Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 4.1 Motivation, Opportunity, and Rationalization -- 4.2 The Door to Fraud -- References -- Chapter 5 Legal Accounting Manipulations -- 5.1 Alternatives, Estimations, and Legal Gaps -- Transactions That Can Be Accounted for by Choosing Among Several Alternatives -- Uniformity -- Relative Importance -- Accounting Notes Based on Estimates That Imply a High Degree of Subjectivity -- Gaps in the Accounting Standards -- 5.2 Main Legal Manipulations -- 5.3 Impact of Legal Manipulations in the Accounts -- References -- Chapter 6 Illegal Accounting Manipulations -- 6.1 Accounting Crime -- 6.2 How Illegal Manipulations Are Done -- 6.3 Operations Through Tax Havens -- 6.4 Main Illegal Manipulations -- 6.5 Main Items Affected by Accounting Frauds -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 1.2 Some example embedded systems; 1.2.1 The domestic refrigerator; 1.2.2 A car door mechanism; 1.2.3 The electronic 'ping-pong'; 1.2.4 The Derbot Autonomous Guided Vehicle; 1.3 Some computer essentials; 1.3.1 Elements of a computer; 1.3.2 Instruction sets - CISC and RISC; 1.3.3 Memory types; 1.3.4 Organising memory…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(d) Libraries -- (e) Museums -- (f) Health Care Institutions -- (g) Other Health Care Provider Organizations -- (h) Membership Organizations -- (i) Small Solicitations -- (j) Solicitations for Specified Individuals -- (k) Political Organizations -- (l) Veterans' Organizations -- (m) Named Organizations -- (n) Other Categories of Exempted Organizations -- 3.6 Regulation of Professional Fundraisers -- 3.7 Regulation of Professional Solicitors -- 3.8 Regulation of Commercial Coventurers -- 3.9 Limitations on Fundraising Costs -- 3.10 Availability of Records -- 3.11 Contracts -- 3.12 Registered Agent Requirements -- 3.13 Prohibited Acts -- 3.14 Regulatory Prohibitions -- 3.15 Disclosure Statements and Legends -- 3.16 Reciprocal Agreements -- 3.17 Solicitation Notice Requirements -- 3.18 Fiduciary Relationships -- 3.19 Powers of Attorney General -- 3.20 Miscellaneous Provisions -- 3.21 Sanctions -- 3.22 Unified Registration -- 3.23 Other Laws -- 3.24 Prospect of Law Changes -- Chapter 4 State Regulation of Fundraising -- 4.1 Regulation of Fundraising Costs -- (a) The Disclosure Dilemma -- (b) The Fundraising Cost Percentage Approach -- (c) Fundraising Cost Line Item Approach -- (d) Floating Average Approach -- (e) Pluralization Approach -- (f) Average Gift Size Factor -- (g) Regulated Disclosure Approach -- (h) Factors Affecting Fundraising Costs -- (i) Joint Cost Allocations -- 4.2 Police Power -- 4.3 Registration and Licensing Requirements -- 4.4 Charitable Purposes Revisited -- 4.5 Fundraising as Free Speech -- (a) State of Law before 1980 Supreme Court Decision -- (b) Free Speech Principles in Fundraising Context -- (c) State of Law Subsequent to Supreme Court Decisions -- (d) Airport Terminal Solicitations -- (e) Door‐to‐Door Advocacy -- (f) Outer Boundaries of Doctrine…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tip #3 - Delineate objectives -- Tip #4 - Apply an agile methodology to your digital transformation -- Tip #5 - Encourage risk-taking -- Tip #6 - One-way door vs. two-way door decisions -- Tip #7 - Clear delineation of roles and responsibilities -- Digital transformation pitfalls -- Lack of commitment from the C-suite -- Not having the right team in place -- Internal resistance from the ranks -- Going too fast -- Going too slow -- Outdated rules and regulations -- The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) -- Architectures to provide high availability, reliability, and scalability -- Active architecture -- Active/passive architecture -- Active/active architecture -- Sharding architecture -- Chaos engineering -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Networking in AWS -- Learning about the AWS Global Infrastructure -- Regions, Availability Zones, and Local zones -- AWS Regions -- AWS AZs -- AWS LZs -- Benefits of the AWS Global Infrastructure -- AWS networking foundations -- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) -- AWS TGW -- AWS PrivateLink -- Edge networking -- Route 53 -- Amazon CloudFront -- AWS Global Accelerator (AGA) -- AWS Wavelength -- Building hybrid cloud connectivity in AWS -- AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN) -- AWS