Tabla de Contenidos: “…Phasing-out of preferential sectoral taxes in several countries and the expansion of carbon pricing mechanisms has encouraged transition towards low-carbon economies -- 3.4.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interim Haiti Recovery Commission 2010-2012 -- Coordination between players and the alignment of international actions with national priorities remain a weakness of the external development assistance system in Haiti -- Use of state structures -- Lack of alignment between donor and national priorities -- Donor coordination mechanisms operate in silos and can lead to duplication of efforts and activities. -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- Notes -- 3 Use of evidence in strategic planning and budgeting in Haiti -- Introduction -- Haiti has set ambitious development goals, formalised in a multi-level strategic planning framework, which has methodological limitations -- Haiti has embarked on a process of structural reform, anchored in two main whole-of-government strategic documents -- The implementation of a new development logic with the PSDH in 2012 -- The institutional dimension of the PSDH is linked to the PME-2023, which reflects the current government's goals for modernising the State -- The PSDH and the PME-2023 have methodological limitations that could limit their effectiveness as long- and medium-term strategic planning instruments -- The PME-2023 has clear public policy goals that can be measured by indicators -- There is no clear and explicit logical framework for the articulation of long and medium term strategic planning instruments -- The operationalisation of the PME-2023 in an action plan and its articulation with the budget remain to be established -- Strategic decision-making requires access to solid, credible data -- The Haitian government is working to implement performance-based budgeting, prior to which some fundamentals need to be put in place -- The budget cycle could further support the implementation of the Haitian government's policy goals…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Public APIs -- Identifying the target audience -- Methods to calculate TAM -- Marketing strategy -- Pricing strategy -- Sales strategy -- Product-led growth -- Community-driven growth -- Low-code and no-code integrations -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Support Models for API Products -- The producer and consumer life cycle -- Designing customer feedback loops -- Customer feedback at scale -- Setting customer expectations of support and SLAs -- Scale-based support models -- Support metrics -- Ticket volume -- Customer satisfaction (CSAT) score -- First response time -- Average resolution time -- Ticket volume to active user volume -- Segmentation of tickets -- Summary -- Part 2: Understanding the Developer -- Chapter 7: Walking in the Customer's Shoes -- Prioritizing user research -- Establishing user personas -- Mapping the developer's journey -- Discovery -- Evaluation -- Integration -- Testing -- Deployment -- Observability -- Determining customer touch points -- Identifying the points of friction and conversion -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Customer Expectations and Goals -- Conducting qualitative and quantitative research -- Qualitative research methods -- Quantitative research methods -- Combination of qualitative and quantitative methods -- Creating user empathy maps -- Identifying customer use cases -- Identifying customer pain points -- Aligning stakeholders -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Components of API Experience -- Industry standards for API experience -- Creating API documentation -- API references -- Developer portal -- API credentials -- API status -- API changelog -- Sample code and demos -- Integration guides and tutorials -- Providing developer tools -- Sandbox -- Public GitHub repositories -- Developer communities -- SDKs -- CLIs -- Postman Collections -- Low-code and no-code tooling -- Instrumenting support mechanisms -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 11: Advanced Intelligent Robot Control Interfaces for The Virtual Reality Simulation Applied to the Induction Hardening Process -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Proposed Mechanical Structure -- 11.3 Unit 3D Integration -- 11.4 Results -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12: Analysis of Telemedicine Technologies -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Literature Review -- 12.3 Architecture of Telemedicine Technologies -- 12.4 Enabling Technologies for Telemedicine -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Robotics Technologies and Applications for Health and Medicine -- Chapter 13: Critical Position using Environment Model Applied on Walking Robots -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 On the Environment's Mathematical Model -- 13.3 Physical and Mathematical Models of The Walking Robot Leg -- 13.4 On Critical Positions of 3D Walking Robots -- 13.5 Mathematical model of beam without damping -- 13.6 Mathematical Model of Beam with Viscous Damping -- 13.