Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Like a Boss -- Pretending to Be a Human -- Beyond Human -- Your Bot Is Your Brand -- My AI Will Call Your AI -- Your Personal AI Ecosystem -- Your Personal Shopper -- Computing Tomorrow -- Notes -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- CHAPTER 13: Design Testing with Users -- Concept Exploration -- Tips on Exploring Visual Design Mock-Ups -- Usability Testing -- Choosing an Approach -- Planning the Research -- Recruiting and Logistics -- Writing Discussion Guides -- Facilitating -- Analyzing and Presenting Results -- Creating Recommendations -- CHAPTER 14: Transition: From Design to Development and Beyond -- This Is the End... -- Visual Design, Development, and Quality Assurance -- Design Testing with Users (Again) -- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Originate and distribute, the case of UBS -- Subprime securities as 'central bank money' -- How to place 'value at risk' -- High pay policies -- Banks writedowns are a loss of Western wealth -- De-rated: how ratings agencies and regulations failed -- Rating agencies: uncontrolled private regulation -- Basel I and II: regulatory innovation -- The problem with regulations -- The politics of housing -- An unproductive asset -- A unique housing model, with familiar results -- The politics of home ownership -- Clinton's third way -- social inclusion and market economics -- The overlap of politics and bankers -- Beyond domestic politics -- A change of politics -- a change of subprime -- European political distortions in lending -- Eurocrats and euro-lending -- The politics of tax -- Is it the same everywhere? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The SOR -- Project decision and award -- Kick-off meeting -- Typical agenda for the KOM -- Introductions and project contacts -- KOM objectives -- Project overview -- Project organization -- End user -- Project manager -- OTS consultant -- Training instructor -- Document controller -- ICSS control engineer -- Process engineer -- Other third-party controls -- Operations -- Engineering procurement c -- Scope-of-work review -- Schedule review -- Specification and design -- Test and acceptance -- Data collection -- Action list -- Meeting close -- Detailed design specification -- Functional design specification -- Documentation -- Model topology -- Model thermodynamics -- Instructor station -- ICSS controls -- Non-ICSS controls -- Model build -- MAT -- Integration with the ICSS -- FAT readiness -- FAT -- Shipping and installation -- SAT -- Warranty -- Training -- System maintenance -- Engineering maintenance -- Train the trainer -- Summary -- Questions -- Section 3: OTS' Future, Training Model, and Reference Documents -- Chapter 4: OTS Going Forward Toward Digital Twins -- Technical requirements -- Reaching the promised land -- Model build -- ICSS build -- Integration with the DT -- Benefits of the model -- Challenges -- The cloud is the way forward -- 3D virtualization -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 5: OTS Training and Delivery -- Technical requirements -- Planning OTS training -- Training and competency philosophy -- Criteria of success -- OTS standards -- Training and assessment matrix -- OTS training plan -- Prerequisite training course -- Introductory training course -- Introductory lite training course -- Intermediate training course -- Advanced training course -- First gas/oil training course -- Sample training plan -- Scheduling -- OTS location - during the initial training phase -- OTS location - beyond the training phase…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From science, technology and innovation to Fourth Industrial Revolution strategies in Africa: The case for indigenous knowledge systems -- INTRODUCTION -- STI POLICY LANDSCAPE IN AFRICA - A FORETASTE OF EMERGENT 4IR STRATEGY -- MEASURING STI READINESS IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA AND KENYA -- BEYOND STI: SOUTH AFRICA'S 4IR STRATEGY -- SOUTH AFRICA'S PROGRAMME ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS (IKS) -- IKS MISSING IN THE 4IR STRATEGY -- INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS: SCOPE AND SCALE -- TK/IK: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BIOPIRACY, ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING -- SAMPLES OF SECTORAL SITES WHERE 4IR TECHNOLOGIES INTERFACE WITH IKS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THREE. