Tabla de Contenidos: “…and "I Need to Do More Research" Objections -- How to Overcome the "Market/Industry/Economy Is Bad" Objection -- How to Overcome the "My Relative Handles That for Me" Objection and the "I Have a Longstanding Relationship with My Vendor" Objection -- Chapter 9: Winning Closing Techniques -- How to Use Tie-Downs to Build Momentum -- Too Many Options? Narrow It Down to Get the Sale Now -- Boost Your Sales by Using This One Word -- Ten Ways to Soften the Price Objection and Keep Pitching -- In Sales, the Most Important Thing to Say Is. . . . -- Ask for the Sale Five Times-at Least! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A long-term faith in the new -- A never-ending crisis -- Challenges to central banks and exporters -- A new role for hedge funds -- What kind of regulatory change? -- Too many crises and yet not enough -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.3 THE COMMITTEE'S APPROACH -- 1.4 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 1.5 ROLE OF BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING -- 1.6 BARRIERS TO EXPLOITATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 2 The Challenge -- 2.1 TRANSLATING SCIENCE INTO PRODUCTS -- 2.2 BIOPHARMACEUTICALS -- 2.2.1 New Technology Required for Biopharmaceuticals -- 2.2.2 Bioprocess Engineering Requires Many Disciplines -- 2.2.3 Opportunities -- 2.3 THE ENVIRONMENT -- 2.4 CONVERSION OF RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES -- 2.4.1 Renewable Resources -- 2.4.2 Nonrenewable Resources -- 2.4.3 Coupled Synthesis Gas -- 2.4.4 Enhanced Oil Recovery -- 2.4.5 Opportunities -- 2.5 SPACE -- 2.6 BIOTECHNOLOGY-RESEARCH INITIATIVE GIVEN BY FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY (FCCSET) -- 2.7 SUMMARY -- 2.8 REFERENCES -- 3 Benchmarking: Status of U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Troubleshooting -- 6.1 Installation notes -- 6.1.1 Problems installing the Enterprise Transaction Performance Web Console -- 6.1.2 Installing IBM HTTP Server for the Web Console -- 6.1.3 Installing and configuring the TAPM RIM database -- 6.1.4 Different types of distributions -- 6.1.5 Use of the /tmp directory to store semaphore files on AIX -- 6.1.6 Too many rows in TAPM_VERSION table -- 6.1.7 Java errors while attempting to uninstall or re-install TEDW 1.1 -- 6.1.8 Migration of data on an endpoint? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Strategies Are Everywhere -- Strategy Is a Road Map to Success -- Resource Allocation: Decide Where to Focus Your Organizational Resources -- "Strategy" Is Nothing without Execution -- The Correct Way to Create a Strategy -- Business Strategy Is a Blueprint for Your Business Success -- 2 The Many Pitfalls of a Business Strategy -- Building Strategy the Right Way Is Tough -- Framework and Concepts: Make or Break the Strategy -- Can Looking at the Task at Hand from the Opposite Angle Constitute a "Strategy"? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What are templates, and how many templates are there? -- What are PHTML files? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Formatting width and alignment -- Grappling with Weirder Numbers -- Manipulating Strings -- Concatenating strings -- Getting the length of a string -- Working with common string operators -- Manipulating strings with methods -- Uncovering Dates and Times -- Working with dates -- Calculating timespans -- Chapter 6 Controlling the Action -- Main Operators for Controlling the Action -- Making Decisions with if -- Adding else to your if logic -- Ternary operations -- Repeating a Process with for -- Looping through numbers in a range -- Looping through a list -- Bailing out of a loop -- Looping with continue -- Nesting loops -- Looping with while -- Starting while loops over with continue -- Breaking while loops with break -- Chapter 7 Speeding Along with Lists and Tuples -- Defining and Using Lists -- Referencing list items by position -- Looping through a list -- Seeing whether a list contains an item -- Getting the length of a list -- Adding an item to the end of a list -- Inserting an item into a list -- Changing an item in a list -- Combining lists -- Removing list items -- Clearing out a list -- Counting how many times an item appears in a list -- Finding a list item's index -- Alphabetizing and sorting lists -- Reversing a list -- Copying a list -- What's a Tuple and Who Cares? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Where Do I Publish and Store My Work? -- How Many Projects Do I Need? -- Should I Share My Work Publicly? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 4.2.1.5 - Electronic Data NOT Available for Purchase -- 4.2.2 - Other General Data Collections -- 4.2.2.1 - Non-Electronic Parts Reliability Data Book - NPRD (generic, some failure modes) -- 4.2.2.2 - OREDA - Offshore Reliability Data (industry specific, detailed failure modes, mean times to repair) -- 4.2.2.3 - TECHNIS (the author) (industry and generic, many failure modes, some repair times) -- 4.2.2.4 - UKAEA (industry and generic, many failure modes) -- 4.2.2.5 - Sources of Nuclear Generation Data (industry specific) -- 4.2.2.6 - US Sources of Power Generation Data (industry specific) -- 4.2.2.7 - SINTEF (industry specific) -- 4.2.2.8 - Data NOT Available for Purchase -- 4.2.3 - Some Older Sources -- 4.3 - Data Ranges -- 4.3.1 - Using the Ranges -- 4.4 - Confidence Limits of Prediction -- 4.5 - Manufacturers' Data (Warranty Claims) -- 4.6 - Overall Conclusions -- Chapter 5 - Interpreting Data and Demonstrating Reliability -- 5.1 - The Four Cases -- 5.2 - Inference and Confidence Levels -- 5.3 - The Chi-Square Test -- 5.4 - Understanding the Method in More Detail -- 5.5 - Double-Sided Confidence Limits -- 5.6 - Reliability Demonstration -- 5.7 - Sequential Testing -- 5.8 - Setting Up Demonstration Tests -- Chapter 6 - Variable Failure Rates and Probability Plotting -- 6.1 - The Weibull Distribution -- 6.2 - Using the Weibull Method -- 6.2.1 - Curve Fitting to Interpret Failure Data -- 6.2.2 - Manual Plotting -- 6.2.3 - Using the COMPARE Computer Tool -- 6.2.4 - Significance of the Result -- 6.2.5 - Optimum Preventive Replacement -- 6.3 - More Complex Cases of the Weibull Distribution -- 6.4 - Continuous Processes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 The worries of the sceptics -- 1.3 A yardstick for the evaluation of prosperity and progress -- 1.4 Scope and development of the capability approach -- 1.5 A guide for the reader. 2 Core ideas and the framework : 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A preliminary definition of the capability approach -- 2.3 The capability approach versus capability theories -- 2.4 The many modes of capability analysis -- 2.5 The modular view of the capability approach -- 2.6 The A-module: the non-optional core of all capability theories -- 2.6.1 A1: Functionings and capabilities -- 2.6.2 A2: Functionings and capabilities are value-neutral categories -- 2.6.3 A3: Conversion factors -- 2.6.4 A4: The means-ends distinction -- 2.6.5 A5: Functionings and capabilities as the evaluative space -- 2.6.6 A6: Other dimensions of ultimate value -- 2.6.7 A7: Value pluralism -- 2.6.8 A8: The principle of each person as an end -- 2.7 The B-modules: non-optional modules with optional content -- 2.7.1 B1: The purpose of the capability theory -- 2.7.2 B2: The selection of dimensions -- 2.7.3 B3: Human diversity -- 2.7.4 B4: Agency -- 2.7.5 B5: Structural constraints -- 2.7.6 B6: The choice between functionings, capabilities, or both -- 2.7.7 B7: Meta-theoretical commitments -- 2.8 The C-modules: contingent modules -- 2.8.1 C1: Additional ontological and explanatory theories -- 2.8.2 C2: Weighing dimensions -- 2.8.3 C3: Methods for empirical analysis -- 2.8.4 C4: Additional normative principles and concerns -- 2.9 The modular view of the capability account: a summary -- 2.10 Hybrid theories -- 2.11 The relevance and implications of the modular view -- 2.12 A visualisation of the core conceptual elements -- 2.13 The narrow and broad uses of the capability approach -- 2.14 Conclusion. 3 Clarifications : 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Refining the notions of 'capability' and 'functioning' -- 3.2.1 Capability as an opportunity versus capability as an opportunity set -- 3.2.2 Nussbaum's terminology -- 3.2.3 What are 'basic capabilities'? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9 ANNELIDS -- Introduction -- Polychaetes -- Oligochaetes -- Hirudineans -- Chapter 10 HORSESHOE CRABS -- Natural History and Taxonomy -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Environmental Diseases -- Infectious Diseases -- Diagnostic Techniques -- Health Management -- Anesthesia and Surgery -- Chapter 11 SPIDERS -- Introduction -- Taxonomy and Natural History -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Environmental Disorders -- Infectious Diseases and Parasites -- Neoplasia -- Miscellaneous Disorders -- Anesthesia and Surgery -- Examination and Treatment -- Drugs and Therapeutic Agents -- Legislation -- Resources -- Terms -- Chapter 12 SCORPIONS -- Introduction -- Natural History and Taxonomy -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Medical Conditions -- Restraint -- Wound Treatment -- Infectious Diseases -- Venom Collection -- Chapter 13 CRUSTACEANS -- Introduction -- Natural History and Taxonomy -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Diseases Affecting Many Crustaceans -- Diseases of Shrimp -- Diseases of Lobsters -- Diseases of Crabs -- Diseases