Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.1 DB2 database server system resource constraints -- 6.2.2 DB2 system resource constraints -- 6.3 Exception event scenarios -- 6.3.1 Lock waits due to default LOCKTIMEOUT value (OLTP) -- 6.3.2 Poor SQL performance due to missing indexes (OLTP) -- 6.3.3 Poor SQL performance due to unused MQTs (BI) -- 6.4 Routine monitoring scenarios -- 6.4.1 Deteriorating space utilization conditions (BI) -- 6.4.2 Deteriorating buffer pool hit ratios (OLTP) -- 6.5 Online/Realtime monitoring scenarios -- 6.5.1 Lock contention (OLTP) -- Appendix A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Scale-Out -- Advantages of Scaling Up -- Advantages of Scaling Out -- Scaling Is a Matter of Perspective -- Risk Assessment -- Choosing the Right Size -- CPU to Memory Design Ratio -- Sizing the Hosts -- Blade Servers vs. Rack Servers -- Blade Servers -- Rack Servers -- Form-Factor Conclusions -- Alternative Hardware Approaches -- Cloud Computing -- Converged Hardware -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Designing Your Network -- Examining Key Network Components -- Physical Connectivity -- Network Traffic Types -- Software Components -- Exploring Factors Influencing the Network Design -- Physical Switch Support -- vSwitches and Distributed vSwitches -- IP-Based Storage -- 10Gb Ethernet -- I/O Virtualization -- SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O -- Server Architecture -- Crafting the Network Design -- Availability -- Manageability -- Performance -- Recoverability -- Security -- Design Scenarios -- Two NICs -- Four NICs -- Six NICs -- Eight NICs -- Looking to the Future -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Storage -- Dimensions of Storage Design -- Storage Design Factors -- Storage Efficiency -- vSphere Storage Features -- Designing for Capacity -- RAID Options -- Estimating Capacity Requirements -- VMFS Capacity Limits -- Large or Small Datastores? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Managing hyperparameters and configuration parameters -- Using a JSON file to easily configure parameters -- The parameters manager -- A complete deep Q-learner to solve complex problems with raw pixel input -- The Atari Gym environment -- Customizing the Atari Gym environment -- Implementing custom Gym environment wrappers -- Reward clipping -- Preprocessing Atari screen image frames -- Normalizing observations -- Random no-ops on reset -- Fire on reset -- Episodic life -- Max and skip-frame -- Wrapping the Gym environment -- Training the deep Q-learner to play Atari games -- Putting together a comprehensive deep Q-learner -- Hyperparameters -- Launching the training process -- Testing performance of your deep Q-learner in Atari games -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Creating Custom OpenAI Gym Environments - CARLA Driving Simulator -- Understanding the anatomy of Gym environments -- Creating a template for custom Gym environment implementations -- Registering custom environments with OpenAI Gym -- Creating an OpenAI Gym-compatible CARLA driving simulator environment -- Configuration and initialization -- Configuration -- Initialization -- Implementing the reset method -- Customizing the CARLA simulation using the CarlaSettings object -- Adding cameras and sensors to a vehicle in CARLA -- Implementing the step function for the CARLA environment -- Accessing camera or sensor data -- Sending actions to control agents in CARLA -- Continuous action space in CARLA -- Discrete action space in CARLA -- Sending actions to the CARLA simulation server -- Determining the end of episodes in the CARLA environment -- Testing the CARLA Gym environment -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Implementing an Intelligent - Autonomous Car Driving Agent using Deep Actor-Critic Algorithm -- The deep n-step advantage actor-critic algorithm -- Policy gradients -- The likelihood ratio trick…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building with Gears -- The Gear Train -- Controlling a Gear Train's Performance -- The Gear Ratio -- Gearing Down: More Torque and Less Speed -- Gearing Up: More Speed and Less Torque -- Compound Gearing: Achieving Greater Torque or Speed -- Achieving Optimal Performance -- Assembling LEGO Gear Trains -- Spacing Gears on Parallel Axles -- Spacing Gears on Perpendicular Axles -- Conclusion -- III. