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Information and liberation writings on the politics of information and librarianship / by Durrani, Shiraz

Table of Contents: “…To inform is to liberate -- Setting the scene (1) : rocking the boat -- Veterinary information in Kenya (1979) -- Lessons in Kenyan librarianship : leadership, management and the library worker (1984) -- Rural information in Kenya (1985) -- Agricultural information services in Kenya and third world needs (1987) -- Libraries, communication & development in Kenya : the missing political factor (1990) -- Human rights and information in Kenya : a question of political power (1994) -- The mirage of democracy in Kenya (1994) -- Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity (1998) -- Information relevance, equality and material security : the Kenyan experience (1998) -- Politics of information, information for politics -- Setting the scene (2) : a mere librarian doing research -- The politics of food (1983) -- The other Kenya : underground and alternative literature (1997) -- Information in Kenyan liberation struggle : facts and fiction (2000) -- Voices of resistance : underground publishing in Kenya, 1963-1998 -- Setting the scene (3) : no equality of conditions -- The search for social justice -- Black communities and information workers in search of social justice (1999) -- Combating racism in library and information services (2000) -- Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries (2000) -- Equality : a service development approach (2000--SD, PJ) -- Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs (2003--SD/ES) -- Create a people-orientated public library service (2004) -- Creating a new library, creating a new library manager (2005) -- Comments on "new direction in social policy" (2005) -- The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society (2007) -- Politics of information and resistance -- Capitalism and socialism : has the contradiction been resolved? …”
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Toward an ecology of transfiguration orthodox Christian perspectives on environment, nature, and creation /

Table of Contents: “…"Love Comes from Meeting God": Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Dimensions Sedimentation of Meaning in the Concepts of Nature and the Environment -- James Carey -- Existential versus Regulative Approaches: The Environmental Issue as an Existential and Not a Canonical Problem -- Christos Yannaras -- Nature and Creation: A Comment on the Environmental Problem from a Philosophical and Theological Standpoint -- Nikos Nissiotis -- Physis and Ktisis: Two Different Ways of Thinking of the World -- John Panteleimon Manoussakis -- Human Image, World Image: The Renewal of Sacred Cosmology -- Philip Sherrard -- Environment and Security: Toward a Systemic Crisis of Humanity? -- Costa Carras -- Church Walls and Wilderness Boundaries: Defining the Spaces of Sanctuary -- L. …”
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Information and liberation writings on the politics of information and librarianship / by Durrani, Shiraz

Table of Contents: “…To inform is to liberate -- Setting the scene (1) : rocking the boat -- Veterinary information in Kenya (1979) -- Lessons in Kenyan librarianship : leadership, management and the library worker (1984) -- Rural information in Kenya (1985) -- Agricultural information services in Kenya and third world needs (1987) -- Libraries, communication & development in Kenya : the missing political factor (1990) -- Human rights and information in Kenya : a question of political power (1994) -- The mirage of democracy in Kenya (1994) -- Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity (1998) -- Information relevance, equality and material security : the Kenyan experience (1998) -- Politics of information, information for politics -- Setting the scene (2) : a mere librarian doing research -- The politics of food (1983) -- The other Kenya : underground and alternative literature (1997) -- Information in Kenyan liberation struggle : facts and fiction (2000) -- Voices of resistance : underground publishing in Kenya, 1963-1998 -- Setting the scene (3) : no equality of conditions -- The search for social justice -- Black communities and information workers in search of social justice (1999) -- Combating racism in library and information services (2000) -- Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries (2000) -- Equality : a service development approach (2000--SD, PJ) -- Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs (2003--SD/ES) -- Create a people-orientated public library service (2004) -- Creating a new library, creating a new library manager (2005) -- Comments on "new direction in social policy" (2005) -- The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society (2007) -- Politics of information and resistance -- Capitalism and socialism : has the contradiction been resolved? …”
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Toward an ecology of transfiguration orthodox Christian perspectives on environment, nature, and creation /

Table of Contents: “…"Love Comes from Meeting God": Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Dimensions Sedimentation of Meaning in the Concepts of Nature and the Environment -- James Carey -- Existential versus Regulative Approaches: The Environmental Issue as an Existential and Not a Canonical Problem -- Christos Yannaras -- Nature and Creation: A Comment on the Environmental Problem from a Philosophical and Theological Standpoint -- Nikos Nissiotis -- Physis and Ktisis: Two Different Ways of Thinking of the World -- John Panteleimon Manoussakis -- Human Image, World Image: The Renewal of Sacred Cosmology -- Philip Sherrard -- Environment and Security: Toward a Systemic Crisis of Humanity? -- Costa Carras -- Church Walls and Wilderness Boundaries: Defining the Spaces of Sanctuary -- L. …”
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Empire's Violent End : Comparing Dutch, British, and French Wars of Decolonization, 1945–1962 /

