Masking terror : how women contain violence in Southern Sri Lanka by Argenti-Pillen, Alex

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The American South and the Vietnam War : belligerence, protest, and agony in Dixie by Fry, Joseph A., 1947-

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Sustainable Future for Human Security Society, Cities and Governance

Table of Contents: “…The Concerns and Sustainability of ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR); Abubakar Eby Hara, The University of Jember - Center for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (C-RiSSH), Keywords: ASEAN; AICHR; human rights; role of NGOs; sustainability -- 5. …”
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Elements of environmental management by Antweiler, Werner

Table of Contents: “…Interjurisdictional cooperation -- 5.2.5. Aboriginal rights.…”
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Encyclopedia of religious ethics

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- On Religious Ethics / William Schweiker -- Health / Katherine K Young -- Body Culture / Regina Ammicht Quinn -- Aesthetic Experience / Frank Burch Brown -- Children / Bonnie J Miller-McLemore -- Joy and Laughter / Terence J Martin -- Play, Recreation, and Sport / Eric Bain-Selbo -- Personhood / Darlene Fozard Weaver -- Pleasure and Pain / Susan A Ross -- Reproduction / Cristina L H Traina -- Subject Formation and Subjectivity / Jonathan Schofer -- Ability and Disability / Jana M Bennett -- Class / Devin Singh -- Disease / Neil Messer -- Home and Homelessness / Laura Stivers -- Moral Struggle / Elizabeth Sweeny Block -- Posthumanism and Transhumanism / Ron Cole-Turner -- Violence / John D Carlson -- Nations / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Economics / Max L Stackhouse -- Human Rights / Simeon O Ilesanmi -- Images and Things / Kenneth M George -- Corporations / Rebecca Todd Peters -- Education / Joshua Daniel -- Law / M Christian Green -- Religious Non-Governmental Organizations / Jeffrey Haynes -- Religious Institutions / Gerard Mannion -- Science / Roger A Willer -- Ecology / William French -- Global Dynamics / Sallie B King -- Technology / Gerald P McKenny -- Animals / Charles Camosy -- Justice / Michael Kessler -- Production and Consumption / Joe Blosser -- Sustainability and Climate Change / Michael S Hogue -- Religious Membership / Robin Gill -- Future Generations / Svend Andersen -- Ecumenism / Timothy F Sedgwick -- Family / Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar -- Interspecies Communities / Celia Deane-Drummond -- Labor and Trade / Christine Firer Hinze -- Marriage / Eugene F Rogers -- New Religious Movements / Damon T Berry -- Peacekeeping / Irene Oh -- Religion and Religious War / John Kelsay -- Censorship, Disclosures, and Privacy / Jonathan Rothchild -- Civil Rights and Protest Movements / Tobin Miller Shearer -- Domestic Violence / Shannon Dunn -- Gender Discrimination / Rosemary Kellison -- Genocide / Atalia Omer, Ernesto Verdeja -- Racial Discrimination / Jonathan Tran -- Religious Discrimination / Loren D Lybarger -- Torture / Amy Laura Hall -- War and Non-State Group Violence / H David Baer -- Index…”
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Bhutan: Conservation and Environmental Protection in the Himalayas by Tshewang, Ugyen, Tobias, Michael Charles, Morrison, Jane Gray

