Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trust Propensity -- Three Types of Trust in Relationships -- Building Trust: Rational and Deliberate Mechanisms -- Building Trust: Psychological Strategies -- Distrust and Suspicion -- Repairing Broken Trust -- Relationships in Negotiation -- Negotiating with Friends -- Negotiating in Exchange Relationships -- Multiplex Relationships -- Chapter Capstone -- Chapter 8: Power, Ethics, and Reputation -- Power -- Sources of Power -- BATNAs as Power -- Symmetric versus Asymmetric Power -- Perspective-Taking -- Powerlessness -- Status -- Status and Negotiation Performance -- Primary Status Characteristics -- Secondary Status Characteristics -- Negotiation Ethics -- Seven-Factor Model of Ethically Questionable Behavior -- Lying -- Bad-Faith Bargaining -- Good-Faith Bargaining -- Sins of Omission and Commission -- Bidding Wars -- Detecting Deception in Negotiation -- Making Ethical Decisions -- Responding to Unethical Behavior -- Reputation -- Halos and Forked-Tails -- Reputations in Negotiation Communities -- Distributive versus Integrative Reputation -- BATNAs and Reputations -- Reputations and Self-Serving Views -- Chapter Capstone -- Chapter 9: Creativity, Problem Solving, and Learning in Negotiation -- Creativity in Negotiation -- Test Your Own Creativity -- Mental Models of Negotiation -- Haggling -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Game Playing -- Partnership -- Problem Solving -- Creative Negotiation Agreements -- Fractionating Single-Issue Negotiations into Multiple Issues -- Pattern-Finding -- Expanding the Pie -- Bridging -- Cost Cutting -- Nonspecific Compensation -- Structuring Contingencies -- Improving Negotiation Skills -- Relationships, Contracts, and Learning -- Negotiation Skills Training -- Bilateral versus Unilateral Training -- Feedback -- Learning versus Performance Goals -- Prevention versus Promotion Goals -- Easy versus Difficult to Learn…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects for Pine Valley Furniture's WebStore -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Problems and Exercises -- Field Exercises -- References -- BEC CASE: INITIATING AND PLANNING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS -- Case Questions -- PART THREE Analysis -- AN OVERVIEW OF PART THREE -- 6 Determining System Requirements -- Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Performing Requirements Determination -- The Process of Determining Requirements -- Deliverables and Outcomes -- Traditional Methods for Determining Requirements -- Interviewing and Listening -- Interviewing Groups -- Directly Observing Users -- Analyzing Procedures and Other Documents -- Contemporary Methods for Determining System Requirements -- Joint Application Design -- Using Prototyping During Requirements Determination -- Radical Methods for Determining System Requirements -- Identifying Processes to Reengineer -- Disruptive Technologies -- Requirements Determination Using Agile Methodologies -- Continual User Involvement -- Agile Usage-Centered Design -- The Planning Game from eXtreme Programming -- Electronic Commerce Applications: Determining System Requirements -- Determining System Requirements for Pine Valley Furniture's WebStore -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Problems and Exercises -- Field Exercises -- References -- BEC CASE: DETERMINING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -- Case Questions -- 7 Structuring System Process Requirements -- Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Process Modeling -- Modeling a System's Process for Structured Analysis -- Deliverables and Outcomes -- Data Flow Diagramming Mechanics -- Definitions and Symbols -- Developing DFDs: An Example -- Data Flow Diagramming Rules -- Decomposition of DFDs -- Balancing DFDs -- An Example DFD -- Using Data Flow Diagramming in the Analysis Process…”

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 Generative AI -- Chapter 1 Grasping the Basics of Generative AI -- Understanding the Different Flavors of AI -- Using AI that learns from data -- Using follow-the-rules AI -- Needing a Teacher versus Learning On Its Own -- Considering supervised learning -- Dipping into unsupervised learning -- Recognizing differences and their impact -- Grasping real-world implications -- Observing AI That Creates New Things versus AI That Sorts and Filters -- Looking at generative AI as the innovator -- Navigating discriminative AI as the organizer -- Viewing how they work together -- Thinking about the impact of AI -- Looking at the Role of Human-Technology Interaction -- Improving health care -- Transforming learning experiences in education -- Catalyzing efficiency and innovation in the workplace -- Navigating the AI-Human Partnership -- Unpacking the Mechanics of