Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A profile of international students -- Few origin countries dominate an increasingly diverse set of destinations -- International students are of varying, yet overall increasing, importance in the OECD -- International students make distinct academic choices -- The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted on international student migration -- The special case of intra-European study exchange and Erasmus+ -- Who studies where? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 2 Checking Out and Charging What's in the Box -- Your Contents May Vary -- Hello, handset! -- You're not doing anything without the power cord -- Accessories may be included, but maybe not -- What Should You Keep (and What You Can Discard) -- Installing the SIM Card -- A Quick Tour of Your Device's Hardware -- Not all Android smartphones look the same -- Sometimes the differences are in the inside -- Keeping Your Device Charged and Current -- Caring for Your Smartphone -- Cleaning your device -- Storing your device -- Chapter 3 Deciding on Carrier Service -- What Are Locked and Unlocked Smartphones? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Definition of heterogeneity in causality -- Case studies and discussion -- Examples (more of them) -- Understanding the types of heterogeneity -- Pre-treatment heterogeneity -- Post-treatment heterogeneity -- Contextual heterogeneity -- Heterogeneous causal effects deep dive -- Interaction terms in regression models -- Subgroup analysis -- ML techniques -- Estimation methods for identifying HCEs -- Regression Discontinuity Designs -- Instrumental variables -- Propensity Score Matching -- Case study - Heterogeneity in R -- Generating synthetic data -- Exploratory data analysis -- Matching for causal inference -- Estimating the ATE -- Tailoring interventions to different groups -- Conceptual framework -- Case study 1 - Educational interventions and their varied effects on different student demographics -- Case study 2 - Public health campaigns and their differential impacts on various population segments -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 14: Harnessing Causal Forests and Machine Learning Methods -- Technical requirements -- Introduction to causal forests for causal inference -- Historical development and key researchers -- Theoretical foundations of causal forests -- Conditions necessary for causal forest applications…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- The quality and impact of participatory processes vary widely among Adherents. -- Participatory processes can involve both common citizens and organised groups of stakeholders. -- 8.2: Institutionalise participatory processes and practices -- 8.3: Ensure inclusion and accessibility of participatory processes -- Protected civic space can increase inclusion in participatory processes. -- Anti-discrimination laws are central to facilitating citizen and stakeholder participation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Think Yourself -- Chapter 7: India-Afghanistan Relationship -- Emergence of Afghanistan as a nation state -- Varied Aspects of Indo-Afghan Relationship -- Political Aspects -- Security Aspect -- Drug Trafficking -- Economic Aspects -- Reconstruction Efforts -- Energy Security -- Cultural Exchanges -- Cooperation at Regional Fora -- Learning Points... -- Think Yourself -- Chapter 8: India-Myanmar Relationship -- Strategic Cooperation -- Economic Cooperation -- Project Implementation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Customers Visit the Service Site -- Service Providers Go to Their Customers -- The Service Transaction Is Conducted Remotely -- Channel Preferences Vary among Customers -- Channel Integration Is Key -- Where Should a Service Facility Be Located? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Échanges internationaux des ressources de la mer en Méditerranée -- Échanger des ressources alimentaires -- L'Atlantique en Méditerranée -- Marseille et Livourne, ports de décharge de la morue océanique -- Commerce du hareng et consignataires sans frontières -- Négoce marseillais et pêches morutières -- Une ressource alimentaire spécifique: la boutargue méditerranéenne -- Des gonades de muges et de thons -- Représentations et usages -- Une géographie de la boutargue dans la Méditerranée moderne -- Entre mer Baltique et mer Noire: les flux de caviar dans la Méditerranée moderne -- Un produit non alimentaire dominant: l'éponge