Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Italian Public Finance Contribution to Public Choice -- The Judiciary -- The Law and Economics Movement -- Legal Precedents and Judicial Discretion -- Legal Rules and Standards -- Legislative Politics -- Legislators -- Leviathan Models of Government -- Logic of Collective Action -- The Logic of Liberty -- Logrolling 1 -- Logrolling 2 -- Meddlesome Preferences and Rent Extraction: The Tobacco Shakedown -- The Median in Politics -- The Median Voter Model -- Medieval Church -- Mercantilism -- Monetary Politics -- The New Deal -- Nonprofit Organizations -- The Origins of Social Choice Theory -- The Paradox of Rebellion -- Parchment Versus Guns -- Political and Cultural Nationalism -- Political Business Cycles -- Political Economics and Public Choice -- The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payments -- The Political Economy of Italian Electoral Reform -- Political Transaction-Cost Manipulation -- Pressure Groups and Uninformed Voters -- Principal-Agent Relationships in the Theory of Bureaucracy -- Prohibition -- Public Choice and Socialism -- Public Choice and the Chicago School of Antitrust -- Public Choice in Italy -- Public Enterprise -- Public Finance and the Median Voter Model -- Public Finance in Democratic Process -- Public Goods -- Public Schools -- Public Utility Regulation -- Rational Choice Approaches to Economic and Political History -- Rational Ignorance -- Rational Irrationality -- Reciprocity -- Redistributive Politics 1 -- Redistributive Politics 2 -- Regulating Government -- Regulatory Takings -- Rent Dissipation -- Rent Extraction -- Rent Seeking -- Rent Seeking and Political Institutions -- Rent-Seeking Games -- Rent Seeking in Development -- The Rule of Law -- Rules Versus Standards -- Self-Interest -- Selfish Gene -- September 11, 2001 -- Single-Peaked Preferences and Median Voter Theorems -- The Social Cost of Rent Seeking -- Sortition -- Standard Oil and Microsoft: Antitrust Lessons -- State-Sponsored Murder as a Rent-Seeking Activity -- Structure-Induced Equilibrium -- Supply of Public Goods -- The Supreme Court -- Takings and Public Choice: The Persuasion of Price -- Term Limits 1 -- Term Limits 2 -- Terrorism -- The Theory and Measurement of Economic Freedom -- Totalitarianism -- Trade Protectionism -- Transitional Economies -- Transitions from Autocracy to Democracy -- Triangulation -- Underground Government: The Off-Budget Public Sector -- The Value of Voting Rights -- Votes for Women -- Voting Equipment, Minorities and the Poor -- Voting in U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Modelle, Begriffe und architektonische Raumkonzepte -- Awards -- Auszeichnungen und Preise für die ArchitektInnen der TU Graz / Awards and Prizes for the Architects of Graz University of Technology -- Tongji International Construction Festival 2019 -- Studierendenwettbewerb„Nearly Zero“ / Student Competition “Nearly Zero” -- GAD Awards 19 -- IASS Symposium 2019: Form and Force in Barcelona -- Europan 15 Finnland -- Herbert Eichholzer Förderungspreis 2019: „Treibhaus“ / Herbert Eichholzer Award 2019: “Greenhouse” -- 14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 4: Integrating Legacy APIs with the Proxy Pattern -- AWS API Gateway introduction -- Simple proxy to a legacy API -- Setting up a pass-through proxy -- Deploying a pass-through proxy -- Transforming responses from a modern API -- Method execution flow -- Setting up example -- Setting up a new resource and method -- Setting up Integration Request -- Setting up Integration Response -- Complex integration using a Lambda function -- Implementing the application code -- Setting up a new resource and method -- Migration techniques -- Staged migration -- Migrating URLs -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Scaling Out with the Fan-Out Pattern -- System architecture -- Synchronous versus asynchronous invocation -- Resizing images in parallel -- Setting up the project -- Setting up trigger and worker functions -- Setting up permissions -- Implementing the application code -- Testing our code -- Alternate Implementations -- Using notifications with subscriptions -- Using notifications