Learn C is a book designed to teach yourself the ANSI C language. ANSI C language is one of the most important programming languages and the base for other languages such as C#, C++, and Objective-C.Learn C won't only teach you the ANSI C language, but also will get you into programming. This book includes sample code and beginner apps to get you fluent in coding quickly and easily.All of the iOS apps are programmed using Obj-C, which is a superset of ANSI C.In only...

This is a science-backed, action-focused manual for high performers and ambitious individuals who want to own their mornings and dominate their days. It blends chronobiology, neuroscience, elite routines, and practical tactics into a no-fluff playbook that transforms the reader’s identity into an early riser.

There's nothing like teamwork for making progress on a project, but sharing information and building on each other's successes can be challenging when your team is scattered across the miles. Microsoft's SharePoint helps teams and organizations close the distance. With SharePoint, groups construct web sites specifically for collaboration--sites where individuals can capture and share ideas, and work together on documents, tasks, contacts, and events. It's the next best thing to being in th...

This handbook serves as a guide to deploying battery energy storage technologies, specifically for distributed energy resources and flexibility resources. Battery energy storage technology is the most promising, rapidly developed technology as it provides higher efficiency and ease of control. With energy transition through decarbonization and decentralization, energy storage plays a significant role to enhance grid efficiency by alleviating volatility from demand and supply. Energy storag...

This publication offers a comprehensive regional-level analysis of Southeast Asia’s fragile recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that damaged some core economic drivers and sank millions into poverty. It gives a rundown of how eight Southeast Asian countries have dealt with the pandemic and are now beginning to recover. It looks at how countries have reshaped their economies to cope with the crisis and considers the impact of job losses as COVID-19 sent development gains into r...

Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis and rising food, fuel, and commodity prices, addressing poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. The proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly in the past four decades, and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Economic growth has gone through boom and bust c...

This compendium showcases new and innovative low carbon technologies that have potential to be deployed in Asia and the Pacific. It features 10 technologies for capturing, utilizing, or storing carbon dioxide. The key aspects of these technologies are discussed together with their advantages and status of development and commercialization. The compendium aims to contribute to low carbon development in the region by promoting further research, innovation, and investment in emerging technolo...

Designed to identify and tackle sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) in ADB-financed projects, this Good Practice Note sets out recommendations to prevent, mitigate, and manage this risk to create safe and inclusive workplaces. Focusing on new sovereign projects with civil works in developing member countries, it defines SEAH, highlights who is most vulnerable, and explains why addressing the issue is essential to creating prosperous societies. Outlining the roles of contracto...

To promote evidence-based policy making, the Asian Development Bank partnered with Innovations for Poverty Action and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in 2012 to deliver a 3-day conference on impact evaluation and public policy in Bangkok. Over 200 scholars, practitioners and policy makers from 34 countries attended the conference. Each day of the conference focused on one of three areas that have high relevance to the region and have received the most proactive development effort...

When managing from the heart, the manager becomes an engineer not only of the physical process, which sets the foundation for his department to excel, but he or she also engineers an emotional, spiritual, and social process instilling the internal practices which enables each individual to excel.As manager, I must utilize five roles to initiate the process:Human BeingMentorInstructorCounselorOrchestra LeaderThese five roles enable me to con...

This collection of articles and blog entries is representative of the full spectrum of commerce-related content we’ve published on PayPal’s Developer Network over the past year. You will find tutorials and quick reference pieces for developers. With the creation of x.commerce we have expanded our coverage to address the needs of eBay and Magento developers and you can expect to see more content focused on helping both the developer and merchant communities in the coming year.Our te...

Globally, women are disproportionately impacted by climate change and disasters due to gender inequalities and limited participation in decision-making processes. Addressing this imbalance will involve integrating gender equality in laws and policies on climate change and disaster risk management and ensuring gender equality outcomes in building social and economic resilience. This report presents findings of a gender analysis of national legal and policy frameworks of Mongolia and discuss...