Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) -- Classical Rhetoric -- Contagion Theory -- Cognitive Dissonance Theory -- Elaboration Likelihood Model -- Enactment Theory -- Framing -- Groupthink -- Communication Bytes 2.1 -- Interpretative and Interaction Theories -- Language Expectancy Theory -- Network Theory and Analysis -- Model of Text Comprehension -- Priming -- Media Richness and Media Naturalness Theories -- Reduced Social Cues Approach -- Social Presence Theory -- Semiotics -- Sense-making -- Information Bytes 2.1 -- Symbolic Interactionism -- Speech Act Phenomena -- Uncertainty Reduction Theory -- Summary -- Assess Your Knowledge -- Use Your Knowledge -- Web-based Exercises -- Further Reading -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3: Interpersonal Communication -- Introduction -- Defining Interpersonal Communication -- An Evolving Model for Interpersonal Communication -- Principles of Interpersonal Communication -- Barriers to Interpersonal Communication -- Point Counterpoint -- Relational Development: the Role of Interpersonal Semantics -- The Open Area or the Arena -- The Blind Area -- The Facade -- The Unknown Area -- Managerial Implications of the Johari Window -- Johari Window, Tuckman Model, and Team Development -- Forming -- Storming -- Norming -- Performing -- Emotional Intelligence -- Communication Bytes 3.1 -- Getting Along with Others -- Information Bytes 3.1 -- Interpersonal Communication Styles -- Interpersonal Communication Under Stress -- Fight or Flight -- Bases for Selecting a Conflict Communication Mode -- Conflict Resolution and Communication -- Being Assertive -- Summary -- Assess Your Knowledge -- Use Your Knowledge -- Web-based Exercises -- Further Reading -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4: Analysing Transactions: The Units of Communication -- Introduction -- Communication Bytes 4.1 -- The Role of Intonation -- Strokes -- The Three Ego States…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Scientific Objectives -- Training and Education -- Complementarity -- 5 Priorities and Priority-Setting at the NRI -- PROCESS -- Overview of USD A Priority-Setting Process -- NRI Priority-Setting Process -- Analysis of NRI Priority-Setting Process -- NRI RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- Funding History of the NRFs Six Divisions -- History of NRI Research Programs -- Analysis -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Priority-Setting Process -- Research Priorities -- 6 Organizational and Funding Issues -- ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES -- Location in USDA -- NRI GOVERNANCE -- Chief Scientist -- Board of Directors -- Organization -- FUNDING ISSUES -- Total NRI Funding -- Size and Length of Grants -- Overhead Rates -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Organization -- Funding -- 7 Recommendations -- THE NRI'S MISSION -- RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY -- PRIORITY-SETTING AND ORGANIZATION -- FUNDING -- SUMMARY -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Section 1615 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 -- Appendix B Survey on the US Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program -- Appendix C External Views of the NRI -- SURVEY RESULTS -- Response Rates and General Themes -- Detailed Summary of Survey Data -- INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER CHIEF SCIENTISTS -- Major Issue -- Role of the Chief Scientist -- Program Areas -- Fairness in Evaluation of Submitted Applications -- Quality of NRI Research -- USDA Administration and Management -- Economic Evaluation of NRI Program Areas -- Relationship with Congress -- TESTIMONY -- Quality and Value of Research -- Priority-Setting -- Stakeholders -- Complementarity -- Internal Processes -- Funding -- Changes for the Future -- Appendix D Outline for Interviews (June 16, 1998) with USDA Professional Staff on Internal Workings of the NRI Program…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Pacific Science Board -- The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission -- A New Look at Oceanography -- An Academy Role in International Science Policy -- A Break with Precedent -- 16 The Academy in the Fifties - Beginnings of the Space Age -- DETLEV WULF BRONK (1950-1962) -- New Relationships Between the Academy and the Research Council -- Broadened Range of NAS-NRC