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Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

By: Jaap Bloem,Menno van Doorn,Piyush Mittal

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Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

By: Jaap Bloem,Menno van Doorn,Piyush Mittal

This book discusses a dilemma common to many corporation’s IT departments--the tension between top-down governance directives and the challenge to get everything properly functioning on a bottom-up basis. Making IT governance work does not simply mean adherence to an ABC of (a) going more deeply into rules, (b) implementing a framework, and (c) registering good results. Neither is this book a guide to frameworks and compliance. Its goal is to describe an entire repertoire of resources that can assist in arriving at better IT governance. Among these resources are CobiT, bottom-up governance principles such as distributed leadership constitute another, and portfolio management. This book provides a realistic governance of information and IT in corporations. The authors' view is that "new technology" can only achieve its optimum impact when it is properly managed. Money and behavior are key factors: the money that information and IT must generate and the activity and latitude of people in the organization from top to bottom. This book: Presents a clear view on the relationship of corporate governance and IT governance. Provides recent Sarbanes-Oxley history and the compliance consequences for organizations. Offers in-depth insight into IT portfolio management. Provides an overview of various IT governance opinions from such groups as Gartner, Forrester, and IT Governance Institute. Energetic, thoughtful and highly informative, this book provides a valuable and timely guide to IT governance and the complexities of IT management in an increasingly regulated world. The authors are great at focusing on the things that really matter for practitioners. The book is also very readable. Leslie P. Willcocks Professor of Technology, Work and Globalization London School of Economics

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471771996

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9780471771999

The Colony of New Netherland

A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-century America

By: Jaap Jacobs

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The Colony of New Netherland

A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-century America

By: Jaap Jacobs

The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Dutch flag in 1609, traveled up the river that would later bear his name. The Dutch control of the region was short-lived, but had profound effects on the Hudson Valley region. In The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs offers a comprehensive history of the Dutch colony on the Hudson from the first trading voyages in the 1610s to 1674, when the Dutch ceded the colony to the English. As Jacobs shows, New Netherland offers a distinctive example of economic colonization and in its social and religious profile represents a noteworthy divergence from the English colonization in North America. Centered around New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan, the colony extended north to present-day Schenectady, New York, east to central Connecticut, and south to the border shared by Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, leaving an indelible imprint on the culture, political geography, and language of the early modern mid-Atlantic region. Dutch colonists' vivid accounts of the land and people of the area shaped European perceptions of this bountiful land; their own activities had a lasting effect on land use and the flora and fauna of New York State, in particular, as well as on relations with the Native people with whom they traded. Sure to become readers' first reference to this crucial phase of American early colonial history, The Colony of New Netherland is a multifaceted and detailed depiction of life in the colony, from exploration and settlement through governance, trade, and agriculture. Jacobs gives a keen sense of the built environment and social relations of the Dutch colonists and closely examines the influence of the church and the social system adapted from that of the Dutch Republic. Although Jacobs focuses his narrative on the realities of quotidian existence in the colony, he considers that way of life in the broader context of the Dutch Atlantic and in comparison to other European settlements in North America.

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Cornell University Press

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0801475163

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9780801475160

Black hole

By: Anouk Kruithof,Jaap Scheeren,Leon van den Langenberg

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Black hole

By: Anouk Kruithof,Jaap Scheeren,Leon van den Langenberg

This book is the result of the first annual Unique Photography Award (2005) to promote and stimulate young promising Photographers."--Colophon.

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episode publishers

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9059730445

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9789059730441

MR Imaging of Laryngeal Cancer

By: J.A Castelijns,G.B. Snow,Jaap Valk

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MR Imaging of Laryngeal Cancer

