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HCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Posters 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part II /...

Table of Contents: “…Online Classes -- 3D Printing for STEAM Education -- Digital Transformation in Business, Government, and Organizations -- Moral and Political Concerns about Patents: a Cross-Cultural Perspective -- Automation of an Electro-Hydraulic Test Bench Using a Weitek CMT3092 HMI- PLC -- Apply the M/M/C Model of Queuing Theory in a Service System based on FlexSim Simulation in the Post-COVID -- Evaluation Methods Review of the Innovation Capacity of Companies Based on Knowledge Management -- Intelligent Dashboard to Optimize the Tax Management in a Town Municipal Government -- Idea Management in SMEs – Design Principles for Collaboration in Idea Management System -- Human Interface and Competitive Intelligence in Management of Business Science Teaching Research -- Risk Training Tools on Structured Knowledge for Risk Management -- Chrono-Spatialism: Introducing a Time-Based Approach for Retail Space Design in the Digitalized Scenario -- Transformation of the Australian VET Sector: Investigations into the Key Competencies Required of the Australian Workforce in the Era of Industry 4.0 Technologies -- Virtuality in Non-Governmental Organizations: an Analysis from Working Conditions -- Effects of Teleworking on the Body Mass Index of the Teachers of an Educational Institution -- How Effective is the Octalysis Gamification to Design Satisfying Electronic Wallet Experiences? …”
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East and West in late antiquity : invasion, settlement, ethnogenesis and conflicts of religion / by Wolf Liebeschuetz. by Liebeschuetz, J. H. W. G. (John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon)

Table of Contents: “…-- Habitus Barbarus : did Barbarians look different from Romans? -- Barbarians and taxes -- Violence in the Barbarian successor kingdoms -- Goths and Romans in the Leges Visigothorum -- Part 2. …”
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The road taken : the history and future of America's infrastructure / Henry Petroski. by Petroski, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Lay in Leaves : triage, budgets, and choice, again -- 16. Trodden Black : corruption, graft, waste, fraud, abuse -- 17. …”
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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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Health policymaking in the united states. by Longest, Beaufort B

Table of Contents: “…Appendix 8 Smokefree Laws -- Appendix 9 Laws Implemented By The EPA -- Appendix 10 Medicare Revisited -- Again and Again -- Appendix 11 The United States Constitution And The Federal Government -- Appendix 12 State Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: Selected Legal Issues -- Appendix 13 Finding Better Solutions: CMS Innovation Center Develops New Payment and Service Delivery Models -- Appendix 14 Coalition Letter Requesting Changes To Meaningful Use For Greater Systems Interoperability -- Appendix 15 Types of Groups Involved In Financing Political Campaigns…”
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A financial history of the United States : from Enron-era scandals to the subprime crisis (2004-2006) / Jerry W. Markham. by Markham, Jerry W.

Table of Contents: “…Corporate Governance Reforms""; ""Sarbanes-Oxley""; ""The Enron Reforms""; ""Other Sarbanes-Oxley Reforms""; ""Small Companies""; ""Loss of Competitive Advantage""; ""Competition from Abroad""; ""Blue Ribbon Reviews""; ""Government Concerns""; ""The Executive Compensation Controversy""; ""Background""; ""Fiduciary Duties""; ""Ovitz's Compensation""; ""Confiscation Through Taxes""; ""The Reagan and Bush Tax Cuts""; ""Compensation Arrangements""; ""Golden Parachutes""…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Weekly address : protecting the middle class & the economy / by the White House.

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Commodity trader's almanac 2013 : for active traders of futures, forex, stocks and ETFs / Jeffrey A. Hirsch and John L. Person. by Hirsch, Jeffrey A.

Table of Contents: “…Patrick's DayMarch British Pound Invasion; April Almanac; April Tax Time Takes a Bite out of Gold; Bonds Can Go Up When Stocks Go Down; Beef Prices Head South before Summer; May Almanac; Copper Tops in May; Silver Slips in May; Coffee Buzz Fades in Summer; June Almanac; Short Soybeans for Summer; Sugar's Summer Sweet Spot; Summer BBQ Season Gives Beef a Bounce; Mother Nature Makes Corn Pop; July Almanac; Last-Half of July Short S&P 500; Summer Air Conditioning Heats Up Natural Gas; Swiss Franc Follows Gold Higher; August Almanac; August Gives Coffee a Lift…”
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The glossary of property terms / compiled by Jones Lang Lasalle in association with Estates Gazette ; edited by Geoff Parsons.

