1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716408003321

Titolo

Citizenship for inhabitants of Virgin Islands. February 15, 1927. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1927

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 pages)

Collana

House report / 69th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 2093

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8689]

Altri autori (Persone)

KiessEdgar Raymond <1875-1930> (Republican (PA))

Soggetti

Citizenship

Naturalization

Territories and possessions

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

FDLP item number not assigned.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818628503321

Titolo

Building a dynamic Pacific economy : strengthening the private sector in Papua New Guinea / / Asian Development Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mandaluyong City, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

92-9254-900-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 p.)

Collana

Country Sector and Thematic Assessments

Disciplina

330.9953

Soggetti

Economic development - Papua New Guinea

Free enterprise - Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Economic policy

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 Overview; Economic Management; Reforming Banks and Capital Markets; The State's Role; Competition; State-Owned Enterprises; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Key Recommendations; 2 Introduction; Development Vision; Private Sector Assessment 2008; 3 Economic Policies to Support Private Sector Growth; 4 Reforming Banking and Capital Markets; Financial Markets; Policy Reforms Promoting Private Sector Growth; 5 The Political Economy; The State's Role; Security and Justice; Gender-Related Barriers to Growth

Encouraging Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesGovernance; Reforming the Tax System; Commercial Legal Framework; 6 Competition; 7 State-Owned Enterprises Burden the Economy; Wasted Public Resources; Toward Policy Reform; The Kumul Trust Holdings: Unclear Purpose; 8 Agriculture; 9 Infrastructure; Electricity; Roads; References; Tables; 1 Key Recommendations; 2 Private Sector Assessment 2008 Recommendations and Progress as of 30 June 2014; 3 Reform Measures; Figures; 1 Bank Provisioning to Nonperforming Loans, 2010-2014 (%); 2 Banks' Capital Adequacy and Loan-to-Deposit Ratios, 2010-2014 (%)

3 Banks' Return on Assets and Equity, 2010-2014 (%)4 Papua New Guinea State-Owned Enterprise Portfolio Assets, FY 2012 (K6 billion);



Boxes; 1 Shortcomings of Tax Incentives; 2 Characteristics of Effective Legislative and Governance Frameworks; 3 International Examples of Failed State-Owned Enterprise Policies Offer Guidance; 4 Tree Crop Production in Papua New Guinea and Household Welfare

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963356803321

Autore

Wigdor Daniel

Titolo

Brave NUI world : designing natural user interfaces for touch and gesture / / Daniel Wigdor, Dennis Wixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA, : Morgan Kaufmann, c2011

ISBN

9786613838513

9781283526067

1283526069

9780123822321

0123822327

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WixonDennis

Disciplina

004.01/9

005.437

004.019

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Haptic devices

Human-computer interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Brave NUI World; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part I: Introducing the NUI; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Natural User Interface; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past: The First Apple Pad; Design Guidelines; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Ecological Niche: Computing, the Social Environment, and Ways of Working; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Part II: Design Ethos of NUI; CHAPTER 4 Less Is More; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines

SummaryCHAPTER 5 Contextual Environments; Description; Application



to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 6 The Spatial NUI; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 7 The Social NUI; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Inter-user Task Coupling; Design Guidelines; Further Reading; CHAPTER 8 Seamlessness; Description; Lessons from the Past; Application to the NUI; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 9 Super Real; Description; Lessons from the Past

Application to the NUISummary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 10 Scaffolding; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 11 User Differentiation; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Part III: New Technologies: Understanding and Technological Artifacts; CHAPTER 12 The State-Transition Model of Input; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 13 Fat Fingers; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past

Design GuidelinesSummary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 14 No Touch Left Behind: Feedback Is Essential; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Sources of Error; The Contact Visualizer; Design Guidelines; Summary; CHAPTER 15 Touch versus In-Air Gestures; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; Part IV: Creating an Interaction Language; CHAPTER 16 Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics: The Application of MDA; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading

CHAPTER 17 New PrimitivesDescription; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 18 The Anatomy of a Gesture; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the past: Ambiguity; Design guidelines; Summary; CHAPTER 19 Properties of a Gesture Language; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading; CHAPTER 20 Self-Revealing Gestures; Description; Application to NUI; Lessons from the Past: Control vs. Alt Hotkeys; Design Guidelines; Summary; Further Reading

CHAPTER 21 A Model of the Mode and Flow of a Gesture System

Sommario/riassunto

Touch and gestural devices have been hailed as next evolutionary step in human-computer interaction. As software companies struggle to catch up with one another in terms of developing the next great touch-based interface, designers are charged with the daunting task of keeping up with the advances in new technology and this new aspect to user experience design.   Product and interaction designers, developers and managers are already well versed in UI design, but touch-based interfaces have added a new level of complexity. They need quick references and real-world examples in order to m