Tabla de Contenidos: “…Evaluating the equalisation system modality -- Equalisation modality hinges on how fiscal capacity is measured -- Data requirements vary with the design of the equalisation system -- Selecting the rate of equalisation -- Equalisation may not supplant all other transfers -- Implementing transition measures -- Guidance from OECD country surveys on equalisation reform -- Enhance the policy neutrality and relevance of cost equalisation -- Equalisation should be carefully targeted to ensure it is not exacerbating disparities nor undermining SCG fiscal autonomy -- Equalisation reform in practice -- In practice, large-scale reforms aim to reinforce subnational fiscal autonomy and stability through the adoption of rules-based equalisation systems -- Italy's comprehensive equalisation reform -- Moving towards rules-based systems -- Enhancing subnational fiscal autonomy -- Reforms to established equalisation systems tend to reinforce transparency and relevance through simplification and updating of formulas -- Simplifying equalisation formulas -- Updating equalisation formulas -- References -- Notes -- 3 Twenty years of tax autonomy across levels of government: Measurement and applications -- Introduction and main findings -- The importance of tax autonomy for sub-central governments -- Measuring tax autonomy -- The use of the OECD's tax autonomy analysis -- Tax autonomy in OECD member countries: Latest update -- Trends in sub-central government tax revenues -- Taxing power of state and local governments in the 2020 exercise -- Changes in tax autonomy 2000 to 2018 -- US local government tax autonomy -- Measuring local government tax autonomy -- Local government tax autonomy: The United States compared with the OECD average -- Tax autonomy by type of tax -- Tax autonomy by state -- References -- Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Three Stages of Power-Pausing -- The Business Case for Pausing -- Let's Pause on This -- Biography -- Part II AI and Us -- 7 AI and the Future of Human Connection -- Funhouse Mirror: How Humans Experience AI -- The Pivotal Role of Language and Meaning -- Meaning Is at the Heart of Every Type of Human Connection…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Part One: Private Enterprise and Public Trust -- Chapter 1: The Free Market System and Business -- Introduction -- Primary Objectives -- The Free Enterprise System and Capital Markets -- Public Trust and Investor Confidence -- The Role and Responsibility of Business in Society -- The First Tier: Investors -- The Second Tier: Creditors -- The Third Tier: Others -- The Role of Financial Information in the Capital Markets -- Introduction to Corporate Governance -- Corporate Culture and Integrity -- Corporate Accountability -- Introduction to Business Ethics -- Classroom Implications of this Book -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Corporate Governance -- Introduction -- Primary Objectives -- Definition of Corporate Governance -- Aspects of Corporate Governance -- Shareholder Aspect -- Stakeholder Aspect -- Integrated Aspect -- Corporate Governance Structure -- Corporate Governance Principles -- Corporate Governance Functions -- Corporate Governance Mechanisms -- Sources of Corporate Governance -- Corporate Laws -- The Federal Securities Laws -- Listing Standards -- Best Practices -- Corporate Governance Reforms -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 -- Corporate Governance Rating -- Corporate Governance Reporting -- Global Convergence in Corporate Governance -- Differences between U.S. and European Models of Corporate Governance -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Introduction to Business Ethics -- Introduction -- Primary Objectives -- Ethical Theories -- Ethics in the Workplace -- Business Ethics -- Corporate Culture -- Incentives -- Opportunity -- Choices -- Triangle of Business Ethics -- Ethics Sensitivity -- Ethics Incentives -- Ethical Behavior -- SEC Rules on Corporate Code of Ethics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Protective failure -- Continuous protection -- Redundancy -- Use of standardized cryptography -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Threat Landscape against Vehicle Components -- Threats against external vehicle interfaces -- Backend-related threats -- Connectivity threats -- Threats against the E/E topology -- Highly distributed E/E architecture -- Domain-centralized E/E architecture -- Central vehicle computer architecture -- Threats against in-vehicle networks -- CAN -- FlexRay -- Ethernet -- The Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS) protocol -- SAE J1939 protocols -- SAE J2497 (PLC4TRUCKS) -- Threats against sensors -- Common ECU threats -- Debug ports -- Flash programming -- Power and mode manipulation -- Tampering with machine learning algorithms -- Software attacks -- Disclosure and tampering of cryptographic keys -- Summary -- References -- Part 2: Understanding the Secure Engineering Development Process -- Chapter 4: Exploring the Landscape of Automotive Cybersecurity Standards -- Primary standards -- UNECE WP.29 -- Chinese regulation and standardization -- Secondary standards -- IATF 16949:2016 -- Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) -- Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange (TISAX) -- SAE J3101 - hardware-protected security for ground vehicles -- Coding and software standards -- NIST cryptographic standards -- Supporting standards and resources -- MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) -- US DoT NHTSA Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles -- ENISA good practices for the security of smart cars -- SAE J3061 - cybersecurity guidebook for cyber-physical vehicle systems -- ISO/IEC 27001 -- NIST SP 800-160 -- Uptane -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Taking a Deep Dive into ISO/SAE21434 -- Notations -- At a glance - the ISO 21434 standard -- Organizational cybersecurity management -- Management systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Social structure of accumulation theory and stagnation -- History of SSAs in the United States -- The neoliberal SSA and stagnation in the U.S. -- Data analysis -- Concluding comments -- References -- Further reading -- Five - Financialization and stagnation-a macroeconomic regime perspective∗∗This contribution draws on Hein (2018a, ... -- Introduction -- The concept of macroeconomic regimes under financialization -- The regimes before the crisis -- Changes in the regimes in the course of and after the crisis -- Challenges: imbalances, instability, and stagnation -- Conclusions -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Strother -- 5.1 Introduction 80 -- 5.2 Levels of Culture 81 -- 5.3 Cultural Patterns of Discourse Organization 82 -- 5.4 High Context Versus Low Context 83 -- 5.5 Internationalization Versus Localization 85 -- 5.5.1 Latin America 86 -- 5.5.2 Japan 87 -- 5.5.3 China 87 -- 5.6 The Effect of Professional Culture 88 -- 5.7 Japan and U.S. Discourse Structures 91 -- 5.8 Cultural Issues in Reader Versus Writer Responsibility 92 -- 5.9 Implications for Engineers and Technical Communicators and Their Corporations 93 -- 5.10 Conclusion 95 -- References 95 -- PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM A2Z GLOBAL LANGUAGES 99 -- 6 EFFECT OF COLOR, VISUAL FORM, AND TEXTUAL INFORMATION ON INFORMATION OVERLOAD 103 -- NoÈel T. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.6 Standards Requiring Design Safety -- 11.7 The Review of Designs -- 11.8 Hazardous Energy Control -- 11.9 Ergonomic Review of Designs -- 11.10 Design Review Process -- 11.11 Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment in Design -- 11.12 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Industrial Hygiene Risk Assessment -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Fundamental Concepts -- 12.3 US Navy Industrial Hygiene Field Operations Manual -- 12.4 Alternate Health Risk Ranking Systems -- 12.5 More Complex Occupational Hygiene Risk Assessment Tools -- 12.6 Health Risk Assessments and Prioritization -- 12.7 Modified HRR/IH FMEA Methodology -- 12.8 Case Study -- 12.8.1 Sampling -- 12.8.2 Results -- 12.9 Control Banding Nanotool -- 12.10 Dermal RA -- 12.11 Occupational Health Risk and PtD Process Alignment -- 12.12 Summary -- Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 13 Machine Risk Assessments -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Machine Safety Standards -- 13.2.1 The B11 Standards -- 13.3 Machine Hazards -- 13.4 Machine Safeguarding -- 13.4.1 Machine Safety Control Systems -- 13.5 Selecting Machines for Assessment -- 13.6 Risk Assessment of Machines -- 13.7 Estimating Risk -- 13.8 Case Study -- 13.9 Assessment of Machine Maintenance and Service -- 13.10 Summary -- Appendix A Machine Safeguards Methods (Adapted from OSHA) -- References -- Chapter 14 Project-Oriented Risk Assessments -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Fatalities and Serious Incidents -- 14.3 Error Traps in Nonroutine Tasks -- 14.4 Management of Change -- 14.5 Construction Project Work -- 14.6 Construction Project Risk Assessment -- 14.7 Safe Work Methods -- 14.8 Pre-Task Hazard Analysis -- 14.9 The Use of Checklists -- 14.10 Maintenance and Service Work -- 14.11 Operating Hazard Analysis -- 14.12 Analyzing Specific Hazards -- 14.13 Pre-Entry Hazard Analysis -- 14.14 Fall Hazard Assessment -- 14.15 Summary -- Review Questions…”

