This is the 22nd AFBE Conference, a proud record for an academic conference, and we hope it is also an indication of the value of AFBE to business and management scholars within the region. Sampoerna University organizes the 2018 AFBE Conference with the theme of “Business Innovation, Sustainability, and Disruption Technology: Challenges and Opportunities”. This topic has taken growing attention among not only practitioners but also academics. Nowadays there are numerous new ventures that offer novel products or services that may disrupt established industry. More and more people should be aware of the challenges and opportunities and thus forced to become more agile and competitive in the today's business environment. There is four invited speakers, Ir. Airlangga Hartanto, MBA (Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia), Dr. Chris Perryer (University of Western Australia), Dr. Marthin Nanere (La Trobe University, Australia), and Reza Ashari Nasution, Ph.D .(Institut Teknologi Bandung).
The book is a collection of best selected research papers presented at the International Conference on Advances in Information Communication Technology and Computing (AICTC 2022), held in Government Engineering College Bikaner, Bikaner, India during 17 – 18 December 2022. The book covers ICT-based approaches in the areas of ICT for Energy Efficiency, Life Cycle Assessment of ICT, Green IT, Green Information Systems, Environmental Informatics, Energy Informatics, Sustainable HCI, or Computational Sustainability.
IPSC organized by Faculty of Economic and Business Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Universiti Teknologi Mara-Malaysia and Universitas Terbuka-Indonesia. IPSC aims to address the challenges associated with the modern research produced in the public sector. As new advancements are constantly emerging, early-career academics, scholars, and researchers are finding it harder to stay abreast of these developments. The conference seeks to provide support to these individuals by helping them stay up-to-date with the latest advancements. The 5th International Public Sector Conference (IPSC) 2023 with the theme "Strategic Alliance and Sustainabillity of Public Sector Organization in Digital Era" with focus and scopes encourages researchers of all levels to showcase their investigative research findings by presenting appropriate papers or presentations at the event, regardless of their particular educational research field. Those who submit the best research articles will be duly rewarded with an incredible opportunity to have their research outcomes published in top-tier publications and magazines that are globally renowned. This not only helps them gain the necessary exposure to spread the word about their research work among international research communities but also opens up numerous opportunities for funding and conducting advanced research projects.
“Want to read something good?. . . If you like my stuff, you’ll like this.”—Stephen King • WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD • WINNER OF THE STRAND MAGAZINE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL A riveting psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously awry, and will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking ending In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. But one morning the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl. In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget his past, until one day he gets a letter containing a chalk man—the same one he and his friends saw when they found the body. Soon he learns that all his old friends received the same note. When one of them is killed, Eddie realizes that saving himself means figuring out what happened all those years ago. But digging into the past proves more dangerous than he could have known. Because in this town, everyone has secrets, no one is innocent, and some will do anything to bury the truth. Praise for The Chalk Man “Wonderfully creepy—like a cold blade on the back of your neck.”—Lee Child “An assured debut that alternates between 1986 and 2016 with unpredictable twists. The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King’s novella Stand by Me. . . . Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town.”—Associated Press “Utterly hypnotic. The Chalk Man is a dream novel, a book of nightmares: haunted and haunting, shot through with shadow and light—a story to quicken the pulse and freeze the blood. A dark star is born.”—A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window “If you can’t get enough of psychological thrillers with sharp twists and turns, you need to read The Chalk Man”—Hello Giggles “I haven’t had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. The Chalk Man changed that.”—Fiona Barton, New York Times bestselling author of The Widow
DFT modulated filter banks for non-orthogonal multicarrier transmission are considered a strong tool to implement both dynamic spectrum access and spectrum sensing in cognitive radio systems where signaling schemes have to meet different objectives. A constrained optimization approach is presented to design a cognitive radio transceiver which can be tailored to system specifications with a reasonable trade-off between performance and implementation efficiency. In interweave cognitive radio, the secondary user receiver is synchronized in time and frequency by designing a synthesis filter bank preamble with periodic symbols in analogy to short training fields in IEEE 802.11a. A simple post-detection integration at the secondary user receiver is employed for differently coherent detection. In underlay cognitive radio, a novel transmission scheme for secondary user power adaptation is proposed aiming to minimize the secondary user average probability of error for bit-interleaved coded modulation. The powers of the subcarrier signals are adapted subject to total power and stochastic chance-based interference constraints in order to provide a confidence level for limiting the interference at the licensed primary user receiver.
Financial Statement Analysis and the Prediction of Financial Distress discusses the evolution of three main streams within the financial distress prediction literature: the set of dependent and explanatory variables used, the statistical methods of estimation, and the modeling of financial distress. Section 1 discusses concepts of financial distress. Section 2 discusses theories regarding the use of financial ratios as predictors of financial distress. Section 3 contains a brief review of the literature. Section 4 discusses the use of market price-based models of financial distress. Section 5 develops the statistical methods for empirical estimation of the probability of financial distress. Section 6 discusses the major empirical findings with respect to prediction of financial distress. Section 7 briefly summarizes some of the more relevant literature with respect to bond ratings. Section 8 presents some suggestions for future research and Section 9 presents concluding remarks.