of Hermit Crabs -- Diseases of Crayfish -- Diseases of Other Crustaceans -- Neoplasia -- Diagnostic Techniques for Crustacean Diseases -- Diseases of Special Concern -- Management of Crustacean Diseases -- Analgesia, Anesthesia and Surgery -- Euthanasia -- Treatments and Formulary -- Chapter 14 MYRIAPODS (CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES) -- Natural History and Taxonomy -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Legal Aspects of Keeping -- Environmental Disorders and Preventive Medicine -- Husbandry -- Handling -- Infectious Diseases -- Neoplasia -- Miscellaneous Disorders -- Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Surgery -- Diagnostic Techniques -- Therapeutics -- Chapter 15 INSECTS -- Introduction -- Natural History and Taxonomy -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Environmental Disorders and Preventive Medicine -- Infectious Diseases -- Neoplasia -- Miscellaneous Disorders…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- NOTE -- Introduction: Performance-based Hiring, Four Editions Later -- A SHORT HISTORY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HIRING TOP TALENT -- BEING MORE EFFICIENT DOING THE WRONG THINGS IS NOT PROGRESS -- CREATING A WIN-WIN HIRING CULTURE -- THE BIG THREE HIRING CHALLENGES -- CLARIFYING JOB EXPECTATIONS UP FRONT IS THE KEY TO HIRING OUTSTANDING PEOPLE -- WHY PERFORMANCE-BASED HIRING IS THE RIGHT BUSINESS PROCESS FOR HIRING -- NOTE -- Chapter 1: Define Your Talent Strategy Before You Design Your Hiring Process -- STOP MAKING TACTICAL EXCUSES FOR A STRATEGIC PROBLEM -- WIN-WIN HIRING: HIRING FOR THE ANNIVERSARY DATE, NOT THE START DATE -- NEGOTIATE WITH THE END IN MIND -- MORE HIGH TOUCH AND LESS HIGH TECH: CONVERT STRANGERS INTO ACQUAINTANCES -- NOTES -- Chapter 2: Step-by-Step Through the Performance-based Hiring Process -- WIN-WIN HIRING: HIRE FOR THE ANNIVERSARY DATE, NOT THE START DATE -- HIRING A GREAT PERSON STARTS WITH A GREAT JOB -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- Chapter 3: The Best Candidates Are Often Not the Best Hires -- THE WORST CANDIDATES ARE OFTEN THE BEST HIRES -- SOME GREAT CANDIDATES BECOME GREAT HIRES, BUT MANY MORE DON'T -- WOULD YOU RATHER HIRE A GREAT CANDIDATE, OR SOMEONE WHO DELIVERS GREAT RESULTS? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Challenging Tradition -- Feminine Values in Financial Services -- Why Does Gender Success Elude So Many Businesses? -- What If We Do Not Act? -- Steps to Gender Success -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Why does the performance of an application mean so much to so many? -- Manual testing and automatic testing -- ANR and delays in software -- What triggers ANRs and how can I avoid them? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lean and Effective Meeting Techniques -- Meetings -- Meetings Are Good but Too Many Are Bad -- Meeting MetricsHow -- Meeting Maturity Path -- PowerPoint Death -- Effective Team Pre-Meeting Checklist -- Lean Meeting Savings -- Factory Floor Stand-Up Meetings-Referred to as Huddles Today -- Why Are Meetings Always in Scheduled Half-Hour or Hour Increments? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Connecting to files in Tableau Desktop -- Getting data from Microsoft Excel files -- Getting data from text (or delimited) files -- Importing geospatial file types to allow for visual analysis with maps -- Creating data models from statistical files -- Creating data models from JSON files -- Getting data from tables in PDF files -- Dealing with preformatted reporting files with data interpreter and pivoting columns to rows -- Connecting to servers through installed connectors -- Connecting to servers through other connectors -- Additional connectors -- Web data connectors -- Connecting to databases without a listed connection -- Connecting to the Tableau data server -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Building Data Models Using Relationships -- Technical requirements -- Using relationships to combine tables at the logical layer -- Many use cases with a single data model -- Ability to handle tables at different levels of aggregation -- Understanding the differences between relationships and joins -- Setting performance options for relationships -- Creating manual and wildcard unions in Tableau Desktop to add additional rows of data -- Manual union -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Building Data Models at the Physical Level -- Technical requirements -- Opening relationships to join at the physical layer through database joins -- Single use case and using the join for a filter -- Geospatial join type to drive map-based analysis -- Using joins to create a data model with row-level security -- Understanding custom