The living trust advisor : everything you (and your financial planner) need to know about your living trust / Jeffrey L. Condon. by Condon, Jeffrey L.

Table of Contents: “…You Might Have Living Trust Training, but You Haven't Been Trained My Way!; Chapter 2: What Does the Living Trust Do, and How Does It Do It?…”
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Energy pricing policies for inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean / Guillermo Beylis and Barbara Cunha. by Beylis, Guillermo, Cunha, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Notes; Reference; Chapter 3 Fiscal Cost of Energy Pricing Policies; Introduction; Measuring Fiscal Costs: The "Price-Gap" Approach; Price-Gap Results; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Economic Impacts of Energy Pricing and Subsidy Reforms; Introduction; Analysis; Main Findings; Final Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Distributional Impacts of Energy Pricing; Introduction; Methodology and Implementation; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Gasoline and Diesel; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas.…”
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Pension economics / David Blake. by Blake, David, 1954-

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How to Open Your Own In-home Bookkeeping Service. by Aydlott, Julie

Table of Contents: “…Entering Data from a Checkbook RegisterAccounts Payable -- Accounts Receivable -- Payroll -- Bank Reconciliation -- Sales Tax Report -- Workers Compensation -- Financial Reports -- Audit Preparation -- Financial Packages to Banking Entities -- Work In Progress -- Training and Consulting -- Budgeting -- Cleaning up Accounting and Bookkeep -- Year End Accounting -- 1099 Miscellaneous Income -- Record Keeping -- Chapter 5 Preparing Taxes and Depreciation -- Preparing your own Taxes -- Preparing Client Taxes -- Chapter 6 Common Questions…”
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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa : Time for Change. by Robalino, David A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Improving the Institutional Configuration, Administration, and Regulation of Pension Systems -- Management of the Public Pension Funds -- Lessons from International Experience in Pension Fund Management -- Pension Fund Management in the Middle East and North Africa Region -- Improving the Management of Public Pension Funds: Constraints and Opportunities -- Progress to Date and Prospects -- Countries in the Early Stages of Reform -- Countries in Motion -- Countries Leading Pension Reform -- Demographic Indicators -- Methodology for Demographic and Employment Projections -- Life Expectancy, Total Fertility Rate, and Population Projections -- Labor Force Projections -- Unemployment Projections -- Economic Effects of the Demographic Transition -- Coverage Rate Projections -- Main Parameters of Pension Schemes in the Middle East and North Africa -- Tax Treatment of Pension Systems -- Basic Formulas and Mathematical Results Used in the Analysis -- Equivalence of the Standard Defined-Benefit Pension Formula and the Formula Used in a Points System -- Rates of Return in Earning-Related Schemes -- Demographic and Financial Data on Pension Funds -- Provisions of the Draft Law on the Public Pension Scheme in the West Bank and Gaza -- Average Population Growth Rate, by Region, 1960-2002 -- Old-Age Dependency Ratio, by Region, 1960-2003 -- Average Population Growth Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1960-2002 -- Young- and Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000 -- Life Expectancy and Total Fertility Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1985 and 2002 -- Estimated Difference in the Average Growth Rate of the Working-Age and Dependent Populations in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000-20 -- Projected Growth Rate of the Labor Force in Middle East and North African Countries, 2002-30 -- Key Macroeconomic Indicators in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 1993-2003 -- Banking and Credit as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Domestic and External Debt as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Market Capitalization and Credit to the Private Sector as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Turnover as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Coverage of the Mandatory Pension System in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Projected Coverage Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 2003-30 -- Gross Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Net Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries.…”
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Sustainable power technologies and infrastructure : energy sustainability and prosperity in a time of climate change / Galen J. Suppes, Truman S. Storvick. by Suppes, Galen J., Storvick, Truman S., 1928-2016

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My Story : Tom L. Johnson. by Hauser, Elizabeth J.

