“…You will find out where all your storage is going and be able to act intelligently on this information. Application availability is improved because you will have early warnings when filesystems are running out of space. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Plenary lectures -- Molecular dynamics-based structural mechanics of buildings' resilience -- Century-long durability of concrete structures: Expansiveness of hydration and chemo-mechanics of autogenous shrinkage and swelling -- Regularized continuum damage formulations acting as localization limiters -- Erection of bridges and shells without formwork-challenges for the computational modelling -- Network modelling of fracture processes in fibre-reinforced quasi-brittle materials -- New damage model to simulate ballistic impact on concrete targets -- Multiscale cement and concrete research: Experiments and modeling -- Fishnet model for failure probability of nacre-like imbricated lamellar materials and Monte Carlo verification -- Phase-field modeling of cement paste: Where particle physics meets continuum mechanics -- Towards a mesoscale model of geopolymers: Interaction potential from the molecular scale -- Nanoscale simulations of cement hydrates precipitation mechanisms: Impact on macroscopic self-desiccation and water sorption isotherms -- Atomistic modeling of early hydration of C3S -- Modeling the evolution of C3S-C3S grain interface over hydration time -- Fracture properties of cement hydrates determined from microbending tests and multiscale modeling -- Testing and modelling of micro cement paste cube under indentation splitting -- An adaptive concurrent two-scale FE model to predicting crack propagation in concrete -- Multi-scale modelling of the mechanics of concrete based on the cement paste properties -- Sensitivity estimation of cement paste properties in the microstructural characteristics -- Elastic-plastic multi scale approach for localization problems-the embedded unit cell…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 10 International Integration -- Globalization and Integration -- Integration Theory -- The European Union -- The Vision of a United Europe -- The Treaty of Rome -- Structure of the European Union -- The Single European Act -- The Maastricht Treaty -- Monetary Union -- Seeking the Collective Good Bailing Out Greece…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- The Freezing of the Global Workforce -- A World on the Run -- Navigating the Perfect Storm -- Skill Up or Sink -- A Breath of Fresh Air -- Second Acts -- I'm Gonna Make You a Star -- Don't Forget to Look at Yourself -- So How Do We Break the Cycle? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…While further protecting seasonal workers from exploitation -- Streamlined entry and recruitment of temporary workers -- Pathways to permanent residency for temporary residents -- Family migration -- International protection and geopolitical considerations -- Recent changes in asylum-related policies -- Humanitarian admission -- Making use of innovative digital tools -- Return and readmission policies -- References -- Notes -- 3 Recent developments in migrant integration policy -- Introduction -- Flexibility introduced in response to COVID-19 may remain as the pandemic ebbs -- Regularisation has seen a new impetus in several countries -- Countries continue to take disparate approaches toward naturalisation -- Some countries have acted to encourage increased naturalisation... -- ...others have introduced flexibility...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Vue d'ensemble de la charge d'administration de l'impôt en Roumanie -- L'environnement juridique est incertain et un cadre plus stable est nécessaire -- Graphique 20. Nombre total d'actes juridiques adoptés chaque année -- Les inefficiences administratives, y compris la micro-corruption, entraînent des coûts opérationnels -- Tableau 28. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dropout rates and early school leaving are higher in rural and remote areas, and learning outcomes also differ significantly by geographic location -- Gaps in both participation and learning outcomes are persistent and observed amongst different ethnic groups and socio-economic levels -- Key indicators -- References -- Notes -- 2 Making student assessment an integral part of student learning -- Introduction -- Student assessment in Bulgaria -- Overall objectives and policy framework -- The new curriculum aligns with international frameworks and continues to be updated -- Multiple instructional documents aim to guide the organisation of teaching and learning but can lack clarity and coherence -- Teachers struggle to navigate curriculum documents and apply changes to their classroom practice -- A new national evaluation and assessment framework provides detailed instructions regarding the organisation and administration of assessments -- Implementing competency-based assessment remains a challenge -- Classroom assessment -- Teachers in Bulgaria must administer frequent classroom assessments -- Bulgarian teachers use qualitative and quantitative descriptors when assessing students -- Formative assessment is not consistently applied in classrooms -- National assessments -- Bulgaria's national assessment system has significant implications for students -- National examinations -- The Grade 7 NEA acts as a national selective examination to allocate students to upper secondary education -- The high stakes associated with the Grade 7 NEA have implications for educational quality and equity -- State Matriculation examination results certify completion of upper secondary education and support progression to tertiary education -- Administration and marking of the State Matriculation examination is highly trusted…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SOVEREIGN SUKUK -- SUKUK -- DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS -- REGULATORY ISSUES -- CROSS-BORDER FINANCING -- CONCLUSION -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- Chapter 8: Hong Kong -- ASSET MANAGEMENT -- TAX -- RETAIL AND MICROFINANCE -- ISLAMIC BANKING -- Risk Management -- Adherence to Islamic Law -- Binding Documentation -- Disclosure of Risk and Return to Depositors -- SUKUK AND RENMINBI BUSINESS -- DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS AND EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS -- REGULATORY ISSUES -- CROSS-BORDER FINANCING -- CONCLUSION -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- Chapter 9: India -- ASSET MANAGEMENT -- Alternative Investment Funds -- Real Estate Investment Trusts -- Structured Products -- TAX AND ACCOUNTING -- RETAIL AND MICROFINANCE -- TAKAFUL AND RE- TAKAFUL -- SOVEREIGN SUKUK -- DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS -- Tax and Stamp Duties -- Investor Perception and Documentation Challenge -- REGULATORY ISSUES -- CROSS-BORDER FINANCING -- CONCLUSION -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Chapter 10: Indonesia -- MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT -- Public Response As Indicated by Liquidity Behavior -- Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Responses -- The Indonesian Islamic Banking Industry: Funding Activities -- The Indonesian Islamic Banking Industry: Financing Activities -- MICROFINANCE -- TAKAFUL AND RE- TAKAFUL -- SUKUK -- REGULATORY ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Chapter 11: Iran -- THE HISTORY OF IRANIAN BANKING -- Modern Banking: 1887-1925 -- Establishment of Iranian Banks and the Central Bank: 1925-1979 -- Nationalization and Merger of Iranian Banks: 1979-1981 -- Demand for Riba-Free Banking: 1981-1983 -- Development of the Banking System Since 1983 -- THE RIBA-FREE BANKING ACT -- Objectives and Duties -- Mobilization of Financial Resources -- DEPOSITS -- Qard Hasan Deposits -- Current Accounts -- Savings Accounts -- Term Investment Deposits ( Wakalah Accounts)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9 Quiz -- Answers to Chapter 9 Quiz -- Chapter 10 Acting Rationally with Functions -- Exploring the Domain and Intercepts of Rational Functions -- Sizing up domain -- Introducing intercepts -- Adding Asymptotes to the Rational Pot -- Determining the equations of vertical asymptotes -- Heading after horizontal asymptotes -- Graphing vertical and horizontal asymptotes -- Crunching the numbers and graphing oblique asymptotes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Known good practices for continuous testing -- Known good practices for continuous quality -- Known good practices for continuous security -- Known good practices for continuous feedback -- Understanding CSVSM -- Steps to creating a CSVSM -- Challenges to overcome with value stream mapping -- How generative AI can be used to accelerate discovery and benchmarking -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Selecting Tool Platforms and Tools -- Tool platforms and tools concepts -- Tool platforms -- Tools -- Relationship between tool platforms and tools -- Platforms and tools for continuous testing, quality, security, and feedback -- Continuous testing platforms and tools -- Continuous quality platforms and tools -- Continuous security platforms and tools -- Continuous feedback platforms and tools -- Overlap and integration -- Source of platforms and tools -- Open-source tools -- Vendor product tools -- DIY or home-grown tools -- Factors for comparing tool platforms and tools -- Example tool platforms and tools -- Methodology for selecting tool platforms and tools -- Determining how many tools are enough -- Balancing act -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Applying AL/ML to Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback -- AI/ML applications -- AI/ML for continuous testing -- Real-world use case for AI/ML-assisted continuous testing -- AI/ML for continuous quality -- Real-world use case for AI/ML-assisted continuous quality -- AI/ML for continuous security -- Real-world use case for AI/ML-assisted continuous security -- AI/ML for continuous feedback -- Real-world use case for AI/ML-assisted continuous feedback -- Methodology for selecting AI/ML tools -- Summary -- Part 3: Deep Dive into Roadmaps, Implementation Patterns, and Measurements -- Chapter 9: Use Cases for Integrating with DevOps, DevSecOps, and SRE -- Use cases for DevOps -- Requirements stage -- Development stage…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Estudio de tres casas nobiliarias malagueñas / Paula Alfonso Santorio -- Los borja al asalto de Montesa: prolegómenos, primer intento (1537) y gestación del definitivo (1544) / Fernando Andrés Robres -- Scritture plurilingui in Sardegna. L'acte de possesió del Viceré Camarasa (1665-1666) / Maria Eugenia Cadeddu -- Ministros de capa y espada : ¿Integración nobiliaria o manipulación monárquica? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Understanding the Intelligence Cycle -- Methods of Intelligence Collection -- Security Classification and Clearances -- Counterintelligence and Operations Security -- Intelligence Organizations and Missions -- Oversight of Intelligence Activities -- State and Local Enforcement Activities and Resources -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Quiz -- Chapter 7 Domestic Counterterrorism: Investigating, Preventing, and Responding to Terrorist Plots -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- The Front Lines of Terrorism -- Jurisdictions, Responsibilities, and Organizations -- Issues in Counterterrorism -- Components of Counterterrorism Operations -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Quiz -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Homeland Defense and Support to Civil Authorities: Military Support for Homeland Security -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Authority to Act -- Organization -- Forces Available -- Concept of Military Operations -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Quiz -- Notes -- Chapter 9 Incident Management and Emergency Management: Responding to Human-made and Natural Disasters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Model Training -- Model Inference -- Model Management -- Governance -- Streaming Analytics -- IoT and Edge Analytics -- Cloud Ecosystems and Frameworks -- A Few Example Architectures -- Uber -- Facebook -- An Evolution of CRISP-DM -- Feature Stores -- Technology -- Cost Considerations -- Other Open Source Considerations -- Technical Debt in Data Science and ML -- Model Dependencies -- Data Dependencies -- Feedback -- Anti-patterns or Poor Coding Habits -- Summary -- References -- Additional Resources -- 11 Technology to Communicate and Act Upon Analytics -- Introduction -- An Analytics Confluence -- Data Storytelling -- Building an Analytics Culture -- Model Ops -- How Is Analytics Different? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Introduction to child's steps to speech in ontogeny and questions about cultural evolution -- From primary intersubjectivity, as defined by Trevarthen, to speech and mind-reading -- (I) Newborns' imitation and protoconversation in the first weeks and months -- (II) Object-oriented learning by altercentric participation and reading of intention -- (III) Listener's altercentric perception and interlocutors' simulation of one another's act -- On primary and higher order consciousness and Stern's specification of senses of self -- The various senses of self according to Daniel Stern -- Primary consciousness and the senses of an emergent self and of a core self -- Secondary intersubjectivity, core consciousness, and the sense of the intersubjective sel -- Tertiary intersubjectivity, verbal self, narrative self, and simulation and theory of mind -- An intermediate comment on the different usages of the term "intersubjectivity" -- Ontogenetic and sociogenetic dimensions of intersubjectivity: Conflicting views -- Questions about phylogeny: Speculation about the selective pressure on early hominids -- Questions about domains of cultural evolution…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Evaluating Architectural Fit and Integration -- Evaluating Actual Operational Work Involved -- The Difference between Monitoring and Participation -- Finding the Right Guidance -- HIPAA/HITECH -- HITRUST -- PCI-DSS -- ISO Information Security Management Standards 27001, 27002, 27017, 27018 -- ISO/IEC 27018 - Public Cloud PII Protection -- ISO/IEC 27017 - Cloud Services Security Controls -- Certified Vendors ISO 17021, and Separation of Duties -- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants/Service Organizational Controls Reports -- NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) -- CSA CCM, CAIQ, and STAR Registry -- CURES Act and HITECH Certification Requirements -- What Does This All Mean?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Factors Affecting the Rates of Chemical Reactions -- The Role of Enzymes in Chemical Reactions -- 3.4 ATP: The Medium of Energy Exchange -- 3.5 Glucose Oxidation: The Central Reaction of Energy Metabolism -- Coupling Glucose Oxidation to ATP Synthesis -- 3.6 Stages of Glucose Oxidation: Glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle, and Oxidative Phosphorylation -- Glycolysis -- The Krebs Cycle -- Oxidative Phosphorylation -- The Electron Transport Chain -- Summary of Glucose Oxidation -- Glucose Catabolism in the Absence of Oxygen -- 3.7 Energy Storage and Use: Metabolism of Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins -- Glycogen Metabolism -- Gluconeogenesis: Formation of New Glucose -- Fat Metabolism -- Protein Metabolism -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- 