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Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals
Published 2009Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: The Nature of Risk: Losses and Opportunities -- Chapter 2: Risk Measurement and Metrics -- Chapter 3: Risk Attitudes: Expected Utility Theory and Demand for Hedging -- Chapter 4: Evolving Risk Management: Fundamental Tools -- Chapter 5: The Evolution of Risk Management: Enterprise Risk Management -- Chapter 6: The Insurance Solution and Institutions -- Chapter 7: Insurance Operations -- Chapter 8: Insurance Markets and Regulation -- Chapter 9: Fundamental Doctrines Affecting Insurance Contracts -- Chapter 10: Structure and Analysis of Insurance Contracts -- Chapter 11: Property Risk Management -- Chapter 12: The Liability Risk Management -- Chapter 13: Multirisk Management Contracts: Homeowners -- Chapter 14: Multirisk Management Contracts: Auto -- Chapter 15: Multirisk Management Contracts: Business -- Chapter 16: Risks Related to the Job: Workers' Compensation and Unemployment Compensation -- Chapter 17: Life Cycle Financial Risks -- Chapter 18: Social Security -- Chapter 19: Mortality Risk Management: Individual Life Insurance and Group Life Insurance -- Chapter 20: Employment-Based Risk Management (General) -- Chapter 21: Employment-Based and Individual Longevity Risk Management -- Chapter 22: Employment and Individual Health Risk Management -- Chapter 23: Cases in Holistic Risk Management…”
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Words, Objects and Events in Economics The Making of Economic Theory /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Naturalisation of the Normative Economics(Marcin Gorazda) -- Chapter 11. Beyond Mere Utility-Maximisation. Towards an Axiologically Enriched Account of Well-Being (Tomasz Kwarciński and Wojciech Załuski) -- Chapter 12. …”
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Biotechnologies for Plant Mutation Breeding Protocols /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “….) -- Optimization of Somatic Embryogenesis in Cassava -- Creation of a TILLING Population in Barley after Chemical Mutagenesis with Sodium Azide and MNU -- Site-Directed Mutagenesis in Barley by Expression of TALE Nuclease in Embryogenic Pollen -- Doubled Haploidy as a Tool for Chimera Dissolution of TALEN-Induced Mutations in Barley -- Field Evaluation of Mutagenized Rice Material -- Root Phenotyping Pipeline for Cereal Plants -- Breeding New Aromatic Rice with High Iron using Gamma Radiation and Hybridization -- Utilizing NIRS for Qualitative and Non-Destructive Identification of Seed Mutants in Large Populations -- Protocols for Proteome Analyses of Jatropha curcas -- Low-Cost Methods for DNA Extraction and Quantification -- A Protocol for Benchtop Extraction of Single-Strand-Specific Nucleases for Mutation Discovery -- A Protocol for Validation of Doubled Haploid Plants by Enzymatic Mismatch Cleavage -- Bioinformatics-Based Assessment of the Relevance of Candidate Genes for Mutation Discovery -- Mutation Detection by Analysis of DNA Heteroduplexes in TILLING Populations of Diploid Species -- Determining Mutation Density using Restriction Enzyme Sequence Comparative Analysis (RESCAN) -- Next-Generation Sequencing for Targeted Discovery of Rare Mutations in Rice.…”
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Educational Theory in the 21st Century Science, Technology, Society and Education /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…New Learning, School and Teacher Considerations -- Revisiting Effective Instructional Strategies for 21st Century Learners (Asil Özüdoğru) -- Chapter 9. Current Trends in School Management: School Leadership in Education 4.0 (Münevver Çetin & İsmail Karsantık) -- Chapter 10. …”
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Fundamental Methods of Logic
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…Probability and Decision-Making: Value and Utility -- III. Probability and Belief: Bayesian Reasoning -- IV. …”
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Swiss Energy Governance Political, Economic and Legal Challenges and Opportunities in the Energy Transition /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Schmidt and Sebastian Sewerin, The Design of the Swiss Feed-In Tariff -- Part II: Actors Driving the Energy Transition: Martin Föhse, Decentralisation of Energy Generation, Centralisation of Energy Lawmaking -- Raphael Klein and Matthias Finger, The Long-Term Impact of the Electorate on the Swiss Electricity Market Transition -- Peter Hettich, Governing Decentral Energy Systems -- Markus Schreiber, Governance of Energy Innovations -- Mary Jean Bürer, Matthieu de Lapparent, Massimiliano Capezzali and Mauro Carpita, Governance Drivers and Barriers for Business Model Transformation in the Energy Sector -- Andreas Abegg and Phil Baumann, Electricity Utility Companies Entering Private Sector Markets -- Part III: Understanding the Pressure Points of Policy and Acceptance Risks: Adrian Rinscheid and Linards Udris, Referendum Campaigns in Swiss Energy Policy -- Lena Schaffer and Alessio Levis, Public Discourses on (Sectoral) Energy Policy in Switzerland -- Anna Ebers Broughel and Rolf Wüstenhagen, The Influence of Policy Risk on Swiss Wind Power Investment -- Mert Duygan, Aya Kachi, Fintan Oeri, Thiago D. …”
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Stem Cell Transplantations Between Siblings as Social Phenomena The Child's Body and Family Decision-making /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Families and the ethical challenges of sibling bone marrow donation (Claudia Wiesemann) -- Chapter 6. …”
