Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.3.3 Comparative Border Studies2.3.4 Palimpsests: Remapping and Rewriting ; 3 Thomas King's ""Truth & Bright Water"" (1999): Native De/Bordering; 3.1 "Turtle Island": Border Crossings and Transgressions ; 3.1.1 Fluvial Boundary: The Stygian "Shield" ; 3.1.2 Unfinished Bridge: Ambiguous Ampersand ; 3.1.3 Cross-Border Communities: Truth & Bright Water; 3.1.4 Border Performance: State of the Art, Art of the State; 3.2 Diorama: Bordered Native-White Relations; 3.2.1 Pan-Tribalism: Haunting Past and "Happy Trails"; 3.2.2 Charades: Screening Stereotypes at the "Frontier" and Indian Days…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Examples of innovative private enterprise -- Pine Bluff, Arkansas -- An industrial and agricultural economy facing population decline -- Key assets and opportunities -- The Go Forward Pine Bluff (GFPB) development approach -- Fostering entrepreneurship -- Gallup, New Mexico -- A city deeply connected to the Navajo Nation in the midst of energy economy transition -- Collaboration and engagement -- Key assets and opportunities -- References -- Notes -- 4 Improving broadband connectivity and access to education in the United States -- Broadband connectivity to boost rural innovation -- Setting the scene: The importance of connectivity for the digital transformation -- Going "rural" in the United States: Access to broadband to boost rural innovation, a bottom-up perspective -- State of broadband connectivity in the United States -- Broadband subscriptions and performance -- Existing territorial connectivity divides -- Bridging connectivity divides in the United States -- Promoting competition and incentives to invest in broadband networks -- The importance of granular data on broadband availability and quality -- Easing infrastructure deployment as key element to boost investment in networks -- The role of local governments to ease broadband network deployment -- Making information available for operators to increase deployment efficiency -- Promoting efficient spectrum management to bridge connectivity divides -- Community networks and local ISPs connecting rural areas -- Towards "digital equity": Fostering broadband adoption among disadvantaged groups -- Affordability, a key obstacle for broadband adoption by disadvantaged groups -- Digital literacy and its role in bridging digital divides -- Connecting small and medium firms -- A window of opportunity: Broadband infrastructure funding in the United States…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Meet Your Mini 3/Mini 3 Pro -- Your Out-of-Box Experience -- Mini 3/Mini 3 Pro Roadmap -- Key Features and Differences -- Still Image Quality -- Shooting Modes -- Flight Performance -- Video Features -- Next Up -- Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Gambia -- Chile -- Supplementation Studies of Pregnant Women in Industrialized Countries -- Canada -- Scotland -- United States -- Interpretive Summary -- FACTORS INFLUENCING ENERGY BALANCE DURING PREGNANCY -- Basal Metabolism -- Thermogenesis -- Physical Activity -- Total Daily Energy Expenditure -- Energy Balance During Pregnancy -- SUMMARY -- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS -- References -- 8 Effects of Gestational Weight Gain on Outcome in Singleton Pregnancies -- FETAL AND INFANT OUTCOMES -- Mortality -- Fetal Growth -- Importance of Birth Weight as a Pregnancy Outcome -- Heterogeneity of IUGR -- Other Methodologic Caveats -- Effects on Birth Weight (for Gestational Age) -- Effect of Weight Gain Pattern -- Effect of Weight Gain Composition -- Effects on Birth Length and Head Circumference -- Gestational Duration -- Spontaneous Abortion (Miscarriage) -- Congenital Anomalies -- MATERNAL OUTCOMES -- Maternal Mortality -- Complications of Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery -- Lactation Performance -- Postpartum Obesity -- SUMMARY -- CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS -- References -- 9 Weight Gain in Twin Pregnancies -- MORTALITY -- BIRTH WEIGHT -- GESTATION LENGTH AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT -- MATERNAL FACTORS -- Physical Characteristics and Weight Gain -- Body Composition -- Physiologic Adaptations -- SUMMARY -- CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS -- References -- 10 Causality and Opportunities for Intervention -- THE CAUSAL PATHS -- THE EVIDENCE -- Do Nutritional Counseling, Energy Supplementation, and Maternal Attitudes Affect Energy Intake? …”

“…In the computer's case, the mechanics of addition involve no motivation, no consciousness of the task, no mobilization of the will, no metabolic activity, no imagination. And its performance brings neither the satisfaction of accomplishment nor the strengthening of practi…”

