Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 2: Profits and Profit Tax, by the NumbersThe Profit Roller Coaster; Revenue You Can't Count On; Two Sets of Books; A Tax on Big Business; The Bottom Line; Falling Effective Tax Rates; Summary; Chapter 3: The Overwhelming Case Against the Corporate Tax; The Double-Tax Burden; Problem 1: Less Capital Formation; Problem 2: The Corporate Sector Suffers; Problem 3: Too Much Debt; Problem 4: Bias Against Dividends; Summary; Chapter 4: Why the Corporate Tax Won't Go Away; Corporations as Tax Shelters; Integration of the Individual and Corporate Taxes; The (Non-)History of Integration…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 2:Transition: From Individual Contributor to a ManagerWatch out for; Time; Your work plus more; Less definition; Multiple roles; Indirect tax; Scope of work; Commitments; Information sharing; Not giving up control; Enforcing your will; Defensive approach-being afraid to goof up; Overcoaching; Frustrations of being a new manager; Teaching a man how to fish; A slow world around you; I don't get enough information; I can't get no satisfaction; I'm running all the time; Making it easier; Relax a little; Understanding the information needs of your organization; Know your success measures…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…If Something Cannot Go on Forever, Then It Will StopEurope-The Default Process Has Already Begun; The Euro-What Should Have Been; Concerned about the Wrong Thing; I Told You So; What Europe Should Have Done Differently; The Third German Attempt to Take Over Europe Will Fail, as Did the Last Two; The United Kingdom-Not a Euro Country; Japan-The Enigma; Notes; Chapter 3: A Diversion to India and China; India-The Democratic Surprise; China-Not a Democracy, Populism Less of a Problem; But the Dynasty Will Survive; Note; Chapter 4: The International Monetary System-In Desperate Need of Repair…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Brave NUI World; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part I: Introducing the NUI; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Natural User Interface; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past: The First Apple Pad; Design Guidelines; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Ecological Niche: Computing, the Social Environment, and Ways of Working; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Part II: Design Ethos of NUI; CHAPTER 4 Less Is More; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Introduction: Good Plans, Poorly Executed -- Chapter 1 The Strategy to Results Gap: Why Execution Matters -- Fixing the Execution Gap -- Digging In: Maneuvering through This World of Perpetual Whitewater -- Moving Beyond a Strategy of "Just Sucking Less" -- Why Gears? -- Getting Started: A Crisp, Clear, Compelling Vision/Strategic Intent -- Thought Starter Questions -- First Steps -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Right, Right, Right: The Right People with the Right Capabilities in the Right Roles -- Right People in the Right Roles with the Right Capabilities is Critical -- Know What You Want -- Engage the People You Have -- Assess Your Talent and Bench Strength -- Build Capabilities: Development That Works -- Thought Starter Questions -- First Steps -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Align the Architecture: Creating Organizational Gravity -- A Tale of Two Production Lines -- Who? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 The Meaning of the Title of This Book -- 1.3 The Continuing Challenge in Financial Engineering -- 1.4 "Financial Engineering 101": Modern Portfolio Theory -- 1.5 Asset Class Assumptions Modeling -- 1.6 Some Typical Examples of Proprietary Investment Funds -- 1.7 The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and Inflation -- 1.8 Some Less Commendable Stock Investment Approaches -- 1.9 Developing Tools for Financial Engineering Analysis -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2: Probabilistic Calculus for Modeling Financial Engineering -- 2.1 Introduction to Financial Engineering -- 2.2 Mathematical Modeling in Financial Engineering -- 2.3 Building an Effective Financial Model from GBM via Probabilistic Calculus -- 2.4 A Continuous Financial Model Using Probabilistic Calculus: Stochastic Calculus, Ito Calculus -- 2.5 A Numerical Study of the Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM) Model and the Random Walk Model Using R -- Review Questions and Exercises -- Chapter 3: Classical