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THE STRATEGIC PLANNING GUIDE FOR EVENT PROFESSIONALS How Strategic Events Will: Ignite Your Career, Transform Your Company & Elevate The Entire Meeting Industry by Lamagna, Christy

Table of Contents: “…-- Content and production -- Planning your future -- Coming together as an industry -- Collecting and connecting -- Strategic sponsorships -- Strategic thinking for hotels, vendors, and third-party providers -- The art of having difficult conversations -- Nuturing a curious mind -- Let's talk logistics -- To be (a good person) or not to be -- Strategy and struggle -- Money, money, money! …”
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ECOTOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM MANAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Table of Contents: “…Youth and ecotourism : a road trip towards the future sustainability of natural areas / Francesca Cini, Renata Metastasio, Paola Passafaro, Melville Saayman, and Peet Van der Merwe -- Potentialities and preferences for alternative forms of sustainable tourism : the case of rural and intergenerational tourism / Paola Passafaro, Marina Mura, Antonietta Albanese, and Elena Bocci -- Community-based ecotourism for sustainable development in Ghana : the place of indigenous knowledge / Lydia Kwoyiga and Agnes Atia Apusigah -- Spanish natural area management : applying the european charter for sustainable tourism / J.M. …”
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DESIGN RESEARCH FOR URBAN LANDSCAPES theories and methods

Table of Contents: “…: how walking inspires designing / Henrik Schultz -- Design comments : a dialogue-based approach to using designerly knowledge in transdisciplinary contexts / Katrina Wiberg -- On playing and designing : gaining knowledge and finding ideas through play during the process of designing urban landscapes / Christiane Kania-Feistkorn -- Holding onto the land / Karin Helms -- Urban landscape stories : narratives as a design research tool / Anke Schmidt -- Creating future research platforms / Marie Markman -- Setting out : creative strategies for the beginning phase in large-scale landscape design / Julia Werner.…”
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Resources MANAGEMENT by Weaver, Margaret 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The context in which organisations operate- types of organisations and their nature; organisational objectives; the operating environment; stakeholders in organisations; Resources required by organisations - types of resources; past, present and future resources; levels of decision-making; information requirements; information systems (internal and external); Financial resources - financial v management accounting; introducing financial statements-legal requirements-external requirements-internal requirements; the profit and loss account; the balance sheet; the cash flow statement; Cash resources - the need for cash control; cash budgets; dealing with shortfalls and excesses; managing cash flow; record keeping for cash; Sources of finance - short-term finance; longer-term finance; internal sources of finance; external sources of finance; negotiating cash budget allocations; Analysing financial statements - why analysis is important; introduction to financial analysis; profitability ratios; liquidity ratios; use of assets ratios; Management accounts - manufacturing accounts; operating statements-introduction; internal; Cost control - the elements of cost; cost behaviour; costing methods 1-absorption costing; costing methods 2-marginal costing;costing methods 3-standard costing; Control of materials, services, labour and overheads - stock control; control of services and supplies; labour control; overhead control, including allocation and apportionment; comparison of actual costs with budgeted costs; investigation into variances; Control of equipment - types of equipments; equipment costs; use of equipment (inc. training and maintenance); monitoring efficiency; replacing equipment; Budgetary control - the need for budgeting; the budget-planning process; allocating resources; the master budget and its component parts; re-negotiating budgets; taking corrective action; Decision-making 1 - methods of reducing costs; amending plans and budgets; reacting to sudden opportunities or problems; forecasting future requirements; Decision-making 2 - costs and benefits; quantifiable and non-quantifiable costs and benefits; methods of calculating costs and benefits; choosing between alternatives; analysing risk…”
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New technologies at work people, screens, and social virtuality

