An expanded set of sites, a more differentiated references and linguistic diversification have been discussed as needed changes in urban studies. The critiques the limitations studies, terms both scholarship scholars, offer important concrete responses to expanding scope field. Yet this tremendous special issue on ‘Comparative Methods for Global Urban Studies’ with 10 papers cutting across rang...

author and an indeterminate biographical context. The same cannot be said of Mateo Alemán or of Francisco de Quevedo, in the 20.1 (2000) Imitation and the Growth of the Novel 103 case of La vida del buscón (translated by Alpert as The Swindler). Alemán and Quevedo—each in his own way—become rivals of their narrator/protagonists, by putting words into their mouths and by writing misfortune into ...

INTRODUCTION Adulthood male hypogonadism (HG) is the most common form of HG. Although testosterone (T) replacement therapy (TRT) is the most common way of treating HG, other options are available depending on patient's needs and expectations. AREAS COVERED We analyze alternative options to TRT as a medical intervention in treating HG. Gonadotropin (Gn) therapy is the treatment of choice in me...

artworks are different in terms of creation, application, function, interpretation and finally meaning. sometimes, we don’t know the meaning of a picture or a literal text. human perceptual media and cognitive faculties are confused. the understanding of artworks is difficult. the ready-mades have disrupted the rules of the aesthetic judgment. the recognition of art from non-art is not the work...

Gradient Descent Revised LeaderRank Problem Clarification: A conspiracy network is embedded into a network of employees of a company, with its every edge representing a message sent from one node to the other and categorized by topics. Given a few known criminals, non-criminals and suspicious topics, we seek to estimate the probability of criminal involvement for those not identified individual...