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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Origin of Biomedical Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- 1.2 A Long Journey -- 1.3 Moment of Glory -- 1.4 Three Laws -- 1.5 Main Contents of this Book -- References -- Chapter 2 Definition and Classification -- 2.1 Definition -- 2.2 Classification -- References -- Chapter 3 Design and Preparation -- 3.1 Substrate Selection -- 3.1.1 Metal Materials -- 3.1.2 Inorganic Materials -- 3.1.3 Organic Materials -- 3.1.4 Natural Materials -- 3.1.5 Hybrid Materials -- 3.2 Driving System -- 3.2.1 Driving System Based on Biological Components -- 3.2.2 Driving System Based on External Fields -- 3.2.3 Driving System Based on Chemical Reactions -- References -- Chapter 4 Characterization -- 4.1 Characterization of Motion -- 4.1.1 In Aqueous Environment -- 4.1.2 In Complex Environments In Vitro -- 4.2 In Vivo Tracking Technologies -- 4.2.1 Fluorescence Imaging Technology -- 4.2.2 MRI Technology -- 4.2.3 Radionuclide Imaging Technology -- 4.2.4 Ultrasonic Imaging Technology -- 4.2.5 Other Imaging Methods -- References -- Chapter 5 Biosafety -- 5.1 Biosafety of Micro‐ and Nanorobot Substrate -- 5.1.1 Material Composition -- 5.1.2 Micro‐ and Nanoscale Influence -- 5.1.3 Interaction with Physiological Environment In Vivo -- 5.1.4 Ultimate Destiny -- 5.1.5 Genotoxicity -- 5.1.6 Research Method of Biosafety -- 5.2 Biosafety of Driving System of Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- 5.2.1 Biological Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- 5.2.2 Physical Field‐Driven Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- 5.2.3 Chemical Reaction‐Driven Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- 5.3 Biosafety of Autonomous Motion Behavior of Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- 5.4 Biosafety Evaluation Methods for Micro‐ and Nanorobots -- References -- Chapter 6 Autonomous Motion Behavior -- 6.1 Autonomous Motion Mechanism…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 47 -- The Historical Evolution Of The Coastal Landscape pp 9668 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147107 -- 58 -- a diachronic and contemporary photographic journey along the Sicilian western coast pp 10778 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 103625 ... -- 69 -- Gianluca Grigatti Pier Paolo Peruccio Il design sistemico per la valorizzazione del patrimonio faristico italiano pp 11784 2020 Authors CC BY 40 Int ... -- 79 -- Di Leo A Giandomenico S Spada L Cardellicchio N Buonocunto FP Esposito E Ferraro L Giordano L Milia A Violante C The offshore environmenta ... -- 392 -- Michele Di Natale Stefania Di Ronza Caterina Eramo Water Circulation in Coastal Marine Areas Case Studies pp 440411 2020 Authors CC BY 40 I ... -- 402 -- exploring the use of Sentinel products along with very high resolutio -- 412 -- Ismahane Kadri Farid Atroune Diachronic Evolution of the Coastline of Bordj El Kiffane Algiers Algeria in Absence and Presence of Coastal Protecti ... -- 422 -- Isabel López José I Pagán Antonio J TenzaAbril Luis Aragonés Luis Bañón Relationship between shoreline evolution and sediment wear pp 470440 ... -- 432 -- José Ignacio Pagán Isabel López Luis Aragonés Antonio J TenzaAbril Experiences with beach nourishments on the coast of Alicante Spain pp 47945 ... -- 441 -- Giuseppe PiccioliResta Sergio Fai Andrea Picciolo Drone remote sensing for coastal habitats protection pp 489461 2020 Authors CC BY 40 Internati ... -- 451 -- Kristina Pikelj Nina Furčić Impact of cliff erosion on marine sediment composition indication of local coastline evolution Vrgada Island Croatia pp 5 ... -- 462 -- -- Antonietta Ivona Coastal Heritage and Territorial Signs pp 12394 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147110 -- 85 -- Ricardo Martín Víctor Yepes Alejandro Grindlay Discovering the marinas cultural heritage and cultural landscape pp 133104 2020 Authors CC BY ... -- 95 -- new data from preventive archaeology Il parco archeologico di Saturo LeporanoTA millenni di storia decenni di incuria pp 155126 2020 Authors C ... -- 117 -- Patrizia Tartara Along the Caeretan coast and forward on pp 165136 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147114 -- 127 -- un progetto integrato per la tutela e la valorizzazione pp 175146 