Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Problem of Pathologization -- Criticism of the Use of PTSD as a Diagnosis Among Refugee Communities -- The Instrumentalisation of the Diagnosis Among Asylum Seekers -- Conclusion -- Case Study -- Representations of Trauma Among Refugee Victims of Torture in Athens -- Representations of Trauma Among Medical Professionals Across Europe -- References -- 5 Culturally Informed Manifestations of Trauma -- Defining Culture from a Sociocultural Perspective -- Culturally-Informed Narratives of Trauma: Perspectives of Diverse Theoretical Traditions -- The Impact of Trauma -- The Interplay of Factors -- Culturally-Informed Responses to Trauma: Attributing Meaning to the Experience -- Pathways to Healing -- Case Study 1: Mass Fainting Spells Among the Murle Tribe of South Sudan -- Introduction to the Context -- A Case of "Mass Hysteria"? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Microplastics on the Rise -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: The Microplastic Cycle: An Introduction to a Complex Issue -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Fluxes of Microplastics Across Ecosystem Compartments -- 1.3 Microplastic and Terrestrial Ecosystems -- 1.4 Microplastic and Freshwater Ecosystems -- 1.5 Microplastic and Marine Ecosystems -- 1.6 Microplastic and the Atmosphere -- 1.7 Microplastic in Biota -- 1.8 Microplastics and Public Policy -- 1.9 Conclusions -- References…”

“…The reports generally compare student (15 year olds) academic performance across countries, or discuss the methodology used to gather the data…”

“…This first edition of Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, and health care expenditure and financing across 27 Asia/Pacific countries and economies in the Asia/Pacific region. . …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Central Asia has proven relatively resilient to recent shocks -- This report assesses progress made in improving the legal environment for business and investment -- Implementation gaps and interpretation issues remain problematic -- Addressing the gaps highlighted in the report can help the region adapt to unprecedented environmental, social, and economic challenges -- 1 Setting the scene -- The region has not been spared the consecutive economic shocks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine -- The economic effects of the pandemic exacerbated fundamental structural weaknesses across the countries of Central Asia -- The region has withstood the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine so far, but long-term risks to growth remain -- The OECD first assessed the legal environment for business and investment in Central Asia in 2020 -- In 2020, the OECD offered targeted advice to Central Asian governments on improving the legal environment for business -- The original report identified significant gaps between de jure protections and the de facto operational environment for firms -- The OECD assessed progress made and new challenges arising in the legal environment for business in Central Asia since 2020 -- The report finds improvements in the operational environment for business driven by digitalisation, a streamlining of procedures, and adaptation to economic shocks -- Efforts to streamline the operational environment have eased the administrative burden on firms -- Governments swiftly reacted in the face of a challenging global economic context -- However, deeper reforms are taking time to materialise -- Weak implementation remains a key challenge for firms across the region…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Strengthening vocational education and training pathways in upper secondary education in Lithuania (Chapter 3) -- Consolidating Lithuania's upper secondary certification to meet learners' diverse needs and promote higher order, complex learning (Chapter 4) -- 1 Assessment and Recommendations -- Introduction -- Main trends in upper secondary education in Lithuania -- Participation and completion -- Attainment of upper secondary education is very high -- Participation in upper secondary education is very high, supported by smooth transitions into and through upper secondary education -- Participation in upper secondary vocational education is lower than national targets -- Completion of upper secondary education is high but lower for VET programmes -- The gender gap in participation and completion of upper secondary vocational education is more pronounced than across the OECD on average -- Learning outcomes -- On entry to upper secondary education, 15-year-olds in Lithuania score below the OECD average -- The gap in performance between boys and girls and between students from rural and urban areas is greater in Lithuania than across the OECD -- Adults in Lithuania score above the OECD average -- Upper secondary education, especially VET, seems to play a modest role in contributing to adult skills -- Transitions into further education and work -- Transitions into tertiary education are high, but only for general upper secondary graduates -- Employments outcomes are very positive for tertiary graduates, but less so for VET graduates -- Priority areas for upper secondary education in Lithuania -- Lithuania achieves limited returns on its investment in upper secondary education…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Performance Tuning; 9.1 Methodology; 9.2 Storage subsystem; 9.3 Automatic Storage Management; 9.4 Cluster interconnect; 9.5 Interconnect transfer rate; 9.6 SQL*Net tuning; 9.7 SQL tuning; 9.8 Sequences and index contention; 9.9 Undo block considerations; 9.10 Load-balancing; 9.11 Resource availability; 9.12 Response time; 9.13 Oracle Wait Interface; 9.14 Server/database statistics; 9.15 Service-level metrics; 9.16 Identifying blockers across instances; 9.17 Identifying hot blocks; 9.18 Monitoring remastering…”

“…The importance of computer software to the modern business world is undeniable. Organizations across all industries and geographies are dependent on data processing and electronic communication, and on the software that drives these capabilities. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Eff ect; White Space Is Your Friend; ...But White Space Is Not Always Your Friend; Time and Other Dimensions: Across or Down?…”

“…An easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide for getting to grips with the real-world application of machine learning algorithms Key Features Explore statistics and complex mathematics for data-intensive applications Discover new developments in EM algorithm, PCA, and bayesian regression Study patterns and make predictions across various datasets Book Description Machine learning has gained tremendous popularity for its powerful and fast predictions with large datasets. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Microvascular fluid and solute exchange in skeletal muscle -- 5.1 General principles and functions of transcapillary fluid filtration -- 5.2 Ultrastructural pathways -- 5.3 Effect of solute charge, size, conformation and microvascular surface area for exchange -- 5.4 Fluid exchange across the microcirculation -- 5.5 Transcapillary fluid and solute exchange in skeletal muscle during exercise -- 5.6 Edema safety factors limit fluid accumulation in skeletal muscles during exercise -- 5.7 Transendothelial filtration modifies arteriolar, capillary, and venular function -- 5.8 Fluid flow in the interstitium modifies the function of tissue cells --…”

“…From automating mundane tasks to predicting consumer behaviour, AI is changing the way businesses operate across all sectors. This book is an exploration of AI in business applications, highlighting the diverse range of ways in which AI is being used across different industries. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- References -- Chapter 1 Leadership and Management In Public Relations: Two Sides of the Same Coin -- History's Revelations -- Defining the Field -- Purview of Operations -- Similarities and Differences Between Leadership and Management -- Leadership Definition and Approaches -- Leader Communication Styles -- Leadership Orientations -- Leadership Types -- Management Definition and Approaches -- Followers -- Running Meetings -- Characteristics of Effective Public Relations Leaders -- Managing Across Generations -- Executive Viewpoint -- Key Words -- References -- Chapter 2 Team Management -- Traits of Top-Performing Groups -- Group Structure -- Conflict -- Creativity -- Project Management -- Freelancers, Consultants, and Vendors -- Freelancers -- Consultants -- Vendors -- Size Matters -- Executive Viewpoint -- Key Words -- References -- Chapter 3 Professionalism, Ethics, and Law: The Good Person Representing an Organization Well -- Professionalism -- Ethics -- Building Up to Ethics -- Ethics Orientations and Reasoning -- Resolving Ethical Dilemmas -- Law -- Building a System of Laws -- Cooperation Between Public Relations and Legal Staffs -- First Amendment -- Particular Areas of Law -- Privacy -- Defamation of Character -- Copyright -- Trademark -- Contracts -- Fraud -- Governing Concepts -- Executive Viewpoint -- Key Words -- References -- Chapter 4 Distinctions Between Agency and Nonagency Operations -- Nonagency ("Corporate") Public Relations Operations -- Agency Public Relations Operations -- What Job Descriptions Can Tell Us -- Executive Viewpoint -- Key Words…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Suzuki -- 27 Non-Traditional Religion, Hyper-religiosity and Psychopathology: the Story of Ivan from Bulgaria -- 28 Journey into Genes: cultural values and the (near) future of genetic counselling in mental health -- 29 Policy-making indabas to prevent “not listening”: An added recommendation from the Life Esidimeni tragedy -- 30 Covert Treatment in a cross-cultural setting -- 31 Discouragement towards Seeking Health Care of Older People in Rural China: The influence of culture and structural constraints -- 32 Discovering myself, a journey of rediscovery -- Part V – TRAINING 33 Training for Task: an introduction to Part V, Training -- 34 Values-based Practice when engaging with voice-hearers -- 35 Dharma Therapy: a Buddhist counselling approach to acknowledging and enhancing perspectives, attitudes and values -- 36 Dangerous Liaisons: Science, Tradition, and Qur’anic Healing in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt -- 37 Know thyself: Jane discovers the value of her depression -- 38 Case studies in the culture of Professional Football Players and Mental Welfare and Wellbeing -- 39 Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and VBP -- 40 Values, Meanings, Hermeneutics and Mental Health -- 41 Disha: Building Bridges-Removing Barriers: Where Excluded and Privileged Young Adults Meet -- 42 Online Counselling: the world without a label -- Part VI – REFLECTIONS 43 The Realpolitik of Values-based Practice: an introduction to Part VI, Reflections -- 44 Reflections on the impact of mental health ward staff training in race equality and values-based practice -- 45 Connecting patients, practitioners and regulators in supporting positive experiences and processes of shared decision-making in osteopathy: a case study in co-production -- 46 Beyond the Color Bar: sharing narratives in order to promote a clearer understanding of mental health issues across cultural and racial boundaries -- BM 47 Co-writing values: what we did and why we did it -- After word: where next with the book -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The scale and sectoral focus of mobilised private climate finance varies across geographies -- 2.2.3. The role of different development actors in mobilising private climate finance -- References -- Notes -- 3 Geographic, sectoral, and institutional challenges to and opportunities for private finance mobilisation -- 3.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Normal Forms Denormalization Transferring Data Model to Relational Database Representing Entities Representing Relationships Enforcing Constraints Summary Review Questions Database Development and Management with SQL Objectives Introduction Structured Query Language Creating Database Objects Defining Data Types Constraints Creating Database Creating Tables Managing Database Objects Viewing Table Structures Modifying Table Structures Controlling Database Object Privileges Manipulating Data in Tables Inserting Data Modifying Data Querying Data Deleting Data Summary Review Questions Importing and Exporting Database Objects Objectives Introduction SQL Server Management Studio Data-Tier Application Windows Azure SQL Database Migration Wizard Moving Data in and out of Windows Azure SQL Database Using SSIS Import and Export Data with Bulk Copy Program Working with XML Data Introduction to Extensible Markup Language XML Data Type Summary Review Questions Querying Information in Windows Azure SQL Database Objectives Introduction Retrieving Data from Tables with SQL Querying Data with SELECT, FROM, and WHERE Statements Logical Operators Comparison Operators Arithmetic Operators Subqueries Joining Multiple Tables with SQL Inner Join Outer Join Multiple Joins Self-Join SQL Built-In Functions Aggregate Functions Scalar Functions Summary Review Questions Windows Azure SQL Database Procedures and Functions Objectives Introduction SQL Programming Extensions Variables Flow-Control Structures Procedures and Functions Functions Scalar Functions Table Functions APPLY Operator Procedures Creating and Executing Stored Procedures Modifying and Deleting Stored Procedures Triggers Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Triggers