“…How can we verify that our systems behave the way we expect? What can we do to improve our systems' resilience? In this comprehensive guide, authors Kelly Shortridge and Aaron Rinehart help you navigate the challenges of sustaining resilience in complex software systems by using the principles and practices of security chaos engineering. …”

“…In this collection of Christensen's most influential articles-carefully selected by Harvard Business Review's editors-his incisive arguments, clear theories, and readable stories give you the tools you need to understand disruption and what to do about it. The collection features Christensen's newest article looking back on twenty years of disruptive innovation: what it is, and what it isn't. …”

“…An analysis of average incomes and poverty by household type, suggests that the retirement-age population has tended to do better, while younger households and households with children have become less well off and poverty has tended to shift from the old to the young. …”

“…More than one third of India's population currently do not have access to electricity. Urgent action is needed to overcome this problem of energy poverty. …”

“…We find that, contrary to the predictions of most existing theories, indicators of financial development do not seem monotonic over time. In particular, we find that by most measures, countries were more financially developed in 1913 than in 1980 and that a major reversal took place between 1913 and 1950. …”

“…First, an uneven development of learning activities among SMEs is related not only to the size of firms, but also to their orientation towards innovation and shared productivity measures. Second, because they do not have enough internal resources and flexibility to drive productivity growth through learning and training by themselves, SMEs need some form of group based mechanisms to solve this structural problem. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Genre / Andrew Tudor ; The idea of genre in the American cinema / Edward Buscombe ; A semantic/syntactic approach to film genre / Rick Altman ; Cycles and clusters : the shape of film genre history / Leger Grindon ; Genre films and the status quo / Judith Hess Wright ; Social implications in the Hollywood genres / Jean-Loup Bourget ; Ideology, genre, auteur / Robin Wood ; "Cinema/ideology/criticism" revisited : the progressive genre / Barbara Klinger ; The structural influence : new directions in film genre study / Thomas Schatz ; Genre film : a classical experience / Thomas Sobchack ; Experience and meaning in genre films / Barry Keith Grant ; Genre and performance : an overview / Richard De Cordova ; Film bodies : gender, genre, and excess / Linda Williams ; Questions of genre / Steve Neale ; Hybrid or inbred : the purity hypothesis and Hollywood genre history / Janet Staiger ; Film genres at the crossroads : what genres and films do to each other / Celestino Deleyto -- Part 2: Selected genre criticism. …”

“… Why do some marriages grow stronger in the face of conflict or stress while others dissolve? …”

“…A wide variety of career paths rely on the network, so it's important to understand what the network can do, how it operates, and how to protect it. This is a great course for developers, data scientists, cybersecurity specialists, and other professionals looking to broaden their networking domain knowledge. …”

“…The in vitro membrane barrier test method may be used to test solids, liquids (aqueous substances with a pH in the range of 4.5 to 8.5 often do not qualify for testing) and emulsions. The test described in this Test Guideline allows the identification of corrosive chemical substances and mixtures and allows the subcategorisation of corrosive substances as permitted in the GHS. …”

“…We find that SWF investment decisions do not differ greatly from those of other wealth managers. …”

“…Many governments in different parts of the world are investing in high speed rail. Some of them do so thinking that it will be an important part of climate change mitigation. …”

“…The constitution has yet to be fully implemented, though the government has signaled its intention to do so. A stronger focus should now be put on the financing side, i.e. getting a better match between spending responsibilities and taxing powers so as to boost local autonomy and responsibility in line with the goals of federalist reforms. …”

“…Despite recent progress, cash transfers do not seem to be sufficiently means tested. Partly driven by generous social transfers, average effective tax rates on returning to work from inactivity and unemployment are high and could be further cut gradually. …”

“…From an equity perspective, the Dutch public/private financing mix appears to do well, although challenges remain. There appear to be ..…”

“…Some of the larger questions taken up in this volume are: What specific issues or problems have given rise to each new theoretical approach to force a depature from 'standard theory'? How do the new approaches differ from one another? What aspects of these differences are formal/empirical? …”

“…V knige zanovo razobrany i pereosmysleny klassicheskie patterny obʺektno-orientirovannogo proektirovanii︠a︡ na primere i s uchëtom vsekh vozmozhnosteĭ sovremennogo i︠a︡zyka C++ Good software design is essential for the success of your project, but designing software is hard to do. You need to have a deep understanding of the consequences of design decisions and a good overview of available design alternatives. …”

“…And we choose to share those secrets only with those whom we trust. So, too, do organizations, businesses, governments, and armies. …”

“…Optimization Algorithms explains in clear language how optimization algorithms work and what you can do with them. This engaging book goes beyond toy examples, presenting detailed scenarios that use actual industry data and cutting-edge AI techniques. …”