Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Rehashing cryptography -- Public-key cryptography -- Cryptographic hash function -- Digital signatures -- Anatomizing a blockchain consensus mechanism -- What is consensus? -- Proof-of-work -- Proof-of-stake -- Forking -- Understanding Bitcoin and cryptocurrency -- Bitcoin basics -- What is a wallet? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.7 From Funding to Financing for Development - Thriving a "Post-Budgetary" World -- 8 Coordination in Humanitarian Response and the Nexus with Development -- 8.1 The Humanitarian Assistance Landscape and Evolving Coordination Strategies -- 8.2 Drivers and types of Coordination in the Humanitarian Sector -- 8.3 Spectrum of Humanitarian Coordination and the need for a Contingent Approach -- 8.4 Overview of Humanitarian Coordination Reform Efforts -- 8.5 Humanitarian Coordination Roles and Mechanisms -- 8.6 The Humanitarian Program Vycle and Inter-Agency Coordinated Appeals -- 8.7 Joint and Pooled Humanitarian Funding Mechanisms -- 8.8 The Nexus Between Humanitarian and Development Assistance -- 8.9 Selected Open Issues with Humanitarian Coordination -- 9 Governance Models and Reforms -- 9.1 Governance in IIs and INGOs: Definition and key Concepts -- 9.2 Institutional Governance: Organizational Arrangements and the "Rules of the Game" -- 9.3 Decision-Making Mechanisms in IIs and INGOs -- 9.4 Good Governance in IIs and INGOs -- 9.5 International Regimes and Global Governance -- 9.6 Conclusions -- 9.7 Case Study: Governance Structures at the ILO and the ITU -- 9.8 Case Study: UN Security Council - Veto Power and Reform Proposals -- 10 Strategic Thinking and Planning -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Notion of Strategy and the need for a Tailored Approach to Public Sector Organizations and NGOs -- 10.3 The Growing Importance of Strategy and Strategic Management in Public and Intergovernmental Organizations -- 10.4 Toward a Working Definition of Strategy for IIs and INGOs -- 10.5 Strategy Formulation in IIs and INGOs: "Thinking" and "Planning" -- 10.6 Managing Strategy in IIs and INGOs -- 10.7 Case Study: New Strategic Decisions Made by IFAD -- 11 Results-Based Management -- 11.1 Results-Based Management in International Development…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Advanced Design and Manufacturing -- Based On the Test Track Minimum Radius of Expressway Ramp / Modeling and Testing of an ICPTs Used in Dynamic Balancing Device / Study on the Coordination Principle of Innovative Manufacturing Elements Based on Internet plus / Design of a Semi-active Heave Compensation System Combined Variable Frequency with Throttle / Design of Auxiliary Arm for High Voltage Live Working Robot / Investigation on Integrated Digital Platform of High Power Converter with Power Factor Correction for Formed Aluminium Foil / Thermal-mechanical Coupling Analysis of Screw Discharge Machine Based on ANSYS / Improved XY-axis Calibration Based on Bilinear Interpolation / Research of E36 Steel Welding Process for Jinzhou 9-3 Offshore Platform / Finite Element Analysis and Optimum Design of a Video Laryngoscope / An Instrumented Glove for Real Time Feedback on Hand Gripping Pressure and Bending a Pilot Study / Optimization of Crank Mechanism of Multifunctional Nursing Bed Based on ADAMS / Research on the Mechanism of Industry Integration between Shaanxi Advanced Manufacturing and Modern Service Industry / Session 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Includes working with D1 footage, 3:2 pulldown,and 16-235 luminance ranges. (Pro)5. 