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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright and Credits -- Packt Upsell -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Understanding Functional Programming -- Identifying a paradigm -- Subdividing the procedural paradigm -- Using the functional paradigm -- Using a functional hybrid -- Looking at object creation -- The stack of turtles -- A classic example of functional programming -- Exploratory data analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Introducing Essential Functional Concepts -- First-class functions -- Pure functions -- Higher-order functions -- Immutable data -- Strict and non-strict evaluation -- Recursion instead of an explicit loop state -- Functional type systems -- Familiar territory -- Learning some advanced concepts -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Functions, Iterators, and Generators -- Writing pure functions -- Functions as first-class objects -- Using strings -- Using tuples and named tuples -- Using generator expressions -- Exploring the limitations of generators -- Combining generator expressions -- Cleaning raw data with generator functions -- Using lists, dicts, and sets -- Using stateful mappings -- Using the bisect module to create a mapping -- Using stateful sets -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Working with Collections -- An overview of function varieties -- Working with iterables -- Parsing an XML file -- Parsing a file at a higher level -- Pairing up items from a sequence -- Using the iter() function explicitly -- Extending a simple loop -- Applying generator expressions to scalar functions -- Using any() and all() as reductions -- Using len() and sum() -- Using sums and counts for statistics -- Using zip() to structure and flatten sequences -- Unzipping a zipped sequence -- Flattening sequences -- Structuring flat sequences -- Structuring flat sequences - an alternative approach -- Using reversed() to change the order…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Safety Cases and Safety Reports -- Implementing HOF in the UK and EU -- HOF Regulation in the EU: Some Varieties -- Inspection or Auditing: What is the Difference? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 9.2: Leverage digital government tools to support open government objectives -- 9.3: Leverage open data in support of open government reforms -- Conclusions and way forward (provision 9) -- References -- Notes -- 11 Provision 10: Open state -- 10.1: By increasingly implementing the principle of Open State, Parliaments, the Judiciary and subnational levels of government of Adherents promote open government reforms and practices -- Subnational authorities are implementing a variety of open government strategies and initiatives. -- Parliaments across Adherents are implementing open government initiatives but lagging behind in adopting strategic approach. -- Adherents' judiciaries are gradually implementing the open government principles. -- 10.2: Collaborating and exploiting synergies among different levels of government and branches of the state in support of moving towards an open state approach -- The move towards an open state is a reality but few Adherents are taking a coordinated and integrated approach. -- Vertical collaboration and integration are happening on an ad hoc basis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- ORGANIZATION OF ASSETS -- BACKING UP YOUR DATA -- THE BASICS OF DESIGN -- Style -- Line -- Shape -- Composition -- Rule of Thirds -- Negative Space -- Unity -- Variety -- Balance -- Color -- Texture -- Emphasis…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Introduction -- The COEURE Project -- Advances in Economic Research: Foundations forEuropean Policies -- About the Chapters -- The Relevance of Data and Methods -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- 1 Innovation and Growth: The Schumpeterian Perspective -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Looking for Growth Paradigms to Think about Growth Policy -- 1.2.1 The Neoclassical Growth Model -- 1.2.2 The AK Model -- 1.2.3 The Product-Variety Model -- 1.2.4 The Schumpeterian Model -- 1.3 Some Main Applications and Extensions of Schumpeterian Growth Theory -- 1.3.1 Growth Meets IO -- 1.3.2 Schumpeterian Growth and Firm Dynamics -- 1.3.3 Growth Meets Development: Appropriate Institutions -- 1.3.4 Growth Meets Development: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries -- 1.3.5 Growth and Unemployment -- 1.4 Enhancing Productivity Growth in Advanced Countries -- 1.4.1 Pillars of Innovation-Led Growth -- 1.4.2 Competition Policy against Industrial Policy -- 1.4.3 Reforming the State -- 1.4.4 Macroeconomic Policy -- 1.4.5 Innovation, Inequality, and Social Mobility: Making Growth Inclusive -- 1.5 Technological Waves and the Debate on Secular Stagnation -- 1.5.1 The Debate -- 1.5.2 Historical Wave Patterns -- 1.6 Schumpeterian Insights into R&amp -- D Policy -- 1.6.1 R&amp -- D Policies and Firm Selection -- 1.6.2 Basic versus Applied R&amp -- D -- 1.7 The Role of Freedom and Openness in the Innovation Process -- 1.7.1 The ADS Framework and the Role of Academic Freedom -- 1.7.2 Freedom and Openness -- 1.7.3 Evidence on the Limits of IP and the Role of Openness and Freedom -- 1.8 Towards a New Growth Pact in Europe -- 1.8.1 Structural Reforms and the Role of Structural Funds -- 1.8.2 Rethinking Industrial Policy in the EU…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using Parallelism -- 25.1 Understanding Parallelism -- 25.2 Equal Elements -- 25.3 Coherence -- Chapter 26. Achieving Variety -- 26.1 Sentence Length and Structure -- 26.2 Sentence Beginnings -- 26.3 Word Order -- Part 6: Punctuation Chart: Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Parentheses -- Chapter 27. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Solar panels generate electricity in a variety of ways -- 3. Solar panel energy cost disadvantages -- 4. …”

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