“…In order not to overload the electrical distribution grids, the new large loads have to be controlled using demand response, perchance through a hierarchical control set-up where some controls are dependent on price signals from the spot and balancing markets. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Preamble; 1.2 Nanofibres; 1.3 Key concepts in drug delivery; 1.3.1 The therapeutic window and bioavailability; 1.3.2 Modified-release systems; 1.3.3 Dissolution, solubility and permeability; 1.3.4 Physical form; 1.4 Nanofibre characterisation; 1.4.1 Electron microscopy; 1.4.2 X-ray diffraction; 1.4.3 Thermal methods; 1.4.4 Infrared spectroscopy; 1.4.5 Functional performance; 1.4.5.1 Dissolution and permeability testing; 1.4.5.2 API quantification 1.4.6 Stability studies1.5 An overview of contemporary pharmaceutical technology; 1.5.1 Hot melt extrusion; 1.5.2 Spray drying; 1.5.3 Freeze drying; 1.5.4 Nanofibre manufacturing; 1.6 Summary; References; 2 Electrospinning fundamentals; 2.1 Background; 2.2 A brief history of electrospinning; 2.3 EHD fundamentals; 2.4 Understanding the electrospinning process; 2.4.1 Jet initiation; 2.4.2 Electrospinning vs. electrospraying; 2.4.3 Jet elongation: bending and whipping; 2.4.4 Jet solidification; 2.5 The parameters affecting electrospinning; 2.5.1 Solution parameters; 2.5.2 Processing parameters 2.5.3 Environmental parameters2.5.4 Solvent and polymer selection; 2.6 The experimental set-up; 2.6.1 Basics; 2.6.2 The power supply and syringe pump; 2.6.3 The spinneret; 2.6.4 The collector; 2.6.5 Other considerations; 2.6.6 Establishing and troubleshooting an electrospinning process; 2.7 Fibre properties; 2.8 Characterisation; 2.9 Summary; References; 3 Monoaxial electrospinning; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experimental considerations; 3.2.1 Solution parameters; 3.2.2 Processing parameters; 3.2.3 The spinneret; 3.2.4 Polymer choice; 3.2.5 Starting experimental work; 3.3 Fibre properties 3.4 Some typical results3.5 Fast-dissolving drug delivery systems; 3.5.1 Electrospun fast-dissolving drug delivery systems; 3.5.2 Caveats; 3.5.3 Multicomponent formulations; 3.5.4 Stability; 3.6 Extended-release systems; 3.6.1 Applications; 3.6.2 Drawbacks and release mechanisms; 3.7 pH-controlled delivery; 3.7.1 Oral administration; 3.7.2 Anticancer applications; 3.8 Pulsatile release; 3.9 Multilayer materials; 3.10 Thermoresponsive systems; 3.11 Emulsion and suspension electrospinning; 3.11.1 Emulsions; 3.11.2 Suspensions; 3.12 Tissue-engineering applications 3.13 Using fibres as sacrificial templates3.14 Conclusions; References; 4 Coaxial and multi-axial electrospinning; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Experimental considerations; 4.2.1 Handling two liquids; 4.2.2 The spinneret and electrodes; 4.2.3 Establishing a coaxial process; 4.3 Extended-release systems; 4.3.1 Preventing burst release; 4.3.2 Biphasic release; 4.4 Targeted drug delivery; 4.5 Multifunctional materials; 4.6 Other applications; 4.7 Protein delivery systems; 4.8 Cell electrospinning; 4.9 Modified coaxial spinning; 4.10 Triaxial and quad-axial systems; 4.11 Conclusions; References…”

“…You will learn how to set up an efficient MIDI system and how to get the most out of your production room and ultimately ... your music. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.4 Timed Event/Level Structures4.5 Sources; Problems; 5 Huffman Circuits; 5.1 Solving Covering Problems; 5.1.1 Matrix Reduction Techniques; 5.1.2 Bounding; 5.1.3 Termination; 5.1.4 Branching; 5.2 State Minimization; 5.2.1 Finding the Compatible Pairs; 5.2.2 Finding the Maximal Compatibles; 5.2.3 Finding the Prime Compatibles; 5.2.4 Setting Up the Covering Problem; 5.2.5 Forming the Reduced Flow Table; 5.3 State Assignment; 5.3.1 Partition Theory and State Assignment; 5.3.2 Matrix Reduction Method; 5.3.3 Finding the Maximal Intersectibles; 5.3.4 Setting Up the Covering Problem…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Features of Java -- Java applications -- Setting up your development environment -- Installing JDK -- Installing the NetBeans IDE -- Writing our first Java program -- Creating a new project -- Creating a Java class -- Writing the code -- Java comments -- The main() function -- Printing a string -- Java syntax -- Executing our program -- How to interpret errors detected by NetBeans? