Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Note -- Acknowledgements -- Country expert team -- Reader's guide -- Indicators -- Data collection -- Cross-country comparability -- Methodological advances and recommendations for data improvements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- 1 Recent trends in SME and entrepreneurship financing -- Business environment and macroeconomic context -- Trade and business investment -- Financial conditions -- Lending to SMEs -- New SME loans -- Outstanding stock of SME loans -- SME loan shares -- Short-term versus long-term lending Credit conditions for SMEs -- Interest rates -- Collateral requirements -- SME loan applications -- Rejection rates -- Additional evidence on credit conditions from survey data -- Euro area -- United States -- Japan -- United Kingdom -- Asset-based finance -- Leasing and hire purchases -- Factoring -- Equity instruments -- Venture capital -- Online alternative finance -- Payment delays, bankruptcies and non-performing loans -- Payment delays -- Bankruptcies -- Non-performing loans (NPLs) -- Government policy responses in 2019-20 In the run-up to the crisis, governments continued to make use of credit guarantee schemes and increasingly supported alternative finance instruments for SMEs -- Credit guarantees have remained the dominant form of support for SME access to finance through the COVID pandemic -- Direct lending was also ramped up to support the SME crisis response -- Governments made significant use of temporary crisis measures, such as deferred payments and grants, to support the urgent liquidity needs of SMEs Public support for equity financing in 2020 was strong, but not as strong as the support provided through other instruments -- Fintech firms played a role in channelling support, but have further potential to support SME access to finance -- The post-COVID policy landscape will be shaped by the recovery agenda and the need to increase SME resilience, including through continued financial diversification -- References -- Notes -- 2 SME finance in COVID-19 recovery packages: Assessment and implications -- Overview -- Introduction -- The SME orientation of recovery packages Many countries have launched recovery packages -- The packages share common overarching objectives but differ in focus -- The format, types of support and size of packages differ across countries -- Rescue packages had a strong focus on SMEs -- However, recovery packages have a less explicit focus on SMEs -- Recovery packages also saw a shift in the types of SMEs targeted -- SME financing instruments in recovery packages -- Debt instruments continue to be an integral part of recovery packages, with a shift in design and focus…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chronic Kidney Disease: A Life Course Health-Development Perspective -- SECTION IV: CROSS-CUTTING TOPICS IN LIFE COURSE HEALTH-DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 17. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thurstone Scaling (Equal-Appearing Intervals)Questionnaire Layout; Rewards and Incentives; Data Analysis; Types of Data; Analysis Techniques; Qualitative Analysis of Open-Ended Data; Exploratory Data Analysis; Frequency Counts; Measures of Central Tendency, Variability, and Shape; Cross Tabulations; Recommended Readings; References; Appendix A: Standard Usability Questionnaires; Overview of Standard Usability Questionnaires; Free Surveys; System Usability Scale; Strengths of the SUS; Weaknesses of the SUS; Procedures for Administering the SUS; Data Analysis of the SUS Questionnaire…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Credits""; ""About the Authors""; ""About the Reviewers""; ""www.PacktPub.com""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Time Series Analysis""; ""Working with time series data""; ""Linear time series modeling and forecasting""; ""Modeling and forecasting UK house prices""; ""Model identification and estimation""; ""Model diagnostic checking""; ""Forecasting""; ""Cointegration""; ""Cross hedging jet fuel""; ""Modeling volatility""; ""Volatility forecasting for risk management""; ""Testing for ARCH effects""; ""GARCH model specification""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Setting up an HTTPS web serverPreventing cross-site request forgery; Chapter 8: Integrating Network Paradigms; Introduction; Sending email; Sending SMS; Communicating with TCP; Creating an SMTP server; Implementing a virtual hosting paradigm; Chapter 9: Writing Your Own Node Modules; Introduction; Creating a test-driven module API; Writing a functional module