach will be an invaluable resource for general otolaryngologists and rhinologists interested in the frontal sinus.