Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rails-Style AJAX Elegant Degradation; Summary; Chapter 8: Playing with Blocks; The Block Mindset; Comparing Methods, Procs, and Blocks; The Big Scope Experiment; Block Patterns, Blocks in Rails; Summary; Chapter 9: Mixins and Monkey Patching; Mixins; Monkey Patching; Summary; Chapter 10: Code That Writes Code (That Writes Code); Dynamic Code and DSLs Revisited; Code-Writing Macros; Calling Methods That Don't Exist: Objects That Adapt to the Way You Use Them; Reflection; Summary; Chapter 11: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Schema…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Managing the United States' development co-operation -- Institutional system -- Adaptation to change -- Human resources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction The questionnaire Part 1: Quality of care policies 1.1 Overview of quality of care policies 1.2 Legal framework for quality of care 1.3 Professional certification/licensing and re-certification 1.4 Accreditation and other external quality assessment mechanisms 1.5 Medical devices, blood products and pharmaceuticals 1.6 National audit studies and performance reports 1.7 Practice guidelines 1.8 Quality indicators 1.9 The ability of patients to influence quality and policies on measuring patient experiences 1.10 Public reporting on quality of care 1.11 Financial incentives 1.12 Patient safety and medical malpractice 1.13 Infection control policies Part 2: Information infrastructure questions for measuring quality of care 2.1 Data set at national level 2.2 Custodian at national level 2.3 Estimated proportion of service/population coverage 2.4 Sources of data used to create the dataset 2.5 Standards or guidelines for collecting the data 2.6 Adherence to a global health data standard 2.7 Records for patients 2.8 Unique patient identification number 2.9 Unique patient identifier generated or used exclusively by the facility 2.10 ID system to link the data 2.11 Data use to regularly report on health-care quality 2.12 Indicators used to regularly monitor health-care quality 2.13 Difficulties in regular monitoring of health-care quality 2.14 Comparison with the past five years 2.15 Expectation over the next five years Part 3: Quality improvement initiatives and activities 3.1 SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands 3.2 WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and Manual 3.3 WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide 3.4 The adaptation and promotion of QA/QI trainings 3.5 Conceptual framework for the International Classification for Patient Safety 3.6 Other Initiatives and Activities Concluding remarks Acknowledgement…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 10: A Biomorphic Active Cochlear Model In SilicoChapter 11: Micropower Adaptive VLSI Systems for Acoustic Source Localization and Separation; Chapter 13: Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy: State-of-the-Art and Future Trends; Chapter 14: Terahertz Technology Based on Nanoelectronic Devices; Chapter 15: Design and Assessment Principles of Semiconductor Flat-Panel Detector-Based X-Ray Micro-CT Systems for Small-Animal Imaging; Chapter 16: Portable High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging System Design and Hardware Considerations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Note3 The Power of the Brain; Rewiring our Brain for Success; We Are Our Brain; Change Your Behaviour: Grow Your Brain; Distracting Our Attention; The Phenomenon of a Man in Uniform; How Hormones Help And Hinder; Our Built-In Ability to Adapt and Change; Notes; 4 Our Quest for Happiness; Choosing a More Positive Frame of Mind; Are We All Searching For Happiness?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lawler IIIm -- 15 The Age of Big Data and Talent Analytics Kevin Oakes and Cliff Stevenson -- Section IV: Growing Talent -- 16 Adapting to Changing Workforce Policy Issues Jeanette K. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Tables, Figures, and Boxes ix The Authors xi Preface xiii PART ONE The Implementation Landscape 1 ONE Framing Implementation 5 Exploring Policy and Program Implementation 9 Defining Implementation Effectiveness 12 Unpacking Implementation Systems 16 Bringing the Analysis to Life 28 TWO Conventional Perspectives on Policy and Program Implementation 35 Political Processes and Authority 37 Governance and Management 43 Policy and Program Evaluation 52 Conclusion 64 THREE A New Perspective for Implementation: Strategic Action Fields 67 Introducing Strategic Action Fields 69 Core Programs 74 Unpacking Social Structures and Dynamics 82 Conclusion 96 PART TWO The Implementation System at Multiple Levels 99 FOUR Policy Fields 103 Policy Fields in Focus 107 Analyzing the