Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 8.4 How the JVM supports alternative languages -- 8.4.1 Performance -- 8.4.2 Runtime environments for non-Java languages -- 8.4.3 Compiler fictions -- Summary -- 9 Kotlin -- 9.1 Why use Kotlin? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Decentralized Structure, and Declining Funding Structure -- FAO's Visions and Goals -- Evolution of FAO since Inception -- Performance and Progress on Implementation of Evaluation Recommendations: Old and New Issues in a Changing Context -- FAO Reforms -- FAO Results Framework -- The Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network: Findings and Conclusions -- FAO and Global Public Goods -- Divided Governance: Southern Leadership with Challenges-Hierarchical and Authoritarian -- The Consequences of Leadership Style -- Implications for the Future -- 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Basic Features of Goal-setting Process -- Limitations to Goal Setting -- Goal Setting in Organizations -- Management by Objectives -- Evaluating MBO -- Reward System for High Performance:Behaviour Modification -- Types of Rewards and Their Implications -- Rewards Based on Membership and Seniority -- Rewards Based on Job Status -- Rewards Based on Competency -- Rewards Based on Performance -- Behaviour Modification as a Tool toMotivate Employees -- Job Design Affecting Work Outcomes -- Job Rotation -- Job Enlargement -- Job Enrichment -- The Job Characteristics Model -- Techniques to Enhance Jobs Through Redesign -- Obstacles in Job Design -- Motivation by Empowerment -- Outcome of Empowerment -- Summary -- Work Stress -- Introduction -- What Is Stress? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frequently asked questions about Oracle9i for zLinux -- Appendix B. Tools for VM performance data collection and analysis -- z/VM Control Program (CP) -- B.0.1 The CP INDICATE command -- B.0.2 Accounting records -- B.0.3 CP Monitor Facility -- B.1 Optional programs -- B.1.1 VM Performance Reporting Facility (VMPRF). -- B.1.2 VM Real Time Monitor (RTM) -- B.1.3 RMF PM -- B.1.4 FCON/ESA -- Appendix C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.5.1 DB2 authentication before Version 8.2 -- 4.5.2 The new DB2 authentication model in Version 8.2 -- 4.5.3 DB2 security plug-ins -- 4.5.4 Developing security plug-ins -- 4.5.5 Deploying a userid/password plug-in -- 4.5.6 Deploying a group retrieval plug-in -- 4.5.7 Deploying a GSS-API plug-in -- 4.5.8 Error handling -- Chapter 5. Performance and monitoring -- 5.1 SQL query optimization enhancements -- 5.1.1 Native SQL procedures -- 5.1.2 SQL statement size limit increased to 2 MB -- 5.1.3 Data sampling in SQL queries -- 5.1.4 Dynamic SQL re-optimization -- 5.1.5 Specifying a lock wait mode strategy -- 5.1.6 Improved query execution plans -- 5.1.7 Multipage file allocation on SMS table spaces -- 5.1.8 Automatic setting of table space prefetch size -- 5.2 Multidimension clustering tables -- 5.2.1 MDC performance recommendations -- 5.3 Improvement of the RUNSTATS utility -- 5.3.1 Improved RUNSTATS performance through sampling -- 5.3.2 Throttling of the RUNSTATS utility -- 5.4 DB2 performance elements in Windows -- 5.5 DB2 Activity Monitor -- Chapter 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Portal application design and development guidelines -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 WebSphere Portal -- 8.3 Introduction to object-oriented design patterns -- 8.3.1 Singleton -- 8.3.2 Factory -- 8.3.3 Abstract Factory -- 8.3.4 Proxy -- 8.3.5 Decorator -- 8.3.6 Command -- 8.3.7 Facade -- 8.3.8 Model-View-Controller (MVC) -- 8.3.9 Summary -- 8.4 Introduction to the Portlet framework -- 8.4.1 Background on Portlets -- 8.4.2 Navigational schema -- 8.4.3 General approach to Portlet development -- 8.4.4 State Pattern Portlet framework -- 8.4.5 Struts -- 8.5 Collaborative Portals -- 8.5.1 People awareness -- 8.5.2 Collaborative Components -- 8.5.3 How to add people awareness to your portlet -- 8.5.4 Advanced Domino database access -- 8.5.5 Reference material -- 8.6 Portlet development guidelines -- 8.7 Performance considerations -- 8.7.1 Performance analysis -- 8.8 Performance