This Second Anthology of Animal Stories, is a compilation of short histories, some real and other fantasies and in general a combination of all of them. Experiences of the Author in his constant trips to rural areas, to share with them his oral traditions, and who with all my love I dedicated this book to you.

This fifth anthology of stories is a compilation of short stories, some real, others fantasies, experiences of the author throughout his professionals life, and in general a combination of all of them. I dedicated this book to my three children: Margarita María, Hadder Andrés y Manuela, with the hope that all their dreams will come true.

This volume seeks to foster the development of teacher and learner autonomy in language learning in higher education. It pools the insights and experiences of a group of international researchers who present their reflections and research on different aspects of autonomy and related issues. Although autonomy is acknowledged as one of the main goals of education, in higher education the need for accountability and standardisation of learning outcomes may constitute external limitations to i...

This monograph is the first in which the theory of groupoids and algebroids is applied to the study of the properties of uniformity and homogeneity of continuous media. It is a further step in the application of differential geometry to the mechanics of continua, initiated years ago with the introduction of the theory of G-structures, in which the group G denotes the group of material symmetries, to study smoothly uniform materials.The new approach presented in this book goes much further ...

¿Agotado de tener un solo sueldo y un solo mercado laboral? ¿Piensas que existen mejores maneras de ganarse la vida que intercambiar tiempo por dinero? ¿Estas deseando comenzar un nuevo negocio y no tienes el capital necesario? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo....Cada día los expertos hablan de los ingresos pasivos, pero ¿qué es realmente eso? Ingreso pasivo es el ingreso que proviene de "actividades comerciales o no comerciales en las que no participa físicamente".Aquí hay una vista prev...

¿Está tu casa llena de cosas inútil que pensaste que te harían feliz, pero nunca lo hicieron? ¿Necesitas dejar de lado las posesiones sin sentido y los hábitos de pérdida de dinero, pero simplemente no sabes cómo comenzar? Entonces necesitas seguir escuchando ...Estudios científicos recientes han demostrado que un entorno desordenado puede ser malo para nuestra salud mental. Muchos no se dan cuenta, pero el desorden puede provocar estrés, disminuir el enfoque y hacernos menos capaces de pr...

The so-called "Non-conventional geophysical-geochemical exploration methods" are used, in the particular case of oil and gas exploration, for the detection and mapping of active microseepage of light hydrocarbons with a vertical nature on the gas-oil accumulations.The non-seismic exploration methods used in Cuba are: Remote Sensing, Gravimetry, Aeromagnetometry, Airborne Gamma Spectrometry (AGS) and Morphometry (non-conventional, from the Digital Elevation Model 90x90m). The AGS al...

This textbook serves as an introduction to the subject of embedded systems design, using microcontrollers as core components. It develops concepts from the ground up, covering the development of embedded systems technology, architectural and organizational aspects of controllers and systems, processor models, and peripheral devices. Since microprocessor-based embedded systems tightly blend hardware and software components in a single application, the book also introduces the subjects of da...

This book proposes a comprehensible, context-sensitive and flexible framework for the development of pedagogy for autonomy in language education. The «framework» metaphor highlights the effort to identify structuring elements in the authors’ stance towards pedagogy for autonomy, which fall into three domains -the context, the learner, and the teacher. In each domain, the authors raise ethical, conceptual and practical issues that are crucial to their perspective and offer a basis for refle...

In times in which global governance in its various forms, such as human rights, international trade law, and development projects, is increasingly promoted by transnational economic actors and international institutions that seem to be detached from democratic processes of legitimation, the question of the relationship between international law and empire is as topical as ever. By examining this relationship in historical contexts from early modernity to the present, this volume aims to de...

Autonomy in Language Education offers a holistic overview of and novel contribution to a complex and multifaceted, yet under-studied, field of inquiry that is transforming language pedagogy: It offers nineteen original chapters that critically analyze the impact of Henri Holec’s seminal 1979 book Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning; unpack theoretical, empirical, conceptual, methodological, ethical, and political developments over the last forty years from many perspectives; exp...

Insights into Language Education Policies is of particular interest to academic researchers, policymakers, and teaching professionals interested in language education. It aims to provide the reader with critical insights into language education policies in diverse countries around the world. The chapters examine from different perspectives (for instance, migration and minority languages, indigenous languages, and content and language integrated learning [CLIL] instruction) the measures ado...