Tabla de Contenidos: “…Annexure 9.2-Illustration of Heuristics -- Annexure 9.3-Illustration for Empirical Evaluation of Greedy Heuristics -- Annexure 9.4-Illustration for Monte Carlo Simulation -- Annexure 9.5-Illustration for Simulation from Actual Research -- Suggested Readings -- Questions and Exercises -- Part D: Research Design for Data Acquisition -- Chapter 10: Measurement Design -- Introduction -- Primary Types of Measurement Scales -- Nominal Scales -- Ordinal Scales -- Interval Scales -- Ratio Scales -- Errors in Measurement -- Validity and Reliability in Measurement -- Validity of Measurement -- Reliability in Measurement -- Types of Scaling (Scale Classification) -- Response Methods -- Quantitative Judgment Methods -- Scale Construction Techniques -- Judgment Methods -- Factor Scales -- Summary -- Annexure 10.1-Illustrative Example: Content Validity -- Annexure 10.2-Illustrative Example: Concurrent and External Validity -- Annexure 10.3-Illustrative Example: Construct Validity -- Annexure 10.4-Illustrative Example: Reliability in Measurement -- Suggested Readings -- Questions and Exercises -- Chapter 11: Sample Design -- Introduction -- Sampling Process -- Non-Probability Sampling -- Probability Sampling -- Simple Random Sampling -- Stratified Random Sampling -- Cluster Sampling -- Systematic Random Sampling -- Area Sampling -- Determination of Sample Size -- Required Size/Cell -- Use of Statistical Models -- Bayesian Method for Determination of Sample Size -- Illustrative Examples of Sample Size Determination -- Summary -- Suggested Readings -- Questions and Exercises -- Part E: Acquisition and Preparation of Research Data -- Chapter 12: Data Collection Procedures -- Introduction -- Sources of Secondary Data -- Internal Sources -- External Sources -- Computer Search for Secondary Data -- Primary Data Collection Methods -- Observation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using the Camera -- Opening the Camera App -- Navigating the Camera Interface -- Settings -- Flash -- Top Shot -- Timer -- Ratio -- Save location/last image taken/sharing -- Image view finder/grid lines -- Zoom -- Camera selector -- Shutter -- Camera modes -- Night Sight -- Portrait -- Camera -- Video -- Panorama -- Photo Sphere -- Lens -- Holding Your Phone for the Best Shot -- Editing Your Images -- Crop -- Blur -- Brightness and contrast -- Warmth and tint -- Markup -- Snapseed -- Part 4 Personalizing Just the Way You Like It -- Chapter 18 Customizing Your Device -- Setting Custom Ring Tones and Notification Sounds -- Change your ringtone -- Assign different ringtones to different people -- Change text notification sounds -- Adding a Splash of Color -- Setting Wallpaper Images -- Changing the Font Size -- Chapter 19 Saying 'Hey' to Google -- Getting the Most from Your Smartphone with Google Assistant -- Setting Up Google Assistant -- Google Assistant settings -- Lock screen -- Tap to wake -- Personal results -- 'Hey, Google' and other magic commands -- Creating Google Assistant Routines -- Part 5 The Part of Tens -- Chapter 20 Ten Cool Tips and Tricks -- Send Someone Your Current Location -- Double-Tap to Wake Up -- Turn Your Smartphone into a Ruler -- Take a Screenshot -- Access App Context Menus -- Switch to One-Handed Mode -- Screencast -- Tap and Zoom -- Disable App Notifications -- Use the Two-Finger Swipe -- Chapter 21 Ten Settings to Enable -- Skip Lock Screen -- Wireless Emergency Alerts -- Battery Percentage -- Dial Pad (DTMF) Tones -- Screen Timeout -- Night Light -- Auto-Rotate Screen…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Building Classes -- Reusability -- Designing an Object -- State -- Behavior -- Storing State -- Real Properties -- Read/Write Properties -- Auto-Implemented Properties -- The IsMoving Method -- Constructors -- Inheritance -- Adding New Methods and Properties -- Adding a GetPowerToWeightRatio Method -- Changing Defaults -- Polymorphism: Scary Word, Simple Concept -- Overriding More Methods…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Planning a Research Project -- Planning a General Approach -- The Nature and Role of Data in Research -- Data Are Transient and Ever Changing -- Primary Data Versus Secondary Data -- Planning for Data Collection -- Linking Data and Research Methodology -- Comparing Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches -- Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Designs -- Choosing Appropriate Assessment Strategies -- Distinguishing Between Substantial and Intangible Phenomena -- Assessing Intangible Phenomena: An Example -- Types of Measurement Scales -- Nominal Scales -- Ordinal