Éxito latino: secretos de 100 profesionales latinos de más poder en Estados Unidos

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The candid, inspiring stories in this book reveal the secrets that have helped Latinos make it to the top in a variety of businesses and industries. Readers will discover how to manage people, prepare and set goals, and deal with racism or sexism in the workplace.

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Investing in China: The Emerging Venture Capital Industry is a unique and invaluable guide to venture capital in China. This important new book provides a detailed profile of the current state of the venture capital backed SME sector and an authoritative look at trends and future prospects. It provides an explanation of the mechanics of the investment process, from due diligence and investment monitoring, to exit, and a unique look at M & A opportunities and rules for foreign investors. The guide includes many detailed case studies and profiles of the IT, E-commerce, bio-technology and other sectors with potential for VC investment. ""This book is a must-read for those who invest or want to invest in start-ups and early stage Chinese companies. It is also worth reading by those who simply wish to learn more about the extremely exciting venture capital culture that is rapidly developing in China.""Julian Ha, Director, Evolution Securities China Limited

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This latest version breaks through the cumbersome technical jargon surrounding our laws and makes them easy to understand. Updated to include the latest changes in the law, this handy reference clearly explains current legislation.

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From Back Cover~.......2005-10-19

This latest edition of Texas Law in Layman's Language breaks through the cumbersome technical jargon surrounding our laws and makes them easy to understand. Updated to include the latest changes in the law, this handy reference clearly explains current legislation.

The book is divided into two sections--criminal law and civil law. The civil law section, which has been expanded to cover more family-related matters, addresses marriage/divorce issues, wills and estates, property laws, and damage suits and complaints. The criminal law section, including the latest changes to the state penal code, describes punishable offenses and their penalties, how criminal law is administered, and the procedures followed when a person is accused of a crime and must go to court.

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Texas Law in Layman's Language
Ralph Walton
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Ralph Walton
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This volume brings together more than a decade of information collected in the field and lab on the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a northeast African mammal unique for its physical characteristics and eusociality. Nearly blind and virtually hairless, naked mole-rats inhabit large subterranean colonies in which only one female and her one to three mates conceive offspring, while the young from previous litters maintain and defend the group as do workers in colonies of the social insects. In this first major treatise on naked mole-rats an international group of researchers covers such topics as the evolution of eusociality, phylogeny and systematics of the rodent family Bathyergidae, population and behavioral ecology and genetics of naked mole-rats in the field, vocal and nonvocal behaviors, social organization and divisions of labor within colonies, and climatic, social, and physiological factors affecting growth, reproduction, and reproductive suppression. In addition to the editors, the contributors are D. H. Abbott, M. W. Allard, N. C. Bennett, R. A. Brett, S. H. Braude, B. Crespi, S. V. Edwards, C. G. Faulkes, L. M. George, R. L. Honeycutt, E. A. Lacey, C. E. Liddell, E. McDaid, K. Nelson, K. M. Noonan, J. O'Riain, J. W. Pepper, H. K. Reeve, and D. A. Schlitter.

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predictive evolutionary theory.......2000-03-30

This is a very important book in that it describes one of the most interesting mammals ever discovered: the first eusocial mammal. It is also a testament to the remarkable ability of adaptationist thinking (reverse engineering) to develop ideas that can then be looked for in nature. The existence of the naked mole rat's unique social structure was predicted based on ideas about the general selective environment that was thought to have led to eusociality in other animals.

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As the first comprehensive and authoritative review of intra-seasonal variability (ISV), this multi-author work balances coverage of observation, theory and modeling and provides a single source of reference for all those interested in this important, multi-faceted natural phenomenon and its relation to major short-term climatic variations. Commencing with an overview of ISV and observations from an historical perspective, the book offers successive chapters that deal with the role of ISV in monsoon variability on the monsoon regions of South Asia, East Asia and South America, in North America, and in the oceans. The coupling between ocean and atmosphere is considered, together with the function of angular momentum and Earth rotation. Later chapters deal with modeling ISV in the atmosphere and oceans, and the connection between the Madden and Julian Oscillations, and El Nino/Southern Oscillation with short-term climate are considered.