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147115 -- 137 -- Altavilla S Caligiore A Ceccarelli J Corrente G Galeano F Pappacena G Pisconti M Petrillo A Rottino F Puri P Scatigna G Simione F Sinesi T Spaccave ... -- 155 -- Thomas Bisiani Matteo Savron New Scenarios for a Development between Infrastructures and Innovation pp 202173 2020 Authors CC BY 40 Inter ... -- 164 -- climate change and new relations between town and water pp 212182 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147118 -- 174 -- a mediterranean landscape in an internal lake pp 221193 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147119 -- 183 -- il caso di Cala dei Ponzesi e di Cala Spalmatore nellisola dellAsinara pp 232213 -- 194 -- Damiano De Marchi Mirko Lalli Alessandro Mancini Monitoring online perception of environmental issues on coasts of Sicily pp 252218 2020 Aut ... -- 214 -- Federica Epifani Fabio Pollice Stabilimenti balneari come presidi ambientali Verso la multifunzionalità dei servizi di balneazione Alcune riflessioni a ... -- 219 -- a consistent database to support sustainable coastal zone management pp 267241 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 103625397888551814 ... -- 229 -- a storytelling experimental beach in Laigueglia sv pp 280249 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147124 -- 242 -- between biodiversity and anthropization pp 288258 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885 -- 250 -- the long and winding road from waste to resource pp 297269 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147126 -- 259 -- Giuseppe Mazzeo Domitian Coast Rehabilitation outlooks of the Northern coast of Campania pp 308279 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI ... -- 270 -- Andrea Marçel Pidalà Le coste dei Nebrodi tra mosaico paesaggistico beni culturali e criticità complesse Visioni e Scenari Strategici progettuali nel pa ... -- 289 -- il porto e le metamorfosi del waterfront pp 337308 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147130 -- 299 -- toward innovative integrated biodiversity management pp 347315 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147131 -- 309 -- Claudio Saragosa Michela Chiti Spatial configurations and flows in the morphogenetic processes of settlements A planning experience on the Tuscan ... -- 316 -- Matteo Scamporrino View management in cityport landscapes Livorno applicative experience pp 364337 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DO ... -- 326 -- Giuseppe Tagarelli Nicola Cantasano Tommaso Caloiero Gaetano Pellicone Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Natura 2000 and cultural heritag ... -- 338 -- a flooding archipelago pp 386362 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 1036253978885518147135 -- 348 -- Francesco Zullo Lorena Fiorini Alessandro Marucci Bernardino Romano Analysis of the theoretical settlement scenario implemented by the municipa ... -- 363 -- Roberto Bedini Paolo Colantoni Christine PergentMartini Coastal erosion in the Gulf of Follonica and Baratti and coastal defense methods pp 417384 ... -- 379 -- from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Shoreline Through the Lake Bafa pp 423391 2020 Authors CC BY 40 International DOI 103625397888 -- 385 -- Barış Akçalı Ergün Taşkın Gökhan Kaman Alper Evcen Hayati Çalık Onur Akyol Posidonia Oceanica Monitoring System on the Coast of Aegean Sea ... -- 475 -- Leonardo Beccarisi Cosimo Gaspare Giannuzzi Giorgio DAndria Marco Greco Habitat and flora monitoring in the Regional Nature Reserve of Palud ... -- 483 -- Roberto Bedini Marco Bedini Elisa Salvadori A new transplanting method of Posidonia oceanicaLinnaeus Delile 1813 plants pp 530500 2020 Autho ... -- 492 -- A Preliminary Assessment of the Efficiency of Drones in Mapping ShallowWater Benthic Assemblages pp 539509 2020 Authors CC BY 40 Internati ... -- 501 -- Giancarlo Bellissimo Benedetto Sirchia Vincenzo Ruvolo Monitoring of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Sicilian coasts under the Water Framewo ... -- 510 -- Giancarlo Bellissimo Benedetto Sirchia Vincenzo Ruvolo Assessment of the ecological status of Sicilian coastal waters according to a macroalgae base ... -- 519 -- Maria Carla de Francesco Igino Chiuchiarelli Ludovico Frate Maria Laura Carranza Tommaso Pagliani Angela Stanisci Towards new marinecoastal N ... -- 529 -- Halyna Humeniuk Olena Voloshyn Volodymyr Voloshyn Seasonal Dynamics of Cadmium and Plumbum in the Turiya and Pripyat Rivers pp 57854 ... -- 540 -- Hajar Idmoussi Laila Somoue Karim Hilmi Omar Ettahiri Tarik Baibai Ahmed Makaoui Ahmed Errhif Phytoplankton assemblage Characterization al ... -- 547 -- primi risultati -- 557 -- the case of the gulf of Lion Marine -- 569 -- FV Romano V Scalcione P DAntonio C DAntonio E Lacetra Precision agriculture and conservation of coastal landscapes pp 618585 2020 Authors C ..