Tabla de Contenidos: “…Un mécanisme de diffusion enrayé -- 1.2.1 L'accentuation de la divergence des gains de productivité entre les entreprises est un des facteurs sous-jacents au paradoxe de la lenteur de la croissance de la productivité globale du travail dans un contexte d'améliorations technologiques rap... -- 1.2.2 Cette divergence accrue entre les entreprises se prête à plusieurs interprétations. -- 1.2.3 Le renforcement de la croissance de la productivité est limité par des obstacles majeurs. -- 1.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Une série de considérations supplémentaires sur la conception du régime de responsabilité intégrale en matière de TVA/TPS mettant l'accent sur ses modalités de fonctionnement relatives aux ventes en ligne de biens importés de faible valeur -- Description sommaire du fonctionnement d'un régime de responsabilité intégrale en matière de TVA/TPS sur les ventes en ligne liées à l'importation de biens -- Procédure de dédouanement accélérée -- Minimisation du risque de double imposition -- Ajustements et corrections de TVA/TPS, y compris pour les envois en retour -- 2.2.8. Évaluation globale du régime de responsabilité intégrale en matière de TVA/TPS -- 2.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting and releasing semaphores -- Read/Write Semaphores -- Completions -- Local Interrupt Disabling -- Disabling and Enabling Deferrable Functions -- Synchronizing Accesses to Kernel Data Structures -- Choosing Among Spin Locks, Semaphores, and Interrupt Disabling -- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions -- Protecting a data structure accessed by interrupts -- Protecting a data structure accessed by deferrable functions -- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions and interrupts -- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions and deferrable functions -- Protecting a data structure accessed by interrupts and deferrable functions -- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions, interrupts, and deferrable functions -- Examples of Race Condition Prevention -- Reference Counters -- The Big Kernel Lock -- Memory Descriptor Read/Write Semaphore -- Slab Cache List Semaphore -- Inode Semaphore -- Timing Measurements -- Clock and Timer Circuits -- Real Time Clock (RTC) -- Time Stamp Counter (TSC) -- Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) -- CPU Local Timer -- High Precision Event Timer (HPET) -- ACPI Power Management Timer -- The Linux Timekeeping Architecture -- Data Structures of the Timekeeping Architecture -- The timer object -- The jiffies variable -- The xtime variable -- Timekeeping Architecture in Uniprocessor Systems -- Initialization phase -- The timer interrupt handler -- Timekeeping Architecture in Multiprocessor Systems -- Initialization phase -- The global timer interrupt handler -- The local timer interrupt handler -- Updating the Time and Date -- Updating System Statistics -- Updating Local CPU Statistics -- Keeping Track of System Load -- Profiling the Kernel Code -- Checking the NMI Watchdogs -- Software Timers and Delay Functions -- Dynamic Timers -- Dynamic timers and race conditions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.4.2 Median Filtering -- 4.4.3 High-Pass Spatial Filters -- 4.4.4 High-Boost Filter -- 4.4.5 Derivative Filters -- 4.5 Frequency Domain -- 4.5.1 Ideal Low-Pass Filter -- 4.5.2 Butterworth Low-Pass Filter -- 4.5.3 High-Pass Filter -- 4.5.4 Homomorphic Filtering -- 4.5.5 Pseudo Color Image -- 4.6 Gray Level to Color Transformation -- 4.6.1 Filter Approach for Color Coding -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 5: Image Compression -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Coding Redundancy -- 5.3 Inter-Pixel Redundancy -- 5.4 Psycho-Visual Redundancy -- 5.5 Image Compression Models -- 5.6 The Source Encoder and Decoder -- 5.7 The Channel Encoder and Decoder -- 5.8 Information Theory -- 5.8.1 Information -- 5.8.2 Entropy Coding -- 5.9 Classification -- 5.10 Huffman Coding -- 5.10.1 Arithmetic Coding -- 5.10.2 Lossless Predictive Coding -- 5.11 Lossy Compression Techniques -- 5.11.1 Lossy Predictive Compression Approach -- 5.11.2 Transform Coding -- 5.11.3 Subimage Selection -- 5.11.4 Coefficients Selection -- 5.12 Threshold Coding -- 5.13 Vector Quantization -- 5.14 Image Compression Standard (JPEG) -- 5.15 Image Compression Using Neural Networks -- 5.15.1 Multilayer Perceptron Network for Image Compression -- 5.15.2 Vector Quantization Using Neural Networks -- 5.15.3 Self-Organizing Feature Map -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Chapter 6: Image Segmentation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Detection of Isolated Points -- 6.3 Line Detection -- 6.4 Edge Detection -- 6.4.1 Gradient Operators -- 6.4.2 Laplacian Operator -- 6.5 Edge Linking and Boundary Detection -- 6.5.1 Local Processing -- 6.5.2 Global Processing Using Graph Theoretic Approach -- 6.6 