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- New features in Java 8 -- Lambdas -- Streams -- The new java.time package -- Default methods -- New features in Java 9 -- Java Platform Module System/Project Jigsaw -- Process handling API -- Concurrency changes -- REPL -- Projects -- Process Viewer/Manager -- Duplicate File Finder -- Date Calculator -- Social Media Aggregator -- Email filter -- JavaFX photo management -- A client/server note application -- Serverless Java -- Android desktop synchronization client -- Getting started -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Managing Processes in Java -- Creating a project -- Bootstrapping the application -- Defining the user interface -- Initializing the user interface -- Adding menus -- Updating the process list -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Duplicate File Finder -- Getting started -- Building the library -- Concurrent Java with a Future interface -- Modern database access with JPA -- Building the command-line interface -- Building the graphical user interface -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Date Calculator -- Getting started -- Building the library -- A timely interlude -- Duration -- Period -- Clock -- Instant -- LocalDate -- LocalTime -- LocalDateTime -- ZonedDateTime -- Back to our code -- A brief interlude on testing -- Building the command-line interface -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Sunago - A Social Media Aggregator -- Getting started -- Setting up the user interface -- Setting up the controller -- Writing the model class -- Finishing up the controller -- Adding an image for the item -- Building the preferences user interface -- Saving user preferences -- Plugins and extensions with the Service Provider Interface -- Resource handling with try-with-resources -- Adding a network - Twitter…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- About Packt -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Section 1: Setting Up Data Analysis Environment -- Chapter 1: Setting Up Our Data Analysis Environment -- Technical requirements -- The benefits of EDA across vertical markets -- Manipulating data -- Examining, cleaning, and filtering data -- Visualizing data -- Creating data reports -- Installing the required R packages and tools -- Installing R packages from the Terminal -- Installing R packages from inside RStudio -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Importing Diverse Datasets -- Technical requirements -- Converting rectangular data into R with the readr R package -- readr read functions -- read_tsv method -- read_delim method -- read_fwf method -- read_table method -- read_log method -- Reading in Excel data with the readxl R package -- Reading in JSON data with the jsonlite R package -- Loading the jsonlite package -- Getting data into R from web APIs using the httr R package -- Getting data into R by scraping the web using the rvest package -- Importing data into R from relational databases using the DBI R package -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Examining, Cleaning, and Filtering -- Technical requirements -- About the dataset -- Reshaping and tidying up erroneous data -- The gather() function -- The unite() function -- The separate() function -- The spread() function -- Manipulating and mutating data -- The mutate() function -- The group_by() function -- The summarize() function -- The arrange() function -- The glimpse() function -- Selecting and filtering data -- The select() function -- The filter() function -- Cleaning and manipulating time series data -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Visualizing Data Graphically with ggplot2 -- Technical requirements -- Advanced graphics grammar of ggplot2 -- Data -- Layers -- Scales…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- About the Authors -- About the TechnicalReviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- Getting a Mac -- Getting Xcode -- Getting a Store Account -- Downloading and Installing Xcode -- Running Xcode -- The Apple Developer Portal -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Your First iOS Apps -- Creating Your First iPhone App -- Xcode and Your Project Files -- Using Interface Builder to Create Your "Hello, World" App -- Writing the Code for Your Application -- Testing the App on the iPhone Emulator -- Creating Your First iPad App -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Running Your App on a Device -- Signing Up as an Apple Developer -- Using the Developer Portal -- Deploying to a Device with Xcode -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Your Second iOS App -- Creating the Project and Adding a Graphic -- Creating the User Interface -- Adding the Image View -- Adding a Label -- Adding a Button -- Writing the Code for Your App -- Digging the Button Code -- Editing Your Code -- Pit Stop-Reviewing Some