Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.11 Logical Equivalences -- 1.12 Another Equivalence -- 1.13 Negation of Conditionals -- 1.14 Variations on a Theme -- 1.15 Translations -- 1.15.1 How to Handle Translations -- 1.16 Arguments -- 1.16.1 Showing an Argument as Valid -- 1.16.2 Disjunctive Addition -- 1.16.3 Conjunctive Simplification -- 1.16.4 Disjunctive Simplification -- 1.16.5 Hypothetical Syllogism -- 1.16.6 Dilemma: Proof by Division into Cases -- 1.17 Fallacies -- 1.17 .1 Converse Error -- 1.17.2 Inverse Error -- 1.18 Valid Argument with a False Conclusion -- 1.19 Contradiction Rule -- 1.20 Applications of Boolean Expressions -- 1.21 Logic Gates -- 1.21.1 AND Gates, OR Gates -- 1.21.2 Why Not Implication Gates -- 1.22 How to Construct Circuits -- 1.23 How to Derive a Boolean Expression -- 1.24 Creating a Circuit from Truth Tables -- 1.25 Adders -- 1.26 Predicate Calculus -- 1.27 Boolean Formulas -- 1.28 Understanding Quantifiers -- 1.29 Negation of Quantifiers -- 1.30 Vacuously True Statements -- 1.31 Normal Forms in Propositional Logic -- 1.32 Normal Forms in Predicate Logic -- 1.33 The Resolution Principle -- 1.34 Parenthesized Infix Notation and Polish Notation -- Chapter 2: Set Theory -- 2.1 Definitions -- 2.2 Set Specification -- 2.2.1 Explicit -- 2.2.2 By Properties -- 2.2.3 Grammar -- 2.3 Set Operations -- 2.3.1 Definitions -- 2.3.2 Properties -- 2.4 Characteristic Function -- 2.4.1 Properties of Characteristic Function -- 2.4.2 Computer Representation of Sets and Subsets -- 2.5 Fuzzy Set Theory -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.6 Basic Notions of Fuzzy Set -- 2.6.1 The Concept of Fuzzy Subset -- 2.6.2 The Algebra of Fuzzy Subsets -- 2.6.3 Other Important Notions -- 2.6.4 Fuzzy Relations -- Chapter 3: Relations -- 3.1 Operations on Relations -- 3.1.1 Set Operations -- 3.1.2 Inverse -- 3.1.3 Composition -- 3.1.4 Closure -- 3.2 Computing the Transitive Closure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface xiii Table of Engineering Applications xvii Part 1 Introduction 1 Mathematica Environment and Basic Syntax 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Selecting Notebook Characteristics 4 1.3 Notebook Cells 8 1.4 Delimiters 12 1.5 Basic Syntax 12 1.5.1 Introduction 12 1.5.2 Templates: Greek Symbols and Mathematical Notation 15 1.5.3 Variable Names and Global Variables 18 1.6 Mathematical Constants 19 1.7 Complex Numbers 21 1.8 Elementary, Trigonometric, Hyperbolic, and a Few Special Functions 22 1.9 Strings 25 1.9.1 String Creation: StringJoin[] and ToString[] 25 1.9.2 Labeled Output: Print[], NumberForm[], EngineeringForm[], and TraditionalForm[] 26 1.10 Conversions, Relational Operators, and Transformation Rule 28 1.11 Engineering Units and Unit Conversions: Quantity[] and UnitConvert[] 30 1.12 Creation of CDF Documents and Documents in Other Formats 33 1.13 Functions Introduced in Chapter 1 34 Exercises 35 2 List Creation and Manipulation: Vectors and Matrices 39 2.1 Introduction 39 2.2 Creating Lists and Vectors 39 2.2.1 Introduction 39 2.2.2 Creating a List with Table[] 45 2.2.3 Summing Elements of a List: Total[] 46 2.2.4 Selecting Elements of a List 47 2.2.5 Identifying List Elements Matching a Pattern: Position[] 49 2.3 Creating Matrices 51 2.3.1 Introduction 51 2.3.2 Matrix Generation Using Table[] 54 2.3.3 Accessing Elements of Arrays 55 2.4 Matrix Operations on Vectors and Arrays 56 2.4.1 Introduction 56 2.4.2 Matrix Inverse and Determinant: Inverse[] and Det[] 57 2.5 Solution of a Linear System of Equations: LinearSolve[] 58 2.6 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors: EigenSystem[] 59 2.7 Functions Introduced in Chapter 2 61 References 61 Exercises 61 3 User-Created Functions, Repetitive Operations, and Conditionals 69 3.1 Introduction 69 3.2 Expressions and Procedures as Functions 69 3.2.1 Introduction 69 3.2.2 Pure Function: Function[] 74 3.2.3 Module[] 78 3.3 Find Elements of a List that Meet a Criterion: Select[] 80 3.4 Conditionals 82 3.4.1 If[] 82 3.4.2 Which[] 83 3.5 Repetitive Operations 83 3.5.1 Do[] 83 3.5.2 While[] 83 3.5.3 Nest[] 84 3.5.4 Map[] 84 3.6 Examples of Repetitive Operations and Conditionals 85 3.7 Functions Introduced in Chapter 3 92 Exercises 92 4 Symbolic Operations 95 4.1 Introduction 95 4.2 Assumption Options 101 4.3 Solutions of Equations: Solve[] 101 4.4 Limits: Limit[] 105 4.5 Power Series: Series[], Coefficient[], and