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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Wills' Mineral Processing Technology -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Minerals -- 1.2 Abundance of Minerals -- 1.3 Deposits And Ores -- 1.4 Metallic and Nonmetallic Ores -- 1.5 The Need for Mineral Processing -- 1.6 Liberation -- 1.7 Concentration -- 1.8 Representing Mineral Processing Systems: The Flowsheet -- 1.9 Measures of Separation -- 1.9.1 Grade -- 1.9.2 Recovery -- 1.9.3 Grade-Recovery Relationship -- 1.9.4 A Measure of Technical Separation Efficiency -- 1.10 Economic Considerations -- 1.10.1 Contained Value -- 1.10.2 Processing Costs -- 1.10.3 Milling Costs -- 1.10.4 Tailings Reprocessing and Recycling -- 1.10.5 Net Smelter Return and Economic Efficiency -- 1.10.6 Case Study: Economics of Tin Processing -- 1.10.7 Case Study: Economics of Copper Processing -- 1.10.8 Economic Efficiency -- 1.11 Sustainability -- References -- 2 Ore Handling -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Removal of Harmful Materials -- 2.3 Ore Transportation -- 2.4 Ore Storage -- 2.5 Feeding -- 2.6 Self-Heating of Sulfide Minerals -- References -- 3 Sampling, Control, and Mass Balancing -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Sampling -- 3.2.1 Sampling Basics: What the Metallurgist Needs to Know -- Composition Variance -- Distribution Variance -- Preparation Variance and Analysis Variance -- 3.2.2 Gy's Equation and Its Use to Estimate the Minimum Sample Size -- 3.2.3 Sampling Surveys -- Rules of Thumb -- 3.2.4 Sampling Equipment -- Probabilistic Samplers -- Non-Probabilistic Samplers -- 3.3 On-line Analysis -- 3.3.1 On-line Element Analysis -- On-stream Analysis -- On-belt Analysis -- 3.3.2 On-stream Mineral Phase Analysis -- 3.3.3 On-stream Ash Analysis -- 3.3.4 On-line Particle Size Analysis -- 3.3.5 Weighing the Ore -- 3.3.6 Mass Flowrate -- Magnetic Flowmeter -- Ultrasonic Flowmeters -- Array-based Flowmeters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Turaga and Mihaela van der Schaar / /10.1 Introduction: Smarter Planet 234 / /10.2 Illustrative Problem: Transportation 237 / /10.3 Stream Processing Characteristics 238 / /10.4 Distributed Stream Processing Systems 239 / /10.4.1 State of the Art 239 / /10.4.2 Stream Processing Systems 240 / /10.5 Distributed Online Learning Frameworks 244 / /10.5.1 State of the Art 244 / /10.5.2 Systematic Framework for Online Distributed Ensemble Learning 247 / /10.5.3 Online Learning of the Aggregation Weights 250 / /10.5.4 Collision Detection Application 254 / /10.6 What Lies Ahead 257 / /Acknowledgment 258 / /References 258 / /11 Securing the Internet of Things: Need for a New Paradigm and Fog Computing 261 /Tao Zhang, Yi Zheng, Raymond Zheng, and Helder Antunes / /11.1 Introduction 261 / /11.2 New IoT Security Challenges That Necessitate Fundamental Changes to the Existing Security /Paradigm 263 / /11.2.1 Many Things Will Have Long Life Spans but Constrained and Difficult-to-Upgrade Resources 264 / /11.2.2 Putting All IoT Devices Inside Firewalled Castles Will Become Infeasible or Impractical 264 / /11.2.3 Mission-Critical Systems Will Demand Minimal-Impact Incident Responses 265 / /11.2.4 The Need to Know the Security Status of a Vast Number of Devices 266 / /11.3 A New Security Paradigm for the Internet of Things 268 / /11.3.1 Help the Less Capable with Fog Computing 269 / /11.3.2 Scale Security Monitoring to Large Number of Devices with Crowd Attestation 272 / /11.3.3 Dynamic Risk / Benefit-Proportional Protection with Adaptive Immune Security 277 / /11.4 Summary 281 / /Acknowledgment 281 / /References 281 / /INDEX 285.