“…Anthony Tarantino delivers an insightful and eye-opening exploration of the ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution is dramatically changing the way we manufacture products across the world and especially how it will revitalize manufacturing in North America and Europe. The author examines the role and impact of a variety of new Smart technologies including industrial IoT, computer vision, mobile/edge computing, 3D printing, robots, big data analytics, and the cloud. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Anatomy of Games -- Not just pixels and programming -- Finding your preferred type -- Playing to learn -- Minecraft -- Kerbal Space Program -- Sid Meier's Civilization -- Stop kidding around, be serious! -- America's Army -- Foldit -- Moonbase Alpha -- Keeping it real with simulations -- Virtual Heroes -- SimCity -- From Dust -- Gamify all things with gamification -- Language learning with DuoLingo -- Game elements and mechanics -- Becoming a better human with Habitica (HabitRPG) -- Game elements and mechanics -- Shop till you drop with AliExpress (mobile application) -- Game elements and mechanics -- What is game design? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1.2 - United States of America -- 4.1.3 - Japan -- 4.1.4 - Colombia -- 4.2 - Implementation of Natech Risk Reduction -- 4.2.1 - European Union -- 4.2.2 - Germany -- 4.3 - International Activities -- 4.3.1 - OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident ­Prevention, Preparedness and Response -- 4.3.1.1 - The OECD Natech Project -- 4.3.1.2 - The Natech Addendum to the OECD Guiding Principles -- 4.3.1.3 - Further OECD Activities -- 4.3.2 - The UNEP APELL Program -- 4.3.3 - Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-30 -- References -- Chapter 5 - Natural Hazard Characterization -- 5.1 - Introduction -- 5.2 - Prediction and Measurement -- 5.2.1 - Earthquake -- 5.2.1.1 - Hazard Parameters of Concern -- 5.2.1.2 - Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis -- 5.2.2 - Tsunami -- 5.2.3 - Floods -- 5.2.3.1 - Probability and Frequency of Flooding -- 5.2.3.2 - Flood Maps -- 5.2.3.3 - Flood Forecasting and EU Floods Directive -- 5.3 - Limitations, uncertainties, and future impacts of climate change -- References -- Chapter 6 - Technological Hazard Characterization -- 6.1 - Introduction -- 6.2 - Substance Hazard -- 6.3 - Physical State of the Released ­Substance -- 6.4 - Equipment Vulnerability -- 6.4.1 - Atmospheric Equipment -- 6.4.2 - Pressurized Equipment -- 6.4.3 - Pipelines -- 6.4.4 - Hazard Classification Based on Structural Features and ­Hazard of the Secondary Scenario -- 6.5 - Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 - Natech Risk and Its Assessment -- 7.1 - General Considerations -- 7.2 - The Industrial Risk-Assessment Process -- 7.3 - The Natech Risk-Assessment Process -- 7.3.1 - Input -- 7.3.2 - Hazard Identification and Consequence Analysis -- 7.3.2.1 - Consequence-Analysis Models -- 7.3.2.2 - Cascading Effects -- 7.3.3 - Risk Integration and Evaluation -- References -- Chapter 8 - Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods for Natech Risk Assessment…”

“…Boff fue uno de los pioneros de la teología de la liberación en Brasil y en América Latina: él defendió, ya desde la década de los años setenta, la opción preferente por los pobres, no como caridad o filantropía, sino como compromiso social con la lucha de los oprimidos y explotados, de los trabajadores y trabajadoras del campo y de la ciudad por su propia liberación... …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4 MEANING OF THE DECORATION -- 5 LOCAL CONSTRUCTION PRACTISES -- 6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The transfer of thin wood vaulting from France to America -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ORIGINS -- 3 TRANSFER -- 4 PROLIFERATION -- 5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Tradition and invention in domestic construction in the Caribbean region: The case of Southern Puerto Rico -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 PEASANT AND TOWN HOUSES IN THE EARLY PERIOD -- 3 THE EVOLVED CASA CRIOLLA -- 4 THE CASITA -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Translating the "Chinese roof": Construction culture hybridization in West China Union University -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FRED ROWNTREE AND THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY -- 3 TRANSLATION: WESTERN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY VS. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The powers that be -- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) -- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) -- Creative Commons (CC) -- I can name that tune . . . …”

