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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Development of Medications for the Treatment of Opiate and Cocaine Addictions: Issues for the Government and Private Sector -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- STATE OF THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON ADDICTION -- NIDA'S MEDICATIONS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION -- EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT -- TREATMENT FINANCING -- TRAINING AND EDUCATION -- FEDERAL REGULATORY ISSUES -- Food and Drug Administration -- Drug Enforcement Administration -- STATE REGULATORY ISSUES -- Interim Actions -- Long-Term Actions -- MARKET OBSTACLES AND CREATING INCENTIVES -- Size of the Market -- Drug Pricing and Intellectual Property Rights -- Societal Stigma -- NEED FOR FEDERAL LEADERSHIP -- CONCLUSIONS -- OPTIONS FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION -- REFERENCES -- 1 Introduction -- PUBLIC-HEALTH REPERCUSSIONS OF ILLICIT DRUG USE -- Health Consequences: Violence -- Health Consequences: AIDS -- Health Consequences: Tuberculosis -- Health Consequences: Drug-exposed Infants -- ECONOMIC COSTS OF ILLICIT DRUG USE TO SOCIETY -- EXTENT OF ILLICIT DRUG USE -- ROLE OF PHARMACOTHERAPY -- REFERENCES -- 2 Overview of the State of Scientific Knowledge Concerning Drug Addiction -- CONCEPTS OF DRUG ADDICTION -- BIOLOGICAL CORRELATES AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY OF ADDICTION -- Opiate Addiction -- Cocaine Addiction -- MDD AND STRATEGIES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A COCAINE MEDICATION: DESCRIPTION AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS -- Introduction -- Source of Compounds -- Medication Preclinical Screening -- In Vitro Screen-Receptors and Mechanisms of Action -- In Vivo Screen-Behavioral Tests -- Specific Conclusions and Recommendations for the MDD -- Clinical Trials -- Human Behavioral Models -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Assessment of the Medications Development Division -- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MEDICATIONS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Clases asociadas; 1.2 Gestión de flujos de datos; 1.2.1 Clase FileWriter; 1.2.2 Clase FileReader; 1.2.3 Clase FileOutputStream; 1.2.4 Clase FileInputStream; 1.2.5 RandomAccessFile; 1.2.6 Ejemplo de uso de flujos; 1.3 Trabajo con ficheros XML (...); 1.4 Acceso a datos con DOM (Document Object Model); 1.4.1 DOM y Java; 1.4.2 Abrir DOM desde Java; 1.4.3 Recorrer un árbol DOM; 1.4.4 Modificar y serializar; 1.5 Acceso a datos con SAX (Simple API for XML)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Architecture design patterns for Resiliency -- Retry pattern with transient failures -- Load balancing -- Data replication -- Circuit Breaker pattern -- Throttling pattern -- Queue-Based Load Leveling pattern -- Compensating Transaction pattern -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Identity and Security -- Security in the cloud -- Azure network security -- SSO and MFA -- Azure MFA setup -- Federation and the Federated Identity Pattern -- Gatekeeper pattern -- Valet Key pattern -- Summary -- Other Books You May Enjoy -- Leave a review - let other readers know what you think -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Practical Anonymity; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Anonymity and Censorship Circumvention; 1.1 What Is Anonymity; 1.2 What Is Tor; 1.3 Why Use Tor; 1.4 What Tor Can't Do; 1.5 How Tor Works; 1.5.1 Tor Protocol Components; 1.5.2 Building a Secure Tunnel with Tor Node Public Keys; 1.5.3 The Exit Node Acts on Behalf of the Tor Client; 1.6 Who Uses Tor; 1.6.1 Normal People; 1.6.2 Military; 1.6.3 Journalists and Their Readers/Viewers; 1.6.4 Law Enforcement; 1.6.5 Whistle-Blowers and Activists; 1.6.6 "High- and Low-Profile People"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Accelerating MATLAB with GPU Computing; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Target Readers and Contents; Directions of this Book; GPU Utilization Using c-mex Versus Parallel Computing Toolbox; Tutorial Approach Versus Case Study Approach; CUDA Versus OpenCL; 1 Accelerating MATLAB without GPU; 1.1 Chapter Objectives; 1.2 Vectorization; 1.2.1 Elementwise Operation; 1.2.2 Vector/Matrix Operation; 1.2.3 Useful Tricks; 1.3 Preallocation; 1.4 For-Loop; 1.5 Consider a Sparse Matrix Form; 1.6 Miscellaneous Tips; 1.6.1 Minimize File Read/Write Within the Loop…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Spotlight: global search -- Phone Calls & Face Time: -- Dialing from the phone