Table of Contents: “…Living with new (ideals) of technology / Daniel Miller -- The computer as a focus of inattention: five scenarios concerning hospital porters / Nigel Rapport -- Digital ditches: working in the virtual grass roots / Sarah Green -- Real-time, real-placemarket: transnational connections and disconnections in financial markets / Anna Hasselstrm -- Mobile workplacing: office design, space and technology / Heinrich Schwarz -- Claiming the future: speed, business rhetoric and computer practice / Robert Willim -- Networking as a form of life: the transnational movement of Internet pioneers / Paula Uimonen -- Mainstream rebels: informalization and regulation in a virtual world / Christina Garsten and David Lerdell -- Steps on screen: technoscapes, visualization and globalization in dance / Helena Wulff -- Screening the classroom: students, teachers and computers in an urban American school / William Washabaugh, Catherine Washabaugh, Mary Roffers and Kira Kaufmann -- Open-source software development as gift culture: work and identity formation in an Internet community / Magnus Bergquist…”
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Teaching dance studies

Table of Contents: “…Sweet -- Standing aside and making space : mentoring student choreographers / Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell -- Kinesiology and injury prevention / Virginia Wilmerding -- Labanotation / Ilene Fox and Dawn Lille -- Documentation, preservation, and access : ensuring a future for dance's legacy / Elizabeth Aldrich -- Reflections on educating dance educators / Susan W. …”
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Noise Mapping in the Eu Models and Procedures

Table of Contents: “…From noise maps to critical hot spots: Priorities in action Plans. Future perspectives. From noise to annoyance mapping: A soundscape approach. …”
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Breast MRI Interpretation Text and Online Case Analysis for Screening and Diagnosis by Newstead, Gillian M.

Table of Contents: “…Karczmar and Frederico D. Pineda -- Future applications : radiomics and deep learning on breast MRI / Maryellen L. …”
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COLOUR FOR ARCHITECTURE

Table of Contents: “…The effects and meaning of color (a short review) -- 'The need for colour and light in future man-made spaces' / Faber Birren -- 'The dialectics of colour' / Dr. …”
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Biological drug products development and strategies

Table of Contents: “…Capelle, Emilie Poirier, Tudor Arvinte -- The state of the art and future of gene medicines / Frank Jacobs, Stephanie C. …”
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CT of the heart principles and applications

Table of Contents: “…CT of the heart: past, present, and future / William Stanford -- Electron beam CT of the heart / David G. …”
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Year-round schools

Table of Contents: “…Revising the current school calendar has many implications / Elena Silva -- Year-round schooling offers benefits over a traditional calendar / Charles Ballinger and Carolyn Kneese -- The traditional school calendar worked in the past and can continue to work in the future / Robin Lockett Carter -- Extended-time schools benefit students / Jennifer Davis -- Extended-time school programs pose problems for parents and students / Philissa Cramer -- Year-round schooling helps struggling students to achieve / Joe Ann Barton -- Summer vacation is no longer necessary / Frederick M. …”
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Breast cancer a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management

Table of Contents: “….] -- Multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of DCIS -- Multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of early breast cancer -- Multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of locally advanced breast cancer -- Multidisciplinary approach in breast reconstruction -- Multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of metastatic disease -- Multidisciplinary approach in the management of locally recurrent disease -- Multidisciplinary approach to the patient's quality of life -- Psychiatric issues in breast cancer / Ilana Monica Braun and Donna Beth Greenberg -- Multidisciplinary considerations : racial disparities in breast cancer / Beverly Moy -- Multidisciplinary breast cancer care in the community / Karen Krag, Robin Schoenthaler, and Jeanne Yu -- Future directions in the treatment of breast cancer.…”
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Workplace-based assessments in psychiatric training

Table of Contents: “…Assessments and their utility: looking to the future Valerie Wass; Index.…”
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Public private partnerships a global review

