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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Part I - Agriculture and Food Systems: Looking towards 2030/2050 -- Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Food Systems to 2050: A Synthesis -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Urbanization, Demographic Transitions, and the Transformation of Smallholder Farming -- 1.3 Climate Change and Agri-Food Systems -- 1.4 Food Systems for Better Nutrition and Health -- 1.5 Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems -- 1.6 New Science and Technology for Managing Systemic Complexity and Trade-offs -- 1.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 - Global Drivers and Megatrends in Agri-Food Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Approaches to Foresight -- 2.3 A Brief Overview of Recent Foresight Studies on Food Security and Agri-Food Systems -- 2.3.1 Methodological approach -- 2.3.2 Food, human nutrition, and diets -- 2.3.3 Agro-environmental futures -- 2.3.4 Technology and innovation for sustainable food systems -- 2.3.5 Gaining insights into food system analyses through combined quantitative modeling and qualitative approaches -- 2.3.6 Advantages of participatory techniques -- 2.3.7 Adaptation pathways -- 2.4 Relevant Drivers in Agri-Food System Analyses -- 2.5 Megatrends and Less-Explored Areas in Food System Analyses -- 2.5.1 Fourteen megatrends identified through the Megatrends Hub -- 2.5.2 Underexplored trends in recent foresight work -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part II - Food System Threats and Challenges -- Chapter 3 - Migration, Demography, and Agri-Food Systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Traditional Pathways and Emerging Trends -- 3.3 Demographic Trends: Rural and Youth Population Projections -- 3.4 Rural-Urban Migration Trends -- 3.4.1 Data gaps and challenges -- 3.4.2 Methodology -- 3.4.2.1 Projections of migration rates -- 3.4.2.2 Youth migration rates…”

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: “…10.4 Adapting IoT to New Needs: Challenges from Brazil -- 10.4.1 IoT RD&amp -- I Funding in Brazil -- 10.4.2 IoT Success Cases in Brazil -- 10.4.2.1 RFID/IoT Change of Paradigm -- 10.4.2.2 Smart Metering and Smart Grids -- 10.4.3 International Standardisation Related to IoT -- 10.4.4 EU-Brazil Collaboration on IoT -- 10.4.4.1 EU-Brazil Joint Call for IoT Pilots RIAs -- 10.4.4.2 EU-Brazil Mapping and Comparative Study -- 10.4.4.3 The EU-Brazil FUTEBOL Project -- 10.4.4.4 FurtherWork on EU-Brazil Cooperation -- 10.5 Do More with Less: Challenges for Africa. Low-Cost IoT for Sub-Saharan African Applications -- 10.5.1 Lower-Cost, Longer-Range IoT Communications -- 10.5.2 Cost of IoT Hardware and Services -- 10.5.3 Limit Dependency to Proprietary Infrastructures, Provide Local Interaction Models -- 10.5.4 The H2020WAZIUP Project -- 10.6 EU-Japan Collaboration for aWorld Leading Research in IoT -- 10.6.1 ClouT: Cloud of Things for Empowering Citizen ClouT in Smart Cities -- 10.6.2 FESTIVAL Federated Interoperable Smart ICT Services Development and Testing Platform -- 10.6.3 iKaaS - Intelligent Knowledge as a Service -- 10.7 EU-US IoT Cooperation -- 10.7.1 Policy Level Cooperation -- 10.7.2 Technical Cooperation -- 10.7.3 Standards Cooperation -- 10.7.4 Market Cooperation -- 10.8 Conclusions: Cooperation to Balance Globalisationand Differentiation of IoT Solutions Worldwide -- Index -- Backcover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.3 Tabulation of Data -- 2.4 Frequency Distribution -- 2.4.1 Simple Frequency Distribution -- 2.4.2 Grouped Frequency Distribution -- 2.4.2.1 Solved Examples -- 2.5 Cumulative Frequency Table -- 2.5.1 Less Than Cumulative Frequency Table -- 2.5.2 More Than Cumulative Frequency Table -- 2.6 Measures of Central Tendency -- 2.7 Arithmetic Mean -- 2.7.1 Simple Arithmetic Average -- 2.7.1.1 Shortcut Method (Method of Deviations) -- 2.7.2 Weighted Arithmetic Mean -- 2.7.2.1 Combined Arithmetic Mean -- 2.7.2.1.1 Solved