Generative AI -- Understanding neural networks -- Discovering natural language processing -- Creating text and content with AI -- Building practical applications -- Seeing How AI "Understands" Prompts -- Deploying training data -- Understanding context -- Understanding the role of relevance -- Looking at everyday examples -- Uncovering challenges in AI's understanding of prompts -- Considering the Strengths and Limitations of AI Models -- Reviewing the strengths -- Identifying the limitations -- Balancing AI's strengths and limitations -- Chapter 2 Exploring Types of Generative AI Output -- Understanding Text Generation Techniques -- The template-based method -- The freeform method -- Natural language generation -- Text summarization -- Exploring the Creation of AI Images…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Supervised Learning for Prompt Refinement -- Reinforcement Learning (RL) in Action -- Hyperparameter Tuning for Prompts -- Clustering for Response Analysis -- Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Insight Extraction -- Feedback Loops with Active Learning -- Generative Models for Prompt Creation -- Transfer Learning for Rapid Adaptation -- Periodic Model Evaluation and Retraining -- Chapter 7 Ethical Considerations in Prompt Engineering -- Understanding Bias in AI and Prompts -- Data Imbalance -- Historical Biases -- Subtle and Unintentional Biases -- Feedback Loops -- Strategies for Reducing Bias in Your Prompts -- Comprehensive Training -- Diverse Input Review -- Use Neutral Language -- Fact-Based Design -- Dynamic Adaptability -- Use of Anti-bias Tools -- Thorough Testing -- Iterative Refinement -- Transparency and Openness -- Collaboration with Ethicists -- Community Engagement -- Setting Ethical Standards -- Documented Feedback Mechanism -- Ethical Guidelines for Prompt Design -- Prioritize Fairness and Avoid Discrimination -- Maintain Transparency -- Protect User Privacy -- Safeguard against Harmful Outputs -- Ensure Accountability -- Promote User Autonomy -- Ensure Cultural Sensitivity -- Avoid Reinforcing Stereotypes -- Practice Continual Learning and Adaptation -- Engage with a Diverse Group -- Implement Ethical Review Processes -- Educate and Empower Users -- Commit to Long-Term Responsibility -- Prompts and Privacy Considerations -- Collection of Personal Information -- Storage and Security -- Data Anonymization -- Data Sharing and Third-Party Access -- Children's Data -- Contextual Awareness -- Consent Revocation -- Legal and Regulatory Compliance -- Transparency and User Education -- Ethical Boundaries -- Audit Trails -- Feedback Loops…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Introduction to Cloud-Native Blockchain -- Chapter 1: Understanding Cloud-Native and Blockchain -- Blockchain basics - Distributed ledgers and cryptography -- Types of blockchain -- Consensus mechanisms - Ensuring trust and security -- Smart contracts - Programmable logic on the blockchain -- dapps - Building on the blockchain -- Tokenization - Creating digital assets on the blockchain -- Scalability, interoperability, and privacy - Key challenges and innovations in blockchain -- Introduction to cloud-native technology -- Defining cloud-native technology -- Key principles of cloud-native technology -- Comparing traditional cloud computing and cloud-native technology -- Benefits and limitations of cloud-native blockchain -- Scalability - Adapting to changing workloads -- Security - Protecting data and infrastructure -- Cost-effectiveness - Optimizing resource utilization -- Limitations and trade-offs of cloud-native blockchain solutions -- Key considerations for cloud-native blockchain implementation -- Choosing the right blockchain framework -- Scalability and performance -- Security and privacy -- Interoperability and integration -- Cost optimization -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Overview of AWS, Azure, and GCP Services for Blockchain -- AWS blockchain services -- Amazon Managed Blockchain -- Amazon QLDB -- Amazon EC2 and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) -- AWS Marketplace templates -- Azure blockchain services -- Microsoft Entra Verified ID -- Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework (CFF) -- Azure Confidential Ledger -- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) -- Azure partner solutions -- GCP blockchain services -- GCP Blockchain Node Engine -- GCP Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine -- GCP Marketplace templates…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…LSTM-based structural pattern recognition for floating bridges -- Vision-based structural displacement measurements using deep learning and super-resolution -- Multimodal data collection using mobile robotics for rapid structural assessment -- MS08: Sustainable and