“…And if you can't break through, you can't move forward. Just Listen has helped tens of thousands of people tear down walls and establish productive communication. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Looking back at what we've learned -- Rediscovering dashboards -- Producing alerts -- Using Nagios -- Discovering Icinga and Shinken -- Compliance monitoring with Puppet -- Analyzing metrics with StatsD, Graphite, and Etsy Skyline -- Tracking changes with Puppet and Graphite -- Using Etsy Skyline to find your normal -- Using Puppet to drive orchestration -- Summary -- Index…”

“…There Is More to Assessing Risk Than StatisticsIntroductionPredicting Economic Growth: The Normal Distribution and Its LimitationsPatterns and Randomness: From School League Tables to Siegfried and RoyDubious Relationships: Why You Should Be Very Wary of Correlations andTheir Significance ValuesSpurious Correlations: How You Can Always Find a Silly 'Cause' of ExamSuccessThe Danger of Regression: Looking Back When You Need to Look ForwardThe Danger of AveragesWhen Simpson's Paradox Becomes More WorrisomeUncertain Information and Incomplete Information: Do Not Assume They AreDifferentDo Not Trust Anybody (Even Experts) to Properly Reason about ProbabilitiesChapter SummaryFurther ReadingThe Need for Causal, Explanatory Models in Risk AssessmentIntroductionAre You More Likely to Die in an Automobile Crash When the Weather IsGood Compared to Bad?…”

“…This handy reference helps you move forward from Java EE 6 to the new EE 7 platform quickly and easily. …”

“…This text offers insights into the present situation of slow growth, rising debts and long term low inflation and puts forward some possible outcomes for the global economy. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: A CEO's Journey through Coachin -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Introduction -- Part I Self-Insight -- 1 Great Leaders Are Confident, Connected, Committed, and Courageous -- 2 Six Interconnected Perspectives for Coaching -- 3 Dealing with Your Demons as a Startup Founder -- 4 Crafting a Grow-Forward Development Pathway -- 5 In Pursuit of Identity and Inclusion -- 6 Making the Most of Feedback -- 7 A Proven Technique to Ensure Your Leadership Measures Up -- Part II Communication Skills -- 8 The Highs and Lows of Communication -- 9 How to Develop the Authentic Leader in You -- 10 The Culturally Fluent Leader: When Leading Across Differences, Your Style May Need to Change -- Part III Interpersonal Relationships -- 11 The Five Basic Needs of Employees. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Research on Moffitt's taxonomy -- Challenges to Moffitt's theory -- The way forward: future research topics -- References -- Chapter 11 Stalking -- A new crime? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Two Arcs of Storytelling -- A New Asset Class -- The Story MatrixTM -- Forward Together -- Conclusion -- Author Biography -- Part Seven Data-Driven Marketing -- Chapter 20 Leading with AI and Analytics -- Moneyball: What Really Happened -- Analytics and AI Are Every Leader's Problem-Here's Why -- The AIA Framework for Marketers -- Applying the AIA Framework in Marketing: Propensity Versus Uplift -- Conclusion -- Author Biographies -- Chapter 21 Leveraging Technology to Manage the Customer Experience -- Profitable Growth Through Customer Acquisition, Retention, and Development -- Managing Consumer Relationships and Experiences in the B2C Context -- Managing Customer Relationships and Experiences in the B2B Context -- Conclusion -- Author Biography -- Chapter 22 The Consumer INSIGHT Framework: A Hypothesis-Driven Approach to Data Analytics -- The Need for a Hypothesis Generation Mindset -- Action-Oriented versus Process-Oriented Approaches -- The INSIGHT Framework -- Obtaining and Testing Insight in a Digitally Supersonic World -- Conclusion -- Author Biographies -- Chapter 23 Personalization-Today and Tomorrow -- Tapping the Power of Predictive Analytics -- Delta Airlines: Increasing Customer Lifetime Value -- Auto Mercado: Personalization on a Smaller Scale -- Customer Triggers to Optimize Timing and Content -- The Timely Reminder -- AI for Personalization -- The