“…Una colección de 37 películas vanguardistas restauradas de algunos de los nombres más reconocidos del cine de vanguardia de América…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 5 International Conflict -- The Wars of the World -- Types of War -- Theories of the Causes of War -- Seeking the Collective Good Peace in Latin America -- Conflicts of Ideas -- Nationalism -- Ethnic Conflict -- Policy Perspectives Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wazed -- Genocide -- Religious Conflict -- Public Opinion and International Relations Islamic Extremism -- Ideological Conflict -- Conflicts of Interest -- Territorial Disputes -- Control of Governments -- Economic Conflict -- Chapter Review -- Let's Debate the Issue The United States and Russia: A New Cold War? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Winners and Losers: Impacts on Livelihoods -- Features of this Agroforestry Approach to Rural Development -- Policy Guidelines -- Development Issues for the Future -- 14 Tree Domestication in Agroforestry: Progress in the Second Decade (2003-2012) -- Summary -- Introduction -- The First Decade (1992-2002) -- The Second Decade (2003-12) -- The Humid Lowlands of West and Central Africa -- The Drylands of the Sahel -- Woody Savannah of Southern Africa -- East Africa -- Latin America -- Asia -- Oceania -- Recent Developments in Agroforestry Tree Improvement -- Molecular Genetics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- ...and, there still remains a margin of opportunity to invest in innovation in rural counties -- Equal opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship across metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties is critical -- The share of persistently poor counties is 5 times higher in rural counties than in metropolitan counties -- Workers in rural counties are ageing faster -- The scale and scope of innovation in rural areas in the United States -- Innovation in rural America is supported by direct and indirect funding and support from federal agencies -- However, the focus on direct support for technology-based innovation is at odds with how rural innovation occurs…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.1 Payments Dollarization and Currency Exchange in Cambodia -- 5.2.2 Banks and Money Changers in the Currency Exchange Business -- 5.2.3 Money Changers and Central Bank Auctions -- 5.2.4 Firms' Payment Methods in Cambodia -- 5.3 Related Literature -- 5.4 Data and Methodology -- 5.4.1 Data -- Currency Mismatch -- Methods of Currency Exchange -- Methods of Payments -- Criteria for Selection of Currency Exchange Methods -- 5.4.2 Analytical Framework -- 5.5 Empirical Results and Discussion -- 5.5.1 Results -- 5.5.2 Discussion -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix 5.1: Results of the Bivariate Probit Model -- Appendix 5.2: Effects of Firms' Perceptions On the Probability of Selecting Money Changers -- 6 Electronic Payment and Promotion of Local Currency -- 6.1 Overview of Cambodia's Payment Landscape -- 6.1.1 Evolution of Payments in Cambodia -- 6.1.2 Development of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Payment -- 6.1.3 Behavioral Change Toward Digital Payments -- 6.2 Dollarization in Digital Payments in Cambodia -- 6.2.1 Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.2.2 Payment Services -- 6.2.3 The Bakong Backbone Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.3 Digital Currency and Dollarization in Cambodia's Context -- 6.3.1 Digital Currency in Cambodia -- 6.3.2 The Bakong Payment System -- References -- 7 Dollarization in Other Emerging Economies and Developing Countries -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conventional Arguments On Dollarization -- 7.2.1 Voluntary and Formal Dollarization -- 7.2.2 Dollarization in Post-Conflict Economies -- 7.2.3 Hyperinflation and Dollarization in Latin America -- 7.2.4 Fatalistic But Formal Dollarization -- 7.3 The International Economic Structure and Dollarization -- 7.3.1 Oil Exporters and Dollarization -- 7.3.2 Remittances as the Source of Dollar Inflows…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.1 Payments Dollarization and Currency Exchange in Cambodia -- 5.2.2 Banks and Money Changers in the Currency Exchange Business -- 5.2.3 Money Changers and Central Bank Auctions -- 5.2.4 Firms' Payment Methods in Cambodia -- 5.3 Related Literature -- 5.4 Data and Methodology -- 5.4.1 Data -- Currency Mismatch -- Methods of Currency Exchange -- Methods of Payments -- Criteria for Selection of Currency Exchange Methods -- 5.4.2 Analytical Framework -- 5.5 Empirical Results and Discussion -- 5.5.1 Results -- 5.5.2 Discussion -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix 5.1: Results of the Bivariate Probit Model -- Appendix 5.2: Effects of Firms' Perceptions On the Probability of Selecting Money Changers -- 6 Electronic Payment and Promotion of Local Currency -- 6.1 Overview of Cambodia's Payment Landscape -- 6.1.1 Evolution of Payments in Cambodia -- 6.1.2 Development of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Payment -- 6.1.3 Behavioral Change Toward Digital Payments -- 6.2 Dollarization in Digital Payments in Cambodia -- 6.2.1 Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.2.2 Payment Services -- 6.2.3 The Bakong Backbone Payment System Infrastructure -- 6.3 Digital Currency and Dollarization in Cambodia's Context -- 6.3.1 Digital Currency in Cambodia -- 6.3.2 The Bakong Payment System -- References -- 7 Dollarization in Other Emerging Economies and Developing Countries -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conventional Arguments On Dollarization -- 7.2.1 Voluntary and Formal Dollarization -- 7.2.2 Dollarization in Post-Conflict Economies -- 7.2.3 Hyperinflation and Dollarization in Latin America -- 7.2.4 Fatalistic But Formal Dollarization -- 7.3 The