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  • 1
    Keywords: Communicable diseases Prevention ; Health planning ; Diseases ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editor -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 A Historic Paradigm Shift in Communicable Diseases in South-East Asia: From Control to Elimination -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Disease Elimination as a Goal-The Early Years -- 1.3 Disease Elimination and the Push for Universal Health Coverage -- 1.4 Elimination in the South-East Asia Region -- 1.5 The Way Forward -- References -- 2 Thailand: Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 The Process -- 2.2.1 The Initial years -- 2.2.2 Reducing Costs -- 2.2.3 Moving Towards Elimination -- 2.3 Other Factors for Success -- 2.4 Maintenance of Validation -- References -- 3 Yaws: Freeing Young Children in India from an Old Scourge -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Disease of the Young -- 3.3 India's Approach to Yaws Elimination -- 3.4 Challenges Faced by India in Its Efforts to Eliminate Yaws -- 3.5 Yaws Elimination in India: Key Elements of Success -- 3.6 The Road Ahead: Lessons Learned -- References -- 4 The Maldives: A Long Battle to Banish Malaria -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Challenges Faced in Eliminating Malaria -- 4.3 The Maldives' Approach to Malaria Elimination: Long Road -- 4.4 Key Elements of Success -- 4.5 Moving Forward: Lessons Learnt -- References -- 5 Unburdening the Poor: Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in the Maldives -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Blueprint for Elimination -- 5.3 Overcoming Challenges to Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis -- 5.4 Long Campaign to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis -- 5.5 Key Elements of Success -- 5.6 Moving Forward: Lessons Learnt -- References -- 6 Sri Lanka: Long Battle to Eliminate Malaria -- 6.1 Background -- 6.2 Malaria in Sri Lanka -- 6.3 A Century of Malaria Control -- 6.4 Challenges to Malaria Control -- 6.5 Elements of Success -- 6.6 Lessons Learnt -- 6.7 Challenges Ahead.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (133 pages)
    ISBN: 9789811655661
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Public Health Ser.
    DDC: 381
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Singapore : Springer
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Scale Matters: Industry Chain Restructuring Amid Deglobalization -- 1.1 Deglobalization: History Has Not Come to an End -- 1.2 Spatial Economy: The World is Not Flat -- 1.3 Non-Neutrality of Technology: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Security -- 1.4 Economies of Scale: China's New Advantage -- 1.5 Return of Industrial Policy: New Wine in an Old Bottle -- 2 Overview of the Industry Chain: From Efficiency to Security -- 2.1 The "Efficiency First" Principle of Industry Chains -- 2.1.1 Division of Labor and Transactions Are at the Core of Industry Chains, Value Chains, and Supply Chains -- 2.1.2 Efficiency of Industry Chains: Transaction Costs, Geographical Factors, and Economies of Scale -- 2.1.3 International Configuration of Industry Chains: Comparative Advantages, Economies of Scale, and Multinational Corporations -- 2.2 Globalization and Deglobalization -- 2.2.1 China Becomes the World's Factory by Improving Efficiency -- 2.2.2 China-US Cooperation is the Main Thread of Globalization -- 2.2.3 Deglobalization: China and the US Shift From Cooperation to Competition -- 2.3 Industry Chain Security Concerns: Controlling the Loss of Efficiency -- 2.3.1 Industry Chain Security: Understanding From Different Perspectives of Companies and Governments -- 2.3.2 Coping with Security Challenges From Rising Geopolitical Risks With a National Innovation System -- 2.3.3 Orderly Competition Between China and the US: Controlling Efficiency Losses From Deglobalization -- 3 New Advantages in Economies of Scale Amid Deglobalization -- 3.1 Economies of Scale Could Become an Important Source of Economic Growth in China -- 3.2 Theoretical Origins and Functions of Large Countries' Scale Advantages -- 3.2.1 Economies of Scale and Scope Together Constitute Large Countries' Scale Advantages.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (375 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819716470
    Language: English
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Singapore : Springer
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Bribery and Other Serious Investor Misconduct in Asian International Arbitration -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Investor-State Arbitration Disputes Implicating Corruption -- 1.3 Arbitral Tribunals' Approaches to Dealing with Corruption -- 1.3.1 The 'Zero Tolerance' Approach -- 1.3.2 The 'Closer Look' Approach -- 1.3.3 The 'It Depends' Approach -- 1.4 Limited Research on 'Asian' Views on Corruption and Investment Arbitration -- 1.5 Developing Asian Perspectives on Corruption and Illegality in Investment Arbitration -- 1.6 Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Part I The Economic Context of Corruption and Investment -- 2 Does Corruption Hinder Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Asia and Beyond? The Grabbing Versus the Helping Hand Revisited -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Economic Cost of Corruption -- 2.3 Review of the Empirical Literature on Corruption -- 2.3.1 The Corruption and Investment Debate -- 2.3.2 What Do the Data Tell Us? -- 2.3.3 Empirical Analysis -- 2.4 Discussion of the Results -- 2.4.1 The Corruption-Growth-FDI Relationship -- 2.4.2 Digging Deeper: Is the Corruption-Growth-FDI Relationship Non-linear? -- 2.4.3 The Corruption-FDI Relationship -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Appendix: Sample of Asian Countries -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Effect of Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment at the Regional Level: A Positive or Negative Relationship? