“…Gary Rosenzweig's ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University, Second Edition is the best hands-on tutorial for learning ActionScript 3.0, the programming language behind Flash Professional CS5. You will master all the basics of ActionScript programming by building 16 robust games. …”

“…Along the way, you’ll learn to structure projects using Go modules, manage packages effectively, and master debugging techniques. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with practical application-centric aspects such as command-line programming, file manipulation, and working with SQL databases. …”

“…This comprehensive book, enriched with illustrations and a number of solved programs, will help the students to master this subject…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.6 Ways to Overcome the Barriers of Planning/Means to Reduce the Limitations of Planning -- 3.7 Types of Plans -- 3.7.1 Strategic Plans -- 3.7.2 Tactical Plans -- 3.7.3 Specific Plans -- 3.7.4 Directional Plans -- 3.7.5 Long-Range Plans -- 3.7.6 Short-Range Plans -- 3.7.7 Operational Plans -- 3.7.8 Contingency Plan -- 3.7.9 Derivative Plan -- 3.7.10 Master Plan -- 3.8 Management by Objectives (MBO) -- 3.8.1 Steps of MBO Process -- 3.9 Essentials of a Good Plan -- 3.10 Meaning and Concept of Forecasting -- 3.11 Steps of Forecasting -- 3.11.1 Specification of Purpose of Forecasting -- 3.11.2 Gathering and Organizing Data -- 3.11.3 Selection and/or Formulation of the Forecasting Technique -- 3.11.4 Estimating the Future -- 3.11.5 Implementation of the Forecasts Made -- 3.11.6 Comparing Actual Results with the Forecasted Ones -- 3.11.7 Fine-Tuning the Forecasting Process -- 3.12 Techniques of Forecasting -- 3.12.1 Quantitative Techniques -- 3.12.2 Qualitative Techniques -- 3.13 Importance/Advantages of Forecasting -- 3.14 Limitations of Forecasting -- Summary -- Keywords -- Question Bank -- References -- Chapter 4: Organizing -- 4.1 Organization: Concept and Definition -- 4.1.1 Organization as a Process -- 4.1.2 Organization as a Framework of Internal Relationships -- 4.1.3 Difference Between Dynamic and Static Concepts of Organization -- 4.2 Characteristics of Organization -- 4.3 Comparison Between Traditional and Modern Organization -- 4.4 Importance of Organizing -- 4.5 Principles of Organizing -- 4.6 Features of a Sound Organization -- 4.7 Functions of Organizing -- 4.8 Process or Steps in Organizing -- 4.9 Organizing Versus Management -- 4.10 Organization Structure: Concept and Definition -- 4.10.1 Factors Influencing the Choice of Organization Structure -- 4.10.2 Elements of Organization Structure -- 4.10.3 Advantages of Organization Structure…”

“…Extending chemistry from the lab to the student's world, the text reveals that anyone can master chemistry. Refined to meet its purpose of teaching relevant skills, the 6th Edition includes new questions, data, and sections to help students build the 21st century skills necessary to succeed in introductory chemistry and beyond. …”

“…This book helps you embark on a comprehensive journey to master the art of WebdriverIO automation, from installation through to advanced framework development. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 12.1 Apprenticeship and Learning -- 12.1.1 Institutional History of Apprenticeship Programmes in the US -- 12.2 Methodology of this Study -- 12.3 The Physical Context of the Classroom as compared to the Field -- 12.4 On the Job: The Worksite itself as Resource for Learning -- 12.5 On the Job: Tools and Equipment as Resources for Learning -- 12.6 Learning Through Interaction without Master-Apprentice Relationships -- 12.7 Learning and the ‘Bottom Line’ -- 12.8 What can go Wrong -- 12.9 Apprenticeship Learning as Reproduction of the Economic Viability -- 12.10 Conclusion -- 13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Why is the game tree approach no good for Go? -- AlphaGo - mastering Go -- Monte Carlo Tree Search -- Architecture and properties of AlphaGo -- Energy consumption analysis - Lee Sedol versus AlphaGo -- AlphaGo Zero -- Architecture and properties of AlphaGo Zero -- Training process in AlphaGo Zero -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Reinforcement Learning in Autonomous Driving -- Machine learning for autonomous driving -- Reinforcement learning for autonomous driving -- Creating autonomous driving agents -- Why reinforcement learning ? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Decision trees -- RuleFit -- Nearest neighbors -- Naïve Bayes -- Recognizing the trade-off between performance and interpretability -- Special model properties -- Assessing performance -- Discovering newer interpretable (glass-box) models -- Explainable Boosting Machine (EBM) -- Skoped Rules -- Mission accomplished -- Summary -- Dataset sources -- Further reading -- Section 2: Mastering Interpretation Methods -- Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Feature Importance and Impact -- Technical requirements -- The mission -- Personality and birth order -- The approach -- The preparations -- Loading the libraries -- Understanding and preparing the data -- Measuring the impact of a feature on the outcome -- Feature importance for tree-based models -- Feature importance for Logistic Regression -- Feature importance for LDA -- Feature importance for the Multi-layer Perceptron -- Practicing PFI -- Disadvantages of PFI -- Interpreting PDPs -- Interaction PDPs -- Disadvantages of PDP -- Explaining ICE plots -- Disadvantages of ICE -- Mission accomplished -- Summary -- Dataset sources -- Further reading -- Chapter 5: Global Model-Agnostic Interpretation Methods -- Technical requirements -- The mission -- The approach -- The preparations -- Loading the libraries -- Understanding and preparing the data -- Learning about Shapley values -- Interpreting SHAP summary and dependence plots -- Generating SHAP summary plots -- Understanding interactions -- SHAP dependence plots -- SHAP force plots -- Accumulated Local Effects (ALE) plots -- Global surrogates -- Mission accomplished -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 6: Local Model-Agnostic Interpretation Methods -- Technical requirements -- The mission -- The approach -- The preparations -- Loading the libraries -- Understanding and preparing the data…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What I've Seen So Far in the Organizations I Work With -- Getting On and Around -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Chapter 11: United Arab Emirates (Dubai) -- History -- Insights -- Getting On and Around -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Part IV: Europe -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Chapter 12: Germany -- History -- Insights -- Filestage: Streamlining the Creative Workflow, Based on Customer Feedback5 -- Tips for Agile Managers -- Give Context, Not Just Skills -- Figure Out What People Want or Need -- Building Momentum for Change As an Indian Scrum Master in a German Company -- Getting On and Around -- A Recipe for Cross-Cultural Integration -- Challenges -- The Idea…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…There have already been encouraging efforts to make teaching and school leadership more attractive professions, but further reforms are needed -- The Community's core curricula are critical for high-quality education, but teachers feel little ownership over them and are not sufficiently involved in their revision -- School-wide training days are an important investment but teachers' engagement in other forms of collaborative professional learning remains limited -- School autonomy has the potential to foster pedagogical diversity and innovation, but requires further capacity building at the school level -- School leaders require more support to engage in pedagogical leadership and use their autonomy to improve educational quality -- Policy recommendations -- Use the development of the Gesamtvision to provide a renewed vision for the education system, strategic guidance for reforms and a basis for an actionable implementation strategy -- Align the revision of the core curricula with the development of the Gesamtvision and bring teachers on board for their successful implementation -- Explore the introduction of equity funding to compensate for schools' and students' disadvantage -- Consider simplifying funding mechanisms and creating a clearer division of responsibilities between the two public school networks -- Strengthen the system's data collection in line with the Gesamtvision and Master Plan, monitor student performance and equity and consistently evaluate the effectiveness of policies and practices, particularly in the area of inclusion -- Place students and their individual needs at the centre of learning -- Reform the school calendar and seize opportunities to reduce learning gaps -- Strengthen teachers' professionalism and support their continuing professional growth throughout the teaching career…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Types of DNG -- Converting to DNG -- Putting Photos on the Map -- Getting oriented to the Map module -- Map module basics -- Part 3: Working in Lightroom Classic's Digital Darkroom -- Chapter 8: Editing Photos in the Develop Module -- Exploring the Develop Module -- Getting to know the panels and tools -- Becoming familiar with the menu options -- Understanding the view options -- Applying settings to other photos -- Development Essentials -- Using the Histogram panel -- Making basic adjustments -- Choosing a starting profile -- Controlling color casts -- Adjusting tonal range to bring out the best -- Making images pop -- Customizing panel order -- Chapter 9: Solving Problems and Saving Time -- Fixing Common Problems -- Stronger compositions through cropping -- Removing spots and healing blemishes -- Correcting red-eye problems -- Correcting pet eye problems -- Get oriented to Masking -- Radial Gradient -- Brush -- Select Subject and Select Sky -- Presets, Snapshots, and History -- Saving time with presets -- Freezing time with snapshots -- Going back in time with the History panel -- Chapter 10: Taking Your Photos to the Next Level -- Working with Contrast and Color -- Mastering the Tone Curve -- Enhancing and changing colors -- Creating black-and-white images -- Adding color to shadows and highlights -- The Devil's in the Details -- Applying capture sharpening -- Dealing with noise -- Correcting lens distortions and vignetting -- Reducing chromatic aberration -- Transforming perspective distortions -- Creative Effects -- Creative vignette applications…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- FM -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Machine Learning Fundamentals -- Making the Most Out of this Book - Your Certification and Beyond -- Comparing AI, ML, and DL -- Examining ML -- Examining DL -- Classifying supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning -- Introducing supervised learning -- The CRISP-DM modeling life cycle -- Data splitting -- Overfitting and underfitting -- Applying cross-validation and measuring overfitting -- Bootstrapping methods -- The variance versus bias trade-off -- Shuffling your training set -- Modeling expectations -- Introducing ML frameworks -- ML in the cloud -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 2: AWS Services for Data Storage -- Technical requirements -- Storing Data on Amazon S3 -- Creating buckets to hold data -- Distinguishing between object tags and object metadata -- Controlling access to buckets and objects on amazon s3 -- S3 bucket policy -- Protecting data on amazon s3 -- Applying bucket versioning -- Applying encryption to buckets -- Securing s3 objects at rest and in transit -- Using other types of data stores -- Relational Database Service (RDS) -- Managing failover in Amazon RDS -- Taking automatic backups, RDS snapshots, and restore and read replicas -- Writing to Amazon Aurora with multi-master capabilities -- Storing columnar data on Amazon Redshift -- Amazon DynamoDB for NoSQL Database-as-a-Service -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 3: AWS Services for Data Migration and Processing -- Technical requirements -- Creating ETL jobs on AWS Glue -- Features of AWS Glue -- Getting hands-on with AWS Glue Data Catalog components -- Getting hands-on with AWS Glue ETL components -- Querying S3 data using Athena -- Processing real-time data using Kinesis Data Streams…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building a generic HTTP service containing a model adapter -- Using the generic HTTP service -- Providing mock data for our API requests -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Mastering Reactive Programming in Angular -- What is reactive programming? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.6-2.10 From the Bottom Up: The Structures of the Brain -- 2.6 The Hindbrain -- 2.7 Structures Under the Cortex: The Limbic System -- 2.8 The Cortex -- 2.9 The Association Areas of the Cortex -- Classic Studies in Psychology: Through the Looking Glass-Spatial Neglect -- 2.10 The Cerebral Hemispheres -- 2.11-2.12 The Nervous System: the Rest of the Story -- 2.11 The Central Nervous System: The "Central Processing Unit" -- 2.12 The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge -- 2.13-2.14 the Endocrine Glands -- 2.13 the Pituitary: Master of the Hormonal Universe -- 2.14 Other Endocrine Glands -- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Phineas Gage and Neuroplasticity -- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Minimizing the Impact of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Chapter Summary -- Test Yourself -- 3 Sensation and Perception -- 3.1-3.3 The Abcs of Sensation -- 3.1 Transduction -- 3.2 Sensory Thresholds -- 3.3 Habituation and Sensory Adaptation -- 3.4-3.6 The Science of Seeing -- 3.4 Light and the Eye -- 3.5 The Visual Pathway -- 3.6 Perception of Color -- 3.7-3.9 The Hearing Sense: Can You Hear Me Now? …”

“…You’ll be able to: Gain the necessary knowledge of different data science techniques to extract value from data. Master the concepts and inner workings of 30 commonly used powerful data science algorithms. …”

“…Every chapter of the book is supported with a wide variety of solved examples and end-of-chapter exercises to help students master this subject…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedicated -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Deploying Salesforce Changes -- An introduction to the history of Salesforce as a development platform -- Custom objects -- S-Controls -- SOQL -- Sforce web services -- Workflows -- Apex and Visualforce -- Sandboxes and change sets -- Metadata and Tooling APIs -- Metadata API -- Tooling API -- The Force.com IDE and Mavensmate -- The Force.com IDE -- Mavensmate -- Introducing SFDX -- DevOps Center -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Developing a DevOps Culture -- The need for a DevOps culture -- Strongly defined teams -- Closely working together -- Constant evolution -- Collaboration and communication -- Adoption and alignment -- Questions to start with -- Making life easy for your teams -- Governance and risk management -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The Value of Source Control -- Technical requirements -- The importance of source control -- Collaboration -- Traceability -- Automation -- Continuous integration -- Continuous deployment -- Continuous delivery (also CD) -- Rollbacks -- Incremental development -- Fundamental Git operations -- Commits -- Staging -- Repositories -- Putting source control into practice -- Initializing a new repository -- Adding new files to the staging area -- Checking everything has been added before the commit -- Committing changes to the local repository -- Connecting your remote repository -- Pushing changes to a remote repository -- Merging changes from one branch to another -- Merge strategies -- Creating a new branch -- Switching to a different branch -- Viewing commit history -- Reverting to a previous version of a file -- Git rebasing -- Effective Salesforce branching strategies -- Git as a backup -- Trunk-based development -- The feature branch model -- The protected master branch model…”

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