Table of Contents: “…-Information compilation, management and use -- Response - measures taken to alleviate a specific or ongoing HWC incident -- Monitoring and Evaluation - measuring the performance of HWC management -- Human Wildlife Conflict Situation in Bhutan -- Underlying Forces of Human Wild-life Conflicts in Bhutan -- Human Wildlife Conflict Situation in Bhutan -- Preventive Measures -- Mitigation Approach in Bhutan -- Strategic Outcomes -- Table 3.5 Strategic Intents contributing to the Safe System (WWF-Bhutan, 2016; See Foot Note 246) -- Effective Monitoring and Evaluation -- Conclusion and Recommendation -- Non-violent and Safe Approach -- Institutional Arrangement -- Human Wildlife Conflict Policy & Legislation -- Coping Techniques and Mechanisms -- Hotspot Mapping -- Physiological Sterilization of wildlife -- Table 3.6 Immunocontraceptive vaccines used in different animals -- Innovative Research Fund for farmers -- Economic Responses to HWC -- Alternative livelihoods -- Regional Transboundary Conservation -- Foot Notes -- Annexure 3.1 Indicators of the Strategic Outcomes of People, Wildlife, Assets and Habitat -- CHAPTER 4 -- ANIMAL RIGHTS AND PROTECTION.-Abstract -- Buddhist Perspectives & Conservation Biology -- Bhutanese Buddhism and the Segue To Contemporary Animal Protection Policies -- National Law & Buddhist Ethics -- State Monastic Body -- Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) -- Tshethar (Life Saving) Practices -- Animal Health and Rescue Centers -- Farming Systems and Livestock Population -- Meat Consumption in Bhutan -- Discussion and Recommendations on Animal Protection and Animal Rights -- Animal Protection Policy of Bhutan -- Population control of Livestock Animals -- Institutionalization and Implementation Arrangement -- Monitoring & Implementation -- Dog Population Control -- GNH Index for Animal Kingdom -- References (1-125) -- Annexure 4.1 God’s Country: The New Zealand Factor, by Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison, Dancing Star Foundation, 2010 -- CHAPTER 5. …”
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The new Blackwell companion to the city

Table of Contents: “…Gendering Urban Space / Jessica Ellen Sewell -- 53. Nights in the Global City / Sophie Body-Gendrot -- Part VI: City Politics and Planning. -- 54. …”


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Table of Contents: “…On the battle of Orgreave, 2002 / Jeremy Deller -- On touch sanitation, 1980 / Mierle Laderman Ukeles -- In conversation with Rudi Laermans, 2012 / Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker -- How to work better, 1991 / Fischli & Weiss -- In conversation with Marie-Josée Corsten, Pascal Gielen and Luigi Coppola, 2009 / Michelangelo Pistoletto -- The good of work, 2011 / Liam Gillick -- Proletarian nights, 2012 / Jacques Rancière -- A brief history of the Women's Workshop of the Artists' Union, c. 1973 / Mary Kelly -- On when faith moves mountains, 2002 / Francis Alÿs -- Occupy, migrate, disintegrate...Carolee Schneemann and Annette Messager's studio abandonment, 2010 / Petra Lange-Berndt -- In praise of laziness, 1998 / Mladen Stilinović -- Statement, 2016 / Maria Eichhorn.…”


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Encyclopedia of school health

Table of Contents: “…Absences Due to Health Conditions: Assessment -- Absences Due to Health Conditions: Interventions -- Academic Achievement and Behavioral Health -- Academic Achievement and Health -- Academic Achievement and Nutrition -- Academic Achievement and Physical Activity -- Academic Achievement and School Health Programs -- Access to Care -- Acoustics and Noise Pollution -- Adolescent Growth and Development -- Adolescent Health Services: Reproductive -- Adolescent Health Services: Substance Use -- Advocacy for School Health Policies -- Aesthetic Surroundings and Lighting -- Afterschool Snack Programs -- All-Hazards Approach -- Anti-Bullying Policies -- Athletic Trainer -- Behavioral Health: Diagnoses -- Behavioral Health: High School Students -- Behavioral Health: Middle School Students -- Behavioral Health: Policies -- Behavioral Health: Pre-K and Elementary Students -- Behavioral Health: Youths in Juvenile Justice Programs and Settings -- Behavioral Health and Healthy Nutrition -- Behavioral Health Considerations in the School Environment -- Behavioral Health Screening and Assessment in Schools -- Behavioral Health Services: Evaluation -- Behavioral/Clinical Spectrum -- Brain DevelOpment -- Breakfast in the Classroom -- Bullying and Harassment Prevention -- Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curricula -- Characteristics of Effective Health Education Instruction -- Characteristics of Effective Physical Education Curricula -- Characteristics of Effective Physical Education Instruction -- Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting -- Child Care Health Consultant -- Child Nutrition Act and Wellness -- Children, Abused or Neglected.…”
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Digitalization of Society and Socio-Political Issues. 1, Digital, Communication, and Culture