CoefficientList[] 108 4.6 Optimization: Maximize[]/Minimize[] 112 4.7 Differentiation: D[] 114 4.8 Integration: Integrate[] 120 4.9 Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations: DSolve[] 126 4.10 Solutions of Partial Differential Equations: DSolve[] 136 4.11 Laplace Transform: LaplaceTransform[] and InverseLaplaceTransform[] 138 4.12 Functions Introduced in Chapter 4 145 References 145 Exercises 146 5 Numerical Evaluations of Equations 151 5.1 Introduction 151 5.2 Numerical Integration: NIntegrate[] 151 5.3 Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations: NDSolveValue[] and ParametricNDSolveValue[] 154 5.4 Numerical Solutions of Equations: NSolve[] 178 5.5 Roots of Transcendental Equations: FindRoot[] 180 5.6 Minimum and Maximum: FindMinimum[] and FindMaximum[] 182 5.7 Fitting of Data: Interpolation[] and FindFit[] 186 5.8 Discrete Fourier Transforms and Correlation: Fourier[], InverseFourier[], and ListCorrelate[] 189 5.9 Functions Introduced in Chapter 5 194 References 195 Exercises 196 6 Graphics 209 6.1 Introduction 209 6.2 2D Graphics 209 6.2.1 Basic Plotting 209 6.2.2 Basic Graph Enhancements 213 6.2.3 Common 2D Shapes: Graphics[] 217 6.2.4 Additional Graph Enhancements 222 6.2.5 Combining Figures: Show[] and GraphicsGrid[] 238 6.2.6 Tooltip[] 241 6.2.7 Exporting Graphics 244 6.3 3D Graphics 244 6.4 Summary of Functions Introduced in Chapter 6 253 References 254 Exercises 254 7 Interactive Graphics 263 7.1 Interactive Graphics: Manipulate[] 263 References 287 Exercises 287 Part 2 Engineering Applications 8 Vibrations of Spring Mass Systems and Thin Beams 293 8.1 Introduction 293 8.2 Single Degree-of-Freedom Systems 294 8.2.1 Periodic Force on a Single Degree-of-Freedom System 294 8.2.2 Squeeze Film Damping and Viscous Fluid Damping 298 8.2.3 Electrostatic Attraction 302 8.2.4 Single Degree-of-Freedom System Energy Harvester 304 8.3 Two Degrees-of-Freedom Systems 307 8.3.1 Governing Equations 307 8.3.2 Response to Harmonic Excitation: Amplitude Response Functions 307 8.3.3 Enhanced Energy Harvester 310 8.4 Thin Beams 315 8.4.1 Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of a Cantilever Beam with In-Span Attachments 315 8.4.2 Effects of Electrostatic Force on the Natural Frequency and Stability of a Beam 318 8.4.3 Response of a Cantilever Beam with an In-Span Attachment to an Impulse Force 323 References 326 9 Statistics 327 9.1 Descriptive Statistics 327 9.1.1 Introduction 327 9.1.2 Location Statistics: Mean[], StandardDeviation[], and Quartile[] 327 9.1.3 Continuous Distribution Functions: PDF[] and CDF[] 329 9.1.4 Histograms and Probability Plots: Histogram[] and ProbabilityScalePlot [] 331 9.1.5 Whisker Plot: BoxWhiskerChart[] 332 9.1.6 Creating Data with Specified Distributions: RandomVariate[] 334 9.2 Probability of Continuous Random Variables 334 9.2.1 Probability for Different Distributions: NProbability[] 334 9.2.2 Inverse Cumulative Distribution Function: InverseCDF[] 337 9.2.3 Distribution Parameter Estimation: EstimatedDistribution[] and FindDistributionParameters[] 337 9.2.4 Confidence Intervals: CI[] 340 9.2.5 Hypothesis Testing: LocationTest[] and VarianceTest[] 342 9.3 Regression Analysis: LinearModelFit[] 343 9.3.1 Simple Linear Regression 343 9.3.2 Multiple Linear Regression 347 9.4 Nonlinear Regression Analysis: NonLinearModelFit[] 351 9.5 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Factorial Designs: ANOVA[] 354 9.6 Functions Introduced in Chapter 9 358 10 Control Systems and Signal Processing 359 10.1 Introduction 359 10.2 Model Generation: State-Space and Transfer Function Representation 359 10.2.1 Introduction 359 10.2.2 State-Space Models: StateSpaceModel[] 360 10.2.3 Transfer Function Models: TransferFunctionModel[] 362 10.3 Model Connections Closed-Loop Systems and System Response: SystemsModelFeedbackConnect[] and SystemsModelSeriesConnect[] 363 10.4 Design Methods 369 10.4.1 Root Locus: RootLocusPlot[] 369 10.4.2 Bode Plot: BodePlot[] 371 10.4.3 Nichols Plot: NicholsPlot[] 372 10.5 Signal Processing 374 10.5.1 Filter Models: ButterworthFilterModel[], EllipticFilterModel[], ... 374 10.5.2 Windows: HammingWindow[], HannWindow[], ... 381 10.5.3 Spectrum Averaging 385 10.6 Aliasing 388 10.7 Functions Introduced in Chapter 10 390 Reference 391 11 Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics 393 11.1 Introduction 393 11.2 Conduction Heat Transfer 394 11.2.1 One-Dimensional Transient Heat Diffusion in Solids 394 11.2.2 Heat Transfer in Concentric Spheres: Ablation of a Tumor 398 11.2.3 Heat Flow Through Fins 401 11.3 Natural Convection Along Heated Plates 405 11.4 View Factor Between Two Parallel Rectangular Surfaces 408 11.5 Internal Viscous Flow 411 11.5.1 Laminar Flow in Horizontal Cylindrical Pipes 411 11.5.2 Flow in Three Reservoirs 412 11.6 External Flow 416 11.6.1 Pressure Coefficient of a Joukowski Airfoil 416 11.6.2 Surface Profile in Nonuniform Flow in Open Channels 419 References 423 Index 425.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….); 3.4.2 EL CONTROLADOR DE MEMORIA; 3.4.3 FORMATO FÍSICO DE LOS MÓDULOS; 3.4.4 MEMORIA EN CUANTO A SU TECNOLOGÍA; 3.5 TARJETAS GRÁFICAS; 3.5.1 CARACTERÍSTICAS PRINCIPALES; 3.5.2 CONVERSIÓN DIGITAL/ANALÓGICA; 3.5.3 VÍDEO DIGITAL; 3.5.4 PUERTOS PARA VÍDEO: AGP Y PCI EXPRESS; 3.6 LAS TARJETAS DE SONIDO…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NÚMERO DE ERRORES POR UNIDAD DE TIEMPO -- NÚMERO DE TAREAS QUE PUEDEN REALIZARSE -- PORCENTAJE DE ENLACES ROTOS -- PORCENTAJE DE PRESENCIA DE PROPIEDADES EN LOS OBJETOS O ELEMENTOS -- PORCENTAJE DE TAREAS FINALIZADAS CON ÉXITO -- PORCENTAJE DE TAREAS FINALIZADAS CON ÉXITO AL PRIMER INTENTO -- PORCENTAJE DE USUARIOS CAPACES DE FINALIZAR LAS TAREAS CLAVE SIN AYUDA -- TIEMPO DE PERMANENCIA -- TIEMPO DE FINALIZACIÓN DE LA TAREA -- TIEMPO DE LATENCIA -- MÉTRICAS CUALITATIVAS -- DIFICULTAD DE LA TAREA -- EXPECTATIVAS -- FACILIDAD DE MANTENIMIENTO -- NIVEL DE SATISFACCIÓN DE LA PRUEBA -- TIEMPO DE REACCIÓN DEL USUARIO -- OTRAS MÉTRICAS DE INTERÉS -- CLICK THROUGH RATE (CTR) -- PÁGINAS VISTAS / CLICS -- TASA DE CONVERSIÓN -- TASA DE REBOTE -- TICKET MEDIO -- 6- MÉTODOS DE EVALUACIÓN -- EVALUACIÓN HEURÍSTICA -- TEST HEURÍSTICO -- EJEMPLO DE CUESTIONARIO DE EVALUACIÓN HEURÍSTICA -- WALKTHROUGHS (RECORRIDO COGNITIVO) -- ANÁLISIS DE ACCIONES -- INSPECCIÓN DE CARACTERÍSTICAS -- INSPECCIÓN DE ESTÁNDARES -- FOCUS GROUP (GRUPOS DE DISCUSIÓN) -- ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH (INVESTIGACIÓN ETNOGRÁFICA) -- LOGGING (GRABACIÓN DEL USO) -- ANALÍTICA DE FORMULARIOS -- SURVEYS (CUESTIONARIOS) -- ENTREVISTAS -- THINKING ALOUD (PENSANDO EN VOZ ALTA) -- CARD SORTING (CLASIFICACIÓN DE TARJETAS) -- USABILITY TESTING (PRUEBAS DE USABILIDAD) -- ¿CUÁNDO SE DEBE APLICAR UN TEST DE USABILIDAD? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting started with CQL -- Creating a keyspace -- Single data center example -- Multi-data center example -- Creating a table -- Simple table example -- Clustering key example -- Composite partition key example -- Table options -- Data types -- Type conversion -- The primary key -- Designing a primary key -- Selecting a good partition key -- Selecting a good clustering key -- Querying data -- The IN operator -- Writing data -- Inserting data -- Updating data -- Deleting data -- Lightweight transactions -- Executing a BATCH statement -- The expiring cell -- Altering a keyspace -- Dropping a keyspace -- Altering a table -- Truncating a table -- Dropping a table -- Truncate versus drop -- Creating an index -- Caution with implementing secondary indexes -- Dropping an index -- Creating a custom data type -- Altering a custom type -- Dropping a custom type -- User management -- Creating a user and role -- Altering a user and role -- Dropping a user and role -- Granting permissions -- Revoking permissions -- Other CQL commands -- COUNT -- DISTINCT -- LIMIT -- STATIC -- User-defined functions -- cqlsh commands -- CONSISTENCY -- COPY -- DESCRIBE -- TRACING -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Configuring a Cluster -- Evaluating instance requirements -- RAM -- CPU -- Disk -- Solid state drives -- Cloud storage offerings -- SAN and NAS -- Network -- Public cloud networks -- Firewall considerations -- Strategy for many small instances versus few large instances -- Operating system optimizations -- Disable swap -- XFS -- Limits -- limits.conf -- sysctl.conf -- Time synchronization -- Configuring the JVM -- Garbage collection -- CMS -- G1GC -- Garbage collection with Cassandra -- Installation of JVM -- JCE -- Configuring Cassandra -- cassandra.yaml -- cassandra-env.sh -- cassandra-rackdc.properties -- dc -- rack -- dc_suffix -- prefer_local -- cassandra-topology.properties…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Superficies consacrées à l'agriculture biologique et en phase de conversion dans l'Union européenne (1985-2001) -- Figure 2.1.