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“…The beauty and power of any story lies in its ability to connect to the reader, listener, or observer. Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect is the first screenwriting guide to introduce connection as an essential, although essentially overlooked, aspect of creating stories for the screen and of the screenwriting process itself. …”

“…This book provides the reader with an up-to-date review of the research that has identified how working memory relates to academic attainment in: reading, reading comprehension, arithmetic and writing, as well as looking at how children with d…”

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“…Der offene, assoziative Ton der Beiträge regt dazu an, die Überlegungen weiterzudenken.« Thomas Möbius, Berliner Debatte Initial, 28/2 (2017) »Zwar könnte das ethische Nachdenken [über das Miteinander Leben] leicht einen 1000-seitigen Reader füllen [...], aber es würde ihm kaum so gut gelingen, immer wieder das Ganze und das Grundsätzliche in den Vordergrund zu rücken und auf den Punkt zu bringen, wie es hier geschieht.« Hanspeter Hongler, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziale Arbeit, 19 (2016) Besprochen in: www.maecenata.eu, 3 (2016) Berliner Debatte Initial, 28/2 (2017), Thomas Möbius…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Reader's guide -- Conventions for figures in the report -- Executive summary -- Key findings -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Salmelin -- 1.1 To the reader 1 -- 1.2 Content 2 -- 1.3 Scope 2 -- Reference 2 -- 2 LTE Backhaul 3 / Gerald BedŠurftig, Jouko Kapanen, Esa Markus Metsälä and Juha T.T. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…13.11 Problem: Generating Students' MarkList - Revisited -- 13.12 Transient Variables -- 13.13 Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- Chapter 14: Processing Character Streams and NIO -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Types of Readers -- 14.2.1 Reading Files as Characters -- 14.2.2 Problem: Word Counting Using FileReader -- 14.2.3 Reading Files as Lines -- 14.2.4 Problem: Text Index Generator -- 14.3 Types of Writers -- 14.3.1 Writing Characters to File -- 14.3.2 Problem: Copy Files Using FileWriter -- 14.3.3 Writing Lines to Files -- 14.4 Writing to and Reading from Pipes -- 14.5 Formatted Printing -- 14.6 Random Access File -- 14.7 Converting Bytes to Characters -- 14.8 File Processing Using NIO -- 14.9 Reading Data from Buffer -- 14.10 Writing Data to Buffer -- 14.11 Copying Files -- 14.12 Locking Files -- 14.13 Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- Part V - Java GUI Programming -- Chapter 15: Graphics Programming -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Swing Components and Containers: Overview -- 15.3 Frames and Panels -- 15.4 Drawing Shapes Using Graphics Context -- 15.5 Drawing Strings and Lines -- 15.6 Problem: Multiline Generation -- 15.7 Drawing Rectangles -- 15.8 Problem: Random Rectangle Generator -- 15.9 Drawing Circles and Ellipses -- 15.10 Drawing Arcs -- 15.11 Drawing Polygons and Polylines -- 15.12 Displaying Images -- 15.13 Problem: Threaded Blinking Balls -- 15.14 Painting Using JApplet -- 15.15 Java 2D Graphics -- 15.16 Drawing Lines and Curves -- 15.17 Drawing Rectangle, Ellipses and Arcs -- 15.18 Filling with Color, GradientPaint and TexturePaint -- 15.19 Drawing Arbitrary Shapes -- 15.20 Cordinate Transformations -- 15.21 2D Clipping -- 15.22 Affine Transformations on Images -- 15.23 Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- Chapter 16: GUI Development Using JFrame -- 16.1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.5 YHWH as utopian/dystopian leader6.3 Simultaneous utopia and dystopia; 6.3.1 Cyclical relationship of utopias and dystopias; 6.3.2 Simultaneous "Ustopia"; 6.3.3 Neutral spaces; 6.3.4 Utopian readers; 6.4 Excursus: Fantasy; 6.4.1 Elements of the fantastic; 6.4.2 World-building the Promised Land; 7 Science Fiction and the Bible; 7.1 The strange text; 7.2 Science fiction theory and the Bible; 7.2.1 Darko Suvin: the "novum"; 7.2.2 Raymond Williams: types of transformations; 7.2.3 Margaret Atwood: mythological questions; 7.2.4 Eric Rabkin: the narrative world…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; To the Reader; Preface to Second Edition; Mathematical Thinking; 1.1 The NCAA March Madness Problem; 1.2 Gauss and the Arithmetic Series; 1.3 The Pythagorean Theorem; 1.4 Torus Area and Volume; 1.5 Einstein's Velocity Addition Law; 1.6 The Birthday Problem; 1.7 Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio; 1.8 sqrtpi in the Gaussian Integral; 1.9 Function Equal to Its Derivative; 1.10 Stirling's Approximation for N!