Table of Contents: “…Privacy under discussion 62 6.2. The invention of the right to privacy 63 6.3. The emergence of informational self-determination and the privacy of the Modern 65 6.4. …”
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Essential Reviews in Geriatric Psychiatry

Table of Contents: “…A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients Older Than 59 Years -- Continuation treatment of delusional depression in older adults -- Reducing suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in depressed older primary care patients: a randomized controlled trial -- Remission in Depressed Geriatric Primary Care Patients: A Report from the PROSPECT Study -- Executive dysfunction and the course of geriatric depression -- Maintenance Treatment of Major Depression in Old Age -- Placebo-Controlled Study of Relapse Prevention With Risperidone Augmentation in Older Patients with Resistant Depression -- Efficacy of Second-Generation Antidepressants in Late-Life Depression: A Meta-Analysis of the Evidence -- A double-blind randomized controlled trial of olanzapine plus sertraline vs olanzapine plus placebo for psychotic depression: the study of pharmacotherapy of psychotic depression (STOP-PD) -- Speed of remission in elderly patients with depression: electroconvulsive therapy v. medication -- A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychotherapy for late-life depression -- A novel strategy for continuation ECT in geriatric depression: phase 2 of the PRIDE Study -- Right Unilateral Ultrabrief Pulse ECT in Geriatric Depression: Phase 1 of the PRIDE Study -- Improvement in Depression is Associated with Improvement in Cognition in Late-Life Psychotic Depression -- Section 6: Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Continuation/Maintenance Treatment with Nortriptyline Versus Combined Nortriptyline and ECT in Late-Life Psychotic Depression: A Two-Year Randomized Study -- Safety and utility of acute electroconvulsive therapy for agitation and aggression in dementia -- Electroconvulsive therapy and risk of dementia in patients with affective disorders: a cohort study -- Electroconvulsive Therapy and Risk of Dementia-A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan -- Section 7: Grief -- Treatment of complicated grief in elderly persons: a randomized clinical trial -- Section 8: Pain Disorders -- Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Section 9: Psychotic Disorders -- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Middle-Aged and Older Outpatients with Chronic Schizophrenia -- Safety and tolerability of oral paliperidone extended-release tablets in elderly patients with schizophrenia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study with six-month open-label extension -- Antipsychotic treatment for elderly people with late-onset schizophrenia -- Schizophrenia and risk of dementia: A meta-analysis study -- Antipsychotic treatment of very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis (ATLAS): a randomised, controlled, double-blind trial -- Section 10: Neurocognitive Disorders -- Efficacy and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis -- Depression and risk for Alzheimer disease: Systematic review, Meta-analysis, and Metaregression analysis -- Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s disease -- Predictors of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease -- Efficacy and safety of cognitive enhancers for patients with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis -- Personality and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: New data and meta-analysis -- Modifiable predictors of dementia in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis -- Pharmacological Management of Lewy Body Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Meta-analysis of modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease -- Memantine for Alzheimer's Disease: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis -- Update on the Risk of Motor Vehicle Collision or Driving Impairment with Dementia: A Collaborative International Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Pharmacological interventions for apathy in Alzheimer's disease -- Section 11: Sleep Disorders -- Behavioral and Pharmacological Therapies for Late-Life Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial -- Cognitive behavioral therapy vs zopiclone for treatment of chronic primary insomnia in older adults: a randomized controlled trial -- Suvorexant in Elderly Patients with Insomnia: Pooled Analyses of Data from Phase III Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials -- Cognitive behavior therapy for older adults with insomnia and depression: a randomized controlled trial in community mental health services -- Section 12: Suicides -- Medical Illness and the Risk of Suicide in the Elderly -- The Risk of Suicide with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in the Elderly -- Section 13: Substance Use Disorders -- Naltrexone as an Adjunctive Treatment for Older Patients with Alcohol Dependence -- Older adult patients with both Psychiatric and Substance abuse disorders: Prevalence and Health service use -- Five-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes of older adults versus middle-aged and younger adults in a managed care program -- Treatment of Late-Life Depression Complicated by Alcohol Dependence -- Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Misuse Among Older Adults: The Florida BRITE Project.…”
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Creating special events by DeLisle, Lee J., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Follow-Up -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- 7: Marketing -- Chapter Objectives -- Marketing Should Be Fun! -- The Right Person for the Job -- Marketing Success-Two Basic Principles -- 1. …”
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Enterprise Cloud Security and Governance : Efficiently set data protection and privacy principles. by Vora, Zeal

