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New Horizons for a Data-Driven Economy A Roadmap for Usage and Exploitation of Big Data in Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: The Big Data Opportunity -- The Big Data Value Opportunity -- Introduction to the BIG Project -- Part II: The Big Data Value Chain: Enabling and Value Creating Technologies -- The Big Data Value Chain: Definitions, Concepts, and Theoretical Approaches -- Big Data Acquisition -- Big Data Analysis -- Big Data Curation -- Big Data Storage -- Big Data Usage -- Part III: Usage and Exploitation of Big Data -- Big Data Driven Innovation in Industrial Sectors -- Big Data in the Health Sector -- Big Data in the Public Sector -- Big Data in the Finance and Insurance Sectors -- Big Data in the Energy and Transport Sectors -- Big Data in the Media and Entertainment Sectors -- Part IV: A Roadmap for Big Data Research -- Cross-Sectorial Requirements Analysis for Big Data Research -- New Horizons for a Data-Driven Economy: Roadmaps and Action Plans for Technology, Businesses, Policy, and Society.                        .…”
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Fostering rapid advances in health care learning from system demonstrations /

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Pollution limits and polluters' efforts to comply the role of government monitoring and enforcement / by Earnhart, Dietrich

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Africa's power infrastructure investment, integration, efficiency /

Table of Contents: “…-- Increasing cost recovery -- On budget spending : raising capital budget execution -- Improving utility performance -- Savings from efficiency-oriented reforms -- Annual funding gap -- How much additional finance can be raised? -- Little scope for raising more domestic finance -- Official development assistance : sustaining the scale-up -- Non-OECD financiers will growth continue? …”
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Becoming your own China stock guru the ultimate investor's guide to profiting from China's economic boom / by Trippon, James

Table of Contents: “…Trends--why the future belongs to China -- Sunrise in the east: China becomes the new world superpower -- Sunset in the west: the end of U.S. economic supremacy -- Breaking the chains of the bicycle kingdom: China's dreams come true -- The coming financial flood -- Becoming a guru -- China's economic landscape -- China's booming base: manufacturing -- China's auto industry: in full gear -- China's energy industry: red hot -- China's bonanza: banking and finance -- China's communications revolution: almost free speech -- Understanding China's financial centers -- Beijing: the epicenter of a capitalist revolution -- Shenzhen: China's test city -- Shanghai: China's own Manhattan -- Taiwan: the breakaway prodigy -- Hong Kong: China's modern frontier -- Building a China stock guru portfolio -- Buying China without leaving home -- Understanding the safest way to invest in Chinese stocks -- Identifying opportunities in Chinese stocks -- Assembling your portfolio and managing risk -- Conclusion: a peek at your guru future.…”
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Livelihoods at the margins surviving the city /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : livelihoods at the margins / James Staples -- No money, no life : surviving on the streets of Kampala / Stan Frankland -- Embodying oppression : revolta amongst young people living on the streets of Rio De Janeiro / Udi Butler -- Children on the streets of Dhaka and their coping strategies / Alessandro Conticini -- Hindu nationalism and failing development goals : micro-finance, women and illegal livelihoods in the Bombay slums / Atreyee Sen -- Keeping it clean : discipline, control and everyday politics in a Bangkok shopping mall / Alyson Brody -- Fast money in the margins : migrants in the sex industry / Laura María Agustín -- -- Begging questions : leprosy and alms collection in Mumbai / James Staples -- Vulnerable in the city : Adivasi seasonal labour migrants in western India / David Mosse, with Sanjeev Gupta and Vidya Shah -- "Moving up and down looking for money" : making a living in a Ugandan refugee camp / Tania Kaiser -- "In-betweenness" on the margins : collective organisation, ethnicity and political agency among Bolivian street traders / Sian Lazar.…”
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Goh Keng Swee a legacy of public service /

Table of Contents: “…Tan -- Goh Keng Swee, the development economist / Lee Soo Ann -- Goh Keng Swee and finance / Linda Low -- Goh Keng Swee and the emergence of a modern SAF : the rearing of a poisonous shrimp / Bernard Fook Weng Loo -- Goh Keng Swee and Singapore's defence industrial policy / Adrian Wee Jin Kuah -- Goh Keng Swee and the Singapore education system / Alistair Chew -- Goh Keng Swee's contributions to higher education, military studies, and the research institutes / Ernest Chew -- Goh Keng Swee and Chinese studies in Singapore : from Confucianism to "China watching" / John Wong -- Goh Keng Swee's cultural contributions and the making of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Bernard T.G. …”
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The modern American military

Table of Contents: “…Goldich -- 5. Manning and financing the twenty-first century all-volunteer force / David R. …”
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CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM, CRISIS, AND THE POLITICS OF FICTION literature beyond fordism. by del Valle Alcalá, Roberto

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Wavelet analysis : basic concepts and applications / by Arfaoui, Sabrine, Ben Mabrouk, Anouar, Cattani, Carlo, 1954-

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Built up : an historical perspective on the contemporary principles and practices of real estate development / by Derrington, Patrice

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Heat transfer applications for the practicing engineer by Theodore, Louis

Table of Contents: “…Numerical Methods.27. Economics and Finance.28. Open-Ended Problems.Appendix A.Appendix B.Appendix C.Appendix D.Index.…”
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Financial services law /

Table of Contents: “…UK financial services reform / George Walker -- Statutory framework for UK financial services regulation / Paul Kennedy -- European financial services / Jane Welch and Peter Parker -- International agreements and supranational bodies / Deborah Sabalot -- The PRA and FCA and the handbooks of rules and guidance / Robert Purves -- Regulatory processes : authorisation, supervison, and enforcement / Simon Gleeson -- Financial redress : complaints, disputes, and compensation / Alex Kuczynski and James Darbyshire -- Listing and public offers / Julia Machin, Clifford Chance -- Market abuse / Jonathan Melrose -- Insider dealing and misleading statements and impressions / Jonathan Melrose and Richard Sims -- Money laudering and financial crime / Jonathan Herbst and Peter Snowdon -- Regulation and financial disputes in the civil courts / Richard Everett -- Banks and banking / George Walker -- Insurance regulation / Laura Hodgson, Noleen John, and Maria Ross -- Wholesale investment firms / Etay Katz -- Retail investment firms / Gerard McMeel -- Home Finance transactions / Robert Purves -- Collective investment schemes / Eva Lomnicka -- Islamic financial services / Andrew Henderson.…”

The regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE a philosopher in politics / by O'Sullivan, Lara

Table of Contents: “…The citizen body -- The assembly and council -- Elections and the archonship -- Jurisdiction in the courts : the graphê paranomôn and eisangelia -- The Areopagus -- The Athenian institutions : a summary -- Festivals and finances : the economic administration of Athens. Demetrius and the khorêgeia -- The other liturgies -- The Athenian economy, 317-307 -- Philosophy and the Phalerean regime. …”
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A Decision-Makers Guide to Public Private Partnerships in Airports by Ricover, Andy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Mythbusters; "PPP is free money"; "Don't bother with bidding, just select a good operator and go; it is much faster and cheaper"; "The private sector is always more efficient than the public sector"; "PPP is all about getting more financing"; "PPP financing is cheaper"; "Airport PPP is only for rich countries"; "PPP is only for big airports"; "In time of need, sell the family jewels"; "The myth of the hospital pass"…”
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Private solutions for infrastructure in Lesotho

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