de Méditerranée -- État des sources et de la recherche -- Le constat d'un vide historiographique -- Réévaluer les sources -- Un nécessaire traitement informatique -- Des usages variés à l'époque moderne -- Volumes et lieux de provenance sous l'Ancien Régime -- Espaces de pêche et de négoce -- Estimation des tonnages distribués au XVIIIe siècle -- Un commerce contrôlé par le négoce de la rive Nord -- Des négociants de Marseille et de Livourne -- Rentabilité du commerce de l'éponge méditerranéenne -- Espèces exploitée et techniques de pêche -- Espèces commerciales et variation des qualités -- Appréhender le marché des éponges modernes -- Le peuple invisible des pêcheurs d'éponges: hommes et techniques -- Poussières de cales -- Exploiter la soie de mer -- Connaître la grande nacre à l'époque moderne -- Géographie et produits de la soie de mer au XVIIIe siècle -- De la soie de mer en Provence ? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.4 Distribution of word suffixes as features -- 6.2.5 Unique words as features -- 6.3 Practical use of authorship attribution and user profiling -- Summary -- 7 Your first sentiment analyzer using sentiment lexicons -- 7.1 Use cases -- 7.2 Understanding your task -- 7.2.1 Aggregating sentiment score with the help of a lexicon -- 7.2.2 Learning to detect sentiment in a data-driven way -- 7.3 Setting up the pipeline: Data loading and analysis -- 7.3.1 Data loading and preprocessing -- 7.3.2 A closer look into the data -- 7.4 Aggregating sentiment scores with a sentiment lexicon -- 7.4.1 Collecting sentiment scores from a lexicon -- 7.4.2 Applying sentiment scores to detect review polarity -- Summary -- Solutions to exercises -- 8 Sentiment analysis with a data-driven approach -- 8.1 Addressing multiple senses of a word with SentiWordNet -- 8.2 Addressing dependence on context with machine learning -- 8.2.1 Data preparation -- 8.2.2 Extracting features from text -- 8.2.3 Scikit-learn's machine-learning pipeline -- 8.2.4 Full-scale evaluation with cross-validation -- 8.3 Varying the length of the sentiment-bearing features -- 8.4 Negation handling for sentiment analysis -- 8.5 Further practice -- Summary -- 9 Topic analysis -- 9.1 Topic classification as a supervised machine-learning task -- 9.1.1 Data -- 9.1.2 Topic classification with Naïve Bayes -- 9.1.3 Evaluation of the results -- 9.2 Topic discovery as an unsupervised machine-learning task -- 9.2.1 Unsupervised ML approaches -- 9.2.2 Clustering for topic discovery -- 9.2.3 Evaluation of the topic clustering algorithm -- Summary -- Solutions to miscellaneous exercises -- 10 Topic modeling -- 10.1 Topic modeling with latent Dirichlet allocation -- 10.1.1 Exercise 10.1: Question 1 solution -- 10.1.2 Exercise 10.1: Question 2 solution -- 10.1.3 Estimating parameters for the LDA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Eng. 2016, 4(3), 62, doi: 10.3390/jmse4030062 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/4/3/62 .91 -- Lei Shi and Edward Myers Statistical Interpolation of Tidal Datums and Computation of Its Associated Spatially Varying Uncertainty Reprinted from: J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2016, 4(4), 64; doi: 10.3390/jmse4040064 http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/4/4/64 .115 -- Richard Styles, Mitchell E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Emphasizing the Positive -- Using Bias-free Language -- Adapting to Your Audience: Building Strong Relationships -- Establishing Your Credibility -- Projecting Your Company's Image -- Adapting to Your Audience: Controlling Your Style and Tone -- Creating a Conversational Tone -- Using Plain Language -- Selecting the Active or Passive Voice -- Composing Your Message: Choosing Powerful Words -- Using Words Correctly -- Using Words Effectively -- Understanding Denotation and Connotation -- Balancing Abstract and Concrete Words -- Composing Your Message: Creating Effective Sentences -- Choosing from the Four Types of Sentences -- Using Sentence Style to Emphasize Key Thoughts -- Composing Your Message: Crafting Unified, Coherent Paragraphs -- Creating the Elements of a Paragraph -- Choosing the Best Way to Develop Each Paragraph -- Writing Messages for Mobile Devices -- Communication Challenges at Lumen/kaleigh Moore -- Key Terms -- Summary of LearningObjectives -- Test Your Knowledge -- Apply Your Knowledge -- Practice Your Skills -- Expand Your Skills -- Build Your Career -- Intelligent Communication Technology Amplifying Your