Development of the Core Program 120 Applying Policy Field Analysis 131 Conclusion 136 FIVE Organizations 139 Organizations in Focus 141 Analyzing the Integration of the Core Program 148 Applying Organizational Analysis 155 Conclusion 162 SIX Front Lines 163 Front Lines in Focus 166 Analyzing the Application of the Core Program 174 Applying Frontline Analysis 181 Conclusion 188 PART THREE The Practice of Effective Implementation 191 SEVEN Exploring Implementation in Practice 195 Implementation Dynamics: The Hardest Hit Fund 196 Implementation Dynamics: The Quality Rating and Improvement System 211 Opportunities for Change 222 EIGHT Leading Learning in Implementation Systems 225 Investigating Technical Challenges 228 Engaging Others in Adaptive Challenges 246 Bringing It All Together 259 Appendix A Policy Field Audit 261 Appendix B Policy Field Visual Diagram 263 Appendix C Program Process Flow 265 Appendix D Organization Program Integration Audit 267 Appendix E Frontline Interactions Audit 271 Appendix F Target Experiences Analysis 275 Appendix G Implementation Dynamics and Outcomes Analysis 279 Appendix H Implementation Improvement Blueprint 283 Notes 287 Bibliography 339 Index 379.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Characterization of Native Goat's Production Systems in Eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo 249 -- 10. Adaptive Mechanisms of Goat to Heat Stress 349 -- 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Responses -- Summary -- 6 How to Improve Your Ability -- Suggestions for the Would-Be Inventor -- Summary -- 7 Choosing the Best Strategy -- A Warning -- Rabinow's Patent -- 8 Methods to Stimulate Invention -- A General Method -- Adaptation -- Analogs and Duals -- Brainstorming -- Synectics -- Involvement -- Area Thinking -- Functional Synthesis -- Summary -- 9 Serendipity: Invention by Accident -- A Chance Solution -- New Discoveries -- Summary -- 10 Tests to Measure Creativity -- A Critique -- Typical Tests -- What is Important to the Engineer? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Digital Holographic Data Representation and Compression -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Fundamental Principles of Digital Holography -- 2.1 Physical Principles -- 2.1.1 Interference-Hologram Acquisition -- 2.1.2 Diffraction-Hologram Reconstruction -- 2.2 Computer-Generated Holography -- 2.2.1 Numerical Reconstruction Methods -- 2.2.1.1 Approximation Methods -- 2.2.1.2 Angular Spectrum Method -- 2.2.2 Computer-Generated Holograms -- 2.2.2.1 The State of the Art of CGH -- 2.2.2.2 Methods for CGH -- 2.3 Phase-Shifting Digital Holography -- 2.3.1 Motivation -- 2.3.2 Principle of Phase-Shifting Digital Holography -- Chapter 3: Basic Compression Tools -- 3.1 Transformation: Wavelet-Based Transform -- 3.2 Quantization -- 3.3 Entropy Coding -- 3.4 JPEG 2000 -- Chapter 4: Holographic Data Representations -- 4.1 Representations of Digital Holographic Data -- 4.1.1 Intensity-Based Representation -- 4.1.2 Complex Amplitude-Based Representation -- 4.2 Study of Probability Distributions -- 4.3 Comparative Study of Different Representations -- Chapter 5: Compression of Digital Holographic Data -- 5.1 Overview of State of the Art for Digital Holographic Data Compression -- 5.1.1 Quantization Based -- 5.1.2 Transform Based -- 5.1.3 Extension to Digital Holographic Sequences -- 5.2 Wavelet-Based Holographic Data Compression Methods -- 5.2.1 Fresnelet Scheme -- 5.2.2 Separable Vector Lifting Scheme -- 5.2.3 Nonseparable Vector Lifting Scheme -- 5.2.3.1 Basic Concept of Decomposition Structure -- 5.2.3.2 Optimization Techniques -- 5.2.4 Arbitrary Packet Decomposition and Direction-Adaptive Discrete Wavelet Transform -- 5.2.5 Morlet Transform -- Chapter 6: Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Back Cover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7 Minnesota Family InventoriesINTRODUCTION; 25 FAMILY ADAPTABILITY AND COHESION EVALUATION SCALES III; 26 QUALITY OF LIFE; 27 FAMILY STRENGTHS; 28 FAMILY INVENTORY OF LIFE EVENTS AND CHANGES; 29 FAMILY CRISIS-ORIENTED PERSONAL EVALUATION SCALES; 30 PREPARE-ENRICH INVENTORIES; 31 PERSONAL ASSESSMENT OF INTIMACY IN RELATIONSHIPS; 8 Epilogue…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The hominin year: a seasonal perspective Adapting to a seasonal Europe? Continuity in a seasonal world Coping with seasonal Europe: biology and technology How different were H. heidelbergensis and H. antecessor? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Considering Risks and RewardsHow to Succeed with a Free App; How to Succeed with a Freemium App; Summary; Chapter 8: Creating Paid and Premium Apps; Business Reasons behind Revenue Models; Considering Risks and Rewards; How to Succeed with Paid Apps; Summary; Chapter 9: Adopting Apple's Approach; Infusing an Insane Amount of Care; Adapting Apps to iPad; Case Study: Tapbots; Summary; Chapter 10: Riding the Social Networking Wave; Fostering the Ultimate Viral Marketing: Social Networks; Taking Cues from Facebook; Ignoring Facebook Conventions; Rewarding Users for Promoting Your App…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Guiding Principles for Project Management Success; Project Success Criteria; Managing Risks and Issues; Risk Management; Issue Management; Initiating and Planning a Project; Managing Changes to Scope; Team Motivation; Adaptive Leadership; Stakeholder Management; Building Trusting and Lasting Stakeholder Relationships; Time Management; Stress Management; Lessons Learned; Step 6: Progress Review: Examine Your Progress and Determine Next Steps; Review; Closing Note; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Finding position, intention and direction -- Looking for advantages -- Making strategic decisions and choices -- Adapting to your competitive environment -- Part 4 Winning with strategy -- Winning strategy games -- Creating new markets -- Getting ahead of your strategic group -- Growing your business (again and again) -- Going global without going broke -- Knowing what you can do best -- Part 5 Making your strategy work -- Managing your strategy process -- Meetings for strategic minds -- Managing change, making strategy work -- Understanding what can go wrong -- Saving your company from failure -- Part 6 The Strategy Book tool kit -- The basic (powerful) strategy questions -- SWOT analysis -- Porter's 5 forces of competition -- Porter's generic strategies -- Burgelman's strategy dynamics model -- Porter's value chain -- Core competencies and resource-based view -- Nonaka and Takeuchi's knowledge spiral -- McKinsey's 7-S framework -- Scenario planning -- Ansoff's growth grid -- BCG's product portfolio matrix -- Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean -- Greiner's growth (and crisis) model -- Treacy and Wiersema's value disciplines -- Cummings and Wilson: orientation and animation -- Lewin's force field analysis -- Kotter's eight phases of change -- Kaplan and Norton's balanced scorecard…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.8 Identifying key skills to be developed (and habits to be broken) and working them into the Education Plan2.9 Encouraging the 'named adult' to visit the current school; 2.10 Working out a 'transition time-line' with clear identification of responsibilities for all involved; 2.11 Dealing with rumours; 2.12 Adapting current strategies that work for supporting transition; 2.13 Utilizing existing AS community of the school; 2.14 Familiarizing your child with the school, and with the concept of the school; Chapter 3 The Holidays…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Standardized Assessment of Social Skills in Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Adaptive Behavior and Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Chapter 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ahmad, Damla Turgut, and Begumhan Turgut) -- 6. Adaptive Backbone Multicast Routing for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Chaiporn Jaikaeo and Chien-Chung Shen) -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…<P>Introduction</p> <p>List chapter number and chapter title below</p> <p>Part One: Introducing Behavioural Science</p> <p>Chapter 1: A Matter of Perspective</p> <p>Chapter 2: Right Tools For The Job</p> <p>Chapter 3: The Traditinal Toolkit</p> <p>Chapter 4: What Is The Job</p> <p>Chapter 5: Introducing Behavioural Science</p> <p>Chapter 6: Behavioural Driver One -- Our Experience and Knowledge</p> <p>Chapter 7: Behavioural Driver Two -- Other People</p> <p>Chapter 8: Behavioural Driver Three -- Context</p> <p>Part Two -- HUMANS</p> <p>Chapter 9: Introducing HUMANS</p> <p>Chapter 10: H is for Helpful</p> <p>Chapter 11: U is for Understand</p> <p>Chapter 12: M is for Manageable</p> <p>Chapter 13: A is for Acceptable</p> <p>Chapter 14: N is for Normal</p> <p>Chapter 15: S is for Salient</p> <p>Chapter 16: How to use HUMANS</p> <p>Part Three -- The Six Rules</p> <p>Chapter 17: Introducing The Six Rules</p> <p>Chapter 18: Rule Number One</p> <p>Chapter 19: Rule Number Two</p> <p>Chapter 20: Rule Number Three</p> <p>Chapter 21: Rule Number Four</p> <p>Chapter 22: Rule Number Five</p> <p>Chapter 23: Rule Number Six</p> <p>Part Four -- RADAR</p> <p>Chapter 24: Introducing RADAR</p> <p>Chapter 25: R is for Rebellious</p> <p>Chapter 26: A is for Adaptive</p> <p>Chapter 27: D is for Dissenting</p> <p>Chapter 28: A is also for Analytical</p> <p>Chapter 29: R is also for Remarkable</p> <p>Chapter 30: Conclusion</p> <p>Glossary</p> <p>Bibliography</p> <p>Acknowledgments</p> <p>About the Author(s)</p> <p>Index</p>…”