3D Mechanic: A guest tutorial designed by Alex Lindsay demonstrates combiningmultipass renders from a 3D program to create more realisticsurfaces and composites.; 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Quantum Computing -- 1.1 Quantum Computation -- 1.2 Importance of Quantum Mechanics -- 1.3 Security Options in Quantum Mechanics -- 1.4 Quantum States and Qubits -- 1.5 Quantum Mechanics Interpretation -- 1.6 Quantum Mechanics Implementation -- 1.6.1 Photon Polarization Representation -- 1.7 Quantum Computation -- 1.7.1 Quantum Gates -- 1.8 Comparison of Quantum and Classical Computation -- 1.9 Quantum Cryptography -- 1.10 QKD -- 1.11 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Quantum Computing and Significance of Innovation -- 2.1 Quantum Reckoning Mechanism -- 2.2 Significance of Quantum Computing -- 2.3 Security Opportunities in Quantum Computing -- 2.4 Quantum States of Qubit -- 2.5 Quantum Computing Analysis -- 2.6 Quantum Computing Development Mechanism -- 2.7 Representation of Photon Polarization -- 2.8 Theory of Quantum Computing -- 2.9 Quantum Logical Gates -- 2.9.1 I-Qubit GATE -- 2.9.2 Hadamard-GATE -- 2.9.3 NOT_GATE_QUANTUM or Pauli_X-GATE -- 2.9.3.1 Pauli_Y-GATE -- 2.9.3.2 Pauli_Z-GATE -- 2.9.3.3 Pauli_S-Gate -- 2.9.4 Two-Qubit GATE -- 2.9.5 Controlled NOT(C-NOT) -- 2.9.6 The Two-Qubits are Swapped Using SWAP_GATE -- 2.9.7 C-Z-GATE (Controlled Z-GATE) -- 2.9.8 C-P-GATE (Controlled-Phase-GATE) -- 2.9.9 Three-Qubit Quantum GATE -- 2.9.9.1 GATE: Toffoli Gate -- 2.9.10 F-C-S GATE (Fredkin Controlled Swap-GATE) -- 2.10 Quantum Computation and Classical Computation Comparison -- 2.11 Quantum Cryptography -- 2.12 Quantum Key Distribution - QKD -- 2.13 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Analysis of Design Quantum Multiplexer Using CSWAP and Controlled-R Gates -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mathematical Background of Quantum Circuits -- 3.2.1 Hadamard Gate -- 3.2.2 CSWAP Gates -- 3.2.3 Controlled-R Gates…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.9.4 Weight Average Molecular Weight -- 3.9.5 Other Molecular Weight Averages -- 3.9.6 Determination of MWD -- 3.9.7 Effect of Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution on Flow and Mechanical Properties -- 3.10 Polymer Morphology -- 3.10.1 Crystallinity -- 3.10.2 Polymer Orientation -- 3.10.3 Degree of Crystallinity -- 3.11 Thermal Properties -- 3.11.1 Melting Temperature -- 3.11.2 Glass Transition Temperature -- 3.11.2.1 Measuring Tg -- 3.11.2.2 Variables Affecting Tg -- 3.11.3 Other Thermal Transitions -- 3.11.4 Heat Capacity -- 3.11.5 Heat of Fusion -- 3.11.6 Thermal Conductivity -- 3.11.7 Thermal Expansion Coefficient -- 3.11.8 Other Dimensional Changes -- 3.11.9 Dimensional Stability -- 3.12 Mechanical Properties -- 3.12.1 Tensile Properties -- 3.12.2 Tear Strength -- 3.12.3 Impact and Bursting Strength -- 3.12.4 Other Mechanical Properties -- 3.13 Barrier Properties -- 3.13.1 Diffusion Coefficient -- 3.13.2 Solubility Coefficient -- 3.13.3 Permeability Coefficient -- 3.14 Surfaces and Adhesion -- 3.14.1 Surface Tension -- 3.14.2 Wettability -- 3.14.3 Adhesive Bond Strength -- 3.14.4 Cohesive Bond Strength -- 3.14.5 Blocking -- 3.14.6 Friction -- 3.14.7 Heat Sealing -- 3.15 Optical Characteristics -- 3.15.1 Gloss -- 3.15.2 Haze -- 3.15.3 Transparency and Opacity -- 3.16 Electrical Properties -- 3.17 Plastics Identification Using IR Spectrophotometry -- 3.18 References -- Study Questions -- 4 Major Plastics in Packaging -- 4.1 Branched Polyethylenes -- 4.1.1 Low Density Polyethylene -- 4.1.2 Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) -- 4.1.3 Ethylene Acrylic Acid (EAA) -- 4.1.4 Ionomers -- 4.2 Linear Polyethylenes -- 4.2.1 High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) -- 4.2.2 Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) -- 4.2.3 Metallocene Polymers -- 4.2.4 Property Trends in the Polyethylene Family -- 4.3 Polypropylene (PP) -- 4.3.1 PP Homopolymer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.2 Double Diffusive Instabilities -- 9.3 