Examples -- 2.7.3 Merits of Arithmetic Mean -- 2.7.4 Demerits of Arithmetic Mean -- 2.7.5 Properties of Mean -- 2.7.5.1 Solved Examples -- 2.7.6 Statistical Applications to Transportation Engineering -- 2.8 Median -- 2.8.1 Merits of Median -- 2.8.2 Demerits of Median -- 2.8.2.1 Solved Examples -- 2.9 Mode -- 2.9.1 Merits of Mode -- 2.9.2 Demerits of Mode -- 2.9.2.1 Solved Examples -- 2.10 Geometric Mean -- 2.10.1 Merits of Geometric Mean -- 2.10.2 Demerits of Geometric Mean -- 2.10.2.1 Solved Examples -- 2.11 Harmonic Mean -- 2.11.1 Merits of Harmonic Mean -- 2.11.2 Demerits of Harmonic Mean -- 2.11.3 Relation Between AM, GM, and HM -- 2.11.3.1 Solved Examples -- 2.12 Partition Values (Quartiles, Deciles, and Percentiles) -- 2.12.1 Quartiles -- 2.12.2 Deciles -- 2.12.3 Percentiles -- 2.13 Measures of Dispersion -- 2.13.1 Characteristics of an Ideal Measure of Dispersion -- 2.13.2 Types of Measures of Dispersion -- 2.14 Range -- 2.14.1 Coefficient of Range -- 2.14.2 Merits of Range -- 2.14.3 Demerits of Range -- 2.14.4 Uses of Range -- 2.15 Interquartile Range -- 2.16 Quartile Deviation -- 2.16.1 Coefficient of Quartile Deviation -- 2.16.1.1 Merits of Quartile Deviation -- 2.16.1.2 Demerits of Quartile Deviation -- 2.17 Mean Deviation -- 2.17.1 Coefficient of Mean Deviation -- 2.17.2 Merits of Mean Deviation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 4.3 Recruitment Model -- 4.3.1 Recruitment Objectives -- 4.3.2 Recruitment Strategy -- 4.3.3 Recruitment Process Elements -- 4.3.4 Intervening Process Variables -- 4.3.5 Recruitment Results -- 4.3.6 Benefits of a Good Recruitment Process -- 4.4 Employer Branding -- 4.4.1 Employer Brand Strategy -- 4.4.2 Employer Brand Management -- 4.5 Sources of Recruitment -- 4.5.1 Internal Sources of Recruitment -- 4.5.2 External Sources of Recruitment -- 4.5.3 Innovative Recruitment Sources -- 4.6 Screening and Shortlisting -- 4.6.1 Screening -- 4.6.2 Shortlisting -- 4.7 Widening the Candidate Pool -- 4.7.1 Flexi Hours and Job Sharing -- 4.7.2 Relaxing Minimum Qualifications -- 4.8 Alternatives to Recruitment -- 4.8.1 Subcontracting/Outsourcing -- 4.8.2 Temporary Staff Hiring -- 4.8.3 Consultant/Advisor Hiring -- 4.8.4 Homemakers -- 4.8.5 Military Personnel -- 4.8.6 Retired Professionals -- 4.9 Special Kinds of Recruiting -- 4.9.1 E-recruitment -- 4.9.2 Recruiting for Diversity -- 4.9.3 Recruiting Expatriates -- 4.10 Making Recruitment Effective -- 4.10.1 Recruitment Budget -- 4.10.2 Return on Investment on Recruitment: Measuring Effectiveness of Recruitment -- 4.10.3 Yield Effective Results with Less Turnaround Time -- Application Case -- In a Nutshell -- Drill Down -- Field Guide -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References -- Web sites -- Chapter 5: Selection -- Chapter Objectives -- 5.1 Defining Selection -- 5.1.1 Differences Between Recruitment and Selection -- 5.1.2 Importance of Employee Selection…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Geleitwort von Per Kall -- Geleitwort von Martin Bucksteeg und Ralf Engler -- Vorwort -- Teil I - Grundlagen zum IT Service Management, ITIL und ITIL 4 -- 1 ITIL und IT Service Management -- 1.1 ITIL - ein erster Überblick -- 1.2 Grundlegende Begriffe im Service Management -- 1.2.1 Dienstleistungen (Services) -- 1.2.1.1 Wertschöpfungskonfiguration -- 1.2.1.2 Gestaltung von Dienstleistungsprozessen -- 1.2.2 Dienstleistungen in der IT (IT Services) -- 1.3 IT-Dienstleistungsmanagement mit ITIL -- 1.3.1 ITIL als Best Practice -- 1.3.2 Chancen und Vorteile -- 1.3.3 Risiken und Hemmnisse -- 1.4 Die Inhalte des ITIL 4 Frameworks -- 1.4.1 ITIL Service Value System -- 1.4.2 Vier-Dimensionen-Modell -- 1.5 Enterprise Service Management (ESM) -- 1.6 Zusammenfassung -- 1.7 Beispielfragen -- 2 ITIL und ITSM-Veröffentlichungen im Überblick -- 2.1 Die ITIL-Historie -- 2.1.1 ITIL V 1 -- 2.1.2 ITIL V 2 -- 2.1.3 ITIL V 3, ITIL Edition 2007 -- 2.1.4 ITIL V 3, ITIL Edition 2011 -- 2.1.5 ITIL Practitioner -- 2.1.6 ITIL 4 -- 2.2 Frameworks und Best Practices als ITIL-Inhalte -- 2.3 