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Options to Improve Efficiency -- Improve Ways to Manage and Improve Profit Structures -- 6 Summarizing Strategic Options -- Organizing All Available Options -- Coming Up with Growth Options and Scenarios by Organizing Strategic Options -- STEP 3: Review and Select Options -- STORY 4: All for One, One for All -- 1 Reviewing Options -- How to Review Options -- Three Perspectives in Reviewing Options -- Reviewing with Both a Cool Head and a Burning Passion -- 2 Reviewing and Selecting Options 1: Rationality -- The Main Points in Reviewing Rationally -- How to Review Each Point -- 3 Reviewing and Selecting Options 2: Feasibility -- The Main Points in Reviewing the Feasibility -- How to Review Each Point -- 4 Reviewing and Selecting Options 3: The Intents and Expectations of the Parties Involved -- Fostering Agreement and Understanding with "Face‐to‐face Discussions" -- The Groundwork for Discussions: Situation Analysis and Strategic Options -- Which Reviewed Points to Prioritize -- How to Understand and Decide on the Results -- How to Expand Options -- Making Decisions Based on What You Want to Do -- Always Have a Plan B Ready -- STEP 4: How to Translate Options into Plans and Actions -- STORY 5: What Becomes of a Strategy -- 1 How to Translate Strategic Options into a Plan -- The Necessary Process in Executing the Strategy -- 2 How to Apply Strategy to Execution -- How to Apply Strategy to Execution -- Setting Priorities -- 3 How to Carry Out Strategic Options -- Beyond the Possibility: Feeling and Determining -- The First Step in Strategic Execution -- 4 Create a Plan of Action -- The Master Plan: The Plan of Action for Strategic Execution -- Coming Up with a Realistically Applicable Plan -- 5 How to Execute with Certainty -- Establish a Driving Force -- Implement a Thorough PDCA -- Postscript -- Author and Editor -- Author -- About Roland Berger…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 9: Shor's Algorithm -- Technical requirements -- A popular encryption scheme -- An example of RSA encryption -- How Shor's algorithm works -- The role of a period in factoring a number -- Repeated squaring -- Complex numbers -- Complex number basics -- Unitary matrices -- The connection between complex numbers and circles -- Finding a sequence's period -- The QFT matrix -- Shoring up your knowledge -- Illustrating Shor's algorithm with Qiskit code -- Testing the QFT -- Another implementation of Shor's algorithm -- Summary -- Further reading -- Questions -- Part 4: Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing -- Chapter 10: Some Other Directions for Quantum Computing -- What is reducibility? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….: approaching Butoh at sites of personal and cultural resistance / Jeremy Neideck --Butoh's genders: dressed men, girly women, and skinny drag / Katherine Mezur -- Death rituals and survival acts: Hata-Kanoko's "Butoh action" and alternative Inter-Asian transnationalism / Chiayi Seetoo-- When the revolt of the flesh becomes political protest: the Nomadic tactics of Butoh-inspired interventions / Carla Melo -- Butoh beyond the body: an interview with Shakina Nayfack On transition, evolution and the spirit at war / Jacqueline Marie Shannon -- Critical Butoh and the colonial matrix of power / Miki Seifert -- The daily practice of Hijikata Tatsumi's apprentices from 1969 to 1978 / Caitlin Coker -- Butoh pedagogy in historical and contemporary practice / Tanya Calamoneri -- Waguri Yukio's Butoh Kaden: taking stock of Hijikata's Butoh notation / Rosa van Hensbergen -- A flower of butoh: my daily dance with Kazuo Ohno (1995-2012) / Maureen Momo Freehill -- On and through the Butoh body / Katherine Adamenko -- My Dairakudakan experience / Julia A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE AND OTHER POLICIES -- QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- References -- I Overview of Demographic and Health Conditions -- 2 The Size and Distribution of the American Indian Population: Fertility, Mortality, Migration, and Residence -- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- Fertility -- Mortality -- Migration -- SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE DATA -- Fertility and Mortality Data -- Migration Data -- FERTILITY -- Age at First Birth -- Children Ever Born -- Tribal Differences in Children Ever Born -- Residential Differences in Children Ever Born -- MORTALITY -- Summary Measures of Mortality -- Infant Mortality -- Leading Causes of