This edited book addresses the issues of gun trafficking and gun violence across different regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It seeks to identify global key trends on gun trafficking and related violence and discuss different enforcement measures. Each chapter is written by teams of distinguished academics and/or experienced practitioners to include practitioner insights and policy proposals on issues related to gun violence and gun trafficking. Chapters offer an overview of violence and recent gun control debates in the regions, enumerate challenges, provide lessons learnt, and recommend policy solutions. An overview of the global small arms trade is provided at the beginning alongside a comparative analysis of common challenges and significant differences across the regions. This book speaks to those in Criminology, International Relations, Public Policy, International Security, Public health and Law, and to civil society organizations, think tanks, research centers, policy analysts and policy makers involved in gun control debates.

This text, a fully revised second edition, covers the consequences for the character and efficiency of the interaction between individuals and organizations, when one party has more or better information on some aspect of the relationship. This is the condition of asymmetric information, under which the information gap will be exploited if, by doing so, the better-informed party can achieve some advantage. The book is written for a one-semester course for advanced undergraduates taking specialized course options, and for first-year postgraduate students of economics or business. After an introduction to the subject and the presentation of a benchmark model in which both parties share the same information throughout the relationship, chapters are devoted to the three main asymmetric information topics of Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection, and Signalling. The wide range of economic situations where the conclusions are applied includes such areas as finance, regulation, insurance, labour economics, health economics, and even politics. Each chapter presents the basic theory before moving on to applications and advanced topics.

This edited book addresses the issues of gun trafficking and gun violence across different regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It seeks to identify global key trends on gun trafficking and related violence and discuss different enforcement measures. Each chapter is written by teams of distinguished academics and/or experienced practitioners to include practitioner insights and policy proposals on issues related to gun violence and gun trafficking. Chapters offer an overview of violence and recent gun control debates in the regions, enumerate challenges, provide lessons learnt, and recommend policy solutions. An overview of the global small arms trade is provided at the beginning alongside a comparative analysis of common challenges and significant differences across the regions. This book speaks to those in Criminology, International Relations, Public Policy, International Security, Public health and Law, and to civil society organizations, think tanks, research centers, policy analysts and policy makers involved in gun control debates.

Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS): Global History and Methodology is a comprehensive guide for the safe and efficient performance of ISBCS. It provides an overview of the history, recommended protocols, necessary precautions, exclusion criteria, benefits and risks associated with this procedure, organizational standards, and more. Written by the most prominent ISBCS surgeons in the world, chapters recount the arguments for and against bilateral surgery that have been made throughout the ages, up to the present, and deliver achieved and proposed resolutions to all problems discussed. Topics such as ethics and medico-legal issues surrounding ISBCS are also discussed, and a chapter on the global evolution of bilateral cataract surgery provides readers with a complete overview of the development of ISBCS practices in countries from all continents.

In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editosr Drs. David L. Perez and Sara A. Finkelstein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Functional Neurologic Disorders. Top experts in the field cover issues such as functional movement disorder: assessment and treatment; functional cognitive disorder: diagnosis, treatment, and differentiation from secondary causes of cognitive dysfunction; functional speech and voice disorders: diagnosis and treatment; personalizing clinical care in functional neurological disorder: a biopsychosocial-informed perspective; and more. In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editosr Drs. David L. Perez and Sara A. Finkelstein bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Functional Neurologic Disorders. Top experts in the field cover issues such as functional movement disorder: assessment and treatment; functional cognitive disorder: diagnosis, treatment, and differentiation from secondary causes of cognitive dysfunction; functional speech and voice disorders: diagnosis and treatment; personalizing clinical care in functional neurological disorder: a biopsychosocial-informed perspective; and more.

This is a graduate textbook on the theory of contracting under asymmetric information, a key part of modern microeconomic theory. It examines the characteristics of optimal contracts when one party has certain relevant knowledge that the other party does not. The various problems are presented in the same framework to allow easy comparison of the different results. This updated second edition substantially extends the exercises that test students' understanding of the material covered in each chapter.

The book answers a recurring question in the business today: What is the best supply chain strategy for my business? Answering this question is difficult, because it is not easy to understand the multiples relationships among the supply chain and the business strategy, In order to address this shortcoming, the author conducted an analysis of the most widely recognized theories, best practices and case studies about supply chain strategy. His analysis identified a set of common configurations that reveal key drivers of supply chain strategy and explains how these can be aligned in a coherent strategy. These findings are summarized in a strategy formulation method called the Supply Chain Roadmap (r), which provides: Understandings of the interrelation among industry's competitive framework, competitive positioning of the business, and, supply chain processes. A compilation of 42 key factors of a supply chain strategy, which are represented on a graphical diagram on a single page, called The Map. The characterisation of the supply chain strategies most widely used in the industry, the 6 Supply Chain Archetypes Efficient, Fast, Continuous-Flow, Agile, Custom-Configured, and Flexible. About the book The book provides everything the reader need to know about supply chain strategy and how to ensure the alignment of the supply chain with business strategy. This is not a conventional supply chain's book, this is a practical handbook that guides you step by step in the analysis and formulation of supply chain strategy. Book is very easy to read and graphically superior to most business books -book is a full color and includes more than 75 figures-. The book is organized in three sections: * Section 1: Introduction, in which concepts about strategy and supply chain and the theoretical fundamentals behind the Supply Chain Roadmap method are explained: The three perspectives of the supply chain strategy (Business Framework, Unique Value Proposal, and Supply Chain Processes). * Section 2: Supply Chain Roadmap Tools, in which the four tools used for applying the method are explained: The Map, 10-Common-Patterns, 6 Supply Chain Archetypes, and the Feasibility Matrix. * Section 3: Applying the method, in which is explained the how to of the method. Who should read the book? This book enables understanding of the supply chain management from the perspective of the business strategy, is useful for business leaders, managers, consultants, students (undergraduate or graduate of Industrial Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, and similar), and all those interested in improving the competitiveness of organization

Siempre, en mis conversaciones con el autor, acabo herido por sus alegres pasiones llenas de incomodas tristezas, por sus silencios impasibles enfermos de esperanza, por sus puntos de vista que aun siempre limitando con lo sordido, permanecen mas proximos a los vestigios de una civilizacion venidera que a la actual decadencia. Tambien se, por esas veladas entre amigos, que, como Stendhal, diriase escribe para criaturas del futuro, tal es su extenuacion de las vulgaridades circundantes. Y si un buen poema es aquel que nos permite ser un poco mas descreidos, al tiempo que nos refuerza con las ocultas cadencias del mundo en una complicidad tacitamente inasible; si un buen poema distorsiona la realidad todo lo posible para que el lector pueda reconstruirla con sus propias palabras, entonces estamos, con este poemario, ante el reto de dilucidar nuestros propios avatares y quimeras, porque en este libro el autor se congratula en considerar que las indignidades que socaban el mundo son igual de humanas que los meritos que lo sostienen y por eso sus poemas intentan dignificarlas sin protegerlas, hacerlas visibles, sin rencores, para reconquistarlas. M.H.G.

It's the South Bronx of the 1960s, a neighborhood teetering on change. The young Puerto Rican boy David P rez is living in the Millbrook housing projects, about to be transferred to St. Luke's Catholic School, where he's already attended catechism and asked if God "popped out of nowhere."So begins P rez's delightful and engaging "memoirito," a novella-like tale that follows P rez believing that becoming cool and tough are life's aspirations, and being the smartest guy in school isn't something to brag about. The first in a series, Wow! adds a fresh chapter to the colorful chronicles of Latinos living in the United States-complex, layered, y lleno de sabor.