Table of Contents: “…Best practices to follow -- Conclusion -- Single sign-on -- Idea solution -- Advantages of an SSO solution -- Challenges in the classic method of authentication -- Security Assertion Markup Language -- The high-level overview of working -- Choosing the right identity provider -- Building an SSO from scratch -- Hosted Based Intrusion Detection System -- Exploring OSSEC -- File integrity monitoring -- Log monitoring and active response -- Conclusion -- The hardened image approach -- Implementing hardening standards in scalable environments -- Important to remember -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Cryptography Network Security -- Introduction to cryptography -- Integrity -- Authenticity -- Real world scenario -- Non-repudiation -- Types of cryptography -- Symmetric key cryptography -- Stream cipher -- The encryption process -- The decryption process -- Advantages of stream ciphers -- Block cipher (AES) -- Padding -- Modes of block ciphers -- Message authentication codes -- The MAC approach -- The challenges with symmetric key storage -- Hardware security modules -- The challenges with HSM in on-premise -- A real-world scenario -- HSM on the cloud -- CloudHSM -- Key management service -- The basic working of AWS KMS -- Encrypting a function in KMS -- Decrypting a function in KMS -- Implementation -- Practical guide -- Configuring AWS CLI -- The decryption function -- Envelope encryption -- The encryption process -- The decryption process -- Implementation steps -- Practical implementation of envelope encryption -- Credential management system with KMS -- Implementation -- Best practices in key management -- Rotation life cycle for encryption keys -- Scenario 1-a single key for all data encryption -- Scenario 2-multiple keys for data encryption -- Protecting the access keys -- Audit trail is important -- Asymmetric key encryption.…”
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Power quality primer by Kennedy, Barry W.

