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Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.4.1 Adaptation of IoRT Technologies -- 7.4.2 Multi-Robotic Technologies -- 7.5 Application of IoRT in Different Fields -- References -- 8 Enhancements in Communication Protocols That Powered IoRT -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 IoRT Communication Architecture -- 8.2.1 Robots and Things -- 8.2.2 Wireless Link Layer -- 8.2.3 Networking Layer -- 8.2.4 Communication Layer -- 8.2.5 Application Layer -- 8.3 Bridging Robotics and IoT -- 8.4 Robot as a Node in IoT -- 8.4.1 Enhancements in Low Power WPANs -- 8.4.1.1 Enhancements in IEEE 802.15.4 -- 8.4.1.2 Enhancements in Bluetooth -- 8.4.1.3 Network Layer Protocols -- 8.4.2 Enhancements in Low Power WLANs -- 8.4.2.1 Enhancements in IEEE 802.11 -- 8.4.3 Enhancements in Low Power WWANs -- 8.4.3.1 LoRaWAN -- 8.4.3.2 5G -- 8.5 Robots as Edge Device in IoT -- 8.5.1 Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) -- 8.5.2 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) -- 8.5.2.1 Latest in CoAP -- 8.5.3 The MQTT-SN Protocol -- 8.5.4 The Data Distribution Service (DDS) -- 8.5.5 Data Formats -- 8.6 Challenges and Research Solutions -- 8.7 Open Platforms for IoRT Applications -- 8.8 Industrial Drive for Interoperability -- 8.8.1 The Zigbee Alliance -- 8.8.2 The Thread Group -- 8.8.3 The WiFi Alliance -- 8.8.4 The LoRa Alliance -- 8.9 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Real Time Hazardous Gas Classification and Management System Using Artificial Neural Networks -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Existing Methodology -- 9.3 Proposed Methodology -- 9.4 Hardware &amp -- Software Requirements -- 9.4.1 Hardware Requirements -- 9.4.1.1 Gas Sensors Employed in Hazardous Detection -- 9.4.1.2 NI Wireless Sensor Node 3202 -- 9.4.1.3 NI WSN Gateway (NI 9795) -- 9.4.1.4 COMPACT RIO (NI-9082) -- 9.5 Experimental Setup -- 9.5.1 Data Set Preparation -- 9.5.2 Artificial Neural Network Model Creation -- 9.6 Results and Discussion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Penttinen -- 11.1 Introduction 281 -- 11.2 Development of GSM 281 -- 11.3 Specification of GSM 285 -- 11.4 Architecture of GSM 286 -- 11.5 Functionality of GSM 294 -- 11.6 Numbering of GSM 303 -- 11.7 GSM Data 308 -- 11.8 Dual Half Rate 317 -- 11.9 DFCA 341 -- 11.10 EDGE 349 -- 11.11 DLDC 354 -- 11.12 EDGE2 366 -- References 367 -- 12 3GPP Mobile Communications: WCDMA and HSPA 371 /Patrick Marsch, Michat Maternia, Michal Panek, Ali Yaver, Ryszard Dokuczat and Rybakowski Marcin -- 12.1 Network Architecture 371 -- 12.2 Physical Layer Aspects 376 -- 12.3 Radio Interface Procedures 387 -- 12.4 WCDMA/HSPA Evolution since Release 5 402 -- 12.5 Planning and Dimensioning of WCDMA/HSPA Networks 410.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Creating an actor -- Using actors to extend the functionality -- More on actor interaction -- Buffered actors -- Actor with CoroutineContext -- CoroutineStart -- Mutual exclusions -- Understanding mutual exclusions -- Creating mutexes -- Interacting with mutual exclusions -- Volatile variables -- Thread cache -- @Volatile -- Why @Volatile doesn't solve thread-safe counters -- When to use @Volatile -- Atomic data structures -- Actors in action -- Adding the label to the UI -- Creating an actor to use as a counter -- Increasing the counter as results are loaded -- Adding a channel so that the UI reacts to updates -- Sending the updated value through the channel -- Updating the UI on changes -- Testing the implementation -- Extending the actor to allow for resetting the counter -- Resetting the counter upon new searches -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Testing and Debugging Concurrent Code -- Testing concurrent code -- Throwing away assumptions -- Focus on the forest, not the trees -- Writing Functional Tests -- More advice on