Tabla de Contenidos: “…Main Trends and Issues in Decentralisation, School-Based Management -- Decentralisation and School-Based Governance: A Comparative Study of Self-Governing School Models -- Globalized Educational Governance, Decentralization and Grassroots Responses -- Centralisation and Decentralisation in Education: A New Dimension to Policy -- Unresolved Issues in Globalisation, Decentralisation and Privatisation -- Decentralisation and Market Mechanisms in Education – Examples from Six European Countries -- Managing School Change: Continuous Improvement Based on a Shared Vision and a Strategic Plan -- Case Studies -- Decentralisation of Education: Promising Initiative or Problematic Notion? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Symplectic Manifolds -- Symplectic Forms -- Symplectic Form on the Cotangent Bundle -- Symplectomorphisms -- Lagrangian Submanifolds -- Generating Functions -- Recurrence -- Local Forms -- Preparation for the Local Theory -- Moser Theorems -- Darboux-Moser-Weinstein Theory -- Weinstein Tubular Neighborhood Theorem -- Contact Manifolds -- Contact Forms -- Contact Dynamics -- Compatible Almost Complex Structures -- Almost Complex Structures -- Compatible Triples -- Dolbeault Theory -- Kähler Manifolds -- Complex Manifolds -- Kähler Forms -- Compact Kähler Manifolds -- Hamiltonian Mechanics -- Hamiltonian Vector Fields -- Variational Principles -- Legendre Transform -- Moment Maps -- Actions -- Hamiltonian Actions -- Symplectic Reduction -- The Marsden-Weinstein-Meyer Theorem -- Reduction -- Moment Maps Revisited -- Moment Map in Gauge Theory -- Existence and Uniqueness of Moment Maps -- Convexity -- Symplectic Toric Manifolds -- Classification of Symplectic Toric Manifolds -- Delzant Construction -- Duistermaat-Heckman Theorems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / 1 Development and applications of cellulose nanofibres based polymer nanocomposites / 2 Effect of prestress on the impact response of composite laminates / 3 Production Control Effect on Composite Material Quality and Stability for Aerospace Usage / 4 Hygrothermal Aging of an Ultraviolet Cured Glassfiber Reinforced Acrylate Composite / 5 Thermal and Mechanical Properties of the Ceramic Matrix Composites / 6 Spread Tow Technology for Ultra Lightweight CFRP Composites: Potential and Possibilities / 7 Graphene/Polymer Composite Materials: Processing, Properties and Applications / 8 Injection moulding of plant fibre composites / 9 Percolation in disordered conductor/insulator composites / 10 Heat Flux Reduction by Transpiration-Cooling of CMCs for Space Applications / 11 The three dimensional textile structures for composites / 12 Cross-linked Polyethylene Nanocomposites for Dielectric Applications / 13 Advanced Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Multiscale Composites…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Appendix E: Model Hazardous Energy Control ProgramAppendix F: Electrical Systems; Appendix G: Mechanical Systems; Appendix H: Fluid Power, Vacuum, and Water Jetting Systems; Appendix I: Fluid-Handling Systems; Appendix J: Flowable Solid Materials…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Data Science Technologies in Economics and Finance: A Gentle Walk-In -- Supervised Learning for the Prediction of Firm Dynamics -- Opening the Black Box: Machine Learning Interpretability and Inference Tools with an Application to Economic Forecasting -- Machine Learning for Financial Stability -- Sharpening the Accuracy of Credit Scoring Models with Machine Learning Algorithms -- Classifying Counterparty Sector in EMIR Data -- Massive Data Analytics for Macroeconomic Nowcasting -- New Data Sources for Central Banks -- Sentiment Analysis of Financial News: Mechanics and Statistics -- Semi-supervised Text Mining for Monitoring the News About the ESG Performance of Companies -- Extraction and Representation of Financial Entities from Text -- Quantifying News Narratives to Predict Movements in Market Risk -- Do the Hype of the Benefits from Using New Data Science Tools Extend to Forecasting Extremely Volatile Assets? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intergovernmental budget frameworks in Austria -- Multilevel fiscal institutions and mechanisms for reducing tax cheating: The case of Mexico -- Contributors -- Fiscal adjustment, decentralisation and sub-national autonomy -- Municipal bailouts in Denmark – and how to avoid them -- Soft budget constraints: The case of municipal bonds in Italy -- The budgetary policy framework in Sweden and its implication for intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Fiscal relations across levels of government and sub-national fiscal rules in Japan -- What makes a local government reform successful? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Competitive bidding schemes in Egypt and Morocco -- Incentive schemes for renewable energies in Egypt -- Incentive schemes for renewable energies in Morocco -- Incentive schemes for renewable energies in Tunisia -- Foreword -- Summary: Commonly-used investment incentives for renewable energy -- Incentive schemes for renewable energies in Algeria -- Members of the MENA-OECD Task Force on Energy and Infrastructure -- Introduction -- Executive summary -- Main findings on Renewable Energy Sources policies in Mediterranean Partner Countries -- Support mechanisms for the renewable energy sector in the Middle East and North Africa -- Helping to remove barriers: The rationale for support measures -- A growing need for investment in renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa -- Investment incentives for renewable energy -- Conclusion -- Key Energy Task Force recommendations: The right mix of support measures for renewable energy projects -- National targets for renewable energy in Mediterranean Partners Countries…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Executive summary -- Ireland -- Foreword -- Iceland -- Overview - Multilateral aid in a post-2015 world -- Italy -- Acknowledgements -- Japan -- Luxembourg -- Korea -- Preface -- Netherlands -- Global pooled funding mechanisms and other instruments to earmark funding: how effective are they on the ground? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction to security threats -- The 2014--2015 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield break-in case study -- Anonymous persistent threats -- Creating secure code -- Providing a secure architecture -- The hacker strategy : expanded -- Malware, viruses, worms, bugs, and botnets -- Cryptography and the RSA algorithm -- Browser security and cross-site scripting-- Banking security, Zeus, and SpyEye -- Web application security -- Session management, user authentication, and web application security -- Web security, DNS security, and the internet -- Network security and defenses -- Network security protocols and defensive mechanisms -- Denial-of-service attacks -- Mobile platform security -- Cellular access security : 4G LTE, Mobile WiMAX, 5G, and MIMOs -- Wireless LAN security -- The Stuxnet Worm and the vulnerability of the U.S. electric power grid -- Cyber-warfare -- Conclusion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From Contact to Conflict: How Assimilation Mechanisms Underpin the Exploration and Adaptation Stage in Bicultural Development -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: FINANCIAL REPORTING MECHANICS; Chapter 3: FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS; Chapter 4: UNDERSTANDING THE INCOME STATEMENT; Chapter 5: UNDERSTANDING THE BALANCE SHEET; Chapter 6: UNDERSTANDING THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT; Chapter 7: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; Chapter 8: INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS CONVERGENCE; Chapter 9: FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS: APPLICATIONS; Chapter 10: INVENTORIES; Chapter 11: LONG-LIVED ASSETS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Here's the Pitch: How to Pitch Your Business to Anyone, Get Funded, and Win Clients; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Life's a Pitch; Part I: The Mechanics of Pitching; Chapter 1: The Power Dynamics of the Pitch; Chapter 2: Stand and Deliver; Chapter 3: Engage and Inspire; Chapter 4: The Power of Stories; Chapter 5: Handling Questions; Part II: Forms of Pitch; Chapter 6: Attention-Grabbing Pitches; Chapter 7: The e-Pitch; Chapter 8: Pitch Materials: The Executive Summary and Pitch Deck; Part III: Specific Audiences; Chapter 9: The Sales Pitch; Chapter 10: The Investor Pitch…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Author; Chapter 1 - Some General Properties of Foams; Chapter 2 - Experimental Methods for Study of Foam and Antifoam Action; Chapter 3 - Oils at Interfaces: Entry Coefficients, Spreading Coefficients, and Thin Film Forces; Chapter 4 - Mode of Action of Antifoams; Chapter 5 - Effect of Antifoam Concentration on Volumes of Foam Generated by Air Entrainment in Aqueous Solutions; Chapter 6 - Deactivation of Mixed Oil-Particle Antifoams During Dispersal and Foam Generation in Aqueous Media; Chapter 7 - Mechanical Methods for Defoaming…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Meta Code Style Guide -- Language Mechanisms for Debugging -- Subclassing Built-ins -- JSDoc: Generating API Documentation -- Libraries -- Module Systems and Package Managers -- More Tools -- What to Do Next…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cantor's diagonalization : infinity isn't just infinity -- Axiomatic set theory : keep the good, dump the bad -- Models : using sets as the LEGOs of the math world -- Transfinite numbers : counting and ordering infinite sets -- Group theory : finding symmetries with sets -- Mechanical math. Finite state machines : simplicity goes far -- The turing machine -- Pathology and the heart of computing -- Calculus : no, not that calculus- [lambda] calculus -- Numbers, booleans, and recursion -- Types, types, types : modeling [lambda] calculus -- The halting problem…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter; Reviewers; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Science Preparedness: Conducting Research During Public Health Emergencies; 3 Health Research Needs and Actions: Lessons from Recent Disasters; 4 Addressing Institutional Review Board Barriers to Health Research Implementation; 5 Partnering with the Community to Enable Research; 6 Improving Data Collection Capabilities and Information Resources; 7 Considerations for Rapid and Sustained Funding Mechanisms for Research in Disasters; 8 Improving the Role of Extramural Research Networks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; An Introduction to Pain: Psychological Perspectives; Chapter 1 The Gate Control Theory: Reaching for the Brain; Chapter 2 Biopsychosocial Approaches to Pain; Chapter 3 Pain Perception, Affective Mechanisms, and Conscious Experience; Chapter 4 Social Influences and the Communication of Pain; Chapter 5 Pain Over the Life Span: A Developmental Perspective; Chapter 6 Ethnocultural Variations in the Experience of Pain; Chapter 7 Social Influences on Individual Differences in Responding to Pain…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The history of pediatric ECT / Edward Shorter -- The mechanism of action of ECT / Max Fink -- ECT and stigma / Andrew McDonald and Garry Walter -- Ethical and consent aspects / Michael Robertson, Joseph M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An overview of treatment efficacy and mechanisms of recovery; Part 3. Implications for Care of Mass Trauma Survivors: 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Body and world as phenomenal contents of the brain's reality model / Bjorn Merker -- Homing in on the brain mechanisms linked to consciousness : the buffer of the perception-and-action interface / Christine A. …”