“…With the return to democracy, he was one of the main figures who addressed the crisis in the socialist countries and the reconstruction of a project of the revolutionary left. …”

“…--Journal of the American Statistical AssociationIntroduction to High-Dimensional Statistics, Second Edition preserves the philosophy of the first edition: to be a concise guide for students and researchers discovering the area and interested in the mathematics involved. The main concepts and ideas are presented in simple settings, avoiding thereby unessential technicalities. …”

“…Rather than contribute to the polarization of the topic, the purpose of this monography is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the historical background of unconventional therapies, the main trends in this area, the patterns and reasons for the use of alternative medicine and the factors determining the efficacy of alternative therapies. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…12.2 The Evolution of Users’ Experience: Usage, Expectations and Reluctances 316 -- 12.2.1 Broadcast Versus OTT: Towards a Spurious Opposition 316 -- 12.2.2 The Multi-Screen Multi-Device Anywhere Experience 317 -- 12.2.3 Business Experiences and Inevitable Evolution for the Stakeholders 319 -- 12.3 Architectural Evolution of IPTV: Towards a Smart Meld with OTT 320 -- 12.3.1 The Main Overhauls of IPTV: HTML5, Cloudification, Software-Defined Video 320 -- 12.3.2 Legacy IPTV Extending its Reach by Inspiring OTT Evolution: Multicast, Caching, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) 323 -- 12.3.3 Coordinating the OTT delivery entities to enforce IPTV-like quality of experience: Collaboration between ISPs, CDNs and CPs 329 -- 12.4 Technical focus 331 -- 12.4.1 P2P assistance to CDNs, caching and ICN 332 -- 12.4.2 TheWireless Video Challenge: In-HomeWiFi and Offloading of Cellular Networks 335 -- 12.4.3 VR: The greatest technological challenge ahead? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…279 -- 8.1.2 Standards and Cloud Computing 281 -- 8.2 Vision: Using Cloud Technology in Missions 283 -- 8.3 State of the Art 284 -- 8.3.1 The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program 286 -- 8.3.2 SOC Reports and TSPC 288 -- 8.3.3 ISO/IEC 27001 291 -- 8.3.4 Main Differences among the Standards 292 -- 8.3.5 Other Existing Frameworks 293 -- 8.3.5.1 PCI-DSS 293 -- 8.3.5.2 C5 294 -- 8.3.5.3 STAR 294 -- 8.3.6 What Protections Do Standards Offer against Vulnerabilities in the Cloud? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…14.3 Integrating VLC with OpenSAF 373 -- 14.3.1 Nonproxied-Non-SA-Aware Integration 374 -- 14.3.2 SA-Aware VLC Integration 379 -- 14.3.3 SA-Aware VLC with Service Continuity 384 -- 14.4 Summary and Conclusion 387 -- 15 Migration Paths for Legacy Applications 391 / Mario Angelic -- 15.1 Introduction 391 -- 15.2 Reasons for Migration 392 -- 15.2.1 Benefits for System Owners 392 -- 15.2.2 Benefits for ISVs 392 -- 15.3 Integration Criteria 393 -- 15.3.1 Main Factors 393 -- 15.3.2 Easy Management 394 -- 15.3.3 Streamlined Architecture 396 -- 15.3.4 Code Quality 397 -- 15.3.5 Integration Levels 397 -- 15.4 How to Migrate 399 -- 15.4.1 Availability Integration 399 -- 15.4.2 Manageability Integration 409 -- 15.5 Open Issues 413 -- 15.6 Conclusion 413 -- 16 Overcoming Complexity: Formal Modeling Techniques at the Rescue 415 / Maria Toeroe and Ferhat Khendek -- 16.1 Introduction 415 -- 16.2 Background 416 -- 16.2.1 The Model-Based Approach 416 -- 16.2.2 Starting Points in the Specifications 417 -- 16.3 Model-Based Software Management 419 -- 16.3.1 Configuration Model 419 -- 16.3.2 Configuration Generation 420 -- 16.3.3 Upgrade Campaign Generation 424 -- 16.3.4 Analytical Models and How They Can Help 427 -- 16.4 Conclusion 428 -- 17 Conclusion 431 -- 17.1 Summary 431 -- 17.2 The Future 433 -- References 435 -- Index 443.…”

“…The reasons for this under-recognition are numerous, including the fact that it mainly affects the disadvantaged rural poor in areas that are poorly supplied with the diagnostic capability to make the diagnosis. …”

“…Quality teaching leads to good learning and both aspects are two of the main issues of quality assurance in nursing education today. …”

“…Destinations are complex and adaptive systems, where the different elements that make them up have to be oriented towards achieving a common objective that improves the competitiveness of the destination. Five main lines of research on tourist destinations can be established: 1) the management, planning, and marketing of destinations, with special attention to the tourism supply chain, communication, and integral management; 2) the sustainability of resources and capabilities; 3) the renewal of destinations in order to update their offer and main resources to maintain competitiveness; 4) online reputation and communication through social media in order to create and enhance a strong brand image and customer loyalty; and 5) the application of new technologies in order to develop smart destinations. …”

“…In addition, it addresses a number of central questions: what are the main factors affecting forest stands and soil integrity? …”

“…The variables which condition the differential argument marking (or DAM) pertain to various properties of the NP (such as animacy or definiteness) or to event semantics or various properties of the clause. While the main line of current research on DAM is mainly synchronic the volume tackles the diachronic perspective. …”

“…Nor do they adequately capture the impact to operational missions. Cybersecurity is mainly added on to systems, not designed in. The authors recommend 12 steps that the Air Force can take to improve the cybersecurity of its military systems throughout their life cycles"--Provided by publisher…”

“…"Ma main... n’est pas revenue : je meurs par morceaux…”

“…For many years JavaScript was considered a second-league interpreted language with the main purpose of making web pages a little prettier. …”

“…Further, it describes the main organizations, beliefs, and rituals of China’s main religions, as well as the social and demographic characteristics of their respective believers. …”

“…The main finding is that an increase in interest rates by about 1 to 2 percentage points would result in probabilities of a peak nearing of 50% or more in the United States, France, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden…”

“…However, a French translation of the summary and main recommendations has been included in this volume…”

“…One of the main assumptions of this book defends that the patients have comprehensive and legitimate reasons, in biographical, social and cultural contexts so many times strange to the conventional clinical evaluation, to recur to the somatic metaphor…”

“…Initiatives where health professionals must be the main actors and drive the communication initiatives focused on community health with the main goal of recovery the people confidence when they in health issues. …”

“…Various families of fractional-order integrals and derivatives have been found to be remarkably important and fruitful, mainly due to their demonstrated applications in numerous diverse and widespread areas of mathematical, physical, chemical, engineering, and statistical sciences. …”