Tabla de Contenidos: “…The timber tower at Mahdholz recently created, one of the many treats provided by the Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg -- Figure 51. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.7 Changes of State -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Steam Burns -- CLINICAL UPDATE: A Diet and Exercise Program -- Concept Map -- Chapter Review -- Key Terms -- Core Chemistry Skills -- Understanding the Concepts -- Additional Practice Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Answers -- COMBINING IDEAS from Chapters 1 to 3 -- Chapter 4 Atoms and Elements -- CAREER Farmer -- CLINICAL UPDATE Improving Crop Production -- 4.1 Elements and Symbols -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Toxicity of Mercury -- 4.2 The Periodic Table -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Elements Essential to Health -- 4.3 The Atom -- 4.4 Atomic Number and Mass Number -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO THE ENVIRONMENT: Many Forms of Carbon -- 4.5 Isotopes and Atomic Mass -- 4.6 Electron Energy Levels -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Biological Reactions to UV Light -- 4.7 Trends in Periodic Properties -- CLINICAL UPDATE: Improving Crop Production -- Concept Map -- Chapter Review -- Key Terms -- Core Chemistry Skills -- Understanding the Concepts -- Additional Practice Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Answers -- Chapter 5 Nuclear Chemistry -- CAREER Radiation Technologist -- CLINICAL UPDATE Cardiac Imaging Using a Radioisotope -- 5.1 Natural Radioactivity -- 5.2 Nuclear Reactions -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Radon in Our Homes -- 5.3 Radiation Measurement -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Radiation and Food -- 5.4 Half‐Life of a Radioisotope -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO THE ENVIRONMENT: Dating Ancient Objects -- 5.5 Medical Applications Using Radioactivity -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO HEALTH: Brachytherapy -- 5.6 Nuclear Fission and Fusion -- CHEMISTRY LINK TO THE ENVIRONMENT: Nuclear Power Plants -- CLINICAL UPDATE: Cardiac Imaging Using a Radioisotope -- Concept Map -- Chapter Review -- Key Terms -- Core Chemistry Skills -- Understanding the Concepts -- Additional Practice Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Answers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Order-of-Magnitude Estimations -- 2.7 Solving Problems Involving Equations -- 2.8 Atoms and the Mole: How Many Particles? -- The Mole: A Chemist's "Dozen" -- Converting between Number of Moles and Number of Atoms -- Converting between Mass and Amount (Number of Moles) -- REVIEW -- Self-Assessment Quiz -- Key Learning Outcomes -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- Key Equations and Relationships -- EXERCISES -- Review Questions -- Problems by Topic -- Cumulative Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Conceptual Problems -- Answers to Conceptual Connections -- 3 The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom -- 3.1 Schrödinger's Cat -- 3.2 The Nature of Light -- The Wave Nature of Light -- The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Interference and Diffraction -- The Particle Nature of Light -- 3.3 Atomic Spectroscopy and the Bohr Model -- Atomic Spectra -- The Bohr Model -- Atomic Spectroscopy and the Identification of Elements -- 3.4 The Wave Nature of Matter: The de Broglie Wavelength, the Uncertainty Principle, and Indeterminacy -- The de Broglie Wavelength -- The Uncertainty Principle -- Indeterminacy and Probability Distribution Maps -- 3.5 Quantum Mechanics and the Atom -- Solutions to the Schrödinger Equation for the Hydrogen Atom -- Atomic Spectroscopy Explained -- 3.6 The Shapes of Atomic Orbitals -- s Orbitals (l = 0) -- p Orbitals (l = 1) -- d Orbitals (l = 2) -- f Orbitals (l = 3) -- The Phase of Orbitals -- The Shape of Atoms -- REVIEW -- Self-Assessment Quiz -- Key Learning Outcomes -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- Key Equations and Relationships -- EXERCISES -- Review Questions -- Problems by Topic -- Cumulative Problems -- Challenge Problems -- Conceptual Problems -- Answers to Conceptual Connections -- 4 Periodic Properties of the Elements -- 4.1 Aluminum: Low-Density Atoms Result in Low-Density Metal…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Disassembling and servicing the Prusa MINI extruder -- Disassembling and servicing the Prusa MINI hot-end and nozzle -- Examining the Prusa i3 MK3 and Hot-End Assembly -- Disassembling and servicing the Prusa i3 MK3 Extruder -- Disassembling and servicing the Prusa i3 MK3 hot-end and nozzle -- Taking a closer look at the hot-end and the sizes of extrusion nozzles -- Comparing fixed nozzle and quick-change systems -- Nozzle sizes for different print jobs -- Alternative Extrusion Systems for Paste and Edible Materials -- Multicolor Print Methods -- Looking at the toothpaste effect -- Three-way color mixing -- Two-color printing -- Layer-selective color printing -- Cut-and-follow-on printing -- Multi-input feeder -- Automatic tool-changers -- Extruder Operation and Upgrades -- Fixing a blocked hot-end or extruder -- Acquiring an assortment of extruders -- Cooling extruders with fans -- Chapter 15 Identifying Software and Calibrating Your 3D Printer -- Finding 3D Design Software and Models -- Using design software -- Verifying models with Netfabb -- Working with PrusaSlicer -- Configuring PrusaSlicer -- Processing models with PrusaSlicer -- Calibrating Your 3D Printer -- Leveling your print bed -- Tuning your hot-end temperature control -- Calibrating extruder distance -- Printing Objects -- Printing vases, pots, and cups -- Printing large single-piece objects -- Printing tiny or highly detailed objects -- Printing many objects at the same time -- Improving print quality -- Identifying Machine Problems When Print Jobs Fail -- Improving Print Speed -- Chapter 16 Refining the Design and 3D-Printing Process -- Being Productive with 3D Printing -- Refining Your Print Preparations -- Examining a Design Example -- Practical 3D Printing: Looking at Five Quick Examples of Practical 3D Printing at Home -- Designing Parts for 3D Printing -- Material -- Orientation--Layer height…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Applying the Rules of Valuing Cash Flows to a Cash Flow Stream -- Using a Financial Calculator: Solving for Present and Future Values of Cash Flow Streams -- 4.2 Perpetuities -- Perpetuities -- 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. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 4: Data Governance, Security, and Cataloging -- Technical requirements -- The many different aspects of data governance -- Data security, access, and privacy -- Common data regulatory requirements -- Core data protection concepts -- Personally identifiable information (PII) -- Personal data -- Encryption -- Anonymized data -- Pseudonymized data/tokenization -- Authentication -- Authorization -- Putting these concepts together -- Data quality, data profiling, and data lineage -- Data quality -- Data profiling -- Data lineage -- Business and technical data catalogs -- Implementing a data catalog to avoid creating a data swamp -- Business data catalogs -- Technical data catalogs -- AWS services that help with data governance -- The AWS Glue/Lake Formation technical data catalog -- AWS Glue DataBrew for profiling datasets -- AWS Glue Data Quality -- AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for data encryption -- Amazon Macie for detecting PII data in Amazon S3 objects -- The AWS Glue Studio Detect PII transform for detecting PII data in datasets -- Amazon GuardDuty for detecting threats in an AWS account -- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service -- Using AWS Lake Formation to manage data lake access -- Permissions management before Lake Formation -- Permissions management using AWS Lake Formation -- Hands-on - configuring Lake Formation permissions -- Creating a new user with IAM permissions -- Transitioning to managing fine-grained permissions with AWS Lake Formation -- Activating Lake Formation permissions for a database and table -- Granting Lake Formation permissions -- Summary -- Section 2: Architecting and Implementing Data Engineering Pipelines and Transformations -- Chapter 5: Architecting Data Engineering Pipelines -- Technical requirements -- Approaching the data pipeline architecture -- Architecting houses and pipelines…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Core Principles in Anatomy and Physiology -- Overall Theme: Physiological Processes Operate to Maintain the Body's Homeostasis -- Core Principle One: Feedback Loops Are a Key Mechanism Used to Maintain Homeostasis -- Core Principle Two: Structure and Function Are Related at All Levels of Organization -- Core Principle Three: Gradients Drive Many Physiological Processes -- Core Principle Four: Cell-Cell Communication Is Required to Coordinate Body Functions -- Concept Boost: Putting Anatomical Terms Together -- Concept Boost: Debunking Some Common Misconceptions about Homeostasis -- A&amp -- P in the Real World: Medical Errors -- A&amp -- P in the Real World: Abdominal Pain -- A&amp -- P in the Real World: Medical Imaging -- A&amp -- P in the Real World: Childbirth, Pitocin, and Positive Feedback Loops -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Informal Learning in a Public Library Makerspace for Youth in the Netherlands -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Project Maakplaats021 -- 3 Developing Skills by Creating Creatures -- 4 I Learned So Many Things in the First Week -- 5 Making a Robot to Help Grandma -- 6 Collaboration with the Local Outdoor Market -- 7 Developing Confidence -- 8 'Thinking in 3D Is... …”

“…Although many years have passed since the first successful kidney transplantation, the method, although no longer considered a medical experiment, is still perceived as controversial and, as such, it triggers many emotions and that's why conscious educational efforts are still needed for kidney transplantation, for many people being the only chance for an active lifestyle and improved quality of life, to win common social acceptance and stop triggering negative connotations. …”

“…Levels of educational attainment do not only vary among countries, but also within them. In many countries, people with tertiary education – usually the most skilled people – are more highly represented in the capital region. …”

“…This volume brings together essays by many of the leading scholars of comparative constitutional design from many perspectives to collectively assess what we know - and do not know - about the design process as well as particular institutional choices concerning executive power, constitutional amendment processes and many other issues. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using a Date-Based Axis to Represent Time -- Displaying and Formatting Gridlines -- Formatting the Plot Area -- Creating a Custom Gradient -- Formatting the Chart Walls and Floor of a 3-D Chart -- Controlling 3-D Rotation in a 3-D Chart -- Forecasting with Trendlines -- Adding Drop Lines to a Line or Area Chart -- Adding Up/Down Bars to a Line Chart -- Showing Acceptable Tolerances by Using Error Bars -- Formatting a Series -- Formatting a Single Data Point -- Using the Format Ribbon -- Converting Text to WordArt -- Using the Shape Styles Gallery -- Using the Shape Fill and Shape Effects -- Using Preset Shape Effects -- Replacing Data Markers with Clip Art or Shapes -- Using Clip Art as a Data Marker -- Using a Shape