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.6.1 Additional reading -- 2.6.2 Exercises -- Summary -- 3 Performance limits and profiling -- 3.1 Know your application's potential performance limits -- 3.2 Determine your hardware capabilities: Benchmarking -- 3.2.1 Tools for gathering system characteristics -- 3.2.2 Calculating theoretical maximum flops -- 3.2.3 The memory hierarchy and theoretical memory bandwidth -- 3.2.4 Empirical measurement of bandwidth and flops -- 3.2.5 Calculating the machine balance between flops and bandwidth -- 3.3 Characterizing your application: Profiling -- 3.3.1 Profiling tools -- 3.3.2 Empirical measurement of processor clock frequency and energy consumption -- 3.3.3 Tracking memory during run time -- 3.4 Further explorations -- 3.4.1 Additional reading -- 3.4.2 Exercises -- Summary -- 4 Data design and performance models -- 4.1 Performance data structures: Data-oriented design -- 4.1.1 Multidimensional arrays -- 4.1.2 Array of Structures (AoS) versus Structures of Arrays (SoA) -- 4.1.3 Array of Structures of Arrays (AoSoA) -- 4.2 Three Cs of cache misses: Compulsory, capacity, conflict -- 4.3 Simple performance models: A case study -- 4.3.1 Full matrix data representations -- 4.3.2 Compressed sparse storage representations -- 4.4 Advanced performance models -- 4.5 Network messages -- 4.6 Further explorations -- 4.6.1 Additional reading -- 4.6.2 Exercises -- Summary -- 5 Parallel algorithms and patterns -- 5.1 Algorithm analysis for parallel computing applications -- 5.2 Performance models versus algorithmic complexity -- 5.3 Parallel algorithms: What are they? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction xiii Marc-Eric BOBILLIER CHAUMON -- Part 1 Towards an Overview of Digital Transformations... 1 -- Chapter 1 Emerging Technologies and Issues for Activity and Occupational Health 3 Marc-Eric BOBILLIER CHAUMON -- 1.1 Introduction 3 -- 1.2 From properties to the uses of emerging technologies 4 -- 1.3 Five paradoxes of the diffusion of technologies in/on the activity 8 -- 1.3.1 Sense of loss of control over the activity vs increased control over the activity 8 -- 1.3.2 Invisibility vs visibility of the activity 9 -- 1.3.3 Increase in virtual teams vs isolation of employees 10 -- 1.3.4 Nomadism vs a sedentary lifestyle at work 11 -- 1.3.5 Detachment from activity vs proximity of work 12 -- 1.4 Conclusion 14 -- 1.5 References 15 -- Chapter 2 Collaborative Work Platforms: Challenges for Business Development 21 Nadia BARVILLE-DEROMAS and Marc-Eric BOBILLIER CHAUMON -- 2.1 Introduction 21 -- 2.2 Two organizational challenges: empowering digital transformations and changing work practices 22 -- 2.2.1 The co-configuration of work 22 -- 2.2.2 Mobilizing social capital to make sharing more flexible 23 -- 2.3 Stakes for the development of activity: knowing how to give meaning to a poly-contextual and multi-mediated activity 24 -- 2.3.1 Networking, the power to act and meaning at work 24 -- 2.3.2 Sharing a degree of collaborative intentionality in a multi-mediated situation, a skill in its own right 26 -- 2.4 Conclusion 27 -- 2.5 References 27 -- Chapter 3 Virtual Reality: Definitions, Characteristics and Applications in the Workplace 31 Camille SAGNIER, ?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.4.3 Differences in Mean Scores -- 11.4.4 Correlations Between Measures -- 11.4.5 Trajectories over Time -- 11.4.6 Substantive Models -- 11.5 Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 12 Panel Conditioning: Types, Causes, and Empirical Evidence of What We Know So Far -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Methods for Studying Panel Conditioning -- 12.3 Mechanisms of Panel Conditioning -- 12.3.1 Survey Response Process and the Effects of Repeated Interviewing -- 12.3.2 Reflection/Cognitive Stimulus -- 12.3.3 Empirical Evidence of Reflection/Cognitive Stimulus -- 12.3.3.1 Changes in Attitudes Due to Reflection -- 12.3.3.2 Changes in (Self‐Reported) Behaviour Due to Reflection -- 12.3.3.3 Changes in Knowledge Due to Reflection -- 12.3.4 Social Desirability Reduction -- 12.3.5 Empirical Evidence of Social Desirability Effects -- 12.3.6 Satisficing -- 12.3.7 Empirical Evidence of Satisficing -- 12.3.7.1 Misreporting to Filter Questions as a Conditioning Effect Due to Satisficing -- 12.3.7.2 Misreporting to More Complex Filter (Looping) Questions -- 12.3.7.3 Within‐Interview and Between‐Waves Conditioning