“…The purpose of designing this book is to portray certain practical applications of nature-inspired computation in machine learning for the better understanding of the world around us. The focus is to portray and present recent developments in the areas where nature- inspired algorithms are specifically designed and applied to solve complex real-world problems in data analytics and pattern recognition, by means of domain-specific solutions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Un environnement de la route et de la rue équilibré -- Les infrastructures pour les conducteurs âgés -- Généralités -- Ingénierie de la route et de la circulation -- Tableau 4.1. Contenu du manuel US Older Driver Highway Design Handbook -- Programmes en cours -- Les infrastructures pour les piétons âgés -- Généralités -- Ingénierie de la route et de la circulation -- Les solutions liées aux nouvelles technologies -- L'infrastructure pour les autres usagers de la route âgés -- Les cyclistes -- Les utilisateurs de fauteuils roulants électriques -- L'infrastructure de transport public -- Généralités -- Les arrêts de transport collectif -- Revêtement tactile -- Conclusions et principaux points -- Références -- Chapitre 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.3 Forecasting a non-stationary times series -- 7.4 Next steps -- 7.5 Exercises -- 7.5.1 Apply the ARIMA(p,d,q) model on the datasets from chapters 4, 5, and 6 -- Summary -- 8 Accounting for seasonality -- 8.1 Examining the SARIMA(p,d,q)(P,D,Q)m model -- 8.2 Identifying seasonal patterns in a time series -- 8.3 Forecasting the number of monthly air passengers -- 8.3.1 Forecasting with an ARIMA(p,d,q) model -- 8.3.2 Forecasting with a SARIMA(p,d,q)(P,D,Q)m model -- 8.3.3 Comparing the performance of each forecasting method -- 8.4 Next steps -- 8.5 Exercises -- 8.5.1 Apply the SARIMA(p,d,q)(P,D,Q)m model on the Johnson &amp -- Johnson dataset -- Summary -- 9 Adding external variables to our model -- 9.1 Examining the SARIMAX model -- 9.1.1 Exploring the exogenous variables of the US macroeconomics dataset -- 9.1.2 Caveat for using SARIMAX -- 9.2 Forecasting the real GDP using the SARIMAX model -- 9.3 Next steps -- 9.4 Exercises -- 9.4.1 Use all exogenous variables in a SARIMAX model to predict the real GDP -- Summary -- 10 Forecasting multiple time series -- 10.1 Examining the VAR model -- 10.2 Designing a modeling procedure for the VAR(p) model -- 10.2.1 Exploring the Granger causality test -- 10.3 Forecasting real disposable income and real consumption -- 10.4 Next steps -- 10.5 Exercises -- 10.5.1 Use a VARMA model to predict realdpi and realcons -- 10.5.2 Use a VARMAX model to predict realdpi and realcons -- Summary -- 11 Capstone: Forecasting the number of antidiabetic drug prescriptions in Australia -- 11.1 Importing the required libraries and loading the data -- 11.2 Visualizing the series and its components -- 11.3 Modeling the data -- 11.3.1 Performing model selection -- 11.3.2 Conducting residual analysis -- 11.4 Forecasting and evaluating the model's performance -- Next steps -- Part 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…17.3.1 European Union Emissions Trading System -- 17.3.2 UK Climate Change Initiatives -- 17.3.3 US Climate Change Initiatives -- 17.3.4 China Climate Change Initiatives -- 17.3.5 India Climate Change Initiatives -- 17.3.6 Russia Climate Change Initiatives -- 17.3.7 Japan Climate Change Initiatives -- 17.4 Summary -- 18 Green Six Sigma and Clean Energy -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Guiding Factors of Clean Energy -- 18.3 How Clean Energy Solutions Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 18.4 How Six Sigma Is Helping Clean Energy Initiatives -- 18.5 How Green Six Sigma Can Help Clean Energy Initiatives Further -- 18.6 Summary -- 19 Green Six Sigma and Green Supply Chain -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Green Thinking and Climate Change Initiatives -- 19.3 Why Green Six Sigma Is Relevant to Green Supply Chain -- 19.4 Green Initiatives by Manufacturers and Suppliers -- 19.5 Green Initiatives by Retailers -- 19.6 Green Initiatives by Consumers -- 19.7 Green Initiatives by Farmers -- 19.8 How Green Six Sigma Can Help Green Supply Chain -- 19.8.1 FIT SIGMA in Efficiency -- 19.8.2 Green Six Sigma in the Environment -- 19.8.3 Green Six Sigma in Ethics -- 19.9 Summary -- 20 Green Six Sigma and Green Transports -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Guiding Factors of Clean Transports -- 20.3 How Clean Transport