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Technology is changing and rapidly evolving many industries including shipping. Advances in information, telecommunication, computer, robotic, Artificial Intelligence, machine/deep learning technologies together with cutting edge automation are proliferating every facet of maritime industry and changes are expected to accelerate. However, challenges of new technologies, pace of change and wide spread automation have taken many by surprise. In maritime, the regulatory framework which has often been the cornerstone and by and large the driving force for change, albeit in response to an event or market forces or political pressure, is conspicuously missing and currently engaged in a race against time to catch up and rework the applicable Conventions. Despite early success, there are indeed numerous challenges for the new technologies to bed in and gain wider acceptance and recognition before being considered as a worthy and viable replacement for tried and tested designs on a global scale. Various projects developed thus far or undergoing development, are exclusively intended for coastal waters and therefore, subject to class and Flag national requirements and in the circumstance, rules and regulatory requirements are devised and enforced at national level, as deemed fit. Successful and historical Rolls Royce-Finferries autonomous operation of car ferry Falcon, underlined the arrival of new technologies and demonstrated that it is no longer a question of if but when, wide spread use of automation and autonomous systems are implemented on board. There are of course many hurdles to overcome but with the buzz, energy and willingness of stakeholders in maritime nations and scales of investment in research and development, it is only a matter of time before unmanned, semi-autonomous, autonomous vessels join the world fleet in numbers and set the trend for a new era in shipping. With steady and continuous growth in world trade and world fleet, indications are that current shortfall for officers will be multiplied by ...

The euro area remains in a state of flux and appears to be unsustainable in its present form. The outcome of the crisis may be unknown for years and a judgement on the project's success or failure may be out of reach for decades.In the meantime, analysts, portfolio managers and traders will still have daily, weekly, quarterly and annual benchmarks. They will have to analyze economic developments in the euro area and their impacts on financial assets. The objective of this book is to provide a framework for that analysis that is comprehensible to most financial market participants.The book begins with a focus on coincident and leading economic indicators for the euro area. The following section looks at euro-area institutions. The next chapter focuses on the euro crisis. It attempts to provide an explanation of its origins and a glimpse of the potential outcomes. In addition, the tools needed to analyze the crisis as it evolves are presented. The last sections provide information unique to the economies of Germany, France, the U.K., Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.

Introduction to the first edition -- Introduction to the revised edition -- Acknowledgements -- Section 1. Managing anxiety -- Section 2. Assertiveness training -- Section 3. Managing depression -- Section 4. Managing stress -- Section 5. Changing habits & behaviour -- Section 6. Coping with psychosis, bipolar disorder & dementia -- Subject index.