Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The testing pyramid -- Non-functional testing -- Regression testing -- Root cause analysis -- The groundwork for further improvement -- Introducing testing frameworks -- GTest examples -- Catch2 examples -- CppUnit examples -- Doctest examples -- Testing compile-time code -- Understanding mocks and fakes -- Different test doubles -- Other uses for test doubles -- Writing test doubles -- GoogleMock example -- Trompeloeil example -- Test-driven class design -- When tests and class design clash -- Defensive programming -- The boring refrain - write your tests first -- Automating tests for continuous integration/continuous deployment -- Testing the infrastructure -- Testing with Serverspec -- Testing with Testinfra -- Testing with Goss -- Summary -- Questions -- Further reading -- Chapter 9: Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment -- Technical requirements -- Understanding CI -- Release early, release often -- Merits of CI -- Gating mechanism -- Implementing the pipeline with GitLab -- Reviewing code changes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Packt Upsell -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Blockchain 101 -- The growth of blockchain technology -- Distributed systems -- The history of blockchain and Bitcoin -- Electronic cash -- Blockchain -- Blockchain defined -- Peer-to-peer -- Distributed ledger -- Cryptographically-secure -- Append-only -- Updateable via consensus -- Generic elements of a blockchain -- How blockchain works -- How blockchain accumulates blocks -- Benefits and limitations of blockchain -- Tiers of blockchain technology -- Features of a blockchain -- Types of blockchain -- Distributed ledgers -- Distributed Ledger Technology -- Public blockchains -- Private blockchains -- Semiprivate blockchains -- Sidechains -- Permissioned ledger -- Shared ledger -- Fully private and proprietary blockchains -- Tokenized blockchains -- Tokenless blockchains -- Consensus -- Consensus mechanism -- Types of consensus mechanisms -- Consensus in blockchain -- CAP theorem and blockchain -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Decentralization -- Decentralization using blockchain -- Methods of decentralization -- Disintermediation -- Contest-driven decentralization -- Routes to decentralization -- How to decentralize -- The decentralization framework example -- Blockchain and full ecosystem decentralization -- Storage -- Communication -- Computing power and decentralization -- Smart contracts -- Decentralized Organizations -- Decentralized Autonomous Organizations -- Decentralized Autonomous Corporations -- Decentralized Autonomous Societies -- Decentralized Applications (DApps) -- Requirements of a Decentralized Application -- Operations of a DApp -- DApp examples -- KYC-Chain -- OpenBazaar -- Lazooz -- Platforms for decentralization -- Ethereum -- MaidSafe -- Lisk -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Symmetric Cryptography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- See also -- Chapter 8: Best Practices for the Android, JUnit, and JVM UI Frameworks -- Introduction -- Clean and safe view-binding with the Android Extensions plugin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Applying coroutines for asynchronous UI programming on Android, JavaFX, and Swing -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Easy class serialization on Android using the @Parcelize annotation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Implementing a custom property delegate that provides lifecycle-aware values -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Easy operations on SharedPreferences -- Getting ready…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Valuation as a Range Concept -- Value Worlds and Deals -- Part 2 For the Business Owner/Operator and Entrepreneur -- Chapter 4 Transition, Succession, and Exit Planning -- A Decision Framework -- 1. Owner Ambitions and Goals -- 2. Industry Cycle -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Defining social enterprises -- Building conducive policy ecosystems -- Legal frameworks -- Access to finance -- Access to markets -- Support structures -- Education and skills -- Key lessons -- Raise awareness and visibility of social enterprises, and tackle misconceptions -- Establish strategic and multi-stakeholder partnerships -- Foster viable and sustainable social enterprises -- Support risk-sharing mechanisms for finance providers -- Foster social-entrepreneurship skills in the education system -- Promote impact measurement and evaluation -- Establish user-friendly administrative processes -- Ensure institutional continuity and political support for social enterprises -- Note -- Annex: Summary tables -- Belgium (Flanders) Social Innovation Factory: An early-stage business support structure -- Belgium (Wallonia-Brussels) SAW-B: A