Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Checkpoints keep you in synch with your audience -- Try to secure acceptance at each stage -- Anticipate likely questions and be ready to answer them -- Translating the blueprint into a document -- The executive summary -- Chapters and sub-sections -- Use meaningful titles -- Employ an approachable writing style -- Translating the blueprint into a presentation -- Design effective presentation slides -- The content of a slide represents a hierarchy of information -- Titles play an important role in presentations -- The title of the agenda slide requires particular consideration -- Busy slides are a distraction to your audience -- Apply a consistent template and branding guide -- Use animations wisely -- Case study: Jensen's presentation to SmartStream -- Experience from the field -- Chapter summary -- Next steps -- Notes -- Chapter five Preparing an engaging delivery -- Part 1: Mastering the five presentation phases -- Opening words set the tone of your delivery -- A well-crafted speaker introduction wins the listening ear of your audience -- Objective -- Tangible -- Relevant -- Concise -- A good topic introduction presents a value proposition to the audience -- The main body follows the structure of your story blueprint -- Closing words are often what people remember the most -- Part 2: Linguistic structures: metaphors, analogies, and anecdotes -- Metaphors -- Analogies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Chapter 7: Using Network and Managing Large Documents -- Technical requirements -- Creating a TCP server -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a TCP client -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Uploading and downloading files using FTP -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Chapter 8: Threading Basics -Asynchronous Programming -- Technical requirements -- Using threads -- How to do it...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Classic examples -- Modern games -- Understanding the game and level design of an RTS game -- Character -- Camera -- Control -- Creating a game design document -- Game outline -- World -- Characters -- Enemies and bosses -- Gameplay overview -- Game experience -- Mechanics and modes -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Setting Up Unity and the Dragoncraft Project -- Technical requirements -- Downloading and configuring the Unity Editor -- Using Visual Studio Code as the default IDE -- Importing and organizing assets from the Unity Asset Store -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Getting Started with Our Level Design -- Technical requirements -- Setting up our base scene -- Scenes -- Lights -- Camera -- Ground foundation -- Level scene -- Creating the first map layout using Prefabs -- Creating a custom group of Prefabs -- Using ScriptableObjects to configure the map -- Creating ScriptableObjects for game configuration -- Creating ScriptableObjects for level configuration -- Adding a custom editor for the level configuration -- Creating a map editor to speed up map creation -- Controlling the camera -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: Creating the User Interface and HUD -- Technical requirements -- Using Canvas for a responsive UI -- Setting up the UI and HUD using Prefabs -- Creating the MenuButton GameObject and popup -- Displaying the resources counter -- Adding the action buttons -- Creating the details panel using a custom camera -- Rendering the minimap -- Loading the UI scene additively -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 2: The Combat Units -- Chapter 5: Spawning an Army of Units -- Technical requirements…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management -- Overview of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management -- Asset Management -- Inventory management -- Procurement and sourcing -- Master planning -- Product information management -- Production control -- Warehouse management -- Transportation management -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Working with Product Information Management -- Creating and managing products and product variants -- Configuration technologies for product customization -- Released products -- Understanding product types in supply chain management -- Product translation -- Product setup authorization within a legal entity -- Finalizing released products -- Country of origin classification -- Managing hazardous material product information -- Documentation for shipping hazardous materials -- Creating product masters with variants -- Conceptualizing configurable products -- Setting up product masters and predefined product