Direct Connect -- AWS Cloud WAN -- AWS cloud network security -- AWS Network Firewall (ANFW) -- AWS network security patterns - best practices -- AWS network security anti-patterns -- AWS network security with third-party solutions -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Storage in AWS - Choosing the Right Tool for the Job -- Understanding Amazon Elastic Block Store -- General-purpose Solid-State Devices (SSDs) -- Provisioned IOPS SSD -- Throughput Optimized HDD -- Cold HDD -- Amazon EBS Snapshots -- Choosing the right EBS volume -- Investigating Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) -- Using Amazon FSx to manage file systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Technical Requirements -- Securing Secrets with Azure Key Vault -- Authorization -- Authentication -- Implementing Managed Identities -- Exercise 1: User-Assigned Managed Identity -- System-Assigned Managed Identity -- Exploring Azure App Configuration -- Exercise 2: App Configuration in code -- Feature Flags -- Exercise 3: Creating a Feature Flags -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 9: Integrating Caching and Content Delivery within Solutions -- Technical Requirements -- Introducing Caching Patterns -- Exploring Azure Cache for Redis -- Provisioning Azure Cache for Redis from the Azure CLI -- Exercise 1: Provisioning Azure Cache for Redis -- Advanced Configuration -- Access Key -- Firewall and Virtual Network Integration -- Diagnostic Settings -- The Redis Console -- Implementing Basic Operations with Cached Data -- Exercise 2: Manipulating Data in Azure Cache from the Console -- Manipulating Data in Azure Cache from C# Code -- Leveraging Azure Cache for Persisting Web Sessions -- How to Cache Your Data Effectively -- Exploring Azure Front Door and CDN -- Azure Front Door -- Dynamic Site Acceleration -- Provisioning Azure CDN -- Premium and Standard Tier from Edgio -- Exercise 3: Provisioning with the Azure CLI -- Advanced CDN Configuration -- Caching Rules -- Purging Cached Content -- Preloading -- Geo-Filter -- Exercise 4: Configuring a Website to Leverage the CDN -- Manipulating a CDN Instance from Code -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 10: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Solutions by Using Application Insights -- Technical Requirements -- Monitoring and Logging Solutions in Azure -- Analyzing Performance Issues with Azure Monitor -- Exercise 1: Provisioning Cloud Solutions to Explore Monitoring Features…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Critical Thinking Skills -- Chapter 1 Entering the Exciting World of Critical Thinking -- Opening the Doors to the Arguments Clinic -- Defining Critical Thinking -- Spotting how the brain likes to think -- Evaluating what you read, hear, and think -- Reading between the Lines -- Challenging concepts of rationality -- Dipping into the critical thinking skills toolbox -- Ordering your thinking: Reason, analyze, and then argue -- Discovering what kind of thinking you do -- Understanding What Critical Thinking Isn't -- Chapter 2 Peering into the Mind: How People Think -- Thinking Logically or Instinctively -- Buying beans and composing sonnets -- Jumping to conclusions: The cost of fast thinking -- Encountering illogicality with the Linda Problem -- Considering the power of group thinking -- Questioning your beliefs -- Cascading information -- Watching How the Brain Thinks -- "My nerves are playing up": The brain at work -- Stereotypes versus statistics - guess who wins! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Would you rather have been rich (and then poor), or never been rich at all? -- Sliding doors -- What do you want? -- Be realistic -- How to choose a business idea -- How to kick start a new side-hustle -- Total cost to build a side-hustle -- The results -- Growth strategies for Nathan's side-hustle -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Second: Let's Knock on the (Web Server) Door -- An Introduction to Information Technology Cloud Services -- Physical Infrastructure -- Web Hosting vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 4: Space Rocks -- Project setup -- Rigid body physics -- Player ship -- Body setup and physics -- State machines -- Controls -- Screen wrap -- Shooting -- Bullet scene -- Firing