guidelines -- 8.8.1 Caching -- 8.8.2 Object pooling -- 8.8.3 Performance pitfalls -- 8.9 Portalization approach for existing applications -- 8.9.1 The portalization process -- 8.9.2 The portalizing challenge -- 8.9.3 Business applications -- 8.9.4 Performance considerations -- 8.9.5 Integration types -- 8.9.6 Considerations -- 8.9.7 Summary -- 8.9.8 Where to find more information: -- Appendix A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2 Using SQL to Manage Data -- 2.1 The Server SQL Mode -- 2.2 MySQL Identifier Syntax and Naming Rules -- 2.3 Case Sensitivity in SQL Statements -- 2.4 Character Set Support -- 2.5 Selecting, Creating, Dropping, and Altering Databases -- 2.6 Creating, Dropping, Indexing, and Altering Tables -- 2.7 Obtaining Database Metadata -- 2.8 Performing Multiple-Table Retrievals with Joins -- 2.9 Performing Multiple-Table Retrievals with Subqueries -- 2.10 Performing Multiple-Table Retrievals with UNION -- 2.11 Using Views -- 2.12 Multiple-Table Deletes and Updates -- 2.13 Performing Transactions -- 2.14 Foreign Keys and Referential Integrity -- 2.15 Using FULLTEXT Searches -- 3 Data Types -- 3.1 Data Value Categories -- 3.2 MySQL Data Types -- 3.3 How MySQL Handles Invalid Data Values -- 3.4 Working with Sequences -- 3.5 Expression Evaluation and Type Conversion -- 3.6 Choosing Data Types -- 4 Stored Programs -- 4.1 Compound Statements and Statement Delimiters -- 4.2 Stored Functions and Procedures -- 4.3 Triggers -- 4.4 Events -- 4.5 Security for Stored Programs and Views -- 5 Query Optimization -- 5.1 Using Indexing -- 5.2 The MySQL Query Optimizer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Milestone 2 - Incorporating the Common Voice 11 dataset -- Expanding language coverage -- Improving translation capabilities -- Milestone 3 - Setting up Whisper pipeline components -- Loading WhisperTokenizer -- Milestone 4 - Transforming raw speech data into Mel spectrogram features -- Combining to create a WhisperProcessor class -- Milestone 5 - Defining training parameters and hardware configurations -- Setting up the data collator -- Milestone 6 - Establishing standardized test sets and metrics for performance benchmarking -- Loading a pre-trained model checkpoint -- Defining training arguments -- Milestone 7 - Executing the training loops -- Milestone 8 - Evaluating performance across datasets -- Mitigating demographic biases -- Optimizing for content domains -- Managing user expectations -- Milestone 9 - Building applications that demonstrate customized speech recognition -- Summary -- Part 3: Real-world Applications and Use Cases -- Chapter 5: Applying Whisper in Various Contexts -- Technical requirements -- Exploring transcription services -- Understanding the role of Whisper in transcription services -- Setting up Whisper for transcription tasks -- Transcribing audio files with Whisper efficiently -- Integrating Whisper into voice assistants and chatbots -- Recognizing the potential of Whisper in voice assistants and chatbots -- Integrating Whisper into chatbot architectures -- Quantizing Whisper for chatbot efficiency and user experience -- Enhancing accessibility features with Whisper -- Identifying the need for Whisper in accessibility tools -- Building an interactive image-to-text application with Whisper -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Expanding Applications with Whisper -- Technical requirements -- Transcribing with precision -- Leveraging Whisper for multilingual transcription -- Indexing content for enhanced discoverability…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Requirements for the Value for Money: A Measurement Process -- ROI Methodology -- Terminology: Projects, Solutions, Participants -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 4: Introducing the ROI Methodology -- Types of Data -- The Initial Analysis -- Using Design Thinking to Deliver and Measure Results -- The ROI Process Model -- Operating Standards and Philosophy -- Implementing and Sustaining the Process -- Benefits of This Approach -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 5: Start with Why: Align Programs with the Business -- Impact Measures are Critical -- The Challenge -- The