Bioconvection -- 9.4 CO[sub(2)] Sequestration -- 10 Summary -- 10.1 Equilibrium States -- 10.2 Instabilities -- Part II The View Ahead -- 11 Beyond Normal Modes -- 11.1 Instability as an Initial Value Problem -- 11.2 Transient Growth in Simple Linear Systems -- 11.3 Computing the Optimal Initial Condition -- 11.4 Optimizing Growth at t = 0[sup(+)] -- 11.5 Growth at Short and Long Times: a Simple Example -- 11.6 Example: The Piecewise Shear Layer -- 11.7 Mechanics of Transient Growth in a Shear Layer -- 11.8 Generalizing the Inner Product -- 11.9 Summary -- 11.10 Appendix: Singular Value Decomposition -- 11.11 Further Reading -- 12 Instability and Turbulence -- 12.1 Secondary Instabilities and the Transition to Turbulence -- 12.2 Turbulence-Driven Instabilities -- 12.3 Cyclic Instability -- 12.4 Further Reading -- 13 Refining the Numerical Methods -- 13.1 Higher-Order Finite Differences -- 13.2 Finite Differences on an Adaptive Grid -- 13.3 Galerkin Methods -- 13.4 The Shooting Method -- 13.5 Generalizations -- 13.6 Further Reading -- Appendix A Homework Exercises -- Appendix B Projects -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Case Study: Server Health for Virtual Hosting -- Case Study: HTTP and HTTPS -- Summary -- Chapter 18 Session Tracking and Cookies -- What a Session Is and Why It Matters -- Cookies -- How Servers Track User Sessions -- Session Persistence for Server Clusters -- Summary -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 19 Persistence Mechanisms on Load Balancers -- The Concept of Session Persistence -- Persistence Considerations for Clients Using Proxy Servers -- Persistence Using Session Sharing Servers -- Session Persistence Mechanisms -- Source IP Sticky -- Cookie Sticky -- URL Sticky -- HTTP Redirection Sticky -- SSL Sticky -- Case Study -- Summary -- Part V: Data Center Design -- Chapter 20 Designing the Data Center Infrastructure -- Topology Overview -- Switching Paths -- Using VLANs to Virtualize the Physical Data Center Infrastructure -- Link Redundancy and Load Distribution -- Spanning-Tree Considerations -- Internal Redundancy Considerations -- Layer 2 Data Center Design -- Layer 3 Data Center Design -- Summary -- Chapter 21 Integrating Security into the Infrastructure -- Defining Security Zones -- Internet Edge -- Campus Core -- Intranet Server Farms -- Server-Farm Design Alternatives -- Management Network -- Summary -- Chapter 22 Performance Metrics of Data Center Devices -- Traffic Patterns Overview -- Performance Metrics Overview -- Load Balancer and SSL Offloader Metrics -- Testing Performance Metrics -- Summary -- Part VI: Appendixes -- Appendix A: Character Sets -- Appendix B: HTTP Header Fields -- Appendix C: Video Encoding Mechanisms -- Appendix D: Loopback Interface Configuration Procedures -- Appendix E: Configuring Servers to Insert Cookies -- Appendix F: Client-Side and Server-Side Programming -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An incoherent approach towards Aarhus and CETA: the commission and external oversight mechanisms / Laurens Ankersmit…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From psychic defences to social defences: recontextualizing strategies and Klein's theory of ego development; Introduction: psychical aspects of recontextualization; Two aspects of Melanie Klein's theory: the development of the infant ego and the psychic defence mechanisms; From psychic defence to social defence: the recontextualization of Kleinian ideas into organizational analysis; The articulation of 'psychic defences' within Basil Bernstein's theory of recontextualization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Learning in the Large - An Exploratory Study of Retrospectives in Large-Scale Agile Development -- Reporting in Agile Portfolio Management: Routines, Metrics and Artefacts to Maintain an