Tabla de Contenidos: “…Inventory database table statistics using PowerShell and SQL Server Management Objects…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Establishing the Technical Feasibility of Vaccine Development""""Economic Disincentives to Innovation and Production""; ""Factors Influencing the Market for Vaccines""; ""VACCINE UTILIZATION""; ""System Factors""; ""Client Factors""; ""Provider Factors""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Barriers and Impediments to Vaccine Innovation""; ""REFERENCES AND NOTES""; ""4 Economic Aspects of Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing""; ""POTENTIAL CAUSES OF INDUSTRY DECLINE""; ""Property Rights and Innovation""; ""Regulation""; ""Market Size""; ""Liability and Risk""; ""DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CAPITAL REQUIREMENTSSOURCES OF CAPITAL; CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Financial Plan; NOTES AND ASSUMPTIONS FOR FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS; INCOME STATEMENTS; SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA AND ESTIMATED BALANCE SHEET; CASH FLOW STATEMENT; BALANCE SHEET AND FINANCIAL RATIOS AND STATISTICS; BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS; PRODUCT- AND SERVICE-SPECIFIC FINANCIAL SUMMARIES; CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Confidentiality Agreements; CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Further Considerations; PEOPLE; MONEY; CASHING OUT; WOMEN AND MINORITIES; PART III - Other Resources for Entrepreneurs; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Resources for Entrepreneurs…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Generalizations; 7: Use more than one example; 8: Use representative examples; 9: Background rates may be crucial; 10: Statistics need a critical eye; 11: Consider counterexamples; III. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SummaryChapter 6: Ajax File Manager; Design of the Ajax File Manager; JavaScript and Ajax; Code and Code Explanation; Summary; Chapter 7: Online Photo Album; Design of the Online Photo Album; Code and Code Explanation; QuickTime Thumbnails; Thumbnail Caching; Summary; Chapter 8: Shopping Cart; Designing the Shopping Cart; Designing the Database; Code and Code Explanation; Summary; Chapter 9: Web Site Statistics; Determining What to Collect; Designing the Database; Obtaining Data; Code and Code Explanation; Summary; Chapter 10: News/Blog System; Tables; Adding Posts; Generating the RSS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An anthropological demography of mental health in Senegal / Véronique Petit ; 'As list e karhayee ke bayad anjame midadam khat khord': contemporary reproductive body politic in Iran / Soraya Tremayne ; Beyond the government document: migrant family experiences of birth registration in East Lombok, Indonesia / Leslie Butt ; Reporting statistics on undernutrition and obesity / Stanley Ulijaszek -- III. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…DB2 II V8.2 performance enhancements -- Introduction -- Fenced wrappers -- Parallelism enhancements -- Intra-partition parallelism in a non-DPF environment -- Inter-partition parallelism in a DPF environment with local data -- Inter-partition parallelism in a DPF environment without local data -- Updating nickname statistics -- Cache tables -- Informational constraints -- Snapshot monitor support -- Health Center alerts -- Appendix B. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Regular expressions; 4.3.6.3. Poor statistics or corruption…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.4 Benchmarking 3.4.1 Tracking Error; Appendix A: Weighting Schemes; 4 Statistical Analysis; 4.1 Basic Performance Plots; 4.1.1 Value Added Monthly Index; 4.1.2 Histograms; 4.2 Probability Distributions; 4.2.1 Populations and Samples; 4.3 Probability Density Function; 4.4 Cumulative Distribution Function; 4.5 The Normal Distribution; 4.5.1 Standard Normal Distribution; 4.6 Visual Tests for Normality; 4.6.1 Inspection; 4.6.2 Normal Q-Q Plot; 4.7 Moments of a Distribution; 4.7.1 Mean