Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- PART I: Foundations -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- The Importance of Lean Six Sigma in Uncertain Times -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Section I: New Global Standards -- Introduction: Building a Foundation for Lean Six Sigma with Solid Standards -- Chapter 1: ISO 13053 International Standard for Six Sigma -- 1.1 ISO 13053-1 -- 1.2 ISO 13053-2 -- Chapter 2: Lean Project Management -- 2.1 PMI Certifications -- 2.2 PRINCE2 Certifications -- 2.3 The American Academy of Project Managers -- 2.4 Self-Study…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Section I: Perspectives -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 A Different Path -- The Art of Policing -- Enhancing the Investigative Process -- Eyewitness Interviews Take Center Stage -- Real Beauty -- Students and Eyewitness Interviews -- Understanding Cognitive Evidence -- For Your Consideration -- Section II: Establishing Principles -- Chapter 3 Cognitive Evidence -- Guidance on Eyewitness Interviews -- Cognitive Evidence -- Considering Confidence of Recollection -- The Discretion to Search for More -- Understanding How Eyewitness Memory Works -- Reliable Not Accurate -- Estimator Variables and Cognitive Evidence -- System Variables in Eyewitness Interviews -- How Precise Can Eyewitnesses Be? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Von Neumann -- Star topology -- Mesh topology -- Random topology -- Tree or hierarchical topology -- Dynamic or adaptive topologies -- Boundary handling approaches -- Hyperbolic method -- Infinity or invisible wall -- Nearest or boundary or absorb -- Random -- Random-half -- Periodic -- Exponential -- Mutation -- Reflect methods -- Random damping -- PSO with mutation -- Gaussian mutation PSO -- Cauchy mutation PSO -- Michalewicz non-uniform mutation -- Chaotic PSO with Michalewicz mutation -- Random mutation PSO -- Constant mutation PSO -- Stagnant mutation -- Quantum PSO -- Delta well quantum PSO -- Harmonic quantum PSO -- Multi-objective PSO -- Geometric PSO -- PSO in neural network optimization -- PSO as weight optimizer -- PSO as topology optimizer -- Swarm optimization examples -- Sphere function -- Griewank function -- Rastrigin function -- Ackley function -- Schwefel function -- References -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Worlds of Imagination -- Media Tourism: Past and Present -- New Developments -- Understanding Media Tourism -- An Eye for Diversity -- Towards a Holistic, Multi-Actor Perspective -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Imagining Place in Popular Culture: Representation, Travel and Media -- 1 The Runaway Production of A Daughter of the Gods: Film, Tourism and Empire in Early Twentieth-Century Jamaica -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene: Colonial Travelogues and the Cinema of Exotic Attractions -- The Production of A Daughter of the Gods: Colonial Hospitality and Exotic Tropicality -- A Daughter of the Gods as Early Film Tourism: The Spectacle of Production and Exhibition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 More Than Just Home of Middle Earth: The History of Film Tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand -- Introduction -- The Sublime and the Picturesque: The Early History of Film and Tourism in New Zealand -- Landscape for Export: The Piano as 100% Pure New Zealand -- The Tourist Spin-Off of Lord of the Rings: New Zealand's Conflation With Middle Earth -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 3 Where East Becomes West: Imaginative Geographies of Eastern Europe in Popular Indian Cinema -- Introduction -- Mapping Cinematic Imaginaries: Indian Film's Representation of Europe and the Construction of Imaginative Geographies -- Research Method -- Figurative Value of Polish Landscapes in Indian Films -- Location Unawareness and Exoticism -- Fostering Imaginative Geographies: The Role of Film Commissions and Destination Marketing -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Why the Essay -- Why the Journey -- Questions for the Rising Generation of Teacher-Scholars in Business Communication and in Other Academic Disciplines -- Lessons Learned From the Essays -- Collaborative Work -- An "Unending Conversation" -- References -- 2 Take Two Xanax and Call Me in the Morning -- Or, Career Tension in Business Communication -- First Conference and First Academic Job -- Assistant Professor -- Associate Professor With Tenure -- Full Professor-A New Set of Tensions -- A 17-Year Administrative Aside-1988-2005 -- The Final Chapters: 2005- -- Wrap Up -- References -- 3 Cultivating a Liberal Arts Perspective On Workplace Communication -- The Journey -- A Writing-Centered Career -- Material Culture and Rhetoric -- The Journal -- Business