Tabla de Contenidos: “…Discrete Probability Theory -- 4.1: The Origins of Probability Theory -- 4.2: Chance Experiments, Sample Points, Spaces, and Events -- 4.3: Random Variables -- 4.4: Moments - Expectation and Variance -- 4.5: The Birthday Paradox -- 4.6: Conditional Probability and Independence -- 4.7: The Law of Large Numbers (LLN) -- 4.8: The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) -- 4.9: Random Processes and Markov Chains -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bayesian Linear Regression Model -- THE UNIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL -- Bayesian Estimation of the Univariate Regression Model -- Illustration: The Univariate Linear Regression Model -- THE MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL -- Diffuse Improper Prior -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bayesian Estimation of ARCH-Type Volatility Models -- BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF THE GARCH(1,1) MODEL -- Distributional Setup -- Posterior Distributions -- Posterior Simulations with the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm -- MARKOV-SWITCHING GARCH MODELS -- Preliminaries -- Prior Distributional Assumptions -- Estimation of the MS GARCH Model -- APPENDIX: THE GRIDDY GIBBS SAMPLER -- Drawing from the Conditional Posterior Distribution of ν -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bayesian Techniques and the Black-Litterman Model -- PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MEAN-VARIANCE OPTIMIZATION -- Example: The True, Estimated, and Actual Efficient Frontiers -- Sensitivity to Estimation Error -- Incorporating Uncertainty in the Inputs into the Portfolio Allocation Process -- Large Data Requirements -- SHRINKAGE ESTIMATION -- THE BLACK-LITTERMAN MODEL -- Derivation of the Black-Litterman Model -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bond Valuation -- Basics of Bond Valuation -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BOND VALUATION -- Estimating Cash Flows -- Determining the Appropriate Interest Rate or Rates -- Discounting the Expected Cash Flows -- Determining a Bond's Value -- The Price/Discount Rate Relationship -- Time Path of Bond -- ARBITRAGE-FREE BOND VALUATION -- Theoretical Spot Rates -- Valuation Using Treasury Spot Rates -- Reason for Using Treasury Spot Rates -- Stripping and Arbitrage-Free Valuation -- Credit Spreads and the Valuation of Non-Treasury Securities -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Relative Value Analysis of Fixed-Income Products…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CDM and Resource Allocation and Exchange -- CDM Resource Allocation -- Slot Trading Models -- Modeling Equity and Equity Efficiency Tradeoffs -- Resource Allocation Based on User Supplied Priorities -- Large-Scale Deterministic Optimization Models -- Stochastic Models -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Airline Industry Operations Research -- Introduction -- Flight Scheduling Planning -- Fleet Assignment -- Yield Management -- Crew Scheduling -- Aircraft Maintenance Routing -- Schedule Recovery -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Algebraic Modeling Languages for Optimization -- Introduction -- Background and Motivation -- Advantages -- Alternatives -- Extensions -- See -- References -- Algorithm -- See -- Algorithmic Complexity -- Alternate Optima -- See -- Alternate Paths -- See -- AMPL -- References -- Analytic Combat Model -- See -- Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Introduction -- The Fundamental Scale -- Absolute and Relative Measurement and Structural Information -- Comments on Cost-Benefit Analysis -- The Eigenvector Solution for Weights and Consistency -- How to Structure a Hierarchy -- Hierarchic Synthesis and Rank -- Examples -- Relative Measurement: Choosing the Best House -- Absolute Measurement: Evaluating Employees for Raises -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Analytic Network Process -- Introduction -- Feedback Networks -- The Supermatrix of a Feedback System -- The Control Hierarchy -- Drug-Marketing Decision -- See -- References -- Analytics -- Animation -- ANP -- Ant Colony Optimization -- See -- References -- Anticycling Rules -- See -- Antithetic Random Variates -- Applied Probability -- See -- Approximate Dynamic Programming -- Introduction -- Problem Setting -- Value Function and the Optimality Equation -- Two Approaches -- Successful Applications -- Concluding Remarks -- See -- References -- Arc…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A continuum damage model for the simulation of concrete under cyclic loading -- From slender columns to branching structures -- Aging concrete: From very early ages to decades-long durability -- Assessing the flow characteristics of self-compacting concrete via numerical simulations of flow tests -- Mixing and extrusion of printing concrete -- Formulation, validation and application of a new shotcrete model -- Aging behavior of normal and high strength concretes -- A multiscale framework for the prediction of concrete self-desiccation -- Effect of drying on the mechanical performances of concrete -- Temperature and humidity-driven ageing of the VeRCoRs mock-up -- Reassessment of the very long term basic creep of concrete -- Interaction between damage and time-dependent deformation of mortar in concrete: 3D FE parametric study at meso-scale -- Prediction of air permeability in large RC structures using a stochastic FE THM modeling strategy -- Simplified modelling strategy for the thermos-mechanical analysis of massive reinforced structures at early age -- Multiscale quantification of thermal expansion of concrete and thermal stresses of concrete structures -- Translating environmentally-induced eigenstresses to risk of fracture for design of durable concrete pavements -- Simulation of permeable concrete to assess interrelationship between strength and permeability -- A coupled chemo-mechanical damage-healing model for cementitious materials -- Flow in fibrous composite materials: Numerical simulations -- Modeling water absorption in cement-based composites with SAP additions -- Full coupling between diffusion and mechanical analysis in a discrete computational framework -- Alternative parameter to characterize pore distribution in cement paste, and its relation to mechanical properties…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Aggregate Production Function -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Questions for Review -- Problems -- Working with the Data -- Chapter 5 A Closed-Economy One-Period Macroeconomic Model -- Government -- Competitive Equilibrium -- Optimality -- Working with the Model: The Effects of a Change in Government Purchases -- Working with the Model: A Change in Total Factor Productivity -- Theory Confronts the Data: Government Spending in World War II -- Theory Confronts the Data: Total Factor Productivity and Real GDP -- Macroeconomics in Action: Government Expenditures and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- A Distorting Tax on Wage Income, Tax Rate Changes, and the Laffer Curve -- A Model of Public Goods: How Large Should the Government Be? -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Questions for Review -- Problems -- Working with the Data -- Chapter 6 Search and Unemployment -- Labor Market Facts -- Macroeconomics in Action: Unemployment and Employment in the United States and Europe -- A One-Sided Search Model of Unemployment -- A Two-Sided Model of Search and Unemployment -- Working with the Two-Sided Search Model -- Macroeconomics in Action: Unemployment Insurance and Incentives -- Theory Confronts the Data: Productivity, Unemployment, and Real GDP in the United States and Canada: The 2008-2009 Recession -- Macroeconomics in Action: The Natural Rate of Unemployment and the 2008-2009 Recession -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms -- Questions for Review -- Problems -- Working with the Data -- PART III Economic