and Standard Deviation; 4.7.2 Skewness; 4.7.3 Excess Kurtosis; 4.7.4 Data Analysis Tool: Descriptive Statistics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Measurement of Household Resources -- Changes in Health Outcomes -- Long-Run Measures of Economic Resources -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- 5 How Health Behaviors and the Social Environment Contribute to Health Differences Between Black and White Older Americans -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL CONTEXT IN BEHAVIORS THAT DAMAGE OR PROMOTE HEALTH AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES -- Self-Appraisal of Health and Health Behavior -- Health Behaviors -- Diet and Exercise -- Cigarette Smoking -- Alcohol Use -- Health Practices of Elderly Diabetics and Hypertensives -- Social Networks and Social Support -- RACIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORS: FINDINGS FROM THE NEW HAVEN EPESE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6 Black-White Differences in the Use of Medical Care by the Elderly: A Contemporary Analysis -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND METHODS -- Data and Study Sample -- Variables -- Utilization of Medical Care -- Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics -- Health Status -- Attitudes and Beliefs -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- Bivariate Analyses -- Multivariate Analyses -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- 7 Are Genetic Factors Involved in Racial and Ethnic Differences in Late-Life Health? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6: The Année Sociologique as Training Ground for Sociology: Durkheim, Mauss, and the Art of Book Reviewing in Fin de Siècle France -- Introduction -- French University System -- Strategies Going Forward -- A New Strategy: Create a Journal -- Creating Sociology Through Book Reviewing -- Another Aspect of the Strategy: Original Papers -- Placing Group Members in Faculty Positions -- 7: Shaping the Unruly Statistician -- Learning on the Job -- Statistics Was a British Science? Biometry and Statistical Mathematics -- Experiment and Inference -- Disciplines and Professions -- Who is a Statistician? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Motivation xviii About the Authors xxv 1 Globalization: Economies in Collision 1 Motivation 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Trend and Challenges in Global Finance 5 1.2.1 Global Finance and the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis 5 1.2.2 Geopolitics and Finance or Geo-Finance 7 1.2.3 Population Growth 9 1.2.4 Geo-Finance and Gating 9 1.2.5 Culture and Social Norms 10 1.2.6 Emerging Economies, Equalization, and Risks 11 1.2.7 Regulation and Politics 12 1.3 Global Finance and Trade in the Media and News 12 1.3.1 Taxing Foreign Returns When They Are Repatriated 12 1.3.2 Sovereign Gating and Protective Tariffs, Trade Defense 12 1.3.3 Global Insurance and Dependence 13 1.3.4 Finance and Politics 13 1.3.5 EU-US Regulation Risks in a Trans-Atlantic Market 13 1.3.6 Rare Earth and Strategic Trades 14 1.4 Global Risks 15 1.4.1 Factors Affecting Global Risks 15 1.4.2 Global Finance and Risk Theories 17 1.5 Global Finance and Swaps and Financial Products 18 1.6 Currencies and Liquidity 20 1.7 Foreign Exchange Regime and Markets, Global Payment, and Reserve Currency 23 1.7.1 Foreign Exchange Markets and Global Trade Currency 24 1.7.2 Exchange Rate Regimes 28 1.7.3 Foreign Exchange Reserve Currencies 29 1.7.4 Exchange Rate in Emerging Markets 30 1.8 Trade Incentives and Repressions 33 1.9 Historical Evolution 36 1.9.1 The Gold Standard System 36 1.9.2 The Bretton Woods Agreement 37 1.9.3 The Yuan Exchange Rate: An Example 38 1.10 Archaic and Modern Globalization: A Time Path 40 1.11 Discussions on Global Issues 44 References 46 2 Data, Measurements, and Global Finance 51 Motivation 51 2.1 Data and Models 51 2.1.1 National Accounts and Country-Specific Data 52 2.1.2 Financial Data 53 2.1.3 Corporate and Statistical Measurements 53 2.1.4 Big Data and Model-Less Finance 56 2.1.5 Technology and