Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Hope Is Human -- Part I The Story -- Chapter 1 Unreal City -- Chapter 2 Stability and Chaos -- Chapter 3 Vertigo -- Chapter 4 The Deming Dimension -- Chapter 5 Dreams and Secrets -- Chapter 6 A Conflict in a Cloud -- TPK Holdings Venture Summary -- Introduction -- The Team -- Background -- The Philosophy Behind the Uniflex Transformation -- The Methodology -- Speed as the Essence…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adding Music to the iPod ManuallyDisconnecting the iPod from Your Computer; Charging Your iPod the First Time; Controlling Your iPod with the Click Wheel; Other iPod Ports and Switches; Finding the Music on Your iPod-and Playing It; 2: Bopping Around the iPod; Turning the iPod On and Off-or Putting It On Hold; Navigating the iPod's Menus; What's in the Music Menu; What's in the Photos Menu; Slideshow Settings; Photo Library; What's in the Videos Menu; What's in the Extras Menu; What's in the Settings Menu; Two Other iPod Menu Items; Shuffle Songs; Now Playing…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter Three: The Input Power Supply Off-Line Operation; Radio Interference Suppression; Safety Agency Issues; Power Factor Correction; In-Rush Current; Hold-Up Time; Input Rectifier Considerations; Input Reservoir Capacitor Characteristics; Chapter Four: Non-Isolated Circuits; General Design Method; Buck Converter Designs; Boost Converter Designs; Inverting Designs; Step Up/Step Down (Buck/Boost) Designs; Charge Pump Designs; Layout Considerations; Chapter Five: Transformer-Isolated Circuits; Feedback Mechanisms; Flyback Circuits; Practical Flyback Circuit Design; Off-Line Flyback Example…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.8 Flip-Flop Conversion: The T, JK Flip-Flops and Miscellaneous Flip-Flops5.11 Setup and Hold Time Requirements of Flip-Flops; 5.13 Analysis of Simple State Machines; References; Chapter 6: Embedded Processors; 6.1 Introduction; 6.4 Summary; Chapter 7: Digital Signal Processing; 7.1 Overview; 7.2 Basic DSP System; 7.5 Parallel Execution in DSP Components; Chapter 8: Basics of Embedded Audio Processing; 8.1 Introduction; References; Chapter 9: Basics of Embedded Video and Image Processing; 9.1 Introduction; 9.4 Digital Video…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The Role of the Dissenter; A Package Deal; The Urge to Tame Wild Ducks; All That Glitters In Not Gold: How to Differentiate Between Dissent and Undesirable Behaviors; Summary; Main Points; Chapter 8 Manager as Political Handler; A Cautionary Tale; Manager as Political Handler; Gathering Support; Providing Air Cover; Taking and Getting Credit; Managing Expectations; Getting Cooperation without Co-opting; Holding onto Innovators; Summary; Main Points; Chapter 9 Coaching Dissenters; Introduction; Two Problems; Preparation for Coaching…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Amy Domini: Regulation Makes My Industry PossibleReality Check: Government Regulation in Finance; Nikhil Arora: It Takes a Village to Raise a Business; Ben Cohen: Holding the Business in Trust for the Community; Gun Denhart: Healthy Communities Support Healthy Businesses; Reality Check: Technical Innovation, Research, and Development; Abigail Disney: Government Creates a Fertile Ground for Business; Jim Sherblom: Regulation Makes It a Fair and Open Game; CHAPTER 5 Policy Implications and the Public Investment Imperative; Shifting Perspectives and the Built-Together Reality…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 Zero-Coupon Bonds; The Story of TIGRS, CATS, LIONS, and STRIPS; Yields to Maturity on Zero-Coupon Bonds; Horizon Yields and Holding-Period Rates of Return; Changes in Bond Prices and Yields…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Optional ChecklistsHuman Resource Due Diligence; Sales and Marketing Due Diligence; Culture Due Diligence; Environmental Due Diligence; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5: Beyond the Checklists: Founder and Management; Founder Management Root; The Founder Background Check; Other Business Holdings; Multiple and "Missing" Identities; Personal Life of the Founder; Guanxi (Relationship); Due Diligence on More Than One Founder; Summary of Background Check: SWOPEST and Tri-Background; The SWOPEST Framework; The Tri-Background Venn Framework; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Beyond the Checklists: Hard Facts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Notes; Chapter 5: Horizontal Integration and M&A; Advantages of Holding the One and Two Position in the Industry…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Disarming ComplexityMesmerizing Optics; The VIP Racket; Key Points; Chapter 4: Hold Your Nose: Other Advisor Options; Bank-Based Advisors; Private Banking and Trust Departments; Asset Managers; Insurance Salesmen; Fee-Only Planners; Other Options; Technology's Triumph; Key Points; Chapter 5: The Case for Independent RIAs; The Trouble with Fee-Only Advisors; The Case for Independent RIAs; Buyer Beware; Do All RIAs Live Up to Their Title?