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in both humans (e.g., Patterson, 1982) and animals (e.g., Hineline, 1976) and there is little doubt that they play an important role in the selection of behavior. There is a problem with the term “punishment,” however. Its colloquial meaning takes in many practices that do not meet the technical definition of punishment. For example, lengthy incarceration, the beating of children, lengthy grounding for misbehaving teenagers, and criticism and ridicule are often called punishment,…

the study of how society manages its scarce resources it must also allocate the output of goods and services that they produce. It must decide who will eat caviar and who will eat potatoes. It must decide who will drive a Porsche and who will take the bus. The management of society’s resources is important because resources are scarce. Scarcity means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have. Just as a household…

Architects now make use of computers, achievements in natural science, management knowledge, and take advantage of assistance emanating from various engineering disciplines. Secondly, architects have to design buildings while taking into account the modern technologies of construction: prefabrication, mechanization, industrialization. Thirdly, architects design buildings in which activities with modern technologies take place, which means that requirements on the buildings are…

Revista Equador (UFPI), Vol. 4, Nº 3, (2015). Edição Especial XVI Simpósio Brasileiro de Geografia Física Aplicada. Teresina- Piauí. Home: http://www.ojs.ufpi.br/index.php/equador EDITORIAL A Coordenação Geral do XVI Simpósio Brasileiro de Geografia Física Aplicada tem a satisfação de disponibilizar aos palestrantes, simposistas e aos leitores em geral, a Edição Especial da Revista Equador Vol.04, Nº 03, Ano 2015. Nesta Edição constam os artigos enviados por palestrantes do evento e…

create those outcomes”. It thus requires a willingness to try new things, tolerance of ambiguity and has a clear need for ‘brokers’ or people who can interpret across disciplinary boundaries. In this study, when describing how processes of innovation take place in their own work fine arts graduates often describe a process which is akin to this notion of interpretive innovation. Although the term ‘innovation’ is itself rarely used, respondents often speak of a desire for change or…

and imprecise; in the interest of conciseness and precision, I frequently use mathematical symbols when describing models. Although I use the language of mathematics, I use few of its concepts; the ones I use are described in Chapter 17. My aim is to take advantage of the precision and conciseness of a mathematical formulation without losing sight of the underlying ideas. Game-theoretic modeling starts with an idea related to some aspect of the interaction of decision-makers. We express…

Web site in two formats: Computerized (EZ Test) and in Microsoft Word format. • Updated Headlines. • New and updated Inside Business applications. • The financial crisis is reshaping the global economic and regulatory landscape, and it is likely to take years for its ultimate effects on the economy to be fully recognized. In preparing this edition, I have revised the book to ensure that the economic examples presented are timeless and will not grow into “historical examples” as a result…

América do Norte. Apesar da vitória, a Inglaterra encontrava-se em meio a sérios problemas financeiros ao final da guerra. A solução encontrada para amenizá-los foi a adoção de medidas mais rígidas quanto ao controle de suas colônias. 2 Cf. CINCOTTA, Howard (ed.). An outline of American history. United States Information Agency, 1994. 3 Cf. HOBSBAWM, Eric. J. A Era das revoluções: Europa 1789-1848. Tradução de Maria Tereza Lopes Teixeira e Marcos Penchel. 4ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e…

rituals. Such was the situation which underlay the presentation of diplomats and diplomacy on stage and in fiction, whether serious or satirical, as with Terry-Thomas’s central role in the British comedy film Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959).2 Indeed, to take the Wodehouse link further, distinguished retired British Ambassador Sir Nicholas Henderson at the lunch on 3 June 1988 following the unveiling of a blue plaque in London honouring Wodehouse, claimed that most foreigners expected…

clientes e servir a todos com um sorriso ainda lembrando os pedidos de cada um e, se possível, seu nome — era essencial. As pessoas esperam que um latte caro seja servido com certo brilho. “Não estamos no ramo do café servindo pessoas”, me disse Howard Behar, ex-presidente da Starbucks. “Estamos no ramo das pessoas servindo café. Todo o nosso modelo de empresa é baseado num atendimento espetacular. Sem isso, estamos perdidos.” A solução, como a Starbucks descobriu, era…