“…"This edited volume examines the changes that arise from the entanglement of global interests and narratives with the local struggles that have always existed in the drylands of Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia and Inner Asia. Changes is drylands is happening in an overwhelming manner. …”

“…Cette étude a permis la mise au point d’une méthodologie adaptée à la fouille et à l’interprétation de ces vestiges (fours et bâtiments) grâce à une analyse technique rigoureuse, ainsi que l’acquisition d’une connaissance exceptionnelle des structures de production de l’une des plus grandes officines médiévales du Sud-Est. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Moller Architects ; Koge Kyst Denmark / Topotek 1 ; InfoBox BHF / Caramel architekten ZT GMBH ; Taringa Transit Oriented Design / Suters Architects ; City interventions in Prague / Sporadical architektonická kancelár ; Reykjavik city center Kvos / Argos Gullinsniđ, Studio Granada ; East Darling Harbour / Suters Architects ; Europan 10 / Eriksen Skajaa Architects ; Federal Archives Berlin (Bundesarchiv)/ 100Landschaftsarchitektur ; King George Square / Suters Architects ; Neugestaltung Marktplatz Mönchengladbach - Rheydt / Topotek 1; Croydon's Wellesley road - Park Lane / Hawkins - Brown ; Erlebnisraum Römerstrasse / Kadawittfeld architektur ; Takoma Park Sidewalk competition / Studio27 (Studio twentyseven architecture) ; Park auf der Harburger Schlossinsel / Topotek 1 ; Arco de Bicentenario / JSa - Javier Sánchez ; Enbankment of the drava River Maribor EPK 2012 / Atelier Tekuto ; University of California San Diego - East Campus Health Sciences Parking Structure / Pugh + Scarpa Architects Inc. ; Landschaftspark erftstadt (Archaelogical Landscape Park) / 1100Landschaftsarchitektur ; Tucson Gateway Competition / Linde and Space, LLC ; The urban shed competition (Butterfly wing) / Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture ; "R(H)Ein-Blicke" Im Unesco-Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal / 100 Landschaftsarchitektur ; Innovative design competition for the central waterfront / West8, Dutoit Allsopp Hillier, Schollen & Company, Diamond & Schmitt Architects, Arup, Halsall Associates, David Dennis Design ; Byens ø -Kultur Og Oplevelses Omrade (Cultural Harbour) / Cornelius + Vöge…”

“…The millennial practice of wall building that branched out from the ancient Near East into India, Europe, and North Africa shows continuities and points of contact of which the makers of urban fortifications were scarcely aware; separate traditions in China, sub-Saharan Africa, and North America illustrate universal themes of defensive strategy and the symbolism of power, each time embedded in a distinctive local context…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Realising the Middle Corridor's potential requires to transform it into a major trade route -- Regional integration: creating traffic and demand on the route will largely stem from increased regional economic and trade integration -- Trade facilitation: reforms should focus on advancing digitalisation and harmonisation of border procedures and permit requirements -- Infrastructure: additional investments are needed to improve multimodality across the route and port and vessel capacity in the Caspian Sea -- Transnational co-operation: a common regional approach is required to implement these reforms, and deepen regional economic and trade integration -- 1 The Context: Growing interest in the Middle Corridor -- Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Türkiye can play a central role in intensifying regional co-operation and opening new trade routes -- Türkiye represents a central East-West and North-South trade hub -- Central Asia and the South Caucasus could benefit from a possible shift in China's regional trade and transit strategy -- The Middle Corridor constitutes a promising alternative to the Northern route, but much remains to be done to realise its potential -- The Middle Corridor is a viable, albeit complex, route connecting Asia to Europe through Central Asia and the South Caucasus -- This report assesses challenges and identifies reform priorities in relation to infrastructure, trade facilitation and stakeholder co-ordination along the Middle-Corridor -- Infrastructure bottlenecks and inadequate trade facilitation increase costs and transit times along the Middle Corridor -- Limited regional trade and economic integration in Central Asia and the South Caucasus further reduce the route's trade competitiveness…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Taylor -- Civil rights from a Christian point of view / Theodore Parker Ferris…”
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“…It follows the typical routes that exiled writers took, from East to West and later often as far as America. The concept and forms of exile are analyzed from many different points of view and great importance is devoted especially to the forms of inner exile. …”