Death -- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION -- Regional Distribution -- Place of Residence: Urban and Rural Population -- Place of Residence: Reservation Populations -- Migration -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- References -- 3 Recent Health Trends In The Native American Population -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- OVERALL TRENDS -- RELATIVE RISKS -- REGIONAL VARIATIONS -- HEALTH DETERMINANTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- II Identification: Indications and Consequences -- 4 The Growing American Indian Population, 1960-1990: Beyond Demography -- INTRODUCTION -- Data Collection Methods -- Overview of the Chapter -- NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS -- Population Size and Growth Rate -- Error of Closure -- SOURCES OF NONDEMOGRAPHIC INCREASE -- Ancestry and Race…”

“…Fear of public speaking is common, but even the most seasoned speakers freeze in front of a single lens—being on camera demands an entirely new set of skills above and beyond the usual presentation to an audience you can actually see. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Multi-domain collaboration for MEC in 5G and beyond based on blockchain and BF -- 14.3. Integration of QF with Blockchain -- 14.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Extending the IntIterator to bidirectional -- Practical example - iterating floating point values within a range -- Illustrated usage examples -- Utility functions -- How to construct a linear range iterator -- Iterator usage example -- Generalizing the iterator pair to a range -- The make_linear_range convenience function -- Linear range usage examples -- Summary -- Chapter 6: STL Algorithms and Beyond -- Using STL algorithms as building blocks -- STL algorithm concepts -- Algorithms operate on iterators -- Implementing a generic algorithm that can be used with any container -- Iterators for a range point to the first element and the element after the last -- Algorithms do not change the size of the container -- Algorithms with output require allocated data -- Algorithms use operator== and operator&lt -- by default -- Custom comparator function -- General-purpose predicates -- Algorithms require move operators not to throw -- Algorithms have complexity guarantees -- Algorithms perform just as well as C library function equivalents -- STL algorithms versus handcrafted for-loops -- Readability and future-proofing -- Real-world code base example -- Usage examples of STL algorithms versus handcrafted for-loops -- Example 1 - Unfortunate exceptions and performance problems -- Example 2 - STL has subtle optimizations even in simple algorithms -- Sorting only for the data you need to retrieve -- Use cases -- Performance evaluation -- The future of STL and the ranges library -- Limitations of the iterators in STL -- Introduction to the ranges library -- Composability and pipeability -- Actions, views, and algorithms -- Actions -- Views -- Algorithms -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Memory Management -- Computer memory -- The virtual address space -- Memory pages -- Thrashing -- Process memory -- Stack memory -- Heap memory -- Objects in memory…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Introducing AI -- Chapter 1 Introducing AI -- Defining the Term AI -- Discerning intelligence -- Discovering four ways to define AI -- Understanding the History of AI -- Starting with symbolic logic at Dartmouth -- Continuing with expert systems -- Overcoming the AI winters -- Considering AI Uses -- Avoiding AI Hype and Overestimation -- Defining the five tribes and the master algorithm -- Considering sources of hype -- Understanding user overestimation -- Connecting AI to the Underlying Computer -- Chapter 2 Defining the Role of Data -- Finding Data Ubiquitous in This Age -- Understanding Moore's implications -- Using data everywhere -- Putting algorithms into action -- Using Data Successfully -- Considering the data sources -- Obtaining reliable data -- Making human input more reliable -- Using automated data collection -- Collecting personal data ethically -- Manicuring the Data -- Dealing with missing data -- Considering data misalignments -- Separating useful data from other data -- Considering the Five Mistruths in Data -- Commission -- Omission -- Perspective -- Bias -- Frame of reference -- Defining the Limits of Data Acquisition -- Considering Data Security Issues -- Understanding purposefully