“…A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERAn actionable strategy guide for busy professionals who want to level up their management game In The Manager's Handbook, Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty member, serial entrepreneur, and investor in over 100 companies, David Dodson, delivers an insightful work that describes, in highly practical detail, five skills every great manager needs to know if they want to get things done. …”

“… An introduction to the mathematical theory and financial models developed and used on Wall Street Providing both a theoretical and practical approach to the underlying mathematical theory behind financial models, Measure, Probability, and Mathematical Finance: A Problem-Oriented Approach presents important concepts and results in measure theory, probability theory, stochastic processes, and stochastic calculus. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Richard Bartle's Four Player Types -- Nicole Lazzaro's 4 Keys To Fun -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory -- Fogg Behavior Model -- Jane McGonigal's Theories -- The World is Your Playground -- Chapter 16: Level I Octalysis in Action -- Octalysis Review of Facebook -- The Score is a Smoke Screen -- Octalysis of the Speed Camera Lottery -- Octalysis of the Waze Navigation App -- The Endgame Phase of Waze -- The Next Step: Identify Potential Improvements for Waze -- Chapter 17: Designing a project from scratch with Octalysis -- Redesigning Yukaichou.com -- The Octalysis Strategy Dashboard -- Level I Octalysis Ideation Process -- Core Drive 1: Epic Meaning &amp -- Calling -- Repeating the Octalysis Process -- Summary of Level 1 Octalysis in Action -- Chapter 18: The Journey Goes On -- Wall of Gratitude -- Those who directly contributed to the book -- Those who impacted who I am today…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Moving Around with the Jeep's Front-Wheel Drive -- Understanding the Wheel Speeds -- Calculating the Wheel Speeds -- Building the Jeep -- Programming the Jeep -- Jeep Program Essentials -- My Block #1: Center and Reset -- My Block #2: Wheel Control -- Testing the My Blocks -- Creating the Wall-Avoidance Program -- Following a Line -- Line-Following Basics -- Line Following with the Jeep -- Creating the Line-Following Program -- Further Explorations for the Jeep -- Idea #1: Headlights -- Idea #2: Remote Control -- Idea #3: Parking Sensor -- Conclusion -- 15. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The case of the Ciudad Real-Badajoz railway bridges (Spain) -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 CONTEXT -- 3 THE REPLACEMENTS -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Sant'Elia Kindergarten in Como: Structural behaviour and the issue of durability -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FROM DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTIONWORK -- 3 STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND SUBSEQUENTPROJECTS (1966-2020) -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The innovative application of the curtain wall in the Galfa Tower -- Masonry and its role in the mid-20th century: G area houses in the Le Vallette district of Turin -- Modern dwellings afterWorldWar II: An Italian experience of wooden prefabrication by Legnami Pasotti -- Morandi (1957-1962) and the cable-stayed Bridge over Lake Maracaibo: Pioneering contributions -- The USM HALLER stahlbausystem MINI-MIDI-MAXI, designed by Fritz Haller, 1959-1987 -- The Catalan vaults of Roberto Gottardi's School of Theater in Havana: Some discoveries on the construction technique -- Plovdiv concrete: Modern, bold, valuable? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Héctor Fernández Garcés -- Pista deportiva cubierta One Wall en Massamagrell, Valencia, Arq. Vahos Arquitectura S.L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The case study of Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy) -- chapter New ornaments’ influence on the character of modern cities -- part, History and arts -- chapter Arabian urban text art: Between cultural identity and artistic identity -- chapter The remaining houses of the two pearl merchants Ahmed Munawar Rifai and Hussein Bin Yahiya Rifai in the Farasan Islands in the 14th century AH/20th century AD: A study of aesthetic and artistic values -- part, City as an organism -- part, Architecture -- chapter Architecture of the 21st century museum as a catalytic phenomenon in the evolving cultural identity of a city -- chapter Conserving historical areas through the roles of main cities: Urban identity in the era of globalisation -- chapter