This books builds on 'Finance 1: Portfolio Theory and Management'. Both volumes are linked through the asset allocation process. While Finance 1 focuses on portfolio theory and strategic asset allocation,...

A country's areas of strategic interest are defined by its values, principles, and expectations. In this context, unprecedented opportunities are emerging for two key Atlantic States—Brazil and Morocco—to...

The confidence with which this work was first introduced has been well justified by the result - a very large edition having been disposed of. Very rarely, if ever, has a work so comprehensive been published...

The issue of race appears at various points in Kant's writing. He dedicated three essays to developing a theory of human races in 1775, 1785, and 1788. He made racist remarks in those and many other texts....

As data-driven methods for defect detection become more prevalent in the railway industry, the demand for high-quality data continues to grow. However, field experiments are often time-consuming and constrained...

Let’s talk about the U.S.A is a series of dialogs which talk about the United States of America such as the history, the 13 former colonies, the federal government, the fl ag, the constitution, the Presidents,...

While all field theories are nowadays available in a modern, differential geometric, coordinate free formulation on manifolds this has been so far only rudimentary accomplished in general non-equilibrium...

I developed this textbook for tutoring (high school and college) and revised it during lectures at various colleges. It contains subsequently edited and colored photos of our whiteboard pictures and explains...

In multiple ways, the year 2022 is proving to be one of the most conflicted since the end of the Cold War. The International Structure is at an inflection point; global power is shifting. A series of...

Taking human factors into account, a visual servoing approach aims to facilitate robots with real-time situational information to accomplish tasks in direct and proximate collaboration with people. A...

This study comparatively analyzes the actual implementation of RIA in Germany and Korea. To reach the destination, the legislative process, the system of RIA, and the immigration law and policy in both...

It is wonderful: you will be able to understand The Garden of Earthly Delights! Hieronymus Bosch’s famous painting is explained here as an enjoyable theological essay. The painter did not create a ‘Find...

Smart Data is the new trend following the Big Data hype. The focus shifts from pure mass towards quality of data and the added value that data analysis can provide. To this end, Location-Based Social...

In evacuation planning the capacities of the street network are usually assumed as in daily-traffic. However, such rare and unique situations induce disaster-related or traffic-related factors which affect...

We are living in the 21st century, the century of communication and innovation! Nevertheless, many companies and educational institutions have not yet arrived there; teaching materials and teaching methods...

Doubtless Sanskrit must be called a difficult language. This is a fact that cannot be helped. But even though nothing can be done about the language itself, some thoughts may be given to the preparation...

A dissertation dealing with the low thermal budget requirements of mondern solar cells. An advanced low temperature ITO deposition is demonstrated. Low thermal budget annealing of passivation layer...

I believe in passing on knowledge to further generations, inspiring scientists and mathematicians of today and tomorrow. By making books about graph theory, I can make my vision happen and leave a mark...

Power flow computations are a cornerstone of many simulations regarding the electric grid. This thesis evaluates the landscape of power flow computation methods with a focus on practical computational...

There may not be beauty in suffering, but there are always glimmers of hope. This message could not be any clearer than in R. Ryöväri's poetry collection titled Sleepless on top of the Mountain. In her...

Internet and mobile technologies are drivers for innovation and growth. Entrepreneurs all over the world are using these technologies to develop new user-centered products and launch new business models....

The way we prepare and analyse tests has evolved, as well as the way we perform and conduct those tests. However, we all concluded that the face-to-face exchange could not be replaced by any digital event....

This book is the third component in the ROAL model; it suggests a relation between language and mathematical models of totality relying on verifiability and observability/objectivity models of the linguistic...

The increasing integration of renewable energies is driving the transformation of the power grid in Germany. Renewable energy sources, which are mostly allocated in distribution grids, are replacing fossil...

The nations of the world were barely out of the most painful and costly phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and were still dealing with its consequences, when they were forced also to address the effects of...

"The Handbook of Single Payment Present Worth (SPPW) Factors" provides an easy method to calculate the present value of single payments. For negative and positive interest rates and a period up to 40...

As a protagonist of our times, the digital world has wrapped us inside a great illusion: that all the knowledge is just a click away from our fingertips. No great effort required, the Network does it...

The Handbook of Uniform Series Compound Amount (USCA) Factors provides an easy method to calculate the future value of an annuity. For negative and positive interest rates and periods up to 40 years this...

The Handbook of Uniform Series Present Worth (USPW) Factors provides an easy method to calculate the present value of an annuity. For negative and positive interest rates and periods up to 40 years this...

The Handbook of Uniform Series Sinking Fund (USSF) Factors provides an easy method to calculate the annuity of a future value. For negative and positive interest rates and periods up to 40 years this...