Tabla de Contenidos: “…STATEBUILDING AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORKS IN AFGHANISTAN 77 2.2 "MIRED IN DECEPTION" - NARCOTICS AND POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN 91 2.3 HOW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: A COMMUNITY PROJECT EXAMPLE 109 3.1 BLACK ECONOMY IN INDIA AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY 115 4.1 ORGANIZED AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN WEST AFRICA 127 5.1 FROM APARTHEID TO 2020: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA 145 6.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS IN MEXICO 149 6.2 Extortion in Everyday Life in Mexico 161 6.3 CIVIL SOCIETY'S STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT GROWING INSECURITY AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO 169 7.1 VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN BRAZIL: THE CASE OF "MILITIAS" IN RIO DE JANEIRO 179 7.2 ROOTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMAZON 189 7.3 IF THE MPF WOULD NOT GO FOR IT, WHO WILL? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Arrested Modernities I: A Culture Rooted in Tradition Faces the Transition -- 3.2. Words in the Kitchen: Subsistence Cultures and Productivist Cultures -- 3.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Making it visible -- Get creative -- Lead by example -- Chapter 7 Manage your own wellbeing -- The stats say it all -- The root of the problem -- Two central skills -- Prioritise you -- Serve others -- Three easy ways to shift your mood -- Wellbeing in staff meetings -- Be Good to Yourself Day -- Sharing resources at school -- The future is now -- Gratitude -- Connect with me -- Sources and resources -- Helpful resources -- Index -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Iterated and Directional Limits""; ""Continuity in Several Variables""; ""Chapter 6: Numerical Series and Power Series""; ""Numerical Series of Non-negative Terms""; ""Convergence Criteria: The Ratio Test""; ""Raabeâ€?s Criterion""; ""The Root Test""; ""Other Convergence Criteria""; ""Alternating Numerical Series. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 3: Widget Events - Binding ActionsAttributes, ID, and root; Basic widget events - dragging the stickman; Localizing coordinates - adding stickmen; Binding and unbinding events - sizing limbs and heads; Binding events in the Kivy language; Creating your own events - the magical properties; Kivy and its properties; Summary; Chapter 4: Improving the User Experience; ScreenManager - selecting colors for the figures; Color control on the canvas - coloring figures; StencilView - limiting the drawing space; Scatter - multi-touching to drag, rotate, and scale…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cerf -- Excerpt from "Communication as the root of scientific progress" / Joshua Lederberg -- Excerpt from "What is the role of libraries in the information economy?" …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Epigraph -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section 1 EQ Theory -- 1 Crosby-Style EQ -- 2 The Crosby EQ Hierarchy -- Blaming Never Helps -- 3 EQ Hierarchy Level One-Self-Awareness -- Reclaiming Your Full Range of Emotion -- Identifying Your Habits and Patterns -- Using Your Inner Guidance System (Self-Differentiation) -- Ability to Separate Self and Other -- Ability to Separate the Past From the Present (Here and Now) -- Ability to Separate Thinking and Feeling -- Understanding Your Mind-Body Connection -- Reopening Your Mind -- Playfulness -- 4 EQ Hierarchy Level Two-Empathy -- Compassion-Genuinely Caring -- Accuracy-Getting What They Mean -- Open Mind-Respecting Differences -- Interaction-Conveying Empathy -- 5 EQ Hierarchy Level Three-Skills -- Self-Calming -- Conscious Breathing -- Active Listening -- Feeling Description -- Conflict Skills -- The General Conditions of Conflict -- Systems Thinking -- 6 Cognition and Emotion (Cause and Effect) -- 7 Attachment and Detachment -- Trust Pattern 1: Secure Attachment (High Trust of Self, High Trust of Others) -- Trust Pattern 2: Avoidant Attachment (High Trust of Self, Low Trust of Others) -- Trust Pattern 3: Anxious Attachment (Low Trust Self, High Trust of Others) -- Trust Pattern 4: Disorganized Attachment (Low Trust Self, Low Trust Others) -- 8 Behavioral Science Meets the Toltec Mayans -- 9 Out Here in the Fields (Field Theory) -- Two Basic Methods of Changing Level of Conduct -- 10 Leadership -- Lewin's Democratic Style of Situational Leadership-A Fresh Look at a Powerful OD Model -- 11 Nonviolence -- 12 Marshmallows On a Stick -- Section 2 Emotions-Red, Yellow, and Blue -- 13 Red (Hard) Emotions -- Anger -- The Roots of Anger -- Skepticism and Pessimism -- Defensiveness…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1 The Language of Blocks4.2 Analyzing Systems with Block Diagrams; 4.3 Conclusion; 5 Analysis; 5.1 Root Locus; 5.2 Bode Plots; 5.3 Nyquist Plots; 5.4 Conclusion; 6 Design; 6.1 Controllers, Filters and Compensators; 6.2 Compensation Topologies; 6.3 Types of Compensators; 6.4 Design Flow; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Sampling Theory; 7.1 Sampling; 7.2 Aliasing; 7.3 Reconstruction; 7.4 Orthogonal Signals and Power; 7.5 Random Noise; 7.6 Nonideal Sampling; 7.7 The Laplace Transform; 7.8 z Domain Models; 7.9 Conclusion; 8 Nonlinear Systems; 8.1 Characteristics of Nonlinear Systems; 8.2 Some Nonlinearities…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building the Knowledge Management Network Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Putting Conversation to Work; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One Cave Walls to CRTs: The Landscape of Knowledge Networking; Chapter 1 Knowledge, History, and the Industrial Organization; Our Ancestral Heritage; Stories, Rituals, Trust, and Culture; The First Mass Medium; The Dawn of the Info Age; Summary; Chapter 2 Using the Net to Share What People Know; Managing Knowledge; Roots of the Knowledge Network; A Knowledge-Swapping Community; Organizational Knowledge Networking; Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…City University HospitalDelivery Tips; Chapter 14: Design; Intentional Design; Many Formats, One Root; The Infographic; Ideation; COMPOSITION; Content Coding; Writing; Chapter 15: Test; Testing and Rehearsals; Opening, Closing, and Timing; Repetition; Retention; The Six Key Tests; Chapter 16: CAST Example:What a Difference a Day Can Make; Chapter 17: Afterword:Improving Your Visual Storytelling; Practice Makes Perfect; Use Your Tools; References; INDEX…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The meaning of news monitoring servicesEvaluating your monitoring service; Irrelevance in news monitoring services; Sample list of news monitoring and related services; Notes; 5 Evaluating news search tools; Introduction; Frequency of spidering; Sources; Searching; Results; 6 Keeping track of the blogosphere; Introduction; What exactly is a blog?; The roots of blogging; The blog explosion; The blogosphere; The evolution of blog searching; The most important blog search engines; Blog directories; Websites mentioned in this chapter; 7 The power of RSS; Introduction; A short history of RSS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Part 1: Master Your Own Agency -- 2 Defining Agency -- Unleashing Human Potential -- The Power of Personal Agency -- The Myth of Computer Agency -- 3 The Power of Observation, Resourcefulness, and Creativity -- The Vital Importance of Observation -- The Unmatched Power of Human Resourcefulness -- The Bootstrap Entrepreneur -- The Resourceful Teacher -- The Adaptable Farmer -- The Resilient Community Leader -- Creativity in an AI-Dominated World -- 4 Harnessing Human Agency in an AI Era -- Autonomy, Passion, and Personal Growth -- Our Glaring Achilles Heel -- Crafting a Growth Manifesto -- Value 1: Mutual Understanding -- Value 2: Play to Win -- Value 3: Earned Success -- Value 4: Customer-Centric Service -- Value 5: Honesty and Integrity -- Value 6: Observation, Resourcefulness, and Creativity -- Value 