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Empire's Violent End : Comparing Dutch, British, and French Wars of Decolonization, 1945–1962 /

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Technology, innovation, and enterprise transformation /

Table of Contents: “…Allen, Mariya Gavrilova-Aguilar, University of North Texas, U.S.A -- Emerging technologies and organizational transformation / Albena Antonova, Sofia University, Bulgaria -- New technologies and the impact on the business environment / Sergio Ricardo Mazini, University Center Toledo Araçatuba -- Structural services : a new approach to enterprise integration / Jose Delgado, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon University), Lisbon, Portugal -- The impact of knowledge management information system on businesses / Natasa Blazeska-Tabakovska, Violeta Manevska, University Sv.Kliment Ohridski, Bitola, Macedonia -- Securing enterprises from malicious attacks on their networks / Jameson Mbale, Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications, University of Namibia, Namibia -- Manish wadhwa, department of computer science, salem state university, ma, usa -- Innovation styles, processes and their drivers: an organizational perspective / Ashish Kumar Jha, Indranil Bose, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India -- Are universities unsocial with social media? …”

The Future Internet Future Internet Assembly 2013: Validated Results and New Horizons /

Table of Contents: “…Software Driven Networks, Virtualisation, Programmability and Autonomic Management -- Towards a Socially-Aware Management of New Overlay Application Traffic Combined with Energy Efficiency in the Internet (SmartenIT) -- The NEBULA Future Internet Architecture -- Open the Way to Future Networks – A Viewpoint Framework from ITU-T -- Towards a Minimal Core for Information-Centric Networking -- Managing QoS for Future Internet Applications over Virtual Sensor Networks -- High Availability in the Future Internet -- Integrating OpenFlow in IMS Networks and Enabling for Future Internet Research and Experimentation -- Computing and Networking Clouds Contrail: Distributed Application Deployment under SLA in Federated Heterogeneous Clouds -- Cloud–Based Evaluation Framework for Big Data -- Optimizing Service Ecosystems in the Cloud -- Resource Optimisation in IoT Cloud Systems by Using Matchmaking and Self-management Principles -- Towards a Secure Network Virtualization Architecture for the Future Internet -- Seeding the Cloud: An Innovative Approach to Grow Trust in Cloud Based Infrastructures -- Internet of Things -- IoT6 – Moving to an IPv6-Based Future IoT -- SmartSantander: Internet of Things Research and Innovation through Citizen Participation -- A Cognitive Management Framework for Empowering the Internet of Things -- Building Modular Middlewares for the Internet of Things with OSGi -- Towards an Architecture for Future Internet Applications -- ComVantage: Mobile Enterprise Collaboration Reference Framework and Enablers for Future Internet Information Interoperability -- Test-Enabled Architecture for IoT Service Creation and Provisioning -- Enabling Technologies and Economic Incentives Sustainable Wireless Broadband Access to the Future Internet -- The EARTH Project -- An Internet-Based Architecture Supporting Ubiquitous Application User Interfaces -- Cooperative Strategies for Power Saving in Multi-standard Wireless Devices -- Counting the Cost of FIRE: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Experimentation Facilities -- User Involvement in Future Internet Projects -- Design and Implementation of Cooperative Network Connectivity Proxy Using Universal Plug and Play -- Book Sponsoring Projects Overview 3DLife - Bringing the Media Internet to Life -- CONCORD Project Management of the Future Internet -- FLAMINGO NoE Project Management of the Future Internet -- The GEYSERS Concept and Major Outcomes -- iCore: A Cognitive Management Framework for the Internet of Things -- IoT6 Project in a Nutshell -- Mobile Cloud Networking: Mobile Network, Compute, and Storage as One Service On-Demand -- The SmartenIT STREP Project: Socially-Aware Management of New Overlay Application Traffic Combined with Energy Efficiency in the Internet -- The SmartSantander Project -- UniverSelf, Realizing Autonomics for Future Networks.…”
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Technology, innovation, and enterprise transformation /

Table of Contents: “…Allen, Mariya Gavrilova-Aguilar, University of North Texas, U.S.A -- Emerging technologies and organizational transformation / Albena Antonova, Sofia University, Bulgaria -- New technologies and the impact on the business environment / Sergio Ricardo Mazini, University Center Toledo Araçatuba -- Structural services : a new approach to enterprise integration / Jose Delgado, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon University), Lisbon, Portugal -- The impact of knowledge management information system on businesses / Natasa Blazeska-Tabakovska, Violeta Manevska, University Sv.Kliment Ohridski, Bitola, Macedonia -- Securing enterprises from malicious attacks on their networks / Jameson Mbale, Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications, University of Namibia, Namibia -- Manish wadhwa, department of computer science, salem state university, ma, usa -- Innovation styles, processes and their drivers: an organizational perspective / Ashish Kumar Jha, Indranil Bose, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India -- Are universities unsocial with social media? …”

ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The South China Sea Dispute; Background to the maritime dispute; ASEAN'S failure to secure interest convergence (1992-2012); ASEAN-US partial interest convergence (2012-2016)…”
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The Future Internet Future Internet Assembly 2013: Validated Results and New Horizons /

Table of Contents: “…Software Driven Networks, Virtualisation, Programmability and Autonomic Management -- Towards a Socially-Aware Management of New Overlay Application Traffic Combined with Energy Efficiency in the Internet (SmartenIT) -- The NEBULA Future Internet Architecture -- Open the Way to Future Networks – A Viewpoint Framework from ITU-T -- Towards a Minimal Core for Information-Centric Networking -- Managing QoS for Future Internet Applications over Virtual Sensor Networks -- High Availability in the Future Internet -- Integrating OpenFlow in IMS Networks and Enabling for Future Internet Research and Experimentation -- Computing and Networking Clouds Contrail: Distributed Application Deployment under SLA in Federated Heterogeneous Clouds -- Cloud–Based Evaluation Framework for Big Data -- Optimizing Service Ecosystems in the Cloud -- Resource Optimisation in IoT Cloud Systems by Using Matchmaking and Self-management Principles -- Towards a Secure Network Virtualization Architecture for the Future Internet -- Seeding the Cloud: An Innovative Approach to Grow Trust in Cloud Based Infrastructures -- Internet of Things -- IoT6 – Moving to an IPv6-Based Future IoT -- SmartSantander: Internet of Things Research and Innovation through Citizen Participation -- A Cognitive Management Framework for Empowering the Internet of Things -- Building Modular Middlewares for the Internet of Things with OSGi -- Towards an Architecture for Future Internet Applications -- ComVantage: Mobile Enterprise Collaboration Reference Framework and Enablers for Future Internet Information Interoperability -- Test-Enabled Architecture for IoT Service Creation and Provisioning -- Enabling Technologies and Economic Incentives Sustainable Wireless Broadband Access to the Future Internet -- The EARTH Project -- An Internet-Based Architecture Supporting Ubiquitous Application User Interfaces -- Cooperative Strategies for Power Saving in Multi-standard Wireless Devices -- Counting the Cost of FIRE: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Experimentation Facilities -- User Involvement in Future Internet Projects -- Design and Implementation of Cooperative Network Connectivity Proxy Using Universal Plug and Play -- Book Sponsoring Projects Overview 3DLife - Bringing the Media Internet to Life -- CONCORD Project Management of the Future Internet -- FLAMINGO NoE Project Management of the Future Internet -- The GEYSERS Concept and Major Outcomes -- iCore: A Cognitive Management Framework for the Internet of Things -- IoT6 Project in a Nutshell -- Mobile Cloud Networking: Mobile Network, Compute, and Storage as One Service On-Demand -- The SmartenIT STREP Project: Socially-Aware Management of New Overlay Application Traffic Combined with Energy Efficiency in the Internet -- The SmartSantander Project -- UniverSelf, Realizing Autonomics for Future Networks.…”
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ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The South China Sea Dispute; Background to the maritime dispute; ASEAN'S failure to secure interest convergence (1992-2012); ASEAN-US partial interest convergence (2012-2016)…”
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What works in offender rehabilitation an evidence-based approach to assessment and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Willis and Tony Ward -- What works in secure settings -- Treatment of people with schizophrenia who behave violently towards others : a review of the empirical literature on treatment effectiveness / Nathan Kolla and Sheilagh Hodgins -- Treating offenders in a therapeutic community / Richard Shuker -- Best practice in svp treatment programs / David Thornton and Deirdre D?…”
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What works in offender rehabilitation an evidence-based approach to assessment and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Willis and Tony Ward -- What works in secure settings -- Treatment of people with schizophrenia who behave violently towards others : a review of the empirical literature on treatment effectiveness / Nathan Kolla and Sheilagh Hodgins -- Treating offenders in a therapeutic community / Richard Shuker -- Best practice in svp treatment programs / David Thornton and Deirdre D?…”
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Money laundering prevention deterring, detecting, and resolving financial fraud / by Turner, Jonathan E., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…-- Learning from the Big Fraud Schemes -- Confronting the Inevitable -- Balancing Security and Cost -- Effective Fraud Prevention Strategies -- The Fraud Triangle -- Where to Start -- Mitigating Improper Behavior -- Conclusion -- ch. 4 Going Global -- Taking Money around the World -- Moving the Money Offshore -- Avoiding Detection -- Historical Basis for Money Laundering -- Role of Private Banking -- Enhanced Regulations -- The Black Market Peso Exchange -- Increasing Cooperation in Regulation -- Regional Distinctions -- Global Efforts -- The Law Enforcement Focus -- Conclusion -- ch. 5 Technology and Tomorrow -- The Impact of Technology -- The Next Phase of Money Laundering -- Everything Old Becomes New Again -- Being Anybody You Want to Be -- Welcome to the Future -- So What Is the AML Response? …”
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Money laundering prevention deterring, detecting, and resolving financial fraud / by Turner, Jonathan E., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…-- Learning from the Big Fraud Schemes -- Confronting the Inevitable -- Balancing Security and Cost -- Effective Fraud Prevention Strategies -- The Fraud Triangle -- Where to Start -- Mitigating Improper Behavior -- Conclusion -- ch. 4 Going Global -- Taking Money around the World -- Moving the Money Offshore -- Avoiding Detection -- Historical Basis for Money Laundering -- Role of Private Banking -- Enhanced Regulations -- The Black Market Peso Exchange -- Increasing Cooperation in Regulation -- Regional Distinctions -- Global Efforts -- The Law Enforcement Focus -- Conclusion -- ch. 5 Technology and Tomorrow -- The Impact of Technology -- The Next Phase of Money Laundering -- Everything Old Becomes New Again -- Being Anybody You Want to Be -- Welcome to the Future -- So What Is the AML Response? …”
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Climate change / by Wong, Kaufui Vincent