in Filter Questions -- 12.4 Conclusion and Implications for Survey Practice -- References -- Chapter 13 Interviewer Effects in Panel Surveys -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Motivation and State of Research -- 13.2.1 Sources of Interviewer‐Related Measurement Error -- 13.2.1.1 Interviewer Deviations -- 13.2.1.2 Social Desirability -- 13.2.1.3 Priming -- 13.2.2 Moderating Factors of Interviewer Effects -- 13.2.3 Interviewer Effects in Panel Surveys -- 13.2.4 Identifying Interviewer Effects -- 13.2.4.1 Interviewer Variance -- 13.2.4.2 Interviewer Bias -- 13.2.4.3 Using Panel Data to Identify Interviewer Effects -- 13.3 Data -- 13.3.1 The Socio‐Economic Panel -- 13.3.2 Variables -- 13.4 The Size and Direction of Interviewer Effects in Panels…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 8.2 A Few Practical Concerns -- 8.3 Binary versus Multiclass -- 8.4 Example Script -- 8.5 Specific Classifiers -- 8.6 Evaluating Classifiers -- 8.7 Selecting Classification Cutoffs -- 8.8 Further Reading -- 8.9 Glossary -- Chapter 9 Technical Communication and Documentation -- 9.1 Several Guiding Principles -- 9.2 Slide Decks -- 9.3 Written Reports -- 9.4 Speaking: What Has Worked for Me -- 9.5 Code Documentation -- 9.6 Further Reading -- 9.7 Glossary -- Part II Stuff You Still Need to Know -- Chapter 10 Unsupervised Learning: Clustering and Dimensionality Reduction -- 10.1 The Curse of Dimensionality -- 10.2 Example: Eigenfaces for Dimensionality Reduction -- 10.3 Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis -- 10.4 Skree Plots and Understanding Dimensionality -- 10.5 Factor Analysis -- 10.6 Limitations of PCA -- 10.7 Clustering -- 10.8 Further Reading -- 10.9 Glossary -- Chapter 11 Regression -- 11.1 Example: Predicting Diabetes Progression -- 11.2 Least Squares -- 11.3 Fitting Nonlinear Curves -- 11.4 Goodness of Fit: R2 and Correlation -- 11.5 Correlation of Residuals -- 11.6 Linear Regression -- 11.7 LASSO Regression and Feature Selection -- 11.8 Further Reading -- 11.9 Glossary -- Chapter 12 Data Encodings and File Formats -- 12.1 Typical File Format Categories -- 12.2 CSV Files -- 12.3 JSON Files -- 12.4 XML Files…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- contents in brief -- contents -- preface -- acknowledgments -- about this book -- Source code -- Book forum -- about the author -- about the cover illustration -- Part 1: Getting started with React Native -- Chapter 1: Getting started with React Native -- 1.1 Introducing React and React Native -- 1.1.1 A basic React class -- 1.1.2 React lifecycle -- 1.2 What you'll learn -- 1.3 What you should know -- 1.4 Understanding how React Native works -- 1.4.1 JSX -- 1.4.2 Threading -- 1.4.3 React -- 1.4.4 Unidirectional data flow -- 1.4.5 Diffing -- 1.4.6 Thinking in components -- 1.5 Acknowledging React Native's strengths -- 1.5.1 Developer availability -- 1.5.2 Developer productivity -- 1.5.3 Performance -- 1.5.4 One-way data flow -- 1.5.5 Developer experience -- 1.5.6 Transpilation -- 1.5.7 Productivity and efficiency -- 1.5.8 Community -- 1.5.9 Open source -- Immediate updates -- Other solutions for building cross-platform mobile applications -- 1.6 React Native's drawbacks -- 1.7 Creating and using basic components -- 1.7.1 An overview of components -- 1.7.2 Native components -- 1.7.3 Component composition -- 1.7.4 Exportable components -- 1.7.5 Combining components -- 1.8 Creating a starter project -- 1.8.1 Create React Native App CLI -- 1.8.2 React Native CLI -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Understanding React -- 2.1 Managing component data using state -- 2.1.1 Correctly manipulating component state -- 2.2 Managing component data using props -- 2.3 React component specifications -- 2.3.1 Using the render method to create a UI -- 2.3.2 Using property initializers and constructors -- 2.4 React lifecycle methods -- 2.4.1 The static getDerivedStateFromProps method -- 2.4.2 The componentDidMount lifecycle method -- 2.4.3 The shouldComponentUpdate lifecycle method -- 2.4.4 