biased data -- Dealing with data-source corruption -- Cancelling botnets with sinkholing -- Chapter 3 Considering the Use of Algorithms -- Understanding the Role of Algorithms -- Understanding what algorithm means -- Planning and branching: Trees and nodes -- Extending the tree using graph nodes -- Traversing the graph -- Playing adversarial games -- Using local search and heuristics -- Discovering the Learning Machine -- Leveraging expert systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Using Your Camera Straight out of the Box -- Chapter 1 Introducing Android Smartphone Photography -- Becoming Familiar with Your Android Camera -- Single-lens models -- Dual-lens models -- Triple-lens models -- Models with more than three lenses -- Taking a Look Around the Camera App -- Taking a Picture -- Viewing Your Photo -- Editing Your Photo -- Sharing Your Photo -- Chapter 2 Taking an In-Depth Tour of Your Camera -- Holding Your Phone Properly for Steady Photos -- Using Different Ways to Open Your Camera -- Zooming In to Your Subject -- Using the digital zoom -- Trying optical zoom instead of digital zoom -- Capturing Selfies with and without Background Blur -- Understanding When to Use (and Not to Use) the Camera Flash -- Photographing with the Camera Timer for Sharp Photos -- Landscape photography using your timer -- Family portraits -- Selfies with a tripod or stand -- Chapter 3 Altering Your Camera's Settings and Storing Your Photos -- Opening and Activating Google Photos -- Choosing Storage Options for Your Photos -- Deciding on photo upload quality -- Managing on-device photo storage -- Transferring photos to a PC or Mac -- Being Mindful of Cellular Data Over-Usage -- Allowing Your Camera to Track Your Location -- Chapter 4 Taking a Deep Dive into the Camera App -- Preparing to Take Selfies -- Lighting and background -- Selfie sticks and stabilizers -- Taking Selfies -- Choosing the Portrait selfie mode -- Adjusting background blur amounts -- Adding facial skin smoothening -- Choosing your favorite selfie effect -- Adding Live Filters to your selfies -- Adjusting selfie zoom to add your friends into the picture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Data Science -- Chapter 1 Wrapping Your Head Around Data Science -- Seeing Who Can Make Use of Data Science -- Inspecting the Pieces of the Data Science Puzzle -- Collecting, querying, and consuming data -- Applying mathematical modeling to data science tasks -- Deriving insights from statistical methods -- Coding, coding, coding - it's just part of the game -- Applying data science to a subject area -- Communicating data insights -- Exploring Career Alternatives That Involve Data Science -- The data implementer -- The data leader -- The data entrepreneur -- Chapter 2 Tapping into Critical Aspects of Data Engineering -- Defining Big Data and the Three Vs -- Grappling with data volume -- Handling data velocity -- Dealing with data variety -- Identifying Important Data Sources -- Grasping the Differences among Data Approaches -- Defining data science -- Defining machine learning engineering -- Defining data engineering -- Comparing machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data engineers -- Storing and Processing Data for Data Science -- Storing data and doing data science directly in the cloud -- Storing big data on-premise -- Processing big data in real-time -- Part 2 Using Data Science to Extract Meaning from Your Data -- Chapter 3 Machine Learning Means . . . …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Book 1 An Accounting Primer -- Chapter 1 Principles of Accounting -- The Purpose of Accounting -- The big picture -- Managers, investors, and entrepreneurs -- External creditors -- Government agencies -- Business form generation -- Reviewing the Common Financial Statements -- The income statement -- Balance sheet -- Statement of cash flows -- Other accounting statements -- Putting it all together -- The Philosophy of Accounting -- Revenue principle -- Expense principle -- Matching principle -- Cost principle -- Objectivity principle -- Continuity assumption -- Unit-of-measure assumption -- Separate-entity assumption -- A Few Words about Tax Accounting -- Chapter 2 Double-Entry Bookkeeping -- The Fiddle-Faddle Method of Accounting -- How Double-Entry Bookkeeping Works -- The accounting model -- Talking mechanics -- Almost a Real-Life Example -- Recording rent expense -- Recording wages expense -- Recording supplies expense -- Recording