mock-up; Refactoring from functional to prototypical; Extending the module's API; Deploying a module to npm; Chapter 10: Taking It Live; Introduction; Deploying to a server environment; Automatic crash recovery; Continuous deployment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.4 - Generation of Experimental Data7.5 - Analysis of the Simulation Results; Chapter 8-Final Considerations: Research Implications and Outlook; 8.1 - Summary; 8.2 - Contributions to Theory and Practice; 8.3 - Limitations and Future Research Directions; 8.4 - Final Considerations; References; Appendices; A - Interview Protocol; B - Questionnaire to Assess Overall Satisfaction with the Front-End Strategizing Process; C - Instructor's Guide; D - Estimating Volatility from Historical Data; E - Generic and Bespoke Design Briefs; F - Route Map for Cross-Pennine, Yorkshire & Humber and North West…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Facial Expressions -- Gestures -- Vocal Patterns -- Facial Expressions -- Gestures -- Vocal Patterns -- Exercise -- 14 Cross-Cultural Communication -- Facial Expressions -- Physical Contact -- Gestures -- Vocal Patterns -- Space -- Exercise -- A Quick Guide to Finding Out About Someone Without Asking -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Advert -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Getting Started""; ""Purpose of This Book""; ""What You Will Learn""; ""Who This Book Is For""; ""How to Navigate This Book""; ""Chapter 2: Crossing the Agile Chasm""; ""Agile Is Really a Culture Change""; ""Technology Adoption Lifecycle""; ""Agile Cultural Chasm""; ""Chapter 3: Business Benefits of Being Agile""; ""Show Me the Money""; ""Engaging Your Customers and Employees""; ""Agile Value to Incentive Differentiator (AVID)""; ""Elusive Customer Value""; ""Agile Business Strategy""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Challenge: Sharing Data Safely; Surprising Outcomes with Anonymity; The Netflix Prize; Unexpected Results from the Netflix Contest; Implications of Breaking Anonymity; Be Alert to the Possibility of Cross-Reference Datasets; New York Taxicabs: Threats to Privacy; Sharing Data Safely; Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata; Copyright Page; Contents; Authors biography; Re-thinking library metadata; 1 Introduction; The construction of metadata; Metadata categories; The continued relevance of metadata; 2 Existing standards-based metadata approaches and principles; The principle of sufficiency and necessity; The principle of user convenience; The principle of representation; The principle of standardisation; Integration and interoperability; Metadata derivation; Metadata application profiles; Metadata cross-walking (mapping); Metadata registries…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Creating and populating the CMS Repeater Dataset""""Creating CMS variables""; ""Creating our Category Repeater""; ""Defining and Creating Category Repeater interactions""; ""Updating our Category Repeater""; ""Defining the SetDetail case""; ""Creating our Repeater item interaction""; ""Facetted Filtering, Sorting, and Pagination Widgets""; ""Designing the Facetted filters""; ""Designing Sorting and Pagination controls""; ""Interactions for Facetted filtering, sorting, and pagination""; ""Defining the SetNumberOfItemsLabel case""; ""Defining the SetCrossSellFilter case""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…t Required""; ""Enabling Cross Database Chaining""; ""Minimum Permissions Possible""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…115 -- Patient-Specific Guided Osteotomy to Correct a Symptomatic Malunion of the Left Forearm 123 -- Diagnostic Accuracy of 3D Ultrasound and Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Pediatric Wrist Injuries 131 -- Apophyseal Avulsion of the Rectus Femoris Tendon Origin in Adolescent Soccer Players 141 -- A Prospective Cohort Study on Quality of Life among the Pediatric Population after Surgery for Recurrent Patellar Dislocation 149 -- Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for Treatment of Pediatric Tibial Fractures: A 20-Year Single Center Experience of 132 Cases 157 -- NSAID Use and Effects on Pediatric Bone Healing: A Review of Current Literature 169 -- Orthopedic Effects of Electronic Cigarettes: A Systematic Review and Pediatric Case Series 179 -- Fractures in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Pathogenesis, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Prevention 189 -- Bone Fractures Numerical Analysis in a Femur Affected by Osteogenesis Imperfecta 199 -- Analysis of Physeal Fractures from the United States National Trauma Data Bank 215 -- Levels of Physical Activity in Children with Extremity Fractures a Dutch Observational Cross-Sectional Study 225.