Growth -- Chapter 7 Economic Growth: Malthus and Solow -- Economic Growth Facts -- The Malthusian Model of Economic Growth…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adding a parameter to a decorator -- Implementing more complex decorators -- Complex design considerations -- Summary -- Chapter 12: The Multiprocessing and Threading Modules -- Functional programming and concurrency -- What concurrency really means -- The boundary conditions -- Sharing resources with process or threads -- Where benefits will accrue -- Using multiprocessing pools and tasks -- Processing many large files -- Parsing log files - gathering the rows -- Parsing log lines into namedtuples -- Parsing additional fields of an Access object -- Filtering the access details -- Analyzing the access details -- The complete analysis process -- Using a multiprocessing pool for concurrent processing -- Using apply() to make a single request -- Using the map_async(), starmap_async(), and apply_async() functions -- More complex multiprocessing architectures -- Using the concurrent.futures module -- Using concurrent.futures thread pools -- Using the threading and queue modules -- Designing concurrent processing -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Conditional Expressions and the Operator Module -- Evaluating conditional expressions -- Exploiting non-strict dictionary rules -- Filtering true conditional expressions -- Finding a matching pattern -- Using the operator module instead of lambdas -- Getting named attributes when using higher-order functions -- Starmapping with operators -- Reducing with operator module functions -- Summary -- Chapter 14: The PyMonad Library -- Downloading and installing -- Functional composition and currying -- Using curried higher-order functions -- Currying the hard way -- Functional composition and the PyMonad * operator -- Functors and applicative functors -- Using the lazy List() functor -- Monad bind() function and the &gt -- &gt -- operator -- Implementing simulation with monads -- Additional PyMonad features -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 5.7 Pulling It All Together -- References -- 6 The Data Center: A Central Cog in the Digital Economy -- 6.1 Internet Content Providers Are Driving the New Economy -- 6.2 Cloud Computing: Another Growth Market -- 6.2.1 Microsoft, Google, and Others Seek to Grow Their Cloud Businesses -- 6.2.2 Telcos Offer a Mixed Story Regarding Cloud Computing -- 6.2.3 Traditional Enterprises Use a Hybrid Cloud Model -- 6.3 The Expansive Build-Out of Data Centers -- 6.3.1 Demand for Video Adds to Bandwidth Pressures -- 6.3.2 Facebook's Data Center Builds: A Case Study -- 6.4 Energy Consumption Poses the Greatest Data Center Challenge -- 6.5 Silicon Photonics Can Address Data Center Challenges -- References -- 7 Data Center Architectures and Opportunities for Silicon Photonics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Internet Content Providers Are the New Drivers of Photonics -- 7.3 Data Center Networking Architectures and Their Limitations -- 7.3.1 The Leaf-and-Spine Switching Architecture -- 7.3.2 Higher-Order Radix Switches -- 7.4 Embedding Optics to Benefit Systems -- 7.4.1 An Electronic-Optic Switch Architecture for Large Data Centers -- 7.4.2 Intel's Disaggregated Server Rack Scale Architecture -- 7.4.3 Compass-EOS: Copackaging Optics and Silicon -- 7.5 Data Center Input-Output Challenges -- 7.5.1 Pluggable Optical Transceivers Evolution: Photonic Integration for 100-Gb -- 7.5.2 The Move to Single-mode Fiber -- 7.5.3 Pluggable Transceivers for the Server-to-Top-of-Row Switch Optical Opportunity -- 7.5.4 Transition One: From Pluggables to On-Board Optics -- 7.5.5 Transition Two: From On-Board Optics to Copackaged Optics -- 7.6 Adding Photonics to Ultralarge-Scale Chips -- 7.7 Pulling It All Together -- References -- 8 The Likely Course of Silicon Photonics -- 8.1 Looking Back to See Ahead…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…When to