Solutions Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 20.3.1 Passenger Cars -- 20.3.2 Trucks and Buses -- 20.3.3 Airplanes and Ships -- 20.3.4 Trains -- 20.4 How Six Sigma Is Helping Green Transport Initiatives -- 20.5 How Green Six Sigma Can Help Green Transport Initiatives Further -- 20.6 Summary -- 21 Green Six Sigma and Retrofitting Buildings -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 Guiding Factors of Retrofitting Buildings -- 21.3 How Retrofitting Buildings Provides Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 21.3.1 Reduce Energy Losses and Energy Consumption -- 21.3.2 Replace Fossil Fuel Boilers and Water Heaters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- See also -- Chapter 12: Knowing Your Map -- Introduction -- Projecting the US map -- GeoJSON -- TopoJSON -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Projecting the world map -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Building a choropleth map -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Comparative ethnopragmatics and local constructions of 'us' and 'them' -- 2. Rituals of positive politeness -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Case Examples -- The Philip Morris Plant in Cabarrus County, North Carolina -- US Steel Plant at Fairless Hill, PA -- References -- Exercises -- Hiring Office Workers -- Educating the CEO -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability -- Select on Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability -- Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability Predict Broad and Diverse Outcomes -- Overall Job Performance -- Counterproductive Work Behavior -- Organizational Citizenship -- Teamwork and Collective Effort -- Attitudes - Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment -- Withdrawal Behaviors -- How Do Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability Affect Job Performance? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Barbosa 49 -- 2.3 Disinformation online: potential legal and regulatoryramifications to the right to free elections - policy position paper - Krisztina Rozgonyi 57 -- 2.4 Democratic Policy-making for Misinformation Detection Platforms by Git-based Principles - Oul Han, Ipek Baris, Akram Sadat Hosseini, Sarah de Nigris and Steffen Staab 67 2.5 DisMiss False Information: A Value Matter - Alisson Puska, Lara Piccolo and Roberto Pereira 75 -- 3 Socially Acceptable HCI: Social Acceptability of Emerging Technologies and Novel Interaction Paradigms 81 -- 3.1 On Social Acceptance of UI Intervention Mechanisms on Posting and Reading Comments on Online News - Joel Kiskola, Thomas Olsson, Heli Va ̈at ̈ aj ̈ a, Veikko Surakka and Mirja Ilves ̈ 83 -- 3.2 What Smartphones, Ethnomethodology, and Bystander naccessibility Can Teach Us About Better Design? - Eerik Mantere 91 -- 3.3 A Scenario Generator for Evaluating the Social cceptability of Emerging Technologies - Hannah Meyer, arion Koelle and Susanne Boll 101 -- 3.4 Social Acceptability, Obstructions, Collaboration and mbarrassment - Robb Mitchell 111 3.5 Is Going Unnoticed More Socially Acceptable?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Key Reward Rules -- Types of Rewards -- Implementation of the Reward Process -- Don't Turn the Organization Upside Down -- Reward and Recognition Advantages and Disadvantages -- People Want Recognition -- Chapter 8 Project Change Management and Culture Change Management Tools and Methodologies -- Introduction -- Different Approaches to ICM -- Five Types of Change Assessment -- Assessment 1: Innovation Maturity Analysis -- Assessment 2: Change History Analysis -- Assessment 3: Employee Opinion Survey -- Assessment 4: Customer Focus Groups -- Assessment 5: Is/Should Be Analysis -- Assessment Report -- Performance Improvement Management -- Chapter 9 Suggestion Programs -- Problems with U.S. Suggestion Programs -- Getting Ideas Flowing -- Idea Sharing -- Problems without Known Solutions -- Request for Corrective Action -- Speak-Up Program -- How to Get Creativity, Innovation, Involvement, and Participative Management to Thrive -- SECTION IV: Project change Management (PCM) -- Chapter 10 Project Change Management Introduction -- Overview of Project Change Management Methodology -- PCM Methodology Roles, Authority, and Responsibilities -- Change Facilitator -- Black Hole -- Sponsor -- Advocates -- Change Agent -- Professional Staff -- Target (Sometimes Called "Impacted Employee") -- Three Basic Organizational Structures -- Chapter 11 Project Change Management Tools and Methodologies -- Typical Project Change Management Tools and Usage…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Intelligent