Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Prologue; 1 The Unguided Missile; 2 Performance Appraisal: Like a Trip to the Dentist; 3 The Trip to the Dentist; 4 Celebrate Success and Encourage Improvement; 5 The Magic of Balance; 6 The Importance of Timeliness; 7 The Spirit of 2+2; A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM BUZZ ALDRIN, ASTRONAUT, APOLLO 11; 8 The Power of Focus; 9 Getting 2+2 Up and Running; 10 The Need for Specificity; 11 2+2: Take Two; 12 The Integrated Follow-Up; 13 Creating a Sustainable 2+2 Program; 14 Epilogue: Two Years Later; Authors' Final Note; The Secrets of 2+2…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Be very strange -- Shine a flashlight into the black box that exists between your workforce and beating your competition -- Organizational outcomes: how do I know I am winning in the way I want to win -- Performance drivers: what must customers notice about us so that we win -- Strange workforce deliverables: what our workforce does to make customers notice and love us -- Job-specific strangeness: different deliverables from different jobs -- Strange workforce architecture: what systems will produce the deliverables I need from my workforce -- Strange workforce architecture: breaking out from the pack -- Strange workforce architecture: taking the next step -- The magic of metrics: creating and implementing measurement systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- I The Age of Performance (since c. 70,000 BCE) -- 2 Voice and Hand -- 3 The Medieval and Early Modern Book -- 4 Theatre and Drama: Liveness on the Stage -- II The Age of Representation (since c. 1500 CE) -- 5 Print Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century -- 6 Paper Worlds: The Novel as Object and Form -- 7 Voice and Breath in Romantic and Victorian Poetry -- III The Age of Connection (since c. 1850 CE) -- 8 Touch: Literature as Telecommunication -- 9 Sound: Phonography, Telephony, Radio, Noise -- 10 Vision: Text and Image -- 11 Screen: Literature and the Moving Image -- 12 Web: Literature in the Digital Age -- Acknowledgements -- Timeline -- List of Illustrations and Table -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Table of Contents Introduction to Check Point Firewalls and Threat Prevention Products Common Deployment Scenarios and Network Segmentation Building a Check Point Lab Environment - Part 1 Building a Check Point Lab Environment - Part 2 Gaia OS, the First Time Configuration Wizard, and an Introduction to the Gaia Portal (WebUI) Check Point Gaia Command-Line Interface; Backup and Recovery Methods; CPUSE SmartConsole - Familiarization and Navigation Introduction to Policies, Layers, and Rules Working with Objects - ICA, SIC, Managed, Static, and Variable Objects Working with Network Address Translation Building Your First Policy Configuring Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPNs Introduction to Logging and SmartEvent Working with ClusterXL High Availability Performing Basic Troubleshooting…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Table of Contents Understanding H2O AutoML Basics Working with H2O Flow (H2O’s Web UI) Understanding Data Processing Understanding H2O AutoML Training and Architecture Understanding AutoML Algorithms Understanding H2O AutoML Leaderboard and Other Performance Metrics Working with Model Explainability Exploring Optional Parameters for H2O AutoML Exploring Miscellaneous Features in H2O AutoML Working with Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) Working with Model Object, Optimized (MOJO) Working with H2O AutoML and Apache Spark Using H2O AutoML with Other Technologies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; 1 A Quick Look at ADHD; 2 Strategies to Help with Academic Skill Problems; 3 Strategies to Help with Behavior and Academic Performance; 4 Strategies to Helps Students Who are Inattentive but Not Hyperactive or Impulsive; 5 Seven Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD; 6 Strategies to Help Students with ADHD and Other Psychological Disorders; 7 Teaching Study Strategies to ADHD Students; 8 Teaching Social Skills to ADHD Students; 9 Strategies to Help Students Who Have Problems with Homework; 10 A Quick Reference Guide to Medications for ADHD…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Finite First Hitting Time versus Stochastic convergence in Particle Swarm