Use Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB -- Azure Synapse Link Limitations -- Azure Synapse Link Use Cases -- Industrial IOT -- Predictive Maintenance Pipeline -- Operational Reporting -- Real-Time Applications -- Real-Time Personalization for E-Commerce Users -- How-To's -- How to Enable Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB -- How to Create an Azure Cosmos DB Container with Analytical Store Using Azure Portal -- How to Connect to Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB Using Azure Portal -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Azure Synapse Analytics Use Cases and Reference Architecture -- Where Should You Use Azure Synapse Analytics? -- Large Volume of Data -- Disparate Sources of Data -- Data Transformation -- Batch or Streaming Data -- Where Should You Not Use Azure Synapse Analytics? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting started with CQL -- Creating a keyspace -- Single data center example -- Multi-data center example -- Creating a table -- Simple table example -- Clustering key example -- Composite partition key example -- Table options -- Data types -- Type conversion -- The primary key -- Designing a primary key -- Selecting a good partition key -- Selecting a good clustering key -- Querying data -- The IN operator -- Writing data -- Inserting data -- Updating data -- Deleting data -- Lightweight transactions -- Executing a BATCH statement -- The expiring cell -- Altering a keyspace -- Dropping a keyspace -- Altering a table -- Truncating a table -- Dropping a table -- Truncate versus drop -- Creating an index -- Caution with implementing secondary indexes -- Dropping an index -- Creating a custom data type -- Altering a custom type -- Dropping a custom type -- User management -- Creating a user and role -- Altering a user and role -- Dropping a user and role -- Granting permissions -- Revoking permissions -- Other CQL commands -- COUNT -- DISTINCT -- LIMIT -- STATIC -- User-defined functions -- cqlsh commands -- CONSISTENCY -- COPY -- DESCRIBE -- TRACING -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Configuring a Cluster -- Evaluating instance requirements -- RAM -- CPU -- Disk -- Solid state drives -- Cloud storage offerings -- SAN and NAS -- Network -- Public cloud networks -- Firewall considerations -- Strategy for many small instances versus few large instances -- Operating system optimizations -- Disable swap -- XFS -- Limits -- limits.conf -- sysctl.conf -- Time synchronization -- Configuring the JVM -- Garbage collection -- CMS -- G1GC -- Garbage collection with Cassandra -- Installation of JVM -- JCE -- Configuring Cassandra -- cassandra.yaml -- cassandra-env.sh -- cassandra-rackdc.properties -- dc -- rack -- dc_suffix -- prefer_local -- cassandra-topology.properties…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…14.1 Processor Organization -- 14.2 Register Organization -- 14.3 Instruction Cycle -- 14.4 Instruction Pipelining -- 14.5 The x86 Processor Family -- 14.6 The ARM Processor -- 14.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 15 Reduced Instruction Set Computers -- 15.1 Instruction Execution Characteristics -- 15.2 The Use of a Large Register File -- 15.3 Compiler-Based Register Optimization -- 15.4 Reduced Instruction Set Architecture -- 15.5 RISC Pipelining -- 15.6 MIPS R4000 -- 15.7 SPARC -- 15.8 RISC versus CISC Controversy -- 15.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 16 Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors -- 16.1 Overview -- 16.2 Design Issues -- 16.3 Intel Core Microarchitecture -- 16.4 ARM Cortex-A8 -- 16.5 ARM Cortex-M3 -- 16.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Part Five Parallel Organization -- Chapter 17 Parallel Processing -- 17.1 Multiple Processor Organizations -- 17.2 Symmetric Multiprocessors -- 17.3 Cache Coherence and the MESI Protocol -- 17.4 Multithreading and Chip Multiprocessors -- 17.5 Clusters -- 17.6 Nonuniform Memory Access -- 17.7 Cloud Computing -- 17.