“…Moving from the elegy and the industrial novel to the utopian romance, the scientific treatise, and beyond, Ecological Form demonstrates how nineteenth-century thinkers conceptualized the circuits of extraction and violence linking Britain to its global network. Yet the book’s most pressing argument is that this past thought can be a resource for reimagining the present…”

“…The authors' research reveals the complex relationship Casas Grandes had with its neighbors, varying from very direct contact with some communities to more indirect links with others. Important internal influences on the area's development come to light and population sizes throughout the period demonstrate the absorption of the surrounding populations into Casas Grandes as it reached the peak of its power in the region…”

“…Inventory Planning with Innovation: A Cost Focus discusses inventory planning concepts with major emphasis on innovation to reduce cost in a single volume.Provides an understanding of innovation efforts and linking it with inventory planning in reducing cost.Offers various factors influencing innovation efforts, knowledge of investment or expenditure that might be estimated before starting the innovation efforts, purchase inventory, and the manufacturing inventory.Covers important concepts including innovation efforts, strategic period, procurement inventory, total cost estimation, production inventory, related total cost planning, multiple products, multiple items procurements, and multiple items manufacture.This reference is primarily written for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and professionals in the field of industrial engineering, production engineering, and manufacturing science…”

“…Topics include the design of the link layer for better performance, the study on routing protocols for higher efficiency, and practical issues in its application. …”

“…The issue of motion planning is also tightly linked with the synthesis of high-performance feedback and feedforward control schemes, which can either enhance the effectiveness of motion planning or compensate for its gaps. …”

“…Furthermore, recent studies link early olfactory dysfunctions to the occurrence of devastating pathologies, such as Alzheimer ́s and Parkinson ́s. …”

“…This book is a collection of Special Issue articles with a multidisciplinary character, linking biology, medicine, and synthetic organic chemistry. …”

“…In this context, the digital will not be understood as merely something that is linked to specific tools and objects, but rather as different modes of thought. …”

“…More than 100 charts and tables in this publication - as well as links to much more available on the educational database - provides key information on the output of educational institutions; the impact of learning across countries; access, participation and progression in education; the financial resources invested in education; and teachers, the learning environment and the organisation of schools. …”

“…The paper also discusses the potential role of a development bank and stresses the importance of more R&D and innovation, the need to develop venture and other equity capital financing, and the need to build stronger links and networks between universities and industry. …”

“…It shows that foreign sourcing is a complement to, rather than substitute for, the creation of domestic value added and employment in exports highlighting how, with GVCs, export competitiveness is inextricably linked to importing. The paper discusses how ASEAN countries can leverage different policies in order to make the most out of GVCs…”

“…This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface -- Executive summary -- International organisations and international regulatory co-operation: Exploring the links -- The role of the International Maritime Organization -- The role of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Agenda and summary record of the meeting held on 16 April 2014.…”

“…After a series of presentations on governments‟ and other stakeholders‟ approaches and experiences (copies of all presentations are in Annex 4), the Seminar discussed the various issues associated with the illegal international trade of pesticides: risks and consequences of using illegal pesticides, risks linked to the pesticide supply/logistical chain, existing systems in place in countries, difficulties faced by authorities and customs, etc. …”

“…This paper investigates the link between trade flows and relative wages on a cross-section of 22 sectors in 12 OECD countries. …”

“…Some of these advances are linked to progress in computing, telecommunications and robotics technologies as well as to the accumulation of management expertise. …”

“…The exchange-rate regime and the institutional setting are linked to form an ex ante proxy for the credibility of the exchange-rate arrangement. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Budget -- Policy development and implementation -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Key recommendations -- Annex A: Map of Greece's public sector -- Executive summary -- The debt crisis and the role of the Centre of Government -- Foreword -- Annex B: List of ministries and policy fields considered in the mapping -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Annex C: Aspects of the links between the central government and its supervised public sector entities -- Annex D: Mapping methodology -- Human resources -- General organisation of the central government…”

“…By using a harmonised definition of functional urban areas in OECD countries, this paper first provides a sound definition of polycentricity at each spatial scale, highlighting for each of them the different links with policy. Second, it provides measures of polycentricity and explores the economic implications of different spatial structures. …”

“…This report further suggests improvements in the market orientation, competitiveness and risk management at all levels of the food chain, and pleads for clarifying the link between policy measures and objectives through better targeting, and strengthening evidence on which to base policies…”