Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Crisis: Divergence of the Sovereign Debt Curves and the disintegration of the single interest rate curve Chapter 4: Dysfunctional Mechanisms of the Eurozone 4.1 The explosion of Target2 Balances and the unsustainable accumulation of the structural imbalances 4.2 The Nationalization of the Public Debt: the Case of Italy 4.3 The Nationalization of the Public Debt pushed to the extreme: the case of Greece Chapter 5: The Pathological Banks-Governments Relationship 5.1 The Spread Intermediation 5.2 Collateral Discrimination on the Interbank Market 5.3 The Divergence Mechanisms in Action: Synergies and Accelerations 5.4 Case Studies: The divergence process in some peripheral countries Chapter 6: Assessing the Risk of a Euro Break-Up 6.1 A Historical Perspective on the Possible Break-up of the Euro 6.2 The probability of a Euro Break-up 6.3 Costs and Benefits associated with the Exit from the Euro Chapter 7: Financial Assistance and Fiscal Agreements in the Eurozone 7.1 The Sovereign Bail-out Funds 7.2 The Reforms of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Fiscal Compact Chapter 8: The Extraordinary Interventions of the ECB 8.1 The Securities Market Programme and the Purchases of Covered Bonds 8.2 The Long Term Refinancing Operations of December 2011 and February 2012 (LTROs) 8.3 The Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) 8.4 The Targeted Long-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs) 8.5 The Quantitative Easing Chapter 9: The European and National Interventions on the Banking Systems 9.1 The Banking Union 9.2 The Hidden Recapitalisation of the Peripheral Banking Systems 9.3 The State Aids to the Banking Systems of the Core Countries Chapter 10: Mutualisation of the Public Debt and Fiscal Transfers 10.1 The Mutualisation of the Public Debt in the Eurozone 10.2 The «Fiscal Currency» and Other Theories for the Unilateral Solution of Problems for Peripheral Countries 10.3 The Fiscal Transfers: Proposals for Structural Balance of Financial Flows Chapter 11: Proposals of Monetary Policy Interventions to Overcome the Crisis 11.1 Reforming the Statutory Objectives of the ECB: The «Zero-Spread Target» 11.2 The Cancellation of Interests on Government Bonds Purchased by the ECB 11.3 The European Public Debt Refinancing Programme (EPDRP) 11.4 A Far More Pervasive Intervention: Partial Debt Monetization 11.5 The Purchase Programme of Asset Backed Securities Guaranteed by Sovereign States and Supranational Institutions 11.6 A Measure of Direct Support to the Real Economy: the Cancellation of Impaired Debts of the Non-Financial Private Sector 11.7 A Proposal for an Authentic Sustainability of the Greek Public Debt Chapter 12: Transparency as a Tool to Prevent Excessive Risk-taking and Contrast the Crisis 12.1 The Need for a Market Logic at the Basis of the Financial Sector's Regulation 12.2 Implications of the Lack of Transparency on Risks at a Macro Level 12.3 Fair Value and Probability Scenarios as Solution to the Problem of Risk Transparency Annex A References Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Appendices3.A.1 Fundamentals of the Smith Chart; 3.A.2 Formula for Two-Part Impedance Matching Network; 3.A.3 Topology Limitations of the Two-Part Impedance Matching Network; 3.A.4 Topology Limitation of Three Parts Impedance Matching Network; 3.A.5 Conversion between _ and T Type Matching Network; 3.A.6 Possible _ and T Impedance Matching Networks; Reference; Further Reading; Exercises; Answers; 4 IMPEDANCE MATCHING IN THE WIDEBAND CASE; 4.1 Appearance of Narrow and Wideband Return Loss on a Smith Chart; 4.2 Impedance Variation Due to the Insertion of One Part Per Arm or Per Branch…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Feminismes i política pública: és possible impulsar una agenda transformadora des de les institucions? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ein Dokument für das bürgerliche Selbstverständnis der Zwischenkriegzeit / Le statut de l’artiste et son évolution dans le cadre de sa collaboration avec l’atelier Kirsch & Fleckner / Lecture session 5: chaired by Karine Boulanger -- Le vitrail au Chili: les multiples dimensions d'un art d'importation / Artist, glass-painters, craftsmen, and a dispute about their place in designing and executing stained glass at the beginning of the 20th Century / Lecture session 6: chaired by Aletta Rambaut -- Ancient remedies for new ideas. Possible sources of the cistercian stained-glass technique and style / Paths to reality: remarks on glaziers’ workshop practices in Cracow, c.1380–1440 / The Church Choir Glazing of Batalha, Portugal: commission, programme, function, authorship, models, and work organization (1514–1531) / Session: Museu del Disseny de Barcelona -- Designers who collaborated with the stained-glass maker Antoni Rigalt i Blanch: the cases of the architect August Font i Carrera and the painter Apel·les Mestres / Lecture session 7: chaired by Dobrosława Horzela -- Glass, stained glass, and stone sculpture. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Discover How to Avoid Wasting Energy -- Don't Waste Your Energy: Team-Building Activities -- See Ya Later -- Right Way-Wrong Way -- Using this Rule with Your Organization -- Maintaining Positive Energy When People Don't Get on Your Bus: Best Practices -- Rule 6: Post a Sign on Your Bus That Says ``No Energy Vampires Allowed ́ ́ -- Identify Energy Vampires -- Dealing with Energy Vampires in Your Life and on Your Team -- No Energy Vampires Allowed: Team-Building Activities -- Love Letter to an Energy Vampire -- Protection from Energy Vampires -- Energy Vampires: A Word of Caution -- Dealing with Energy Vampires in Organizations -- Positivity and Proactivity -- Best Practices to Deal with Energy Vampires -- Rule 7: Enthusiasm Attracts More Passengers and Energizes Them during the Ride -- Enthusiasm for the Ride -- Team Energy and Enthusiasm: Team-Building Activities -- Start the Conversation -- Share the Enthusiasm -- Best Practices: Enthusiasm throughout Your Organization -- Rule 8: Love Your Passengers -- Questions about How to Love Your Passengers -- Love Your Passengers: Team-Building Activities -- Discussion-Loving Your Passengers -- Trust and Fun for the Road Ahead -- Loving Your Passengers in an Organization -- Organizational Leadership Discussion -- Best Practices -- Love Your Passengers: Make Sure Everyone Feels Onboard -- Rule 9: Drive with Purpose -- Think about Your Bigger Purpose -- Determine Your Purpose -- Purposeful Team-Building Activities -- One Word -- Team Purpose Discussion -- One Word for Your Bus -- Drive with Purpose -- Share Your Purpose -- Purpose Best Practices -- Passengers Participating with Purpose -- Rule 10: Have Fun and Enjoy the Ride -- Ask Yourself about the Ride -- Activities for Enjoying the Ride -- Make Time for Adventure -- The Power of Possibilities -- Best Practices -- Team Fun -- Organization Fun…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Management as Non-reductive Stakeholder Engagement -- 14 Identify, Unity, and Difference in CSPs and Collaborations -- Managing CSPs and Collaborations -- Managing the Process of Partnership Implementation: Three Questions with Regard to Unity, Identity, and Difference in the Process of Partnership Formation and Implementation -- 15 Identity, Unity, and Difference in the Philosophical Tradition -- 16 The Metaphysics of Collaboration: Identity, Unity, and Difference in CSPs and Collaboration -- 17 Towards and Ethics of Non-reductive Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration, and Partnership in Management Practices -- The Social-Ethical Relationships in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration, and Partnerships -- Performance of Ethical Behaviour in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations, and Partnerships -- Self-destruction and Self-constitution in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations, and Partnerships -- Structural Possibility of Failure in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations, and Partnerships -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Attention, Comprehension, and Recall under Stress -- Improving Passenger Safety Briefings -- OVERVIEW -- REFERENCES -- 4 Air Quality in Emergency Situations -- ONBOARD FIRES -- Inhibiting Ignition -- Materials Testing and Selection -- Smoke Detection and Firefighting -- Removal of Toxic Fumes -- Individual Smoke and Fume Protection -- Emergency Escape -- Passenger Safety Briefings -- DEPRESSURIZATION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Cabin Air Pollutants: Sources and Exposures -- OZONE -- Ozone in Commercial Aircraft Cabins -- Health Effects of Ozone under High-Altitude Conditions -- Groups at Increased Risk of Health Effects -- Recommendations -- COSMIC RADIATION -- Characteristics of Cosmic Radiation -- Exposure of Passengers and Crew -- Radiation Exposure in Aircraft and from Other Natural Sources -- Groups at Increased Risk of Health Effects -- GROUND FUMES -- ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE -- Aircraft Ventilation and Smoke Concentrations -- Concentrations of