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 Deciding to Buy a Business -- Chapter 1 Preparing to Buy a Business -- Figuring Your Financial Fitness -- Assess your financial position and goals -- Measuring your net worth -- Telling good debt from bad debt -- Reducing debt -- Buying insurance -- Planning for the long term -- Shrink your spending -- Build up your cash reserves -- Stabilize income with part time work -- Assessing and Replacing Benefits -- Retirement savings plans and pensions -- Health insurance -- Disability insurance -- Life insurance -- Dental, vision, and other insurance -- Social Security taxes -- Time off -- Understanding Your Time and Financial Commitments to Buy -- Stepping Toward Buying a Business -- Enlisting Help from Top-Notch Professionals -- Start with free/low-cost industry resources -- Finding and interviewing reputable professionals -- Estimating the Cost of Your Search and Business Acquisition -- Calculating a down payment amount -- Tallying search expenses -- Finding funding -- Chapter 2 Is Buying a Business for You? …”

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 Getting Started with New Business Funding -- Chapter 1 Learning About the Funding Ecosystem -- Understanding Funding Terms and Definitions -- Moving from Idea to Successful Execution -- The power of ideas to influence -- Pay attention to the research -- Determine who your ideal customer is -- Analyze industry trends -- Research your competition -- Analyze your customers -- Analyze your finances -- Prepare a business plan -- Take baby steps -- Why Do We Need Startup Funding? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5 Applying the Contiguity Principle: Align Words to Corresponding Graphics -- Spatial Contiguity Principle: Place Printed Words near Corresponding Graphics -- Violations of Spatial Contiguity -- Placing Text Caption Below Corresponding Graphic -- Placing a Legend Under or to the Side of Corresponding Chart -- Separating Text and Graphic on Scrolling Screens -- Displaying Feedback on a Separate Screen from Questions or Responses -- Displaying Linked Windows on Top of Corresponding Content -- Displaying Exercise Directions Separate from the Exercise -- Displaying Text in a Separate Window with Animations or Video -- Psychological Reasons for the Spatial Contiguity Principle -- Evidence for the Spatial Contiguity Principle -- Meta-Analytic Evidence -- Eye Tracking Evidence -- Boundary Conditions for Spatial Contiguity -- Spatial Contiguity and Visual Cues -- Promoting Spatial Contiguity with Augmented Reality -- Temporal Contiguity Principle: Synchronize Spoken Words with Corresponding Graphics -- Separating Graphics and Narration Through Icons -- Separating Graphics and Narration in a Continuous Presentation -- Psychological Reasons for the Temporal Contiguity Principle -- Evidence for the Temporal Contiguity Principle -- Core Evidence -- Boundary Conditions for Temporal Contiguity -- Exceptions to Temporal Contiguity -- What We Don't Know About Contiguity -- Chapter Reflection -- Coming Next -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 6 Applying the Signaling Principle: Use Verbal and Visual Cues to Direct Attention -- What Is Signaling? …”

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 -- Unit 1: Getting Started with Pre-Calculus -- Chapter 1: Preparing for Pre-Calculus -- Recapping Pre-Calculus: An Overview -- Checking in on Number Basics and Processes -- Understanding the multitude of number types: Terms to know -- Looking at the fundamental operations you can perform on numbers -- Knowing the properties of numbers: Truths to remember -- Looking at Visual Statements: When Math Follows Form with Function -- Using basic terms and concepts -- Graphing linear equalities and inequalities -- Gathering information from graphs -- Getting Yourself a Graphing Calculator -- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations -- Whaddya Know? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- 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 Getting Started -- Chapter 1 You and Your Writing -- Focusing on Writing as Well as You Can -- Examining Why You Want to Write -- Identifying the Kind of Writing You Want to Do -- Considering different genres -- Confirming your favorite form of expression -- Discovering Your Own Specific Talent -- Practicing Your Writing -- Putting in the hours -- Reading and re-reading -- Overcoming Common Writing Obstacles -- Silencing your inner critic -- Thinking creatively -- Letting the Ideas Come -- Playing with Words -- Making nouns and verbs stronger -- Taking out adverbs and adjectives -- Writing in different tenses -- Avoiding cliché -- Doing writing exercises -- Learning from imitation -- Developing an ear for good prose -- Offering Tips for New Writers -- Don't worry about publication -- Write for yourself -- Draft, don't edit - yet! …”