tests -- Writing the tests -- Creating a flawed UserManager -- Adding the kotlin-test library -- Adding a happy path test -- Testing for an edge case -- Identifying the issue -- Fixing the crash -- Retesting -- Debugging -- Identifying a coroutine in the logs -- Using automatic naming -- Setting a specific name -- Identifying a coroutine in the debugger -- Adding a debugger watch -- Conditional breakpoint -- Resiliency and stability -- Summary -- Chapter 9: The Internals of Concurrency in Kotlin -- Continuation Passing Style -- Continuations -- The suspend modifier…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Logback dependency and configuration -- Logging levels -- Logback implementation in class -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Building a REST Client and Error Handling -- Building a REST client -- RestTemplate -- Error handling -- Customized exception -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Scaling -- Clustering -- Benefits of clustering -- Load balancing -- Scaling databases -- Vertical scaling -- Horizontal scaling -- Read replicas -- Pool connections -- Use multiple masters -- Load balancing in DB servers -- Database partitioning -- Sharding (horizontal partitioning) -- Vertical partitioning -- Distributed caching -- Data-tier caching -- First-level caching -- Second-level caching -- Application-tier caching -- Memcached -- Redis -- Hazelcast -- Ehcache -- Riak -- Aerospike -- Infinispan -- Cache2k -- Other distributed caching -- Amazon ElastiCache -- Oracle distributed cache (Coherence) -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Microservice Basics -- Monolithic architecture and its drawbacks -- Introduction to microservices -- Independence and autonomy -- Resilience and fault tolerance -- Automated environment -- Stateless -- Benefits of microservices -- Microservice components -- Configuration server -- Load balancer -- Service discovery -- Circuit breaker -- Edge server -- Microservice tools -- Netflix Eureka -- Netflix Zuul -- Spring Cloud Netflix -- Netflix Ribbon -- Netflix Hystrix -- Netflix Turbine -- HashiCorp Consul -- Eclipse MicroProfile -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Ticket Management - Advanced CRUD -- Ticket management using CRUD operations -- Registration -- User types -- User POJO -- Customer registration -- Admin registration -- CSR registration -- Login and token management -- Generating a token -- Customer login -- Admin login -- CSR login -- Ticket management -- Ticket POJO -- Getting a user by token -- User Ticket management -- Ticket controller…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- See also -- Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge analysis with Belkasoft Evidence Center -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Extracting web browser data from Pagefile.sys -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Chapter 9: Email and Instant Messaging Forensics -- Introduction -- Outlook mailbox parsing with Intella -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Thunderbird mailbox parsing with Autopsy -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Webmail analysis with Magnet AXIOM -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Skype forensics with Belkasoft Evidence Center -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Skype forensics with SkypeLogView -- Getting ready…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Takeaways -- Chapter 4 Bias, Data Poisoning, &amp -- Output Oddities -- Whispers from the Static -- Hallucinations: AI's Double-Edged Sword of Creativity -- The Big Bias Problem -- Embarrassing F{ai}lures to Control Bias -- High-Profile Missteps from Two Tech Giants -- Oops...They Did It Again -- AI's Ghost in the Wires and the Future of the Internet -- The Consequences and Way Forward -- Takeaways -- Chapter 5 The Digital Disinformation Pandemic -- Whispers