Tabla de Contenidos: “…Oil and gas companies slash spending across the board -- The extent of spending cutbacks varies widely across regions -- North America leads cuts in upstream spending -- Middle East investment holds up for now -- A weaker ruble and lower taxes helps maintain Russian spending -- Sub-Saharan African producers scale back their deepwater plans -- Upstream oil and gas costs down 30% since 2014 -- US shale costs plummet -- Lower costs are the biggest contributors to lower investment -- Investments in oil midstream infrastructure -- Oil transport and storage investment prove to be sticky -- North America sees a boom in oil infrastructure building -- Oil storage attracts financing globally -- Demand growth drives investment in the emerging economies -- Investment in oil refining -- Asia dominates refining investment -- Financing in the oil and gas sector -- Upstream -- Majors and Independents -- National oil companies -- Financing midstream and refinery projects -- LNG chains -- Spending on liquefaction falls back as projects reach completion -- Regasification capacity rises steadily -- Coal -- References -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"This Is Broken" -- Decision Makers Who Get It -- Easier when you are the decision maker -- It All Comes Down to Stats -- More Advanced CSS That Works Today -- text-shadow -- box-shadow -- -webkit-transition -- Wrapping Up -- CHAPTER 5 Modular Float Management -- Float Refresher -- Easy clearing -- Applying .clearfix -- Additional rules for IE6 and 7 -- Adding .clearfix to the markup -- A Semantic Dilemma -- One alternative: a big long list -- Choosing a better class name -- Setting Up .group in Your Style Sheets -- Set it and forget it -- Frameworks for Handcrafters -- Rolling your own -- index.html -- screen.css -- reset.css -- master.css -- ie.css -- Your mileage may vary -- Applying .group to Tugboat -- Modular moves -- Wrapping Up -- CHAPTER 6 The Fluid Grid -- The Assignment -- The problem with fixed width -- Less soapbox, more solutions! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The scale and sectoral focus of mobilised private climate finance varies across geographies -- 2.2.3. The role of different development actors in mobilising private climate finance -- References -- Notes -- 3 Geographic, sectoral, and institutional challenges to and opportunities for private finance mobilisation -- 3.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trust in government in Brazil aligns with other Latin American countries but is below the OECD average -- 2.2.2. Levels of trust vary across institutions but are generally low in Brazil -- 2.2.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; 1.1 FINANCIAL MODELING; 1.2 RISK ANALYSIS; 1.3 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; 1.4 RISK MANAGEMENT; 1.5 BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF USING CRYSTAL BALL; 1.5.1 Benefits; 1.5.2 Limitations; CHAPTER 2 Analyzing Crystal Ball Forecasts; 2.1 SIMULATING A 50-50 PORTFOLIO; 2.1.1 Accumulate.xls; 2.1.2 Frequency Chart; 2.1.3 Cumulative Frequency Chart; 2.1.4 Statistics View; 2.1.5 Forecast Window Percentiles View; 2.2 VARYING THE ALLOCATIONS; 2.2.1 Decision Table Tool; 2.2.2 Trend Chart…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Zölzer) -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Filters -- 2.3 Equalizers -- 2.4 Time-varying Filters -- 2.5 Basic Delay Structures -- 2.6 Delay-based Audio Effects -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Sound and Music -- Bibliography -- 3 Modulators and Demodulators (P. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Ownership of For-Profit Firms -- The Management of Firms -- What Owners Want -- 6.2 Production -- Production Functions -- Time and the Variability of Inputs -- 6.3 Short-Run Production: One Variable and One Fixed Input -- Solved Problem 6.1 -- Interpretation of Graphs -- Solved Problem 6.2 -- Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns -- APPLICATION Malthus and the Green Revolution -- 6.4 Long-Run Production: Two Variable Inputs -- Isoquants -- APPLICATION A Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Isoquant -- Substituting Inputs -- Solved Problem 6.3 -- Diminishing Marginal Rates of Technical Substitution -- The Elasticity of Substitution -- Solved Problem 6.4 -- 6.5 Returns to Scale -- Constant, Increasing, and Decreasing Returns to Scale -- Solved Problem 6.5 -- APPLICATION Returns to Scale in Various Industries -- Varying Returns to Scale -- 6.6 Productivity and Technical Change -- Relative Productivity -- APPLICATION A Good Boss Raises Productivity -- Innovations -- APPLICATION Tata Nano's Technical and Organizational Innovations -- CHALLENGE SOLUTION Labor Productivity During Downturns -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 7 Costs -- CHALLENGE Technology Choice at Home Versus Abroad -- 7.1 Measuring Costs -- Opportunity Costs -- APPLICATION The Opportunity Cost of an MBA -- Solved Problem 7.1 -- Opportunity Cost of Capital -- Sunk Costs -- 7.2 Short-Run Costs -- Short-Run Cost Measures -- APPLICATION The Sharing Economy and the Short Run -- Solved Problem 7.2 -- Short-Run Cost Curves -- Production Functions and the Shape of Cost Curves -- APPLICATION Short-Run Cost Curves for a Japanese Beer Manufacturer -- Effects of Taxes on Costs -- Short-Run Cost Summary -- 7.3 Long-Run Costs -- Input Choice -- Solved Problem 7.3 -- Solved Problem 7.4 -- How Long-Run Cost Varies with Output -- Solved Problem 7.5 -- Solved Problem 7.6 -- The Shape of Long-Run Cost Curves…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.2. Alcohol consumption varies across OECD, G20 and EU27 countries -- 2.2.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Wage premia for college are varied -- Box 2.2. Student loans -- Figure 2.8. Student loans have become a much more important element of household debt -- Figure 2.9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Concentration does not vary substantially by demographic groups -- 3.2.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 6 - The Case for a Demand Side Management (DSM) Intervention -- 7 - Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 - The Role of Potential Factors/Actors and Regime Switching Modeling -- 1 - Introduction -- 2 - Determinants of the Relationship Between Energy and Economic Growth -- 2.1 - Production Factors -- 2.2 - International Trade -- 2.3 - Financial Development -- 2.4 - Pricing Structures -- 2.5 - Economic Structures -- 2.6 - Different Energy Types and Fuels -- 2.7 - Population and Urbanization -- 2.8 - Miscellaneous Factors -- 2.8.1 - Militarization and national defense -- 2.8.2 - Tourism development -- 2.8.3 - Energy security -- 2.8.4 - Political considerations -- 3 - Regime Switching and Time-Varying Models -- 3.1 - Regime Switching Approach -- 3.2 - The Time-Varying Approach -- 4 - Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5 - Critical Issues to Be Answered in the Energy-Growth Nexus (EGN) Research Field -- 1 - Introduction -- 2 - Environmental Agreements and Research Opportunities in the EGN -- 2.1 - What Do International Agreements and National Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) (Emissions) Mean for the EGN Lit... -- 2.2 - An Application with Intertemporal Causality…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A similar gap between bond yields and stock yields -- Bond fund managers track the bond market -- Bonds vary in riskiness -- Three basic types of bond funds -- Like stock funds, actively managed bond funds lag their benchmarks. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.2.3 The Camera Function2.2.4 The Transmission Function; 2.2.5 The Monitor Function; 2.2.6 The Recording Function; 2.3 Scene Illumination; 2.3.1 Natural Light; 2.3.2 Artificial Light; 2.4 Scene Characteristics; 2.4.1 Target Size; 2.4.2 Reflectivity; 2.4.3 Effects of Motion; 2.4.4 Scene Temperature; 2.5 Lenses; 2.5.1 Fixed-Focal-Length Lens; 2.5.2 Zoom Lens; 2.5.3 Vari-Focal Lens; 2.5.4 Panoramic-360degree Lens; 2.5.5 Covert Pinhole Lens; 2.5.6 Special Lenses; 2.6 Cameras; 2.6.1 The Scanning Process; 2.6.1.1 Raster Scanning; 2.6.1.2 Digital and Progressive Scan; 2.6.2 Solid-State Cameras…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Returning Customers by Week -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 12 Creating Machine Learning Datasets Using SQL -- Datasets for Time Series Models -- Datasets for Binary Classification -- Creating the Dataset -- Expanding the Feature Set -- Feature Engineering -- Taking Things to the Next Level -- Exercises -- Chapter 13 Analytical Dataset Development Examples -- What Factors Correlate with Fresh Produce Sales? -- How Do Sales Vary by Customer Zip Code, Market Distance, and Demographic Data? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…FOREWORD xix -- PREFACE xxi -- I PRELIMINARIES -- 1 Introduction 3 -- 1.1 Notation 4 -- 1.2 Foundations 4 -- 1.3 Signals and Systems 12 -- 1.4 Signaling in Communications Systems 27 -- II RADIO FREQUENCY, ANTENNAS, AND PROPAGATION -- 2 Introduction to Radio Frequency, Antennas, and Propagation 37 -- 2.1 Mathematical Preliminaries 37 -- 2.2 Electrostatics, Current, and Magnetostatics 41 -- 2.3 Time-Varying Situations, Electromagnetic Waves, and Transmission Lines 46 -- 2.4 Impedance 56 -- 2.5 Tests and Measurements 57 -- 3 Radio-Frequency Engineering 63 -- 3.1 Introduction and Preliminaries 64 -- 3.2 Noise 70 -- 3.3 System Issues Related to Nonlinearity 80 -- 3.4 Mixing and Related Issues 85 -- 3.5 Oscillators and Related Issues 87 -- 3.6 Amplifiers and Related Issues 89 -- 3.7 Other Components 90 -- 4 Antennas 93 -- 4.1 Characterization 94 -- 4.2 Examples 105 -- 4.3 Antenna Arrays 111 -- 4.4 Practical Issues: Connecting to Antennas, Tuning, and so on 122 -- 5 Propagation 125 -- 5.1 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Common Effects 126 -- 5.2 Large-Scale Effects in Cellular Environments 132 -- 5.3 Small-Scale Effects in Cellular Environments 137 -- 5.4 Incorporating Fading Effects in the Link Budget 148 -- III WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES -- 6 Introduction to Wireless Access Technologies 159 -- 6.1 Review of Digital Signal Processing 160 -- 6.2 Digital Communications for Wireless Access Systems 169 -- 6.3 The Cellular Concept 173 -- 6.4 Spread Spectrum 177 -- 6.5 OFDM 185 -- 7 Component Technologies 193 -- 7.1 Medium Access Control 193 -- 7.2 Handoff 202 -- 7.3 Power Control 208 -- 7.4 Error Correction Codes 210 -- 8 Examples of Air-Interface Standards: GSM, IS-95, WiFi 219 -- 8.1 GSM 220 -- 8.2 IS-95 CDMA 226 -- 8.3 IEEE 802.11 WiFi 235 -- 9 Recent Trends and Developments 249 -- 9.1 Third-Generation CDMA-Based Systems 249 -- 9.2 Emerging Technologies for Wireless Access 253 -- 9.3 HSPA and HRPD 258 -- 9.4 IEEE 802.16 WiMAX 262 -- 9.5 LTE 270 -- 9.6 What's Next? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Enabling a New Consumption Model -- Conclusions -- End Notes -- 2 Service Creation and Service Function Chaining -- Introduction -- Definitions -- The Service Creation Problem -- A Quick History -- Tightly integrated service solutions -- Loosely coupled-toward NFV/SFC -- Virtual Service Creation and SFC -- Varying Approaches to Decomposition -- Metadata -- What Can You Do with SFC? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The AR(1) model ; Regression extensions: AR(1) errors and time-varying parameters ; Autoregressive and moving average processes ; ARMA processes ; Correlograms ; ARMA model identification -- Part III: Modeling financial asset returns. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Robot Joint Friction Modeling and Parameter Identification -- 1.2 Contact Perception in Virtual Environment -- 1.3 Organization of This Book -- References -- Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Robot Dynamics and Control -- 2.1 Robot Kinematics -- 2.1.1 Matrix Description of Robot Kinematics -- 2.1.2 Homogeneous Transformation Matrices -- 2.1.3 Forward Kinematics -- 2.1.4 Inverse Kinematics -- 2.1.5 Velocity Kinematics -- 2.2 Robot Dynamics -- 2.3 Robot Control -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 Trajectory Control -- 2.3.2.1 Point‐to‐Point Control -- 2.3.2.2 Trajectories for Paths Specified by Points -- 2.3.3 Interaction Control -- 2.3.3.1 Impedance Control -- 2.3.3.2 Hybrid Force‐Position Control -- References -- Chapter 3 Friction and Contact of Solid Interfaces -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Contact Between Two Solid Surfaces -- 3.2.1 Description of Surfaces -- 3.2.2 Contact Mechanics of Two Solid Surfaces -- 3.3 Friction Between Two Solid Surfaces -- 3.3.1 Adhesion -- 3.3.2 Dry Friction -- 3.3.2.1 Friction Mechanisms -- 3.3.2.2 Friction Transitions and Wear -- 3.3.2.3 Static Friction, Hysteresis, Time, and Displacement Dependence -- 3.3.2.4 Effects of Environmental and Operational Condition on Friction -- 3.3.3 Liquid Mediated Friction -- 3.3.3.1 Stribeck Curve -- 3.3.3.2 Unsteady Liquid‐Mediated Friction -- 3.3.3.3 Negative Slope of Friction‐Velocity Curve -- 3.3.4 Friction Models -- References -- Chapter 4 Friction Dynamics of Manipulators -- 4.1 Friction Models of Robot Manipulator Joints -- 4.2 Modeling Friction with Varied Effects -- 4.3 The Motion Equations of Dynamics of Robot Manipulators with Friction -- 4.3.1 The General Motion Equation of Robot Manipulators -- 4.3.2 The Motion Equation of Two‐Link Robot Manipulators…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Needs assessments at the regional level vary considerably -- 2.4.1. Fragmented access to regional and municipal services and benefits -- Entry points into the local system -- 2.4.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.7 Fokussieren: automatisch, manuell - bitte schnell und scharf -- Mit Einzelbild-AF die beste Trefferquote -- Kontinuierlicher AF: gute Trefferquote bei mobilen Motiven -- Manuell scharfstellen: sicher ist sicher -- 3.8 Filme drehen mit der Z 5 -- Ein paar einfache Tricks für jeden Anspruch -- Belichtungsprogramme: von »A« bis »P« -- Die richtige Kamerahaltung -- Szenen filmisch umsetzen -- Tonkontrolle -- 3.9 Zubehör für Fortgeschrittene -- Stativ und Kopf -- Vari-ND-Filter -- LED-Licht -- 4 Objektiv-Tipps -- 4.1 Die Augen Ihrer Nikon -- Tipp 1: Das Superzoom für die Z 5: Z 4-6,3/24-200 mm VR -- Tipp 2: Weitwinkel satt: Z 4/14-30 mm S -- Tipp 3: Alternative zum »kleinen« Setzoom: Z 4/24-70 mm S -- Tipp 4: Lichtstark, schnell und teuer: Z 2,8/70-200 mm VR S -- Tipp 5: Perfekter Porträt-Begleiter: Z 1,8/85 mm S -- Tipp 6: Das gute, alter 35er: Z 1,8/35 mm S -- Index…”