Alignment Model -- Payoff Needs -- Business Needs -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 6: Make It Feasible: Select the Right Solution -- Performance Needs -- The Performance Dialogue -- Use Analysis Techniques -- Learning Needs -- Preference Needs -- Matching Solutions to Needs -- The Matrix Diagram -- Selecting Solutions for Maximum Payoff -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 7: Expect Success: Design for Results -- The Power of Expectations -- Defining the Success of Programs -- Designing for Results at Each Level -- Developing Objectives at Multiple Levels -- The Power of Objectives -- Defining Roles and Responsibilities -- Planning the Evaluation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Check Wi-Fi Network Performance with Qcheck; 36. Estimate Network Performance; 37. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5210 - Recurrent taxes on use of goods and on permission to use goods or perform activities -- 5220 - Non-recurrent taxes on use of goods and on permission to use goods or perform activities -- 6000 - Other taxes -- A.6 Conciliation with National Accounts -- A.7 Memorandum item on the financing of social security benefits -- A.8 Memorandum item on identifiable taxes paid by government -- A.9 Relation of OECD classification of taxes to national accounting systems -- A.10 The OECD classification of taxes and the International Monetary Fund (GFS) system -- A.11 Comparison of the OECD classification of taxes with other international classifications -- A.12 Attribution of tax revenues by sub-sectors of general government -- Sub-sectors of general government to be identified -- Supranational Authorities -- Criteria to be used for the attribution of tax revenues -- Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Converting Virtual Machines -- Converting physical machines to VMware Workstation -- Virtualizing a physical Windows machine with VMware Converter -- Performing a physical-to-virtual conversion of computers running Linux -- Performing a V2V conversion and virtual machine import -- Importing raw image files into VMware Workstation -- Importing VMDK files into VMware Workstation -- Importing other disk file formats into VMware Workstation using OVF -- Importing third-party virtual machines using VMware vCenter Converter -- Summary -- 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fabrication Method; 2.4.3. Performance Evaluation; 2.5. Solid PDMS Lenses…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.3.1 Baseline Reconfigurable NoC1.3.2 Generalized Reconfigurable NoC; 1.4 Energy and Performance-Aware Mapping; 1.4.1 The Design Procedure for the Baseline Reconfigurable NoC; 1.4.1.1 Core-to-Network Mapping; 1.4.1.2 Topology and Route Generation; 1.4.2 Mapping and Topology Generation for Cluster-Based NoC; 1.5 Experimental Results; 1.5.1 Baseline Reconfigurable NoC; 1.5.2 Performance Evaluation with Cost Constraints; 1.5.3 Comparison Cluster-Based NoC; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2 Compilers, Techniques, and Tools for Supporting Programming Heterogeneous Many/Multicore Systems…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Variation de la part des dépenses totales dans le PIB -- Perspectives à moyen terme -- Des mesures sont prévues pour enrayer la croissance des dépenses en 2004-2005, mais de nouvelles actions sont nécessaires -- Revenu de retraite durable -- Principales questions -- Performance -- Tableau 7. Indicateurs de performance : revenu de retraite viable -- Politiques -- Graphique 13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mass conservation and Helmholtz wave equation -- Dynamic density -- Dynamic compressibility -- Wave number and characteristic impedance -- 4.24 FINITE LOSSY TUBES -- A two-port network for a finite tube of any length [13] -- A two-port network for a short finite tube -- A two-port network for a short finite tube using approximate discrete elements -- Regimes for an open-ended tube -- Ultra-narrow tube -- REFERENCES -- Five - Microphones -- XV: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROPHONES -- 5.1 PRESSURE MICROPHONES -- 5.2 PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- 