This first comprehensive guide to helping mentors and mentees bridge gaps between and among cultures—a growing issue in today's diverse workplace—is coauthored by the founder and CEO of the Center for Mentoring Excellence. As the workplace has become more diverse, mentoring has become more challenging. Mentors and mentees may come from very different backgrounds and have limited understanding of each other's cultures and outlooks. But mentoring remains the most powerful tool for creating meaningful relationships, furthering professional development, and increasing engagement and retention. Younger workers and emerging leaders in particular are demanding it. Lisa Z. Fain and Lois J. Zachary offer a timely, evidence-based, practical guide for helping mentors develop the level of cultural competency needed to bridge differences. Firmly rooted in Zachary's well-known four-part mentoring model, the book uses three fictional scenarios featuring three pairs of diverse mentors and mentees to illustrate how key concepts can play out in real life. It offers an array of accessible tools and strategies designed to help you increase your self-awareness and prepare you to embrace and leverage differences in your mentoring relationships. But beyond tips and techniques, Fain and Zachary emphasize that authenticity is the key—the ultimate purpose of this book is to help the mentor and mentee make a genuine connection and learn from each other. That's when the magic really happens.
1. SBI PO Phase II Main Examination is a complete study guide for the upcoming paper 2. This guide is divided into 3 sections 3. Each section is accompanied by Unit Test 4. More than 3500 MCQs are provided for the quick revision of concept 5. Previous Years’ Solved Paper (2019-2015) for thorough practice. 6. 3 Practice Sets are given for practice. The State Bank of India (SBI) has invited applicants to recruit 2000 eligible and dynamic candidates for the posts of Probationary Officer (PO) across India. The current edition of “Study Guide SBI PO Phase I Preliminary Examination 2020-21” has been designed carefully on the exact lines of the latest pattern. The book is divided into 3 different sections that are giving the comprehensive coverage to the syllabus. Every section and sub-section is accompanied with Unit Test for the quick revision of the topics. Along with theories, there are more 3500 MCQs are provided to help aspirants grasp the full knowledge of the type of questions asked in the exam. Previous Years’ Solved Papers [2019-2015] and 3 Practice Sets are provided in the book for thorough practice, analyze the paper pattern. It is a well-organized and well-researched book to get started for the preparation of SBI PO Phase-II. TOC Solved Paper (Pre) 2019 -15, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, 3 Practice Sets.
1. SBI PO Phase I Preliminary Exam book carry 30 practice sets for the upcoming SBI PO exam. 2. Each Practice sets is prepared on the lines of online test paper 3. Previous years solved papers (2019-2015) are provided to know the paper pattern 4. Every paper is accompanied by authentic solutions. The State Bank of India (SBI) has invited applicants to recruit 2000 eligible and dynamic candidates for the posts of Probationary Officer (PO) across India. SBI PO Phase I Preliminary Exam 2020-21 (30 Practice Sets) is a perfect source for aspirants to check on their progress. Each practice set is designed exactly on the lines of latest online test pattern along with their authentic solution. Apart from concentrating on practice sets, this book also provides Solved Papers (2019-2015) right in the beginning to gain insight paper pattern and new questions. Packed with a well-organized set of questions for practice, it is a must-have tool that enhances the learning for this upcoming examination. TABLE OF CONTENT Solved Paper 2019, Solved Paper 08-07-2018, Solved Paper 30-04-2017, Solved Paper 03-07-2016, Solved paper 21-06-2015, Model Practice Sets (1-30).
"Two of North America's most prolific and respected specialists on moths--particularly those of the West--have combined over a century of experience and scholarship to introduce western moths of all families authoritatively to both the amateur and the experienced professional entomologist. This biologically oriented and beautifully illustrated treatment of a quarter of all known western moth species fills a long-needed void, and does it superbly."--Charles V. Covell Jr., author of A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America "This work sets a new high water mark for North American lepidopterology. Considering the authors' century of combined studies of western Lepidoptera, it is clear from the outset that no other team could have delivered a work so rich in taxonomic and life history information, much of it being original and appearing in the literature for the first time. I will read my copy more like a novel than a reference work, casting about the accounts and repeatedly flipping through the 2300 color images to better familiarize myself with our continent's rich and handsome diversity of moths. Moths of Western North America will serve as both gateway and catalyst for the study of moths for decades, and especially for microlepidopterans--for whom no like work exists in the New World."--David L. Wagner, author of Caterpillars of Eastern North America "Recent years have seen a surge of interest in moths, with growing appreciation of their amazing diversity and their great ecological importance. Information on western moths has been scattered and scarce, however, so this new volume is a tremendous step forward. Jerry Powell and Paul Opler bring a vast amount of knowledge and experience to the subject, and their Moths of Western North America is a landmark publication, instantly indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Lepidoptera."--Kenn Kaufman, coauthor of Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America
