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xx, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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"How the largest man-made constellation in the heavens was built by dreamers in the Arizona Desert, targeted for destruction by panicked executives, and saved by a single Palm Beach retiree who battled Motorola, cajoled the Pentagon, wrestled with thirty banks, survived an attack by Congress, infiltrated the White House, found allies through the Black Entertainment Network, and wooed a mysterious Arab prince to rescue the only phone that links every...
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xiii, 272 pages ; 22 cm
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"Getting someone to tell the truth is an essential skill that very few people possess. In the boardroom, classroom, or our own homes, every day we interact with others and try to get the truth from them. People are often untruthful out of fear of negative consequences associated with divulging information. But if a person is made to forget the long-term outcomes, he or she can be influenced to disclose sensitive information that's being withheld....
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218 pages ; 24 cm
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Hidden from consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade between our health-care providers, drug companies, and a complex web of middlemen. This great medical-data bazaar sells copies of our prescriptions, hospital records, insurance claims, blood-test results, and more, stripped of names but still containing identifiers such as year of birth, gender, and doctor. As computing grows ever more sophisticated, patient...
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La justice se heurte à un terrible constat : elle ne répond pas aux attentes des citoyens du XXIe siècle. Dans notre vie quotidienne, nous sommes devenus habitués à bénéficier d'un service en ligne, de bonne qualité, rapide et abordable financièrement. La justice, c'est tout le contraire. Elle évolue dans un monde de papier, elle est lente, elle est coûteuse et la qualité des jugements n'est pas toujours au rendez-vous.
Ce décalage,...
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Cet ouvrage a pour ambition de mettre en lumière la relation complexe, parfois tendue, entre communication et droits de la personne. Il traite notamment de censure, d'inégalités numériques et de fracture cognitive, d'accès et de participation au savoir et à la culture, de propriété intellectuelle, de liberté d'expression et de concentration médiatique, de surveillance et de propagation de la haine sur les réseaux numériques.
À l'instar...
6) Los festivales en la pandemia: voces para la reconstrucción del entramado escénico iberoamericano
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El encuentro de Festivales Iberoamericanos de Artes Escénicas (EFíbero) nació como un proyecto especial en el seno del Programa Iberescena, único espacio de cooperación intergubernamental destinado al desarrollo del teatro, la danza y el circo en la región cultural iberoamericana. Desde su creación en 2006 este programa ha sido un espacio de enorme potencial para darle un impulso destacado al sector, como lo han sido también los organismos...
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Augusto B. Leguía gobernó el Perú durante quince años, lo que lo ha convertido en el presidente que más tiempo ha estado en el poder. Durante el Oncenio (1919-1939), emprendió el proyecto de modernizar el país a través de un modelo autoritario que transgredió sistemática y calculadamente al orden constitucional. En Ley y justicia en el Oncenio de Leguía (Fondo Editorial PUCP, 2015), Carlos Ramos Núñez estudia el papel que cumplió el...
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Este libro es una introducción al complejo mundo del derecho y la regulación de las telecomunicaciones o comunicaciones electrónicas, como actualmente se les denomina.
A lo largo de sus páginas, el autor Diego Zegarra Valdivia trata las distintas figuras jurídicas y mecanismos de regulación de relevancia para la prestación de este servicio público. Se revisan desde los principales antecedentes del proceso de privatización en el Perú en...
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According to Harvard Business School professor, Noam Wasserman, 65% of startups fail as a direct result of cofounder conflict. That's nearly 2/3 of all startups! Is your business exposed to failure due to co-founder/partner conflict? Are you currently struggling to make a business partnership work? Are you thinking about joining up with a couple cofounders to launch a startup, but concerned about how to choose the right cofounders for you? Whether...
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El sistema financiero desde el punto de vista moral debe estar orientado hacia la búsqueda de confianza, eficiencia y el bienestar social.
Debe contar con un marco normativo que proporcionen consistencia a las decisiones de los agentes financieros para que no se presenten problemas de asimetría de información derivados de la transferencia de responsabilidades en cuanto a la evaluación del riesgo, haciendo que se produzca un aumento de cartera...
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Partiendo de la premisa según la cual, comunicar no es simplemente hablar sino hacerse entender, y que el mensaje no es lo que usted diga, sino lo que su interlocutor comprenda, el conferencista, autor y experto en expresión y manejo del público Germán
Díaz Sossa, presenta una completa guía de técnicas, conocimientos y trucos para hablar bien y de manera efectiva ante un auditorio. Se trata de una amplia exposición de argumentos y recomendaciones...
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This book provides a simple, proven method to help lawyers ethically respond to hostile communications, correct misinformation by others, and initiate productive correspondence. This method can be used by all law office personnel including paralegals, administrative assistants, receptionists, and others. "BIFF for Lawyers and Law Offices" provides 30 sample responses to common situations involving hostile or misinformed emails, text messages, and...
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252 pages ; 21 cm
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A rising star at a preeminent political lobbying firm, Dag Calhoun represents the world's most powerful technology and energy executives. But when a close brush with death reveals that the influence he wields makes him a target, impossible cracks appear in his perfect, richly appointed life. Like everyone else, Dag relies on his digital feed for everything -- a feed that is as personal as it is pervasive, and may not be as private as it seems. As...
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155 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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"The debate over whether the Internet is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: It's here; it's everywhere. The real question is, do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and those who have mastered it? 'Choose the former,' writes Rushkoff, 'and you gain access to the control panel of civilization. Choose the...
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Since September 11, 2001, the United States has investigated and prosecuted public employees, journalists, and the press for the dissemination of classified information relating to the national security. What is the cause of the recent tension between the government and the press? Perhaps the media are pressing more aggressively to pierce the government's shield of secrecy. Perhaps the government is pressing more aggressively to expand its shield...
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ix, 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Describes the lesser-known technological talents of actress Hedy Lamarr and the collaborative work with avant-garde composer George Antheil that eventually led to the development of spread-spectrum radio, cell phones, and GPS systems.
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372 pages ; 21 cm
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Aldrich University is rocked to its core with scandal and intrigue when a hacker dumps 40,000 people's emails -- the entire faculty, staff, students, alums -- onto an easily searchable database. Affairs and scandals immediately start leaking, but these emails become ticking time bombs that explode when Kit Manning's handsome husband, Dr. Greg Strasser, is murdered. Kit's sister, Willa, flies home to help, returning to a hometown she fled fifteen years...
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Ineffective branding and public relations have the potential to sink or sabotage any small business or mission-driven organization, but such organizations often think they simply can't afford PR. Jennifer R. Farmer shows that even cash-strapped organizations can build a robust PR apparatus on a shoestring budget-they just need to be credible, creative, responsive, and relentless (CCRR). Farmer's CCRR framework leverages tools everyone has access to,...
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Esta investigación recoge y analiza los puntos de vista críticos acerca de los contenidos de los programas de la televisión nacional; sobre todo por parte de los jóvenes, quienes lideran este nuevo fenómeno, que reclama ética y responsabilidad en el manejo de la pantalla, así como el cumplimiento de los códigos éticos de los medios audiovisuales y de la Ley 28278 o Ley de Radio y Televisión.
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