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Corruption and FDI: A Controversial Relationship -- 3.3 Empirical Model and Estimations -- 3.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix: Descriptive Statistics for Table 3.2 -- Notes -- References -- Part II General Legal Issues from the Interface of Corruption, Illegality and Investment Arbitration.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (463 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819993031
    Series Statement: Asia in Transition Series v.22
    Language: English
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  • 4
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Service Composition for Smart Cities -- Consistent and Quality-Aware Service Composition in Smart Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Service Composition in Cyber Space -- 2.1 Background Around 2010 -- 2.2 Different Quality Aspects in Service Selection -- 2.3 Self-Adaptive Network-Aware Service Selection -- 2.4 Consistency in Service Selection -- 2.5 Service Selection in Cloud Computing -- 3 Service Composition in Physical Space -- 3.1 Background Around 2015 -- 3.2 EU-Japan Smart City Projects -- 3.3 Consistency in Physical Service Composition -- 3.4 Verification Framework -- 3.5 Runtime Adaptation -- 4 Retrospective Discussion -- 4.1 Services Computing -- 4.2 Impact on the Author -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Designing and Analyzing Human-in-the-Loop Service Compositions -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Approach -- 1.3 Structure of This Chapter -- 2 Human-in-the-Loop Service Composition -- 2.1 A Language Service Composition Example -- 2.2 Composition of Web Services and Human Activities -- 3 Empirical Study on Human-in-the-Loop Translation Services -- 3.1 Experiment Design -- 3.2 Experiment Results -- 3.3 Discussion -- 4 Human-in-the-Loop Service Design for Supporting Real-World Multilingual Activities -- 4.1 Designing Composite Services for Real-World Applications -- 4.2 Service Design Process -- 4.3 Experiment, Result and Analysis -- 5 Analyzing Crowdsourcing Workflow Models -- 5.1 Crowdsourcing Workflows -- 5.2 Modeling Iterative and Parallel Processes -- 5.3 Workflow Optimization -- 5.4 Implementing Crowdsourcing Workflow Models -- 6 Related Work -- 6.1 Human Activities in Service Composition -- 6.2 User-Centered Composite Service Design -- 6.3 Crowdsourcing Workflow Models -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Human-Machine Collaboration for a Multilingual Service Platform.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (311 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819707799
    Language: English
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  • 5
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (511 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819986316
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Physics Series v.393
    Language: English
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    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (348 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819704873
    Language: English
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    Online Resource
    Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Anarchive of Memories: Restor(y)ing Cold-War Childhoods -- Mnemo ZIN -- 1. Who Do I Remember For? Memory as Genre and Dark Pleasures of Trauma Witnessing -- Petar Odak -- Diasporic Knowledges in Central Asia: (Re)membering in Jeong -- Olga Mun -- 2. 'I Wanted to See the Man with that Mark on his Forehead': A Historian, Her Childhood Experiences, and the Power of Memory -- Pia Koivunen -- Rua Liga Dos Comunistas -- José Cossa -- 3. Passing Bye -- Hanna Trampert -- Breakfast Across Borders -- Stefanie Weiss -- 4. The Other Side of the Curtain? Troubling Western Memories of (Post)socialism -- Erica Burman -- Smearing the Portrait -- Lucian Țion -- 5. You Can't Go Home Again… Especially if You Have Never Had One -- Madina Tlostanova -- Smuggling Jewelry -- Tatyana Kleyn -- Sleepy Smuggles -- Sarah Fichtner -- 6. The Power of Other Worlds: Civilisational Frames and Child-Adult Intimacies in Socialist Childhoods -- Jennifer Patico -- The Door -- Khanum Gevorgyan -- 7. Growing up in Cold-War Argentina: Working through the (An)archives of Childhood Memories -- Inés Dussel -- Searching for Childhood Gummi Bears -- Nadine Bernhard -- 8. The Secrets: Connections Across Divides -- Irena Kašparová, Beatrice Scutaru, Zsuzsa Millei, Josefine Raasch, and Katarzyna Gawlicz -- Open Coffin -- Irena Kašparová -- 9. Mysterious Cotton Pieces: Childhood Memories of Menstruation -- Katarzyna Gawlicz and Zsuzsa Millei -- Soviet Feminism? -- Nadia Tsulukidze -- 10. Lift Up Your Arms! Elite Athletes and Cold-War Childhoods -- Susanne Gannon and Stefanie Weiss -- Losing Balance -- Tatyana Kleyn -- Adult Hospital Ward -- Irena Kašparová -- 11. Children on their Own: Cold-War Childhood Memories of Unsupervised Times -- Nadine Bernhard and Kathleen Falkenberg -- Nokia -- Nelli Piattoeva -- Blackberry Picking -- Rahim Rahimov.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (430 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781805111870
