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"Quando caem as máscaras" é uma metáfora ao período da pandemia, quando a máscara de muita gente falsa começou a cair, analisando o que acontece depois do cair das máscaras.

A sífilis! A sífilis na gestante! A sífilis congênita, causada por uma bactéria, o treponema pallidum, bactéria que percorre o mundo há séculos. Esse agente infeccioso escolhe um momento de intimidad

There is a version of change that arrives with momentum, discipline, and a clear plan. Most people have tried it. Most people have also watched it quietly collapse within weeksnot from laziness, but because the gap between intention and daily reality is wider than any motivation can reliably bridge.This book explores the inner experience of building habits as an ordinary person with a complicated life: the cycle of ambitious starts and gradual fade, the shame that accumulates around repeated attempts, and the subtle but significant difference between changes that feel dramatic and changes that actually last. It examines why the smallest actions are so frequently underestimated, and what it reveals about human behavior when a two-minute shift proves more durable than a complete overhaul.At the center of this exploration is a reframe that many people find quietly liberating: the size of a change is not what determines its value. Consistency at a small scale builds something that intensity at a large scale rarely doesa genuine relationship between who you are and what you do each day.This book offers insight into the psychological dynamics of habit formation, why the pressure to change everything at once so reliably produces nothing, and how micro-actions create the kind of identity-level shift that grand resolutions tend to promise but seldom deliver. It does not offer a system for optimizing your routine or a guarantee of lasting transformation. It invites a more honest and sustainable understanding of how real change tends to actually happen.

You are running towards a treacherous pit in a video game. You press the jump button a fraction of a second too late, your characters feet clearly running off the edge into empty space. Yet, magically, you still jump. You survive. This isnt a glitch; it is a meticulously engineered psychological safety net known among developers as "Coyote Time."Named after the cartoon coyote who briefly floats in mid-air before plummeting, this invisible mechanic is the secret sauce behind the worlds most beloved platformers. Human reaction times are imperfect, and strict, pixel-perfect physics often feel punishing and unfair to the player. By coding a hidden grace periodallowing the player to jump for a few milliseconds after leaving solid grounddevelopers create a seamless illusion of competence and fluid control.This deep dive into the psychology of game design exposes the invisible tricks used to manipulate player frustration. It explores how developers bend the laws of digital physics, tweak hitboxes, and lie to the player in order to make the gameplay experience feel deeply satisfying rather than brutally realistic.For aspiring game designers and curious gamers, this book reveals the hidden empathy built into your favorite titles. Discover how breaking the rules of physics is the ultimate key to achieving perfect, addictive gameplay.

You log onto a platform in a perfectly good mood, yet ten minutes later, you close the app feeling a lingering sense of outrage, anxiety, or despair. This emotional shift is rarely an accident; it is the calculated byproduct of one of the most powerful psychological mechanisms currently being exploited: digital emotional contagion.How can a piece of code dictate human emotion on a global scale? Through the deliberate amplification of high-arousal triggers. Tech companies have long known that anger and anxiety spread faster and stick longer than joy or contentment. By designing algorithms that prioritize these volatile emotional signatures, platforms turn their networks into highly efficient transmission vectors for psychological distress.This profound exploration of cyberpsychology dissects the invisible architecture of algorithmic manipulation. It examines how human empathy and our evolutionary vulnerability to group sentiment have been reverse-engineered to maximize screen time and ad revenue.For professionals in tech, sociology, and mental health, this book provides the necessary framework to understand and mitigate this invisible spread. Learn to decode the emotional manipulation embedded in your feed and protect your psychological sovereignty from the algorithms designed to harvest your outrage.