Optimisation -- Using Performance Profiles for the Analysis and Design of Benchmark Experiments -- Real-World Parameter Tuning using Factorial Design with Parameter Decomposition -- Evolving Pacing Strategies for Team Pursuit Track Cycling -- A Dual Mutation Operator to Solve the Multi-objective Production Planning of Perishable Goods -- Brain cine-MRI Registration using MLSDO Dynamic Optimization Algorithm -- GRASP with Path Relinking for the Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem -- A Hybrid (1+1)-Evolutionary Strategy for the Open Vehicle Routing Problem -- A Timeslot-Filling Heuristic Approach to Construct High-School Timetables -- A GRASP for Supply Chain Optimization with Financial Constraints per Production Unit…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1 On Metamodels and Language Engineering; Chapter 2 Using Directives to Implement Model Transformations; Chapter 3 Rationale of the UML profile for Marte; Chapter 4 From UML to Performance Analysis Models by Abstraction raising Transformation; Chapter 5 Component-Based Software Engineering for Embedded Systems; Chapter 6 Model Driven Engineering for System on Chip Design; Chapter 7 Schedulability Analysis and MDD; Chapter 8 Model Driven Testing of Time Sensitive Distributed Systems; Chapter 9 Model Management for Formal Validation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Table of Contents Python Development Environment Setup Python Programming Specificities Developing a RESTful API with FastAPI Managing Pydantic Data Models in FastAPI Dependency Injection in FastAPI Databases and Asynchronous ORMs Managing Authentication and Security in FastAPI Defining WebSockets for Two-Way Interactive Communication in FastAPI Testing an API Asynchronously with pytest and HTTPX Deploying a FastAPI Project Introduction to Data Science in Python Creating an Efficient Prediction API Endpoint with FastAPI Implementing a Real-Time Object Detection System Using WebSockets with FastAPI Creating a Distributed Text-to-Image AI System Using the Stable Diffusion Model Monitoring the Health and Performance of a Data Science System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Loaded with the Past, Coloring the Present: The Power of Gun Imaginaries / 2 We are Texas Because of Guns: Firearms in Texan and “American” Imaginaries / 3 The Founding Fathers in the Temporal Imaginaries of Texas Gun Politics / 4 “I Forgive Him, Yes”: Gendered Trauma Narratives of the Texas Tower Shooting / 5 Triggered: The Imaginary Realities of Campus Carry in Texas / 6 Radical Political Imagination and Generational Utopias: Gun Control as a Site of Youth Activism / 7 Pro-Campus Carry Video Imaginaries at The University of Texas Austin / 8 Firearms Fetishism in Texas: Entanglements of Gun Imaginaries and Belief / 9 Imaging Texas Gun Culture: A Photo Essay / 10 The Explanatory, Social, and Performative Power of Gun Imaginaries / Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Importance of Monitoring the Peripartal Period to Increase Reproductive Performance in Dairy Cattle 6. Effect of on- and off-Farm Factors on Animal Stress and Meat Quality Characteristics 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Interactions of Some Minerals Elements in Health and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Cows 67 -- 8. Predicting Trends, Seasonal Effects, and Future Yields in Cow's Milk through Time Series Analysis 37 -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Editors -- Preface to "Biomimetic Buildings: Copying Nature for Energy Efficiency" -- Biomimetic Design for Building Energy Efficiency 2021 -- Biomimicry for Energy-Efficient Building Design: A Bibliometric Analysis -- Numerical Assessment of Zebra-Stripes-Based Strategies in Buildings Energy Performance: A Case Study under Tropical Climate -- Sustainability Assessment of the Anthropogenic System in Panama City: Application of Biomimetic Strategies towards Regenerative Cities -- Developing a Method to Connect Thermal Physiology in Animals and Plants to the Design of Energy Efficient Buildings -- An Inspection of the Life Cycle of Sustainable Construction Projects: Towards a Biomimicry-Based Road Map Integrating Circular Economy -- Bio-Inspired Electricity Storage Alternatives to Support Massive Demand-Side Energy Generation: A Review of Applications at Building Scale…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Three