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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- BIG DATA USING SMART BIG DATA, ANALYTICS AND METRICS TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE -- Contents -- Introduction: Welcome to a Smarter World -- Smarter sport -- Smarter health -- Smarter homes -- Smarter love -- Smarter parenting -- 1 SMARTER BUSINESS -- Who is using Big Data? …”

“…Monitor your Elasticsearch cluster's health, and diagnose and solve its performance and reliability issues About This Book Understand common performance and reliability pitfalls in ElasticSearch Use popular monitoring tools such as ElasticSearch-head, BigDesk, Marvel, Kibana, and more This is a step-by-step guide with lots of case studies on solving real-world ElasticSearch cluster issues Who This Book Is For This book is for developers and system administrators who use ElasticSearch in a wide range of capacities. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 You and Your Nonprofit Deserve Risk Management -- Read the Book Straight Through -- Nonprofits Are Vulnerable -- Heeding Experts, Nonprofits Are Beginning to Explore Risk Management -- Nonprofit Risk Management Standards Are Tightening Because of Increased Social Distrust -- New Technologies Mean New Threats-Especially for Nonprofits -- The Hidden Jobs of Nonprofit Leadership Drive Leaders to Distraction -- This Book Provides Relief-and a Way Forward -- Insight and Exploration -- Chapter 2 Learn the Language of Lean Risk Management -- Risk Involves Threats and Opportunities -- Risk Management Involves Commitment, Process, Information, and Action -- Comparisons and Contrasts Help Clarify Risk Management -- Three Powerful Tools Drive Risk Management: The Inventory, Register, and Cycle -- Now Add Lean to Risk Management -- Insight and Exploration -- Part I Identify -- Chapter 3 Perform a Risk Inventory -- You Cannot Figure Out How or Where to Go Until You Know Where You Are Now -- A Risk Inventory Is a Simple Orienteering Tool-Here's Your Rule Book -- Insight and Exploration -- Part II Prioritize -- Chapter 4 Prioritize Your Risks -- Prioritization Is a Dialectic -- Use a Simple Method of Prioritization with Your Team -- The Leader's Supplemental Prioritization Rubric Provides Additional Input -- Do Not Use Complex Risk Priority Calculations When Starting Out -- Insight and Exploration -- Chapter 5 Create Your Risk Register -- The Risk Register Is the Key Tool of Lean Risk Management -- Build Your First Risk Register -- FAQs About Your Risk Register -- Insight and Exploration -- Part III Respond -- Chapter 6 Respond to Your Risks -- Insight and Exploration -- Part IV Assess and Improve -- Chapter 7 Develop a Risk Management Cycle…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructures: Volume 1: Sensing Hardware and Data Collection Methods for Performance Assessment; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials; Preface; 1 Introduction to sensing for structural performance assessment and health monitoring; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Introduction to this book; 1.3 Overview of sensors and sensing system hardware; 1.4 Overview of sensor data interrogation and decision making; 1.5 Overview of application of sensing systems to operational infrastructure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Strategies for High Performance Applications -- 6. Managing Business Logic with Functions -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1. Performing Quantitative RNAseq -- Chapter 2. Finding Genetic Variants with HTS Data -- Chapter 3. …”

“…Harness the power of SOLIDWORKS Simulation for design, assembly, and performance analysis of components Key Features Understand the finite element simulation concepts with the help of case studies and detailed explanations Discover the features of various SOLIDWORKS element types Perform structural analysis with isotropic and composite material properties under a variety of loading conditions Book Description SOLIDWORKS is a dominant computer-aided design (CAD) software for the 3D modeling, designing, and analysis of components. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Customizing the Appearance of the Windows InterfaceChapter 8: Fine-Tuning Windows Explorer; Chapter 9: Personalizing Internet Explorer 8; Chapter 10: Customizing Windows Media; Part III: Increasing Your System's Performance; Chapter 11: Analyzing Your System; Chapter 12: Speeding Up the System Boot; Chapter 13: Making Your Computer Log On Faster; Chapter 14: Speeding Up Windows Explorer; Chapter 15: Optimizing Core Windows Components; Chapter 16: Optimizing Your Network; Part IV: Securing Windows; Chapter 17: Windows Security; Chapter 18: Internet Security…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Working with Vectors; Introduction; Using different WFS versions in OpenLayers; Using WFS nonspatial filters; Using WFS spatial filters; Using WFS vendor parameters; Filtering data with CQL; Filtering data with CQL spatial operators; Creating a SQL view; Creating a parametric view; Improving performance with pregeneralized features; Chapter 2: Working with Rasters; Introduction; Getting coverages in different formats; Using WCS vendor parameters…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Assessing Your AudienceFinding Your Core Theme; The Primacy-Recency Effect; The Rule of Three; Mastering Your Transitions; Structuring Your Message; The Opening; Main Body; Closing; Rhetorical Tools and Techniques; Signposts; Spotlights; Teasers; Callbacks; Metaphor and Simile; Chapter 4 Be Prepared; Preparing Like a Pro; The Three Phases of Preparation; Contingency Plans; The Myth of Over-Preparing; The Anxiety of Performance; Techniques to Combat Speech Anxiety; Chapter 5 Project Confidence; Intent Versus Impact; Congruence Versus Incongruence; Creating a Strong First Impression…”

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