Table of Contents: “…Business and Politics; IV. The Training of a Monopolist; V. The Lessons Johnstown Taught; VI. …”
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Dismantling the American dream : how multinational corporations undermine American prosperity / Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The rise of monopolies and oligopolies -- Chapter 12.The jobs are there. where is the training? -- Chapter 13. The postindustrial service economy -- Chapter 14. …”
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Titans of Real Estate : 7 Key Lessons from Real Estate Billionaires. by Cohen, Erez

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New Approaches to CSR, Sustainability and Accountability, Volume III edited by Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction The increasing importance of ESG reporting in the Covid era -- 2. Training Accounting, Finance and Internal Auditing Staff on Environmental Issues, Sustainability and Climate Change Risk -- 3. …”
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International human resource management : policies and practices for multinational enterprises / Ibraiz Tarique, Dennis R. Briscoe, Randall S. Schuler. by Tarique, Ibraiz, Briscoe, Dennis R., 1945-, Schuler, Randall S.

Table of Contents: “…International Recruitment, International Selection, and Repatriation 10. International Training and Management Development 11. International Compensation, Benefits, and Taxes 12. …”
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Proceeding of the International Science and Technology Conference "FarEastСon 2019" October 2019, Vladivostok, Russian Federation, Far Eastern Federal University / edited by Denis...

