“…Although the microstrip filter remains as the main transmission line medium for these new developments, there has been a new trend of using combined planar transmission line structures such as co-planar waveguide (CPW) and slotted ground structures for novel physical implementations beyond the single layer in order to achieve filter miniaturization and better performance. Also, over the years, practitioners have suggested topics that should be added for completeness, or deleted in some cases, as they were not very useful in practice. …”

“…Whether you are new to CMMI models or are already familiar with one or more of them, you will find this book an essential resource for managing your acquisition processes and improving your overall performance. The book is divided into three parts. Part One introduces CMMI-ACQ in the broad context of CMMI models, including essential concepts and useful background. …”

“…Coverage includes Leveraging Microsoft’s breakthrough Metro design language Using phone features such as email, calling, search, Web browsing, and the camera Designing the look and feel of your user interface with XAML Interacting with users via Panorama, Pivot, and other controls Mastering the new Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone 7.5 Choosing the right application paradigm and functionality for your specific app Incorporating touch, vibration, motion, and sound into your interfaces Working with Windows Phone 7.5’s unique hubs and tiles Building location-based services that work with the phone’s GPS Storing data in Isolated Storage or Windows Phone 7.5’s database support Multitasking reliably, without compromising performance Integrating external data via REST, conventional Web services, and push notifications Preparing your application for the Windows Phone Marketplace…”

“…With A Developer’s Guide to Amazon SimpleDB you will be able to Evaluate whether a project is suited for Amazon SimpleDB Write SimpleDB applications that take full advantage of SimpleDB’s availability, scalability, and flexibility Effectively manage the entire SimpleDB application lifecycle Deploy cloud computing applications faster and more easily Work with SELECT and bulk data operations Fine tune queries to optimize performance Integrate SimpleDB security into existing organizational security plans Write and enhance runtime SimpleDB clients Build complete applications using AJAX and SimpleDB Understand low-level issues involved in writing clients and frameworks Solve common SimpleDB usage problems and avoid hidden pitfalls This book will be an indispensable resource for every IT professional evaluating or using SimpleDB to build cloud-computing applications, clients, or frameworks…”

“…Use Neovim as a drop-in replacement for Vim - it supports all of the features Vim 8 offers and more, including an integrated terminal that lets you quickly perform interactive commands. And if you enjoy using tmux and Vim together, you'll love Neovim's terminal emulator, which lets you run an interactive shell in a buffer. …”

“…What You Will Learn Identify potential areas of investigation and perform exploratory data analysis Plan a machine learning classification strategy and train classification models Use validation curves and dimensionality reduction to tune and enhance your models Scrape tabular data from web pages and transform it into Pandas DataFrames Create interactive, web-friendly visualizations to clearly communicate your findings In Detail Get to grips with the skills you need for entry-level data science in this hands-on Python and Jupyter course. …”

“…What is the future when an increasing number of jobs can be performed by intelligent machines instead of people, or only done by people in partnership with those machines? …”

“…Leverage the analytical power of SAS to perform financial analysis efficiently About This Book Leverage the power of SAS to analyze financial data with ease Find hidden patterns in your data, predict future trends, and optimize risk management Learn why leading banks and financial institutions rely on SAS for financial analysis Who This Book Is For Financial data analysts and data scientists who want to use SAS to process and analyze financial data and find hidden patterns and trends from it will find this book useful. …”

“…Dive into advanced concepts including creating single-page applications, and creating performance improvements. Elm expert Jeremy Fairbank brings his years of web development experience to teaching how to use Elm for front-end development. …”

“…Written in plain language with real-world examples, chapters include: Creativity for non-creative people Training your mind to think in a creative way When nothing else works—creativity will Envisioning a world that can be, not the world that is The virtues of listening—and the value of making mistakes The “Creator Mindset” guide to crisis Beating the complacency conundrum If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by vague advice to “think outside the box,” The Creator Mindset can help put you on a proven track to harnessing your best, most creative ideas, and feel confident you’re performing to your fullest potential—analytically and creatively…”

