The turbulent world in which we live confronts us with uncertainties, confusions, and fears. In this way, humanity has remained in an ignorance of reality, without discovering reason. This places human beings in a paradox: knowledge perfectly camouflaged in symbols, anagrams, and enigmas, along with fragmented information. Thus, will, character, consciousness, and free will, which are nourished by that knowledge, confuse thought, while the senses distract and interpret in their own way.

While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a staggering array of fields. This book is the first work in English to reassess Ortiz's vast intellectual universe. Essays in this volume analyze and celebrate his contribution to scholarship in Cuban history, the social sciences-notably anthropol...

Learn to run your own simulation by working with model analysis, mathematical background, simulation output data, and most importantly, a network simulator for wireless technology. This book introduces the best practices of simulator use, the techniques for analyzing simulations with artificial agents and the integration with other technologies such as Power Line Communications (PLC).Network simulation is a key technique used to test the future behavior of a network. It’s a vital d...