Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Key findings -- Key recommendations -- Assessment and recommendations -- Strong and fast urbanisation in Colombia -- Strengths and challenges in Colombia's urban system -- Cities are the engine of economic growth but productivity is low by international standards -- Air pollution in Colombian cities remains high -- Colombian cities are prone to natural phenomena, man-made disasters and climate change impact -- Critical sectoral policy challenges remain and undermine urban outcomes -- A quantitative and qualitative housing deficit is addressed mainly by social housing production and the promotion of homeownership -- Land use plans are the main instrument to implement urban policy but most of them are outdated and underused -- Despite investments, urban residents face critical mobility challenges -- Urban inequality has decreased and safety has improved but more could be done -- The System of Cities has modernised Colombia's approach to urbanisation -- However, some challenges remain in the System of Cities -- Colombia is developing a new version of its NUP Cities 4.0 -- Key recommendations to unlock the potential of a new NUP for Colombia -- Reinforce the place-based approach to embrace the diversity of urban needs -- Use the new NUP as a tool to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic -- Continue promoting compact cities to make better use of the existing city -- Mainstream climate change and disaster risk management into urban planning -- Link urban and rural policies and continue promoting urban-rural partnerships -- Introduce an evaluation system -- Key recommendations on leveraging urban-related sectoral policies for better-quality urbanisation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Transport Activities and the Environment -- Current situation and trends -- Transportation networks and fleets -- Figure 6.1 Trends in the transport sector -- Freight transport -- Passenger transport -- Pressures on the environment -- Air emissions -- Noise -- Table 6.1 Transport emissions to air, 1990-98 -- Use of land and resources -- Accidents and health risks -- 2. Responses -- Transport policy objectives relating to the environment -- Measures for transport infrastructure investment -- Table 6.2 Transport investment,a 1994-99 -- Measures relating to vehicles and fuels -- Figure 6.2 Road fuel rices and taxes -- Table 6.3 Transport fuel prices, 1998 -- Economic instruments -- Instruments relating to car ownership -- Instruments relating to car use -- Other instruments -- Regulatory and other measures for traffic management -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- UNDERPINNINGS OF GREEN CHEMISTRY -- How Did We Get Here? -- Hazard and Risk -- Waste and Hazard Are Insufficient -- THE PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS -- Maximizing Resource Efficiency -- Eliminating and Minimizing Hazards and Pollution -- Design Systems Holistically and Using Life Cycle Thinking -- PROBLEMS WITH CHEMICALS AND REACTION SPACES -- Chemical Reactivity -- Solvents-Why We Use Them and Can We Eliminate Them? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 14: ASC 274 Personal Financial Statements -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 15: ASC 275 Risks and Uncertainties -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 16: ASC 280 Segment Reporting -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 17: ASC 305 Cash and Cash Equivalents -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 18: ASC 310 Receivables -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 19: ASC 320 Investments-Debt and Equity Securities -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 20: ASC 323 Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 21: ASC 325 Investments-Other -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 22: ASC 330 Inventory -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 23: ASC 340 Other Assets and Deferred Costs -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 24: ASC 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 25: ASC 360 Property, Plant, and Equipment -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 26: ASC 405 Liabilities -- Perspective and Issues -- Definitions of Terms -- Concepts, Rules, and Examples -- Chapter 27: ASC 410 Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations -- Perspective and Issues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Characterization of an NPP -- 3.5.3. Applications in risk modeling -- 3.6. Conclusions -- 3.7. References -- 4 The Impact of Information Structure on Strategic Behavior in Queueing Systems -- 4.