Tabla de Contenidos: “…AI has made the most progress performing non-routine, cognitive tasks -- 3.1.3. High-skilled, white-collar occupations have been most exposed to recent progress in AI -- 3.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 5.3 Improving Procedural Legitimacy -- 5.4 Improving Performance and Governance Practice -- 6 Conclusions -- Part 2 International Security: What Role Does It Play in Achieving SDG s? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating a real purchase order -- Using some purchase order tips and tricks -- Recording the Receipt of Items -- Simultaneously Recording the Receipt and the Bill -- Entering a Bill -- If you haven't previously recorded an item receipt -- If you have previously recorded an item receipt -- Paying Bills -- Reviewing the Other Vendor Menu Commands -- Vendor Center window -- Sales Tax menu commands -- Inventory Activities menu commands -- Print/E-file 1099s commands -- Item List command -- Chapter 3 Tracking Inventory and Items -- Looking at Your Item List -- Using the Item Code column -- Using the Item List window -- Using inventory reports -- Adding Items to the Item List -- Adding an item: Basic steps -- Adding a service item -- Adding an inventory part -- Adding a noninventory part -- Adding an other-charge item -- Adding a subtotal item -- Adding a group item -- Adding a discount item -- Adding a payment item -- Adding a sales tax item -- Setting up a sales tax group -- Adding custom fields to items -- Editing Items -- Adjusting physical counts and inventory values -- Adjusting prices and price levels -- Using the Change Item Prices command -- Using price levels -- Creating a price level -- Using a price level -- Enabling advanced pricing -- Managing Inventory in a Manufacturing Firm -- Handling manufactured inventory the simple way -- Performing inventory accounting in QuickBooks -- Adding inventory assembly items -- Recording manufacture or assembly of items -- Managing multiple inventory locations -- Chapter 4 Managing Cash and Bank Accounts -- Writing Checks -- Recording and printing a check -- Customizing the check form -- Making Bank Deposits -- Transferring Money between Bank Accounts -- Working with the Register -- Recording register transactions -- Using Register window commands and buttons -- The Go To button -- The Print button…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…10.6 Decision Trees -- 10.7 Influence Diagrams -- 10.8 Affinity Diagrams -- 10.9 Game Theory -- 10.10 Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 10.11 Nominal Work Groups -- 10.12 Delphi Technique -- 10.13 Other Decision-Making Tools -- 10.14 Artificial Intelligence -- Customer Reaction -- Project Management Maturity -- Educating Project Managers -- Educating Team Members -- 10.15 Risk Management -- Ethics -- AI Penetration -- Discussion Questions -- References -- 11 Predicting the Impact -- 11.0 Evaluating the Impact of a Decision -- 11.1 Creating a Consequence Table -- 11.2 Performing Impact Analysis -- 11.3 The Time to Implement a Solution -- 11.4 The Definitions for Project Success and Failure Are Changing -- Historical Perspective -- Early Modification to the Triple Constraints -- The Use of Primary and Secondary Constraints -- From Triple Constraints to Competing Constraints -- 11.5 Project Decision-Making and Politics -- Discussion Questions -- 12 The Need for Effective or Active Listening Skills -- 12.0 Active Listening -- 12.1 Active Listening Body Language and Communications -- 12.2 Active Listening Barriers Created by the Speaker -- 12.3 Active Listening Barriers Created by the Listener -- 12.4 Overcoming Active Listening Barriers -- 12.5 Techniques for Effective Listening -- Discussion Questions -- 13 Barriers -- 13.0 The Growth of Barriers -- 13.1 Lack of Concern for the Workers Barriers -- 13.2 Legal Barriers -- 13.3 Project Sponsorship Barriers -- 13.4 Cost of Implementation Barriers -- 13.5 Culture Barriers -- 13.6 Project Management Office (PMO) Barrier -- 13.7 Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Appendix: Using the PMBOK® Guide -- Decision-Making and the PMBOK® Guide -- Problem-Solving and the PMBOK® Guide -- PMBOK® Guide: Integration Management -- PMBOK® Guide: Scope Management -- PMBOK® Guide: Time Management…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Understanding Best Practices -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Wärtsilä -- Benefits Management in Operational Development Projects in Wärtsilä -- 1.2 Project Management Best Practices: 1945-1960 -- 1.3 