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 18 Multicore Computers -- 18.1 Hardware Performance Issues -- 18.2 Software Performance Issues -- 18.3 Multicore Organization -- 18.4 Heterogeneous Multicore Organization -- 18.5 Intel Core i7-990X -- 18.6 ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore -- 18.7 IBM zEnterprise EC12 Mainframe -- 18.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 19 General-Purpose Graphic Processing Units -- 19.1 Cuda Basics -- 19.2 GPU versus CPU -- 19.3 GPU Architecture Overview -- 19.4 Intel's Gen8 GPU -- 19.5 When to Use a GPU as a Coprocessor -- 19.6 Key Terms and Review Questions -- Part Six T he Control Unit -- Chapter 20 Control Unit Operation -- 20.1 Micro-Operations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- ... et il faut réaliser de nouveaux gains d'efficience -- Extension des activités à forte intensité énergétique -- Une extension du secteur de l'aluminium accroîtrait notablement les recettes à l'exportation -- Les projets ont de larges incidences sur la politique économique -- Développement régional -- La population s'est davantage concentrée dans la région de la capitale -- Graphique 23. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"Ubuntu" in Student Support Programs in Public Higher Education Institutions in South Africa -- 12.1 A Historical Introduction -- 12.2 Widening Participation in South Africa Today: A Snapshot -- 12.3 The Grand Narratives in South African Higher Education -- 12.4 Recognizing and Supporting FGS -- 12.5 Academic Development and Support Programs -- 12.6 Support Lessons From an AD Program for Largely FGS -- 12.7 Supplementary Academic Support -- 12.8 The Tutorial System -- 12.9 Academic Writing Support Initiatives -- 12.10 An Early Alert System Coupled With Multiple Student Support Measures -- 12.11 A Discipline-Based Approach -- 12.12 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 13 Tertiary Schooling Patterns and Disadvantaged Groups in Turkey -- 13.1 Introduction: Who Are the Disadvantaged in Turkey? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Forensic Image Management -- Manage Image Compression -- Standard Linux Compression Tools -- EnCase EWF Compressed Format -- FTK SMART Compressed Format -- AFFlib Built-In Compression -- SquashFS Compressed Evidence Containers -- Manage Split Images -- The GNU split Command -- Split Images During Acquisition -- Access a Set of Split Image Files -- Reassemble a Split Image -- Verify the Integrity of a Forensic Image -- Verify the Hash Taken During Acquisition -- Recalculate the Hash of a Forensic Image -- Cryptographic Hashes of Split Raw Images -- Identify Mismatched Hash Windows -- Verify Signature and Timestamp -- Convert Between Image Formats -- Convert from Raw Images -- Convert from EnCase/E01 Format -- Convert from FTK Format -- Convert from AFF Format -- Secure an Image with Encryption -- GPG Encryption -- OpenSSL Encryption -- Forensic Format Built-In Encryption -- General Purpose Disk Encryption -- Disk Cloning and Duplication -- Prepare a Clone Disk -- Use HPA to Replicate Sector Size -- Write an Image File to a Clone Disk -- Image Transfer and Storage -- Write to Removable Media -- Inexpensive Disks for Storage and Transfer -- Perform Large Network Transfers -- Secure Wiping and Data Disposal -- Dispose of Individual Files -- Secure Wipe a Storage Device -- Issue ATA Security Erase Unit Commands -- Destroy Encrypted Disk Keys -- Closing Thoughts -- Chapter 8: Special Image Access Topics -- Forensically Acquired Image Files -- Raw Image Files with Loop Devices -- Forensic Format Image Files -- Prepare Boot Images with xmount -- VM Images -- QEMU QCOW2 -- VirtualBox VDI -- VMWare VMDK -- Microsoft VHD -- OS-Encrypted Filesystems -- Microsoft BitLocker -- Apple FileVault -- Linux LUKS -- TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt -- Closing Thoughts -- Chapter 9: Extracting Subsets of Forensic Images -- Assess Partition Layout and Filesystems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the author xiii -- Preface. . xv -- Acknowledgements. xix -- Prologue - Some experiences in my lifetime xxi -- Chapter 1 Introduction - setting the scene. 