Communication Technology Hi, I'm an Algorithm, Your New Teammate -- 3 Communication Challenges in a Diverse, Global Marketplace -- Communication Close-up at Siemens AG -- Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of Communication in a Diverse World -- The Opportunities in a Global Marketplace -- The Advantages of a Diverse Workforce -- The Challenges of Intercultural Communication -- Developing Cultural Competency -- Understanding the Concept of Culture -- Overcoming Ethnocentrism and Stereotyping -- Recognizing Variations in a Diverse World -- Contextual Differences -- Legal and Ethical Differences -- Social Norms and Customs -- Nonverbal Communication -- Age Differences -- Gender Differences -- Religious Differences -- Ability Differences -- Adapting to Other Business Cultures -- Guidelines for Adapting to Any Business Culture -- Guidelines for Adapting to U.S. Business Culture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NIST 800-53 Control Families and Descriptions -- AC: Access Control -- PE: Physical and Environmental Protection -- AT: Awareness and Training -- PL: Planning -- AU: Audit and Accountability -- PM: Program Management -- CA: Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring -- PS: Personnel Security -- CM: Configuration Management -- PT: PII Processing and Transparency -- CP: Contingency Planning -- RA: Risk Assessment -- IA: Identification and Authentication -- SA: System and Services Acquisition -- IR: Incident Response -- SC: System and Communications Protection -- MA: Maintenance -- SI: System and Information Integrity -- MP: Media Protection -- SR: Supply Chain Risk Management -- Chapter 14 The FFIEC: An Introduction -- FFIEC History and Background -- Role and Responsibilities -- Understanding the FFIEC Examination Handbooks -- The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) -- The FFIEC Audit Handbook -- The FFIEC Business Continuity Handbook -- The FFIEC Development and Acquisition Handbook -- The FFIEC Information Security Handbook -- The FFIEC Management Handbook -- The Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations Handbook -- The Outsourcing Technology Services Handbook -- The Retail Payment Systems Handbook -- The Supervision of Technology Service Providers Handbook -- The Wholesale Payment Systems Handbook -- Chapter Conclusion -- Chapter 15 U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Regulations -- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) -- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) -- Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards (12 CFR 30 Part B) -- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) -- The Cloud Act -- Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075 -- Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Permeability of the Lipid Bilayer -- Transport Proteins -- Concept 5.3 Passive transport is diffusion of a substance across a membrane with no energy investment -- Effects of Osmosis on Water Balance -- Facilitated Diffusion: Passive Transport Aided by Proteins -- Concept 5.4 Active transport uses energy to move solutes against their gradients -- The Need for Energy in Active Transport -- How Ion Pumps Maintain Membrane Potential -- Cotransport: Coupled Transport by a Membrane Protein -- Concept 5.5 Bulk transport across the plasma membrane occurs by exocytosis and endocytosis -- Exocytosis -- Endocytosis -- Concept 5.6 The plasma membrane plays a key role in most cell signaling -- Local and Long-Distance Signaling -- The Three Stages of Cell Signaling: A preview -- Reception, the Binding of a Signaling Molecule to a Receptor Protein -- Transduction by Cascades of Molecular Interactions -- Response: Regulation of Transcription or Cytoplasmic Activities -- 6 Introduction to Metabolism -- Overview The Energy of Life -- Concept 6.1 An organism's metabolism transforms matter and energy -- Metabolic Pathways -- Forms of Energy -- The Laws of Energy Transformation -- Concept 6.2 The free-energy change of a reaction tells us whether or not the reaction occurs spontaneously -- Free-Energy Change (DG), Stability, and Equilibrium -- Free Energy and Metabolism -- Concept 6.3 ATP powers cellular work by coupling exergonic reactions to endergonic reactions -- The Structure and Hydrolysis of ATP -- How ATP Provides Energy that Performs Work -- The Regeneration of ATP -- Concept 6.4 Enzymes speed up metabolic reactions by lowering energy barriers -- The Activation Energy Barrier -- How Enzymes Speed Up Reactions -- Substrate Specificity of Enzymes -- Catalysis in the Enzyme's Active Site -- Effects of Local Conditions on Enzyme Activity…”