David Cruz – författare

Robotic Orthosis for Assisting Physical Rehabilitation: Comprehensive Design, Implementation and Automatic Control Strategies presents a comprehensive study for designing advanced robotic orthosis that may contribute to the rehabilitation process of human beings. The book analyzes the mechanical design, electrical instrumentation, automatic control design, and validation methods of robotic orthoses. In the first chapters, a precise and complete description of the mechanical design methods for active orthoses is provided, showing the design schemes, efficient and useful materials, as well as the class of components needed to enforce the adequate interaction between the orthotic device and human user.The second part of the book analyzes electrical/electronic elements as well as the automatization strategies that may be implemented for developing active orthoses. The relevance of sensors and actuators that can drive the regulated motions that correspond to planned rehabilitation strategies is also presented. The third part of the book analyzes the clinical process needed to validate and apply robotic orthoses in medical protocols as well as established treatments. Examples of upper and lower limbs, spinal cord, and neck orthoses are completely developed. These examples are illustrated at two levels - numerical simulations, and actual experimental evaluations of the proposed devices.

"Estamos ante la movilidad de un trasatlántico que es, al mismo tiempo, una brújula inmóvil. Cada una de sus secciones ilustra gráficamente esta metáfora: al norte, la proa ("De las primeras migraciones"); al sur, la popa ("Hijos del trópico"); al este, el estribor ("De la reconquista") y al oeste, el babor ("De los años de vejez"). La invitación al viaje que propone este trasatlántico se convierte, de este modo, en una invitación a la lectura: el espectáculo de una voz que nos revela en voz baja los avatares de su memoria". Eduardo ChrinosEsta obra obtuvo el Premio Mesoamericano de Poesía Luis Cardoza y Aragón en el 2011.

No one is born a criminal. Manufacturing and Unmaking the Criminal draws on decades of peer-reviewed research in developmental psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and criminology to trace exactly how criminal behavior is built — and how it can be interrupted. Moving through childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood, each chapter examines the cumulative risk factors that shape a life toward harm, and the evidence-based interventions that can redirect it at every stage. A running composite case study — Marcus, a fictional character built from real documented patterns — grounds the science in a single continuous life, from the earliest disruptions in attachment and family stability through the long, uneven work of rehabilitation and desistance. A second case study, Jasmine, illustrates the distinct pathways research identifies for women and girls. The book covers the full arc: attachment theory, adverse childhood experiences, the coercion cycle, school failure and the school-to-prison pipeline, gang involvement, the adolescent brain, the psychological effects of incarceration, the Risk-Need-Responsivity model, Multisystemic Therapy, restorative justice, the history of the war on drugs and mass incarceration, cross-national comparisons, and the structural policy changes the evidence actually supports. This is not a book of easy comfort or simple blame. It is a precise, research-grounded account of what the science says — about why people cause harm, what changes the odds, and what a society serious about reducing crime would actually do differently. Includes five appendices: a risk and protective factor matrix by developmental stage, a glossary of terms, a guide to finding the programs discussed, discussion questions by part, further reading, and a full index. 113 bibliography entries.

Lo has sentido. Un peso que no puedes explicar. Un patrón que sigue repitiéndose. La sensación de que algo trabaja en tu contra — en tu salud, tus relaciones, tus finanzas, tu paz mental. No te lo estás imaginando. Y no eres impotente ante ello.Firme en la Batalla es una guía directa y culturalmente arraigada hacia la libertad espiritual y la protección, para todo aquel que haya sido tocado — consciente o inconscientemente — por la Santería, el Palo Mayombe, el Espiritismo, la Brujería, el Vudú Haitiano, el Vudú Dominicano, o cualquiera de los sistemas ocultos que rodean la experiencia caribeña.Este libro nombra lo que te tiene atrapado — y te da la autoridad espiritual, el lenguaje y los protocolos prácticos para mantenerte firme contra ello: cómo reconocer el ataque, cómo protegerte de la manipulación, cómo limpiar tu hogar y cubrir a tu familia, y cómo interceder por quienes aún siguen atrapados en lo oculto.Para todo el que siente el peso de algo que no puede nombrar.

You've felt it. A weight you can't explain. A pattern that keeps repeating. The sense that something is working against you — your health, your relationships, your finances, your peace of mind. You are not imagining it. And you are not powerless against it.Standing Firm is a direct, culturally-grounded guide to spiritual freedom and protection, for anyone who has been touched — knowingly or unknowingly — by Santería, Palo Mayombe, Espiritismo, Brujería, Haitian Vodou, Dominican Vodou, or any of the occult systems surrounding the Caribbean experience.This book names what has hold of you — and gives you the spiritual authority, the language, and the practical protocols to stand firm against it: how to recognize the attack, how to protect yourself from manipulation, how to cleanse your home and cover your family, and how to intercede for those still trapped in the occult.For anyone who feels the weight of something they cannot name.