Tabla de Contenidos: “…Note on the edition and translation -- Text -- Divergent readings of Jamkhedkar's edition -- Translation -- Annotation -- Analysis and interpretation -- Vākāṭaka Gupta relations -- 7 Throne and Temple: Political power and religious prestige in Vidarbha -- Introduction -- The Vākāṭaka period -- The Vākāṭaka inscriptions -- Policy of the Vākāṭaka kings -- The Yādava period -- Ramtek Hill: Theatre of Plenipotentiaries -- 8 Little Kṛṣṇa's Play with the Moon -- The literary evidence -- Baby Kṛṣṇa's play with the moon -- The archaeological evidence -- Conclusion -- 9 Some Methodological Considerations with Respect to the Critical Edition of Puranic Literature -- Introduction -- The theory of 'oral composition' -- Composition-in-transmission -- The critical edition of epic and puranic literature -- The critical edition of the Ayodhyāmāhātmya -- 10 Pārvatī's Svayaṃvara: Studies in the Skandapurāṇa I -- Introduction -- The wedding of Śiva and Parvatī -- Śiva's exclusion from the sacrifice -- Śiva as the cosmic child -- Pārvatī's Svayaṃvara -- The synoptic edition of the Svayaṃvara myth -- Conclusion -- Pārvatī's Svayaṃvara: A Textual Reconstruction -- 11 Mokṣadharma 187 and 239-241 Reconsidered (Together with Peter Bisschop) -- Preamble -- Three themes -- The five elements -- The intellectual apparatus -- Sattva and kṣetrajña -- The 'evolution theory' -- The Mokṣadharma: a plurality of views -- Appendix: Some parallels of Mokṣadharma 187 and 239-241 -- 12 Observations on the History and Culture of Dakṣiṇa Kosala (5th to 7th centuries ad) -- Introduction -- The Pāṇḍavas of Mekalā -- The family descending from Amara in Kosala -- The rulers of Śarabhapur -- The Pāṇḍuvaṃśa of Śrīpura -- The date of the Pāṇḍuvaṃśa dynasty of Śrīpura -- Tīvaradeva -- Mahāśivagupta Bālārjuna -- Tālā -- The Jiṭhānī Temple…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Easier Parallelization of Algorithms Since C++17 -- Sorting and Output of a Container -- More Convenience with Ranges -- Non-Owning Ranges with Views -- Comparing Two Sequences -- Take Advantage of Boost -- More Libraries That You Should Know About -- Proper Exception and Error Handling -- Prevention Is Better Than Aftercare -- No Exception Safety -- Basic Exception Safety -- Strong Exception Safety -- The No-Throw Guarantee -- An Exception Is an Exception, Literally! -- If You Can't Recover, Get Out Quickly -- Define User-Specific Exception Types -- Throw by Value, Catch by const Reference -- Pay Attention to the Correct Order of Catch Clauses -- Interface Design -- Attributes -- noreturn (since C++11) -- deprecated (since C++14) -- nodiscard (since C++17) -- maybe_unused (since C++17) -- Concepts: Requirements for Template Arguments -- Specifying a Concept -- Applying a Concept -- Chapter 6: Modularization -- The Basics of Modularization -- Criteria for Finding Modules -- Focus on the Domain of Your Software -- Abstraction -- Choose a Hierarchical Decomposition -- Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) -- Single Level of Abstraction (SLA) -- The Whole Enchilada -- Object-Orientation -- Object-Oriented Thinking -- Principles for Good Class Design -- Keep Classes Small -- Open-Closed Principle (OCP) -- A Short Comparison of Type Erasure Techniques -- Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) -- The Square-Rectangle Dilemma -- Favor Composition over Inheritance -- Interface Segregation Principle (ISP) -- Acyclic Dependency Principle -- Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP) -- Don't Talk to Strangers (The Law of Demeter) -- Avoid Anemic Classes -- Tell, Don't Ask! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…There have already been encouraging efforts to make teaching and school leadership more attractive professions, but further reforms are needed -- The Community's core curricula are critical for high-quality education, but teachers feel little ownership over them and are not sufficiently involved in their revision -- School-wide training days are an important investment but teachers' engagement in other forms of collaborative professional learning remains limited -- School autonomy has the potential to foster pedagogical diversity and innovation, but requires further capacity building at the school level -- School leaders require more support to engage in pedagogical leadership and use their autonomy to improve educational