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Overall Aspects of Non-Traditional Glasses: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
The considerable proliferation of new glasses during the second half of the 20th century (germanate, vanadate, bismuthate, tellurite, chalchogenide glasses, etc.) brought about the use the plural form of the 4 generic glass denomination, in order to be able to index each emerging glass family by its proper name, as well as to classify them methodically. Together with its great compositional versatility, the peculiar characteristics of glass (non-crystalline structure with short-range order, continuous network with no intergranular boundaries, isotropy, easy to be formed into a plastic state inside a wide temperature range) allow for a freedom of design and adaptability that few materials are able to offer. All these circumstances have contributed to the fact that, in the last seventy years, glass has acquired the multiple and varied appearance of its new families, without losing neither its original image nor its soda-lime-silica traditional composition, destined for the huge industrial manufacture of its conventional products.
The Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest is one of the 36 hotspots for biodiversity conservation worldwide. It is a unique, large biome (more than 3000 km in latitude; 2500 in longitude), marked by high biodiversity, high degree of endemic species and, at the same time, extremely threatened. Approximately 70% of the Brazilian population lives in the area of this biome, which makes the conflict between biodiversity conservation and the sustainability of the human population a relevant issue. This book aims to cover: 1) the historical characterization and geographic variation of the biome; 2) the distribution of the diversity of some relevant taxa; 3) the main threats to biodiversity, and 4) possible opportunities to ensure the biodiversity conservation, and the economic and social sustainability. Also, it is hoped that this book can be useful for those involved in the development of public policies aimed at the conservation of this important global biome.
Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism
Building upon the book Disappearing Destinations (Jones and Phillips 2010) and its conclusion that promoted the need to recognize problems, meet expectations and manage solutions Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism explores current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations. Part 1 of the book provides a theoretical platform and addresses topics such as sustainability, tourism impacts, governance trade and innovation and how the media addresses climate change and tourism. It also assesses management and policy options for the future sustainability of threatened tourism coastal destinations. Part 2 presents case studies from all regions of t...
Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura n.º 16
É dado à estampa mais um número da Revista do Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura, publicação periódica iniciada no ano 2001 e que tem procurado preservar a sua identidade, fiel ao modelo generalista temático e diacrónico dos artigos publicados, e manter a regularidade de edição e a periodicidade anual, o que muito se deve à dedicação e à disponibilidade dos membros da unidade de investigação. A exigência científica e uma ampla reflexão sobre a epistemologia da história, articulando-se os estudos de caso com a teorização, têm sido marcas da sua especificidade, recetiva a diferentes formas de praticar e fazer história, no sentido do alargamento de horizontes ...
Cosmopolitanism in the Portuguese-Speaking World
This book addresses different dimensions of cosmopolitanism in the Portuguese-speaking world which have caused much debate, such as migration and globalisation. The volume includes contributions from leading specialists in History, Musicology, Literary Studies, Anthropology and Political Sciences. It focuses on specific processes in Brazil, Portugal, West Africa, Angola, and other parts of the world, from the sixteenth century to the present. Central topics are intercontinental trading elites, the cultural impact of forced and voluntary migration, the republic of letters, the possibilities created by freemasonry and liberalism, the adaptation of the Azorean Holy Ghost Feast to the United States, international links of conservative politicians, the international projection of the new Angolan elite, architecture and urban planning. Contributors are: Vanda Anastácio, Cátia Antunes, Paulo Arruda, Francisco Bethencourt, Toby Green, Philip J. Havik, David R. M. Irving, João Leal, Giovanni Leoni, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, António Costa Pinto, and Phillip Rothwell.
Utopia Global do Espírito Santo
Obra em três volumes que oferece, pela primeira vez, um saber de espectro enciclopédico sobre a génese, o desenvolvimento e as expressões históricas e atuais de correntes, tradições, figuras e instituições marcadas pela idealização de uma era de concórdia, fraternidade e justiça sobre a Terra, sob o influxo do Espírito Santo. A abordagem caleidoscópica desta edição única foi preparada por qualificados especialistas e investigadores, oriundos de diferentes áreas disciplinares. Estabelece-se aqui um conhecimento crítico atualizado sobre as raízes e as elaborações teológico-filosóficas da diversidade dos cultos populares do Espírito Santo, assim como sobre os percursos...