5.3 COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- XVI: PRESSURE MICROPHONES -- 5.4 ELECTROMAGNETIC MOVING-COIL MICROPHONE (DYNAMIC MICROPHONE) -- General features -- Construction -- Electro-mechano-acoustical relations -- Performance -- 5.5 ELECTROSTATIC MICROPHONE (CAPACITOR MICROPHONE) -- General features -- Construction -- Electromechanical relations -- Analogous circuits -- Acoustical relations -- Performance -- XVII: PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- 5.6 ELECTROMAGNETIC RIBBON MICROPHONES -- General features -- Construction -- Analogous circuit -- Performance -- XVIII: COMBINATION MICROPHONES -- 5.7 ELECTRICAL COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT TRANSDUCERS -- 5.8 ACOUSTICAL COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- 5.9 DUAL-DIAPHRAGM COMBINATION OF PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-GRADIENT MICROPHONES -- Omnidirectional performance -- Bidirectional performance -- Unidirectional performance -- Condition for equal sensitivity in all three switch positions -- Condition for stability -- NOTES -- Six - Electrodynamic loudspeakers -- XIX: BASIC THEORY OF ELECTRODYNAMIC LOUDSPEAKERS -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 CONSTRUCTION [2] -- 6.3 ELECTRO-MECHANO-ACOUSTICAL CIRCUIT -- Voice-coil velocity at medium and low frequencies -- Voice-coil velocity at low frequencies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TRUNCATE TABLE -- Maximum key size for nonclustered indexes -- New query hints -- NO_PERFORMANCE_SPOOL -- MAX_GRANT_PERCENT -- MIN_GRANT_PERCENT -- Summary -- Chapter 5: JSON Support in SQL Server -- Why JSON? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9: Enhancing the Speed and Maintainability of CI/CD Pipelines -- Accelerating pipelines with directed acyclic graphs and parent-child architecture -- How to create a DAG in GitLab CI -- Building code for multiple architectures -- When and how to leverage caching or artifacts -- Caching characteristics -- Artifact characteristics -- Using caching -- Using artifacts -- Leveraging artifacts as job dependencies -- Reducing repeated configuration code with anchors and extensions -- Anchors -- The extends: keyword -- Reference tags -- Improving maintainability by combining multiple pipelines and leveraging parent-child pipelines -- Leveraging includes for maintainability -- Leveraging includes for reusability -- Includes from remote areas -- Leveraging parent-child pipelines -- Securing and accelerating jobs with purpose-built containers -- A purpose-built container example -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Extending the Reach of CI/CD Pipelines -- Using CI/CD pipelines to spot performance problems -- How to integrate browser performance testing -- How to integrate load performance testing with k6 -- Using feature flags to allow business-driven release decisions -- How to configure your application for feature flags -- Integrating third-party tools into your CI/CD pipelines -- Creating our tool container's Dockerfile -- Automating our container's build -- Container scanning -- Invoking the third-party tool -- Using CI/CD pipelines for developing mobile apps -- Requirements -- Fastlane -- Fastlane - deployment -- Fastlane - automated testing -- Summary -- Chapter 11: End-to-End Example -- Technical requirements -- Setting up your environment -- Making a GitLab project -- Planning work with GitLab issues -- Setting up a local Git repository -- Writing code -- Creating a Git branch to work on -- Creating an MR -- Committing and pushing code…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Returns Reported by Mutual Funds Are Rarely Earned by Mutual Fund Investors -- Hint: Money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows -- The dual penalties of costs and investor behavior -- Inflamed by heady optimism and greed, and enticed by the wiles of mutual fund marketers, investors poured their savings into equity funds at the bull market peak -- When counterproductive investor emotions are magnified by counterproductive fund industry promotions, little good is apt to result -- Investor emotions plus fund industry promotions equals trouble…”