Writing with Augmented Writing Software -- Apply Your Skills Now Think Now, Write Later -- 6 Completing Business Messages -- Communication Close-up at Type Together -- Revising Your Message: Evaluating the First Draft -- Evaluating Your Content, Organization, Style, and Tone -- Evaluating, Editing, and Revising the Work of Others -- Revising to Improve Readability -- Varying the Length of Your Sentences -- Keeping Your Paragraphs Short -- Using Lists and Bullets to Clarify and Emphasize -- Adding Headings and Subheadings -- Editing for Clarity and Conciseness -- Editing for Clarity -- Editing for Conciseness -- Producing Your Message -- Designing for Readability -- Formatting Formal Letters and Memos…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rural Marketing Insight: Caution for Marketers Giving Discounts to Rural Consumers -- Rural Marketing Snapshot: Rising Consumption of Branded Products -- Review of Objectives -- Discusion and Application -- Rural Marketing Case: Coca-Cola's Strategy for Rural Markets -- Chapter 8: Distribution in Rural Markets -- Availability: The Challenge and the Dilemma -- Distribution Channels -- The Evolution of Rural Distribution Channels -- Channel Dynamics -- Rural Channel Members -- The Rural Retail Environment -- Traditional Retail -- The Emergence of Modern Retail in Rural Areas -- Rural Marketing Snapshot: The Changing Face of Rural Retail -- Channel Behaviour in Rural Areas -- Sourcing of Stocks and Purchase Cycles -- Stocking Behaviour and Seasonality -- Credit Patterns -- Transfer of Capital -- Pricing by Channel -- Channel Promotion -- Retailer-Consumer Dynamics -- Distribution Models in Rural Markets -- The Distribution Models for FMCGs -- The Distribution Model for Durables -- Rural-centric Distribution Models -- Haats/Shandies -- Modern Distribution Models -- Vans -- The Public Distribution System -- Cooperative Societies -- Petrol Pumps and Extension Counters -- Non-government Organizations -- Rural Mobile Traders: Last Mile Distribution -- Rural Marketing Insight: Project Shakti -- Rural Marketing Insight: Gaon Chalo: A Tata Tea Initiative -- Rural Logistics -- The Hub and Spoke System -- Syndicated Distribution -- Rural Marketing Insight: Syndicated Distribution for Rural Dominance -- Review of Objectives -- Discussion and Application -- Rural Marketing Case: Colgate DISHA: The Evolution of a Sustainable PPP Model in the BoP Market -- Chapter 9: Communication Strategies for Rural Markets -- Challenges in Rural Communication -- Heterogeneity and spread -- Low Literacy and varying Comprehension Abilities -- Different media reach and Habits…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Investment Structure: Mutual Fund, Collective Investment Trust, or Separately Managed Account -- Understand Revenue Sharing: Consider Paying Administration and Other Plan Fees -- Blended Multimanager or White-Label Investment Options -- Tier III: "Do-It-Myself" Mutual-Fund-Only or Full Brokerage Window -- Considering an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer -- Considering an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer -- In Closing -- Questions for Plan Fiduciaries -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Target-Date Designand Approaches -- Target-Date Structures vary By plan Size -- Custom Target-Date Strategies -- Semicustom Target-Date -- Packaged Target-Date -- Target-Date Selection and Evaluation Criteria -- No Such Thing as Passive -- Low Cost and Low Tracking Error Does Not Equal Low Risk -- Framework for Selecting and Evaluating Target-Date Strategies: Three Active Decisions Plan Sponsors Must Make -- Active Decision #1: How Much Risk Can Plan Participants Take? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Inequality and poverty are relatively low but vary across regions -- Figure 4. Labour productivity has disappointed since the crisis1 -- The economic outlook is positive -- Table 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Despite progress in poverty reduction, poverty rates and inequality remain relatively high in the region, given levels of income per capita -- 3.2.2. While coverage varies from country to country, there is scope to expand social protection systems in all the OECS member states -- 3.2.