The componentDidUpdate lifecycle method…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Comments -- 6.4.8 From Our Activity -- Comments -- 6.4.9 The Transylvanian Roma -- Comments -- 6.5 Naming -- 6.5.1 Is the Word 'Gypsy' a Word of Mockery, or the Name for a Nation -- 6.5.2 What Roma Should Know -- 6.5.3 Clarification -- Comments -- 6.6 The Sedentarisation of the Gypsy Nomads -- 6.6.1 The Colonisation of the Nomadic Gypsies -- Comments -- 6.6.2 The Nomads Who Create Their Independent State -- Comments -- 6.6.3 The Colonisation of Nomads -- Comments -- 6.7 Religion -- 6.7.1 God's Work among the Gypsies -- Comments -- 6.7.2 The Priests and Our Movement -- Comments -- 6.7.3 The Orthodox Church and the Roma -- Comments -- 6.8 The National Civic Identity -- 6.8.1 The Gypsies in Romania. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Challenge Axioms -- 3.9 Using An Opponent’s Strategic Objectives: -- 3.10 Time Management -- 3.11 Other Points: -- 3.12 Contacts and Cooperation -- 3.12.1 Cooperation With NGOs -- 3.12.2 Cooperation with Corporations -- 3.12.3 Personal Contacts -- 3.12.4 Contact and Steering Groups -- 3.13 Field Negotiations -- 3.13.1 Know the Other Side -- 3.13.2 Perspective -- 3.14 After Action and Implementation -- 3.14.1 After-Action Report -- 3.14.2 After Action Review Session -- 3.14.3 Implementing an Agreement -- Chapter Four: Information and Knowledge Management -- Extract: -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Management Framework -- 4.3 Knowledge Management.-4.4 Knowledge Work -- 4.5 Integration -- 4.6 Conclusions -- Chapter Five: Security, Risk Analysis and Intelligence -- Extract -- Introduction to Chapter Five -- 5.1 The Need For Profiles – and Using a Data Fusion Tool to Help -- 5.2 Case Studies -- 5.2.1 The Relationship of Drought and Political/Economic Crises in Africa -- 5.2.2 The 2009 Swine Slaughter in Egypt -- 5.2.3 Civil War -- 5.2.4 The Sinai Peninsula in 2012 -- 5.2.5 Poland in 1982.-5.3 Possible Annual Reports -- 5.3.1 Annual International Organization Report -- 5.3.2 Annual Voting/Consensus Practice Guide -- 5.4 Doveryay, no proveryay Дoвepяй, нo пpoвepяй: Trust But Verify -- Chapter Six: Legal Matters -- Extract: -- 6.1 Delegation Legal Adviser -- 6.2 Sanctions and Legality -- 6.2.1 United Nations Sanctions -- 6.2.2 National Sanctions and Restrictions: -- 6.2.3 Sanctions on Non-State Entities -- 6.2.4 International Courts: -- 6.3 Words Matter.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 5.2.1 Features deliver capabilities -- 5.2.2 Features can be broken down into more manageable chunks -- 5.2.3 A feature can be described by one or more User Stories -- 5.2.4 A feature is not a User Story -- 5.2.5 Release features and product features -- 5.2.6 Not everything fits into a hierarchy -- 5.3 Real Options: Don't make commitments before you have to -- 5.3.1 Options have value -- 5.3.2 Options expire -- 5.3.3 Never commit early unless you know why -- 5.4 Deliberate Discovery -- 5.5 Release and sprint planning with BDD -- Summary -- 6 Illustrating features with examples -- 6.1 The Three Amigos and other requirements discovery workshops -- 6.2 Illustrating features with examples -- 6.3 Using tables to describe more complex requirements -- 6.4 Example Mapping -- 6.4.1 Example Mapping starts with a User Story -- 6.4.2 Finding rules and examples -- 6.4.3 Discovering new rules -- 6.4.4 Surfacing uncertainty -- 6.4.5 Facilitating an Example Mapping session -- 6.5 Feature Mapping -- 6.5.1 Feature Mapping begins with an example -- 6.5.2 Examples are broken into steps -- 6.5.3 Look for variations and new rules -- 6.5.4 Look for alternate flows -- 6.5.5 Grouping related flows and recording uncertainty -- 6.6 OOPSI -- 6.6.1 Outcomes -- 6.6.2 Outputs -- 6.6.3 Process -- 6.6.4 Scenarios -- 6.6.5 Inputs -- Summary -- 7 From examples to executable specifications -- 7.1 Turning concrete examples into executable scenarios -- 7.2 Writing executable scenarios -- 7.2.1 A feature file has a title and a description -- 7.2.2 Describing the scenarios…”