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Gabriel Allon restaureert in het Vaticaan een Caravaggio. Totdat hij vroeg in de ochtend wordt ontboden door de privésecretaris van de paus. In de Sint-Pieter is het lijk van een beeldschone vrouw aangetroffen. De politie denkt aan zelfmoord. Gabriel niet. De secretaris vraagt Gabriel discreet de waarheid te achterhalen.

Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question. *BR**BR*Based on fieldwork conducted...

Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental impact and adapting to the challenges of climate change. This volume summarises the wealth of research...

In this book, top scholars in the field of mobile communication discuss the major issues related to the use of mobile phones in today’s society, such as the tension between private and public, youth mobile culture, creative appropriations of mobile devices, and mobile methods. Each chapter unfolds...

Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look examines how media images of the LGBTQ community create a universal consciousness about the existence of queer people, ranging from tragic and villainous to upbeat and courageous. In this book, contributors explore how our media world invites a tension that...

This book represents the first detailed description, including both theoretical aspects and experimental methods, of the interaction of rare-earth ions with surface plasmon polariton from the point of view of collective plasmon-photon interactions via resonance modes (metal nanoparticles or nanostructure...

A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution, this title deals with theoretical challenges and cutting-edge macro-micro linkage models. The authors compare the predictive and analytical power of various macro-micro linkage techniques using the traditional...

This book compiles and critically discusses modern engineering system degradation models and their impact on engineering decisions. In particular, the authors focus on modeling the uncertain nature of degradation considering both conceptual discussions and formal mathematical formulations. It also...

Con un taglio pratico, una guida preziosissima per tutti i piccoli e medi imprenditori per imparare a guadagnare di più senza perdere il consenso dei clienti e della forza vendite. Idee e metodi da applicare, anche da subito, nella realtà della propria azienda.

Este manual apresenta de uma forma acessível e pedagógica a interpretação e aplicação prática do Sistema de Normalização Contabilística (SNC) em determinadas áreas da contabilidade financeira. Neste primeiro volume do manual são abordados conceitos fundamentais da contabilidade...

Young people come to realize, sometimes painfully early, that it isn't always possible to depend on adults to make sure they are treated safely, fairly, and legally. When teens are faced with situations that are unfair, immoral, illegal, and unjust, they do not need to be victims. They can learn to speak...

This book analyzes some of the most recent advances in the field of decision making and fuzzy systems applied to business and economics presented at the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS'12 Rio de Janeiro), 10–13 December, 2012. In this conference, a special focus is given...

You have a business you believe in and you are doing everything to accomplish a plethora of success. But where to start? Most entrepreneurs and business claim to understand the importance of goal setting. But do they? Three main reasons why businesses fail are: 1. Lack of Planning and Defining a goal...

This book describes methods for adaptive control of distributed-collector solar fields: plants that collect solar energy and deliver it in thermal form. Controller design methods are presented that can overcome difficulties found in these type of plants: they are distributed-parameter systems,...