bullets -- Rocks -- Scene setup -- Variable size -- Instancing -- Exploding rocks -- Explosion scene -- Adding to Rock -- Spawning smaller rocks -- UI -- Layout -- UI functions -- Main scene code -- Player code -- Game over -- Detecting collisions between physics bodies -- Pausing the game -- Enemies -- Following a path -- Enemy scene -- Moving the Enemy -- Spawning enemies -- Enemy shooting and collisions -- Additional features -- Sound/music -- Particles -- Enemy trail -- Player shield -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Jungle Jump (Platformer) -- Project setup -- Introducing kinematic bodies -- Collision response -- move_and_collide -- move_and_slide -- Player scene -- Collision Layer/Mask -- Sprite -- Collision shape -- Shapes -- Animations -- Finishing up the scene tree -- Player states -- Player script -- Player movement -- Testing the moves -- Player health -- Collectible items -- Collectible scene -- Collectible script -- Designing the level -- TileSet configuration -- Base-level setup -- Designing the first level -- Scrolling background -- Dangerous objects -- About slide collisions -- Enemies -- Scene setup -- Script -- Damaging the enemy -- HUD -- Scene setup -- Script -- Attaching the HUD -- Title screen -- Scene setup -- Main scene -- Level transitions -- Door scene -- Finishing touches -- Sound effects -- Infinite falling -- Double jump -- Dust particles -- Crouching state -- Climbing ladders -- Player code -- Level code -- Moving platforms -- Summary -- Chapter 6: 3D Minigolf -- Introduction to 3D -- Orienting in 3D space -- Godot's 3D editor -- Adding 3D objects -- Global versus Local Space -- Transforms -- Transforms in code -- Meshes -- Importing meshes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cards -- 12.3. The Three Doors -- 12.4. The Problem of Two Daughters -- 12.5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Shooting and collisions -- Player shield -- Sound and visual effects -- Sound and music -- Particles -- Enemy trail -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Jungle Jump - Running and Jumping in a 2D Platformer -- Technical requirements -- Setting up the project -- Introducing kinematic bodies -- Collision response -- Creating the player scene -- Collision layers and masks -- About AnimationPlayer -- Animations -- Collision shape -- Finishing the player scene -- Player states -- Player script -- Player movement -- Player health -- Collectible items -- Scene setup -- Collectible script -- Designing the level -- Using TileMaps -- Designing the first level -- Adding dangerous objects -- Scrolling background -- Adding enemies -- Scene setup -- Scripting the enemy -- Damaging the enemy -- Player script -- Game UI -- Scene setup -- Scripting the HUD -- Attaching the HUD -- Title screen -- Scene setup -- Setting up the main scene -- Transitioning between levels -- Door scene -- Screen settings -- Finishing touches -- Sound effects -- Double jumping -- Dust particles -- Ladders -- Moving platforms -- Summary -- Chapter 5: 3D Minigolf: Dive into 3D by Building a Minigolf Course -- Technical requirements -- Introduction to 3D -- Orienting in 3D space -- Godot's 3D editor -- Adding 3D objects -- Global versus local space -- Transforms -- Meshes -- Cameras -- Project setup -- Creating the course -- Understanding GridMaps -- Drawing the first hole -- Environment and lighting -- Adding the hole -- Making the ball -- Testing the ball -- Improving ball collisions -- Adding UI -- Aiming the arrow -- UI display -- Scripting the game -- UI code -- Main script -- Ball script -- Testing it out -- Option 1 for improving aiming -- Option 2 for improving aiming -- Camera improvements -- Designing a full course -- Visual effects -- Adding materials -- Lighting and Environment -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Animating object's local position - creating automatic doors -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using the Hierarchy to animate local rotation - creating an orbiting planet -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Animating triggers - creating a death trap -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating an elevator triggered by player input -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Chapter 3: 2D and User Interface Animation -- Introduction -- Exporting a 2D