Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 16 How Companies Keep the Cash Flowing -- Slowing Bill Payments -- Speeding Up Collecting Accounts Receivables -- Borrowing on Receivables -- Reducing Inventory -- Getting Cash More Quickly -- Part 5 The Many Ways Companies Answer to Others -- Chapter 17 How Companies Find Errors: The Auditing Process -- Inspecting Audits and Auditors -- Looking for mistakes -- Meeting Mr. or Ms. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Processes are NOT Easy to Observe and Record -- 2.3. Although Many Rules on Output, Including Relations between Output and Input Have Been Described, Much of the Process Leading from Input to Output Remains Unknown -- 2.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exploring the phases of cloud migration -- Phase 1 - Discover -- Phase 2 - Plan -- Phase 3 - Migrate -- Phase 4 - Automate -- Phase 5 - Optimize -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Cloud Migration -- Learning about cloud migration insights -- Begin with cost savings, evolve with innovation -- Cloud migration propels cultural shift -- High-level metrics are not enough -- Proper planning drives successful migration -- Thinking beyond CapEx and OpEx -- There are many great cloud providers -- Choosing the right cloud partner for your business -- Security -- Certifications, compliance, standards, and attestation frameworks -- Innovation and roadmap -- Service-level agreements and contracts -- Support model -- Pricing model -- Vendor lock-in criteria and exit provisions -- Reliability and performance -- Service dependencies and partnerships -- Overall business health -- Checklist for choosing a strong partner -- Evaluation of potential vendor lock-ins -- Unraveling the multi-cloud - benefits, challenges, and strategy -- Benefits -- Challenges -- Multi-cloud strategy -- Aligning your IT landscape with the cloud - best practices -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: Implementing Cloud Migration Strategies -- Introducing cloud migration strategies -- What is a cloud migration strategy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Introducing OKRs -- Chapter 1 Achieving Goals with OKRs -- OKRs Are a Goal-Setting System -- Seeing the Value in Goal Setting -- Examining the Components of OKRs -- Defining an "objective" -- Writing a basic objective -- Defining a key result -- Writing key results -- Comparing OKRs to Other Goal-Setting Systems -- OKRs versus SMART goals -- OKRs versus KPIs -- OKRs versus 4DX -- OKRs versus BSC -- Chapter 2 The Benefits of OKRs -- Overcoming Common Organizational Challenges with OKRs -- Acknowledging the difficulty of executing strategy -- The two main causes of execution failure -- Measurement is crucial -- Recognizing the challenge of sustaining growth -- The slow drip of internal issues -- Opportunities! So many opportunities! -- Working with the threat of disruption -- Understanding How Your People Will Benefit from OKRs -- Focusing on what matters most -- Aligning from top to bottom and beyond -- Thinking vertically -- The silo scourge -- Rooting out dependencies -- Increasing engagement -- Driving accountability with strategic knowledge -- Rising to the next level through visionary thinking -- Working within a system that is easy to understand and use -- Part 2 Preparing to Create OKRs -- Chapter 3 First Things First: Identify Why You Are Creating OKRs -- Knowing How Not to Kick Off Your OKRs Journey -- Avoid having your administrative assistant call consultants -- What to do instead -- Don't embark on a change effort lightly -- What to do instead -- Getting to Your "Why" for Creating OKRs -- Determining your unique reason for implementing OKRs -- The need for awareness and execution of strategy -- A way to manage fast growth…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Leading a Successful Panel Interview -- Mastering the Art of Q&amp -- A -- Have a focus -- Make every question count -- Pay attention -- Don't hesitate to probe -- Give candidates ample time to respond -- Suspend judgments -- Take notes -- Vary the style of questions -- Closed-ended -- Open-ended -- Hypothetical -- Leading -- Off-the-wall -- Recognizing What to Ask (and Not to Ask) -- National origin -- Citizenship status -- Address -- Age -- Family status -- Religion -- Health and physical condition -- Name -- Language -- Asking Solid