Tabla de Contenidos: “…Theories of The Corporation -- Corporate Moral Agency -- 15 Alternative Business Organizations and Social Enterprise -- The Us Experience Described -- A Critique of Us Specialized Forms -- The European Environment Explored -- Evaluating European Social Enterprise Forms -- 16 The Ethics of Entrepreneurship -- Conceptions of Entrepreneurship -- Expanded Conceptions of Entrepreneurship -- Core Elements of Entrepreneurship -- Ethical Entrepreneurship: Empirical Considerations -- Ethical Entrepreneurship: Normative Considerations -- 17 The Contribution of Economics to Business Ethics -- Skepticism About Business Ethics -- The Rational Choice Revolution -- The New Modesty -- Part V Economic Institutions: Operations and Effects -- 18 Property and Business -- Forms of Ownership -- Two Kinds of Justification -- The Conventionalist Objection -- Intellectual Property -- Concluding Remarks: Business and Property -- 19 Creativity, Innovation, and The Production of Wealth -- Innovation and Neoclassical Economics -- The Interactive Approach to Innovation -- Innovation Institutionalized -- Living In An Unsuccessful Age? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mutual Connection or Referral -- 14. The Honesty Message -- 15. Did you get my letter. . .?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…86 Metabolism: Architectures that grow and adapt like a body -- 87 Brutalism: Raw honesty of materials, programs, labor, and extraction -- 88 Avant-Garde: Experimental approach to design with the aim of changing the world -- 89 Modernities: Plans that implement social conditions and improve living conditions -- 90 Post-Colonial Architecture: Mitigating the impact of colonization and reimagining life without it -- 91 Panopticon: Spatial conditions of continuous surveillance -- 92 Abolitionist Architecture: Design for the end slavery, prisons, and other oppressive institutions -- 93 Anti-Racist Architecture: Design that exposes and subverts racist practices and processes -- 94 Feminist City: Design addressing the needs of women and nonbinary and trans people -- 95 Self-Sustaining Architecture: Addressing all aspects of maintenance and sustenance of architecture -- 96 Virtual City: Design of urban conditions that exist solely on computers -- 97 Playground City: Conceiving spaces for play, where humans are players -- 98 Relationality: Design for relations between species, the living, and the nonliving -- 99 Planetary Design: Design philosophy that tackles challenges at the scale of the planet -- 100 Intergalactic Architecture: Speculative and scientific design of structures in space -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Index -- Dedication -- Copyright…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Nature, Tools, and Ethics of Research -- What Research Is Not -- What Research Is -- Philosophical Assumptions Underlying Research Methodologies -- Conceptual Analysis Exercise: Identifying Philosophical Perspectives Underlying Research Questions -- Tools of Research -- The Library and Its Resources -- Computer Technology -- Statistics -- Language -- Practical Application: Communicating Effectively Through Writing -- Guidelines: Writing to Communicate -- The Human Mind -- Critical Thinking -- Deductive Logic -- Inductive Reasoning -- Scientific Method -- Theory Building -- Collaboration with Other Minds -- Ethical Issues in Research -- Honesty -- Transparency -- Respect for Participants' Rights and Well-Being -- Concern for the Greater Good -- Conceptual Analysis Exercise: Identifying Potential Ethical Problems in Research Studies -- Reflections on Noteworthy Research -- Exploring Research in Your Field -- Practical Application: Identifying Important Tools in Your Discipline -- Checklist: Interviewing an Expert Researcher -- Summary -- For Further Reading -- Answers To The Conceptual Analysis Exercise: "Identifying Philosophical Perspectives Underlying Research Questions -- Answers To The Conceptual Analysis Exercise: "Identifying Potential Ethical Problems in Research Studies -- Part II: Focusing Your Research Efforts -- Chapter 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Define Performance -- Communicate -- Ensure Competence -- Make Pay Systems Commensurate with Employees' Values -- Use Nonfinancial Motivators Too -- Use Money in Conjunction with Intrinsic Motivation -- Promote a Culture of Honesty and