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Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Understanding the Challenges of the Agriculture Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Part I - Improving Agricultural Productivity -- Chapter 2: Improved Seeds and Agricultural Productivity of Family Farms in Cameroon -- Chapter 3: Breaking the Traditional Trap: Assessing Drivers of Modern Technology Adoption by Smallholder Farmers in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4: Input Utilization and Agricultural Labour Productivity: A Gender Analysis -- Chapter 5: Evaluation of Women's On-Farm Trial of Drought Tolerant Maize in Southern Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Nigeria -- Chapter 6: Impact of Bioenergy Crop Adoption on Total Crop Incomes of Farmers in Northern Ghana: The Case of Jatropha Curcas -- Part II - Addressing Climate Change Challenges -- Chapter 7: Profitability in a Sustainable Agricultural Production System: An Approach by the Soil and Water Conservation -- Chapter 8: Land Tenure and Communities' Vulnerability to Climate Shocks: Insights from the Niger Basin of Benin -- Chapter 9: Impact of Drought Index Insurance on Supplemental Irrigation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Experimental Evidence in Northern Ghana -- Part III - Promoting Agro-Industrialization -- Chapter 10: Does the Development of the Agricultural Sector Affect the Manufacturing Sector? …”
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Teaching in the University Learning from Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Engaging the Fear: How to Utilize Student Evaluations, Accept Feedback, and Further Teaching Practice -- -- VIGNETTE: So You've Landed the Job... …”
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National Reflections on the Netherlands Didactics of Mathematics Teaching and Learning in the Context of Realistic Mathematics Education /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Digital tools in Dutch mathematics education: a dialectic relationship; Paul Drijvers -- 11. Ensuring usability - Reflections on a Dutch mathematics reform project for students aged 12-16; Kees Hoogland -- 12. …”
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Smart Technologies for Precision Assembly 9th IFIP WG 5.5 International Precision Assembly Seminar, IPAS 2020, Virtual Event, December 14-15, 2020, Revised Selected Papers /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Keynote Paper -- Augmented Reality in Assembly Systems: State of the Art and Future Perspectives -- Assembly Design and Planning -- Application of a Standardized Design Procedure in the Development of Automated Micro-Assembly Processes -- Towards the Automated Coverlay Assembly in FPCB Manufacturing: Concept and Preliminary Tests -- Resource Interface Matchmaking as a Part of Automatic Capacity Matchmaking -- Investigation on the Convergence of the Genetic Algorithm of an Aerodynamic Feeding System due to the Enlargement of the Solution Space -- Assembly Operations -- Indirect System Condition Monitoring using Online Bayesian Changepoint Direction -- Strategies for Dealing with Problems in Robotised Unscrewing Operations -- Improving Automated Insertion Task in Robotics by Reducing Registration Error -- Assembly Cells and Systems -- Development of a Sensitive Winding Application Based on a Serial Robot and Integrated Torque Sensors -- High-Load Titanium Drilling using anAccurate Robotic Machining System -- Application of Advanced Simulation Methods for the Tolerance Analysis of Mechanical Assemblies -- Development of a Low-Cost, High Accuracy, Flexible Panel Indexing Cell with Modular, Elastic Architecture -- Context-Aware Plug and Produce for Robotic Aerospace Assembly -- Data Capture and Visualisation on a Shoestring: Demonstrating the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project -- Digital Innovation Hubs for Enhancing the Technology Transfer and Digital Transformation of the European Manufacturing Industry -- Plenoptic Inspection System for Automatic Quality Control of MEMS and Microsystems -- Human Centred Assembly -- Automated Information Supply of Worker Guidance Systems in Smart Assembly Environment -- Towards Human and Robot Collaborative Ergonomic Handling of Long Parts with a Loose Grip -- Human and Workcell Event Recognition and its Application Areas in Industrial Assembly -- Cognitive Acceptance to Support Maintenance and Assembly Tasks: Results on Technology Acceptance of a Head-Mounted Device -- Usability Study of Learning-Based Pose Estimation of Industrial Objects from Synthetic Depth Data -- Assistance Methods in Assembly -- Assistance Needs in Production Environments: A Contextual Exploration of Workers' Experiences and Work Practices -- Attention Analysis for Assistance in Assembly Processes -- Live Video Assistance Systems for Assembly Processes -- Orchestration and Situation Awareness in an Assistance System for Assembly Task -- Safety as Bad Cop of Physical Assistance Systems? …”
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Democratizing Risk Governance Bridging Science, Expertise, Deliberation and Public Values /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7: Carbon capture, utilization and storage: public confidence in risk decision-making -- Chapter 8: Public Inclusion and Responsiveness in Governance of Genetically Engineered Animals -- Chapter 9: Decision-making about Newborn screening panels in Canada: risk management and public participation -- Chapter 10: Balancing shared decision-making with population-based recommendations: a policy perspective of PSA testing and mammography screening -- Chapter 11: Public Engagement on Childhood Vaccination: Democratizing policy decision-making through public deliberation -- Chapter 12: Narratives and the Water Fluoridation Controversy -- Chapter 13: Exploring the Role of Information Sources in Vaccine Decision-Making among Four Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in the U.S -- Chapter 14: Opportunities and Perils of Public Consultation in the creation of COVID-19 vaccine priority groups.…”