Questions and Knowing How to Interpret the Answers -- End Game: Closing on the Right Note -- Chapter 9 Making the Hiring Decision -- Coming to Grips with the Decision-Making Process -- Utilizing the Tools of the Trade -- Past experience -- Interview impressions -- Test/assessment results -- Firsthand observation -- Selecting Your Candidate: You Need a System -- Knowing what to rely on -- Setting up your own protocol - creating a scorecard -- Factoring in the intangibles -- Creative problem-solving and innovation -- Time management -- Growth mindset -- Collaboration -- Emotional intelligence -- Dealing with Common Challenges in the Hiring Decision -- Anchor yourself to the hiring criteria -- Take your time -- Cross-verify whenever possible -- Get help, but avoid the "too many cooks" syndrome -- Don't force the issue -- Avoid the "top of mind" syndrome -- Getting a Broader View: Employment Reference Checks -- Checking hard-to-check references -- Using your own network for checking -- Online reference checking: Proceed with caution -- Discovering the Truth about Background Checks -- Understanding the basics: Background checks 101 -- Recognizing the different types of checks -- Wading through the murkiness of background checks -- Conducting background checks: Yes or no? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Understanding what serverless means -- Comparing IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS -- Why are hybrid applications so useful in many cases? -- Summary -- Questions -- Further reading -- Chapter 11: Applying a Microservice Architecture to Your Enterprise Application -- Technical requirements -- What are microservices? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A PowerShell remoting whistlestop tour -- Enabling PowerShell remoting -- Creating a session -- Joining and leaving a session -- One-to-many sessions -- Securing PowerShell against inadvertent mistakes -- Execution policy -- Other features -- Running PowerShell securely -- Application control -- Language modes -- Security servicing criteria -- Software Bill of Materials -- Windows Antimalware Scan Interface support -- Secure Shell (SSH) remoting -- Just Enough Administration -- PowerShell logging -- Over the shoulder logging -- Deep script block logging -- Module logging -- Writing secure code -- Storing passwords securely -- Signing scripts -- Parameter security -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- Part 3: Using PowerShell -- Chapter 13: Working with PowerShell 7 and Windows -- Understanding PowerShell 7 and Windows PowerShell -- Exploring compatibility -- Which modules are compatible with PowerShell 7? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Further reading -- Chapter 12: Practical Use Cases of Google Cloud in Real-World Scenarios -- Invoice management - deconstructing the monolith -- Specifications -- Analysis and opportunities -- Approaching the migration -- Designing the new architecture -- Hybrid and multi-cloud options -- Highway toll system - centralizing and automating a distributed scenario -- Specifications -- Analysis and opportunities -- Designing the new architecture -- Making the most of our data -- Hybrid and multi-cloud options -- Fashion Victims - using the cloud as an extension of our business -- Specifications -- Analysis and opportunities -- Designing the new architecture -- Hybrid and multi-cloud options -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 13: Migration Pitfalls, Best Practices, and Useful Tips -- Common pitfalls while moving to the cloud -- Management not on board -- Unclear strategy and poorly defined migration roadmap -- Unmanaged expectations regarding benefits and costs -- Too disruptive or too conservative -- Not knowing your infrastructure and services well enough -- Migrating to the cloud is just moving infrastructure -- Being too careless with your data -- Making migration waves too big or too long -- Unbalanced latency, complexity, and cost -- Best practices for bringing your code to Google Cloud -- Avoid migrate and delete -- Check regulations and compliance before moving ahead -- Prepare a migration toolkit in advance -- Try to simplify, that's what the cloud is about -- Analyze and prioritize accordingly -- Measure, analyze, optimize, and prove success -- Connectivity and latency can make a huge difference -- Build once, deploy anywhere, and