from the Static -- Lies, Darn Lies, and the Internet -- The Landscape of AI-Driven Disinformation -- How AI Can Create and Spread Disinformation -- Types and Tactics of AI-Generated Disinformation -- Deepfakes and Synthetic Media -- Automated Text Generation -- Social Media Manipulation -- Misinformation in Visual Formats -- Influence on Public Discourse -- Potential for Information Warfare and Psychological Operations -- Dark Web and Underground Markets for Disinformation Services -- Emotional Manipulation and Exploitation of Individual Vulnerabilities -- Takeaways -- Chapter 6 Deepfakes and the Spectrum of Digital Deception -- Whispers from the Static -- On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog -- What Really Is a Deepfake, Anyway? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Industry-specific generative AI apps -- The rise of small language models (SLMs) -- Integrating generative AI with intelligent edge devices -- More important emerging trends and 2024-2025 predictions -- From quantum computing to AGI - charting ChatGPT's future trajectory -- What is AGI? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.6-2.10 From the Bottom Up: The Structures of the Brain -- 2.6 The Hindbrain -- 2.7 Structures Under the Cortex: The Limbic System -- 2.8 The Cortex -- 2.9 The Association Areas of the Cortex -- Classic Studies in Psychology: Through the Looking Glass-Spatial Neglect -- 2.10 The Cerebral Hemispheres -- 2.11-2.12 The Nervous System: the Rest of the Story -- 2.11 The Central Nervous System: The "Central Processing Unit" -- 2.12 The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge -- 2.13-2.14 the Endocrine Glands -- 2.13 the Pituitary: Master of the Hormonal Universe -- 2.14 Other Endocrine Glands -- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Phineas Gage and Neuroplasticity -- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Minimizing the Impact of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Chapter Summary -- Test Yourself -- 3 Sensation and Perception -- 3.1-3.3 The Abcs of Sensation -- 3.1 Transduction -- 3.2 Sensory Thresholds -- 3.3 Habituation and Sensory Adaptation -- 3.4-3.6 The Science of Seeing -- 3.4 Light and the Eye -- 3.5 The Visual Pathway -- 3.6 Perception of Color -- 3.7-3.9 The Hearing Sense: Can You Hear Me Now? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Understanding the Transmission Line Impedance Graphically -- 2 - Printed Circuits -- 2.1 BOARD TYPES -- 2.1.1 MATERIALS -- Epoxy Glass -- 2.1.2 TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION -- 2.1.3 CHOICE OF TYPE -- 2.1.4 CHOICE OF SIZE -- Subdivision Boundaries -- Panelization -- 2.1.5 HOW A MULTILAYER BOARD IS MADE -- 2.2 DESIGN RULES -- 2.2.1 TRACK WIDTH AND SPACING -- Conductor Resistance -- Voltage Breakdown and Cross Talk -- Constant Impedance -- 2.2.2 HOLE AND PAD SIZE -- Vias -- Through Hole Pads -- Surface Mount Pads -- 2.2.3 TRACK ROUTING -- 2.2.4 GROUND AND POWER DISTRIBUTION -- Ground Rail Inductance -- Gridded Ground Layout -- The Ground Plane -- Inside or Outside Layers -- Multiple Ground Planes -- 2.2.5 COPPER PLATING AND FINISHING -- 2.2.6 SOLDER RESIST -- Screen-Printed Resists -- Photo-Imaged Film -- 2.2.7 TERMINATIONS AND CONNECTIONS -- Two-Part Connectors -- Edge Connectors -- 2.3 BOARD ASSEMBLY: SURFACE MOUNT AND THROUGH HOLE -- 2.3.1 SURFACE MOUNT DESIGN RULES -- Solder Process -- Printed Circuit Board Quality -- Thermal Stresses -- Cleaning and Testing -- 2.3.2 PACKAGE PLACEMENT -- 2.3.3 COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION -- Polarity Indication -- Guarding -- 2.3.4 UNDERSTANDING THERMAL BEHAVIOR -- Thermal Conduction -- Thermal Convection -- Thermal Radiation -- Thermal Capacity -- Thermal Expansion -- Thermal Shock -- Thermal Cycling -- Solder Cracking -- The Impact of Thermal Stress on Reliability -- 2.4 SURFACE PROTECTION -- Variations in Surface Resistance -- Circuit Design Versus Surface Resistance -- 2.4.1 CONFORMAL COATING -- Coating Versus Encapsulation -- Steps to Take Before Coating -- Application -- Test and Rework -- 2.5 SOURCING BOARDS AND ARTWORK -- 2.5.1 ARTWORK -- Using a Bureau -- Disadvantages of a Bureau -- 2.5.2 BOARDS -- 3 - Passive Components -- 3.1 RESISTORS -- 3.1.1 RESISTOR TYPES -- Surface Mount Chip -- Metal Film -- Carbon…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.2.2 Liu et al. [48] -- 4.2.3 Zhang et al. [43] -- 4.2.4 Comparative overview -- 5 GPU Solutions for Sequence-Profile Comparison -- 5.1 GPU Solutions Using the Viterbi Algorithm -- 5.1.1 Horn et al. [32] -- 5.1.2 Du et al. [44] -- 5.1.3 Walters et al. [33] -- 5.1.4 Yao et al. [34] -- 5.1.5 Ganesan et al. [49] -- 5.1.6 Ferraz and Moreano [36] -- 5.2 GPU Solutions Using the MSV Algorithm -- 5.2.1 Li et al. [35] -- 5.2.2 Cheng and Butler [37] -- 5.2.3 Araújo Neto and Moreano [50] -- 5.3 Comparative Overview -- 6 Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 7: Graph algorithms on GPUs -- 1 Graph representation for GPUs -- 1.1 Adjacency Matrices -- 1.2 Adjacency Lists -- 1.3 Edge Lists -- 2 Graph traversal algorithms: the breadth first search (BFS) -- 2.1 The Frontier-Based Parallel Implementation of BFS -- 2.2 BFS-4K -- 3 The single-source shortest path (SSSP) problem -- 3.1 The SSSP Implementations for GPUs -- 3.2 H-BF: An Efficient Implementation of the Bellman-Ford Algorithm -- 4 The APSP problem -- 4.1 The APSP Implementations for GPUs -- 5 Load Balancing and Memory Accesses: Issuesand Management Techniques -- 5.1 Static Mapping Techniques -- 5.1.1 Work-items to threads -- 5.1.2 Virtual warps -- 5.2 Semidynamic Mapping Techniques -- 5.2.1 Dynamic virtual warps + dynamic parallelism -- 5.2.2 CTA + warp + scan -- 5.3 Dynamic Mapping Techniques -- 5.3.1 Direct search -- 5.3.2 Local warp search -- 5.3.3 Block search -- 5.3.4 Two-phase search -- 5.4 The Multiphase Search Technique -- 5.5 Coalesced Expansion -- 5.6 Iterated Searches -- References -- Chapter 8: GPU alignment of two and three sequences -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Pairwise alignment -- 1.2 Alignment of Three Sequences -- 2 GPU architecture -- 3 Pairwise alignment -- 3.1 Smith-Waterman Algorithm -- 3.2 Computing the Score of the Best Local Alignment…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.5.1 Connecting types through edge properties -- 8.5.2 Creating connections with through types -- 8.6 Combining different types through unions and interfaces -- 8.7 Constraining property values with enumerations -- 8.8 Defining queries to serve data from the API -- 8.9 Altering the state of the server with mutations -- Summary -- 9 Consuming GraphQL APIs -- 9.1 Running a GraphQL mock server -- 9.2 Introducing GraphQL queries -- 9.2.1 Running simple queries -- 9.2.2 Running queries with parameters -- 9.2.3 Understanding query errors -- 9.3 Using fragments in queries -- 9.4 Running queries with input parameters -- 9.5 Navigating the API graph -- 9.6 Running multiple queries and query aliasing -- 9.6.1 Running multiple queries in the same request -- 9.6.2 Aliasing our queries -- 9.7 Running GraphQL mutations -- 9.8 Running parameterized queries and mutations -- 9.9 Demystifying GraphQL queries -- 9.10 Calling a GraphQL API with Python code -- Summary -- 10 Building GraphQL APIs with Python -- 10.1 Analyzing the API requirements -- 10.2 Introducing the tech stack -- 10.3 Introducing Ariadne -- 10.4 Implementing the products API -- 10.4.1 Laying out the project structure -- 10.4.2 Creating an entry point for the GraphQL server -- 10.4.3 Implementing query resolvers -- 10.4.4 Implementing type resolvers -- 10.4.5 Handling query parameters -- 10.4.6 Implementing mutation resolvers -- 10.4.7 Building resolvers for custom scalar types -- 10.4.8 Implementing field resolvers -- Summary -- Part 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.3 Issues and Challenges Towards Online Social Networking in Smart Healthcare -- 6.4 Popular Case Study 1: Online Social Networking in Smart Healthcare -- 6.5 Integrating Social Networking into Healthcare Policies for Better and Reliable Services -- 6.6 Future Opportunities and Innovation Towards Online Social Networking in Healthcare -- 6.7 An Open Discussion on OSN for Healthcare with Cutting Edge Technologies for Modern People -- 6.