Financial Data 59 2.1.6 Transforming Data Management in Global Finance 60 2.2 Global Finance, Data Reduction, and Statistical Measurements 61 2.2.1 Moments 61 2.2.2 Skew and Kurtosis (Tails) 63 2.2.3 Outliers, Extreme Statistics, and Fat Tails 65 2.2.4 Extreme Risks 65 2.2.5 Time Series and Filtration 66 2.2.6 Dependence 67 2.2.7 Risk Exposure 75 2.3 Volatility and Implied Models Estimates 76 2.3.1 Simple Volatility Estimates 76 2.3.2 Implied Volatility 77 2.3.3 Moving Average and Autoregressive Moving Average Models 79 2.3.4 ARCH-GARCH Volatility Models 80 2.3.5 ARCH-GARCH Model: Empirical Evidence 82 2.4 Stochastic Models 86 2.4.1 The Constant Rate of Return Hypothesis 88 2.4.2 Autoregressive and Mean Reverting Models 90 2.5 Multivariate Probability Models 91 2.5.1 Bernoulli and Codependence: Qualitative Data 92 2.5.2 Multivariate Qualitative Data 93 2.5.3 Copulas and Multivariate Models 96 2.6 Statistical Data Reduction 100 2.7 Complexity: The Global Risk Finance Scourge 102 2.8 Discussion 103 References 104 3 Global Finance: Utility, Financial Consumption, and Asset Pricing 110 Motivation 110 3.1 Introduction: Financial Models and Pricing 110 3.1.1 The Walras-Arrow-Debreu Preference-Free Q Framework 111 3.1.2 Utility Finance 113 3.1.3 Utility Preferences and Pricing 114 3.2 Review: Elements of Utility and Risk 116 3.2.1 Utility and Risk Preferences 117 3.2.2 Selected Utility Functions 119 3.3 The Utility of Consumption and its Price 119 3.3.1 Example: The Financial Utility of Consumption 120 3.3.2 The Utility of Financial Consumption 121 3.4 The Capital Assets Pricing Model 123 3.4.1 Discussion 125 3.4.2 The Jensen Alpha Case: η = α−Rf 0 125 3.4.3 The Arbitrage Pricing Theory 126 3.4.4 The Capital Assets Pricing Model and Foreign Exchange 127 3.4.5 Pricing Foreign Exchange Rates and a Basket of Foreign Exchange Rates 128 3.4.6 Thought Experiment 130 3.4.7 Linear Regressions, Capital Assets Pricing Model, and Global Finance 130 3.5 Review of Elements of Arrow-Debreu and Q Pricing 131 3.5.1 Applications of the Arrow-Debreu Framework 134 3.5.2 Pricing a Foreign Bond and Foreign Exchange Rates 134 3.5.3 Global Investment Pricing: A Binomial Model 137 3.5.4 Global Investment Pricing: A Portfolio Problem 139 3.5.5 Foreign Exchange, Consumer Price Index, and Purchasing Power Parity 141 3.5.6 Relative Purchasing Power Parity 141 3.6 The Multiperiod Consumption-Based Capital Asset Pricing Model 142 3.6.1 Example: Pricing Exports 144 3.6.2 Example: The Multiagent Consumption-Based Capital Asset Pricing Model 145 3.6.3 Example: Portfolio Investment 146 3.6.4 The Capital Assets Pricing Model as a Special Case of the Consumption-Based Capital Asset Pricing Model 149 3.6.5 Foreign Exchange Rates, Bonds, and Equity 150 3.6.6 Example: Rate of Returns in Foreign Equity Markets and the Foreign Exchange Rate 153 3.7 Thought Experiments 154 References 155 4 Macroeconomics, Foreign Exchange, and Global Finance 157 Motivation 157 4.1 Introduction 157 4.2 Fundamental Macroeconomic Models 158 4.2.1 The Keynes Model: Goods and Money Markets in a Closed Economy 159 4.2.2 Macroeconomic Accounting in Open Economies 162 4.3 Balance of Payments Accounts 165 4.3.1 The Structure of Balance of Payments 165 4.3.2 Principles of Balance of Payments 167 4.3.3 Global External Imbalances 168 4.4 The Mundell and Fleming Model: IS-LM-BOP Model 171 4.4.1 Equilibrium Exchange Rate in the Foreign Exchange Market 171 4.4.2 IS-LM-BOP Model 173 4.4.3 Two-Country Model with Mundell-Fleming 175 4.4.4 Extension of the Mundell-Fleming Model: Trade 176 4.5 Macroeconomic Factors Reshaping Global Outlook 178 4.5.1 Foreign Direct Investment 178 4.5.2 External Debt and its Sustainability 182 4.5.3 Government Bonds and other Macroeconomic Factors 184 4.5.4 The Impact of a Strong US Dollar 185 4.5.5 The US Dollar and Commodity Prices 186 4.5.6 Globalization and Economic Inequalities 187 4.6 Conclusion 190 References 191 5 Foreign Exchange Models and Prices 195 Motivation 195 5.1 Introduction 195 5.2 Macroeconomic Models of Foreign Exchange Rates 196 5.2.1 Underlying Factors for Modeling Foreign