sprite animation from a 3D package -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating a frame-by-frame sprite animation with the Animation View -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a 2D sprite doll animation with the Animation View -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using the Animator Controller to play sprite animations -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a fade out - fade in transition with the Animation View -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a swipe transition with the Animation View -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using filled images for creating animated progress bars -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Mecanim states for animating UI button states -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Chapter 4: Character Movement -- Introduction -- Using Blend Trees to blend walk and run animations -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using root motion to drive Rigid Body characters' movement with animations -- Getting ready…”

“…With its continued growth in popularity, getting started with Blazor now can open doors to new career paths and exciting projects - and Blazor WebAssembly by Example will make your first steps easier. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Leveraging exponential back-off and retries -- Preventing rolling hot keys during bulk processing -- Leveraging serverless concurrency control options -- Cost-optimizing analytics and predictive bulk processing -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 16: Migrations -- Qualification for DynamoDB -- Qualifying the migration itself -- Gathering insights -- Qualify a migration to DynamoDB -- Homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations -- Homogeneous migrations -- Heterogenous migrations -- High-level migration strategies -- Online and offline migrations -- Common tools and building blocks for migration -- Migration plans -- Key considerations for DynamoDB migrations -- Common concerns against migrating to DynamoDB -- Ensuring two-way doors throughout the migration -- Leverage AWS for assistance -- Summary -- Cheat sheets -- References -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

“…In this edition, you will master both SystemVerilog and VHDL, gaining supreme versatility in FPGA design. These skills open doors to diverse opportunities and projects in the field. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Audio-for-Visual and Media Production Environment -- The Audio-for-Gaming Production Environment -- The Project Studio -- Primary Factors Governing Studio and Control Room Acoustics -- Acoustic Isolation -- Walls -- Floors -- Risers -- Ceilings -- Windows and Doors -- ISO-Rooms and ISO-Booths -- Acoustic Partitions -- Noise Isolation Within the Control Room -- Symmetry in Control-Room Design -- Frequency Balance -- Reflections -- Absorption -- High-Frequency Absorption -- Low-Frequency Absorption -- Flexible Surfaces -- The Practical Side of Acoustics -- Symmetry -- 25/25/50 -- Speaker Placement -- Room Reflections and Acoustic Reverberation -- Acoustic Echo Chambers -- Chapter 4 Microphones: Design and Application -- Microphone Design -- The Dynamic Microphone -- The Ribbon Microphone -- Further Developments in Ribbon Technology -- The Condenser Microphone -- Powering a Condenser Mic -- External Power Supply -- Phantom Power -- The Electret-Condenser Microphone -- Microphone Characteristics -- Directional Response -- Frequency Response -- Transient Response -- Output Characteristics -- Sensitivity Rating -- Equivalent Noise Rating -- Overload Characteristics -- Microphone Impedance -- Balanced/Unbalanced Lines -- Soldering, Baby! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- Foreword: Katie Mehnert -- About the Author -- Preface - Women in STEM -- Overview -- Inspiring the Future -- Non-Traditional Paths -- Leading the Way -- Acknowledgements -- Section I: Inspiring the Future -- Chapter 1: Space for Women: Defining Career Lessons -- 1.1 Opening Doors and Ensuring Women Walk through Them -- 1.2 Life's Lessons -- 1.3 Take Advantage of Every Opportunity -- 1.3.1 Changing Our Lives and Those of Others -- 1.4 Try Anyway, Even When the Odds Are Against You, Don't Give Up -- 1.4.1 Success Doesn't Just Depend on the Goal but the Process -- 1.5 Don't Fear the Unknown -- 1.5.1 Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone -- 1.6 SpaceX: A Lesson in Overcoming Failure -- 1.7 The Importance of Mentoring -- 1.8 Taking Chances -- 1.9 Closing Thoughts -- About the Author -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Be the Change You Want to See -- 2.1 Recognise Your Privilege and Use It to Drive Positive Change -- 2.2 Engineering Opens Doors -- 2.3 Finding Belonging in Community -- 2.4 Before Confidence -- 2.5 STEMAZING Was Born -- About the Author -- Chapter 3: I #DERRtobedifferent, I Dare to Be Me -- 3.1 The Path to My Own True Identity - A Chronological Quick Run-Through -- 3.2 Turning Point and Walking in the Fog -- 3.3 Here and Now -- 3.4 Kazakhstan - Where My Path Began -- 3.5 Moving to Germany - New Beginnings and Making the 'Impossible' Possible -- 3.6 My Very First Job in Tech and the Important Role of Mentoring in My Career -- 3.7 The Study of Chemistry -- 3.8 PhD in Materials Science - The Importance of Patience and Perseverance, as Well as Healthy Habits and Networking -- 3.9 Moving to Switzerland -- 3.10 The Search for Meaning: You'll Find What's Meant for You -- 3.11 Epilogue -- About the Author…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.4 Simulation Principles -- 7.4.1 Model Development -- 7.5 Results and Analysis -- 7.6 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Residential Building Wall Systems: Energy Efficiency and Carbon Footprint -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Thermal Comfort -- 8.1.2 Thermal Insulation -- 8.1.3 Lag Time -- 8.1.4 R-Value -- 8.1.5 Thermal Masses -- 8.2 Design Patterns of Australian Houses -- 8.2.1 Timber Weatherboard House -- 8.2.2 Fibro Cement Weatherboard House -- 8.2.3 Double Brick Veneer House -- 8.2.4 Single Brick Veneer House (Conventional House) -- 8.3 House Wall Systems -- 8.3.1 House Wall Configuration -- 8.3.2 Conventional House Wall -- 8.4 Energy Star Rating and Thermal Performance Modeling Tools -- 8.5 Results -- 8.5.1 Conventional House Wall (Benchmark) -- 8.5.2 New House Wall -- 8.5.3 Inner and Outer Insulation Positions -- 8.6 Discussion -- 8.6.1 Industrial Implications -- 8.7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9 Cement Kiln Process Modeling to Achieve Energy Efficiency by Utilizing Agricultural Biomass as Alternative Fuels -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cement Manufacturing Process -- 9.2.1 Kiln -- 9.3 Alternative Fuels -- 9.4 Agricultural Biomass -- 9.4.1 Agricultural Biomasses in Australia -- 9.4.2 Selection of Agricultural Biomass -- 9.4.3 Chemical Composition of Alternative Fuels -- 9.5 Model Development and Validation -- 9.5.1 Model Principle -- 9.5.2 Model Assumption -- 9.5.3 Model Validation -- 9.5.4 Modified Kiln Model -- 9.6 Simulation Results and Discussion -- 9.7 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Modeling and Simulation of Heat and Mass Flow by ASPEN HYSYS for Petroleum Refining Process in Field Application -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Heating Furnace -- 10.2.1 Burner -- 10.2.2 Furnace Tube/Coil System -- 10.2.3 Furnace Wall System -- 10.2.4 Flue Gas Venting System -- 10.2.5 Blower, Fire Watch Door, Explosion-Proof Door -- 10.2.6 Control System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…In green are marked the posts of the front section functioned as a main entrance, which took various forms - from a door in single façade wall to multi-row porticos. -- Figure 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Konvergente Entwicklungen im Theater und in der populären Fernsehserie seit den 1960er Jahren 187 Theatersoap und Talkshow-Oper: Über Theater im Fernsehformat und Fernsehen als theatrales Ereignis 195 An Early Film Adaptation of Sophocles' »Oedipus the King«: Cinema, Theatre, Photography 205 Reading Classical Drama on Film 211 Stage Door - Über den kinematographischen Blick auf den Bühneneingang 219 Der Bühnentod im Film 229 Geschlossene Anstalt: Schauspielschüler im deutschen Film 237 Die Öffentlichkeit der Oper - Alexander Kluges Thematisierung der Oper in seinem Film »Die Macht der Gefühle« (1983) 247 Die Theatralität der Gesellschaft gespiegelt in der Theatralität des Filmischen. ›Umbrüche‹ im rumänischen zeitgenössischen Kurzfilm 255 Von der ›Hörbühne‹ zum Hybridmedium. …”