A la muerte de Marga, su mujer y madre de sus dos hijos, Kristo Tarapi, antiguo guionista de los estudios cinematográficos del régimen comunista albanés, prejubilado con una ínfima pensión en la nueva sociedad de mercado, queda sumido en la soledad y el marasmo. Se ve abocado entonces a hacer recuento de su vida y, rememorando décadas de temor y violencia bajo el régimen de Enver Hoxha, sólo encuentra permanente sumisión y fracaso. El único ingrediente de su vida que se le revela digno de un ser humano resulta ser su relación con las mujeres que amó a lo largo de su existencia: su madre, en la infancia, y sobre todo aquellas a las que quiso como varón, en ocasiones de forma patética, siempre sincera. Todas ellas perseguidas, maltratadas, aherrojadas, condenadas por su propia condición y por la indignidad imperante. Por fin, vacío ya de toda ambición, después de desembarazarse de sus fantasmas, una joven, amiga de su hija, se constituye en el único asidero que lo mantiene vinculado a la existencia...

Providing a review of important contributions, Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures explores recent developments in the field of ultrafast dynamics. This book discusses spin dynamics in a high mobility two-dimensional electron gas, ultrafast non-equilibrium electron dynamics in metal nanoparticles, optical properties of hexagonal and cubic GaN self-assembled quantum dots, generation of monochromatic acoustic phonons in GaAs, and more. The text also presents optical studies of carrier dynamics and non-equilibrium optical phonons in nitride-based semiconductors and demonstrates electromagnetically induced transparency in semiconductor quantum wells.
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Power electronics is a discipline spawned by real-life applications in industrial, commercial, residential, and aerospace environments. Much of its development revolves around some immediate need for solving specific power conversion problems. This comprehensive book, Complex Behavior of Switching Power Converters, focuses on the typical bifurcation scenarios and nonlinear behavior observed in switching power converters, expounding on their most relevant aspects from a practical viewpoint. A balanced emphasis on theory, computer methods, and laboratory experiments bridges the gap between the theoretical research and practical engineering applications.
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Examines developments in the oscillatory and nonoscillatory properties of solutions for functional differential equations, presenting basic oscillation theory as well as recent results. The book shows how to extend the techniques for boundary value problems of ordinary differential equations to those of functional differential equations.
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