In every organization, there is always one person who gets things done. They are the fixer, the reliable safety net, the one who never drops the ball. But instead of being rewarded with promotion or rest, they are rewarded with more work. This is the dark side of corporate efficiency: the performance penalty.Why does immense capability so often lead to exploitation rather than elevation? The psychology of the workplace dictates that managers, overwhelmed by their own tasks, naturally route difficult projects down the path of least resistance. If you prove that you can handle an impossible workload without complaining, the organization will subconsciously reshape itself to rely entirely on your capacity, slowly crushing you in the process.This critical guide unpacks the toxic dynamics of the high-achiever trap. It reveals how the compulsion to be perfectly reliable stems not just from work ethic, but often from a deep-seated inability to set boundaries or a fear of letting others down.Entrepreneurs and ambitious professionals will discover how to strategically pull back. Learn to ration your competence, implement ironclad boundaries, and stop letting your greatest strengths become the instruments of your own burnout.

O universo da rebeldia na adolescência, tratado pelo autor, vai muito além de sua complexidade, ao conseguir criar no leitor uma crescente empatia e uma constante expectativa de transformação, porque

At some point, many people learn their attachment styleanxious, avoidant, secure, disorganizedand feel a moment of recognition so strong it rearranges something. Finally, an explanation. Finally, a language for the pattern. And then, quietly, the question that follows: now what?This book explores the gap between understanding attachment theory and actually living differently inside a relationship. It examines what happens in the ordinary, unglamorous moments where patterns play outthe text left on read, the argument that escalates before either person understands why, the withdrawal that feels like protection but functions like distanceand what genuine relational change requires beyond self-awareness alone.At the center of this exploration is a reframe that many people find both challenging and relieving: knowing your pattern is not the same as shifting it. Insight is the beginning of the work, not the work itself. And the work happens not in theory but in the small, repeated moments of real connection with real people under real pressure.This book offers insight into how attachment patterns manifest in daily relational behavior, what makes certain dynamics so difficult to interrupt even when you can name them clearly, and how the move from self-knowledge to genuine relating actually unfolds over time. It does not promise secure attachment or repaired relationships. It invites a more honest and compassionate understanding of what it means to bring your whole, complicated self into connection with another person.

An anthology of poems and short stories. Based on a true story and includes a variety of fictional characters created by the author.

Em um mundo marcado por deslocamentos forçados em escala sem precedentes, este livro lança luz sobre uma realidade ainda pouco visível: a experiência das pessoas refugiadas com deficiência. Ao percor

Este livro reúne reflexões construídas a partir de mini-histórias produzidas por estudantes em pesquisas sobre linguagem e educação. O primeiro conjunto apresenta reflexões, textos e desenhos de 24 e

Se todos podem falar nas redes sociais, por que tantos continuam invisíveis?Na era digital, a liberdade de expressão parece ter alcançado seu auge: vozes se multiplicam, opiniões circulam sem barreir

SOBRE A OBRAO principal objetivo deste manual é apresentar de forma clara e concisa os princípios, conceitos e uma visão geral da legislação e jurisprudência do direito administrativo brasileiro cont

O livro "Margens Amazônicas: sociabilidades, epistemes e educações outras" tem como um dos eixos estruturantes de reflexão e de preocupação a realidade amazônica. Assumimos o compromisso ético-políti

O verdadeiro poder do metaverso não está em avatares futuristas, mas em sua capacidade de transformar vidas aqui e agora. É essa revolução que o Dr. Sérgio Henrique Saraiva Alves apresenta em O Metav

"Exercícios Físicos e Câncer: Um Guia de Condutas e Prescrição" revela, de maneira acessível e envolvente, como a atividade física pode transformar o cuidado oncológico. A obra apresenta, em linguage

On August 18, 1913, at the Monte Carlo Casino, the roulette ball landed on black. Then it landed on black again. And again. By the fifteenth time in a row, the crowd was in a frenzy. Gamblers rushed to bet millions of francs on red, absolutely convinced that after so many blacks, red was mathematically "due" to hit. It landed on black twenty-six times in a row, bankrupting everyone who believed the wheel had a memory.This legendary disaster perfectly encapsulates the Gamblers Fallacy: the deeply ingrained, irrational belief that independent random events will somehow self-correct. Our brains are master pattern-recognition machines, evolutionarily designed to find meaning in chaos. But when applied to sheer probability, this survival trait becomes a devastating cognitive flaw. We assume that flipping five tails in a row means a head is guaranteed next, ignoring the cold fact that the coin does not remember the previous flips.This eye-opening psychological journey breaks down the math of probability and the biology of superstition. It reveals how the Gamblers Fallacy sabotages far more than just casino bets, severely corrupting how judges hand down sentences, how investors buy stocks, and how HR managers hire employees.Break free from the illusion of destiny. Learn to short-circuit your brains desperation for patterns, embrace the cold reality of randomness, and make logical decisions in a chaotic world.

