Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Spymaster's More Sensitive Analyses -- Creating statistical summaries -- Parsing the raw data file -- Finding an average value -- Understanding generator expressions -- Finding the value in the middle -- Finding the most popular value -- Creating Python modules and applications -- Creating and using a module -- Creating an application module -- Creating a hybrid module -- Creating our own classes of objects -- Using a class definition -- Comparisons and correlations -- Computing the standard deviation -- Computing a standardized score -- Comparing a sequence and an iterable -- Computing a coefficient of correlation -- Writing high-quality software…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PROC TRANSPOSE -- SAS Studio Transpose Data task -- Statistical and mathematical data transformations -- PROC MEANS -- Imputation -- Identifying missing values -- Characterizing data -- List Table Attributes -- SAS macro facility -- Macro variables -- Macros -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Analysis with SAS® Software -- Analytics -- Descriptive and predictive analysis -- Descriptive analysis -- PROC FREQ -- PROC CORR -- PROC UNIVARIATE -- Predictive analysis -- Regression analysis -- PROC REG -- Forecasting analysis -- PROC TIMEDATA -- PROC ARIMA -- Optimization analysis -- SAS/IML -- Interacting with the R programming language -- PROC IML -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Reporting with SAS® Software -- Reporting -- SAS Studio tasks and snippets that generate reports and graphs -- BASE procedures designed for reporting -- TABULATE procedure examples -- REPORT procedure example -- The Output Delivery System -- ODS Tagsets -- ODS trace -- ODS document and the DOCUMENT procedure -- ODS Graphics -- How to make a user-defined snippet -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Other Programming Languages in BASE SAS® Software -- The DS2 programming language -- When to use DS2 -- How is DS2 similar to the data step? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Different Types of Calculations -- Order of Processing Steps -- Quick Table Calculations -- Setting Up a Quick Table Calculation -- Duplicate as Crosstab -- Editing Table Calculations -- Customized Table Calculations -- Bump Charts -- Dual Axis Charts -- Adjustable Moving Average -- Level of Detail Expressions -- Keywords and Syntax -- Cohort Analysis -- Regional Averages -- Higher-Level Regions -- Chapter 6 Maps -- Symbol Maps -- Filled Maps -- Density Maps -- Map Layers -- Maps with Pie Charts -- Creating a Pie Chart Map -- Adding a Filter -- Dual Axis Map -- Viz in Tooltip -- Step 1: Create the Second Chart -- Step 2: Embedding the Chart in Tooltips -- Reflection: The Anatomy of a Tableau Map -- Alternative Map Services -- Mapbox Maps -- Mapbox Account and Token -- Mapbox in Tableau -- Using the Background Map -- Spatial Data -- Undersea Communication Cables -- Open Data -- Chapter 7 Advanced Analytics: Trends, Forecasts, Clusters, and other Statistical Tools -- Overview of the Tableau Analytics Pane -- Constant, Average, and Reference Lines -- Trend Lines -- Adding Trend Lines -- Trend Line Options -- Line and Trend Model Description -- Forecasts -- Adding a Forecast Line to the View -- Forecast Settings -- Model Description -- Cluster Analysis -- Clustering in Tableau -- Saving and Working with Clustering Results -- Python, R, and MATLAB Integration -- Getting Started with Python and TabPy -- Connecting Tableau with TabPy -- Python Scripts in Calculated Fields -- Trellis Chart with Python Script -- R Integration -- Security -- Example: Local Regression with R -- MATLAB Integration -- Chapter 8 Interactive Dashboards -- Preliminary Considerations -- Creating a New Dashboard -- The Dashboard Pane -- Placing Charts on the Dashboard -- Dashboard Titles -- Navigation Buttons -- Dashboard Actions -- Filter Actions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using the Cut, Copy, and Paste -- Copying Cells Using Fill Handle -- Dragging Cells -- Math and Trig Functions -- Logical Functions -- Statistical Functions -- Text Functions -- Date and Time Functions -- Page Tab -- Margins Tab -- Header/Footer Tab -- Sheet Tab -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 