Country Risk Assessment

Country Risk Assessment
Author: Michel Henry Bouchet
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2003-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047086818X

One of the few books on the subject, Country Risk Assessment combines the theoretical and practical tools for managing international country risk exposure. - Offers a comprehensive discussion of the specific mechanisms that apply to country risk assessment. - Discusses various techniques associated with global investment strategy. - Presents and analyses the various sources of country risk. - Provides an in depth coverage of information sources and country risk service providers. - Gives techniques for forecasting country financial crises. - Includes practical examples and case studies. - Provides a comprehensive review of all existing methods including the techniques on the cutting-edge Market Based Approaches such as KMV, CreditMetrics, CountryMetrics and CreditRisk+.

Hydraulic Structures

Hydraulic Structures
Author: Sheng-Hong Chen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1048
Release: 2015-06-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662473313

This book discusses in detail the planning, design, construction and management of hydraulic structures, covering dams, spillways, tunnels, cut slopes, sluices, water intake and measuring works, ship locks and lifts, as well as fish ways. Particular attention is paid to considerations concerning the environment, hydrology, geology and materials etc. in the planning and design of hydraulic projects. It also considers the type selection, profile configuration, stress/stability calibration and engineering countermeasures, flood releasing arrangements and scouring protection, operation and maintenance etc. for a variety of specific hydraulic structures. The book is primarily intended for engineers, undergraduate and graduate students in the field of civil and hydraulic engineering who are faced with the challenges of extending our understanding of hydraulic structures ranging from traditional to groundbreaking, as well as designing, constructing and managing safe, durable hydraulic structures that are economical and environmentally friendly.

New York City

New York City
Author: George J. Lankevich
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2002-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780814751862

Previously published as An American Metropolis, this book is a punchy, definitive history of New York and has been updated to include new material on the Giuliani administration and the events of September 2001.

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics
Author: Wendy Carlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 679
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199655790

Carlin and Soskice integrate the financial system with a model of the macro-economy. In doing this, they take account of the gaps in the mainstream model exposed by the financial crisis and the Eurozone crisis. This equips the reader with a realistic modelling framework to analyse the economy both in crisis times and in periods of stability.

Nanopharmaceuticals: Principles and Applications Vol. 2

Nanopharmaceuticals: Principles and Applications Vol. 2
Author: Vinod Kumar Yata
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030449211

This book presents the comprehensive description of basic principles, methodologies, similarities and differences of nano-liposomes and -phytosomes. It focuses on the implications of these nano carriers in drug delivery and also includes detailed classification of nanoinonized drug particles, polymeric nanoparticles and hydrophobic nanoparticles. This book concludes with the biological, technical and study-design challenges of Nanopharmaceuticals and presents critical viewpoints of smart DNA nanostructures. The risk factors and regulatory concerns have also been kept in focus and the book includes the toxicity and application of different types of ionic liquids for humans and environment. It also critically describes characteristics, applications and regulatory gaps of nanoparticle-ionic liquid combined systems.

Jondaryan Station

Jondaryan Station
Author: Jan Walker
Publisher: St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia ; New York : University of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1988
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: