“…Although it remained rooted in the Act of 10 August 1922, the mandate of the controller, who became central financial controller in 1956, changed over time. This was not due to institutional changes or the economic context. …”

“…Blame avoidance, he warns, does have its limitations and may even backfire at times. Nevertheless, President Clinton and his successors may need to rely on such tools. …”

“…Finally, we assess the importance of this military harbour for the history of Kition, Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, at the time of the Classical kingdom (4th century BC) and at the beginning of the Hellenistic period. …”

“…Through his literary, historical and political oeuvre, Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870-1934) has formulated the great issues of bosnian-muslim nationalism, at a time when his community retreated from the demands placed upon it by the process of modernisation imposed by the austro-hungarian presence since the Berlin Congres of 1878. …”

“…Her exploration is based on the study of twelve reference series comprising over 100.000 flint artifacts in a multivariate analysis making use, among other approaches, of cladistics, the first time this technique has ever been applied to this field. …”

“…Her exploration is based on the study of twelve reference series comprising over 100.000 flint artifacts in a multivariate analysis making use, among other approaches, of cladistics, the first time this technique has ever been applied to this field. …”

“…We'll take you through the depths of the PyPy project, where you'll come across several exciting ways that you can improve speed and concurrency. Finally, we'll take time to explore the PEPs of the latest versions to discover some interesting hacks. …”

“…The book also includes: Many numerical examples throughout that help make the material more concrete for readers Real-world product examples that show the performance of actual IC designs Chapter summaries that highlight the key points Problems and their solutions for readers who want to practice and deepen their understanding of the material Appendices that cover communication signals, eye diagrams, timing jitter, nonlinearity, adaptive equalizers, decision point control, forward error correction (FEC), and second-order low-pass transfer functions Analysis and Design of Transimpedance Amplifiers for Optical Receivers belongs on the reference shelves of every electrical engineer working in the IC and optical industries. …”

“…Case study results–visit scaledagileframework.com/case-studies –typically include: 30 — 75% faster time-to-market 25 — 75% increase in productivity 20 — 50% improvements in quality 10 — 50% increased employee engagement Successful implementations may vary in context but share a common attribute: a workforce well trained and educated in SAFe practices. …”

“…We will focus on writing modular code in Go; in-depth informative examples build the base, one step at a time. You will learn how to create a server, work with static files, SQL, NoSQL databases, and Beego. …”

“…Two of Microsoft's leading cloud security experts show how to: Implement a comprehensive new security paradigm designed specifically for cloud and hybrid environments Gain visibility and control to secure all key workloads Incorporate Azure Security Center into your security operations center, and integrate Azure AD Identity Protection Center and third-party solutions Adapt Azure Security Center's built-in policies and definitions for your organization Perform security assessments, and implement Azure Security Center recommendations fast with single-click remediation Use incident response features to detect, investigate, and address threats Create high-fidelity fusion alerts to focus attention on your most urgent security issues Implement application whitelisting and just-in-time VM access Assess IoT device security with the Azure IoT Hub managed service Monitor user behavior and access, and investigate compromised or misused credentials Integrate Microsoft's new Azure Sentinel Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform Customize and perform operating system security baseline assessments About This Book For cloud architects, designers, implementers, operations professionals, and security specialists working in Microsoft Azure cloud or hybrid environments For all IT professionals and decision-makers concerned with the security of Azure environments…”

“…Without the definition and communication of performance requirements, developers risk either building software that lacks intended quality or wasting time delivering software that exceeds performance objectives—thus, either underperforming or gold-plating, both of which are undesirable. …”

“…With a cyber risk management system now a business-necessary requirement, practitioners need to assess the effectiveness of their current system, and measure its gap-improvement over time in response to a dynamic and fast-moving threat landscape. …”

“…What You Will Learn Use Ansible Vault to protect secrets Understand how Ansible modules interact with cloud providers to manage resources Build cloud-based resources for your application Create resources beyond simple virtual machines Write tasks that can be reused to create resources multiple times Work with self-hosted clouds such as OpenStack and Docker Deploy a multi-tier application on various cloud providers In Detail Ansible has a large collection of inbuilt modules to manage various cloud resources. …”

“…With Google having announced their support for Kotlin as a first-class language for writing Android apps, now's the time learn how to create apps from scratch with Kotlin Kotlin Programming By Example takes you through the building blocks of Kotlin, such as functions and classes. …”

“…Then, you'll work with OpenStack security modules and learn how private cloud security functions can be automated for better time- and cost-effectiveness. Toward the end of the book, you will gain an understanding of the security compliance requirements for your Cloud. …”

“…Here’s just some of what you’ll learn how to do: Build a drawing Plotter Bot that gyrates to draw new patterns Hack Mindstorms’ wires–and control robots without wires Create a remote-controlled crane, and operate it from your smartphone Use the EV3 brick to control third-party electronic modules of all kinds Replace the EV3 brick with smarter, more flexible Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or BeagleBone Black hardware Build a robotic flower whose petals open and close based on time of day Use third-party sensors to build robots that can sense practically anything Load an alternate operating system onto your EV3 brick 3D print, laser, and mill your own perfect LEGO parts Create ball contraptions, and extend them with your own custom parts Make a pole-climbing robot–and hook up an altimeter to track its height This book is not authorized or endorsed by the LEGO® Group. …”

“…With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you’ll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you’re shooting on the job, taking pictures as an advanced enthusiast exploring photography for the first time, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Canon 5D Mark IV…”

“…You'll study how Amazon Kinesis makes it possible to unleash the potential of real-time data insights and analytics with capabilities such as video streams, data streams, data firehose, and data analytics. …”

“…As you advance, you will gain an in-depth understanding of Python libraries such as NumPy and pandas for analyzing financial datasets, and explore Matplotlib, statsmodels, and scikit-learn libraries for advanced analytics. You'll also focus on time series forecasting, covering pmdarima and Facebook Prophet.By the end of this trading book, you will be able to build predictive trading signals, adopt basic and advanced algorithmic trading strategies, and perform portfolio optimization.What You Will Learn:Discover how quantitative analysis works by covering financial statistics and ARIMAUse core Python libraries to perform quantitative research and strategy development using real datasetsUnderstand how to access financial and economic data in PythonImplement effective data visualization with MatplotlibApply scientific computing and data visualization with popular Python librariesBuild and deploy backtesting algorithmic trading strategiesWho this book is for:This book is for data analysts and financial traders who want to explore how to design algorithmic trading strategies using Python's core libraries. …”