efficient monitoring and digitization-based decision-making models -- Human role in existing bridge digital twin frameworks, towards Industry 5.0 -- Overview of assessment for bridges affected by HS2 tunnelling, UK -- Comparison of modal parametric and nonparametric vibration-based techniques -- Limits of digital twin modelling -- Vehicle impacts on reinforced concrete railway bridges -- Advanced modelling methods of the Jauntal railway bridge -- Generation of digital twins for bridges of medium spans Schwindegg Bridge pilot project -- ANYTWIN - standardizing monitoring-based safety assessments of bridges and the integration into Digital Twins -- Condition assessment of mechanical fasteners by use of smart bolts -- MS09: Novel technologies and information fusion for structural health monitoring of bridges -- Real-time scour depth estimation of a pier using vibration monitoring -- Structural integrity estimation of bridges based on acceleration measurement -- Research on application of real-time dynamic safety monitoring system for medium and small span bridges -- Enhancing structural performance evaluation of PC girder bridges through Bayesian model updating -- Framework of UAV bridge inspection with computer vision and deep learning -- Vision-based optimal sensor selection for full-field displacement reconstruction -- Domain adaptation for bridge health monitoring via physics-informed generative adversarial learning -- Anomaly detection of bridges by Bayesian method with optimized sensor placement…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Administrative Concerns -- Virtualization Risks -- Regulatory Non-Compliance -- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks -- Man-in-the-Middle Attacks -- Vendor Issues -- Shadow IT -- Natural Disasters -- Insider Threats -- Insecure APIs -- Misconfigurations -- Forensic Challenges in Cloud Environments and Solutions -- Implementing Cloud Security Best Practices, Controls and Countermeasures -- Best Practices -- Controls -- Data Encryption and Protection Techniques in the Cloud -- IAM in Cloud Environments -- Information Rights Management (IRM) / Digital Rights Management (DRM) -- Virtualization -- Network Segmentation -- Firewalls and Other Devices -- DLP Tools / Egress Monitoring -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 10: Security Control Implementation -- Physical and Environmental Protection Controls -- Site Selection and Facility Design -- System, Storage, and Communication Protection Controls -- Protecting Data -- Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management -- Managing a Network to Protect Systems and Services -- Landing Zones -- Virtualization Systems -- IAM Solutions for Identification, Authentication, and Authorization -- OpenID -- OAuth -- Identification -- Authentication -- Authentication Methods -- Conditional Authentication Policies -- Authorization -- Federation -- Key Cloud Control Audit Mechanisms -- Log Collection -- Correlation -- Packet Capturing -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 11: Planning for the Worst-Case Scenario - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- BCDR Definitions -- The Importance of BCDR -- Key Concepts and Terminology -- BCDR Strategies -- Defining the Scope of the BCDR Plan -- Gathering Requirements and Generating Objectives -- Integrating Requirements -- Assessing Risk -- Performance Issues Due to Location Change…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Evolution of Enzymes -- Concept 6.5 Regulation of enzyme activity helps control metabolism -- Allosteric Regulation of Enzymes -- Organization of Enzymes Within the Cell -- 7 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation -- Overview Life Is Work -- Concept 7.1 Catabolic pathways yield energy by oxidizing organic fuels -- Catabolic Pathways and Production of ATP -- Redox Reactions: Oxidation and Reduction -- The Stages of Cellular Respiration: -- Concept 7.2 Glycolysis harvests chemical energy by oxidizing glucose to pyruvate -- Concept 7.3 After pyruvate is oxidized, the citric acid cycle completes the energyyielding oxidation of organic molecules -- Concept 7.4 During oxidative phosphorylation, chemiosmosis couples electron transport to ATP synthesis -- The Pathway of Electron Transport -- Chemiosmosis: The Energy-Coupling Mechanism -- An Accounting of ATP Production by Cellular Respiration -- Concept 7.5 Fermentation and anaerobic respiration enable cells to produce ATP without the use of oxygen -- Types of Fermentation -- Comparing Fermentation with Anaerobic and Aerobic Respiration -- The Evolutionary Significance of Glycolysis -- Concept 7.6 Glycolysis and the citric acid cycle connect to many other metabolic pathways -- The Versatility of Catabolism -- Biosynthesis (Anabolic Pathways) -- 8 Photosynthesis -- Overview The Process That Feeds the Biosphere -- Concept 8.1 Photosynthesis converts light energy to the chemical energy of food -- Chloroplasts: The Sites of Photosynthesis in Plants -- Tracking Atoms Through Photosynthesis -- The Two Stages of Photosynthesis: A Preview -- Concept 8.2 The light reactions convert solar energy to the chemical energy of ATP and NADPH -- The Nature of Sunlight -- Photosynthetic Pigments: The Light Receptors -- Excitation of Chlorophyll by Light…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Assessment -- Key recommendations of the Rural Policy Review of Colombia -- 1 Assessment and recommendations -- Assessment -- Despite its urbanisation trend, Colombia still has a high population share in rural regions compared to OECD countries -- Colombia's development process needs greater focus on reducing urban-rural regional inequalities -- Over the last two decades, Colombia has experienced remarkable economic growth -- But the country still records the highest regional GDP per capita inequality in the OECD -- While Colombia's rural economy is transitioning towards services activities, agriculture still employs the bulk of the rural workforce but has low productivity levels -- Rural economies need to accelerate their diversification to increase income opportunities -- Rural regions have untapped development opportunities but historic structural challenges prevent unlocking their potential -- Addressing the structural challenges in rural regions and mobilising their potential requires a comprehensive policy approach to rural development -- Colombia needs to further clarify its rural policy -- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has led rural policy with an agricultural bias -- The current lack of a common rural information system hampers the effectiveness of government programmes -- Colombia already has policies and institutional mechanisms to adopt the inter-sectoral approach to rural development -- The national policy framework needs greater prioritisation on the structural rural challenges to attain a sustained increase in rural well-being -- Strengthening infrastructure projects for tertiary roads and multimodal transport to alleviate the historic lack of connectivity in rural communities…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part IV Communication and Network Security -- Chapter 11 Networking Fundamentals -- Data Communications Foundations -- Network Reference Models -- Protocols -- Application Layer -- Presentation Layer -- Session Layer -- Transport Layer -- Network Layer -- Data Link Layer -- Physical Layer -- Functions and Protocols in the OSI Model -- Tying the Layers Together -- Local Area Networks -- Network Topology -- Medium Access Control Mechanisms -- Layer 2 Protocols -- Transmission Methods -- Layer 2 Security Standards -- Internet Protocol Networking -- TCP -- IP Addressing -- IPv6 -- Address Resolution Protocol -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol -- Internet Control Message Protocol -- Simple Network Management Protocol -- Domain Name Service -- Network Address Translation -- Routing Protocols -- Intranets and Extranets -- Metropolitan Area Networks -- Metro Ethernet -- Wide Area Networks -- Dedicated Links -- WAN Technologies -- Chapter Review -- Quick Review -- Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 12 Wireless Networking -- Wireless Communications Techniques -- Spread Spectrum -- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing -- Wireless Networking Fundamentals -- WLAN Components -- WLAN Standards -- Other Wireless Network Standards -- Other Important Standards -- Evolution of WLAN Security -- 802.11 -- 802.11i -- 802.11w -- WPA3 -- 802.1X -- Best Practices for Securing WLANs -- Mobile Wireless Communication -- Multiple Access Technologies -- Generations of Mobile Wireless -- Satellites -- Chapter Review -- Quick Review -- Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 13 Securing the Network -- Applying Secure Design Principles to Network Architectures -- Secure Networking -- Link Encryption vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Shooting Galleries. -- Mechanics Of Drug Use And Sources Of Contamination -- The Syringe. -- The Needle. -- The Cooker. -- The Cotton. -- The Rinse Water. -- Frequency Of Injection -- Polydrug Use -- Sexual Behaviors And IV Drug Use -- Toward A Better Understanding Of Risk-Associated Behaviors -- RISK REDUCTION AMONG IV DRUG USERS -- Changes In Injection Behavior -- Changes In Sexual Behavior -- Toward Reducing Risk-Associated Behavior Among IV Drug Users -- CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON IV DRUG USE -- Research Traditions -- Investigating Risk-Associated Drug Behaviors -- Methods -- Convenience Samples -- Self-Reported Information -- Toward Better Quality