1 -- 1.1 Where We are Today . 1 -- 1.2 How We Got Here . 2 -- 1.3 Going from Here . . 4 -- 1.4 Some Scenarios . 4 -- 1.4.1 Fossil fuels 5 -- 1.4.2 Food. . 6 -- 1.4.3 Renewable energy - critical minerals . . 7 -- 1.4.4 Economics 7 -- 1.5 Overview of the Book . . 7 -- Chapter 2 Systems thinking . . 11 -- 2.1 Systemic Approach . 12 -- 2.2 Feedback 15 -- 2.3 Wicked Problems . 15 -- 2.4 Hyperobjects. 16 -- 2.5 The UN Sustainable Development Goals . 17 -- 2.6 Global Risks . 18 -- Chapter 3 Climate today . . 19 -- 3.1 The 1992 RIO Conference . 21 -- 3.2 Climate as Reported by IPCC in 2021 23 -- 3.3 Climate Pioneers . 26 -- 3.4 The Million-Year Perspective . 27 -- 3.5 The CO2 -- Budget 28 -- 3.6 The COP26 Agreements . 29 -- 3.7 Deforestation 31 -- 3.8 Actions Needed 34 -- Chapter 4 Global warming impacts . 35 -- 4.1 Global Impact of Climate Change . 37 -- 4.2 Weather vs Climate . 37 -- 4.3 Extreme Weather. 38 -- 4.3.1 Human-made vulnerability 42 -- 4.4 Temperature . 42 -- 4.5 Rossby Waves 45 -- 4.6 Droughts 46 -- 4.7 Air Pollution from Wildfires 47 -- 4.8 Precipitation . 48 -- 4.9 Methane 49 -- 4.10 Other Significant Greenhouse Gases 52 -- 4.10.1 Nitrous oxide . 52 -- 4.10.2 Hydrofluorocarbons . 52 -- 4.11 Climate Feedback Mechanisms . 52 -- 4.12 The Human Cost of Climate Change. 54 -- 4.13 Actions Needed 55 -- Chapter 5The water perspective . . 57 -- 5.1 How We Got Here 59 -- 5.1.1 Drinking water 59 -- 5.1.2 Sanitation 60 -- 5.1.3 Water stress 60 -- 5.2 The State of Water Resources. 60 -- 5.2.1 Water quantity 61 -- 5.2.2 Water quality . 63 -- 5.2.3 Natural disasters and water . 64 -- 5.2.4 Glacier mass loss 64 -- 5.2.5 Water supply from glaciers 65 -- 5.2.6 Sea level rise and land subsidence 66 -- 5.2.7 Predicting future water resources 67 -- 5.2.8 Water conflicts 67 -- 5.3 Energy for Water Supply and Water Treatment 68 -- 5.3.1 Source water abstraction and conveyance . 68 -- 5.3.2 Desalination . . 69 -- 5.3.3 Irrigation and groundwater use 70 -- 5.3.4 Wastewater treatment - water resource recovery . 72 -- 5.4 Water Impact on Hydropower 73 -- 5.5 Economics, Tariffs, and the Value of Water . 74 -- 5.6 Food Consumption Impact on Water 78 -- 5.6.1 Water use 78 -- 5.7 Lifestyle and Water Consumption . 79 -- 5.8 Our Attitude to Nature . . 80 -- 5.9 Actions Needed 82 -- Chapter 6 The energy perspective . 85 -- 6.1 How We Got Here . . 87 -- 6.1.1 Global energy . 87 -- 6.1.2 Electrical energy 88 -- 6.1.3 Transport 90 -- 6.2 Energy Consumption Today . . 92 -- 6.3 Climate and Energy Interactions . . 93 -- 6.4 Water Needs for Energy . 95 -- 6.5 Fossil Fuel Production - Impact on Water and Environment 97 -- 6.5.1 Tar sand operations . . 97 -- 6.5.2 Hydraulic fracturing 100 -- 6.5.3 Flaring 101 -- 6.5.4 Coal 102 -- 6.5.5 Oil accidents and oil pollution 104 -- 6.6 Biofuel Production. 106 -- 6.6.1 Water use . 107 -- 6.6.2 Burning wood 108 -- 6.7 Electric Power Production 109 -- 6.8 Hydropower 110 -- 6.8.1 Impact of reservoirs. 110 -- 6.9 Thermal Electric Power Generation Systems. 112 -- 6.9.1 Nuclear power . 113 -- 6.9.2 Fossil-fuelled power systems 115 -- 6.9.3 Water requirements . 115 -- 6.10 Carbon Capture . 117 -- 6.11 Solar and Wind Power . 119 -- 6.11.1 Energy efficiency and consumption 119 -- 6.11.2 Solar .120 -- 6.11.3 Wind power . 121 -- 6.12 Energy Storage 122 -- 6.12.1 Batteries 122 -- 6.12.2 Hydrogen .125 -- 6.13 Critical Resources for Renewable Energy 127 -- viii Water Interactions - A Systemic View -- 6.13.1 Cobalt128 -- 6.13.2 Lithium . 131 -- 6.14 Energy and Public Health. 133 -- 6.14.1 Coal and public health 135 -- 6.14.2 Biomass burning . 135 -- 6.15 Actions Needed . 135 -- Chapter 7 The food perspective . . 137 -- 7.1 Food and Climate Change 139 -- 7.1.1 Global meat production and consumption 140 -- 7.1.2 Environmental impact. 142 -- 7.2 Land Area for Food 143 -- 7.3 Food Waste. 