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A presente obra é fruto das reflexões e discussões desenvolvidas ao longo das aulas de Teoria e Realidade dos Direitos Fundamentais do Programa de Mestrado em Direito Políticas Públicas do Centro Universitário de Brasília – UniCEUB sob a regência do nobre mestre Carlos Ayres de Britto, ministro, professor e poeta. Com seu estilo peculiar, iniciava as manhãs com um tom de poesia, e trazia à tona recordações da época em que lecionava Direito Constitucional na Universidade Federal de Sergipe – UFS, quando, também por meio da lírica, despertou em seus alunos, desde cedo, o prazer pela leitura e a necessidade de interpretar o direito de uma forma humanista, colocando o ser huma...
A presente obra trata da viabilidade da revitalização da Avenida W3 em Brasília por meio de Operações Urbanas Consorciadas (OUCs). Trata-se da primeira avenida da Capital e principal eixo de transporte público dentro da área tombada do Plano Piloto de Brasília. Possui relevante valor histórico e grande potencial comercial-gastronômico-laboral. No entanto, desde meados da década de 1990, iniciou-se um processo de decadência da avenida que persiste até os dias atuais, evidenciado a partir do(a): fechamento de 42% do total de suas lojas, calçadas danificadas, prédios degradados ou abandonados, iluminação e na segurança precárias. Isso tudo justifica a discussão de soluções...
Urban designer Mikael Colville-Andersen draws from his experience working for dozens of cities around the world on bicycle planning, strategy, infrastructure design, and communication. In Copenhagenize he shows cities how to effectively and profitably re-establish the bicycle as a respected, accepted, and feasible form of transportation. Building on his popular blog of the same name, Copenhagenize offers entertaining stories, vivid project descriptions, and best practices, alongside beautiful and informative visuals to show how to make the bicycle an easy, preferred part of everyday urban life.
This book presents contemporary empirical methods in software engineering related to the plurality of research methodologies, human factors, data collection and processing, aggregation and synthesis of evidence, and impact of software engineering research. The individual chapters discuss methods that impact the current evolution of empirical software engineering and form the backbone of future research. Following an introductory chapter that outlines the background of and developments in empirical software engineering over the last 50 years and provides an overview of the subsequent contributions, the remainder of the book is divided into four parts: Study Strategies (including e.g. guidelin...
The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based. “A Scarface-like urban epic . . . punctuated with lyricism and longing” (Publishers Weekly). City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil’s most notorious slums. Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love—but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. When City of God erupted on screens worldwide, it became one of the most critically and commercially successfu...
This handbook covers anatomy and physiology before moving on to identification, investigation and management of specific endocrine disorders. As well as covering common and less common endocrine problems, there are also chapters on endocrine investigations and endocrine emergencies, designed for quick reference.
The contributors explore the reasons why involuntary unemployment happens when supply equals demand.
A unique collection of contemporary writings, this book explores the politics involved in the making and experiencing of architecture and cities from a cross-cultural and global perspective Taking a broad view of the word ‘politics’, the essays address a range of questions, including: What is the relationship between politics and the making of space? What role has theory played in reinforcing or resisting political power? What are the political difficulties associated with working relationships? Do the products of our making construct our identity or liberate us? A timely volume, focusing on an interdisciplinary debate on the politics of making, this is valuable reading for all students, professionals and academics interested or working in architectural theory.
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This comprehensive textbook addresses one of the major public health concerns of our era – obesity. Clearly and simply, Obesity: science to practice provides a balanced, coherent account of obesity: how to define and measure it, its epidemiology, the physiological basis, associated diseases, how to assess, manage and treat it, and also strategies for prevention. The book is generously illustrated, including graphs and flow charts for easy reference. The chapters cite key references so that interested readers may pursue a given topic in more detail. Well presented and thoroughly edited by one of the leading experts in the field, this is the textbook of choice for anyone working in obesity.