Activities -- The Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation (The BEAR Committees) -- Disposal of Atomic Wastes in the Oceans -- The AD-X2 Controversy -- The Impact of the Cold War -- The International Geophysical Year -- Project Mohole -- The Challenge of the Space Age -- 17 Academy Centennial -- FREDERICK SEITZ (1962-1969) -- The National Academy of Engineering -- Committee on Science and Public Policy -- Innovations of the Kennedy Years -- Space Science, Earth Science -- Big Science, Little Science -- The Centennial Celebration -- A Summing-Up -- Appendix A Act of Incorporation: National Academy of Sciences -- AMENDMENTS -- Appendix B Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences at the Meeting Held for Organization in the... -- 8 O'CLOCK P. …”

“…Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Placing the final pieces of the Creative Assist puzzle -- Discovering SCN (Scene) Modes -- Accessing Scene modes -- Reviewing the scene modes -- Adjusting camera settings in SCN mode -- Part 2 Taking Creative Control -- Chapter 4 Taking Charge of Exposure -- Introducing the Exposure Trio: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO -- Aperture affects depth of field -- Shutter speed affects motion blur -- ISO affects image noise -- Doing the exposure balancing act -- Stepping Up to Advanced Shooting Modes (P, Tv, Av, and M) -- Monitoring Exposure Settings -- Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode -- Setting ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed -- Controlling ISO -- Adjusting aperture and shutter speed -- Exploring Exposure-Correction Tools -- Overriding autoexposure results with Exposure Compensation -- Improving high-contrast shots with Highlight Tone Priority -- Trying Auto Lighting Optimizer -- Looking at a few other exposure solutions -- Locking Autoexposure Settings -- Bracketing Exposures Automatically -- HDR Mode shooting -- Using Autoexposure Bracketing (AEB) -- Chapter 5 Controlling Focus and Depth of Field -- Choosing Auto or Manual Focus -- Disabling the Touch Shutter -- Mastering the Autofocus System -- AF Operation: Focus lock or continuous focus adjustment? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2 Methods for Priority Setting -- PRIORITY-SETTING PROCESSES USED BY ORGANIZATIONS -- Example 1: Health Care Financing Administration -- Bureau of Policy Development -- Health Care Financing Administration Physicians Panel -- Reevaluation or Assessment of Established Technologies -- Example 2: Private Sector-Pharmaceutical Industry -- Criteria for Assessment -- Criteria for Reassessment -- Internal Process of Priority Setting -- Example 3: Health Care Provider Organizations -- Example 4: Institute of Medicine/Council on Health Care Technology Pilot Study -- Example 5: Food and Drug Administration -- QUANTITATIVE MODELS FOR SETTING PRIORITIES -- Example 6: Technology Assessment Priority-Setting System -- Example 7: The Phelps-Parente Model -- SETTING PRIORITIES FOR SPENDING ON HEALTH SERVICES -- Example 8: Oregon Basic Health Services Act -- DISCUSSION -- Reactive and Implicit Processes -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Reactive Mechanisms -- The IOM/CHCT Process Compared with This IOM Study -- Analytic Models -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Analytic Models -- Need for a Comprehensive, Proactive Process for Priority Setting -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX: MEDICARE COVERAGE DECISION MAKING -- 3 Guiding Principles -- BUILDING A MODEL PROCESS FOR SETTING PRIORITIES -- PROCESS BUILDING FOR OHTA -- The Process Must Reflect the Mission of OHTA -- Potential to Reduce Pain, Suffering, and Premature Death -- Potential to Reduce Inappropriate Health Care Expenditures -- Potential to Reduce Inequity and Inform Other Social Issues -- The Product of the Process Should Be Consistent with the Needs of Users -- The Process Must Be Efficient -- The Process Must Be Sensitive to the Environment in Which OHTA Operates -- SUMMARY -- 4 Recommendations for a Priority-Setting Process -- PREVIEW OF THE QUANTITATIVE MODEL -- ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED PRIORITY-SETTING PROCESS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Investing -- Chapter 1 Making Sense of Your Investing Options -- Growing Your Money in Ownership Investments -- Sharing in corporate growth and profits: Stocks -- Profiting