Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Handbook of Commodity Investing; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; Contributing Authors; Part I: Mechanics of the Commodity Market; Chapter 1: A Primer on Commodity Investing; MARKET PARTICIPANTS; COMMODITY SECTORS; COMMODITIES AS AN ASSET CLASS OF THEIR OWN; COMMODITY EXCHANGES; PRICES AT THE COMMODITY FUTURES EXCHANGES; MODELS OF EXPECTED RETURNS; RISK AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION WITH COMMODITIES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: The Pricing and Economics of Commodity Futures; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FUTURES PRICES AND SPOT PRICES…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: The Arbitrage Process; Chapter 1: Introduction to Merger Arbitrage; Notes; Chapter 2: The Mechanics of Merger Arbitrage; Cash Mergers; Stock-for-Stock Mergers; Note; Chapter 3: The Role of Merger Arbitrage in a Diversified Portfolio; Volatility of Stocks Going through a Merger; Merger Arbitrage Universe; Merger Arbitrage Spreads; Performance Characteristics of Merger Arbitrage; Performance of Merger Arbitrage outside the United States; Risk and Return of Merger Arbitrage Funds…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…How Active Should the Therapist Be?; 32. What Is the Mechanism of Change in Psychotherapy?; Chapter 5 The Office Setting; 33. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….; Other Survival Skills That Consultants Cannot Supply; Bad Reason #2: To Provide or Repair a Skill or Knowledge that Cannot Be Trained; Leadership: An Untrainable Skill; Personality Theory; Emotional Intelligence Theory; The Faulty Mechanics of Leadership Training; Other Untrainable Skills; Bad Reason #3: To Validate an Initiative that a Company Already Plans on Doing; Consultants as the Bad Guys; Consultants as the Good Guys…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy: An Introduction -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Wind energy and Planet Earth -- 1.2 Winds of the world -- 1.3 From windmills to wind turbines -- 1.4 Power, energy and performance -- 1.5 Coming up to date -- References -- 2: Capturing the wind -- 2.1 Wind speed and power -- 2.2 Wild wind -- 2.2.1 Introductory -- 2.2.2 Wind statistics -- 2.2.3 Mapping and forecasting -- 2.3 Predicting turbine output -- References -- 3: Wind turbines -- 3.1 Turbine types and sizes -- 3.2 Aerodynamics -- 3.2.1 Rotor efficiency and the Betz Limit -- 3.2.2 Lift and drag -- 3.2.3 Rotor speed -- 3.2.4 Rotor blades -- 3.2.4.1 Choosing airfoils -- 3.2.4.2 Stall and pitch control -- 3.3 Mechanics -- 3.3.1 Gearboxes -- 3.3.2 Towers -- 3.3.3 Vibration and fatigue -- 3.4 Electrics -- 3.4.1 AC electricity -- 3.4.2 Generators -- 3.4.2.1 Introductory -- 3.4.2.2 Synchronous generators -- 3.4.2.3 Asynchronous generators -- 3.4.2.3.1 Squirrel-cage and wound-rotor induction machines -- 3.4.2.3.2 Doubly-fed induction generators -- 3.5 Turbine control -- 3.6 Onshore wind farms -- 3.6.1 Introductory -- 3.6.2 Siting and spacing -- 3.6.3 Monitoring and control -- References -- 4: Moving offshore -- 4.1 Introductory -- 4.2 Wind and waves -- 4.3 Turbines and foundations -- 4.4 Offshore wind farms -- 4.4.1 Case study: Horns Rev 2 -- 4.4.2 Case study: London Array -- 4.5 Bringing the power ashore -- References -- 5: Grid integration -- 5.1 Setting the scene -- 5.2 Connecting to the grid -- 5.2.1 Grid strength and fault levels -- 5.2.2 Electrical quality -- 5.3 Large-scale wind power -- 5.3.1 Introductory -- 5.3.2 Intermittency and variability -- 5.3.3 Capacity credit and backup generation -- References -- 6: Economics and the environment -- 6.1 Wind energy economics -- 6.1.1 Capital and installation costs…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Most common problems -- Never access UI from a background thread -- Simultaneous reading and writing -- Sharing a variable -- Synchronization -- Critical sections -- Other locking mechanisms -- A short note on coding style -- Shared data with built-in locking…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gas, Ether, and GWei -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work -- Proof of Work -- Proof of Stake (PoS) -- Delegated Proof of Stake (dPoS) -- Proof of Authority -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Ethereum's Casper: Ghostbusting Proof of Stake Problems -- Byzantine Fault Tolerance -- Consensus Mechanisms -- Ethereum Consensus Algorithms -- Casper, the "Friendly Ghost" -- Advantages of Proof Of Stake -- Problems with PoS -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Decentralized Storage and Publication with IPFS and Swarm -- Decentralized Storage and Publication -- IPFS -- Swarm -- Commonalities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Ethereum Messaging: Explaining Whisper and Status.im -- Whisper -- Protocol Elements -- Status.im -- The Ecosystem -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Ethereum: Internal Transactions &amp -- Token Transfers Explained -- External and Internal Addresses -- Transaction Types -- Token Transfers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: BigchainDB: Blockchain and Data Storage -- Other Alternatives -- Part of a Decentralized Future…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Branching Units; V. Mechanical Engineering of Submarine Equipment; VI. Power-Feed Equipment for Submarine Equipment; VII. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; CICET 2014 Committee; Computer science and intelligent computing; The study of Tibetan text clustering based on hybrid parallel genetic algorithm; The PVDF-based method for wind turbine blades structural health monitoring; Research on universal data push mechanism based on XMPP protocol and IAIDL for smart home; Stereo vision calibration based on Elman neural network; Compressed sensing algorithms for direction-of-arrival estimation with nonuniform linear arrays; An improved particle swarm algorithm for distribution network reconfiguration…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Viewing contact details and information about the bankViewing accounts; Viewing transactions for an account; Viewing personal information; Summary; Chapter 6: Enhancing the Customer Banking Portal; Updating personal information; Cancel updating the personal information; Validating personal information; Transferring funds between accounts; Creating the Transfers tab; Creating the wizard component; Adding functionality to the wizard; Summary; Chapter 7: Securing the Customer Banking Portal; Authentication mechanisms; Basics of the token-based authentication; Token versus session in cookies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Electric Polarization and Relaxation; 2.1 Fundamental Concepts; 2.2 Electric Polarization and Relaxation in Static Electric Fields; 2.3 The Mechanisms of Electric Polarization; 2.4 Classification of Dielectric Materials; 2.5 Internal Fields; 2.6 Electric Polarization and Relaxation in Time-Varying Electric Fields; 2.7 Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena; References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….; ... while the WTO dispute settlement mechanisms remain active...; Box 1.3. Russia's WTO accession and commitments in agriculture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Commonwealth government's medium-term fiscal outlook; Options for embedding more disciplining mechanisms into federal-budget processes; Figure 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Conventions provide specific responseinstruments and mechanisms; 3.3. Complementarities among the Conventions; 3.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Capacity for Prevention and Detection -- -Prevention and detection capacity in the education sector -- Data and information -- Transparency of budget formulation -- Public procurement and textbooks -- Accountability of higher education institutions -- Integrity of standard-setting and quality assurance bodies -- Codes of professional conduct -- Stakeholder engagement in the governance of education institutions -- National anti-corruption framework: how fit is it for the education sector -- Criminalisation of corruption in education -- Detection and prevention: specialised bodies and mechanisms -- Chapter 6. Recommendations and Follow-Up -- -Addressing demand for fairer access to education (Chapter 2) -- Access to higher education -- Access to financial support -- Assessment and academic standards. -- Addressing demand for better quality of education (Chapter 3)  -- Curriculum and learning time -- Quality of teaching -- Private tutoring -- School inspections -- Addressing demand for better management and staff policies (Chapter 4) -- School management and operation -- Staff policies -- Closing opportunity gaps: strengthening prevention and detection capacity (Chapter 5) -- Data and transparency -- Textbooks -- Higher education accountability  -- Integrity of standard-setting bodies -- Codes of professional conduct. -- Stakeholder engagement in the governance of education institutions -- National anti-corruption framework -- Next steps -- Conclusion -- Annex A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fatigue Analysis of the Spallation Module of a High PowerAccelerator-driven Demonstrator SystemPreliminary Analysis of Beam Trip and Beam Jump Events in an ADSPrototype; Structural Response of the EADF Target Beam Window to Beam Interruptions:Transient Thermo-mechanical Computations; Responses of ADS Plant to Accelerator Beam Transients; Session V Interface Technology and Requirements; Neutron Kinetics Developments of the SIMMER-III Safety Codefor ADS Application; Dimensioning