Tabla de Contenidos: “…How national history became unnatural ; Oceans, middle grounds, borderlands ; The rise of global history ; Displacing Euro-America -- The history of what? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cole -- Training, productivity, and quality control in Japanese multinational companies / Mari Sako -- Co-ordination between production and distribution in a globalizing network of firms: assessing flexibility achieved in the Japanese automobile industry / Banri Asanuma -- The evolution of Japan's industrial research and development / D. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introducción / por Juan Cruz -- Por dónde andarían los sueños de este tiempo -- Y el mundo se hizo global -- La pobreza está ahí, y de qué manera -- ¿Y adónde demonios va la política? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mass justice and its challenges / Jenny Steele and Willem H. van Boom -- Mass resolution of mass torts : emerging Issues in the United States and the global Future / Richard A. Nagareda -- Cy-près for consumers : ensuring class action reforms deal with 'scattered damages' / Geraint Howells -- Cross-border mass litigation : a particular challenge for european law / Astrid Stadler -- Objectives, mechanisms and policy choices in collective enforcement and redress / Christopher Hodges -- Collective rights and collective goods : enforcement as collective interest / Eva Kocher -- Access to environmental justice in England and Wales : funding representation for court reviews of administrative action / Robert Lee and Radoslaw Stech -- Promoting distributional justice on corporate insolvency in the 21st century / David Milman -- Dealing with damages in insolvency : the insolvency administrator's collective claim for damages versus individual claims of creditors / Frank M.J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Myths of the White Republic -- The Myth of the Frontier -- The Myth of the Founding -- Civil War Mythologies -- Lincoln and Liberation -- Confederate Founding: Civil War as Culture War -- The Lost Cause: Redemption and the White Reunion -- The Nation Transformed: From Reconstruction to the Good War -- Industrialization, Vigilantism and the Imperial Frontier -- The Great Exception: The New Deal and National Myth -- The Myth of the Good War Myth: Platoon Movies and the Reconception of American Nationality -- American Apotheosis: From Kennedy's New Frontier to Reagan's Morning in America -- The New Frontier: Savage War and Social Justice -- Cultural Revolution: The Sixties, the Movement and the Great Society -- Back in the Saddle: Reagan, Neoliberalism and the War Against the Sixties -- Rising Tide: Climate Change and the Fossil Fuel Frontier -- Cowboys and Aliens: The Global War on Terror -- The Age of Culture War -- The Obama Presidency: The Myth of the Movement and the Tea Party Reaction -- Equalizers: The Gun Rights Movement and Culture-War Conservatism -- The Trump Redemption: Make America Great Again -- Trump in the White House: The President as Insurgent -- Imagining Civil War: The 2020 Election -- "The Last President of the Confederacy": Trump's Lost Cause -- National Myth and the Crisis of Democracy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 15: Managing Human Resources Globally. Chapter 16: Creating and Maintaining High-Performance Organizations Glossary Photo Credits Name and Company. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Localisation in space and time and languages of different types and regions / Petr Zima -- Space metaphor and global contrastive focus in Tura / Thomas Bearth -- Directions/spatial orientations in African languages / Siegmund Brauner -- From body to space and time / Bernard Caron -- Basic time relations in the Saharan verbal systems / Norbert Cyffer -- Some remarks about locative classes in modern Swahili / N.V. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…No estamos solos; 2. El "Global Compact"; Principios del Pacto Global; Conclusiones; Preguntas para estudio; 2 ¿QUÉ ES EL RIESGO?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El concepto de macroestructura. La macroestructura global; 3.2. Forma de enunciar la macroestructura global; 3.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pared cilíndrica compuesta bañada por fluidos a temperaturas dadas; 3.3. Coeficiente global de transmisión de calor…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Amenazas provenientes de redes y armas; Redes terroristas globales; La obtención ilegal de armas de destrucción en masa (ADM) y sus tecnologías; ¿Qué es una amenaza?