“…From quotations, pips and spreads to the pros and cons of using online brokers and websites to FX risk management, FX Trading is an indispensable tool of the trade for beginners and experienced Forex traders alike. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Planning the Program -- Defining Stakeholders -- Defining Goals -- Defining Success Criteria -- Identifying Requirements and Constraints -- Defining Metrics -- Stakeholder Personas -- Tactical Use Cases -- SOC Support -- Indicator Management -- Operational Use Cases -- Campaign Tracking -- Strategic Use Cases -- Architecture Support -- Risk Assessment/Strategic Situational Awareness -- Strategic to Tactical or Tactical to Strategic? …”

“…The aim of this book is to explore and show how the phenomena of trust, risk and identity, as contexts constructed by speakers themselves, influence and mediate knowledge sharing in organizational encounters. …”

“…Describing the linkages between emerging and developed markets, this collection systematically explores several crucial issues in asset valuation and risk management. Contributors present new theoretical co…”

“…Leverage the computational power of Python with more than 60 recipes that arm you with the required skills to make informed business decisions About This Book Want to minimize risk and optimize profits of your business? Learn to create efficient analytical reports with ease using this highly practical, easy-to-follow guide Learn to apply Python for business intelligence tasks - preparing, exploring, analyzing, visualizing and reporting - in order to make more informed business decisions using data at hand Learn to explore and analyze business data, and build business intelligence dashboards with the help of various insightful recipes Who This Book Is For This book is intended for data analysts, managers, and executives with a basic knowledge of Python, who now want to use Python for their BI tasks. …”

“…You'll learn how to deploy a failover cluster to protect against the risk of Hyper-V becoming a single point of failure, and how to make virtual machines fault tolerant. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- AI thoughts Extraordinary machine -- Puzzle 11 Reimplementing str.count() (stricter) -- Author thoughts Write a Python function with the restrictions given -- AI thoughts The Horars of War -- Puzzle 12 Finding a name for a function -- Author thoughts Code is read far more often than it is written -- AI thoughts There are two hard problems in computer science -- Puzzle 13 Playing poker (Part 1) -- Author thoughts Functions are a big help in larger programs -- AI thoughts He can't read my poker face -- Puzzle 14 Playing poker (Part 2) -- Author thoughts Large buildings are built from small bricks -- AI thoughts The society for preventing cruelty to humans -- Puzzle 15 Playing poker (Part 3) -- Author thoughts You better cheat, cheat, if you can't win -- AI thoughts Someday machines will learn to count -- Puzzle 16 Playing poker (Part 4) -- Author thoughts You might risk identifying the "dead man's hand" -- AI thoughts Free will is not free -- Puzzle 17 Playing poker (Part 5) -- Author thoughts Remember that three is more than two, but less than four -- AI thoughts Counting to two -- 5 Easy, difficult, and impossible tasks -- Puzzle 18 Identifying equal counts -- Author thoughts Lateral thinking might help you find the answer -- AI thoughts Hic sunt dracones -- Puzzle 19 Matching before duplicate words -- Author thoughts Find a pattern that will fulfill the requirement -- AI thoughts Deep fakes in the Chomsky hierarchy -- Puzzle 20 Testing an IPv4 address -- Author thoughts Ask whether regexen are powerful enough for a problem -- AI thoughts I want to be a machine -- Puzzle 21 Matching a numeric sequence -- Author thoughts Rule out the impossible to be left with the solution -- AI thoughts Wheat and chessboards -- Puzzle 22 Matching the Fibonacci sequence…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Potential harms from privacy breaches -- Data protection and privacy across countries -- Student and staff protection regimes -- Regulating privacy by tiered-access policies -- Regulating access through technology -- Enhancing data sharing through empowering schools and staff -- Sharing and access to data for research and system learning -- Access to administrative data for research -- Access to data collected by commercial tools and solutions -- Summary -- Regulation about algorithms, AI systems and automated decision-making -- First examples of guidance or governance of technology -- Conclusions and policy pointers -- Privacy protection should be compatible with the use of data for educational improvement and innovation -- The way forward is a risk-management approach -- Law and regulation should come with support for school staff -- References -- Notes -- 9 Algorithmic bias: the state of the situation and policy recommendations -- Introduction -- What is algorithmic bias? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Social Classes and Consumer Behaviour -- Brand Community -- Opinion Leaders -- Summary -- End of Chapter Discussion Questions -- Questions -- References -- Part 3 Digital Transformation and the Psychological Influences On Consumer Behaviour -- Chapter 6 Consumer Perception - Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder -- Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Perception: Concepts and Definitions -- Interpretation -- Gestalt Psychology -- Principle of Closure -- Figure and Ground -- Principle of Proximity -- Semiotics -- Augmented Reality (AR) -- Virtual Reality -- Mixed Reality -- Showrooming and Consumer Perception -- Webrooming: A Key Part of Dynamic Consumer Behaviour -- Sensory Threshold -- Marketing Application of Consumer Perception -- Positioning and Repositioning -- Perceived Risk -- Perception and the Marketing Mix -- Summary -- End of Chapter Discussion Questions -- Case Study Questions -- References -- Chapter 7 Impact of Learning and Memory On Consumer Behaviour -- Learning Outcomes -- Introduction -- Consumer Learning -- Behaviour Learning Theories -- Instrumental Conditioning -- Reinforcement Schedules -- Cognitive Learning Theory -- Observational Learning -- Information Processing -- Memory -- Sensory Memory -- Short-term Memory -- Long-term Memory -- Motivation -- Cues -- Response -- Reinforcement -- Retrieval -- Learning in a Digital Age -- The 4cs of Internet Usage/Users -- How Do Children Learn the Act of Consumption? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Ant Financial: Building a better China -- Embedded banking: understanding not selling -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2: The Regulator's Dilemma by Brett King and Jo Ann Barefoot -- The risk of regulation that inhibits innovation -- Bitcoin-Alt-currency, Ponzi scheme bubble or monetary evolution? …”

