Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gerson Chalcopyrite Dissolution at 650 mV and 750 mV in the Presence of Pyrite Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(3), 1566-1579; doi: 10.3390/met5031566 -- Katsutoshi Inoue, Manju Gurung, Ying Xiong, Hidetaka Kawakita, Keisuke Ohto and Shafiq Alam Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Precious Metals and Removal of Hazardous Metals Using Persimmon Tannin and Persimmon Wastes Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(4), 1921-1956; doi: 10.3390/met5041921 -- Karin Karlfeldt Fedje, Oskar Modin and Ann-Margret Strömvall Copper Recovery from Polluted Soils Using Acidic Washing and Bioelectrochemical Systems Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(3), 1328-1348; doi: 10.3390/met5031328 -- Yuri Sueoka, Masayuki Sakakibara and Koichiro Sera Heavy Metal Behavior in Lichen-Mine Waste Interactions at an Abandoned Mine Site in Southwest Japan Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(3), 1591-1608; doi: 10.3390/met5031591 -- Kwangheon Park, Wonyoung Jung and Jihye Park Decontamination of Uranium-Contaminated Soil Sand Using Supercritical CO2 with a TBP-HNO3 Complex Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(4), 1788-1798; doi: 10.3390/met5041788 -- Sang-hun Lee, Ohhyeok Kwon, Kyoungkeun Yoo and Richard Diaz Alorro Removal of Zn from Contaminated Sediment by FeCl3 in HCl Solution Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(4), 1812-1820; doi: 10.3390/met5041812 -- Alessio Siciliano Use of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (NZVI) Particles for Chemical Denitrification under Different Operating Conditions Reprinted from: Metals 2015, 5(3), 1507-1519; doi: 10.3390/met5031507 -- Ana Paula Paiva, Mário E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 10.14.4 Time spent by user -- 10.14.5 Abandoned cart -- 10.14.6 Shopping cart information -- 10.14.7 Shopping cart information by using Data Integration -- 10.14.8 Product display information -- 10.14.9 Products looked at by user -- 10.14.10 Shopping cart checkout information -- 10.14.11 Time spent before check out -- 10.14.12 First accessed page -- 10.14.13 Order processing information -- 10.15 Combined reports -- Chapter 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Euz ́ebio Avoiding Buffer Tank Overflow in an Iron Ore Dewatering System with Integrated Control System Reprinted from: Sustainability 2022, 14, 9347, doi:10.3390/su14159347 291 -- Guojun Zhang, Quansheng Li, Zhuhe Xu and Yong Zhang Roof Fractures of Near-Vertical and Extremely Thick Coal Seams in Horizontally Grouped Top-Coal Drawing Method Based on the Theory of a Thin Plate Reprinted from: Sustainability 2022, 14, 10285, doi:10.3390/su141610285 . 309 -- Shukun Zhang, Peng Jiang, Lu Lu, Shuai Wang and Haohao Wang Evaluation of Compressive Geophysical Prospecting Method for the Identification of the Abandoned Goaf at the Tengzhou Section of China's Mu Shi Expressway Reprinted from: Sustainability 2022, 14, 13785, doi:10.3390/su142113785 . 331 -- Hongtao Liu, Yang Chen, Zijun Han, Qinyu Liu, Zilong Luo, Wencong Cheng, et al. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Pushback of Culture on the Qur'an Itself: Stone to Death, Kill for Honour or Flog with Abandon -- Qur'anic Advocacy for Women in Response to Malicious Accusations -- Extraordinary hadith on Illicit Sex That We Do Not Hear About -- Chapter 20: Domestic Violence: The Qur'an Does Not Instruct Husbands to Hit Their Wives for "Disobedience" or Anything Else -- Qur'anic Verses That Prove That Wife-Hitting Is not Prescribed -- The Pushback of Myth on the Qur'an Itself: But God Told Job to Hit His Wife-It Says So in the Qur'an! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Qualitative versus quantitative methods -- Sample size and sampling methods -- Sample size example -- Understanding user motivation and behavior -- Triangulating insights and bridging the qualitative-quantitative divide -- Applying market research insights to drive product excellence -- Creating user personas and Jobs to Be Done -- Personas -- JTBD -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Game Mechanics and Psychology -- Reward systems -- Point redemption -- Punch cards -- Referral systems -- Content unlocks -- Memberships -- Community recognition -- Purchase matching -- Random loot -- Progress tracking -- Points -- Leveling -- Badges -- Achievements -- Completion scores -- Step counters -- Completion rewards -- Tests of knowledge -- Accomplishment splashes -- Save points -- Anniversary call-out -- Narrative and storytelling -- Customer reviews -- Environmental, Social, and Governance -- Year in review -- Inventory systems -- User profiles -- Avatars -- Mentor -- Abandonment capture -- User research artifacts -- Social engagement -- High scores -- Leaderboards -- Live collaboration -- Share button -- Voting -- Reactions -- Chat -- Friends and follow -- Game psychology -- Clues -- Layering -- Experimentation -- Ambiance -- Repetition -- Landmarking -- Easter eggs -- Emergent behavior -- Boss fights -- Combos -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 6: Designing a Gamification Strategy -- Setting goals and objectives -- Defining OKRs -- Defining success metrics -- Selecting your personas and JTBD to design around -- Choosing the right game mechanics -- Hi-Z Fitness -- PMM -- Creating a game loop -- Create progression systems -- Encourage social interaction -- Include challenges and variety -- Incorporating gamification into the user experience -- Creating a user journey map -- Creating a user flow diagram -- Wireframes -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Storage -- Safety Nets to Deal with Chronic and Transitory Poverty in India -- Empirical Research on Prices, Consumers, and Producers -- Why Has It Been Hard to Convince Developing Countries' Policymakers to Abandon Price Stabilization Policies? -- Crisis Response and Long-term Development: The Right to Food and Social Safety Nets -- Conclusion -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 262 (5) -- The Bronze Age landscapes and societies of the Wadi Faynan -- 267 (4) -- The making of early states: the Iron Age and Nabataean periods -- 271 (34) -- David Mattingly -- Paul Newson -- John Grattan -- Roberta Tomber -- Graneme Barker -- David Gilbertson -- Chris Hunt -- Introduction -- 271 (1) -- Edom and the `Edomites' -- 271 (2) -- Copper mining and smelting -- 273 (5) -- Iron Age settlement in Wadi Faynan -- 278 (7) -- Evidence of environmental change -- 285 (3) -- Dating issues -- 288 (2) -- Ancient Edom and copper production in Wadi Faynan -- 290 (1) -- Nabataean Faynan -- 291 (10) -- Historical implications -- 301 (4) -- A landscape of imperial power: Roman and Byzantine Phaino -- 305 (44) -- David Mattingly -- Paul Newson -- Oliver Creighton -- Roberta Tomber -- John Grattan -- Chris Hunt -- David Gilbertson -- Hwedi el-Rishi -- Brian Pyatt -- Introduction -- 305 (3) -- Roman copper exploitation in the Wadi `Arabah region -- 308 (1) -- The Roman army in southern Jordan -- 309 (1) -- The Roman mining landscape around Faynan -- 309 (23) -- Dating issues -- 332 (1) -- The labour force at the mines -- 333 (1) -- Environment and people: the impacts of Roman mining -- 334 (10) -- The logistics of supply -- 344 (1) -- Charcoal and fuel demands -- 345 (1) -- A landscape of imperial power -- 346 (3) -- The Islamic and Ottoman periods -- 349 (20) -- Paul Newson -- David Mattingly -- Patrick Daly -- Roberta Tomber -- Hwedi el-Rishi -- David Gilbertson -- John Grattan -- Chris Hunt -- Sue McLaren -- Brian Pyatt -- Introduction -- 349 (3) -- Climate, environment, and human impacts -- 352 (11) -- Archaeology -- 363 (4) -- Synthesis: life in an abandoned industrial landscape -- 367 (2) -- Ethnoarchaeology -- 369 (28) -- Carol Palmer -- Helen Smith -- Patrick Daly -- Introduction -- 369 (1) -- The Bedouin Camp Survey -- 369 (1) -- Campsite architecture -- 370 (3) -- Campsite location -- 373 (1) -- Tent orientation -- 374 (1) -- Tribal associations -- 375 (1) -- Durable campsite architecture -- 376 (4) -- Contrasts in campsite organization and architecture -- 380 (4) -- Artefacts and activities around tent sites -- 384 (9) -- Bedouin material culture in the recent past -- 393 (1) -- Other evidence of bedouin activity around the Wadi Faynan -- 393 (1) -- Conclusion -- 394 (3) -- Archaeology and desertification: the landscapes of the Wadi Faynan -- 397 (68) -- David Gilbertson -- Graeme Barker -- David Mattingly -- Carol Palmer -- John Grattan -- Brian Pyatt -- Introduction -- 397 (1) -- Desertification: research issues and analytical problems -- 398 (4) -- Pleistocene environments and human occupation -- 402 (2) -- People and environment in the Holocene: disaggregating desertification -- 404 (9) -- Scale and complexity -- 413 (3) -- Cores and peripheries -- 416 (1) -- Arid-zone archaeology -- 416 (1) -- Conclusion -- 417 (1) -- Postscript: the Wadi Faynan today and in the future -- 418 (7) -- Summaries -- English summary -- 425 (10) -- Arabic summary -- 435 (4) -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 Published radiocarbon dates from the Faynan region -- 439 (6) -- Chris Hunt -- David Mattingly -- Graeme Barker -- David Gilbertson -- Appendix 2 Classical and Islamic pottery -- 445 (20) -- Roberta Tomber -- A2.1 Introduction -- 445 (1) -- A2.2 Method -- 445 (1) -- A2.3 Pottery classification -- 446 (4) -- A2.4 Chronological summary -- 450 (15) -- Bibliography 465 (38) -- Index 503.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The inter-dynamics - our great effort yields truly powerful new insights -- Abandoning the past - reframing our situation and reimagining a better future! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 8.4 Choosing Among Projects -- Differences in Scale -- INTERVIEW WITH Dick Grannis -- Timing of the Cash Flows -- 8.5 Evaluating Projects with Different Lives -- Important Considerations When Using the Equivalent Annual Annuity -- 8.6 Choosing Among Projects When Resources Are Limited -- Evaluating Projects with Different Resource Requirements -- 8.7 Putting It All Together -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Problems -- Data Case -- Chapter 9 Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting -- 9.1 The Capital Budgeting Process -- 9.2 Forecasting Incremental Earnings -- Operating Expenses Versus Capital Expenditures -- Incremental Revenue and Cost Estimates -- Taxes -- Incremental Earnings Forecast -- 9.3 Determining Incremental Free Cash Flow -- Converting from Earnings to Free Cash Flow -- Calculating Free Cash Flow Directly -- Calculating the NPV -- USING EXCEL Capital Budgeting Using a Spreadsheet Program -- 9.4 Other Effects on Incremental Free Cash Flows -- Opportunity Costs -- COMMON MISTAKE The Opportunity Cost of an Idle Asset -- Project Externalities -- Sunk Costs -- COMMON MISTAKE The Sunk Cost Fallacy -- Adjusting Free Cash Flow -- Replacement Decisions -- 9.5 Analyzing the Project -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Break-Even Analysis -- INTERVIEW WITH David Holland -- Scenario Analysis -- USING EXCEL Project Analysis Using Excel -- 9.6 Real Options in Capital Budgeting -- Option to Delay -- Option to Expand -- Option to Abandon -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Problems -- Data Case -- CHAPTER 9 APPENDIX MACRS Depreciation -- Chapter 10 Stock Valuation: A Second Look -- 10.1 The Discounted Free Cash Flow Model…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…L'importance grandissante de l'emploi à forte intensité de savoir -- Veiller à asseoir solidement l'enseignement de base -- Graphique IV.2. Abandons en cours d'études secondaires, 1998 -- Encadré IV.