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Real-life applications for labeling audio data -- Audio data fundamentals -- Hands-on with analyzing audio data -- Example code for loading and analyzing sample audio file -- Best practices for audio format conversion -- Example code for audio data cleaning -- Extracting properties from audio data -- Tempo -- Chroma features -- Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs) -- Zero-crossing rate -- Spectral contrast -- Considerations for extracting properties -- Visualizing audio data with matplotlib and Librosa -- Waveform visualization -- Loudness visualization -- Spectrogram visualization -- Mel spectrogram visualization -- Considerations for visualizations -- Ethical implications of audio data -- Recent advances in audio data analysis -- Troubleshooting common issues during data analysis -- Troubleshooting common installation issues for audio libraries -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Labeling Audio Data -- Technical requirements -- Downloading FFmpeg -- Azure Machine Learning -- Real-time voice classification with Random Forest -- Transcribing audio using the OpenAI Whisper model -- Step 1 - importing the Whisper model -- Step 2 - loading the base Whisper model -- Step 3 - setting up FFmpeg -- Step 4 - transcribing the YouTube audio using the Whisper model -- Classifying a transcription using Hugging Face transformers -- Hands-on - labeling audio data using a CNN -- Exploring audio data augmentation -- Introducing Azure Cognitive Services - the speech service -- Creating an Azure Speech service -- Speech to text -- Speech translation -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Hands-On Exploring Data Labeling Tools -- Technical requirements -- Azure Machine Learning data labeling -- Label Studio -- pyOpenAnnotate -- Data labeling using Azure Machine Learning -- Benefits of data labeling with Azure Machine Learning -- Data labeling steps using Azure Machine Learning…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Power of UDA for E-mail Response and Ad Optimization -- How to Drive More Conversion and Engagement with UDA Applied to Content -- How UDA Applied to Customer Retention (Churn) Works -- What Is UDA Applied to Customer Acquisition? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Form validation and parameter type conversion -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating request- and session-scoped beans -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Implementing page redirection and Flash-scoped beans -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating database connection pooling -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Implementing the DAO layer using the Spring JDBC Framework -- Getting Started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a service layer in an MVC application -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Chapter 4: Securing Spring MVC Applications -- Configuring Spring Security 4.2.2 -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Mapping sessions to channels and ports -- Getting started -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Customizing the authentication process -- Getting started…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Default Image Settings -- Camera Raw cache -- DNG file handling -- JPEG and TIFF handling -- Performance: Accelerated graphics (GPU) -- Graphics card compatibility -- Scrubby zoom -- Camera Raw cropping and straightening -- How to straighten and crop -- Basic panel controls -- White balance -- Using the White balance tool -- Localized white balance measurements -- Independent auto white balance adjustments -- Process Versions -- The Version 4 tone adjustment controls -- Exposure -- Contrast -- Highlights and Shadows -- Whites and Blacks -- Auto-calculated Blacks range -- Highlight clipping -- When to clip the highlights -- How to clip the shadows -- Shadow levels after a conversion -- Digital exposure -- The camera LCD histogram -- How Camera Raw interprets the raw data -- Basic panel image adjustment procedure -- Auto tone corrections -- Auto Whites and Blacks sliders -- Camera-specific default settings -- Clarity -- Negative clarity -- Correcting a high contrast image -- Vibrance and Saturation -- Tone Curve panel -- Point Curve editor mode -- RGB Curves -- HSL/Grayscale panel -- Recovering out-of-gamut colors -- Adjusting the hue and saturation -- Lens Corrections panel: Profile tab -- Accessing and creating custom lens profiles -- Chromatic aberration -- Lens Corrections panel: Manual tab -- The Defringe controls in use -- Eyedropper tool mode -- How to remove axial chromatic aberration -- Localized adjustments: Defringe slider -- Transform tool and Upright corrections -- Synchronizing Upright settings -- Guided Upright adjustments -- Lens Vignetting controls -- Effects panel -- Post Crop Vignetting control -- Post Crop Vignette style options -- Highlights slider -- Adding Grain effects -- Dehaze slider -- Localized Dehaze adjustments -- Calibration panel -- Camera profiles -- Camera Raw legacy profiles -- Custom camera profile calibrations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…13.2 Measuring Application Performance -- 13.3 Configuring for Multiple Page Sizes -- PART FIVE: File Systems -- Chapter 14 File System Framework -- 14.1 File System Framework -- 14.2 Process-Level File Abstractions -- 14.3 Solaris File System Framework -- 14.4 File System Modules -- 14.5 The Virtual File System (vfs) Interface -- 14.6 The Vnode -- 14.7 File System I/O -- 14.8 File Systems and Memory Allocation -- 14.9 Path-Name Management -- 14.10 The Directory Name Lookup Cache -- 14.11 The File System Flush Daemon -- 14.12 File System Conversion to Solaris 10 -- 14.13 MDB Reference -- Chapter 15 The UFS File System -- 15.1 UFS Development History -- 15.2 UFS On-Disk Format -- 15.3 The UFS Inode -- 15.4 Access Control in UFS -- 15.5 Extended Attributes in UFS -- 15.6 Locking in UFS -- 15.7 Logging -- 15.8 MDB Reference -- PART SIX: Platform Specifics -- Chapter 16 Support for NUMA and CMT Hardware -- 16.1 Memory Hierarchy Designs -- 16.2 Memory Placement Optimization Framework -- 16.3 Initial Thread Placement -- 16.4 Scheduling -- 16.5 Memory Allocation -- 16.6 Lgroup Implementation -- 16.7 MPO APIs -- 16.8 Locality Group Hierarchy -- 16.9 MPO Statistics -- 16.10 MDB Reference -- Chapter 17 Locking and Synchronization -- 17.1 Synchronization -- 17.2 Parallel Systems Architectures -- 17.3 Hardware Considerations for Locks and Synchronization -- 17.4 Introduction to Synchronization Objects -- 17.5 Mutex Locks -- 17.6 Reader/Writer Locks -- 17.7 Turnstiles and Priority Inheritance -- 17.8 Kernel Semaphores -- 17.9 DTrace Lockstat Provider -- PART SEVEN: Networking -- Chapter 18 The Solaris Network Stack -- 18.1 STREAMS and the Network Stack -- 18.2 Solaris 10 Stack: Design Goals -- 18.3 Solaris 10 Network Stack Framework -- 18.4 TCP as an Implementation of the New Framework -- 18.5 UDP -- 18.6 Synchronous STREAMS -- 18.7 IP…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.1.1 A Convolutional Neural Network -- 6.1.2 CNN's Operation -- 6.1.3 Recurrent Neural Network -- 6.1.4 Text-to-Speech Conversion -- 6.1.5 Long Short-Term Memory Network -- 6.2 Literature Survey -- 6.3 Smart Stick for Blind People -- 6.3.1 Hardware Requirements -- 6.4 System Development Requirements -- 6.4.1 Captioning of Images -- 6.4.2 YOLO (You Only Look Once) Model -- 6.5 Features of the Proposed Smart Stick -- 6.6 Code -- 6.7 Results -- 6.8 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Accessibility in Disability: Revolutionizing Mobile Technology -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Existing Accessibility Features for Mobile App and Devices -- 7.2.1 Basic Accessibility Features and Services for Visually Impaired -- 7.2.2 Basic Accessibility Features and Services for Deaf -- 7.2.3 Basic Accessibility Features and Services for Cognitive Disabilities -- 7.2.4 Basic Accessibility Features and Services for Physically Disabled -- 7.3 Services Offered by Wireless Service Provider -- 7.3.1 Digital Libraries for Visual -- 7.3.2 GPS -- 7.3.3 Relay Services -- 7.3.4 Living With Independent -- 7.3.5 Emergency Phone Services -- 7.3.6 Customer Service -- 7.4 Mobile Apps for People With Disabilities -- 7.5 Technology Giants Providing Services -- 7.5.1 Japan: NTT DoCoMo -- 7.6 Challenges and Opportunities for Technology Giants to Provide Product &amp -- Service -- 7.6.1 Higher Illiteracy Rate -- 7.6.2 Reach out to Customers With Disabilities -- 7.6.3 Higher Cost of Mobile Phones With Accessibility Features -- 7.6.4 Increasing Percentage of Disability -- 7.6.5 Unavailability of Assistive Technology in Regional Languages -- 7.6.6 Lack of Knowledge Concerning Assistive Solutions -- 7.7 Good Practices for Spreading Awareness -- 7.8 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Smart Solar Power-Assisted Wheelchairs For the Handicapped -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Power Source…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Warps in Illustrator -- Illustrator Warps and Distorts -- Resources -- System Requirements -- Set Up the Workspace and Review the Main Panels and Tools -- Illustrator Panels -- Toolbars -- Control -- Color -- Color Guide -- Swatches -- Brushes -- Symbols -- Stroke -- Gradients -- Transparency -- Appearance -- Graphic Styles -- Layers -- Asset Export -- Artboards -- Comments -- Properties -- Libraries -- Adding Rulers -- Menus -- Saving Your File -- Saving Duplicates of Your File -- Color Conversion from CMYK to RGB for Consistency -- New History Panel -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Pen and Shape Tools Review -- Pen Tools and Curvature Tool -- Pen Tool (P) Review -- Join Points on an Open Path -- Add Anchor Point Tool (+) Review -- Delete Anchor Point Tool (-) Review -- Anchor Point Tool (Shift +C) Review -- Curvature Tool (Shift +~) Review -- Swapping Fill and Stroke Colors with the Pen Tool -- Selection, Direct Selection, and Group Selection Tools -- Selection Tool (V) -- Control Panel Options for Paths -- Direct Selection Tool (A) -- Control Panel Options for Anchor Points -- Group Selection Tool -- Adjusting Scale of Paths -- Additional Properties Panel and Transform Panel Options -- Shape Tools (Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, etc.) -- Rectangle Tool (M) -- Control Panel Options -- Rounded Rectangle Tool -- Control Panel Options -- Ellipse Tool (L) -- Control Panel Options -- Polygon Tool -- Control Panel Options -- Star Tool -- Control Panel Options -- Flare Tool -- Lens Flare Properties -- Line Segment Tool (\) -- Control Panel Options -- Arc Tool -- Control Panel Options -- Spiral Tool -- Control Panel Options -- Rectangular Grid Tool -- Control Panel Options -- Polar Grid Tool…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9 Managing Linux Processes -- Understanding Linux Processes -- Types of Linux Programs -- User Processes Versus System Processes -- How Linux Processes Are Loaded -- Managing Processes -- Starting System Processes -- Viewing Running Processes -- Prioritizing Processes -- Managing Foreground and Background Processes -- Ending a Running Process -- Keeping a Process Running After Logout -- Exercise 9-1: Working with Linux Processes -- Scheduling Jobs -- Using the at Daemon -- Using the cron Daemon -- Exercise 9-2: Scheduling Linux Processes -- Using systemd timers -- Chapter Review -- Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 10 Managing Linux Applications -- Using a Package Manager to Install Applications -- Installing Applications on Red Hat with RPM -- RPM Package Naming Conventions -- RPM Command Options -- RPM Application Installation -- RPM Application Upgrades -- RPM Application Removal -- RPM Application Verification -- RPM Database Querying -- RPM Conversion to CPIO -- Exercise 10-1: Practicing Package Manipulation with RPM -- Installing RPMs with YUM, DNF, and ZYpp -- The YUM Package Manager -- Exercise 10-2: Practicing Package Manipulation with YUM -- The DNF Package Manager -- The ZYpp Package Manager -- Installing Applications on Debian with dpkg -- Debian Package Naming Conventions -- Managing Applications with dpkg -- Viewing Application Information with apt-cache -- Installing Applications on Debian with APT -- Troubleshooting an Application Crash -- Using Universal Linux App Stores -- Snap Fundamentals -- Flatpak Fundamentals -- AppImage Fundamentals -- Installing Applications from Source Code -- Preparing the Installation Files -- Compiling the Executable -- Installing the Executable -- Exercise 10-3: Building Software from Source Code -- Uninstalling Software Compiled from Source Code -- Managing Shared Libraries…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.4.2 Innovation Design Feasibility -- 11.4.3 Innovation Design Stages -- 11.4.4 Innovation Compatibility -- 11.4.5 Administrative Compatibility -- 11.4.6 Technical Compatibility -- 11.4.7 Workforce Integration Strategies -- 11.4.8 Hybridization of Innovation Cultures -- 11.5 Innovation Quality Interfaces -- 11.5.1 Innovation Accountability -- 11.5.2 Design of Quality -- 11.5.3 Evaluation of Innovation Quality -- 11.5.4 Justification of Innovation -- 11.5.5 Earned Value Technique for Innovation -- 11.5.6 Integration of Innovation -- 11.6 Badiru's Umbrella Model for Innovation Management -- 11.6.1 Umbrella Theory for Innovation -- 11.7 Innovation Readiness Measure -- References -- Chapter 12 Learning Curves in Research Management -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Badiru's Half-Life Theory of Learning Curves -- 12.3 Human-Technology Performance Degradation -- 12.4 Half-Life Derivations -- 12.4.1 Half-life of the Log-Linear Model -- 12.5 Half-Life Computational Examples -- 12.6 Half-Life of Decline Curves -- 12.7 Research Learning Perspective -- References -- Appendix A: Research-oriented Academies of the World -- Appendix B: Conversion Factors for Research Management -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Functional dependencies -- Keys -- Being Aware of the Danger of Anomalies -- Eliminating anomalies -- Examining the higher normal forms -- The Database Integrity versus Performance Tradeoff -- Chapter 3 Balancing Performance and Correctness -- Designing a Sample Database -- The ER model for Honest Abe's -- Converting an ER model into a relational model -- Normalizing a relational model -- Handling binary relationships -- A sample conversion -- Maintaining Integrity -- Entity integrity -- Domain integrity -- Referential integrity -- Avoiding Data Corruption -- Speeding Data Retrievals -- Hierarchical storage -- Full table scans -- Working with Indexes -- Creating the right indexes -- Indexes and the ANSI/ISO standard -- Index costs -- Query type dictates the best index -- Point query -- Multipoint query -- Range query -- Prefix match query -- Extremal query -- Ordering query -- Grouping query -- Equi-join query -- Data structures used for indexes -- Indexes, sparse and dense -- Index clustering -- Composite indexes -- Index effect on join performance -- Table size as an indexing consideration -- Indexes versus full table scans -- Reading SQL Server Execution Plans -- Robust execution plans -- A sample database -- A typical query -- The execution plan -- Chapter 4 Creating a Database with SQL -- First Things First: Planning Your Database -- Building Tables -- Locating table rows with keys -- Using the CREATE TABLE statement -- Setting Constraints -- Column constraints -- Table constraints -- Keys and Indexes -- Ensuring Data Validity with Domains -- Establishing Relationships between Tables -- Altering Table Structure -- Deleting Tables -- Book 3 Writing SQL Queries -- Chapter 1 Values, Variables, Functions, and Expressions -- Entering Data Values -- Row values have multiple parts -- Identifying values in a column -- Literal values don't change…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Methods That Return a Boolean Value -- The Methods equals and toString -- Recursive Methods -- TIP: Testing Methods -- 4.2 INFORMATION HIDING AND ENCAPSULATION -- public and private Modifiers -- Example: Yet Another Date Class -- Accessor and Mutator Methods -- TIP: A Class Has Access to Private Members of All Objects of the Class -- TIP: Mutator Methods Can Return a Boolean Value -- Preconditions and Postconditions -- 4.3 OVERLOADING -- Rules for Overloading -- PITFALL: Overloading and Automatic Type Conversion -- PITFALL: You Cannot Overload Based on the Type Returned -- 4.4 CONSTRUCTORS -- Constructor Definitions -- TIP: You Can Invoke Another Method in a Constructor -- TIP: A Constructor Has a this Parameter -- TIP: Include a No-Argument Constructor -- Example: The Final Date Class -- Default Variable Initializations -- An Alternative Way to Initialize Instance Variables -- Example: A Pet Record Class -- The StringTokenizer Class -- Chapter Summary -- Answers to Self-Test Exercises -- Programming Projects -- Chapter 5 Defining Classes II -- 5.1 STATIC METHODS AND STATIC VARIABLES -- Static Methods -- PITFALL: Invoking a Nonstatic Method Within a Static Method -- TIP: You Can Put a main in Any Class -- Static Variables -- The Math Class -- Wrapper Classes -- Automatic Boxing and Unboxing -- Static Methods in Wrapper Classes -- PITFALL: A Wrapper Class Does Not Have a No-Argument Constructor -- 5.2 REFERENCES AND CLASS PARAMETERS -- Variables and Memory -- References -- Class