Po.Ex: Essays from Portugal on Cyberliterature and Intermedia is a crucial addition to the bookshelf for scholars and students of new media, digital literature, and experimental writing. Available for the first time outside of Portuguese, these essays are crucial primary texts of experimental literature. Po.Ex shows a long history of procedural composition and expressive intermedial writing, leading directly to the latest computer and network-based artworks. Collecting essays by Pedro Barbosa, Ana Hatherly, and E. M. de Melo e Castro, along with framing essays by the editors and extensive bibliographical materials, this book situates today's digital and online texts in a rich tradition of European literature. New forms of writing appear in the encounter of literature and digital media, just as old forms are renewed. Po.Ex is an archive of the past, present, and future of cyberliterature and intermedia writing.

O Futuro do Facebook e das redes sociais Será possível o fim do Facebook estar para breve? A pergunta pode parecer descabida, mas existem indícios que a tornam uma pergunta séria e actual: um número crescente de utilizadores mais antigos estão a abandonar a rede e o mesmo acontece aos adolescentes. A saturação aumenta nos que usam a rede social, enquanto na bolsa o Facebook continua sob pressão. Tendo este panorama como ponto de partida, o ebook "The End of Facebook" (de Pedro Barbosa, autor dos bestsellers “Speculations and Trends” e “Harvard Trends”) explora com uma assinalável profundidade as razões desta saturação nos consumidores e para onde estão a migrar os descontentes, destapando de forma inédita o véu do que será o Facebook dos próximos anos. The end of Facebook chamou a atenção das redacções de jornais, revistas e canais de televisão quando o próprio Facebook tomou a decisão de bloquear o crescimento da página do livro na sua rede social, que tem hoje muitos milhares de seguidores. O ban do Facebook ter-se-à dado sem que a empresa de Palo Alto sequer conhecesse o conteúdo do ebook, gerando uma onda de indignação. The end of Facebook acaba por se tornar obrigatório, numa altura em que as revoluções do mobile, realidade aumentada e social search mudarão o panorama das redes sociais de forma definitiva. Estar preparado para essa mudança será crucial tanto para gestores e marketers, como para os curiosos e todos os que se preocuparem na sua proópria adaptação ao futuro próximo. www.theendoffacebook.com

This helpful guide is self-contained, holding all of the information you will need for the preparation of histological slides of all types of insect tissues. It explains the essential procedures for their preparation, providing step-by-step information on each phase, for example, on fixation, dehydrating, clearing, embedding, and staining. The laboratory manual explains the cutting-edge methodology carried out today, and provides a thorough collection of both historically established and modern insect histology techniques side-by-side. It is the first book to present these various techniques appropriate to insects. Key issues covered include: the use of genetic markers in insect histology; important approaches for the preparation of tissues and organs for SEM and TEM Fluorescence; new immunohistochemical techniques; histological problems encountered in insect tissues such as sclerotized chitin, yolk-laden eggs, chromosomes, genitalia, etc., and how to deal with them. Photographs show the likely results of procedures, components of the process, and advantages of the use of particular approaches or compounds. As a comprehensive resource, this book is for students and researchers in entomology, systematics, developmental biology, insect cell biology, and morphology, wanting a clear introduction to the procedures for the histological display of insect tissues.

This title is a much needed update of Barbosa's self-published Manual of Basic Techniques in Insect Histology. It is a laboratory manual of 'traditional' and 'modern' insect histology techniques, completely revised using cutting-edge methodology carried out today and includes new immunohistochemical techniques not previously looked at. Insect Histology is designed as a resource for student and professional researchers, in academia and industry, who require basic information on the procedures that are essential for the histological display of the tissues of insects and related organisms.

A real time be-book “be” do verbo ser, porque este é um livro real, em tempo real. Mas também como beta electronic. Porque é um ensaio em formato eletrónico que ainda pode vir a ser mudado e melhorado por todos que o lerem. Este não é um livro técnico, nem um romance, nem qualquer outro formato que eu conheça. É um livro de descrição em tempo real. Não existe um centímetro de ficção, de invenção ou fantasia. Todos os factos, acontecimentos e pensamentos aconteceram.

This comprehenisive text approaches the subject from an ecological/evolutionary biological perspective. The assumption is that one cannot study forest insects without understanding the dynamics of the relationship between an insect and its host plant. This relationship includes knowing what factors control forest insect populations such as food, food quality, tree vigor, host selection, and symbiotic relationships. The authors also discuss tree-injuring insects from the perspective of their influence on tree physiology and growth as well as economic and commercial effects. The book represents a "modern" approach to the topic of forest and shade tree insects; is well-illustrated; and includes a comprehensive primary reference list.