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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Focusing on Value Creation, Improved Margins, and Staying Ahead of the Trend Curve -- Escaping the Pull of the Past -- Chapter 6 Evolving Relationships Across the C-Suite -- From Captain to Coach, from Controlling to Enabling -- Connecting the Dots Between Innovationand Analytics -- Digging Deeper into Big Data -- Innovation in the Age of the Industrial Internet -- Moving Toward the Customer -- Lining Up the Innovation Roadmaps -- Designing Practical Innovation Strategies -- Managing Between Extremes -- Three Complementary Pairs of Roles -- Note -- Chapter 7 Why Credible Leadership Matters -- Do Not Hesitate to Be a Leader -- Sometimes Getting Out of the Way Is the First Step to Achieving Innovation -- Innovation Conundrum -- Accelerating Innovation Through Partnerships -- A Shifting Mindset -- Leading Innovation and Driving Transformation -- Managing the Merger of Culture and Technology -- Two Tiers of IT Innovation in the Modern Global Enterprise -- A Role Model for Innovation and Leadership -- The Next Big Wave: IT Value Creation -- Where Innovation Begins: Understanding the Goals and Objectives of the Business -- The Four Dimensions of Continuous Innovation and IT Transformation -- Building a Hybrid Platform for Continuous Innovation -- Making the Case for Top-Down Innovationin the Enterprise -- Avoiding "the Emperor Has No Clothes" Syndrome -- Note -- Chapter 8 Leveraging Social Collaboration to Drive Innovation -- Tangible Results Through Social Media -- Embracing the Social Workforce -- Putting Innovation in the Hands of Users -- Innovation and Social Collaboration -- Note -- Chapter 9 Living with Uncertainty -- Keep Your Eyes on the B2B Internet -- Trust, Freedom, and Responsibility: Keys to Transformational Leadership and Continuous Innovation -- Key Traits of Innovative IT Leaders -- Security Is Integral to IT Strategy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Praise -- Series -- Title page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Fundamental Considerations in Business Forecasting -- 1.1 Getting Real about Uncertainty -- 1.2 What Demand Planners Can Learn from the Stock Market -- 1.3 Toward a More Precise Definition of Forecastability -- 1.4 Forecastablity: A New Method for Benchmarking and Driving Improvement -- 1.5 Forecast Errors and Their Avoidability -- 1.6 The Perils of Benchmarking -- 1.7 Can We Obtain Valid Benchmarks from Published Surveys of Forecast Accuracy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 11 The Health Transition: A challenge to indigenous peoples in the Arctic -- Chapter 12 Uncertainties in Arctic socio-economic scenarios -- Chapter 13 Importance of consideration of climate change at managing fish stocks: A case of northern Russian fisheries -- Chapter 14 Preservation of territories and traditional activities of the northern indigenous peoples in the period of the Arctic industrial development -- Chapter 15 The Arctic journey – design experiments in the north -- Chapter 16 The Bicycle and the Arctic. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Illuminating Statistical Analysis Using Scenarios and Simulations -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Sample Proportions and the Normal Distribution -- 1: Evidence and Verdicts -- 2: Judging Coins I -- 3: Brief on Bell Shapes -- 4: Judging Coins II -- 5: Amount of Evidence I -- 6: Variance of Evidence I -- 7: Judging Opinion Splits I -- 8: Amount of Evidence II -- 9: Variance of Evidence II -- 10: Judging Opinion Splits II -- 11: It Has Been the Normal Distribution All Along -- A Note on Stricter Thresholds for Type I Error -- 12: Judging Opinion Split Differences -- 13: Rescaling to Standard Errors -- 14: The Standardized Normal Distribution Histogram -- 15: The z-Distribution -- 16: Brief on Two-Tail Versus One-Tail -- 17: Brief on Type I Versus Type II Errors -- The Bigger Picture -- Part II: Sample Means and the Normal Distribution -- 18: Scaled Data and Sample Means -- 19: Distribution of Random Sample Means -- 20: Amount of Evidence -- 21: Variance of Evidence -- Variance and Standard Deviation -- 22: Homing in on the Population Mean I -- 23: Homing in on the Population Mean II -- 24: Homing in on the Population Mean III -- 25: Judging Mean Differences -- 26: Sample Size, Variance, and Uncertainty -- 27: The t-Distribution -- Part III: Multiple Proportions and Means: The X- and F-Distributions -- 28: Multiple Proportions and the X2-Distribution -- 29: Facing Degrees of Freedom -- 30: Multiple Proportions: Goodness of Fit -- A Note on Using Chi-squared to Test the Distribution of a Scaled Variable -- 31: Two-Way Proportions: Homogeneity -- 32: Two-Way Proportions: Independence -- 33: Variance Ratios and the F-Distribution -- 34: Multiple Means and Variance Ratios: ANOVA -- 35: Two-Way Means and Variance Ratios: ANOVA -- Part IV: Linear Associations: Covariance, Correlation, and Regression -- 36: Covariance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Criticism for Mistakes Or for Doing a Bad Job -- Overwork/underpayment -- Lack of Purpose Or Disorganization -- Ignoring Achievements and Also Ignoring Poor Performance -- Uncertainty -- Lack of Opportunity for Development -- My Boss Is a Jerk - Poor Management Style -- Red Tape and Unnecessary Rules -- Lack of Empowerment -- Poor Communication -- Summing Up -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 Trust -- How Do You Create Trust Between People? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6 Quantum Fourier Transform and its Applications6.1 Quantum Fourier Transform; 6.2 Quantum Phase Estimation; 6.2.1 Idealistic phase estimation; 6.2.2 Phase estimation in practical cases; 6.2.3 Quantitative analysis of the phase estimator; 6.2.4 Estimating quantum uncertainty; 6.3 Order Finding and Factoring - Shor Algorithm; 6.3.1 Connection between factoring and order finding; 6.3.2 Quantum-based order finding; 6.3.3 Error analysis and a numerical example; 6.4 QFT as generalized Hadamard transform; 6.5 Generalizations of order finding; 6.5.1 Period finding…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.1.2 Basic Design Concept and Process/Material Considerations for Aircraft Parts5.1.3 Sources of Uncertainty: Applied Loads, Usage and Material Scatter; 5.1.3.1 Knowledge of Applied Loads; 5.1.3.2 Variability in Usage; 5.1.3.3 Material Scatter; 5.1.4 Environmental Effects; 5.1.5 Effect of Damage; 5.1.6 Design Values and Allowables; 5.1.7 Additional Considerations of the Design Process; 5.2 Governing Equations; 5.2.1 Equilibrium Equations; 5.2.2 Stress-Strain Equations; 5.2.3 Strain-Displacement Equations; 5.2.4 von Karman Anisotropic Plate Equations for Large Deflections…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.6.5 Electricity Prices Forecasting; 2.6.6 Evaluation of Uncertainties on Predictions; 2.7 Centralized Control; 2.7.1 Economic Operation; 2.7.2 Participation in Energy Markets; 2.7.3 Mathematical Formulation; 2.7.4 Solution Methodology; 2.7.5 Study Case; 2.7.6 Results; 2.8 Decentralized Control; 2.8.1 Multi-Agent System Theory; 2.8.2 Agent Communication and Development; 2.8.3 Agent Communication Language; 2.8.4 Agent Ontology and Data Modeling; 2.8.5 Coordination Algorithms for Microgrid Control; 2.8.6 Game Theory and Market Based Algorithms; 2.8.7 Scalability and Advanced Architecture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Systems: Efficient Probabilistic Methods and Aerospace Applications; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Nomenclature; Abbreviations; Notation and Symbols; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Structural Reliability Analysis; 1.2 Non-Deterministic Reliability Analysis Methods; 1.2.1 Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) Method; 1.2.2 FORM (First-Order Reliability Method); 1.2.3 Interval Analysis; 1.2.4 Fuzzy Analysis; 1.2.5 Response Surface Method (RSM); 1.2.6 Summary; 1.3 Uncertainty Analysis of Dynamic Systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Demand for Financial Assets; 3 Making Choices in Risky Situations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Choosing Among Risky Prospects: Preliminaries; 3.3 A Prerequisite: Choice Theory Under Certainty; 3.4 Choice Theory Under Uncertainty: An Introduction; 3.5 The Expected Utility Theorem; 3.6 How Restrictive Is Expected Utility Theory? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Editor Bios; Contributor Bios; Acknowledgments; Introductory Chapter: Asia Finance: The Emergence of Asia Economy and New Development in Finance; REITs; Trading; Fund Performance; Summary of individual Chapters in Volume II; Re-Emergence of asia; Disclaimers; Part One: REIT's; 1.2 Conceptual Framework; 1.2.1 Analyst Coverage; 1.2.2 Analysts Accuracy; Country effects; Industry effects; 1.2.3 Forecast Bias; Analysts' forecasts during periods of high uncertainty; 1.3 Data and Methodology; 1.3.1 Data; 1.3.2 Test of Financial Analysts' Accuracy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sci. 2018, 8, 646, doi: 10.3390/app8040646 -- Wenjun Bai, Changqin Quan and Zhi-Wei Luo Uncertainty Flow Facilitates Zero-Shot Multi-Label Learning in Affective Facial Analysis Reprinted from: Appl. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 1.2 Radiative Forcing; 1.3 Uncertainty; 1.4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 1.5 Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations; 1.6 The Consequences of Climate Forcing; 2 The International Response to Climate Change; 2.1 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 2.2 Industrialised and Developing Countries…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Executive summary -- Central Asia has so far withstood the shock created by the war in Ukraine -- However, the region's medium-term outlook remains fragile -- Policy options for Central Asia to further advance their private sector development agenda in uncertain times -- Introduction -- Central Asian economies are closely integrated with Russia -- Trade linkages -- Financial sector -- Foreign Direct Investment -- People: labour migration and remittances -- The impact of international economic sanctions on the Russian economy has so far been less severe than initially anticipated -- International sanctions led by the European Union and the United States aim at pressuring Russia to end the war -- The Russian economy is contracting, yet is proving more resilient than initially expected -- Economies of Central Asia seem to have withstood the shock created by the sanctions -- GDP continued to grow across Central Asia in the first half of the year -- The main engines of growth have not yet been negatively affected -- Remittances have continued to support consumption across the region -- The increase in energy prices has benefitted commodity exporters in the region -- Rising inflation is weighing negatively on firms and households -- The trade channel has remained robust across Central Asia, but the region's close ties with Russia leave it vulnerable to political and supply risks -- Trade has remained dynamic in Central Asia, but suspicions of shadow trade with Russia might expose the region's economies to secondary sanctions -- However, supply-chain disruptions are affecting some industries and likely to increase the costs of trade -- Greater uncertainty might reduce Central Asia's investment attractiveness…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NEEM -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 The Vision -- 2 The Reality -- DISADVANTAGES -- Lack of Experience -- Genetic Variability -- Lack of Registration -- Lack of Standards -- Conflicting Approaches -- Economic Uncertainties -- Handling Difficulties -- Geographical Limitations -- Planting Difficulties -- Silviculture Difficulties -- Instability -- Health Hazards -- Environmental Safety -- Slow Action -- Damage to Plants -- Method of Application -- Protecting the Tree -- Medical Limitations -- Synthetic Competition -- 3 The Tree -- DESCRIPTION -- DISTRIBUTION -- PROPAGATION -- GROWTH -- PROBLEMS -- Pests -- Diseases -- Nutrient Deficiencies -- Other Problems -- 4 What's in a Neem -- LIMONOIDS -- Azadirachtin -- Meliantriol -- Salannin -- Nimbin and Nimbidin -- Others -- PRODUCTION -- Water Extraction -- Hexane Extraction -- Pentane Extraction -- Alcohol Extraction -- FORMULATIONS -- Additives -- METHODS OF APPLICATION -- SYSTEMIC EFFECT -- 5 Effects on Insects -- INSECTS AFFECTED -- Orthoptera -- Homoptera -- Thysanoptera -- Coleoptera -- Lepidoptera -- Diptera -- Hymenoptera -- Heteroptera -- EXAMPLES -- Desert Locust -- Cockroach -- Brown Planthopper -- Stored-Product Insects -- Armyworm -- Colorado Potato Beetle -- Leafminers -- European Corn Borer -- Mosquitoes -- Aphids -- Fruit Flies -- Gypsy Moth -- Horn Flies -- Blowflies -- 6 Effects on Other Organisms -- NEMATODES -- SNAILS -- CRUSTACEANS -- FUNGI -- Aflatoxin -- PLANT VIRUSES -- NONTARGET SPECIES -- Earthworms -- Beneficial Insects -- 7 Medicinals -- FUNGICIDES -- ANTIBACTERIALS -- ANTIVIRAL AGENTS -- DERMATOLOGICAL INSECTS -- DENTAL TREATMENTS -- CHAGAS' DISEASE -- MALARIA -- PAIN RELIEF AND FEVER REDUCTION -- BIRTH CONTROL -- VETERINARY MEDICINE -- Controlling Insects -- Controlling Bacteria -- Controlling Intestinal Worms -- A WORD OF CAUTION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Comparative Dosimetry of Radon in Mines and Homes -- Copyright -- Preface -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Summary and Recommendations -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- 1 Introduction -- CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE, AND DOSE -- RISK ASSESSMENT FOR INDOOR RADON -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 2 Assessment of Exposure to the Decay Products of 222Rn in Mines and Homes -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- MEASUREMENT METHODS -- EXPOSURE TO RADON PROGENY -- Mine Atmospheres -- Indoor Atmospheres -- REFERENCES -- 3 Extrapolation of Doses and Risk per Unit Exposure from Mines to Homes -- INTRODUCTION -- REPRESENTATIVE EXPOSURE CONDITIONS -- Radon Progeny Aerosols -- BREATHING RATES AND CALCULATION OF DOSE PER UNIT EXPOSURE -- COMPARATIVE DOSES FROM RADON PROGENY IN MINES AND HOMES -- Target Cells in Bronchial Epithelium -- LOCALIZED VERSUS REGIONAL DOSES -- INFLUENCE OF MODELING UNCERTAINTIES -- DOSES TO ADULT FEMALES -- DOSES TO CHILDREN AND INFANTS -- VARIABILITY OF THE DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENT IN HOMES -- EFFECTS OF AIRWAY DISEASE ON DOSE -- COMPARATIVE DOSES FROM RADON AND THORON PROGENY -- SUMMARY OF DOSIMETRIC RISK EXTRAPOLATION FACTORS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Other Considerations -- BIOLOGICAL FACTORS -- GENDER -- AGE, GROWTH, AND INJURY IN RELATION TO CELL PROLIFERATION -- AGE -- CELL PROLIFERATION -- DOSE RATE, FRACTIONATION, AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE -- TISSUE DAMAGE -- CIGARETTE SMOKING -- REFERENCES -- 5 Dosimetry and Dosimetric Models for Inhaled Radon and Progeny -- SOME PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RADON AND RADON PROGENY -- MORPHOMETRIC MODELS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT -- HEAD AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY -- TRACHEOBRONCHIAL AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY -- RESPIRATORY AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY -- DEPOSITION MODELS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using Scaled Symbols -- Editing the Chart -- Parts of a Whole -- Pie Chart -- Making a Pie Chart -- Donut Chart -- Making a Donut Chart -- Square Pie -- Making a Square Pie Chart -- Treemap -- Making a Treemap -- Editing the Chart -- Rank and Order -- Categories and Time -- Stacked Bar Chart -- Making a Stacked Bar Chart -- Formatting the Data -- Making the Chart -- Stacked Area Chart -- Making a Stacked Area Chart -- Alluvial Diagram -- Making an Alluvial Diagram -- Bump Chart -- Wrapping Up -- Chapter 6 Visualizing Relationships -- Correlation -- Scatterplot -- Making a Scatterplot -- Bubble Plot -- Making a Bubble Plot -- Differences -- Barbell Chart -- Making a Barbell Chart -- Difference Chart -- Making a Difference Chart -- Highlighting Differences -- Multiple Variables -- Heatmap for Multiple Variables -- Making a Heatmap for Multiple Variables -- Parallel Coordinates -- Making Parallel Coordinates -- Separating Views -- Connections -- Network Graph -- Making a Network Graph -- Wrapping Up -- Chapter 7 Visualizing Space -- Working with Spatial Data -- Geocoding Addresses -- Map Projections -- Locations -- Points -- Mapping Points -- Scaled Symbols -- Adding Scaled Symbols -- Lines -- Adding Lines -- Spatial Distributions -- Choropleth Map -- Making a Choropleth Map -- Cartogram -- Making a Cartogram -- Dot Density Map -- Making a Dot Density Map -- Space and Time -- Sequence of Maps -- Animated Map -- Making an Animated Map -- Wrapping Up -- Chapter 8 Analyzing Data Visually -- Gathering Information -- Overviews -- Summaries -- Making a Box Plot -- Distributions -- Quality of the Data -- Adjusting Questions -- Exploring Details -- Comparisons -- Patterns -- Uncertainty -- Outliers -- Drawing Conclusions -- Wrapping Up -- Chapter 9 Designing with Purpose -- Good Visualization -- Infinite Options -- Visualization Components -- Insight for Others…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Stochastic Programming in Finance -- STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING VERSUS OTHER METHODS IN FINANCE -- Static versus Dynamic Models in Financial Planning -- Static versus Dynamic Models in Financial Planning -- Continuous-Time Models versus Stochastic Programming -- A GENERAL MULTISTAGE STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING -- Model Formulation -- Modeling Future Uncertainties (Scenario Generation) -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Probability Theory -- Concepts of Probability Theory -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO PROBABILITY -- Probability as Relative Frequencies -- Axiomatic System -- SET OPERATIONS AND PRELIMINARIES -- Set Operations -- Right-Continuous and Non-decreasing Functions -- Outcome, Space, and Events -- The Measurable Space -- PROBABILITY MEASURE -- RANDOM VARIABLE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Overview -- Chapter 1: Truth and Dare - The CxO Challenges -- The market -- Uncertainty about the future -- Trends -- Glocalization -- The supply chain -- Financial challenges -- CapEx versus OpEx -- Maintenance costs -- The cost of living -- Lack of investment -- Recession -- Return on investment -- Accuracy cost estimation -- Regulation compliance -- GDPR -- The CCPA -- Industry regulations -- Data residency -- Technology evolution -- Flexible adoption of new technology -- Technology strategy -- Emerging new technologies -- Evolving customer perspectives -- Consistent customer service -- Operational challenges -- Sustainable supply chain pressures -- Resourcing issues regarding raw materials, people, and skill gaps -- The multi-vendor model -- Choosing a SAP service provider -- Key considerations for businesses when opting for a cloud provider -- Keeping the lights on -- Organizational challenges -- Transformation challenges - business- or IT-driven -- Factors affecting transformation -- Environmental challenges -- Sustainability challenges -- COVID-19 -- Political polarization -- Impact of the war in Ukraine -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Faith of Four - Vision of the Masters -- The four masters -- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) -- Chief Finance Officer (CFO) -- Chief Information/Technology Officer (CIO/CTO) -- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) -- The business challenge -- Top-line growth -- Bottom-line growth -- Green-line growth -- Other focus areas -- The way forward -- Uncertainty -- Insights -- Yesterday's ERP -- Sustainability insight -- The next steps -- The phoenix transformation -- How does Spark4Life Ltd take the first step? …”