Table of Contents: “…An overview of public private partnership -- PPP applications in australia infrastructure development -- Developments of public private partnership in Belgium -- Public private partnerships in Canada -- Public private partnership development in China -- Perspectives on the limited emergence of public-private partnerships in Finland 7. public private partnership in Greece -- Public private partnership in Hong Kong -- Public private partnership infrastructure development in India -- Defining public-private partnership in infrastructure development within the Indonesian context -- Public private partnerships in the republic of Ireland -- Public private partnership in Italy : state of art, trends and proposals -- Public private partnership in Japan -- Public private partnership in Malaysia -- The state of public private partnership in Nigeria -- Portugal experience with public-private partnerships -- Public private partnership in Switzerland -- Public-private partnership in major Taiwan infrastructure projects -- Ppp development in Thailand -- Public private partnership implementation in Turkey -- Perspectives on the future of public private partnership in the UK -- Public-private-partnerships in the USA transportation sector.…”
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Introduction to Clinical Psychology by Kramer, Geoffrey P.

Table of Contents: “…Preface - Acknowledgements - Section I: Basic Concepts - Chapter 1: What is Clinical Psychology - Chapter 2: Clinical Psychology's Past and Present - Section II: Assessment - Chapter 3: Basic Features of Clinical Assessment - Chapter 4: Interviewing and Observation in Clinical Psychology - Chapter 5: Testing in Clinical Psychology - Section III: Clinical Interventions - Chapter 6: Basic Features in Clinical Interventions - Chapter 7: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Psychotherapies - Chapter 8: Behavioural and Cognitive- Behaviour Psychotherapies - Chapter 9: Other Modes of Clinical Interventions - Chapter 10: Research on Clinical Interventions - Section IV: Some Clinical Specialities - Chapter 11: Clinical Child Psychology - Chapter 12: Health Psychology - Chapter 13: Clinical Neuropsychology - Chapter 14: Forensic Psychology - Section V: The Future of Clinical Psychology - Chapter 15: Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology - Chapter 16: Getting into Graduate School in Clinical Psychology - References - Name Index - Subject Index - Credits…”
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Psychology builds a healthy world opportunities for research and practice

Table of Contents: “…Repetti -- Afterword : future directions for psychology and health / Norine G. …”
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Music in Jewish thought selected writings, 1890-1920

Table of Contents: “…Solomon Sulzer : reminiscences of Vienna (1890) / Benjamin Franklin Peixotto ; The life of Salomon Sulzer (1903) / Adolph Guttman ; Music of the synagogue (1895) / Gustav Karpeles ; Secular currents in the synagogal chant in America (1918) / Joseph Reider ; A revival of Jewish music (1919) / Joseph Reider ; The future of Jewish music (1919) / Jerome H. Bayer ; Music in the religious school (1919) / Louis Grossman.…”
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FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE by Ross, Stephen A, Jordan, Bradford D, Westerfield, Randolph W

Table of Contents: “…Working with financial statements ; Long-term financial planning and growth -- Part 3: Valuation of future cash flows. Introduction to valuation : the time value of money ; Discounted cash flow valuation ; Interest rates and bond valuation ; Stock valuation -- Part 4: Capital budgeting ; Net present value and other investment criteria ; Making capital investment decisions ; Project analysis and evaluation -- Part 5: Risk and return. …”
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NOVICK & MORROW'S PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Principles for Population-Based Management

Table of Contents: “…Overview of public health administration - Historical developments in public health - Public health and social determinants of health - Systems thinking for public health administration and practice - Organization of the public health system - Professionalism and ethics in public health practice and management - Public health law - Public health policy - Public health finance - The public health workforce - Human resource management for public health - Leadership for public health - Public health information systems and management - Geographic information systems for public health - Public health surveillance - Strategic planning in public health - Performance management in public health - Engaging communities and building constituencies for public health - Evaluation of public health programs - Advancing public health systems research - Social marketing and consumer-based approaches in public health - Prevention, health education, and health promotion - Evidence-based public health management and practice - Social entrepreneurship and sustainable solutions in public health - Disaster preparedness and public health response - Past, present, and future directions for public health and healthcare quality - Global health challenges and opportunities…”
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