Tabla de Contenidos: “…Installation Art and Performance: A Shared Ontology ; 12. What Type of 'Type' is a Film? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…--Buddy relations and combat performance, by R.W. Little--Deterioration of military work groups under deprivation stress, by R.W. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Gallup path to business performance : what is the path to sustained increase in shareholder value? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The wider canvas: representation and democracy in state and society / Michael Saward -- 4. Performance and deficits of present-day representation / Bernhard Wessels -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fighting words : status, stature, and verbal contest in archaic poetry / Nancy Worman -- The philosophy of rhetoric and the rhetoric of philosophy / Robert Wardy -- Codifications of rhetoric / Malcolm Heath -- Divisions of speech / Catherine Steel -- Rhetoric, aesthetics, and the voice / James Porter -- The rhetoric of rhetorical theory / Erik Gunderson -- The politics of rhetorical education / Joy Connolly -- Types of oratory / Jon Hesk -- Rhetoric of the Athenian citizen / Victoria Wohl -- Rhetoric and the Roman Republic / John Dugan -- Staging rhetoric in Athens / David Rosenbloom -- The drama of rhetoric at Rome / William Batstone -- Rhetoric and the Second Sophistic / Simon Goldhill -- Rhetorical practice and performance in early Christianity / Todd Penner and Caroline Vander Stichele -- Rediscoveries of classical rhetoric / Peter Mack -- The runaround : a volume retrospect on ancient rhetorics / John Henderson…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Lionel Smith -- Doctrinal rivalry over liability for defective transfers / Rohan Havelock -- Equity and the value of certainty in commercial life / Matthew Harding -- Expansion of the fiduciary paradigm into commercial relationships : the Australian experience / Stephen Gageler -- Deemed performance in account of profits / Lusina Ho -- Forfeiture of agents? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Skibo -- Ceramic surface treatments and cooking pot performance -- Folk theories and scientific theories : the case of the early electric automobile -- Long-term technological competitions -- Technological differentiation -- Differential adoption and the electric lighthouse -- The cascade model of invention processes -- The "new" behavioral archaeology -- Ritual and religion / Kacy L. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 3: Parallel Models 3.1 Previous Work ; 3.2 Basic Guide for Parallel Programming; 3.3 GPU-Oriented Parallel Models; 3.4 Naїve Parallel Model ; 3.5 Multi-Kernel Parallel Model; 3.6 All-GPU Parallel Model; 3.7 Island Parallel Model; 3.8 Summary; Chapter 4: Performance Metrics ; 4.1 Parallel Performance Metrics; 4.2 Algorithm Performance Metrics; 4.3 Rectified Efficiency; 4.4 Case Study; 4.5 Summary; Chapter 5: Implementation Considerations ; 5.1 Float-Point; 5.2 Memory Accesses; 5.3 Random Number Generation; 5.4 Branch Divergence; 5.5 Occupancy; 5.6 Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Managing for the Common Good: Towards an Integrated Principle of Business Ethics -- 20 Towards an Integrated Principle of Business Ethics -- Management as Participation -- Management as Resistance and Responsive Action -- Management as Constitution of Meaning -- Management as Politico-Economic Governance -- Management as Non-Reductive Stakeholder Engagement -- Management as Epistemic Insufficient Entrepreneurship -- Conclusion: The Integrated Principle of Business Ethics -- 21 Key Requirements of Business Managers: Individual Virtuous Competence -- The Concept of Individual Competence -- The Role of Moral Competence in the Management of Grand Challenges of Our Time -- Virtue Ethics -- The Relation Between Virtues and Competencies -- A Virtue Ethical Perspective on Normative and Action Competence -- Virtuous Competence for Responsible Business Practices -- 22 Institutionalizing Business Ethics: Performative Corporate Codes -- John Austin and the Speech Act Theory -- Characteristics of a Performative Concept of Corporate Codes -- Towards a Performative Concept of Corporate Codes in Business -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Organizational Transition and Solution Evaluation Domain -- Introduction -- What to Expect in This Domain -- Main Benefits of the Practices in This Domain -- Key Questions Answered in This Domain -- Enable Organizational Transition -- Overview -- Value of Enabling Organizational Transition -- How to Enable Organizational Transition -- Case Study: Enable Organizational Transition -- Facilitate Go/No-Go Decision -- Overview -- Value of Facilitating Go/No-Go Decision -- How to Facilitate Go/No-Go Decision -- Case Study: Facilitate Go/No-Go Decision -- Evaluate Solution Performance -- Overview -- Value of Evaluating Solution Performance -- How to Evaluate Solution Performance -- Case Study: Evaluate Solution Performance -- 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Linear equating procedure -- 3 CLA+ International -- Introduction -- CLA+ International recruitment -- CLA+ International collaborators -- CLA+ International assessment development and administration -- Performance Task (PT) and Selected-Response Question (SRQ) selection -- Translation and adaptation -- Cognitive labs -- Test administration and associated activities -- Important milestones and activities -- Administration -- Scoring process -- Scoring and equating -- Reporting -- References -- 4 Ensuring cross-cultural reliability and validity -- Introduction -- Theoretical background -- Performance tasks and scoring -- Cross-cultural challenges in PT scoring -- Method -- CLA+ -- United States context -- Finnish context -- PTs -- SRQs -- Translation and adaptation -- Scoring equivalency case study -- Results -- Scoring equivalency case study -- Relative Quality of Scores: How well does a translated and culturally adapted performance-based assessment requiring students to generate a written response get scored across countries and languages?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Extending the Time Series: A Case-by-Case Approach -- Currencies -- Government Rates -- Indexes and Commodities -- Validating the Proxies -- Trend over Two Centuries -- Results of the Full Simulation -- A Closer Look at the Signal -- A Closer Look at the Recent Performance -- Interpretation -- Conclusions -- 21 Trend Following -- Overview -- Introduction to Different Trend Following Models -- Diversification between Different Trend Following Models -- Aspect's Approach to Trend Following -- Aspect's Model Compared to Other Trend Following Models -- Conclusion -- Chart Disclaimer -- 22 Evaluating Trading Strategies -- Testing in Other Fields of Science -- Revaluating the Candidate Strategy -- Two Views of Multiple Testing -- False Discoveries and Missed Discoveries -- Haircutting Sharpe Ratios -- An Example with Standard and Poor's Capital IQ -- In Sample and Out of Sample -- Trading Strategies and Financial Products -- Limitations and Conclusions -- 23 Black Box Trend Following-Lifting the Veil -- Synopsis -- The Strategies -- Strategy Mechanics -- Markets Traded -- Data Notes -- Trade Sizing -- Sector Weights -- Time Span -- Commission and Slippage -- Interest -- Fees -- Performance Results and Graphs -- Sector Performance -- Performance of Long versus Short Trades -- Stability of Parameters -- Are CTAs a Diversifier or a Hedge to the SP500? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Success Stories -- Whom This Book Is For -- How to Use This Book -- Chapter 1 Assess -- Assess Practice 1.1: Benchmark against Robust Performance Standards -- People -- Programs -- Plans and Policy -- Finance -- What to Do about All the Gaps -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 2 Align -- Align Practice 2.1: Establish a Growth Mindset -- Align Practice 2.2: Choose Powerful Language -- Align Practice 2.3: Create Compelling, Actionable Mission and Vision Statements -- Align Practice 2.4: Define the Organization's Value Proposition -- Align Practice 2.5: Pick a BHAG -- Align Practice 2.6: Define Impact and Growth Strategy -- Impact Strategy -- Growth Strategy -- Align Practice 2.7: Draft Year 1 Initiatives -- Align Practice 2.8: Create Key Performance Indicators -- Align Practice 2.9: Create a Planning Framework -- Planning Framework Templates -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 3 Plan -- Plan Practice 3.1: Follow Good Process -- Plan Practice 3.2: Develop a Clear Problem Statement -- Plan Practice 3.3: Describe the Solution -- Plan Practice 3.4: Refine the Value Proposition -- Plan Practice 3.5: Explain Who Is on the Team -- Plan Practice 3.6: Refine the BHAG -- Plan Practice 3.7: Describe Your Market -- Plan Practice 3.8: Refine Impact and Growth Strategies -- Plan Practice 3.9: Define Growth Milestones -- Plan Practice 3.10: Identify Key Performance Indicators -- Plan Practice 3.11: Offer a Concise Marketing Plan -- Plan Practice 3.12: Define Contributed, Earned, and Invested Income -- Plan Practice 3.13: Identify Risk and Describe Mitigation -- Plan Practice 3.14: Create an Organization Chart Projection -- Plan Practice 3.15: Build a Detailed Financial Projection -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 4 Test -- Test Practice 4.1: Map Key Constituents…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…References 109 -- 6 Terminal Antennas in Difficult Environments 111 -- 6.1 GNSS Antennas and Multipath Environment 111 -- 6.2 Statistical Modelling of Multipath Environment for GNSS Operation 113 -- 6.2.1 GPS Mean Effective Gain (MEGGPS) 114 -- 6.2.2 GPS Angle of Arrival Distribution (AoAGPS) 116 -- 6.2.3 GPS Coverage Efficiency (ηc) 117 -- 6.3 Open Field Test Procedure 119 -- 6.3.1 Measurement of GPS Mean Effective Gain 119 -- 6.3.2 Measurement of GPS Coverage Efficiency 120 -- 6.3.3 Measurement Set-Up 120 -- 6.4 Performance Assessment of GNSS Mobile Terminal Antennas in Multipath Environment 121 -- 6.4.1 Design of Tested GPS Antennas 122 -- 6.4.2 Comparison Based on Simulated and Measured 3D -- Radiation Patterns 127 -- 6.4.3 Comparison Based on Measured 3D Radiation Patterns and Actual Field Tests 