“…Get to know iOS 13 with 900 full-color screen shots Master the iPhone's basic functions and learn the latest features Customize your iPhone to suit your needs and get optimal performance Find the apps and services that can make your life easier The iPhone you hold in your hand represents the pinnacle of mobile technology and is a masterpiece of industrial design. …”

“…What You’ll Learn: Understand the concept of warfare and how cyber fits into the war-fighting domain Be aware of what constitutes and is involved in defining war and warfare as well as how cyber fits in that paradigm and vice versa Discover how the policies being put in place to plan and conduct cyber warfare reflect a lack of understanding regarding the technical means and resources necessary to perform such actions Know what it means to do cyber exploitation, attack, and intelligence gathering; when one is preferred over the other; and their specific values and impacts on each other Be familiar with the need for, and challenges of, enemy attribution Realize how to develop and scope a target in cyber warfare Grasp the concept of self-attribution: what it is, the need to avoid it, and its impact See what goes into establishing the access from which you will conduct cyber warfare against an identified target Appreciate how association affects cyber warfare Recognize the need for resource resilience, control, and ownership Walk through the misconceptions and an illustrative analogy of why cyber warfare doesn't always work as it is prescribed…”

“…What you will learn Build applications using hash tables, dictionaries, and sets Explore how modern hardware affects the actual run-time performance of programs Apply common algorithms such as heapsort and merge sort for string data types Use C++ template metaprogramming to write code libraries Implement a URL shortening service using a bloom filter Use appropriate modern C++ idioms such as std:: array instead of C-style arrays Who this book is for This book is for developers or students who want to revisit basic data structures and algorithm design techniques. …”

“…Tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. …”

“…Get to know iOS with 900 full-color screen shots Master the iPhone's basic functions and learn the latest features Customize your iPhone to suit your needs and get optimal performance Find the apps and services that can make your life easier The iPhone you hold in your hand represents the pinnacle of mobile technology, and is a masterpiece of industrial design. …”

“…“data at rest” Recognize subtle interrelationships that impact business performance Improve the accuracy of your sentiment analyses Determine eminence, and distinguish “talkers” from true influencers Optimize decisions about marketing and advertising spend Whether you’re a marketer, analyst, manager, or technologist, you’ll learn how to use social media data to compete more effectively, respond more rapidly, predict more successfully... grow profits, and keep them growing…”

“…Ransomware Revealed discusses the steps to follow if a ransomware infection occurs, such as how to pay the ransom through anonymous payment methods, perform a backup and restore your affected files, and search online to find a decryption tool to unlock (decrypt) your files for free. …”

“…Understand const_cast, static_cast and dynamic_cast, as well as Real Time Type Identification (RTTI), and the manner in which explicit conversions can be performed using static_cast. Exceptions and exception handling in C++…”

“…Take a quick guided tour of everything that’s new in Windows 10 Get the most out of Edge, Microsoft’s modern web browser Navigate the Windows 10 interface (and customize it to make yourself more comfortable) Discover hidden shortcuts and timesavers you’d never find on your own Quickly locate and use files, media, apps, websites, and management tools Connect reliably and safely to networks, the Internet, and Wi-Fi hotspots Increase your efficiency by taking advantage of Windows 10’s virtual desktops Maximize the performance and reliability of your hardware and storage devices Set up a safe and effective network for your home or office Systematically protect yourself from viruses, spyware, snoops, fraud, and spam Use the most convenient and efficient interface for every task: keyboard, touch, pen, or voice Discover tweaks and customizations that are actually worth the effort Get more out of your Windows 10 laptop or tablet on the road Remotely use your Windows 10 computer and data from anywhere on earth Access even more power with Windows 10’s command-line utilities Use Hyper-V, the subsystem for Linux, and Windows containers to run other operating systems alongside Windows Troubleshoot the most common Windows 10 problems–and the toughest ones…”

“…You’ll discover how to perform first-rate functional testing; quickly create and execute tests and record the results with log files and video; and create bugs directly from tests, ensuring reproducibility and eliminating wasted time. …”