Parameters -- PITFALL: Use of = and == with Variables of a Class Type -- The Constant null -- PITFALL: Null Pointer Exception -- The new Operator and Anonymous Objects -- Example: Another Approach to Keyboard Input -- TIP: Use Static Imports -- 5.3 USING AND MISUSING REFERENCES -- Example: A Person Class -- PITFALL: null Can Be an Argument to a Method -- Copy Constructors…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Extracting MFCCs from audio samples with TensorFlow -- Getting ready -- Applying the Hann window -- Leveraging RFFT -- Calculating the FFT magnitude -- The Mel scale conversion -- Computing the DCT coefficients -- Evaluating the SRAM usage to run MFCCs -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: Recognizing Music Genres with TensorFlow and the Raspberry Pi Pico - Part 2 -- Technical requirements -- Computing the FFT magnitude with fixed-point arithmetic using the CMSIS-DSP library -- Getting ready -- Evaluating the hardware capabilities of the Raspberry Pi Pico -- Using the CMSIS-DSP Python library -- Representing numbers in 16-bit fixed-point format -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Implementing the MFCCs feature extraction with the CMSIS-DSP library -- Getting ready -- Extracting the DCT coefficients -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Designing and training an LSTM RNN model -- Getting ready -- Time series analysis with RNNs -- Designing a many-to-one RNN for music genre classification -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Evaluating the accuracy of the quantized model on the test dataset -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Deploying the MFCCs feature extraction algorithm on the Raspberry Pi Pico -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more...with the SparkFun Artemis Nano! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Versatility for web services and integrations -- REST in Power Pages -- Agile user story - Xero with Power Pages integration -- Design for the Xero API integration process -- Researching the API and Postman -- Implementation of Xero API integration -- POST process and designing batch submission in a Power Automate flow -- The Power Automate child flow to post invoices -- Adding a Power Pages triggered Power Automate cloud flow -- Authentication button and login page -- Code for the login button -- XeroResponse page -- Web template -- Liquid -- JavaScript -- Xero response web page content -- Custom column -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Creating a PDF File from Dataverse -- Agile user story - create invoice PDF -- Design of the invoice PDF generation process -- Design choices -- Office Word template -- Power Automate cloud flow -- Conversion step with OneDrive -- HTML layout and styling -- Visual flow -- Implementation of the invoice PDF process -- Dataverse table implementation -- Word template -- Power Automate cloud flow -- Injecting HTML into a basic form web page -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Modal Windows -- Basic form filtered lookup -- Agile user story 1 - filtering placement rates in Timesheet Costs form -- Design Filtered Lookup on basic form modal window -- Implementing the filtered lookup on a basic form modal window -- Liquid code in the Timesheet's web template -- JavaScript code in the Timesheet web template -- JavaScript code in the Timesheet Costs JavaScript section -- A custom modal window for External Data API -- Agile user story 2 - a custom modal window for External Data API -- Implementing a custom modal window for External Data API -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Enhancing Development with ChatGPT…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…COOPDESARROLLO, UNA HISTORIA DE 46 AÑOS -- 3.1 Etapa I: origen, desarrollo y crecimiento de la central cooperativa COOPDESARROLLO como organismo de segundo grado de carácter financiero -- 3.1.1 Origen de COOPDESARROLLO -- 3.1.2 Entorno macroeconómico -- 3.1.3 Hechos que enmarcan la creación de COOPDESARROLLO -- 3.1.4 COOPDESARROLLO y sus pares -- 3.1.5 Hechos determinantes en el crecimiento de COOPDESARROLLO -- 3.1.6 Crecimiento de COOPDESARROLLO hasta 1990 -- 3.1.7 COOPDESARROLLO, entidad que crece en la primera mitad de los noventa -- 3.1.8 Algunas reflexiones finales de esta etapa -- 3.2 Etapa II: COOPDESARROLLO Banco -- 3.2.1 Proceso de conversión en banco…”