7: Efficiency and Sustainability -- Value 8: Leveraging Technology -- Part 2: Master AI -- 5 A Bit of History -- The Journey of Computing -- The Emergence and Evolution of AI -- The Basic Mechanics of AI -- 6 Coming to Terms with What AI Can and Cannot Do -- Types and Techniques of AI -- Real-World Applications of AI -- The Limitations of AI -- 7 AI as a Transformative Productivity Hack -- Let's Zero-In on You -- The Elephants in the Room -- Rethinking Our Workflows -- Part 3: Develop Care -- 8 Care in the Professional Realm -- The Innate Need for Care -- The Professional's Path to Care -- Caring Through Integrity and Selflessness -- 9 Building Client Experiences Rooted in Care -- Designing with Care -- Creating a Customer Journey Based on Care -- Integrating Technology without Sacrificing Care -- 10 Reimagining Client Experiences…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Accelerators for service management -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Incident Management -- Purpose and objectives -- Policies -- Categorization -- Prioritization -- Process terms and definitions -- Process input and output -- Process activities -- Roles and responsibilities -- Key process indicators -- Process integration -- Technology requirements -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Problem Management -- Purpose and objectives -- Policies -- Categorization -- Prioritization -- Process terms and definitions -- Problem -- Root cause -- Workaround -- Known error -- Permanent solution -- Closure code…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Government and the Funding of Culture 215 The Ford Foundation's Washington Connections 220 Rescuing the CCF 230 Scandal and Collapse 241 CHAPTER 9: Coping with the New Culture Wars of the 1960s and Beyond 250 The Establishment of the IACF 250 Financial Straits 255 The Cultural Roots of Failure 265 The Berlin Aspen Institute 276 CHAPTER 10: Transatlantic Cultural Relations in the "American Century" 284 APPENDIX I: List of West German Newspapers Subsidized by HICOG 297 APPENDIX II: American Foundations Ranked by Assets, 1960 299 APPENDIX III: International Association for Cultural Freedom, Table of Organization 300 Notes 301 Bibliography 355 Index 363…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Finding Which Module Is Needed -- Example: Determining the network driver -- Example: A USB device -- Summary of device discovery -- Let the kernel tell us what we need -- Determining the Correct Module from Scratch -- PCI Devices -- USB Devices -- Root Filesystem -- Filesystem type…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cost Matrix -- Business Benefit and Context -- Approach -- Sample Output and Templates -- Step 4.9 Ranking and Prioritization -- Business Benefit and Context -- Approach -- Sample Output and Templates -- Step 4.10 Cost of Low-Quality Data -- Business Benefit and Context -- Approach -- Sample Output and Templates -- Step 4.11 Cost-Benefit Analysis and ROI -- Business Benefit and Context -- Approach -- Sample Output and Templates -- Step 4.12 Other Relevant Business Impact Techniques -- Business Benefit and Context -- Approach -- Sample Output and Templates -- Step 4 Summary -- Step 5 Identify Root Causes -- Introduction to Step 5.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface xiii Table of Engineering Applications xvii Part 1 Introduction 1 Mathematica Environment and Basic Syntax 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Selecting Notebook Characteristics 4 1.3 Notebook Cells 8 1.4 Delimiters 12 1.5 Basic Syntax 12 1.5.1 Introduction 12 1.5.2 Templates: Greek Symbols and Mathematical Notation 15 1.5.3 Variable Names and Global Variables 18 1.6 Mathematical Constants 19 1.7 Complex Numbers 21 1.8 Elementary, Trigonometric, Hyperbolic, and a Few Special Functions 22 1.9 Strings 25 1.9.1 String Creation: StringJoin[] and ToString[] 25 1.9.2 Labeled Output: Print[], NumberForm[], EngineeringForm[], and TraditionalForm[] 26 1.10 Conversions, Relational Operators, and Transformation Rule 