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 The Power of Quantum Computing -- Chapter 1 Quantum Computing Boot Camp -- Understanding Why Quantum Computing Is So Strange -- Grasping the Power of Quantum Computing -- Introducing Puff, the magic - qubit? …”

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 Lighting the Fuse: Getting High Impact from Low Power -- Chapter 1 Getting High Impact from Low Power -- Getting to Know Low Power FM Radio -- Understanding the American radio landscape -- Sailing on the open seas -- Switching on the LPFM light -- Introducing the Local Community Radio Act -- Envisioning Your Radio Station -- Why radio? …”

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 Getting Started with Data Science and Python -- Chapter 1 Discovering the Match between Data Science and Python -- Understanding Python as a Language -- Viewing Python's various uses as a general-purpose language -- Interpreting Python -- Compiling Python -- Defining Data Science -- Considering the emergence of data science -- Outlining the core competencies of a data scientist -- Linking data science, big data, and AI -- Creating the Data Science Pipeline -- Understanding Python's Role in Data Science -- Considering the shifting profile of data scientists -- Working with a multipurpose, simple, and efficient language -- Learning to Use Python Fast -- Loading data -- Training a model -- Viewing a result -- Chapter 2 Introducing Python's Capabilities and Wonders -- Working with Python -- Contributing to data science -- Getting a taste of the language -- Understanding the need for indentation -- Working with Jupyter Notebook and Google Colab -- Performing Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation -- Considering Speed of Execution -- Visualizing Power -- Using the Python Ecosystem for Data Science -- Accessing scientific tools using SciPy -- Performing fundamental scientific computing using NumPy -- Performing data analysis using pandas -- Implementing machine learning using Scikit-learn -- Going for deep learning with Keras and TensorFlow -- Performing analysis efficiently using XGBoost -- Plotting the data using Matplotlib -- Creating graphs with NetworkX -- Chapter 3 Setting Up Python for Data Science -- Working with Anaconda -- Using Jupyter Notebook -- Accessing the Anaconda Prompt -- Installing Anaconda on Windows -- Installing Anaconda on Linux…”

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 Getting Started with Your New Business -- Chapter 1 Preparing for Business -- Understanding the Enduring Rules of Business Strategy -- Focusing on focus - and a bit more besides -- Appreciating the forces at work in your sector -- Recognising the first-to-market fallacy -- Getting in Shape to Start Up -- Assessing your abilities -- Discovering a real need -- Checking the fit of the business -- Confirming Viability -- Researching the market -- Doing the numbers -- Raising the money -- Writing up the business plan -- Going for Growth -- Gaining economies of scale -- Securing a competitive advantage -- Retaining key staff -- Gaining critical business mass -- Chapter 2 Doing the Groundwork -- Understanding the Small Business Environment -- Defining Small Business -- Looking at the Types of People Who Start Businesses -- Making your age an asset -- Considering location -- Winning with women -- Being educated about education -- Coming Up with a Winning Idea -- Ranking popular start-up ideas -- Going with fast growth -- Spotting a gap in the market -- Revamping an old idea -- Wising up to the internet -- Solving customer problems -- Creating inventions and innovations -- Marketing other people's ideas -- Being better or different -- Finding a contract in the public sector -- Banning Bad Reasons to Start a Business -- Steering clear of bad assumptions -- Avoiding obvious mistakes -- Recognising That the Economy Matters -- Spotting cycles -- Readying for the ups and downs -- Preparing to Recognise Success -- Measuring business success -- Exploring the myth and reality of business survival rates -- Chapter 3 Can You Do the Business?…”

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 Harnessing the Potential of AI in Business Writing -- Chapter 1 Recognizing the Need for Writer Intelligence (WI) -- AI is Already Part of Your Everyday Life -- Using AI to Assist WI -- Enhancing Business Writing, Not Replacing Writers -- Writing Fields that Will Thrive, Not Just Survive -- Copywriting and advertising writers -- Public relations writers -- Journalists and reporters -- Marketing writers -- Freelance writers -- Proposal writers -- Technical writers -- Medical writers -- Legal writers -- Academic and research writers -- Web content writers -- Panacea, Snake Oil, or Somewhere Between? …”

“…With multiple components, including IBM Cognos® 10.1 Business Intelligence, IBM Cognos TM1®, Cognos Metrics Studio, IBM SPSS®, IBM DB2® for z/OS, and many application design tools, the workload spans multiple operating environments. …”