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Your Meetings Suck: How Managers Facilitate Influential, Productive Meetings -- The Mundane Meeting -- Get Off Your Soapbox -- Reset the Expectations of Your Meetings -- Lead With Questions, Not Answers -- Get Everyone Involved -- Abandon Absolute Thinking and Embrace Dualities -- Chapter Five: Tools to Manage the Coaching Process and Assess Results -- The Revised Coaching Prep Form -- Capturing the Measurable Impact of Coaching -- The Coaching Prep Form -- Version One - Shorter Form…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What the case of the Indonesian island of Sumba teaches us Christian Jeunesse ; Megalithic techniques at Sumba Island (Indonesia): from quarries to abandonment Noisette Bec Drelon, Christian Jeunesse ; Chapter 17 : Setting the wider frame. …”

“…The contributions in this book focus on research's crucial role in abandoning female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C), gaps in the research, the need to integrate an intersectionality perspective in the research and evaluations of current strategies for abandoning the practice…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dudycz Mineberry--remote monitoring of abandoned shaft openings B. vom Berg, F. Schmachtenberger, B. von Gruchalla, F. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Computing the return on investment (ROI) -- 10.4.3. Avoiding abandonment of tools and automation -- 10.5. Automated testing strategies -- 10.6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Decision‐making in a Dynamic Environment -- 8.3 Principles (Guidelines) for Modeling Decision‐making -- 8.3.1 Principle of Knowability -- 8.3.2 Principle of Correspondence -- 8.3.3 Principle of Requisite Action -- 8.3.4 Principle of Robustness -- 8.3.5 Principle of Transience -- 8.4 Grounded Development of Decision‐making Processes -- 8.4.1 Archival Cases -- 8.4.2 Ethnography -- 8.4.3 Field Studies -- 8.4.4 Interviews -- 8.4.5 Time Series and Econometric Methods -- 8.4.6 Experimental Results and Decision‐making Theory -- 8.5 Formulation Development and Calibration Example -- 8.5.1 Erosion of Service Quality -- 8.5.1.1 Employees' Effort Allocation -- 8.5.1.2 Decision Rule in Context -- 8.5.2 Dynamic Problem Solving -- 8.5.2.1 Clinicians' Cue Interpretation -- 8.5.2.2 Decision Rule in Context -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Applications within Operations Management -- Chapter 9 Behavioral Foundations of Queueing Systems -- 9.1 Introduction and Framework -- 9.2 The Customer -- 9.2.1 Disutility of Waiting (cT) -- 9.2.1.1 Waiting Cost (cw, cs) -- 9.2.1.2 Waiting Time (Tw, Ts) -- 9.2.2 Quality (v) -- 9.2.3 Abandonments (P(v ≥ θi)) -- 9.2.4 Arrivals (λ) -- 9.2.5 Queue Discipline (λ w) -- 9.2.6 Service Speed (μ) -- 9.3 The Server -- 9.3.1 Work Speed (μ) -- 9.3.2 Work Content (w) -- 9.3.3 Work Sequence (λ w) -- 9.3.4 Quality (v) -- 9.4 The Manager -- 9.4.1 Ambience -- 9.4.2 Capacity -- 9.4.3 Discipline -- 9.4.4 Incentives -- 9.4.5 Information -- 9.4.6 Layout -- 9.4.7 Task -- 9.5 Testing Queueing Theory in the Laboratory -- 9.6 Conclusions and Future Research Opportunities -- References -- Chapter 10 New Product Development and Project Management Decisions -- 10.1 Exploration: The Creative Process -- 10.1.1 Brainstorming -- 10.1.2 Innovation Contests -- 10.1.3 Open Innovation -- 10.2 Plan: From Creative to Reality…”

“…"Shows the flaws in using "the war metaphor" to understand and organize our response to pandemics and urges its abandonment"--…”