Phases of the Prey Drive -- The Science Behind What Activates You -- Screw Your Why: How to Get Your Purpose to Activate You -- The 5 Activators of Your Prey Drive: Creating Conditions Aligned with Your Uniqueness -- Going All In: How to Make Your Drive a Daily Habit -- Creating Value in the World: Becoming a Contender -- Flip the Switch on Selling: Create a Sales System and Close the Deal -- Flipping the Switch on Your Selling Energy -- Hitting Your Targets: Using the Prey Drive as a Structure for Closing the Sale -- Prioritizing and Personalizing Your Prey Drive: The Keys to Continued Expansion -- The Habit of 1% Performers: How to Re-ignite your Prey Drive and GO PRO every single day…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…China's great economic transformation -- China and development economics -- China in light of the performance of the transition economies -- A political economy of China's economic transition -- The demographic factor in China's transition -- The Chinese labor market in the reform era -- Education in the reform era -- Environmental resources and economic growth -- Science and technology in China -- The political economy of private sector development in China -- The role of law in China's economic development -- China's fiscal system: a work in progress -- Agriculture in China's development: past disappointments, recent successes, and future challenges -- China's financial system: past, present, and future -- China's industrial development -- China's embrace of globalization -- Growth and structural transformation in China -- Income inequality during China's economic transition -- Spatial dimensions of Chinese economic development -- Forecasting China's economic growth to 2025.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Wall Street, meet Main Street -- The postmodern craving for creativity -- Welcome to ConsumerLand -- Stage one - Exploration: performing an energy audit. Case study: LEGO-play well -- Stage two - Distillation: identifying the energy core. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Angelika Scheuer -- The scope of EU government / Lieven De Winter and Marc Swyngdouw -- The political regime / Pippa Norris -- Policy performance / Michael Marsh -- Distinctiveness and cohesion of parties / Hermann Schmitt and Jacques Thomassen -- The cognitive basis of voting / Wouter van der Brug and Cees van der Eijk -- Policy preferences and party choice / Cees van der Eijk, Mark N. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1: Great Ideas Float to the Top -- Chapter 2: Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore -- Chapter 3: Yumemai Floating Swing Arch Bridge of Osaka, Japan -- Chapter 4: Floating Oil Storage Bases, Japan -- Chapter 5: Ujina Floating Ferry Pier and Kan-On Floating Breakwater, Japan -- Chapter 6: Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Nagasaki, Japan -- Chapter 7: Large Marine Concrete Structures: The Norwegian Design Experience -- Chapter 8: Mega-Float.- Chapter 9: Large Spar Drilling and Production Platforms for Deep Water Oil and Gas -- Chapter 10: OTEC Platform -- Chapter 11: Mobile Offshore Base -- Chapter 12: Lilypad: Floating Ecopolis for Climatical Refugees…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Esche -- Anti-theatricality and American ideology : Mamet's performative realism / Michael L. Quinn -- Plato in Hollywood : David Mamet and the power of illusions / Howard Pearce -- Gathering sparks / Leslie Kane -- David Mamet : all true stories / C.W.E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tuning up / reconstruction and editing by Chou Wen-chung -- Amériques : original version / performing edition prepared from the original manuscript by Chou Wen-chung -- Poème électronique / transfer from the original master by Konrad Boehmer and Kees Tazelaar -- Arcana -- Nocturnal / edited and completed by Chou Wen-chung -- Un grand sommeil noir / orchestration by Antony Beaumont -- Un grand sommeil noir : original version -- Offrandes -- Hyperprism / rev. by Richard Saks -- Octandre / rev. and edited by Chou Wen-chung -- Intégrales / rev. and edited by Chou Wen-chung - Ecuatorial / corrections from the original manuscript by Chou Wen-Chung -- Ionisation -- Density 21.5 -- Déserts / original tape provided by the Columbia University Computer Music Center -- Dance for Burgess / completed edition by Chou Wen-chung…”