Concepts -- Storyboards -- Classes -- Methods -- Header Files -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Going Deeper: Patterns and Delegates -- Building an App for Text Input -- Create and Design your App -- Set Up Your Connections and Write Your Code -- Going Deeper into Text Field Behavior -- Using Delegates -- Setting Up the Delegate -- Writing the Delegate Function -- Expanding on Delegates -- Dismissing the Keyboard -- Changing the App to Have More Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Debugging iOS7 Apps -- Creating the App -- Designing the Magic 8-ball App -- Writing the Code -- Debugging the App -- Handling a Coding Error -- Using Breakpoints -- Handling Runtime Errors -- Handling Compile-time Errors -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Exploring UI Controls -- The Segmented Control -- UISegmentedControl Example -- Building an App with a UISegmentedControl…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Debugging the Content Pipeline Extension -- Summary -- Part IV: 2D in XNA -- 9 2D Basics -- Sprite Batches -- Practical Sprite Batches -- Using Sprite Fonts -- Summary -- 10 2D Effects -- Cel Animation -- Rotating and Scaling -- Blending Mode Example -- Fade to Color -- Making Fire Old School Style -- Explosions -- Summary -- 11 Creating a 2D Game -- Setting Up the Game Skeleton -- Creating Parallax Scrolling -- Switching States -- Drawing Our Hero -- Drawing Our Enemies -- Handling Collision Detection -- Winning and Losing -- Adding Transitions -- Adding Explosions -- Adding Sounds -- Summary -- Part V: High Level Shader Language -- 12 HLSL Basics -- Understanding the Shader Process -- HLSL Syntax -- Vertext Shaders -- Pixel Shaders -- Techniques -- Passes -- Passing Application Data to the GPU -- HLSL Demo -- Summary -- 13 Advanced HLSL -- Vertex Displacement -- Postprocessing -- More Postprocessing Examples -- Summary -- Part VI: Physics and Artificial Intelligence -- 14 Physics Basics -- Kinesmatics -- Force -- Collisions -- Summary -- 15 Finite State Machines and Game State Management -- Finite State Machine -- Object-Oriented Design -- Managing Game States -- Managing Game States Demo -- Summary -- 16 AI Algorithms -- Setting Up Our Demo -- Chase Algorithm -- A Better Chase Algorithm -- Evading Algorithm -- Random Movement -- Creating a Finite State Machine -- Summary -- Part VII: 3D Effects -- 17 Advanced Texturing Techniques -- 3D Lighting -- Bump Mapping -- Normal Mapping -- Parallax Mapping -- Relief Mapping -- Texture Animation -- Summary -- 18 Special Effects -- Transitions -- Making Fire -- Summary -- 19 Particle System -- Particle System Defined -- Point Sprite Defined -- Creating the Particle Class -- Creating the VertexPointerSprite Struct -- Creating the Particle System Engine -- Point Sprite Effect File -- Particle System Demo…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Setting Up Your Development Environment; 1.1 Operating System Requirements; 1.2 Obtaining and Installing Python 2.5; 1.2.1 Installing Python on Windows; 1.2.2 Installing Python for Linux; 1.3 Setting Up Eclipse and PyDev; 1.3.1 The Hacker's Best Friend: ctypes; 1.3.2 Using Dynamic Libraries; 1.3.3 Constructing C Datatypes; 1.3.4 Passing Parameters by Reference; 1.3.5 Defining Structures and Unions; 2: Debuggers and Debugger Design; 2.1 General-Purpose CPU Registers; 2.2 The Stack; 2.3 Debug Events; 2.4 Breakpoints; 2.4.1 Soft Breakpoints…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Installing VMware Workstation -- Configuring the host computer -- CPU and CPU cores -- Memory -- Disk space -- Getting VMware Workstation -- Purchasing VMware Workstation -- Setting up your VMware account -- Installing VMware Workstation on Windows -- Installing VMware Workstation on Linux -- Starting VMware Workstation for the first time -- Summary -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Setting Up a Test Infrastructure -- Designing an application and test repository structure -- Getting the test libraries -- Mocha -- Chai -- Sinon.JS -- Setting up and writing our first tests -- The test driver page -- Adding some tests -- Running and assessing test results -- The first test report -- Test report actions -- Test timing and slow tests -- Test failures -- Summary -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Getting Started on the Raspberry Pi -- The Internet of Things -- A brief look at our application -- The sensor interface - perception -- The database - persistence -- The user interface - presentation -- The application server - middleware -- Setting up our Raspberry Pi -- Remote access -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Getting Up-and-Running with Web Development on the Raspberry Pi -- The network -- The web development stack -- The UI - the user's first encounter -- The server - the brains of the application -- Client-server communication -- Interfacing with external hardware -- The database - adding persistence to our data -- Integrating the database into our application -- The overall architecture -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Running a Node Server on the Pi -- Introducing nodes - the server side JavaScript runtime -- Installing node on the Pi -- Running our first node program -- Setting up a version control system -- Back to our program -- Installing external libraries -- Developing the application server -- Adding routes to the server -- Starting up the server -- Keeping the server running in the background -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Extracting Information from the GPIO Pins -- The GPIO pins on the Pi -- The pin as a standalone component -- The Write mode -- The Read mode -- Fine-tuning our control - using the GPIO command-line tools -- The DHT11 sensor -- Reading from the sensor -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Retrieving Sensor Readings from the Server -- Understanding how our node process takes readings -- Modifying our server code to show sensor readings -- Optimizing our server -- Abstracting our sensor library code -- Caching our results -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SageMaker Clarify -- Building a LightGBM ML pipeline with Amazon SageMaker -- Setting up a SageMaker session -- Preprocessing step -- Model training and tuning -- Evaluation, bias, and explainability -- Deploying and monitoring the LightGBM model -- Results -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 10: LightGBM Models with PostgresML -- Technical requirements -- Introducing PostgresML -- Latency and round trips -- Getting started with PostgresML -- Training models -- Deploying and prediction -- PostgresML dashboard -- Case study - customer churn with PostgresML -- Data loading and preprocessing -- Training and hyperparameter optimization -- Predictions -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 11: Distributed and GPU-Based Learning with LightGBM -- Technical requirements -- Distributed learning with LightGBM and Dask -- GPU training for LightGBM -- Setting up LightGBM for the GPU -- Running LightGBM on the GPU -- Summary -- References -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Evolving language models - the AR Transformer and its role in GenAI -- Implementing the original Transformer -- Data loading and preparation -- Tokenization -- Data tensorization -- Dataset creation -- Embeddings layer -- Positional encoding -- Multi-head self-attention -- FFN -- Encoder layer -- Encoder -- Decoder layer -- Decoder -- Complete transformer -- Training function -- Translation function -- Main execution -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Applying Pretrained Generative Models: From Prototype to Production -- Prototyping environments -- Transitioning to production -- Mapping features to production setup -- Setting up a production-ready environment -- Local development setup -- Visual Studio Code -- Project initialization -- Docker setup -- Requirements file -- Application code -- Creating a code repository -- CI/CD setup -- Model selection - choosing the right pretrained generative model -- Meeting project objectives -- Model size and computational complexity -- Benchmarking -- Updating the prototyping environment -- GPU configuration -- Loading pretrained models with LangChain -- Setting up testing data -- Quantitative metrics evaluation -- Alignment with CLIP -- Interpreting outcomes -- Responsible AI considerations -- Addressing and mitigating biases -- Transparency and explainability -- Final deployment -- Testing and monitoring -- Maintenance and reliability -- Summary -- Part 2: Practical Applications of Generative AI -- Chapter 5: Fine-Tuning Generative Models for Specific Tasks -- Foundation and relevance - an introduction to fine-tuning -- PEFT -- LoRA -- AdaLoRA -- In-context learning -- Fine-tuning versus in-context learning -- Practice project: Fine-tuning for Q&amp -- A using PEFT -- Background regarding question-answering fine-tuning -- Implementation in Python -- Evaluation of results -- Summary -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Securing, testing, and deploying microservice APIs -- 11 API authorization and authentication -- 11.1 Setting up the environment for this chapter -- 11.2 Understanding authentication and