12: Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 -- Using the Auto Content Wizard -- Using Design Template -- Using Blank Presentation -- Normal View -- Slide Sorter View -- Slide Show View -- Slide Master -- Notes Master -- Handout Master -- Adding Text Using Placeholder -- Adding Text Using Text Box -- Adding Text to an Auto Shape -- Custom Animations -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 13: Data Communication and Computer Networks -- Analog Signal -- Digital Signals -- Guided or Wired Media -- Unguided or Wireless Media -- Amplitude Modulation (AM) -- Frequency Modulation (FM) -- Phase Modulation (PM) -- Asynchronous Transmission -- Synchronous Transmission -- Circuit Switching -- Packet Switching -- Message Switching -- LAN -- MAN -- WAN -- Bus Topology -- Ring Topology -- Star Topology -- Tree Topology -- Mesh Topology -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 14: Internet -- TCP/IP -- FTP -- HTTP -- SMTP -- NNTP -- Electronic Mail -- FTP -- Telnet -- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) -- Chatting and Instant Messaging -- Internet Telephony -- Video Conferencing -- Commerce Through Internet -- Mailing Lists (Listserver) -- Creating an E-mail Account -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 15: Computer Security -- Secret-key Cryptography -- Public-key Cryptography -- Hash Functions -- Packet-filtering Router -- Application-level Gateway -- Circuit-level Gateway -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 16: Database Management Systems -- Data -- Information -- Knowledge -- Entity -- Attribute -- Relationship…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Connecting to files in Tableau Desktop -- Getting data from Microsoft Excel files -- Getting data from text (or delimited) files -- Importing geospatial file types to allow for visual analysis with maps -- Creating data models from statistical files -- Creating data models from JSON files -- Getting data from tables in PDF files -- Dealing with preformatted reporting files with data interpreter and pivoting columns to rows -- Connecting to servers through installed connectors -- Connecting to servers through other connectors -- Additional connectors -- Web data connectors -- Connecting to databases without a listed connection -- Connecting to the Tableau data server -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Building Data Models Using Relationships -- Technical requirements -- Using relationships to combine tables at the logical layer -- Many use cases with a single data model -- Ability to handle tables at different levels of aggregation -- Understanding the differences between relationships and joins -- Setting performance options for relationships -- Creating manual and wildcard unions in Tableau Desktop to add additional rows of data -- Manual union -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Building Data Models at the Physical Level -- Technical requirements -- Opening relationships to join at the physical layer through database joins -- Single use case and using the join for a filter -- Geospatial join type to drive map-based analysis -- Using joins to create a data model with row-level security -- Understanding custom SQL - when to use it and the pitfalls of using it -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Sharing and Extending Tableau Data Models -- Technical requirements -- Understanding live connections and extracts - scenarios for using each -- Creating extracts with the Tableau Hyper engine -- Understanding extracts and data source filters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.2.2 Update business metrics periodically -- 7.2.3 Business metric timescales -- 7.3 Trade off multiple business metrics -- 7.3.1 Reduce negative side effects -- 7.3.2 Evaluate with multiple metrics -- Summary -- 8 Practical considerations -- 8.1 Violations of statistical assumptions -- 8.1.1 Violation of the iid assumption -- 8.1.2 Nonstationarity -- 8.2 Don't stop early -- 8.3 Control family-wise error -- 8.3.1 Cherry-picking increases the false-positive rate -- 8.3.2 Control false positives with the Bonferroni correction -- 8.4 Be aware of common biases -- 8.4.1 Confounder bias -- 8.4.2 Small-sample bias -- 8.4.3 Optimism