Parameters of Operation for an Under-critical Core:Constraints Related to the Accelerator…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Levels of FunctionalityDomain Rename; Application Directory Partitions; Additional Domain Controller Installed from Backup Media; Deactivation of Schema Objects; Disabling Compression of Replication Traffic Between Different Sites; Global Catalog Not Required for Logon; Group Membership Replication Improvements; Object Picker UI Improvements; Lingering Object Removal Mechanism; inetOrgPerson Support; Summary; 2. Active Directory Components; Domain Controllers; Global Catalog Servers; Operations Masters; Domain Naming Master; RID Master; PDC Emulator; Infrastructure Master…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; List of contributors; Chapter 1 Exploring the background, tools and techniques of computer animation; Introduction; Perception; The mechanism to make moving pictures; Birth of the movie industry; Traditional animation production techniques; 2D computer animation; 3D computer animation; Digital convergence; Animation: the art of making things move; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Understanding the technical constraints of creating for different digital media; Introduction; Some technical issues; Display devices…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Innovation Engine; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The New Duality: Performance Engine andInnovation Engine; Foresight; Getting Started; Barriers and Risks; The Game of Innovation; Innovation Scorecard; Driving Innovation; Notes; Part I Link Innovation to Business Strategy; Chapter 1 Develop a Clear Innovation Intent; The Vision; The Seismic Shift; Mechanical Engine versus Innovation Engine; Strategic Alignment for Innovation; Why Innovation?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Macro- and Micro-Budgeting Public and Private Budgeting The Role and Size of Government Modeling the Budgetary Process Budget Principles Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 2 Budget Foundations in Selected Countries Developing Versus Developed Countries Comparing Budgeting Systems Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 3 Budget Law and History of the US Federal Government Early Budgeting An Executive Budget Process is Born Congress Strives for Credibility Seeking Budget Balance and Management Improvement Then and Now, Budget Numbers Adherence to Rule of Law Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 4 Budget Foundations in US States The Fiscal Landscape of States: Two Centuries of Growth Legal Foundations for State Budgeting Credit Ratings, GASB Standards, and Professional Guidelines Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 5 Budget Foundations in US Local Governments The Multiplicity and Responsibilities of Local Governments Local Government Powers Local Government Fiscal Stress and Bankruptcy Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 6 Executive Leadership and the Budget Agenda Presidential versus Parliamentary Systems Strategic Planning and the Budget Process Public Leadership: Generating a Budget Plan Executive Leadership in Parliamentary Systems US Presidential Leadership and Budgeting Presidential Job Performance State Executive Leadership and Budgeting US Local Leadership Leadership in a Strong Mayor City Government Conclusion Discussion Questions References 7 Budget Powers of the Legislative Branch Measuring Legislative Powers in the Budgetary Process Legislative Budgeting in Select Governments Legislative Reform Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 8 Public Budgeting and the Courts: Judicial Influence on Economies and Budgets The Judiciary and the Economy The Judiciary and Public Policy The Judiciary and the Budget The Judiciary and Corruption Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 9 The Bureaucracy, Citizens, the Media, and Public Budgets The Budget-Maximizing Bureaucrat Budget Execution Practices Citizens and Budgets Citizen Participation in US State Budgeting The Media and Public Budgets Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 10 Budget Mechanics and Reforms Budget Types Budget Cycles and Timelines Best Practices Budget Reforms Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 11 Funding with Taxes and Other Revenues Equity Efficiency Adequacy Transparency Collectability Taxes in the United States and Guatemala Intergovernmental Revenues Conclusion Discussion Questions Notes References 12 The Results of Government Spending Human Rights Budget Work Government Presence and Prosperity Government Spending by Function Social Indicators: Quality of Life Country Competitiveness Budget Reform in Italy Health Care in Italy: Changing Budget Orientation Budget Institutions, Reform, and Results List of Acronyms Index…”