…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building an entity model for use in the rest of the book -- Understanding web development -- Practicing and exploring -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages -- Exploring ASP.NET Core -- Exploring ASP.NET Core Razor Pages -- Using Entity Framework Core with ASP.NET Core -- Configuring services and the HTTP request pipeline -- Practicing and exploring -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Building and Consuming Web Services -- Building web services using the ASP.NET Core Web API -- Creating a web service for the Northwind database -- Documenting and testing web services -- Consuming web services using HTTP clients -- Practicing and exploring -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Building User Interfaces Using Blazor -- History of Blazor -- Reviewing the Blazor Web App project template -- Building components using Blazor -- Enabling client-side execution using WebAssembly -- Practicing and exploring -- Summary -- Epilogue -- Next steps on your C# and .NET learning journey -- The ninth edition, coming November 2024 -- Good luck! …”

“…Begin your generative AI journey with Python as you explore large language models, understand responsible generative AI practices, and apply your knowledge to real-world applications through guided tutorials Key Features Gain expertise in prompt engineering, LLM fine-tuning, and domain adaptation Use transformers-based LLMs and diffusion models to implement AI applications Discover strategies to optimize model performance, address ethical considerations, and build trust in AI systems Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description The intricacies and breadth of generative AI (GenAI) and large language models can sometimes eclipse their practical application. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.1 Introduction -- 3 The Principles of the Theory of Constraints -- 4 The Principles of Lean Management -- 4.1 Waste from Overproduction -- 4.2 Waste of Waiting -- 4.3 Waste of Over-Transportation -- 4.4 Waste of Overprocessing -- 4.5 Waste of Excess Inventory -- 4.6 Waste of Excess Motion -- 4.7 Waste from Process Defects -- 4.8 Waste of Underutilized Human Capital Potential -- 4.9 Waste of Material Underutilization -- 5 The Principles of Six Sigma -- 6 The TLS Continuum Framework -- Part 2 Continuous Process Improvement Journey -- 7 What Is a Goal? -- 7.1 A Goal (Problem Statement) Is Not a Proxy or a Means to Reach Another Goal -- 7.2 A Goal (Problem Statement) Should Describe a Purpose Without Losing Sight of the Actions You Need to Reach Them -- 7.3 A Goal (Problem Statement) Should Be Attainable and Within Reach -- 7.4 A Goal (Problem Statement) Should Be Designed Around a Goal Even If It Has an Uncertain Chance of Success -- 7.5 A Goal/Problem Statement Should Be Intrinsic In that Even If No One Else Cared, You Felt Good that You Tried to Reach the Top -- 7.6 A Goal/Problem Statement Should Feel Exciting and Not Like a Chore -- 7.7 A Goal/Problem Statement Should Be Specific and Quantifiable -- 7.8 A Goal/Problem Statement Should Be Defined in Terms of Its Benefits Not Its Costs -- 8 Goal Identification -- 8.1 Thou Shalt Become One with the Customer/Client Internally or Externally…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The Raw advantage; 2.11 Shooting workflows; Film and print scanners; 2.12 Scanning resolution - 'Know where you are going before you start the journey'; 2.13 Color depth; 2.14 Multi-sample; 2.15 Highlight and shadow capture; 2.16 Color cast correction; 2.17 Dust and scratches; 2.18 Noise Reduction technologies; 2.19 Color regeneration features; 2.20 Scanning workflow; Fixing common shooting problems; Fixing common scanning problems; Chapter 3 Processing Raw files; The Photoshop Elements approach to Raw