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Business Statistics -- Copyright -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Reviewers -- Introduction to Statistics -- Introduction -- Why Statistics is Important for Managers -- Roadmap to Learning Statistics -- Statistical Analysis Using MS Excel, SPSS, and Minitab® -- Why We Need Data -- Scales of Measurement -- Nominal Scale -- Ordinal Scale -- Interval Scale -- Ratio Scale -- Four Levels of Data Measurement -- Basic Statistical Concepts -- Population and Sample -- Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics -- Parameter and Statistic -- Introduction to MS Excel -- Introduction to Minitab® -- Introduction to SPSS -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Case Stady -- Charts and Graphs -- Introduction -- Frequency Distribution -- Class Midpoint -- Relative Frequency -- Cumulative Frequency -- Graphical Presentation of Data -- Bar Chart -- Using MS Excel for Bar Chart Construction -- Using Minitab for Bar Chart Construction -- Using SPSS for Constructing a Bar Chart -- Pie Chart -- Using MS Excel for Pie Chart Construction -- Using Minitab for Pie Chart Construction -- Using SPSS for Constructing a Pie Chart -- Histogram -- Using MS Excel for Histogram Construction -- Using Minitab for Histogram Construction -- Frequency Polygon -- Using MS Excel for Constructing Frequency Polygon -- Using Minitab for the Construction of Frequency Polygon -- Using SPSS for Frequency Polygon Construction -- Ogive -- Using MS Excel for Ogive Construction -- Using Minitab for Ogive Construction -- Using SPSS for Ogive Construction -- Pareto Chart -- Using Minitab for the Construction of Pareto Charts -- Using SPSS for the Construction of Pareto Charts -- Stem-and-Leaf Plot -- Using Minitab for Stem-and-Leaf Plot Construction -- Using SPSS for Stem-and-Leaf Plot Construction -- Scatter Plot…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Correlation and Regression 5.1 The Perils of Working with Large Samples 5.2 Multiple Regression 5.2.1 Testing Minimum-Effect Hypotheses in Multiple Regression 5.3 Power in Testing for Moderators 5.3.1 Power Analysis for Moderators 5.4 Implications of Low Power in Tests for Moderators 5.5 If You Understand Regression, You Will Understand (Almost) Everything 5.6 Summary 6. t-Tests and the One-Way Analysis of Variance 6.1 The t Test 6.2 The t distribution vs the Normal Distribution 6.3 Independent Groups t Test 6.3.1 Determining an Appropriate Sample Size 6.4 One- Versus Two Tailed Tests 6.4.1 Re-analysis of Smoking Reduction Treatments: One-Tailed Tests 6.5 Repeated Measures or Dependent t Test 6.6 The Analysis of Variance 6.6.1 Retrieving Effect Size Information from F Ratios 6.7 Which Means Differ? 6.8 Designing a One-way ANOVA Study 6.9 Summary 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Higher Brain Centers for Intelligent Motor Control in Insects -- Introduction -- Learning and Memory in the Central Complex for Approaching Objects -- Experimental Evidence -- The Central Complex Model -- Intelligent Motor Control beyond the Current Model -- An Integrator for the Orientation in Gradients -- Motor Learning -- A Representation of Body Size in the Brain -- Termination of Inappropriate Behavior -- Conclusion -- References -- An Insect-Inspired, Decentralized Memory for Robot Navigation -- Introduction -- The Model -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Models of Visually Guided Routes in Ants: Embodiment Simplifies Route Acquisition -- Introduction -- Background -- Overview of Our Approach -- Detailed Methods -- Results -- Summary -- References -- Intelligent Visual Systems -- Robust Object Tracking for Resource-Limited Hardware Systems -- Introduction -- Overview of Tracking System -- Dominant Color-Spatial Based Object Representation -- Dominant Color Mode Extraction -- Spatial Layout of the Dominant Color -- Similarity Measure for Matching -- Cross Bin-Ratio Based Color Similarity Measure -- Spatial Similarity Measure -- Swarm Intelligence Based Searching Method -- Annealed Particle Swarm Optimization -- Integral Image of Model Parameters -- Experimental Results -- Different Object Representations -- Different Similarity Measure -- Different Searching Methods -- Conclusion -- References -- Adaptive Rank Transform for Stereo Matching -- Introduction -- Adaptive Rank Transform -- The Motivation Behind Adaptive Rank Transform -- Adaptive Rank Window -- New Transform Rules -- Comparison between Adaptive and Original Rank Transform -- Obtaining the Match Window from Multiple Rank Windows -- Experiments -- Conclusion -- References -- Real Time Vision Based Multi-person Tracking for Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Vehicles -- Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…DRACUNCULIASIS (GUINEA WORM) -- Dracunculiasis in Children and Adolescents -- Dracunculiasis in Adult Females -- ONCHOCERCIASIS AND LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS -- Onchocerciasis in Children -- Onchocerciasis in Adolescents -- Onchocerciasis in Adult Females -- LEISHMANIASIS AND LEPROSY -- CONCLUSIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- References -- 11 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Infection -- OVERVIEW -- STDs, Including HIV Infection, and their Complications -- Complications of STDs -- Gender Differentials in STDs and HIV Infection -- Control Over the Circumstances of Sexual Intercourse -- Acquisition of STDs and HIV Infection and Development of Complications -- Health-Seeking Behavior -- Detection and Treatment of STDs -- The Social Implications of STDs and HIV Infection -- STDs and HIV Infection Throughout the Female Life Span -- Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence -- MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM -- Morbidity -- Prevalence -- Mortality -- Economic Impact -- SOCIETAL DETERMINANTS OF STDS AND HIV INFECTION -- Population-Age Composition -- Urbanization, Sex Ratio, and Population Mobility -- War and Social Unrest -- Sexual Norms, Women's Social Status, and Patterns of Sexual Behavior -- Availability and Utilization of Health Services -- CONCLUSIONS -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- Operational Research -- Technology Development -- Behavioral Research -- Clinical Research and Epidemiology -- Notes -- References -- APPENDIX -- Appendix A Demographic Overview and State of the Data -- DATA ON FEMALE MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN -- Data on Mortality -- Sources and Measures -- Gender Differences in Mortality -- Levels of Mortality -- Trends in Mortality over Time -- Cause-Specific Mortality Across the Life Span -- Data on Morbidity -- Sources and Quality -- Estimates of Morbidity -- Disability-Adjusted Life Years…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PUEBLA -- EXAMEN DE LIBROS -- GRABADO (ILUSTRACIÓN) -- RULETA DE COLOR Y AMOR -- FIGURA EN FRISO -- HOSPITAL -- NOVELA DE FERIAS, FRAGMENTADA -- HORIZONTES -- ALAMBRES -- CAMPO, AICANCE AL NÚMERO 24 -- EXPOSICIÓN ESCOLAR 1930 -- LA INTERNACIONAL INFANTIL -- COMO EDITORÍAL -- PAPEL DE LA REVOLUCIÓN'' -- EL CONVITE -- POEMAS AL PAISAJE -- LLUSTRACIÓN -- VIVANCO -- NÚMERO 24, SEGUNDA QUINCENA DE ABRIL, 1930 -- NUESTRA EXPOSICIÓN DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS -- AJEDREZ -- PARA LA BIO-BIBLIOGRAFÍA DE FRAY SERVANDO -- LA ENCUADERNACIÓN EN MÉXICO -- TRES POEMAS CON UN INTERMEDIO -- IXCA FARÍAS (ILUSUACIÓN) -- CONTRA LOS CONCURSOS DE ORATORIA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Disertacion critico-apologetica a favor de los privilegios de la Bula de la Sta Cruzada : respuesta a la Disertacion historico-canonico moral que sóbre el úso de los oratorios domésticos se imprimió en Madrid el año de 1772 / la escribe ... don Fernando Ricco Fijas ... ; i la da a luz publica doña Micaela Bernarda Lucera i Asumo.-- En Santiago : por Ignacio Aguayo i Aldemunde, 1776…”

“…Over the past four decades, health expenditure has risen in most countries at a faster rate than GDP, leading to a rise in the expenditure ratio. Fluctuations in this ratio can come about through fluctuations in either of its components. …”

