The global economy in turbulent times / Lin See-Yan. by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- A New Hazard: Double-Dip Deflation -- The "New Normal" -- Muddling Through the Inflation -- It's a Dangerous World out There -- "Risk-Off" Episodes -- Now's Not the Time for Austerity -- The World Economy: Growing Pains and Bubbly Worries -- What's Up Is Down -- The United States: Jobless Recovery -- Jackson Hole "Gunfight" Shoots Blanks -- The United States Is No Longer AAA -- "Occupy Wall Street" Goes Global -- Lessons from Marx to Market -- Sachs and Krugman on the Global Crisis -- Life after Keynes with the Double-Dip -- Growth Dims after the "Cliff" -- An Inconvenient Truth: QE Withdrawal Syndrome -- An Unnecessary Disaster Spawns Market Fears -- US Growth Deficit: Too Loose, Too Long -- The European Union and Eurozone: More Austerity -- Dark Clouds over Europe and the United States -- ECB and Fed Clear Way to Act -- Eurozone Growth Can't Move beyond First Gear but Needs to Keep Deflation at Bay -- PIIGS Can't Fly: The Trouble with Greece -- Greece Is Bankrupt -- Greek Bailout Mark II: It's a Default -- Greece and Eurozone: Austerity Fatigue -- Greece: More Aid Needed to Save the Austerity-Fatigued -- New Euro Deal: Not the Whole Bazooka -- European Union: Favoring Growth Against More Austerity -- European Union: A Summer of Discontent -- European Union: Draghi's Bumblebee -- Cyprus's Bailout Turns Bail-In -- Japan: Dead On but Not Deadened -- Japan in Deep Hibernation -- 3-11: The Tohoku Disasters One Year On -- Japan Picks Up the Pieces -- Abenomics: Japan Comes Alive Again -- Abenomics Hitting Speed Bumps -- The International Financial System -- So, the Gold Bug Still Bugs You -- Man's Addiction to Gold -- In Search of Gold at Bretton Woods: Lust for Gold Not Paying Off -- What's Wrong with the International Monetary System? …”
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HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Cognition, Learning and Games 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings / edit...

Table of Contents: “…Basic study on incidence of micro-error in visual attention-controlled environment -- A Methodological Approach to Create Interactive Art in Artificial Intelligence -- The Effect of Different Icon Shape and Width on Touch Behavior -- Project Team Recommendation Model Based on Profiles Complementarity -- A Neurophysiological Sensor Suite for Real-Time Prediction of Pilot Workload in Operational Settings -- Consideration of How Different Rearview Presentations Used for Electronic Mirrors on Automobiles Affect Human Spatial Cognition -- Design Guidelines of Social-Assisted Robots for the Elderly: A Mixed Method Systematic Literature Review -- Examining the relationship between songs and psychological characteristics -- An Overview of Paper Documentation Moving to Onboard Information System (OIS) for Commercial Aircraft -- Influence of Visual Symbol's User Background and Symbol Semantic Abstraction Level on User's Cognition in AR Auxiliary Assembly Environment -- Information Visualization Design of Nuclear Power Control System based on Attention Capture Mechanism -- Design Suggestions for Smart Tax Return Software based on Reviewing Tax Compliance literature -- Applications of an Online Audience Response System in Different Academic Settings: An Empirical Study -- Perceived Restorativeness and Meditation Depth for Virtual Reality supported Mindfulness Interventions -- Global Mindset - A Complex Cognitive Model Used for Global Leadership Decision-making when Working Across