“…Countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique have utilised land reform to strengthen state control over land, but other countries, such as Ghana and Zambia, have seen the rise in power of traditional chiefs in managing the land. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The strategic phase of the budget is essential to align the budget with the strategic priorities of governments -- Important reforms in this direction are underway -- Strengthening the fundamentals of public finances is an essential condition for the implementation of programmatic and results-based budgeting -- Treasury management efforts in Haiti must not be relaxed -- Transparency of public finances must be increased -- Budgetary control and performance need to be improved -- It is important to lay the foundations for more ambitious reforms -- Articulating the timing of strategic planning and budget preparation -- Linking budget documentation to strategic planning -- Strengthening institutional coordination -- Lack of coordination affects the reliability and completeness of financial information -- Lack of coordination hampers budget preparation, especially with regard to the predictability of expenditure -- Developing sectoral strategic plans -- Establish a robust system of monitoring and evaluation of public policies to improve public intervention and increase transparency -- A strong monitoring and evaluation system is essential to achieving the results of strategic planning -- Monitoring and evaluation are two distinct practices -- Monitoring and evaluation have complementary goals -- The institutional framework for monitoring and evaluation (M&amp -- E) is fragmented -- In Haiti, there is no definition of monitoring or evaluation that is shared by the different components of government -- Haiti's monitoring and evaluation system forms part of a clear institutional landscape that primarily involves the MPCE and sector ministries -- There is a separate monitoring system for the PME-2023 -- There is no inter-ministerial legal or policy framework for monitoring and evaluation in Haiti…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A) Las reglas generales en materia de incapacidad contractualB) Las prohibiciones subjetivas establecidas en la Ley de Regulación del Juego y en las Leyes del Juego de las Comunidades Autónomas; C) Especial referencia al control de los participantes en los juegos on line; 4.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Securities Operations; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 Essential Trading and Settlement Concepts; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Terminology; 1.3 Differences in Terminology; 1.4 Differences in the Exchange of Goods/Securities and Cash; 1.5 Methods of Exchanging Securities and Cash; 1.6 Remaining in Control; 1.7 Recording Details of Individual Trades; 1.8 Summary; 2 The Securities Marketplace; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Securities; 2.3 Participants; 2.4 Regulators; 2.5 Custodians; 2.6 Other Participants in the Securities Marketplace; 2.7 Globalisation; 2.8 Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The All New PHP -- Scalar type hints -- Return type hints -- Anonymous classes -- Generator delegation -- Generator return expressions -- The null coalesce operator -- The spaceship operator -- Constant arrays -- Uniform variable syntax -- Throwables -- Group use declarations -- Catching multiple exceptions types -- Class constant visibility modifiers -- Iterable pseudo-type -- Nullable types -- Void return types -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Embracing Standards -- PSR-1 - basic coding standard -- PSR-2 - coding style guide -- PSR-3 - logger interface -- PSR-4 - autoloading standard -- PSR-6 - caching interface -- PSR-7 - HTTP message interface -- PSR-13 - hypermedia links -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Error Handling and Logging -- Error handling -- Error -- ArithmeticError -- DivisionByZeroError -- AssertionError -- ParseError -- TypeError -- Uncaught error handler -- Triggering errors -- Exception -- Creating a custom exception handler -- Rethrowing exceptions -- Uncaught Exception handler -- Logging -- Native logging -- Logging with Monolog -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Magic Behind Magic Methods -- Using __construct() -- Using __destruct() -- Using __call() -- Using __callStatic() -- Using __set() -- Using __get() -- Using __isset() -- Using __unset() -- Using __sleep() -- Using __wakeup() -- Using __toString() -- Using __invoke() -- Using __set_state() -- Using __clone() -- Using __debugInfo() -- Usage statistics across popular platforms -- Summary -- Chapter 5: The Realm of CLI -- Understanding PHP CLI -- The Console component -- Setting up the Console component -- Creating a console command -- Dealing with inputs -- Using Console component helpers -- Input/output streams -- Process control…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Titel -- Impressum -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Kapitel 1: Der erste Kontakt -- 1.1 Installation und Konfiguration -- 1.2 Control Panel -- 1.2.1 Das Pulldown-Menü -- 1.2.2 Die Baumstruktur -- 1.3 Der Schaltplan-Editor -- 1.3.1 Das Pulldown-Menü -- 1.3.2 Die Command Buttons -- 1.3.3 Die Command Texts -- 1.4 Der Layout-Editor -- 1.4.1 Das Pulldown-Menü -- 1.4.2 Die Command Buttons -- Kapitel 2: Eagle speziell und praktisch -- 2.1 Grundsätzliches -- 2.2 Optische Auffälligkeiten -- 2.2.1 Neues Design -- 2.2.2 Alphablending -- 2.2.3 Seitenvorschau -- 2.2.4 Replace im Schaltplan-Editor -- 2.2.5 Attribute -- 2.2.6 Kontextmenü -- 2.3 Wichtiges für Ihr Projekt -- 2.3.1 Bauteileigenschaften/Info -- 2.3.2 Popup-Menüs für Buttons -- 2.3.3 Aliasse für Befehls-Parameter -- 2.3.4 Position eines Bauteils verriegeln -- 2.3.5 Negierte Namen -- 2.3.6 Zeichnungsrahmen -- 2.3.7 Querverweis-Labels -- 2.3.8 Bauteil-Querverweise -- 2.3.9 Kontaktspiegel -- 2.3.10 Mindestabstände zwischen Netzklassen -- 2.3.11 Kopieren von Gruppen -- 2.3.12 Design Rule Check (DRC) -- 2.3.13 Electrical Rule Check (ERC) -- 2.3.14 Ratsnest -- 2.3.15 Der Route-Befehl -- 2.3.16 Polygone -- 2.3.17 Verweis auf Farnell -- Kapitel 3: Die erste Leiterplatte! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Executing remote commands at bootstrap using Terraform -- Using Docker with Terraform -- Simulating infrastructure changes using Terraform -- Teamwork - sharing Terraform infrastructure state -- Maintaining a clean and standardized Terraform code -- One Makefile to rule them all -- Team workflow example -- Managing GitHub with Terraform -- External monitoring integration with StatusCake -- Chapter 4: Automating Complete Infrastructures with Terraform -- Introduction -- Provisioning a complete CoreOS -- infrastructure on Digital Ocean with Terraform -- Provisioning a three-tier infrastructure on Google Compute Engine -- Provisioning a GitLab CE + CI runners on OpenStack -- Managing Heroku apps and add-ons using Terraform -- Creating a scalable Docker Swarm cluster on bare metal with Packet -- Chapter 5: Provisioning the Last Mile with Cloud-Init -- Introduction -- Using cloud-init on AWS, Digital Ocean, or OpenStack -- Handling files using cloud-init -- Configuring the server's time zone using cloud-init -- Managing users, keys, and credentials using cloud-init -- Managing repositories and packages using cloud-init -- Running commands during boot using cloud-init -- Configuring CoreOS using cloud-init -- Deploying Chef Client from start to finish using cloud-init -- Deploying a remote Docker server using cloud-init -- Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Managing Servers with Chef and Puppet -- Introduction -- Getting started with Chef (notions and tools) -- Installing the Chef Development Kit (Chef DK) -- Creating and using a free Hosted Chef server account -- Automatically bootstrapping a Chef client on a node -- Installing packages using Chef -- Managing services using Chef -- Managing files, directories, and templates using Chef -- Handling dependencies using Chef -- More dynamic code using notifications -- Centrally sharing data using a data bag…”