“…"Public Policy in the Arab World dissects the layered social, economic, and governance issues that define the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region and evaluates whether policy is helping or hindering social vulnerabilities in the Arab World. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Rand Elliott: Underground, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Shuhei Endo: Bubbletecture H, Sayo-cho; Hyogo, Japan; Albert France-Lanord: Bahnhof Pionen, Stockholm, Sweden; Edouard François: Eden Bio, Paris, France; Terunobu Fujimori: Roof House, Omihachiman, Shiga, Japan; Sou Fujimoto: House H, Tokyo, Japan; Gustafson Porter + Gustafson Guthrie Nichol: Towards Paradise, Venice Architecture Biennale Venice, Italy; Zaha Hadid: Burnham Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Zaha Hadid: JS Bach, Zaha Hadid Architects Music Hall, Manchester, UK; Herreros Arquitectos, Munch Area, Munch Museum, and Stenersen Museum Collections, Oslo, Norway; Herzog & de Meuron: VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein, Germany; HHF: Artfarm, Salt Point, New York, USA; Steven Holl: HEART: Herning Museum of Contemporany Art, Herning, Denmark; Steven Holl: Knut Hamsun Center, Hamarøy, Norway; Information Based Architecture: Guangzhou TV and Sightseeing Tower, Guangzhou, China; International Polar Foundation: Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, Utsteinen, 71o57'S-23o20'E, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica; Iroje KHM Architects: Island House, Gapyung-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea…”

“…The central Alps in Curia remained a highly important point to cross the mountains, whereas more eastwards the once important crossing points became mere backroads. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Second Edition -- Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Advisory Board Members -- Contributors -- A -- A* Algorithm -- See -- References -- Acceptance Sampling -- Acceptance-Rejection Method -- See -- Accounting Prices -- Accreditation -- Active Constraint -- See -- Active Set Methods -- Activity -- See -- Activity Level -- See -- Activity-Analysis Problem -- See -- Acyclic Network -- See -- Adjacent -- See -- Adjacent (Neighboring) Extreme Points -- Advertising -- Introduction -- Sales-Advertising Relationship -- Optimal Advertising Policy -- Competition -- Over-Time Effects -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Affiliated Values Bidding Model -- See -- Affine Transformation -- Affine-Scaling Algorithm -- See -- Agency Theory -- Agent -- See -- References -- Agent-Based Simulation -- Introduction -- Elements of Agent-Based Simulation -- Agents -- Agents and Behavior -- ABS and Space -- ABS and Time -- ABS and Emergence -- Agent-Based Simulation Applications -- Agent-Based Simulation Development -- ABS Design -- ABS Toolkits -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Agriculture and the Food Industry -- See -- References -- AHP -- AI -- Air Force Operations Analysis -- Air Force Operations Research -- Introduction -- World War II in the 1940s -- Post-World War II and the Korean War in the 1950s -- Force Structure Analysis and Vietnam in the 1960s -- The Cold War in the 1970s and 1980s -- The Middle East Wars in the 1990s through 2010 -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Air Traffic Management -- Introduction -- Air Traffic Flow Management Background -- Basic Decision Problems and Optimization Models -- The (Single) Flight Planning Problem -- Arrival Sequencing Problem -- The Slot Assignment Problem -- Slot_Assign…”

“…Nursing with a Message explores the day-to-day processes involved in the coming together and moving apart of different organizations, disciplinary interests, knowledge domains, and spheres of public and private responsibilities involved in caring for those in need at the point of delivery of service. More specifically, it uses the public health nurses involved in New York City health demonstration projects as a case study of disciplinary tensions inherent in projects with multiple constituents and invested in multiple, and sometimes contradictory outcomes. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Churchill and the Cleaning Lady -- Corruption Management in Business - Some Practical Points -- Anti-corruption policy-One of Singapore's critical success factors in nation-building -- Corruption thrives in developing countries? …”