International Economic Structure and Dollarization -- 7.3.1 Oil Exporters and Dollarization -- 7.3.2 Remittances as the Source of Dollar Inflows…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Clarke, "The Nine Billion Names of God" -- The Trapdoor Escape Hatch Way Out of Hyperreality -- High Life: The Black Hole of Humanity's Extinction and New Hope -- Poetic Resolution in Baudrillard's Thought -- Daniel Boorstin, The Image: Hyperreality Overtakes America -- Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyperreality -- Roland Barthes, Mythologies -- Taking the Side of Objects -- Plato and the Simulacrum -- Plato as Software Designer -- Brian Gogan on Plato, Baudrillard, and Rhetoric -- Deleuze on "Plato and the Simulacrum" -- Upgrading Hyperreality and the Simulacrum for Digitalization -- Personalized Advertising -- Transdisciplinarity is Good for (Post‐)Humanity -- Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and the Metaverse -- Baudrillard and the Situationists -- Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Una reinterpretación / Miguel Ángel Sánchez Gómez -- La industria textil de la Casa de la Caridad de Toledo / Ángel Santos Vaquero -- El arreglo de la deuda de los liberales : problemas e instituciones / Pilar Toboso Sánchez -- La desamortización de Mendizábal en Galicia : un estado de la cuestión / Rafael Vallejo Pousada -- La expulsión de los jesuitas de América y España : invitación a una investigación de conjunto/ José Andrés- Gallego -- Justicia y delito en el discurso liberal de las Cortes de Cádiz / José Babiano Mora y Ana Fernández Asperilla -- Las raíces sociales de la revolución gloriosa. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SUEÑO 398/ A KUROSAWA -- SUEÑO 399/ DE KUROSAWA -- SUEÑO 401/ A KUROSAWA -- SUEÑO 403/ A KUROSAWA -- SUEÑO 404/ A KUROSAWA -- SUEÑO 406/ A KUROSAWA -- SUEÑO 409/ A KUROSAWA -- LVB -- LVB / OP 411 LLANURAS -- LVB/ OP 412 ROMPIENTES -- LVB/ OP 413 COMO UNA LÍNEA DE SANGRE -- LVB / OP 414 LA QUINTA -- SI SÓLO ESCUCHARAS -- SI SÓLO SINTIERAS -- LVB / OP 417 ORILLA MUERTA -- LVB / OP 418 TORTURADOS -- LVB / OP 419 PLAZA GARIBALDI -- LVB/ OP 420 BEETHOVEN'S BOYS -- ESCUCHA ENTONCES SORDO, CABRÓN -- PERO UNA VEZ FUISTE -- VERÁS IMBORRABLES ERRATAS -- II TU ROTA NOCHE -- ¿PASARÉ ENTONCES? -- AMÉRICA -- LOS ESPAÑOLES 1974 -- PEDRO DE VALDIVIA NORTE -- AV. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Jurisprudencia destacable recaída en los distintos países de América -- 6. 4. Jurisprudencia destacable en España -- 6. 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.2 Case Studies: The Pioneering Projects -- 11.3 Case Studies: Residential Reuse Australia-Wide -- 11.4 Main Challenges and Lessons Learned -- 11.5 Overview -- References and Further Reading -- Part III: Urban water reuse: decentralised water recycling systems -- Chapter 12: Semi-decentralized water recycling in megacities: the example of Tokyo Shinjuku Area -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The Water Reuse Project in Shinjuku Area -- 12.3 Conclusions: Keys to Success of Urban Water Reuse in Tokyo -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 13: Water reuse in the America's first green high-rise residential building - the Solaire -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Technical Challenges of Water Quality Control -- 13.3 Water Reuse Applications -- 13.4 Economics of Water Reuse -- 13.5 Human Dimension of Water Reuse -- 13.6 Conclusions and Main Keys to Success -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 14: On-site water reclamation and reuse in individual buildings in Japan -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 General Description of on-site Water Reclamation in Individual Buildings -- 14.3 Efficiency of Membrane Bioreactors used for on-site Water Reclamation in a Business Building -- 14.4 Conclusions: Keys to Success of in-building Recycling and Reuse -- References and Further Reading -- Part IV: Agricultural use of recycled water -- Chapter 15: Production of high quality recycled water for agricultural irrigation in Milan -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Technical Challenges in Water Quality Control -- 15.3 Water Reuse Applications -- 15.4 Economics of Water Reuse -- 15.5 Human Dimension of Water Reuse -- 15.6 Conclusions and Lessons Learned -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 16: Key to success of water reuse for agricultural irrigation in France -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Technical Challenges of Water Quality Control -- 16.3 Water Reuse Applications…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Then your family will again reap 100 percent of the pie that corporate America bakes for you -- Chapter Two Rational Exuberance: Shareholder Gains Must Match Business Gains -- "Over time, the aggregate gains made by . . . shareholders must of necessity match the business gains of the company -- Reversion to the mean -- "It is dangerous . . . to apply to the future inductive arguments based on past experience." -- The dual nature of stock market returns -- Enter speculative return -- A return to sanity -- Combining investment return and speculative return: total stock market returns -- Accurately forecasting short-term swings in investor emotions is not possible. …”