Weitere nicht proprietäre und proprietäre ITSM Frameworks -- 2.3.1 FitSM -- 2.3.2 YaSM -- 2.3.3 VeriSM -- 2.3.4 BSM -- 2.3.4.1 Services und Service Management -- 2.3.4.2 Menschen und Mitarbeiter -- 2.3.4.3 Practices -- 2.3.4.4 Tools und Technik der IT -- 2.3.5 CMMI-SVC -- 2.3.5.1 CMMI-Modelle -- 2.3.5.2 CMMI für Dienstleistungen -- 2.3.6 USMBOK -- 2.3.7 IT4IT -- 2.3.8 Agile Skalierungsframeworks -- 2.3.8.1 SAFe -- 2.3.8.2 Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) -- 2.4 Zusammenfassung -- Teil II - ITL 4 -- 3 Schlüsselkonzepte in ITIL 4 -- 3.1 Service Management und der Wertbeitrag für den Kunden -- 3.2 Stakeholder -- 3.3 Services und Produkte für die Wertschöpfung -- 3.4 Service-Beziehungen -- 3.5 Bestandteile des (Mehr-)Werts -- 3.5.1 Output und Ergebnis (Outcome) -- 3.5.2 Kosten -- 3.5.3 Risiken…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Working with well-structured data from files or URLs -- 2.2.2. Using R with less-structured data -- 2.3. Working with relational databases -- 2.3.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 9.2.1.8 Language and Taxonomies -- 9.2.1.9 Textual ETL and Taxonomies -- 9.2.2 Two Examples of Analysis Types -- 9.2.3 Correlative Analysis-An Introduction -- 9.2.4 Sentiment Analysis-An Introduction -- 9.2.5 The Semantic Layer -- 9.3 Less Tech Is Often Better than More Tech in Pricing Solutions -- 9.4 Data + Planning Is the Key to COVID Vaccine Center -- 9.5 Data Science Provider-Partner Relationships Greatly More Productive than Adversarial…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 6.3 OFDM Numerology Implementation -- 6.3.1 Phase Noise -- 6.3.2 Cell Size, Service Latency, and Mobility -- 6.3.3 Multiplexing Services -- 6.3.4 Spectral Con nement -- 6.3.5 Guard Band Considerations -- 6.3.6 Implementation Aspects -- 6.4 Improving Power Ef ciency of NR Waveform -- 6.4.1 Techniques With Distortion -- 6.4.2 Distortion-less Techniques -- 6.5 Effects of Synchronization Errors -- 6.5.1 Effect of Timing Offset -- 6.5.2 Effect of Carrier Frequency Offset -- 6.5.3 Sampling Frequency Offset -- 6.6 Impairment Mitigation -- 6.6.1 A Phase-Noise Mitigation Scheme -- 6.6.2 CFO and SFO Mitigation -- References -- 7 Multiantenna Techniques -- 7.1 The Role of Multiantenna Techniques in NR -- 7.1.1 Low Frequencies -- 7.1.2 High Frequencies -- 7.2 Multiantenna Fundamentals -- 7.2.1 Beam-Forming, Precoding, and Diversity -- 7.2.2 Spatial Multiplexing -- 7.2.2.1 SU-MIMO Precoding -- 7.2.2.2 MU-MIMO Precoding -- 7.2.2.3 MIMO Receivers -- 7.2.3 Antenna Array Architectures…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Editors -- List of Contributors -- Chemicals Alternatives Assessment (CAA): Tools for Selecting Less Hazardous Chemicals -- 1.1 Introduction to Chemicals Alternatives Assessments -- 1.2 Common Traits Among CAA Paradigms -- 1.2.1 Step One: Hazard Assessment Through Literature Search and Data Identification -- 1.2.2 Step Two: Hazard Classification and Benchmarking of Relevant Data -- 1.2.3 Step Three: CAA Report Preparation -- 1.3 Life-cycle Assessment and Chemicals Alternatives Assessment -- 1.4 Chemical Alternatives Assessment Paradigms in Use: a Critical Evaluation -- 1.4.1 US EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) -- 1.4.2 CPA's GreenScreenTM -- 1.4.3 Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) -- 1.4.4 TURI's Pollution Prevention Options Analysis System (P2OASys) -- 1.4.5 The Chemical Scoring and Ranking Assessment Model (SCRAM) -- 1.4.6 Chemicals Assessment and Ranking System (CARS) -- 1.4.7 SC Johnson &amp -- Son's GreenlistTM -- 1.4.8 PRIO -- 1.4.9 The Quick Scan -- 1.4.10 The Column Model and GHS Column Model -- 1.4.11 Evaluation Matrix -- 1.5 Challenges Facing Chemicals Alternatives Assessment Methods -- 1.5.1 Chemicals Alternatives Assessments and Data Gaps -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- European Initiatives for Selecting Sustainable Flame Retardants -- 2.1 Introduction - What are Flame Retardants? …”

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