variants -- Product master and dimension-based configured product variants -- Product configuration -- Creating and managing product states in the life cycle of a product -- Establishing product life cycle states -- Product templates -- Designing and creating a BOM -- Working with the BOM designer -- Creating a basic BOM without linking any items or versions -- Selecting a BOM and route -- BOM and formula versions -- BOM line types -- BOM levels -- Product configurator - purpose and advantages -- Configuring catch weights -- Partial visibility -- Full visibility -- Direct delivery products -- Setting up products for direct delivery -- Executing the direct delivery process -- Understanding delivery dates and addresses -- Handling deletions and warehouse requirements -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Understanding the steps needed to create a RAG system -- Defining your RAG data sources -- Preprocessing our content and generating embeddings -- Chunking for effective LLM interactions -- Creating embeddings with OpenAI models -- Storing and searching our embeddings with a vector store -- Deciding which vector database to use -- Working through a RAG example with LangChain -- Integrating data - choosing your document loader -- Creating manageable chunks with text splitting -- Creating and storing text embeddings -- Bringing everything together with LangChain -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Creating Your Own LangChain Chatbot Example -- Technical requirements -- Scoping our ChatGPT project -- A holiday assistant use case…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9: OCI Command-Line and Application Programming Interfaces -- Getting Started -- Command-Line Interface (CLI) -- Install the CLI -- Capabilities -- Example Uses -- List Backups for a DB System -- Stop/Start a DB System -- Create a DB System -- For More Information -- OCI APIs -- MDS API -- Example Uses -- Install the Python SDK -- Getting Started -- Listing the MySQL Shapes -- Stop/Start DB System -- Creating a DB System -- Delete a DB System -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Migrating to MDS -- Getting Help While Using OCI and MDS -- Communication with Oracle -- Documentation -- Troubleshooting -- Examine Your DB System Needs -- Shapes -- Data Storage -- Networking -- Planning Your DB Systems -- Security Best Practices -- Summary -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- VxRail licensing -- Dell VxRail architecture -- Dell VxRail features -- Dell VxRail management -- Dell VxRail documentation and resources -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 2: Benefits of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure -- What's new in VxRail 15th generation? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…VICENTE FERRÍS, GUARDA DE COLUMBRETES, ES UNO DE LOS PROTAGONISTAS DEL DOCUMENTAL AÏLLATS -- FIGURA 38. LUIS MESTRE, LUCAS MARTÍNEZ Y JUAN CARLOS USÓ SON ALGUNOS DE LOS ACTORES QUE PARTICIPARON -- FIGURA 41. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…EL PALACIO DE LOURIZÁN EN LA REPRESENTACIÓN GRÁFICA Y DOCUMENTAL -- 4. CONCLUSIONES -- 5. BIBLIOGRAFÍA -- HISTORIA DEL DERECHO DEL TRABAJO Y ARTE GRÁFICO PUBLICITARIO: PERSPECTIVAS DE INNOVACIÓN DOCENTE VINCULADAS AL TERRITORIO. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Logging Levels/Severity Levels -- 00-FMindd 18 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- Contents -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Interface Statistics/Status -- Link State (Up/Down) -- Speed/Duplex -- Send/Receive Traffic -- Cyclic Redundancy Checks (CRCs) -- Protocol Packet and Byte Counts -- Interface Errors or Alerts -- CRC Errors -- Giants -- Runts -- Encapsulation Errors -- Environmental Factors and Sensors: Temperature, Humidity, Electrical, Flooding -- Baselines -- NetFlow Data -- Uptime/Downtime -- REVIEW -- 31 QUESTIONS -- 31 ANSWERS -- Objective 32 Explain the purpose of organizational documents -- and policies -- Plans and Procedures -- Change Management -- Incident Response Plan -- Disaster Recovery Plan -- Business Continuity Plan -- System Life Cycle -- Standard Operating Procedures -- Hardening and Security Policies -- Password Policy -- Acceptable Use Policy -- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy -- Remote Access Policy -- Onboarding and Offboarding Policy -- Security Policy -- Data Loss Prevention -- Common Documentation -- Physical Network Diagram -- Logical Network Diagram -- Wiring Diagram -- Site Survey Report -- 00-FMindd 19 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- xx Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Certification Passport -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Audit and Assessment Report -- Baseline Configurations -- Common Agreements -- Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) -- Service-Level Agreement (SLA) -- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) -- REVIEW -- 32 QUESTIONS -- 32 ANSWERS -- Objective 33 Explain high availability and disaster recovery -- concepts and summarize which is the best solution -- Load Balancing -- Multipathing -- Network Interface Card (NIC) Teaming -- Redundant Hardware/Clusters -- Switches -- Routers -- Firewalls -- Facilities and Infrastructure Support -- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) -- Power Distribution Units (PDUs) -- Generator -- HVAC -- Fire Suppression -- Redundancy and High Availability (HA) Concepts -- Cold Site -- Warm Site -- Hot Site -- Cloud Site -- Active-Active vs Active-Passive -- Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) -- Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) -- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) -- Recovery Point Objective (RPO) -- Network Device Backup/Restore -- Configuration -- State -- REVIEW -- 33 QUESTIONS -- 33 ANSWERS -- 00-FMindd 20 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- Contents -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- 40 Network Security -- Objective 41 Explain common security concepts -- Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability (CIA) -- Threats -- Internal -- External -- Vulnerabilities -- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) -- Zero-Day -- Exploits -- Least Privilege -- Role-Based Access -- Zero Trust -- Defense in Depth -- Network Segmentation Enforcement -- Screened Subnet [Previously Known as Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)] -- Separation of Duties -- Network Access Control -- Honeypot -- Authentication Methods -- Multifactor -- Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) -- Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) -- Single Sign-On (SSO) -- LDAP -- Kerberos -- Local Authentication -- Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) -- 8021X -- Risk Management -- Security Risk Assessments -- Business Risk Assessments -- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) -- REVIEW -- 41 QUESTIONS -- 41 ANSWERS -- Objective 42 Compare and contrast common types of attacks -- Technology-Based -- Denial-of-Service (DoS)/Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) -- On-Path Attack (Previously Known as Man-in-the-Middle Attack) -- 00-FMindd 21 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- xxii Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Certification Passport -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- ARP Spoofing -- DNS Poisoning -- VLAN Hopping -- Rogue DHCP -- Rogue Access Point (AP) -- Evil Twin -- Ransomware -- Password Attacks -- MAC Spoofing -- IP Spoofing -- Deauthentication -- Malware -- Human and Environmental -- Social Engineering -- REVIEW -- 42 QUESTIONS -- 42 ANSWERS -- Objective 43 Given a scenario, apply network -- hardening techniques -- Best Practices -- Secure SNMP -- Router Advertisement (RA) Guard -- Port Security -- Dynamic ARP Inspection -- Control Plane Policing -- Private VLANs -- Disable Unneeded Switchports -- Disable Unneeded Network Services -- Change Default Passwords -- Password Complexity/Length -- Enable DHCP Snooping -- Change Default VLAN -- Patch and Firmware Management -- Access Control List -- Firewall Rules -- Role-Based Access -- Wireless Security -- MAC Filtering -- Antenna Placement -- Power Levels -- Wireless Client Isolation -- Guest Network Isolation -- 00-FMindd 22 22/04/22 11:12 AM -- Contents -- Passport_2019 / Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+" Certification Passport / Weissman / 896-3 / FM -- Preshared Keys (PSKs) -- EAP -- Geofencing -- Captive Portal -- IoT Access Considerations -- REVIEW -- 43 QUESTIONS -- 43 ANSWERS -- Objective 44 Compare and contrast remote access methods -- and security implications -- Site-to-Site VPN -- Client-to-Site VPN -- Clientless VPN -- Split Tunnel vs Full Tunnel -- Remote Desktop Connection -- Remote Desktop Gateway -- SSH -- Virtual Network Computing (VNC)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Alton and Alan Manning -- 6.1 Introduction 104 -- 6.2 Previous Studies of Decorative and Indicative Effects 106 -- 6.3 Experiments and Results 111 -- 6.3.1 Study One: Restaurant Menu Design 112 -- 6.3.2 Study Two: Graph Design and Recall Accuracy 114 -- 6.3.3 Study Three: Diagram Design and Recall Accuracy 116 -- 6.4 Practical Implications for Engineers and Technical Communicators 117 -- 6.5 Conclusion 119 -- References 121 -- PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM APPLIED GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES 123 -- 7 COST OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD IN END-USER DOCUMENTATION 125 -- Prasanna Bidkar -- 7.1 Introduction 126 -- 7.2 Information Overload 126 -- 7.3 Causes of Information Overload 128 -- 7.4 Sources of Noise in User Documentation 129 -- 7.4.1 Information Content 129 -- 7.4.2 Channel 130 -- 7.4.3 Receiver 131 -- 7.5 Effects of Information Overload on Users 132 -- 7.6 The Current Study 133 -- 7.6.1 The Survey 133 -- 7.6.2 Results and Observations 133 -- 7.7 Cost of Information Overload 135 -- 7.7.1 Cost Framework 135 -- 7.7.2 Scenario 1: Ideal Scenario 136 -- 7.7.3 Scenario 2 136.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cloud Computing Foundations and Business Requirements -- 1 Cloud Computing -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Operation Cost Rationalization -- 1.1.2 Revenue Estimation for Emerging Products -- 1.2 Cloud Computing at a Glance -- 1.3 Right Approach to Definition -- 1.4 A Brief History of Cloud Computing Definitions -- 1.5 Parallel Computing -- 1.5.1 Hardware Parallelism -- 1.5.1.1 Processor parallelism -- 1.5.1.2 Memory parallelism -- 1.5.2 Software Parallelism -- 1.5.2.1 Algorithm parallelism -- 1.5.2.2 Programming parallelism -- 1.5.2.3 Data parallelism -- 1.5.2.4 Architecture balance parallelism -- 1.5.3 Different Types of Parallel Models -- 1.6 Distributed Computing -- 1.7 Grid Computing -- 1.8 Utility Computing -- 1.9 Cloud Computing -- 1.10 Summary -- 1.10.1 Software (Applications) -- 1.10.2 IT Infrastructure (Hardware) -- 1.11 Review Questions -- 2 Business Needs -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Project Contents and Processes -- 2.3 Allocate the Right People for the Right Job -- 2.4 Business Analyst Role -- 2.5 Defining Business -- 2.6 Business Variables -- 2.6.1 Business Entity -- 2.6.2 Business Strategy -- 2.6.3 Business Profile (Variety) -- 2.6.4 Business Size (Volume) -- 2.6.5 Business Variation -- 2.7 Classification of Business Requirements -- 2.7.1 Business Requirements -- 2.7.2 Stakeholder requirements -- 2.7.3 Solution Requirements -- 2.7.3.1 Functional requirements -- 2.7.3.2 Nonfunctional requirements -- 2.7.4 Transition Requirements -- 2.8 E2E Process of Business Problem Solving -- 2.8.1 Business Problem Definition -- 2.8.1.1 Preliminary definition -- 2.8.1.2 Analysis process -- 2.8.1.3 Confirmation and documentation of the real problem -- 2.8.1.4 Challenges of problem definition…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Systems Management -- 4.1 Overall Availability Management processes -- 4.1.1 Develop availability practices -- 4.1.2 Develop standards -- 4.2 Service Level Management -- 4.2.1 Business requirements -- 4.2.2 Negotiating objectives -- 4.2.3 Documenting agreements - Managing expectations -- 4.2.4 Building infrastructure - Technical and support -- 4.2.5 Measuring availability -- 4.2.6 Track and report availability -- 4.2.7 Customer satisfaction -- 4.3 Change Management -- 4.3.1 Develop and prepare change -- 4.3.2 Assess and minimize risk -- 4.3.3 Testing -- 4.3.4 Back-out planning -- 4.3.5 Verify change readiness -- 4.3.6 Schedule change -- 4.3.7 Communicate change -- 4.3.8 Implement and document -- 4.3.9 Change record content -- 4.3.10 Review quality -- 4.4 Organization -- 4.4.1 Skills -- 4.4.2 Help desk activities -- 4.4.3 Operations -- 4.4.4 Automation -- 4.4.5 Application testing -- 4.4.6 Passive and active monitoring -- 4.5 Recovery Management -- 4.5.1 Terminology -- 4.5.2 Recovery potential initiatives -- 4.5.3 Recovery Management activities -- 4.5.4 Event Management -- 4.5.5 Incident Management -- 4.5.6 Crisis Management -- 4.6 Problem Management -- 4.6.1 Data tracking and reporting -- 4.6.2 Causal analysis -- 4.6.3 Maintenance policies -- 4.7 Performance Management -- 4.8 Capacity planning -- 4.9 Security Management -- 4.9.1 Security policy -- 4.9.2 Physical security -- 4.10 Configuration Management -- 4.10.1 Component Failure Impact Analysis -- 4.11 Enterprise architecture -- 4.11.1 Infrastructure simplification -- 4.11.2 Ideal mainframe implementations -- 4.11.3 Ideal BladeCenter implementation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tax Law Change in 2017 -- Summary Points -- Mini-Case: Apple's Global iTax Strategy -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Chapter 16 International Trade Finance -- 16.1 The Trade Relationship -- 16.2 Key Documents -- 16.3 Government Programs to Help Finance Exports -- 16.4 Trade Financing Alternatives -- 16.5 Forfaiting -- Summary Points -- Mini-Case: Crosswell International