ETS Constituents Measured on Aircraft -- Standards for Other Environments -- Exposure to ETS on Airliners -- Health Effects in Airplanes -- Health Effects in Other Environments -- Groups at Increased Risk -- Prevention of Exposure to ETS -- Summary -- BIOLOGIC AEROSOLS -- Types of Biologic Pollutants Possible in Aircraft -- Sources of Biologic Pollutants -- Factors Affecting Airborne Concentrations of Biologic Pollutants and their Health Effects -- Airborne Concentrations Necessary to Cause Health Effects or Discomfort -- Available Data -- Available Predictive Data from Other Sources -- Available Data on Aircraft -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- RELATIVE HUMIDITY -- Aircraft Ventilation and Relative Humidity -- Measured Relative Humidity in Aircraft -- Standards for Other Environments -- Effects of Low Relative Humidity on Passengers and Crew…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.3 Quantum noise of matter and macroscopic averages7.4 How a macroscopic description is possible; 7.5 The Kramers-Kronig dispersion relation; 7.6 Including absorption in the dielectric JCM; 7.7 Dielectric permittivity; 7.8 Huttner-Barnett theory; 7.8.1 The matter Hamiltonian; 7.8.2 Diagonalization of the total Hamiltonian; Recommended reading; Problems; 8 The maser; the laser; and their cavity QED cousins; 8.1 The ASER idea; 8.2 How to add noise; 8.2.1 Einstein's approach to Brownian motion; 8.2.2 Langevin's approach to Brownian motion; 8.2.3 The modern form of Langevin's equation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.8.2 Consider LIKE and SIMILAR TO Constraints for Character Values3.8.3 Remember That Temporal Values Have Duration; 3.8.4 REAL and FLOAT Data Types Should Be Avoided; 3.9 Put Multiple Column Constraints as Near to Both Columns as Possible; 3.10 Put Table-Level CHECK() Constraints at the End of the Table Declaration; 3.11 Use CREATE ASSERTION for Multi-table Constraints; 3.12 Keep CHECK() Constraints Single Purposed; 3.13 Every Table Must Have a Key to Be a Table; 3.13.1 Auto-Numbers Are Not Relational Keys; 3.13.2 Files Are Not Tables; 3.13.3 Look for the Properties of a Good Key…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 1.2 From Defects to Failures; 1.3 Lost in Time and Space; 1.4 From Failures to Fixes; 1.4.1 Track the Problem; 1.4.2 Reproduce the Failure; 1.4.3 Automate and Simplify the Test Case; 1.4.4 Find Possible Infection Origins; 1.4.5 Focus on the Most Likely Origins; 1.4.6 Isolate the Origin of the Infection; 1.4.7 Correct the Defect; 1.5 Automated Debugging Techniques; 1.6 Bugs, Faults, or Defects?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1 Inferring Models of Software Processes4.2 Generating Software Behavioral Models; 5 Active Learning; 5.1 Angluin Learning Algorithm L; 5.1.1 Observation Table; 5.1.2 The Algorithm L; 5.1.3 Complexity of L; 5.2 DFA Inference of Mealy Models and Possible Optimizations; 5.2.1 Prefix Closure; 5.2.2 Input Determinism; 5.2.3 Independence of Events; 5.3 Mealy Inference; 5.3.1 The Mealy Inference Algorithm LM; 5.3.2 Counterexamples; 5.4 Improved Mealy Inference Algorithm; 5.4.1 Observation Table; 5.4.2 The Algorithm L1; 5.4.3 Example; 5.4.4 Complexity of L1; 5.5 Learning with Dictionaries…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.8.2 D-Type Equations for Figure 4.264.9 AN ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL TRANSMITTER SYSTEM; 4.9.1 Equations for the Asynchronous Serial Transmitter; 4.10 CLOCKED WATCHDOG TIMER; 4.10.1 D Flip-Flop Equations; 4.10.2 Output Equation; 4.11 SUMMARY; 5 The One Hot Technique in Finite-State Machine Design; 5.1 THE ONE HOT TECHNIQUE; 5.2 A DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; 5.3 A SHARED MEMORY SYSTEM; 5.4 FAST WAVEFORM SYNTHESIZER; 5.4.1 Specification; 5.4.2 A Possible Solution; 5.4.3 Equations for the d Inputs to D Flip-Flops; 5.4.4 Output Equations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Taking into Account Externalities; 2.3.5 What Do We Mean by Peril or Hazard?; 2.3.6 Is It Possible to Develop an Efficient Classification for Perils and Hazards?