Scales -- Interval Scales -- Ratio Scales -- Conceptual Analysis Exercise: Identifying Scales of Measurement -- Validity and Reliability in Assessment -- Validity of Assessment Strategies -- Reliability of Assessment Strategies -- Thinking of Validity and Reliability as Reflections of Error in Your Assessments -- Conceptual Analysis Exercise: Identifying Problems with Validity and Reliability in Assessment Strategies -- Using Strategies That Can Enhance the Value of Your Final Research Project -- Scrutinizing Your Proposed Research Methodology for Possible Biases -- Sampling Bias -- Assessment Bias -- Response Bias -- Researcher Bias -- Enhancing the Credibility of Your Findings -- Enhancing the Generalizability of Your Findings…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.2 Microbial Systems for Biofuels and Chemicals Production -- 3.2.1 Microbial Systems for Genetic Engineering and Cellular Fabrication -- 3.2.2 Engineering of Microbial Cell Systems for Biofuels Production -- 3.2.2.1 Alcohols -- 3.2.3 Engineering of Microbial Cell Systems for Chemical Synthesis -- 3.2.3.1 Organic Acids -- 3.2.3.2 Fatty Alcohols -- 3.2.3.3 Bioplastic -- 3.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Production of Biomethane and Its Perspective Conversion: An Overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Sources of Methane -- 4.1.2 Methane from Human Activity -- 4.1.3 Impact of Methane on Climatic Change and Future -- 4.1.4 Advancements and Challenges -- References -- Chapter 5 Microalgal Biomass Synthesized Biodiesel: A Viable Option to Conventional Fuel Energy in Biorefinery -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Diesel -- 5.2.1 Biodiesel -- 5.3 Production of Biodiesel -- 5.3.1 Origin of Biofuels -- 5.3.2 Biodiesel Production from Algae -- 5.3.3 Intensity of Radiant Light -- 5.3.4 Lipid Content -- 5.3.5 Biomass Culturing Conditions -- 5.3.5.1 Temperature of Cultivation -- 5.3.5.2 pH of Cultivation -- 5.3.5.3 Duration Period of Light of Cultivation -- 5.3.5.4 Carbon Uptake of Cultivation -- 5.3.5.5 Oxygen Generation in Cultivation -- 5.3.5.6 Mixing Rates of Cultivation -- 5.3.5.7 Nutrient Uptake of Cultivation -- 5.4 Harvesting of Microalgae -- 5.4.1 Extraction of Oil -- 5.4.1.1 Varying n-Hexane to Algae Ratio -- 5.4.1.2 Varying the Algal Biomass Size -- 5.4.1.3 Varying Contact Time between n-Hexane and Algae Biomass -- 5.4.2 Transesterification -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6 Algae Biofuel Production Techniques: Recent Advancements -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Technologies for Conversion if Algal Biofuels -- 6.2.1 Thermochemical Conversion of Microalgae Biomass into Biofuel -- 6.2.1.1 Gasification…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Synchronous Optical Network -- Optical Transport Network -- HOW THE INTERNET WORKS -- WIRELESS NETWORKS -- Wi-Fi -- Bluetooth -- ZigBee -- ISM-Band Radios -- Radio Frequency Identification and Near-Field Communications -- BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY -- Cable TV Connectivity -- Digital Subscriber Lines -- Wireless Broadband -- THE INTERNET OF THINGS -- How Internet of Things Works -- Wireless Technologies of Internet of Things and Machine 2 Machine -- The Issues of Internet of Things -- 10 - Audio Electronics: Digital Voice and Music Dominate -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATURE OF SOUND -- Microphones -- Speakers -- DIGITAL AUDIO -- Past Recording Media -- Digitizing Sound -- Digital Compression -- How an MP3 Player Works -- The Compact Disc -- AUDIO-VIDEO RECEIVER -- Radio Choices -- Surround Sound -- SPECIAL SOUND APPLICATIONS -- Wireless Speakers and Headphones -- Downloading and Streaming Audio -- Musical Instruments -- Noise-Canceling Earphones -- Sonar -- Hearing Aids -- 11 - Video Technology: TV and Video Is All Digital Now -- INTRODUCTION -- VIDEO FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE IMPATIENT -- Scanning Fundamentals -- Aspect Ratio -- Persistence of Vision -- Analog TV -- Digital TV -- Color Video Principles -- Video Compression -- TV Transmission -- TV Screen Technology -- Summary of Screen Technologies -- 3D TV -- CABLE TELEVISION -- SATELLITE TV -- OVER-THE-TOP TV -- CELL PHONE TV -- CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV -- DIGITAL VIDEO DISCS -- How a DVD Player Works…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Inverse Square Law and Light -- Color Mixing and Temperature -- Ambient Light -- Image Capture -- Camera and Focus -- Video Signals -- Video Signal Decoding -- Digital Signals -- Producing an Image -- Display and Projection Technology -- Flat-Panel Display Technologies -- Positioning a Display Within a Room -- Aspect Ratio -- The Projected Image -- Projector Optics -- Front Projection and Rear Projection -- Screens -- Perceived Quality -- Viewer Placement -- Throw Distance -- Keystone Error and Correction -- Digital Display Alignment -- Projection System Brightness -- Brightness and Contrast Adjustments -- Chapter Review -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Chapter 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Introduction: History of Construction Cultures -- Committees -- Organizing institutions -- Supporting institutions -- Open session: Construction processes -- Early Greek temple design and roof construction -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 PLAN ASPECT RATIO AND ROOFCONSTRUCTION. GEOGRAPHICALDISTRIBUTION -- 3 TECHNICAL FEATURES OF FLATAND PITCHED ROOFS -- 4 STRUCTURAL FRAME AND WIDTHINCREASE -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Precursors of aseismic design: The case of Achaemenid monumental architecture -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 MONUMENTALITY IN ANTIQUITYAND NATURAL DISASTERS -- 3 ACHAEMENID COURT ARCHITECTUREAND EARTHQUAKE READINESS -- 4 FTHE ORIGINS OF THE ACHAEMENIDS'ASEISMIC CONSTRUCTION -- 5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Incomplete: The discontinued building project of a Greek temple of the Classical period -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 OBJECT OF INVESTIGATION -- 3 FROM QUARRY TO CONSTRUCTION SITE -- 4 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS -- 5 REPAIR AND SACRIFICE? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Operating Systems Don't Multitask Well, and Neither Do We - How We're Like What We Create -- We Assume a Perfect Communication Environment and High Signal-to-Noise Ratio -- Isolation - How Virtually Isolating Team Members Causes Paranoia -- Neurodivergence and Masking Drains Energy -- Our Actions Reduce Energy and Make People Susceptible to Addiction -- How Does Software Development Relate? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Market-driven method -- 4. Price/earnings (P/E) ratio -- 5. Profit multiplier -- Chapter 27 How to find a buyer for your business -- Finding an interested buyer -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using oculometry to analyze composition -- 3.2.5. Format or aspect ratio -- 3.2.6. The rule of thirds (RoT) -- 3.2.7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Generating a bootstrap distribution for the median -- Constructing the bootstrapped confidence interval -- Re-centering a bootstrap distribution -- Introducing the central limit theorem used in t-distribution -- Constructing the confidence interval for the population mean using the t-distribution -- Performing hypothesis testing for two means -- Introducing ANOVA -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Linear Regression in R -- Introducing linear regression -- Understanding simple linear regression -- Introducing multiple linear regression -- Seeking a higher coefficient of determination -- More on adjusted ​​R​​ 2​​ -- Developing an MLR model -- Introducing Simpson's Paradox -- Working with categorical variables -- Introducing the interaction term -- Handling nonlinear terms -- More on the logarithmic transformation -- Working with the closed-form solution -- Dealing with multicollinearity -- Dealing with heteroskedasticity -- Introducing penalized linear regression -- Working with ridge regression -- Working with lasso regression -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Logistic Regression in R -- Technical requirements -- Introducing logistic regression -- Understanding the sigmoid function -- Grokking the logistic regression model -- Comparing logistic regression with linear regression -- Making predictions using the logistic regression model -- More on log odds and odds ratio -- Introducing the cross-entropy loss -- Evaluating a logistic regression model -- Dealing with an imbalanced dataset -- Penalized logistic regression -- Extending to multi-class classification -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Bayesian Statistics -- Technical requirements -- Introducing Bayesian statistics -- A first look into the Bayesian theorem -- Understanding the generative model -- Understanding prior distributions -- Introducing the likelihood function -- Introducing the posterior model…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- References -- Notes -- 4 Improving connectivity and service delivery in Colombian rural areas -- Introduction -- Improving transport and