Table of Contents: “…104 -- Surge Suppressors 105 -- Noise Filters 110 -- Isolation Transformers 112 -- Line-Voltage Regulators 115 -- Motor-Generator Sets 119 -- Magnetic Synthesizers 120 -- Static VAR Compensators (SVCs) 121 -- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) 122 -- Solid-State Switches 128 -- Harmonic Filters 129 -- Other Harmonic Solutions 131 -- Selection of Appropriate Power Conditioning Equipment 132 -- Grounding and Wiring Solutions 133 -- Chapter 5 Wiring and Grounding 137 -- Wiring Principles 137 -- Grounding Principles 140 -- Power System 141 -- Utility Power System Grounding 141 -- Telecommunication System Grounding 148 -- End-User Power System Grounding 148 -- Wiring and Grounding Problems 151 -- Ground Loops 151 -- Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Noise 153 -- Loose Connections 154 -- Grounding for Lightning and Static Electricity 154 -- Attack of the Triplens 155 -- Solutions That Cause Problems 157 -- Wiring Solutions 159 -- Separation 159 -- Selection of Wire and Cables 160 -- Shielding 162 -- Grounding Solutions 163 -- Ground Rods 163 -- Ground Ring 165 -- Ground and Reference Signal Grids 166 -- Other Grounding Systems 167 -- Isolated Grounds 167 -- Multipoint Grounding 168 -- Separately Derived Source Grounding 169 -- Chapter 6 Power Quality Measurement Tools 173 -- Kilowatt-Hour Meter 175 -- Multimeters 178 -- Average-responding versus True RMS Meters 181 -- Crest Factor and Bandwidth 182 -- Other Selection Considerations 184 -- Oscilloscopes 185 -- Disturbance Analyzers 187 -- Harmonic Analyzers 189 -- Power Factor Measurement 189 -- Static Meters 190 -- Electric Field Strength and Magnetic Gaussmeters 191 -- Infrared Detectors 191 -- Flicker Meters 192 -- Wiring and Grounding Instruments 194 -- Receptacle Circuit Testers 194 -- Ground Circuit Impedance Testers 195 -- Earth Ground Testers 195 -- Permanent Power Quality Monitoring 196 -- Need for Power Quality Monitoring 197 -- Evolution of Power Quality Monitoring 199 -- Deregulation's Effect on Power Quality Monitoring 199 -- Power Quality Monitoring System 201 -- Monitoring and Analysis to Evaluate Compliance 204 -- Monitoring to Characterize System Performance 204 -- Monitoring to Characterize Specific Problems 204 -- Monitoring as Part of an Enhanced Power Quality Service 204 -- Chapter 7 Power Quality Surveys 207 -- Purpose of a Power Quality Survey (Checkup or Examination) 208 -- Assess the Power Quality (Health) 208 -- Identify the Power Quality Problem (Symptom) 211 -- Determine the Cause (Disease) 211 -- Analyze the Results of the Survey (Diagnose) to Determine a Solution (Cure) 211 -- Planning a Power Quality Survey 214 -- Identify the Participants and Performer of the Survey 215 -- Ask Questions 218 -- Coordinate the Parties 218 -- Know Facilities 219 -- Survey Forms 219 -- Choosing the Right Power Quality Instruments 220 -- Conducting a Power Quality Survey 224 -- Step 1 Collect Information at Coordination Meeting 224 -- Step 2 Conduct On-Site Visual Inspection 227 -- Step 3 Set Up Test Instruments 230 -- Step 4 Collect Test Measurements 232 -- Analyzing Power Quality Survey Results 232 -- Input Data into Diagnostic Model 235 -- Identify Alternative Solutions 235 -- Preventing Power Quality Problems 236 -- Chapter 8 Power Quality Economics 239 -- Total Power Quality Improvement Cost 240 -- Steps in Performing an Economic Analysis 241 -- Step 1 Determine Base Power Quality Problem Cost 243 -- Value-Based Economic Analysis 244 -- Cost of the Disturbance 247 -- Interruptions 248 -- Voltage Sags 250 -- Weighting Factors for Interruptions and Voltage Sags 253 -- Harmonic Distortion 254 -- Flicker 254 -- Step 2 Determine Power Quality Improvement Cost 255 -- End-User Power Quality Improvements 256 -- Utility-Side Power Quality Improvements 260 -- Step 3 Determine Reduced Power Quality Problem Cost 260 -- Interruption and Voltage Sage Reduction Technologies 262 -- Benefit of Filters to Reduce or Eliminate Harmonics 262 -- Benefits of Reducing Flicker 262 -- Step 4 Determine Economic Analysis Method and Assumptions 262 -- Power Quality Improvement -- Purchaser Perspective 265 -- Life Cycle 265 -- Time Value of Money 266 -- Equivalent First Cost 266 -- Present Worth Method 266 -- Benefit-to-Cost Method 267 -- Step 5 Perform Economic Analysis 268 -- Uncertainty 268 -- Sensitivity Analysis 268 -- Computer Programs 270 -- Chapter 9 Future Trends 273 -- United States Electric Utility Deregulation 274 -- United States Electric Power Industry 276 -- 1992 Energy Policy Act 277 -- Unbundling 280 -- Requirements for Power Quality Contracts 290 -- Contracts between TRANSCO and DISTCO or Direct-Service Customer 290 -- Contracts between DISTCO and End Users (or End-User Representative) 292 -- Contracts between RETAILCO or ESCO and End User 293 -- Enhanced Power Quality Requirements to Improve Productivity 293 -- Contracts between DISTCO and Small IPP 294 -- Deregulation versus Regulation 294 -- Power Quality Standards 295 -- International Utility Competition 295 -- Research and Development 297 -- Power Quality Parks 299.…”
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CMOS : front-end electronics for radiation sensors by Rivetti, Angelo

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Interventional cardiology : principles and practice