Project Management Best Practices: 1960-1985 -- 1.4 Project Management Best Practices: 1985-2016 -- 1.5 Project Management Best Practices: 2016-Present -- 1.6 Benefits Management Practice at Dubai Customs -- Benefits Realization Management Framework -- Benefits Management Maturity Level -- Portfolio Benefits Management (Benefits Quadrant) -- Key Lessons Learned -- 1.7 An Executive's View of Project Management -- 1.8 The Growth of Nontraditional Projects -- 1.9 The Growth of the VUCA Environment -- 1.10 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Project Management -- Leadership -- Trust -- Communications -- Decision-Making -- Project Control Center -- Change Management -- Conclusions -- 1.11 General Motors and Ventilators -- 1.12 Best Practices Process -- 1.13 Step 1: Definition of a Best Practice -- 1.14 Step 2: Seeking Out Best Practices -- 1.15 Dashboards and Scorecards -- 1.16 Key Performance Indicators -- 1.17 Manufacturing Best Practices in Action -- A Case Study -- 1.18 Step 3: Validating the Best Practice -- 1.19 Step 4: Levels of Best Practices -- 1.20 Step 5: Management of Best Practices -- 1.21 Step 6: Revalidating Best Practices -- 1.22 Step 7: What to Do with a Best Practice -- 1.23 Step 8: Communicating Best Practices Across the Company -- 1.24 Step 9: Ensuring Usage of the Best Practices -- 1.25 Common Beliefs -- 1.26 The Dark Side of Project Management Best Practices -- 1.27 Best Practices Library -- 1.28 Determining the Value of a Best Practice -- 1.29 Aramco Bolsters Innovation Through Cutting-Edge Ideas…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Generating Traffic and Capturing an Audience -- Search engine optimization -- Link benefits -- Organic growth -- Establishing Yourself as an Expert -- Gaining Online Exposure -- Networking with Other People in Your Niche -- Branching Out Beyond Your Blog -- Chapter 3 Choosing Your Niche -- Determining Your Niche Blogging Goals -- Building your expertise -- Sharing your passion -- Offering your opinion and sharing your knowledge -- Networking and building relationships -- Making money -- Identifying Niches That Might Work for You -- Determining the Audience Potential for a Niche Blog -- Researching existing niche blogs -- Google Alerts -- Social media searches -- Performing keyword searches -- Google search -- Google Trends -- Chapter 4 Writing for Your Niche -- Creating Content -- Writing different types of posts -- Choosing your voice and style -- Linking -- Finding inspiration for new content -- Branding Your Blog -- Networking and Commenting -- Creating Off-Blog Content for Your Niche Blog -- Email campaigns -- Newsletter subscriptions -- E-books and printables -- Social networking and content sharing -- YouTube videos -- Facebook and LinkedIn groups and pages -- SlideShare presentations -- Flickr -- Self-published books -- Book 3 Corporate and Non-Profit Blogging -- Chapter 1 Starting a Business Blog -- Revealing Why Organizations Blog -- Finding Companies That Do It Right -- Southwest Airlines -- Dell -- John Deere -- Disney Parks -- Compassion International -- Benefiting from a Corporate or Non-Profit Organization Blog -- Building an online presence -- Marketing and publicity -- Brand building -- Customer relations versus customer service -- Employee retention -- Employee referrals and new hiring -- Knowledge, experience, and expertise -- Search engine optimization -- Chapter 2 Developing a Blog Plan -- Researching the Competition…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Membrane Structure and Function -- 5.1 Visualizing The Concept Membranes are fluid mosaics of lipids and proteins with many functions -- 5.2 Evolution Connection The spontaneous formation of membranes was a critical step in the origin of life -- 5.3 Passive transport is diffusion across a membrane with no energy investment -- 5.4 Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane -- 5.5 Water balance between cells and their surroundings is crucial to organisms -- 5.6 Transport proteins can facilitate diffusion across membranes -- 5.7 Scientific Thinking Research on another membrane protein led to the discovery of aquaporins -- 5.8 Cells expend energy in the active transport of a solute -- 5.9 Exocytosis and endocytosis transport large molecules across membranes -- Energy and the Cell -- 5.10 Cells transform energy and matter as they perform work -- 5.11 Chemical reactions either release or store energy -- 5.12 ATP drives cellular work by coupling exergonic and endergonic reactions -- How Enzymes Function -- 5.13 