“…Fun guide to learning Bayesian statistics and probability through unusual and illustrative examples. Probability and statistics are increasingly important in a huge range of professions. …”

“…Industrial Application of Lasers, Second Edition takes the reader through laser fundamentals, unusual properties of laser light, types of practical lasers available, and commonly used accessory equipment. …”

“…The Author Douglas Self covers the major issues of distortion and linearity, power supplies, overload, DC-protection and reactive loading. He also tackles unusual forms of compensation and distortion produced by capacitors and fuses. …”

“…The secret to doing so comes from an unusual world: professional acting. By activating ""objective"" and ""intention""-the main tools of actors (and great communicators)-business people can give their messages mea…”

“…Intra-regional issues are examined and, in an unusual approach, topics are organised thematically, rather than by the more typical country-by-country approach.Considers the influences on HRM, including the political, economic and social contexts and expectationsDiscusses organisational behaviour impacts on HRMReview of HRM in Asia with topics and practices organised…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(Now that's different.) Not the most unusual pick-up truck The connection between "better" and "distinctive." …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 12.3 Comparison Conditions and Subqueries; 12.4 Demonstrating Subqueries; Chapter 13. Unusual Query Types; 13.1 Composite Queries; 13.2 Hierarchical Queries; 13.3 Flashback and Versions Queries; 13.4 Parallel Queries; Chapter 14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Simplified Design Approaches; 8.1 References for ADCs and DACs; 8.2 Unusual ADC Applications; 8.3 Data Acquisition with ADCs; 8.4 Circuit Applications with Multiplying DACs; 8.5 Some Classic CMOS DAC Applications; Chapter 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.2 German Reunification: Drawing Lessons from an Unusual Win-Win -- 6.3 Win-Lose Policies and the Implications for Healthy Ageing -- 6.3.1 Austerity Politics and Ageing in the UK -- 6.3.2 Health Inequalities and the "Americanization" of European Political Economy -- 6.4 Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- 7.1 Tearing Down Straw Men -- 7.2 Equity, Intergenerational and Other -- 7.3 After the Straw Men: Understanding the Politics of Ageing and Health -- 7.4 Getting to a Win-Win -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…Real-world case studies are included, e.g. the discussion of a leading chemical company's unusual pairing with the USA's largest environmental NGO, and an innovative program designed for small- to mid-sized businesses, which became a model approach for proactive nanotechnology EHS risk man…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…III Cocoa -- 10.Cocoa Classes -- Subclassing -- Categories -- Splitting a Class -- Class Extensions -- Protocols -- Informal Protocols -- Optional Methods -- Some Foundation Classes -- Useful Structs and Constants -- NSString and Friends -- NSDate and Friends -- NSNumber -- NSValue -- NSData -- Equality and Comparison -- NSIndexSet -- NSArray and NSMutableArray -- NSSet and Friends -- NSDictionary and NSMutableDictionary -- NSNull -- Immutable and Mutable -- Property Lists -- The Secret Life of NSObject -- 11.Cocoa Events -- Reasons for Events -- Subclassing -- Notifications -- Receiving a Notification -- Unregistering -- Posting a Notification -- NSTimer -- Delegation -- Cocoa Delegation -- Implementing Delegation -- Data Sources -- Actions -- The Responder Chain -- Deferring Responsibility -- Nil-Targeted Actions -- Swamped by Events -- Delayed Performance -- 12.Accessors and Memory Management -- Accessors -- Key-Value Coding -- KVC and Outlets -- Key Paths -- Array Accessors -- Memory Management -- Principles of Cocoa Memory Management -- The Rules of Cocoa Manual Memory Management -- What ARC Is and What It Does -- How Cocoa Objects Manage Memory -- Autorelease -- Memory Management of Instance Variables (Non-ARC) -- Memory Management of Instance Variables (ARC) -- Retain Cycles and Weak References -- Unusual Memory Management Situations -- Nib Loading and Memory Management -- Memory Management of Global Variables -- Memory Management of CFTypeRefs -- Memory Management of Pointer-to-Void Context Info -- Properties -- Property Memory Management Policies -- Property Declaration Syntax -- Property Accessor Synthesis -- Dynamic Accessors -- 13.Communication Between Objects -- Visibility by Instantiation -- Visibility by Relationship -- Global Visibility -- Notifications -- Key-Value Observing -- Model-View-Controller…”