145 -- 7.4 Water for Food 147 -- 7.4.1 Irrigation, water efficiencies, and available technologies 147 -- 7.4.2 Water quality 148 -- 7.5 Energy for Food . 149 -- 7.5.1 Irrigation 149 -- 7.5.2 Fertilizers . 150 -- 7.6 Conservation Agriculture . 152 -- 7.7 Food-Related Health . 155 -- 7.7.1 Targets for food production and consumption . 155 -- 7.7.2 Health risks factors . 156 -- 7.8 Actions Needed . 157 -- Chapter 8 Economics 159 -- 8.1 Inequalities . 160 -- 8.1.1 Climate change. 162 -- 8.1.2 Water inequalities 162 -- 8.1.3 Energy inequalities . 163 -- 8.1.4 Land use and deforestation. 163 -- 8.1.5 Food inequalities . 164 -- 8.2 Economic Consequences of Climate Change . 164 -- 8.2.1 The polluter pays principle . 165 -- 8.2.2 Paying for climate change 165 -- 8.3 Doughnut Economics 167 -- 8.3.1 Circular economics . 169 -- 8.4 Energy Subsidies 169 -- 8.5 Actions Needed . 170 -- Chapter 9 Lifestyle 173 -- 9.1 The Real Difficulty . 173 -- 9.2 Relation Between Wealth and Emissions 174 -- 9.3 Measuring National Emissions . . 176 -- 9.4 Consumption Patterns. . 177 -- 9.4.1 Apparel industry . 178 -- 9.4.2 Aviation . 179 -- 9.5 Actions . . 180 -- Chapter 10 Crisis or hope 183 -- A1 Units. 187 -- Large numbers . 187 -- Power and energy . 187 -- Mass and volume . 188 -- A2 Glossary 189 -- A3 Abbreviations 191 -- Notes 193 -- References 205 -- Index 217.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Business Analysis -- Chapter 1 Business Analysis in a Nutshell -- Defining Business Analysis -- Knowing Your Role in the Basic Business Analysis Lifecycle -- Looking at the Value of Business Analysis -- Considering the Skills of a Successful BA -- Outstanding communication -- Detailed research, analysis, and recording -- Time management and information organization -- The ability to see the big picture -- Customer-focused and value-driven perspective -- A large BA toolkit -- Flexibility -- Business Analysis in an Agile Environment -- What does agile mean? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Common Descriptive Research Designs -- Observation Studies -- Example of an Observation Study -- Correlational Research -- Example of a Correlational Study -- A Caution About Interpreting Correlational Results -- Developmental Designs -- Example of a Developmental Design -- Experience-Sampling Methods -- Example of an Experience-Sampling Study -- Social Network Analysis -- Example of a Social Network Analysis -- Survey Research -- Example of Survey Research -- Conceptual Analysis Exercise: Identifying Descriptive Research Designs Suitable for Various Research Questions -- Collecting Data in a Descriptive Study -- Checklists, Rating Scales, and Rubrics -- Using Technology to Facilitate Your Use of Checklists, Rating Scales, and Rubrics -- Interviews -- Practical Application: Planning and Conducting Interviews in a Quantitative Study -- Guidelines: Conducting Interviews in a Quantitative Study -- Questionnaires -- Practical Application: Constructing and Administering a Questionnaire -- Guidelines: Constructing a Questionnaire -- Guidelines: Using Technology to Facilitate Questionnaire Administration and Data Analysis -- Guidelines: Maximizing Your Response Rate for a Questionnaire -- Choosing a Sample in a Descriptive Study -- Common Sampling Designs -- Probability Sampling -- Nonprobability Sampling -- Sampling in Surveys of Very Large Populations -- Practical Application: Identifying a Sufficient Sample Size -- Practical Application: Choosing an Appropriate Sample in Descriptive Research -- Checklist: Considering the Nature of the Population When Identifying Your Sampling Procedure -- Common Sources of Bias in Descriptive Studies -- Sampling Bias -- Assessment Bias -- Response Bias -- Practical Application: Acknowledging the Probable Presence of Bias in Descriptive Research -- Guidelines: Identifying Possible Sampling Bias in Survey Research…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Two Models for Meta-Analysis: Fixed Effect and Random Effects -- Quiz 9.1 -- Moderator