in Place of a Data Marker -- Creating a Chart Template -- Next Steps -- 3 Creating Charts That Show Trends -- Choosing a Chart Type -- Understanding a Date-Based Axis Versus a Category-Based Axis -- Accurately Representing Data Using a Time-Based Axis -- Converting Text Dates to Dates -- Comparing Date Systems -- Dates Not Recognized as Dates: Numeric Years -- Dates Not Recognized as Dates: Dates Before 1900 -- Using a Workaround to Display a Time-Scale Axis -- Converting Dates to Text to Add a Decorative Chart Element -- Kyle Fletcher: Using a Decorative Element in a Chart -- Using a Chart to Communicate Effectively -- Using a Long, Meaningful Title to Explain Your Point -- Highlighting One Column -- Replacing Columns with Arrows -- Highlighting a Section of Chart by Adding a Second Series -- Changing Line Type Midstream -- Adding an Automatic Trendline to a Chart -- Showing a Trend of Monthly Sales and Year-to-Date Sales -- Understanding the Shortcomings of Stacked Column Charts -- Using a Stacked Column Chart to Compare Current Sales to Prior-Year Sales -- Shortcomings of Showing Many Trends on a Single Chart…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title page -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN INFORMATIONSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 The Convergence of High-performance and Embedded Computing Domains -- 1.1.2 Parallelization Challenge -- 1.2 The P-SOCRATES Project -- 1.3 Challenges Addressed in This Book -- 1.3.1 Compiler Analysis of Parallel Programs -- 1.3.2 Predictable Scheduling of Parallel Tasks on Many-core Systems -- 1.3.3 Methodology for Measurement-based Timing Analysis -- 1.3.4 Optimized OpenMP Tasking Runtime System -- 1.3.5 Real-time Operating Systems -- 1.4 The UpScale SDK -- 1.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 - Manycore Platforms -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Manycore Architectures -- 2.2.1 Xeon Phi -- 2.2.2 Pezy SC -- 2.2.3 NVIDIA Tegra X1 -- 2.2.4 Tilera Tile -- 2.2.5 STMicroelectronics STHORM -- 2.2.6 Epiphany-V -- 2.2.7 TI Keystone II -- 2.2.8 Kalray MPPA-256 -- 2.2.8.1 The I/O subsystem -- 2.2.8.2 The Network-on-Chip (NoC) -- 2.2.8.3 The Host-to-IOS communication protocol -- 2.2.8.4 Internal architecture of the compute clusters -- 2.2.8.5 The shared memory -- 2.3 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 - Predictable Parallel Programming with OpenMP -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Introduction to Parallel Programming Models -- 3.1.1.1 POSIX threads -- 3.1.1.2 OpenCLTM -- 3.1.1.3 NVIDIA R CUDA -- 3.1.1.4 Intel R CilkTM Plus -- 3.1.1.5 Intel R TBB -- 3.1.1.6 OpenMP -- 3.2 The OpenMP Parallel Programming Model -- 3.2.1 Introduction and Evolution of OpenMP -- 3.2.2 Parallel Model of OpenMP -- 3.2.2.1 Execution model -- 3.2.2.2 Acceleration model -- 3.2.2.3 Memory model -- 3.2.3 An OpenMP Example -- 3.3 Timing Properties of the OpenMP Tasking Model…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 4.4 Maintained System Reliability Models -- 4.4.1 Types of Repair and Service Restoration Models -- 4.4.2 Systems with Renewal Repair -- 4.4.3 Systems with Revival Repair -- 4.4.4 More-General Repair Models -- 4.4.5 The Separate Maintenance Model -- 4.4.6 Superpositions of Point Processes and Systems with Many Single Points of Failure -- 4.4.7 State Diagram Reliability Models -- 4.5 Stability of Reliability Models -- 4.6 Software Resources -- 4.7 Reliability Modeling Best Practices for Systems Engineers -- 4.7.1 Develop and Use a Reliability Model -- 4.7.2 Develop the Reliability-Profitability Curve -- 4.7.3 Budget for Reliability -- 4.7.4 Design for Reliability -- 4.8 Chapter Summary -- 4.9 Exercises -- References -- Chapter 5 Comparing Predicted and Realized Reliability with Requirements…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…14.2 Strategic analysis -- 14.3 Strategic