Table of Contents: “…Basics of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease / Piera Capranzano, Dominick J Angiolillo -- Balance of Ischemia and Bleeding in Selecting Antithrombotic Regimens / Bimmer EPM Claessen, Jose PS Henriques -- Oral Antiplatelet Agents in PCI / Jonathan A Batty, Joseph R Dunford, George D Dangas, Vijay Kunadian -- Parenteral Anticoagulant Agents in PCI / Piera Capranzano, Corrado Tamburino, George D Dangas -- Parenteral Antiplatelet Agents in PCI / Piera Capranzano, Giuseppe Gargiulo, Corrado Tamburino -- Role of Parenteral Agents in PCI for Stable Patients / Joanna Ghobrial, David A Burke, Duane S Pinto -- Vasoactive and Antiarrhythmic Drugs During PCI / Bimmer EPM Claessen, Jose PS Henriques -- The Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI / Mikkel Malby Schoos, Roxana Mehran, George D Dangas -- Triple Antiplatelet Therapy and Combinations with Oral Anticoagulants After PCI / Jonathan A Batty, Joseph R Dunford, Roxana Mehran, Vijay Kunadian -- Peri-procedural Platelet Function Testing in Risk Stratification and Clinical Decision Making / Paul A Gurbel, Fang Liu, Gailing Chen, Udaya S Tantry -- Genetics and Pharmacogenetics in Interventional Cardiology / Hillary Johnston-Cox, Johan LM Bjorkegren, Jason C Kovacic -- Monitoring and Reversal of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents / Gregory W Yost, Steven R Steinhubl -- Hypertension and Structural Heart Disease. Right Heart Catheterization and Pulmonary Hemodynamics / P Christian Schulze -- Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism / Ian Conde, Barry T Katzen -- Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension / Hitesh C Patel, Carl Hayward, Sebastian Ewen, Felix Mahfoud -- Antithrombotic Strategies in Valvular and Structural Heart Disease Interventions / Mikkel Malby Schoos, Davide Capodanno, George D Dangas -- Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy / Amir-Ali Fassa, George D Dangas, Ulrich Sigwart -- Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion / Jorge G Panizo, Jacob S Koruth -- Cryptogenic Stroke, Patent Foramen Ovale, and ASD Closure / Barry Love -- Paravalvular Leak Closure and Ventricular Septal Defect Closure / Saurabh Sanon, Mackram F Eleid, Allison K Cabalka, Charanjit S Rihal -- Aortic Valvuloplasty and Large-Bore Percutaneous Arterial Access / Matthew I Tomey, Annapoorna S Kini, Samin K Sharma, Jason C Kovacic -- Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation / Brandon M Jones, Samir R Kapadia, Amar Krishnaswamy, Stephanie Mick, E Murat Tuzcu -- Transthoracic Aortic Valve Implantation / Giuseppe Bruschi, Kaleab N Asrress, Paola Colombo, Vinayak N Bapat -- New Aortic Valve Technologies / Dimytri Alexandre Siqueira, Alexandre AC Abizaid -- Transseptal Puncture / Alec Vahanian, Dominique Himbert, Fabrice Extramiana, Gregory Ducrocq, Eric Brochet -- Principles of Carpentier's Reconstructive Surgery in Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease / Farzan Filsoufi, Alain Carpentier -- Mitral Valve Repair / Ted Feldman, Mohammad Sarraf, Mayra Guerrero, Francesco Maisano -- Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty / CN Manjunath, Nagaraja Moorthy, Upendra Kaul -- Pulmonary Artery and Valve Catheter-Based Interventions / Kasey Chaszczewski, Damien Kenny, Ziyad M Hijazi -- Imaging for Planning and Guidance for Structural Heart Interventions / Ankit Parikh, Stamatios Lerakis -- Vascular Disease for the Interventionalist. …”
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Analyzing banking risk : a framework for assessing corporate governance and risk management by Greuning, Hennie van, Brajovic Bratanovic, Sonja, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Major Developments in Corporate Governance Principles -- 2.3 Ethics: The Basis for Good Governance -- 2.4 Regulatory and Supervisory Authorities: Establishing a Risk-Based Framework -- 2.5 The Shareholders: Appointing the Right Policy Makers -- 2.6 The Board of Directors: Bearing Ultimate Responsibility for a Bank's Affairs -- 2.7 First Line of Defense: Management and Staff, Responsible for Bank Operations and Implementation of Risk Management Policies -- 2.8 Second Line of Defense: Chief Risk Officer and Risk Committee, Responsible for Risk Management Oversight…”
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Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador : a Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review.