with queues -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Asynchronous Processing with the Messaging Pattern -- Basics of queuing systems -- Choosing a queue service -- Queues versus streams -- Asynchronous processing of Twitter streams -- System architecture -- Data producer -- Mimicking daemon processes with serverless functions -- Data consumers -- Viewing results -- Alternate Implementations -- Using the Fan-out and Messaging Patterns together -- Using a queue as a rate-limiter -- Using a dead-letter queue -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Data Processing Using the Lambda Pattern -- Introducing the lambda architecture -- Batch layer -- Speed layer -- Lambda serverless architecture -- Streaming data producers -- Data storage -- Computation in the speed layer -- Computation in the batch layer -- Processing cryptocurrency prices using lambda architecture -- System architecture -- Data producer -- Speed layer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Isolating critical workloads -- Hardening the default pod security policy -- Limiting pod access -- Creating network policies with Calico -- Monitoring runtime with Falco -- Ensuring cluster security and compliance -- Executing Kubernetes conformance tests -- Scanning cluster security configuration -- Executing the CIS Kubernetes benchmark -- Enabling audit logging -- Bonus security tips -- Deploying the security configurations -- Destroying the cluster -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 7: Managing Storage and Stateful Applications -- Technical requirements -- Installing the required tools -- Implementation principles -- Understanding the challenges with stateful applications -- Tuning Kubernetes storage -- Understanding storage primitives in Kubernetes -- Choosing a persistent storage solution -- Deploying stateful applications -- Installing OpenEBS -- Deploying a stateful application on OpenEBS volumes -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Deploying Seamless and Reliable Applications -- Technical requirements -- Understanding the challenges with container images -- Exploring the components of container images -- Choosing the right container base image -- Reducing container image size -- Scanning container images for vulnerabilities -- Testing the download speed of a container image -- Applying container base images best practices -- Learning application deployment strategies -- Choosing the deployment model -- Monitoring deployments -- Using readiness and liveness container probes -- Scaling applications and achieving higher availability -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 9: Monitoring, Logging, and Observability -- Technical requirements -- Understanding the challenges with Kubernetes observability -- Exploring the Kubernetes metrics -- Learning site reliability best practices -- Monitoring, metrics, and visualization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Incredibly Powerful "Choice of Yeses" -- Some Formulas for the Faint of Heart -- Chapter ROI -- Chapter 5 How to Convert Existing Clients: Be Passionate, Not Zealous -- The Litmus Test-Setting Priorities -- Offering New Value -- Unlimited Access -- New Services -- Wider Access -- Combined Buyers -- New Access Points -- "Membership" in Perceived Benefit -- Finding New Buyers Within Existing Clients -- Finding New Circumstances -- The Resistance -- Abandoning Business -- Chapter ROI -- Interlude: The Case of the Loaded Loading Dock -- Ethics and Fees, Fees and Ethics -- Chapter 6 The Sublime Nature of Trusted Advisor Relationships: It's the Smarts, Stupid -- Optimal Conditions for Trusted Advisor Relationships -- The Prime Directive -- Choosing Time Frames and Creating Realistic Expectations -- Quick Tips for Gaining High-Value, High-Profit Retainers -- Organizing the Scope and Managing Projects Concurrent with the Retainer -- Capitalizing on Trusted Advisor Relationships -- Aggressively Marketing Trusted Advisor Relationships -- Chapter ROI -- Chapter 7 Seventy Ways to Raise Fees and/or Increase Profits Immediately: Act Today and Receive a Second Bass-o-Matic Free of Charge! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ITA accession is likely to lead to a decrease in import prices and an increase in import quantities of electronic equipment -- 3.2.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Revenu et dépenses des particuliers et des institutions privées sans but lucratif -- Tableau E. Production industrielle et productivité -- Tableau F. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Les initiatives pour améliorer la motivation des élèves : caractéristiques et résultats -- Les mesures prises pour motiver les élèves défavorisés et découragés -- Les méthodes d'enseignement et l'organisation des écoles peuvent affecter le niveau de motivation -- L'influence des parents -- La motivation extrinsèque -- Commentaires -- Principales conclusions pour les politiques publiques -- Partie II. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- As Andy Greenawalt Says, "You Are Misusing Your Humans -- Do Not Let Sacred Geese Live -- Market Your Market -- Purpose Can Drive Change, Too -- Shift to a Digital Community -- Price Is Only a Concern in the Absence of Value -- Overcoming the Challenges of the Digital Branch Starts with You -- Welcome to Digital Community Banking -- Move over Millennials -- Make Way for iGen -- Beware the Culture Danger -- Understand Your Technology -- Your Foundation Could Be a Bit Shaky -- And So, the Story Goes, "Free Your Data -- A Reliance on Professional Services Means You Get to Focus While Your End Users Get Best-of-Breed Offerings -- It's Not about Having Access to "Data," It's about Focused Direction -- Partner, Don't Incubate -- Skip the Writhing, Pleading, Grasping at Straws Thing -- Be Interested, Not Desperate -- Some Thoughts about Working with Fintech Startups -- Get More Efficient and More Proficient with Partners -- Scale Delivers Results -- For about Fifty Years, the Most Convenient Bank in the United States Was the US Postal Savings System -- Brand Power -- The Average Consumer Cares Very Little about Your Customer Service -- Which Takes Us Back to the Scale of Brands…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Sam Altman and AGI -- Expert Predictions on AGI -- AGI is Firmly on the Agenda -- Technology Required -- Curious Five -- Chapter 19 The Future of Work -- Pre-Pandemic - The View from Dom Price -- Workers Displaced by AI -- So, What is the Future of Work in the Age of AI? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Does Its Financial Report Explain the Basic Profit-Making Strategy or Profit Model of a Business? -- Does the Market Price of a Public Company's Stock Shares Depend Directly and Only on the Information Reported in Its Financial Statements? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…., posito quod Sol et alii planete moverentur -- I .7 Utrum motus localis sit causa caloris -- I .8 Utrum aer superior et ignis in suis speris calefiant ex motu celi -- I .9 Utrum lumen in istis inferioribus a corporibus celestibus generetur -- I .10 Utrum quatuor elementa sint continue proportionalia -- I .11 Utrum omne lumen sit calefactivum -- I .12 Utrum omne corpus oppositum luminoso sit calefactibile per lumen -- I .13 Utrum aliquod agens possit agere in passum distans ab eo sine hoc quod agat in intermedium -- I .14 Utrum aliquod agens fortius agat in remotum quam in sibi propinquum -- I .15 Utrum unum contrarium possit movere localiter alterum sibi contrarium -- I .16 Utrum media regio aeris sit semper frigida -- I .17 Utrum flamme apparentes de nocte in aere fiant ibi naturaliter -- I .18 Utrum, serenitate existente, appareant in celo de nocte hiatus, seu aperture, et voragines et sanguinei colores -- I .19 Utrum stelle comate sint de natura celi aut elementari -- I .20 Utrum motus stelle comate sit naturalis -- I .21 Utrum comete significent guerras, mortes principum, pestilentias et huiusmodi -- I .22 Utrum omnes comete sint eiusdem speciei inter se et cum galaxia -- I .23 Utrum impressiones humide fiant a calido -- I .24 Utrum omnes impressiones aquee sint eiusdem speciei -- I .25 Utrum nix et pluvia generentur in media aeris regione -- I .26 Utrum grando debeat magis fieri in hieme vel estate aut in temporibus mediis, sicut in vere aut autumno -- I .27 Utrum nebula sit signum