Access Points

Author: Sean D. Ehrlich
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199737533
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Access Points develops a new theory about how democratic institutions influence policy outcomes. Access Point Theory argues that the more points of access that institutions provide to interest groups, the cheaper lobbying will be, and, thus, the more lobbying will occur. This will lead to more complex policy, as policymakers insert specific provisions to benefit special interests, and, if one side of the debate has a lobbying advantage, to more biased policy, as the advantaged side is able to better take advantage of the cheaper lobbying. This book then uses Access Point Theory to explain why some countries have more protectionist and more complex trade policies than other; why some countries have stronger environmental and banking regulations than others; and why some countries have more complicated tax codes than others. In policy area after policy area, this book finds that more access points lead to more biased and more complex policy. Access Points provides scholars with a powerful tool to explain how political institutions matter and why countries implement the policies they do.

Swimming

Author: Stephen Timblin
Publisher: Cherry Lake
ISBN: 1602794073
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
In the complex world of the 21st century, the ability to use innovation to solve problems or make products better is a critical skill for kids to possess. This book uses a sport kid's love, swimming, to highlight how innovation has been used to make the sport and the people who compete in it, better.

Information Hiding

Author: Fabien A. P. Petitcolas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540004211
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 438

Book Description
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Information Hiding, IH 2002, held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, in October 2002. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and revision from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information hiding and networking, anonymity, fundamentals of watermarking, watermarking algorithms, attacks on watermarking algorithms, steganography algorithms, steganalysis, and hiding information in unusual content.

ABA Journal

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.

Sweet

Author: Heather Byer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594489365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
A New York journalist recounts how she took up playing pool as a means of alleviating stress, in a memoir that traces her experiences from her attendance at instructional classes and her attempts to find a team to her unexpected wins and losses.

Boundless

Author: Danielle Strickland
Publisher: Monarch Books
ISBN: 0857214527
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
- What if there were ways to live that filled you, rather than depleting you? - What if there were an ocean of joy, freedom and wholeness within reach? - What if you could tap into an inexhaustible resource of power and love? - What would your life look like without fear? These are the questions God put deep inside of us, so we'd go looking for more. Looking for more is what this book is all about ' a massive jump into a boundless ocean of love. Take the plunge!

Individual and Group Decision Making

Author: N. John Castellan
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1134767978
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
The idea for this volume took root during a recent annual convention of the American Psychological Association. The contributors share a common vision of research in their particular area and have had an opportunity to debate and clarify their ideas. Taken as a whole, the fifteen chapters provide an exciting perspective of the field and form a basic set of readings for courses on individual and group decision making in a variety of disciplines. The coverage from basic laboratory research to complex applied group decision processes should challenge researchers and students to pursue the field of decision making as enthusiastic scientists and practitioners.

Global Crime [2 volumes]

Author: Philip L. Reichel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440860157
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 860

Book Description
A definitive resource for understanding such far-reaching and often interconnected crimes as cyber theft, drug trafficking, human smuggling, identity theft, wildlife poaching, and sex tourism. While many international corporations have benefited from the global economy and distribution of information, globalization has also had serious negative consequences. This important reference work offers students and general readers a critical understanding of how technology, governments, political unrest, war, and economic strife contribute to an increase in global crime. This A–Z encyclopedia covers key people, events, and organizations and includes key documents that will help readers to understand the numerous problems created by the many transnational crimes that are growing in severity and frequency around the world. Entries address perpetrators and their methods; victims; who really profits; and law enforcement responses. In addition to cyber theft and sales of weapons and narcotics, the set provides a detailed look at global crimes not typically covered, such as corruption, fraudulent medicine, illegal sports betting, organ trafficking, maritime piracy, trafficking in cultural property, and wildlife and forest crime. Although some historical events and people are included, the focus is on recent and contemporary topics.

Reality Ends Here

Author: Alison Gaylin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476727597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
From the Edgar-nominated author of Into the Dark comes the riveting and witty story of a teenage girl caught between her image-obsessed family—stars of a hit reality show about her sextuplet siblings—and the long-buried truth about her biological father. With a major crush on an adorable pop star, annoying younger siblings, and a mom and stepdad who are too strict, Estella Blanchard is a typical teenage girl—except that her daily struggles are plotlines on the reality show Seven Is Heaven, which relentlessly documents her life as the older half-sister of sextuplets. Estella’s an Oscar-worthy actress at hiding her true feelings from the camera. However, she can’t outrun the spotlight when she receives a Christmas present from her biological father...who died ten years ago under mysterious circumstances. Blamed for this “sick prank,” Estella is placed in an unorthodox support group for troubled child stars—including a twenty-three-year-old has-been, a backstabbing drama queen, and a super-cute (but very off-limits) boy bander. And, as weird as the group is, when a creepy paparazzo starts stalking her, claiming that her dad is actually alive, Estella's going to need their help to uncover the truth and stay alive.

Introduction to Robust Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

Author: Rand R. Wilcox
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128200995
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 930

Book Description
Introduction to Robust Estimating and Hypothesis Testing, Fifth Edition is a useful 'how-to' on the application of robust methods utilizing easy-to-use software. This trusted resource provides an overview of modern robust methods, including improved techniques for dealing with outliers, skewed distribution curvature, and heteroscedasticity that can provide substantial gains in power. Coverage includes techniques for comparing groups and measuring effect size, current methods for comparing quantiles, and expanded regression methods for both parametric and nonparametric techniques. The practical importance of these varied methods is illustrated using data from real world studies. Over 1700 R functions are included to support comprehension and practice. - Includes the latest developments in robust regression - Provides many new, improved and accessible R functions - Offers comprehensive coverage of ANOVA and ANCOVA methods