“…The IPSAS are international standards that largely follow the IFRS model, but differ in some key areas and include standards in places where IFRS has none. …”

“…With few exceptions, while there has been much consideration of gender in Chaucer's stories, contemporary criticism of Chaucer has remained inimical or, at the least, largely indifferent, to psychoanalysis, yet because it considers both difference and continuity, change and perpetuation, and because it incorporates psychic processes, motives, functions, and dynamics operating outside of conscious awareness, psychoanalysis offers a wider range for analysis of Chaucer's tales than does gender theory alone. …”

“…Nuclear power: Uncertainties continue to cloud the future for nuclear - government policy, public confidence, financing in liberalised markets, competitiveness versus other sources of generation and the looming retirement of a large fleet of older plants. The study will assess the outlook for nuclear power and its implications. …”

“…In addition to presenting overviews of a large body of OECD work on regional development and regional policy, this publication presents a unique debate over the role and potential of different approaches to regional policy: whether policies should be place or non place-based. …”

“…Extreme Events in Finance: A Handbook of Extreme Value Theory and its Applications also includes: Over 40 contributions from international experts in the areas of finance, statistics, economics, business, insurance, and risk management Topical discussions on univariate and multivariate case extremes as well as regulation in financial markets  Extensive references in order to provide readers with resources for further study Discussions on using R packages to compute the value of risk and related quantities  The book is a valuable reference for practitioners in financial markets such as financial institutions, investment funds, and corporate treasuries, financial engineers, quantitative analysts, regulators, risk managers, large-scale consultancy groups, and insurers. Extreme Events in Finance: A Handbook of Extreme Value Theory and its Applications is also a useful textbook for postgraduate courses on the methodology of EVTs in finance"-- "Extreme Events in Finance: A Handbook of Extreme Value Theory and its Applications features a combination of the theory, methods, and applications of extreme value theory (EVT) in finance as well as a practical understanding of market behavior including both ordinary and extraordinary conditions"-- Provided by publisher…”

“…The Hero and the Victim contributes to the ongoing, public reexamination of American traditions by confronting a topic that has, up to now, been largely untouched: the moral celebration of military service. …”

“…Over the course of Learn Data Mining Through Excel, you will learn the data mining advantages the application offers when the data sets are not too large. You’ll see how to use Excel’s built-in features to create visual representations of your data, enabling you to present your findings in an accessible format. …”

“…Her research focusses on women’s political imprisonment in the 20th and 21st centuries, including immigration detention, and is centred largely upon testimony, memory, and the prison texts of incarcerated women…”

“…Reviewing was double blind, as is the norm, and was largely carried out over two rounds followed by a round of online discussion, although a handful of papers received additional reviews in a third round shortly before the PC meeting. 72 papers were advanced to the second round, of which 43 were discussed at the PC meeting held over two halfdays to cater to the many time zones spanned by the PC members…”

“…Ahmed Hassan from Queens University intended talk about assessing and testing large-scale software systems. There is much work that goes into putting together a complex program such as ICPE. …”

“…À la croisée de plusieurs disciplines, qui relèvent toutes de l’histoire, l’ouvrage est destiné à un large public : étudiants de l’enseignement supérieur, philologues éditeurs de textes, conservateurs de bibliothèques et restaurateurs de livres, historiens de l’art et des techniques, historiens des idées et des cultures…”

“…With more and more services placing high demands on bandwidth and increasing hostility coming from the Internet at-large, you can never be too skilled with PF…”

“…Coverage includes Effectively evaluating, planning, and implementing large system projects Reducing resistance to process improvements Bringing greater agility to the way you manage products, portfolios, and projects Identifying the tasks that don’t create enough value to be worth your time Developing the forms of collaboration that are crucial to sustaining innovation Mitigating project risks more effectively–especially those associated with complexity and uncertainty Refocusing all decision-making on delivering value to the organization and the marketplace Making decisions at the right time to leverage the best information without stifling progress…”

“…Coverage includes: DB2 UDB for z/OS and the DB2 family: overview and usage scenarios Data and system structures, business rules, transactions, packages, and more DB2 UDB for z/OS: architecture, facilities, and the z/OS Security Server Introduction to logical and physical database design Defining tables, table spaces, indexes, views, large objects, business rules, and more Working with SQL, the language of DB2 Writing DB2 application programs Performance: caching, compression, locking/concurrency, and query optimization Day-to-day administration, including backup and recovery Web-based applications with DB2, WebSphere(R), and z/OS Distributing and sharing data for maximum flexibility, scalability, and availability Includes practice exam questions throughout the book…”

“…It is the purpose of this Research Topic to evaluate the largely neglected relationship between changes in passive electrical properties of cardiac muscle and arrhythmia formation…”

“…In the second half of the book, Lindsay dedicates entire chapters to posing specific subject matter: women, men, couples, curvy women, families and small groups, and large groups. In each chapter, Lindsay addresses that subject matter’s specific challenges, provides five “go-to poses” you can always use, and covers how to train the eye to determine the best pose for your subject(s). …”

“…ACM PE-WASUN gives researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects of performance evaluation The call for papers attracted large number of submissions from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. …”

“…However, the detailed molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying plant-biostimulant interactions under different environment and management strategies remain largely unknown. Therefore, there is an urgent need among the scientific community and commercial enterprises to better elucidate the causal/functional mechanism of biostimulants. …”

“…Updates include information on topics such as: Photographic technology, including digital cameras, lens quality and construction, and large format cameras Shooting techniques The real life of a professional architectural photographer Traveling Analog to digital shooting Stadium photography Image Processing, including screenshots from the latest image-processing software such as Adobe Photoshop CC With this book, you’ll learn a variety of creative tips, tricks, and guidelines for making the perfect architectural image…”

“…Ce volume, portant sur les domaines français et espagnol, explore permanences et transformations du miracle sur une large période, en envisageant un vaste échantillon de nouveaux contextes : littérature juridique, historiographie, exempla, poèmes, textes fictionnels... …”