broadband infrastructure in Colombian rural regions -- Keep closing rural accessibility gaps with transport infrastructure -- Government policies aiming to improve transport infrastructure -- There is scope to improve road quality and tertiary roads to connect rural areas -- Keeping up the investments ratio in infrastructure -- Greater focus on road quality, especially for regional and municipal roads -- A pressing need to improve information on road transport -- Boosting local capacity and involvement of local communities to improve transport infrastructure -- Accelerating intermodality to increase mobility options for rural communities -- Improving rural mobility with innovative transport options -- Unleashing the potential of connectivity to close digital divides in rural areas -- The state of connectivity in rural areas in Colombia -- Amplifying the impact of measures taken and existing networks to provide rural areas with connectivity -- Community networks and local ISPs as additional drivers of rural connectivity -- Community networks -- Small ISPs -- Getting local governments involved in boosting rural digital transformation -- Leveraging mobile broadband services and fixed wireless access to narrow the rural-urban connectivity divide -- Boosting rural connectivity through innovative regulation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Overview -- Aggregation Of State Agencies' Estimates -- Illinois And Chicago -- California And Los Angeles -- New York State And New York City -- National Estimates -- Lange's Approach -- Newmeyer's Ratio Estimate -- Conclusions -- References -- MONITORING THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION -- Current Estimates -- Proportional Model -- Multiplicative Model -- Temporal Distribution Model -- Proposal -- Requirements -- Limitations Of Samples Of Convenience -- Design Considerations -- Overview…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.7 Confidence Interval for Difference between Two Means (Unknown Variances) -- 9.8 Confidence Interval for Difference of Means (Unknown and Unequal Variances) -- 9.9 Confidence Interval for Difference between Means for Paired Observations -- 9.10 Confidence Interval for Estimating the Variance -- 9.11 Confidence Interval for Estimating the Ratio of Two Variances -- 9.12 Bayesian Estimation -- Definitions at a Glance -- Formulae at a Glance -- Objective Type Questions -- Chapter 10: Curve Fitting -- Introduction -- 10.1 The Method of Least Squares -- 10.2 Fitting of a Straight Line -- 10.3 Fitting of a Second Degree Parabola -- 10.4 Fitting of Exponential Curve and Power Curve -- Definitions at a Glance -- Formulae at a Glance -- Objective Type Questions -- Chapter 11: Correlation -- Introduction -- 11.1 Types of Correlation -- 11.2 Methods of Correlation -- 11.3 Properties of Correlation Coefficient -- 11.4 Coefficient of Correlation for Grouped Data -- 11.5 Rank Correlation -- 11.6 Limitations of Spearman's Correlation Coefficient Method -- 11.7 Tied Ranks -- 11.8 Concurrent Deviations Method -- Definitions at a Glance -- Formulae at a Glance -- Objective Type Questions -- Chapter 12: Regression -- 12.1 Regression -- 12.2 Lines of Regression -- 12.3 Regression Coefficients -- 12.4 Difference between Regression and Correlation Analysis -- 12.5 Angle between Two Lines of Regression -- 12.6 Standard Error of Estimate -- 12.7 Limitations of Regression Analysis -- 12.8 Regression Curves -- Definitions at a Glance -- Formulae at a Glance -- Objective Type Questions -- Chapter 13: Queuing Theory -- Introduction -- 13.1 Elements of a Queuing Model -- 13.2 Distribution of Inter-Arrival Time -- 13.3 Distribution of Service Time -- 13.4 Queuing Process -- 13.5 Transient State and Steady State -- 13.6 Some Notations…”

“…To meet the capital requirements effective in 2015 (4.5% for the common equity ratio, 6% for the Tier 1 capital ratio), banks are estimated to increase their lending spreads on average by about 15 basis points. …”

“…The paper employs the funding ratio (ratio of assets to liabilities) and the replacement rate (ratio of benefits to salaries) as key criteria for evaluating the risk sharing characteristics of a private pension plan from the perspective of the plan member. …”

“…Cette approche associe trois éléments : une règle fondée sur un ratio déterminé qui repose sur un ratio de référence intérêts nets/EBITDA ; une règle fondée sur un ratio de groupe qui autorise une entité à déduire plus de charges d’intérêts dans certaines circonstances, en fonction de la position de son groupe mondial ; et des règles ciblées qui traitent des risques spécifiques. …”