“…It's constantly searching, scanning, waiting for something unusual to happen. After all, that's the way it was built to help you stay alive. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part 2: The investment spectrum -- Chapter 5: Pooled investments -- Unit trusts -- Open-ended investment companies (OEICs) -- Exchange traded funds (ETFs) -- Investment trusts (investment companies) -- Investment platforms/supermarkets -- With-profits policies -- Insurance company bonds -- Stock-market-linked bonds -- Money markets -- Hedge funds -- Bringing home the significance of high fees -- Chapter 6: Bonds -- Gilts -- Corporate bonds -- Credit rating -- High-yield (junk) bonds -- Convertible bonds -- Foreign bonds -- Eurobonds -- Chapter 7: Unusual share investments -- Business angels (informal venture capitalists) -- Venture capital and other private equity -- Private equity categories -- Overseas shares -- Preference shares -- Chapter 8: Options -- What is a derivative? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Week Eight: Reflection and change -- Choosing What to Practise for Quick Stress Reduction -- Going Even Deeper -- Discovering the value of silence -- Setting aside a day for mindfulness -- Joining a group -- Finding an appropriate retreat -- Chapter 10 Dealing with Setbacks and Transcending Distractions -- Getting the Most Out of Meditation -- Making time -- Rising above boredom and restlessness -- Staying awake during mindful meditation -- Finding a focus -- Re-charging enthusiasm -- Dealing with Common Distractions -- Handling unusual experiences -- Learning to relax -- Developing patience -- Learning from Negative Experiences -- Dealing with physical discomfort -- Getting over difficult emotions -- Accepting your progress -- Going beyond unhelpful thoughts -- Finding a Personal Path -- Approaching difficulties with kindness -- Understanding why you're bothering -- Realising that setbacks are inevitable -- Setting realistic expectations -- Part 4 Reaping the Rewards of Mindfulness -- Chapter 11 Discovering Greater Happiness -- Discovering the Way to Happiness -- Happiness requires effort and skill -- Exploring your ideas about happiness -- Challenging assumptions about happiness -- Applying Mindfulness with Positive Psychology -- Understanding the three ways to happiness -- Using your personal strengths mindfully -- Writing a gratitude journal -- Savouring the moment -- Helping others mindfully -- Generating Positive Emotions with Mindfulness -- Breathing and smiling -- Mindful laughter -- Releasing Your Creativity -- Exploring creativity -- Creating conditions for originality -- Chapter 12 Reducing Stress, Anger and Fatigue -- Using Mindfulness to Reduce Stress -- Understanding your stress -- Noticing the early signs of stress -- Assessing your stress -- Moving from reacting to responding to stress -- Breathing with your stress…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Leading from the Top: Effective Boards of Directors -- What Can We Learn from Unusual Leaders? -- Using the Four Pillars -- Investing in Improving Leaders' Emotional Intelligence -- A Study Increasing Leaders' Emotional Intelligence -- Emotional Intelligence Training in Organizations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index -- End User License Agreement…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Scripting Languages -- A Simple Script -- Types of Script Files -- Creating Your First Script File -- How Windows Runs Scripts -- Running Your Own Scripts -- Security Concerns -- Debugging Scripts -- Where to Get More Information -- 2 VBScript Tutorial -- Introduction to VBScript -- Flow Control -- VBScript Functions -- Interacting with the User -- Advanced VBScript Topics -- Where to Go from Here -- 3 Scripting and Objects -- Introduction to Objects -- Using Objects with VBScript -- Using Objects with JScript -- Using Objects with ActivePerl -- Using Objects with ActivePython -- Using the WScript Object -- Locating and Using Unusual Objects -- 4 File and Registry Access -- Getting Real Work Done -- Manipulating Files and Folders -- Reading and Writing Files -- Reading and Writing XML -- Manipulating Programs and Shortcuts -- Working with the Environment -- Working with the Registry -- 5 Network and Printer Objects -- Managing Network and Printer Connections -- Retrieving Network User Information -- Managing Drive Mappings -- Managing Network Printer Connections -- Printing from Scripts -- 6 Messaging and Faxing Objects -- Sending Email from Scripts with CDO -- The CDO Object Model -- Sending a Message with CDO -- Faxing from Scripts -- 7 Windows Management Instrumentation -- Introduction to Windows Management Instrumentation -- Making WMI Connections -- WMI Collections and Queries -- Scriptomatic -- WMI Examples -- For More Information -- 8 Active Directory Scripting Interface -- Managing the User Directory -- ADSI Concepts -- ADSI Objects for the WinNT: Provider -- IIS and Exchange -- Managing Active Directory -- Active Directory Objects -- Developing ADSI Scripts -- EzAD Scriptomatic…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Military-grade PRNG based on quadratic irrationals -- References -- Chapter 12: Some unusual random walks -- Abstract -- 12.1. Symmetric unbiased constrained random walks -- 12.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Long-Term Changes in the Unique and Largest Seagrass Meadows in the Bohai Sea (China) Using Satellite (1974-2019) and Sonar Data: Implication for Conservation and Restoration -- Hiroshi Kuroda and Takashi Setou Extensive Marine Heatwaves at the Sea Surface in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean in Summer 2021 -- Zhihua Zhang, Difeng Wang, Yinhe Cheng and Fang Gong Long-Term Changes and Factors That Influence Changes in Thermal Discharge from Nuclear Power Plants in Daya Bay, China -- Mengtian Qiao, Anzhou Cao, Jinbao Song, Yunhe Pan and Hailun He Enhanced Turbulent Mixing in the Upper Ocean Induced by Super Typhoon Goni (2015) -- Zhen Li, Anton Verhoef and Ad Stoffelen Bayesian Sea Ice Detection Algorithm for CFOSAT -- Wenxiang Ding, Caiyun Zhang, Jianyu Hu and Shaoping Shang Unusual Fish Assemblages Associated with Environmental Changes in the East China Sea in February and March 2017 -- Heping Liu, Wei Yang, Hao Wei, Chengfei Jiang, Changgen Liu and Liang Zhao On Characteristics and Mixing Effects of Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern Yellow Sea as Revealed by Satellite and In Situ Observations -- Xiaoyu Zhao, Zhenhua Xu, Ming Feng, Qun Li, Peiwen Zhang, Jia You, et al. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ICU -- Country for sale -- Crying games -- Newtonian economics -- Unusually uncertain -- Botox economics -- China syndrome -- Regulatory dialectic -- Patient zero -- Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide -- Built to fail -- End of Ponzi prosperity? …”