Tabla de Contenidos: “…Jordan -- The politics of addiction and adaptation: dis/ease transmission in Octavia E. Butler's Survivor and fledgling / Mildred R. …”

“…The book serves as a tool to develop those competences, presenting an innovative adaptation of what could be considered an ancient tradition of storytelling found in many cultures. …”

“…A. fumigatus is a filamentous fungus exhibiting a complex developmental cycle and elaborated mechanisms of adaptation to allow the initiation and progression of infection in the human host. …”

“…There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. …”

“…Questions of climate change governance deal both with mitigation and adaptation whilst at the same time trying to devise effective ways of managing the consequences of these measures across the different sectors. …”

“…Son théâtre se caractérise par la mise en scène d’une vérité singulière, faite d’humilité et d’empathie. Dans une libre adaptation de l’univers kafkaïen, le handicap devient ainsi une passerelle pour mieux comprendre le monde, ses apparences et ses rapports de force. …”

“…L’émigration des Chinois en Polynésie française et leur adaptation à ce pays, qui s’intercaleront entre cette introduction et cette conclusion, constitueront le corps de l’œuvre…”

“…Based on research in the Congo and Zambia, where a mining boom has led to more than thirty new mining projects in recent years, this book explores the processes of improvisation and adaptation behind the emergence of this neoliberal labour regime. …”

“…However, the influence of the new environment is very present because each diaspora community, wherever and whenever, must adapt. Skills such as language and social norms are indeed necessary to survive in the new environment. …”

“…The loss of an eye, an arm, or a dental element entails a loss of function reflected in a systemic adaptation by the organism to compensate for it. Moreover, it is reflected in important psychological consequences. …”

“…These include contributing to the global mitigation effort and adaptation needed to prevent dangerous climate change, while providing enough food for a population of 9 billion by 2050 as well as shelter and livelihoods for rural populations and various ecosystem services. …”

“…This report produced in co-operation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) identifies the misalignments between climate change objectives and policy and regulatory frameworks across a range of policy domains (investment, taxation, innovation and skills, trade, and adaptation) and activities at the heart of climate policy (electricity, urban mobility and rural land use). …”

“…Cela impliquera une adaptation du processus de passation des marchés publics. …”

“…Le fait de travailler dans un cadre international est une réalité permanente pour les fonctionnaires, ce qui nécessite une adaptation des systèmes de gestion de la fonction publique. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “… SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC SERVICE PAY DETERMINATION -- Diversity of systems and procedures -- Collective bargaining -- Independent pay commissions -- Employer pay fixing without prederennined rules -- Employer pay fixing according to set rules -- -The influence of national industrial relations systems -- TWO STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR PAY SYSTEMS -- The maintenance of national salary systems -- --Variation for local labour market conditions -- Updaring national pay scales -- Joint regulation and structural change -- PUBLIC SERVlCE PAY AND JOB CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS -- "Implicit contracts" and public service pay systems -- Job classifications and pay scales -- Rules for pay progression -- Prevalence of length-of service increments the importance of length of service -- Pay as a "stipend" -- Absence of competition -- MOVES AWAY FROM PAY FOR GRADE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE -- Performance-related pay and the search for greater efficiency -- Performance-related pay and motivation -- Performance-related pay and payment drift -- .Self-financing performance-related pay -- CONCLUSIONS: THE REFORM OF PUBLIC SECTOR PAY -- APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC SERVICE PAY SYSTEMS AND PAY DETERMINATION -- PRACTICES IN OECD COUNTRIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Szulanski -- Limited inquiry and intelligent adaptation in semiconductor manufacturing / M.T. Flaherty -- In search of dynamic capabilities / G.P. …”

“…Much more than a list of management concepts, The Toyota Kata Practice Guide walks you through the process of making improvement, adaptation, and even innovation routine behavior"--Back cover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Analysis of a New Index for the Thermal Performance of Horizontal Opaque Building Components in Summer 1 -- Effect of Urban Heat Island and Global Warming Countermeasures on Heat Release and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from a Detached House 17 -- Temperature of Paved Streets in Urban Mockups and Its Implication of Reflective Cool Pavements 39 -- Untangling Urban Sprawl and Climate Change: A Review of the Literature on Physical Planning and Transportation Drivers 51 -- Urban Resilience of Shenzhen City under Climate Change 71 -- Effects of Densification on Urban Microclimate-A Case Study for the City of Vienna 93 -- Impact of Urbanization on Sunshine Duration from 1987 to 2016 in Hangzhou City, China 117 -- Experimental Determination of Pedestrian Thermal Comfort on Water-Retaining Pavement for UHI Adaptation Strategy -- 131 -- Mobile Observation of Air Temperature and Humidity Distributions under Summer Sea Breezes in the Central Area of Osaka City 149 -- Indicators Framework for Sustainable Urban Design 165 -- Concentrations of Four Major Air Pollutants among Ecological Functional Zones in Shenyang, Northeast China 183 -- Local Climate Zone Classification Scheme Can Also Indicate Local-Scale Urban Ventilation Performance: An Evidence-Based Study 199 -- Study on the Accelerated Aging Test Method in the Development of a Self-Cleaning Topcoat for Cool Roofs 219.…”

“…Coverage includes: New video-categorization schemes for assigning video-packet-to-network differentiated service classes Adaptive packet-forwarding mechanisms that improve cooperation between multimedia applications and networks Dynamic QoS mapping-control schemes that let DiffServ networks deliver variable media streams with consistent quality Fine-Grained Scalable MPEG-4-based video streamingoseamlessly integrating rate adaptation, prioritized packetization, and loss-based differential forwarding Joint-source-network approach: layered video combining application-level UEP with network-level QoS support New network service models for layered video multicasting across DiffServ networks Whether you're a multimedia researcher, designer, developer, or implementer, these advanced techniques can help you optimize performance, content categorization, and quality control…”

“…In this Second Edition, he provides many new and updated examples, updated research, and new coverage, including these crucial new topics: Are you a Maximizer or a Satisficer – and what it means for your decision-making Overcoming the familiarity bias, adaptation bias, and fear-of-loss bias How to stop throwing good money after bad Knowing when doing nothing is your best option Accounting for gendered decision-making styles Decide and Conquer, Second Edition covers everything from goal-setting and risk-taking to overconfidence to procrastination, and offers indispensable insights for overcoming the multiple biases that are built into all human decision-makers. …”