Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.9 Conclusion, 144 -- References, 145 -- 7 Nonstationary Stream Data Learning with Imbalanced Class Distribution 151 -- Sheng Chen and Haibo He -- 7.1 Introduction, 152 -- 7.2 Preliminaries, 154 -- 7.3 Algorithms, 157 -- 7.4 Simulation, 167 -- 7.5 Conclusion, 182 -- 7.6 Acknowledgments, 183 -- References, 184 -- 8 Assessment Metrics for Imbalanced Learning 187 -- Nathalie Japkowicz -- 8.1 Introduction, 187 -- 8.2 A Review of Evaluation Metric Families and their Applicability -- to the Class Imbalance Problem, 189 -- 8.3 Threshold Metrics: Multiple- Versus Single-Class Focus, 190 -- 8.4 Ranking Methods and Metrics: Taking Uncertainty into Consideration, 196 -- 8.5 Conclusion, 204 -- 8.6 Acknowledgments, 205 -- References, 205 -- Index 207.…”

“…In Selling in a Crisis, the world's most sought-after sales trainer Jeb Blount delivers an essential blueprint for staying motivated, keeping your pipeline full, increasing sales, retaining your customers, and advancing your career in times of uncertainty and change. In his classic, no-nonsense style, Jeb gives you 55 easy to consume tips, techniques, and tactics that are time-tested and proven to help you stay on top when everything and everyone else is down. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Editorial: Migration policy in a time of uncertainty""; ""Executive summary""; ""Main trends""; ""Investing in the labour market integration of immigrants""; ""Developing smart labour migration management systems""; ""Key figures""; ""Chapter 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Well-being in Finland is relatively high; Activity is picking up slowly but uncertainty remains high; Figure 2. Output is still well below previous peaks; Table 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Snapshot of Stall Catchers -- Contributing to Cope With Everyday Life -- Personal Connections -- Meaningful Contributions -- A Phenomenon Between Play and Science -- Mutual Supportive Science/Play Entanglements -- Out‐Of‐The‐Box Thinking -- Making a "Boring" Task Enjoyable and Keeping the Motivation Up -- Legitimizing Play -- Play/Science Frictions -- A "Balancing Act" -- Goals of Science versus Goals of Game -- Uncertainty and Unpredictability of Science versus the Rigidity of Game -- Hierarchies Between Play and Science -- "Success" Has Different Meanings for Game and Science -- Adaptations and Practices Beyond Design -- Ameliorating the Participant-Technological Performance -- Reading Data Differently and Playing Games in Games -- Exploring Boundaries -- Emerging Spaces in Play/Science Entanglements and Frictions -- 6 Intraversions: Human-Technology Relations in Flux -- Never Obsolete: Intraversions of Participant-Technology Relations in Foldit -- Foldit's Legend -- Introducing the Artificial Intelligence System AlphaFold in Foldit -- "First Use No Humans:" Intraversions of Participant-Technology Relations in Stall Catchers -- "The Machines Are Coming:" Artificial Intelligence Bots in Stall Catchers -- GAIA's Debut -- Three Bots in Stall Catchers -- Reconfigurations of Participant-Technology Relations -- Extending the Loop: Intraversions of Researcher-Technology Relations -- Getting Lost in the Brain -- Processing and Translating Data -- Machine Learning for Data Segmentation -- Automated Post‐Processing -- Data Curation: Manually Intervening and Editing -- Closing the Loop -- Reconfiguring Data, the Pipeline, and Researcher-Technology Relations -- Moving Forward in Concert -- Contingent, Imagined, and Emergent Intraversions -- 7 Building Trust in and With Human Computation -- Trust as an Analytical Concept -- Trust as a Sociomaterial Practice…”

“…Book Description Business leaders are challenged by the speed of AI innovation and how to navigate disruption and uncertainty. This book is a crucial resource for those who want to understand how to leverage AI to drive business value, drawn from the firsthand experience of those who have been implementing this technology successfully. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- "Random Walks" and Accurate Prices: The Efficient Market Hypothesis -- Unstable and Inefficient: The Theory of Reflexivity -- Consolidating Two Factors of Detection -- Chapter 2 Macroeconomic Perspectives: The Impact of Debt, Deflation, and Mispriced Money on Asset Markets -- The Magnifying Power of Leverage -- Collateral Rates and Debt Dynamics -- Hyman Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis -- Debt Deflation and Asset Prices -- Quantitative Easing -- The Austrian Business Cycle Theory -- Integrating the Macro Lenses -- Chapter 3 The Psychology Lens: Homo Economicus Meets Homo Sapiens -- The Study of Irrationality Is Born -- Heuristics Gone Wild: How Rules of Thumb Lead Us Astray -- Our Flawed Brains: Other Cognitive Issues -- The Certainty of Uncertainty -- Chapter 4 Political Foundations: Evaluating Property Rights, Price Mechanisms, and Political Distortions -- Can Anyone Own Anything? