1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689825103321

Titolo

Confirmation hearing on the nomination of William G. Myers III, of Idaho, to be Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 1, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 311 p.)

Soggetti

Judges - Selection and appointment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966455803321

Autore

Goldstein Mauricio <1968->

Titolo

Games at work : how to recognize and reduce office politics / / Mauricio Goldstein, Philip Read

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2009

ISBN

9786612491634

9780470458839

0470458836

9781282491632

1282491636

9780470458815

047045881X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReadPhilip <1966->

Disciplina

658.4/095

Soggetti

Office politics

Organizational behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Games At Work: How to Recognize and Reduce Office Politics; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Let the Games Begin; Chapter 2: Playing to Lose; Chapter 3: Fertile Ground; Chapter 4: Eyes Wide Shut; Chapter 5: An Eye-Opening Experience; Chapter 6: Count Me Out; Chapter 7: Game, Interrupted; Chapter 8: Interconnections; Chapter 9: The Challenge of Change; Chapter 10: Games at the Top; Chapter 11: A Sustainable Goal; Appendix: List of Games; References; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""A terrific read not only for senior leaders and executives but also for employees seeking growth in complex organizations. Goldstein and Read dissect the interpersonal dynamics that affect a company's performance, provide a framework to understand the games that are commonly played in businesses around the world, and offer practical tools to correct these behaviors and improve the organization's effectiveness.""-Jacopo Bracco, executive vice president, DIRECTV Latin America ""Whether you are an employee, manager, or CEO, this book will help you uncover the games that are going o

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974502703321

Autore

Büyükşahin Bahattin

Titolo

Commodities and equities : a "market of one"? / / Bahattin Büyükşahin, Michael S. Haigh and Michel A. Robe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science, c2009

ISBN

1-61728-669-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (78 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaighMichael S

RobeMichel A

Disciplina

332.63/222

Soggetti

Stocks - Prices

Price indexes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [61]-62) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- COMMODITIES AND EQUITIES:A "MARKET OF ONE"? -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND DESCRIPTIVESTATISTICS -- 2.1. Returns Data -- 2.2. Returns on Equity



and Commodity Indices:Summary Statistics -- 2.3. Simple Cross-Asset Correlations: Returnsand Return Volatilities -- 2.4. Returns on Specific Categories of Commodities -- 2.4.1. Summary Statistics -- 2.4.2. Simple Correlations -- SHORT-TERM CO-MOVEMENTS -- 3.1. Methodology -- 3.2. Equities and Commodities -- 3.3. Commodity Sub-Indices -- LONG-TERM CO-MOVEMENTS -- 4.1. Cointegration Analysis -- 4.2. Recursive Cointegration Analysis -- EXTREME EVENTS -- 5.1. Summary Statistics -- 5.2. Extreme Correlation Analysis -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX:SUPPLEMENTAL DATA -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Amidst a sharp rise in commodity investing, many have asked whether commodities nowadays move in sync with traditional financial assets. The authors provide evidence that challenges this idea. Using dynamic correlation and recursive cointegration techniques, they found that the relation between the returns on investable commodity and U.S. equity indices has not changed significantly in the last fifteen years. The authors also find no evidence of any secular increase in co-movement between the returns on commodity and equity investments during periods of extreme returns.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963942403321

Autore

Mugarura Norman

Titolo

The global anti-money laundering regulatory landscape in less developed countries / / Norman Mugarura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-03034-6

1-315-55767-3

1-317-03033-8

1-280-67762-7

9786613654557

1-4094-4347-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

345/.0268

Soggetti

Money laundering - Developing countries

Money laundering - Prevention - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptualisation of money laundering threats : offences and typologies -- The dynamics of globalisation and money laundering -- The global anti-money laundering -- The evolution of a global AML paradigm -- The corruption factor and the domestication of global anti-money laundering regimes -- The challenges to localisation of normative anti-money laundering standards in less developed economies -- Harmonisation of global anti-money laundering laws -- Desired reforms to translate the recommended aml paradigms into the local economy -- A grimpse of law and markets -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the challenges of using the global anti-money laundering (AML) framework in an uneven global regulatory landscape, this book discusses the difficulties of relating de-regulation, liberalization and conflict of laws to the dynamics of the market economy and demonstrates how the global environment engenders money laundering. It suggests that corruption, general systemic failure and lack of infrastructural capacity in some developing economies are hampering the implementation of laws and regulations



5.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960639103321

Autore

Tabakova V (Vassilka)

Titolo

e-Learning in medical physics and engineering : building educational modules with Moodle / / by Vassilka Tabakova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, : CRC Press, 2020

ISBN

0-429-79280-8

0-429-43705-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering

Disciplina

610.1/53

Soggetti

Medical physics - Computer-assisted instruction

Biomedical engineering - Study and teaching (Higher) - Data processing

Medical physics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Data processing

Biomedical engineering - Computer-assisted instruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

e-Learning in medical physics and engineering, overview -- Moodle as a virtual learning environment (VLE) system -- Building an MSc programme in medical physics on Moodle : the teacher functions in focus -- Role-specific functions on Moodle -- Aspects of Moodle application.