Table of Contents: “…Climate change aggravates the energy-water-food nexus -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Energy-water-food nexus -- 13.3 The Himalayas -- 13.4 The effect of climate change on glaciers -- 13.5 The effect of climate change on the Indus River -- 13.6 The effect of climate change on the South Asian monsoons -- 13.7 Recommendations to enhance energy, water, food security -- 13.8 Discussion and conclusion -- References --…”
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Climate change / by Wong, Kaufui Vincent

Table of Contents: “…Climate change aggravates the energy-water-food nexus -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Energy-water-food nexus -- 13.3 The Himalayas -- 13.4 The effect of climate change on glaciers -- 13.5 The effect of climate change on the Indus River -- 13.6 The effect of climate change on the South Asian monsoons -- 13.7 Recommendations to enhance energy, water, food security -- 13.8 Discussion and conclusion -- References --…”
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Business transformation : a roadmap for maximizing organizational insights / by Zeid, Aiman

Table of Contents: “…Accelerating Maturity--Not Creating Dependency Finding the Right Spot in the Org Chart Mapping the Mini-Units That a CoE Might Host How the CoE Helps Secure the Organizational Pillars People Information Processes Technical Infrastructure Culture Phased versus Big Bang Approach for Starting a CoE Finding the Right Funding Mechanism Selecting the Right Personalities Ramping up Your Change Agent Note Chapter 7 Starting the Journey: Developing a Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation Knowing Where to Start Riyad Bank's Enterprise Business Intelligence Competency Center E.SUN Bank's Customer Risk Value Organization Success Story Takeaways Applying the Lessons from E.Sun and Riyad The Most Important Characteristics of Successful Business Transformation Strategies A Step-by-Step Look at the Key Components Identifying a Starting Point Summing It All Up In the End, It's about Being a Leader Appendix Snapshot of the Information Evolution Model The Individual Level: Getting along one day at a time Departmental Level: The consolidated organization The Enterprise Organization: A Common Sense of Purpose The Optimize Level Organization: Aligned and Ready The Innovate Level: Spawning and supporting new ideas Glossary About the Author Index.…”
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Business transformation : a roadmap for maximizing organizational insights / by Zeid, Aiman

Table of Contents: “…Accelerating Maturity--Not Creating Dependency Finding the Right Spot in the Org Chart Mapping the Mini-Units That a CoE Might Host How the CoE Helps Secure the Organizational Pillars People Information Processes Technical Infrastructure Culture Phased versus Big Bang Approach for Starting a CoE Finding the Right Funding Mechanism Selecting the Right Personalities Ramping up Your Change Agent Note Chapter 7 Starting the Journey: Developing a Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation Knowing Where to Start Riyad Bank's Enterprise Business Intelligence Competency Center E.SUN Bank's Customer Risk Value Organization Success Story Takeaways Applying the Lessons from E.Sun and Riyad The Most Important Characteristics of Successful Business Transformation Strategies A Step-by-Step Look at the Key Components Identifying a Starting Point Summing It All Up In the End, It's about Being a Leader Appendix Snapshot of the Information Evolution Model The Individual Level: Getting along one day at a time Departmental Level: The consolidated organization The Enterprise Organization: A Common Sense of Purpose The Optimize Level Organization: Aligned and Ready The Innovate Level: Spawning and supporting new ideas Glossary About the Author Index.…”
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