from real estate -- Succeeding in small business -- Making "riskier" choices: Options, cryptocurrencies, and so on -- Keeping Money in Lending Investments -- Understanding Risks and Returns -- Realizing risks -- Managing risks -- Making sense of returns -- Where to Invest and Get Advice -- Finding the best fund companies and brokers -- Finding an acceptable advisor -- Chapter 2 Using Investments to Accomplish Your Goals -- Setting and Prioritizing Your Shorter-Term Goals -- Accumulating a rainy-day fund -- Saving for large purchases -- Investing for a small business or home -- Saving for kids' higher educational costs -- Investing short-term money -- Investing in Retirement Accounts -- Understanding retirement account perks -- Grappling with retirement account concerns -- Taking advantage of retirement accounts -- Surveying retirement account choices -- Selecting retirement account investments -- Assessing Your Risk-Taking Desires -- Chapter 3 Setting Your Return Expectations -- Estimating Your Investments' Returns -- Money market funds and savings account returns -- Bond returns -- Stock returns -- Real estate returns -- Small-business returns -- Compounding Your Returns -- The value of getting a few extra percent -- Considering your goals -- Chapter 4 Minimizing Your Taxes When Investing -- Understanding Investment Taxes -- Tracking taxation of investment distributions -- Determining your tax bracket -- Highlighting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What's needed: Key policy measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- Why act? What's the problem with global warming? -- Action is needed -- Box 2.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The part-time family model is rarely used in Hungary -- Box 2.1. The Job Protection Act to promote employment growth -- Table 2.1. Payable public charges of employers offered by the Job Protection Act -- Upgrading skills of elderly in order to increase their labour market participation -- Improving labour market prospects for low skilled -- Figure 2.10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Der Weg zum Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1938 -- 2. Kreis der Antragsberechtigten -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The electrical lines -- USB ports on the BeagleBone Black -- USB ports on the SAMA5D3 Xplained -- USB ports on the Wandboard -- The USB bus in Linux -- Acting as a host -- Acting as a device -- The Multi gadget -- The configfs gadget -- The USB tools -- The raw USB bus -- Accessing as a host -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Inter-Integrated Circuits - I2C -- What is the Inter-Integrated Circuit bus? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(b) Negative Outcomes of a Culture Operating without Integrity -- (c) Appropriately Handling an Integrity Failure -- (d) Integrity and the WAM‐Pro -- NOTES -- UNIT THREE Timekeeping -- CHAPTER FIVE Workforce Management Devices and Functionality -- 5.1 TIMECARD FUNCTIONALITY -- (a) Time Record Views -- (b) Timecard Edits and Entries -- (c) Timecard Reports -- (d) Advanced Timecard Functionality -- (e) Pay Rules -- (f) Timecard Functionality beyond Straight Timekeeping -- 5.2 ACCRUAL RULES -- 5.3 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW AND EMPLOYEE SELF‐SERVICE -- (a) Benefits of Workforce Management Automated Workflows and Employee Self‐Service Tools -- (b) Functionality of Automated Workflow System -- (c) Considerations When Planning an Automated Workflow Process -- 5.4 DATA COLLECTION: WHO, WHERE, AND WHEN -- (a) After Hours: Moving beyond Timekeeping -- (b) Data Collection Technologies -- (c) Fixed-Location Data Collection -- (d) Mobile Data Collection -- (e) Push and Poll: Integrating Data into Time Management Systems -- (f) The Future -- 5.5 BIOMETRICS: FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY -- (a) Common Challenges of Biometric Systems -- (b) Common Benefits of Biometric Systems -- (c) Common Pitfalls of Biometric Systems -- 5.6 MOBILE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY -- (a) Benefits of Using Mobile Resource Management -- (b) Challenges and Issues When Using Mobile Resource Management -- (c) Big Picture for the Employee and the Employer -- NOTES -- CHAPTER SIX Federal Regulation -- 6.1 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT -- (a) Overtime Requirements and Regular Rate of