Analysis -- What Meta-Analysis Can Give Us -- The Problem of Publication Bias -- Quiz 9.2 -- Cohen's d for Meta-Analysis -- Steps in a Large Meta-Analysis -- Meta-Analysis Can Change the World -- Meta-Analytic Thinking -- Quiz 9.3 -- Reporting Your Work -- Take-Home Messages -- End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Answers to Quizzes -- Answers to In-Chapter Exercises -- 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…12.5 Friends -- 12.6 static Class Members -- Chapter Summary -- Defined Terms -- Chapter 13 Copy Control -- 13.1 The Copy Constructor -- 13.2 The Assignment Operator -- 13.3 The Destructor -- 13.4 A Message-Handling Example -- 13.5 Managing Pointer Members -- Chapter Summary -- Defined Terms -- Chapter 14 Overloaded Operations and Conversions -- 14.1 Defining an Overloaded Operator -- 14.2 Input and Output Operators -- 14.3 Arithmetic and Relational Operators -- 14.4 Assignment Operators -- 14.5 Subscript Operator -- 14.6 Member Access Operators -- 14.7 Increment and Decrement Operators -- 14.8 Call Operator and Function Objects -- 14.9 Conversions and Class Types -- Chapter Summary -- Defined Terms -- Part IV: Object-Oriented and Generic Programming -- Chapter 15 Object-Oriented Programming -- 15.1 OOP: An Overview -- 15.2 Defining Base and Derived Classes -- 15.3 Conversions and Inheritance -- 15.4 Constructors and Copy Control -- 15.5 Class Scope under Inheritance -- 15.6 Pure Virtual Functions -- 15.7 Containers and Inheritance -- 15.8 Handle Classes and Inheritance -- 15.9 Text Queries Revisited -- Chapter Summary -- Defined Terms -- Chapter 16 Templates and Generic Programming -- 16.1 Template Definitions -- 16.2 Instantiation -- 16.3 Template Compilation Models -- 16.4 Class Template Members -- 16.5 A Generic Handle Class -- 16.6 Template Specializations -- 16.7 Overloading and Function Templates -- Chapter Summary -- Defined Terms -- Part V: Advanced Topics -- Chapter 17 Tools for Large Programs -- 17.1 Exception Handling -- 17.2 Namespaces -- 17.3 Multiple and Virtual Inheritance -- Chapter Summary -- Defined Terms -- Chapter 18 Specialized Tools and Techniques -- 18.1 Optimizing Memory Allocation -- 18.2 Run-Time Type Identification -- 18.3 Pointer to Class Member -- 18.4 Nested Classes -- 18.5 Union: A Space-Saving Class…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Why Linux Is Popular with Hardware Companies and Developers -- Linux Is Portable -- Standards -- The C Programming Language -- Overview of Linux -- Linux Has a Kernel Programming Interface -- Linux Can Support Many Users -- Linux Can Run Many Tasks -- Linux Provides a Secure Hierarchical Filesystem -- The Shell: Command Interpreter and Programming Language -- A Large Collection of Useful Utilities -- Interprocess Communication -- System Administration -- Additional Features of Linux -- GUIs: Graphical User Interfaces -- (Inter)networking Utilities -- Software Development -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- PART I: THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Logging In -- Working with the Shell -- Curbing Your Power: Superuser Access -- Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation -- More About Logging In -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- CHAPTER 3: COMMAND LINE UTILITIES -- Special Characters -- Basic Utilities -- Working with Files -- | (Pipe): Communicates Between Processes -- Four More Utilities -- Compressing and Archiving Files -- Locating Commands -- Obtaining User and System Information -- Communicating with Other Users -- Email -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- CHAPTER 4: THE LINUX FILESYSTEM -- The Hierarchical Filesystem -- Directory and Ordinary Files -- Working with Directories -- Access Permissions -- Links -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- CHAPTER 5: THE SHELL -- The Command Line -- Standard Input and Standard Output -- Running a Program in the Background -- Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion…”