processing…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MeditationSmall Things Go a Long Way; One More Rep; Smile 5 Percent More; Chapter 8: Be 5 Percent Happier; Expand Your Happiness Horizons; The Top Doesn't Mean You will Fall Off-Recognize Your 5 Percent Moments; Carpe Diem; `Naked and Afraid;́ Your Tunes, Your Wheels, and Your Clothes; Section III: Give 5 Percent More to Others; Chapter 9: Give 5 Percent More to the People You Work With; Success is the Direct Result of Your Responsibility to Others; My Journey from Young Lawyer to Business Owner was Taking Shape; Chapter 10: Give 5 Percent More to the People You Work For…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 47 Imagine the user journey. -- 48 Create a user flow. -- 49 Remove barriers and obstacles. -- 50 What isn't there matters. -- 51 Pointing devices inform functionality. -- Research -- 52 Design cannot be fully objective…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: From Negative to Positive -- Chapter 2: Real Positive -- Chapter 3: Positive Leaders Drive Positive Cultures -- Your Most Important Job -- Culture Beats Strategy -- Know What You Stand For -- More than Words -- Positively Contagious -- Create a Culture that People Feel -- Invest in the Root if You Want the Fruit -- You Must Keep Building Your Culture -- Chapter 4: Positive Leaders Create and Share a Positive Vision -- A North Star -- A Telescope and Microscope -- Dabo Swinney's Vision -- Keep the Vision Alive -- Make the Vision Come Alive -- My Vision -- Chapter 5: Positive Leaders Lead with Optimism, Positivity, and Belief -- Believe It and You'll See It -- If You Don't Have It, You Can't Share It -- Feed the Positive Dog -- Talk to Yourself -- It's All How You See It -- Tell Yourself a Positive Story -- Challenge or Opportunity -- Shark or Goldfish -- Think Like a Rookie -- Defeating Murphy -- Inside Out -- Distort Reality -- Leadership Is a Transfer of Belief -- Lead with Faith Instead of Fear -- Be an Over-Believer -- Don't Stop Believing -- Your Leadership Journey -- Chapter 6: Positive Leaders Confront, Transform, and Remove Negativity -- Your Positivity Must Be Greater than All the Negativity -- No Energy Vampires Allowed -- Why Wait? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: Document Your Leadership Journey; 2 Build a Spider Web: Evaluate Your Working Relationships; 3 Spin Around in a Circle: Make 360° Feedback Work for You; 4 Your Own Private Detective: Ask a Peer to Track Your Development; 5 When the Student Is Ready: Find a Mentor; 6 Just Like the CEO: Create a Personal Board of Directors; 7 Get in the Weight Room: Identify and Leverage Your Strengths; 8 Go Back in Time: Ask Past Colleagues about Your Leadership…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The RAW advantage; 2.11 Shooting workflows; Film and print scanners; 2.12 Scanning resolution - 'Know where you are going before you start the journey'; 2.13 Color depth; 2.14 Multi-sample; 2.15 Highlight and shadow capture; 2.16 Color cast correction; 2.17 Dust and scratches; 2.18 Noise Reduction technologies; 2.19 Color regeneration features; 2.20 Scanning workflow; Fixing common shooting problems; Fixing common scanning problems; 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.11 Shooting workflowsFilm and print scanners; 2.12 Scanning resolution - 'Know where you are going before youstart the journey'; 2.13 Color depth; 2.14 Multi-sample; 2.15 Highlight and shadow capture; 2.16 Color cast correction; 2.17 Dust and scratches; 2.18 Noise Reduction technologies; 2.19 Color regeneration features; 2.20 Scanning workflow; Fixing common shooting problems; Fixing common scanning problems; 3 Image Changes - Beyond the Basics; Advanced selection techniques; 3.01 Adding to and subtracting from selections; 3.02 Saving and loading selections; 3.03 Modifying selections…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The Raw advantage; 2.11 Shooting workflows; 2.12 Scanning resolution - 'Know where you are going before you start the journey'; 2.13 Color depth; 2.14 Multi-sample; 2.15 Highlight and shadow capture; 2.16 Color cast correction; 2.17 Dust and scratches; 2.18 Noise Reduction technologies; 2.19 Color regeneration features; 2.20 Scanning workflow; Fixing common shooting problems; Fixing common scanning problems; 3 Processing Raw files; The Photoshop Elements approach to Raw