“…And by including contributions from senior policy makers in the World Bank who helped shepherd social science's entry into development policy and practice, it provides a unique look at how organizational change can happen…”

“…The topic of this volume is the Collection of Poetry in 9th century East Francia on the basis of the surviving manuscripts. It gives a fresh look on the connections between institutions and persons in the network of the Carolingian 'renovatio'. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1: Professional and practice expectations -- Chapter 2: Legal implications for pharmacists: US legal framework, regulatory oversight, civil responsibility, and professional judgment -- Chapter 3: The ethical pharmacist -- Chapter 4: Communication: an overview -- Chapter 5: Monitoring drug therapy, documentation, and patient education -- Chapter 6: Interprofessional practice (systems and expectations) -- Chapter 8: Physical assessment skills -- Chapter 9: A brief look at the construction of medical terminology and common definitions of words that are part of the pharmacy vernacular -- Chapter 10: Interpretation of clinical laboratory data -- Chapter 11: Pharmacy calculations -- Chapter 12: Pharmacokinetics -- Chapter 13: Health care informatics -- Chapter 14: Practicing pharmacy in a digital health world: medical devices -- Chapter 15: Toxicology and emergency medical care -- Chapter 16: Pharmacogenomics -- Chapter 17: Community/ambulatory care -- Chapter 18: Institutional pharmacy practice -- Chapter 19: Populations with unique considerations for care -- Chapter 20: The role of the pharmacist in public health…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CLIMATE CHANGE -- The issue -- Policy challenges -- Measuring performance and progress -- Main trends and recent developments -- KEY MESSAGES ON CLIMATE CHANGE -- HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT OCEANS? -- BOX 1. A CLOSER LOOK AT BLACK CARBON -- 2. AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH -- The issue -- Policy challenges -- Measuring performance and progress -- Main trends and recent developments -- KEY MESSAGES ON AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH -- BOX 2. …”

“…This book provides:• The reality of the technology status-quo;• A hard look at hydrogen and fuel cells benefits in comparison to other options;• An incisive analysis of the main barriers for a hydrogen and fuel cell transition;• Four scenarios for a hydrogen and fuel cells transition;• Guidance for far-reaching decision making under uncertainty. …”

“…Finally, the paper takes a closer look at the labour market for researchers, estimating jointly equations for employment and wages. …”

“…Because of the important role housing wealth has been playing during the current upswing, this paper will look more closely at what is underlying these developments for 18 OECD countries over the period from 1970 to the present, with a view to shedding some light on whether or not prices are in line with fundamentals. …”

“…The book takes an in-depth look at health care in OECD countries today. What is the status of people’s health? …”

“…This report is the second in a series of OECD country reviews that look at governance and public management issues from a comprehensive perspective. …”

“…Publications in this series look at topics such as open government, preventing corruption and promoting integrity in the public service, risk management, illicit trade, audit institutions, and civil service reform. …”

“…This study takes an in-depth look at the arable crops sector in OECD countries and draws some conclusions about the impacts of agricultural support policies, trade liberalisation, agri-environmental payments, and agri-ennvironmental regulations. …”

“…This 2008 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems in OECD countries and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. The indicators look at who participates in education, what is spent on it and how education systems operate and at the results achieved. …”

“…This book shows how bus rapid transit differs from traditional bus systems and how it can be developed around the world. There is a detailed look at clean fuels and advanced technologies such as "clean diesel", CNG, hybrid-electric and fuel cells. …”

“…The report explores options for future work on administrative simplification relevant to OECD countries, highlighting the need to communicate better with stakeholders, cover compliance costs for business more broadly, and look at burdens on citizens and administrations…”

“…By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years, despite extensive liberalisation and privatisation in the OECD area. We then look at the regulation-growth linkage using data that cover a large set of manufacturing and service industries over the past two decades. …”

“…States of Fragility 2016: Understanding Violence takes a long hard look at violence in the world -- and what we should do about it. …”

“…This report draws on international experience to look at ways in which the strong Dutch school system might go further still on the path to excellence. …”

“…The report argues that, although the new legislation offers some opportunities for Venice to address local challenges, it is important to look beyond the Metropolitan City of Venice as defined in the new legislation and to pursue greater governance co-ordination across the larger city region that encompasses Padua, Treviso and Venice (PaTreVe). …”

“…Getting a grip on growth of SMEs can pay important dividends as scalers contribute the majority of new jobs created by SMEs during their high-growth phase, but also continue to contribute positively to aggregate job creation and aggregate growth in turnover in the following years. A closer look at the characteristics of SMEs that scale up compared to similar “peers” that do not, shows that scaling is likely a strategic choice and includes investments and other preparatory transformation in the years preceding scaling up."…”

“…This review takes an in-depth look at the energy challenges facing Japan today and provides critiques and recommendations for policy improvements to help guide the country towards a more sustainable energy future. …”