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Budgeting basics and beyond by Shim, Jae K.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: About the Authors.Preface.Chapter 1: The What and Why of Budgeting: An Introduction.Chapter 2: Strategic Planning and Budgeting: Process, Preparation and Control.Chapter 3: Administering the Budget: Reports, Analyses, and Evaluations.Chapter 4: Break-even and Contribution Margin Analysis: Profit, Cost, and Volume Changes.Chapter 5: Profit Planning: Targeting and Reaching Achievable Goals.Chapter 6: Master Budget: Genesis of Financial Forecasting and Profit Planning.Chapter 7: Cost Behavior: Emphasis on Flexible Budgets.Chapter 8: Evaluating Performance: The Use of Variance Analysis.Chapter 9: Manufacturing Costs: Sales Forecasts and Realistic Budgets.Chapter 10: Marketing: Budgeting for Sales, Advertising, and Distribution.Chapter 11: Research and Development: Budgets for a Long-term Plan.Chapter 12: General and Administrative Costs: Budgets for Maximum Productivity.Chapter 13: Capital Expenditures: Assets to Be Bought, Sold, and Discarded.Chapter 14: Forecasting and Planning: Reducing Risk in Decision Making.Chapter 15: Moving Averages and Smoothing Techniques: Quantitative Forecasting.Chapter 16: Regression Analysis: Popular Sales Forecast System.Chapter 17: Cash Budgeting and Forecasting Cash Flow: Two Pragmatic Methods.Chapter 18: Financial Modeling: Tools for Budgeting and Profit Planning.Chapter 19: Using Software Packages and E-Budgeting: Computer-based Models, Spreadsheets, and Web-based System.Chapter 20: Capital Budgeting: Selecting the Optimum Long-term Investment and Real Options.Chapter 21: Budgeting for Cost Management: Activity-based Budgeting and Life-cycle Budgeting.Chapter 22: Zero-base Budgeting: Priority Budgeting for Best Resource Allocation.Chapter 23: Managers' Performance and Balanced Scorecard: Evaluation on the Division Level.Chapter 24: Budgeting for Service Organizations: Special Features.Chapter 25: Budgeting for Nonprofit Organizations: Diverse Types.Chapter 26: Using Management Games for Executive Training.Appendix I: Present and Future Value Tables.Appendix II: Statistical Table.Glossary of Budgeting and Planning Terms.Index.…”
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Thermodynamics and the destruction of natural resources

Table of Contents: “…Bakshi; 13. Materials flow analysis and input-output analysis: a synthesis Shinichiro Nakamura; Part IV. …”
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An assessment of the legal framework for budget transparency, participation and management in Kenya / by Nyamori, Bosire

The effects of climate variability on livestock revenues in Kenya / by Lagat, Philemon

Bringing math home a parent's guide to elementary school math : games + activities + projects / by Churchman, Suzanne L.

Table of Contents: “…Numbers and operations -- Algebra -- Geometry -- Measurement -- Data analysis and probability -- Problem solving -- Reasoning and proof -- Communication -- Connections -- Representation.…”
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Mammalian genomics

Table of Contents: “…Organization of the mammalian genome -- Expression of the mammalian genome -- Evolution of the mammalian genome -- Genome analysis and bioinformatics -- The fruits of mammalian genomics.…”
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State and local government statistics at a crossroads panel on research and development priorities for the U.S. Census Bureau's state and local government statistics program /

Table of Contents: “…The government statistics program in context -- Data users and uses -- Data quality and statistical methods -- Dissemination and analysis -- Challenges for the future.…”
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The terrorscape geography of urban terror risk / by Egan, Kristine, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Terrorism as a hazard -- Terrorscape analysis model conceptualization -- Case study model application -- Evaluation of the terrorscape -- Discussion.…”
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Radio essays in bad reception / by Mowitt, John, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the object of radio studies -- Facing the radio -- On the air -- Stations of exception -- Phoning in analysis -- Birmingham calling -- "We are the word?".…”
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Intonation in the grammar of English by Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-

Table of Contents: “…Intonation and meaning -- pt. III. Analysis guide with detailed commentary.…”
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The uncoiling python : South African storytellers and resistance / by Scheub, Harold

Table of Contents: “…Metaphor: inevitable encounters, tools for analysis -- San metaphor: "--and feel a story in the wind" -- The Nguni artist: the collapsing of time.…”
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The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders part 1 of 2, History and current estimates /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Prevalence of autism -- History and epidemiology -- Design of population surveys -- Complex survey analysis -- Sex differences -- Intellectual disability.…”
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The text of the Gospels in Clement of Alexandria by Cosaert, Carl P., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Clement of Alexandria : the most learned of all -- Clement and the New Testament -- Introduction to the text and critical apparatus -- The Gospel text in Clement : text and apparatus -- Quantitative analysis -- Group profile analysis -- The typology of Clement's readings -- The transmission of the Gospels in Alexandria -- Appendix 1: Indeterminable gospel references -- Appendix 2: Catena fragments and Latin references -- Appendix 3: The Gospel text of Clement's opponents -- Appendix 4: Clement in the apparatus of NA27 and UBS4.…”
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Evidence synthesis for decision making in healthcare

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Bayesian methods and winBUGS -- Introduction to decision models -- Meta-analysis using Bayesian methods -- Exploring between study heterogeneity -- Model critique and evidence consistency in random effects meta-analysis -- Evidence synthesis in a decision modelling framework -- Multi-parameter evidence synthesis in epidemiological models -- Mixed treatment comparisons -- Markov models -- Generalised evidence synthesis -- Expected value of information for research prioritisation and study design.…”
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Design against fracture and failure / by Huda, Zainul, Bulpett, Robert, Lee, K. Y. (Kang-Yong)