For decades, consumers have scoured food labels looking for the dreaded letters "MSG," convinced that Monosodium Glutamate is a toxic chemical responsible for headaches, sweating, and heart palpitations. Restaurants proudly advertise "No MSG" to ease public anxiety. Yet, scientifically, MSG is simply sodium combined with glutamate, an amino acid naturally found in massive quantities in tomatoes, parmesan cheese, and human breast milk.So how did one of the greatest culinary discoveries of the 20th century become universally demonized? The origin of the MSG panic traces back to a single, anecdotal letter submitted to a medical journal in 1968, which casually coined the term "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome." What followed was a masterclass in mass hysteria, fueled not by clinical data, but by deeply ingrained xenophobia and a western distrust of Asian immigration.This fascinating exploration of food chemistry and cultural history completely dismantles the panic. It explores the Japanese laboratory where MSG was first synthesized to isolate the elusive fifth tasteumamiand traces its quiet adoption by massive American food corporations who hid it in snacks while publicly condemning its use in Asian cuisine.Prepare to rethink everything you know about flavor. Uncover the truth behind the scapegoat, shed the baseless fear of this crystalline seasoning, and learn how to embrace the pure, savory magic of umami in your own kitchen.

In 1835, the states of Ohio and Michigan mobilized heavily armed militias, marched them to their shared border, and prepared to engage in a bloody civil war. The prize they were willing to kill for? A 468-square-mile strip of swampy land near the mouth of the Maumee River. This absurd standoff, born entirely from a terrible cartographical error, paralyzed the federal government and delayed Michigans statehood.How did a simple mapping mistake nearly spark a war between neighbors? When the original borders of the Northwest Territory were drawn, surveyors relied on flawed maps that misplaced the southern tip of Lake Michigan. Decades later, as the region grew wealthy from canal trade, both Ohio and Michigan realized the economic power of the Toledo Strip. Tensions boiled over into arrests, nighttime raids, and a bizarre series of bloodless military posturing.This highly entertaining historical account dives into the muddy trenches of the Toledo War. It explores the stubborn political maneuvering of a young, hot-headed Michigan governor and the sheer exasperation of President Andrew Jackson, who was forced to intervene.Uncover the hilarious and almost-tragic story of how this border dispute was finally settled. Discover how Michigan lost the swamp but gained the entire Upper Peninsula in a trade that forever reshaped the map of America.

When a financial crisis hits, the most rational, responsible thing an individual or a business can do is to cut back on spending and save money. It is the fundamental rule of personal finance. Yet, when millions of people and corporations make this exact same rational decision simultaneously, it triggers an economic catastrophe. This is the cruel irony of macroeconomics: the Paradox of Thrift.Coined by John Maynard Keynes, this paradox illustrates how individual prudence leads to collective ruin. If everyone hoards cash, consumer demand plummets. When demand plummets, businesses stop producing and start laying off workers. Those unemployed workers then have even less money, causing demand to shrink further. The very act of attempting to save money shrinks the entire economy, ultimately leaving everyoneincluding the cautious saverspoorer than before.This deep macroeconomic analysis dissects the mechanics of demand collapse. It examines historical case studies, from the Great Depression to the 2008 financial crisis, showcasing how central banks and governments desperately try to break this vicious cycle of hoarding.For economists, investors, and business leaders, this book provides essential clarity on the friction between micro-level logic and macro-level disaster. Understand the paradox to better anticipate government interventions and protect your wealth during the next inevitable downturn.