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Intro -- Series Editor's Preface -- The Year 2020: A Historic Choice of Economic Transformation and Upgrading -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Urgent Need for the Rise of the Middle Class in Contemporary China -- 2.1 A New Question of Contemporary China's Development in Its New Stage -- 2.1.1 New Challenges Contemporary China Is Facing to Leap Over the "Middle-Income Trap" -- 2.1.2 New Requirements for Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects in the New Phase of the Great National Transformation -- 2.2 The Necessity and Urgency of the "Rising" Middle Class in Contemporary China -- 2.2.1 The Urgent Need of Millions of People to Pursue Common Prosperity -- 2.2.2 The Urgent Need to Solve the Prominent Issues in Income Distribution in China -- 2.2.3 The Urgent Need to Promote the Adjustment of China's Economic Structure and the Expanding of Domestic Demand -- 2.2.4 The Urgent Need to Form a Rational Social Structure and Maintain Long-Term Social Stability -- 2.2.5 The Urgent Need to Implement Relevant Fundamental Policies of the CPC Central Committee -- 3 The Origin and Development of the Middle Class -- 3.1 What Is the Middle Class -- 3.1.1 A Brief Introduction to the Concept of the Middle Class in Western Countries -- 3.1.2 The Origin of China's Use of the Concept of the Middle Class and the Perspective of This Book -- 3.2 The Origin and Development of the Middle Class in Western Countries -- 3.2.1 The Origin of the Middle Class in Western Countries in Modern Times -- 3.2.2 The Development of the Middle Class in Western Countries -- 3.3 The Origin and Development of the Middle Class in Modern China -- 3.3.1 The Embryo of the Middle Class in the 19th Century -- 3.3.2 The Development of the Modern Middle Class in China -- 4 Who is the Modern Middle Class in China?.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Subjectivities that Matter -- Being Trans Person in Soviet Kazakhstan and in Modern Independent Kazakhstan -- Researching Transgender Subjectivities -- Reference -- 2 Overview of Transsexuality as a Medical Diagnosis -- From Inversion to Gender Incongruence -- Summary -- References -- 3 Contextualizing Contemporary Global and Local Transgender Issues -- International Approaches to Transgender Rights -- Post-Soviet Approaches to Transgender Rights -- Central Asian Approaches to Transgender Rights -- Summary -- References -- 4 Theorizing Transgender Subjectivities -- Key Theoretical Concepts -- Methodology -- The Ethics of the Research -- Analysis of the Data -- Summary -- References -- 5 Processes, Main Actors and Narratives Employed in Shaping Transgender Subjectivities in Kazakhstan -- Main Processes -- Legal Gender Recognition -- Medical Transition -- Social Transition -- Consultations with Trans Activists -- The Diagnosis Revision -- Main Actors -- Medical Specialists' Perspective -- "This Is My Job" -- Trans people's Perspective -- Activists, Doctors and State -- Legal Actors' Perspective -- Administrating Gender Identity -- Narratives -- Medical Specialists' Perspective -- Lack of Information on Transgender Issues -- Medical Care Providers -- Ensuring Prevention of Psychotic Disorders -- Trans people's Perspectives -- Creating a Self-Ethnography -- Guiding Each Other -- Summary -- References -- 6 Analysis: Legal Gatekeeping, the Activist Bubble, the Doctor-Patient-Activist Triad and the Professionalism Approach -- Legal Gatekeeping -- The "Activist Bubble" and Access to Knowledge on Transgender Health -- Triad Relationship: Doctor-Patient-Activist -- Professional Does not Mean Friendly -- Summary -- References.