“…From the most common elements of data mining to cutting-edge techniques, we've got you covered for any data-related challenge Become a more fluent and confident Python data-analyst, in full control of its extensive range of libraries Who This Book Is For This book is for data scientists who are already familiar with some basic data mining techniques such as SQL and machine learning, and who are comfortable with Python. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Packt Upsell -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Implementing the Weather Application -- Setting up the environment -- Core functionality -- Loading parsers dynamically -- Creating the application's model -- Fetching data from the weather website -- Getting the user's input with ArgumentParser -- Creating the parser -- Getting today's weather forecast -- Adding helper methods -- Implementing today's weather forecast -- Getting five- and ten-day weather forecasts -- Getting the weekend weather forecast -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Creating a Remote-Control Application with Spotify -- Setting up the environment -- Creating a Spotify app -- The application's configuration -- Creating a configuration file -- Implementing a configuration file reader -- Authenticating with Spotify's web API -- Implementing the client credentials flow -- Implementing the authorization code flow -- Authorizing our application with authorization code flow -- Querying Spotify's web API -- Creating the player -- Adding menus for albums and track selection -- Implementing the menu panel -- Creating the DataManager class -- Time to listen to music! …”

“…You’ll learn about internal query representation, how the optimizer creates execution plans, and how to exert control over those plans for optimal performance in your environment. …”

“…How do you talk to someone who's out of control? What can you do with a boss who bullies, a spouse who yells, or a friend who frequently bursts into tears? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.13 Finance: Stock Analysis Application4.14 Multimedia: GridVideo; 4.15 Imense: From Laboratory to Market; 4.16 Total, UK; 4.17 Seismic Imaging and Reservoir Simulation: CGG Veritas Reaping Benefits from the Grid; 4.18 Societal Impact; 5 The 'Touch Screen' Revolution; 5.1 The Birth of a Touch Screen; 5.2 The Novelty for the Control Room of the CERN SPS Accelerator; 5.3 A Touch Screen as Replacement for Mechanical Buttons; 5.4 Attempts at Early Knowledge Transfer; 5.5 Evolution Turned Into Revolution; 5.6 Touch Screen and Human Behaviour; Section 2: Developing Future…”

“…Workload automation, scheduling, and resource management are covered in depth to help build efficiency in everyday tasks, and administrators will gain full control over Azure identity and access rights. Pro PowerShell for Microsoft Azure shows you how to apply your PowerShell skills in an exciting new context, including guidance on how to: Create and manage Azure virtual networks and VPNs Configure and maintain Azure Storage accounts, blobs, and containers Provision and manage a redundant Windows or Linux server Deploy and configure your sites in the cloud using Microsoft Azure Web Sites Provision Apache Hadoop clusters in the cloud using Azure HDInsight Deploy, configure, and manage a Microsoft Azure SQL Database Protect and secure identities and resources with Azure Active Directory and Azure Rights Management Services…”

“…Recipe topics include file conversion (DOS, UNIX, and Mac), system administration, resource monitoring, filename management, complex date calculations, screen control capabilities, and much more. Completely updated for this second edition and taking all the changes of the past ten years into account, every recipe in this book is now relevant for a modern audience. …”

“…Using the Bukkit API, anyone interested in learning how to program can control their Minecraft world by developing server plugins. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TONE: DMV Approach + Air Traffic Control -- What's This About? -- Caution -- Signs You've Done This Method Right -- Classic Cold Call Way -- New Way -- Rules -- Venn Diagram Templates -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Summary -- 8 "The More of 'Them' in Prison, the Better": Institutional Terror, Social Control, and the Dynamics of the Criminal Justice System -- Law and the Exercise of Terror -- Official Terror and the Criminal Justice System -- Fear of the State and Arbitrary-Set Social Status -- Gender and Age Exceptionalism -- Subordinate Male Target Hypothesis and the Criminal Justice System -- Summary -- Part IV: Oppression as a Cooperative Game -- 9 Social Hierarchy and Asymmetrical Group Behavior -- Asymmetrical Ingroup Bias -- Asymmetrical Opposition to Intergroup Marriage -- Ideological Asymmetry -- Group Debilitating Behaviors -- Asymmetry in Parenting Styles and Spouse Abuse -- Asymmetry in Educational Behavior -- Gender Exceptionalism -- Asymmetry in Health-Related Behaviors -- Asymmetry in Criminal Activity -- General Conclusions -- Summary -- 10 Sex and Power: The Intersecting Political Psychologies of Patriarchy and Arbitrary-Set Hierarchy -- The Evolutionary Framework -- Empirical Implications -- The Invariance Hypothesis -- Contrasts Between Arbitrary-Set Interactionism and Gender Invariance -- Additional Support for the Invariance Hypothesis -- The Gender Gap Revisited -- Sociopolitical Attitudes -- Occupational Roles -- Other Motives -- Reproductive Strategies, Social Hierarchy, and Social Dominance Orientation -- Sexual Promiscuity and Social Dominance Orientation -- Sexual Jealousy and Social Dominance Orientation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1.2 Power Budget -- 3.1.3 Burst-Mode Operation -- 3.1.4 PON Packet Format and Encapsulation -- 3.1.5 Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation, Ranging, and Discovery -- 3.1.6 Reliability and Security Concerns -- 3.2 PON Standards History and Deployment -- 3.2.1 Brief Developmental History -- 3.2.2 FTTx Deployments -- 3.3 Broadband PON -- 3.3.1 BPON Architecture -- 3.3.2 BPON Protocol and Service -- 3.3.3 BPON Transmission Convergence Layer -- 3.3.4 BPON Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation -- 3.3.5 Other ITU-T G.983.x Recommendations -- 3.4 Gigabit-Capable PON -- 3.4.1 GPON Physical Medium / Dependent Layer -- 3.4.2 GPON Transmission Convergence Layer -- 3.4.3 Recent G.984 Series Standards, Revisions, and Amendments -- 3.5 Ethernet PON -- 3.5.1 EPON Architecture -- 3.5.2 EPON Point-to-Multipoint MAC Control -- 3.5.3 Open Implementations in EPON -- 3.5.4 Unresolved Security Weaknesses -- 3.6 IEEE 802.av-2009 10GEPON Standard -- 3.6.1 10GEPON PMD Architecture -- 3.6.2 10GEPON MAC Modifications -- 3.6.3 10GEPON Coexistence Options -- 3.7 Next-Generation Optical Access System Development in the Standards -- 3.7.1 FSAN NGA Road Map -- 3.7.2 Energy Efficiency -- 3.7.3 Other Worldwide Development -- 3.8 Summary -- References -- 4 NEXT-GENERATION BROADBAND OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORKS -- 4.1 TDM-PON Evolution -- 4.1.1 EPON Bandwidth Enhancements -- 4.1.2 GPON Bandwidth Enhancements -- 4.1.3 Line Rate Enhancements Research -- 4.2 WDM-PON Components and Network Architectures -- 4.2.1 Colorless ONUs -- 4.2.2 Tunable Lasers and Receivers -- 4.2.3 Spectrum-Sliced Broadband Light Sources -- 4.2.4 Injection-Locked FP Lasers -- 4.2.5 Centralized Light Sources with RSOAs -- 4.2.6 Multimode Fiber -- 4.3 Hybrid TDM/WDM-PON -- 4.3.1 TDM-PON to WDM-PON Evolution -- 4.3.2 Hybrid Tree Topology Evolution -- 4.3.3 Tree to Ring Topology Evolution -- 4.4 WDM-PON Protocols and Scheduling Algorithms -- 4.4.1 MAC Protocols -- 4.4.2 Scheduling Algorithms -- 4.5 Summary -- References -- 5 HYBRID OPTICAL WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.4 Classification modeling 2.4.1 Trying different models and parameter settings; 2.4.2 Combining models; 2.4.2.1 Bagging; 2.4.2.2 Boosting; 2.4.2.3 Random Forests; 2.5 Model evaluation; 2.5.1 Thorough evaluation of the model accuracy; 2.5.1.1 Accuracy measures and confusion matrices; 2.5.1.2 Gains, Response, and Lift charts; 2.5.1.3 ROC curve; 2.5.1.4 Profit/ROI charts; 2.5.2 Evaluating a deployed model with test-control groups; 2.6 Model deployment; 2.6.1 Scoring customers to roll the marketing campaign; 2.6.1.1 Building propensity segments…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Solutionistische Rechtfertigungen als Geschichten von Identität und Kontrolle -- Problembehebung durch Technologieversprechen: Solutionismus nach Morozov -- Stories of Control - Story‐Sets und Story‐Lines bei Harrison White -- 3. …”