bias -- 8.4.4 Experimenter bias -- 8.5 Replicate to validate results -- 8.5.1 Validate complex experiments -- 8.5.2 Monitor changes with a reverse A/B test -- 8.5.3 Measure quarterly changes with holdouts -- 8.6 Wrapping up -- Summary -- Appendix A Linear regression and the normal equations -- A.1 Univariate linear regression -- A.2 Multivariate linear regression -- Appendix B One factor at a time -- Appendix C Gaussian process regression -- index -- inside back cover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Component and end-to-end evaluations -- Model benchmarking -- Evaluation datasets -- Defining a baseline -- User feedback -- Synthetic data -- Evaluation metrics -- Assertion-based metrics -- Statistical metrics -- LLM-as-a-judge evaluations -- RAG metrics -- Human review -- Evaluations as guardrails -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Refining the Semantic Data Model to Improve Accuracy -- Technical requirements -- Embeddings -- Experimenting with different embedding models -- Fine-tuning embedding models -- Embedding metadata -- Formatting metadata -- Including static metadata -- Extracting metadata programmatically -- Generating metadata with LLMs -- Including metadata with query embedding and ingested content embeddings -- Optimizing retrieval-augmented generation -- Query mutation -- Extracting query metadata for pre-filtering -- Formatting ingested data -- Advanced retrieval systems -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Common Failures of Generative AI -- Technical requirements -- Hallucinations -- Causes of hallucinations -- Implications of hallucinations -- Sycophancy -- Causes of sycophancy -- Implications of sycophancy -- Data leakage -- Causes of data leakage…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…- Effect of Gum Chewing on PFC Activity during Discomfort Sound Stimulation -- Effect of Mastication Muscle Activity on Prefrontal Cortex NIRS Measurement: a Pilot Study -- Part II Tumor Oxygenation and Metabolism -- Hypoxia Compromises Anti-Cancer Immune Responses - Peter Vaupel Lecture -- ‘Oxygen Level in a Tissue’ - What do Available Measurements Really Report?- Clinical and Statistical Considerations when Assessing Oxygen Levels in Tumors: Illustrative Results from Clinical EPR Oximetry Studies -- Fatal Alliance of Hypoxia-/HIF-1α-driven Microenvironmental Traits Promoting Cancer Progression -- Quantification of Tumor Oxygenation based on FMISO PET: Influence of Location and Oxygen Level of the Well-Oxygenated Reference Region -- Pathways of Oxygen Diffusion in Cells and Tissues: Hydrophobic channeling via networked lipids -- Part III Muscle Oxygenation and Sports Medicine -- Effect of Exercise Duration on Post-exercise Persistence of Oxyhemoglobin Changes in the Premotor Cortex: A Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study in Moderate-intensity Cycling Exercise -- Relationship Between Muscle Oxygen Saturation and Exercise Load in Patients with Malignant Hematopoietic Disease -- Comparison of the Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Exercise on Cerebral Oxygenation and Cognitive Function -- Relationship between Exercise Capacity and Muscle O2Hb saturation in Patients before Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation -- Differences in Muscle O2 Dynamics During Treadmill Exercise Between Aerobic Capacity-matched Overweight and Normal-weight Adults -- Cerebral Oxygenation Dynamics of the Prefrontal Cortex and Motor-Related Area During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test: A Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study -- Reduced Optical Path Length in the Vastus Lateralis during Ramp Cycling Exercise -- Improvements in Skeletal Muscle can be Detected using Broadband NIRS in First-Time Marathon Runners -- Comparison of Two NIRS Tissue Oximeters (Moxy and Nimo) for Non-invasive Assessment of Muscle Oxygenation and Perfusion -- Part IV Cell Metabolism and Tissue Oxygenation -- Effects of Pulsed Magnetic Field on the Hemolysis of Erythrocytes Exposed to Oxidative Stress -- Role of Microtubule-associated Factors in HIF1α Nuclear Translocation -- Extracellular Acidosis Regulates the Expression of Inflammatory Mediators in Rat Epithelial Cells -- Part V Methodology of O2 Measurements -- Reducing False Alarm Rates in Neonatal Intensive Care: A New Machine Learning Approach -- Development of an IoT-based Monitoring System for Healthcare: A Preliminary Study -- Developing a Model to Simulate the Effect of Hypothermia on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism -- Validation and Comparison of Monte Carlo and Finite Element Method in Forward Modeling for Near Infrared Optical Tomography -- Development of a Cuff-less Blood Pressure Monitoring System and its Application -- Usefulness of a New Device to Monitor Cerebral Blood Oxygenation using NIRS during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest: A Pilot Study -- Application of Peripheral Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Risk Factors in Patient with Coronary Artery Disease: Part 1 -- Broadband NIRS Cerebral Evaluation of the Hemodynamic and Oxidative State of Cytochrome-c-oxidase Responses to +Gz Acceleration in Healthy Volunteers -- Time-resolved NIROT ‘Pioneer’ System for Imaging Oxygenation of the Preterm Brain: Preliminary Results -- Application of Peripheral Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Risk Factors in Patient with Coronary Artery Disease: Part 2 -- Optimization of Band Selection in Multispectral and Narrow-Band Imaging: An Analytical Approach -- Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Gelatin-Based Phantoms for Tissue Oximetry -- Two-Photon Autofluorescence Imaging of Fixed Tissues: Feasibility and Potential Values for Biomedical Applications -- Part VI Special Topics -- Acute Anemia Induces Erythropoiesis in Rat Organ Surface Primo-Vascular Tissue -- Analysis and Differential Expression of Primo Genes using RNA-Seq and qRT-PCR Experiments -- Acupuncture Inhibits the Increase in Alpha-synuclein in Substantia nigra in an MPTP- induced Parkinsonism Mouse Model -- On the Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease -- Effective Murine Model Induction for Niche Study in Immune Cells against Leukemia -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Server application -- Client application -- Running the application -- There's more -- Monitoring MPLS LDP statistics -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Server application -- Web client application -- How it works... -- Server application -- Web client application -- Chapter 8: Security Applications -- Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Number Fields and Rings -- Unique Factorization of Ideals -- Norms of Ideals -- Rational Primes in Number Rings -- Units in a Number Ring -- p-adic Numbers -- The Arithmetic of p-adic Numbers -- The p-adic Valuation -- Hensel's Lemma -- Statistical Methods -- Random Variables and Their Probability Distributions -- Operations on Random Variables -- Expectation, Variance and Correlation -- Some Famous Probability Distributions -- Sample Mean, Variation and Correlation -- Algebraic and Number-theoretic Computations -- Introduction -- Complexity Issues -- Order Notations -- Randomized Algorithms -- Reduction Between Computational Problems -- Multiple-precision Integer Arithmetic -- Representation of Large Integers -- Basic Arithmetic Operations -- GCD -- Modular Arithmetic -- Elementary Number-theoretic Computations -- Primality Testing -- Generating Random Primes -- Modular Square Roots -- Arithmetic in Finite Fields -- Arithmetic in the Ring F2[X] -- Finite Fields of Characteristic 2 -- Selecting Suitable Finite Fields -- Factoring Polynomials over Finite Fields -- Arithmetic on Elliptic Curves -- Point Arithmetic -- Counting Points on Elliptic Curves -- Choosing Good Elliptic Curves -- Arithmetic on Hyperelliptic Curves -- Arithmetic in the Jacobian -- Counting Points in Jacobians of Hyperelliptic Curves -- Random Numbers -- Pseudorandom Bit Generators -- Cryptographically Strong Pseudorandom Bit Generators -- Seeding Pseudorandom Bit Generators -- The Intractable Mathematical Problems -- Introduction -- The Problems at a Glance -- The Integer Factorization Problem -- Older Algorithms -- The Quadratic Sieve Method -- Factorization Using Elliptic Curves -- The Number Field Sieve Method -- The Finite Field Discrete Logarithm Problem -- Square Root Methods -- The Index Calculus Method -- Algorithms for Prime Fields…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SQL