Table of Contents: “…-- Policy Recommendations -- An Estimation of the Potential Output And the Structural Fiscal Balance in Ecuador -- Summary of the Budget Process -- Major Budgetary Issues in Priority Social Programs -- Budgetary Framework of Decentralization in Ecuador -- Budgetary Framework of Decentralization in Ecuador -- Potential Sources of Fiscal Space and Estimated Annual Impact -- Volatility of NFPS Variables, 1993-2003 -- Ecuador: Actual and Structural Fiscal Balance, Fiscal Stance and Fiscal Impulse -- Total Revenue of the Non-Financial Public Sector and Central Government -- The Structure of the Tax System -- Selected Tax Administration Indicators, 2001-03 -- "Optimal" Fund vs FEIREP Flows for Debt Reduction -- Evaluation of Compliance with the Fiscal Rules -- Ecuador: Social Expenditure of Central Government as a Percentage of GDP -- Pro-Poor and Non Pro-Poor Social Expenditures -- Social Expenditure and Energy Subsidies, by Income Quintile -- Basic Services Subsidies by Expenditure Quintile -- Rigidity of the Central Government Budget, 2001-04 -- Ecuador: Personnel Involved in Defense and Security -- Estimated Tax Expenditures of the Internal VAT Exemptions -- Progress by Ecuador in Meeting the Millennium Development Goals -- Estimated Fiscal Cost of Attaining Key MDGs and Social Targets -- Potential Sources of Fiscal Space -- Basic Elements of Public Expenditure Management: The "Three-level Analysis" -- Allocation of Public Spending by Tiers -- Review of Ecuador's Public Expenditure Management and Benchmarks -- Ranking of Ecuador's PEM in Relation to Peru, Bolivia, and HIPC Indicators -- Sources of Government Financing -- Budgetary Assumptions and Actuals -- Level of Budget Execution of Sector Expenditures -- Changes in the Budget Share between Executed and Approved -- Forms of Local Participation within Selected Priority Social Programs -- Budget of Priority Social Programs Grouped by Social Sector -- Budget Approved and Executed for Priority Social Programs -- Budget Execution and Tracking Survey of Transactional Delays within PSPs -- Positive Qualifications per Country -- Oil Prices, Growth, and the Fiscal Deficit -- Debt Sustainability under the Fiscal Rule -- Incidence of Social Expenditure and Energy Subsidies, 1999 -- Total Public Sector Net Work -- Non-Financial Public Sector Balances -- Tax and Non-Tax Revenue of the Central Government and Important Tax Reform Efforts 1964-2004 -- Total and Primary Expenditures -- Trends in NFPS and Central Government Expenditures -- Public Expenditure by Selected Functions -- Composition of Wages by Selected Sectors -- Institutional Composition of Public Fixed Investment -- "Optimal" and Actual Stabilization Accumulation Scenarios -- Base Case for Debt Sustainability -- Incidence of Social Expenditure and Energy Subsidies -- Telephone Penetration by Household Income Quintile -- Rigid Compared to Flexible Public Expenditure -- Military Expenditure, 1998-2001 -- Decomposition of Budget and Off-Budget Financing Sources -- Chile: Fondo Concursable -- Changes in Shareof NFPS Expenditures, by Government Tier -- Emergency Decrees -- Stock of Arrears -- Budget Execution of Social Programs -- Seasonal Patterns in Budget for Social Programs -- Planned Compared to Executed Transfers of the 15-Percent Law, 1997-2003 -- Transfers and Payments of the 15-Percent Law to Municipalities -- Transfers of the 15-Percent Law and the New Subnational Budget Cycle -- LAC Index of Budgetary Transparency -- Revenue Base for the 15-Percent Law with/without Oil Revenue -- The Costs and Benefits of Dollarization -- Ecuador's Political Economy -- The Civil Service and the Wage Unification Law: A Step in the Right Direction -- Ecuador's Oil Funds -- The Base Case Scenario -- Teacher Absenteeism in Primary Schools -- Household Expenditures on Water: The Case of Machala, El Oro -- Main Conclusions of the World Bank Ecuador Poverty Assessment -- The Chilean Competitive (Concursable) Fund for Public Programs -- The Six Stages of a Comprehensive Multiyear Budgeting Framework -- Main Recommendations of the IMF-ROSC -- Ecuador-Institutionalizing a Virtual Poverty Fund: A Look at Best-Practice in Uganda -- Structural Fiscal Balance -- Budget Execution at BDH, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at PAI, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at LMG, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at PRADEC, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at PAE, by Financing Source -- Current and Capital Spending of Municipalities and Provincial Councils -- Priorities of Subnational Investment Spending -- Capital Spending of Municipalities and Provincial Councils in the Health and Education Sectors -- Administration of Schools, Teachers, and Students in The Education Sector, School Year 2000-01 -- Public Spending in Health Sector -- Subsidy Distribution by Consumption Deciles -- Distribution of the Cooking-Gas Subsidy by Ethnic Group -- Effect of Various Reform Scenarios for the Cooking-Gas Subsidy -- Actual and Potential GDP -- Primary Balance -- Flow of Budgetary Funds -- Organization of the BDH Operating in 14 Provinces -- Organization of PAI Operating Nationwide -- Organization of LMG Operating in 40 Municipios -- Organization of PRADEC Operating in 443 Juntas Parroquiales -- Organization of PAE Operating in the Coast and Sierra -- Intergovernmental Transfers, 1996-2003 -- Sources of Revenue for Transfers to Subnational Governments -- Own Revenue and Expenditures per Level of Government and Veritcal Fiscal Imbalances, 1997 and 2002 -- Distribution of the Gas Subsidy Retargeted with SelBen.…”
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Business innovation : a case study approach by Pandiarajan, Vijay