training and advisory services federation -- Croatia The National Strategy for the Social Entrepreneurship -- Denmark Copenhagen Project House (KPH): An incubator for social start-ups -- France Alter'Incub: A regional incubator -- France The Law on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) -- Germany Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship (FASE): An intermediary for hybrid financing -- Germany PHINEO: A financial intermediary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Key lessons -- Raise awareness and visibility of social enterprises, and tackle misconceptions -- Establish strategic and multi-stakeholder partnerships -- Foster viable and sustainable social enterprises -- Support risk-sharing mechanisms for finance providers -- Foster social-entrepreneurship skills in the education system -- Ensure institutional continuity and political support for social enterprises -- Chapter 1 Main trends in social enterprise development -- Social enterprises in Europe: towards a shared understanding -- Building conducive policy ecosystems -- Legal frameworks -- Access to finance -- Access to markets -- Support structures -- Education and skills -- Key lessons -- Raise awareness and visibility of social enterprises, and tackle misconceptions -- Establish strategic and multi-stakeholder partnerships -- Foster viable and sustainable social enterprises -- Support risk-sharing mechanisms for finance providers -- Foster social-entrepreneurship skills in the education system -- Promote impact measurement and evaluation -- Establish user-friendly administrative processes -- Ensure institutional continuity and political support for social enterprises -- Note -- References -- Multiple countries NESsT: A multipronged support structure -- Multiple Countries Junior Achievement Europe: An education network -- Multiple countries, Denmark Specialisterne &amp -- SAP: A partnership for access to markets -- United Kingdom (Scotland) A Partnership for supporting the Social Enterprise Strategy -- United Kingdom Big Potential: An investment readiness support programme -- Spain El Hueco: A local incubator -- Spain Barcelona City Council Decree for Socially Responsible Public Procurement -- Poland ES Fund TISE: A loan fund for social enterprises…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fougeras -- Advnaced concepts for Waste Management and Nuclear Energy Production in the EURATOM 5th Framework Programme by M. Hugon, V. P. Bhatnagar, and J Martin Bermejo -- Annex 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Questions and Exercises -- Chapter 4: Formulation of Research Problems -- Introduction -- Approaches to Management Research Problem -- Management Problem is Posed to the Researcher -- Investigation of an Idea by an Experienced Researcher -- Pilot Study -- Initiatiation of a Novice/Student to Research -- Exploration for Problem Identification -- Literature Survey -- System Study -- Errors of Problem Identification in Research -- Hypothesis Generation -- Introduction -- Variables -- Characteristics of a Good Hypothesis -- Origins of a Hypothesis -- Process of Hypothesis Generation -- Hypothesis Generation Using Qualitative Methods -- Formulation of The Problem -- Model Building Context -- Decision Maker and His Objectives -- Environment -- Alternative Courses of Action -- Scenarios and Structural Modelling -- Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) -- Formulation of Effectiveness Function -- Summary -- Annexure 4.1-An Example of Taxonomy -- Annexure 4.2-An Example for Meta Analysis -- Annexure 4.3-An Illustrative Example of Theoretical Framework -- Annexure 4.4-Examples of Hypothesis Generation -- Annexure 4.5-System Study and Problem Formulation-Allocation of Assembly Manpower (Karthikeyan 1986) -- Annexure 4.6 -- Suggested Readings -- Questions and Exercises -- Chapter 5: Research Proposal -- Research Proposal -- Purpose of a Research Proposal -- Types of Research Proposals -- Development of the Proposals -- Formatting the Research Proposal -- Contents of the Research Proposal -- Requirements of the Sponsoring Agent -- Evaluation of Research Proposals -- Some Implicit Considerations -- Summary -- Annexure 5.1-Sample (Real) Research Proposal (Krishnaswamy et al, 1997) -- Suggested Readings -- Questions and Exercises -- Part C: Research Design-Types of Research -- Chapter 6: Experimental Research -- Experimental Research -- Principles of Experiment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Twisted - a simple web client -- Chat Server using Twisted -- Eventlet -- Greenlets and Gevent -- Microservice architecture -- Microservice frameworks in Python -- Microservices example - restaurant reservation -- Microservices - advantages -- Pipe and Filter architectures -- Pipe and Filter in Python -- Summary -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Implementing an achievement system -- Example of usage -- Taking in the view with dashboards -- There is no I in team -- Adding an element of fun to agile frameworks -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Organized Chaos - Getting Ideas Out of Your Head and on to Paper -- Brainstorming - getting it all out on the table -- Tools and methods for getting ideas out and organizing thoughts -- Start pinning with Pinterest -- Starting with a fresh slate -- Never forget with Evernote -- Brainstorming activities -- Spinning the wheel of randomness -- Getting in and among it -- Game on with Gamicards -- The great exchange -- Getting moody with mood boards -- Creating the ideal ideation sessions -- Implementing a brainstorming tool in Unity to shuffle ideas -- Making a new friend with editor scripts -- Creating an editor script -- Opening a new editor window -- Drawing something inside our editor window -- Adding a scrollable text area -- Inserting a button and implementing the shuffle function -- Showing the extracted idea -- Testing our brainstorming tool -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Sculpting the Conceptual Beast -- Creating a Game Design Document -- Google Drive -- Word (and Microsoft Office) -- InDesign -- Creating a prototype - what you'll need -- Gathering your humans -- Having a plan! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Automating processes and resolutions between parties -- Real-world example -- Increased transparency -- Ending centralized data -- Increased fairness -- Smart contract approaches -- Example Ethereum smart contracts -- The promises -- Security considerations -- Dealing with threats in smart contracts -- Limitations of smart contracts -- Data quality and mistakes -- Legal validity -- Stability of meaning -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 15: Ethereum Development -- Introduction -- Preparing for smart contract development -- Remix -- Geth and Mist -- Token standard -- Methods in ERC20 -- Web3 -- Truffle framework -- Ganache -- Working on a smart contract -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Ethereum Accounts and Ether Tokens -- Introducing Ethereum accounts -- Ethereum state transition function -- Genesis block -- Transaction receipts -- Elements -- Post-transaction state -- Gas used -- Set of logs -- The bloom filter -- Structure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- See also -- Chapter 3: Common Frameworks -- Introduction -- Setting up Django with NGINX -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works.... -- See also -- Setting up NGINX with Express -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works.... -- See also -- Running Ruby on Rails with NGINX -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Easy Flask with NGINX -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Laravel via NGINX -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Meteor applications with NGINX…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"HSAIL Spec" -- 2.4 HSA Software -- 2.5 The HSA Foundation -- 2.6 Summary -- Chapter 3: HSAIL - Virtual Parallel ISA -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Sample Compilation Flow -- 3.3 HSAIL Execution Model -- 3.4 A Tour of the HSAIL Instruction Set -- 3.4.1 Atomic Operations -- 3.4.2 Registers -- 3.4.3 Segments -- 3.4.4 Wavefronts and Lanes -- 3.5 HSAIL Machine Models and Profiles -- 3.6 HSAIL Compilation Flow -- 3.7 HSAIL Compilation Tools -- 3.7.1 Compiler Frameworks -- 3.7.2 CL Offline Compilation (CLOC) -- 3.7.3 HSAIL Assembler/Disassembler -- 3.7.4 ISA and Machine Code Assembler/Disassembler -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: HSA Runtime -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The HSA Core Runtime API -- 4.2.1 Runtime Initialization and Shutdown -- 4.2.2 Runtime Notifications -- 4.2.3 System and HSA Agent Information -- 4.2.4 Signals -- 4.2.5 Queues -- 4.2.6 Architected Queuing Language -- 4.2.7 Memory -- 4.2.8 Code Objects and Executables -- 4.3 HSA Runtime Extensions -- 4.3.1 HSAIL Finalization -- 4.3.2 Images and Samplers -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: HSA Memory Model -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 HSA Memory Structure -- 5.2.1 Segments -- 5.2.2 Flat Addressing -- 5.2.3 Shared Virtual Addressing -- 5.2.4 Ownership -- 5.2.5 Image Memory…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Unnecessary operations -- Misplaced or missing indexes -- Using CTE when not mandatory -- Using the PL/pgSQL procedural language consideration -- Cross column correlation -- Table partitioning -- Constraint exclusion limitations -- Query rewriting -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Testing -- Unit testing -- Specificity of unit testing in databases -- Unit test frameworks -- Schema difference -- Database abstraction interfaces -- Data difference -- Performance testing -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Using PostgreSQL in Python Applications -- Python DB API 2.0 -- Low-level database access with psycopg2 -- Connecting to a database -- Connection pooling -- Executing SQL commands -- Reading data from a database -- The COPY command -- Asynchronous access -- Alternative drivers for PostgreSQL -- pg8000 -- asyncpg -- Object relational mapping with SQLAlchemy -- Main components of SQLAlchemy -- Connecting to a database and retrieving data with SQL Expression Language -- ORM -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Scalability -- The problem of scalability and the CAP theorem -- Data replication in PostgreSQL -- Transaction log -- Physical replication -- Log shipping replication -- Streaming replication -- Synchronous replication -- Logical replication -- Using replication to scale PostgreSQL -- Scaling for heavy querying -- Data sharding -- Scaling for big number of connections -- Summary -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Agile Principles -- Examples -- Waterfall vs Iterative vs Agile -- Waterfall Model -- Iterative Model -- Agile Frameworks and Terminology -- Sprint -- Agile Roles -- Product Owner -- The Scrum Master -- The Team -- Agile Project Management -- Incremental Delivery -- Prioritization -- Agile Project Life Cycle -- PMBOK vs Agile Project Management -- Are All the Projects Moving from Traditional to Agile Methodology? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…</LI><P></P><P><LI>Sales scale up framework.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Scaling back your sales (gasp!)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 2.1 Intercultural learning and recipes as a locus of culture -- 2.2 The genre-based approach to foreign language text production -- 2.3 The language of recipes -- 2.3.1 Macro-structure -- 2.3.2 Micro-structure -- 2.3.2.1 Syntax -- 2.3.2.2 Lexis -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- 4.2. Game-theoretical framework in queueing -- 4.3. The unobservable model -- 4.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Working at the strategic level -- Working at the team level -- Using agile frameworks to organize projects -- Scrum -- Lean Kanban -- Getting to Know the IIBA BABOK -- Pursuing Business Analysis Certification -- Chapter 2 Breaking Down Different Levels of Business Analysis -- Checking out an Overview of the Levels -- Going to the Top: The Enterprise Level -- Doing business analysis activities at the enterprise level -- Overcoming challenges at the enterprise level -- Moving to the Organizational Level -- Fulfilling duties at the organizational level -- Dealing with organizational-level obstacles -- Drilling Down to the Operational Level -- Knowing your tasks at the operational level -- Taking on operational-level challenges -- Getting a Handle on the Project Level -- Tackling activities at the project level -- Rising above project-level hurdles -- Chapter 3 Identifying and Working with Stakeholders -- Identifying the Participants -- Objective characteristics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Classification, Parameter Estimation and State Estimation -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Scope of the Book -- 1.1.1 Classification -- 1.1.2 Parameter Estimation -- 1.1.3 State Estimation -- 1.1.4 Relations between the Subjects -- 1.2 Engineering -- 1.3 The Organization of the Book -- 1.4 Changes from First Edition -- 1.5 References -- 2 PRTools Introduction -- 2.1 Motivation -- 2.2 Essential Concepts -- 2.3 PRTools Organization Structure and Implementation -- 2.4 Some Details about PRTools -- 2.4.1 Datasets -- 2.4.2 Datafiles -- 2.4.3 Datafiles Help Information -- 2.4.4 Classifiers and Mappings -- 2.4.5 Mappings Help Information -- 2.4.6 How to Write Your Own Mapping -- 2.5 Selected Bibliography -- 3 Detection and Classification -- 3.1 Bayesian Classification -- 3.1.1 Uniform Cost Function and Minimum Error Rate -- 3.1.2 Normal Distributed Measurements -- Linear and Quadratic Classifiers -- 3.2 Rejection -- 3.2.1 Minimum Error Rate Classification with Reject Option -- 3.3 Detection: The Two-Class Case -- 3.4 Selected Bibliography -- 4 Parameter Estimation -- 4.1 Bayesian Estimation -- 4.1.1 MMSE Estimation -- 4.1.2 MAP Estimation -- 4.1.3 The Gaussian Case with Linear Sensors -- 4.1.4 Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 4.1.5 Unbiased Linear MMSE Estimation -- 4.2 Performance Estimators -- 4.2.1 Bias and Covariance -- 4.2.2 The Error Covariance of the Unbiased Linear MMSE Estimator -- 4.3 Data Fitting -- 4.3.1 Least Squares Fitting -- 4.3.2 Fitting Using a Robust Error Norm -- 4.3.3 Regression -- 4.4 Overview of the Family of Estimators -- 4.5 Selected Bibliography -- 5 State Estimation -- 5.1 A General Framework for Online Estimation -- 5.1.1 Models -- 5.1.2 Optimal Online Estimation -- 5.2 Infinite Discrete-Time State Variables…”