and databases -- A.3. Statistics and machine learning -- A.4. Behavioral -- A.5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Methods -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Material -- 2.3 Measurements -- 2.3.1 Estimation of the voiced part -- 2.3.2 Acoustic measure of signal characteristics -- 2.3.3 Statistical analyses -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Contextual triggers of the Hungarian pre-verbal focus structure -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Methodology of the SIGI -- Conceptual framework of the SIGI -- Variables included in the SIGI conceptual framework -- Treatment of missing data -- Geographical coverage of the fifth edition of the SIGI -- Statistical computation of the SIGI -- Data cleaning and manipulation -- Construction of indicators, dimensions and the SIGI -- References -- Annex C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Summary -- Introduction -- 1.1 Protein aggregation and amyloidoses -- 1.1.1 Mechanisms of amyloid fibril formation -- 1.1.2 Oligomer structural polymorphism: fibrillar and prefibrillar oligomers -- 1.1.3 Oligomer toxicity: common mechanism of pathogenesis -- 1.1.4 Amyloid formation is an inherent property of polypeptide chains: functional amyloid and disease unreleated amyloid -- 1.2 HypF-N: model protein of amyloid aggregation unrelated to disease -- 1.2.1 Function, structure and aggregation of HypF-N -- 1.2.2 HypF-N protofibrils interact with cell membranes originating a cytotoxic cascade -- 1.2.3 A causative link between the structure of HypF-N oligomers and their ability to cause cellular dysfunction -- 1.3 Alzheimer's disease -- 1.3.1 The Alzheimer phenotype -- 1.3.2 The elaborate processing of APP -- 1.3.3 The genetics of Alzheimer's disease -- 1.3.4 Peripheral cells as a tool to identify and test hypotheses on AD pathophysiology -- 1.3.5 Adult neurogenesis and stem cell technology for AD -- 1.4 Cholesterol and gangliosides in the central nervous system (CNS) -- 1.4.1 Brain cholesterol metabolism -- 1.4.2 Ganglioside metabolism -- 1.4.3 Lipid rafts -- 1.4.4 Role of cholesterol in AD -- 1.4.5 Role of gangliosides in AD -- 1.5 Aim of the study -- Materials & Methods -- 2.1 Materials -- 2.1.1 Chemicals -- 2.1.2 Fluorescent probes -- 2.1.3 Peptides and aggregation protocols -- 2.2 Cell cultures -- 2.3 Methods -- 2.3.1 Separation processes -- 2.3.2 Differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells -- 2.3.3 Modulation of membrane cholesterol levels -- 2.3.4 Modulation of membrane GM1 levels -- 2.3.5 Cholesterol content measurements -- 2.3.6 GM1 content measurements -- 2.3.7 Cell exposure to peptide aggregates -- 2.3.8 Analysis of aggregate interaction with the cells -- 2.3.9 Analysis of aggregate interaction with GM1 -- 2.3.10 Analysis of aggregate internalisation -- 2.3.11 Analysis of membrane permeability -- 2.3.12 Analysis of cytosolic Ca2+ dyshomeostasis -- 2.3.13 Evaluation of ROS production -- 2.3.14 Analysis of lipid peroxidation -- 2.3.15 Cytotoxicity assay and cell death analysis: apoptotic and necrotic markers -- 2.3.16 Steady-state fluorescence anisotropy -- 2.3.17 Atomic force microscopy (AFM) -- 2.3.18 Measurements of the fluorescence intensities -- 2.3.19 Statistical analysis -- Results -- 3.1 Results I -- 3.1.1 A protective role for lipid raft cholesterol against amyloidinduced membrane damage in human neuroblastoma cells -- 3.1.2 Aß42 oligomer binding to the cell surface and its cytotoxic effect are modulated by membrane cholesterol content -- 3.1.3 Aß42 oligomers colocalize with lipid rafts -- 3.1.4 Isolation and characterization of DRMs -- 3.1.5 Effects of ADDLs on lipid raft structural order -- 3.1.6 AFM imaging of supported DRMs purified from cells exposed to ADDLs -- 3.2 Results II -- 3.2.1 Lipid rafts mediate amyloid-induced calcium dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease -- 3.2.2 Lipid rafts are primary interaction sites for Aß42 oligomers at the plasma membrane -- 3.2.3 Cholesterol and GM1 mediate Aß42 accumulation at the plasma membrane -- 3.2.4 Cholesterol and GM1 mediate Ca2+ dyshomeostasis and extensive membrane permeabilization induced by Aß42 oligomers -- 3.2.5 GM1 modulates lipid peroxidation and cytotoxicity induced by Aß42 