“…This short and readable book guides readers through core risk/performance issues. Readers learn the ways and means of running more efficient businesses, review bank and investor requirements as they evaluate funding requests, gain knowledge selling themselves, confidence in business plans, and their ability to make good on loans. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Static delta hedgeDynamic delta hedge; Comparing the performance of delta hedging; Hedging in the presence of transaction costs; Optimization of the hedge; Optimal hedging in the case of absolute transaction costs; Optimal hedging in the case of relative transaction costs; Further extensions; Summary; References; Chapter 9: Fundamental Analysis; The Basics of fundamental analysis; Collecting data; Revealing connections; Including multiple variables; Separating investment targets; Setting classification rules; Backtesting; Industry-specific investment; Summary; References…”

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“…Companies, large and small, will benefit from the practical planning and creative content marketing tactics in this book that have been proven to increase online performance across marketing, public relations, and customer service. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…15 Present Tense: Creating a Performance on Storyboards…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Intel Parallel Studio XE; Intel Parallel Advisor; The Advisor Workflow; Surveying the Site; Annotating Code; Checking Suitability; Checking Correctness; Replacing Annotations; Intel Parallel Composer XE; Intel C/C++ Optimizing Compiler; Profile-Guided Optimization; Cilk Plus; OpenMP; Intel Threading Building Blocks; Intel Integrated Performance Primitives; An Application Example; IPP and Threading; Intel Parallel Debugger Extension; Intel Debugger; Math Kernel Library; VTune Amplifier XE; Hotspot Analysis; Concurrency Analysis…”

“…You’ll learn how to: Use C# features effectively, in the way they were intended Apply the newest C# features to your coding problems Streamline your database code using LINQ Use async support and the task parallel library to improve performance. Program more efficiently, effectively, and with real insight into this mature and exciting language, with A Programmer’s Guide to C# 5.0.…”

“…A practical guide to the math behind options and how that knowledge can improve your trading performance No book on options can guarantee success, but if a trader understands and utilizes option math effectively, good things are going to happen. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Discovering SQL; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: DROWNING IN DATA, DYING OF THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE; Data Deluge and Informational Overload; Database Management Systems (DBMSs); Storage Capacity; Number of Users; Security; Performance; Scalability; Costs; Recording Data; Oral Records; Pictures; Written Records; Printed Word; All of the Above; Analog versus Digital Data; To Store or Not to Store?…”

“…You will be able to install and administer a YARN cluster and also discover the configuration settings to fine-tune your cluster both in terms of performance and scalability. This book will help you develop, deploy, and run multiple applications/frameworks on the same shared YARN cluster…”

“…The significant amount of energy of transport systems forces the adoption of new solutions to ensure their performance with energy-saving and reduced environmental impact. …”

“…The papers illustrate how models can be used for shedding light on complex and inaccessible processes characterized by high temperatures and hostile environment, in order to improve process performance, product quality, or yield and to reduce the requirements of virgin raw materials and to suppress harmful emissions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 10: CollectionsCOLLECTION INTERFACES AND TYPES; LISTS; QUEUE; STACK; LINKED LIST; SORTED LIST; DICTIONARIES; SETS; OBSERVABLE COLLECTION; BIT ARRAYS; CONCURRENT COLLECTIONS; PERFORMANCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 11: Language Integrated Query; LINQ OVERVIEW; STANDARD QUERY OPERATORS; PARALLEL LINQ; EXPRESSION TREES; LINQ PROVIDERS; SUMMARY; Chapter 12: Dynamic Language Extensions; DYNAMIC LANGUAGE RUNTIME; THE DYNAMIC TYPE; HOSTING THE DLR SCRIPTRUNTIME; HOSTING THE DLR SCRIPTRUNTIME; DYNAMICOBJECT AND EXPANDOOBJECT; SUMMARY; Chapter 13: Memory Management and Pointers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating Sizzling Printed PresentationsPresenting to Clients; Part IV: Producing the Final Website; Chapter 13: Building the Presentation Layer; HTML: The Glue That Holds a Page Together; HTML5; DHTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and Ajax; CSS; Chapter 14: Platform Selection, Content Management, Analytics, and SEO; Development Platform; Content Management; Web Analytics; Search Engine Optimization; Chapter 15: Websites on Steroids; Extending Website Functionality; E-commerce Websites; Personalized Web Pages with Cookies; Browser and Location Detection; Global Website Performance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Eyelines; Implied Eyelines; Distraction Is the Enemy of Performance; Chapter 3: Facial Landmarking; Introduction to Landmarking; Landmarking by Example…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SummaryChapter 11: Monitoring Systems; The Need for Monitoring; Challenges in Monitoring; Enterprise End-to-End Monitoring; Monitoring the Health and Performance of Key Workloads; Monitoring in Midsized Organizations Using System Center Essentials; Summary; Chapter 12: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery; What Makes BC and DR So Special?…”

“…will galvanize a new movement that aligns the tenets of user experience with the vision of innovative leadership to improve business performance, engagement, and relationships for a new generation of consumerism. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Transparency and Curiosity: Creating a Common Pool of Understanding for Better ResultsInformed Choice and Accountability: For Better Decisions and Commitment; Compassion; Assumptions of the Mutual Learning Mindset; Mutual Learning Behaviors; Results of Mutual Learning; Better Team Performance; Better Team Working Relationships; Greater Individual Well-Being; How Mutual Learning Reinforces Itself; Is Unilateral Control Still an Option?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 12: Coding Your ApplicationSetting Up the Zend Framework; Setting Up Your Data Structure; Create Your Data Models; The Cron Jobs; Creating the Scoreboard; Release Early and Often; Chapter 13: Making It Pretty Makes It Credible; Hire a Designer; PSD to XHTML; Integrating Your Design; Chapter 14: What You Need to Know to Grow; Automating Acceptance Testing; Unit Testing; Continuous Integration; Performance Concerns; Part IV: Monetization - Making Money with Your Application; Chapter 15: How Twitter Makes Money; Understanding Venture Capital; How to Fund Your Application…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…the illusion of speedanimal and bird movement; chapter 10 animation masterclass - Teresa Drilling; the model; on what creates a character; first position; the extreme downward position; on Vinton's; beginning the upward move; slowing down at the top of the move; settling into the final position; chapter 11 the performance; character animation; comedy and comic timing; subtle character animation; chapter 12 the production process; lighting; health and safety issues; setting up the camera; shooting with a rig; special effects - tips and hints; final checks before you hit that button…”