BOOKS with Alphabet F (Fa, Fb,Fc, Fd, Fe…... )

Overview: Looks at economic dimensions of the Brazilian and the Indian development experience, while discussing the political and institutional aspects as well.Brings out important aspects of the developmental This book studies the experiences of Brazil and India, the major economic powerhouses of the 21st century, during the neoliberal era. Both the nations have become important players in global markets and their economic performance has captured the attention of policymakers and academicians across the world. The book explores the patterns of growth and the changing status of human developm

Overview: Illustrates the negative perceptions of people, events and phenomena, brought about by policy makers‘ discourse.Configures an analytical model explaining how the Material Need Assistance Act creates b.This book explores the shift towards individual responsibility that is increasingly evident in welfare systems across the world. . .The book will be of interest to students and scholars across sociology, social policy, and political science, with a particular focus on migration, minorities, political discourse, securitisation, social justice and human rights.."This book offers a compell

Overview: Includes supplementary material: 978-3-540-66836-7978-3-540-46691-8Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: Analyzes the new legal issues faced by judicial practice in China.Studies the application of CISG in Chinese courts.Uses empirical analysis with typical foreign-related cases.Combining the author‘s many years of legal practice experience, this book examines the current hot and difficult issues arising in the legal practice of foreign-related commercial disputes in China. The book focuses on the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”) in Chinese courts, judicial review of foreign-related arbitral awards, judicial cooperati

Overview: One of us (FAB) published a book Problems in Electronics with Solutions in 1957 which became well established and ran to five editions, the last revised and enlarged edition appearing in 1976. When the first edition was written it covered almost the complete undergraduate electronics courses in engin­ eering at universities. One book, at a price students can afford, can no longer cover an undergraduate course in electronics. It has therefore been decided to produce a book covering one important section of such a course using the experience gained and a few problems from previous edit

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Overview: Aktuelles Wissen aus dem Bereich der Osteologie.Mit Fokus auf wichtige Themen für die Praxis.National und international anerkanntes Expertenteam.Die Bände aus der Buchreihe „Fortbildung Osteologie“ beruhen auf den Inhalten der regelmäßig durchgeführten osteologischen Seminare der Sektion Osteologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC) zu ausgewählten Schwerpunkthemen. Konzipiert ist die Reihe für alle zukünftigen Osteologen und für Fachärzte, die sich schon zum Osteologen DVO zertifiziert haben..Für die „Fortbildung Osteologie IV“ wurden Theme

Overview: Analyses the evolution of strategies and business models adopted by financial operators that employ technological solutions.Showcases a proprietary dataset built on different sources that highlight im.This Palgrave Pivot analyses the evolution of strategies and business models adopted by financial operators that employ technological solutions to deliver financial products and services. The analysis is performed on a proprietary dataset built on different sources that highlight important differences in strategical approaches taken by FinTech companies, TechFin and BigTech, and banks (

Overview: Discusses the interplay among financial crises, poverty dynamics and environmental sustainability.Details how poverty and environmental sustainability interact in specific social contexts and financia.This volume advances the state-of-the-art in the study of the interplay among financial crises, poverty dynamics and environmental sustainability. It offers timely and unique contributions to the immediate global challenge of sustainable development. Developing a new evidence-base, the volume offers concrete recommendations for policy action needed in advancing the Sustainable Developme

Overview: Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of probability, problems of evidence, the uses of experiment and the poetics and ethics of doubt.978-1-349-32585-6978-0-230-35461-6

Overview: Presents a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of common trends in Portuguese female crime and delinquency.Places this research within a comparative, international context in light of worlThis book compiles research on female crime and delinquency in Portugal in order to critically and reflectively explore interdisciplinary views on the link between gender, crime and delinquency. Contributions are organized into two main parts, with Part I dedicated to the relationship between women and crime, and Part II focused on female juvenile delinquency. Through the exploration of

Overview: .Flash MX Studio. takes your raw Flash talent and multiplies its potency by focusing it on real-world web design situations. In the heady days of the late 1990s, designers were trying their hand at anything and everything they could lay their hands on. Now the marketplace is seriously focused, and serious Flash designers have to know exactly what they‘re doing and why. These days, it‘s all about functionality over experimentation, justification over style. It‘s all about maturity. The design must fit the job specs, and this book shows the reader how to fulfill these requirements and

Overview: Focuses on financial analysis of M&A transactions using real deals and financial statements.Provides worked examples that illustrate the accounting problem and required treatment.Includes accounting t. . .Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) reshape the corporate landscape helping companies expand market share and gain a strategic advantage. The ability to understand and analyze these transactions is a crucial skill. The first step in acquiring that skill is being able to gather and analyse information on M&As from public sources, such as financial statements. This textbook helps its read

Overview: .Occupational pensions are major participants inglobal financial markets with assets of well over $30 trillion, representingmore than 40% of the assets of institutional investors. Some occupationalpension funds control assets of over $400 billion, and the largest 300occupational pension funds each have average assets of over $50 billion. Theassets of UK pension funds are equivalent to UK GDP, and US pension fund assetsare 83% of US GDP. These statistics highlight the importance of pension fundsas major players in financial markets, and the need to understand the behaviourof these lar

Overview: Shows the reader advanced methods for tuning finite element simulations to measured data Dual use of expectation maximization and response surface methods compensates for computational complexity RobuFEM updating allows FEMs to be tuned better to reflect measured data. It can be conducted using two different statistical frameworks: the maximum likelihood approach and Bayesian approaches. This book applies both strategies to the field of structural mechanics, using vibration data.Computational intelligence techniques including: multi-layer perceptron neural networks; particle swarm an

Overview: Since the end of the Cold War French defence policy has undergone a transformation. France has reformed its national defence to Europeanize and multilateralize its role, moved closer to NATO, and emerged as amongst the world‘s most active military powers. This book presents a wide-ranging analysis, setting out the background and policy framework of French defence, charting the transformation of policy between 1989 and 1996, and examining the role of the French military within and beyond Europe into the twenty-first century.978-0-230-53673-9

Overview: Discusses the often overlooked effects on cities that lose Olympic bids.Adds an innovative perspective to the growing debate on mega-events and their significance locally and globally.Engages with theThis book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled

Overview: Comprehensive Introduction to Information Theory and Coding.Includes Many Examples.Explains concisely the Basics of Genome Coding.The work introduces the fundamentals concerning the measure of discrete information, the modeling of discrete sources without and with a memory, as well as of channels and coding. The understanding of the theoretical matter is supported by many examples. One particular emphasis is put on the explanation of Genomic Coding. Many examples throughout the book are chosen from this particular area and several parts of the book are devoted to this exciting implic

Overview: Sozialwissenschaftliche Studie ?.Die Familienpolitik stellte während der letzten Jahre sowohl in Deutschland als auch in Österreich eines der Politikfelder mit der höchsten Reformtätigkeit dar. Für die vergleichende Wohlfahrtsstaatsforschung kam dies überraschend, war doch regelmäßig auf die Reformunfähigkeit der sogenannten konservativen, familialistischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten v.a. im Bereich neuer sozialer Risiken wie der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf hingewiesen worden. Wie also sind diese plötzlichen, weitreichenden Reformen zu erklären? Um dies zu beantworten, untersucht Sonj

Overview: Risikosteuerung im Massenkundengeschäft978-3-8349-8961-1