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Validating the value of the solution -- Taking your audience into consideration -- Setting Your Solution Up For Success: Getting Clear Objectives -- Eliciting and articulating clear objectives -- Getting clear with SMART objectives -- Part 3 Selling the Plan and Keeping It on Track -- Chapter 9 Making the (Business) Case -- Before You Dive In: Breaking Down Business Case Basics -- Looking at the benefits of writing a business case -- Playing to the crowd: Knowing your audience -- Following basic business case structure -- Defining and Presenting the Opportunity -- Executive summary -- Mission statement -- Setting SMART objectives -- Using key performance indicators -- Description of the approach used -- Justifying the Recommendation -- Identifying and prioritizing alternative solutions -- Including a cost/benefit analysis -- Understanding financial terminology and metrics -- Estimating techniques -- Quantifying ongoing/operating costs and benefits -- Quantifying implementation costs -- The Devil Is in the Details: Providing Supporting Materials -- Addressing supporting documentation -- Noting your assumptions -- Documenting risk -- Presenting the Business Case -- Chapter 10 Creating and Maintaining Scope -- Making Sure You're Scoping the Right Solution -- Recognizing Relevant Stakeholders -- Uncovering stakeholders by asking project-specific questions -- Discovering key stakeholders in different parts of the organization -- Ensuring that the Scope Aligns with Key Business Drivers -- Identifying Interfaces that Are Part of the Project -- User interfaces -- System interfaces -- Hardware interfaces -- Defining Scope with a Data Flow Diagram -- Identifying parties and systems that will be impacted by the project -- Identifying information (data) flows among the parties or systems -- Gaining consensus on the scope for the project…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Private sector partnerships for sustainable development -- The role of the private sector post-2015 carries great potential - but also risks -- A strategy is needed to maximise the contribution of business -- First, get the basics of good business right -- Box 4.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Continuous integration stage -- Continuous delivery stage -- Continuous deployment stage -- Continuous operations stage -- Real-world use case for DevOps -- Use cases for DevSecOps -- Requirements stage -- Development stage -- Continuous integration stage -- Continuous delivery stage -- Continuous deployment stage -- Continuous operations stage -- Real-world use case for DevSecOps -- Use cases for SRE -- Requirements stage -- Development stage -- Continuous integration stage -- Continuous delivery stage -- Continuous deployment stage -- Continuous operations stage -- Real-world use case for SRE -- Sustaining integrations -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Building Roadmaps for Implementation -- Introduction to strategic roadmaps -- The difference between a roadmap and a plan -- The benefits of roadmaps -- The importance of a roadmap -- The perils of proceeding without a roadmap -- Best formats to represent the roadmap -- Creating a roadmap -- Steps to creating a roadmap -- Who should be involved -- Evaluating roadmap alternatives -- Determining an acceptable roadmap -- Creating a future state value stream map (FSVSM) -- The importance of FSVSMs in establishing transformation roadmaps -- FSVSM workshop -- Roadmap for continuous testing -- Roadmap for continuous quality -- Roadmap for continuous security -- Roadmap for continuous feedback -- Alignment on the roadmap -- Identifying risks and mitigation strategies -- Allocating budget and resources -- Defining success metrics and a change management plan -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Understanding Transformation Implementation Patterns -- What is a transformation implementation pattern? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Unlocking the Potential of the Middle Corridor: Challenges, Opportunities, and Pathways Forward -- The economies of the South Caucasus and Central Asia remain closely integrated with Russia, leaving them vulnerable to supply risks and secondary sanctions -- Countries along the corridor can foster regional co-operation and generate trade opportunities -- The Middle Corridor has the potential to become a viable route if capacity constraints and regional co-operation issues are addressed -- References -- 2 Further regional economic and trade integration is key to the route's long-term viability -- Limited integration into global trade constrains private-sector demand for the Middle Corridor -- The corridor countries' trade integration could improve -- The participation of the South Caucasus and Central Asia in global trade is limited -- Intra-regional trade remains under-developed in Central Asia and the South Caucasus -- Weaknesses in the overall business climate in Central Asia and the South Caucasus constrain private sector development and export growth -- Regional logistics services remain underdeveloped along the Middle Corridor reducing transit efficiency and reliability -- High prices and low capacity along the Middle Corridor weigh on its competitiveness -- Rail and maritime tariffs and schedules are unpredictable and often poorly accessible -- Overall, quasi-monopolies hamper the development of this sector -- Recommendations -- Further reforms to improve framework conditions for private-sector development can enhance the region's trade potential and stimulate demand along the route -- Develop national and regional export promotion strategies through SME and entrepreneurship development -- Address remaining gaps in the operational environment for firms, particularly in relation to trade and investment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Central Asia has proven relatively resilient to recent shocks -- This report assesses progress made in improving the legal environment for business and investment -- Implementation gaps and interpretation issues remain problematic -- Addressing the gaps highlighted in the report can help the region adapt to unprecedented environmental, social, and economic challenges -- 1 Setting the scene -- The region has not been spared the consecutive economic shocks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine -- The economic effects of the pandemic exacerbated fundamental structural weaknesses across the countries of Central Asia -- The region has withstood the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine so far, but long-term risks to growth remain -- The OECD first assessed the legal environment for business and investment in Central Asia in 2020 -- In 2020, the OECD offered targeted advice to Central Asian governments on improving the legal environment for business -- The original report identified significant gaps between de jure protections and the de facto operational environment for firms -- The OECD assessed progress made and new challenges arising in the legal environment for business in Central Asia since 2020 -- The report finds improvements in the operational environment for business driven by digitalisation, a streamlining of procedures, and adaptation to economic shocks -- Efforts to streamline the operational environment have eased the administrative burden on firms -- Governments swiftly reacted in the face of a challenging global economic context -- However, deeper reforms are taking time to materialise -- Weak implementation remains a key challenge for firms across the region…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Issues in Operations Strategy -- Strategy Development and Implementation -- OM in Action: Amazon Updates Sears' Strategy -- Key Success Factors and Core Competencies -- Integrating OM with Other Activities -- Building and Staffing the Organization -- Implementing the 10 Strategic OM Decisions -- Strategic Planning, Core Competencies, and Outsourcing -- The Theory of Comparative Advantage -- Risks of Outsourcing -- OM in Action: China Outsources Too-to Ethiopia -- Rating Outsource Providers -- Global Operations Strategy Options -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Ethical Dilemma -- Discussion Questions -- Using Software to Solve Outsourcing Problems -- Solved Problems -- Problems -- Case Studies -- Rapid-Lube -- Video Case Studies -- Strategy at Nautique Boat Company -- Hard Rock Cafe's Global Strategy -- Outsourcing Offshore at Darden -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Rapid Review -- Self Test -- Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Issues in Operations Strategy -- Strategy Development and Implementation -- OM in Action: Amazon Updates Sears' Strategy -- Key Success Factors and Core Competencies -- Integrating OM with Other Activities -- Building and Staffing the Organization -- Implementing the 10 Strategic OM Decisions -- Strategic Planning, Core Competencies, and Outsourcing -- The Theory of Comparative Advantage -- Risks of Outsourcing -- OM in Action: China Outsources Too-to Ethiopia -- Rating Outsource Providers -- Global Operations Strategy Options -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Ethical Dilemma -- Discussion Questions -- Using Software to Solve Outsourcing Problems -- Solved Problems -- Problems -- Case Studies -- Rapid-Lube -- Video Case Studies -- Strategy at Nautique Boat Company -- Hard Rock Cafe's Global Strategy -- Outsourcing Offshore at Darden -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Rapid Review -- Self Test -- Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Your block earnings -- Your expenses -- Calculating ROI -- Knowing the unknowns -- Online profitability calculators -- Historical estimates -- Chapter 12 Reducing Negatives and Gaining an Edge -- Profitability through Efficiency -- Upgrading aging equipment -- Mining different cryptocurrencies -- Using exhaust heat -- Reducing electricity bills -- Knowledge Is Power -- Why current events are important -- The "fork wars" -- Your forking decisions -- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow -- Evaluating Your Mining Resources -- Increasing mining competition -- Increasing block difficulty -- Diminishing returns due to halving events -- Chapter 13 Running Your Cryptocurrency Business -- What to Do with Your Mined Cryptocurrency -- Convert your cryptocurrency -- Buying equipment and paying bills -- Paying with crypto when you can't pay with crypto -- Expand or upgrade your mining operation -- But don't forget the tax -- Hodling your cryptocurrency -- Invest your cryptocurrency -- Donate your cryptocurrency to charity -- Gift your cryptocurrency -- Determining When to Sell -- Cryptocurrency market indicators -- Where to sell: Cryptocurrency exchanges -- Dollar Cost Averaging -- Dollar cost averaging your purchases -- Cost averaging your exits -- Custodial exchange risk -- Tax and Your Mining Business -- But you're mining, not investing -- It gets complicated -- Scaling Up? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Define Performance -- Communicate -- Ensure Competence -- Make Pay Systems Commensurate with Employees' Values -- Use Nonfinancial Motivators Too -- Use Money in Conjunction with Intrinsic Motivation -- Promote a Culture of Honesty and Integrity -- Target the Appropriate Organizational Level -- Make Pay Commensurate with the Level of Risk Employees Are Required to Bear -- Possible Exceptions to the Principle of Paying for Performance -- When Employees Are Learning -- When the Employer Can Monitor -- When Other Motivators Are Sufficient or Compensatory -- When the Company Is Unionized -- Case Examples -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 1.3: Foster commitment to open government across the senior leadership to champion a transformation of the public sector, manage change and navigate risks -- Conclusions and way forward (provision 1) -- References -- Notes -- 3 Provision 2: Legal and regulatory framework -- 2.1: Ensure the necessary laws and regulations to enable open government policies and practices are in place -- The legal and regulatory framework for open government in Adherents is very wide. -- Provisions relating to the open government principles are often enshrined in Adherents' Constitutions. -- Recent years have seen the adoption of new laws and regulations on open government policies and practices. -- A focus on access to/freedom of information laws. -- Laws and regulations that protect civic space form the backbone of Adherents' open government agendas…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…- Gabriel Diniz Junqueira Barbosa and Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa 203 -- 5.4 Building a Trustworthy Explainable AI in Healthcare - Retno Larasati and Anna DeLiddo 209 -- 5.5 A View from Outside the Loop - Anders Hedman 215 -- 5.6 Nonverbal Communication in Human-AI Interaction: Opportunities and Challenges - Joshua Newn, Ronal Singh, Fraser Allison, Prashan Madumal, Eduardo Velloso and Frank Vetere 221 -- 5.7 MARVIN: Identifying Design Requirements for an AI powered Conversational User Interface for Extraterrestrial Space Habitats - Youssef Nahas, Christiane Heinicke and Johannes Schoning ̈ 227 -- 5.8 You should not control what you do not understand: the risks of controllability in AI - Gabriel Diniz Junqueira Barbosa and Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa 231 -- 5.9 Using AI to Improve Product Teams' Customer Empathy - Valentina Grigoreanu, Monty Hammontree and Travis Lowdermilk 237 -- 5.10 Supporting the Experience of Stakeholders of Multimedia Art Towards an Ontology - Danzhu Li and Gerrit C. van der Veer 243 -- 6 Handling Security, Usability, User Experience and Reliability in User-Centered Development Processes 253 -- 6.1 Characterizing Sets of Systems: Across-Systems Properties and their Representation - Elodie Bouzekri, Alexandre Canny, C`elia Martinie and Philippe Palanque 255 -- 6.2 Aligning Security, Usability, User Experience: A Pattern Approach - Bilal Naqvi, Jari Porras, Shola Oyedeji and Mehar Ullah 267 -- 6.3 Towards Intelligent User Interfaces to Prevent Phishing Attacks - Joseph Aneke, Carmelo Ardito and Giuseppe Desolda 279 -- vi Human Computer Interaction and Emerging Technologies 6.4 Selecting the Best Agile Team for Developing a Web Service - Marta Kristin Larusdottir and Marcel Kyas 289 -- 6.5 A Model-based Framework for Context-aware Augmented Reality Applications - Enes Yigitbas, Ivan Jovanovikj, Stefan Sauer and Gregor Engels 303 -- 7 Pushing the Boundaries of Participatory Design 313 -- 7.1 Adapting UCD for Designing Learning Experiences for Romanian Preschoolers. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…22 Extending Android Application Reach -- Enhancing Your Applications -- Working with App Widgets -- Working with Live Wallpapers -- Acting as a Content Type Handler -- Determining Intent Actions and MIME Types -- Making Application Content Searchable -- Working with Live Folders -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 23 Managing User Accounts and Synchronizing User Data -- Managing Accounts with the Account Manager -- Using Backup Services -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 24 Handling Advanced User Input -- Working with Textual Input Methods -- Exploring the Accessibility Framework -- Working with Gestures -- Handling Common Single-Touch Gestures -- Working with the Trackball -- Handling Screen Orientation Changes -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 25 Targeting Different Device Configurations and Languages -- Maximizing Application Compatibility -- Designing User Interfaces for Compatibility -- Providing Alternative Application Resources -- Internationalizing Applications -- Targeting Different Device Configurations -- Summary -- References and More Information -- VI: Deploying Your Android Application to the World -- 26 The Mobile Software Development Process -- An Overview of the Mobile Development Process -- Choosing a Software Methodology -- Gathering