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China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

China has long adhered to a principle of �non-interference� in other states� affairs. However as more of its companies have been investing in projects overseas and millions of its nationals are travelling abroad Beijing is finding itself progressively involved in other countries � through the need to protect these interests and citizens. During the turmoil of the Arab Spring in 2011 China was compelled to evacuate more than 35 000 Chinese workers and expatriates from Libya and later it led the hunt for the killers of 13 Chinese sailors in the Golden Triangle region of the Mekong River. In 2015 Beijing sent a combat battalion to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan where it has huge oil ventures. Its plans to construct a New Silk Road will mean new commercial endeavours to protect in Pakistan. The shift in Chinese foreign policy towards a more interventionist approach in protecting nationals abroad has not been the result of grand strategy but an adjustment to unfolding events. The large risk appetite of state-owned Chinese business is inexorably drawing the Chinese state into security hotspots and as China becomes a great power its people are openly calling on their government to protect compatriots caught in crises overseas including via military means. While much attention has focused on Beijing�s increasingly assertive behaviour in disputed Asian seas this book highlights another equally important area of change with potentially far-reaching consequences for international security. | China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

GBP 160.00
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Real-Time Embedded Multithreading Using ThreadX

Real-Time Embedded Multithreading Using ThreadX

This second edition of Real-Time Embedded Multithreading contains the fundamentals of developing real-time operating systems and multithreading with all the new functionality of ThreadX Version 5. ThreadX has been deployed in approximately 500 million devices worldwide. General concepts and terminology are detailed along with problem solving of common pitfalls and problems. The features and services of ThreadX are reviewed. The references to a specific processor have been removed to allow for the book to be technology agnostic and applicable to all types of microprocessors that the reader may be working with. Two e-book supplements will be available with registration of your book at www. newnespress. com the first on ARM processors and the second ColdFire processors. | Real-Time Embedded Multithreading Using ThreadX

GBP 160.00
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The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as 300 Spiderman 3 Predator and others with lessons on how-to:* splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm off* create a scene with actors running from an explosion* create the twin effect (same actor same location 2 performances)* produce space-ship dog fightsOrganized in a 'cookbook' style this allows you to reference a certain effect in the index and immediately access concise instructions to create that effect. Techniques are demonstrated in each of the most popular software tools- After Effects Final Cut Studio Photoshop and Combustion are all covered. Brilliant 4-color presentation provides inspiration and stimulating visual guidance to the lessons presented while the downloadable resources contain project media files enabling you to put concepts learned into immediate practice. | The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

GBP 140.00
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Checklists for Due Diligence

Checklists for Due Diligence

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Designed to help you make your due diligence process as smooth and effective as possible this collection of checklists by acknowledged expert Peter Howson will ensure you manage the risk aspects of any acquisition. The author takes you through the due diligence process itself from legal financial and commercial to employment and IT and guides you through the collection. Each checklist includes a short introduction that enables you to make the best use of the material. Due Diligence is by its nature a process for which checklists are a wonderful source of ideas and reassurance. Peter Howson's checklists (all of which are repeated in PDF form on the downloadable resources) is a must-have reference for anyone contemplating a merger or acquisition a management buyout joint venture or other risky business transactions involving third parties. | Checklists for Due Diligence

GBP 175.00
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Survival Analysis

Survival Analysis

Survival analysis generally deals with analysis of data arising from clinical trials. Censoring truncation and missing data create analytical challenges and the statistical methods and inference require novel and different approaches for analysis. Statistical properties essentially asymptotic ones of the estimators and tests are aptly handled in the counting process framework which is drawn from the larger arm of stochastic calculus. With explosion of data generation during the past two decades survival data has also enlarged assuming a gigantic size. Most statistical methods developed before the millennium were based on a linear approach even in the face of complex nature of survival data. Nonparametric nonlinear methods are best envisaged in the Machine Learning school. This book attempts to cover all these aspects in a concise way. Survival Analysis offers an integrated blend of statistical methods and machine learning useful in analysis of survival data. The purpose of the offering is to give an exposure to the machine learning trends for lifetime data analysis. Features: Classical survival analysis techniques for estimating statistical functional and hypotheses testing Regression methods covering the popular Cox relative risk regression model Aalen’s additive hazards model etc. Information criteria to facilitate model selection including Akaike Bayes and Focused Penalized methods Survival trees and ensemble techniques of bagging boosting and random survival forests A brief exposure of neural networks for survival data R program illustration throughout the book

GBP 99.99
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Sample Sizes for Clinical Trials

Sample Sizes for Clinical Trials

Sample Sizes for Clinical Trials Second Edition is a practical book that assists researchers in their estimation of the sample size for clinical trials. Throughout the book there are detailed worked examples to illustrate both how to do the calculations and how to present them to colleagues or in protocols. The book also highlights some of the pitfalls in calculations as well as the key steps that lead to the final sample size calculation. Features: Comprehensive coverage of sample size calculations including Normal binary ordinal and survival outcome data Covers superiority equivalence non-inferiority bioequivalence and precision objectives for both parallel group and crossover designs Highlights how trial objectives impact the study design with respect to both the derivation of sample formulae and the size of the study Motivated with examples of real-life clinical trials showing how the calculations can be applied New edition is extended with all chapters revised some substantially and four completely new chapters on multiplicity cluster trials pilot studies and single arm trials The book is primarily aimed at researchers and practitioners of clinical trials and biostatistics and could be used to teach a course on sample size calculations. The importance of a sample size calculation when designing a clinical trial is highlighted in the book. It enables readers to quickly find an appropriate sample size formula with an associated worked example complemented by tables to assist in the calculations.

GBP 89.99
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LeanSpeak The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary

LeanSpeak The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary

This dictionary specific to lean business processes contains over 500 terms used in lean management and manufacturing. Easy to access accurate and comprehensive LeanSpeak will become the desktop tool of choice for lean manufacturing practitioners from the shop floor to the corner office. Here are some examples of entries in LeanSpeak:gemba: Japanese word of which the literal translation is the real place. In the manufacturing field gemba means the shop floor where the actual product is being made as contrasted to the office where support services are provided. lean: shorthand to refer to a lean manufacturing system of which the Toyota Production System is the foremost example that has relatively little non-value-adding waste and maximum flow. The term has been used pejoratively to refer to anti-labor practices intending to reduce the number of workers within a company and to strong-arm tactics with suppliers. takt time: the rate at which product must be turned out to satisfy market demand. It is determined by dividing the available production time by the rate of customer demand. For example if customers demand 240 widgets per day and the factory operates 480 minutes per day takt time is two minutes. If customers want two new products designed per month takt time is two weeks. It is a calculated number not a reflection of your capability. It sets the pace of production to match the rate of customer demand. Also available as an ebook in Microsoft Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader or Palm Reader formats. | LeanSpeak The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary

GBP 170.00
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