Effective Oversight -- Inter-team Coordination in Large-Scale Agile Development: A Case Study of Three Enabling Mechanisms -- Supporting Large-Scale Agile Development with Domain-driven Design -- Towards Agile Scalability Engineering -- Human-centric agile -- Stress in Agile Software Development: Practices and Outcomes -- Teamwork quality and team performance: Exploring differences between small and large agile projects -- Continuous experimentation -- Challenges and Strategies for Undertaking Continuous Experimentation to Embedded Systems: Industry and Research Perspectives -- ICOs overview: should investors choose an ICO developed with the Lean Startup methodology?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mechanisms of functional recovery after stroke / Ko, S.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Effects Of Inhaled Nitric Oxide And Oxygen In High Altitude Pulmonary Edema -- Altered Autoregulation Of Cerebral Blood Flow In Hypoxia: Relevance To The Pathophysiology Of Acute Mountain Sickness -- Cardiac Limitation To Exercise Capacity At High Altitudes -- Pediatric High Altitude Heart Disease: A Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome -- Clinical And Functional Features Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In The Highlanders Of Kyrgzstan -- Monitoring The Morphological And Functional Parameters Of Platelets In Patients With Thrombocytopenic Purpura During High Mountain Treatment -- Role Of Exogenous Hypoxia In Treatment Of Chronic Glomerulonephritis -- Atherogenesis Of Brain Vessels In Conditions Of Hypoxia In Kyrgyz Highlanders -- Particularities Of Neuropsychotropic Effects Of Mexidol In Various Altitude Conditions -- Influence Of High-Altitude Hypoxia On Adaptive And Non-Adaptive Structural Changes In The Vessels Of The Pulmonary Circulation -- Acute Oxygen Sensing Mechanisms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter -- An Introduction to Big Data Analytics Techniques in Healthcare / Anil Audumbar Pise -- Identify Determinants of Infant and Child Mortality Based Using Machine Learning: Case Study on Ethiopia / Sudhir Kumar Mohapatra, Srinivas Prasad, Getachew Mekuria Habtemariam, Mohammed Siddique -- Pre-Trained CNN Models in Early Alzheimer's Prediction Using Post-Processed MRI / Kalyani Gunda, Pradeepini Gera -- Robust Segmentation Algorithms for Retinal Blood Vessels, Optic Disc, and Optic Cup of Retinal Images in Medical Imaging / Birendra Biswal, T Raveendra, Dwiti Krishna Bebarta, P Geetha Pavani, PK Biswal -- Analysis of Healthcare Systems Using Computational Approaches / Hemanta Kumar Bhuyan, Subhendu Kumar Pani -- Expert Systems in Behavioral and Mental Healthcare: Applications of AI in Decision-Making and Consultancy / Shrikaant Kulkarni -- A Mathematical-Based Epidemic Model to Prevent and Control Outbreak of Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) / Shanmuk Srinivas Amiripalli, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Kollu, Ritika Prasad, Mukkamala SNV Jitendra -- An Access Authorization Mechanism for Electronic Health Records of Blockchain to Sheathe Fragile Information / K Sowjanya Naidu, Srinivasa L Chakravarthy -- An Epidemic Graph's Modeling Application to the COVID-19 Outbreak / Hemanta Kumar Bhuyan, Subhendu Kumar Pani -- Big Data and Data Mining in e-Health: Legal Issues and Challenges / Amita Verma, Arpit Bansal -- Basic Scientific and Clinical Applications / Manna Sheela Rani Chetty, C V Kiran Babu -- Healthcare Branding Through Service Quality / Saraju Prasad, Sunil Dhal -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Humanitarian assistance -Consultation is key to ensuring wide buy-in to the new humanitarian framework -Building strategic partnerships should now be a priority -Maximising impact of the humanitarian budget will require clearer allocation