Tabla de Contenidos: “…Planning as special type of acting -- 6.2.3. Step 1: Can robots act? -- 6.3. Technology futures in robotics -- 6.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Case of a system of forces equivalent to zero acting on a solid -- 2.6.3. Case of a system of forces equivalent to zero acting on a deformable mechanical set -- 2.6.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The challenges to make women's rights part of AI's DNA -- 8.1 The international level -- 8.1.1 Policy development 2002-2010 -- 8.1.1.1 ICM Decisions indirectly concerning AI's work on VAW -- 8.1.1.2 Decisions directly concerning AI's work on VAW -- 8.1.2 Policy Implementation- Focus and content of the SVAW campaign -- 8.1.3 Pushing work on the issue of VAW from the top down -- 8.1.3.1 Policy development initiated by the IEC -- 8.1.3.2 Getting ready for the SVAW campaign -- 8.1.3.3 The SVAW campaign Machinery -- 8.1.4 Resistance against AI's work on VAW -- 8.1.4.1 Resistance against the SVAW campaign -- 8.1.4.2 Resistance against the adoption of a policy on abortion -- 8.2 The national levels -- 8.2.1 The Swiss section -- 8.2.1.1 Merging the international campaign strategy with the section's priorities -- 8.2.1.2 The continuing importance of the women's network -- 8.2.1.3 Women's rights - confined to a story by women acting for women -- 8.2.2 The German section -- 8.2.2.1 Look &amp -- Act: Preventing Violence against Women -- 8.2.2.2 The MaF - a group of voluntary experts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Effects of Professional Liability Concerns on the Practice of Obstetrics -- Effects of Professional Liability Concerns on the Physician-Patient Relationship -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Long-Term Recommendations -- Short-Term Solutions -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- CASES, REGULATIONS, AND STATUTES -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Summary of Methodology Used in Studies of Changes in Obstetrical Practice -- Survey Population -- Samples -- Response Rates -- Phraseology -- Appendix B Summary of Study Results Regarding Changes in Obstetrical Practice -- Appendix C Summary of Study Results Regarding Professional Liability, Family Practitioners, and Rural Areas -- Appendix D State and National Liability Surveys Summarized -- State Studies -- National Studies -- Appendix E Survey of Selected Risk Management Activities -- Appendix F Risk Management Activities and Experience Rating Policies of Selected Malpractice Insurers -- Appendix G Possible Modifications to the Virginia Neurological Birth-Related Injury Compensation Act -- Members of the Committee -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Is civil disobedience a legitimate act? -- Does civil disobedience provide basis for anarchy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Enlisting Education Tax Breaks -- Getting Help from Tax Resources -- Obtaining IRS assistance -- Consulting preparation and advice guides -- Using software and websites -- Hiring professional help -- Dealing with an Audit -- Getting your act together -- Surviving the day of reckoning -- Part 3 Building Wealth through Investing -- Chapter 8 Considering Important Investment Concepts -- Establishing Your Goals -- Understanding the Primary Investments -- Looking at lending investments -- Exploring ownership investments -- Shunning Gambling Instruments and Behaviors -- Forsaking futures, options, and other derivatives -- Ditching day trading…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…General Data Protection Regulation -- EU-US Safe Harbor -- US Privacy Act of 1974 -- International Cooperation -- Import/Export Restrictions -- Trans-border Data Flow -- Important Laws and Regulations -- US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act -- HIPAA -- United States Breach Notification Laws -- Ethics -- The (ISC)2 Code of Ethics -- The (ISC)2 Code of Ethics Canons in Detail -- Computer Ethics Institute -- IABs Ethics and the Internet -- Information Security Governance -- Security Policy and Related Documents -- Policy -- Components of Program Policy -- Policy Types -- Procedures -- Standards -- Guidelines -- Baselines -- Personnel Security -- Candidate Screening and Hiring -- Onboarding -- Employee Termination -- Security Awareness and Training -- Gamification -- Security Champions -- Access Control Defensive Categories and Types -- Preventive -- Detective -- Corrective -- Recovery -- Deterrent -- Compensating -- Comparing Access Controls -- Risk Analysis -- Assets -- Threats and Vulnerabilities -- Risk=Threat x Vulnerability -- Impact -- Risk Analysis Matrix -- Calculating Annualized Loss Expectancy -- Asset Value -- Exposure Factor -- Single Loss Expectancy -- Annual Rate of Occurrence -- Annualized Loss Expectancy -- Total Cost of Ownership -- Return on Investment -- Budget and Metrics -- Risk Response -- Accept the Risk -- Risk Acceptance Criteria -- Mitigate the Risk -- Transfer the Risk -- Risk Avoidance -- Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Analysis -- The Risk Management Process -- Risk Maturity Modeling -- Security and Third Parties -- Service Provider Contractual Security -- Minimum Security Requirements -- Service