as many times as required -- Summary -- Further reading -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Other languages or versions -- Understanding the Archicad UI -- Getting to know the main UI components -- Toolbars and palettes -- Understanding work environments -- Understanding Archicad onscreen feedback -- Setting up your first Archicad project -- Project Info -- Building stories -- Origin and display grid -- Saving a project file -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Building a Basic Residential Model: Modeling the Construction Elements -- Technical requirements -- Navigating in 2D/3D and learning the basics of modeling -- Opening your first model -- Navigating in 2D -- Configuring mouse behavior -- Navigating in 3D -- Modeling tools in general -- Core construction - walls and slabs -- Modeling the basic shape of the ground floor -- Grouping -- Looking at the many settings of a wall -- Adding a slab -- Trace &amp -- Reference -- Using the Pet Palette during modeling -- Materials and composite structures (basics) -- Using drawing aids in Archicad -- Using Snap Guides and Guide References -- Using Guide Lines…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Downloading camera images with the Elements Downloader -- Importing additional photos from folders -- Navigating the Media Browser -- Using a Scanner -- Understanding image requirements -- Using scanner plug-ins (Windows) -- Scanning on the Mac -- Scanning many photos at a time -- Phoning in Your Images -- Setting Organizer Preferences -- Chapter 5 Organizing Your Pictures -- Touring the Organizer -- Organizing Groups of Images with Tags -- Creating and viewing a tag -- Adding icons to tags -- Working with custom tags -- Working with default tags -- Working with sub-categories -- Sorting photos according to tags -- Auto Generating Tags -- Working with Auto Creations -- Adding new Events -- Rating Images with Stars -- Adding Images to an Album -- Creating an album -- Using albums for temporary work -- Editing an album -- Finding out more about sharing your albums -- Adding People in the Media Browser -- Placing Pictures on Maps -- Working with Events -- Chapter 6 Viewing and Finding Your Images -- Cataloging Files -- Using the Catalog Manager -- Working with catalogs -- Backing up your catalog -- Backing up photos and files -- Switching to a Different View -- Viewing Photos in Memories (Slideshow) -- Searching for Photos -- Using Search -- Searching for untagged items -- Searching captions and notes -- Searching by history -- Searching metadata -- Searching similarities -- Searching visually similar photos -- Searching duplicates -- Searching objects -- Grouping Files That Get in the Way -- Marking files as hidden -- Stackin' 'em up -- Creating versions -- Part 3 Selecting and Correcting Photos -- Chapter 7 Editing Camera Raw Images -- Launching the Camera Raw Editor -- Understanding Camera Raw -- Learning Raw file format attributes -- Opening images in the Camera Raw Editor -- Getting Familiar with the Raw Editor -- Getting Familiar with the Panels…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Thermochemistry -- 5.1 The Nature of Chemical Energy -- 5.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics -- System and Surroundings -- Internal Energy -- Relating ΔE to Heat and Work -- Endothermic and Exothermic Processes -- State Functions -- 5.3 Enthalpy -- Pressure-Volume Work -- Enthalpy Change -- 5.4 Enthalpies of Reaction -- 5.5 Calorimetry -- Heat Capacity and Specific Heat -- Constant-Pressure Calorimetry -- Bomb Calorimetry (Constant-Volume Calorimetry) -- 5.6 Hess's Law -- 5.7 Enthalpies of Formation -- Using Enthalpies of Formation to Calculate Enthalpies of Reaction -- 5.8 Bond Enthalpies -- Bond Enthalpies and the Enthalpies of Reactions -- 5.9 Foods and Fuels -- Foods -- Fuels -- Other Energy Sources -- Chapter Summary and Key Terms -- Learning Outcomes -- Key Equations -- Exercises -- Additional Exercises -- Integrative Exercises -- Design an Experiment -- A Closer Look Energy, Enthalpy, and P-V Work -- A Closer Look Using Enthalpy as a Guide -- Chemistry and Life The Regulation of Body Temperature -- Chemistry Put to Work The Scientific and Political Challenges of Biofuels -- Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Atoms -- 6.1 The Wave Nature of Light -- 6.2 Quantized Energy and Photons -- Hot Objects