Enzymes speed up the cell's chemical reactions by lowering energy barriers -- 5.14 A specific enzyme catalyzes each cellular reaction -- 5.15 Enzyme inhibition can regulate enzyme activity in a cell -- 5.16 Many drugs, pesticides, and poisons are enzyme inhibitors -- Chapter Review -- 6 How Cells Harvestchemical Energy -- Cellular Respiration: Aerobic Harvesting of Energy -- 6.1 Photosynthesis and cellular respiration provide energy for life -- 6.2 Breathing supplies O2 for use in cellular respiration and removes CO2 -- 6.3 Cellular respiration banks energy in ATP molecules -- 6.4 The human body uses energy from ATP for all its activities -- 6.5 Cells capture energy from electrons "falling" from organic fuels to oxygen -- Stages of Cellular Respiration -- 6.6 Overview: cellular respiration occurs in three main stages…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Financial Statements -- 2.1 Financial Statements -- The Balance Sheet -- The Income Statement -- Statement of Retained Earnings -- 2.2 Cash Flow Identity and the Statement of Cash Flows -- The First Component: Cash Flow from Assets -- The Second Component: Cash Flow to Creditors -- The Third Component: Cash Flow to Owners -- Putting It All Together: The Cash Flow Identity -- The Statement of Cash Flows -- Free Cash Flow -- 2.3 Financial Performance Reporting -- Regulation Fair Disclosure -- Notes to the Financial Statements -- 2.4 Financial Statements on the Internet -- Putting Finance To Work Look Before You Leap -- Key Terms -- Questions -- Prepping for Exams -- Problems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating an IAM policy and role for DMS -- Configuring DMS settings and performing a full load from MySQL to S3 -- Querying data with Amazon Athena -- Hands-on - ingesting streaming data -- Configuring Kinesis Data Firehose for streaming delivery to Amazon S3 -- Configuring Amazon Kinesis Data Generator (KDG) -- Adding newly ingested data to the Glue Data Catalog -- Querying the data with Amazon Athena -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Transforming Data to Optimize for Analytics -- Technical requirements -- Overview of how transformations can create value -- Cooking, baking, and data transformations -- Transformations as part of a pipeline -- Types of data transformation tools -- Apache Spark -- Hadoop and MapReduce -- SQL -- GUI-based tools -- Common data preparation transformations -- Protecting PII data -- Optimizing the file format -- Optimizing with data partitioning -- Data cleansing -- Common business use case transformations -- Data denormalization -- Enriching data -- Pre-aggregating data -- Extracting metadata from unstructured data -- Working with Change Data Capture (CDC) data -- Traditional approaches - data upserts and SQL views -- Modern approaches - Open Table Formats (OTFs) -- Apache Iceberg -- Apache Hudi -- Databricks Delta Lake -- Hands-on - joining datasets with AWS Glue Studio -- Creating a new data lake zone - the curated zone -- Creating a new IAM role for the Glue job -- Configuring a denormalization transform using AWS Glue Studio -- Finalizing the denormalization transform job to write to S3 -- Create a transform job to join streaming and film data using AWS Glue Studio -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Identifying and Enabling Data Consumers -- Technical requirements -- Understanding the impact of data democratization -- A growing variety of data consumers -- How a data mesh helps data consumers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…How to analyze the fragmentation and perform defragmentation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.4.1 Efficient points -- 3.5 Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Improved crow search algorithm based on arithmetic crossover-a novel metaheuristic technique for solving engineering optimization problems -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Materials and methods -- 4.2.1 Crow search optimization -- 4.2.2 Arithmetic crossover based on genetic algorithm -- 4.2.3 Hybrid CO algorithm -- 4.3 Results and discussion -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 MOGROM: Multiobjective Golden Ratio Optimization Algorithm -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Definition of multiobjective problems (MOPs) -- 5.1.2 Literature review -- 5.1.3 Background and related work -- 5.2 GROM and MOGROM -- 5.2.1 MOGROM -- 5.3 Simulation results, investigation, and analysis -- 5.3.1 First class -- 5.3.2 Second class -- 5.3.3 Third class -- 5.3.4 Fourth