Connected Strategy -- Conclusion -- Author Biography -- Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Unsupervised Learning -- K -means Clustering -- Hierarchical Clustering -- Association Rule Mining -- K -Nearest Neighbors -- Summary -- Exercise -- References -- Chapter 6: Supervised Learning -- Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks -- Forward and Backward Propagation Methods -- Architectural Types in ANN -- Hyperparameters for Tuning the ANN -- An Example of ANN Classification -- Introduction to Ensemble Learning Techniques -- Random Forest Ensemble Learning -- Introduction to AdaBoost Ensemble Learning -- Introduction to Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) -- Cross-Validation -- Summary -- Exercise -- References -- Chapter 7: Natural Language Processing for Analyzing Unstructured Data -- Terminology for NLP -- Installing NLTK and Other Libraries -- Tokenization -- Stemming -- Stopwords -- Part of Speech Tagging -- Bag-of-Words (BOW) -- n- grams -- Sentiment and Emotion Classification -- Summary -- Exercise -- References -- Chapter 8: Predictive Analytics Using Deep Neural Networks -- Introduction to Deep Learning -- The Deep Neural Networks and Its Architectural Variants -- Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) -- Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) -- Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) -- AlexNet -- VGGNet -- Inception -- ResNet and GoogLeNet -- Hyperparameters of DNN and Strategies for Tuning Them -- Activation Function -- Regularization -- Number of Hidden Layers -- Number of Neurons Per Layer -- Learning Rate -- Optimizer -- Batch Size -- Epoch -- Weight and Biases Initialization -- Grid Search -- Random Search -- Deep Belief Networks (DBN) -- Analyzing the Boston Housing Dataset Using DNN -- Summary -- Exercise -- References -- Chapter 9: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) for Predictive Analytics -- Convolution Layer -- Padding and Strides -- ReLU LAYER -- Pooling Layer -- Fully Connected Layer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Host Galaxies -- THE COSMIC EVOLUTION OF GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST GALAXIES -- KECK OBSERVATIONS OF 160 GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST GALAXIES -- THE REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION OF THE TOUGH SURVEY -- GRB-SN CONNECTION IN SAO RAS OBSERVATIONS -- X-SHOOTER SLIT OBSERVATIONS OF GRB HOST GALAXIES -- ON THE METAL AVERSION OF LGRBS -- PROBING GALAXY EVOLUTION WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS -- THE MASS-SFR-METALLICITY RELATION OF STAR FORMING GALAXIES AND ITS EVOLUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GRB/SN HOST GALAXIES -- A DEEP SEARCH FOR THE HOST GALAXIES OF GRBS WITH NO DETECTED OPTICAL AFTERGLOW -- STUDY OF BTA, HUBBLE, AND SPITZER GRB 021004 DEEP FIELDS -- THE MULTI-BAND STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE RC J0311+0507 RADIO GALAXY: A STEP FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND MASSIVE STELLAR SYSTEM FORMATION AT Z > 4 -- GRB HOST GALAXIES: A FASCINATING RESEARCH FIELD -- Chapter X. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Spot and forward model -- 2.1. Spot model -- 2.2. Forward model -- 2.2.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Formas básicas de adquisición de empresasMotivos para fusión o adquisición de empresas; Las sinergias que se obtienen en las fusiones; Tipos de sinergias; Tipos de fusiones de empresas; Actitud ante las compras de empresas: hostiles y amistosas; Elementos fundamentales en la compra empresarial; Capítulo 5 Mercado de derivados; Introducción; Mercado de derivados; El mercado de derivados en México; Capítulo 6 Futuros y forward; Objetivos; Introducción; 1. Definición y diferencias; 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Computing arc length; The analytic approach to computing arc length; Estimating arc length by forward differencing; Adaptive approach; Estimating the arc length integral numerically; Adaptive Gaussian integration; Find a point that is a given distance along a curve; 3.2.2. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter1: LEAP-UCD-2017 V. 1.01 model specifications -- Chapter2: Grain Size Analysis and Maximum and Minimum Dry Density of Ottawa F-65 Sand for LEAP-UCD-2017 -- Chapter3: Physical and Mechanical Properties of Ottawa F65 Sand -- Chapter4: LEAP-UCD-2017 comparison of centrifuge test results -- Chapter5: Archiving of experimental data for LEAP-UCD-2017 -- Chapter6: Comparison of LEAP-UCD-2017 CPT results -- Chapter7: Difference and Sensitivity Analyses of the LEAP-2017 Experiments -- Chapter8: LEAP-2017 Simulation Exercise – Overview of Guidelines for the element test simulations -- Chapter9: Calibration of Constitutive Models and Simulation of the Element Tests -- Chapter10: LEAP-2017: Comparison of the Type-B Numerical Simulations with Centrifuge Test Results -- Chapter11: Numerical sensitivity study compared to trend of experiments for LEAP-UCD-2017 -- Chapter12: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Tests at Cambridge -- Chapter13: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Test at University of California, Davis -- Chapter14: LEAP-2017 Centrifuge Test at Ehime University -- Chapter15: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Test at IFSTTAR -- Chapter16: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Test at KAIST -- Chapter17: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Test at Kyoto University -- Chapter18: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Tests at NCU -- Chapter19: Verification of the Repeatability of Soil Liquefaction Centrifuge Testing at Rensselaer -- Chapter20: Specifications and Results of Centrifuge Model Test at Zhejiang University for LEAP-UCD-2017 -- Chapter21: Prediction of LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Test Results Using Two Advanced Plasticity Sand Models -- Chapter22: LEAP-UCD-2017 Centrifuge Test Simulation at UNINA -- Chapter23: LEAP-2017 Centrifuge Test Simulation using HiPER -- Chapter24: Numerical Simulations of Selected LEAP Centrifuge Experiments with PM4Sand in FLAC -- Chapter25: LEAP-UCD-2017 Numerical Simulation at Meisosha Corp -- Chapter26: Numerical Simulations of LEAP Dynamic Centrifuge Model Tests for Response of Liquefiable Sloping Ground -- Chapter27: LEAP-UCD-2017 Simulation Team Fugro -- Chapter28: LEAP-UCD-2017 Type-B Predictions through FLIP at Kyoto University -- Chapter29: LEAP-UCD-2017 Simulations at Tsinghua University -- Chapter30: Application of a SANISAND model for numerical simulations of the LEAP 2017 experiments -- Chapter31: Numerical Simulation Trial by Cocktail Glass Model in FLIP ROSE for LEAP-UCD -- Chapter32: Preliminary Seismic Deformation and Soil-Structure Interaction evaluationS of A caisson-supported Marine Terminal wharf retaining and founded on liquefiable soils -- Chapter33: Significance of calibration procedure consistency -- Chapter34: Paths forward for Evaluating Seismic Performance of Geotechnical structures -- Chapter35: Selected issues in the seismic evaluation of embankment dams for possible investigation by LEAP -- Chapter36: Soil permeability in centrifuge modeling -- Chapter37: Variation of permeability of viscous fluid during liuefaction model testing -- Chapter38: Post-liquefaction cyclic shear strain: phenomenon and mechanism…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Characteristics of Teachers -- The Status and Prestige of Teachers and Teaching -- The Political Orientations of Teachers -- Dimensions of Quality in Teacher Knowledge -- Teachers' Values in the Classroom -- Footnotes to Teacher Leadership -- Sex Segregation and Tokenism among Teachers -- Teacher Behavior -- The Classroom as an Arena of Teachers' Work -- Teachers and Democratic Schooling -- Teachers and Parents -- Teacher Commitment -- Teachers' Beliefs about Student Learning and Motivation -- Teachers and the Politics of History School Textbooks -- Teachers' Emotion Regulation -- Principal and Teachers Relations: Trust at the Core of School Improvement -- Teacher Misbehaviour -- School Administrator Mistreatment of Teachers -- Teacher Life-Cycles -- Tracking Teachers -- Teachers' Work, Power and Authority -- Teachers as Professionals: Salaries, Benefits and Unions -- Teacher Burnout and Teacher Resilience: Assessing the Impacts of the