Tabla de Contenidos: “…Methods and Strategies of Research -- Experimental Ablation -- Evaluating the Behavioral Effects of Brain Damage -- Producing Brain Lesions -- Stereotaxic Surgery -- Histological Methods -- Tracing Neural Connections -- Studying the Structure of the Living Human Brain -- Recording and Stimulating Neural Activity -- Recording Neural Activity -- Recording the Brain's Metabolic and Synaptic Activity -- Stimulating Neural Activity -- Neurochemical Methods -- Finding Neurons That Produce Particular Neurochemicals -- Localizing Particular Receptors -- Measuring Chemicals Secreted in the Brain -- Genetic Methods -- Twin Studies -- Adoption Studies -- Genomic Studies -- Targeted Mutations -- Antisense Oligonucleotides -- CRISPR-Cas Methods -- Chapter 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- References -- Chapter 2 Technological Progress -- References -- Chapter 3 The New Web -- 3.1 Blockchain -- 3.1.1 Cryptocurrencies -- 3.1.2 NFT -- 3.2 Metaverse -- 3.2.1 Features -- 3.2.2 Avatar -- 3.2.3 Virtual Worlds -- 3.2.4 Virtual Reality Headsets -- References -- Chapter 4 How Technology Is Changing Our Lives -- References -- Chapter 5 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality -- 5.1 Studies and Research -- 5.2 Augmented Reality -- 5.3 What It Is and How It Works -- 5.4 How to Create Content -- 5.5 Interactions -- 5.6 Why Use VR -- 5.7 The Future -- References -- Chapter 6 A Super Artificial Worker -- 6.1 The Rise of AI -- 6.2 The Resurgence of AI -- 6.3 Strong and Weak AI -- 6.4 The Chinese Room -- 6.5 The Four AI -- 6.6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Learning with AI -- 6.7 AI Chase and Golden Years? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Abad -- 5.1 Introduction 133 -- 5.2 Vision: Using Cloud Technology in Missions 134 -- 5.3 State of the Art 136 -- 5.4 Data Replication in a Cloud File System 137 -- 5.4.1 MapReduce Clusters 138 -- 5.4.1.1 File Popularity, Temporal Locality, and Arrival Patterns 142 -- 5.4.1.2 Synthetic Workloads for Big Data 144 -- 5.4.2 Related Work 147 -- 5.4.3 Contribution from Our Approach to Generating Big Data Request Streams Using Clustered Renewal Processes 149 -- 5.4.3.1 Scalable Geo-Distributed Storage 149 -- 5.4.4 Related Work 151 -- 5.4.5 Summary of Ambry 152 -- 5.5 Summary 153 -- 5.6 The Future 153 -- 6 Resource Management: Performance Assuredness in Distributed Cloud Computing via Online Reconfigurations 160 /Mainak Ghosh, Le Xu, and Indranil Gupta -- 6.1 Introduction 161 -- 6.2 Vision: Using Cloud Technology in Missions 163 -- 6.3 State of the Art 164 -- 6.3.1 State of the Art: Reconfigurations in Sharded Databases/Storage 164 -- 6.3.1.1 Database Reconfigurations 164 -- 6.3.1.2 Live Migration 164 -- 6.3.1.3 Network Flow Scheduling 164 -- 6.3.2 State of the Art: Scale-Out/Scale-In in Distributed Stream Processing Systems 165 -- 6.3.2.1 Real-Time Reconfigurations 165 -- 6.3.2.2 Live Migration 165 -- 6.3.2.3 Real-Time Elasticity 165 -- 6.3.3 State of the Art: Scale-Out/Scale-In in Distributed Graph Processing Systems 166 -- 6.3.3.1 Data Centers 166 -- 6.3.3.2 Cloud and Storage Systems 166 -- 6.3.3.3 Data Processing Frameworks 166.…”

“…Between 2007 and 2012 living standards of median households hardly grew and several countries witnessed receding living standards. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…jvm.options -- logback.xml -- Managing a deployment pipeline -- Orchestration tools -- Configuration management tools -- Recommended approach -- Local repository for downloadable files -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Performance Tuning -- Cassandra-Stress -- The Cassandra-Stress YAML file -- name -- size -- population -- cluster -- Cassandra-Stress results -- Write performance -- Commitlog mount point -- Scaling out -- Scaling out a data center -- Read performance -- Compaction strategy selection -- Optimizing read throughput for time-series models -- Optimizing tables for read-heavy models -- Cache settings -- Appropriate uses for row-caching -- Compression -- Chunk size -- The bloom filter configuration -- Read performance issues -- Other performance considerations -- JVM configuration -- Cassandra anti-patterns -- Building a queue -- Query flexibility -- Querying an entire table -- Incorrect use of BATCH -- Network -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Managing a Cluster -- Revisiting nodetool -- A warning about using nodetool -- Scaling up -- Adding nodes to a