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Application and Future Trends in Online Social Networking for the Next Generation -- 7.1 Introduction to Online Social Networking, and Next Generation Society: Fundamentals, and Key Component and Features -- 7.1.1 Background -- 7.1.2 Scope and Importance of Online Social Networking in the Next Decade -- 7.1.3 Organization of the Work -- 7.2 Current Applications of Online Social Networking -- 7.3 Role of Emerging Applications in Making Effective Online Social Networking -- 7.3.1 Blockchain-Internet of Things (IoT) Integration in OSN -- 7.3.2 Quantum Computing in OSN -- 7.4 Next-Generation Social Networking Technologies for Modern Generation -- 7.4.1 Advanced Communication Tools for Next Generation Society -- 7.5 Future Research Opportunities Towards Online Social Networking for the Next Generation -- 7.6 Open Issues and Challenges in Next-Generation Machine-Based Social Networking -- 7.7 User Perspectives and Expectations Today by OSN and Its Effect on Modern Society/Generation -- 7.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Security and Possible Threats in Today's Online Social Networking Platforms -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Background -- 8.1.2 Importance of Security in Online Social Networking -- 8.2 Existing Security Architecture in Social Networking Platforms -- 8.3 Common Security Threats on Network and Websites…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.2.4 Full-Duplex Ethernet -- 2.2.5 Switched Ethernet -- 2.2.6 10-Gigabit Ethernet -- 2.2.7 Virtual LAN -- 2.2.8 Token Ring -- 2.2.9 FDDI -- 2.2.10 Wireless LAN -- 2.3 Network Node Components -- 2.3.1 Hubs -- 2.3.2 Bridges -- 2.3.3 Remote Bridge -- 2.3.4 Transparent Bridge -- 2.3.5 Source-Routing Bridge -- 2.3.6 Routers -- 2.3.7 Gateways and Protocol Converters -- 2.3.8 Multiprotocol Routers and Tunneling -- 2.3.9 Half-Bridge Configuration of Router -- 2.3.10 Edge Routers -- 2.3.11 Switches -- 2.4 Wide Area Networks -- 2.5 Transmission Technology -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Wired Transmission -- 2.5.3 Wireless Transmission Media -- 2.5.4 Transmission Modes -- 2.6 Integrated Services: ISDN, Frame Relay, and Broadband -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part II: SNMP and Network Management -- Chapter 3: Basic Foundations: Standards, Models, and Language -- 3.1 Network Management Standards -- 3.2 Network Management Models -- 3.3 Organization Model -- 3.4 Information Model -- 3.4.1 Management Information Tree -- 3.4.2 Managed Object Perspective -- 3.5 Communication Model -- 3.6 Abstract Syntax Notation One: ASN. 1 -- 3.6.1 Terminology, Symbols, and Conventions -- 3.6.2 Objects and Data Types -- 3.6.3 Object Name -- 3.6.4 An Example of Use of ASN.1 from ISO 8824 -- 3.7 Encoding Structure -- 3.8 Macros -- 3.9 Functional Model -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 4: SNMPv1 Network Management: Organization and Information Models -- 4.1 Managed Network: Case Histories and Examples -- 4.2 History of SNMP Management -- 4.3 Internet Organizations and Standards -- 4.3.1 Organizations -- 4.3.2 Internet Documents -- 4.4 SNMP Model -- 4.5 Organization Model -- 4.6 System Overview -- 4.7 Information Model -- 4.7.1 Introduction -- 4.7.2 Structure of Management Information -- 4.7.3 Managed Objects -- 4.7.4 Management of Information Base -- Summary -- Exercises…”

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