Table of Contents: “…General practices in failure analysis -- 9. Role of electron fractography in failure analysis -- 10. …”
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History and geography of human genetic diversity I

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Four major factors of evolution: mutation, natural selection, drift, migration -- Role of demography in the quantitative study of evolution -- Drift: the Parma Valley study -- Equilibrium of migration and drift -- Founders' effect -- Reconstructing evolutionary history of a population -- Evidence of the importance of drift from molecular evolution -- Molecular evolution of proteins -- Trees with proteins and trees with DNA -- Phylogeographic analysis -- Microsatellites -- Graphic presentation of evolution data by principal components analysis.…”
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Lineages of despotism and development British colonialism and state power / by Lange, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: British colonialism and developmental legacies -- The developmental legacies of British colonialism: a state-centered framework for analysis -- A statistical analysis of British colonial legacies -- Mauritius: direct rule and development -- Sierra Leone: indirect rule and despotism -- Guyana: a case of despotism despite direct rule -- Botswana: a case of development despite indirect rule -- Comparing British colonialism: testing the generalizability of colonial state legacies -- Conclusion and discussion.…”
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Bayesian inference in the social sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Figures iii 1 Bayesian Analysis of Dynamic Network Regression with Joint Edge/Vertex Dynamics 1 Zack W. …”
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Inclusive development and multilevel transboundary water governance : the Kabul River / by Hayat, Shakeel

Table of Contents: “…1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 REAL LIFE ISSUES 1.3 THEORETICAL GAPS IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE LITERATURE 1.4 MAIN RESEARCH QUESTION AND SUB-QUESTIONS 1.5 FOCUS AND LIMITS 1.6 LIMITS OF THE THESIS 1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS 2 METHODOLOGY AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK 2.2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.3 CONTENT ANALYSIS2.4 CHOICE OF CASE STUDY 2.5 THE CONCEPTUAL APPROACH 2.6 INTEGRATED INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS 2.7 KEY LIMITATIONS OF THE THESIS2.8 RESEARCH ETHICS 3 APPROACHES TO TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE 3.1 INRODUCTION 3.2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (IR) APPROACHES IN TRANSBOUNDARY GOVERNANCE 3.3 Hydro Hegemony (HH) 3.4 WATER GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS 3.5 THE INTERRELATED ROLE OF POWER AND INSTITUTIONS 3.6 CONCLUSION 4 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND HUMAN WELL-BEING 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 DRIVERS OF FRESHWATER PROBLEM AT MULTIPLE LEVELS 4.3 FRESHWATER AND ITS TYPES 4.4 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRESHWATER 4.5 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND HUMAN-WELLBEING 4.6 INFERENCES 5 GLOBAL WATER INSTITUTIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL WATER INSTITUTIONS 5.3 KEY GLOBAL WATER GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS 5.4 INVENTORY OF KEY PRINCIPLES IN GLOBAL WATER INSTITUTIONS 5.5 ROLE OF RIVER BASIN ORGANISATIONS IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION 5.6 INFERENCES 6 ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE KABUL RIVER BASIN (KRB) 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 THE CONTEXT OF WATER GOVERNANCE AT TRANSBOUNDARY LEVEL IN THE KRB 6.3 CHARACTERISTICS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE KRB 6.4 DRIVERS OF FRESHWATER PROBLEMS AT TRANSBOUNDARY LEVEL IN THE KRB 6.5 EVOLUTION OF TRANSBOUNDARY LEVEL INSTITUTIONS & PRACTICES IN THE KRB 6.6 GOALS, PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTS 6.7 POWER ANALYSIS OF THE KRB RIPARIAN STATES IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHIC AND THREE ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL POWER 6.8 INFERENCES 7 ANALYSIS OF WATER GOVERNANCE IN AFGHANISTAN 7.1 INTRODUCTION 7.2 THE CONTEXT OF WATER GOVERNANCE IN AFGHANISTAN 7.3 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF FRESHWATER IN AFGHANISTAN 7.4 DRIVERS OF FRESHWATER PROBLEMS AT NATIONAL & SUB- NATIONAL LEVEL IN AFGHANISTAN 7.5 EVOLUTION OF THE FRESHWATER & RELATED INSTITUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN 7.6 GOALS, PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTS 7.7 LEGAL PLURALISM ANALYSIS 7.8 PRINCIPLES & INSTRUMENTS ADDRESSING DRIVERS & ACHIEVING INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7.9 POWER ANALYSIS OF FRESHWATER GOVERNANCE IN AFGHANISTAN 7.10 INFERENCES 8 ANALYSIS OF MULTILEVEL FRESHWATER GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN 8.1 INTRODUCTION 8.2 THE CONTEXT OF WATER GOVERNANCE WITHIN PAKISTAN 8.3 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF FRESHWATER IN PAKISTAN 8.4 DRIVERS OF FRESHWATER PROBLEMS IN PAKISTAN 8.5 EVOLUTION OF THE FRESHWATER AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS IN PAKISTAN 8.6 GOALS, PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTS 8.7 LEGAL PLURALISM ANALYSIS 8.8 PRINCIPLES & INSTRUMENTS ADDRESSING DRIVERS & ACHIEVING INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 8.9 HOW DO POWER AND INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCE WATER SHARING IN PAKISTAN? …”
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Understanding interest rates structure in Kenya / by Ngugi, Rose