criteria -Refine delivery procedures and mechanisms so they are fit for purpose -Future considerations Annex A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adverse International ImplicationsChapter IV Country Practices and Evolution: An Executive Summary; Legal basis for bank secrecy; Exceptions to bank secrecy; Bank account information requirements; Means of removing funds from accounts; Access to bank information for tax administration purposes; Exchange of information under tax treaties; Other instruments or mechanisms for exchanging bank informationfor tax purposes; Information reporting by taxpayers; Interest income: Use of withholding at source to tax interest payments; Trends concerning access to bank information…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Contribution of the Social Sciences to Knowledge and Decision Making: Reports of Four Working Groups ""; ""Chapter 3. Causal Mechanism and Social Practices: What Can Social Science Contribute to Social Practice? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Institutional Management for Regional Engagement -- Evaluating and mapping the impact of the regional HE system -- Capacity building for regional co-operation -- Creating a new organisational culture -- Mechanisms to promote university-regional involvement -- Promoting regional dialogue -- Financial management -- Chapter 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…International Co-operation -- Recommendations -- Conclusions -- Policy Objectives, Institutions and Mechanisms -- Global Issues -- Climate Change -- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion -- Trade and Investment -- Development Assistance -- Regional Issues -- Marine Pollution -- Maritime Transport -- Marine Fisheries -- Transboundary Water Management -- Transboundary Air Pollution -- References -- -Selected Environmental Data -- Selected Economic Data -- Selected Social Data -- Selected Multilateral Agreements (Worldwide) -- Selected Multilateral Agreements (Regional) -- Abbreviations -- Physical Context -- Selected Environmental Websites…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Structure and differences -- Net asset value (NAV) -- Discounts and premiums -- Price and size -- Range and reach -- Chapter 2: Better performance and cheaper fees -- Better performance -- Beware unit trust tables -- The strange case of 'mirror funds' -- The effect of cheaper fees on performance -- Lesson from America -- The TER and more -- Performance fees and Warren Buffett -- Chapter 3: The opportunities and risks of discounts -- Opportunities and risks -- Factors affecting discounts -- How to judge value -- The risks of investment trusts -- Discount control mechanisms -- Chapter 4: Other pros and cons of investment trusts -- Investment trusts are better understood -- Gearing -- Directors and shareholders -- The long term and alternative assets -- Size and marketability -- Dividends -- Capital changes -- Enhanced flexibility -- Chapter 5: Useful investing miscellany -- Directors' and managers' shareholdings -- The report and accounts -- Doing the splits -- ETFs and trackers -- Portfolio turnover -- Different investment styles -- Chapter 6: Deciding investment objectives -- Saving and investing -- Risk tolerances: time and volatility -- Currency considerations -- Income requirements -- Choosing a benchmark -- The route to market -- Chapter 7: Successful investing -- Getting started -- Why it is important to stay invested -- Diversification -- Reinvesting dividends -- Regular rebalancing -- Reaching investment goals -- Chapter 8: Other investment secrets -- Sentiment versus fundamentals -- Keep it simple and cheap -- Multi-manager funds -- Hedge funds -- Structured products -- Ignore forecasts -- The magic of compound interest -- Chapter 9: The Investors Chronicle portfolios…”