129 -- 6.5 Performance Dependence on GNSS Antenna Orientation 133 -- 6.6 Performance Enhancement of GNSS Mobile Terminal Antennas in Difficult Environments 139 -- 6.6.1 Assisted GPS 140 -- 6.6.2 GPS Signal Reradiation 140 -- 6.6.3 Beamforming 141 -- 6.6.4 Diversity Antennas 141 -- References 147 -- 7 Human User Effects on GNSS Antennas 149 -- 7.1 Interaction of Human Body and GNSS Antennas 149 -- 7.2 Effects of Human Body on GNSS Mobile Terminal Antennas in Difficult Environments 150 -- 7.2.1 Design of Tested GPS Antennas 151 -- 7.2.2 Effects of Human Hand and Head Presence 151 -- 7.2.3 Effects of Complete Human Body Presence 166 -- References 179 -- 8 Mobile Terminal GNSS Antennas 181 -- 8.1 Introduction 181 -- 8.2 Antenna Specification Parameters 183 -- 8.2.1 Polarisation 183 -- 8.2.2 Radiation Patterns 184 -- 8.2.3 Impedance 185 -- 8.2.4 Gain/Efficiency 186 -- 8.2.5 Weight 187 -- 8.2.6 Bandwidth 187 -- 8.2.7 Phase Performance 188 -- 8.3 Classification of GNSS Terminals 188 -- 8.3.1 Geodetic Terminals 188 -- 8.3.2 Rover Terminals 188 -- 8.3.3 General Purpose Mobile Terminals 189 -- 8.4 Antenna Designs for Portable User Equipment 190 -- 8.4.1 Short Quadrifilar Helices 190.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Fifth Discipline -- Chapter 20: Resource Requirements to Manage the Quality Function -- Performance Evaluation -- Traditional Performance Appraisals -- Criticisms of Traditional Employee Appraisals -- Alternatives to Traditional Appraisals -- Alternative #1: Fix What's Broken -- Alternative #2: Customer-Supplier Appraisals -- Alternative #3: Process Appraisals -- Alternative #4: Managing Personal Growth -- Alternative #5: The Boss-less Performance Review -- Professional Development -- Credentials -- Professional Certification -- Professional Development Courses -- Goals and Objectives -- Achieving the Goals -- Coaching -- Situations That Require Coaching to Improve Performance -- Forms of Coaching -- Appendix A: Control Chart Constants -- Appendix B: Control Chart Equations -- Appendix C: Area under the Standard Normal Curve -- Appendix D: Simulated Certification Exam Questions -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- What does an ideal performance culture look like? -- How can organizations instill a metrics culture? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…L'amélioration des technologies post-récolte -- Battage -- Principes de battage mécanique -- Adaptation d'une batteuse Irri au battage du fonio -- Fonctionnement et performances de la batteuse Irri adaptée au fonio -- Nettoyage et triage -- Utilisation de tarares ou de cribles rotatifs -- Mise au point d'un canal de vannage -- Autres opérations de nettoyage : lavage et dessablage -- Conception d'un laveur à hélice -- Conception d'un dessableur « hydrolift » -- Mécanisation du décorticage -- Le décortiqueur « Sanoussi » -- Le décortiqueur « GMBF » -- Description du décortiqueur GMBF -- Performances du décortiqueur GMBF -- Le décortiqueur à rouleaux -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Exploring the VSM dashboard -- Upgrading the Ceph cluster using VSM -- VSM roadmap -- VSM resources -- Chapter 12: More on Ceph -- Introduction -- Disk performance baseline -- Single disk write performance -- How to do it... -- Multiple disk write performance -- How to do it... -- Single disk read performance -- How to do it... -- Multiple disk read performance -- How to do it... -- Results -- Baseline network performance -- How to do it... -- See also -- Ceph rados bench -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- RADOS load-gen -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Benchmarking the Ceph Block Device -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Benchmarking Ceph RBD using FIO -- How to do it... -- See Also -- Ceph admin socket -- How to do it... -- Using the ceph tell command -- How to do it... -- Ceph REST API -- How to do it... -- Profiling Ceph memory -- How to do it... -- The ceph-objectstore-tool -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using ceph-medic -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Deploying the experimental Ceph BlueStore -- How to do it... -- See Also -- Chapter 13: An Introduction to Troubleshooting Ceph -- Introduction -- Initial troubleshooting and logging -- How to do it... -- Troubleshooting network issues -- How to do it... -- Troubleshooting monitors -- How to do it... -- Troubleshooting OSDs -- How to do it... -- Troubleshooting placement groups -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Chapter 14: Upgrading Your Ceph Cluster from Hammer to Jewel -- Introduction -- Upgrading your Ceph cluster from Hammer to Jewel…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Structure de la population des PME et dynamique entrepreneuriale : évolutions et performances récentes -- Partie 1. Les PME et l'entrepreneuriat : analyse internationale du contexte économique et des politiques publiques -- Cadre institutionnel et réglementaire des PME -- Conditions de marché -- Infrastructures -- Accès au financement -- Accès aux compétences -- Accès aux actifs d'innovation -- Partie 2. …”