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 13 - Sustainability-focused Innovation13.1 Introduction13.2 Evolving Market Orientation Towards Sustainability - Gen Z 13.3 Sustainability - A New Secular Growth Driver 13.4 Success Stories - Sustainability Focused Innovation 13.4.1 The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) 13.4.2 Patagonia 13.4.3 Braskem (Brazil)13.4.4 Colorifix (UK) 13.5 Concluding Remarks13.6 References Part VIII - Case StudiesCase 1: Amgen - Biosimilar Innovations - By Kavya Sivan Case 2: FedEx: Innovation Through Sustained Adaptability - By Alaina GregoryCase 3: Reliance Jio: From 4G to Digital Innovation - By Hursh MotwaniCase 4: Stryker Case Study: Design Thinking Response to COVID-19 - By Kyle Geiger Case 5: Whirlpool - A History of Sustained Innovation from Within - By Malik AbbasiCase 6: Apple's Swift: A Programming Language Innovation for the Future - By Maxwell CornellierCase 7: Microsoft: The Age of Nadella - By Serena Wang and Minnie SunCase 8: The Procter & Gamble Company - A Unique Innovation Approach - By Minnie Sun and Serena WangCase 9: Timberland - Sustainable Innovation - By Drew ArnsonCase 10: Zara-Inditex - Fast-Fashion Done Right - By Rocco Pel?aCase 11: Patagonia - Leader of a Sustainable Business - By Suzanna Yik Case 12: Amazon - Head in the Cloud: Transformation Through Leadership's Lens - By William McCroneCase 13: Ericsson's Innovation through M&A - By Derek KuoCase 14: Samsung's New Age Innovation Using Organization and Culture - By Derek KuoCase 15: Sun Pharma Industries - Innovation through Specialty acquisition strategy, technology, leadership, and culture - By Katie KuhlmanCase 16: Ecovative Design - Sustainable Business - By Daniel Meeks…”
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Family trusts : a guide for beneficiaries, trustees, trust protectors, and trust creators by Goldstone, Hartley, Hughes, James E., Whitaker, Keith

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