class -- 5.3.5 Fifth class -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Multiobjective charged system search for optimum location of bank branch -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Multiobjective backgrounds -- 6.2.1 Dominance and Pareto Front -- 6.2.2 Performance metrics -- 6.2.2.2 Coverage of Two Sets (CS) -- 6.3 Utilized methods -- 6.3.1 NSGA-II algorithm -- 6.3.2 MOPSO algorithm -- 6.3.3 MOCSS algorithm -- 6.4 Analytic Hierarchy Process -- 6.5 Model formulation -- 6.6 Implementation and results -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Application of multiobjective Gray Wolf Optimization in gasification-based problems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Systems description -- 7.2.1 Downdraft gasifier -- 7.2.2 Waste-to-energy plant -- 7.3 Modeling -- 7.4 Multicriteria Gray Wolf Optimization -- 7.5 Results and discussion -- 7.5.1 Optimization at the gasifier level -- 7.5.2 Optimization at the WtEP Level -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intersecting lines -- Polygons in the database -- Point in polygon -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Data Types, Storage, and Conversion -- Raster and vector data -- Shapefiles -- GeoJSON -- KML -- GeoPackage -- Raster data formats -- Reading and writing vector data with GeoPandas -- Reading and writing vector data with OGR -- Reading and writing raster data with Rasterio -- Reading and writing raster data using GDAL -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Vector Data Analysis -- OGR Simple Features Library -- OGR batch commands -- ogrmerge -- The OGR library and Python bindings -- OGR's main modules and classes -- Creating polygon geometry with OGR -- Creating polygon geometry from GeoJSON -- Basic geometric operations -- Writing polygon data to a newly created shapefile -- Using a spatial filter to select features -- Shapely and Fiona -- Shapely objects and classes -- Shapely methods for geospatial analysis -- Fiona's data model -- Creating geometries with Shapely -- Applying geometrical methods with Shapely -- Reading JSON geometries with Shapely -- Reading data with Fiona -- Accessing vector geometry in shapefiles using Shapely and Fiona -- GeoPandas -- Geospatial analysis with GeoPandas -- Selecting and plotting geometry data with GeoPandas and Matplotlib -- Mapping wildfire data with GeoPandas -- Why data inspection matters -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Raster Data Processing -- Raster operations using GDAL -- Using the GDAL library to load and query rasters -- Using GDAL to create rasters -- Raster operations using PostgreSQL -- Loading rasters into PostgreSQL -- Performing queries on rasters using PostgreSQL -- Querying raster metadata -- Queries returning geometry -- Queries returning values -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Geoprocessing with Geodatabases -- A crime dashboard -- Building a crime database -- Creating the tables -- Populating the data -- Mapping queries…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.2 A Short History of Container Technology -- 2.2.1 From Emulators to Virtual Machines -- 2.2.2 Increasing Isolation Inside the Operating System -- 2.2.3 The Birth of Containers -- 2.2.4 The Union Filesystem -- 2.2.5 The Rise of Docker -- 2.3 Summary -- Chapter 3: A Docker Interactive Tutorial -- 3.1 Registries, Repositories, and Tags -- 3.2 Running Your First Container -- 3.3 Running a Docker Service -- 3.4 Running a Whole Operating System -- 3.5 Copying Files to and from the Container -- 3.6 Creating a New Docker Image -- 3.7 Creating Docker Images Using a Recipe -- 3.8 Pushing the Image to Docker Hub -- 3.9 Logging into a Running Docker Container -- 3.10 Summary -- Chapter 4: Best Practices for Building Containers -- 4.1 How Not to Build a Container -- 4.1.1 Don't Make a Container Perform Multiple Tasks -- 4.1.2 Don't Include an Entire Operating System -- 4.2 Base Images -- 4.3 Alpine Distributions -- 4.4 Avoid Bloated Images from Deleted Files -- 4.5 Make Your Containers Configurable -- 4.6 Be Clear About Your Statefulness -- 4.7 Final Tips -- 4.8 Summary -- Part II: Introducing Kubernetes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Microarchitectural Techniques of Advanced Processors -- 15.1 | Enhancing Performance - Why Pipelining? -- 15.2 | Replication - The Superscalar Concept -- 15.3 | Pentium Pro (P6) Architecture -- 15.4 | VLIW Architecture -- Key Points of this chapter -- Questions -- Exercises -- 16. …”

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