“…Written by Mac superstar and Chicago Sun Times technology columnist Andy Ihnatko, this irreverent and fun guide shows you how to put everything on your iPhone from old LPs, radio/TV shows, and movies to spreadsheets, presentations, and PC rescue files. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The National Research Council and the Chicago World's Fair -- Committees on Drug Addiction -- National Research Council Studies in Geophysics and Physics -- Changes in the Organization of International Science -- 11 The Academy During the Great Depression -- WILLIAM WALLACE CAMPBELL (1931-1935) -- Reorganization of the National Research Council -- Borderland Science -- Washington Biophysical Institute -- Engineering and Industrial Research -- 12 The New Deal and the Science Advisory Board -- Creation of the Science Advisory Board -- Organization and Activities of the Science Advisory Board -- Recovery Program of Science Progress -- A New Executive Order Expanding the Science Advisory Board -- The National Planning Board and Its Successors -- Division within the Academy Over the Science Advisory Board -- Failure of Compton's "National Program -- FRANK RATTRAY LILLIE (1935-1939) -- Expiration of the Science Advisory Board -- 13 The Academy in World War II -- FRANK BALDWIN JEWETT (1939-1947) -- The Potentialities of Nuclear Fission -- Vannevar Bush and the National Defense Research Committee -- Academy and Research Council Committees Under NDRC -- The Office of Scientific Research and Development -- The NRC and the Committee on Medical Research -- Other Academy and Research Council Advisory Committees -- The Question of an Atomic Bomb -- The OSRD Office of Field Service -- Planning for Postwar Science -- 14 The Postwar Organization of Science -- Research Board for National Security -- The First Kilgore Bill -- Science, the Endless Frontier -- Hearings on Science Legislation -- Atomic Energy Legislation -- New Science Legislation -- The Dispersal of OSRD -- The Steelman Report -- A Restatement of Academy Policy -- 15 The Years Between the Wars -- ALFRED NEWTON RICHARDS (1947-1950) -- The Loyalty Issue -- Establishment of the National Science Foundation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Impressum -- Vorwort -- Vorwort des Übersetzers der deutschen Ausgabe -- Einleitung -- Über den Begriff »Craftsmanship« -- Auf dem einzig wahren Weg -- Einführung in das Buch -- Danksagungen -- Über den Autor -- Kapitel 1: Craftsmanship -- Teil I: Die Praktiken -- Kapitel 2: Testgetriebene Entwicklung -- 2.1 Überblick -- 2.1.1 Software -- 2.1.2 Die drei Gesetze des TDD -- 2.1.3 Das vierte Gesetz -- 2.2 Die Grundlagen -- 2.2.1 Einfache Beispiele -- 2.2.2 ‌Stack -- 2.2.3 ‌Primfaktoren -- 2.2.4 ‌Bowling -- 2.3 Fazit -- Kapitel 3: Fortgeschrittenes TDD -- 3.1 Sort 1 -- 3.2 Sort 2 -- 3.3 Steckenbleiben -- 3.4 Erstellen, Ausführen, Sicherstellen -- 3.4.1 BDD einführen -- 3.4.2 Endliche Automate‌‌n -- 3.4.3 Und wieder‌ BDD -- 3.5 ‌Test-Doubles -- 3.5.1 ‌Dummy -- 3.5.2 Stub -- 3.5.3 Spy -- 3.5.4 Mock -- 3.5.5 Fake -- 3.5.6 Das TDD-Unsicherheitsprinzi‌‌p -- 3.5.7 London vs. Chicago -- 3.6 ‌Architektur -- 3.7 Fazit -- Kapitel 4: Testdesign -- 4.1 ‌Datenbanken testen -- 4.2 ‌‌Benutzeroberflächen testen -- 4.2.1 Eingaben in der GU‌I -- 4.3 ‌Test Pattern -- 4.3.1 ‌‌Testspezifische Unterklasse -- 4.3.2 ‌‌Self-Shunt -- 4.3.3 ‌Humble Object -- 4.4 ‌Testdesign -- 4.4.1 Das Problem der fragilen Test‌‌s -- 4.4.2 Die Eins-zu-eins-Kopplung‌‌ -- 4.4.3 Durchbrechen der‌ Kopplung -- 4.4.4 Die‌ Videothek -- 4.4.5 Speziell versus allgemein -- 4.5 ‌Transformationsprioritätsgrundsatz -- 4.5.1 {} →‌ Nil -- 4.5.2 Nil →‌ Konstante -- 4.5.3 Konstante →‌ Variable -- 4.5.4 Ohne Bedingung → Verzweigun‌g -- 4.5.5 ‌Wert → ‌Liste -- 4.5.6 Anweisung →‌ Rekursion -- 4.5.7 Verzweigung →‌ Iteration -- 4.5.8 Wert →‌ Veränderter Wert -- 4.5.9 Beispiel:‌ Fibonacci -- 4.5.10 Die Prämisse der Priorität der Transformation -- 4.6 Fazit -- Kapitel 5: Refactoring -- 5.1 Was ist‌ Refactoring? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, USA) / Josef Paul Kleihues, A. Epstein and Sons. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Vol. 1: Projects featured: Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (Adjaye Associates) - Active Nature, Saclay, France (Agence Babylone) - Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan (Tadao Ando) - Toku Tokoyo Line Shibuya Station, Tokyo (Tadao Ando) - Papertainer Museum, Seoul Olympic Park, South Korea (Shigeru Ban) - Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway (Barlindhaug Consult AS) - King Abdullah International Gardens, Riyadh (Barton Willmore) - CaixaForum Vertical Garden, Madrid (Patrick Blanc) - Anti-Smog, Paris (Vincent Callebaut Architectures) - Perfumed Jungle, Hong Kong (Vincent Callebaut Architectures) - Westraven office complex, Utrecht, Netherlands (Cepezed) - Phantom House, Southwestern USA (Diller Scofidio + Renfro) - Samir Kassir Square, Beirut (Vladimir Djurovic) - Tree Tower, Los Angeles (Dennis Dollens) - Ecoboulevard of Vallecas, Madrid (Ecosistemo Urbano) - Jinji Lake, Suzhou, China (Edaw) - Shark Alley Retreat, Great Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand (Fearon Hay) - Petronas University of Technology, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia (Foster + Partners) - Little Ajax affordable housing, Aspen, Colorado (Peter Gluck) - Schweiger House, Sistrans, Austria (Monika Gogl) - E.ON Energy Research Department, RWTH Aachen, Germany (Zaha Hadid) - Linsdale Beach House, Great Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand (Herbst Architects) - Handmade School, Rudrapur, Bangladesh (Anna Heringer and Eike Roswang) - 474 Wing House, Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu, California (David Hertz) - Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Osoyoos, British Columbia (Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden) - Vertical Farm, Harlem, New York (Chris Jacobs) - Hedge Building, Rostock, Germany (Kempe Thill) - Sidwell Middle Friends School, Washington DC (KieranTimberlake) - Telefonica District C, Las Tablas, Madrid (Rafael De La-Hoz) - Water+Life Museums Campus, Hemet, California (Michael B Lehrer) - Environmental education centre, Hoorn, Netherlands (MIII Architects) - Wood house, Ville-d'Avray, France (Marchi Architectes) – San Francisco Federal Building (Morphosis) - BIP Computer Office & Shop, Providencia, Santiago de Chile (Alberto Moro) - Putrajaya Precinct 4 waterfront development, Kuala Lumpur (Manfredi Nicoletti) - Helios House, Los Angeles (Office DA) - Macallen Building, Boston, Massachusetts (Office DA) - Zhong-Xiao Boulevard Urban Ecological Corridor, Taipei (Sergio Palleroni) - Renovation and expansion of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (Renzo Piano) - Heifer International World Headquarters, Little Rock, Arkansas (Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter) - Digestible Gulf Stream, 11th Venice Architecture Biennale (Philippe Rahm) - World Wide Fund for Nature, Zeist, Netherlands (RAU) - Hybrid Earthship, Tao, New Mexico (Michael Reynolds) - Westend Grun, Berlin (Roswag & Jankowski) - Christine's House, Mason's Bend, Alabama (Rural Studio) - Inujima Art Project Seirensho, Inujima, Japan (Hiroshi Sambuichi) - Fondazione Pierto Rossini Pavilion, Briosco, Italy (Site) - Streetscape in a new world, Beijing (Site) - Masdar Headquarters, Abu Dhabi (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture) - Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Ken Smith Landscape Architect) - H16, Tieringen, Germany (Werner Sobek) - Hotel Remota, Puerto Natales, Patagonia, Chile (German del Sol) - Salam Center for Cardia Surgery, Soba, Sudan (Studio Tamassociati) - Forest House, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand (Chris Tate) - Vigilius Mountain Resort, Lana, Italy (Matteo Thun) - Mosaic House, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan (TNA) - IBG and Tax Offices, Groningen, Netherlands (UNStudio) - Post Rotterdam, Netherlands (UNStudio) - ASLA Green Roof, Washington DC (Michael van Valkenburgh) - Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle (Weiss/Manfredi) - Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan (Why Architecture) - Mewah Oils Headquarters, Pulau Indah Park, Port Klang, Salangor, Malaysia (Ken Yeang) - The New National Library Board Building, Singapore (Ken Yeang) - Rafflesia Zero Energy House, Kuala Lumpur (Zoka Zola) - Solar Tower, Chicago (Zoka Zola)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interpreting Standard Errors for Population Data -- Accounting for Random Variation -- Important Versus Significant -- Analysis of Provider Versus Patient -- Choice of Parameter for Mortality Summaries -- Type I and Type II Error Issues -- Projections and Extrapolations -- Accuracy of Counts -- ADJUSTING MORTALITY ANALYSES FOR PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS -- Patient Characteristics Related to Mortality -- Currently Available Data -- Unavailable or Difficult-to-Evaluate Data -- Multivariable Methods -- Stratification -- Modeling -- Simultaneous Effects of Variables -- Constraints on the Adjustment Process -- STATISTICAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR ESRD MORTALITY DATA -- Descriptive Parameters for One Group -- Death Proportions -- Death Rates -- Survival Curves -- Expected Lifetimes -- Comparative Parameters -- Regression Models -- Specific Models and Methods -- Poisson Regression for Death Rates -- Cox Models for Relative Rates and Survival Functions -- Logistic Regression for the Probability of Death -- Conditional Logistic Regression and Sampling from the Risk Set -- Fully Parametric Models -- Prevalent Versus Incident Cohort Analyses -- Frailty -- Treatment Modality -- Publication of Standard Death Rates -- Institutional Characteristics -- Internal and External Standardization -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- Limitations -- Etiology -- Age -- Withdrawal Rates -- Patient Follow-up -- Directions for Further Research -- REFERENCES -- E Institute of Medicine ESRD Study Committee Public Hearing, May 5, 1989, Chicago, Illinois -- List of Participants -- F Institute of Medicine ESRD Study Committee Public Hearing on ''Issues in Dialysis Reimbursement Reimbursement Rate-Setting -- List of Participants -- G Institute of Medicine ESRD Study Committee Workshop on ESRD Staffing, November 3, 1989, Washington, D.C. -- List of Participants…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Overview -- Aggregation Of State Agencies' Estimates -- Illinois And Chicago -- California And Los Angeles -- New York State And New York City -- National Estimates -- Lange's Approach -- Newmeyer's Ratio Estimate -- Conclusions -- References -- MONITORING THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION -- Current Estimates -- Proportional Model -- Multiplicative Model -- Temporal Distribution Model -- Proposal -- Requirements -- Limitations Of Samples Of Convenience -- Design Considerations -- Overview…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Risk Factor Summation -- First Chicago Method -- How to Increase Your Valuation Faster -- Improve Your Pitch -- Get Those Revenues In -- Get Your Prototype or Minimum Viable Product Done Today -- Build Out Your Team -- Position Your Startup in the Right Way -- Valuation versus Terms -- Why You Never Want to Disclose Your Valuation -- Avoiding High Valuations with No Rationale -- Chapter 8 Building the Target List -- The Importance of Building the Target List -- Not Alienating Ideal Buyers -- Saving Time -- Maximizing the Price -- Achieving the Best Terms -- Optimal Outcome for Your Team -- Best Future for Your Mission and Product -- Efficiency in the M&amp -- A Process -- ROI on Your Deal-Making Efforts -- Ways to Identify Potential Buyers -- Why Are You Selling? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…APPLICATION 3D Printing -- Estimating Cost Curves Versus Introspection -- 7.4 Lower Costs in the Long Run -- Long-Run Average Cost as the Envelope of Short-Run Average Cost Curves -- APPLICATION Choosing an Inkjet or Laser Printer -- Short-Run and Long-Run Expansion Paths -- How Learning by Doing Lowers Costs -- 7.5 Cost of Producing Multiple Goods -- APPLICATION Medical Economies of Scope -- CHALLENGE SOLUTION Technology Choice at Home Versus Abroad -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 8 Competitive Firms and Markets -- CHALLENGE The Rising Cost of Keeping On Truckin' -- 8.1 Perfect Competition -- Price Taking -- Why a Firm's Demand Curve Is Horizontal -- Perfect Competition in the Chicago Commodity Exchange -- Deviations from Perfect Competition -- Derivation of a Competitive Firm's Demand Curve -- Why Perfect Competition Is Important -- Solved Problem 8.1 -- 8.2 Profit Maximization -- Profit -- Two Steps to Maximizing Profit -- 8.3 Competition in the Short Run -- Short-Run Competitive Profit Maximization -- Solved Problem 8.2 -- APPLICATION Fracking and Shutdowns -- Short-Run Firm Supply Curve -- Solved Problem 8.3 -- Short-Run Market Supply Curve -- Short-Run Competitive Equilibrium -- Solved Problem 8.4 -- 8.4 Competition in the Long Run -- Long-Run Competitive Profit Maximization -- Long-Run Firm Supply Curve -- APPLICATION The Size of Ethanol Processing Plants -- Long-Run Market Supply Curve -- APPLICATION Entry and Exit of Solar Power Firms -- APPLICATION Upward-Sloping Long-Run Supply Curve for Cotton -- APPLICATION Reformulated Gasoline Supply Curves -- Solved Problem 8.5 -- Long-Run Competitive Equilibrium -- CHALLENGE SOLUTION The Rising Cost of Keeping On Truckin' -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 9 Properties and Applications of the Competitive Model -- CHALLENGE Liquor Licenses -- 9.1 Zero Profit for Competitive Firms in the Long Run…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Parallel and High Performance Computing -- Copyright -- Dedication -- contents -- front matter -- foreword -- Yulie Zamora, University of Chicago, Illinois -- How we came to write this book -- acknowledgments -- about this book -- Who should read this book -- Part 1 Introduction to parallel computing -- 1 Why parallel computing? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Die Darstellung der Reform in den Schulen von Chicago stützt sich auf Archon Fung, "Street Le..…”

“…Su obra maestra, Historia de las creencias y de las ideas religiosas, quedó sin terminar a su muerte (Chicago, 1986). Aunque ya habían salido a la luz tres tomos de la misma, faltaba uno que incluyese las religiones autóctonas de Australia, Oceanía, América del Sur, Central y del Norte, Japón, China, Indonesia y África Occidental (a ellas se deben conceptos tan fundamentales como mana, tabú o fetichismo). …”

“…Ayer, quien lo donó a la biblioteca de la Universidad de Newberry, en Chicago, donde aún se encuentra. La primera edición moderna del Popol Vuh es de 1947 y su traductor es Adrián Recinos…”

“…The 14th Edition includes over 90 new student samples, new learning objectives, updates to MLA and Chicago style, a new chapter on writing about literature, and more. …”