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Cybersecurity risk is a top-of-the-house issue for all
organizations. Cybertax-Managing the Risks and Results is a must
read for every current or aspiring executive seeking the best way
to manage and mitigate cybersecurity risk. It examines
cybersecurity as a tax on the organization and charts the best ways
leadership can be cybertax efficient. Viewing cybersecurity through
the cybertax lens provides an effective way for non-cybersecurity
experts in leadership to manage and govern cybersecurity in their
organizations The book outlines questions and leadership techniques
to gain the relevant information to manage cybersecurity threats
and risk. The book enables executives to: Understand cybersecurity
risk from a business perspective Understand cybersecurity risk as a
tax (cybertax) Understand the cybersecurity threat landscape Drive
business-driven questions and metrics for managing cybersecurity
risk Understand the Seven C's for managing cybersecurity risk
Governing the cybersecurity function is as important as governing
finance, sales, human resources, and other key leadership
responsibilities Executive leadership needs to manage cybersecurity
risk like they manage other critical risks, such as sales,
finances, resources, and competition. This book puts managing
cybersecurity risk on an even plane with these other significant
risks that demand leader ships' attention. The authors strive to
demystify cybersecurity to bridge the chasm from the
top-of-the-house to the cybersecurity function. This book delivers
actionable advice and metrics to measure and evaluate cybersecurity
effectiveness across your organization.
Energy efficiency is critical for running computer vision on
battery-powered systems, such as mobile phones or UAVs (unmanned
aerial vehicles, or drones). This book collects the methods that
have won the annual IEEE Low-Power Computer Vision Challenges since
2015. The winners share their solutions and provide insight on how
to improve the efficiency of machine learning systems.
Cybersecurity risk is a top-of-the-house issue for all
organizations. Cybertax-Managing the Risks and Results is a must
read for every current or aspiring executive seeking the best way
to manage and mitigate cybersecurity risk. It examines
cybersecurity as a tax on the organization and charts the best ways
leadership can be cybertax efficient. Viewing cybersecurity through
the cybertax lens provides an effective way for non-cybersecurity
experts in leadership to manage and govern cybersecurity in their
organizations The book outlines questions and leadership techniques
to gain the relevant information to manage cybersecurity threats
and risk. The book enables executives to: Understand cybersecurity
risk from a business perspective Understand cybersecurity risk as a
tax (cybertax) Understand the cybersecurity threat landscape Drive
business-driven questions and metrics for managing cybersecurity
risk Understand the Seven C's for managing cybersecurity risk
Governing the cybersecurity function is as important as governing
finance, sales, human resources, and other key leadership
responsibilities Executive leadership needs to manage cybersecurity
risk like they manage other critical risks, such as sales,
finances, resources, and competition. This book puts managing
cybersecurity risk on an even plane with these other significant
risks that demand leader ships' attention. The authors strive to
demystify cybersecurity to bridge the chasm from the
top-of-the-house to the cybersecurity function. This book delivers
actionable advice and metrics to measure and evaluate cybersecurity
effectiveness across your organization.
This book focuses on military aspects of the war and attempts to
provide insight by means of an analysis of Vietminh military
doctrine, tactics, and organization as revealed during the
1945-1954 war in Indochina. It reveals the core of Communist
revolutionary warfare.
Oxford successful tourism is a trusted Tourism course that is used
by teachers all over South Africa. The rich, relevant, and age
appropriate content fully covers the National Curriculum and
Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and is enriched by the most
recent tourism statistics, ensuring that learners stay interested
throughout the year. Features: topics are structured according to
CAPS which makes the course easy to use in the classroom; the
scaffolded content and concepts are comprehensively illustrated
with logos and industry examples to provide with a solid foundation
for exam success; a full-colour mapwork section covers all that
learners need to know, and more, in Grade 10; appropriate language
levels make content accessible, build learner confidence and
support independent learning and revision; activities and questions
for revision and extension are based on exam type questions,
ensuring learners are thoroughly prepared for exams; exam support
is built into every activity, revision, practice test and practice
exam.
This textbook was developed to provide seniors and first-year
graduate students in physical sciences with a general knowledge of
electrodynamic phenomena in space. Since the launch of the first
unmanned satellite in 1957, experiments have been performed to
study the behavior of electromagnetic fields and charged particles.
