“…This book contains the memoirs of Rose Bertin who is often credited with bringing fashion to the top of popular culture in the prerevolutionary years and also with kick starting haute couture. The line went that Rose as Marie Antoinette's Minister of Fashion was more expensive the French Secretary of State…”

“…Secret wartime projects in areas such as code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. …”

“…"Reboot Hiring outlines for leaders and managers that successful hiring starts or fails at the kick-off meeting, and a little more time and partnership at the start saves time, money, and hassle. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Software Engineering for Embedded Systems -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Software Engineering for Embedded and Real-Time Systems -- 1 Software Engineering -- 2 Embedded Systems -- 2.1 Embedded Systems Are Reactive Systems -- 3 Real-Time Systems -- 3.1 Types of Real-Time Systems-Soft and Hard -- 3.2 Differences Between Real-Time and Time-Shared Systems -- 4 Example of a Hard Real-Time System -- 4.1 Based on Signal Sample, Time to Perform Actions Before Next Sample Arrives -- 4.2 Hard Real-Time Systems -- 5 Real-Time Event Characteristics -- 5.1 Real-Time Event Categories -- 5.2 Efficient Execution and the Execution Environment -- 5.2.1 Efficiency Overview -- 5.2.2 Resource Management -- 6 Challenges in Real-Time System Design -- 6.1 Response Time -- 6.2 Recovering From Failures -- 7 The Embedded System's Software Build Process -- 8 Distributed and Multiprocessor Architectures -- 9 Software for Embedded Systems -- 9.1 Super Loop Architecture -- 9.2 Power-Saving Super Loop -- 9.3 Window Lift Embedded Design -- 10 Hardware Abstraction Layers for Embedded Systems -- 2 Software Development Process -- 1 Getting Started -- 1.1 Project Planning -- 1.2 Risk Management -- 1.3 Kicking Off the Project -- 2 Requirements -- 2.1 User Requirements -- 2.2 System Requirements -- 3 Architecture -- 3.1 Safety-Critical Elements -- 3.2 Operating Performance -- 3.3 Security -- 3.4 Reliability and Availability -- 4 Design -- 4.1 Object-Oriented Programming -- 4.1.1 System Context -- 4.1.2 Class Identification -- 4.1.3 Design Modeling -- 4.2 Real-Time Design -- 5 Implementation -- 6 Testing -- 6.1 Validation and Verification -- 6.2 Integration Testing -- 6.3 Release Testing -- 6.4 Performance Testing -- 7 Rolling It Together: Agile Development…”

“…The role of economic instruments is to kick-start the private financial markets and to motivate private investors to fund EE measures. …”

“…People in family relations are more likely to be threatened, hit, kicked, raped or beaten up. Such violence in the domestic circle conjures up a lot of questions. …”

“…In his answers, we learn that he has been using since he was a child and became homeless after his parents kicked him out of their home. He was recently released from prison, having been incarcerated for stealing in order to pay for his drug use. …”

“…We propose a series of kick-off points related to the economic appraisal of large urban infrastructure projects, taking some account of the specifics raised by the Grand Paris Express (GPE) regional automatic metro. …”

“…Enter the dojo of the agile samurai, where agile expert Jonathan Rasmusson shows you how to kick-start, execute, and deliver your agile projects. …”

“…Vom richtigen Zubehör bis zum Profi-Kniff, der Ihrem Bild den entscheidenden Kick gibt, verrät Ihnen Kelby, was er weiß - ganz so, als seien Sie mit ihm auf Fototour…”

“…The book contains a wealth of kick-off alternative research-based examples and describes various types of case data. …”

“…It offers a head-mounted optical display and touch interface, and it's programmable. Kick-start your Glassware development by exploring how users can interface with Glass, developing a Glass application fast by using the Mirror API to manipulate Timeline cards and menus, tracking a Glass's geolocation, creating rich interactions by responding to user inputs, and capturing or serving user images and videos. …”

“…Master the basics of object–oriented programming in JavaScript, as they apply to design patterns Apply design patterns to your kick–start your JavaScript development Work through several real–world examples…”

“…Whether you are a serious enthusiast, a student or a training professional this book covers it all; from cameras, lenses, digital imaging sensors and films to insights into photography as an industry and how to manage accounts, charge for jobs and self promote to kick start your career. Genres are explored, from portraiture and photojournalism to aerial p…”

“…Your script could be written in crayon with your name spelled wrong on the cover, but if it's genuinely funny, none of that matters.Screenwriting Tip #156The easiest way to write kick-ass protagonists is to make them incredibly good…”

“…"The uprising in Tunisia has come to be seen as the first true revolution of the twenty-first century, one that kick-started the Arab Spring. In this remarkable work, Alcinda Honwana goes beyond superficial accounts of what occurred to explore the defining role of the country's youth, and in particular the cyber activist. …”

“…The special issue started with a kick-off meeting where all potential contributors shared ideas on potential papers. …”

“…Have big dreams? Kick start them with JavaScript! If we've learned one thing from the Millennial generation, it's that no one is too young to make history online. …”

“…Everything you write reflects you. E-mails are often kicked upstairs, and as some politicians and business leaders have learned the hard way, they’re indelible. …”