app -- Favorites list -- Recents list -- Contacts -- Keypad -- Answering call -- Not answering call -- Do not disturb -- Fun with phone calls -- FaceTime video calls -- FaceTime audio calls -- Speech Recognition-And Siri: -- Speak to type -- Siri voice command -- Advanced Siri -- Voice control (iPhone 4) -- Voicemail, Texting & Other Phone Tricks: -- Visual voicemail -- Text messages (SMS) -- iMessages -- Text messages: details and misc -- Free text messages -- Chat programs -- Call waiting -- Call forwarding -- Caller ID -- Bluetooth accessories -- Custom ringtones -- Kiosk mode, large type & accessibility -- Part 2: iPhone As iPod: -- iPhone as iPod: -- List land -- iTunes radio -- Playlists -- Genius playlists -- Artists, songs -- Album mosaic -- Playback control: now playing -- Multi(music) tasking -- Speakers and headphones -- Familiar iPod features -- iTunes store -- Videos app -- Camera, Photos & Video: -- Camera app -- Still photos -- Square photos -- Filters -- Panoramas -- Photos app -- 14 ways to use photos and videos -- My photo stream -- Shared photo streams -- Editing photos -- Geotagging -- Recording video -- Capturing the screen -- All About Apps: -- Two ways to the app store -- Organizing your apps -- Folders -- App preferences -- App updates -- How to find good apps -- Multitasking -- App switcher -- AirPrint: printing from the phone -- Share sheet -- AirDrop -- Troubleshooting apps -- Built-In Apps: -- Calculator -- Calendar -- Clock -- Compass -- Game center -- iBooks -- Maps -- Newsstand -- Notes -- Passbook -- Reminders -- Stocks -- Voice memos -- Weather -- More standard apps -- iPhone Online: -- Getting online: -- Tale of two connections -- Part 3: iPhone Online: -- Getting online: -- Tale of two connections -- Sequence of connections -- List of hotspots -- Commercial hotspots -- Airplane mode and WiFi off mode -- Personal hotspot (tethering) -- Twitter and Facebook -- Web: -- Safari tour -- Zooming and scrolling -- Full-screen mode -- Typing a web address -- Bookmarks -- Reading list -- Shared links -- Web clips -- History list -- Tapping links -- Saving graphics -- Saved passwords & credit cards -- Manipulating multiple pages -- Favorites page -- Reader -- Web security -- Email: -- Setting up your account -- Downloading mail -- VIPs and flagged messages -- What to do with a message -- Writing messages -- Surviving email overload -- Part 4: Connections: -- Syncing with iTunes: -- Three faces of iTunes -- Library -- iTunes store -- Syncing the iPhone -- iTunes tabs -- Summary tab -- Info tab -- Apps tab -- Tones tab -- Music tab -- Movies and TV shows tabs -- Podcast tab -- Books tab -- Photo tab (computer-iPhone) -- On this phone -- On iPhone, multiple computers -- One computer, multiple iPhones -- One-way emergency sync -- Backing up the iPhone -- iCloud: -- What iCoud giveth -- iCoud sync -- Photo stream, photo sharing -- Find my iPhone -- Email -- Video, music, apps: locker in the sky -- iTunes match -- Price of free -- Corporate iPhone: -- Perks -- Setup -- Exchange + your stuff -- Word on troubleshooting -- Virtual private networking (VPN) -- Setting: -- Two new settings tricks -- Airplane mode -- WiFi -- Carrier -- Bluetooth -- Cellular -- Personal hotspot -- Notification center -- Control center -- Do not disturb -- General -- Sounds -- Wallpapers & brightness -- Privacy -- iCloud -- Mail, contacts, calendars -- Notes -- Reminders -- Phone -- Messages -- FaceTime -- Maps -- Compass -- Safari -- iTunes & app store -- Music -- Videos -- Photos & camera -- iBooks -- Game center -- Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Vimeo -- App preferences -- Part 5: Appendixes: -- Appendix A: Signup & setup: -- Buying a new iPhone -- Setting up a new phone -- Upgrading an older iPhone to iOS 7 -- Software updates -- Restrictions an parental controls -- Cases & accessories -- Appendix B: Troubleshooting & maintenance: -- First rule: Install the updates -- Seven ways to reset the phone -- iPhone doesn't turn on -- Battery life is terrible -- Out of space -- Phone and internet problems -- Email problems -- Warranty and repair -- Battery replacement program -- Where to go from here -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Use cases and case studies -- Real-time insights for Advertising Tech (PubMatic) -- Industrial IoT applications (GE) -- Real-time threat detection (Capital One) -- Silver Spring Networks (SSN) -- Application Model and API -- Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) -- Apex DAG Java API -- High-level Stream Java API -- SQL -- JSON -- Windowing and time -- Value proposition of Apex -- Low latency and stateful