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Demand-Driven Forecasting; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1 Demystifying Forecasting: Myths versus Reality; DATA COLLECTION, STORAGE, AND PROCESSING REALITY; ART-OF-FORECASTING MYTH; END-CAP DISPLAY DILEMMA; REALITY OF JUDGMENTAL OVERRIDES; OVEN CLEANER CONNECTION; MORE IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER; REALITY OF UNCONSTRAINED FORECASTS, CONSTRAINED FORECASTS, AND PLANS; NORTHEAST REGIONAL SALES COMPOSITE FORECAST; HOLD-AND-ROLL MYTH; THE PLAN THAT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH; PACKAGE TO ORDER VERSUS MAKE TO ORDER; "DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Proportions in Our WorldProportions at Work; Knowledge Applied; Chapter 6: Holding the Eye: Composition and Design Principles; Compositional Relationships; Design Principles; Why the MailChimp Logo Is Beautiful: Use of Composition and Design Principles; Knowledge Applied; Chapter 7: Enlivening Information: Establishing a Visual Hierarchy; What I Mean by "Hierarchy"; Hierarchical Factors in Isolation; Hierarchy at Work; Knowledge Applied; Part IV: Color; Chapter 8: Color Science; What Is Color?…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Enter Teradata and Massively Parallel ProcessingThen Came Hadoop and Big Data; IBM and Hadoop; Holding the High Ground; 2.2 - What is big data?; Another Definition; Large Volumes; Inexpensive Storage; The Roman Census Approach; Unstructured Data; Data in Big Data; Context in Repetitive Data; Nonrepetitive Data; Context in Nonrepetitive Data; 2.3 - Parallel processing; 2.4 - Unstructured data; Textual Information Everywhere; Decisions Based on Structured Data; The Business Value Proposition; Repetitive and Nonrepetitive Unstructured Information; Ease of Analysis; Contextualization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Alternative Input Structures for Project Finance and Corporate Finance Models Setting Up Inputs with Code Numbers and the INDEX Function; Chapter 7: Structuring Time Lines; Timing in Corporate Finance Models: Distinguishing the Historical Period, Explicit Period, and Terminal Period; Development to Decommissioning: Phases in the Life of a Project Finance Model; Timing in Acquisition Models: Separating the Transaction Period, the Holding Period, and the Exit Period…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Mathematical modelling; Laplace transforms; Electronic calculus; Modelling A-to-D conversion; Zero-order sample-and-hold; z-notation - the algebra of sampled data systems; Chapter 5: Convolution; Matching analogue signals and systems; Frequency-shifting rule…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Other Asset Classes The Impact of Bond Evaluations Six Basic Tenets of High Yield Municipal Investing Chapter 4: High Yield Credit Risk Revisited: The Default Record Definitions of Default Default Record for Rated Bonds Default Record for Unrated Bonds Recent Default and Impairment Statistics Recovery Rates Lessons from Historical Default Record Notes Chapter 5: Professionally-Managed High Yield Municipal Products Actively Managed Products Passively Managed Products Notes References Chapter 6: Investing In Individual Bonds (Richard Daskin, CFA, CFP) A Few Preliminary Considerations Investing in the Primary or New Issue Market Investing in the Secondary Market Executing Trades in the Secondary Market Monitoring Your Holdings Chapter 7: Investing In Distressed Bonds The Distressed Municipal Universe The Theory and Practice of Distressed Municipal Investing Notes Chapter 8: Case Studies Distressed Opportunity: National Benevolent Association Fallen Angel: Denver International Airport Notes Chapter 9: Managing Bond Defaults and Bankruptcies (Kenji Mochizuki, CIRA) Nine Differences between Chapter 9 and 11 Bondholders' Rights and Remedies in Workouts Accounting Issues Related to Chapter 9 References Chapter 10: Common Types of High Yield Municipal Bonds (Patrick Flanagan, James Lyman, Keith Rochelli, and Ken Rogozinski) Corporate-Backed Municipal Bonds Hospital Revenue Bonds Toll Road Bonds Housing Bonds Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) Bonds Notes Chapter 11: Special Types of High Yield Municipal Bonds (Richard Larkin and Shannan Wilson) Tobacco Settlement Bonds Land-Secured Bonds Notes References Chapter 12: Up-And-Coming High Yield Sectors (Jon Barasch, Edward Krauss, Jeffrey Lamb, Matt Eden, and Melissa Robertson) Charter School Bonds Native American Gaming Bonds Chapter 13: High Yield Investing in the Post-Bond Insurance Era Learning from History Prospects for Tax Reform The New Compliance Landscape New Credit Opportunities Advances in Trading and Price Discovery Technology Buy American! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7 COMMUNICATE: JUST SAY ITEstablishing Your Expectations: The Blueprint; Illuminating Their Roles: "Show Me the Light"; Setting PUSH Goals: Infiltrating Fun; Communication Styles: Meeting in the Middle; Giving Feedback: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; 8 OWN IT: TAKING-AND GIVING-RESPONSIBILITY; Holding Yourself Accountable; Failure Is on the Road to Succeeding; Being Your Own CEO; Asking Others to Be Their Own CEOs; Orchestrating Success and Ownership; 9 NAVIGATE: MANAGING THROUGH THE UNKNOWN; Mapping Out Your Time; Finding Your Way As a Transparent Leader…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exploring accounts payable controlsVendor hold activities; Invoice matching controls; Invoice matching; Price tolerance; The invoice number; The Posting profile; Exploring accounts payable transactions; The purchase order invoice; The prepayment invoice; Vendor settlement; The vendor settlement mechanism in Microsoft Dynamics AX; Summary; Chapter 5: Understanding Accounts Receivable; Understanding the Accounts receivable module's integration with other modules; Exploring customer master data characteristics; The Sales order defaults fast tab; The Discount field group…”