choice -- 14.4 Business strategy in a global economy -- 14.5 Strategy: evaluation and implementation -- Box 14.1 Business strategy the Samsung way -- Box 14.2 Hybrid strategy -- Summary -- Review questions -- 15 Growth strategy -- 15.1 Growth and profitability -- 15.2 Constraints on growth -- 15.3 Alternative growth strategies -- 15.4 Internal growth -- 15.5 External growth through merger -- 15.6 External growth through strategic alliance -- 15.7 Explaining external firm growth: a transaction costs approach -- Box 15.1 Global merger activity -- Box 15.2 How many firms does it take to make an iPhone? -- Box 15.3 The day the world stopped -- Summary -- Review questions -- 16 The small-firm sector -- 16.1 Defining the small-firm sector -- 16.2 The survival, growth and failure of small businesses -- 16.3 Government assistance and the small firm -- Box 16.1 Capturing global entrepreneurial spirit -- Box 16.2 Hotel Chocolat -- Summary -- Review questions -- 17 Pricing strategy -- 17.1 Pricing and market structure -- 17.2 Alternative pricing strategies -- 17.3 Price discrimination -- 17.4 Multiple product pricing -- 17.5 Transfer pricing -- 17.6 Pricing and the product life cycle -- Box 17.1 Personalised pricing in digital markets -- Box 17.2 A quantity discount pricing strategy -- Box 17.3 Selling goods separately or together? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.9.1 Set heap size and nursery size for efficient garbage collection -- 11.9.2 Set AIX threading parameters -- 11.9.3 Use HotSpot server instead of client -- 11.9.4 Setting thread stack size if using many threads -- 11.9.5 Reduce or increase heap size if out-of-memory errors occur -- 11.10 Large objects -- 11.10.1 Factors affecting large object size processing -- 11.10.2 Mitigating large object issues -- 11.11 Tuning other WebSphere BI runtime components -- Appendix A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.1 Process and Principles 52 -- 5.3 Cellular Standards and Operators 55 -- 5.3.1 Government and Quality Certifi cates 56 -- 5.3.1.1 Mandatory 56 -- 5.3.2 Optional 58 -- 5.4 Summary 61 -- Chapter 6: What Quality Means 63 -- 6.1 Quality Culture 64 -- 6.2 Quality Standards 66 -- 6.2.1 ISO 9000 66 -- 6.2.2 Six Sigma 67 -- 6.3 Quality in a Product 68 -- 6.3.1 Quality in Manufacturing 69 -- 6.3.2 Quality in Service 70 -- 6.3.3 Getting Better Quality 71 -- 6.4 Quality in the S60 Platform and S60-based Phones 73 -- 6.4.1 Choosing the Process 73 -- 6.4.2 The Waterfall Process 73 -- 6.4.3 The Incremental Process 74 -- 6.4.4 Agile Software Development 75 -- 6.4.5 Concurrent Engineering 76 -- 6.4.6 Other Things to Consider 77 -- 6.5 Summary 78 -- Chapter 7: Stumbling Blocks 79 -- 7.1 Stumbling Blocks General to All Projects 79 -- 7.2 Stumbling Blocks Specifi c to a Software Program 80 -- 7.2.1 Contradictory, Overwhelming or Too Many Requirements 83 -- 7.2.2 Unstable, Incomplete and Informal Requirements 83 -- 7.2.3 Poor Planning and Project Management 84 -- 7.2.4 Unrealistic Estimates and Unjustifi ed Expectations 84 -- 7.2.5 Lack of Knowledge on New Technologies 84 -- 7.2.6 Lack of Proper Risk Management 85 -- 7.2.7 Lack of Organisational Integrity 86 -- 7.3 Ways to Avoid Stumbling Blocks in a Software Program 87 -- 7.3.1 Overview of COCOMO 87 -- 7.4 Stumbling Blocks Specifi c to a S60-based Phone Program 88 -- 7.4.1 Program-level Risks 89 -- 7.4.1.1 Integration Competence 89 -- 7.4.1.2 Testing Environment 90 -- 7.4.1.3 Amount of Differentiation 90 -- 7.4.1.4 Baseline Selection 91 -- 7.4.1.5 Defect Fixing Order 91 -- 7.4.2 Component-level Risks 91 -- 7.4.2.1 Coding Style and Culture 92 -- 7.4.3 Fixing Speed 94 -- 7.4.3.1 Testing Activities and Extent 94 -- 7.4.3.2 Insuffi ciency of the Specifi cation 96 -- 7.4.3.3 Adaptation Layer Implementation 96 -- 7.5 Provider Components 97 -- 7.6 Summary 97 -- Chapter 8: Platform Testing versus Platform-based Phone Testing 99.…”