serenitatis -- I .28 Utrum aqua naturaliter ascendat ad orificia fontium -- I .29 Utrum fontes et fluvii veniant ex aqua pluviali vel ex mari vel aliunde -- I .30 Utrum fontes et flumina derivantur a montibus -- I .31 Utrum habitationes terre permutentur -- I .32 Utrum habitatio terre permutetur propter mare -- I .33 Utrum habitatio terre permutetur propter permutationem in qualitatibus secundis -- Liber II -- II .1 Utrum locus naturalis elementi aque sit ubi nunc est mare -- II .2 Utrum mare fluat et refluat -- II .3 Utrum aqua maris sit salsa -- II .4 Utrum fontes et fluvii debeant esse salsi -- II .5 Utrum ventus sit exalatio calida et sicca -- II .6 Utrum Auster veniat a polo antartico e Boreas ab artico -- II .7 Utrum terremotus sit possibilis -- II .8 Utrum terremotus, ventus et tonitruum et similia sint eiusdem nature -- II .9 Utrum fulgur sit exalatio calida et sicca ignita -- Liber III -- III .1 Utrum visus refrangatur a corporibus densis et politis -- III .2 Utrum halo fiat ex refractione radiorum ab ipsa nube ad visum -- III .3 Utrum sit aliquis color spiritualis -- III .4 Utrum colores apparentes in iride sint ibi vere et realiter -- III .5 Utrum iris debeat apparere secundum circuli periferiam -- III .6 Utrum iris possit apparere maior semicirculo -- III .7 Utrum iris quandoque appareat secundum portionem circuli maioris et quandoque secundum portionem minoris -- Appendix I : Three Questions on the Fourth Book of Aristotle’s Meteorology in Manuscript D -- Utrum sint tantum quatuor qualitates prime -- Utrum qualitatum primarum due sint active et due passive, scilicet caliditas et siccitas active, et alie passive -- Utrum caliditas sit magis qualitas activa quam frigiditas -- Appendix II : Two Questions on Aristotle’s Meteorology Interpolated into Oresme’s prima lectura in Manuscript C -- 1 Utrum iris potest fieri a Luna -- 2 ⟨Utrum impressiones ignite que generantur sursum in aere differant materialiter⟩ -- Appendix III : Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura , IV .1 -- Appendix: The Questions and Their Sources -- Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Forewords -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Section I: Agile Development -- Chapter 1: Agile Practices -- The Agile Alliance -- Principles -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Overview of Extreme Programming -- The Practices of Extreme Programming -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Planning -- Initial Exploration -- Release Planning -- Iteration Planning -- Defining "Done" -- Task Planning -- Iterating -- Tracking -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Testing -- Test-Driven Development -- Acceptance Tests -- Serendipitous Architecture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Refactoring -- A Simple Example Of Refactoring: Generating Primes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: A Programming Episode -- The Bowling Game -- Conclusion -- Overview of the Rules of Bowling -- Section II: Agile Design -- Chapter 7: What Is Agile Design? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2.2 Robot navigation -- 5.2.2.1 Nonholonomic robot kinematics -- 5.2.2.2 Feedback control -- 5.2.3 Obstacle avoidance using PSO -- 5.2.3.1 Collision test -- 5.2.3.2 Visibility test -- 5.2.3.3 Algorithm -- 5.3 Holonomic mobile robot navigation -- 5.3.1 Kinematics of the holonomic robot -- 5.3.1.1 Inverse kinematics -- 5.3.1.2 Obstacle avoidance -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Particle Swarm Optimization to Improve Neural Identi ers for Discrete-time Unknown Nonlinear Systems -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Particle-swarm-based approach of a real-time discrete neural identi er for Linear Induction Motors -- 6.2.1 Preliminaries -- 6.2.1.1 Discrete-time Recurrent High Order Neural Networks -- 6.2.1.2 The EKF training algorithm -- 6.2.1.3 PSO improvement for EKF training algorithm -- 6.2.2 Neural identi cation -- 6.2.3 Linear Induction Motor application -- 6.2.3.1 Motor model -- 6.2.3.2 Neural identi er design -- Reduced order nonlinear observer -- 6.2.3.3 Experimental results -- 6.2.3.4 Comparison of the EKF-PSO algorithm for neural