Carlos Javier García: Metanovela: Luis Goytisolo, Arzorín y Unamuno

Review of: Carlos Javier García. Metanovela: Luis Goytisolo, Arzorín y Unamuno. Madrid, Júcar, 1994, 159 pp

Gullón, Germán: La novela moderna en España (1885-1902); los albores de la modernidad

Review of: Gullón, Germán. La novela moderna en España ( 1885-1902); los albores de la modernidad. Madrid, Taurus, 1992, 217 pp

In Essentials, Unity: An Economic History of the Grange Movement

Review of: In Essentials, Unity: An Economic History of the Grange Movement, by Jenny Bourne

State bank transformation in Brazil - choices and consequences

The authors analyze the different options-liquidation, federalization, privatization, and restructuring-that the Brazilian state government had for the transformation of state banks under the Programa de Incentivo á Redução do Setor Público Estadual na Atividade Bancária (PROES) in the late 1990s. Specifically, they explore the factors behind the states'choices and the effects of the transformation process on bank performance and efficiency. The authors find that states that were more dependent on federal transfers, whose banks were already under federal intervention and that established development agencies were more likely to relinquish control over their banks and transformation processes. They also find that privatized banks had improved performance, while restructured banks did not.

Salinas, Pedro: Certain Chance

Review of: Salinas, Pedro. Certain Chance. Versions and Introduction by David Lee Garrison. Prologue by Pedro Salinas. Reminiscence by Willis Barnstone. Art by David Leach. Lewisburg, Bucknell UP, 2000, 167 pp

Prioritizing Interdictions on a Shortest Path Network

We consider a variant to the shortest path network interdiction problem with symmetric information from Israeli and Wood (Networks 40, 97-111,2002) which arises in the context of nuclear smuggling prevention. In the basic shortest path interdiction problem, an interdictor has a limited number of interdictions with which he can lengthen arcs in a network in order to maximize the length of the network’s shortest path. This thesis considers the case in which the interdictor does not make all of the interdictions at once. Rather, the interdictor must make the interdictions over a set number of periods. Each period has a budget for the number of interdictions that can be placed during the period. The interdictor must prioritize the interdictions and decide the order in which the interdictions should take place. This problem is formulated as an integer program with an objective to maximize the average of the shortest paths across all periods

Valis, Noël, ed.: Teaching Representations of the Spanish Civil War

Review of: Valis, Noël, ed. Teaching Representations of the Spanish Civil War. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2007. 601 pp