Every January, from 1996 to 2016, while I was suffering with summer in Rio I received snowy news from the Sundance Festival through Carlos Brandão and his partner Myrna.In those 20 years, Carlos and Myrna were my main source of information about independent world cinema. It is a great joy to see all this material gathered in a book. Carlos was a passionate researcher and, along with Myrna, an experienced reporter. Their interviews and reports on films and directors that have passed through...

Este livro é feito com notas de viagem, quase sem retoques. Apenas ampliei um ou outro quadro, procurando sempre não tirar a frescura às primeiras impressões. Tinha ouvido a um oficial de marinha que a paisagem do arquipélago valia a do Japão. E talvez valha... Não poder eu pintar com palavras alguns dos sítios mais pitorescos das ilhas, despertando nas leitores o desejo de os verem com os seus próprios olhos!...

Drug Delivery Systems for Wound Healing explores the different delivery systems and drugs used in wound healing, outlining the many pharmaceutical approaches in wound healing and management. Bringing together interdisciplinary research on wound healing and management, this book offers the theory behind wound healing, but also has a strong focus on the practical approach where scientists involved in medication development can find suggestions. Where appropriate, clinical outcomes are given ...

This Handbook takes the reader through the entire field of pediatric thrombosis and hemostasis and has been updated since the 2nd edition with considerable new information and elements missing in previous editions. The Handbook begins with an overview of the history of pediatric thrombosis and hemostasis, followed by a concise explanation of the complex pathophysiology of thrombosis and hemostasis. It follows with chapters focused on disorders of hemostasis in children from neonates to ado...

The goal of the book is to provide basic and advanced knowledge of design, analysis, and circuit implementation for electronic instrumentation and clarify how to get the best out of the analog, digital, and computer circuitry design steps. The reader will learn the physical fundamentals guiding the electrical and mechanical devices that allow for a modern automation and control system, which are widely comprised of computers, electronic instrumentation, communication loops, smart grids, an...

This book gathers new empirical findings fostering advances in the areas of digital and communication design, web, multimedia and motion design, graphic design, branding, and related ones. It includes original contributions by authoritative authors based on the best papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Digital Design and Communication, Digicom 2023, together with some invited chapters written by leading international researchers. They report on innovative design strategi...

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Exotic Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Dario d'Ovidio and João Brandão bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Gastroenterology. Top experts in the field offer a wide range of clinically relevant articles covering GI health several species, including topics such as rabbit, ferret, rodent, and fish gastroenterology; gastrointestinal helminths of raptors; diagnostic imaging in exotic animal gastroenterology; and many more. - Contains 12 rel...

This book reports on research findings and practical lessons featuring advances in the areas of digital and interaction design, graphic design and branding, design education, society and communication in design practice, and related ones. Gathering the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital Design and Communication, Digicom 2025, held on November 6-8 2025, as a hybrid event, in/from Barcelos, Portugal, this book continues the tradition of the previous ones reporting on ...

This book reports on research findings and practical lessons featuring advances in the areas of digital and interaction design, graphic design and branding, design education, society and communication in design practice, and related ones. Gathering the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Digital Design and Communication, Digicom 2024, held on November 7-9 2024, as a hybrid event, in/from Barcelos, Portugal, this book continues the tradition of the previous ones reporting on ...

"Quando regresso do mar venho sempre estonteado e cheio de luz que me trespassa. Tomo então apontamentos rápidos – seis linhas – um tipo – uma paisagem. Foi assim que coligi este livro, juntando-lhe algumas páginas de memórias. Meia dúzia de esboços afinal, que, como certos quadrinhos do ar livre, são melhores quando ficam por acabar. Estas linhas de saudade aquecem-me e reanimam-me nos dias de Inverno friorento. Torno a ver o azul, e chega mais alto até mim o imenso eco prolongado... Bast...

This book is a guide for child psychotherapists interested in applying clinical behavioral analysis to their work and for clinical behavior analysts working with children. In the literature of behavior analysis, a considerable number of publications present clinical strategies to more effectively conduct therapeutic interventions with adults and adolescents, but there is still a lack of publications that address practical aspects of the work of the child behavior analytic therapist. This v...

Environmental Mycology in Public Health: Fungi and Mycotoxins Risk Assessment and Management provides the most updated information on fungi, an essential element in the survival of our global ecology that can also pose a significant threat to the health of occupants when they are present in buildings. As the exposure to fungi in homes is a significant risk factor for a number of respiratory symptoms, including allergies and hypersensitivity pneumonitis, this book presents information on fu...