oligomers -- 3.2.6 GM1 mediates Aß42-induced Ca2+ dyshomeostasis, lipid peroxidation and cytotoxicity in rat cortical neurons -- 3.3 Results III -- 3.3.1 Membrane lipid composition and its physicochemical properties define cell vulnerability to aberrant protein oligomers -- 3.3.2 Membrane cholesterol content modulates oligomer cytotoxicity -- 3.3.3 Membrane cholesterol modulates oligomer-induced alteration of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and ROS levels -- 3.3.4 Cholesterol levels modulate membrane permeability to the oligomers -- 3.3.5 Membrane GM1 affects the cytotoxic and permeabilizing effects of HypF-N oligomers -- 3.3.6 GM1, rather than cholesterol, plays a dominant role in oligomer cytotoxicity and membrane permeability -- 3.4 Results IV -- 3.4.1 Neuronal differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells increases their resistance to Aß42 aggregate toxicity -- 3.4.2 Neuronal differentiation of hMSCs results in reduced levels of membrane GM1 -- 3.4.3 Neuronal differentiation of hMSCs reduces the interaction of Aß42 oligomers with the cell surface -- 3.4.4 Neuronal differentiation of hMSCs reduces Aß42 oligomerinduced intracellular Ca2+ dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress -- 3.4.5 Neuronal differentiation of hMSCs increases cell resistance to Aß42 aggregates Discussion -- 4.1 A protective role for lipid raft cholesterol against amyloid-induced membrane damage in human neuroblastoma cells -- 4.2 Lipid rafts mediate amyloid-induced calcium dyshomeostasis and membrane permeabilization in Alzheimer's fibroblasts -- 4.3 Membrane lipid composition and its physicochemical properties define cell vulnerability to aberrant protein oligomers -- 4.4 Neuronal differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells increases their resistance to Aß42 aggregate toxicity -- 4.5 Concluding remarks -- Abbreviations -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- EU AI Act -- Secure AI framework (SAIF) -- AI and cybersecurity - The good, the bad, and the ugly -- The good -- The bad -- The ugly -- AI bias -- Systematic bias -- Statistical bias -- Human bias -- NIST AI RMF -- Summary -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Multilateral development finance is called on to play a pivotal role in developing countries' recovery from successive crises -- Ensure that the needs and priorities of the poor and marginalised become a priority in multilateral investments -- Mainstream climate and biodiversity further in multilateral development finance -- References -- Annex A. Statistical methodology -- Scope of multilateral inflows and outflows -- Clustering of sectors -- Clustering of multilateral organisations -- Calculation of multilateral financing to global and regional public goods -- Annex B. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION -- SOCIETAL CONTEXT OF HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC -- SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND HIV/AIDS -- PRIMARY HIV-PREVENTION STRATEGIES -- MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE EPIDEMIC -- BUILDING CAPACITY FOR AIDS-RELATED RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION: THE NEED FOR BETTER BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH -- Resume -- IL FAUT AGIR SANS TARDER -- CONTEXTE SOCIETAL DU VIH/SIDA EN AFRIQUE -- EPIDEMIOLOGIE DU VIH/SIDA -- COMPORTEMENT SEXUEL ET VIH/SIDA -- STRATEGIES PREVENTIVES DE BASE CONTRE LE VIH -- L'ALLEGEMENT DE L'IMPACT DE L'EPIDEMIE -- MISE SUR PIED D'UNE CAPACITE DE RECHERCHE SUR LE SIDA -- CONCLUSION: BESOIN DE MEILLEURES RECHERCHES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES ET COMPORTEMENTALES -- 1 Introduction -- PURPOSE OF THE REPORT -- BACKGROUND -- Extent of the Epidemic -- Need for Immediate Action -- The Need for Better Behavioral and Social Science Research -- THE PANEL'S TASK -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Societal Context -- SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND FAMILY ORGANIZATION -- SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND HIV/AIDS -- MOBILITY -- Rural-Urban Migration -- Diffusion via Major Roads -- Civil Unrest and Wars -- MEDICAL AND PROGRAM FACTORS -- ECONOMIC FACTORS -- 3 Epidemiology