Level Agreements and Service Level Requirements -- Attestation -- Right to Penetration Test/Right to Audit -- Supply Chain Risk Management -- Risks Associated With Hardware, Software, and Services -- Vendor Governance -- Acquisitions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Internet-Based Threats -- Introduction -- A typical attack -- Phishing attacks -- Mitigating phishing -- Drive-by download attacks -- Mitigating drive-by download attacks -- Malware-hosting sites -- Mitigating malware distribution -- Post compromise - botnets and DDoS attacks -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: The Roles Governments Play in Cybersecurity -- The pursuit of happiness -- Governments as cybersecurity market participants -- Governments as standards bodies -- Governments as enforcers -- Regulators -- Law enforcement -- Governments as defenders -- Public safety -- National security -- Military -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Government Access to Data -- Understanding government access to data -- The signals intelligence scenario -- The unlawful government access to data scenario -- The lawful government access to data scenario -- Lawful government access to data -- The CLOUD Act and the PATRIOT Act -- Managing the risk of government access to data -- The volume of law enforcement requests -- The probability of US law enforcement accessing data in the cloud -- The GDPR, FISA Section 702, and Schrems II -- The Probability of US Intelligence Accessing Data in the Cloud -- Mitigating government access to data -- Setting and understanding the scope -- Setting realistic objectives -- Planning data protection controls -- Conclusion -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Ingredients for a Successful Cybersecurity Strategy -- What is a cybersecurity strategy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Four Cardinal Sins that Undermine Good Customer Service -- Summary -- Test Your Understanding -- Suggested Further Readings -- Chapter 5 Ethics, Legislation, and Outsourcing -- Introduction -- Ethics -- The RadioShack Case -- The Tyco Case -- The WorldCom Case -- The Enron Case -- Legislation -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Graham-Leach-Bliley Act -- California Senate Bill 1386 -- Outsourcing -- Summary -- Test Your Understanding -- Suggested Further Readings -- Chapter 6 Comparison to ITIL Processes -- Introduction -- Developments Leading Up To ITIL -- IT Service Management -- The Origins of ITIL -- Quality Approach and Standards -- Criteria to Differentiate Infrastructure Processes -- Comparison of Infrastructure Processes -- Ten Common Myths Concerning the Implementation of ITIL -- Myth #1: You Must Implement All ITIL or No ITIL at All -- Myth #2: ITIL is Based on Infrastructure Management Principles -- Myth #3: ITIL Applies Mostly to Data Center Operations -- Myth #4: Everyone Needs to be Trained on ITIL Fundamentals -- Myth #5: Full Understanding of ITIL Requires Purchase of Library -- Myth #6: ITIL Processes Should be Implemented Only One at a Time -- Myth #7: ITIL Provides Detailed Templates for Implementation -- Myth #8: ITIL Framework Applies Only to Large Shops -- Myth #9: ITIL Recommends Tools to Use for Implementation -- Myth #10: There Is Little Need to Understand ITIL Origins -- Summary -- Test Your Understanding -- Suggested Further Readings -- Chapter 7 Availability -- Introduction -- Definition of Availability -- Differentiating Availability from Uptime -- Differentiating Slow Response from Downtime -- Differentiating Availability from High Availability -- Desired Traits of an Availability Process Owner -- Methods for Measuring Availability -- The Seven Rs of High Availability -- Redundancy -- Reputation -- Reliability -- Repairability…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Components of an IRP -- Preparation of an IRP -- Understanding what is important -- Prioritization -- Determining what normal network activity looks like -- Observe, orient, decide, and act -- Incident response procedure development -- Identification - detection and analysis -- Identification - incident response tools -- Observational technical tools -- Orientation tools -- Decision tools -- Remediation - containment/recovery/mitigation -- Remediation - incident response tools -- Act (response) tools -- Post-incident activity -- Remediation - root cause analysis -- Lessons-learned sessions -- IRP testing -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Developing a Security Operations Center -- What is a SOC? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 6 Choosing a Narrator -- Defining Voices -- Focusing on first and third person -- Surprising with the second-person voice -- Finding the Right Point of View -- Getting personal with first person -- Becoming a traditional storyteller -- Riding a stream of consciousness -- Conniving with the unreliable narrator -- Using a journal format -- Writing letters -- Representing one character's view -- Switching perspectives -- Being the all-seeing, all-knowing narrator -- Observing from a distance -- Recording past history -- Deciding How Close to Be to the Character -- Handling Multiple Narrators -- Chapter 7 Describing Your World -- Recognizing the Power of Description -- Signaling importance -- Observing the details -- Being authentic -- Using All the Senses -- Employing the Tools of Description -- Comparing with similes and metaphors -- Exploring symbols -- Creating a Sense of Place -- Tantalizing with exotic places -- Imagining places of fantasy -- Creating Mood and Suspense -- Chapter 8 Plotting Your Way -- Exploring Classic Plots -- Seeing the classic plots in everyday life -- Managing main plots and sub-plots -- Plotting Consciously and Unconsciously -- Thinking stories through ahead of time -- Writing off the cuff -- Merging conscious and unconscious plotting -- Keeping focused -- Asking the Central Question and Including the Essential Elements -- Seeing character as plot -- Balancing plot and character -- Revealing motivation -- Handling connection and coincidence -- Delivering a punch -- Including conflict -- Concluding with the climax -- Resolving the question -- Hooking Your Reader -- Creating suspense -- Foreshadowing -- Springing surprises -- Chapter 9 Setting Up a Solid Structure -- Dividing Your Work into Chapters and Parts -- Creating chapters and scenes -- Using acts and scenes in plays and screenplays -- Making verses and stanzas…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Policies acting upon the FDI-SME diffusion channels -- Promoting FDI-SME linkages and strategic partnerships -- Matchmaking services are available to foreign and domestic firms, but more could be done to support supply chain development and promote R&amp -- D and technology partnerships -- Facilitating the mobility of workers from foreign MNEs to local firms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Modes of Cooperation and the Capacity to Act; 3.1. When Economic Flexibility becomes Crucial (...); 3.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Diffusion and osmosisTonicity of cells; Filtration; Electrolyte balance; Water in the body; Water balance; Water regulation; Dialysis; Summary; Review questions; Further reading; Chapter Three - Acids and bases; Learning objectives; Introduction; Acids; Bases; Neutralisation; Salts; Strong and weak acids and bases; The pH scale; pH of body fluids; Chemical buffers; Respiratory regulation of pH; Renal regulation of pH; When the balancing act no longer works; Compensation - systems working together; Summary; Review questions; Further reading; Learning objectives; Introduction; Organic chemistry…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thai Buddhist Interpretations of Proverbs 11:18-31; Introduction; "Do Good, Receive Good; Do Evil, Receive Evil"; "The More You Give, the More You Get"; "As You Sow, God Gives the Fruit"; "There Is No Way to Escape [the Consequences of Acts]"; "Humans Control Their Own Destiny."…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Epilogue; War as Mysticism: Redux; Religion and Violence: A Reconsideration; Sacrifice Revisited; Will, Violence and God's Purpose; War, God and the Act of Creation; Le Plus ça Change; War the Boundless; Without sacred violence, would society be possible?…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Complete CFO Handbook; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Chapter 1: The Changing Role of the CFO: From Accounting to Accountable; SOX Act of 2002 and the CFO; Expanded Responsibilities of the CFO; Our Agenda; Part One: Funding; Chapter 2: Capital Structure Decisions; Agenda; Debt versus Equity; Concept of Leverage; Capital Structure and Financial Leverage; Financial Leverage and Risk; Capital Structure and Taxes; Capital Structure and Financial Distress; Cost of Capital; Agency Relationship; Optimal Capital Structure: Theory and Practice; A Capital Structure Prescription; Bottom Line…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Strategic Planning; Chapter 37: Peripheral Vision as a Competitive Advantage; Chapter 38: Digging the Puck Out of the Corner; Chapter 39: The Importance of Total Candour; Chapter 40: Avoiding Conflict Is a Mistake; Chapter 41: Acting when Pivot Points Emerge; Chapter 42: Thinking in the Future Tense; Chapter 43: Opportunity Sensing…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Category Choice/Formation as a Theoretical ActA Sad Tale of Inappropriate Borrowing (with apologies to Beatrix Potter); From Questions to Categories; The Specific Category System; Two Examples of Category System Development; Measuring Categories; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 8 Measuring Behavior and Rules for Sampling and Recording; Measuring Behavior; Rules to Live by: Sampling and Recording Behavior; Recording Rules; Conclusion; Some Things to Think About; Chapter 9 Reliability; Reliability, Error, and Consistency; Sources of Variation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Department of Justice; State Consumer Protection Acts-Background and Controversies; Safety- and Effectiveness-Related Litigation Brought by State Attorneys General; Safety- and Effectiveness-Related Financial-Injury Litigation Brought by Private Parties; Shareholder Suits Pertaining to Pharmaceutical Safety and Effectiveness; Summing Up; CHAPTER SEVEN: In Conclusion; Major Legal Developments Since 1990; Product Liability for Personal Injury…”