28 1.11 Engineering Units and Unit Conversions: Quantity[] and UnitConvert[] 30 1.12 Creation of CDF Documents and Documents in Other Formats 33 1.13 Functions Introduced in Chapter 1 34 Exercises 35 2 List Creation and Manipulation: Vectors and Matrices 39 2.1 Introduction 39 2.2 Creating Lists and Vectors 39 2.2.1 Introduction 39 2.2.2 Creating a List with Table[] 45 2.2.3 Summing Elements of a List: Total[] 46 2.2.4 Selecting Elements of a List 47 2.2.5 Identifying List Elements Matching a Pattern: Position[] 49 2.3 Creating Matrices 51 2.3.1 Introduction 51 2.3.2 Matrix Generation Using Table[] 54 2.3.3 Accessing Elements of Arrays 55 2.4 Matrix Operations on Vectors and Arrays 56 2.4.1 Introduction 56 2.4.2 Matrix Inverse and Determinant: Inverse[] and Det[] 57 2.5 Solution of a Linear System of Equations: LinearSolve[] 58 2.6 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors: EigenSystem[] 59 2.7 Functions Introduced in Chapter 2 61 References 61 Exercises 61 3 User-Created Functions, Repetitive Operations, and Conditionals 69 3.1 Introduction 69 3.2 Expressions and Procedures as Functions 69 3.2.1 Introduction 69 3.2.2 Pure Function: Function[] 74 3.2.3 Module[] 78 3.3 Find Elements of a List that Meet a Criterion: Select[] 80 3.4 Conditionals 82 3.4.1 If[] 82 3.4.2 Which[] 83 3.5 Repetitive Operations 83 3.5.1 Do[] 83 3.5.2 While[] 83 3.5.3 Nest[] 84 3.5.4 Map[] 84 3.6 Examples of Repetitive Operations and Conditionals 85 3.7 Functions Introduced in Chapter 3 92 Exercises 92 4 Symbolic Operations 95 4.1 Introduction 95 4.2 Assumption Options 101 4.3 Solutions of Equations: Solve[] 101 4.4 Limits: Limit[] 105 4.5 Power Series: Series[], Coefficient[], and CoefficientList[] 108 4.6 Optimization: Maximize[]/Minimize[] 112 4.7 Differentiation: D[] 114 4.8 Integration: Integrate[] 120 4.9 Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations: DSolve[] 126 4.10 Solutions of Partial Differential Equations: DSolve[] 136 4.11 Laplace Transform: LaplaceTransform[] and InverseLaplaceTransform[] 138 4.12 Functions Introduced in Chapter 4 145 References 145 Exercises 146 5 Numerical Evaluations of Equations 151 5.1 Introduction 151 5.2 Numerical Integration: NIntegrate[] 151 5.3 Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations: NDSolveValue[] and ParametricNDSolveValue[] 154 5.4 Numerical Solutions of Equations: NSolve[] 178 5.5 Roots of Transcendental Equations: FindRoot[] 180 5.6 Minimum and Maximum: FindMinimum[] and FindMaximum[] 182 5.7 Fitting of Data: Interpolation[] and FindFit[] 186 5.8 Discrete Fourier Transforms and Correlation: Fourier[], InverseFourier[], and ListCorrelate[] 189 5.9 Functions Introduced in Chapter 5 194 References 195 Exercises 196 6 Graphics 209 6.1 Introduction 209 6.2 2D Graphics 209 6.2.1 Basic Plotting 209 6.2.2 Basic Graph Enhancements 213 6.2.3 Common 2D Shapes: Graphics[] 217 6.2.4 Additional Graph Enhancements 222 6.2.5 Combining Figures: Show[] and GraphicsGrid[] 238 6.2.6 Tooltip[] 241 6.2.7 Exporting Graphics 244 6.3 3D Graphics 244 6.4 Summary of Functions Introduced in Chapter 6 253 References 254 Exercises 254 7 Interactive Graphics 263 7.1 Interactive Graphics: Manipulate[] 263 References 287 Exercises 287 Part 2 Engineering Applications 8 Vibrations of Spring Mass Systems and Thin Beams 293 8.1 Introduction 293 8.2 Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems 294 8.2.1 Periodic Force on a Single Degree-of-Freedom System 294 8.2.2 Squeeze Film Damping and Viscous Fluid Damping 298 8.2.3 Electrostatic Attraction 302 8.2.4 Single Degree-of-Freedom System Energy Harvester 304 8.3 Two Degrees-of-Freedom Systems 307 8.3.1 Governing Equations 307 8.3.2 Response to Harmonic Excitation: Amplitude Response Functions 307 8.3.3 Enhanced Energy Harvester 310 8.4 Thin Beams 315 8.4.1 Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of a Cantilever Beam with In-Span Attachments 315 8.4.2 Effects of Electrostatic Force on the Natural Frequency and Stability of a Beam 318 8.4.3 Response of a Cantilever Beam with an In-Span Attachment