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- References -- Ethnographic Material -- Chapter 10: Postscript: Embers from a Global Fire -- Nordic Particularities -- Nordic Issues in a Global Light -- Future Research Prospects -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I.1 Upside down: perception vs reality; I.2 The structure of the book; 1 Globalisation and the Current Global Economy; 1.1 What is globalisation?; 1.2 Economic history and globalisation; 1.2.1 The desire to control and its impact on trade; 1.2.2 The influence of money; 1.2.3 Trade and commodification; 1.2.4 Nationalism; 1.3 Recent globalisation; 1.3.1 Bretton Woods; 1.3.2 Ideological shifts; 1.3.3 Participating in globalisation: living with volatility; 2 Defining Emerging Markets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hierarchical Deadlock Detection -- Distributed Deadlock Detection -- False Deadlocks -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Distributed Recovery Management -- Introduction to Recovery Management -- Failures in a Distributed Database System -- Steps Followed after a Failure -- Local Recovery Protocols -- Immediate Modification Technique -- Shadow Paging -- Checkpointing and Cold Restart -- Distributed Recovery Protocols -- Two-Phase Commit Protocol -- Three-Phase Commit Protocol -- Network Partition -- Pessimistic Protocols -- Optimistic Protocols -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Distributed Query Processing -- Concepts of Query Processing -- Objectives of Distributed Query Processing -- Phases in Distributed Query Processing -- Query Decomposition -- Query Fragmentation -- Global Query Optimization -- Join Strategies in Fragmented Relations -- Simple Join Strategy -- Semijoin Strategy -- Global Query Optimization Algorithms -- Distributed INGRES Algorithm -- Distributed R* Algorithm -- SDD-1 Algorithm -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Distributed Database Security and Catalog Management -- Distributed Database Security -- View Management -- View Updatability -- Views in Distributed DBMS -- Authorization and Protection -- Centralized Authorization Control -- Distributed Authorization Control -- Semantic Integrity Constraints -- Global System Catalog -- Contents of Global System Catalog -- Catalog Management in Distributed Systems -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Mobile Databases and Object-Oriented DBMS -- Mobile Databases -- Mobile DBMS -- Introduction to Object-Oriented Databases -- Object-Oriented Database Management Systems -- Features of OODBMS -- Benefits of OODBMS -- Disadvantages of OODBMS -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Distributed Database Systems -- SDD-1 Distributed Database System -- General Architecture of SDD-1 Database System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Technical Innovations in Global Early Warning in Support of Desert Locust Area-Wide Management. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Authors' List -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Editorial -- Part I: The advantages of source separation and decentralization -- Chapter 2: The energy issue in urban water management -- 2.1 Introduction - Think Globally and Act Locally -- 2.2 Global Energy Goal -- 2.3 Renewable Energy Sources -- 2.4 Photosynthesis, Biomass, and BOD -- 2.5 Microbial Energy Conversion -- 2.6 Nutrient Recovery -- 2.7 New Biomass from Photosynthetic Microorganisms -- 2.8 Lower Energy Use -- 2.9 The Impact of Source Separation and Decentralization -- References -- Chapter 3: Peak phosphorus and the role of P recovery in achieving food security -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Phosphorus and Global Food Security -- 3.3 Global Phosphorus Scarcity and Pollution -- 3.4 Five Dimensions of Phosphorus Scarcity -- 3.5 Phosphorus Use in the Global Food System -- 3.6 Achieving Phosphorus Security -- 3.6.1 An integrated approach is required -- 3.6.2 The role of decentralized sanitation systems -- 3.6.3 Key challenges and opportunities -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Nitrogen economy of the 21st Century -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Nitrogen Sources -- 4.3 Release of Nitrogen to the Environment -- 4.4 Environmental Consequences -- 4.5 The Future and Possible Interventions -- 4.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Urban water supply under expanding water scarcity -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Water Supply of Urban Areas -- 5.2.1 On the verge of a new water scarcity -- 5.3 Implications of Increasing Competition? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.6 Experimental Results, Comparison and Discussion -- References -- 7 A LAN and Water Distribution Network: Case Studies -- 7.1 Case Study-I: IIT Kharagpur LAN Network -- 7.1.1 k-Terminal and Global Reliability Evaluation for Hostel Area of IIT Kharagpur LAN -- 7.1.2 All Terminal Reliability Evaluation for Academic Area of LAN -- 7.1.3 All Terminal Reliability Evaluation for IIT Kharagpur LAN Network -- 7.2 Case Study-II: Real-Type of Large Size Unsaturated Water Distribution Networks -- References -- Epilogue -- References -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1 Types as Process Algebraic Terms -- 3.2 Global Types and Local Types -- 3.3 End-Point Projection: from Global Types to Local Types -- 3.4 Weak Bisimilarity of Global Types, Local Types, and Groups -- 3.5 Well-formedness of Global Types -- 3.6 Correctness of Projection under Well-Formedness -- 3.7 Decidability of Checking Well-Formedness -- 3.8 Discussion of Challenges -- 4 Practical Experience with the Theory -- 4.1 Implementation -- 4.2 Evaluation of the Approach -- 5 Related Work -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Verifying Visibility-Based Weak Consistency -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Weak Consistency -- 2.1 Weak-Visibility Specifications -- 2.2 Consistency against Weak-Visibility Specifications -- 3 Establishing Consistency with Forward Simulation -- 3.1 Reducing Consistency to Safety Verification -- 3.2 Verifying Implementations -- 4 Proof Methodology -- 5 Implementation and Evaluation -- 6 Related Work -- 7 Conclusion and Future Work -- A Appendix: Proofs to Theorems and Lemmas -- References -- Local Reasoning for Global Graph Properties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Foundational Flow Framework -- 2.1 Preliminaries and Notation -- 2.2 Flows -- 2.3 Flow Graph Composition and Abstraction -- 3 Proof Technique -- 3.1 Encoding Flow-based Proofs in SL -- 3.2 Proof of the PIP -- 4 Advanced Flow Reasoning and the Harris List -- 4.1 The Harris List Algorithm -- 4.2 Product Flows for Reasoning about Overlays -- 4.3 Contextual Extensions and the Replacement Theorem -- 4.4 Existence and Uniqueness of Flows -- 4.5 Proof of the Harris List -- 5 Related Work -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Aneris: A Mechanised Logic for Modular Reasoning about Distributed Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Core Concepts of Aneris -- 2.1 Local and Thread-Local Reasoning -- 2.2 Node-Local Reasoning -- 2.3 Example: An Addition Service -- 2.4 Example: A Lock Server…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sizzling and sinking -- Momentum riders and bottom feeders -- Doing Sector Investing Right -- Calculating your optimal sector mix -- Seeking risk adjustment with high- and low-volatility sectors -- Knowing where the style grid comes through -- Combining strategies to optimize your portfolio -- Seeking low correlations for added diversification -- Sector Choices by the Dozen -- Vanguard ETFs -- Select Sector SPDRs: State Street Global Advisors (Part 1) -- SPDRs: State Street Global Advisors (Part 2) -- BlackRock's iShares -- Invesco -- Fidelity -- Chapter 11 Real Estate Investment Trusts: Becoming a Virtual Landlord -- Considering Five Distinguishing Characteristics of REITs -- Limited correlation to the broad markets -- Unusually high dividends -- Different taxation of dividends -- Special status among financial pros -- Connection to tangible property -- Calculating a Proper REIT Allocation -- Judging from the past -- Splitting the baby: Domestic and international REIT funds -- Picking REIT ETFs for Your Portfolio -- U.S. domestic REIT ETFs -- International and Global REIT funds -- Chapter 12 Dividend Funds: The Search for Steady Money -- Your High-Dividend ETF Options -- Promise of Riches or Smoke and Mirrors? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Quiz -- Configuring Global Catalog Servers -- Planning the Placement of Global Catalog Servers -- Promoting Domain Controllers to Global Catalog Servers -- Using Universal Group Membership Caching -- Using Partial Attribute Sets -- Configuring Operations Masters -- Schema Master -- Domain Naming Master -- PDC Emulator -- Infrastructure Master -- RID Master -- Placement of Operations Masters -- Transferring and Seizing of Operations Master Roles -- Review All the Key Topics -- Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory -- Definitions of Key Terms -- Chapter 6 Configuring Active Directory Sites and Replication -- "Do I Know This Already?" …”