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Processes Writing Across Academic Careers
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Marcia Littenberg, former Chair, FSC WID -- Writers on Writing -- Messages from the Nursing Department -- Utilizing a Writing in the Disciplines (WID) Course to Teach Nursing Students about Their Profession -- The Importance of Correct Perspective of the Nursing Profession -- How Nursing Taught Me to Write Scholarly -- My Education in Writing as a Nurse -- Messages from STEM and Health Science Scholars -- Sexual and Asexual Reproductive Stages of Fungi -- Medical Maladies and Existential Healing -- Who Runs Boston? …”
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Time Predictions Understanding and Avoiding Unrealism in Project Planning and Everyday Life /
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…-- 3.2 Communication of time predictions -- 3.3 Probability-based time predictions -- 3.4 Right-skewed time distributions -- 3.5 Relearning to add: 2 + 2 is usually more than 4 -- 3.6 How to predict the mean time usage -- 3.7 How time predictions affect performance -- 4. …”
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Transformational Change for People and the Planet Evaluating Environment and Development /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Evaluation at the Endgame: Evaluating Sustainability and the SDGs by Moving Past Dominion and Institutional Capture -- 15. Importance and Utilization of Theory-based Evaluations in the Context of Sustainable Development and Social-Ecological Systems -- 16. …”
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Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention Best Practices and Policy Implications /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Youth Suicide in Schools: Understanding Bereavement, Contagion, and the Importance of Thoughtful Postvention -- Chapter 8. Utilizing Suicide Risk Screening as a Prevention Technique in the Medical Setting -- Chapter 9. …”
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Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022, Hamburg, Germany, May 22...
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…ationary Hands -- Perception of friction in tactile exploration of micro-structured rubber samples -- Influence of Prior Visual Information on Exploratory Movement Direction in Texture Perception -- Guidance for the Design of Vibrotactile Patterns for Use on the Human Back -- Speed Discrimination In The Apparent Haptic Motion Illusion -- Neutral point in haptic perception of softness -- Pilot Study on Presenting Pulling Sensation by Electro-Tactile Stimulation -- A Preliminary Study on the Perceptual Independence Between Vibrotactile and Thermal Senses -- Spatial compatibility of visual and tactile stimulation in shared haptic perception -- Increasing Perceived Weight and Resistance by Applying Vibration to Tendons during Active Arm Movements -- A comparison of haptic and auditory feedback as a warning signal for slip in tele-operation scenarios -- Experiencing touch by technology -- Effect of Focus Direction and Agency on Tactile Perceptibility -- Haptic Guidance for Teleoperation: Optimizing Performance and User Experience -- A Multi-Modal Haptic Armband for Finger-Level Sensory Feedback from a Prosthetic Hand -- Sound Pressure Field Reconstruction for Ultrasound Phased Array by Linear Synthesis Scheme Optimization -- A Rotary Induction Actuator for Kinesthetic and Tactile Rendering -- Haptic Feedback for Wrist Angle Adjustment -- Larger skin-surface contact through a fingertip wearable improves roughness perception -- Expanding Dynamic Range of Electrical Stimulation Using Anesthetic Cream -- Haptic Rattle: Multi-Modal Rendering of Virtual Objects Inside a Hollow Container -- Design of a 2-DoF Haptic Device for Motion Guidance -- Preliminary Design of a Flexible Haptic Surface -- Human Self-Touch vs Other-Touch Resolved by Machine Learning -- Investigating Movement-Related Tactile Suppression Using Commercial VR Controllers -- Estimation of Frictional Force Using the Thermal Images of Target Surface during Stroking -- Spatial Resolution of Mesoscopic Shapes Presented by Airborne Ultrasound -- Vibrotactile Similarity Perception in Crowdsourced and Lab Studies -- Perception of spatialized vibrotactile impacts in a hand-held tangible for virtual reality -- Wearable Haptics in a Modern VRRehabilitation System: Design Comparison forUsability and Engagement -- Perceiving Sequences and Layouts through Touch -- Whole-Hand Haptics for Mid-Air Buttons -- Proximity-based Haptic Feedback for Collaborative Robotic Needle Insertion -- Furekit: Wearable Tactile Music Toolkit for Children with ASD -- A database of vibratory signals from free haptic exploration of natural material textures and perceptual judgments (ViPer): analysis of spectral statistics.…”
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NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020 Deterrence in the 21st Century-Insights from Theory and Practice /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…All Deterrence is Local: The Utility and Application of Localised Deterrence in Counterinsurgency -- Chapter 17. …”
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Brain and Human Body Modeling Computational Human Modeling at EMBC 2018 /
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…A simulation-based study utilizing a novel model creation technique -- Chapter 9. …”
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