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Reading the confusion matrix -- General confusion matrix in context -- Varying the classification threshold in logistic regression -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Receiver operating characteristic - ROC analysis -- Getting ready -- Sensitivity -- A visual perspective -- How to do it... -- Calculating TPR in scikit-learn -- Plotting sensitivity -- There's more... -- The confusion matrix in a non-medical context…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building Tables -- Locating table rows with keys -- Using the CREATE TABLE statement -- Setting Constraints -- Column constraints -- Table constraints -- Keys and Indexes -- Ensuring Data Validity with Domains -- Establishing Relationships between Tables -- Altering Table Structure -- Deleting Tables -- Book 3 SQL Queries -- Chapter 1 Values, Variables, Functions, and Expressions -- Entering Data Values -- Row values have multiple parts -- Identifying values in a column -- Literal values don't change -- Variables vary -- Special variables hold specific values -- Working with Functions -- Summarizing data with set functions -- Dissecting data with value functions -- Using Expressions -- Numeric value expressions -- String value expressions -- Datetime value expressions -- Interval value expressions -- Boolean value expressions -- Array value expressions -- Conditional value expressions -- Converting data types with a CAST expression -- Row value expressions -- Chapter 2 SELECT Statements and Modifying Clauses -- Finding Needles in Haystacks with the SELECT Statement -- Modifying Clauses -- FROM clauses -- WHERE clauses -- GROUP BY clauses -- HAVING clauses -- ORDER BY clauses -- Tuning Queries -- SELECT DISTINCT -- Temporary tables -- The ORDER BY clause -- The HAVING clause -- The OR logical connective -- Chapter 3 Querying Multiple Tables with Subqueries -- What Is a Subquery? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NetBean profiler for analyzing Java applications -- Thread state -- CPU Performance -- Memory Usage -- Conclusion -- Chapter 22: Testing Mobile Applications - Key Challenges and Considerations -- User expectations -- Key challenges encountered in testing mobile applications -- User experience -- Contextual appropriateness -- Varied mobile user interfaces -- Device diversity and availability -- Device based testing approach -- Automated testing of layouts -- Test automation challenges with non-standardized tools -- Reduced time to market -- Recommendations to enhance mobile applications usability -- Conclusion -- Chapter 23: Testing Analytics Applications - What Has Changed in SMAC World -- Understanding your customers, gathering data and analyzing it -- Testing the data -- Testing the BI/BA applications -- How is testing done differently for big data/Hadoop applications? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Leading a Successful Panel Interview -- Mastering the Art of Q&amp -- A -- Have a focus -- Make every question count -- Pay attention -- Don't hesitate to probe -- Give candidates ample time to respond -- Suspend judgments -- Take notes -- Vary the style of questions -- Closed-ended -- Open-ended -- Hypothetical -- Leading -- Off-the-wall -- Recognizing What to Ask (and Not to Ask) -- National origin -- Citizenship status -- Address -- Age -- Family status -- Religion -- Health and physical condition -- Name -- Language -- Asking Solid Questions and Knowing How to Interpret the Answers -- End Game: Closing on the Right Note -- Chapter 9 Making the Hiring Decision -- Coming to Grips with the Decision-Making Process -- Utilizing the Tools of the Trade -- Past experience -- Interview impressions -- Test/assessment results -- Firsthand observation -- Selecting Your Candidate: You Need a System -- Knowing what to rely on -- Setting up your own protocol - creating a scorecard -- Factoring in the intangibles -- Creative problem-solving and innovation -- Time management -- Growth mindset -- Collaboration -- Emotional intelligence -- Dealing with Common Challenges in the Hiring Decision -- Anchor yourself to the hiring criteria -- Take your time -- Cross-verify whenever possible -- Get help, but avoid the "too many cooks" syndrome -- Don't force the issue -- Avoid the "top of mind" syndrome -- Getting a Broader View: Employment Reference Checks -- Checking hard-to-check references -- Using your own network for checking -- Online reference checking: Proceed with caution -- Discovering the Truth about Background Checks -- Understanding the basics: Background checks 101 -- Recognizing the different types of checks -- Wading through the murkiness of background checks -- Conducting background checks: Yes or no? …”