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: The Walking Robot Equilibrium Recovery Applied on The NAO Robot -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 The Choice of the Model -- 14.3 Mathematical Modeling of Two-Link Biped Walking Robot -- 14.4 Linear Control Design -- 14.5 Results and Discussion -- 14.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 15: Development of A Robotic Teaching Aid for Disabled Children in Malaysia -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Case Study - Autism -- 15.3 Movitations -- 15.4 Proposed Approach -- 15.5 Results and Discussions -- 15.6 Robotic Intervention Enhance Autistic Students' Engagement, Interaction and Focus -- 15.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16: Training System Design of Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot Based on Virtual Reality -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Application Device -- 16.3 Trajectory Planning and Smooth Motion -- 16.4 Virtual Reality Training System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Extending the Time Series: A Case-by-Case Approach -- Currencies -- Government Rates -- Indexes and Commodities -- Validating the Proxies -- Trend over Two Centuries -- Results of the Full Simulation -- A Closer Look at the Signal -- A Closer Look at the Recent Performance -- Interpretation -- Conclusions -- 21 Trend Following -- Overview -- Introduction to Different Trend Following Models -- Diversification between Different Trend Following Models -- Aspect's Approach to Trend Following -- Aspect's Model Compared to Other Trend Following Models -- Conclusion -- Chart Disclaimer -- 22 Evaluating Trading Strategies -- Testing in Other Fields of Science -- Revaluating the Candidate Strategy -- Two Views of Multiple Testing -- False Discoveries and Missed Discoveries -- Haircutting Sharpe Ratios -- An Example with Standard and Poor's Capital IQ -- In Sample and Out of Sample -- Trading Strategies and Financial Products -- Limitations and Conclusions -- 23 Black Box Trend Following-Lifting the Veil -- Synopsis -- The Strategies -- Strategy Mechanics -- Markets Traded -- Data Notes -- Trade Sizing -- Sector Weights -- Time Span -- Commission and Slippage -- Interest -- Fees -- Performance Results and Graphs -- Sector Performance -- Performance of Long versus Short Trades -- Stability of Parameters -- Are CTAs a Diversifier or a Hedge to the SP500? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Long-term influence of SECs: quality of life and socioprofessional integration -- 1.2. Mechanisms underlying the association between SECs and learning -- 1.2.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.4 Comparison with COVID-19 -- 3 Factors Affecting Environmental Attitudes in Developing Countries -- 3.1 Carbon Emission Levels -- 3.2 Education -- 3.3 Political Orientation -- 3.4 Extreme Weather Events -- 3.5 Gender -- 3.6 Age -- 4 Environmental Performance in Developing Countries -- 4.1 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) Findings -- 4.2 Comparison with Developed Countries: Factors Affecting Environmental Performance -- 5 Changes in Individual Behaviors to Reduce the Effects of Climate Change -- 5.1 Change in Individual Behaviors -- 5.2 Changes Over Time -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Armed Conflict Increases Elephant Poaching -- Results -- Discussion -- Methods -- References -- Bioprospecting and Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons from the History of Paclitaxel -- 1 The Medical Value of Biodiversity -- 2 Legal Changes Affecting Biological Innovation and Resources -- 3 Bioprospecting as a Mechanism to Protect Biodiversity? -- 4 Economists Weigh In -- 5 A Case Study Approach: The History of Paclitaxel -- 5.1 Paclitaxel: Discovery and Early Screening -- 5.2 Supply Chain Problems -- 5.3 The NCI: Bristol-Myers Squibb CRADA -- 5.4 Pacific Yew Harvesting Controversies -- 5.5 Searching for Substitutes -- 5.6 Paclitaxel Trademark and Pricing Controversies -- 5.7 Yew Harvest Under Open Access -- 6 Economic and Policy Implications -- 6.1 Economics of Bioprospecting: Some Reevaluation -- 6.2 Health Agencies Making Economic Policy Decisions -- 6.3 Substituting One Extinction Threat for Another -- 6.4 Using Lotteries to