Tabla de Contenidos: “…Data Storage - Two Designations - Volatile and Nonvolatile Memory -- Primer on Data Structures and Formats -- Data Stores Topology -- Local File Systems and Network Data Storage -- Operational Data Stores -- Data Marts and the EDWs -- Benefits and Drawbacks of the EDW -- Benefits of an EDW -- Drawbacks of an EDW -- Cluster Computing and Big Data -- What Is Big Data? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Synchronization with async/await -- Canceling a thread -- Thread-safe programming techniques -- Lock() -- Records -- Avoid static members and classes -- Using the volatile keyword -- Concurrent collections in .NET -- Next steps -- Chapter 5: The One with the Filesystem Chronicles -- Technical requirements -- File writing basics -- FileStream -- Even faster - Win32 -- File reading basics -- Reading binary data -- Directory operations -- The Path class -- The Directory class -- The DirectoryInfo class -- File system monitoring -- Asynchronous I/O -- The naïve approach -- Using CancellationTokens -- BufferedStream -- File system security -- Encryption basics -- Symmetric encryption and decryption -- Asymmetric encryption and decryption -- File compression -- Compressing some data -- Decompressing some data -- Serialization - JSON and Binary -- JSON serialization -- Binary serialization -- Next steps -- Chapter 6: The One Where Processes Whisper -- Technical requirements -- Overview of IPC and its importance in modern computing -- Windows Messages -- A sample…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Theory -- 1.2 Outline of the Book -- I Theoretical and Empirical Foundations -- 2 Financial Crises and Financial Instability: Definitions and Principles -- 2.1 A General Definition of Financial Crises -- 2.2 Asset Price Fluctuations and Aggregate Economic Activity -- 2.2.1 Determinants of Asset Prices -- 2.2.2 Asset Prices and Financial Constraints -- 2.2.2.1 Perfect Capital Market Theory -- 2.2.2.2 Imperfect Capital Market Theory -- 2.2.2.3 A Comparison with Real World Financial Constraints -- 2.2.3 Asset Prices and Aggregate Demand -- 2.2.4 Asset Prices, Liquidity, Solvency and the Emergence of Cumulative Processes -- 2.2.4.1 Liquidity, Solvency, and Profits: Definitions and Interdependencies -- 2.2.4.2 Determinants of Bankruptcy -- 2.2.4.3 Cumulative Expansions and Contractions -- 2.3 Determinants of Financial Instability -- 2.3.1 A General Definition of Financial Instability -- 2.3.2 Cash Flow Positions and Present Values -- 2.3.2.1 Hedge, Speculative and Ponzi-Finance -- 2.3.2.2 Financial Instability in Closed Economies -- 2.3.2.3 Foreign Hedge, Foreign Speculative, and Foreign Ponzi Finance -- 2.3.2.4 Financial Instability in Open Economies -- 2.3.3 Adequacy of Refinancing Possibilities -- 2.3.4 Excess Volatility in Asset Prices -- 2.3.5 Monetary Instability and Debt Deflation -- 2.4 Exogenous and Endogenous Financial Crises -- 3 Stylized Facts and Standard Theory of Financial Crises -- 3.1 Defining and Identifying Financial Crises -- 3.1.1 Currency Crises -- 3.1.2 Banking Crises -- 3.1.3 Twin Crises -- 3.2 Frequency and Severity of Financial Crises -- 3.2.1 Incidence of Financial Crises -- 3.2.2 Duration and Costs of Financial Crises -- 3.3 Business Cycles, Financial Liberalization, and Financial Crises -- 3.3.1 Basic Links…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- See also -- Using the volatile keyword -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using variable handles -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Chapter 8: Customizing Concurrency Classes -- Introduction -- Customizing the ThreadPoolExecutor class -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Implementing a priority-based Executor class -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Implementing the ThreadFactory interface to generate custom threads -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using our ThreadFactory in an Executor object -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Customizing tasks running in a scheduled thread pool -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Implementing the