“…While this varies slightly from East to West, we spend nearly one day per week immersed in this enjoyable problem-solving experience. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Changes in current account and government budget balances in African countries between 2014 and 2015, in percentage points of GDP -- Figure 1.13. Africa's potential demographic dividend -- Figure 1.A1.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 10 Networking Fundamentals -- Objective 11 Compare and contrast the Open Systems Interconnection -- (OSI) model layers and encapsulation concepts -- OSI Model -- Layer 1 -- Physical -- Layer 2 -- Data Link -- Layer 3 -- Network -- Layer 4 -- Transport -- Layer 5 -- Session -- Layer 6 -- Presentation -- Layer 7 -- Application -- Data Encapsulation and Decapsulation Within the OSI Model Context -- Ethernet Header, Internet Protocol (IP) Header, Transmission Control -- Protocol (TCP)/User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Headers, Payload -- TCP Flags -- Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) -- REVIEW -- 1 1 QUESTIONS -- 1 1 ANSWERS -- Objective 12 Explain the characteristics of network topologies -- and network types -- Bus -- Ring -- Hybrid -- Star/Hub-and-Spoke -- Mesh -- 00-FMindd 11 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- xii Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Certification Passport -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Network Types and Characteristics -- Client-Server -- Peer-to-Peer -- Local Area Network (LAN) -- Wide Area Network (WAN) -- Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) -- Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) -- Personal Area Network (PAN) -- Campus Area Network (CAN) -- Storage Area Network (SAN) -- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) -- Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN) -- Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation (mGRE) -- Service-Related Entry Point -- Demarcation Point -- Smartjack -- Virtual Network Concepts -- Hypervisor -- Virtual Network Interface Card (vNIC) -- vSwitch -- Network Function Virtualization -- Provider Links -- Satellite -- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) -- Cable -- Leased Line -- Metro-Optical -- REVIEW -- 12 QUESTIONS -- 12 ANSWERS -- Objective 13 Summarize the types of cables and connectors -- and explain which is the appropriate type for a solution -- Copper -- Twisted Pair -- Coaxial/RG-6 -- Twinaxial -- Termination Standards -- Fiber -- Single-mode -- Multimode -- 00-FMindd 12 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- Contents -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Connector Types -- Local Connector (LC), Straight Tip (ST), Subscriber Connector (SC), -- Mechanical Transfer (MT), Registered Jack (RJ) -- RJ11, RJ45, F-type Connector -- Transceivers/Media Converters -- Transceiver type -- Cable Management -- Patch Panel/Patch Bay -- Fiber Distribution Panel -- Punchdown Block -- Ethernet Standards -- Copper -- Fiber -- REVIEW -- 13 QUESTIONS -- 13 ANSWERS -- Objective 14 Given a scenario, configure a subnet and use -- appropriate IP addressing schemes -- Public vs Private -- RFC 1918 -- Network Address Translation (NAT) -- Port Address Translation (PAT) -- IPv4 vs IPv6 -- Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA), Link-Local -- Extended Unique Identifier (EUI-64) -- Broadcast -- Multicast -- Unicast -- Anycast -- Loopback -- Default Gateway -- IPv4 Subnetting -- Classful -- Classless (Variable-Length Subnet Mask) -- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) Notation -- IPv6 Concepts -- Tunneling -- Dual Stack -- Shorthand Notation -- Router Advertisement, Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) -- 00-FMindd 13 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- xiv Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Certification Passport -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Virtual IP (VIP) -- Subinterfaces -- REVIEW -- 14 QUESTIONS -- 14 ANSWERS -- Objective 15 Explain common ports and protocols, their application, -- and encrypted alternatives -- Protocols and Ports -- Types of Ports -- Port States -- Commonly Used Ports -- IP Protocol Types -- TCP and UDP -- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) -- Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) -- Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) -- Connectionless vs Connection-Oriented -- REVIEW -- 15 QUESTIONS -- 15 ANSWERS -- Objective 16 Explain the use and purpose of network services -- DHCP -- Scope, Scope Options -- Lease Time, Available Leases -- Dynamic Assignment -- Static Assignment -- Exclusion Ranges -- Reservation -- DHCP Relay, IP Helper/UDP Forwarding -- DNS -- Zone Transfers -- Global Hierarchy -- Time to Live (TTL), DNS Caching -- Recursive Lookup/Iterative Lookup -- Record Types -- Reverse DNS/Reverse Lookup/Forward Lookup -- Internal vs External DNS -- NTP -- Stratum, Clients, Servers -- REVIEW -- 16 QUESTIONS -- 16 ANSWERS -- 00-FMindd 14 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- Contents -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Objective 17 Explain basic corporate and datacenter network -- architecture -- Three-Tiered -- Access/Edge -- Distribution/Aggregation Layer -- Core -- Software-Defined Networking -- Control Layer, Infrastructure Layer -- Management Plane, Application Layer -- Spine and Leaf -- Software-Defined Network -- Top-of-Rack Switching -- Backbone -- Traffic Flows -- North-South -- East-West -- Branch Office vs On-Premises Datacenter vs Colocation -- Storage Area Networks -- Connection Types -- REVIEW -- 17 QUESTIONS -- 17 ANSWERS…”