Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Listening As a Management Tool -- The Process of Listening -- Factors that Adversely Affect Listening -- Lack of Concentration -- Unequal Statuses -- The Halo Effect -- Complexes -- A Closed Mind -- Poor Retention -- Premature Evaluation and Hurried Conclusions -- Abstracting -- Slant -- Cognitive Dissonance -- Language Barrier -- Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Listeners -- Guidelines for Improving Listening Skills -- Responsive Listening -- Basic Reflective Response -- Basic Clarification Response -- Summary -- Case: Too Busy To Listen? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Converting text into tidy data using unnest_tokens() -- Working with a document-term matrix -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Data Visualization with ggplot2 -- Technical requirements -- Introducing ggplot2 -- Building a scatter plot -- Understanding the grammar of graphics -- Geometries in graphics -- Understanding geometry in scatter plots -- Introducing bar charts -- Introducing line plots -- Controlling themes in graphics -- Adjusting themes -- Exploring ggthemes -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Exploratory Data Analysis -- Technical requirements -- EDA fundamentals -- Analyzing categorical data -- Summarizing categorical variables using counts -- Converting counts into proportions -- Marginal distribution and faceted bar charts -- Analyzing numerical data -- Visualization in higher dimensions -- Measuring the central concentration -- Measuring variability -- Working with skewed distributions -- EDA in practice -- Obtaining the stock price data -- Univariate analysis of individual stock prices -- Correlation analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Effective Reporting with R Markdown -- Technical requirements -- Fundamentals of R Markdown -- Getting started with R Markdown -- Getting to know the YAML header -- Formatting textual information -- Writing R code -- Generating a financial analysis report -- Getting and displaying the data -- Performing data analysis -- Adding plots to the report -- Adding tables to the report -- Configuring code chunks -- Customizing R Markdown reports -- Adding a table of contents -- Creating a report with parameters -- Customizing the report style -- Summary -- Part 2: Fundamentals of Linear Algebra and Calculus in R -- Chapter 7: Linear Algebra in R -- Technical requirements -- Introducing linear algebra -- Working with vectors -- Working with matrices -- Matrix vector multiplication -- Matrix multiplication -- The identity matrix…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Colombia has steadily strengthened its economy over the last two decades -- Yet, regional inequality remains high, with room for improvement -- The population in Colombia has concentrated at a faster pace than its economy -- The post-COVID19 period has been used as an opportunity to bridge the territorial divide -- In a nutshell: Assets and challenges of rural regions in Colombia -- Economic patterns shaping Colombian rural regions -- Colombia and its rural regions are diversifying the economic structure -- Economic diversity enhances the resilience of regions -- Rural economies face high labour informality and low education attainment -- Unemployment in rural areas is lower than in urban, despite labour informality -- Demographic patterns in Colombian rural regions -- Colombia's population continues to grow regardless of region, with particular strength in several rural areas -- The Colombian population is young, particularly in rural areas -- Yet, the share of young people in rural places depicts a decreasing trend -- Women's inclusion leads to improved social cohesion and economic prosperity -- Well-being enablers -- Snapshot of quality of life in Colombia -- Civil infrastructure has proved crucial for Colombia and still has significant room for improvement -- Road infrastructure -- Rural communities significantly lag in broadband connectivity and speeds -- Education in rural regions is progressing well in Colombia, though efforts must continue -- Environment: Biodiversity as an opportunity and deforestation as a threat -- Security and land access -- References -- Notes -- Annex 2.A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Key findings -- 1 Assessment and recommendations -- Regional development trends in Croatia -- Croatia's governance framework for regional development -- Croatia's regional development planning instruments and practices -- Funding and financing of regional development in Croatia -- References -- 2 Setting the scene: Regional development trends in Croatia -- Introduction -- National trends in Croatia since joining the EU -- The governance dimension -- Croatia's territorial-administrative structure has remained stable -- Progress in governance has been modest since EU accession -- The economic dimension -- Economic growth has exceeded the EU average -- Unemployment has fallen considerably since 2013 -- The demographic dimension -- Croatia's population is both shrinking and ageing -- Migration has contributed significantly to population decline -- The well-being dimension -- Inequality, poverty and life expectancy has remained constant -- Household internet access has increased rapidly throughout Croatia -- Regional trends -- The economic dimension -- Zagreb City's economic dominance has grown, with other regions falling behind -- The demographic dimension -- The well-being dimension -- County trends -- Economic changes at county level -- GVA is concentrated around Zagreb and coastal counties -- Tourism is booming but only in coastal areas -- Long-term unemployment has fallen rapidly in all counties and Zagreb City -- Demographic changes at the county level -- Well-being changes at the county level -- Health outcomes are highly uneven across counties and Zagreb City -- Crime rates vary across counties, but with no clear geographic pattern -- Internet speeds vary significantly across counties…”

“…Lethal and sub-lethal effects are assessed and compared with control values to either determine the lowest observed effect concentration and the no observed effect concentration, or the effect concentration leading to x% change on organisms for the effect observed. …”

“…En général, 10 animaux sont utilisés pour chaque concentration. Dans le protocole CxT, les animaux sont exposés à une concentration limite ou à une série de concentrations pour des durées multiples. …”

“…To this end, young female Daphnia are exposed to the test substance added to water at a range of concentrations (at least five). For semi-static tests, at least 10 animals at each test concentration and for flow-through tests, 40 animals divided into four groups of 10 animals at each test concentration, are used. …”

“…The embryo and sac-fry stages of fish are exposed to five concentrations of the test substance dissolved in water. …”