There is now a considerable amount of data on hand, and many
articles, including excellent review articles, have been written
for the specialists. However, for students, new researchers, and
non-specialists, a need still exists for a book that integrates
these observations in a coherent way. This book is an attempt to
meet that need by using the theory of classical electrodynamics to
unify space observations. The contents of this book are based on
classroom notes developed for an introductory space physics course
that the author has taught for many years at the University of
Washington. Students taking the course normally have had an
undergraduate course in electricity and magnetism but they come
with very little knowledge about space.
Although banking and sovereign debt crises are not unusual, the
crisis that has unfolded across the world since 2007 has been
unique in both its scale and scope. It has also been unusual in
being both triggered by, and mainly affecting, developed economies.
Starting with the US subprime mortgage crisis, and the recession in
2007-2009, the problem soon erupted into financial crisis in
Europe. A few of these countries came to the brink of bankruptcy,
and were rescued by the EU and the IMF on the condition they adopt
austerity measures. The detrimental social effects of the crisis in
both the US and Europe are still emerging. Although there have been
several studies published on the US crisis in particular, there has
so far been an absence of an accessible comparative overview of
both crises. This insightful text aims to fill this gap, offering a
critical overview of causes, policy responses, effects and future
implications. Starting with the historical context and mutation of
the crisis, the book explores the policies, regulations, and
governance reforms that have been implemented to cope with the US
subprime mortgage crisis. A parallel analysis considers the causes
of the European sovereign debt crisis and the responses of the
European Union (EU), examining why the EU is as yet unable to
resolve the crisis. This book is supported with eResources that
include essay questions and class discussion questions in order to
assist students in their understanding. This uniquely comprehensive
and readable overview will be of interest and relevance to those
studying financial crises, financial governance, international
economics and international political economy.
Software Engineering for Science provides an in-depth collection of
peer-reviewed chapters that describe experiences with applying
software engineering practices to the development of scientific
software. It provides a better understanding of how software
engineering is and should be practiced, and which software
engineering practices are effective for scientific software. The
book starts with a detailed overview of the Scientific Software
Lifecycle, and a general overview of the scientific software
development process. It highlights key issues commonly arising
during scientific software development, as well as solutions to
these problems. The second part of the book provides examples of
the use of testing in scientific software development, including
key issues and challenges. The chapters then describe solutions and
case studies aimed at applying testing to scientific software
development efforts. The final part of the book provides examples
of applying software engineering techniques to scientific software,
including not only computational modeling, but also software for
data management and analysis. The authors describe their
experiences and lessons learned from developing complex scientific
software in different domains. About the Editors Jeffrey Carver is
an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the
University of Alabama. He is one of the primary organizers of the
workshop series on Software Engineering for Science
(http://www.SE4Science.org/workshops). Neil P. Chue Hong is
Director of the Software Sustainability Institute at the University
of Edinburgh. His research interests include barriers and
incentives in research software ecosystems and the role of software
as a research object. George K. Thiruvathukal is Professor of
Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago and Visiting Faculty
at Argonne National Laboratory. His current research is focused on
software metrics in open source mathematical and scientific
software.
In Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology, leading engineers,
material scientists, chemists, physicists, laser scientists, and
manufacturing specialists offer an in-depth, wide-ranging look at
the fundamental and unique characteristics of light-driven optical
actuators. They discuss how light can initiate physical movement
and control a variety of mechanisms that perform mechanical work at
the micro- and nanoscale. The book begins with the scientific
background necessary for understanding light-driven systems,
discussing the nature of light and the interaction between light
and NEMS/MEMS devices. It then covers innovative optical actuator
technologies that have been developed for many applications. The
book examines photoresponsive materials that enable the design of
optically driven structures and mechanisms and describes specific
light-driven technologies that permit the manipulation of micro-
and nanoscale objects. It also explores applications in
optofluidics, bioMEMS and biophotonics, medical device design, and
micromachine control. Inspiring the next generation of scientists
and engineers to advance light-driven technologies, this book gives
readers a solid grounding in this emerging interdisciplinary area.
It thoroughly explains the scientific language and fundamental
principles, provides a holistic view of optical nano and micro
actuator systems, and illustrates current and potential
applications of light-driven systems.
The use of small animal models in basic and preclinical sciences
constitutes an integral part of testing new pharmaceutical agents
prior to their application in clinical practice. New imaging and
therapeutic approaches need to be tested and validated first in
animals before application to humans. Handbook of Small Animal
Imaging: Preclinical Imaging, Therapy, and Applications collects
the latest information about various imaging and therapeutic
technologies used in preclinical research into a single source.