Pay -- (b) Payments Covering More than One Workweek -- 6.2 DEFINING THE LEGAL WORKWEEK -- (a) Public Sector Employee Workweek -- (b) Healthcare Industry -- (c) Agricultural Employees -- (d) Transportation Workers -- 6.3 CHANGING THE WORKWEEK -- (a) Nonemployees or Independent Contractors…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Infusing AI with Risk Wisdom -- Why Risk Control is Not Enough: Governing VUCA AI -- The EU AI Act: The Limitations of Risk-based Governance -- Risk Wisdom: A Powerful Shift for AI Governance -- Sustainable AI Governance: A Global Call for Action -- AI Governance: A Global Undertaking -- Toward Sustainable AI Governance for Humanity -- "Algorithms Aren't Human" -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Sustainable AI Technology -- Harnessing AI: Solving Humanity's Toughest Problems -- Checkmate: A Human-AI Triumph -- Game of Life: Humanity's Survival Battle -- Reinventing the Human-AI Relationship -- From Human vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Auflage -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 1.1 Aufbau dieses Buches -- 1.2 Initiative »Certified Professional for Medical Software« (CPMS) -- 1.3 Zuordnung der Kapitel dieses Buches zum Curriculum des CPMS -- 2 Rechtliche Grundlagen -- 2.1 Die Rechtslage in Europa -- 2.1.1 Das sogenannte neue Konzept für Produktregulierung innerhalb der Europäischen Union -- 2.1.2 Regulatorische Landkarte für Medizinprodukte -- 2.2 Regulatorische Vorgaben für Medizinprodukte -- 2.2.1 Die Medizinprodukterichtlinie und die Medizinprodukteverordnung -- 2.2.2 Besonderheiten für aktive implantierbare medizinische Geräte -- 2.2.3 Besonderheiten für In-vitro-Diagnostika -- 2.2.4 Die Gesetzgebung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland -- 2.3 Harmonisierte Normen -- 2.3.1 Das neue Konzept der Europäischen Union -- 2.3.2 Entstehung von harmonisierten Normen -- 2.3.3 Veröffentlichung von harmonisierten Normen -- 2.4 Relevante harmonisierte Normen -- 2.4.1 Qualitätsmanagement (EN ISO 13485) -- 2.4.2 Risikomanagement (EN ISO 14971) -- 2.4.3 Software-Lebenszyklus-Prozesse (EN 62304) -- 2.4.4 Gebrauchstauglichkeit (EN 62366 und EN 60601-1-6) -- 2.4.5 Normenfamilie EN 60601 über medizinische elektrische Geräte -- 2.5 Anwendung und Kontrolle rechtlicher Vorgaben -- 2.5.1 Lebenszyklus eines Medizinproduktes -- 2.5.2 Überwachung von Herstellern -- 2.5.3 Überwachung von benannten Stellen -- 2.6 Weltweite Harmonisierungsbemühungen - die GHTF und das IMDRF -- 2.7 Die Situation in den USA -- 2.7.1 Aufbau der Gesetzgebung -- 2.7.2 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&amp -- C Act) -- 2.7.3 Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 (21 CFR) -- 2.7.4 Food and Drug Administration (FDA ) -- 2.7.5 Klassifizierung von Medizinprodukten -- 2.7.6 Inverkehrbringen von Medizinprodukten -- 2.7.7 Softwarespezifische Vorgaben…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….) -- For better or for worse, AI is already making its way into the workplace -- The time to act is now -- References -- Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 3 Ageing Equally: Politics, Health and Solidarity -- 3.1 The 'Greedy Geezer' Narrative -- 3.2 The Demand-Side Explanation for Win-Lose Policies: Partially, but Only Partially, Correct -- 3.2.1 Older People Do Make Up a Large Share of Voters -- 3.2.2 Sometimes Older Adults Prefer Win-Lose Policies, and Act Politically to Try to Get Them -- 3.2.3 Social Policy Preferences of Older and Younger People Are Often Not As Different As We Expect…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Practical Anonymity; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Anonymity and Censorship Circumvention; 1.1 What Is Anonymity; 1.2 What Is Tor; 1.3 Why Use Tor; 1.4 What Tor Can't Do; 1.5 How Tor Works; 1.5.1 Tor Protocol Components; 1.5.2 Building a Secure Tunnel with Tor Node Public Keys; 1.5.3 The Exit Node Acts on Behalf of the Tor Client; 1.6 Who Uses Tor; 1.6.1 Normal People; 1.6.2 Military; 1.6.3 Journalists and Their Readers/Viewers; 1.6.4 Law Enforcement; 1.6.5 Whistle-Blowers and Activists; 1.6.6 "High- and Low-Profile People"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bills -- Data Breaches -- Pivotal Personal Data Protection Initiatives -- 2010 Federal Trade Commission Privacy Report -- 2010 Do Not Track -- 2011 Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act…”