Communication at the University of Delaware -- Material Culture Studies: A New Position -- Rhetoric and Material Culture Studies: Research On the Workplace -- From Context to Community: Revisiting a Textbook After 20 Years -- This Is Not a Box -- Learn With Your Students -- Learn With Your Colleagues -- Work Smart -- Integrate Your Teaching and Research -- Write, Read, and Support the Writing of Colleagues -- Take a Broad Perspective -- References -- 4 "Only Connect" Between Personal Life and Professional Choice, Scholarship and Teaching, My Generation and the Next -- Connections Between the Personal and the Professional -- Links Between a Business School's Mission and the Discipline of Business Communication -- An Entrepreneurial Frame of Mind and Moment -- Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication and Political Act -- Connections Between My Students and My Work as a Teacher-Scholar: Observe, Listen, Respond, and be Entrepreneurial…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword - Theo van Leeuwen -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Beyond education for Industry 4.0: Next-generation literacies -- What are literacies, multimodality, and modes? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes On Contributors -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Reference -- Part I The Forgotten Promise of 1945 -- 1 The Other American Dream: The One World Order and Human Rights -- The One World Ideal -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Human Rights and the Modern World -- References -- 2 We Were Once Colonized: Nehru, India, and Afro-Asianism at the United Nations -- Images of an Internationalist Future -- The Search for Afro-Asia -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and VI of the UN Charter: Forgotten "Cardinal Feature" of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgement -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: Benchmarking Neuromorphic Computing for Inference -- 1.1: Introduction -- 1.2: State of the art in Benchmarking -- 1.2.1: Machine Learning -- 1.2.2: Hardware -- 1.3: Guidelines -- 1.3.1: Fair and Unfair Benchmarking -- 1.3.2: Combined KPIs and Approaches for Benchmarking -- 1.3.3: Outlook : Use-case Based Benchmarking -- 1.4: Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Benchmarking the Epiphany Processor as a Reference Neuromorphic Architecture -- 2.1: Introduction and Background -- 2.2: Comparison with a Few Well-Known Digital Neuromorphic Platforms -- 2.3: Major Challenges in Neuromorphic Architectures -- 2.3.1: Memory Allocation -- 2.3.2: Efficient Communication -- 2.3.3: Mapping SNN onto Hardware -- 2.3.4: On-chip Learning -- 2.3.5: Idle Power Consumption -- 2.4: Measurements from Epiphany -- 2.5: Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Temporal Delta Layer: Exploiting Temporal Sparsity in Deep Neural Networks for Time-Series Data -- 3.1: Introduction -- 3.2: Related Works -- 3.3: Methodology -- 3.3.1: Delta Inference -- 3.3.2: Sparsity Induction Using Activation Quantization -- 3.3.2.1: Fixed Point Quantization -- 3.3.2.2: Learned Step-Size Quantization -- 3.3.3: Sparsity Penalty -- 3.4: Experiments and Results -- 3.4.1: Baseline -- 3.4.2: Experiments -- 3.4.3: Result Analysis -- 3.5: Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: An End-to-End AI-based Automated Process for Semiconductor Device Parameter Extraction -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: Semantic Segmentation -- 4.2.1: Proof of Concept and Architecture Overview -- 4.2.2: Implementation Details and Result Overview -- 4.3: Parameter Extraction -- 4.4: Conclusion -- 4.5: Future Work -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Social Informatics in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- The Pandemic and ICTs -- Social Informatics -- Organization of the Book -- The Pandemic, and ICTs' Role, Goes on -- References -- Part I: Governance -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- List of Abbreviations and Symbols Used -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Book Objectives -- 1.3 Book Contributions -- 1.4 Book Outlines -- Chapter 2 Power Quality in Smart Distribution Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Smart Distribution Systems -- 2.3 Distributed Generation Units (DGs) -- 2.4 Power Quality in Distribution Systems -- 2.4.1 Power Quality Definition -- 2.4.2 Power Quality Parameters -- 2.4.2.1 Voltage Sag -- 2.4.2.2 Voltage Swell -- 2.4.2.3 Over-Voltage -- 2.4.2.4 Under Voltage -- 2.4.2.5 Voltage Fluctuation -- 2.4.2.6 Transient Voltage -- 2.4.2.7 Noise Disturbance -- 2.4.2.8 Voltage Unbalance -- 2.4.2.9 Power Factor -- 2.4.2.10 Harmonics -- 2.4.3 Impacts of Power Quality Issues -- 2.4.4 Power Quality Solutions -- 2.4.5 Harmonic Standards -- 2.4.6 Harmonic Elimination Techniques -- 