“…Corporations were once an integral part of building the middle class. He points out that in their heyday they offered millions of people lifetime employment, a stable career path, health insurance, and retirement pensions. …”

“…Inclusive and exclusive identities are observed through often arbitrary yet strategically ambiguous lines of class, religion, race, ethnicity, nationality, social status, and geography. …”

“…It introduces key topics including class declaration, inheritance, reflection and much more. …”

“…Latent Markov models represent an important class of latent variable models for the analysis of longitudinal data, when the response variables measure common characteristics of interest which are not directly observable. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Editors vii -- The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Digital Competence of Educators 1 -- Analysis of Cooperative Skills Development through Relational Coordination in a Gamified -- Online Learning Environment 5 -- A Conceptual Model to Investigate the Role of Mobile Game Applications in Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic 27 -- Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Class Loyalty and Plagiarism in Students in an Online Blended Programming Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic 41 -- The Decision-Making Process and the Construction of Online Sociality through the Digital Storytelling Methodology 61 -- Self-Assessment of Soft Skills of University Teachers from Countries with a Low Level of Digital Competence -- Applicability of Collaborative Work in the COVID-19 Era: Use of Breakout Groups in Teaching L2 Translation 99 -- A Competency Framework for Teaching and Learning Innovation Centers for the 21st Century: Anticipating the Post-COVID-19 Age 115 -- 'Should I Turn On My Video Camera?' …”

“…The policy includes, for the first-time recommendations on a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs) and consolidates all currently existing recommendations for the diagnosis of TB infection, including the traditional tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs). …”

“…Instead, established and emerging scholars expose the gendered and racialized aspects of transnational divisions of paid and unpaid labor, class formation, taxation, migration, mental health, the so-called resource curse, and conceptualizations of violence, honor, and consent. …”

“…The volume widens and deepens understanding of women in relation to the inequalities they face, based not only on gender, but also on race, class, religion, and more. It also highlights the progress that women have made, and how this progress contributes to the creation of more peaceful and prosperous societies. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Refernces -- Chapter 1 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the origin of money and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Vision of commodity money -- Marx's commodity money -- Critique of the commodity money view -- Credits and debts -- Primitive money -- Money in class society -- Temples and palaces in Mesopotamia -- Silver -- General-purpose money -- Criticisms -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the nature of money and its criticisms -- Introduction -- The beginnings of chartalism -- Neo-chartalism (or MMT chartalism) -- Taxes -- Criticisms -- Criticisms of taxation driving money -- Criticisms of the determination of the value of money -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Modern Monetary Theory's view of monetary sovereignty and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Money issuers and users -- Political sovereignty -- Criticisms -- Response to criticisms -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the deficits and public debt and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Different views on public deficits -- MMT's view of the public deficit -- Public debt -- Criticisms -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the bank and endogenous money and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Debt pyramid -- Bank money -- Endogenous money -- Criticisms -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Functional Finance and Modern Monetary Theory's view of the inflation and its criticisms -- Functional Finance -- Sectoral balances -- Criticisms -- Functional Finance -- Monetary policy subordinated to fiscal policy -- Political assessment and supply-side inflation -- Pandemic-era inflation -- Criticism of sectoral balances -- Conclusions -- Note -- References…”

“…The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers class in three tracks covering the areas of algorithms, applications, and systems, thus bridging the gap between theory and practice and between the broader field of distributed computing and the specific issues arising in sensor networks and related systems…”

“…Leverage the experience of world-class executives and benefit from practical tips about everything from "managing your boss" to networking; learn how to make a superb first impression; set the best priorities for your first day, week, month; uncover unspoken "local knowledge" about success; make the most of feedback; demonstrate potential without overstepping bounds; strengthen crucial skills, from listening to estimating and forecasting. …”

“…Everything you need is covered from simple to enterprise-class deployments, with emphasis on enterprise-level requirements. …”

“…The book provides those new to virtual teaching with specific steps to assess their own instructional readiness, guidance for assessing student and class readiness, as well as detailed descriptions of problem prevention and solutions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Silvia Gherardi -- Gender, work, and organization in popular culture / Alison Pullen, Carl Rhodes -- Theorizing gender, race, and class in organizations / Joan Acker -- How to study gender inequality in organizations? …”

“…Although world-class firms like GE and Motorola have relied on Six Sigma to build their performance cultures, these processes are all too often left out of human resources (HR) functions. …”

“…This Special Issue deals with the fascinating material class of nanocomposites consisting of extremely small particles (nanoparticles) which are embedded in polymers. …”

“…• Five new chapters: planning/metrics, customer service, and much more • New and revamped case studies • New guest contributions from world-class experts, such as Charlene Li • New, instantly actionable “To Do” lists after every chapter • New Facebook discussion threads and much more! …”

“…In Leading at a Higher Level , Updated Edition, Blanchard and his colleagues bring together everything they've learned about world-class leadership. You'll discover how to create targets and visions based on the "triple bottom line"...and make sure people know who you are, where you're going, and the values that will guide your journey. …”

“…Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often relegated to a handful of chapters in textbooks and a few class sessions in introductory biology courses, if covered at all. …”