Table of Contents: “…Baikov" -- On Materials of the Sociological Research of Youth Social Activity in the City of Tyumen -- Comparative Assessment of Planned and Actual Production Indicators Based on the Measure of Information Uncertainty -- Trade Relations between the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia: Assessment of Institutional Factors -- Entrepreneurial Activity of the Russian Arctic Regions: Quantitative Assessments and Management -- Modeling and Forecasting GDP Production in Russia, taking into account Changes in the Number of Working-Age Population Caused by the Retirement Age Increasing -- Prospects and Challenges of Virtual Labour Market Development in Russia -- Accreditation Examination of Developing Professional Competencies at the University: a Mathematical Model -- Physical Health of Young People as a Factor of Human Capital Development -- Improvement of the Operational Budgeting Model at the Industrial Enterprise -- Problems and Mechanisms of Regional Policy of Russia -- Economy Energy Intensity: Global Trends -- External and Internal Factors of Transformation of Diamond Industry of Russia -- Generation of Innovative Ideas: Intersubjective Approach -- Open Innovation as a Business Performance Accelerator: Challenges and Opportunities for the Firms' Competitive Strategy -- Competitive and Strategic Model of Evaluation of Metallurgical Enterprises -- Formation of Analytical Tools for Investment Activities Audit of Priority Development Areas -- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Projects of Global and National Economic Significance Level -- "The Reception of Foreign Languages in the History of Russian Culture" -- Projections of Dynamics and Structure for the Mining of the Far East -- Evaluation of the Effects of Russian-Chinese Transboundary Projects in the Far East -- Coal Sea Ports of the Russian Far East: Problems and Prospects for Development -- Certain Aspects of Legal Optimization in the Field of Surrogate Motherhood -- Foresight System in the Structure of Criminological Forecasting of Corruption in the Business Environment in Multicultural Space of Russia -- Diagnostics of Tax Non-Payment Risk of Public Companies -- Methodical Approach to Conflict Management in the System of Social and Labour Relations in the Organization -- Pragmatic-Technological Integral for Academic Texts Build -- The Impact of Social Media on Recruitment: Opportunities, Benefits and Challenges -- Organization and Management of Resource Provision Innovation Activity -- Renovation of Residential Buildings in Moscow and the Transition to Intellectual Urban Environment -- Semantical Meanings of Colours in Chinese Culture -- The Specifics of the Formation of the Temporal Competence of Students of Economic Profile -- Election Technologies Crisis in Modern Russia (on the example of the Far East) -- Modification of a Role of a Transport Factor in Distribution of Production of Forest Products on Regions -- Methodological Foundations of Using Blue Ocean Strategy in the Course of Construction Megaprojects Implementation -- Comparative Analysis of Preschool Education Systems in Russia, France and Germany -- Production Functions in Economic Growth Modeling and Methods for their Transformation -- The «Beginning» and the «End» of History: to a Problem of the Search of Historical Identity -- The Role of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation in Assessing the Innovative Potential of an Industrial Enterprise and the Approach to Evaluation through Joint Patent and Licensing Activities -- Fuzzy Cognitive Model for Analysis of Influence Relations and Industrial Clusters Identification -- Development of Urban Blocks’ Social Infrastructure on the Basis of Value Approach -- Socio-Psychological Space of Young People with Different Levels of Subjective Well-Being -- Digitalization of the Economy and Remote Employment of Women: an Analysis of the Situation and Development Prospects -- University Relations: University-Industrial Relations as the Main Factor in the Development of Polytechnic Education -- Development of the Basis of the Quality Management System of an Enterprise Financial Activity on the Principle of Lean Production -- Investment and Innovation Analysis of the Completeness and Complexity of the Use of Mineral Raw Materials at Mining Enterprises -- Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Merchandising on the Competitiveness of Public Catering Enterprises -- Development of Managerial Accounting in the Railway Holding -- Evaluation of the Development of Rural Areas of the Region and Their Classification by the Level of Sustainability for the Purposes of Regional Policy -- About the Essence of Categories "Efficiency" and "Efficiency of the Investment Project" -- Formation of Uniform Scientific and Technological Space of the Russian Federation -- Methodological and Theoretical Approaches for Defining Structured Financial Products in a more Integrated and Globalized World -- Improving the Reliability of the Voice Signature When it is Used to Protect Paper Documents in the Information and Communication System of Enterprise Management -- Relationship between Identity Fusion and Extremist Attitudes of Young -- Development of Financial Analysis Based on the Theory of Fuzzy Sets -- Statistical Study of Dynamics of the Agricultural Production of Post-Soviet Countries in the Context of Food Security -- Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic: the Role of Labor Potential -- The Role of the State Program "Economic Development and Innovation-Driven Economy" in the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises -- Methodical Approach to the Assessment of Food Security in the Region -- The Risk of Reducing the Material Well-Being of the Family at Child Birth -- University Informational Ecosystem with Target Contours -- Perspectives of Participation of the Murmansk Region in the Price-Responsive Reduction of Electric Energy and Power Consumption -- Ethno-confessional Identity: The Problem of Verification (Based on the Monitoring Data of Ethno-confessional Relations in the Khabarovsk Krai, 2016 – 2018) -- Method for Determining Production and Resource Use Efficiency -- Management System for Publication Activity of Academic and Teaching Personnel at Russian Flagship University -- Northeast Asia Transport Services Market: Russian Participation Opportunities -- The Impact of Digital Technology on the Labor and the Socio–Economic Development in Modern Russia -- Prospects for Development of Inter-Firm Retail Chains -- "Evaluation of Investment Attractiveness of the Project ""Meat-processing Complex""" -- The Need and Focus of Transforming Vocational Education Management at the Regional Level -- Forecasting e-Learning Processes Using GERT Models and Process Mining Tools -- Industrial Policy in the Region: Current State and Areas for Improvement -- Training Teaching Staff as the Key Factor for Primorsky Region Economic Development -- Application of Methods for Obtaining Pareto Set for Increasing Effectiveness of Managing Decisions under Conditions of Multi-Criteriality -- Prediction of Probability of Positive Reaction of Consumers to New Types of Enriched Food -- International Reserves: Evolution of Their Role during Internationalization of Modern World Currencies -- Concepts of Oeuvre and Algorithmization in Modern Engineering Education -- Improvement of the Effectiveness Evaluation System of Projects Implemented on the Public-Private Partnership Principles in the Complex Development of the Territory -- The Impact of Economic Growth on Spatial Development of a Region -- Genesis of Russian Cyber Security Legal Mechanism: an Authentic or a Trend Alike Model? …”
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Procedural Content Generation for C++ Game Development. by Green, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Procedural Generation -- Procedural generation versus random generation -- Procedural generation -- Random generation -- Introducing randomness -- Pseudorandom number generation -- Why computers can't generate truly random numbers -- Generating random numbers in C++ -- Generating random numbers within a range -- Seeds -- Defining seeds -- Using seeds -- Generating random seeds during the runtime -- Controlled randomness is the key to generating random numbers -- The use of procedural generation in games -- Saving space -- Map generation -- Texture creation -- Animation -- Sound -- Benefits of procedural generation -- Larger games can be created -- Procedural generation can be used to lower budgets -- An increase in gameplay variety -- An increase in replayability -- The drawbacks of procedural generation -- More taxing on the hardware -- Worlds can feel repetitive -- You sacrifice quality control -- You may generate an unplayable world -- It is hard to script set game events -- A brief history of rogue-like games -- How we'll implement procedural generation -- Populating environments -- Creating unique game objects -- Creating unique art -- Audio manipulation -- Behavior and mechanics -- Dungeon generation -- Component-based design -- The complete game -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Setup and Breakdown -- Choosing an IDE -- Microsoft Visual Studio -- Code::Blocks -- Other IDEs -- Build systems -- Breaking down the game template -- Download templates -- The class diagram -- The object hierarchy -- Level data -- Collision -- Input -- Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) -- Defining SFML -- Why we'll be using SFML -- Learning SFML -- Alternatives.…”
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Cultural Sustainable Tourism edited by Miroslav D. Vujicic, Azilah Kasim, Stella Kostopoulou, Jorge Chica Olmo, Mohamed Aslam.