and the Quantization of Energy -- The Photoelectric Effect and Photons -- 6.3 Line Spectra and the Bohr Model -- Line Spectra -- Bohr's Model -- The Energy States of the Hydrogen Atom -- Limitations of the Bohr Model -- 6.4 The Wave Behavior of Matter -- The Uncertainty Principle -- 6.5 Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals -- Orbitals and Quantum Numbers -- 6.6 Representations of Orbitals -- The s Orbitals -- The p Orbitals -- The d and f Orbitals -- 6.7 Many-Electron Atoms -- Orbitals and Their Energies -- Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle -- 6.8 Electron Configurations -- Hund's Rule -- Condensed Electron Configurations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Thermochemistry -- 5.1 The Nature of Chemical Energy -- 5.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics -- System and Surroundings -- Internal Energy -- Relating ΔE to Heat and Work -- Endothermic and Exothermic Processes -- State Functions -- 5.3 Enthalpy -- Pressure-Volume Work -- Enthalpy Change -- 5.4 Enthalpies of Reaction -- 5.5 Calorimetry -- Heat Capacity and Specific Heat -- Constant-Pressure Calorimetry -- Bomb Calorimetry (Constant-Volume Calorimetry) -- 5.6 Hess's Law -- 5.7 Enthalpies of Formation -- Using Enthalpies of Formation to Calculate Enthalpies of Reaction -- 5.8 Bond Enthalpies -- Bond Enthalpies and the Enthalpies of Reactions -- 5.9 Foods and Fuels -- Foods -- Fuels -- Other Energy Sources -- Chapter Summary and Key Terms -- Learning Outcomes -- Key Equations -- Exercises -- Additional Exercises -- Integrative Exercises -- Design an Experiment -- A Closer Look Energy, Enthalpy, and P-V Work -- A Closer Look Using Enthalpy as a Guide -- Chemistry and Life The Regulation of Body Temperature -- Chemistry Put to Work The Scientific and Political Challenges of Biofuels -- Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Atoms -- 6.1 The Wave Nature of Light -- 6.2 Quantized Energy and Photons -- Hot Objects and the Quantization of Energy -- The Photoelectric Effect and Photons -- 6.3 Line Spectra and the Bohr Model -- Line Spectra -- Bohr's Model -- The Energy States of the Hydrogen Atom -- Limitations of the Bohr Model -- 6.4 The Wave Behavior of Matter -- The Uncertainty Principle -- 6.5 Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals -- Orbitals and Quantum Numbers -- 6.6 Representations of Orbitals -- The s Orbitals -- The p Orbitals -- The d and f Orbitals -- 6.7 Many-Electron Atoms -- Orbitals and Their Energies -- Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle -- 6.8 Electron Configurations -- Hund's Rule -- Condensed Electron Configurations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Explain a complex issue in ways many can understand -- ... Define your personal views on the social impact issues you help solve -- ... …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Separate Man and machine work -- Automation and production lead-time -- Automation and lead-time of equipment design -- Automation to cut the cost of labor rather than boost the value of labor -- One worker, one machine -- Conclusion of "separate man from machine work" -- Pull system, the second element of Just-in-Time -- Elements of the pull system -- Authorization to work, produce, and convey -- The store and the stock -- Types of pull system -- A-type or replenishment pull system -- B-type or sequential pull system -- C-type (combined) pull system -- Practical application of the pull system -- Pull system conclusion -- Jidoka and Just-in-Time conclusion -- Heijunka: Leveling work by varieties -- Heijunka and cash flow -- Heijunka and efficiency of assets -- Heijunka and machine efficiency -- Heijunka and labor efficiency -- Heijunka illustration -- A new look at labor requirements -- A new look at machine and equipment capacity requirements -- A new look at inventory requirements between the component process and the assembly line -- A new look at labor requirements -- Building the heijunka sequence -- How many orders to consider for the sequence -- Building the heijunka sequence -- Conclusion to heijunka -- Standardized work -- Purpose of work standards -- Purpose and benefits of standardized work -- Standardized work as an instrument -- Approach to implementing standardized work -- Role of the team leader -- Role of the environment -- Elements of standardized work -- Sequence