“…Written for new generations of ranchers, farmers, pastoralists, social entrepreneurs, government agencies, and NGOs working to address global environmental degradation, it offers new hope for a sustainable future."…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Ethical Challenges of Technology in a Global Context -- The Unintended Consequences of Unethical Practices in Technology -- Ethical Concerns Related to Technology -- References -- Chapter 14 Restart: The Most Powerful Vote We Have: The Ballot, Money, or Attention? …”

“…This report offers a first global mapping of principles for the good governance of evidence in policy making, as well as standards of evidence from a significant range of OECD countries and international research bodies…”

“…The seventh edition of the OECD Agricultural Outlook analyses how both global and domestic forces are impacting on the agricultural sector and shaping world and OECD agricultural markets up to 2006. …”

“…The first OECD Report on Public Communication: The Global Context and the Way Forward examines the public communication structures, mandates and practices of centres of governments and ministries of health from 46 countries, based on the 2020 Understanding Public Communication surveys…”

“…Governments are major issuers of debt instruments in the global financial market. This volume provides quantitative information on central government debt instruments for the 34 OECD member countries to meet the analytical requirements of users such as policy makers, debt management experts and market analysts. …”

“…Indeed, if the major global players in Metallurgy can no longer rely, as recently, on strong French public research and education, our entire system will dry up and migrate elsewhere. …”

“…Certes, les progrès des technologies agricoles ont permis, au plan global, de maintenir le niveau nutritionnel moyen pendant les années de la "Révolution verte", mais la situation restait loin d'être satisfaisante, puisque environ 850 millions de personnes étaient sousalimentées au début du XXIe siècle. …”

“…Accelerating Leadership Development offers solutions for leadership development, management, and retention from award-winning development firm Global Knowledge. Accelerating Leadership Development provides a proven model to help companies develop high-potential employees with the competencies and knowledge capital to ass…”

“…An all-encompassing guide to the elements and basics of fair value With the important role fair value is playing in the creation of a converged set of global accounting standards, demand for products in this category is growing spectacularly. …”

“…It forgoes the basics and delves straight into the action, as our heroes are chased around the world in a global race against the clock. The danger they face will forever reshape their lives and the price they pay for their actions will not only affect themselves, but could possibly shake the foundations of an entire nation. …”

“…The contributions in Environmental Science and Information Application Technology discuss all aspects of global environmental change and ecosystems management, graphic and image processing, spatial information systems, applications of remote sensing and spatial information systems, and will be of interest to academics and professionals involved in these areas…”

“…The book: Provides insights from Maury Harris , named among Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance. Demonstrates "best practices" in the assembly and evaluation of forecasts. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Various lights -- Common light settings -- Light mobility -- Lightmass Global Illumination -- Preparing your assets for precomputed lighting -- Building a scene with Lightmass -- Tweaking Lightmass settings -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Blueprints -- Different Blueprint types -- Getting familiar with the Blueprint user interface -- Components tab -- What are components? …”

“…By adopting these design principles and learning from "insight" panels, engineers and managers will improve their ability to compete in global markets"--…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 6: THE HEALTH CARE LABOR FORCE -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- HEALTH CARE LABOR FORCE ISSUES -- THE CONCEPT OF PROFESSIONALISM -- HISTORY, BACKGROUND, AND CHALLENGES IN THREE KEY FIELDS -- CLINICIANS AS MANAGERS -- THE HEALTH CARE LABOR FORCE: FACTS AND FIGURES -- LABOR FORCE DYNAMICS IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, OVERSIGHT, AND DISCIPLINE -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 7: HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES, FINANCING, AND INSURANCE -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- HEALTH SERVICE FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES -- HEALTH CARE COSTS: A GLOBAL ISSUE -- COST ACCELERATORS IN THE UNITED STATES -- HEALTH INSURANCE -- ADDITIONAL INSURANCE CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY -- MEDICARE SPECIFICS AND ISSUES -- THE PROBLEM OF UNINSURANCE -- CONTINUING ISSUES -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 8: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH -- PRINCIPLES OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN -- MODERN RESEARCH DESIGNS -- PROGRAM EVALUATION -- COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS -- THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF RESEARCH -- SCIENCE GONE WRONG: ERROR, DISTORTION, AND FRAUD -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- PART 3: PATHS FORWARD -- CHAPTER 9: IMPACT OF INNOVATION: UTILIZATION, COST, AND QUALITY OF CARE -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- HEALTH SERVICE INNOVATIONS: STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL -- INNOVATIONS AND HEALTH SERVICE OBJECTIVES -- OUTCOMES OF STRATEGIC INNOVATION I: SELECTIVE CONTRACTING -- OUTCOMES OF STRATEGIC INNOVATION II: COST SHARING -- OUTCOMES OF STRATEGIC INNOVATION III: MANAGED CARE -- OUTCOMES OF TACTICAL INNOVATIONS -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 10: HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The LWMA and action research -- Implications for new pathways for digital talent -- Demographic shifts in talent resources -- Economic sustainability -- Integration and trust -- Global implications for sources of talent -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Toward best practices -- Introduction -- Chief IT executive -- Definitions of maturity stages and dimension variables in the chief IT executive best practices arc -- Maturity stages -- Performance dimensions -- Chief executive officer -- CIO direct reporting to the CEO -- Outsourcing -- Centralization versus decentralization of IT -- CIO needs advanced degrees -- Need for standards -- Risk management -- The CEO best practices technology arc -- Definitions of maturity stages and dimension variables in the CEO technology best practices arc -- Maturity stages -- Performance dimensions -- Middle management -- The middle management best practices technology arc -- Definitions of maturity stages and dimension variables in the middle manager best practices arc -- Maturity stages -- Performance dimensions -- Summary -- Ethics and maturity -- Note -- Chapter 13: Conclusion -- Introduction -- Glossary -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…IBM and Linux -- 2.1 IBM's commitment to Linux -- 2.1.1 The IBM Linux Technology Centers -- 2.2 Linux services and application solutions -- 2.2.1 IBM Services -- 2.2.2 IBM Global Services -- 2.2.3 IBM Support Line -- 2.2.4 Linux consultancy -- 2.3 IBM services and software -- 2.3.1 WebSphere -- 2.3.2 DB2 for Linux -- 2.3.3 Tivoli -- 2.3.4 Lotus -- 2.4 Platform services -- 2.4.1 zSeries services -- 2.4.2 iSeries services -- 2.4.3 pSeries services -- 2.4.4 xSeries services -- 2.4.5 Consolidated platform matrix -- Chapter 3. zSeries and Linux -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Ways to run Linux on zSeries -- 3.1.2 S/390 and zSeries architecture -- 3.1.3 Further information -- 3.2 Background to z/VM -- 3.2.1 Virtual networking with z/VM -- 3.2.2 Systems management functions built-in to z/VM -- 3.3 Consolidation and scalability -- 3.3.1 Scalability -- 3.3.2 Consolidation -- 3.3.3 Some examples and further information -- 3.4 Linux application solutions -- Chapter 4. …”