“…In addition, the debt ratio increased more in countries with a higher initial gross debt-to-GDP ratio and with a higher initial foreign debt-to-GDP ratio…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….) -- 3.1.2 EJEMPLOS -- 3.2 ESQUEMAS TÍPICOS DE CO -- 3.2.1 RATIO -- 3.2.2 CASCADA -- 3.2.3 FEEDFORWARD -- 3.2.4 OVERRIDE -- 3.2.5 SPLIT -- 3.2.6 SELECTIVO -- 3.3 MONTAJES FÍSICOS -- 3.3.1 SISTEMAS ELÉCTRICOS. -- 3.3.2 NEUMÁTICA E HIDRÁULICA PROPORCIONAL -- 3.3.3 VÁLVULAS -- 3.4 EJERCICIOS -- CAPÍTULO 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.2 Smoothing, bias, and variance 8.3 Smoothers used in R 8.4 Smoothing the periodogram for a series with a known period or unknown period. 8.5 Summary Chapter 9 - A regression model for periodic data. 9.1 The model 9.2 An example: the NYC temperature data 9.2 Complications 1: CO2 data 9.3 Complications 2: Sunspots 9.4 Complications 3: Accidental Deaths 9.5 Summary Chapter 10 - Basic model selection and cross validation. 10.1 Background 10.2 Hypothesis tests in simple regression 10.3 A more general setting for likelihood ratio tests 10.4 A subtlety different situation 10.5 Information criteria 10.6 Cross validation (Data splitting): NYC temperatures 10.7 Summary Chapter 11 - Fitting some Fourier series 11.1 Introduction: more complex periodic models 11.2 More complex periodic behavior: Accidental deaths 11.3 The Boise river flow data 11.4 Where do we go from here? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Risk-Free Assets -- MEASURING A PORTFOLIO'S EXPECTED RETURN -- Measuring Single-Period Portfolio Return -- The Expected Return of a Portfolio of Risky Assets -- MEASURING PORTFOLIO RISK -- Variance and Standard Deviation as a Measure of Risk -- Covariance -- Measuring the Risk of a Portfolio Consisting of More than Two Assets -- PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION -- The Effect of the Correlation of Asset Returns on Portfolio Risk -- CHOOSING A PORTFOLIO OF RISKY ASSETS -- Constructing Efficient Portfolios -- Feasible and Efficient Portfolios -- Choosing the Optimal Portfolio in the Efficient Set -- Example Using the MSCI World Country Indexes -- ROBUST PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Principles of Optimization for Portfolio Selection -- UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION -- Minima and Maxima of a Differentiable Function -- Convex Functions -- Quasi-Convex Functions -- CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION -- Lagrange Multipliers -- Convex Programming -- Linear Programming -- Quadratic Programming -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction Techniques in Designing the Performance-Seeking Portfolio -- THE TANGENCY PORTFOLIO AS THE RATIONALE BEHIND SHARPE RATIO MAXIMIZATION -- ROBUST ESTIMATORS FOR COVARIANCE PARAMETERS -- ROBUST ESTIMATORS FOR EXPECTED RETURNS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION -- ASSET ALLOCATION MODELING: PUTTING THE EFFICIENT BUILDING BLOCKS TOGETHER -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Asset Pricing Models…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Advanced onboarding issues -- Making an AR-optional project -- Determining whether the device supports a specific AR feature -- Adding localization -- Summary -- Section 3 - Building More AR Projects -- Chapter 6: Gallery: Building an AR App -- Technical requirements -- Specifying the Art Gallery project UX -- Project objectives -- Use cases -- UX design -- User stories -- Getting started -- Collecting image data -- Importing photos to use -- Adding image data to the scene -- Obtaining the pixel dimensions of an image -- Loading the pictures list at runtime -- Creating a framed photo prefab -- Creating the prefab hierarchy -- Writing a FramedPhoto script -- Scaling the picture's shape -- Hanging a virtual photo on your wall -- Detecting vertical planes -- Creating the AddPicture UI panel -- Writing the initial AddPictureMode script -- Creating the AddPicture Mode object -- Creating a main menu Add button -- Build And Run -- Completing the AddPictureMode script -- Showing tracked planes in AddPicture mode -- Selecting an image to use -- Creating the SelectImage mode -- Creating the Select Image UI panel -- Creating an Image Button prefab -- Writing an ImageButtons script -- Reroute the Add button -- Adjusting for image aspect ratio -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Gallery: Editing Virtual Objects -- Technical requirements -- Creating an Edit mode -- Creating an edit menu UI -- Creating EditPicture mode -- Selecting a picture to edit -- Defining a SelectObject input action -- Replacing the MainMode script -- Selecting an object from Main-mode -- Wiring the Done edit button -- Highlighting the selected