Tabla de Contenidos: “…Common Lean Tools -- The A3 -- Random Thought: The Wit and Genius of Abraham Lincoln -- Box 1: Background -- Box 2: Current State -- Box 3: Future State -- Box 4: Analysis -- Let's Look at Each Bone Separately -- Box 5: Proposal -- Box 6: Plan -- Example -- Box 7: Follow-Up -- Andon (Light or Signal Board) -- Story Time: The Lost Screw -- History Lesson -- Poka Yoke -- Story Time: How Did This Happen? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Optimism -- The Drivers of the Four Phases -- The Cycle and Bear Markets -- Identifying the Transition from Bear Market to Bull Market -- Valuations and the Market Inflection -- Growth and the Market Inflection -- Combining Growth and Valuation as a Signal -- Inflation, Interest Rates and the Market Inflection -- Combining Growth and Interest Rates -- Chapter 3 Super Cycles and Their Drivers -- Super Cycles in Economic Activity -- The Modern Era: Growth from the 1820s -- Super Cycles in Inflation -- Super Cycles in Interest Rates -- Super Cycles and Government Debt -- Super Cycles in Inequality -- Super Cycles in Financial Markets -- Super Cycles in Equities -- 1. 1949-1968: Post-World War II Boom -- 2. 1982-2000: The Modern Cycle -- 3. 2009-2020: The Post-Financial-Crisis Cycle and Zero Interest Rates -- 1. 1968-1982: Inflation and Low Returns -- 2. 2000-2009: Bubbles and Troubles -- Part II Analysing Post-War Super Cycles -- Chapter 4 1949-1968: Post-World War II Boom -- International Agreements and Falling Risk Premia -- Strong Economic Growth -- Technological Innovation -- Low and Stable Real Interest Rates -- A Boom in World Trade -- A Baby Boom -- The Consumer and Credit Boom -- All-Consuming Consumerism -- Chapter 5 1968-1982: Inflation and Low Returns -- A Lost Decade for Investors -- The Bubble Before the Bust -- High Interest Rates and Low Growth…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CPU and memory requirements -- Disk requirements -- Analyze Index Disk Usage API -- ML node capacity -- Storage efficiency strategies -- Reducing dimensionality -- Quantization -- Excluding dense_vector from _source -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Performance Tuning - Working with Data -- Deploying an NLP model -- Loading a model into Elasticsearch -- Model deployment configurations -- Load testing -- Rally -- RAM estimation -- Troubleshooting slowdown -- Summary -- Part 3: Specialized Use Cases -- Chapter 5: Image Search -- Overview of image search -- The evolution of image search -- The mechanism behind image search -- The role of vector similarity search -- Image search in practice -- Vector search with images -- Image vectorization -- Indexing image vectors in Elasticsearch -- k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) search -- Challenges and limitations with image search -- Multi-modal models for vector search -- Introduction and rationale -- Understanding the concept of vector space in multi-modal models -- Introduction to the OpenAI clip-ViT-B-32-multilingual-v1 model -- Implementing vector search for diverse media types -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Redacting Personal Identifiable Information Using Elasticsearch -- Overview of PII and redaction -- Types of data that may contain PII -- Risks of storing PII in logs -- How PII is leaked or lost -- Redacting PII with NER models and regex patterns -- NER models -- Regex patterns -- Combining NER models and regex (or grok) patterns for PII redaction -- PII redaction pipeline in Elasticsearch -- Generating synthetic PII -- Installing the default pipeline -- Expected results -- Expanding and customizing options for the PII redaction pipeline in Elasticsearch -- Customizing the default PII example -- Cloning the pipeline to create different versions for different data streams -- Fine-tuning NER models for particular datasets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Monitoring connection events -- Recovering from lost connections -- Publishing sensor data -- Choosing relevant values -- Choosing a quality of service -- Publishing the light field -- Checking encrypted communication -- Adding MQTT support to the actuator -- Subscribing to topics -- Handling incoming commands -- Testing MQTT -- Security considerations -- Managing authentication -- Managing privacy -- Managing interoperability -- Managing authorization -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Publishing Data Using HTTP -- Introducing the HTTP protocol -- Locating a resource -- Understanding the Request/Response pattern -- Handling sessions -- Limiting connectivity -- Choosing a connection direction -- Understanding methods -- Updating resources -- Interacting with resources -- Encoding content -- Applying headers -- Optimizing requests -- Sending content -- Understanding status codes -- Using encryption -- Validating certificates -- Redefining the web -- Preparing our project -- Creating an HTTP server -- Adding dynamic synchronous resources -- Choosing representation -- Returning an XMLresponse -- Adding a schema reference -- Adding momentary values -- Returning an image