ThreadFactory interface to generate custom threads for the fork/join framework -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Customizing tasks running in the fork/join framework -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Implementing a custom Lock class -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Implementing a transfer queue-based on priorities -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Implementing your own atomic object -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Implementing your own stream generator -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Implementing your own asynchronous stream -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Firmware -- Memory -- Disk Drives -- Network Interface Cards -- GPU -- Power and Cooling -- Chapter 7 Storage: Objective 2.3: Compare and contrast storage types -- Volatile Storage -- Nonvolatile Storage -- Magnetic Hard Drives -- Solid-State Drives -- Optical Drives -- Enterprise Storage Services -- Chapter 8 Installing Peripherals: Objective 2.4: Given a scenario, install and configure common peripheral devices -- Peripheral Types -- Keyboards and Mice -- Display -- Speakers -- Printers and Scanners -- Web Cameras -- External Hard Drives -- Uninterruptible Power Supply -- Installing and Configuring Peripherals -- Chapter 9 Input/Output Device Interfaces: Objective 2.5: Compare and contrast common types of input/output device interfaces -- Network Interfaces -- Wired Networks -- Wireless Networks -- Peripheral Interfaces -- USB -- Lightning -- Serial ATA -- Display Ports -- VGA -- DVI -- HDMI -- DisplayPort -- USB and Thunderbolt -- Wireless Display Technology -- Chapter 10 Virtualization and Cloud Technologies: Objective 2.6: Compare and contrast virtualization and cloud technologies -- Virtualization -- Virtual Servers -- Hypervisors -- Cloud Computing -- Drivers for Cloud Computing -- Cloud Service Concepts -- Software as a Service (SaaS) -- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) -- Platform as a Service (PaaS) -- Desktop as a Service (DaaS) -- Cloud Deployment Models -- On-Premises/Private Cloud -- Public Cloud -- Hybrid Cloud -- Chapter 11 Internet Service Types: Objective 2.7: Compare and contrast common Internet service types -- Service Types -- Dial-Up Modems -- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) -- Cable -- Fiber Optic -- Wireless Connections -- Chapter 12 TCP/IP Networking: Objective 2.8: Identify basic networking concepts -- Network Types -- Client/Server Model -- TCP/IP Networking -- Internet Protocol -- Transmission Control Protocol…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Numerical Studies of Implied Volatility Expansions Under the Gatheral Model -- 8.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Part I A New System of Work -- Chapter 1 Why We Need to Change The System -- The Age of Digital Disruption -- Disruptive Technology -- The Rise of Customer Expectations and Influence -- Adaptive Organizations -- New Business Models -- Operating in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Business Environment -- Leading IT in a Complex and Adaptive World -- Decision-Making with the Cynefin Framework -- IT Needs to Operate in Both the Ordered and Unordered Problem Spaces -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Philosophies for a New System -- Philosophies vs. …”

“…While microeconomic volatility can reflect growth-generating processes, such as creative destruction and re-allocation of resources, consumption growth volatility weighs on households’ welfare. …”