and Brazil -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- PART 5 Foreign Investments and Investment Analysis -- Chapter 17 Foreign Direct Investment and Political Risk -- 17.1 The Foreign Direct Investment Decision -- 17.2 Structural Choices for Foreign Market Entry -- 17.3 Political Risk: Definition and Classification -- 17.4 Financial Impacts of Political Risk -- 17.5 Political Risk Mitigation -- Summary Points -- Mini-Case: Tengiz-The Definition of Political Risk -- Questions -- Internet Exercises -- Chapter 18 Multinational Capital Budgeting and Cross-Border Acquisitions -- 18.1 Complexities of Budgeting for a Foreign Project -- 18.2 Illustrative Case: Cemex Enters Indonesia -- 18.3 Real Option Analysis -- 18.4 Project Financing -- 18.5 Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions -- Summary Points -- Mini-Case: Elan and Royalty Pharma -- Questions -- Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems -- Glossary -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CRUD operations using Dynamics 365 Web API -- Impersonation in Dynamics 365 Web API -- Retrieving metadata using Web API -- Updates for Web API in Dynamics 365 in version 9.0 -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Leverage Azure Extensions in Dynamics 365 -- Understanding Azure integration with Dynamics 365 -- Introduction to Microsoft Azure Service Bus -- Understanding Dynamics 365 and Azure Service Bus -- Understanding the Azure-aware plugin -- Understanding different contracts between Dynamics 365 and an Azure solution -- Configuring Dynamics 365 and Azure Service Bus integration -- Writing a queue listener -- Writing a topic listener -- Writing a one-way listener -- Writing a two-way listener and an Azure-aware plugin -- Writing a REST listener -- Writing an event hub listener -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Using Editable Grids in Apps -- Overview of Editable Grid in Dynamics 365 -- Prerequisite and security privileges required for configuring Editable Grid -- Entities and views supported by Editable Grid -- Supported out-of-the-box entities -- Web/tablet/phone -- Tablet/phone only -- Web only -- Supported and unsupported data types by Editable Grid -- Configuring editable grids for main entity views -- Configuring editable sub-grid for forms -- Using JavaScript in Editable Grid -- Editable Grid and business rules -- Editable Grid on mobile devices -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Configure Microsoft Cognitive services -- Understanding Microsoft Cognitive Services -- Enabling Dynamics 365 Microsoft Cognitive Services Integration -- Connecting Text Analytics API with Dynamics 365 -- Configuring Knowledge Base Suggestions in Dynamics 365 -- Configuring Similar Records Suggestions in Dynamics 365 -- Configuring Document Suggestions in Dynamics 365 -- Monitoring the Text Analytics Service inside the Azure Portal -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Train the Users through Learning Path…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Encoding structs to JSON -- Encoding interfaces to JSON -- Chapter 10 Defining Method Signatures Using Interfaces -- Working with Interfaces in Go -- Defining an interface -- Implementing an interface -- Looking at How You May Use Interfaces -- Adding methods to a type that doesn't satisfy an interface -- Using the Stringer interface -- Implementing multiple interfaces -- Using an empty interface -- Determining whether a value implements a specific interface -- Part 3 Multitasking in Go -- Chapter 11 Threading Using Goroutines -- Understanding Goroutines -- Using Goroutines with Shared Resources -- Seeing how shared resources impact goroutines -- Accessing shared resources using mutual exclusion -- Using atomic counters for modifying shared resources -- Synchronizing Goroutines -- Chapter 12 Communicating between Goroutines Using Channels -- Understanding Channels -- How channels work -- How channels are used -- Iterating through Channels -- Asynchronously Waiting on Channels -- Using Buffered Channels -- Part 4 Organizing Your Code -- Chapter 13 Using and Creating Packages in Go -- Working with Packages -- Creating shareable packages -- Organizing packages using directories -- Using Third-Party Packages -- Emojis for Go -- Go Documentation -- Chapter 14 Grouping Packages into Modules -- Creating a Module -- Testing and Building a Module -- Publishing a Module on GitHub -- Part 5 Seeing Go in Action -- Chapter 15 Consuming Web APIs Using Go -- Understanding Web APIs -- Fetching Data from Web Services in Go -- Writing a Go program to connect to a web API -- Decoding JSON data -- Refactoring the code for decoding JSON data -- Fetching from multiple web services at the same time -- Returning Goroutine's results to the main() function -- Chapter 16 Getting Ready to Serve Using REST APIs -- Building Web Services Using REST APIs -- HTTP messages…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Choose the Right Printer -- Unpack and Install a New Printer -- Set Up a Printer to Work with Windows -- Set a Default Printer -- Set Printer Preferences -- Manage a Print Queue -- Remove a Printer -- Part 2 Getting Up to Speed with Windows -- Chapter 4 Working with Apps in Windows -- Learn the Names of Things -- Start an App -- Exit an App -- Find Your Way Around in a Desktop App -- Find Your Way Around in a Microsoft Store App -- Work with a Window -- Switch among Running Apps -- Move and Copy Data between Apps -- Install New Apps -- Remove Apps -- Chapter 5 Six Great Apps that Come with Windows -- Do the Math with the Calculator App -- Write Brilliant Documents with WordPad -- Jot Quick Notes with Notepad -- Set Alarms and Timers -- Keep Up on the Weather -- Save Time with Cortana…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- Title Page - Parkinson's Disease Management through ICT: The REMPARK Approach -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Parkinson's Disease Management: Trends and Challenges -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Impact and Strategies of PD at Different Stages -- 1.2.1 Patients in Early Stages -- 1.2.2 Moderately Affected Patients -- 1.2.3 Severely Affected Patients -- 1.3 QoL in PD -- 1.4 State of Art of Current Trends in PD Management -- 1.5 Needs and Challenges for Optimal PD Management -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 - Objective Measurement of Symptoms in PD -- 2.1 Advancing Parkinson's Disease: Motor and Non-Motor Fluctuations -- 2.1.1 Motor Fluctuations -- 2.1.2 Non-Motor Fluctuations -- 2.2 Challenges in Documenting "Real-World" Fluctuating PD Symptoms -- 2.3 Emerging Technologies to Monitor Symptom Fluctuations -- 2.4 Challenges in the Use of Inertial Sensor Technology in Monitoring PD Symptoms -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 - The REMPARK System -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 REMPARK System Overview -- 3.2.1 The Immediate Level -- 3.2.2 The Mid-Term Level -- 3.3 Definition of the REMPARK System Main Characteristics -- 3.4 Subsystems Specification -- 3.4.1 Sensor Module -- 3.4.2 Auditory Cueing Subsystem -- 3.4.2.1 Gait guidance ACS functional description -- 3.4.2.2 Need of an adaptive ACS -- 3.4.3 Drug Delivery Pump Considerations -- 3.4.4 The smartphone Technical Requirements -- 3.4.5 The REMPARK Platform Architecture and Functionality -- 3.4.5.1 Important functional parts -- 3.4.5.1.1 Rule Engine -- 3.4.5.1.2 Disease Management System -- 3.4.5.2 Platform technical constraints -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- 1 The assessment frameworks for Cycle 2 of PIAAC: An introduction and overview -- Introduction -- The PIAAC assessment -- Instrumentation -- Assessment frameworks -- Coverage of the constructs -- Factors affecting the difficulty of assessment tasks -- Authenticity of tasks -- Content appropriate to the entire adult population -- Assessment at low skill levels: Reading and numeracy components -- The evolution of assessment frameworks in international adult assessments -- Developments in literacy -- Developments in numeracy -- Developments in problem solving -- Relationship of the PIAAC and PISA assessments -- The framework documents -- References -- Annex 1.A. Summary of the evolution of assessment frameworks - from IALS to PIAAC Cycle 2 -- Notes -- 2 PIAAC Cycle 2 assessment framework: Literacy -- Introduction -- The second PIAAC study in the context of past international literacy studies -- Developments between IALS and PIAAC -- Information technology and the changing nature of literacy -- Evolution of the PIAAC Cycle 2 Literacy domain in comparison with previous frameworks -- Definition of literacy -- Core dimensions of the literacy domain -- Cognitive task demands -- Accessing text -- Understanding -- Evaluating -- Texts -- Text types -- Text format: Continuous, non-continuous and mixed texts -- Text organisation: Layout, content representation and access devices -- Source: Single vs. multiple texts -- Social contexts -- Assessing literacy -- General organisation of literacy tasks -- Response formats -- Adaptive testing design -- Recommended distribution of items -- Recommended distribution by cognitive task demands and number of sources -- Recommended distribution by context -- Distribution across other relevant dimensions -- The role of fluent reading, engagement and metacognition…”