Region-Oriented Segmentation -- 6.6.1 Basic Rules for Segmentation -- 6.6.2 Region Growing by Pixel Aggregation -- 6.6.3 Region Splitting and Merging -- 6.7 Segmentation Using Threshold -- 6.7.1 Fundamental Concepts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Time Management-Attitude is Everything -- Steps in Time Management -- Planning your Time -- Prioritizing the Tasks -- Estimating the Time for Each Task -- Documenting the Schedule -- Referring, Tracking and Revising the Schedule -- Time Management-Best Practices -- Time Management-the Killers -- In Summary -- Stepping up to the Plate -- Anatomy of Stepping up to the Plate -- Some Components of 'Stepping Up -- How Life Changes After Stepping Up -- In Summary -- When Things go way Wrong at the Workplace -- Anticipate-be Prepared -- Accept that you Cannot Anticipate Everything -- Be Alert and have your Antennae Up -- Act on Alternatives when Disaster Strikes -- A Ssimilate the Lessons Learnt -- In Summary -- Tying it all Together: Work your way to Success -- Dimensions of Hard Work -- Hard Work-how to get Most out of it -- Visualize -- Organize and Prioritize -- Practise -- Exercise Judgement -- Recharge Yourself -- Some Work Killers and Myths About Hard Work -- In Summary -- Understanding the Communication Cycle -- Communication and Communication Cycle -- Modes of Communication -- In Summary -- Distortion in Communication -- Barriers to Communication -- Distortion Through the Stages of Communication -- How Distortion Occurs in Various Business-Communication Scenarios -- Presentations -- Group Meetings -- Status Meetings -- Written Communication -- Distortion in Communication Within Globally Distributed Teams -- In Summary -- The 'why' and 'to Whom' Parts of Communication: Knowing the Objective of Communication and Audience Analysis -- Starting to Understand the Objectives of Communication -- Audience Analysis -- Putting the Objectives and Audience Analysis Together…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Literate programming as a content creation methodology -- Reproducibility as a benefit of literate programming -- The basic tools for an automation pipeline -- A gentle introduction to Markdown -- Text -- Headers -- Header Level 1 -- Header Level 2 -- Header Level 3 -- Header Level 4 -- Lists -- Tables -- Links -- Images -- Quotes -- Code -- Mathematics -- Extending Markdown with R Markdown -- Code chunks -- Tables -- Graphs -- Chunk options -- Global chunk options -- Caching -- Producing the final output with knitr -- Developing graphs and analysis as we normally would -- Building our presentation with R Markdown -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Object-Oriented System to Track Cryptocurrencies -- This chapter's required packages…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- About the Websphere Application Server Product -- This Book and Its Organization -- Chapter 2 Jython Fundamentals -- Introduction -- Data Types -- Numbers -- Strings -- Tuples -- Lists -- Accessing Sequence Elements -- Dictionaries -- Additional Information Types -- Literals (Constants) -- Variables Names (Identifiers) -- Variables -- Expressions -- String Operators -- Statement Separator -- Comments -- Coding Conventions -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Jython Statements -- Expression Statements -- The print Statement -- Assignment Statements -- Packing and Unpacking -- Augmented Assignment -- Slices -- Simple Statements -- The assert Statement -- The break Statement -- The continue Statement -- The del Statement -- The exec Statement -- The import Statement -- The pass Statement -- The raise Statement -- Control Flow -- Compound Statements -- The if Statement -- loop Statements -- The while Statement -- The for Statement -- The try Statement -- Functions -- Function Definitions -- Namespaces -- The global Statement -- Function Parameters -- The return Statement -- Default Parameter Evaluation -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Jython Classes -- Class Statement -- Example class Definition -- Object Instantiation -- Built-in Constants -- Built-in Data Types -- List Methods -- Dictionary Methods -- String Methods -- String Formatting -- Built-in Functions -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Jython Modules -- Jython Module Basics -- The import Statement -- nested_scopes -- Packages -- Errors and Exceptions -- Built-in Exceptions -- Functional Programming -- Using Java Objects and Libraries -- Jython Standard Library -- getopt() Module -- Regular Expressions (RegExp) -- Summary -- Chapter 6 wsadmin -- wsadmin Options -- Usage Information…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…III: Android User Interface Design Essentials -- 7 Exploring User Interface Screen Elements -- Introducing Android Views and Layouts -- Displaying Text to Users with TextView -- Retrieving Data from Users -- Using Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Groups -- Getting Dates and Times from Users -- Using Indicators to Display Data to Users -- Adjusting Progress with SeekBar -- Providing Users with Options and Context Menus -- Handling User Events -- Working with Dialogs -- Working with Styles -- Working with Themes -- Summary -- 8 Designing User Interfaces with Layouts -- Creating User Interfaces in Android -- Organizing Your User Interface -- Using Built-In Layout Classes -- Using Built-In View Container Classes -- Summary -- 9 Drawing and Working with Animation -- Drawing on the Screen -- Working with Text -- Working with Bitmaps -- Working with Shapes -- Working with Animation -- Summary -- IV: Using Common Android APIs -- 10 Using Android Data and Storage APIs -- Working with Application Preferences -- Working with Files and Directories -- Storing Structured Data Using SQLite Databases -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 11 Sharing Data Between Applications with Content Providers -- Exploring Android's Content Providers -- Modifying Content Providers Data -- Enhancing Applications Using Content Providers -- Acting as a Content Provider -- Working with Live Folders -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 12 Using Android Networking APIs -- Understanding Mobile Networking Fundamentals -- Accessing the Internet (HTTP) -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 13 Using Android Web APIs -- Browsing the Web with WebView -- Building Web Extensions Using WebKit -- Working with Flash -- Summary -- References and More Information -- 14 Using Location-Based Services (LBS) APIs -- Using Global Positioning Services (GPS)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Types of Terrorist Groups -- Suicide Terrorism -- The Drive for Mass Destruction -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Quiz -- Notes -- Chapter 11 The Transnational Dimensions of Terrorism: From State Sponsors to Islamist Extremists -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- America in a Globalized World -- Defining Transnational Terrorism -- Current Threat -- Al-Qaida and Other Islamist Extremist Groups -- The Muslim World -- Ideology of Islamist Terrorism -- Common Front against the West -- Profiles of Significant International Terrorist Groups and State Sponsors -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Quiz -- Notes -- Chapter 12 Domestic Terrorist Groups and Radicalization: The Threat Next Door -- Chapter Overview -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- The Enemy Within -- Defining Domestic Terrorism and Radicalization -- Incidence of Domestic Terrorism -- Recent History of Domestic Terrorism -- Profiles of Significant Groups and Movements -- Evolving Threat -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Quiz -- Notes -- Chapter 13 Terrorist Operations and Tactics: How Attacks Are Planned and Executed -- Chapter Overview…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Self Test Answers -- Lab Answer -- 9 Risk Management Strategy and Controls -- Classify Information Types into Levels of CIA Based on Organization/Industry -- Determine the Aggregate Score of CIA -- Determine the Minimum Required Security Controls Based on Aggregate Score -- Conduct System-Specific Risk Analysis -- Make Risk Determination -- Decide Which Security Controls Should Be Applied Based on Minimum Requirements -- Implement Controls -- Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA) Frameworks -- Continuous Monitoring -- Two-Minute Drill -- Q&amp -- A Self Test -- LAB QUESTION -- Self Test Answers -- Lab Answer -- 10 E-discovery, Data Breaches, and Incident Response -- E-discovery -- Data Breach -- System Design to Facilitate Incident Response, Taking into Account Types of Violations -- Incident and Emergency Response -- Two-Minute Drill -- Q&amp -- A Self Test -- Lab Question -- Self Test Answers -- Lab Answer -- 11 Security and Privacy Policies -- Policy Development and Updates in Light of New Business, Technology, and Environment Changes -- Process/Procedure Development and Updates in Light of Policy, Environment, and Business Changes -- Support Legal Compliance and Advocacy by Partnering with HR, Legal, Management, and Other Entities -- Use Common Business Documents to Support Security -- Use General Privacy Principles for PII/Sensitive PII -- Support the Development of Policies -- Two-Minute Drill -- Q&amp -- A Self Test -- Lab Question -- Self Test Answers -- Lab Answer -- Part III: Research and Analysis -- 12 Industry Trends -- Ongoing Security Research -- Situational Awareness -- Research Security Implications of New Business Tools -- Global Information Assurance Industry/Community -- Security Requirements for Contracts -- Two-Minute Drill -- Q&amp -- A Self Test -- Lab Question -- Self Test Answers -- Lab Answer -- 13 Enterprise Security…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…General Reflection -- Focus of Improvement Work -- Learning Points -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Value Management -- Aims -- Introduction -- Development of Value Management -- Context -- Value Management -- Preparing the Service -- Identify the Existing Quality Improvement Capacity of the Organisation -- Understand Finance Team Capacity -- Assess Management Interest -- Review Strategic Alignment -- Look for the Right Fit for a First Adopter -- Preparing a Team -- Detailed Components of Value Management -- Box Score -- Pareto Analysis -- PDSA Cycles -- Visual Management Board -- Weekly Huddle -- Daily Management -- Conclusions -- Learning Points -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Building a Model Value Stream for Older People Living with Frailty in Ireland -- Aims -- Introduction -- True North and Adopting Lean for Healthcare Transformation -- From Getting Started to System-Wide Implementation: Frailty Case Example -- Example of a Rapid Improvement Event at St Luke's: 'First 72 Hours ‒ Frailty Identification' -- Preparation -- Days One to Five -- Sustain and Standardise -- Learning and Reflections -- The Role of Leadership in Transformation -- Culture, Context, and Insights -- Pace and Scale -- Global Pandemic -- Conclusions -- Learning Points -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Using Lean at Scale in Mental Health Service Provision -- Aims -- Introduction -- Lean in Psychiatry: Is That Possible? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The links between child-friendly access to justice, inclusive growth and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- 2.2.2. Legal needs and the global costs of children's unresolved needs -- 2.2.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.3 The Interaction and Mutual Shaping of Literature and People -- "The People Need Art, and Art Needs the People Even More" -- Literature and "People to Come" -- References -- 3 Nation: A New Dimension of Literary Criticism in the Context of Globalization -- 1 The Discrimination of the Concept of Nation -- 1.1 Nation and Its Related Concepts -- The Concept of Nation -- Nation Versus Race and Ethnicity -- 1.2 Nation and the Chinese Nation 中华民族 -- The Proposal of a "Chinese Nation" -- The One and the Many of the Chinese Nation -- 2 Marx and Engels on Nation -- 2.1 Nation and Class -- Class Issues Dominate National Issues -- Complex Relationship Between Nation and Class -- 2.2 Nation and Internationalism -- Criticism of National Chauvinism -- Arguments on Colonization -- The Relationship Between Nations and Internationalism -- 3 National View in the Chinese Form -- 3.1 The Restoration of the Reputation of the Concept of Nation -- The Nation Is Not About Self-Seclusion -- The Nation Is Not About Going Back to the Good Old Days -- The Nation Does Not Imply the Collective's Suppression of Its Individual Members -- 3.2 New Interpretations of National View -- Nation Is a Historical Concept -- Nation and Culture -- Nation and the People -- 4 The Nature and Characteristics of the National Dimension -- 4.1 The Research Standpoint of the National Dimension -- Open Nationalism -- The Fundamental Connotation of Open Nationalism -- 4.2 The National Dimension and the National Spirit of Literature -- National Dimension and National Identity in Literature -- National Dimension and the National Characteristics of Literature -- National Dimension and the World -- References -- 4 The Political Dimension of Literary Criticism -- 1 Marx and Engels on Politics and Literature -- 1.1 Classical Marxist View on Politics -- Politics as a Component of the Superstructure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- What are the implications globally or among multiple stakeholders? -- Part 4 Cultivating a Culture of Inclusion and High Performance -- Chapter 15 Assessing the Employee Experience -- Defining the Employee Experience -- Evaluating the Current State of Your Company Culture -- Checking Out the Culture Spectrum -- Exploring the Red Zone -- Silence -- Fear and retaliation -- Power and privilege -- Excuses and enabling -- Exclusion -- Inaction and complacency -- Stepping into the Green Zone -- Open dialogue and open-door policy -- Trust and respect -- Principle -- Empowerment -- Belonging and inclusion -- Swift action and high performance -- Applying Strategies to Address Gaps in the Employee Experience -- Demonstrating Accountability as a Leader -- Consistency matters -- Taking ownership matters -- Sound decision making matters -- Providing feedback matters -- Communicating effectively matters -- Chapter 16 Tracking and Measuring Inclusion Initiatives -- Bridging the Accountability Gap -- Recognizing the Importance of Measuring Inclusion Initiatives -- Looking at Ways to Measure Inclusion Initiatives -- Recruitment and selection -- Development, advancement, and retention -- Employee engagement and job satisfaction -- Compensation and benefits -- Employer brand -- Supply chain and procurement -- Avoiding