Intro -- Foreword by Juichi Yamagiwa -- Foreword by Takayuki Kajita -- Prospectus -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I Keynote Speech: Who Constructs New World Orders? -- 1 "The United Nations' Contributions to Order: Treaties, Development, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Aid" -- 2 America's Role in The New Global Order -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aspirations -- 3 Domestic Constraints -- 4 The New Global Environment -- 5 Prospects -- 3 Afterimage of the British Empire? A Background of Brexit -- 1 Brexit and the Afterimage of a 'Global Britain': Hopes for Empire 2.0 -- 2 'The Long Twentieth Century' -- 3 Britain's Position in 'The Long Twentieth Century' -- 4 Lingering Imperialist Mindset -- 4 Post-Trump Challenges for US and Japan -- 5 Power Transition and 100 Years of World Wars: Reconstruction of the New World Order as the Great Powers Decline -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Symptoms of War and Power Transition After the COVID-19 Era -- 3 Modernization and War -- 3.1 Anti-Intellectualism, "Post Truth" and Conflicts -- 4 World War-Collapse of a Great Power and Formation of a New World Order-"Thucydides' Trap" -- 4.1 The Cold War After World War II -- 5 The Collapse of Empires and Nationalism -- 6 The End of World War and the Formation of a New World Order -- 6.1 Attempt to Reorganize Federal Institutions, Such as the Danube Federation -- 6.2 Modern Nation-State Formation -- 6.3 Regional Collaboration and Regional Integration -- 7 Epilogue: What Will Be the New World Order Considering 100 years of World Wars and Regional Collaboration? -- References -- Part II After World War I and the Inter-war Period -- 6 Disarmament and Equilibrium between the Two World Wars (1919-1939) -- 7 The Security of South-East Europe in the First Inter-War Decade: "Greater Romania" Between Conflicting Neighbourhoods and Regional Alliances -- Map in Annex -- References.

Introduction -- Protection against Statelessness at Birth: Definitions, Key Concepts, and International Legal Framework -- Protection against Statelessness at Birth: Development and Evaluation of Legal Norms -- Statelessness in the ASEAN Member States -- Assessment of the Domestic Legal Frameworks for Nationality of the ASEAN Member States.

1. Introduction to Intoxication: Self, State and Society -- 2. Historical Origins and Emergence of Intoxication -- 3. The Regulation and Control of Alcohol -- 4. The Regulation and Control of Drugs -- 5. Theorising Intoxication -- 6. Addiction, Treatment and Recovery -- 7. Representing Intoxication -- 8. Intoxication across the Life Course -- 9. Intoxication, Gender and Sexuality -- 10. Intoxication, Ethnicity, Faith and Nation -- 11. Intoxication by Design -- 12. Conclusion: Intoxication and its Futures.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Introduction to Excel Programming -- Chapter 3. Introduction to VBA Programming -- Chapter 4. Professional Techniques Used in Excel and Excel VBA Techniques -- Chapter 5. Decision Tree Approach for Binomial Option Pricing Model -- Chapter 6. Microsoft Excel Approach to Estimating Alternative Option Pricing Models -- Chapter 7. Alternative Methods to Estimate Implied Variances -- Chapter 8. Greek Letters and Portfolio Insurance -- Chapter 9. Portfolio Analysis and Option Strategies -- Chapter 10. Alternative Simulation Methods and Their Applications -- Chapter 11. Linear Models for Regression -- Chapter 12. Kernel Linear Model -- Chapter 13. Neural Networks and Deep Learning -- Chapter 14. Applications of Alternative Machine Learning Methods for Credit Card Default Forecasting -- Chapter 15. An Application of Deep Neural Networks for Predicting Credit Card Delinquencies -- Chapter 16. Binomial/Trinomial Tree Option Pricing Using Python -- Chapter 17. Financial Ratios and its Applications -- Chapter 18. Time Value Money Analysis -- Chapter 19. Capital Budgeting under Certainty and Uncertainty -- Chapter 20. Financial Planning and Forecasting -- Chapter 21. Hedge Ratios: Theory and Applications -- Chapter 22. Application of simultaneous equation in finance research: Methods and empirical results -- Chapter 23. Using R Program to Estimate Binomial Option Pricing Model and Black & Scholes Option Pricing Model.

