Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reinforcing the governance of innovation policy in Piedmont -- Working within the established framework conditions -- Working within multi-level strategic frameworks -- Working within EU and national regulations -- Working within Cohesion Policy and other investment funding parameters -- Reinforcing the institutional context and institutions to deliver innovation policy -- Administrative capacity among small municipalities and small enterprises -- Boosting multi-stakeholder participation in the innovation and innovation policy process -- Enhancing evidence bases and performance measurement practices for more successful innovation policy -- Building evidence bases for innovation policy -- Reinforcing outcomes-based performance measurement at the regional level -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- Notes -- 4 Towards a revised cluster policy for Piedmont, Italy -- Introduction -- Piedmont's cluster policy and cluster model: 2009-2020 -- Objectives of Piedmont's cluster policy -- The organisation of Piedmont's regional clusters -- Why cluster policy in Piedmont needs a rethink -- Towards an upgraded cluster policy for Piedmont -- Focus area 1: Innovation clusters as drivers of the regional innovation ecosystem -- Improving cluster collaboration within the regional innovation ecosystem -- A cluster management platform could promote synergies and foster cross-sector diversification -- Using clusters to support university-industry collaboration -- Strategic collaboration between clusters and universities on regional knowledge transfer -- Strengthened interaction on education programmes that match the needs of companies -- Supporting skills for industry through clusters -- Better linking clusters with the Istituti Tecnici Superiori -- Supporting SMEs and entrepreneurship through clusters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Combined ratio for non-life segment (2012-2013); Investment allocation and performance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SummaryChapter 5: Speeding Up Your Magento Website; SEO benefits of a fast Magento website; Magento configuration settings to increase speed; .htaccess modifications; Server-side performance and scalability; Online tools to test performance; Mage Speed Test; Pingdom Website Speed Test; Google Page Speed Insights; Summary; Chapter 6: Analyzing and Tracking Your Visitors; An overview of e-commerce analytics reports; Adding secondary dimensions and advanced filters; Advanced segments; Understanding Multi-Channel Funnels; Assisted conversions; Top conversion paths…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Time of Day AnalysisPattern Recognition; Intermarket Analysis; Conclusions; Chapter 9 Using TradeStation's Percent Change Charts to Track Relative Performance; Working with Percent Change Charts; Conclusions; Chapter 10 Options; Option Basics; Listed Options; Nomenclature and Terminology; Long and Short; Closing Option Trades; American Versus European Options; The Special Properties of Options; Volatility Trading; Options and Changing Conditions; The Greeks; Who Are Market Makers?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Design Issues for a Multiband PhoneDesign Issues for a Multimode Phone; The Design Brief for a Multislot, Multiband, Multimode Phone; Transmitter Architectures: Present Options; Summary; Chapter 3: 3G Handset Hardware; Getting Started; Code Properties; Common Channels; Code Generation; Power Control; The Receiver; IMT2000TC; GPS; Bluetooth/IEEE802 Integration; Infrared; Radio Bandwidth Quality/Frequency Domain Issues; Radio Bandwidth Quality/Time Domain Issues; Conformance/Performance Tests; Impact of Technology Maturation on Handset and Network Performance; 3GPP2 Evolution; Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Nonclustered Indexes; Summary; Chapter 6: In-Memory OLTP Programmability; Native Compilation; Natively Compiled Stored Procedures; Creating Natively Compiled Stored Procedures; Supported T-SQL Features; Control Flow; Query Surface Area; Operators; Build-In Functions; Atomic Blocks; Optimization of Natively Compiled Stored Procedures; Interpreted T-SQL and Memory-Optimized Tables; Performance Comparison…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Testing linear versus cubic transformationGoing for higher-degree solutions; Introducing underfitting and overfitting; Summary; Chapter 4: Logistic Regression; Defining a classification problem; Formalization of the problem: binary classification; Assessing the classifier's performance; Defining a probability-based approach; More on the logistic and logit functions; Let's see some code; Pros and cons of logistic regression; Revisiting Gradient Descend; Multiclass Logistic Regression; An example; Summary; Chapter 5: Data Preparation; Numeric feature scaling; Mean centering; Standardization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Managing Your Files and FoldersCustomizing Your Computer; Customizing the Desktop; Understanding User Accounts; Summary; Exam Essentials; Key Terms; Review Questions; Chapter 2 Understanding Hardware; The Internal Hardware Components of a