“…To this end, young female Daphnia are exposed to the test substance added to water at a range of concentrations (at least five). For semi-static tests, at least 10 animals at each test concentration and for flow-through tests, 40 animals divided into four groups of 10 animals at each test concentration are used. …”

“…The maximum test concentration should be less than 100μg/L (biodegradation following first order kinetics) and the lowest test concentration preferably in the range of ‹1-10μg/L. …”

“…The EC50 and other effective concentrations are calculated from plots of percentage inhibition against the concentration of the test chemicals or, more usually, its logarithm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A multi-year perspective -- On the GNI analysis of simple thin-walled beams with using linear buckling mode as geometric imperfection -- U-shaped steel plate dissipative connection for concentrically braced frames -- Critical buckling load on transversally and longitudinally stiffened steel plate girders subjected to patch loading -- Buckling behavior and strength of corroded steel shapes under axial compression -- Modal analysis of thin-walled members with transverse plate elements using the constrained finite element method -- Experimental verification of shear connection of thin-walled steel built-up members -- Buckling analysis of circular arches with trapezoidal corrugated web -- Effect of stiffener position on buckling behavior of H-shaped steel beam with upper flange restraint…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Appendix: The Power of Sharing Knowledge -- Introduction -- Why contributing to the Adopt a JSR program can make you a better professional -- Understanding the Adopt a JSR program -- Collaborating on the future of Java EE -- Setting yourself up for collaboration -- Set aside a specific time for it -- Choose where you'll concentrate your effort -- Do it! -- The secret to unstucking your project, your career... even your life! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 4.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part IIIIdentity and Evolution -- 5 The Rainbow Connection: A Time-Series Study of Rainbow Flag Display Across Nine Toronto Neighborhoods -- 5.1 Rainbow Flag: Visibility, Implication, and Meaning -- 5.2 A Capsule History of the Rainbow Flag -- 5.3 The Rainbow Flag as Place Brand for Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.4 The Power of Graphics in the Built Environment -- 5.5 Concentration and Persistence of Rainbow Flags Define Boundaries of Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.6 Empirical Plan for the Visual Assessment of Rainbow Flag Display -- 5.7 Observations and Findings -- 5.8 Diaspora as Practical Identity -- 5.9 Rainbow Proliferation: Synthesis and Conclusions -- 5.10 Takeaway Messages -- Sources -- 6 Wearing Pink in Fairy Town: The Heterosexualization of the Spanish Town Neighborhood and Carnival Parade in Baton Rouge -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Consuming Gay Culture -- 6.3 Baton Rouge Mardi Gras and the Spanish Town Parade -- 6.4 Methods -- 6.5 The Bohemian 1980s in Spanish Town -- 6.6 Spanish Town Parades as Part of Gay Cultural History in Baton Rouge -- 6.7 Homophobia and Queer Culture in the Contemporary Parade -- References -- 7 A Tale of Three Villages: Contested Discourses of Place-Making in Central Philadelphia -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 The Space in Question -- 7.2.1 Gayborhood -- 7.2.2 Washington Square West -- 7.2.3 Midtown Village -- 7.3 Discursive Moments -- 7.3.1 Snapshots from the Gayborhood -- 7.3.2 The Skeleton of Washington West -- 7.3.3 Welcome to Midtown Village -- 7.4 Further Directions -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Are "Gay" and "Queer-Friendly" Neighborhoods Healthy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Les liens entre la Tunisie et sa diaspora : migrations de retour et contributions économiques -- Intentions de retour des émigrés tunisiens -- Caractéristiques des émigrés tunisiens rentrés en Tunisie -- Presque 30 000 migrants de retour récents en Tunisie, dont deux tiers viennent d'un pays de l'OCDE -- Les migrants de retour sont concentrés dans la capitale -- Les migrants de retour passent en moyenne 12 ans à l'étranger avant de rentrer -- Plus de 70 % des émigrés de retour en Tunisie ont un niveau d'éducation secondaire ou supérieur -- Motifs de retour des émigrés tunisiens -- Contributions économiques des émigrés tunisiens -- Les migrants de retour ont des emplois complémentaires à ceux des autres travailleurs mais peuvent avoir des difficultés à valoriser leurs compétences -- Entrepreneuriat : plus d'employeurs et d'indépendants parmi les émigrés de retour tunisiens -- Les investissements réalisés par les émigrés avant et après leur retour -- La diaspora transfère chaque année l'équivalent de 5 % du PIB de la Tunisie -- La diaspora s'implique aussi dans les évolutions de la société tunisienne -- Conclusion -- Références -- Annexe 5.A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The pharmaceutical retail sector is quite concentrated -- 4.3. Despite a solid legal framework, the outpatient pharmaceutical sector in Latvia has significant flaws -- 4.3.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sub-national government spending is concentrated in a few functions -- Table 2.4. Scope for sub-national discretion and autonomy -- The current territorial division is fragmented and complicated -- Figure 2.10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Éducation et accueil des jeunes enfants -- 7.4. Concentration des élèves d'origine immigrée dans les établissements scolaires -- 7.5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Indicateurs de la pollution atmosphérique -- Graphique 38. Concentrations en polluants atmosphériques dans les centres urbains des pays membres de l'OCDE -- Tableau 20. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Trading Ranges -- Prior Major Highs and Lows -- Concentrations of Relative Highs and Relative Lows -- Trend Lines, Channels, and Internal Trend Lines -- Price Envelope Bands -- Chapter 9: Chart Patterns -- One-Day Patterns -- Continuation Patterns -- Top and Bottom Formations -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Is Chart Analysis Still Valid? …”