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Intraseasonal Variability In The Atmosphere-ocean Climate System
William K. M./ Waliser, Duane E. Lau
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This book deals with gas-phase nanoparticle synthesis and is intended for researchers and research students in nanomaterials science and engineering, condensed matter physics and chemistry, and aerosol science. Gas-phase nanoparticle synthesis is instrumental to nanotechnology – a field in current focus that raises hopes for environmentally benign, resource-lean manufacturing. Nanoparticles can be produced by many physical, chemical, and even biological routes. Gas-phase synthesis is particularly interesting since one can achieve accurate manufacturing control and hence industrial viability.

Nanotechnology is popular today. However, basic scientific aspects of the relevant, underlying processes have not received sufficient attention. This book fills the gap in the current literature by addressing certain fundamentals of gas-phase nanoparticle synthesis. Chapters cover topics such as forces within and dynamics of nanoparticle systems, gas evaporation and deposition, laser assisted nanoparticle synthesis, and nanoparticle fabrication via flame processes. A chapter on in-situ structural studies of nanoparticles undergoing growth complements the exposition.

Gas-phase-synthesis of nanoparticles part I: particle formation and growth. (Technology Insight).(Brief Article): An article from: Nanoparticle News

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Gas-phase-synthesis of nanoparticles part I: particle formation and growth. (Technology Insight).(Brief Article): An article from: Nanoparticle News
Heike Muehlenweg , Geoff Varga , and Nicola Naujoks
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Gas-phase-synthesis of nanoparticles part II: modeling of particle formation. (Technology Insight).: An article from: Nanoparticle News

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Title: Eastern Band Cherokee Women: Cultural Persistence in Their Letters and Speeches.(A Cherokee Woman's America: Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907)(Book review)
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What makes science happen? The confluence of politics, commerce, and the age-old quest for knowledge is nowhere better seen than in the ongoing Human Genome Project. Kevin Davies, founding editor of Nature Genetics, picks apart the personalities and technologies involved in the great sequence race in Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA. Written not long after President Clinton's premature announcement in 2000 of the Project's completion, it assesses the state of public and private genomic knowledge during what Davies calls "halftime." He is in a unique observational position; as a prominent scientific journalist, he has had unparalleled access to the scientific figures involved. Through interviews with HGP director Francis Collins, rogue scientist-entrepreneur J. Craig Venter, and many other scientists and insiders, Davies illuminates the often-tortured processes that contributed to the speedy sequencing of most--but not quite all--of our genes in just a few short years. Shifting styles characterize the different storylines: technological, political, and intensely personal tales unite under the author's direction without ever alienating the reader. The book is a bit softer on Venter than many scientists (who may perceive him as traitorous or, worse, too hasty to publish) would like, taking the position that his shotgun approach and competitive spirit improved the project without sacrificing quality. Conversely, Davies sits out the gene-patenting controversy, offering all sides a fairly equal voice, but never quite finding sympathy with any of them. Summing up his subject, Davies reports:

If the double helix is the prevailing image of the twentieth century, just as the steam engine signified the nineteenth century, then the sequence--the vast expanse of 3 billion As, Cs, Gs, and Ts--is destined to define the century to come.... The childhood of the human race is about to come to an end.

These are strong words, but few other fields provide a stronger basis for such hope. Cracking the Genome gives us the chance to catch up with the present while the future races on. --Rob Lightner

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In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick unveiled the double helix structure of DNA. The discovery was a profound moment in the history of science, but solving the structure of the genetic material did not reveal what the human genome sequence actually was, or what it says about who we are. Cracking the code of life would take another half a century.

In 2001, two rival teams of scientists shared the acclaim for sequencing the human genome. Kevin Davies, founding editor of Nature Genetics, has relentlessly followed the story as it unfolded week by week since the dawn of the Human Genome Project in 1990. Here, in rich human and scientific detail, is the compelling story of one of the greatest scientific feats ever accomplished: the sequencing of the human genome.

In brilliant, accessible prose, Davies captures the drama of this momentous achievement, drawing on his own genetics expertise and on interviews with the key scientists. Davies details the fraught rivalry between the public consortium, chaperoned by Francis Collins, and Celera Genomics, directed by sequencer J. Craig Venter. And in this newly updated edition, Davies sheds light on the secrets of the sequence, highlighting the myriad ways in which genomics will impact human health for the generations to come.

Cracking the Genome is the definitive, balanced account of how the code that holds the answer to the origin of life, the evolution of humanity, and the future of medicine was finally broken.