2.4.6.1 Passive Filters -- 2.4.6.2 Active Filters -- 2.4.6.3 Harmonic Cancellation -- 2.4.6.4 Isolation Transformer -- 2.4.6.5 Harmonic Blocking -- Chapter 3 Optimization Techniques -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Optimization Techniques Classification -- 3.2.1 Conventional Optimization Techniques -- 3.2.1.1 Linear Programming -- 3.2.1.2 Quadratic Programming -- 3.2.2 Artificial Intelligence Techniques -- 3.2.2.1 Genetic Algorithm -- 3.2.2.2 Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm -- 3.2.2.3 Proposed Water cycle Algorithm -- 3.3 Mathematical Formulation of WCA -- 3.3.1 Creation of the Initial Population -- 3.3.2 Evaporation Condition -- 3.3.3 Raining Process -- 3.3.4 Constraint Handling -- 3.3.5 Convergence Criteria -- 3.3.6 Steps of WCA -- 3.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Harmonic Load Flow Analysis for Radial Distribution Systems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Fundamental Load Flow -- 4.3 Harmonic Load Flow…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editor biographies -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Revolutionizing design with immersive technologies -- Chapter 1: Embracing virtual reality: Empowering professionals in the design process -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Aim and contribution -- 1.2 Design processes -- 1.3 Using VR in the design process -- 1.3.1 Discover -- 1.3.2 Define -- 1.3.3 Develop -- 1.3.4 Deliver -- 1.4 The impact of VR on the design process -- 1.4.1 The impact of VR on professionals and other stakeholders -- 1.4.2 The impact of VR on users -- 1.4.3 The impact of VR on technology -- 1.4.4 The impact of VR on design -- 1.5 Limitations of VR -- 1.6 Guidelines for using VR during the design process for professionals -- 1.6.1 Consider the actual benefit of the usage of VR -- 1.6.2 Choose appropriate immersive displays -- 1.6.3 Prioritize interactivity over representation -- 1.6.4 Choose appropriate interaction techniques -- 1.6.5 Avoid the exposure of technical limitations of VR -- 1.6.6 Minimize cybersickness -- 1.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Revolutionizing computer-aided design with virtual reality -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) -- 2.1.2 Virtual reality used for computer-aided design -- 2.1.3 CAD software compatible with VR -- 2.2 Applications of VR in 3DExperience CAD software -- 2.2.1 Case study - VR used with 3DExperience -- 2.2.2 Oculus Rift console -- 2.2.3 HTC Vive Eye Pro console -- 2.2.4 Interaction methods virtual reality-CAD -- 2.3 Results and discussions -- 2.3.1 Visualisation of parts, assemblies, and processes - virtual engineering control -- 2.3.2 Manipulating 3D objects - collaborative working -- 2.3.3 Training in the virtual environment -- 2.3.4 Studying the ergonomics of a 3D object…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Advance Praise -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- TLS Continuum Acronyms -- Part 1 The Foundation: The TLS Continuum -- 1 A Cycle vs. a Continuum -- 1.1 A Closed System -- 1.2 An Open System -- 1.2.1 The Nature of a Cycle-Based System -- 1.2.2 The Nature of the Continuum-Based System -- 1.2.3 The Argument for a Continuum -- 2 What Is the TLS Continuum? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributing Authors; Part I Introduction to Computer Animation; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Perception; 1.2 The Heritage of Animation; 1.2.1 Early Devices; 1.2.2 The Early Days of Conventional Animation; 1.2.3 Disney; 1.2.4 Contributions of Others; 1.2.5 Other Media for Animation; 1.2.6 Principles of Animation; 1.2.7 Principles of Filmmaking; 1.3 Animation Production; 1.3.1 Sound; 1.4 Computer Animation Production; 1.4.1 Computer Animation Production Tasks; 1.4.2 Digital Editing; 1.4.3 Digital Video…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Institutions and economic development in the MENA region 123; 4.1 Introduction 123; 4.2 Arab economic performance 126; 4.3 Economic development in the second half of the 20th century 129; 4.4 Total factor productivity 132; 4.5 Investment 133; 4.6 Public sector 136; 4.7 Demography and education 138…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Holomorphic Modular Forms of Half-Integral Weight. 4. Theta Series With Harmonic Polynomials. 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Power Electronics; 9.1 Rectification; 9.2 Controlled rectification; 9.3 Half-controlled bridge rectifiers; 9.4 A.c. control; 9.5 Diode and thyristor protection; Chapter10 Fundamental Properties of Materials; 10.1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Biographies; Chapter 1 Introduction; Section 1.1 Production Pipeline Fundamentals for Film and Games; Section 1.2 How This Book Will Help You; Section 1.3 What is a Pipeline?…”