Integrity -- Target the Appropriate Organizational Level -- Make Pay Commensurate with the Level of Risk Employees Are Required to Bear -- Possible Exceptions to the Principle of Paying for Performance -- When Employees Are Learning -- When the Employer Can Monitor -- When Other Motivators Are Sufficient or Compensatory -- When the Company Is Unionized -- Case Examples -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La data de reconstrucció de l'església del monestir de Sant Joan de les Abadesses / per Eduard Junyent…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La data de reconstrucció de l'església del monestir de Sant Joan de les Abadesses / per Eduard Junyent…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Making Excuses -- Efficiency and Honesty -- Chapter 15 The Purchase Agreement -- How to Review the Purchase Agreement -- The Definitions -- Purchase Price and Payment Execution -- Warranties and Representations -- Indemnification -- Termination Provisions and Breakup Fees -- Closing Conditions -- Covenants -- Terms and Clauses to Watch -- Jurisdiction -- Stock Exchange Ratio -- Asset Purchases -- Earnouts -- Express Nonreliance -- No-Shop versus Go-Shop Clauses -- Pandemic and Epidemic Carve-Outs -- Typical Purchase Agreement Outline -- Lawyers and the Purchase Agreement -- Choosing the Right M&amp -- A Lawyer -- Experience Fit -- Global versus Local -- Value for the Money -- Alignment -- Bandwidth and Priority -- Dealing with Legal Counsel -- Chapter 16 Strategic versus Financial Acquisitions -- Different Types of Acquisitions -- Financial Acquisitions -- Strategic Acquisitions -- Reasons for Strategic Acquisitions -- Growth -- Roll-Ups -- Strength in Competition -- Extending Control over the Supply Chain -- Legal and Regulations -- Entering New Geographic Markets -- Buying versus Building New Products and Tech -- Economies of Scale -- Branding -- Acquihires -- Removing the Competition -- How to Know What Drives the Buyer's Motivation -- Consider What Type of Organization the Buyer Is -- Ask -- What They're Asking and Focusing On -- Their Track Record -- What's Happening with Its Business…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.5 Conclusion 96 -- 5 Dispersion Compensation in Holograms Reconstructed by Femtosecond Light Pulses 101 / Omel Mendoza-Yero, Jorge Přez-Vizcan̕o, Llus̕ Martn̕ez-Len̤, Gladys Mn̕guez-Vega, Vicent Climent, Jess Lancis and Pedro Andrš -- 5.1 Introduction 101 -- 5.2 Fundamental Features of the DCM 102 -- 5.3 Holographic Applications of the DCM with Ultrafast Light Pulses 115 -- 5.4 Conclusion 122 -- Part II BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND MICROSCOPY -- 6 Advanced Digital Holographic Microscopy for Life Science Applications 129 / Frank Dubois, Ahmed El Mallahi, Christophe Minetti and Catherine Yourassowsky -- 6.1 Introduction 129 -- 6.2 DHM Configurations 130 -- 6.3 Automated 3D Holographic Analysis 135 -- 6.4 Applications 139 -- 6.5 Conclusion 148 -- 7 Programmable Microscopy 153 / Tobias Haist, Malte Hasler, Wolfang Osten and Michal Baranek -- 7.1 Introduction 153 -- 7.2 Optical Design Considerations and Some Typical Setups 154 -- 7.3 Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator 158 -- 7.4 Aberration Correction 160 -- 7.5 Phase Contrast Imaging 163 -- 7.6 Stereo Microscopy 168 -- 7.7 Conclusion 169 -- 8 Holographic Three-Dimensional Measurement of an Optically Trapped Nanoparticle 175 / Yoshio Hayasaki -- 8.1 Introduction 175 -- 8.2 Experimental Setup 177 -- 8.3 Experimental Results of 3D Position Measurement of Nanoparticles 182 -- 8.4 Twilight Field Technique for Holographic Position Detection of Nanoparticles 188 -- 8.5 Conclusion 191 -- 9 Digital Holographic Microscopy: A New Imaging Technique to Quantitatively Explore Cell Dynamics with Nanometer Sensitivity 197 / Pierre Marquet and Christian Depeursinge -- 9.1 Chapter Overview 197 -- 9.2 Introduction 198 -- 9.3 Holographic Techniques 200 -- 9.4 Cell Imaging with Digital Holographic Quantitative Phase Microscopy 206 -- 9.5 Future Issues 213 -- 10 Super Resolved Holographic Configurations 225 / Amihai Meiri, Eran Gur, Javier Garcia, Vicente Micƒo, Bahram Javidi and Zeev Zalevsky -- 10.1 Introduction 225.