cluster -- Cleaning up the original nodes -- Adding a new data center -- Adjusting the cassandra-rackdc.properties file -- A warning about SimpleStrategy -- Streaming data -- Scaling down -- Removing nodes from a cluster -- Removing a live node -- Removing a dead node -- Other removenode options -- When removenode doesn't work (nodetool assassinate) -- Assassinating a node on an older version -- Removing a data center -- Backing up and restoring data -- Taking snapshots -- Enabling incremental backups -- Recovering from snapshots -- Maintenance -- Replacing a node -- Repair -- A warning about incremental repairs -- Cassandra Reaper -- Forcing read repairs at consistency - ALL -- Clearing snapshots and incremental backups -- Snapshots -- Incremental backups -- Compaction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Elasticity in Microservices -- Distributed State -- How to Handle Distributed State with Asynchronous microservices -- Independently Deployable -- Decentralization -- Decentralized Governance -- Decentralized Data -- Automation -- Containerization -- Design for Failure -- How Do You Design a Microservice for Failure and Stability? -- Living Continuous Design -- Self-Healing -- Hexagonal Architecture -- Enterprise Microservices Examples -- Case Study: Trade Finance -- What Is Trade Finance? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Using Your Camera Straight out of the Box -- Chapter 1 Introducing Android Smartphone Photography -- Becoming Familiar with Your Android Camera -- Single-lens models -- Dual-lens models -- Triple-lens models -- Models with more than three lenses -- Taking a Look Around the Camera App -- Taking a Picture -- Viewing Your Photo -- Editing Your Photo -- Sharing Your Photo -- Chapter 2 Taking an In-Depth Tour of Your Camera -- Holding Your Phone Properly for Steady Photos -- Using Different Ways to Open Your Camera -- Zooming In to Your Subject -- Using the digital zoom -- Trying optical zoom instead of digital zoom -- Capturing Selfies with and without Background Blur -- Understanding When to Use (and Not to Use) the Camera Flash -- Photographing with the Camera Timer for Sharp Photos -- Landscape photography using your timer -- Family portraits -- Selfies with a tripod or stand -- Chapter 3 Altering Your Camera's Settings and Storing Your Photos -- Opening and Activating Google Photos -- Choosing Storage Options for Your Photos -- Deciding on photo upload quality -- Managing on-device photo storage -- Transferring photos to a PC or Mac -- Being Mindful of Cellular Data Over-Usage -- Allowing Your Camera to Track Your Location -- Chapter 4 Taking a Deep Dive into the Camera App -- Preparing to Take Selfies -- Lighting and background -- Selfie sticks and stabilizers -- Taking Selfies -- Choosing the Portrait selfie mode -- Adjusting background blur amounts -- Adding facial skin smoothening -- Choosing your favorite selfie effect -- Adding Live Filters to your selfies -- Adjusting selfie zoom to add your friends into the picture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mimatu -- Advanced Fuel Cycle for Long-Lived Core of Small-Size Light Water Reactor of ABV Type by A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Chapter 2: Network Information Gathering -- Introduction -- Discovering live servers over the network -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Bypassing IDS/IPS/firewall -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Discovering ports over the network -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using unicornscan for faster port scanning -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Service fingerprinting -- Getting ready…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foundation Programs in the Arab Gulf States Using Qatar as a Case Study -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Foundation Programs -- 9.3 Historical Background and Current Realities -- 9.4 Globalization and Nationalization in the Gulf -- 9.5 Qatar as a Case Study in Understanding Foundation Programs in the Gulf -- 9.6 Implications for Policymakers -- 9.7 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Generating Strategies for Success: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Native American Adult Learners -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Review of the Literature -- 10.3 Positionality -- 10.4 Research Methods -- 10.5 Findings -- 10.5.1 Negotiating "Ways of Knowing" -- 10.6 The Challenge of Participating in Class -- 10.7 The Importance of Relationships -- 10.8 Discussion -- References -- 11 Nepal's Educated Nonelite: Reevaluating State-Provided Higher Education -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Public Higher Education Under Pressure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Circular health bar -- Lives counter -- On point! -- You've come this far, keep going -- Making progress -- Showing off how awesome you are -- Badges, badges, badges -- Achievement unlocked! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Installing the Certificate module via GIT -- Installing plugins via the command line -- Keeping plugins up to date -- Uninstalling third-party add-ons -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Moodle Configuration -- Collaboration -- Configuring blogs -- Supporting comments -- Managing tags -- Configuring and managing badges -- Adding badges -- Supporting the LTI consumers and producers -- Localization -- Languages, idiomas, , and اللغات -- Language packs -- Language settings -- Language customization -- Multilingual content -- Calendaric information -- Calendars -- Time zones -- Grades and gradebook settings -- Miscellaneous educational settings -- Communication -- Synchronous communication -- Instant messaging -- Video conferencing -- Asynchronous communication -- Messaging configuration -- Configuration RSS feeds -- Experimental settings -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Moodle Logging and Reporting -- Moodle's logging framework -- Events -- Event lists -- Event monitoring rules -- The log manager -- The log store -- Reports -- An overview of reporting -- Moodle's reporting facilities -- Live logs -- Error reports -- Course and user reports -- Statistics -- Statistics settings -- Statistics view -- Report generation -- Configurable reports -- The Totara report builder -- Data analysis -- Web log analyzers -- Google Analytics and Piwik -- Miscellaneous reports -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Moodle Security and Privacy -- Security - an overview -- Security notifications -- Moodle notifications -- Security report -- User security -- Access to Moodle -- Self-registration -- Guest access -- Protection of user details -- Course contacts -- Moodle passwords -- Security in roles -- Spam prevention -- Data and content security -- Content created within Moodle -- Visibility of content -- Site policy -- Antivirus -- System security -- Configuration security -- Access to dataroot…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rule 32 You have to work hard to get rich enough not to have to work hard -- Rule 33 Learn the art of deal making -- Rule 34 Learn the art of negotiating -- Rule 35 Small economies won't make you wealthy but they will make you miserable -- Rule 36 Real wealth comes from deals not fees -- Rule 37 Understand that working for others won't necessarily make you rich - but it might -- Rule 38 Don't waste time procrastinating - make money decisions quickly -- Rule 39 Work as if you didn't need the money -- Rule 40 Spend less than you earn -- Rule 41 Don't borrow money - unless you really, really have to -- Rule 42 Consider consolidating debts -- Rule 43 Cultivate a skill and it'll repay you over and over again -- Rule 44 Pay off your loans and debts as a priority -- Rule 45 Don't be too busy earning a living to make some money -- Rule 46 Save in big chunks - or should you? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Identify the Subject Drive -- Query the Subject Disk for Information -- Document Device Identification Details -- Query Disk Capabilities and Features with hdparm -- Extract SMART Data with smartctl -- Enable Access to Hidden Sectors -- Remove a DCO -- Remove an HPA -- Drive Service Area Access -- ATA Password Security and Self-Encrypting Drives -- Identify and Unlock ATA Password-Protected Disks -- Identify and Unlock Opal Self-Encrypting Drives -- Encrypted Flash Thumb Drives -- Attach Removable Media -- Optical Media Drives -- Magnetic Tape Drives -- Memory Cards -- Attach Other Storage -- Apple Target Disk Mode -- NVME SSDs -- Other Devices with Block or Character Access -- Closing Thoughts -- Chapter 6: Forensic Image Acquisition -- Acquire an Image with dd Tools -- Standard Unix dd and GNU dd -- The dcfldd and dc3dd Tools -- Acquire an Image with Forensic Formats -- The ewfacquire Tool -- AccessData ftkimager -- SquashFS Forensic Evidence Container -- Acquire an Image