processing -- Native streaming versus micro-batch -- Performance -- Where Apex excels -- Where Apex is not suitable -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Getting Started with Application Development -- Development process and methodology -- Setting up the development environment -- Creating a new Maven project -- Application specifications -- Custom operator development -- The Apex operator model -- CheckpointListener/CheckpointNotificationListener -- ActivationListener -- IdleTimeHandler -- Application configuration -- Testing in the IDE -- Writing the integration test -- Running the application on YARN -- Execution layer components -- Installing Apex Docker sandbox -- Running the application -- Working on the cluster -- YARN web UI -- Apex CLI -- Logging -- Dynamically adjusting logging levels -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The Apex Library -- An overview of the library -- Integrations -- Apache Kafka -- Kafka input -- Kafka output -- Other streaming integrations -- JMS (ActiveMQ, SQS, and so on) -- Kinesis streams -- Files -- File input -- File splitter and block reader -- File writer -- Databases -- JDBC input -- JDBC output -- Other databases…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; What This Book Covers; What You Need for This Book; Conventions; Reader Feedback; Customer Support; Errata; Questions; Chapter 1: Introduction to Network Protocols; 1.1 ISO OSI; 1.1.1 Physical Layer; 1.1.2 Data Link Layer; 1.1.3 Network Layer; 1.1.4 Transport Layer; 1.1.5 Session Layer; 1.1.6 Presentation Layer; 1.1.7 Application Layer; 1.2 TCP/IP; 1.2.1 Internet Protocol; 1.2.2 TCP and UDP; 1.2.3 Application Protocols; 1.3 Methods of Information Transmission; 1.3.1 Synchronous Transmission; 1.3.2 Packet Transmission; 1.3.3 Asynchronous Transmission…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Representing Poverty and Precarityin a Postcolonial World: An Introduction -- Overview -- Works Cited -- Part 1 Media, Performance, Genres -- Chapter 1 Poverty, (Neo)orientalism and the Cinematic Re-presentation of 'Dark India' -- 1 Orientalism, Exoticism and India -- 2 'Dark India' Narratives -- 3 The Slum and the Exotica of Poverty -- 4 Hindi Cinema and the Aesthetic of Poverty -- 5 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 2 "Performing with What Little They Have": Street Theatre in the Slums of Ahmedabad -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of the Community -- 3 Budhan Theatre: Actors, Aims, Modes of Performance -- 4 Budhan's Plays -- 5 Adapting European Plays -- 6 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3 Overcoming the 'Crisis of Nonrelation' through Formal Innovation: Aboriginal Short Story Cycles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Promise of Relations - Aboriginal Short Story Cycles and Reading Practices -- 3 Swallow the Air - Overcoming the 'Crisis of Nonrelation' -- 4 Defying Reader Expectations -- 5 Conclusion - The Potential of Relationality -- Works Cited -- Part 2 Intersectional Approaches -- Chapter 4 Precarious Lives in Tony Birch's Common People (2017) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agency and Resilience -- 3 The Charity of Others -- 4 The Precarity of Family Life -- 5 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 5 Diasporic Female Precarity and Agency in Sunjeev Sahota's The Year of the Runaways -- 1 Conceptualizing Female Precarity and Agency -- 2 The Girl from God -- 3 Gendered Economic Precarity -- 4 Religious Faith, Honour and Moral Responsibility -- Acknowledgements -- Works Cited -- Chapter 6 Narrating the 'Black Male Underclass': The Ethics and Aesthetics of Coming into Representation -- 1 Deconstructing the 'Violent Avenger' in East of Acre Lane…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Reading guide -- A warning -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The pure functional paradigm in different languages -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 5: Effect Types - Abstracting Away Side Effects -- Turning effects into data -- The sequential combination of effects with Monads -- Introducing the map function -- Introducing the flatMap function -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 6: Effect Types in Practice -- Future -- Motivation and the imperative example -- Abstraction and the functional example -- Composing Futures -- flatMap generalized -- Either -- Reader -- Functional solution -- Summary -- Questions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dictionary analysis -- 3 Readers' sensitivity to orthographic cues -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix A -- 11. …”