Fund Conservation -- References -- Part IV Public Economics -- A Public Economist at a Public University -- Reference -- Peter Berck's Impacts on Gender Equity in Environmental Economics -- Recycling Behavior and Convenience -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: Recycling Policies and the California System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Overview of building an AppSec program -- Understanding your security needs -- Identifying threats and risks in cloud-native environments -- Bug bounty -- Evaluating compliance requirements and regulations -- Building an effective AppSec program for cloud-native -- Security tools for software in development -- Threat modeling -- Providing security training and awareness to all stakeholders -- Developing policies and procedures -- Incident response and disaster recovery -- Cloud security policy -- Identity and access management policies -- Continuous monitoring and improvement -- Summary -- Quiz -- Further readings -- Chapter 5: Threat Modeling for Cloud Native -- Technical requirements -- Developing an approach to threat modeling -- An overview of threat modeling for cloud native -- Integrating threat modeling into Agile and DevOps processes -- Developing a threat matrix -- Cultivating critical thinking and risk assessment -- Fostering a critical thinking mindset -- Developing risk assessment skills -- Threat modeling frameworks -- STRIDE -- PASTA -- LINDDUN -- Kubernetes threat matrix -- Initial Access -- Execution -- Persistence -- Privilege Escalation -- Defense Evasion -- Credential Access -- Discovery -- Lateral Movement -- Impact -- Summary -- Quiz -- Further readings -- Chapter 6: Securing the Infrastructure -- Technical requirements -- Approach to object access control -- Kubernetes network policies -- Calico -- Using Calico with Kubernetes -- Principles for authentication and authorization -- Authentication -- Authorization -- Importance of authentication and authorization -- Kubernetes authentication and authorization mechanisms -- Defense in depth -- Infrastructure components in cloud-native environments -- Compute components - virtual machines, containers, and serverless computing…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Storytelling and Peacebuilding -- Introduction -- Storytelling: A Research Practice and a Lifestyle -- Storytelling and Peacebuilding: Contextual Insights from the South -- Storytelling in Post-accord Societies -- Storytelling: A Coping Mechanism and Tool for (Re)connection -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 19. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Open Grid Services Architecture -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 OGSA mechanisms -- 3.2.1 Interoperability -- 3.2.2 Discovery and access of resources -- 3.2.3 Independent upgradability -- 3.2.4 Transient life cycle management of resources -- 3.2.5 Services state - grid service handle and reference -- 3.2.6 Factory -- 3.2.7 Dynamic resolution of transient references from permanent handles -- 3.2.8 Service data element and registry interface -- 3.2.9 Asynchronous notification of state changes -- 3.3 Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI) -- 3.3.1 OGSI interfaces and their operations -- Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 10: Providing Quality School Education to All Children -- Introduction -- Differences in Access to Education Across Social Categories -- Strategies for the Future -- Central Legislation for the Right to Education, Backed by Financial Commitment -- Expansion of Functional Literacy -- More Flexibility in Disbursal of Funds -- Decentralization and Greater Local Autonomy -- Planning for School Infrastructure -- Enabling and Regulating Mechanisms for Private Schools -- Database on School Education -- More Coordination Between Departments -- National Evaluating Body for Monitoring Quality -- Revamp of School Inspection System -- Incentives for and Accountability of School Teachers -- Training of School Teachers -- Reforms in the Curriculum and the Examination System -- Changes in the Examination System -- Language Issues -- Interventions to Ensure Access of Educationally Deprived Categories -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Curricular Development and Value Education: A Tentative Outline -- Plurality and Pluralism -- 'Thin' and 'Thick' Conceptions -- Understanding Developmental Time and Space (Timeplaces) -- Adjudicatory National Educational Policies -- The Human Right to Be Different -- Democratic Secular Education and the Crisis and Virus of Incivility -- The Vedic Sciences Case -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Curriculum Reforms in India -- Mobilizing the Debate -- Discourse Community -- Establishing the Child's Agency -- Construction of Knowledge -- The B.El. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ANALYSIS OF SCENARIOS AND MODELING -- Scenarios: Connection to Policy -- Scenarios: Completeness and Coverage -- Scenarios: Physical Processes and Models -- Mathematical Models and Their Implementation -- Scenarios and Models: Parameter Values -- Models: Variability and Uncertainty -- Models: Sensitivity Analyses -- Models: Validation and Quality Control -- ECOLOGICAL SCENARIO -- 4 Issues of Model Application -- MODEL PARAMETERS -- Parameter Selection for Scenarios -- Food Intake -- Fruits and Vegetables -- Grains -- Meat, Dairy, and Eggs -- Fish -- PARAMETER SELECTION WITHIN SPECIFIC MODELS -- Soluble or Extractable Regulatory Thresholds -- Calculations for Lower SERTs -- Calculations for Upper SERTs -- Preliminary Endangerment Assessment -- Risk and Hazard Spreadsheets -- Exposure Pathway Factor for Inhalation -- Dust -- Quantitation of Intake for Workers -- Concentration limit in Waste -- Monte Carlo Analysis -- LeadSpread -- CalTOX -- Dust-Deposition Velocity -- Organic Carbon Content of Residential Soil -- Molecular Weight -- Chemical Properties -- ANALYTICAL METHODS -- TOXICITY TESTS -- Tests Related to Human Health -- Tests Related to Ecology -- 5 Meeting Program Goals -- RSU GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- Protect Public Health and Environment -- Regulatory Flexibility and Simplicity -- DTSC PROGRAM GOALS -- Considering Exposure in Classification of Waste -- Incorporating New Toxicological or Technical Data -- Developing a Mechanism for Regulating Chemicals Other Than the 36 SERT and 38 TTLC Chemicals -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR DTSC'S APPROACH -- PROGRAM EVALUATION -- References -- Appendix A Biographical Information on the Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste -- Appendix B DTSC Issues -- Appendix C List of Public Access Materials Received by the NRC Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Category Creation, Imprinting, and Durability -- Introduction -- Mechanisms of Category Emergence -- Consensus -- Proof -- Fiat -- Truce -- Category Imprinting and Its Effect on Category Durability -- Defining Category Imprinting -- Categorization Base and Social Cognition -- Variation in Category Durability -- From Category Emergence to Category Durability -- Proof -- Consensus -- Fiat…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Land Tenure Security and Armed Conflict: Before, During, After -- From Tenure Insecurity to Armed Conflict -- From Conflict to Tenure Insecurity -- Opportunities for Post-war Land Tenure Security and Sustainability -- Tenure Security Opportunities in Statutory Tenure Systems -- Tenure Security Opportunities in Customary Tenure Systems -- Lessons Learned for Afghanistan -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: Land Tenure Insecurity and Climate Adaptation: Socio-Environmental Realities in Colombia and Implications for Integrated Environmental Rights and Participatory Policy -- Winners and Losers in the Climate Change Landscape -- The Tangled Web of Land Tenure Security and Adaptation -- Complicated Land Tenure in Colombia (Past and Present) -- Climate Adaptation Amidst Tenure Confusion: The Case of Montes de María, Colombia -- Looking Forward: Considering Land Tenure and Climate Adaptation Together -- References -- 10: Interaction of Conditional Incentives for Ecosystem Conservation with Tenure Security: Multiple Roles for Tenure Interventions -- The Role of Tenure in PES Programs -- The Wide Spectrum of Conditionality and Tenure Security -- Tenure Interventions in the Context of the Dedicated Grant Mechanism -- Successes and Pitfalls with Formalization of Tenure Rights in the Context of Conditional Incentives -- References -- 11: Strategies for Securing Tenure: The Promise and Pitfalls of Formalization -- What Is Land Formalization and How Does It Connect with Tenure Security? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…13.6 Routing Protocol -- 13.7 High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) -- 13.8 Connectivity Graph Metrics -- 13.9 Aerial Vehicle Network Simulator (AVENs) -- 13.10 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Artificial Intelligence in Logistics and Supply Chain -- 14.1 Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain -- 14.2 Recent Research Avenues in Supply Chain -- 14.3 Importance and Impact of AI -- 14.4 Research Gap of AI-Based Supply Chain -- References -- 15 Hereditary Factor-Based Multi-Featured Algorithm for Early Diabetes Detection Using Machine Learning -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Literature Review -- 15.3 Objectives of the Proposed System -- 15.4 Proposed System -- 15.5 HIVE and R as Evaluation Tools -- 15.6 Decision Trees -- 15.7 Results and Discussions -- 15.8 Conclusion -- References -- 16 Adaptive and Intelligent Opportunistic Routing Using Enhanced Feedback Mechanism -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Related Study -- 16.3 System Model -- 16.4 Experiments and Results -- 16.5 Conclusion -- References -- 17 Enabling Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security in Smart Manufacturing -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 New Development of Artificial Intelligence -- 17.3 Artificial Intelligence Facilitates the Development of Intelligent Manufacturing -- 17.4 Current Status and Problems of Green Manufacturing -- 17.5 Artificial Intelligence for Green Manufacturing -- 17.6 Detailed Description of Common Encryption Algorithms -- 17.6.1 Triple DES (3DES)-(Triple Data Encryption Standard) -- 17.7 Current and Future Works -- 17.8 Conclusion -- References -- 18 Deep Learning in 5G Networks -- 18.1 5G Networks -- 18.2 Artificial Intelligence and 5G Networks -- 18.3 Deep Learning in 5G Networks -- Conclusion -- References -- 19 EIDR Umpiring Security Models for Wireless Sensor Networks -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 A Review of Various Routing Protocols -- 19.3 Scope of Chapter…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The centrality of preverbal intersubjectivity -- Posing the problem -- Mirror neurons -- Innate human intersubjectivity -- A mechanism of change for enriching intersubjectivity -- Overturning the myth of the asocial newborn -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- References -- Early speech perception -- Overview of developmental speech perception research…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Concern 4: MTurkers Are Deceptive -- Concern 5: MTurkers Drop out of Surveys -- Concern 6: MTurkers Self-Select into Surveys -- Considerations for Running an MTurk Study -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Mechanical Turk in Consumer Research: Perceptions and Usage in Marketing Academia -- Crowdsourcing Overview -- Perceptions of MTurk Data: Facts and Fables -- Usage of MTurk: General Usage and Common Data Quality Practices -- Methodology -- Measures -- Results -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 19: Digital and Social Media Research -- Introduction -- Overview of Extant Digital and Social Media Research inConsumer Psychology -- Critical Discussion of Research Methods -- Future Research Agenda and Methodological Recommendations -- Conclusion -- References -- PART IV: Data Analysis -- Chapter 20: Mediation Analysis in Consumer Psychology: Models, Methods, and Considerations -- Simple Mediation Models and Terminology -- Testing Mediation -- Complex Mediation Models -- Recommendations in Mediation Analysis -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 21: Text Analysis in Consumer Research: An Overview and Tutorial -- Manual Coding -- Top-Down Dictionary Approaches -- Bottom-Up Data-Driven Approaches -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 22: Meta-Analysis -- Introduction -- Heterogeneity in Behavioral Research -- Approaches Based on Test Statistics -- Approaches Based on Standardized Effect Sizes -- Approaches Based on Basic Summary Information -- Study-Level Covariates -- Assessing and Adjusting for Publication Bias -- Discussion -- References -- PART V: Philosophy of Science -- Chapter 23: Integrating Effects and Theory in Research and Application -- The Logic of Research -- Beyond the Either-Or View of Effects and Theory -- Using Nomological Networks across Studies -- Mediation Analysis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Coach-Coachee Relationship -- Problem Identification and Goal Setting -- Problem Solving -- Transformational Process -- Mechanisms by Which the Model Achieves Outcomes -- In Summary, Why Is Transformational Coaching Important for Talent Development? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.2 Clinical signs and forms of African swine fever -- 4.3 Macroscopic lesions -- 4.4 Virus replication, spread and associated changes -- 4.5 Microscopic lesions and pathogenic mechanisms -- References -- 5. Methods for African swine fever diagnosis in clinical and environmental samples -- C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Maintaining a team capable of serving business needs -- Producing mechanisms to be self-sustaining and scalable -- Owning the reputation and impact of the team -- Introducing the four activities of engineering managers -- How do engineering managers spend their day? …”