Exchange Prices 196 5.2.2 Classification of Foreign Exchange Models 197 5.3 Exchange Rates and Purchasing Power Parity 198 5.3.1 Purchasing Power Parity and the Law of One Price 198 5.3.2 Application of the Law of One Price and Purchasing Power Parity 200 5.4 Foreign Exchange Rates and Interest Rates: The Assets Approach 204 5.4.1 Covered Interest Arbitrage 204 5.4.2 Uncovered Interest Parities 205 5.4.3 Real Interest Parity 206 5.4.4 Testing Uncovered Interest Parity 206 5.5 Demand and Supply of Money and Exchange Rates: Monetary Approach 207 5.5.1 The Frenkel-Mussa Model 208 5.5.2 Foreign Exchange Prices and Inflation 209 5.5.3 The Unified Asset/Monetary Approaches 211 5.5.4 Empirical Evidence on the Monetary Model of Exchange Rate 211 5.6 Extensions of the Models 212 5.6.1 The Balassa-Samuelson Model 212 5.6.2 The Dornbusch Overshooting Model 215 5.6.3 The Real Interest Differential Theory 219 5.6.4 Present-Value Models: Complete and Incomplete Markets 219 5.7 Conclusions 221 Appendix 5.A: Suggested Empirical Work for Econometric and Statistical Analysis 222 References 223 6 Asia: Financial Environment and Risks 226 Motivation 226 6.1 Introduction 226 6.2 Driving Engines of Economic Growth in Asia 228 6.2.1 International Trade 229 6.2.2 Exchange Rate 229 6.2.3 Foreign Investments Expansion 234 6.3 Financial Sector Development in Asia 235 6.3.1 Fast-Growing Banking Sector 237 6.3.2 Bond Market Development 239 6.3.3 Stock Market Development 242 6.4 Risks of Investing in Asia 245 6.4.1 Foreign Exchange Risk 245 6.4.2 Foreign Exchange Option 248 6.4.3 Portfolio with Asian Assets 249 6.5 Financial Development in China 251 6.5.1 Importance of the Banking Sector in China 252 6.5.2 State-Owned Enterprises 254 6.5.3 Challenges in Equity Markets in China 257 6.5.4 Stock Market Development in China 257 6.6 Finance in Japan 260 6.6.1 Banking Sector in Japan 260 6.6.2 Effectiveness of Corporate Governance 260 6.6.3 The Importance of Industry 261 6.6.4 Bond Market Volatility in Japan 263 6.7 Conclusion 265 References 266 7 Financial Currency Pricing, Swaps, Derivatives, and Complete Markets 269 Motivation 269 7.1 Introduction 269 7.2 Pricing Consumption Price Index and Foreign Exchange in Complete Financial Markets 272 7.3 A Generalized Consumption Price Index Foreign Exchange Pricing Model 276 7.4 Relative and Foreign Exchange Basket Price Tracking 278 7.4.1 Currency Basket Design 281 7.4.2 A Global Index Consumption Price Index Price Reversion and Foreign Exchange Prices 284 7.4.3 Global Index Reversion…”

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“…Meanwhile, policy-makers argue that border deaths demonstrate the need for restrictive border policies. Statistics are widely (mis)used to support different readings of border deaths. …”

“…The first part of this study examines the example of an early facial recognition algorithm called »eigenface« and traces a history of the merging of statistics and vision. The second part addresses contemporary artistic engagements with facial recognition technology in the work of Thomas Ruff, Zach Blas, and Trevor Paglen. …”

“…Some readers may view the book's key insight about relevance skeptically, because it calls into question notions about statistical analysis that are deeply entrenched in beliefs from earlier training. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The history of GIS -- GIS techniques and technologies -- Ways to capture GIS -- Converting from raster to vector -- Projections and coordinate systems -- Spatial analysis with GIS -- Data analysis with GIS -- GIS modeling -- Geometric networks -- Hydrological modeling -- Cartographic modeling -- Map overlays -- Statistics used with GIS -- Geocoding -- Reverse geocoding -- Open Geospatial Consortium Standards -- Web mapping -- GIS and adding dimension of time -- Semantics -- The implications of GIS in society -- GIS in the real world -- GIS in education -- GIS in local governments -- GIS and augmented reality -- Applications of GIS -- Gaming and GIS -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 3: Censored - Various Sensor