    Language: English
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    Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers
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    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (802 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781805110019
    Language: English
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    Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Personal Note -- Notation and Terminology -- 0 Introduction -- 0.1 The Book -- 0.2 The Notion of an Economy -- 0.3 Examples of Economies -- 0.4 Equilibrium Concepts -- 1 Equilibrium in the Jungle -- 1.1 The Housing Jungle: Model and Equilibrium -- 1.2 The Jungle Equilibrium: Welfare -- 1.3 Comparison to the Competitive Equilibrium -- 1.4 Comments on the Jungle Equilibrium -- 1.5 The Division Jungle -- 1.6 The Division Jungle: Comments on Welfare -- 1.7 A Didactic Perspective -- 2 The Permissible and the Forbidden -- 2.1 The Y-Equilibrium Concept -- 2.2 Y-Equilibrium, Pareto Optimality, and Envy-Freeness -- 2.3 Euclidean Economies -- 2.4 The ``Kosher'' Economy -- 2.5 Convex Y-Equilibrium -- 2.6 Pareto Optimality and Existence of Convex Y-Equilibrium -- 2.7 A Structure Theorem for Convex Y-equilibrium -- 2.8 The Division Economy -- 2.9 The Give-and-Take Economy -- 2.10 The Stay Close Economy -- 3 Status and Indoctrination -- 3.1 Status Equilibrium -- 3.2 Status Equilibrium … Examples -- 3.3 A Detour: Convex Preferences -- 3.4 Primitive Equilibrium -- 3.5 A First Welfare Theorem -- 3.6 A Second Welfare Theorem -- 3.7 Primitive Equilibrium … Examples -- 3.8 Initial Status Equilibrium -- 4 Biased Preferences Equilibrium -- 4.1 The Economy and the Equilibrium Concept -- 4.2 The Give-and-Take Economy -- 4.3 The Fixed-Prices Exchange Economy -- 4.4 Housing-Type Economies -- 5 A Comparison to Game Theory -- 5.1 The Matching Economy -- 5.2 The Jungle Equilibrium -- 5.3 Restricting Partnerships: Pairwise Y-equilibrium -- 5.4 Prestige by Partner: Status Equilibrium -- 5.5 Prestige by Self: Initial Status Equilibrium -- 5.6 A Comparison of Approaches -- 5.7 The Majority Voting Economy -- 5.8 Convex Y-equilibrium -- 5.9 Biased Preferences Equilibrium -- 5.10 The Majority Voting Game and Nash Equilibrium.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (154 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781805113102
    Language: English
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  • 10
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    Online Resource
    Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Arabic Documents from Nubia for index 22 Apr -- 1. Preliminaries 21 Apr.pdf -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Arabic Documents from Qaṣr Ibrīm -- 2.1. The Site of Qaṣr Ibrīm -- 2.2. The Arabic Papyrus -- 2.3. Medieval Scrolls -- 2.4. Documents from the Ottoman Period -- 2.5. The Medieval Documents Published in this Volume -- 2.5.1. Preliminary Remarks -- 2.5.2. Numbering Systems16F -- 2.5.3. Provenance of the Documents17F -- 2.5.3.1. 1966 -- 2.5.3.2. 1974 -- 2.5.3.3. 1978 -- 2.5.4. Overview of the Content of the Documents -- 3. The Correspondence with Eparchs -- 3.1. Preliminary Remarks -- 3.2. The Eparchs -- 3.2.1. Uruwī -- 3.2.2. Darmā -- 3.2.3. Īsū -- 3.3. Titles of the Eparchs -- 3.4. The Correspondents with the Eparch -- 3.5. The Content of the Correspondence with the Eparch -- 3.5.1. Courtesy and Equality -- 3.5.2. Request for Protection -- 3.5.3. Permission to Leave Nubia Safely -- 3.5.4. Protection of Property -- 3.5.5. Communications with the Nubian King -- 3.5.6. Trade -- 3.5.7. Complaints -- 3.5.8. Political Events -- 3.6. The Structure of the Letters -- 3.6.1. Opening -- 3.6.2. Closure -- 3.6.2.1. Offer of Service in Return for a Request -- 3.6.2.2. Request for the Sending of News -- 3.6.2.3. Sending of Greetings -- 3.6.2.4. Closure Formulas -- 3.6.3. Postscripts -- 4. Other Correspondence and Accounts -- 4.1. Correspondents -- 4.2. Overview of Subject Matter -- 4.3. Relations with the Nubian King -- 4.4. Grain for Nubians -- 4.5. Trade -- 4.6. The Structure of the Letters -- 4.6.1. Opening -- 4.6.2. Closure -- 5. Legal Documents -- 5.1. Document 44: Lease of Land (Rajab 518 AH/August 1124 AD)44F -- 5.2. Document 45: Lease of a Boat (566 AH/1170 AD) -- 5.3. Document 46 Recto: Document of Testimony -- 5.4. Document 46 Verso: Document of Sale.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (856 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781805112327
    Series Statement: Semitic Languages and Cultures Series v.24
    Language: English
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