Entrance gateway of Kerala temples: Assessing the form of a Kerala temple gopuram through material and construction -- chapter Expression of cultural identity in the contemporary urban built form of Kathmandu -- chapter Reimagining city identity through safe and sustainable public environments -- chapter Smart grids, smart cities, interior spaces and human behaviour: An interactive development process -- part, History and arts -- chapter Identity in transformation of rural Egyptian villages -- chapter Metaphysics and identity in architecture: Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center for the Arts as case study -- chapter Immersing the landscape in its music: The case of iso-polyphony in South Albania -- chapter The changing image of Istanbul through its monuments (1923–1973) -- chapter The cumulative effect of an interdisciplinary project -- chapter Unearthing the spatial archetypes of two indigenous South Asian cities: The walled city of Old Delhi and Old Dhaka -- part, Planning and approaching the city…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How You Can Strengthen Your Resolve -- The Wrap on Resilience -- Chapter 7 Vision -- The Farm -- Partners with Vision -- What Vision Is -- Your Purple Wall -- Why You Need Vision -- The Big Picture. Most People Don't See It! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hopper - Interview: director of photography, Kaminski, AI, Minority Report, discusses using virtual sets for movies Chapter 7 3D sound - Introduction to immersive experiences - Synchronization of display and sound - Spatialized sound - Controlling several sound streams - Real-time 3D sound - Sound envelopes - Tutorial: sound mixer - Interview: 3D Sound inventor and engineer, Bo Gehring, discusses spatialized sound for virtual sets Chapter 8 User interface and input devices - Linear and non-linear story telling - User testing - Testing playback performance - Building input devices: serial inputs - Midi inputs - Interactive phones - PDAs - Project: Designing a new interactive camera: the "cocktail camera" - Interview: Interactive designer, Bill Tomlinson, Synthetic Character Group, MIT MediaLab about input devices for virtual sets Chapter 9 Following a terrain with a remote controlled car - Modeling and texturing a terain - Modeling the car and obstacles - Collision against the terrain - Collision between a character and walls and other collisions - Adding physics: springs - Other methods: ray calculations - Project: an online 3D game - Interview: game designer, Sokal, creator of Syberiade, about virtual sets for game design Chapter 10 Communication environments - Communication from and to the virtual set - Introduction to multiplayer 3D games - Serial communication - Web communication - Interactive phone communication - Example of online multiplayer 3D game - Project: a robot talks to a virtual set - Interview: bio-robotic specialist Robert Full, Director of the Polypedal Lab, Bugs Life, Disney and Pixar, about using virtual sets to stimulate robots inspired by insects. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1.1 Equilibrium of a body floating in still water3.1.2 Underwater volume; 3.2 Stability at small angles; 3.2.1 Concept; 3.2.2 Transverse metacentre; 3.2.3 Transverse metacentre for simple geometrical forms; 3.2.4 Metacentric diagrams; 3.2.5 Longitudinal stability; 3.3 Hydrostatic curves; 3.3.1 Surface ships; 3.3.2 Fully submerged bodies; 3.4 Problems in trim and stability; 3.4.1 Determination of displacement from observed draughts; 3.4.2 Longitudinal position of the centre of gravity; 3.4.3 Direct determination of displacement and position of G; 3.4.4 Heel due to moving weight; 3.4.5 Wall-sided ship…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Vascular Development and Diseases -- Extracellular matrix remodeling in vascular development and disease -- The “cardiac neural crest” concept revisited -- Roles of endothelial Hrt genes for vascular development -- Placental Expression of Type 1 and 3 Inositol Trisphosphate Receptors is Required for the Extra-embryonic Vascular Development -- Tissue Remodeling in Vascular Wall in Kawasaki Disease-related Vasculitis Model Mice -- Part VII. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Casa Charlotte / Günter Behnisch. Casa Truss Wall / Eisaku Ushida y Kathryn Findlay. Casa Cho en Dai / Norman Foster. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…UN DIFÍCIL EPÍLOGO: EL AGOTAMIENTO DE LA REAL ARMADA Y LA QUIEBRA DE LA CORONA ESPAÑOLA -- REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS -- EL GOLPE DE TIMÓN A LA POLÍTICA NAVAL DE ENSENADA: O CÓMO LA POLÍTICA DE WALL DEBILITÓ LA DEFENSA DE LAS INDIAS -- REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS -- LAS FINANZAS NAVALES EN LA MONARQUÍA ESPAÑOLA DURANTE EL SIGLO XVIII -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Iteration (Cycle) Planning -- Estimate the Tasks -- Time-boxing -- Daily Planning -- Adaptive Planning and Organizational Culture -- Effective Planning -- Agile Contracting Methods -- Agile Project Tracking -- Information Radiators -- Self-assessment -- Burn Charts -- Burn-down Charts -- Release Burn-down -- Cone of Uncertainty Theory -- Burn-up Charts -- Combined Chart -- Cumulative Flow Diagram (Cumulative Chart) -- Lead Time -- Earned Value of Agile Projects -- Task/Kanban Board -- Main Features of the Kanban Board -- WIP Limits -- Retrospectives -- Agile Project Accounting Principles -- Innovation Games -- A Boat for Retrospective Findings -- Process Tailoring -- Chapter 6: Agile Metrics and Estimations -- Relative Sizing -- Story Points -- Story Points Measurement -- Wideband Delphi -- Probe Technique -- Planning Poker -- Ideal Time -- Affinity Diagram and Estimating -- Step 1: Silent Relative Sizing -- Step 2: Editing of Wall -- Step 3: Place Items into Relative Sizing Buckets -- Step 4: Product Owner 'Challenge -- Step 5: Get it into an Electronic Tool -- Velocity -- Cycle Time -- Agile Project Cost Management -- Project Cost Management -- Cost Estimation -- Four Common Estimating Styles -- Types of Costs -- Types of Cost Estimates -- Basis of Costs -- Problems in Estimating Accurate Costs -- Budget -- Project Funding Requirements -- S Curve -- Control Cost -- Forecasting -- Earned Value Management (EVM) -- To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) -- Earned Value of Agile Projects -- Earned Value of at Release Level -- Earned Value of at Sprint Level -- Other Concepts in Costing -- Measuring Progress of Individual Tasks -- Work Performance Measurement -- Budget Forecasts -- Variance and Trend Analysis -- Escaped Defects -- Chapter 7: Agile Analysis and Design -- Introduction -- Product Roadmap -- Backlog -- Product Backlog…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fail Securely -- Separation of Duties (SoD) -- Keep It Simple -- Trust, but Verify -- Zero Trust -- Security Models -- Reading Down and Writing Up -- State Machine Model -- Bell-LaPadula Model -- Simple Security Property -- *Security Property (Star Security Property) -- Strong and Weak Tranquility Property -- Lattice-Based Access Controls -- Integrity Models -- Biba Model -- Simple Integrity Axiom -- * Integrity Axiom -- Clark-Wilson -- Well Formed Transactions -- Certification, Enforcement, and Separation of Duties -- Information Flow Model -- Chinese Wall Model -- Non-interference -- Take-Grant -- Access Control Matrix -- Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture -- Graham-Denning Model -- Harrison-Ruzzo-Ullman Model -- Evaluation Methods, Certification, and Accreditation -- The International Common Criteria -- Common Criteria Terms -- Levels of Evaluation -- Secure System Design Concepts -- Layering -- Abstraction -- Security Domains -- The Ring Model -- Open and Closed Systems -- Secure Hardware Architecture -- The System Unit and Motherboard -- The Computer Bus -- Northbridge and Southbridge -- The CPU -- Arithmetic Logic Unit and Control Unit -- Fetch and Execute -- Pipelining -- Interrupts -- Processes and Threads -- Multitasking and Multiprocessing -- Watchdog Timers -- CISC and RISC -- Memory Addressing -- Memory Protection -- Process Isolation -- Hardware Segmentation -- Virtual Memory -- Swapping and Paging -- BIOS -- WORM Storage -- Trusted Platform Module -- Data Execution Prevention and Address Space Layout Randomization -- Secure Operating System and Software Architecture -- The Kernel -- Reference Monitor -- Users and File Permissions -- Linux and UNIX permissions -- Microsoft NTFS Permissions -- Privileged Programs -- Virtualization, Cloud, and Distributed Computing -- Virtualization -- Hypervisor -- Virtualization Benefits…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Combustion Chamber and Nozzle -- Volume and Shape -- Heat Transfer Distribution -- Cooling of Thrust Chambers -- Hydraulic Losses in the Cooling Passage -- Thrust Chamber Wall Loads and Stresses -- 8.3. Low-Thrust Rocket Thrust Chambers or Thrusters -- 8.