By: J.A Castelijns,G.B. Snow,Jaap Valk

MRI is assuming a dominant role in imaging of the larynx. Its superior soft tissue contrast resolution makes it ideal for differentiating invasion of tumors of the larynx from normal or more sharply circumscribed configuration of most of the benign lesions. Over ten years ago CT made a major impact on laryngeal examination because it was the first time that Radiologists were beginning to look at submucosal disease. All of the previous examinations duplicated the infor mation that was available to the clinician via direct and in-direct laryngo scopy. With the advent of rigid and flexible endoscopes, clinical examination became sufficiently precise that there was little need to perform studies such as laryngography which merely showed surface anatomy. The status of deep structures by these techniques was implied based on function. Fortunately laryngography is now behind us together with all of the gagging and contrast reactions which we would all like to forget. CT is still an excellent method of examining the larynx but it is unfortunately limited to the axial plane. With presently available CT techniques motion deteriorates any reformatting in sagittal or coronal projections. The latter two planes are extremely helpful in delineating the vertical extent of submucosal spreads. MRI has proven extremely valuable by producing all three basic projections, plus superior soft tissue contrast. Although motion artifacts still degrade the images in some patients, newer pulsing sequences that permit faster scanning are elimi nating most of these problems.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401132860

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9789401132862

MRI of the Brain, Head, Neck and Spine

A teaching atlas of clinical applications

By: Jaap Valk

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MRI of the Brain, Head, Neck and Spine

A teaching atlas of clinical applications

By: Jaap Valk

With the growing number of MR installations, clinicians and radiologist are being confronted more and more with visual information they do not feel as confident with as with the more 'mono-form' infor mation of conventional radiographs, CT and US. The freedom of parameter choice ofthe MR operator allows the same object to be depicted in various ways and the contrast in the images to be changed and inverted at will. For those not experienced in interpreting MR images, this may cause confusion and uncertainty about their diagnostic content. This will sometimes lead to an unnecessary retreat to other diagnostic modalities. The purpose of this book is to help close the gap between MR operators and readers and clinicians. A variety of cases is presented, together with the MRI considerations. In nearly all these cases, confirma tion of diagnosis was obtained by histological examination. Quite deliberately, this book only includes the occasional CT scan or angiography for comparison, to avoid the temptation of falling back on other modalities and of escaping from the often more difficult to interpret, but in the end more rewarding MR images. All the MR images in this book were made with a 'first-generation', unsophisticated Teslacon I, 0.6 T, superconducting magnet system. Hopefully, they will reflect the quality of the machine. Some people will agree with me that it is sad that investments in expensive health care systems are subject to the whims of those who are mainly interested in satisfying their stockholders.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400933517

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9789400933514

Patrons of the Old Faith

The Catholic Nobility in Utrecht and Guelders, c. 1580–1702

By: Jaap Geraerts

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Patrons of the Old Faith

The Catholic Nobility in Utrecht and Guelders, c. 1580–1702

By: Jaap Geraerts

Patrons of the Old Faith is the first full-length study on the Catholic nobility in the Dutch Republic. Based on a detailed prosopographical analysis and through the examination of their marriage strategies, interaction with Protestants, religiosity and contributions to the Holland Mission, Jaap Geraerts shows how the behaviour of the Catholic nobility was highly distinctive and differed from their co-religionists and Protestant peers as it was influenced by a specific set of noble and Catholic values. Due to the synthesis of their noble and confessional identities, the Dutch Catholic nobility in Utrecht and Guelders acted as patrons of their faith and were instrumental for the survival of Catholicism in the Dutch Republic.

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BRILL

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9004337547

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9789004337541

Horror Lobby!

By: Jaap de Wreede

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Horror Lobby!

By: Jaap de Wreede

Het filmgenre horror werd lange tijd belachelijk gemaakt. Het was immers niet meer dan kermisvermaak. Maar toen werd het tijdschrift Horrorscoop opgericht. Het was het begin van een serieuze lobby voor de fantastische film. Dat deze lobby succesvol was, beschrijft filmjournalist Jaap de Wreede in deze baanbrekende studie.

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Lulu.com

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1447885732

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9781447885733

Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

By: Jaap Bloem,Menno van Doorn,Piyush Mittal

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Book's by Jaap Bloem

Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

The Colony of New Netherland

The Colony of New Netherland

Black hole

Black hole

MR Imaging of Laryngeal Cancer

MR Imaging of Laryngeal Cancer

MRI of the Brain, Head, Neck and Spine

MRI of the Brain, Head, Neck and Spine

Patrons of the Old Faith

Patrons of the Old Faith

Horror Lobby!

Horror Lobby!

Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

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