sales revenue -- Recording cost of goods sold -- Recording the payoff of accounts payable -- Recording the payoff of a loan -- Calculating account balance -- Using T-account analysis results -- A Few Words about How QuickBooks Works -- Chapter 3 Special Accounting Problems -- Working with Accounts Receivable -- Recording a sale -- Recording a payment -- Estimating bad-debt expense -- Removing uncollectible accounts receivable -- Recording Accounts Payable Transactions -- Recording a bill -- Paying a bill -- Taking some other accounts payable pointers -- Inventory Accounting -- Dealing with obsolete inventory -- Disposing of obsolete inventory -- Dealing with inventory shrinkage -- Accounting for Fixed Assets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Understanding Financial Security -- Chapter 1 Navigating the (Bumpy) Road to Financial Independence -- Reaching for Financial Security -- Defining what you value -- Assessing where you are -- Grasping financial lingo and trends -- Trying not to avoid money -- Making use of insurance: A necessary evil -- Coping with Crises -- Everyone faces challenges, obstacles, and setbacks -- Common crisis -- Making Decisions Based on Changing Circumstances -- Chapter 2 Understanding Capitalism and Economic Downturns -- Understanding Our Economic System -- Capitalism strengths and criticism -- History of growth and downturns -- Touring Past Crises: What Happened and Why -- Why pilot training has relevance for your tour . . . -- The Panic of 1907 -- The Great Depression -- World War II -- Arab oil embargo and Watergate/Nixon's resignation -- 9/11 terrorist attacks and recession -- 2008 financial crisis -- 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic -- Mistakes Made . . . and Lessons to Carry With You -- Chapter 3 Coping with Personal Crises -- When a Crisis Comes Calling -- Losing your job or a significant source of income -- Facing a medical crisis -- Caring for elderly parents unexpectedly -- Splitting from your spouse -- Coping with the death of a spouse -- Dealing with a natural disaster -- Success Plans for Personal Crises and Life Changes -- Keeping your big picture in mind -- Considering a comprehensive checklist -- Part 2 Crisis Mode: Accessing Safety Nets and Emergency Measures -- Chapter 4 Your Safety Nets -- Taking Stock of Your Resources -- Surveying your accessible money and spending options -- Finding assistance from family -- Ensuring adequate insurance coverage…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Familiar with the Nonprofit Framework -- Chapter 1 Journeying into the World of Nonprofit Organizations -- What Is a Nonprofit Organization? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- 1 Getting Started with Linux -- Chapter 1 Introducing Linux -- What Is Linux? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- 1 An Accounting Primer -- Chapter 1 Principles of Accounting -- The Purpose of Accounting -- The big picture -- Managers, investors, and entrepreneurs -- External creditors -- Government agencies -- Business form generation -- Reviewing the Common Financial Statements -- The income statement -- Balance sheet -- Statement of cash flows -- Other accounting statements -- Putting it all together -- The Philosophy of Accounting -- Revenue principle -- Expense principle -- Matching principle -- Cost principle -- Objectivity principle -- Continuity assumption -- Unit-of-measure assumption -- Separate-entity assumption -- A Few Words about Tax Accounting -- Chapter 2 Double-Entry Bookkeeping -- The Fiddle-Faddle Method of Accounting -- How Double-Entry Bookkeeping Works -- The accounting model -- Talking mechanics -- Almost a Real-Life Example -- Recording rent expense -- Recording wages expense -- Recording supplies expense -- Recording sales revenue -- Recording cost of goods sold -- Recording the payoff of accounts payable -- Recording the payoff of a loan -- Calculating account balance -- Using T-account analysis results -- A Few Words about How QuickBooks Works -- Chapter 3 Special Accounting Problems -- Working with Accounts Receivable -- Recording a sale -- Recording a payment -- Estimating bad-debt expense -- Removing uncollectible accounts receivable -- Recording Accounts Payable Transactions -- Recording a bill -- Paying a bill -- Taking some other accounts payable pointers -- Inventory Accounting -- Dealing with obsolete inventory -- Disposing of obsolete inventory -- Dealing with inventory shrinkage -- Accounting for Fixed Assets…”