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Organization : Contemporary Principles and Practice; Contents; Preface to Second Edition; Preface from the First Edition; Part I: The Broad Picture; Chapter 1: Organization and Its Importance; Purpose and Scope of This Book; Organizing, Organization, and Organizations; Components of Organization; Organizational Choices; Hierarchy; Specialization; Hierarchy and specialization; Rules and schedules; Systems; Integration; Control; Reward systems; Boundary-crossing and networking; Outsourcing; Alliances; Organizing across borders; Consequences of Deficiencies in Organization; Motivation and morale…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Leading a Multicultural Virtual Team -- Putting Culture in Context -- Cultural Intelligence -- Challenges of Multicultural Virtual Project Teams -- Cultural Factors -- Creating a Cultural Strategy -- Converging Company and Country Culture -- Assessing Cross-Cultural Awareness -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Using Technology to Communicate and Collaborate -- Role of Technology -- Using Technology to Communicate -- Using Technology to Collaborate -- Technology Options for the Virtual Project -- No Shortage of Options -- Technology Selection -- Increasing Technology Usage -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Sustaining Virtual Project Success -- Changing Organizational and Team Structures -- Modifying the Project Execution Model -- Changing Behavior by Changing Rewards -- Promoting Cultural Awareness -- Developing Virtual Project Managers -- Virtual Project Management Journey -- Notes -- Appendix Virtual Project Readiness Assessment -- Index -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Particle FilteringComparing Heston with Other Models; The Performance of the Inference Tools; The Bayesian Approach; Using the Characteristic Function; Introducing Jumps; Pure-Jump Models; Recapitulation; Model Identification; Convergence Issues and Solutions; Chapter 3 The Consistency Problem; Introduction; The Consistency Test; The Setting; The Cross-Sectional Results; Time-Series Results; Financial Interpretation; The ""Peso'' Theory; Background; Numeric Results; Trading Strategies; Skewness Trades; Kurtosis Trades; Directional Risks; An Exact Replication; The Mirror Trades…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Modeling a Cul-de-Sac""""Moving Up to Intersections""; ""Using an Assembly Offset""; ""Understanding Corridor Utilities""; ""Using a Feature Line as a Width and Elevation Target""; ""Tackling Roundabouts: The Mount Everest of Corridors""; ""The Bottom Line""; ""Chapter 11: Superelevation""; ""Preparing for Superelevation""; ""Applying Superelevation to the Design""; ""Calculating Cants for Rail""; ""Superelevation and Cant Views""; ""The Bottom Line""; ""Chapter 12: Cross Sections and Mass Haul""; ""Section Workflow""; ""Creating Section Views""; ""Calculating and Reporting Volumes""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Conceptual Model for Structural Cross-Media Content Composition and Reuse -- Classification of Index Partitions to Boost XML Query Performance -- Specifying Aggregation Functions in Multidimensional Models with OCL -- Demos and Posters -- The CARD System -- AuRUS: Automated Reasoning on UML/OCL Schemas -- How the Structuring of Domain Knowledge Helps Casual Process Modelers -- SPEED: A Semantics-Based Pipeline for Economic Event Detection -- Prediction of Business Process Model Quality Based on Structural Metrics -- Modelling Functional Requirements in Spatial Design -- Business Processes Contextualisation via Context Analysis -- A Generic Perspective Model for the Generation of Business Process Views -- Extending Organizational Modeling with Business Services Concepts: An Overview of the Proposed Architecture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CHAPTER SIX: Principle 4: Encourage Everyone's Contribution Every Voice Counts: Fostering a Culture of Contribution: The Financial Planning Association; Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER SEVEN: Principle 5: Cross-Pollinate and Connect Diverse Perspectives; The Peace Café: University of Victoria Law School; Perspectives and Observations; Suddenly, It Crystallized: The Fielding Graduate Institute; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER EIGHT: Principle 6: Listen Together for Patterns, Insights, and Deeper Questions…”