quality -- Policy recommendations -- Use the development of the Gesamtvision to provide a renewed vision for the education system, strategic guidance for reforms and a basis for an actionable implementation strategy -- Align the revision of the core curricula with the development of the Gesamtvision and bring teachers on board for their successful implementation -- Explore the introduction of equity funding to compensate for schools' and students' disadvantage -- Consider simplifying funding mechanisms and creating a clearer division of responsibilities between the two public school networks -- Strengthen the system's data collection in line with the Gesamtvision and Master Plan, monitor student performance and equity and consistently evaluate the effectiveness of policies and practices, particularly in the area of inclusion -- Place students and their individual needs at the centre of learning -- Reform the school calendar and seize opportunities to reduce learning gaps -- Strengthen teachers' professionalism and support their continuing professional growth throughout the teaching career…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating Value Types with Enumerations and Structures -- Using an Enumeration -- Choosing Enumeration Literal Values -- Choosing an Enumeration&amp -- s Underlying Type -- Working with Structures -- Understanding Structure and Class Differences -- Declaring Structure Variables -- Understanding Structure Initialization -- Copying Structure Variables -- Quick Reference -- 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Applications You Can Write with C# -- C# in this Book -- Visual Studio 2015 -- Visual Studio Express 2015 Products -- Solutions -- Chapter 2: Writing a C# Program -- The Visual Studio 2015 Development Environment -- Console Applications -- The Solution Explorer -- The Properties Window -- The Error List Window -- Desktop Applications -- Chapter 3: Variables and Expressions -- Basic C# Syntax -- Basic C# Console Application Structure -- Variables -- Simple Types -- Variable Naming -- Literal Values -- Expressions -- Mathematical Operators -- Assignment Operators -- Operator Precedence -- Namespaces -- Chapter 4: Flow Control -- Boolean Logic -- Boolean Bitwise and Assignment Operators -- Operator Precedence Updated -- Branching -- The Ternary Operator -- The if Statement -- The switch Statement -- Looping -- do Loops -- while Loops -- for Loops -- Interrupting Loops -- Infinite Loops -- Chapter 5: More about Variables -- Type Conversion -- Implicit Conversions -- Explicit Conversions -- Explicit Conversions Using the Convert Commands -- Complex Variable Types -- Enumerations -- Structs -- Arrays -- String Manipulation -- Chapter 6: Functions -- Defining and Using Functions -- Return Values -- Parameters -- Variable Scope -- Variable Scope in Other Structures -- Parameters and Return Values versus Global Data -- The Main() Function -- Struct Functions -- Overloading Functions -- Using Delegates -- Chapter 7: Debugging and Error Handling -- Debugging in Visual Studio -- Debugging in Nonbreak (Normal) Mode -- Debugging in Break Mode -- Error Handling -- try...catch...finally…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Contents of C# 4.0 Topics -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Introducing C# -- Hello, World -- Compiling and Running the Application -- C# Syntax Fundamentals -- Type Definition -- Main -- Statements and Statement Delimiters -- Whitespace -- Working with Variables -- Data Types -- Declaring a Variable -- Assigning a Variable -- Using a Variable -- Console Input and Output -- Getting Input from the Console -- Writing Output to the Console -- Comments -- Managed Execution and the Common Language Infrastructure -- C# and .NET Versioning -- Common Intermediate Language and ILDASM -- Summary -- 2 Data Types -- Fundamental Numeric Types -- Integer Types -- Floating-Point Types (float, double) -- Decimal Type -- Literal Values -- More Fundamental Types -- Boolean Type (bool) -- Character Type (char) -- Strings -- null and void -- null -- The void Nontype -- Categories of Types -- Value Types -- Reference Types -- Nullable Modifier -- Conversions between Data Types -- Explicit Cast -- Implicit Conversion -- Type Conversion without Casting -- Arrays -- Declaring an Array -- Instantiating and Assigning Arrays -- Using an Array -- Strings as Arrays -- Common