“…The integrated environment has to deal with exception handling, performance bottlenecks, and changes in the participating systems. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.2.6 Characteristics of Network Algorithmics1.3 EXERCISE; CHAPTER 2 Network Implementation Models; 2.1 PROTOCOLS; 2.1.1 Transport and Routing Protocols; 2.1.2 Abstract Protocol Model; 2.1.3 Performance Environment and Measures; 2.2 HARDWARE; 2.2.1 Combinatorial Logic; 2.2.2 Timing and Power; 2.2.3 Raising the Abstraction Level of Hardware Design; 2.2.4 Memories; 2.2.5 Memory Subsystem Design Techniques; 2.2.6 Component-Level Design; 2.2.7 Final Hardware Lessons; 2.3 NETWORK DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; 2.3.1 Endnode Architecture; 2.3.2 Router Architecture; 2.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Link Layer Security: IEEE 802.1AE/af -- Security Landscape: LinkSec's Coexistence with Other Security Technologies -- Performance and Scalability -- End-to-End Versus Hop-by-Hop LAN-Based Cryptographic Protection -- Summary -- References -- Appendix: Combining IPsec with L2TPv3 for Secure Pseudowire -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 8.4 Finding Library Materials; 8.5 Web Searching; 8.6 Performance Measurement; 8.7 Need for Quality; 8.8 Summary; Chapter 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…An Overview of Digital Communication and Transmission; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Baseband Systems; 4.3 Messages, Characters, and Symbols; 4.4 Sampling Process; 4.5 Voice Communication; 4.6 Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM); 4.7 Pulse Code Modulation; 4.8 Shannon Limit; 4.9 Modulation; 4.10 Performance Parameters of Coding and Modulation Scheme; 4.11 Power Limited and Bandwidth-Limited Channel; 4.12 Nyquist Bandwidth; 4.13 OSI Model; 4.14 Data Communication Services; 4.15 Multiplexing; 4.16 Transmission Media…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Applications and Utilities; 10.3. Games; 11. Performance and Troubleshooting; 11.2. Startup; 12. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dynamic characteristics; 1.8.3. Instrument performance; 1.8.4. Combining transfer functions; 1.9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 4.1 Fabrication; 4.2 Performance; 4.3 Agile Manufacturing; Further Reading; Part 2: Nanotechnology Products; Chapter 5. …”

“…Customizable processors have been described as the next natural step in the evolution of the microprocessor business: a step in the life of a new technology where top performance alone is no longer sufficient to guarantee market success. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Measures of Text Entry Performance; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 AGGREGATE MEASURES; 3.3 CHARACTER-LEVEL MEASURES; 3.4 MEASUREMENTS FROM LOG FILES; 3.5 METHOD-SPECIFIC MEASURES; 3.6 DISCUSSION OF MEASURES; 3.7 FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Evaluation of Text Entry Techniques; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TEXT ENTRY TECHNIQUES; 4.3 EXPERIMENT DESIGN; 4.4 LEARNING; 4.5 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; Part 2 Entry Modalities and Devices; Chapter 5 Text Entry Using a Small Number of Buttons; 5.1 INTRODUCTION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Networks With Shortest-Path Routing; 7.1 Shortest-Path Routing Allocation Problem; 7.2 MIP Formulation of the Shortest-Path Routing Allocation Problem and Dual Problems; 7.3 Heuristic Direct Methods for Determining the Link Metric System; 7.4 Two-Phase Solution Approach; 7.5 Impact Due to Stochastic Approaches; 7.6 Impact of Different Link Weight System; 7.7 Impact on Different Performance Measures; 7.8 Uncapacitated Shortest-Path Routing Problem…”

“…Edited and written by the leading players in the field, this book presents the latest theory, algorithms and applications, making it the definitive reference on DSC for systems designers and implementers, researchers, and graduate students.This book gives a clear understanding of the performance limits of distributed source coders for specific classes of sources and presents the design and application of practical algorithms for realistic scenarios. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…B.3 Concurrency Testing -- B.4 Performance Testing -- B.5 Code Coverage Testing -- B.6 Unit Testing -- Notes -- C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Specialty Optical Fibers Handbook; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Specialty Optical Fiber Market Overview; 1.1 Market Overview; 1.1.1 Production Versus Consumption; 1.1.2 Rapidly Growing Need to Use Fiber Optic Sensors; 1.1.3 Weapon System Development; 1.1.4 100-1000 X Improvements in Performance; 1.1.5 High Cost of Functionality; 1.1.6 Multiple Features in the Same Specialty Fibers; 1.2 Specialty Optical Fibers: A Few Selected Examples; 1.2.1 Fluoride Fiber; 1.2.2 Tellurite Fiber; 1.2.3 Bismuth-Doped Fiber…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.3 Broadband Metropolitan Area Networks2.4 Performance Comparison of WiMax and WiFi Systems; 2.5 IEEE 802.16E Mobile WiMAX; Chapter 3 Introduction to Mobile Multimedia; 3.1 Mobile WiMAX: The New Mobile Ecosystem; 3.2 What is Mobile Multimedia?…”