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

Overview: This book seeks to draw together a series of theoretical and empirical contributions from several countries including the US, Japan, the UK, and Germany. The chapters differ from a majority of writings on the financial sector in that they are not dominated by economic or finance issues but are concerned with social or sociological implications, conditions and consequence of current charges in financial services.978-1-349-25955-7978-1-349-25953-3

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Overview: Everyone exhibits styles of movement and speech, traits and habits which are characteristic of them as people but do not contribute dir­ ectly to their purposeful activity at anyone time. Many of these will be expressions of personality of which the individual may be unaware or even cherish and which evoke a favorable or neutral response from others. Conversely, displays such as gross involuntary tics or compul­ sive rituals are a burden to the sufferer and are socially embarrassing or obnoxious. These may be manifestations of a more fundamental neurotic disorder or the product of de

Overview: Explores China‘s ambition to build itself into a maritime power.Uses the world-island and sea-power theories.Present a series of compelling examples and vivid stories to help readers understand China’.This book explores China‘s ambition to build itself into a maritime power. Despite having a continental coastline of 18,000 kilometers and territorial waters that cover an area one-third the size of its land mass, China has traditionally been considered a continental power. However, Beijing is currently trying to change this historical situation through two national strategies. This boo

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Overview: Kompakte Einführung in das Konzept Future Skill Vielseitigkeit.Wie Sie durch Vielseitigkeit Innovationen und Lösungen gewinnen und sich Wettbewerbsvorteile und Erfolge sichern.Mit hilfreichen Checklis.Um in der VUCA Welt auch künftig erfolgreich zu sein, sind neue Fähigkeiten erforderlich. Alte Handlungsweisen und Expertisen zeigen keinen Effekt mehr und sind für die Welt, in der wir heute leben, nicht mehr angemessen. Wir benötigen in allem eine flexible Herangehensweise. Die Umstände werden immer unvorhersehbarer, was heute "in" ist, ist morgen schon wieder "out". Um in dieser unsi

Overview: Overview of image hardcopy watermarking, text watermarking and color barcodes techniques.Present state-of-art techniques for hardcopy communication using printed modulation and codes.Provide examples,.This book presents covert, semi-covert and overt techniques for communication over printed media by modifying images, texts or barcodes within the document. Basic and advanced techniques are discussed aimed to modulate information into images, texts and barcodes..Conveying information over printed media can be useful for content authentication, author copyright, information and piracy p

Overview: This book contains papers first presented at the SecondInternational Workshop on Field-Programmable Logic andApplications (FPL ‘92), held inVienna, Austria, inAugust-September 1992.The growing importance offield-programmable devices,especially of field-programmable gate arrays, isdemonstrated by the increased number of papers submitted in1992. Of the 70 papers submitted, 23 were selected for thisbook. The first threepapers were invited and discussstrategic issues and give surveys. Threepapers deal withnew FPGA architectures and five papers introduce methods andtools. The last twelve

Overview: Fast-track conference proceedings.State-of-the-art research.Up-to-date resultsThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, FSEN 2011, held in Tehran, Iran, in April 2011.The 19 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented together with 3 poster presentations were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers are organized in topical section on models of programs and systems, software specification, validation and verification, software architectur

Overview: Covers a very topical area of faith movements and social transformation in India.Discusses how followers of Hindu religious leaders derive ideologies of personal and social transformation from the avoThis book examines the role of Hindu-inspired faith movements (HIFMs) in contemporary India as actors in social transformation. It further situates these movements in the context of the global political economy where such movements cross national boundaries to locate believers among the Hindu diaspora and others. .In contemporary neoliberal India, HIFMs have become important actors, and

Overview: Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Betriebsformen war der Handel über das Internet in den letzten Jahren durch starkes Wachstum gekennzeichnet. Allerdings konnten nicht alle Handelsunternehmen den angestrebten Erfolg erzielen. Dies wirft die Frage nach den zentralen Erfolgsfaktoren im Online-Handel auf...Torsten Olderog geht den Erfolgsfaktoren im Online-Handel strukturiert nach, indem er auf das etablierte System der Handelsfunktionen zurückgreift und die Aktionsparameter von Online-Händlern systematisch untersucht. Hierbei legt er besonderes Augenmerk auf zwei Aspekte: Welche Faktoren

Overview: Offers a transnational view into new approaches and implementations of progressive education.Addresses teachers’ training and schooling systems policies.Introduces theoretical aspects of “alternative”This edited volume brings together researchers and educators who present a balanced blend of theoretical and practice-based considerations about different pedagogies in the field of Progressive Education (including Philosophy with Children, Reggio Children, Philosophy with Children Hawaii, Dialogic Education etc.). To change future education for good, inclusive pedagogical theories and p

Overview: Von der Klassik bis in die zweite Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts.Zur Literatur Balzacs, Stendhals, Flauberts u. a..Mit ausführlichen LiteraturhinweisenDiese Einführung gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über den französischen Realismus von der Klassik bis in die zweite Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Schwerpunkte sind das Selbstverständnis Balzacs und Stendhals in Bezug auf ihre Romanästhetik, das Programm der realistischen Bewegung und die künstlerisch-stilistische Variante realistischen Schreibens bei Flaubert. In einem zweiten Teil analysiert der Autor die Hauptwerke des realistischen Rom

Overview: Praxis-Ratgeber für mittelständische Unternehmen.Überblick zum Thema Finanzierung und Bankenkrise.Tipps und Antworten für typische Fragestellungen von Mittelständlern – Leitfaden für den vertrauensvolDie dramatischen Entwicklungen auf den weltweiten Finanzmärkten sind auch am deutschen Mittelstand nicht spurlos vorbeigegangen. Nie war es so schwierig, die vielfach dringend benötigten Kredite von den Banken zu erhalten. Die Anforderungen an Dokumentation und Sicherheiten werden immer höher, die vertraglichen Kreditbedingungen immer schärfer, die Refinanzierung immer teurer. Um Kredith

Overview: 978-3-540-60354-2978-3-642-79999-0Series ISSN 1431-8814 Series E-ISSN 2198-3321

Overview: State of the art of the political science debate on postdemocracy.Proposals from political science on reform of democracy.The author was a former president of the International Political Science AssocThis book of a renowned political scientist and specialist in political theory fundamentally challenges the new fashion of post-democracy by offering an outlook on ‘neo-democracy’. The political periods are similar to epochs in modern art, where ‘neo’ succeeded Post-impressionism and Post-expressionism. This book reviews the topical debate on postdemocracy and scenarios of decline in dem

Overview: Includes FDS+EVAC modified source code for simulating individuals‘ wayfinding issues.Describes practical examples of systems that can improve people safety in buildings.Helps in designing human behavi.This book applies a behavioral point of view to individuals’ fire safety in historic buildings. It outlines theoretical and operative issues, based on recent studies and international guidelines..Firstly, critical issues for Building Heritage fire safety are widely discussed, by including the modelling of human factor and man-environment-fire interference in these architectural spaces.

Overview: Only text written for this topic (sustainability) in this context (HEIs) with this lens (I/O psychology).Shows how to effect change at multiple levels, including individual and institutional.AccessiblSustainability is one of the most critical challenges facing humanity. Changing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is crucial to overcoming that challenge because of their roles providing cutting edge knowledge and preparing our future citizens, workforce, and thought leaders. Many educational organizations are already leading the way toward sustainability, but a multitude of others st

Overview: .Finance and Financial Markets. is a major text designed for introductory undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA courses in finance. It provides a comprehensive yet relatively non-technical introduction to modern day financial institutions, markets and instruments.