SQL - when to use it and the pitfalls of using it -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Sharing and Extending Tableau Data Models -- Technical requirements -- Understanding live connections and extracts - scenarios for using each -- Creating extracts with the Tableau Hyper engine -- Understanding extracts and data source filters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Unlocking Async Compute -- Technical requirements -- Replacing multiple fences with a single timeline semaphore -- Enabling the timeline semaphore extension -- Creating a timeline semaphore -- Waiting for a timeline semaphore on the CPU -- Using a timeline semaphore on the GPU -- Adding a separate queue for async compute -- Submitting work on separate queues -- Implementing cloth simulation using async compute -- Benefits of using compute shaders -- Compute shaders overview -- Writing compute shaders -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 2: GPU-Driven Rendering -- Chapter 6: GPU-Driven Rendering -- Technical requirements -- Breaking down large meshes into meshlets -- Generating meshlets -- Understanding task and mesh shaders -- Implementing task shaders -- Implementing mesh shaders -- GPU culling using compute -- Depth pyramid generation -- Occlusion culling -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 7: Rendering Many Lights with Clustered Deferred Rendering -- Technical requirements -- A brief history of clustered lighting -- Differences between forward and deferred techniques -- Implementing a G-buffer -- Implementing light clusters -- CPU lights assignment -- GPU light processing -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Adding Shadows Using Mesh Shaders -- Technical requirements -- A brief history of shadow techniques -- Shadow volumes -- Shadow mapping -- Raytraced shadows -- Implementing shadow mapping using mesh shaders -- Overview -- Cubemap shadows -- A note about multiview rendering -- Per-light mesh instance culling -- Indirect draw commands generation -- Shadow cubemap face culling -- Meshlet shadow rendering - task shader -- Meshlet shadow rendering - mesh shader -- Shadow map sampling -- Improving shadow memory with Vulkan's sparse resources -- Creating and allocating sparse textures…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Using Macros to Improve Code -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 7: Linux Operating System Services -- So Many Services -- Calling Convention -- Finding Linux System Call Numbers -- Return Codes -- Structures -- About Wrappers -- Converting a File to Uppercase -- Building .S Files -- Opening a File -- Error Checking -- Looping -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 8: Programming GPIO Pins -- GPIO Overview -- In Linux, Everything is a File -- Flashing LEDs -- Moving Closer to the Metal -- Virtual Memory -- In Devices, Everything is Memory -- Registers in Bits -- GPIO Enable Registers -- GPIO Output Set Registers -- More Flashing LEDs -- GPIOTurnOn in Detail -- Root Access -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 9: Interacting with C and Python -- Calling C Routines -- Printing Debug Information -- Preserving State -- Calling Printf -- Passing a String -- Register Masking Revisited -- Calling Assembly Routines from C -- Packaging the Code -- Static Library -- Shared Library -- Embedding Assembly Language Code inside C Code…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The quest for data quality -- Documentation and cataloging - the unsung heroes of governance -- Understanding the path of data -- Regulatory compliance and audit preparedness -- Change management and impact analysis -- Upholding data quality -- Troubleshooting and analysis -- Navigating the intricacy and the anatomy of ML governance -- ML governance pillars -- Model interpretability -- The many facets of ML development -- Beyond training - model deployment and monitoring -- A guide to architectural governance -- The five pillars of architectural governance -- Transformative architectural principles -- Zooming in on architectural dimensions -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Navigating Real-World Data Science Case Studies in Action -- Introduction to the COMPAS dataset case study -- Understanding the task/outlining success -- Preliminary data exploration -- Preparing the data for modeling -- Final thoughts -- Text embeddings using pretrainedmodels and OpenAI -- Setting up and importing necessary libraries -- Data collection - fetching the textbook data -- Converting text to embeddings -- Querying - searching for relevant information -- Concluding thoughts - the power of modern pre-trained models -- Summary -- Index -- About Packt -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”