Geographical Boundaries -- Assessing Variable Levels of Delegated Control – A Novel Measure of Trust -- Neuroergonomics Behind Culture: A Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) Study on Emotion -- A Typology of Non-functional Information -- Basic Study to Reduce the Artifact from Brain Activity Data with Auto-Regressive Model -- Producing an Immersive Experience using Human-Robot Interaction Stimuli -- How Virtual Reality is Changing the Future of Learning in K-12 and Beyond - Using Needs-Affordances-Features Perspective -- Tangible Storytelling to learn the Four Seasons: Design and Preliminary Observations -- Analyzing Students’ Behavior in a MOOC Course: A Process-Oriented Approach -- The Role of Learning City “Smart Teams” In Promoting, Supporting, and Extending the Community School Model -- Design and Development of a Web Extension to Help Facilitate the Learning of a Foreign Language -- Training Professionals to Bring Digital Transformation into Museums: the Mu.SA Blended Course -- Learning and Creativity through a Curatorial Practice using Virtual Reality -- How augmented reality influences student workload in engineering education -- The Influential Factors on E-learning Adoption and Learning Continuance -- A Real-Time Cross-Sectioning System for Visualization of Architectural Construction Details -- Exploring the Affordance of Distance Learning Platform (DLP) in COVID19 Remote Learning Environment -- Tirana Plug-in River: Catalyst Playful Experiences to Revitalize Albanian Informal Settlements -- Investigating the relation between sense of presence, attention and performance: virtual reality versus web -- Research on the Design of Intelligent Interactive Toys Based on Marker Education -- Designing a Faculty Chatbot through User-Centered Design Approach -- The Influence of Picture Book Interaction Design on Preschool Children's Reading Experience -- Enable 3A in AIS -- Adapting E-Learning to Dyslexia Type: an Experimental Study to Evaluate Learning Gain and Perceived Usability -- Reducing the Gap Between the Conceptual Models of Students and Experts Using Graph-based Adaptive Instructional Systems -- A Learning Engineering Model for Learner-Centered Adaptive Systems -- Technology in Education - Meeting the Future Literacy & Numeracy needs of Societ -- Adaptive Agents for Fit-for-Purpose Training -- Google Service-based CbITS Authoring Tool to Support Collaboration -- The Interplay Between Artificial Intelligence and Users' Personalities: A New Scenario for Human-Computer Interaction in Gaming -- Behavlet Analytics for Player Profiling and Churn Prediction -- The Kansei Research on the Manipulation Experience of Mobile Game with Joystick -- A Novel Investigation of Attack Strategies via the Involvement of Virtual Humans: A User Study of Josh Waitzkin, a Virtual Chess Grandmaster -- Systems Approach to Designing an Enjoyable Process for Game Designers -- Broader Understanding of Gamification by Addressing Ethics and Diversity -- Game-Based Learning and Instructional Effectiveness in Organizational Communication Classrooms -- Enhancing Social Ties through Manual Player Matchmaking in Online Multiplayer Games -- A Simulation Game to Acquire Skills on Industry 4.0 -- Personalised Semantic User Interfaces for Games -- Utilization of Neurophysiological Data to Classify Player Immersion to Distract from Pain.…”
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HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Cognition, Learning and Games 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings / edit...