“…The Finnish housing market is volatile. After declining significantly as the global financial crisis unfolded, housing prices and investment recovered to reach new peaks. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…OTRAS APORTACIONES DE C++ -- FUNCIONES -- PARTES DE UNA DECLARACIÓN DE FUNCIÓN -- PALABRAS RESERVADAS NUEVAS -- COMENTARIOS -- OPERADORES C++ -- PRIORIDAD Y ORDEN DE EVALUACIÓN -- CONVERSIÓN EXPLÍCITA DEL TIPO DE UNA EXPRESIÓN -- CONVERSIÓN DEL TIPO VOID* -- TIPOS DE DATOS PREDEFINIDOS -- TIPOS DE DATOS DEFINIDOS POR EL USUARIO -- IDENTIFICADORES Y ESTRUCTURAS -- ÁMBITO DE UNA ESTRUCTURA -- DECLARACIÓN DE CONSTANTES -- CALIFICADOR VOLATILE -- FLEXIBILIDAD EN LAS DECLARACIONES -- DECLARACIÓN EN UNA SENTENCIA -- EL OPERADOR DE RESOLUCIÓN DEL ÁMBITO (::) -- ESPECIFICACIONES DE ENLACE -- ARGUMENTOS POR OMISIÓN EN UNA FUNCIÓN -- FUNCIONES EN LÍNEA -- FUNCIONES CONSTEXPR -- MACROS -- FUNCIONES SOBRECARGADAS -- AMBIGÜEDADES -- REFERENCIAS -- PASO DE PARÁMETROS POR REFERENCIA -- ESPACIOS DE NOMBRES -- DIRECTRIZ USING -- EXCEPCIONES -- LOS OPERADORES NEW Y DELETE -- OPERADOR NEW -- MEMORIA INSUFICIENTE -- OPERADOR DELETE -- LAGUNAS DE MEMORIA -- EJERCICIOS RESUELTOS -- EJERCICIOS PROPUESTOS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Causes of Increased Wage Inequality -- Inequality and the Top 1% -- EXTENSIONS -- Expectations -- Chapter 14 Financial Markets and Expectations -- 14-1 Expected Present Discounted Values -- Computing Expected Present Discounted Values -- A General Formula -- Using Present Values: Examples -- Constant Interest Rates -- Constant Interest Rates and Payments -- Constant Interest Rates and Payments Forever -- Zero Interest Rates -- Nominal versus Real Interest Rates and Present Values -- 14-2 Bond Prices and Bond Yields -- Bond Prices as Present Values -- Arbitrage and Bond Prices -- From Bond Prices to Bond Yields -- Reintroducing Risk -- Interpreting the Yield Curve -- 14-3 The Stock Market and Movements in Stock Prices -- Stock Prices as Present Values -- The Stock Market and Economic Activity -- A Monetary Expansion and the Stock Market -- An Increase in Consumer Spending and the Stock Market -- 14-4 Risk, Bubbles, Fads, and Asset Prices -- Stock Prices and Risk -- Asset Prices, Fundamentals, and Bubbles -- Appendix: Deriving the Expected Present Discounted Value UsingReal or Nominal Interest Rates -- Chapter 15 Expectations, Consumption, and Investment -- 15-1 Consumption -- The Very Foresighted Consumer -- An Example -- Toward a More Realistic Description -- Putting Things Together: Current Income, Expectations, and Consumption -- 15-2 Investment -- Investment and Expectations of Profit -- Depreciation -- The Present Value of Expected Profits -- The Investment Decision -- A Convenient Special Case -- Current versus Expected Profit -- Profit and Sales -- 15-3 The Volatility of Consumption and Investment -- Appendix: Derivation of the Expected Present Value of Profits underStatic Expectations -- Chapter 16 Expectations, Output, and Policy -- 16-1 Expectations and Decisions: Taking Stock -- Expectations, Consumption, and Investment Decisions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.2 The implications of alternative saving rates -- 11.3 Getting a sense of magnitudes -- 11.4 Physical versus human capital -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions and problems -- Further reading -- Appendix: The Cobb-Douglas production function and the steady state -- Chapter 12 Technological progress and growth -- 12.1 Technological progress and the rate of growth -- 12.2 The determinants of technological progress -- 12.3 Institutions, technological progress and growth -- 12.4 The facts of growth revisited -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions and problems -- Further reading -- Appendix: Constructing a measure of technological progress -- Chapter 13 Technological progress: the short, the medium and the long runs -- 13.1 Productivity, output and unemployment in the short run -- 13.2 Productivity and the natural rate of unemployment -- 13.3 Technological progress, churning and inequality -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions and problems -- Further reading -- EXTENSIONS -- EXPECTATIONS -- Chapter 14 Financial markets and expectations -- 14.1 Expected present discounted values -- 14.2 Bond prices and bond yields -- 14.3 The stock market and movements in stock prices -- 14.4 Risk, bubbles, fads and asset prices -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions and problems -- Further reading -- Appendix: Deriving the expected present discounted value using real or nominal interest rates -- Chapter 15 Expectations, consumption