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Micronutrients -- Non-Nutritive Constituents -- Comparisons of Exposure Predictions for Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Carcinogens -- MEASURES OF CARCINOGENIC POTENCY -- Correlation Between Cancer Potency and Other Measures of Toxicity -- Interpretation of Carcinogenic Potency -- ESTIMATING HUMAN CANCER RISKS -- Risk-Estimation Methods -- Uncertainty Analysis -- Mechanistic Considerations -- Toxicologically Insignificant Exposure Levels -- Risks of Joint Exposures and Mixtures -- DIETARY CANCER RISKS -- Overall Impact of Diet on Cancer -- Impact of Dietary Constituents on Human Cancer -- Role of Calories and Fat -- Excess Calories -- Fat -- Risk Estimates Derived from Epidemiologic Studies -- Risk Estimates Derived from Toxicological Studies -- Apportionment of Dietary Cancer Risk -- Risks of Naturally Occurring Versus Synthetic Carcinogens in the Diet -- Potency of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Carcinogens -- Distribution of Potency -- Interpretation of Results -- HERP Approach -- Additional Comparisons -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- OVERALL CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6 Conclusions, Recommendations, and Future Directions -- CONCLUSIONS -- Complexity of the Diet -- Carcinogenicity and Anticarcinogenicity -- Synthetic Versus Naturally Occurring Carcinogens -- Models for Identifying Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Epidemiologic Studies and Human Exposure -- Testing -- Dietary Factors -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- Resources -- Fundamental Mechanistic Studies -- Epidemiology -- Rodent and In Vitro Assays -- Analytic Methods in Structure-Activity Analyses -- Engineering a More Optimal Diet -- CLOSING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A Selected Substances in Food Subjected to Some Degree of Carcinogenicity Testing in Anima ... -- REFERENCES -- Appendix B Agents with Potential Carcinogenic Activity and Their Occurrence in the Diet…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Learning from the Implementation of the Medical Reimbursement Act in Poland; Reimbursement Act and the Polish Health Care System; Public Policy as an Object of Choice; Public Policy as an Emergent Phenomenon; Two Perspectives on the Implementation of Medical Reimbursement Act; Choice versus Interaction; Contract and Status; Discretion; Uncertainty; Conclusions; Notes; References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.2.2 Possibility and necessity measures -- 5.2.3 Overall picture -- 5.3 Discrepancies between uncertainty theories -- 5.3.1 Objectivist vs. Subjectivist standpoints -- 5.3.2 Discrepancies in conditioning -- 5.3.3 Discrepancies in notions of independence -- 5.3.4 Discrepancies in fusion operations -- 5.4 Further reading -- Chapter 6 Game-theoretic probability -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 A law of large numbers -- 6.3 A general forecasting protocol -- 6.4 The axiom of continuity -- 6.5 Doob's argument -- 6.6 Limit theorems of probability -- 6.7 Lévy's zero-one law -- 6.8 The axiom of continuity revisited -- 6.9 Further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 7 Statistical inference -- 7.1 Background and introduction -- 7.1.1 What is statistical inference? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2.1 Building the software right -- 1.2.2 Building the right software -- 1.2.3 The knowledge constraint: Dealing with uncertainty -- 1.3 Is BDD right for your projects? -- 1.4 What you will learn in this book -- Summary -- 2 Introducing Behavior-Driven Development -- 2.1 BDD was originally designed to make teaching TDD easier -- 2.2 BDD also works well for requirements analysis -- 2.3 BDD principles and practices -- 2.3.1 Focus on features that deliver business value -- 2.3.2 Work together to specify features -- 2.3.3 Embrace uncertainty -- 2.3.4 Illustrate features with concrete examples -- 2.3.5 A Gherkin primer -- 2.3.6 Don't write automated tests -- write executable specifications -- 2.3.7 These principles also apply to unit tests -- 2.3.8 Deliver living documentation -- 2.3.9 Use living documentation to support ongoing maintenance work -- 2.4 Benefits of BDD -- 2.4.1 Reduced waste -- 2.4.2 Reduced costs -- 2.4.3 Easier and safer changes -- 2.4.4 Faster releases -- 2.5 Disadvantages and potential challenges of BDD -- 2.5.1 BDD requires high business engagement and collaboration -- 2.5.2 BDD works best in an Agile or iterative context -- 2.5.3 BDD doesn't work well in a silo -- 2.5.4 Poorly written tests can lead to higher test-maintenance costs -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.2 Features you'll find in this book and others in this series, 1.2.1 Chapter Context, 1.2.2 The Lighter Side (humour), 1.2.3 Quotations, 1.2.4 Definitions, 1.2.5 Discussions and Explanations with a Mathematical Slant for Formula-philes, 1.2.6 Discussions and Explanations without a Mathematical Slant for Formula-phobes, 1.2.7 Caveat Augur, 1.2.8 Worked Examples, 1.2.9 Useful Microsoft Excel Functions and Facilities, 1.2.10 References to Authoritative Sources, 1.2.11 Chapter Reviews, 1.3 Overview of Chapters in this Volume, 1.4 Elsewhere in the 'Working Guide to Estimating & Forecasting' Series, 1.4.1 Volume I: Principles, Process and Practice of Professional Number Juggling, 1.4.2 Volume II: Probability, Statistics and other Frightening Stuff, 1.4.3 Volume III: Best Fit Lines & Curves, and some Mathe-Magical Transformations, 1.4.4 Volume IV: Learning, Unlearning and Re-Learning Curves, 1.4.5 Volume V: Risk, Opportunity, Uncertainty and Other Random Models, 1.5 Final Thoughts and Musings on this Volume and Series, References, 2 Methods, Approaches, Techniques and Related Terms, 2.1 What is the Difference between a Method, Approach and Technique? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Developing an Estimation Strategy -- Management of Uncertainty…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 Classifications of Matter -- States of Matter -- Pure Substances -- Elements -- Compounds -- Mixtures -- 1.3 Properties of Matter -- Physical and Chemical Changes -- Separation of Mixtures -- 1.4 The Nature of Energy -- Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy -- 1.5 Units of Measurement -- SI Units -- Length and Mass -- Temperature -- Derived SI Units -- Volume -- Density -- Units of Energy -- 1.6 Uncertainty in Measurement -- Precision and Accuracy -- Significant Figures -- Significant Figures in Calculations -- 1.7 Dimensional Analysis -- Conversion Factors -- Using Two or More Conversion Factors -- Conversions Involving Volume -- Chapter Summary and Key Terms -- Learning Outcomes -- Key Equations -- Exercises -- Additional Exercises -- Chemistry Put to Work Chemistry and the Chemical Industry…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 Classifications of Matter -- States of Matter -- Pure Substances -- Elements -- Compounds -- Mixtures -- 1.3 Properties of Matter -- Physical and Chemical Changes -- Separation of Mixtures -- 1.4 The Nature of Energy -- Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy -- 1.5 Units of Measurement -- SI Units -- Length and Mass -- Temperature -- Derived SI Units -- Volume -- Density -- Units of Energy -- 1.6 Uncertainty in Measurement -- Precision and Accuracy -- Significant Figures -- Significant Figures in Calculations -- 1.7 Dimensional Analysis -- Conversion Factors -- Using Two or More Conversion Factors -- Conversions Involving Volume -- Chapter Summary and Key Terms -- Learning Outcomes -- Key Equations -- Exercises -- Additional Exercises -- Chemistry Put to Work Chemistry and the Chemical Industry…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Producing Reliable Estimates through Quantitative Uncertainty Assessment; 10. Optimism in Cost Estimation; Section IV: Function Points: Introduction; 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fuji to Investigate the Radioactive Contamination Due to TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Accident (Kazuaki YAJIMA) -- 7 Development of a Carborne Survey System, KURAMA (Minoru TANIGAKI) -- 8 Radiation Measurement in East Japan in 2011 After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (Takumi KUBOTA) -- Part 4 Environmental Radioactivity -- 9 Distribution of Plutonium Isotopes in Marine Sediments Off Japan Before and After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A Review (Jian ZHENG) -- 10 Time Trend Change of Air Dose Rate on Paved Area in Fukushima City After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Shin-ya HOHARA) -- 11 Observation of Radionuclides in Marine Biota off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture After TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Tatsuo AONO) -- Part 5 Transfer Models and/or Parameters -- 12 Evaluating Removal of Radionuclides from Landfill Leachate Using Generally Practiced Wastewater Treatment Processes (Nao ISHIKAWA) -- 13 Studies on Radiocesium Transfer in Agricultural Plants in Fukushima Prefecture (Takashi SAITO) -- Part 6 Source Estimation -- 14 Investigation of Uncertainty in the Release Rates of I 131 and Cs 137 from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Estimated from Environmental Data (Shigekazu HIRAO) -- 15 Source Term Estimation of 131I and 137Cs Discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Atmosphere (Haruyasu NAGAI) -- Part 7 Dose Assessment -- 16 NIRS's Activities for the Reconstruction of Early Internal Exposure in the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident (Osamu KURIHARA) -- 17 Internal Radiation Dose of KURRI Volunteers Working at Evacuation Shelters After TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Yuko KINASHI) -- 18 Probabilistic Assessment of Doses to the Public Living in Areas Contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident (Shogo TAKAHARA) -- 19 Reduction of External Exposure for Residents Owing to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident by Weathering and Decontamination (Hiroko YOSHIDA)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 6: Recent controversies and new challenges in structural topology optimizationPart 2: Dynamic response, vibration analysis, vibration control; Chapter 7: General conditions for instantaneous system inversion in structural dynamics; Chapter 8: Determination of aerodynamic damping of twin cables in wet conditions through passive-dynamic wind tunnel tests; Chapter 9: Frequency domain stochastic response of structural systems with uncertain parameters: Closed-form sensitivity; Chapter 10: Semi-active control of structural systems with uncertainties using an unscented Kalman filter…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Total value of natural capital""; ""Population size and per capita well-being""; ""Future generations: time horizons and discount rates""; ""Risks and uncertainties""; ""Intra-generational equity and social sustainability""; ""Sustainability at the sectoral and local levels""; ""Conclusions""; ""Box 2.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Market and policy uncertainties cloud the Outlook picture""""Russia to remain a major importer""; ""China â€?…”