A context is a surround. We are all situated or positioned in particular, but changing, contexts; which means that we are surrounded. Inevitably, however, we are part of our surroundings. It is perfectly true that we often feel disconnected from our surroundings. Sometimes we are just amused, even cynical, observers; or we can feel positively detached from what is going on around us (when it re…
Window functions, to me, are the most profound feature supported by both standard SQL and Microsoft SQL Server’s dialect—T-SQL. They allow you to perform calculations against sets of rows in a flexible, clear, and efficient manner. The design of window functions is ingenious, overcoming a number of shortcomings of the traditional alternatives. The range of problems that window functions hel…
For much of the last 20 years, I have sifted through thousands of files relating to hundreds of relationships involving financial institutions in different parts of the world that have either facilitated crimes or laundered the proceeds of crimes on behalf of customers. I have tried to maintain a balanced perspective, recognising that many financial institutions are committed to the preventio…
Welcome to the wonderful world of Silverlight, Microsoft's platform for building Rich Internet Applications (RIA). The earliest versions of Silverlight focused on rich media, interactivity, and animation. Now Silverlight has gotten down to business with new features geared towards making business application development faster and easier. Of course, you still have access to all the graphics and…
ABSTRACT: This article provides a summary of economic issues found in Atlas Shrugged. It discusses the role of individual initiative, creativity, and productivity in economic progress as illustrated in this novel. It also shows the novel’s depiction of the benefits of trade—and the destruction of exchange relationships and production that results from government intervention in the econom…
Our world is dominated by an urban culture. Cities not only represent economies of density, but also economics of interaction. They incorporate both quantity and quality. Cities are not just geographical settlements of people, they are also the ‘home of man’ (Ward 1976). They reflect the varied history of mankind and are at the same time contemporaneous expressions of the diversity of human…
I wrote my first book on JavaScript 15 years ago, and had to scramble just to find enough material to fill a book. With the JavaScript Cookbook, I had to choose among hundreds of uses to determine what to include. After all these years of watching JavaScript grow, I am still surprised at how far-reaching the use of JavaScript has become. In my opinion, there is no more useful programming langua…
While there are numerous papers and other forms of documentation on Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT), most of them focus on helping the platform designer and operating system vendor (OSV) implement the technology on a hardware or software platform. There are, however, a small amount of engineering, marketing and positioning materials that focus on the outcome or the use of the…
One of the most difficult problems confronting patients with various disorders and diseases is finding the best help available. Everyone is aware of friends or family who have sought treatment from a seemingly reputable practitioner, only to find out later from another doctor that the original diagnosis was wrong or the treatments recommended were inappropriate or perhaps even harmful.
This book will dive into a diverse set of real-world scenarios to deliver sample business solutions that can serve as the foundation for your own solutions. It draws from the author's extensive experience with SharePoint to leverage the platform's underlying services to provide solutions that can support social collaboration, content and document management, as well as project collaboration. Ea…
Over the past half century, the years in which Richard Jolly has been working as a development economist and practitioner, he led or contributed to some major changes in development thinking. This collection of essays illumi- nates and evaluates some consequences of these changes in approach. Two broad categories of change can be distinguished: first, from an exclusive focus on aggregate inco…
Most web applications are changed and adapted frequently and quickly. Their envi- ronment, for example the size and the behaviour of the user base, are constantly chang- ing. What was sufficient yesterday can be insufficient today. Especially in a web envi- ronment it is important to monitor and continuously improve the software quality not only when developing, but also when maintaining the so…
Stunning developments in healthcare have taken place over the last several years, but many of our widely accepted interventions and strate- gies in mental health and behavioral medicine have been brought into question by research evidence as not only lacking benefit, but perhaps, inducing harm