Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Saving for a Sunny Day -- Savings: The Sum of its Parts -- Why Care about National Saving? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence -- How Innovators Throughout History Paved the Way for Modern AI: From Babbage to Turing -- Charles Babbage -- Ada Lovelace -- John von Neumann -- Alan Turing -- The Emergence of Modern AI -- The Dartmouth Conference: A Turning Point -- From Optimism to Pessimism: The Story of the AI Winter -- The Rise of Expert Systems -- AI Revival: A Fitful Resurgence -- The Birth of Modern AI -- AI Today -- Driver of the 21st Century Economy -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 2 AI Explained: A Non-Technical Guide -- Definition of AI -- Machine Learning -- How Machines Learn -- Supervised Learning -- Unsupervised Learning -- Reinforcement Learning -- Neural Networks -- Structure of a Neuron -- Layers in a Neural Network -- Training a Neural Network -- Backpropagation: Learning from Mistakes -- Beyond Backpropagation -- Common Deep Learning Models -- Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) -- Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) -- Transformers -- Foundational Models -- Handle with Caution -- Vision and Sound -- Explainable AI -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 3 AI for Good -- Responding to Natural Disasters -- Floods -- SEEDS -- Earthquake in Syria and Turkey -- Role of AI in Disaster Resiliency -- Data for Environment Monitoring -- Food and Water Security -- Emerging Uses of AI to Combat Food and Water Insecurity -- Medicine -- Medical Imaging -- Pathology -- Education -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 4 AI for Good: Pursuit of Scientific Knowledge -- Biodiversity -- Beluga Whales -- Rainforests -- Satellites -- Bioacoustics -- Camera Traps -- Proteomics -- Astronomy -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 5 When Good AI Goes Bad -- The Surveillance Society…”

“…Screenwriter Jamie Nash takes up Snyder's torch to lay out a step-by-step approach using Blake's principles so that both new and experienced writers can learn how to: -Use all the nuances, tricks, and techniques of pilot-writing (The Opening Pitch, The Guided Tour, The Whiff of Change) with examples from today's hottest series -Discover the Super-Secret Keep It On The Downlow TV Pitch Template that combines all the critical points of your amazing TV series into one easy-to-read-over-lunch high-level document -Define the 9 TV Franchise Types -Crack your story using the Save the Cat! …”

“… • Read the stories of those who have created today’s leading-edge paperless solutions. • Learn how the Federal Government uses certified PDFs and how New York State uses e-Forms to save millions of dollars. • Find out how the Kane County court system takes advantage of PDF forms to protect abuse victims. • See how one doctor is reducing Medicare costs by replacing expensive emergency room visits with paperless house calls. • Follow in-depth lessons on Acrobat®, LiveCycle® Designer, LiveCycle® ES/ES2, and InDesign® Server. • Download demos, source code, and sample files to use with the book’s exercises (www.paperlessbook.info). …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Meet Your iPhone -- Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone -- The Big Picture -- The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera or camcorder -- The iPhone as an iPod -- The iPhone as an internet communications device -- Technical specifications -- A Quick Tour Outside -- On the sides -- On the bottom -- On the front -- On the back -- Status bar -- Home Sweet Home Screen -- The first Home screen -- The second Home screen -- The dock (all Home screens) -- Chapter 2 iPhone Basic Training -- Activating the iPhone -- Turning the iPhone On and Off -- Pointing a finger at Touch ID -- Facing up to Face ID -- Continuing the setup -- Locking the iPhone -- Mastering the Multitouch Interface -- Discovering the special-use keys -- One-handed keyboard -- The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard -- Anticipating what comes next -- Correcting mistakes -- Choosing an alternative keyboard -- Cutting, copying, pasting, and replacing -- Multitasking -- Navigating beyond the Home Screen -- Organizing Icons into Folders -- Visiting the App Library -- Watching Widgets -- Proactive Searching -- Notifications and Today View -- Chapter 3 Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone -- A Brief iCloud Primer -- The Kitchen Sync -- First things first: About iPhone backups -- Sync prep 101 -- Syncing Your Data with iTunes or Finder -- Syncing contacts -- Syncing calendars -- Advanced syncing -- Synchronizing Your Media -- Music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts -- Photos -- Manual Syncing -- Chapter 4 Understanding the Phone-damentals -- Making a Call -- Adding contacts -- Setting up favorites -- Viewing the Recents list -- Dialing with the keypad…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Entrepreneurial Engineer; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Entrepreneurial Engineer: Ready for the 21st Century; 1.1 21st-Century Engineers Moving at Internet Time; 1.2 Engineering Education, Common Sense, and the Real World; 1.3 Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer; 1.4 Three Principles; 1.5 Three Cautions; Exercises; 2 The Joy of Engineering; 2.1 A Joyous Confession; 2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launchpad, and Lifelong Love; 2.2.1 Who Is Getting a "Liberal Arts" Education Today?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONS -- Definition of Organization -- Concept Check -- Importance of Organizations Today -- Interactive Exercise -- Organizations as Systems -- Organizational Configuration -- Interactive Exercise -- Dimensions of an Organization -- Concept Check -- Types of organization -- Organizational Typology -- Organizational Goals -- Importance of Organizational Goals -- Organizational Strategies and Design -- Emerging Organizational Designs -- Glossary -- Questions -- References -- Case Study: Blooming on the Offshore -- Chapter 2 Organizational Effectivenessand Change -- Opening Case: The Changing Time -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- Organizational Effectiveness -- Concept Check -- Rational Goals Model -- Open Systems Model -- Internal Process Model -- Human Relations Model -- Competing Value Model -- Concept Check -- Interactive Exercise -- Need for change -- Nature of Organizational Change -- Forces for Change -- External Forces for Change -- Internal Forces for Change -- Types of Change -- Theories of Planned Change -- Lewin's Force Field Analysis -- Lewin's Three-Step Model of Change -- Resistance to Change -- Individual Resistance -- Organizational Resistance -- Managing Resistance to Change -- Behavio ural Reactions to Change -- Glossary -- Questions -- References -- Case Study: Logicom Corporation -- Chapter 3 Organizational Culture and Climate -- Opening Case: Identical Across the World -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- What Is Organizational Culture? …”