of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic -- STATUS OF THE EPIDEMIC -- HIV/AIDS Statistics -- Demographics of HIV Infection -- HIV-2 Infection -- MODES OF TRANSMISSION -- Sexual Transmission -- Risk Factors in Sexual Transmission -- HIV and STDs -- Perinatal Transmission -- Parenteral Transmission -- REMAINING GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE -- Limitations of Existing African Behavioral Data -- The Need to Combine Epidemiological and Social/Behavioral Research -- Ethical Issues in STD/HIV Research -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Sexual Behavior and HIV/AIDS -- SOURCES OF INFORMATION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Impact of Supervisor Training -- Follow-Up Counseling and Support -- Level of Care -- Summary -- TREATMENT -- Entering Treatment -- Self-Referral -- Supervisor Referral -- Advantage of Early Detection and Referral -- Treatment Follow-up and Work Site Reentry -- Plan for After-Care -- Effectiveness of After-Care -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIXES -- A Methodological Issues -- SCIENTIFIC JUDGMENT AND RESEARCH DESIGN -- TYPES OF STUDY DESIGNS -- Epidemiologic (Observational, Nonexperimental) -- Drug-Use-Related Issues by Epidemiologic Designs -- Strengths and Weaknesses -- Quasi-Experiments: Strengths and Weaknesses -- Randomized Trials and Laboratory Experiments: Strengths and Weaknesses -- PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE VERSUS STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- RESEARCH DESIGN ISSUES SPECIFIC TO DRUG USE IN THE WORKPLACE -- Unit of Analysis -- Temporal Sequence and Causality -- Measurement Errors of Drug Use Indicators -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- REFERENCES -- B The Legal Environment of Drug Testing -- SOURCES OF AUTHORITY -- LEGAL CONSTRAINTS -- The Fourth Amendment -- Skinner and Von Raab -- Applying the Reasonableness Standard -- Factors to Be Considered -- The Private Sector -- Employees and Applicants -- State Law -- CONCLUSION -- A WORD ABOUT ETHICS -- REFERENCES -- C Biographical Sketches -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bringing well-being statistics into OECD policy advice -- Box 1.7. Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda -- Notes -- References -- Annex 1.A Well-being strengths and weaknesses at the country level…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exercise Objective -- Network Diagram -- Command List -- Task 1: Configure and Verify BackboneFast -- Task 2: Configure and Verify UplinkFast -- Task 3: Configure and Verify Root Guard -- Task 4: Configure and Verify PortFast -- Configuration Exercise: Identify and Resolve a Layer 2 Loop -- Required Resources -- Exercise Objective -- Network Diagram -- Command List -- Task 1: Identifying the Layer 2 Loop -- Task 2: Divide and Conquer (Disconnect Redundancy) -- Task 3: Find Root Cause of Layer 2 Loop (Investigate Network and Hardware) -- Task 4 (optional): Check Software Statistics -- Review Questions -- Chapter 7 Enhancing Network Stability, Functionality, Reliability, and Performance Using Advanced Features -- EtherChannel -- PAgP Modes -- LACP Modes -- EtherChannel Guidelines -- EtherChannel Configuration Example -- EtherChannel Load Balancing -- CDP -- Voice VLAN and CDP -- Security Issues -- Multiple Default Gateways -- MAC Address Notification -- Layer 3 Protocol Filtering -- DHCP for Management IP Configuration -- Debounce Timer Feature -- Broadcast and Multicast Suppression -- Baby Giants and Jumbo Frames -- Error-Disable Feature -- IEEE 802.3 Flow Control -- UDLD and Aggressive Mode UDLD -- Case Study: Function of Aggressive Mode UDLD -- Study Tips -- Summary -- Configuration Exercise -- Required Resources -- Exercise Objective -- Network Diagram -- Command List -- Task 1: Configure and Verify EtherChannel -- Task 2: Configure and Verify LACP EtherChannel -- Task 3: Configure and Verify CDP -- Task 4: Configure and Verify Aggressive Mode UDLD -- Task 5: Configure and Verify Jumbo Frame -- Task 6: Configure and Verify Error-Disable -- Review Questions -- Chapter 8 Understanding and Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing -- IP Address Hierarchy in a Multilayer Switched Network -- Introduction to Inter-VLAN Routing…”