Computer; Peripheral Devices That Can Be Connected to a Computer; The Most Common Types of Computers and Devices; How Information Is Transmitted inside a Computer; How to Evaluate the Performance of a Computer or Device; Summary; Exam Essentials; Key Terms; Review Questions; Chapter 3 Understanding Software; The Dependencies between Hardware and Software…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.4.4 Flexural Strength -- 7.4.5 Self-Healing Characteristics of Combined Bacterial Concrete -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Urban Drainage Infrastructures Toward a Sustainable Future -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Climate Change, Population Growth, and Urbanization -- 8.3 SDGs and UDIs -- 8.4 Climate Change and Urbanization Impacts on UDIs -- 8.5 Performance Improvement of UDIs -- 8.6 Conclusions -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Backup Architecture Backup Methods; Backup Types; Backup Targets and Devices; Backup Retention Policies; Archiving; Summary; Chapter Essentials; Chapter 12: Storage Management; Capacity Management; Performance Management; Alerting; Storage Resource Management Applications; Management Protocols and Interfaces; Summary; Chapter Essentials; Chapter 13: The Wider Data Center Neighborhood; Data Center Design; Data Center Overview; Data Center Cabling; Working in the Data Center; Summary; Chapter Essentials; Chapter 14: Converged Networking; A Tale of Two Networks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Choosing a programming language; Programming paradigms; Problem fit; Performance; Productivity…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MISTAKE NUMBER 3: FOCUSING ON THE SHORT RUN -- INSTANT IMPROVEMENT -- THE LONG TERM -- MISTAKE NUMBER 4: TRYING TO BUY A GAME -- CAN YOU BUY PERFORMANCE? -- MISTAKE NUMBER 5: CONFUSING PERCEPTION WITH REALITY -- MISTAKE NUMBER 6: COMMUNICATING WITHOUT A COMMON VOCABULARY -- WHAT'S IN A WORD? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; SQL Injection; Ruby&s Environment; Object Tainting; Further Reading; 6. Performance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Advice for Normal File I/OThe readahead( ) System Call; Advice Is Cheap; Synchronized, Synchronous, and Asynchronous Operations; I/O Schedulers and I/O Performance; The Life of an I/O Scheduler; Helping Out Reads; The Anticipatory I/O Scheduler; The CFQ I/O Scheduler; The Noop I/O Scheduler; Selecting and Configuring Your I/O Scheduler; Optimizing I/O Performance; Sorting by inode; Sorting by physical block; Conclusion; 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Programming with TCP SocketsTCP Performance Considerations; HTTP Transaction Delays; Performance Focus Areas; TCP Connection Handshake Delays; Delayed Acknowledgments; TCP Slow Start; Nagle's Algorithm and TCP_NODELAY; TIME_WAIT Accumulation and Port Exhaustion; HTTP Connection Handling; The Oft-Misunderstood Connection Header; Serial Transaction Delays; Parallel Connections; Parallel Connections May Make Pages Load Faster; Parallel Connections Are Not Always Faster; Parallel Connections May "Feel" Faster; Persistent Connections; Persistent Versus Parallel Connections…”

“…The audio amplifier is at the heart of audio design. Its performance determines largely the performance of any audio system. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…How to Create a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database; Capturing Requirements; Interviewing; Shadowing; Writing Requirements; Understanding Business Data and Its Lifetime; Availability; Manageability; Performance; Reliability; Scalability; Security…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Collection Object Passing Parameters; ByRef; ByVal; ByRef and ByVal: Performance; Optional Arguments; ParamArray; Intrinsic Constants; Class Modules; Properties; Implementing Properties; The Anatomy of a Property; Private member variable; The Property Let procedure; The Property Get procedure; Property scope; Implementing a User-Defined Type Property; Implementing a Read-Only Property; Using Properties in the Client Application; Using a Mass Assignation Function in Collection Classes; Enumerated Constants; Using Enumerated Constants; Class Module Events; The Initialize Event…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Equipment Efficiency: Performance and Motion Study; Motion Study; Theoretical Basis; Motion Economy Principles; Motion Study Tools; Value Analysis; 5W2H and 5-Why Methods; Worker-Machine Diagram; Machine-Worker Ratio; Machine-Machine Diagram; Summary; Recommended Readings…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SummaryExam Essentials; Review Questions; Answers to Review Questions; Chapter 9: Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure; Configuring Windows Server Update Services; Overview of Windows Server 2008 Performance Monitoring; Using Windows Server 2008 Performance Tools; Backup and Recovery; Understanding Shadow Copies; Summary; Exam Essentials; Review Questions; Answers to Review Questions; Appendix: About the Companion CD; What You'll Find on the CD; System Requirements; Using the CD; Troubleshooting; Glossary; Index…”