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 Reporting Public Opinion: How the Media Turns Boring Polls into Biased News by Erik Gahner Larsen English | PDF | 2021 | 143 Pages | ISBN : 3030753492 | 6.5 MB This book is about how opinion polls are reported in the media. Opinions polls are not reported in the media as unfiltered numbers, and some opinion polls are not reported at all. This volume demonstrates how opinion polls travel through several stages that eventually turn boring numbers into biased news in the media.  Real-Time Intelligence for Heterogeneous Networks: Applications, Challenges, and Scenarios in IoT HetNets English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030756130 | 179 Pages | PDF EPUB | 28 MB This book discusses several exciting research topics and applications in the intelligent Heterogenous Networks (Het-Net) and Internet of Things (IoT) era. We are resolving significant issues towards realizing the future vision of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in IoT-enabled spaces. Such AI-powered IoT solutions will be employed in satisfying critical conditions towards further advances in our daily smart life. This book overviews the associated issues and proposes the most up to date alternatives. The objective is to pave the way for AI-powered IoT-enabled spaces in the next generation Het-Net technologies and open the door for further innovations. The book presents the latest advances and research into heterogeneous networks in critical IoT applications. It discusses the most important problems, challenges, and issues that arise when designing real-time intelligent heterogeneous networks for diverse scenarios.  Re-Politicising International Investment Law in Latin America through the Duty to Regulate Paradigm by María José Luque Macías English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 297 Pages | ISBN : 3030732711 | 5.1 MB This book offers insights into how international investment law (IIL) has frustrated states' protection of human rights in Latin America, and IIL has generally abstained from dealing with inter-regime frictions. In these circumstances, this study not only argues that IIL should be an object of contention and debate ('politicisation').  Rationality in Social Science: Foundations, Norms, and Prosociality English | 2021 | ISBN: 3658335351 | 296 Pages | PDF EPUB | 7 MB The concept of rationality and its significance for theory and empirical research in social science are key topics of scholarly discussion. In the tradition of an analytical as well as empirical approach in social science, this volume assembles novel contributions on methodological foundations and basic assumptions of theories of rational choice. The volume highlights the use of rational choice assumptions for research on fundamental problems in social theory such as the emergence, dynamics, and effects of social norms and the conditions for cooperation and prosociality.  Quantitative Decisions in Drug Development English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030797309 | 354 Pages | PDF EPUB | 30 MB This book focuses on important decision points and evidence needed for making decisions at these points during the development of a new drug. It takes a holistic approach towards drug development by incorporating explicitly knowledge learned from the earlier part of the development and available historical information into decisions at later stages. In addition, the book shares lessons learned from several select examples published in the literature since the publication of the first edition.  Python for Everybody: Exploring Data in Python 3 by Dr. Charles Russell Severance English | PDF,EPUB | 2016 | 246 Pages | ISBN : 1530051126 | 6.4 MB Python for Everybody is designed to introduce students to programming and software development through the lens of exploring data. You can think of the Python programming language as your tool to solve data problems that are beyond the capability of a spreadsheet.Python is an easy to use and easy to learn programming language that is freely available on Macintosh, Windows, or Linux computers. So once you learn Python you can use it for the rest of your career without needing to purchase any software.  Public Budgeting in Georgia: Institutions, Process, Politics and Policy by Thomas P. Lauth English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 250 Pages | ISBN : 3030760227 | 4.6 MB This book describes the institutions and process through which the Georgia General Assembly adopts a budget, the executive-legislative branch politics that transpire during the process and the tax and spending policies that the process produces. It argues that the state's budget is developed by fiscal conservatives within a culture of fiscal conservatism that is conducive to low taxes and low spending.  Protecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong by Steven Brian Gallagher English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 119 Pages | ISBN : 9811650705 | 12.4 MB This Brief is the first comprehensive coverage of law and policy intended to protect built heritage in Hong Kong. Although characterized as a city of skyscrapers and modernity, Hong Kong has a rich cultural heritage and a surprisingly rich built heritage. The text considers what "built heritage" means in Hong Kong and what built heritage there is in Hong Kong.  Project Management for Banks English | 2022 | ISBN: 1637421117 | 150 Pages | EPUB | 2 MB Project management processes have been intertwined within every fabric of human evolution including advances in communication, farming, construction, medicine, law, architecture, physics, and economics to name a few. At each evolutionary stage, there was a project manager who was studying the how and why of everything, trying new techniques, and documenting trials, errors and successes until a specific craft was mastered, thrusting progress forward in an upward trajectory that has been carved into human history.  Professional Service Firms and Politics in a Global Era: Public Policy, Private Expertise by Chris Hurl English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 351 Pages | ISBN : 3030721272 | 9.7 MB This volume explores the influence of professional service firms on public policy-making from a global perspective. Drawing on cases studies from around the world, researchers from different disciplines-including sociology, political science, geography, anthropology, history, and management studies-examine how professional service firms have generated power in the policy-making process. |
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