to Multiple Destinations -- Preserve Digital Evidence with Cryptography -- Basic Cryptographic Hashing -- Hash Windows -- Sign an Image with PGP or S/MIME -- RFC-3161 Timestamping -- Manage Drive Failure and Errors -- Forensic Tool Error Handling -- Data Recovery Tools -- SMART and Kernel Errors -- Other Options for Failed Drives -- Damaged Optical Discs -- Image Acquisition over a Network -- Remote Forensic Imaging with rdd -- Secure Remote Imaging with ssh -- Remote Acquisition to a SquashFS Evidence Container -- Acquire a Remote Disk to EnCase or FTK Format -- Live Imaging with Copy-On-Write Snapshots -- Acquire Removable Media -- Memory Cards -- Optical Discs -- Magnetic Tapes -- RAID and Multidisk Systems -- Proprietary RAID Acquisition -- JBOD and RAID-0 Striped Disks -- Microsoft Dynamic Disks -- RAID-1 Mirrored Disks -- Linux RAID-5 -- Closing Thoughts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Basis of assessment -- Employment income -- Non-taxable employment income -- Deductible expenses -- Termination payments -- The PAYE system -- Construction industry scheme -- Employee incentive schemes -- 8 Income from employment (2) -- Benefits in kind -- Living accommodation -- Cars provided for private use -- Beneficial loans -- Salary sacrifice -- 9 Income from self-employment: Computation of income -- The badges of trade -- The calculation of trading profits -- Deductibility of expenditure -- Disallowed expenditure -- Allowable expenditure -- Adjustments relating to income -- Trading income allowance -- Cash basis and simplified expenses -- 10 Income from self-employment: Basis periods -- The current year basis -- Commencement of trade -- Cessation of trade -- Change of accounting date -- Averaging of trading profits for farmers and creative artists -- Basis period reform -- 11 Income from self-employment: Capital allowances -- Eligible expenditure -- Chargeable periods -- Plant and machinery -- Capital allowances on plant and machinery -- Writing down allowance (WDA) -- Annual investment allowance (AIA) -- First year allowance (FYA) -- Balancing allowances and charges -- Non-pooled assets -- Allowances on cessation of trade -- Structures and buildings allowances -- Miscellaneous capital allowances -- 12 Income from self-employment: Trading losses -- Relief for trading losses -- Carry-forward trade loss relief -- Trade loss relief against total income -- Temporary extension of s64 relief -- Early trade losses relief -- Terminal trade loss relief -- Post-cessation trade relief -- Transfer of a business to a company -- Losses on shares in unlisted trading companies -- Limit on income tax reliefs -- 13 Income from self-employment: Partnerships -- Principles of partnership taxation -- Notional profits and losses -- Change in partnership composition…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Global tables for a geographically distributed user base -- Global tables for disaster recovery -- How it works -- Global table versions -- Operating and managing global tables -- Converting a single-region table into a global table -- Cost considerations and implications -- Understanding consistency and conflict resolution -- Cross-region consistency -- Conflict resolution -- Best practices for multi-region architectures -- Avoid introducing cross-region dependencies -- Choose the right regions -- Monitor replication lag -- Test your disaster recovery strategy and document it regularly -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 14: DynamoDB Accelerator and Caching with DynamoDB -- Basics and setting up DAX -- Reviewing DAX cluster components -- Creating a DAX cluster -- Querying a DAX cluster -- DAX and DynamoDB working together -- TTL -- Caching strategies with DAX -- Using DAX for high-volume delivery -- DAX limitations -- Other in-memory caches -- Summary -- References -- Part 5: Analytical Use Cases and Migrations -- Chapter 15: Enhanced Analytical Patterns -- Need and complexity of analytics -- Using Amazon S3 for analytics -- Complexity in analytics pipelines -- Incremental exports and real-time processing -- Diving into analytical patterns -- Building blocks -- Diving deeper into analytical use cases -- Bulk data processing -- Use case 1 - creating a new Global Secondary Index (GSI) -- Use case 2 - backfilling time to live attributes -- Options for bulk data processing -- Optimizing usage of DynamoDB and other AWS services for analytics -- Rate-limiting read and write throughput consumption…”