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction to the First Edition; Introduction to the Second Edition; Editor's Note; Panels; Acknowledgements; Notes on Compilation and Usage; Terms; Changes in Society; References; Categories; Abbreviations; Glossary of Property Terms and Abbreviations; Appendix -- Terms grouped by subject-matter; Accounts; Agriculture and fisheries; Archaeology; Biometrics; Building and construction; Capital allowances; Capital Gains Tax; Case references; Companies and partnerships; Compulsory purchase; Contamination and pollution.…”
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Mexico Battle for North America / Sveriges television.

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Managing Concentrated Stock Wealth : an Advisor's Guide to Building Customized Solutions. by Kochis, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Note -- Appendix -- PART II: GIFTS -- CHAPTER 7 Gifts to Family -- Transfer Taxes -- Income Tax Leverage -- Special Rules on Employer Stock -- Transfer Structures -- Gifts Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act -- Minorâ#x80;#x99;s Trust -- Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts -- Family Limited Partnerships -- Gaining Psychic Distance -- CHAPTER 8 Nonqualified Stock Options: Gifts to Family -- Investment Leverage -- Tax Leverage -- Timing and Valuation -- CHAPTER 9 Gifts to Charity -- Tax Savings -- The Cost of Charitable Gifts -- Special Income Tax Considerations -- Loss Positions -- Short-Term Gains -- Seasoned Incentive Stock Option Stock -- Low-Basis Shares -- IRA Assets -- Tangible Personal Property -- Structures for Charitable Gifts -- Direct Gifts -- Donor-Advised Funds -- Private Foundations and Supporting Organizations -- A Word of Caution -- Appendix: Key Characteristics of Charitable Vehicles -- CHAPTER 10 Charitable Trusts -- The Charitable Remainder Trust -- Tax Requirements and Opportunities -- Tax Deferral -- Coordinating a CRT with the Clientâ#x80;#x99;s Financial Plan -- The Charitable Lead Trust -- CHAPTER 11 Nonqualified Stock Options: Gifts to Charity -- The Charitable Gift -- Mismatches of Valuation and Timing -- Why Bother? …”
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Tricks of the Rich Overy, Paul. by Overy, Paul

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The Economics of Cultural Policy. by Throsby, David

Table of Contents: “…5 Policy strategies for the cultural industriesEconomic aspects; (i) Small business development; (ii) Regulatory infrastructure; (iii) Innovation policy; (iv) Market development; (v) Education and training.; Cultural aspects; 6 Conclusions; Notes; 6 Cultural heritage; 1 Introduction; 2 Heritage as asset; 3 Value; The economic value of heritage; (i) Use value; (ii) Non-use values; (iii) Beneficial externalities; The cultural value of heritage; 4 Policy issues in heritage management; 5 Public policy and built heritage; 6 Public policy and moveable heritage.…”
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The essential CFO : a corporate finance playbook / Bruce Nolop. by Nolop, Bruce, 1950-

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The writer's legal guide an authors guild desk reference / Tad Crawford and Kay Murray. by Crawford, Tad, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The business of writing -- Copyright : gaining and keeping protection -- Copyright : registration and deposit -- Copyright : works made for hire, joint works, and community property -- Copyright : infringement, fair use, and permissions -- Copyright : past and present -- Other rights of the writer -- The limitations on free expression -- The Freedom of Information Act -- Contracts : an introduction -- Negotiating a book contract -- Periodical and syndication contracts -- Film and television contracts and dramatic productions -- Electronic rights, e-books, and audio licenses -- Literary agents and agency agreements -- Collaboration agreements -- Book packagers -- The self-publishing option and subsidy presses -- Taxes : income and expenses -- Taxes : beyond schedule C -- The hobby loss rule -- Estate planning for professional authors -- How to avoid or resolve disputes.…”
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Prohibition.

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