Useful to established researchers as well as newcomers to the
field, this handbook shows readers how to exploit and integrate
these imaging and treatment modalities and techniques into their
own research. The book first presents introductory material on
small animal imaging, therapy, and research ethics. It next covers
ionizing radiation and nonionizing radiation methods in small
animal imaging, hybrid imaging, and imaging agents. The book then
addresses therapeutic research platforms and image quantification,
explaining how to ensure accurate measurements of high-quality
data. It concludes with an overview of many small animal imaging
and therapy applications that demonstrate the strength of the
techniques in biomedical fields.
This textbook was developed to provide seniors and first-year
graduate students in physical sciences with a general knowledge of
electrodynamic phenomena in space. Since the launch of the first
unmanned satellite in 1957, experiments have been performed to
study the behavior of electromagnetic fields and charged particles.
There is now a considerable amount of data on hand, and many
articles, including excellent review articles, have been written
for the specialists. However, for students, new researchers, and
non-specialists, a need still exists for a book that integrates
these observations in a coherent way. This book is an attempt to
meet that need by using the theory of classical electrodynamics to
unify space observations. The contents of this book are based on
classroom notes developed for an introductory space physics course
that the author has taught for many years at the University of
Washington. Students taking the course normally have had an
undergraduate course in electricity and magnetism but they come
with very little knowledge about space.
Even today few Americans understand the strategy, doctrine, and
tactics of communist guerrilla warfare. Back in the early 1950s,
the Rand Corporation conducted com* puter*simulated war games
focused on Southeast Asia. The French agony in Indochina had
attracted the attention of a few Rand researchers who had begun to
wonder whether other wars might occur in this area and how the
United States might fight if it became involved. The Rand scenarios
ranged from atomic war to guerrilla conflict. WhUe a professor at
the California Institute of Technology, I was asked to comment on
some of these games. One thing struck me almost immediately-the
communist enemy, or red forces, behaved and fought exactly like the
Americans, or blue forces. From my limited knowledge of the French
Indochina war, I did not think this was the case. The director of
the war games, the late Dr. Edwin Paxson, agreed with my comment,
but plaintively asked, "How do they behave and fight?" I offered to
write a handbook for the red side, based on the Viet Minh
operations against the French in Indochina. After research in Paris
with the French army and air force, I duly completed my handbook in
1958, but by then it was of interest to no one. However, when John
F. Kennedy became president, he stirred up great interest in
Indochina and guerrilla warfare. My red team handbook, gathering
dust, was quickly revised and declassified. It was published in
1961 as the first edition of this book.
This book includes selected papers presented at the 4th
International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication
Technology (ICDECT 2020), held at Kakatiya Institute of Technology
& Science, Warangal, India, during 25-26 September 2020. It
features advanced, multidisciplinary research towards the design of
smart computing, information systems and electronic systems. It
also focuses on various innovation paradigms in system knowledge,
intelligence and sustainability which can be applied to provide
viable solutions to diverse problems related to society, the
environment and industry.
This book explains the emerging system of domination and the
exercise of power in the Third World society of Guyana. It is
concerned with the police as a bureaucratic inheritance.
Software Engineering for Science provides an in-depth collection of
peer-reviewed chapters that describe experiences with applying
software engineering practices to the development of scientific
software. It provides a better understanding of how software
engineering is and should be practiced, and which software
engineering practices are effective for scientific software. The
book starts with a detailed overview of the Scientific Software
Lifecycle, and a general overview of the scientific software
development process. It highlights key issues commonly arising
during scientific software development, as well as solutions to
these problems. The second part of the book provides examples of
the use of testing in scientific software development, including
key issues and challenges. The chapters then describe solutions and
case studies aimed at applying testing to scientific software
development efforts. The final part of the book provides examples
of applying software engineering techniques to scientific software,
including not only computational modeling, but also software for
data management and analysis. The authors describe their
experiences and lessons learned from developing complex scientific
software in different domains. About the Editors Jeffrey Carver is
an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the
University of Alabama. He is one of the primary organizers of the
workshop series on Software Engineering for Science
(http://www.SE4Science.org/workshops). Neil P. Chue Hong is
Director of the Software Sustainability Institute at the University
of Edinburgh. His research interests include barriers and
incentives in research software ecosystems and the role of software
as a research object. George K. Thiruvathukal is Professor of
Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago and Visiting Faculty
at Argonne National Laboratory. His current research is focused on
software metrics in open source mathematical and scientific
software.
