“…She discusses in detail the experiences of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, who was dishonorably discharged from the National Guard after 27 years of service when she revealed that she was a lesbian, and Roberta Achtenberg, who was nominated by Clinton for the job of Assistant Director of Housing and Urban Development and became the first gay or lesbian to face the confirmation process. …”

“…Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinforced with video monitors and movement sensors, this wall was not put up to protect a prison or a military base, but rather to guard a three-day meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Eight (G8). …”

“…Women are playing an ever increasing role in the US military, representing about 15% of active military personnel, 17% of reserve and National Guard forces, and 20% of new military recruits. Concurrently, women are one of the fastest growing groups of new users in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, with particularly high rates of utilization among veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.3.1 Sequentialisation rule -- 9.3.2 Tensor product of quantum predicates -- 9.3.3 Separable quantum predicates -- 9.3.4 Entangled quantum predicates -- 9.3.5 Auxiliary variables -- 9.3.6 Transferring separable predicates to entangled -- 9.3.7 Completeness of the auxiliary variables method -- 9.3.8 Completeness of the entanglement transformation method -- 9.4 Syntax of parallel quantum programs with shared variables -- 9.5 Semantics of parallel quantum programs with shared variables -- 9.6 Reasoning about parallel quantum programs with shared variables -- 9.6.1 A rule for component quantum programs -- 9.6.2 Proof outlines -- 9.6.3 Interference freedom -- 9.6.4 A rule for parallel composition of quantum programs with shared variables -- 9.7 Discussions -- 9.8 Bibliographic remarks and further readings -- 10 Distributed quantum programs -- 10.1 Quantum process algebra qCCS -- 10.1.1 Syntax -- 10.1.2 Operational semantics -- 10.1.3 Examples -- 10.1.4 Properties of transitions -- 10.2 Bisimulations between quantum processes -- 10.2.1 Basic definitions -- 10.2.2 Algebraic laws -- 10.2.3 Congruence -- 10.2.4 Recursion -- 10.2.5 Strong reduction-bisimilarity -- 10.2.6 Weak bisimulations -- 10.3 Approximate bisimulations between quantum processes -- 10.4 Adding classical variables -- 10.4.1 Syntax -- 10.4.2 Operational semantics -- 10.4.3 Examples -- 10.4.4 Bisimulations -- 10.5 Bibliographic remarks and further readings -- V Quantum control flows -- 11 Quantum case statements -- 11.1 Case statements: from classical to quantum -- 11.2 QuGCL: a language with quantum case statements -- 11.3 Guarded compositions of quantum operations -- 11.3.1 Guarded composition of unitary operators -- 11.3.2 Operator-valued functions -- 11.3.3 Guarded composition of operator-valued functions -- 11.3.4 Guarded composition of quantum operations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….El estudiante -- La capa -- Salir por pies -- Los ojos de Ana -- Constanza -- En el baile -- La nariz de Clara -- A un giboso de delante -- Dios nos guarde -- Doña Valentina -- Libros a la carta…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….); Annex; Els codicum fragmenta del 'Llibre de Costums, Privilegis i Ordinacions' de la ciutat de Balaguer; Guardes del 'Llibre de Costums, Privilegis i Ordinacions' de la ciutat de Balaguer; Bibliografia…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hope -- Bringing back to life : laments and the origin of the so-called words of institution / Angela Standhartinger -- Guarding his body, mourning his death, and pleading for him in heaven : on Adam's death Eve's virtues in the Greek life of Adam and Eve / Vita Daphna Arbel -- If so, how? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Friends, listen to this""; ""[VI] 6. ""I come to guard the city""""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part I -- 1: Don't Be A Prick -- 2: Managers Are Evil -- 3: Stables and Volatiles -- 4: The Rands Test -- 5: How to Run a Meeting -- 6: The Twinge -- 7: The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster -- 8: Lost in Translation -- 9: Agenda Detection -- 10: Management via Worry and Crisis -- 11: Dissecting the Mandate -- 12: Information Starvation -- 13: Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence -- 14: Your Mid-Year Leadership Check-in -- 15: Managementese -- 16: You're Not Listening -- 17: The Hotel Giraffe -- 18: Fred Hates the Off-Site -- 19: A Different Kind of DNA -- 20: An Engineering Mindset -- 21: Tear It Down -- 22: Titles Are Toxic -- 23: Saying No -- Part II -- 24: 1.0 -- 25: The Process Myth -- 26: How to Start -- 27: Taking Time to Think -- 28: Meetings are Not For You -- 29: The Value of the Soak -- 30: Capturing Context -- 31: Trickle Theory -- 32: When the Sky Falls -- 33: Hacking is Important -- 34: WFH -- 35: Entropy Crushers -- 36: Your Culture is Rotting -- 37: The Metronome -- Part III -- 38: Bored People Quit -- 39: Bellwethers -- 40: The Ninety-Day Interview -- 41: Managing Nerds -- 42: Incrementalists and Completionists -- 43: NADD -- 44: A Nerd in a Cave -- 45: Meeting Creatures -- 46: Organics and Mechanics -- 47: Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics -- 48: The Wolf -- 49: Free Electrons -- 50: The Old Guard -- 51: Rules for the Reorg -- 52: An Unexpected Connection -- 53: You are Going on a Quest -- 54: A Glimpse and a Hook -- 55: Nailing the Phone Screen -- 56: Your Resignation Checklist -- 57: Shields Down -- 58: Chaotic, Beautiful Snowflakes -- 59: Epilogue: Fear is a Liar -- Glossary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 12: The potential of codes as part of women's organizations' strategies for promoting the rights of women workers: a Central America perspective Chapter 13: The fox guarding the chicken coop: garment industry monitoring in Los Angeles; Practical issues in developing and implementing codes: Chapter 14: Working with codes: perspectives from the Clean Clothes Campaign; Chapter 15: ETI: a multi-stakeholder approach; Chapter 16: Monitoring the monitors: a critique of third-party labour monitoring; Chapter 17: Code monitoring in the informal Fair Trade sector: the experience of Oxfam GB…”

“…Because Reserve Component (RC) members have been increasingly used in an operational capacity, among the policy issues being addressed by the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) is compensation and benefits for the National Guard and Reserve. As part of the review, RAND was asked to analyze healthcare coverage and disability benefits for RC members, including participation in the TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) program, the potential effects of national health reform on coverage rates, and disability evaluation outcomes for RC members. …”

“…A passionate searcher for immortality, he developed his own version of pantheism meant to guard his unique persona from dissolution in the All-One. …”

“…Scholars have long held that the postwar stability of Western Europe reveals that restricted democracy, or "democratic elitism," is the only realistic way to guard against forces such as the mass mobilizations that toppled European democracies after World War I. …”

“…The Oracle features RMAN and Data Guard are also discussed, along with available hardware options. …”