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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- inside front cover -- Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core -- Copyright -- contents -- front matter -- preface -- acknowledgments -- about this book -- Who should read this book -- How this book is organized: A road map -- About the code -- liveBook discussion forum -- about the author -- about the cover illustration -- Part 1 Getting started -- 1 Web APIs at a glance -- 1.1 Web APIs -- 1.1.1 Overview -- 1.1.2 Real-world example -- 1.1.3 Types of web APIs -- 1.1.4 Architectures and message protocols -- 1.2 ASP.NET Core -- 1.2.1 Architecture -- 1.2.2 Program.cs -- 1.2.3 Controllers -- 1.2.4 Minimal APIs -- 1.2.5 Task-based asynchronous pattern -- Summary -- 2 Our first web API project -- 2.1 System requirements -- 2.1.1 .NET SDK -- 2.1.2 Integrated development environment -- 2.2 Installing Visual Studio -- 2.3 Creating the web API project -- 2.4 MyBGList project overview -- 2.4.1 Reviewing launchSettings.json -- 2.4.2 Configuring the appsettings.json -- 2.4.3 Playing with the Program.cs file -- 2.4.4 Inspecting the WeatherForecastController -- 2.4.5 Adding the BoardGameController -- 2.5 Exercises -- 2.5.1 launchSettings.json -- 2.5.2 appsettings.json -- 2.5.3 Program.cs -- 2.5.4 BoardGame.cs -- 2.5.5 BoardGameControllers.cs -- Summary -- 3 RESTful principles and guidelines -- 3.1 REST guiding constraints -- 3.1.1 Client-server approach -- 3.1.2 Statelessness -- 3.1.3 Cacheability -- 3.1.4 Layered system -- 3.1.5 Code on demand -- 3.1.6 Uniform interface -- 3.2 API documentation -- 3.2.1 Introducing OpenAPI -- 3.2.2 ASP.NET Core components -- 3.3 API versioning -- 3.3.1 Understanding versioning -- 3.3.2 Should we really use versions? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The quest for data quality -- Documentation and cataloging - the unsung heroes of governance -- Understanding the path of data -- Regulatory compliance and audit preparedness -- Change management and impact analysis -- Upholding data quality -- Troubleshooting and analysis -- Navigating the intricacy and the anatomy of ML governance -- ML governance pillars -- Model interpretability -- The many facets of ML development -- Beyond training - model deployment and monitoring -- A guide to architectural governance -- The five pillars of architectural governance -- Transformative architectural principles -- Zooming in on architectural dimensions -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Navigating Real-World Data Science Case Studies in Action -- Introduction to the COMPAS dataset case study -- Understanding the task/outlining success -- Preliminary data exploration -- Preparing the data for modeling -- Final thoughts -- Text embeddings using pretrainedmodels and OpenAI -- Setting up and importing necessary libraries -- Data collection - fetching the textbook data -- Converting text to embeddings -- Querying - searching for relevant information -- Concluding thoughts - the power of modern pre-trained models -- Summary -- Index -- About Packt -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How to calculate tolerances -- Determining tolerance based on printer type -- Determining tolerance based on material choice -- Additional factors that may determine accuracy -- Adding tolerances to our designs -- Types of fit -- Modeling different fits in Tinkercad -- Applying tolerances in a real-world setting -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Design Mistakes to Avoid -- Technical requirements -- Watching the workplane -- Identifying thin lines and walls -- Working with extrusion-type printers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Setting up a Mailchimp store -- The expansion of a contact dataset to include commerce/purchasing data -- Setting up automations specific to e-commerce -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 5:Get Smarter and Connect -- Chapter 14: E-Commerce Integrations -- Technical requirements -- Featured commerce integrations -- Movement of information between these platforms -- How to expand your marketing efforts with your commerce data -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 15: Form and Survey Integrations -- Technical requirements -- Using form and survey integrations to build your audience -- How to find the right integration and connect it -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 16: CRM and Connectivity Integrations -- Technical requirements -- Popular CRM and connectivity integrations and why to connect them -- What the various integration paths are and how to find and use them -- Browsing for integrations -- Sample integration walk-throughs -- Zapier integration -- Understanding where data is present when syncing is initiated and associated advanced features -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 17: Use Cases and Real-World Examples -- Starting a business or online presence…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Calibration curves or reliability plot -- Brier score -- Expected Calibration Error -- The influence of data balancing techniques on model calibration -- Plotting calibration curves for a model trained on a real-world dataset -- Model calibration techniques -- The calibration of model scores to account for sampling -- Platt's scaling -- Isotonic regression -- Choosing between Platt's scaling and Isotonic regression -- Temperature scaling -- Label smoothing -- The impact of calibration on a model's performance -- Summary -- Questions -- References -- Appendix: Machine Learning Pipeline in Production -- Machine learning training pipeline -- Inferencing (online or batch) -- Assessments -- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Data Imbalance in Machine Learning -- Chapter 2 - Oversampling Methods -- Chapter 3 - Undersampling Methods -- Chapter 4 - Ensemble Methods -- Chapter 5 - Cost-Sensitive Learning -- Chapter 6 - Data Imbalance in Deep Learning -- Chapter 7 - Data-Level Deep Learning Methods -- Chapter 8 - Algorithm-Level Deep Learning Techniques -- Chapter 9 - Hybrid Deep Learning Methods -- Chapter 10 - Model Calibration -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Three-Ccd Camcorders -- Features Worth Noting -- Features to Ignore/Avoid -- Chapter 2: Composition and Coverage -- Preproduction -- An Afternoon, A Life -- Understanding Timecode -- Imovie Timecode Versus Real-World Timecode -- I Broke It. So What? -- Shooting Video Without Disruption -- Take Notes -- Composing Your Shots -- Focus -- Depth of Field -- Coverage -- Chapter 3: The Camera in Motion -- Don'T Move -- But If You Must Move... -- Zooming -- Dollying -- Changing Shutter Speed -- Panning -- Chapter 4 Lighting -- Hard and Soft Light -- Color Temperature -- Three-Point Lighting -- Bounce Cards and Reflectors -- Shooting Outside -- Chapter 5 Capturing Audio -- Headphones -- Your Camcorder'S Microphone -- Ambient Sound -- Microphones -- Part 2 Editing In Imovie HD -- Chapter 6: Imovie Overview -- Getting Imovie -- Working With Projects -- Upgrading From Previous Versions of Imovie -- Ntsc and Pal Projects -- Turn Off Filevault! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.2 Breaking Symmetric Key with Brute Force -- 8.3 Breaking Public Key without Factoring -- 8.4 Breaking Cryptography via the Real World -- 8.5 The Potential of Efficiently Factoring Moduli -- 8.6 The Take-Home Message -- 8.7 Project Ideas -- 9 Authentication -- 9.1 Basic Framework -- 9.2 Authenticating Humans -- 9.3 Human Factors -- 9.4 From the Machine's Point of View -- 9.5 Advanced Approaches -- 9.6 Case Studies -- 9.7 Broader Issues -- 9.8 The Take-Home Message -- 9.9 Project Ideas -- 10 Public Key Infrastructure -- 10.1 Basic Definitions -- 10.2 Basic Structure -- 10.3 Complexity Arrives -- 10.4 Multiple CAs -- 10.5 Revocation -- 10.6 The X.509 World -- 10.7 Dissent -- 10.8 Ongoing Trouble -- 10.9 The Take-Home Message -- 10.10 Project Ideas -- 11 Standards, Compliance, and Testing -- 11.1 Standards -- 11.2 Policy Compliance -- 11.3 Testing -- 11.4 The Take-Home Message -- 11.5 Project Ideas -- Part IV: Applications -- 12 The Web and Security -- 12.1 Basic Structure -- 12.2 Security Techniques -- 12.3 Privacy Issues -- 12.4 Web Services -- 12.5 The Take-Home Message -- 12.6 Project Ideas -- 13 Office Tools and Security -- 13.1 Word -- 13.2 Lotus 1-2-3 -- 13.3 PDF -- 13.4 Cut-and-Paste -- 13.5 PKI and Office Tools -- 13.6 Mental Models -- 13.7 The Take-Home Message -- 13.8 Project Ideas -- 14 Money, Time, Property -- 14.1 Money -- 14.2 Time -- 14.3 Property -- 14.4 The Take-Home Message -- 14.5 Project Ideas -- Part V: Emerging Tools -- 15 Formal Methods and Security -- 15.1 Specification -- 15.2 Logics -- 15.3 Cranking the Handle -- 15.4 Case Studies -- 15.5 Spinning Your Bank Account -- 15.6 Limits -- 15.7 The Take-Home Message -- 15.8 Project Ideas -- 16 Hardware-Based Security -- 16.1 Data Remanence -- 16.2 Attacks and Defenses -- 16.3 Tools -- 16.4 Alternative Architectures -- 16.5 Coming Trends -- 16.6 The Take-Home Message…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mobilizing Advocates For Product Launches Real-World Examples Advocate Seeding Program Five Steps Of An Advocate Seeding Program Overview Of Advocate Seeding Program Process 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Attack Characterization Techniques -- Postincident Characterization -- Another Tall Tale -- Discovery -- Malware -- Aftermath -- Real-World Tactics -- Engaging an Active Threat -- Traffic, Targets, and Taxonomy -- Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Attack Attribution -- A Brief Note About Levels of Information Present in Objects -- Profiling Vectors -- Time -- Motivations -- Social Networks -- Skill Level -- Vector Summary -- Strategic Application of Profiling Techniques -- Example Study: The Changing Social Structure of the Hacking Community -- Micro- and Macro-Level Analyses -- The Rise of the Civilian Cyber Warrior -- The Balance of Power -- Potential Civilian Cyber Warrior Threats -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: The Value of APTs -- Espionage -- Costs of Cyber Espionage -- Value Network Analysis -- APTs and Value Networks -- The RSA Case…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Building an effective data culture -- Teaching data science -- Predicting the future of AI -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Nikolaj Van Omme Can Solve Your Problems -- Getting started -- Assessing the progress of AI -- ML and OR -- Becoming data-driven -- Setting your project up to succeed -- Exploring leadership -- Measuring success -- Developing ethical AI in an organization -- Starting out in data -- Looking to the future -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Jason Tamara Widjaja and the AI People -- Getting started in data science -- Becoming data-driven -- Managing data science projects -- Why AI projects fail -- Communicating a realistic expectation to clients and partners -- Establishing a data culture -- The importance of data governance -- Discussing leadership -- Advising new entrants to the field -- Generative AI and ChatGPT -- Predicting the future -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Jon Whittle Turns Research into Action -- Building a career -- Translating research into real-world impact -- Developing AI that is ethical, inclusive, and trustworthy -- AI in Australia -- Discussing leadership -- Predicting the future of AI -- Entering the industry today -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Building the Dream Team with Althea Davis -- Getting into data -- Increasing diversity and inclusion -- Working in consulting -- Establishing a data service and culture -- Managing projects -- Why does AI fail? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deploying and configuring the Ansible AWX Operator -- Setting up our playbook -- Running our playbooks -- Terminating the Kubernetes cluster -- Playbook considerations -- Ansible AWX's advantages and disadvantages -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 17: Next Steps with Ansible -- Technical requirements -- Integrating with third-party services -- Slack -- Other integrations -- Summary of third-party services -- The Ansible playbook debugger -- Debugging the task -- Summary of the Ansible debugger -- Some real-world examples -- Automating a complex deployment -- Combining Ansible and other tools -- Summary -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”