to an Impulse Force 323 References 326 9 Statistics 327 9.1 Descriptive Statistics 327 9.1.1 Introduction 327 9.1.2 Location Statistics: Mean[], StandardDeviation[], and Quartile[] 327 9.1.3 Continuous Distribution Functions: PDF[] and CDF[] 329 9.1.4 Histograms and Probability Plots: Histogram[] and ProbabilityScalePlot [] 331 9.1.5 Whisker Plot: BoxWhiskerChart[] 332 9.1.6 Creating Data with Specified Distributions: RandomVariate[] 334 9.2 Probability of Continuous Random Variables 334 9.2.1 Probability for Different Distributions: NProbability[] 334 9.2.2 Inverse Cumulative Distribution Function: InverseCDF[] 337 9.2.3 Distribution Parameter Estimation: EstimatedDistribution[] and FindDistributionParameters[] 337 9.2.4 Confidence Intervals: CI[] 340 9.2.5 Hypothesis Testing: LocationTest[] and VarianceTest[] 342 9.3 Regression Analysis: LinearModelFit[] 343 9.3.1 Simple Linear Regression 343 9.3.2 Multiple Linear Regression 347 9.4 Nonlinear Regression Analysis: NonLinearModelFit[] 351 9.5 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Factorial Designs: ANOVA[] 354 9.6 Functions Introduced in Chapter 9 358 10 Control Systems and Signal Processing 359 10.1 Introduction 359 10.2 Model Generation: State-Space and Transfer Function Representation 359 10.2.1 Introduction 359 10.2.2 State-Space Models: StateSpaceModel[] 360 10.2.3 Transfer Function Models: TransferFunctionModel[] 362 10.3 Model Connections Closed-Loop Systems and System Response: SystemsModelFeedbackConnect[] and SystemsModelSeriesConnect[] 363 10.4 Design Methods 369 10.4.1 Root Locus: RootLocusPlot[] 369 10.4.2 Bode Plot: BodePlot[] 371 10.4.3 Nichols Plot: NicholsPlot[] 372 10.5 Signal Processing 374 10.5.1 Filter Models: ButterworthFilterModel[], EllipticFilterModel[], ... 374 10.5.2 Windows: HammingWindow[], HannWindow[], ... 381 10.5.3 Spectrum Averaging 385 10.6 Aliasing 388 10.7 Functions Introduced in Chapter 10 390 Reference 391 11 Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 393 11.1 Introduction 393 11.2 Conduction Heat Transfer 394 11.2.1 One-Dimensional Transient Heat Diffusion in Solids 394 11.2.2 Heat Transfer in Concentric Spheres: Ablation of a Tumor 398 11.2.3 Heat Flow Through Fins 401 11.3 Natural Convection Along Heated Plates 405 11.4 View Factor Between Two Parallel Rectangular Surfaces 408 11.5 Internal Viscous Flow 411 11.5.1 Laminar Flow in Horizontal Cylindrical Pipes 411 11.5.2 Flow in Three Reservoirs 412 11.6 External Flow 416 11.6.1 Pressure Coefficient of a Joukowski Airfoil 416 11.6.2 Surface Profile in Nonuniform Flow in Open Channels 419 References 423 Index 425.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Syriac sources and Manichaeism : a four hundred year trajectory / The 'five elements' in Manichaean art / The central Asian roots of a Chinese Manichaean silk painting in the collection of the Yamato Bunkakan, Nara, Japan 315 / The discovery of Manichaean paintings in Japan and their historical background / Jesus, Mani, and Augustine / The doctrine of the soul in Manichaeism and Augustine / Augustine and his sources : the "devil's snares and birdlime" in the mouths of Manichaeans in east and west / Globus horribilis : the role of the bolos in Manichaean eschatology and its polemical transformation in Augustine's anti-Manichaean writings…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contexts -- Churches, Cities and Nations; Pinsekirken in Copenhagen; Denmark as Religious Context; The History of Pinsekirken; Historical Roots and Theological Tradition; Leadership and Organisational Structure; Important Practices; The Church as an Organic Community of Spirit-Filled Disciples; Hillsong in London; Britain as Religious Context; A Comparative Note on Religious Demography; The History of Hillsong; Theological Tradition; Organisational Structure; Important Practices…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The animal and primitive roots of society""; ""I. Sources of social and moral transcendence""; ""J. …”
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