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- "Baudrillard and the Situationists" Commentators Douglas Kellner and Sadie Plant, and the Tension between Critical Theory and Fatal Theory -- Exhibit A (Baudrillard self‐simplifies): -- Exhibit B (Baudrillard's critique of the Situationists is reductionist): -- Exhibit C (Sadie Plant's critique of Baudrillard is reductionist): -- Situationist Practices -- Wandering or the Drift - Le Dérive -- Psycho‐Geography -- The Diverting of Technologies - Le détournement -- The Making or Creating or Construction of Situations -- The Radical Illusion Beyond Art -- Neo‐Situationism in the Field of Advanced Digital Technologies -- Urban and Street Art Activism -- Augmented Reality versus Wall Street -- Conclusion -- McKenzie Wark on the Situationists -- Play Don't Work -- Existential Encounter with the Object -- From the Subject to the Object in Jean‐Paul Sartre's Nausea -- The Myth of Sisyphus: Albert Camus on the Side of Objects -- Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity -- Jean Baudrillard and the Donald: Is Trump a Fascist or is He the Parody of Fascism? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 13 Dynamics of Self-propelled Launch Systems -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Dynamics Model of the System and its Topology -- 13.3 State Vector, Transfer Equation and Transfer Matrix -- 13.4 Overall Transfer Equation of the System -- 13.5 Vibration Characteristics of the System -- 13.6 Dynamic Response of the System -- 13.7 Launch Dynamic Equations and Forces Analysis -- 13.8 Dynamics Simulation of the System and its Test Verifying -- Chapter 14 Dynamics of Shipboard Launch Systems -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Dynamics Model of Shipboard Launch Systems -- 14.3 State Vector, Transfer Equation and Transfer Matrix -- 14.4 Overall Transfer Equation of the System -- 14.5 Launch Dynamics Equation and Forces of the System -- 14.6 Solution of Shipboard Launch System Motion -- 14.7 Dynamics Simulation of the System and its Test Verifying -- Chapter 15 Transfer Matrix Library for Multibody Systems -- 15.1 Introdution -- 15.2 Springs -- 15.3 Rotary Springs -- 15.4 Elastic Hinges -- 15.5 Lumped Mass Vibrating in a Longitudinal Direction -- 15.6 Vibration of Rigid Bodies -- 15.7 Beam with Transverse Vibration -- 15.8 Shaft with Torsional Vibration -- 15.9 Rod with Longitudinal Vibration -- 15.10 Euler-Bernoulli Beam -- 15.11 Rectangular Plate -- 15.12 Disk -- 15.13 Strip Element of a Two-dimensional Thin Plate -- 15.14 Thick-walled Cylinder -- 15.15 Thin-walled Cylinder -- 15.16 Coordinate Transformation Matrix -- 15.17 Linearization and State Vectors -- 15.18 Spring and Damper Hinges Connected to Rigid Bodies -- 15.19 Smooth Hinges Connected to Rigid Bodies -- 15.20 Rigid Bodies Moving in a Plane -- 15.21 Spatial Rigid Bodies with Large Motion and Various Connections -- 15.22 Planar Beam with Large Motion -- 15.23 Spatial Beam with Large Motion -- 15.24 Fixed Hinges Connected to a Planar Beam with Large Motion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.5.1 Experimental Validation of Micro uidic Biomolecular Transport and Sensing Models -- 3.5.2 Technological Advances in Micro uidic On-Chip Analysis -- 3.6 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 4 Coupling Microscale Transport and Tissue Mechanics: Modeling Strategies for Arterial Multiphysics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Brief on Arterial Tissues -- 4.2.1 Histology and Mechanics of Arterial Tissues -- 4.2.2 Molecular Transport in Arterial Tissues -- 4.2.3 Extracellular Matrix Remodeling -- 4.3 Arterial Multiphysics Modeling -- 4.3.1 Geometric Description and General Notation -- 4.3.2 Multiphysics Modeling Rationale -- 4.3.3 Arterial Mechanical Problem -- 4.3.4 Molecular Transport Problem -- 4.3.5 Remodeling Laws -- 4.3.6 Integrated Computational Strategy: Towards an Analytical Solution -- 4.4 An Axisymmetric Case Study -- 4.4.1 Arterial Geometry and Structure -- 4.4.2 Quasi-Analytical Arterial Mechanics -- 4.4.3 Analytical Arterial Molecular Transport -- 4.4.4 Analytical Arterial Remodeling Induced by MMPs, TGF-ß, and IL -- 4.4.5 Results -- 4.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A Along-the-Chord Collagen Fiber Tangent Modulus -- Appendix B Microstructure of Aortic Media Layer -- References -- 5 Modeling Cystic Fibrosis and Mucociliary Clearance -- 5.1 Mucociliary Clearance and Cystic Fibrosis -- 5.1.1 Airway Wall Environment and Mucociliary Clearance -- 5.1.2 The Cystic Fibrosis Pathology -- 5.1.3 Mathematical Modeling of Lung Wall Environment -- 5.2 Newtonian Models -- 5.2.1 Mathematical Analysis -- 5.2.2 Numerical Analysis -- 5.2.3 Numerical Computations of the Mucus Propelled by Ciliated Epithelium -- 5.2.4 Phenomena Analysis -- 5.3 Rheology of Mucus and Non-Newtonian Models -- 5.3.1 Rheometry Data on Lung Mucus from the Literature -- 5.3.2 Mucus Sample Analysis and Rheological Results…”