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In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state resources for national purposes, especially those that foster economic development, or to channel resources to people and projects that will help insure political survival and reelection. While politicians may believe that a competent state bureaucracy is intrinsic to the national good, political realities invariably tempt leaders to reward powerful clients and constituents, undermining long-term competence. Politician's Dilemma explores the ways in which political actors deal with these contradictory pressures and asks the question: when will leaders support reforms that increase state capacity...
Volume 2 da Coleção Saberes Sensíveis e artes: ensino, provocações e autonomia. Contém três partes, definidas como Eixos, são eles: Cores e tonalidades, Formas e Contornos e Relevos e Texturas. cada eixo contém 5 proposições em torno da temática e explora a estratégia dos saberes sensíveis criada pelo laboratório Moda, Artes, Ensino e Sociedade - labMAES.
This supplement to Transplant International contains the Proceedings of the successful 5th Congress of the European Society for Organ Transplantation held in Maastricht from 7-10 October 1991. Of 827 abstracts submitted to the congress, 548 were selected by the Scien tific Committee for either oral or poster presentation. Of these 548 presenta tions, the guest editors selected 212 full papers for publication in this book. Two aspects are important where proceedings are concerned-the quality of the papers and the speed of publication. I thank our authors and guest editors, whose combined expertise has given us a guarantee of quality. I also thank our editorial and production teams for their t...
Volume 1 da Coleção Saberes Sensíveis e as artes: ensino, provocações e autonomia aborda a temática do desenho a partir da Gramática da Fantasia de Gianne Rodari. Possui 4 capítulos, sendo o primeiro "Qual é a graça?", em que é discutido a aprendizagem da linguagem do desenho de humor, sobre os elementos gráficos dos quadrinhos na prática do desenho, desenhos com os recursos formais do humor e, por fim, exemplos de caricaturas com as características do exagero e das distorções. No capítulo seguinte "Diálogos do desenho de humor com outras linguagens da Arte", são explorados variações da aplicação do desenho. No terceiro capítulo "Corpo e desenho", os experimentos em sala de aula são narrados e no derradeiro capítulo "Um diálogo acessível do desenho de humor com as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação", onde são narradas as propostas de interação entre desenho e ferramentas digitais, como o celular.
This volume presents the proceedings of the Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CBEB 2018). The conference was organised by the Brazilian Society on Biomedical Engineering (SBEB) and held in Armação de Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 21-25 October, 2018. Topics of the proceedings include these 11 tracks: • Bioengineering • Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Artificial Organs • Biomechanics and Rehabilitation • Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation • Biomedical Robotics, Assistive Technologies and Health Informatics • Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment • Metrology, Standardization, Testing and Quality in Health • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing • Neural Engineering • Special Topics • Systems and Technologies for Therapy and Diagnosis
Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.