1. Introduction -- Part I An Archeology Of Economic Science: From Physiocrats To Neoclassics -- 2. History Of Sciences And Epistemology -- 3. From Physiocratic School To Neoclassical Economy -- 4. The Different Epistemological Trajectories: From Archeology To Genealogy -- Part II Epistemological Ruptures: Three Contemporary Examples -- 5 The Refutation Of The Neoclassical Macroeconomics From The Neo-Ricardian Approach -- 6 Hayek And The Neoclassical Economy: Some Dangerous Liaisons? -- 7 Money, Finance And Real Economy -- 8 Beyond Episteme: The Concept Of Order -- 9 General Conclusion.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Electrologica, a Gem -- 1.1 Electrologica Is a Gem in the History of Dutch Computing -- 1.1.1 Organizing Research -- 1.1.2 Mathematical Culture -- 1.1.3 Owning Electrologica -- 1.2 State of the Art -- 1.2.1 The Company -- 1.2.2 The Mathematical Center -- 1.2.3 Software, Language, and ALGOL -- 1.2.4 The Dijkstra-Zonneveld Compiler -- 1.2.5 Industrial Design and Cold War -- 1.3 On Offer -- 2 Philips and the Fate of Electrologica -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Calculating Machines in the Postwar Innovation Spirit -- 2.3 The English Tour -- 2.4 The Harvest of 1953 -- 2.5 Towards Production in Series, the ZEBRA Story -- 2.6 Electrologica -- 2.7 Electrologica's Company Strategy -- 2.8 Knowledge and Propriety at Philips -- 2.9 European Perspective -- 3 From the X1 to the X8 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Towards Electrologica's Founding -- 3.3 Electrologica X1 -- 3.3.1 Developing the Prototype for Nillmij -- 3.3.2 Electrologica Takes off -- 3.3.3 Electrologica's Connection to Peripherals -- 3.3.4 Delivering Software -- 3.4 Seeking a Successor: X0 and X2, or the X8 -- 3.4.1 Ambitious Successors to the X1 -- 3.4.2 A Realistic Successor to the X1, the X8 -- 3.4.3 Users Get Involved: The Z8 Software Committee -- 3.5 The ELX Series Marked the End -- 4 Software Without Memory -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Early Computer Science in the Netherlands -- 4.3 A Personal Perspective -- 4.4 Two Suggestions for History Research -- 5 The Mathematical Center, ALGOL 60, and the Electrologica X8 -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 My Years at the Mathematical Center -- 5.3 The Electrologica X1 and X8 -- 5.4 ALGOL 60 -- 5.5 The MC Implementation of ALGOL 60 forthe Electrologica X8 -- 5.5.1 Language Choice and Language Interpretation -- 5.5.2 The Mapping from Source Language to Object Language -- 5.5.3 The Construction of the Compiler.

Intro -- Series Editor Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Food Resistance Movements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introducing Food Resistance Movements -- Alternative Food Networks -- Trajectory 1: AFNs from Europe -- Trajectory 2: AFNs from North America -- Trajectory 3: AFNs in the Global South -- Trajectory 4: Social Welfare AFNs -- Why Cities? -- Case Studies in Australia, Venezuela and Catalonia -- Ethnographies of Food Resistance Movements -- The Book Structure -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Food Waste Activism in Australia -- The Problem of Overconsumption and Food 'Waste' -- My Radical Beginnings in the Bin -- The Ethics of Sourcing and Eating 'Garbage' -- Associated Freegan Subcultures -- Where Do Freegans 'Shop'? -- What's on the Freegan Menu? -- The Politics of FNB Serving Sites -- Is Eating 'Garbage' Safe? -- Is It Legal? -- Constructing a Freegan Identity -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The Food Sovereignty Movement in Venezuela -- A Brief History of Venezuelan Politics, Dutch Disease and Agriculture -- So Enters Chávez -- In the Field -- Venezuelan Gastronomy and Food Pathways -- Indigenous and Traditional Food Pathways -- The Commercial Pathway -- The Informal Sector -- Independent Alternative Food Pathways -- The Venezuelan Food Sovereignty Movement -- Rural and Urban Land Reform -- Urban Productive Programmes -- Distribution: Subsidised, Regulated and Free Food for All -- Subsidised and Regulated Supermarket Chains -- A Blockage in the Food Chain? -- Subsidised Eateries -- Free Food -- Dietary Outcomes -- Environmental Outcomes -- Chávez's Final Years -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Autonomous Food Spaces in Catalonia -- A Catalan Culture of Resistance and Protest -- Internal Governance Processes of Autonomous Food Spaces.