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.7 PSYCHOLOGY AND INVESTIGATION7.7.1 Verbal Cues; 7.7.2 Vocal Cues; 7.7.3 Visual Cues; 7.7.4 Experiments Increasing Cognitive Load; 7.8 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 8 Sanctioning Fraudsters and Pursuing Redress; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 UNDERSTANDING FRAUDSTERS AND THE PLACE OF DETERRENCE; 8.3 THE SANCTIONS TOOL BOX; 8.3.1 Quasi-Sanctions; 8.3.2 The Main Formal Sanctions; 8.3.3 Possible Parallel Sanctions; 8.4 PUBLICISING SANCTIONS; 8.5 CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; END NOTES; 9 Enhancing Performance through Counter-Fraud Metrics; 9.1 INTRODUCTION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Possible futures of the pandemic: opportunities and challenges -- The vision of aids2031 -- AIDS timeline -- List of acronyms -- Chapter 1: The future of AIDS: a still-unfolding global challenge -- Reflecting on the past, looking toward the future -- What the history of AIDS may tell us about the future -- Epidemics often differ radically within and between countries and regions -- The pandemic is constantly evolving -- The evolution of each epidemic is affected by its social, economic, and physical environment -- The epidemic has become firmly entrenched in Southern Africa -- AIDS discriminates -- The pandemic's history cautions us to anticipate unexpected turns over the next generation -- AIDS in a changing world -- Globalization -- Climate change -- Population growth -- A changing global power structure -- Scenarios for the pandemic's future -- Choices made in the next five years will profoundly affect how the pandemic will look in 2031 -- To achieve dramatic change, all available tools must be used to their maximum advantage -- Prioritizing HIV prevention is critical to accelerated progress between now and 2031 -- To achieve optimal results for 2031, new prevention tools will be needed -- Delivering treatment to those who need it will be vital to minimizing the pandemic's impact -- These projections underscore the need to intensify measures to mitigate the pandemic's impact -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2: Generating knowledge for the future -- AIDS and the power of science -- The limits of science to date -- Generating global public goods -- Prospects for a cure -- New diagnostic technologies -- New prevention tools -- A preventive vaccine -- Building the evidence base for community-level and structural prevention approaches -- Innovative financing and mission-oriented research and development…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Labor Force -- Measuring Unemployment -- Two Types of Unemployment -- The Idea of Full Employment -- Underemployment and Discouraged Workers -- Theories of Unemployment -- Chapter 13 Inflation -- Introduction to Inflation -- The Consumer Price Index -- Real and Nominal Dollars -- The Consequences of Inflation -- Deflation Versus Disinflation -- Employment and Inflation -- Chapter 14 The Model of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- Real GDP and Nominal GDP -- Understanding the Model of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- Aggregate Demand (AD) -- Aggregate Supply (SRAS and LRAS) -- Equilibrium in the Macroeconomy -- Economic Growth -- Chapter 15 Money and the Money Market -- The Functions and Types of Money -- The Money Supply -- Fractional Reserves -- The Role of a Central Bank -- The Money Market -- Chapter 16 Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy -- The Interest Rate -- The Classical Theory of Economics -- Keynesian Theory -- Fiscal Policy -- Difficulties with Fiscal Policy -- Monetary Policy -- Problems with Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Applying Policy Actions to Economic Fluctuations -- Chapter 17 The Global Economy -- Production Possibilities -- Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade -- Foreign Exchange Markets -- Currency Appreciation and Depreciation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Loss of electrical power; 2.4. Possible damage caused by the earthquake; 2.4.1. Primary facilities in the reactor building; 2.4.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Quelques contrats de commandes d'étoffes à Nuzi / Demonization of enemies in Mesopotamian literature : a case study in verbal imagery / Identifying the big bird in the battle reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II / Composite creatures on seal impressions of Nuzi / Herméneutique de l'action pour l'étude des relations entre les entités animées et leur agency au Proche-Orient ancien: Hypatia et alii / The divine "image" and "shadow" in iconography, inscriptions and philology / La cuisse de Baal : analyse d'un rituel d'intégration / "Of marshes, kings, and rebels" : on the perception and representation of southern Mesopotamian wetlands at the Neo-Assyrian royal court / Bemerkungen zur vermittelnden Gottheit unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der sumerischen Königshymnen / Beschriftete Hundestatuetten aus