…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Components of an RFID system2.3.1. Reader; 2.3.2. RFID tag; 2.3.3. RFID middleware; 2.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TRUTH 32 The letter format lets you shortcut proposals -- TRUTH 33 Root grant applications in "mission"-yours and the funder's -- Part VI: The truth about Web sites -- TRUTH 34 Writing is the missing factor in your competitors' Web sites -- TRUTH 35 Web sites built on keywords and content build traffic -- TRUTH 36 A home page must crystallize who you are -- Part VII: The truth about new media -- TRUTH 37 Blogging and social media are powerful business tools -- TRUTH 38 To blog for yourself, be yourself, but carefully -- TRUTH 39 Good business blogging is edgy -- TRUTH 40 Tweeting and texting: the ultimate self-edit challenge -- TRUTH 41 E-letters focus marketing and reinforce branding -- TRUTH 42 Good PowerPoint is more than pretty faces: It starts with writing -- Part VIII: The truth about writing to self-market -- TRUTH 43 Strong résumés focus on accomplishments, not responsibilities -- TRUTH 44 Fliers are easy all-purpose promotional tools -- TRUTH 45 It pays to think PR and send news releases -- TRUTH 46 Writing articles boosts your career -- TRUTH 47 The virtual world offers self-publishing power -- Part IX: The truth about tricks of the trade -- TRUTH 48 Good headlines help your writing work-a lot -- TRUTH 49 Skillful interviewing is a major (but unrecognized) business asset -- TRUTH 50 Readers are global: Try not to confuse them -- TRUTH 51 Clarity is next to godliness -- TRUTH 52 You can fix your own grammar goofs…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Objectives; Organization of the Book; Characteristics of the Book; New idea of speech secure communication; Newly proposed speech information hiding technology; Potential Readers of the Book; Acknowledgments; Overview; Chapter 1 - Introduction; 1.1 - Background; 1.1.1 - Progress in Secure Communication; 1.1.2 - A New Technique for Secure Communication: Information Hiding; 1.1.2.1 - Basic Concepts of Information Hiding; 1.1.2.2 - Basic Principles and Classifications; Covert Channel; Steganography; Anonymity; Copyright Marking…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Summary -- 2 XAML Demystified -- XAML Defined -- Elements and Attributes -- Namespaces -- Property Elements -- Type Converters -- Markup Extensions -- Children of Object Elements -- Mixing XAML with Procedural Code -- Introducing XAML2009 -- Fun with XAML Readers and Writers -- XAML Keywords -- Summary -- 3 WPF Fundamentals -- A Tour of the Class Hierarchy -- Logical and Visual Trees -- Dependency Properties -- Summary -- Part II: Building a WPF Application -- 4 Sizing, Positioning, and Transforming Elements -- Controlling Size -- Controlling Position -- Applying Transforms -- Summary -- 5 Layout with Panels -- Canvas -- StackPanel -- WrapPanel -- DockPanel -- Grid -- Primitive Panels -- Handling Content Overflow -- Putting It All Together: Creating a Visual Studio-Like Collapsible, Dockable, Resizable Pane -- Summary -- 6 Input Events: Keyboard, Mouse, Stylus, and Multi-Touch -- Routed Events -- Keyboard Events -- Mouse Events -- Stylus Events -- Multi-Touch Events -- Commands -- Summary -- 7 Structuring and Deploying an Application -- Standard Windows Applications -- Navigation-Based Windows Applications -- Gadget-Style Applications -- XAML Browser Applications -- Loose XAML Pages -- Summary -- 8 Exploiting Windows 7 -- Jump Lists -- Taskbar Item Customizations -- Aero Glass -- TaskDialog -- Summary -- Part III: Controls…”