Freshwater, brackish and marine ecosystems are particularly
impacted by the effects of climate change and global warming. A
global rise in water temperature and acidification of the aquatic
environment will continue even if we can significantly reduce the
current output of greenhouse gasses. Increases in water temperature
will affect the life cycle, physiology, behaviours, distribution
and community structure of aquatic organisms, especially fish. This
important new text on climate change, and its effects on selected
non-infectious disorders of fish, contains contributions by
internationally recognized experts who have contributed
significantly to our knowledge in this area. Comprehensive and
thought provoking, the text details abiotic and biotic
environmental changes associated with climate change and their
effects on fish in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters. It
proceeds to cover in detail developmental, physiological and
metabolic disorders of fish. Outlining both current and expected
changes in aquaculture systems due to climate change, plus
suggestions for further studies, this contemporary text is key
reading for biologists, aquatic ecologists, fish health
consultants, veterinarians, policy makers and all those involved in
fish health and the environment.
Elastomeric optics exploit light transparent, variable translucent,
and reflective stretchable polymers to create novel strain-tunable
optical elements and flexible multifunctional optical sheets.
Optical sheets are thin, large-area polymer light guide structures
that can be used to create a wide variety of passive light
harvesting and illumination systems. The book introduces the
theoretical principles of elastomeric optics and explores how
simple and complex mechanically deformable optical devices can be
designed and fabricated. The transmission of light through these
optical components or waveguides depends on the selected materials,
surface interface, geometric design, optical coupling of embedded
micro-structures, and degree of device deformation. In addition to
providing a technical foundation for building adaptable optics, the
book seeks to inspire the next generation of scientists and
engineers to develop innovative solutions far beyond anything
imagined today.
This book presents a model of organization transformation success.
The model framework comprises a series of S-Curves (maturity
curves) of planning and execution activities phased over time. The
model is illustrated through description and analysis of an actual,
two-decade, highly successful, global enterprise transformation Six
Sigma program at a Fortune 200 company: Cummins, Inc. Lessons
learned from the model and company case study are completely
transferrable to other organizational culture, improvement and
innovation transformation settings. This insightful book: *
Documents a firsthand account of a successful transformation. The
authors completely explain what was accomplished and the lessons
learned from a 16-year deployment of Six Sigma at Cummins. * Acts
as a benchmark for those organizations interested in pursuing
primarily a continuous improvement transformation, and more
generally for other types of transformation efforts. * Includes
substantive interviews with ten key leaders and others who made the
transformation possible. * Helps organizations shorten the overall
transformation timelines. The documentation of a transformation
provides you a model for how to think about organization
transformation maturity over time and plan for it. * Recognizes the
work of thousands of people involved in transforming a global
company. The interviews provide extraordinary perspectives not only
by executives who initiated and sustained the transformation
program but also by program participants who themselves grew as
managers and leaders in their careers through the program.
Essentially, this book helps early-career managers and executives
see the broader picture of enterprise transformation, especially
over time. This helps them be better managers and executives, and
importantly, helps them better plan for and hasten their upward
career trajectories. Lastly, the book describes a view of
possibilities. It describes a clear, sustained success, the steps
taken to get there and the measurement of progress. The result
provides you with confidence that successful transformation is
possible and worth the effort.
This book presents the selected peer-reviewed papers from the
International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks
(ComNet) 2019. Highlighting the latest findings, ideas,
developments and applications in all areas of advanced
communication systems and networking, it covers a variety of
topics, including next-generation wireless technologies such as 5G,
new hardware platforms, antenna design, applications of artificial
intelligence (AI), signal processing and optimization techniques.
Given its scope, this book can be useful for beginners, researchers
and professionals working in wireless communication and networks,
and other allied fields.
This book presents the selected peer-reviewed papers from the
International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks
(ComNet) 2019. Highlighting the latest findings, ideas,
developments and applications in all areas of advanced
communication systems and networking, it covers a variety of
topics, including next-generation wireless technologies such as 5G,
new hardware platforms, antenna design, applications of artificial
intelligence (AI), signal processing and optimization techniques.
Given its scope, this book can be useful for beginners, researchers
and professionals working in wireless communication and networks,
and other allied fields.
This book explains the emerging system of domination and the
exercise of power in the Third World society of Guyana. It is
concerned with the police as a bureaucratic inheritance.
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