“…Data integration now accounts for a major part of the expense and risk of typical data warehousing and business intelligence projects--and, as businesses increasingly rely on analytics, the need for a blueprint for data integration is increasing now more than ever. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Further Reading -- Chapter 7 Water Hammering -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Water Hammering and Pressure Loss in Check Valves -- 7.3 Water Hammering Calculations -- Questions and Answers -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8 Safety Valves -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Safety Valve Parts -- 8.3 Safety Valve Design and Operation -- 8.3.1 Design and Operation Parameters -- 8.3.1.1 Overpressure Criteria -- 8.3.2 Principle of Operation -- 8.3.3 Safety Valve Reaction Forces -- 8.3.4 Safety Valve Capacity Conversion -- Questions and Answers -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9 Safety and Reliability -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Safety Standards -- 9.3 Risk Analysis -- 9.4 Basic Safety and Reliability Concepts -- 9.4.1 System Incidents and Failures -- 9.4.1.1 Failure Rate -- 9.4.1.2 Repair Rate -- 9.4.1.3 Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) -- 9.4.1.4 Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) -- 9.4.1.5 Mean Time to Repair and Recovery (MTTR) -- 9.4.1.6 Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) -- 9.4.2 Reliability and Unreliability -- 9.4.3 Availability and Unavailability -- 9.5 Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Calculations -- 9.5.1 SIL -- 9.5.2 Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD) -- 9.5.3 Mean Downtime -- 9.5.4 Diagnostic Coverage -- 9.5.5 Safe Failure Fraction (SFF) -- 9.6 Condition Monitoring (ValveWatch) -- Questions and Answers -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10 Valve Operation -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Valve Torque -- 10.3 Stem Design -- 10.3.1 MAST Calculations -- 10.3.2 Buckling Prevention -- 10.3.3 Torsional Deflection Prevention -- 10.3.4 MAST Limitation for Quarter-Turn Cryogenic Valves -- Questions and Answers -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11 Miscellaneous -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Joint Efficiency -- 11.2.1 Weld Joint Efficiency -- 11.2.2 Bolted Joint Efficiency -- 11.2.2.1 Bolted Bonnet or Cover Joints -- 11.2.2.2 Bolted Body Joints -- 11.2.3 Threaded Joint Efficiency…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intuitive Feelers -- Personality Traits -- Locus of Control -- Authoritarianism -- Dogmatism -- Machiavellianism -- Risk Propensity -- Self-esteem -- Self-monitoring -- Summary -- Perception -- Introduction -- Why Should Managers Study Perception -- The Perceptual Process -- Perceptual Selection -- External Factors -- Internal Factors -- Perceptual Organization -- Continuity -- Closure -- Proximity -- Similarity -- Perceptual Interpretation -- Judgemental Errors -- Perceptual Errors -- Attribution Process -- The Process -- Consequences for the Perceiver -- Internal Versus External Causes of Behaviour -- Inference Model -- Attributional Tendencies -- Perceiving Others: Organizational Applications -- Impression Management: Marketing Oneself in theEmployment Interview and Elsewhere -- Performance Appraisal: Making FormalJudgements About Others -- Comparing Perceptions with Other -- Know Yourself: Applying the Johari Window -- Perception Mapping -- Summary -- Learning and Reinforcement -- Introduction -- The Importance of Learning -- Barriers to Learning -- Approaches to Learning -- Classical Conditioning -- Operant Conditioning -- Social Learning -- Cognitive Learning -- Insight -- Discrimination -- Generalization -- Programmed Learning -- Linear Programming -- Sensemaking: Core Assumptions and Statements -- Sensemaking in Organizations -- How Do People Differ in How They Learn? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Nutrition During Pregnancy -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1 SUMMARY -- PART I: NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND WEIGHT GAIN -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- CONCLUSION ON WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY -- Assessment of Weight and Weight Gain -- Determinants of Gestational Weight Gain -- Consequences of Gestational Weight Gain -- CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- Measurement -- Counseling -- Monitoring Progress -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- Epidemiologic Research -- Basic Research -- Applied Research -- METHODOLOGY -- Limitations in the Data -- Criteria Used in Formulating Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- Dietary Assessment -- Iron -- Folate -- Multivitamin Mineral Supplements -- Nutrient Supplementation in Special Circumstances -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- Survey Needs -- Nutritional Assessment -- Iron Supplementation -- Periconceptional Supplements -- Supplementation for High-Risk Groups -- References -- PART I NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND WEIGHT GAIN -- 2 Introduction -- References -- 3 Historical Trends in Clinical Practice, Maternal Nutritional Status, and the Course and Outcome of Pregnancy -- TRENDS IN RECOMMENDATIONS -- TRENDS IN MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTCOME -- Maternal Body Size -- Age of Menarche -- Maternal Age and Parity -- Ethnic Origin of Mothers -- Smoking Habits of Women of Reproductive Age -- Use of Selected Substances -- TRENDS IN USE OF PRENATAL CARE AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS -- TRENDS IN PREGNANCY OUTCOME -- Infant Mortality -- Birth Weight -- TRENDS IN GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN -- SUMMARY -- References -- 4 Assessment of Gestational Weight Gain -- METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES RELATED TO DATA COLLECTION IN THE CLINIC -- Weight -- Height -- Gestational Duration -- Assessing Prepregnancy Weight for Height -- Using Weight Gain Data in the Clinic -- Weight Gain Charts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Internal Case -- The External Case -- Case Expression or Fundraising Proposition -- Storytelling -- Collecting Stories -- What Works in Storytelling -- Structure in Storytelling -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 9 Assessing Fundraising Performance -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Aggregate Fundraising Ratios -- The FACE ratio -- Cost Per Dollar Raised -- Conducting a Fundraising ROI Analysis -- Other Performance Measures -- Benchmarking Fundraising Cost -- Sector Benchmarking Initiatives -- The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) -- Fundraising Fitness Test -- Blackbaud Institute -- Taking Investment Decisions -- Calculating ROI -- Payback Period -- Discounted Cash Flows and Relevant Costs -- Profitability Index -- Real Rate and the Money (Nominal) Rate of Return -- Accounting for Risk -- Making the Case for Investment -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 10 Direct Response Fundraising -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Cornerstones of Direct Response -- Acquisition Planning -- Setting Recruitment Objectives -- Segmentation -- Profiling -- Targeting -- Media Selection and Planning -- Direct Mail -- List Purchase -- Conducting a Test Mailing -- Pack Design -- List Swaps (Reciprocals) -- Unaddressed Mail -- Press and Magazine Advertising -- Free Standing Inserts (FSIs) -- Direct Dialogue -- Telephone Fundraising -- Direct Response Television (DRTV) -- Radio -- Billboards -- Two-Step Campaigns -- The Nature of the Fundraising Message -- The Case for Support -- Writing Fundraising Copy -- Illustration, Typeface, and Design -- Fulfillment -- Budgeting Control and Evaluation -- Testing -- Monitoring and Control -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 11 Digital Fundraising -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Key Sources of Information -- Blackbaud -- M+R Benchmark Study…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.2.3.2 Link Resource/Link Media Type (LMT)1.2.3.3 Local Interface IP Address and Link ID; 1.2.3.4 Traffic Engineering Metric and Remote Interface IP Address; 1.2.3.5 TLV Path Sub; 1.2.3.6 TLV Shared Risk Link Group; 1.2.4 IP Links, Control Channels, and Data Channels; 1.2.4.1 Excluding Data Traffic From Control Channels; 1.2.4.2 Adjacencies Forwarding; 1.2.4.3 Connectivity Two Way; 1.2.4.4 LSAs of the Optical Kind; 1.2.5 Unsolved Problems; 1.3 Scalable Communications: Integrated Optical Networks; 1.3.1 The Optical Networks; 1.3.2 The Access Network; 1.3.3 Management and Service…”

“…This comprehensive perspective reduces risk as IT departments imple…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.3 The commercial model of a smartphone project2.4 Some conclusions from the smartphone commercial model; 2.5 Typical smartphone project timescales; 2.6 Warning regarding timescales; 2.7 Factors influencing project timescales; 2.8 The big picture: beyond timescales; 3 Involving ISVs; 3.1 ISV smartphone opportunity and risk; 3.2 Beyond technical skill-sets; 3.3 Different routes to market; 3.4 Symbian endorsements; 3.5 Companion Technology Program; 3.6 Symbian Signed; 4 Twenty reasons why smartphones will win; 4.1 Two kinds of battle; 4.2 Multitasking; 4.3 Messaging and entertainment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Qualifications and Extensions; 4.1 Risk-Averse Bidders; 4.2 Budget Constraints; 4.2.1 Second-Price Auctions; 4.2.2 First-Price Auctions; 4.2.3 Revenue Comparison; 4.3 Asymmetries among Bidders; 4.3.1 Asymmetric First-Price Auctions with Two Bidders; 4.3.2 Revenue Comparison; 4.3.3 Efficiency Comparison; 4.4 Resale and Efficiency; Chapter 5. …”