Errors -- Summary -- 3 Operators and Control Flow -- Operators -- Plus and Minus Unary Operators (+, -) -- Arithmetic Binary Operators (+, -, *, /, %) -- Parenthesis Operator -- Assignment Operators (+=, -=, *=, /=, %=) -- Increment and Decrement Operators (++, --) -- Constant Expressions (const) -- Introducing Flow Control -- if Statement -- Nested if -- Code Blocks ({}) -- Scope and Declaration Space -- Boolean Expressions -- Relational and Equality Operators -- Logical Boolean Operators -- Logical Negation Operator (!) …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Inclusion in the Performance of Diverse Workgroups -- Interaction Processes in Top Management Teams -- Managerial Control Over Exclusionary Forces Through Sets of Practices -- Managing the Right Tensions: Avoiding Too Little Conflict, Avoiding the Wrong Conflict -- From Moderators to Managerially Structured Practices Prolonged Over Time -- Managerial Control With Constructive Tensions -- The Question of Efficacy -- The Question of Intent -- Cross-job Collaboration -- A Practical Example: Inclusion From Agile Teams for Software Development -- The Managerial Prospects for Informed, Creative Actions -- Strategic Options for Diversity -- Notes -- 6 Structured Interaction Practices for Adaptive Behavioral Learning -- Cognitive Adaptation By Individuals -- Initiatives to Facilitate Psychological and Behavioral Adaptation -- From Interaction Discomfort to Comfort: Cognitive and Behavioral Adaptation By Individuals Holding Stereotypes -- Intergroup Contact Theory -- Are Contact Theory's Conditions Necessary for Prejudice Reduction?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- What makes PISA unique -- The PISA 2022 test -- An overview of what is assessed in each domain -- The evolution of reporting student performance in PISA -- The context questionnaires -- A collaborative project -- 2 PISA 2022 Mathematics Framework -- Introduction -- Definition of mathematical literacy -- A view of mathematically literate individuals in PISA 2022 -- An explicit link to a variety of contexts for problems in PISA 2022 -- A visible role for mathematical tools, including technology, in PISA 2022 -- Organisation of the domain -- Mathematical reasoning and problem-solving processes -- Mathematical reasoning -- Understanding quantity, number systems and their algebraic properties -- Appreciating the power of abstraction and symbolic representation -- Seeing mathematical structures and their regularities -- Recognising functional relationships between quantities -- Using mathematical modelling as a lens onto the real world -- Understanding variation as the heart of statistics -- Problem solving -- Formulating situations mathematically -- Employing mathematical concepts, facts and procedures -- Interpreting, applying and evaluating mathematical outcomes -- Mathematical content knowledge -- Change and relationships -- Space and shape -- Quantity -- Uncertainty and data -- Content topics for guiding the assessment of mathematical literacy of 15-year-old students -- Contexts for the assessment items and selected 21st Century skills -- Contexts -- 21st Century skills -- Assessing mathematical literacy -- Structure of the PISA 2022 mathematics assessment -- Desired distribution of score points by mathematical reasoning and problem-solving process -- Desired distribution of score points by content category -- A range of item difficulties -- Computer-based assessment of mathematics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction to NXT-G -- Starting an NXT-G Program -- The NXT-G Interface -- The Menu Bar -- The Toolbar -- The Work Area -- The Programming Palette -- The Configuration Panel -- The Controller -- The Little Help Window and the Work Area Map -- Fundamental NXT-G Concepts -- The Starting Point -- Sequence Beams -- Extending the Sequence Beam -- Parallel Sequence Beams -- Automatic Resizing of Sequence Beams -- Managing Programming Blocks in the Work Area -- Navigating the Work Area -- Increasing Program Readability with Comments -- The Common Palette -- The Move Block -- The Port Parameter -- The Direction Parameter -- The Steering Parameter -- The Power Parameter -- The Duration Parameter -- The Next Action Parameter -- Feedback Boxes -- The Record/Play Block -- The Sound Block -- The Display Block -- The Wait Block -- The Loop Block -- The Switch Block -- Conclusion -- 8. …”