processing; 3.01 Enabling your Raw camera…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- About the authors -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Preface -- Using this book -- Part 1: Corporate and business strategy -- Chapter 1: Ansoff's matrix and product market grid -- Chapter 2: BCG matrix -- Chapter 3: Strategic dialogue -- Chapter 4: BHAG -- Chapter 5: Blue ocean strategy -- Chapter 6: Business model canvas -- Chapter 7: Business scope (Abell) -- Chapter 8: Competitive analysis: Porter's five forces model -- Chapter 9: Core competencies -- Chapter 10: Internationalisation strategy framework -- Chapter 11: Road-mapping -- Chapter 12: Scenario planning -- Chapter 13: Strategy maps -- Chapter 14: SWOT analysis -- Chapter 15: Value disciplines -- Part 2: Organisation and governance -- Chapter 16: 7-S framework -- Chapter 17: Balanced scorecard -- Chapter 18: Benchmarking -- Chapter 19: Organisational growth model (Greiner) -- Chapter 20: Offshoring/outsourcing -- Chapter 21: Organisational configurations (Mintzberg) -- Chapter 22: Overhead value analysis -- Chapter 23: Risk management -- Chapter 24: The value chain -- Part 3: Finance -- Chapter 25: Activity-based costing -- Chapter 26: Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) -- Chapter 27: Discounted cash flow (DCF) and net present value (NPV) -- Chapter 28: DuPont scheme -- Chapter 29: Economic value added (EVA) and weighted average cost of capital (WACC) -- Chapter 30: Financial ratio analysis: liquidity, solvency and profitability ratios -- Chapter 31: Investment stages -- Chapter 32: Real options theory -- Chapter 33: Risk-reward analysis -- Chapter 34: Value-based management -- Part 4: Marketing and sales -- Chapter 35: 4Ps of marketing (Kotler) -- Chapter 36: Branding pentagram -- Chapter 37: Client pyramid (Curry) -- Chapter 38: Crowdsourcing -- Chapter 39: Customer journey mapping -- Chapter 40: MABA analysis -- Chapter 41: Social network analysis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1 The Integration of Eliade and Lévi-Strauss: Sacred Poles and Songs of Labor as Forms of De-historification -- 2 Historicizing the De-historifying Tendencies of the Modern Magicians in the Study of Religion -- 3 The Magic Christ of Science: Heroic Historicism and the Active Provocation of Crisis in Pursuit of Critical Thinking -- Chapter 5 Critical Ethnocentrism (1949-1959): The Southern Period and the Articulation of a Post-colonial Anthropology alongside Claude Lévi-Strauss -- 1 Notoriety without Success: Controversies with Croce and Intellectual Isolation within the Roman School of History of Religions -- 2 Shaking Earth and Intellectual Transitions: Political Militancy and Ethnographic Journeys in the Italian South -- 3 The Rise of the Cultural-Discursive Paradigm and Self-Reflexive Anthropology -- 4 Tristes Tropiques, Critical Ethnocentrism, and the Anticipation of the Cultural-Discursive Paradigm -- 4.1 Anticipating Said's Orientalism: Anthropology of Guilt and the Ethnographic Encounter -- 4.2 Anticipating Fabian's Time and Other: Anthropology as Self-Reflexivity and Introspection -- 4.3 Anticipating Smith's Imagining Religion: Anthropology as the Study of Culture and the Critical Questioning of Our Categories -- 4.4 Anticipating the Writing Culture Movement: Anthropology and the Language of the People -- Chapter 6 Loyalty to the Cultural Homeland (1960-1965): Critical Ethnocentrism as an Anticipatory Defense against Relativism and Interpretative Anthropology -- 1 A Critic of Interpretative Anthropology Ante Litteram: The Anthropologist of Guilt Becomes a Philosopher of the Apocalypse of Relativism -- 2 Moving with and beyond Antonio Gramsci: From Progressive Folklore to a More Successful Colonialization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Coomes Early REDD+ Implementation: The Journey of an Indigenous Community in Eastern Panama doi:10.3390/f8030067 -- Courtney Work Forest Islands and Castaway Communities: REDD+ and Forest Restoration in Prey Lang Forest doi:10.3390/f8020047 -- Alexander Pfaff, Francisco Santiago-Ávila and Lucas Joppa Evolving Protected-Area Impacts in Mexico: Political Shifts as Suggested by Impact Evaluations doi:10.3390/f8010017 -- Taiji Fujisaki, Kimihiko Hyakumura, Henry Scheyvens and Tim Cadman Does REDD+ Ensure Sectoral Coordination and Stakeholder Participation? …”