Mesopotamien / An overview on the excavations at Üçtepe Höyük (ancient Tušḫan) : the 1988-1992 excavation seasons / "I was swollen with hunger and he kept me alive" : the imagery of the legal texts from Emar / The Nuzi apprenticeship contracts / Decreeing fate and name-giving in enūma eliš : approaching a fundamental Mesopotamian concept with special consideration of the underlying assumptions and of the condition of possibility of human knowledge / Dating the reigns of Xerxes and Artaxerxes / Une nouvelle archive privée d'un marchand de l'époque d'Ur III / Text als Bild : Graphic Reading am Beispiel der sumerischen Rangstreitgespräche / Gilgameš's ghosts : a case for Enkidu's Catalog of the Dead as a manual for apprentice exorcists / Le rapport entre texte et image dans les reliefs de Ḫorsābād : tradition et innovation un siècle et demi après Assurnaṣirpal II / Text and architecture: YBC 5022 and BM 15285 as "manuals of an architect" / Construire l'image, dire les rites : essai sur l'iconographie des rituels hittites / Estimation and observation : a study of two Old Babylonian tabular administrative documents / The movement of text and image within the layout of an envelope throughout Mesopotamian history / 'If the earth quakes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A Problem Isn't a Priority -- Two Words to Know and Love: Minimize and Maximize -- Is It Possible to Love Two Objectives at the Same Time? -- Turn Priorities Into Constraints -- A Brief Interlude -- There's Plenty of Book Left!…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN AUTOMATION, CONTROL AND ROBOTICS -- Tilte Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I Development of Silicone-based Stiffness Controllable Actuators -- Chapter 1 Technology Selection -- 1.1 Manipulator Specifications -- 1.1.1 Medical Requirements -- 1.1.2 Technical Specifications -- 1.2 Technological Overview of Different Actuation Strategies -- 1.2.1 Active Motion Technology Survey -- 1.2.1.1 Electromagnetic motors -- 1.2.1.2 Electro active polymers. 1.2.1.3 Shape memory alloys1.2.1.4 Shape memory polymers -- 1.2.1.5 Flexible fluidic actuator -- 1.2.2 Discussion and Choice of Active Motion Technology -- 1.2.3 Stiffness Variation Technology Survey -- 1.2.4 Comparison and Choice -- References -- Chapter 2 Design of the Multi-module Manipulator -- 2.1 The Design of the Single Module -- 2.1.1 Active Motion -- 2.1.2 Stiffness variation -- 2.2 Connection of Multiple Modules -- 2.3 Complete Characterization of the 2-Module Manipulator -- 2.3.1 Fabrication -- 2.3.2 Workspace Evaluation -- 2.3.2.1 Methods -- 2.3.2.2 Results -- 2.3.3 Junction Characterization -- 2.3.3.1 Methods. 2.3.3.2 Results2.3.4 Stiffness Characterization -- 2.3.4.1 Methods -- 2.3.4.2 Results -- 2.3.5 Combined Force and Stiffening Experiments -- 2.3.5.1 Methods -- 2.3.5.2 Results -- References -- Chapter 3 Soft Manipulator Actuation Module with Reinforced Chambers -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Change of the Chamber Cross Section Area -- 3.1.2 Chamber Cross Section Center Displacement -- 3.1.3 Friction between the Silicone Body and Braided Sleeve -- 3.1.4 Sensor Interaction -- 3.2 Proposed Improvements -- 3.2.1 Possible Solutions -- 3.2.2 Design -- 3.3 Manufacturing -- 3.4 Tests -- 3.4.1 Pneumatic Actuation. 3.4.2 Hydraulic Actuation3.4.3 External Force -- 3.5 Stiffening Mechanism -- 3.5.1 Basic Module Design -- 3.5.2 Optimised Module Design -- 3.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 4 Antagonistic Actuation Principle for a Silicone-based Soft Manipulator -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 Bio-Inspiration and Contributions -- 4.4 Integration of the Antagonistic Stiffening Mechanism -- 4.4.1 Embedding Tendon-driven Actuation into a STIFF-FLOP Segment -- 4.4.2 Setup of the Antagonistic Actuation Architecture -- 4.5 Test Protocol, Experimental Results, and Discussion -- 4.5.1 Methodology. 4.5.2 Experimental Results4.5.3 Discussion -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 4.7 Funding -- References -- Chapter 5 Smart Hydrogel for Stiffness Controllable Continuum Manipulators: A Conceptual Design -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Materials and Methods -- 5.2.1 Active Hydrogel Preparation -- 5.2.2 Active Hydrogel Properties and Ion Pattern Printing -- 5.3 Experiments and Discussion -- 5.3.1 Swelling Test -- 5.3.2 Stiffness Test -- 5.4 Conclusion and Future Works -- References -- PART II Creation and Integration of Multiple Sensing Modalities -- Chapter 6 Optical Force and Torque Sensor for Flexible Robotic Manipulators…”