Testimony on international cooperation which is critical for the effectiveness of financial regulatory reform. Contents of this testimony: International Cooperation: From Policy to Principle to Standard; Articulating International Policy; International Organization of Securities Commissions; Principles of Securities Regulation; Enforcement Cooperation; Supervisory Cooperation; Hedge Funds; Short Selling; Examples of the Layers of International Coordination; OTC Derivatives; Credit Rating Agencies; Bilateral Cooperative Arrangements; Initiatives in Other Areas of International Interest; Convergence in Accounting Standards; Equity Market Structure; and Conclusion.
Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Sixth Edition continues to help nursing students make sense of nursing informatics in an easy-to-follow approach. A practical guide for understanding how to efficiently use modern technology in today's healthcare system, this award-winning nursing textbook teaches students how to acquire, process and disseminate knowledge. The authors use their unique Foundation of Knowledge Model throughout as an organizational structure by which to learn and teach nursing informatics. This comprehensive framework guides students through the basic building blocks of nursing informatics (nursing science, information science, computer science, cognitive science) before diving into current technologies, tools, and trends in nursing informatics. The updated Sixth Edition provides nurse educators with the necessary tools to transfer the knowledge their students need to succeed in the information age. Rich learning features, including Case Studies, Working Wisdom, and Application Scenarios demonstrate how these technologies can be applied in practice, linking information and knowledge management within a real-world context.
Casey is an SEC Commissioner and Chmn. of the Technical Comm. of the International Org. of Securities Comm. She brings the perspective of both a national securities market regulator and a member of the international org. charged with developing the global response to the challenges posed to securities markets by the financial crisis. Topics: Why International Cooperation is Necessary; Mechanisms for International Cooperation in Securities Market Regulation; Key Securities Regulatory Reform Issues and International Cooperation; Joint Forum Cross-Sectoral Projects; FSB / G20 Participation and U.S. Government Coordination; Importance of the Role of Technical Experts and Independent, Consultative Rulemaking; and Conclusion.
Since the early 20th century, American writers have both recorded and fictionalized the real-life activities of great athletes, as well as created original characters for sports stories. How have women fared in this literature? Women Characters in Baseball Literature is the first comprehensive evaluation of the women characters of baseball literature, including women's crucial roles on and off the field of play. Applying several feminist theories and examining the works in the context of both myth and psychology, the author discusses baseball fiction written by both men and women. Among the topics discussed are the literary implications of motherhood; how patterns of behavior in women characters often recall Greek goddesses; and how women characters and the feminist imagination enrich the literature of this apparently masculinized sport. Authors covered include Bernard Malamud, Mark Harris, August Wilson, Lamar Herrin, Nancy Willard, Silvia Tennenbaum, Karen Joy Fowler, and others.
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