School Accountability Movement -- Teachers and Promotion: Research Evidence on the Role of Gender, Career Intentions, Promotion Criteria and Teacher Satisfaction -- Teachers and Teaching in Comparative Perspective -- Teachers in Comparative Perspective -- Comparative Perspectives On Teachers, Teaching And Professionalism -- Teachers and Teaching in Eastern and Western Schools: A Critical Review of Cross-Cultural Comparative Studies -- Teachers and Teaching in Africa -- Greek Cypriot Teachers and Classroom Diversity: Intercultural Education in Cyprus -- Dimensions of Teaching -- Three Sides of Teaching: Styles, Models, and Diversity -- Creating Productive Learning Environments in Culturally Pluralistic Classrooms -- Justice in Teaching -- Ethics and Teaching -- Teacher Expectations and Labeling -- Teaching in Classrooms -- Teacher–Student Interaction -- Assessment and Examinations -- Classroom Management -- Teachers as Role Models -- Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom -- Teaching in Large and Small Classes -- Teaching and Learning in the Ict Environment -- Effective Teaching: an Emerging Synthesis -- Teaching and Nonverbal Behavior in the Classroom -- Teaching Specific Student Populations -- Teaching at the Secondary Level -- Teaching at Tertiary Level -- Teaching for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) -- Teaching Students With Special Needs -- Teaching Gifted and Talented Children -- Teaching “at Risk” Students: Meeting Their Needs -- Teaching Indigenous Populations -- Single-Sex or Coeducational Classes -- Teaching and the Boy Problem -- The Teaching of Individual Subjects -- The Teaching of Reading -- Teaching History -- Teaching Mathematics -- Teaching Science -- Teaching About Political and Social Values -- Conditions for Promoting Moral and Prosocial Development in Schools -- Teaching a Second Language -- Teaching in Arts Education -- Research on Teaching Health and Physical Education -- Great Debates about Teachers and Teaching -- Keeping Track or Getting Offtrack: Issues in the Tracking Of Students -- High Stakes Testing and Teaching to the Test -- Value-Added Models of Teacher Effects -- Teachers and Teaching During Educational Restructuring and Reforms -- Grade Retention Redux: A Dissenting Perspective -- Teachers and Teaching in an Era Of Heightened School Accountability: A Forward Look…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Understanding PPP and PPP exchange ratesImmense uncertainties surround how we measure global poverty; Co-ordinated national poverty measures may be one way forward; Relative poverty lines can help track inequality; Box 2.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; I.2. What evolution forward?; I.3. Tackling transformation is the job; I.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction Pushbutton control; Battery, USB, wall and high voltage input sources; Battery charger; Three bucks, two LDOs and a boost/LED driver; Conclusion; 3 Simple circuit replaces and improves on power modules at less than half the price; Introduction; 100W isolated synchronous forward converter in an eighth brick footprint; This circuit is flexible; Conclusion; 4 Wide input range, high efficiency DDR termination power supply achieves fast transient response; Introduction; Overview of the LTC3717; Design example; Conclusion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Understanding the Data Types in R; Handling Missing Data in R; Working with Vectors in R; Working with Matrices in R; Looking Backward and Forward; Chapter 2: Input and Output; Recipe 2-1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Setting up your account the less-easy waySee Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages; Reading messages; Threading messages; Managing messages; Searching emails; Don't grow too attached to attachments; More things you can do with messages; Darling, You Send Me (Email); Sending an all-text message; Formatting text in an email; Sending a photo with an email message; Saving an email to send later; Replying to, forwarding, or printing an email message; Settings for sending email; Setting Your Message and Account Settings; Checking and viewing email settings…”