Table of Contents: “…Basic study on incidence of micro-error in visual attention-controlled environment -- A Methodological Approach to Create Interactive Art in Artificial Intelligence -- The Effect of Different Icon Shape and Width on Touch Behavior -- Project Team Recommendation Model Based on Profiles Complementarity -- A Neurophysiological Sensor Suite for Real-Time Prediction of Pilot Workload in Operational Settings -- Consideration of How Different Rearview Presentations Used for Electronic Mirrors on Automobiles Affect Human Spatial Cognition -- Design Guidelines of Social-Assisted Robots for the Elderly: A Mixed Method Systematic Literature Review -- Examining the relationship between songs and psychological characteristics -- An Overview of Paper Documentation Moving to Onboard Information System (OIS) for Commercial Aircraft -- Influence of Visual Symbol's User Background and Symbol Semantic Abstraction Level on User's Cognition in AR Auxiliary Assembly Environment -- Information Visualization Design of Nuclear Power Control System based on Attention Capture Mechanism -- Design Suggestions for Smart Tax Return Software based on Reviewing Tax Compliance literature -- Applications of an Online Audience Response System in Different Academic Settings: An Empirical Study -- Perceived Restorativeness and Meditation Depth for Virtual Reality supported Mindfulness Interventions -- Global Mindset - A Complex Cognitive Model Used for Global Leadership Decision-making when Working Across Geographical Boundaries -- Assessing Variable Levels of Delegated Control – A Novel Measure of Trust -- Neuroergonomics Behind Culture: A Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) Study on Emotion -- A Typology of Non-functional Information -- Basic Study to Reduce the Artifact from Brain Activity Data with Auto-Regressive Model -- Producing an Immersive Experience using Human-Robot Interaction Stimuli -- How Virtual Reality is Changing the Future of Learning in K-12 and Beyond - Using Needs-Affordances-Features Perspective -- Tangible Storytelling to learn the Four Seasons: Design and Preliminary Observations -- Analyzing Students’ Behavior in a MOOC Course: A Process-Oriented Approach -- The Role of Learning City “Smart Teams” In Promoting, Supporting, and Extending the Community School Model -- Design and Development of a Web Extension to Help Facilitate the Learning of a Foreign Language -- Training Professionals to Bring Digital Transformation into Museums: the Mu.SA Blended Course -- Learning and Creativity through a Curatorial Practice using Virtual Reality -- How augmented reality influences student workload in engineering education -- The Influential Factors on E-learning Adoption and Learning Continuance -- A Real-Time Cross-Sectioning System for Visualization of Architectural Construction Details -- Exploring the Affordance of Distance Learning Platform (DLP) in COVID19 Remote Learning Environment -- Tirana Plug-in River: Catalyst Playful Experiences to Revitalize Albanian Informal Settlements -- Investigating the relation between sense of presence, attention and performance: virtual reality versus web -- Research on the Design of Intelligent Interactive Toys Based on Marker Education -- Designing a Faculty Chatbot through User-Centered Design Approach -- The Influence of Picture Book Interaction Design on Preschool Children's Reading Experience -- Enable 3A in AIS -- Adapting E-Learning to Dyslexia Type: an Experimental Study to Evaluate Learning Gain and Perceived Usability -- Reducing the Gap Between the Conceptual Models of Students and Experts Using Graph-based Adaptive Instructional Systems -- A Learning Engineering Model for Learner-Centered Adaptive Systems -- Technology in Education - Meeting the Future Literacy & Numeracy needs of Societ -- Adaptive Agents for Fit-for-Purpose Training -- Google Service-based CbITS Authoring Tool to Support Collaboration -- The Interplay Between Artificial Intelligence and Users' Personalities: A New Scenario for Human-Computer Interaction in Gaming -- Behavlet Analytics for Player Profiling and Churn Prediction -- The Kansei Research on the Manipulation Experience of Mobile Game with Joystick -- A Novel Investigation of Attack Strategies via the Involvement of Virtual Humans: A User Study of Josh Waitzkin, a Virtual Chess Grandmaster -- Systems Approach to Designing an Enjoyable Process for Game Designers -- Broader Understanding of Gamification by Addressing Ethics and Diversity -- Game-Based Learning and Instructional Effectiveness in Organizational Communication Classrooms -- Enhancing Social Ties through Manual Player Matchmaking in Online Multiplayer Games -- A Simulation Game to Acquire Skills on Industry 4.0 -- Personalised Semantic User Interfaces for Games -- Utilization of Neurophysiological Data to Classify Player Immersion to Distract from Pain.…”
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The global economy in turbulent times / Lin See-Yan. by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- A New Hazard: Double-Dip Deflation -- The "New Normal" -- Muddling Through the Inflation -- It's a Dangerous World out There -- "Risk-Off" Episodes -- Now's Not the Time for Austerity -- The World Economy: Growing Pains and Bubbly Worries -- What's Up Is Down -- The United States: Jobless Recovery -- Jackson Hole "Gunfight" Shoots Blanks -- The United States Is No Longer AAA -- "Occupy Wall Street" Goes Global -- Lessons from Marx to Market -- Sachs and Krugman on the Global Crisis -- Life after Keynes with the Double-Dip -- Growth Dims after the "Cliff" -- An Inconvenient Truth: QE Withdrawal Syndrome -- An Unnecessary Disaster Spawns Market Fears -- US Growth Deficit: Too Loose, Too Long -- The European Union and Eurozone: More Austerity -- Dark Clouds over Europe and the United States -- ECB and Fed Clear Way to Act -- Eurozone Growth Can't Move beyond First Gear but Needs to Keep Deflation at Bay -- PIIGS Can't Fly: The Trouble with Greece -- Greece Is Bankrupt -- Greek Bailout Mark II: It's a Default -- Greece and Eurozone: Austerity Fatigue -- Greece: More Aid Needed to Save the Austerity-Fatigued -- New Euro Deal: Not the Whole Bazooka -- European Union: Favoring Growth Against More Austerity -- European Union: A Summer of Discontent -- European Union: Draghi's Bumblebee -- Cyprus's Bailout Turns Bail-In -- Japan: Dead On but Not Deadened -- Japan in Deep Hibernation -- 3-11: The Tohoku Disasters One Year On -- Japan Picks Up the Pieces -- Abenomics: Japan Comes Alive Again -- Abenomics Hitting Speed Bumps -- The International Financial System -- So, the Gold Bug Still Bugs You -- Man's Addiction to Gold -- In Search of Gold at Bretton Woods: Lust for Gold Not Paying Off -- What's Wrong with the International Monetary System? …”
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Food city / CJ Lim. by Lim, C. J.