4 Cell Membrane Transport -- 4.1 Factors Affecting the Direction of Transport -- Passive Transport Versus Active Transport -- Driving Forces Acting on Molecules -- 4.2 Rate of Transport -- 4.3 Passive Transport -- Simple Diffusion: Passive Transport Through the Lipid Bilayer -- Facilitated Diffusion: Passive Transport Utilizing Membrane Proteins -- Diffusion Through Channels -- 4.4 Active Transport -- Primary Active Transport -- Secondary Active Transport -- Factors Affecting Rates of Active Transport -- Coexistence of Active and Passive Transport Mechanisms in Cells -- 4.5 Osmosis: Passive Transport of Water Across Membranes -- Osmolarity -- Osmotic Pressure -- Tonicity -- 4.6 Transport of Material Within Membrane-Bound Compartments -- Transport of Molecules into Cells by Endocytosis -- Transport of Molecules Out of Cells by Exocytosis -- 4.7 Epithelial Transport: Movement of Molecules Across Two Membranes -- Epithelial Solute Transport -- Epithelial Structure -- Epithelial Water Transport -- Transcytosis -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- 5 Chemical Messengers -- 5.1 Mechanisms of Intercellular Communication…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedicated -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Thinking Local, Acting Global -- Chapter 1: Where's My Data and Who's in Charge? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…WORKFORCE TRENDS AND SUPPLY PROJECTIONS: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS -- Primary Care Physician Assistants -- Current Work Environments and Settings -- OTHER FIRST-CONTACT PROVIDERS -- COMMENT ON WORKFORCE ESTIMATION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE SUPPLY OF PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS -- Training Programs for Primary Care Clinicians -- Basic Goals -- Recommendation 6.1 Programs Regarding the Primary Care Workforce -- General Issues of Access and Quality of Care -- Minority Participation in Primary Care Training and Practice -- Monitoring Supply And Requirements -- Recommendation 6.2 Monitoring the Primary Care Workforce -- Geographic Maldistribution of the Primary Care Workforce -- Recommendation 6.3 Addressing Issues of Geographic Maldistribution -- Impediments to the Use of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants -- Recommendation 6.4 State Practice Acts for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 7 Education and Training for Primary Care -- APPROPRIATE TRAINING IN PRIMARY CARE -- THE EDUCATION OF PHYSICIANS -- Undergraduate Medical Education -- Experience in Primary Care Settings -- Recommendation 7.1 Training in Primary Care Sites -- Curricular and Other Structural Reforms -- Graduate Medical Education -- Residency Programs in Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics -- Primary Care Tracks -- OTHER CONTENT ISSUES IN TRAINING FOR PRIMARY CARE -- Future Steps for Academic Health Centers -- Common Core Competencies -- Defining Core Competencies in Medicine -- Defining Core Competencies in Nursing -- Defining Core Competencies Across Primary Care Clinical Fields -- Recommendation 7.2 Common Core Competencies -- Implementing Common Core Competencies -- Recommendation 7.3 Emphasis on Common Core Competencies by Accrediting and Certifying Bodies -- Special Areas of Curricular Emphasis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Querying Our Data, Part 2 - Postprocessing and Response Synthesis -- Technical requirements -- Re-ranking, transforming, and filtering nodes using postprocessors -- Exploring how postprocessors filter, transform, and re-rank nodes -- SimilarityPostprocessor -- KeywordNodePostprocessor -- PrevNextNodePostprocessor -- LongContextReorder -- PIINodePostprocessor and NERPIINodePostprocessor -- MetadataReplacementPostprocessor -- SentenceEmbeddingOptimizer -- Time-based postprocessors -- Re-ranking postprocessors -- Final thoughts about node postprocessors -- Understanding response synthesizers -- Implementing output parsing techniques -- Extracting structured outputs using output parsers -- Extracting structured outputs using Pydantic programs -- Building and using query engines -- Exploring different methods of building query engines -- Advanced uses of the QueryEngine interface -- Hands-on - building quizzes in PITS -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Building Chatbots and Agents with LlamaIndex -- Technical requirements -- Understanding chatbots and agents -- Discovering ChatEngine -- Understanding the different chat modes -- Implementing agentic strategies in our apps -- Building tools and ToolSpec classes for our agents -- Understanding reasoning loops -- OpenAIAgent -- ReActAgent -- How do we interact with agents? -- Enhancing our agents with the help of utility tools -- Using the LLMCompiler agent for more advanced scenarios -- Using the low-level Agent Protocol API -- Hands-on - implementing conversation tracking for PITS -- Summary -- Part 4: Customization, Prompt Engineering, and Final Words -- Chapter 9: Customizing and Deploying Our LlamaIndex Project -- Technical requirements -- Customizing our RAG components -- How LLaMA and LLaMA 2 changed the open source landscape -- Running a local LLM using LM Studio…”