Data and Plugins -- Project overview -- Getting started -- Sensors -- Leveraging sensors with plugins -- Writing unity plugins -- C# language plugin -- C++ language plugin -- Swift language plugin -- Objective-C language plugin -- Java language plugin -- Creating a sensor driver in Java -- Summary -- Have a go hero -- Questions -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: The Sound of Flowery Prose -- Project overview -- Getting started -- Conceptualizing the project -- Basic idea/concept -- Choosing the right programming language…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Basic statistics of Austria, 2020 -- Executive Summary -- The recovery has been strong until a resurgence in the pandemic -- Moving to a greener economy -- Social cohesion requires decisive policy action -- Fostering productivity gains -- 1 Key policy insights -- The pandemic hit Austria hard, requiring to adjust the sharing of health responsibilities across levels of government -- The containment policy mix displayed certain specificities -- Differences between Länder and preliminary lessons from the management of the pandemic -- Macroeconomic outlook and risks -- The recovery has started strong -- Supply bottlenecks -- Inflation pressures -- Housing and banking sector risks -- Economic and social supports are being adapted to the recovery -- A comprehensive support package -- Transition policies out of the pandemic -- The tourism sector is facing particular challenges -- Consequences and outlook for public finances -- Important structural changes are pending after the pandemic -- The intended fast shift to carbon neutrality will have important economic impacts -- Emission regulations -- Carbon prices -- Emission saving technologies and investments -- Mitigating social impacts -- Social cohesion is under pressure -- Austria entered the pandemic with a high degree of social cohesion with certain weaknesses -- The pandemic has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities on the labour market -- Re-integrating the long-term unemployed -- Better supporting the free-lancers and the self-employed -- Re-addressing gender inequalities -- Boosting the inclusion of low-skilled immigrants and their children -- Public sector reforms become more compelling -- Handling the fiscal costs of ageing -- Pensions -- Health spending -- Long-term care -- Fiscal implications of the transition to a greener and digitalised economy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Basic statistics of Finland, 2019 -- Executive Summary -- The COVID-19 pandemic caused an economic slump -- Macroeconomic policies are supporting economic recovery -- Fiscal consolidation is needed once the economic recovery is underway to stabilise debt -- Stronger productivity growth will bolster the economic recovery -- Further measures are needed to meet greenhouse gas abatement objectives -- 1 Key policy insights -- The pandemic caused an economic slump in the first half of 2020 -- The government provided a bridge to businesses and households to traverse the crisis -- Measures to support employment and income -- Measures to support businesses -- Government policies are supporting a strong rebound from the slump -- Fiscal policy is expansionary in 2020 -- Monetary policy is boosting credit supply and keeping interest rates low -- Macro prudential policies should be tightened as the economy recovers to contain financial stability risks -- The recovery will be gradual and subject to risks -- Restoring public finance sustainability -- Boosting productivity growth -- Fostering the supply of skilled workers -- Easing regulatory barriers to competition -- Further measures are needed to achieve Finland's GHG emissions abatement objectives -- Perceived corruption is low, tax transparency is high but some aspects of anti-money laundering measures need strengthening -- Annex A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Setting up cloud coverage statistics -- Commit hooks -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Containers -- What is a container for a Next.js app? …”