authorization protocols -- 11.2.1 Understanding Open Authorization -- 11.2.2 Understanding OpenID Connect -- 11.3 Working with JSON Web Tokens -- 11.3.1 Understanding the JWT header…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title page -- Copyright and credits -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Python for Offensive Security -- Chapter 1: Introducing Offensive Security and Python -- Understanding the offensive security landscape -- Defining offensive security -- The origins and evolution of offensive security -- Use cases and examples of offensive security -- Industry relevance and best practices -- The role of Python in offensive operations -- Key cybersecurity tasks that are viable with Python -- Python's edge in cybersecurity -- The limitations of using Python -- Ethical hacking and legal considerations -- The key protocols of ethical hacking -- Ethical hacking's legal aspects -- Exploring offensive security methodologies -- Significance of offensive security -- The offensive security lifecycle -- Offensive security frameworks -- Setting up a Python environment for offensive tasks -- Setting up Python on Linux -- Setting up Python on macOS -- Setting up Python on Windows -- Exploring Python modules for penetration testing -- Essential Python libraries for penetration testing -- Case study - Python in the real world -- Scenario 1 - real-time web application security testing -- Scenario 2 - network intrusion detection -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Python for Security Professionals - Beyond the Basics -- Utilizing essential security libraries -- Harnessing advanced Python techniques for security -- Compiling a Python library -- Advanced Python features -- Decorators -- Generators -- Summary -- Activity -- Part 2: Python in Offensive Web Security -- Chapter 3: An Introduction to Web Security with Python -- Fundamentals of web security -- Python tools for a web vulnerability assessment -- Wapiti -- MITMProxy -- SQLMap -- Exploring web attack surfaces with Python -- HTTP header analysis -- HTML analysis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Media Files Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Setting Up Snow Leopard -- Show Me: Media 1.1-Setting Network Preferences -- Show Me: Media 1.2-Changing Your User Account Password -- Tell Me More: Media 1.3-Creating Strong Passwords -- Chapter 2: Getting Comfortable with Snow Leopard -- Show Me: Media 2.1-Creating a User Account -- Show Me: Media 2.2-Deleting a User Account -- Show Me: Media 2.3-Setting Up Fast User Switching -- Tell Me More: Media 2.4-Inappropriate Use of Automatic Login -- Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with Your Hardware -- Tell Me More: Media 3.1-Trackpad Gestures -- Show Me: Media 3.2-Using the System Profiler -- Show Me: Media 3.3-Installing a Printer -- Chapter 4: Tailoring the Desktop to Your Liking -- Tell Me More: Media 4.1-Creating Neutral Space in a Photo -- Show Me: Media 4.2-Hiding the Dock -- Show Me: Media 4.3-Adding the Eject Button to Menu Extras -- Show Me: Media 4.4-Using the Mosaic Effect in a Screen Saver -- Chapter 5: Making Use of Support Resources -- Show Me: Media 5.1-Searching for Text in a Help Article -- Tell Me More: Media 5.2-Boolean Operators -- Show Me: Media 5.3-Scheduling a Callback from an Apple Expert -- Show Me: Media 5.4-Making an Appointment at the Genius Bar -- Chapter 6: Managing Applications and Files -- Tell Me More: Media 6.1-Contrasting Two Methods for Minimizing Windows -- Show Me: Media 6.2-Using Spaces -- Show Me: Media 6.3-Customizing Views in the Finder -- Show Me: Media 6.4-Creating a Smart Folder -- Show Me: Media 6.5-Adding Spotlight Comments to Files -- Show Me: Media 6.6-Using Other Features of Spotlight -- Show Me: Media 6.7-Copying Files by Dragging -- Show Me: Media 6.8-Moving Files by Dragging -- Chapter 7: Browsing the Web -- Tell Me More: Media 7.1-Setting Safari Preferences -- Show Me: Media 7.2-Customizing Top Sites…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Coding the BDD way -- 8 From executable specifications to automated acceptance tests -- 8.1 Introduction to automating scenarios -- 8.1.1 Step definitions interpret the steps -- 8.2 Setting up your project -- 8.2.1 Setting up a Cucumber project in Java or TypeScript -- 8.2.2 Organizing a Cucumber project in Java -- 8.2.3 Organizing a Cucumber project in TypeScript -- 8.3 Running Cucumber scenarios -- 8.3.1 Cucumber test runner classes in Java -- 8.3.2 Running Cucumber scenarios in JavaScript and TypeScript -- 8.4 Writing glue code -- 8.4.1 Injecting data with step definition parameters…”