“…Although such judgments often rest on subtle intuitions, there is no systematic methodology for eliciting them, and their apparent instability and unreliability have led many to conclude that they should be abandoned as a source of data…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool Scorecard; The Delphi Method for Expert Elicitation; Chapter Three: Results from the RAND Mexican Security Delphi Exercise; The RAND Mexican Security Delphi Exercise Process; Delphi-Derived Scores for the Three Scorecards; Delphi Discussion; Chapter Four: Findings from the Urban Flashpoints Scorecard; Mexico's Urban Flashpoints Vulnerability Score; Flashpoint Factors of Concern in Mexico; Flashpoint Factors for Which consensus Was Lacking and Other Items of Interest from the Delphi Discussion; Chapter Five: Findings from the Counterinsurgency Scorecard…”

“…This book presents the results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response agencies of the activities they have undertaken after 9/11 to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve preparedness and readiness for terrorism. …”

“…In close discussions of novels by Rudy Wiebe ( A Discovery of Strangers ) and Robert Kroetsch ( The Man from the Creeks ), Nonnekes ranges from Hegel to Lacan, and Butler and Kristeva to Žižek, eliciting an evolving conception of love characteristic of the Canadian cultural imaginary…”

“…Having elicited much attention in the humanities in recent years, transcultural phenomena will, in all probability, remain a topic of debate in the near future. …”

“…Le moine pratique sa lectio divina - ou lecture du coeur - en ouvrant chaque matin son désir pour rejoindre celui qu'habite le texte…”

“…Based on extensive research in primary source materials, it is a balanced, indepth analysis of the power of minorities in eliciting change. It is a valuable addition to the study of social as well as political history…”

“…The immune system employs TLOs to elicit highly localized and forceful responses to unresolvable peripheral tissue inflammation. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Abstract; Findings from Previous Research on 30 Years of Insurgency1; The Counterinsurgency Scorecard; Scoring Afghanistan in 2011; Detailed Factors in the Current Case; Afghanistan in Comparison to Specific Historical Cases; Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix; Details of the Expert Elicitation; The Delphi Method; The RAND Afghanistan Delphi Exercise; Raw Delphi Scores; References…”

“…The purpose of this paper is to discuss a few issues related to how best to communicate uncertainty about projections of future pension benefits to members of DC plans, and especially to present a pension risk simulator developed by the Chilean regulator (Superintendencia de Pensiones, SP) that addresses directly how to convey that uncertainty and aims at eliciting a pro-active response from individuals in terms of contributing more and for longer…”

“…This group process and approach elicits and effects positive change in the lives of people struggling with life choices and personal behavior affecting their overall health, wellbeing and functioning. …”

“…This group process and approach elicits and effects positive change in the lives of people struggling with life choices and personal behaviors, affecting their overall health, wellbeing and functioning. …”

“…Les retards sont définis à travers quatre grands « régimes de normativité » : celui fondé sur l’idée du progrès de la science pour lui-même ; celui fondé sur l’idée d’une interdépendance entre les disciplines scientifiques ou entre la science et la société; celui fondé sur la comparaison géographique et, enfin, celui fondé sur l’objectif administratif ou managérial. …”

“…Elles font entendre l'emerveillement de celui qui les a écrites devant une telle beauté. …”

“…It also describes the different six sigma certitications, and closes with future directions--…”

“…L’analyse de ces trajectoires militantes, pratiquement oubliées jusqu’à aujourd’hui dans les études universitaires, permet de reconstruire deux phénomènes plus vastes : celui de l’adhésion au péronisme et celui de la création d’organisations militantes dans le contexte de la mobilisation sociale apparue après la destitution de Perón…”

“…C’est dire l’importance d’un ouvrage comme celui-ci qui redécouvre un tempérament sans lequel le XVIIIe siècle ne serait pas ce qu’il est…”

“…Alors que l'ère des grands maîtres de la mystique espagnole semble close, la floraison des autobiographies spirituelles féminines, dans les années 1580-1720, témoigne d'un double dynamisme : celui des femmes qui aspirent à la sainteté, à travers une expérience intérieure marquée par l'irruption de grâces surnaturelles ; celui des ordres religieux et de toute une société, qui voient en ces femmes le signe de l'élection divine. …”

“…Examines the work of film director Céline SciammaOffers a close analyses of Sciamma's four feature filmsFocuses on the relation of Sciamma's works to the visual artsPerspectives drawn from Feminist theoryCéline Sciamma is the most visible and important feminist, and lesbian, director in contemporary international filmmaking. …”

“…Bilateral sequenced activation and inhibition of more than 25 pairs of muscles of mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus is required during a swallow. A single swallow elicits peristalsis in the pharynx and esophagus along with relaxation of upper and lower esophageal sphincters. …”