Table of Contents: “…Tourist demand for railway heritage: The case of the historic train in Douro, Portugal.…”
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Advanced Hybrid Information Processing 7th EAI International Conference, ADHIP 2023, Harbin, China, September 22-24, 2023, Proceedings, Part III / edited by Lin Yun, Jiang Han, Yu...

Table of Contents: “…Interactive Sharing Method of Digital Media Image Information Based on Differential Privacy Protection -- A Hierarchical Smoothing Method for Animation Image Based on Scale Decomposition -- Video Image Based Monitoring Method for Operation Status of Internet of Things Network Equipment -- Design of Power System Remote Video Monitoring System Based on RTP Technology -- RLE Algorithm Based Image Data Coding Method of Tujia Brocade Double Knitting Pattern -- A Blockchain Based Real-Time Sharing Method for Ideological and Political Mobile Education Resources -- Architecture Design of Employment Education Network Platform Based on Blockchain Technology -- Research on Blockchain Based Data Sharing of Teaching Resources in Higher Vocational Mobile Education -- Blockchain Based Logistics Tracking and Traceability Method for E-Commerce Products -- Mobile Monitoring, Civilian Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing -- Personalized Recommendation Method of Rural Tourism Routes Based on Mobile Social Network -- A Personalized Recommendation Method for English Online Teaching Video Resources Based on Machine Learning -- Personalized Recommendation Method for Tourist Attractions Based on User Information Mixed Filtering -- Monitoring Method of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Temperature Variation Signal Based on Model Prediction -- Research on Personalized Recommendation of Mobile Social Network Products Based on User Characteristics -- A Personalized Recommendation Method for Online Painting Education Courseware Based on Hyperheuristic Algorithm -- Reliability Analysis of Aeroengine Teaching System Based on Virtual Reality Technology -- Research on Detection Method of Differential Code Coverage in Power Grid Information System -- Intelligent Monitoring Method of Aircraft Swashplate Plunger Pump Fluidity Based on Different Working Conditions -- Design of Mobile Terminal Music Education Platform Based on Django Framework -- Construction of Mobile EducationPlatform for Piano Tuning Course Based on LogicPro Software -- Temperature Control Technology in Heating Room Based on Multi-channel Temperature Signal Denoising -- Research on Pedestrian Tracking in Urban Rail Transit Stations Based on Adaptive Kalman Filtering -- Badminton Flight Trajectory Location and Tracking Algorithm Based on Particle Filter -- Design of Substation Battery Condition Monitoring System Based on SDH Network -- Dynamic Tracking Method for Train Number of Rail Transit Signal System -- Centralized Monitoring System of Rail Transit Multiple Signals Based on Bus Technology -- Equilibrium Scheduling of Dynamic Supply Chain Network Resources under Carbon Tax Policy -- Information Theory and Coding for Social Information Processing, Civilian Industry Technology Tracks -- Incremental Update Algorithm of Athlete Physical Training Information Under Dynamic Iterative Sampling -- Design of Mobile Education Platform for University Network Law Popularization Based on Streaming Media Technology -- Online Teaching Platform of Career Guidance Course Based on Virtual Reality -- Intelligent Control Method of Indoor Physical Environment in Atrium under Social Information Network.…”
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Dismantling the American Dream How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity / by Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 10: Buying Government With Lobbying Money -- Chapter 11: The Rise of Monopolies and Oligopolies -- Chapter 12: The Jobs Are There. Where Is the Training? -- Chapter 13: The Postindustrial Service Economy -- Chapter 14: The Threat of China -- Chapter 15: Decline of Productivity and GDP Growth -- Chapter 16: The Truth About Currency Manipulation and a Strong Dollar -- Chapter 17: We Must Save America's Manufacturing Sector -- Chapter 18: Hope Is Not a Plan -- Chapter 19: Solutions -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover…”
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Food city / CJ Lim. by Lim, C. J.