Ebook IT Governance

The aim of this book is to assist those doctors undertaking minor surgery in their Practices. It is intended to present a practical, clear and concise text. This is accompanied by easy to follow illustrations. The contents of the book are governed by two considerations. Firstly, it covers only those procedures which are safe for the patient.

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Ebook "Enterprise information systems assurance & system security: Managerial & technical issues" brings together authoritative authors to address the most pressing challenge in the IT field - how to create secure environments for the application of technology to serve our future needs.

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The primary objective for the book is as an environmental management textbook for tertiary students – in post graduate level environmental management courses though it should not be restricted to courses within environmental schools but should include other courses which I believe have a greater need for a well-rounded environmental management education: business, finance and engineering.

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This book contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representation. It bridges the gap between formal models and theoretically weak empirical analyses. The chapters stay close to the results of the formal literature, but they provide a more realistic description of how the democratic control of governments operates.

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This book is designed to address the challenges of Performance Budgeting in support of the Millennium Development Goals and in particular, how it applies to development issues in the Least Developed Countries. The United Nations Capital Development Fund supports the work of local governments in LDCs to plan, prioritize, implement and finance socio-economic infrastructure investments.

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The book looks at federal ideas stretching back to the sixteenth century and demonstrates their fundamental continuity to contemporary European integration. It situates these ideas in the broad context of post-war western Europe and underlines their practical relevance in the activities of Jean Monnet and Altiero Spinelli. Post-war empirical developments are explored from a federalist perspective, revealing an enduring persistence of federal ideas which have been either ignored or overlooked in conventional interpretations.

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Policy making is not only about the cut and thrust of politics. It is also a bureaucratic activity. In this ground-breaking work, two leading authorities come together to examine the world of the policy bureaucrat for the first time. The volume draws in crucial debates over accountability and democratic ideology, hierarchy and expertise, and should establish itself as a central point of reference for scholars and practitioners alike.

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The bureaucracy is the fourth branch of government, often receiving attention in times of emergency or when it is the object of criticism from the media or politicians. Less understood is how bureaucratic institutions function in a democracy, both from an organizational perspective and as institutional participants within the political arena. Drawing on rational choice approaches, computationally intensive data and modeling techniques, and systematic empirical inquiry, this original collection of essays highlights the important role bureaucracies play in shaping public policy-making.

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An examination of the elements explicit to the Japanese post war governing system that enable the national ministries to extend their administrative authority over the political economy. It argues that the insular model defies structural reform and prevents the implementation of economic and social policies that can resolve socio-economic problems.

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Ebook "Developing adaptation policy and practice in Europe: Multi-level governance of climate change" will not be sufficient for us to avoid climate change and we will need to adapt to its consequences. This book targets the development of adaptation policy in European countries with different relations between central and regional/local government.

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Ebook "Sustainability performance evaluation system in government: A balanced scorecard approach towards sustainable development" will be of great interest to researchers and practitioners at many levels of environmental / sustainability, public management and strategic control studies. Evaluators will find methodological approaches and applied tools for their work. Decision-makers and managers will find it valuable to manage the social, economic and environmental issues in a balanced and integrated manner.

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Ebook "Restoration and development of the degraded Loess Plateau, China" presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land degradation and desertification problems. Supported by a rapidly developing Chinese economy and the dissemination of effective technology, the Grain-for-Green Project and Western Development Action launched by the Chinese government have resulted in successful ecological restoration and protection over the past 30 years.

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Ebook "Food security governance in the arctic-barents region" provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the major food security and safety challenges faced in the Arctic region. The authors address existing gaps in current knowledge of the coordination and implementation of legal framework and policy that affects the Arctic. The volume is unique in its focus on the Barents region, an area of northern Europe containing Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The region has a population of approximately 5.2 million, including indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.

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Ebook "Smart wormlike micelles: Design, characteristics and applications" provides an up-to-date overview of smart surfactants and describes a broad spectrum of triggers that induce the formation of wormlike micelles or reversibly tune the morphology of surfactant aggregates from wormlike micelles to another state, or vice versa.

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Part 1 book "Steam turbines for modern Fossil-Fuel power plants" includes content: Start up technologies as applied to different start up systems, start up instructions for steam turbine power units and their improvement, scheduled and unscheduled load changes within and beyond the governed range, cycling operation and its influence on turbine performances,... and other contents.

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Part 1 book "It governance - A managers guide to data security" includes content: Why is information security necessary the combined code; the turnbull report and sarbanes–oxley; organizing information security; information security policy and scope; the risk assessment and statement of applicability; external parties; asset management; human resources security, physical and environmental security, equipment security, communications and operations management, controls against malicious software (malware) and back-ups.

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Part 2 book "It governance - A managers guide to data security" includes content: Network security management and media handling, exchanges of information, electronic commerce services, E-mail and internet use, access control, network access control, operating system access control, application access control and teleworking, systems acquisition, development and maintenance,.... and other contents.

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Ebook Physical logical security convergence: Powered by enterprise security management - Part 1 includes contents: Chapter 1 introduction; chapter 2 the evolution of physical security; chapter 3 security convergence: what is it anyway?; chapter 4 the challenges surrounding security convergence; chapter 5 IT governance and enterprise security policy; chapter 6 the evolution of global security solutions; chapter 7 positioning security: politics, industry, and business value.

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Ebook "Computer simulation of polymeric materials: Applications of the OCTA system" is the first to introduce a mesoscale polymer simulation system called OCTA. With its name derived from "Open Computational Tool for Advanced material technology," OCTA is a unique software product, available without charge, that was developed in a project funded by Japanese government. This volume is strongly recommended as a valuable resource for both academic and industrial researchers who work in polymer simulation.

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Ebook "Electron microscopy in heterogeneous catalysis (Series in Microscopy in materials science)" addresses a number of issues that are fundamental to the understanding of heterogeneous catalysis by oxides and supported metals. The properties of a catalyst are governed by its microstructure and chemistry on an atomic scale, and electron microscopy methods are essential to directly analyze these properties.

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