Application Requirements -- Assessing Project Risks -- Writing Essential Project Documentation -- Leveraging Configuration Management Systems -- Designing Mobile Applications -- Developing Mobile Applications -- Testing Mobile Applications -- Deploying Mobile Applications -- Supporting and Maintaining Mobile Applications -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 27 Designing and Developing Bulletproof Android Applications -- Best Practices in Designing Bulletproof Mobile Applications -- Avoiding Silly Mistakes in Android Application Design…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Improvement Kata -- The Coaching Kata -- Kata and Lean -- Applying Scientific Thinking -- Case Study: Practising Kata in an Organisation Getting Started -- Kata as a Modifier of Culture -- Developing a Cohort of Learners -- Establishing Coaching Capacity and Capability -- Scaling Kata across an Organisation -- Success Factors for Applying Kata -- Risks and Barriers to Success -- Top Tips for Getting Started -- Conclusion -- Learning Points -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 Executive Leadership in Sustaining Lean Transformation -- Aims -- Introduction -- Providing Organizational Leadership -- Tools and Much More -- Core Element Number One: Lean Methods and Systems Start at the Top and Are Rooted in Values, Principles, and Behaviors -- Core Element Number Two: Effective Leadership, Lean Principles, and Tools Combined with a Lean Management System Become the Foundation for This Transformation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures and Tables -- Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- I.1 The Dollarization of the Cambodian Economy -- I.2 NBC-JICA Joint Research -- I.3 Structure of This Book -- Toward the Next Stage of Research -- Notes -- References -- 1 Development and Structure of Dollarization in Cambodia -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Historical Development of Dollarization: Three Phases of Dollarization -- 1.2.1 Phase 1: After the Collapse of the Pol Pot Regime in 1979 -- 1.2.2 Phase 2: After the Signing of the Paris Peace Accords -- 1.2.3 Phase 3: Since the 2000s -- 1.3 Macroeconomic Structure and Dollarization -- 1.3.1 Economic Growth -- Sectoral Growth With Structural Change -- Demand Side of Growth -- Supply-side Factors Enhancing Economic Growth -- Labor Force Abundance and Improvement in Human Capital -- Foreign Aid and FDI as a Major Source of Physical Capital Accumulation -- Productivity From Governance and Institutional Quality Perspectives -- 1.3.2 Poverty and Inequality -- 1.3.3 The Financial and Monetary Side -- External Financial Balance -- Money Supply of Dollars -- Demand for Money in Dollars -- 1.4 Limitations On the Sustainability of Dollarization -- 1.4.1 Further Economic Growth -- 1.4.2 Pros and Cons of High Dollarization -- 1.4.3 Concerns About Further Dollarization -- Notes -- References -- 2 Dollarization in Households -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theory of Foreign Currency Use By Households -- 2.2.1 Search Model and Network Externalities -- 2.2.2 Convenience (Transaction Cost) -- 2.2.3 Risks and Returns On the Currency (Portfolio Selection) -- 2.3 Dollarization and Households in Cambodia -- 2.3.1 Use of Foreign Currency in Daily Transactions -- 2.3.2 Preference for Currency By Size of Transaction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures and Tables -- Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- I.1 The Dollarization of the Cambodian Economy -- I.2 NBC-JICA Joint Research -- I.3 Structure of This Book -- Toward the Next Stage of Research -- Notes -- References -- 1 Development and Structure of Dollarization in Cambodia -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Historical Development of Dollarization: Three Phases of Dollarization -- 1.2.1 Phase 1: After the Collapse of the Pol Pot Regime in 1979 -- 1.2.2 Phase 2: After the Signing of the Paris Peace Accords -- 1.2.3 Phase 3: Since the 2000s -- 1.3 Macroeconomic Structure and Dollarization -- 1.3.1 Economic Growth -- Sectoral Growth With Structural Change -- Demand Side of Growth -- Supply-side Factors Enhancing Economic Growth -- Labor Force Abundance and Improvement in Human Capital -- Foreign Aid and FDI as a Major Source of Physical Capital Accumulation -- Productivity From Governance and Institutional Quality Perspectives -- 1.3.2 Poverty and Inequality -- 1.3.3 The Financial and Monetary Side -- External Financial Balance -- Money Supply of Dollars -- Demand for Money in Dollars -- 1.4 Limitations On the Sustainability of Dollarization -- 1.4.1 Further Economic Growth -- 1.4.2 Pros and Cons of High Dollarization -- 1.4.3 Concerns About Further Dollarization -- Notes -- References -- 2 Dollarization in Households -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theory of Foreign Currency Use By Households -- 2.2.1 Search Model and Network Externalities -- 2.2.2 Convenience (Transaction Cost) -- 2.2.3 Risks and Returns On the Currency (Portfolio Selection) -- 2.3 Dollarization and Households in Cambodia -- 2.3.1 Use of Foreign Currency in Daily Transactions -- 2.3.2 Preference for Currency By Size of Transaction…”