and investment -- 15.1 Consumption -- 15.2 Investment -- 15.3 The volatility of consumption and investment -- Summary -- Key terms -- Questions and problems -- Appendix: Derivation of the expected present value of profits under static expectations -- Chapter 16 Expectations, output and policy -- 16.1 Expectations and decisions: taking stock -- 16.2 Monetary policy, expectations and output -- 16.3 Deficit reduction, expectations and output…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…s Documentation Comments -- The javadoc Tags -- The General Form of a Documentation Comment -- What javadoc Outputs -- An Example That Uses Documentation Comments -- C Compile and Run Simple Single-File Programs in One Step -- D Introducing JShell -- JShell Basics -- List, Edit, and Rerun Code -- Add a Method -- Create a Class -- Use an Interface -- Evaluate Expressions and Use Built-in Variables -- Importing Packages -- Exceptions -- Some More JShell Commands -- Exploring JShell Further -- E More Java Keywords -- The transient and volatile Modifiers -- strictfp -- assert -- Native Methods -- Another Form of this -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Africa's potential demographic dividend -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: External financial flows and tax revenues for Africa -- In brief -- Africa depends heavily on foreign private and public capital -- Africa faces volatile FDI inflows -- Portfolio equity flows are down, but new bonds remain are resilient -- Bank credit flows slow as repayments grow -- Remittances are a major, stable resource for African development -- Official development assistance remains stable but falls short of official pledges -- Domestic revenues fall as resource revenues tumble -- Sustainable benefit is needed from financial flows and public revenues -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Trade policies and regional integration in Africa -- In brief -- Africa looks to turn strong growth into economic transformation -- Regional integration is an aid to income convergence -- Integrated financial markets open a path to accelerated income convergence -- Intra-African investment is rising, driven by increased regional integration -- Increased trade finance can help integration and job creation -- References -- Chapter 4: Human development in Africa -- In brief…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Timeline of Bitcoin -- 2009: Creation -- 2010-2012: Early Days of Bitcoin -- 2013-2016: Bitcoin's Expansion and Turbulence -- 2017-2021: Mainstream Adoption and Market Volatility -- 2022: Regulatory Challenges and Market Corrections -- 2023: Resilience and Institutional Integration -- Is Bitcoin the digital gold? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreign Currency Derivatives: Futures and Options -- 7.1 Foreign Currency Futures -- 7.2 Foreign Currency Options -- Global Finance in Practice 7.1: Currency Options and Lufthansa -- Global Finance in Practice 7.2: Exotic Options: Caveat Emptor -- 7.3 Option Pricing and Valuation -- Global Finance in Practice 7.3: The New Zealand Kiwi and Andrew Krieger -- 7.4 Currency Option Pricing Sensitivity -- Global Finance in Practice 7.4: GM and Fiat's Put Option -- Summary Points -- Mini-case: The Ups and Downs of Volatility -- Questions -- Problems -- Appendix: Currency Option Pricing Theory -- Chapter 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 Business Cycles: The inherent volatility of economies -- 1.3 Nominal and Real House Prices: Going through the roof -- 1.4 Command Economies: Rise and fall of planning in Russia -- Part B MICROECONOMICS -- 2 Markets, demand and supply -- 2.1 Demand -- The relationship between demand and price -- The demand curve -- Other determinants of demand -- Movements along and shifts in the demand curve -- 2.2 Supply -- Supply and price -- The supply curve -- Other determinants of supply -- Movements along and shifts in the supply curve -- 2.3 The Determination of Price -- Equilibrium price and output -- Movement to a new equilibrium -- 2.4 The Free-Market Economy -- Advantages of a free-market economy -- Problems with a