picture -- Selecting an object from Edit mode -- Avoiding intersecting objects -- Deleting a picture -- Replacing the picture's image -- Replacing the frame -- Interacting to edit a picture -- Ensuring FramedPhoto objects receive Input Action messages…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Definitions and Concepts -- Independent Variables -- Test Units -- Dependent Variables -- Extraneous Variables -- Random Assignment to Experimental and Control Groups -- Experiment -- Experimental Design -- Definition of Symbols -- Validity in Experimentation -- Internal Validity -- External Validity -- Controlling Extraneous Variables -- A Classification of Experimental Designs -- Pre-experimental Designs -- One-Shot Case Study -- One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design -- Static Group Design -- True Experimental Designs -- Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design -- Posttest-Only Control Group Design -- Statistical Designs -- Factorial Design -- Selecting an Experimental Design -- Experimentation on the Web -- Experimental Versus Nonexperimental Designs -- Limitations of Experimentation -- Cost -- Administration -- Application: Test Marketing -- International Marketing Research -- Marketing Research and Social Media -- Ethics in Marketing Research -- Summary -- Companion Website -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Suggested Cases and Video Cases -- Live Research: Conducting a Marketing Research Project -- Acronyms -- Review Questions -- Applied Problems -- Internet Exercises -- Online Video Case 6.1: AFLAC: Marketing Research Quacks a Duck -- Chapter 7: Measurement and Scaling -- Overview -- Learning Objectives -- Measurement and Scaling -- Primary Scales of Measurement -- Nominal Scale -- Ordinal Scale -- Interval Scale -- Ratio Scale -- Comparative and Noncomparative Scaling Techniques -- Comparative Scaling Techniques -- Paired Comparison Scaling -- Rank-Order Scaling -- Constant Sum Scaling -- Noncomparative Scaling Techniques -- Continuous Rating Scale -- Itemized Rating Scales -- Multi-Item Scales -- Scale Evaluation -- Reliability -- Validity -- Relationship Between Reliability and Validity -- Choosing a Scaling Technique…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Initial Analysis of Both Entities -- Strategic Rationale -- Valuation Modeling -- Understanding Cost, Operational, and Cultural Differences -- Developing the Integration Plan -- Deal Structure and Negotiations -- Chapter 15 Financing Sources and Capital Structure -- Perspective -- Financing Primer -- Capital Structure -- Factors Shaping the Capital Structure -- Basic Deals -- Buyouts3 -- Recapitalizations -- Acquisitions -- Sources and Types of Funding -- Debt -- Private Equity -- Personal Guarantees -- Chapter 16 Due Diligence -- Due Diligence Process -- The Diligence Team -- Traditional Due Diligence -- Financial Matters -- Quality of Earnings Analysis -- Balance Sheet Analysis -- Ratio Analysis -- Other Risks -- Audited Financial Statements -- GAAP Compliance -- Tax Structuring and Compliance -- Compensation and Benefits -- Legal -- Technical Due Diligence -- Business Due Diligence -- Chapter 17 Tax Provisions Used in M&amp -- A -- Tax Fundamentals -- Transaction Tax Basics -- Asset Transactions -- Stock Transactions -- Stock versus Asset Sale Example -- Asset Transaction Details -- Buyer Tax Issues -- Detailed Tax Structuring -- Installment Sales -- Risk of Forfeiture -- Assets That Qualify for Installment Treatment -- Installment Planning Opportunity -- Partnership M&amp -- A -- General Partnership Doctrine -- Partnership versus S Corporation -- Partnership Gain Tracking Rules -- Purchase Price Allocation for Partnership Buyers -- Corporate M&amp -- A Issues -- Contributions to Corporations -- Stock/Asset Sale Election: Section 338 -- Mergers and Reorganizations -- S Corporation Issues -- Tax Glossary and Reference -- Chapter 18 Legal Documentation -- The Attorney's Role -- Preliminary Legal Documents -- Nondisclosure and Confidentiality Agreement -- Letter of Intent -- Acquisition Agreements -- Structure of the Deal -- Stock Sale/Merger…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Actifs transférés à l'Agence de restructuration des actifs -- Graphique 14. Ratios de résultats financiers dans le secteur bancaire -- III. …”