Common Pitfalls When Measuring Inclusion Initiatives -- Chapter 17 Advocating for Inclusion -- Differentiating Between Advocacy and Activism -- Understanding Why Advocacy Is Needed -- Defining the Role of an Ally -- Identifying Multiple Methods of Advocating -- Launching and leading Employee Resource Groups…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Job to Be Done -- Developing an Enterprise Mindset -- Enterprise Leaders Create an Enterprise Vision -- Enterprise Leaders Enable Sustained Profitability -- Enterprise Leaders Maintain Execution Excellence -- Enterprise Leaders Build Social Architecture -- Enterprise Leaders Lead Globally -- The Transition to the Role -- Work Values -- Time Application -- Skills -- Typical Transition Issues -- Failing to Connect with How the Enterprise Operates -- Focusing on External Activities -- Avoiding the Soft Side of the Enterprise -- Failing to Sufficiently Answer Board Members' Questions -- Refusing to Consider Other Business Models -- Leading the Business Instead of Leading the Business Leaders -- Part III Application -- 8 Strategies for Implementing the Leadership Pipeline Model -- Designing Leadership Portraits -- Choosing the Implementation Degree -- Situating the Leadership Pipeline Framework -- How Does the Framework Fit with Our Corporate Title Structure? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- High-level system design -- System architecture -- Data flow -- Scalability -- Fault tolerance -- Low-level system design -- Algorithms -- Data structures -- APIs -- Code optimization -- Importance of system design in the industry -- Practical examples of the importance of system design -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Distributed System Attributes -- A hotel room booking example -- Consistency -- Strong consistency -- Eventual consistency -- Availability -- Understanding partition tolerance -- Network partition -- Partition tolerance -- Latency -- Durability -- Reliability -- Fault tolerance -- Scalability -- Vertical scaling -- Horizontal scaling -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Distributed Systems Theorems and Data Structures -- CAP theorem -- PACELC theorem -- Paxos -- Raft -- BGP -- The Byzantine fault -- Byzantine fault tolerance -- Modern BFT -- FLP impossibility theorem -- Consistent hashing -- Bloom filters -- Count-min sketch -- HyperLogLog -- Summary -- Part 2: Core Components of Distributed Systems -- Chapter 4: Distributed Systems Building Blocks: DNS, Load Balancers, and Application Gateways -- Exploring DNS -- DNS querying -- Scalability, reliability, and consistency in DNS -- Scalability -- Reliability -- Consistency -- Load balancers -- Placing load balancers -- Advantages of load balancers -- Global and local load balancing -- DNS and GSLB -- Load balancer algorithms -- Load balancing at different layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model -- Deployment of load balancers -- Implementing load balancers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Principles of Environmental Health Sciences -- Dissertation -- Dissertation Seminar -- Dissertation Research for Precandidates -- Dissertation Research for Doctoral Students -- Curriculum at UCSF -- Lessons Learned -- Course Offerings at UCSF -- Core Seminar Requirements -- Health Policy Seminar (eight quarters) -- The Art and Science of Health Services Research (one quarter) -- The Writing Seminar (eight quarters) -- The Journal Club (four quarters) -- Research Methods (one quarter) -- Perspectives on Public Policy (one quarter) -- Translating Research into Policy (one quarter, alternate years) -- Health Policy Leadership (one quarter, alternate years) -- Optional Course Work -- Curriculum at RAND/UCLA -- Doctoral Programs -- Midcareer Program -- Health Policy Workshops -- Lessons Learned -- Course Offerings at RAND/UCLA -- Health Policy Workshops -- Development, Diffusion, and Regulation of Medical Technology -- Diffusion of Innovation -- Technology Assessment -- Biomedical Research Policy -- Drug and Device Regulation -- Objectives of Health Policy -- Health Status Outcomes -- Patient Satisfaction -- Quality of Care -- The Relationship of Microprocess to Outcome -- Health Care Financing, Competition, and Regulation -- Insurance and the Demand for Care -- Competition (in the Fee-for-Service System) and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) -- Medicare Program and Global Budgeting -- Special Populations. Access to Health Care for Low-Income Populations (Texts: Reprints pertinent to topics) -- The Midcareer Core -- Quantitative Methods -- Economics in Health Policy Analysis -- Social Sciences in Health Policy Analysis -- Curriculum at Brandeis -- Lessons Learned -- Course Offerings at Brandeis University -- Social Science Core Courses -- Economics Perspectives on Social Policy -- Political Perspectives an Social Policy…”

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