Using Triggers Validating Business Constraints Implementing Dynamic Application Logic Keeping Database Integrity Summary Review Questions Windows Azure SQL Database Views, Indexes, and Federations Objectives Introduction Views Create Views Modify Views Modify Data in a View Drop Views Indexes Create Indexes Manage Indexes Remove Indexes Federations Federation Design Generating Federation Key Database Operations across Multiple Federation Members Data Distribution across Multiple Federation Members Applications and Federation Logic Federation Implementation with T-SQL Summary Review Questions Database Application Development Objectives Introduction Database Application Design Application Design GUI Design Database Application Development Form Development Report Development Summary Review Questions Windows Azure and Deployment of Applications to the Cloud Objectives Introduction Windows Azure Windows Azure Structure Windows Azure Management Portal Windows Azure SDK Windows Azure Compute Emulator Windows Azure Storage Emulator Application Development with Windows Azure SDK Windows Azure Application Design Windows Azure Application Development Developing Applications on Local Computers Role Definition and Configuration Authentication Windows Azure Application Deployment Summary Review Questions Windows Azure Storage Objectives Introduction Windows Azure Storage Services Use of Table Storage Use of Blob Storage Use of Queue Storage Deploy Applications to Windows Azure Summary Review Questions Windows Azure Management Objectives Introduction Windows Azure SQL Database Security Managing Windows Azure SQL Database Managing Windows Azure Monitoring Windows Azure Summary Review Questions Bibliography Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cannon, Mya Breibart and Larry J. Dishaw -- Stumbling across the same phage: comparative genomics of widespread temperate phages infecting the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum / Panos G. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7-6 Where We Go from Here -- Appendix: Wage- and Price-Setting Relations versus Labor Supplyand Labor Demand -- Chapter 8 The Phillips Curve, the Natural Rate of Unemployment, and Inflation -- 8-1 Inflation, Expected Inflation, and Unemployment -- 8-2 The Phillips Curve and Its Mutations -- The Early Incarnation -- The Apparent Trade-Off and Its Disappearance -- 8-3 The Phillips Curve and the Natural Rate of Unemployment -- 8-4 A Summary and Many Warnings -- Variations in the Natural Rate across Countries -- Variations in the Natural Rate over Time -- High Inflation and the Phillips Curve Relation -- Deflation and the Phillips Curve Relation -- Appendix: Derivation of the Relation to a Relation between Inflation,Expected Inflation, and Unemployment -- Chapter 9 From the Short to the Medium Run: The IS-LM-PC Model -- 9-1 The IS-LM-PC model -- 9-2 Dynamics and the Medium Run Equilibrium -- The Role of Expectations Revisited -- The Zero Lower Bound and Debt Spirals -- 9-3 Fiscal Consolidation Revisited -- 9-4 The Effects of an Increase in the Price of Oil -- Effects on the Natural Rate of Unemployment -- 9-5 Conclusions -- The Short Run versus the Medium Run -- Shocks and Propagation Mechanisms -- The Long Run -- Chapter 10 The Facts of Growth -- 10-1 Measuring the Standard of Living -- 10-2 Growth in Rich Countries since 1950 -- The Large Increase in the Standard of Living since 1950 -- The Convergence of Output per Person -- 10-3 A Broader Look across Time and Space -- Looking across Two Millennia -- Looking across Countries -- 10-4 Thinking about Growth: A Primer -- The Aggregate Production Function -- Returns to Scale and Returns to Factors -- Output per Worker and Capital per Worker -- The Sources of Growth -- Chapter 11 Saving, Capital Accumulation, and Output -- 11-1 Interactions between Output and Capital -- The Effects of Capital on Output…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Household portfolios across the asset distribution -- 4.1 Across time -- 5. …”

“…Building upon the foundational works of Library and Information Studies (LIS) scholar and theorist Elfreda Chatman and philosopher Jurgen Habermas, as well as from theory and research from a wide range of other fields, the theory of information worlds can serve as a theoretical driver both in LIS studies and across other disciplines that study information issues, enriching and expanding our understanding of the multi-layered role of information in society." …”
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