Mathematical Models in Financial Engineering and Modern Portfolio Theory -- 3.1 An Introduction to the Cost of Money in the Financial Market -- 3.2 Modern Theories of Portfolio Optimization -- 3.3 The Black-Litterman Model -- 3.4 The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- 3.5 The Black-Litterman Model -- 3.6 The Black-Litterman Model -- 3.7 The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- 3.8 Some Worked Examples -- Review Questions and Exercises -- Solutions to Exercise 3: The Black-Scholes Equation -- Chapter 4: Data Analysis Using R Programming -- 4.1 Data and Data Processing -- Review Questions for Section 4.1 -- 4.2 Beginning R -- Review Questions for Section 4.2 -- 4.3 R as a Calculator…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Physical ComputingWork Process; The Idea; Researching; Design; Building and Testing; Where to Buy Stuff; SparkFun Electronics; Adafruit Industries; RS Components; Farnell; Robot Italy; PlugHouse; Seed Studio; Squarebit; electro:kit; Arduino Store; LessEMF; Further Reading; CHAPTER 2 Software; Installing the IDE; Installing the IDE on Windows; Installing the FTDI Driver on Windows; Installing the IDE on Mac OS X; Installing the FTDI Driver on OS X; Running the IDE; Examining the File Menu; Examining the Edit Menu; Examining the Tools Menu; Examining the IDE Buttons; What Is Software?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; The Good News First; Pros From the Pros; The Less Glamorous Aspects; Cons From the Pros; As In Life, This Industry Is Not Fair; 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adding and removing custom dictionariesForeign language dictionaries; Choosing custom dictionaries before spell-checking; Exclude dictionaries; Five Ways to Type Less; Click and Type; AutoCorrect; AutoText: Abbreviation Expanders; Setting up an AutoText entry; Triggering AutoText entries; AutoText graphics; AutoText fields; Project Gallery Templates; AutoFormat; Autoformatting as you type; AutoFormatting in one pass; Chapter 3: Formatting in Word; The Formatting Palette; Character Formatting; Choosing Fonts; Font Sizes; Styles of Type; Typing in Color; Special Text Effects…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Williams, Jinke Zhang, Yao-Chun Shen and Yalin Zheng Scan-Less Line Field Optical Coherence Tomography, with Automatic Image Segmentation, as a Measurement Tool for Automotive Coatings doi: 10.3390/app7040351 -- Tong Wu, Qingqing Wang, Youwen Liu, Jiming Wang, Chongjun He and Xiaorong Gu Extending the Effective Ranging Depth of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography by Spatial Frequency Domain Multiplexing doi: 10.3390/app6110360 -- Mingchuan Zhou, Hessam Roodaki, Abouzar Eslami, Guang Chen, Kai Huang, Mathias Maie, Chris P. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lotz -- Does public service television really give consumers less good value for money than the rest of the market? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Nominal wage growth has tended to become less responsive to unemployment; Box 2.2. Estimating wage-Phillips curves; Regression estimates of wage-Phillips curves…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction / Hervé Inglebert -- Le prince en documents -- Less of the same? Continuity and change in the official epigraphy of the late empire / Simon Corcoran -- Perpetuus Augustus : Ek theou basileus : L'empereur chrétien en mots et en images (IVe-début VIIIe siècle) / Cécile Morrisson -- L'empereur byzantin, la prostitution et le proxénétisme / Avshalom Laniado -- Le prince des lettres -- À propos du prince théologien : Constantin, Eusèbe et le discours À l'assemblée des saints / Sébastien Morlet -- Das Bild des Constantius in der Kirchengeschichte des Philostorgios / Bruno Bleckmann -- Une question délicate : le christianisme des empereurs chez Ammien Marcellin / Lionel Mary -- Christianitas uestra : Pouvoirs et devoirs du roi franc au regard de la documentation épistolaire / Bruno Dumezil -- Le prince en majesté -- L'image du prince du IVe au VIe siècle : entre la tradition de l'Auguste et la manifestation de la faveur divine / Jean-Pierre Caillet -- Iconicità e potere nella tarda antichità: il principe cristiano nel suo spazio / Maria Cristina Carile -- La christianisation du cérémonial impérial dans l'Antiquité tardive / Vincent Puech -- Un prince épiscope : Le ministère royal visigothique / Céline Martin -- Le prince très-chrétien -- Le prince chrétien en pèlerinage / Sylvain Destephen -- Imperial piety in action : the Theodosians in church / Neil McLynn -- Comment le prince se proclame-t-il chrétien dans l'Italie ostrogothique ? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building connected devices -- 11. Doing more with less -- 12.Math -- 13. Reducing power consumption -- 14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Recap of ChatGPT and News Sentiment -- Basics of the Trading Strategy: Market-Neutral Approach and Its Benefits -- Establishing an AI-Informed Trading Strategy -- Setting Investment Goals Aligned with the Strategy -- Tools and Resources Needed -- Criteria for Selecting Stocks Based on News Sentiment Analysis -- Adapting Strategy to Market Dynamics: Focus on Smaller, Less Liquid Stocks -- Risk Management in Less Liquid Stocks -- Rebalancing Horizon -- Developing the Strategy -- Position Sizing: Limiting Positions to a Percentage of the Portfolio -- Variance Optimization -- Backtesting the Strategy -- Methods and Tools for Backtesting with Sentiment-Based Signals -- Analyzing Backtest Results -- Implementing the Strategy -- Risk Management Practices in Line with the Strategy's Parameters -- Setting Up Automated Trading Rules for Position Sizing and Market Neutrality -- Monitoring and Adjusting -- Ongoing Evaluation of Strategy Performance -- Adjusting to Market Changes and News Sentiment Shifts -- Real-Time Adjustments to Maintain Market Neutrality and Portfolio Limits -- Ethical Considerations and Compliance -- Understanding and Adhering to Regulatory Requirements -- Summary -- Coming Up Next -- Check Your Understanding Questions -- Chapter 8 ChatGPT in Action: Practical Applications -- Integration with Investment Strategies -- Example: Combining Sentiment Analysis with a Quantitative Momentum Strategy -- Risk Management: ChatGPT for Early Warnings and Mitigating Losses -- Example: ChatGPT in Risk Management- Detecting and Responding to Market Shifts -- Integrating ChatGPT in Automated Trading Systems -- Trading Signals and Risk Management -- Order Types and Timing -- Reporting -- Risks and Challenges -- Summary -- Coming Up Next -- Check Your Understanding Questions -- Part III Envisioning a Financial Future with AI…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adjective formation: -less / -ful; 2. Adverb formation: -ly; B) LANGUAGE POINTS; 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adjective formation: -less / -ful; 2. Adverb formation: -ly; B) LANGUAGE POINTS; 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….' -- Chapter 3 Five essential mindsets to get -- Essential Mindset 1: Say no -- Essential Mindset 2: Less is more -- Essential Mindset 3: Investment, not expense -- An expense mindset -- An investment mindset -- Essential Mindset 4: The 80/20 principle -- Essential Mindset 5: Don't sweat the small stuff -- Minor decisions -- Major decisions -- Mega decisions -- Worst-case scenario -- PART II Create Your Stop Doing List -- Chapter 4 Your time is worth money! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Table 1: β Values for Uni-univalent ElectrolytesTable 2: β and B Values of Bi-univalent and Uni-bivalent Electrolytes from Freezing Points; Methods for Calculating β; Appendix 4.2 - Bromley Interaction Parameters; Table 1: B Values at 25°C Determined by the Method of Least Squares on Log γ to I=6.0 (or less if limited data); Table 2: Individual Ion Values of B and δ in Aqueous Solutions at 25°C; Table 3: Bivalent Metal Sulfates at 25°C; Appendix 4.3 - Meissner Parameters; Table: Average Values of Parameter q in Equation (4.46) for Selected Electrolytes; Appendix 4.4 - Pitzer Parameters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Inequality and Mortality -- Political Polarization -- Inequality's Eviscerating Cost -- Inequality and the Long Recession -- Financial-Crisis Risk -- Chapter 5 Following the Money -- How Central Banks Work -- The Modern Monetary-Policy Construct -- The Fed's Bailout Buckets -- The Fed's Payment Powers -- Rules of the Financial Road -- Four Fundamental Financial-Policy Flaws -- Chapter 6 How Monetary Policy Made Most of Us Poorer -- The Fed's Heavy Hand -- Why It's the Fed's Fault -- How Ultra-Low Interest Rates Made America Still Less Equal and QE Still More Inequitable -- The High Cost of Low-Rate Debt -- The Low-Unemployment Myth -- The Anti-Wealth Effect -- Making Matters Still Worse -- A Bigger Fed, Lower Rates, an Extreme Financial Crisis -- Chapter 7 How to Make Monetary Policy Make Us More Equal -- The Aggregate-Data Error -- The Fed's Real Mandate -- The Fourth Mandate…”