of operation -- Takt time -- Standard in-process stock -- Different types of standardized work based on varying cycle times -- Type one standardized work -- Type two standardized work -- Type three standardized work -- Standardized work forms -- Machine capacity sheet -- Standardized work chart -- Standardized work combination table -- Conclusion on standardized work…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.1.1 Complexity within web APIs -- 1.1.2 Complexity across many web APIs -- 1.2 How does testing help us? -- 1.2.1 Imagination -- 1.2.2 Implementation -- 1.2.3 The value of testing -- 1.2.4 Being strategic with API testing -- Summary -- 2 Beginning our testing journey -- 2.1 Introducing our product -- 2.1.1 Introducing our sandbox API -- 2.2 Familiarizing ourselves with restful-booker-platform -- 2.2.1 Researching the product -- 2.2.2 Researching beyond the product -- 2.3 Capturing our understanding -- 2.3.1 The power of models -- 2.3.2 Building our own models -- 2.4 Congratulations-you're testing! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 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: “…-- Risk functions -- There are many loss functions -- Different loss functions = different end results -- Loss functions for anything -- A loss function by any other name -- What we learned -- Least Squares -- The squared-loss function -- OLS regression -- OLS, outliers, and robust regression -- What we learned -- Linear models -- Practical issues -- The model residuals -- OLS regression code example -- What we learned -- Gradient descent -- Locating the minimum of a simple risk function -- Gradient descent code example -- Gradient descent is a general technique -- Beyond simple gradient descent -- What we learned -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 5: Probabilistic Modeling…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bates, 1864 -- Morpho helenor (Cramer, 1776) -- Morpho rhodopteron Godman &amp -- Salvin, 1880 -- Napeogenes stella (Hewitson, [1855]) -- Nica flavilla (Godart, [1824]) -- Oleria amalda amalda (Hewitson, [1857]) -- Pagyris cymothoe cymothoe (Hewitson, [1855]) -- Parataygetis lineata (Godman &amp -- Salvin, 1880) -- Pareuptychia metaleuca (Boisduval, 1870) -- Pareuptychia orrcihoe (Fabricius, 1776) -- Pedaliodes leucocheilus Godman &amp -- Salvin, 1880 -- Pedaliodes manis (C. Felder &amp -- R. Felder, 1867) -- Pedaliodes phazania Grose Smith, 1900 -- Pedaliodes symmachus (Godman &amp -- Salvin, 1880) -- Pedaliodes tyrrheus (Godman &amp -- Salvin, 1880) -- Perisama gisco Godman &amp -- Salvin, 1880 -- Pharneuptychia n. sp. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Diurnal rate of change in the attendance of insect pollinators -- 4.8 Higher order derivatives -- Spatial gradients -- 4.9 Derivatives of functions of many variables -- The slope of the sea-floor -- 4.10 Optimisation -- Maximum rate of disease transmission -- The marginal value theorem -- 4.11 Local stability for difference equations -- Unconstrained population growth -- Density dependence and proportional harvesting -- 4.12 Series expansions -- Further reading -- References -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Historical Examples of Perpetuities -- COMMON MISTAKE Discounting One Too Many Times -- 4.3 Annuities -- Present Value of an Annuity -- Future Value of an Annuity -- 4.4 Growing Cash Flows -- Growing Perpetuity -- Growing Annuity -- 4.5 Solving for Variables Other Than Present Value or Future Value -- Solving for the Cash Flows -- Rate of Return -- Solving for the Number of Periods -- 4.6 Non-Annual Cash Flows -- The Big Picture -- Summary -- Critical Thinking -- Problems -- Data Case -- CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX Using a Financial Calculator -- Chapter 5 Interest Rates -- 5.1 Interest Rate Quotes and Adjustments -- The Effective Annual Rate -- Adjusting the Discount Rate to Different Time Periods -- Annual Percentage Rates -- COMMON MISTAKE Using the EAR in the Annuity Formula -- 5.2 Application: Discount Rates and Loans -- Computing Loan Payments -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS Teaser Rates and Subprime Loans -- Computing the Outstanding Loan Balance -- 5.3 The Determinants of Interest Rates -- Inflation and Real Versus Nominal Rates -- Investment and Interest Rate Policy -- How Is Inflation Actually Calculated? …”