Sommario/riassunto

The need for qualified specialists to work with and apply sophisticated technology in contemporary medicine is rapidly growing. Professional bodies predict that meeting the needs of healthcare globally will require almost tripling the number of Medical Physicists by 2035. Similar challenges exist in the constantly growing profession of Medical Engineering. They can be solved most efficiently and effectively with the tools of e-Learning, and a free and open-source Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) platform such as Moodle is a welcome solution. The Moodle VLE platform is a free, open source learning management system that is the most popular choice for higher educational institutions worldwide. However, the best practices of the Moodle system are still unknown to many. This practical guide provides educators, programme administrators, and programme directors with a



condensed guide to Moodle and step-by-step instructions on how to create a single course or an entire educational programme. It also discusses cost-effective ways to apply e-Learning in an educational institution. This guide is accessible to all professionals, even those without specialist IT skills, and will be helpful to educators of all levels in Medical Physics and Engineering, as well as in other medical and medical-related specialties or disciplines with a strong imaging component. Features: Provides step-by-step instructions of how to build a course/module for Higher Education on Moodle Gives practical solutions to implementing e-Learning in Medical Physics and Engineering Explores useful tips and tricks for best practice

6.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962058103321

Autore

Muehleisen Susanne

Titolo

Creole discourse : exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles / / Susanne Muehleisen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002

ISBN

9786612161094

9781282161092

1282161091

9789027296337

9027296332

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (viii, 331 pages)

Collana

Creole language library, , 0920-9026 ; ; v. 24

Classificazione

HF 572

Altri autori (Persone)

MuehleisenSusanne

Disciplina

427/.9729

Soggetti

Creole dialects, English - Social aspects - Caribbean Area

Sociolinguistics - Caribbean Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Creole Discourse Exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations and transcription conventions -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Epigraph -- Introduction Creole discourse -- Notes -- Epigraph --



Chapter 1 Defining language prestige -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 2 Forming language prestige -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 3 Negotiating language prestige -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 4 From speech community to discourse communities -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 5 From badge of authenticity to voice of authority -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 6 From invisibility to register variation -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Appendix -- Name index -- Subject index -- The CREOLE LANGUAGE LIBRARY.

Sommario/riassunto

Creole languages are characteristically associated with a negative image. How has this prestige been formed? And is it as static as the diglossic situation in many anglo-creolophone societies seems to suggest? This volume examines socio-historical and epistemological factors in the prestige formation of Caribbean English-Lexicon Creoles and subjects their classification as a (socio)linguistic type to scrutiny and critical debate. In its analysis of rich empirical data this study also demonstrates that the uses, functions and negotiations of Creole within particular social and linguistic practices have shifted considerably. Rather than limiting its scope to one "national" speech community, the discussion focusses on changes of the social meaning of Creole in various discursive fields, such as inter generational changes of Creole use in the London Diaspora, diachronic changes of Creole representation in written texts, and diachronic changes of Creole representation in translation. The study employs a discourse analytical approach drawing on linguistic models as well as Foucauldian theory.



7.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957843903321

Autore

Gestermann Jon

Titolo

Vergegenwärtigungen der Vergangenheit : Geschichtsbilder in W. G. Sebalds Prosa / Jon Gestermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : Aisthesis Verlag, 2020

ISBN

9783849815646

3849815641

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Disciplina

833.914

Soggetti

Luisa Lanzberg

Walter Benjamin

Geschichtsphilosphie

Vladimir Nabokov

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

[Erstauflage]

Nota di contenuto

Frontcover -- Titel -- Impressum -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Die geschichtsphilosophischen "Thesen" -- 2.1 Das Geschichtsbild -- 2.1.1 Der Schachautomat -- 2.1.2 "Glück" und "Erlösung" -- 2.1.3 Chronik und Stillstellung -- 2.1.4 Historismuskritik -- 2.1.5 "Der Engel der Geschichte" -- 2.1.6 Fortschritt, Sozialdemokratie und Faschismus -- 2.1.7 Jetztzeit -- 2.1.8 Chock und Monade -- 2.2 "Über den Begriff der Geschichte" -- 3 Das Festhalten des Augenblicks -- 3.1 Wiederkehr der Vergangenheit -- 3.2 Fotografie als Metapher -- 3.2.1 Zeitlose Augenblicke -- 3.2.2 Zeitlose Orte -- 3.3 Unwillkürlichkeit -- 3.3.1 Reizblockaden -- 3.3.2 Melancholie und Acedia -- 3.4 Ergreifen des Augenblicks -- 3.4.1 Vladimir Nabokov -- 3.4.2 Erinnerungskunst und "Erlösung" -- 3.4.3 Luisa Lanzberg -- 3.5 Sebalds historischer Materialismus -- 4 Der historische Materialismus der Erzählerfiguren -- 4.1 Ich-Erzähler -- 4.1.1 Dem Vergangenen zugewandt -- 4.1.2 Distanzierte Gutachter -- 4.1.3 Betrachter heterogener Geschichte -- 4.1.4 Geschichts-Erzähler -- 4.1.5 Zuhörer -- 4.2 Historische Materialisten -- 5 Fortschritts- und Politikkritik -- 5.1 Dialektische Fortschrittsbilder -- 5.2 Heringe und Wälder -- 5.3 Politik -- 6 Schlussbemerkungen -- 7 Siglen -- 8 Literaturverzeichnis -- 9



Bildnachweise -- Backcover.

Sommario/riassunto

Geschichtsbilder in W. G. Sebalds Prosa