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Knowing the Project Manager's Role -- Looking at the project manager's tasks -- Staving off excuses for not following a structured project management approach -- Avoiding shortcuts -- Staying aware of other potential challenges -- Aligning with the Four Values that Comprise the Code of Ethics -- The price of greatness is responsibility -- R-e-s-p-e-c-t, find out what it means to. . .your project -- Maintaining fairness -- Honesty is the best policy -- Relating This Chapter to the PMP Exam and PMBOK 7 -- Chapter 3 Beginning the Journey: The Genesis of a Project -- Gathering Ideas for Projects -- Looking at information sources for potential projects -- Proposing a project in a business case -- Developing the Project Charter -- Performing a cost-benefit analysis -- Conducting a feasibility study…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Status quo: Treat people like commodities-all alike -- Your choice: Put people first, work together, and make something great -- Status quo: Celebrate statistics only, not accompanying success stories -- Your choice: Celebrate stories of impact underpinned by data -- How to foster a mindful and impactful team using the PURSUE framework -- Positive -- Understandable -- Relatable -- Stalwart -- Useful -- Enthusiastic -- When the going gets tough, turn to daily micro habits to get unstuck and get going -- Micro Habit #1: Great teams embrace the work and one another, flaws and all -- Micro Habit #2: Great teams overpower the isolation and misunderstood nature of social impact work -- Micro Habit #3: Great teams know one another personally as well as professionally -- Micro Habit #4: Great teams draw energy from complementary capabilities -- Micro Habit #5: Great teams show gratitude before attitude-there's nothing to prove until you have something to prove -- Micro Habit #6: Great teams navigate complexity with calm, not chaos -- Micro Habit #7: Great teams seek cohesion rather than full clarity-people feel part of something great, even external partners -- Micro Habit #8: Great teams champion honesty, admit when things could be better, and work to make it so -- Teamwork is only renewable to the extent you invest in it -- Key Questions -- Chapter 5: Secret #5: Highly effective social impact communicators ... reframe every setback as the crest of a hill -- New insights yield new direction-and the potential for disorienting doubt -- Crest-climbing insight No. 1: Hills provide unprecedented perspective -- Crest-climbing insight No. 2: Each hill must be tackled differently, though there are patterns -- Crest-climbing insight No. 3: Once you've defined what's hard, you can determine what's possible…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Troubleshooting common GenAI interaction issues -- Ensuring smooth operation and response from AI -- Addressing GenAI's Lying, Misleading, or Hallucinating Tendencies -- Techniques aimed at improving AI honesty and accuracy -- Preventing AI from generating false information -- Repurposing Content with GenAI -- Chapter 7 Producing Long-Form Content -- Writing Academic Papers with GenAI Assistance -- Using GenAI for research and academic writing -- Examining GenAI tool options for research and academic writing -- Refining GenAI research outputs -- Finding hidden pitfalls or AI limitations -- Supporting the academic publication process -- Developing White Papers and Reports Using Generative AI -- Crafting professional documents with AI support -- Enhancing business communication with AI -- Crafting Research Designs and Outlines with GenAI -- Structuring research projects with AI -- From concept to outline: GenAI as a planning tool -- Integrating Citations and References -- GenAI-assisted reference management -- Ensuring academic integrity with GenAI -- Producing Long-Form Articles with GenAI -- Techniques for GenAI-enhanced feature writing -- Maintaining depth and quality in GenAI-assisted articles -- Writing Books with GenAI -- Chapter 8 Customizing Content for Niche Topics -- Tailoring GenAI to Produce Content for Specialized Fields -- Options in GenAI models aimed at specialized writing -- Small Language Models (SLMs) -- Mini GPTs -- Specialized GenAI models -- Where to find small and specialized GenAI models -- Case studies: GenAI use in high-stakes domains -- Balancing Expertise and Creativity in GenAI-Based Writing -- Merging subject matter expertise with AI for niche content -- Crafting expert content with a creative edge -- Warnings: Hazards Ahead -- Anticipating challenges in niche content generation…”