response -- Explicitly encoding your content -- Adding dynamic asynchronous resources -- Decoding content -- Performing control action -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Creating Web Pages for Your Devices -- Adding file-based resources to your projects -- Converting Markdown to HTML in real time -- Adding simple Markdown content to the sensor project -- Calling our sensor API from JavaScript -- Adding simple Markdown content to the actuator project -- Calling our actuator API from JavaScript -- Adding default redirections -- Plotting graphs -- Reading historical values from the database -- Plotting historical values -- Displaying the plot -- Generalizing the page -- Creating a menu system…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…." -- The Importance of Effective Writing -- The Lost Art of "Self-review" -- The Importance of Speaking Skills -- The Importance of Formal Presentation Skills -- Interviewing Skills -- Are You a Good Listener? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The World Bank -- Background and Summary -- Introduction -- Focus on Smallholder Agricultural Development -- The International Development Association in the Context of Bank Instruments -- Lending and Administrative Budget Pressures -- The 1980s: Structural Adjustment and the Debt Crisis Legacy -- The 1990s: "The Lost Decade"-The Wapenhans Report and Debt Relief -- Rising Debt and Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Countries -- The 2000s: Toward a Food and Financial Crisis -- The Bank's Gender Strategy and Implementation -- The World Bank's Work on Land Policy -- World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development -- Crisis Response -- The Bank's Assessment of Its Performance in Agriculture -- Going Forward -- The Bank Going Forward in a Changed Context -- Latest Readjustment for the World Bank -- Appendix A: Chronology of the World Bank -- Appendix B: Role of the International Finance Corporation -- Appendix C: Role of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency -- Appendix D: Independent Evaluation Group and World Bank Project Performance Ratings -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledging what money can't buy -- Managing the balancing act -- Prioritizing Your Savings Goals -- Knowing what's most important to you -- Valuing retirement accounts -- Dealing with competing goals -- Building Emergency Reserves -- Saving to Buy a Home or Business -- Funding Kids' Educational Expenses -- Saving for Big Purchases -- Preparing for Retirement/Financial Independence -- Figuring out what you need for retirement/ financial independence -- Understanding retirement building blocks -- Crunching numbers for your retirement -- Making up for lost time -- Part 2 Spending Less, Saving More -- Chapter 5 Dealing with Debt -- Using Savings to Reduce Your Consumer Debt -- Understanding how you gain -- Finding the funds to pay down consumer debts -- Decreasing Debt When You Lack Savings -- Reducing your credit card's interest rate -- Understanding all credit-card terms and conditions -- Cutting up your credit cards -- Discovering debit cards: The best of both worlds -- Turning to Credit Counseling Agencies -- Beware biased advice at credit counseling agencies -- Ask questions and avoid debt management programs -- Filing Bankruptcy -- Understanding bankruptcy benefits -- Coming to terms with bankruptcy drawbacks -- Deciphering the bankruptcy laws -- Choosing between Chapter 7 and 13 -- Seeking bankruptcy advice -- Stopping the Spending/ Consumer Debt Cycle -- Resisting the credit temptation -- Identifying and treating a compulsion -- Chapter 6 Reducing Your Spending -- Unlocking the Keys to Successful Spending -- Living within your means -- Looking for the best values -- Eliminating the fat from your spending -- Turning your back on consumer credit -- Budgeting to Boost Your Savings -- Reducing Your Spending -- Managing food costs -- Saving on shelter -- Cutting transportation costs -- Lowering your energy costs -- Controlling clothing costs…”

“…However, it's disheartening that 70% of these endeavors fail to meet their goals, resulting in lost investments and frustrated stakeholders. The root cause of these failures often lies in the lack of alignment across organizations. …”

“…Instead, most aspiring home networkers get lost in a confusing maze of terms and technologies: 802.11g, Fast Ethernet, Cat 5 cable (or was it Cat 5e?)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Professional -- A: Common Problems and Solutions -- Lost Administrator Password -- Joomla! 1.5 -- Joomla! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Herrad of Landsberg, Hortus deliciarum. Drawing after the lost original. Photo: Author's archive. -- Figure 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using parallel structure -- Punctuating a list -- Avoiding laundry lists -- Chapter 8 Honing the Tone -- Using AI as Your Assistant for the Proper Tone -- Tone: The Secret to Captivating Your Audience -- Being conversational, formal, or persuasive -- Keeping it short -- Keeping it simple -- Avoiding expressions on steroids -- Choosing Positive Words -- Being Active or Passive -- Using the active voice -- Using the passive voice -- Remembering It's Not All About You -- Being Consistent and Clear -- Using Gender-Neutral Pronouns -- Using Industry-Related Jargon Appropriately -- Thinking Seriously about Being Funny -- Chapter 9 Polishing the Prose -- Using AI as Your Assistant for Proofreading and Editing -- Not Getting Lost in Translation -- Editing for Content -- Proofreading for Accuracy and Consistency -- Turning Your Brain Off when Turning Your Computer On -- Making a List and Checking It Twice -- Determining the Readability of Your Documents -- Understanding the importance of readability -- Using AI readability tools -- Part 3 Writing Click-Worthy E-Content -- Chapter 10 Turning Emails from Blah to Brilliant -- Using AI as Your Assistant for Writing Emails -- Generating Precise Prompts -- Navigating Email Boundaries -- Knowing when email is appropriate -- Knowing when email isn't appropriate -- Timing is everything -- Crafting Seductive Subject Lines -- Including key information at a glance -- Delivering the message in the subject line -- Changing the subject line when replying -- Using Cc and Bcc Appropriately -- Cc: -- Bcc: -- Creating Visual Appeal -- Including informative headlines -- Including graphics -- Using other visual cues -- Starting and Ending your Message Professionally -- Including a salutation and closing -- Creating a signature block -- Replying to Messages -- Eliminating Spam -- Applying the Art of Email Finesse…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Concept of Nature in Whitehead and Merleau‐Ponty -- Rosi Braidotti's Celebratory Posthuman Philosophy -- A Fully Posthuman Situation -- Wendy Chun on Software Code -- Software Code as Expanded Narration -- The Software of the Future -- Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance -- Technoscience and Storytelling -- From Liberal Humanism to Posthumanism -- Cyborg Spock and NASA's Cyborg -- First Order Cybernetics -- How Information Lost Its Body -- Claus Pias on First‐Order Cybernetics -- Gene Roddenberry Designs His First Alien -- "The Devil in the Dark": Empathy for Radical Otherness -- Second Order Cybernetics -- Bernhard Dotzler on Second‐Order Cybernetics -- The Android Data of Star Trek: The Next Generation -- "The Offspring": Data's Daughter Lal -- Third Order Cybernetics -- "Becoming‐Borg" Seven of Nine -- Star Trek: Picard, "Remembrance" -- "Embodied Informatics" is a Science Fiction Idea -- Hayles on Writing and Software Code -- Hyper‐Modernist Science -- I, Robot and the Moral Dilemmas of the Three Laws of Robotics -- The Zeroth Law of Robotics and the Robot Unconscious -- Hayles on the Cognitive Nonconscious -- Marie‐Luise Angerer Critiques Hayles -- Judith Butler and Gender Theory -- Ex Machina and the Turing Test -- Ex Machina: The Performance of Female and Human -- Monique Wittig, The Straight Mind -- Software Code as Expanded Narration -- Software Code as Expressive Media -- Friedrich Kittler: The Numeric Kernel is Decisive -- Kittler's Media Archaeology -- Wolfgang Hagen on Programming Languages -- Ten Paradigms of Informatics and Programming -- The First Hyper‐Modern Computers -- Enter Software Studies -- Enter Creative Coding -- Alan Turing: The Imitation Game and Befriending the Evil Demon…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using the Full Capacity of the Memory in Your Phone -- Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities -- Grooving with the YouTube Music app -- Playing downloaded music -- Jamming to Internet Radio -- Looking at your video options -- Part 5 Getting Down to Business -- Chapter 13 Using the Calendar -- Syncing Calendars -- Setting Calendar Display Preferences -- Setting Other Display Options -- Creating an Event on the Right Calendar -- Creating, editing, and deleting an event -- Keeping events separate and private -- Chapter 14 Mapping Out Where You Want to Be -- GPS 101: First Things First -- Practically Speaking: Using Maps -- Changing map scale -- Finding nearby services -- Getting and Using Directions -- Upgrading Your Navigation -- Chapter 15 Paying with Samsung Pay -- How Mobile Payment Works -- Getting Started with Samsung Pay -- Setting Up Samsung Pay -- Using Samsung Pay -- Managing Samsung Pay -- Adding Loyalty Cards -- Part 6 The Part of Tens -- Chapter 16 Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours -- Using a Bluetooth Speaker -- Cruising in the Car -- Considering Wireless Charging Mats -- Making a Statement with Wraps -- You Look Wonderful: Custom Screen Images -- Empowering Power Savings -- Controlling Your Home Electronics -- Wearing Wearables -- Using Your Phone as a PC -- Creating Your Own AR Emoji in the AR Zone -- Chapter 17 Ten (Or So) Ways to Make Your Phone Secure -- Using a Good Case -- Putting It on Lockdown -- Preparing for your Screen Lock option -- Selecting among the Screen Lock options -- Entering your face -- Entering your fingerprints -- Creating a Secure Folder -- Using Knox to Make Your Phone as Secure as Fort Knox -- Being Careful