free-market economy -- Chapter 2 Boxes -- 2.1 UK House Prices: Unearthing the foundations of house price patterns -- 2.2 Stock Market Prices: Taking stock of share prices -- 2.3 Commodity Prices: Riding the commodities Big Dipper -- 3 Markets in action…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Create Customer Data -- Create Order Data -- Create Order Item Data -- Close the Connection -- Perform Queries -- Summary -- Chapter 19 PostgreSQL in C# -- Create the Program -- Install Npgsql -- Connect to the Database -- Delete Old Data -- Create Customer Data -- Create Order Data -- Create Order Item Data -- Display Orders -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 20 Neo4j AuraDB in Python -- Install Neo4j AuraDB -- Nodes and Relationships -- Cypher -- Create the Program -- Install the Neo4j Database Adapter -- Action Methods -- delete_all_nodes -- make_node -- make_link -- execute_node_query -- find_path -- Org Chart Methods -- build_org_chart -- query_org_chart -- Main Program -- Summary -- Chapter 21 Neo4j AuraDB in C# -- Create the Program -- Install the Neo4j Driver -- Action Methods -- DeleteAllNodes -- MakeNode -- MakeLink -- ExecuteNodeQuery -- FindPath -- Org Chart Methods -- BuildOrgChart -- QueryOrgChart -- Main -- Summary -- Chapter 22 MongoDB Atlas in Python -- Not Normal but Not Abnormal -- XML, JSON, and BSON -- Install MongoDB Atlas -- Find the Connection Code -- Create the Program -- Install the PyMongo Database Adapter -- Helper Methods -- person_string -- connect_to_db -- delete_old_data -- create_data -- query_data -- Main Program -- Summary -- Chapter 23 MongoDB Atlas in C# -- Create the Program -- Install the MongoDB Database Adapter -- Helper Methods -- PersonString -- DeleteOldData -- CreateData -- QueryData -- Main Program -- Summary -- Chapter 24 Apache Ignite in Python -- Install Apache Ignite -- Start a Node -- Without Persistence -- With Persistence -- Create the Program -- Install the pyignite Database Adapter -- Define the Building Class -- Save Data -- Read Data -- Demonstrate Volatile Data -- Demonstrate Persistent Data -- Summary -- Chapter 25 Apache Ignite in C# -- Create the Program…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 3 Gaining an Upper Hand on Wall Street: Why Fundamental Analysis Gives Investors an Edge -- Better Investing with Fundamentals -- Picking stocks for fundamental reasons -- Uses for the index investor -- Assisting technical analysts -- Dooming your portfolio by paying too much -- Sitting through short-term volatility -- Relying on the Basic Info the Pros Use -- What is "the Warren Buffett Way"? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…10.4 Transaction Exposure Management: The Case of Aidan -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 10.2 Currency Losses at Greenpeace -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 10.3 Forward Rates and the Cost of Hedging -- 10.5 Risk Management in Practice -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 10.4 The Credit Crisis and Option Volatilities in 2009 -- Summary Points -- MINI-CASE: China Noah Corporation -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Chapter 11 Translation Exposure -- 11.1 Overview of Translation -- 11.2 Translation Methods -- 11.3 Aidan Corporation's Translation Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 11.1 When the Hedge Becomes the Problem -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 11.2 Foreign Subsidiary Valuation -- 11.4 Managing Translation Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 11.3 Foreign Currency Hedge Accounting -- Summary Points -- MINI-CASE: McDonald's, Hoover Hedges, and Cross-Currency Swaps -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Chapter 12 Operating Exposure -- 12.1 A Multinational's Operating Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 12.1 Expecting the Devaluation-Ford and Venezuela -- 12.2 Measuring Operating Exposure: Aidan Turkey -- 12.3 Strategic Management of Operating Exposure -- GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 12.2 Do Fixed Exchange Rates Increase Corporate Currency Risk in Emerging Markets? …”