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In 1990 the U.S. and its partners around the world embarked on the quest for the holy grail of biology. Two years ago this mission became a race between the taxpayer-supported genome project led by Francis Collins and Craig Venter, the maverick scientist whose innovative approach to gene sequencing sent stock in his private company soaring. Now these two men have announced that the code has been cracked, but what does that mean for the future? Who will own the genome? Who will make billions? Who will win the Nobel Prize? Kevin Davies takes us behind the scenes to find the answers. With unparalleled access to all the key players, including Collins and Venter, Davies tells the complete story of the race. The Sequence captures all the drama and reveals the secrets behind the most important scientific achievement of our time.

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Interesting.......2003-07-23

This is not a book that will tell you the specifics of exactly how the genome is being/has been mapped. If that's what you want, get another book. If, however, you are looking for a behind-the-scenes look at the race to crack the genome, this is the book for you. You'll hear stories pertaining to some of the leading scientists in the field. I read it and enjoyed it, but I am a genetics major in college, so I obviously like genetics. I would suggest that you read this only if you are already interested in the subject, otherwise you will be bored.

Highly Recommended!.......2001-08-21

Ken Davies has written an informed observer's account of the passionate race to solve what some believe to be the most profound scientific riddle of our era: decoding the human genome. His book is an undertaking of ambitious scope: He aims to paint the personalities in all their human colors and offer an accurate historical account, while also drilling deep enough into the research to do justice to the science. He does a beautiful job of suggesting the profound personal motivations of the two protagonists of the drama, scientists Francis Crick and maverick scientist J. Craig Venter. Short of earning your Ph.D. in molecular science, this may be as close as you ever get to understanding what the hoopla was really all about. We [...] recommend Davies' book as a must for savvy thinkers in the biotech business, and an enlightening read for the rest of us mere (genetically flawed) mortals.

Where are you John mcPhee?.......2001-05-27

While informative, I keep wishing John McPhee had written this book. It's interesting material written choppily, without drawing us into the story.

Cracking the Genome - More Information, Please.......2001-02-25

I bought this book last week, and I'm about half way through it. I have a problem with Davies explanations of the "gene searches" that he recounts. I am not a biologist, but I have a reasonable background on the topic of DNA and protein synthesis. The main issue is that he does not provide enough information to really understand the techniques involved in mapping and sequencing DNA. He seems to be assuming either that the reader has some background knowledge in laboratory techniques, or really doesn't care. For example, he describes the technique "positional cloning", stating that it rapidly increases searching through millions of base pairs once you have found the chromosome of the disorder. He even describes a fragment of the technique, saying that the ends of a region of the DNA are ligated to form a ring which allows "jumping", which is preferrable to "walking" along the sequence. As a reader, I don't really understand the full scope of the problem, and so I can't really appreciate the improvement in technique that was invented. Another example of this is when he describes how Eric Lander proposed using bacteria growing in a petry dish, which has been augmented with mutated genes from a population of humans with a genetic disorder, to ferret out the location of the mutation on the gene. He describes the goal, and the gist of the technique, but neglets to tie it together, to facilitate comprehension of why it actually works. There are many other examples of this.

Other than that, I am enjoying the book, and I have gotten some comprehension of the problems that the genetecists are trying to solve. For example, his description of Craig Venter's technique of sequencing cDNA is quite good. Also, his description of the method (divide and conquer) Venter et. al. used to speed up the sequencing of the whole Genome of some kinds of bacteria was quite intuitive. Although here again, the magic of the computer program algorithmically re-assembling the pieces of sequenced DNA was a bit mysterious. His historical accounts of the scientists, the politics, the agencies, etc, is quite good.

Overall, I would recommend this book. Especially if you don't care as much about the technical details as I do. And even if you do, perhaps a textbook companion would help.

Cracking the Genome - More Information, Please.......2001-02-25

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Because international trade drives today's political, economic, and financial infrastructures, its momentum has largely drowned out warnings about the limited resources of the planet. This book raises public awareness about these limited resources with writings by leading scholars that provide an up-to-date and forceful analysis of how the global community can move toward a sustainable and equitable world. Taking a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach, Sharing the Planet will be essential reading for scholars and concerned citizens.

Sharing the Planet : Population - Consumption - Species / -Science and Ethics for a Sustainable and Equitable World, Edited by Bob van der Zwaan and Arthur ... US$ 55 (hdbk). [A book review from: Futures]

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Sharing the Planet : Population - Consumption - Species / -Science and Ethics for a Sustainable and Equitable World, Edited by Bob van der Zwaan and Arthur ... US$ 55 (hdbk). [A book review from: Futures]
J. Ravetz
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