Corporate and project finance modeling : theory and practice / Edward Bodmer. by Bodmer, E. (Edward)

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Financial Modeling Structure and Design; Chapter 1: Financial Modeling and Valuation Nightmares; Chapter 2: Becoming a Black Belt Modeler; Chapter 3: General Model Objectives of Structuring Transactions, Risk Analysis, and Valuation; Chapter 4: The Structure of Alternative Financial Models; Structure of a Corporate Model: Incorporating Historyand Deriving Forecasts from Historical Analysis; Use of the INDEX Function in Corporate Models; Easing the Pain of Acquiring PDF Data.…”
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Corporate and project finance modeling : theory and practice / Edward Bodmer. by Bodmer, E. (Edward)

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Financial Modeling Structure and Design; Chapter 1: Financial Modeling and Valuation Nightmares; Chapter 2: Becoming a Black Belt Modeler; Chapter 3: General Model Objectives of Structuring Transactions, Risk Analysis, and Valuation; Chapter 4: The Structure of Alternative Financial Models; Structure of a Corporate Model: Incorporating Historyand Deriving Forecasts from Historical Analysis; Use of the INDEX Function in Corporate Models; Easing the Pain of Acquiring PDF Data.…”
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Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

Table of Contents: “…Hostile Takeovers and Junk Bond Financing: A Panel Discussion; CAPITAL MARKETS, EFFICIENCY, AND CORPORATE CONTROL; MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND TAKEOVERS; EVIDENCE ON THE GAINS FROM MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS; MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS: TAXES, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INCENTIVES OF MANAGERS; LEGAL RULES, TAKEOVER STRATEGIES, AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS; ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE; Index.…”
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The great A&P and the struggle for small business in America / Marc Levinson. by Levinson, Marc

The Good Retirement Guide 2015, 29th Edition Kay, Frances. by Kay, Frances, Smith, Allan

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Corporate and project finance modeling : theory and practice / Edward Bodmer. by Bodmer, E. (Edward)

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Financial Modeling Structure and Design; Chapter 1: Financial Modeling and Valuation Nightmares; Chapter 2: Becoming a Black Belt Modeler; Chapter 3: General Model Objectives of Structuring Transactions, Risk Analysis, and Valuation; Chapter 4: The Structure of Alternative Financial Models; Structure of a Corporate Model: Incorporating Historyand Deriving Forecasts from Historical Analysis; Use of the INDEX Function in Corporate Models; Easing the Pain of Acquiring PDF Data.…”
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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. by Van Parijs, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…; 1.3 Probability-driven language learning; 1.4 Maxi-min language use; 1.5 The maxi-min dynamics; 1.6 Deviation from maxi-min: didactic and symbolic; 1.7 Maxi-min dynamics and power relationships; 1.8 Power and the rise of English; 1.9 Lingua franca and justificatory community; 1.10 Lingua franca and trans-national demos; 1.11 A vector of ideological domination?…”
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The essential retirement guide : a contrarian's perspective / Fred Vettese. by Vettese, Frederick, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…; The verdict; The consequences of not insuring LTC -- Putting It All Together: New wealth targets; Buffers -- Picking a Savings Rate: Historical performance; Lessons learned; What the future holds; Generalizing the results -- Optimizing Your Savings Strategy: The goal; Strategy 1--Simple; Strategy 2--Simple Lifecycle approach; Strategy 3--Modified Lifecycle; Strategy 4--Variable contribution; Strategy 5--The SMART approach; The Third Lever; Methodology -- A Gentler Approach to Saving: Path 1--Pain now, gain later on; Path 2--Smooth and steady improvement; A comparison in dollar terms -- Rational Roulette: Call to action; Watch out for your children.…”
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Governing America : the revival of political history / Julian E. Zelizer. by Zelizer, Julian E.

Table of Contents: “…Paying for Government: Taxes, Money, and Fiscal Restraint.…”
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San Francisco's Queen of Vice : the Strange Career of Abortionist Inez Brown Burns. by Riggin, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…The Kefauver Committee; 24. "Hello Again"; Part Six: The Bone Rattler; 25. Official Closets; Epilogue: Death and Taxes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The essential retirement guide : a contrarian's perspective / Fred Vettese. by Vettese, Frederick, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…; The verdict; The consequences of not insuring LTC -- Putting It All Together: New wealth targets; Buffers -- Picking a Savings Rate: Historical performance; Lessons learned; What the future holds; Generalizing the results -- Optimizing Your Savings Strategy: The goal; Strategy 1--Simple; Strategy 2--Simple Lifecycle approach; Strategy 3--Modified Lifecycle; Strategy 4--Variable contribution; Strategy 5--The SMART approach; The Third Lever; Methodology -- A Gentler Approach to Saving: Path 1--Pain now, gain later on; Path 2--Smooth and steady improvement; A comparison in dollar terms -- Rational Roulette: Call to action; Watch out for your children.…”
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The almanac of American philanthropy / Karl Zinsmeister ; [edited by] Karl Zinsmeister. by Zinsmeister, Karl

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Bookkeeping For Dummies, 2nd Edition Epstein, Lita. by Epstein, Lita

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The great forgetting : the past, present and future of social democracy and the welfare state / Jack Lawrence Luzkow. by Luzkow, Jack Lawrence, 1941-

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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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