Data -- MEASURING THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM -- Prevalence Of IV Drug Use -- Definition Of An IV Drug User -- Techniques For Estimating The Total Number Of IV Drug Users -- National Aggregates Of State Estimates -- Consumption And Turnover Rates Among IV Drug Users -- Modeling The IV Drug-Using Population: Constraints And Limitations -- Prevalence Of AIDS And HIV Infection Among IV Drug Users -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- PART II INTERVENING TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION -- 4 Facilitating Change In Health Behaviors -- EDUCATION PROGRAMS -- The Role Of Education And Knowledge In Preventing The Spread Of Hiv Infection…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…National Competitive Advantage -- Theory Assessment -- DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD TRADE -- Volume of Trade -- Composition of World Trade -- Direction of World Trade -- Service Trade -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 5 COMMERCIAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS -- Introduction -- Government intervention in trade -- Economic Rationale -- Non-economic Rationale -- INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE CONTROL -- Tariff Barriers -- Non-tariff Barriers -- ANALYSIS OF INDIA'S FOREIGN TRADE -- Volume of India's Foreign Trade -- Composition of India's Foreign Trade -- Direction of India's Foreign Trade -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 6 MULTILATERAL REGULATION OF TRADE -- Introduction -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT ) -- Objectives and Principles -- Uruguay Round -- GATT : An Evaluation -- World Trade Organization (WTO ) -- WTO AGREEMENTS -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT ) -- General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS ) -- Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of IntellectualProperty Rights (TRIPS) -- Agreement on Trade-related Investment Measures (TRIMS) -- ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF WTO -- Principles of WTO -- Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) -- National Treatment -- FUNCTIONS OF WTO -- WTO : AN EVALUATION -- Developing Country Issues -- Dispute Resolution Mechanism -- Subsidies in Agriculture -- FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR WTO -- UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD ) -- Functions of UNCTAD -- UNCTAD : An Assessment -- KEY TERMS -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- Chapter 7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCE AND PROMOTION -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAYMENT -- Cash in Advance -- Letter of Credit (L/C) -- Documentary Collection -- Open Account -- TERMS OF TRADE -- Free on board -- Free alongside Ship -- Cost, Insurance and Freight -- Cost and freight -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCE -- Private Sources -- Governmental Sources…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A quick history of information systems -- Software building - still craftsmanship -- Craftsmanship as opposed to previous lack of quality -- A word about "emerging architecture" -- Craftsmanship as opposed to an industrialized approach -- Concept of technical debt -- The long-standing comparison of software to mechanical systems -- The efficiency of an IS -- The measure of efficiency of a system -- The cost of maintenance -- Examples of the prohibited evolution of IT systems -- Classification of the causes -- The classical symptoms of a blocked IS -- Rate of renewal of large systems -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Applying Industrial Principles to Software -- What is an industry? …”

“…This work examines the mechanical deformation of flexible pavement under vertical load. …”

“…This Special Issue explores empirical studies of emotional mechanisms, qualitative and quantitative measurements of emotion, the recognition of emotional contexts, and the application of emotion. …”

“…Size effects are widely observed in the mechanics of materials at the micron scale. However, the underlying deformation mechanisms remain ambiguous, particularly in the presence of strain gradients. …”

“…It analyzes the following areas: damage mechanisms affecting the hysteresis of composites, mechanical hysteresis of ceramic-matrix composites, hysteresis behavior of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs), relationship between the internal damage and hysteresis loops of CMCs, and mechanical hysteresis loops and the fiber/matrix interface frictional coefficient of SiC/CAS and C/SiC composites…”

“…This book incorporates developments in our understanding of cell death mechanisms and highlights recent advances in programmed cell death regulation processes. …”