with Bluetooth -- Protecting against Malware -- Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources -- Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost -- Wiping Your Device Clean…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Using the help() system -- Mac OS and GNU/Linux secrets -- Windows secrets -- Using the help mode -- Background briefing - math and numbers -- The usual culprits -- The ivory tower of numbers -- Integer numbers -- Rational numbers -- Floating-point numbers -- Decimal numbers -- Complex numbers -- Outside the numbers -- Assigning values to variables -- Writing scripts and seeing output -- Gathering user input -- Handling exceptions -- Looping and trying again -- Handling text and strings -- Converting between numbers and strings -- Parsing strings -- Organizing our software -- Working with files and folders -- Creating a file -- Reading a file -- Defining more complex logical conditions -- Solving problems - recovering a lost password -- Reading a word corpus -- Reading a ZIP archive -- Using brute-force search -- Summary -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Investment casting ; Lost-PLA process ; Casting vs. printing in metal -- Large prints and post-processing: Printing computationally complex objects ; Printing physically big objects ; Objects that are too long for the build platform ; Objects that are too big in more than one dimension ; Gluing the pieces together ; Sanding, chemical smoothing, painting, and dyeing ; Sanding ; Smoothing and bonding ABS with acetone ; Painting ABS and PLA ; Dyeing nylon -- Troubleshooting: Clicking or grinding noises ; Environmental issues ; Drafts ; Ambient temperature ; Humidity ; Dust ; Printer internal alignment issues ; Prints not sticking to the build platform ; Clogged nozzle solutions ; Cold pull ; Wire brush bristle ; Extruder drive gear teeth clogged ; Eliminate stringing ; Software updates…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Domestic Space in Early Modern Visual Culture -- Sigrid Ruby -- 11 The Transfer of Nineteenth-Century Representations of Unsafety -- A Dutch Adaptation of Eugène Sue's Les Mystères de Paris -- Jan Oosterholt -- 12 Feeling Lost in a Modernising World -- A Critique on Martha Nussbaum's Emotion Theory through an Analysis of Feelings of Unsafety in Magda Szabó's Iza's Ballad -- Femke Kok -- List of Illustrations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Lost Art of Proactive Calling in the Sales Profession -- Chapter 2 An Executive Summary: How to Pick Up the Phone and Sell -- Chapter 3 Lead with the Phone: Make It the Tip of Your Selling Spear -- Definition: What Is a Proactive Call? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Building a Shopping Cart Using Application State -- Technical requirements -- Introducing the application state -- Understanding DI -- DI containers -- Service lifetimes -- Singleton -- Scoped -- Transient -- Creating the shopping cart project -- Project overview -- Creating the shopping cart project -- Installing Bootstrap -- Adding a Store component -- Adding a Product class -- Finishing the Store component -- Demonstrating that the application state has been lost -- Creating the the ICartService interface -- Creating the CartService class -- Registering CartService in the DI container -- Injecting CartService into the Store component -- Adding the cart total to all the pages -- Using the OnChange method -- Summary -- Questions -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Building a Kanban Board Using Events -- Technical requirements -- Event handling -- Lambda expressions -- Preventing default actions -- Focusing an element -- Attribute splatting -- Arbitrary parameters -- Creating the Kanban board project -- Project overview -- Create the Kanban board project -- Install Bootstrap -- Add the classes -- Create the Dropzone component -- Add a stylesheet -- Create the Kanban board -- Create the NewTask component -- Use the NewTask component -- Summary -- Questions -- Further reading -- Chapter 9: Uploading and Reading an Excel File -- Technical requirements -- Uploading files -- Resizing images -- Handling multiple files -- Using virtualization -- Rendering Local Data -- Rendering Remote Data -- Reading Excel files -- Creating the Excel reader project -- Project overview -- Create the Excel reader project -- Install the Open XML SDK -- Add the Medals class -- Upload the Excel file -- Read the Excel file -- Populate the medals collection -- Render the Medals collection -- Summary -- Questions -- Further reading…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dollar Exchange Rate (January 2011-February 2014) -- 9.2 Currency Market Intervention -- Global Finance in Practice 9.2: Coordinated Intervention: The Lost Decade of Japan -- Global Finance in Practice 9.3: Rules of Thumb for Effective Intervention -- Global Finance in Practice 9.4: The European Monetary System's "Snake in a Tunnel" -- 9.3 Disequilibrium: Exchange Rates in Emerging Markets -- 9.4 Currency Forecasting in Practice -- Summary Points -- Mini-case: Is China a Currency Manipulator? …”