identi cation -- 6.3 Neural model with particle swarm optimization Kalman learning for forecasting in smart grids -- 6.3.1 Neural identi cation -- 6.3.1.1 EKF training algorithm improved with PSO -- 6.3.1.2 Regressor structure -- 6.3.2 Results for wind speed forecasting -- 6.3.2.1 Comparison of the PSO algorithm for wind speed forecasting -- 6.3.3 Results for electricity price forecasting -- 6.4 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Bio-inspired Algorithms to Improve Neural Controllers for Discrete-time Unknown Nonlinear System -- 7.1 Neural Second-Order Sliding Mode Controller for unknown discrete-time nonlinear systems -- 7.1.1 Second-Order Sliding Mode Controller -- 7.1.2 Neural Second-Order Sliding Mode Controller -- 7.1.3 Simulation results of the Neural Second-Order Sliding Mode Controller…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Introduction -- Minsky Three-Part Model -- Debt Deflation Cycle -- Benign Neglect -- Behavioral Theories -- Risk Aversion Bias -- Asset Prices -- Homogeneous Expectations versus Heterogeneity -- Anchoring Heuristic -- Excessive Optimism -- Familiarity Bias -- Fallacy of Composition -- Fight or Flight -- Key Points -- Knowledge Check -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Systemic Risk Data -- Introduction -- Key Data Attributes -- Key Policy Changes to Address Data Gaps -- Data Sources -- Data Collection Challenges and Remaining Gaps -- Move Toward Standardization: Legal Entity Identifier Initiative -- Key Points -- Knowledge Check -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Macroprudential versus Microprudential Oversight -- Introduction -- A Comparison of Macroprudential versus Microprudential -- Microprudential Policies -- Macroprudential Policies -- A Historical Perspective on Macroprudential Tools…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Machine Learning in Market Research -- Marketplace Segmentation -- Social Media Monitoring -- Competitive Analysis -- Raising Awareness -- Public Relations -- Direct Response -- Database Marketing -- Advertising -- Pay-per-Click (PPC) Search -- Search Optimization (aka Content Marketing) -- Social Media Engagement -- Social Snooping -- Socialbots -- Social Posting -- In Real Life -- The B2B World -- Lead Scoring -- Sales Management Advisory -- DIY-Some Models Are Useful -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Using AI to Persuade -- The In-Store Experience -- Shopping Assistance -- Restaurants -- Store Operations -- On the Phone -- The Onsite Experience-Web Analytics -- Landing Page Optimization -- A/B and Multivariate Testing -- Onsite User Experience -- Recommendation Engines -- Personalization -- Merchandising -- Pricing -- Market Basket Analysis -- Closing the Deal -- Remarketing -- E-mail Marketing -- Back to the Beginning: Attribution -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Using AI for Retention -- Growing Customer Expectations -- Retention and Churn -- Many Unhappy Returns -- Customer Sentiment -- Customer Service -- Call Center Support -- Bots -- Predictive Customer Service -- Notes -- Chapter 7: The AI Marketing Platform -- Supplemental AI -- Salesforce -- Adobe -- Marketing Tools from Scratch -- Communicating Insightsâ€"Narratives from Data -- Customer Journey Journal -- Recommender in Chief -- Build a Whole Website -- A Word about Watson -- Hey, Check This Out -- That Was Easy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- CHAPTER 2: The Project Ecosystem -- Identify the Type of Site -- Brand Presence -- Marketing Campaign -- Content Source -- Task-Based Applications -- E-Commerce Sites -- E-Learning Applications -- Social Networking Applications -- Choose Your Hats -- Information Architect -- Interaction Designer -- User Researcher -- Other Roles You May Play or May Need -- Building a Network of User Advocacy -- Understand the Company Culture -- History -- Hierarchy -- Logistics -- Pulling It Together -- CHAPTER 3: Proposals for Consultants and Freelancers -- Proposals -- Creating the Proposal -- Title Page -- Revision History -- Project Overview -- Project Approach -- Scope of Work -- Assumptions -- Deliverables -- Ownership and Rights -- Additional Costs and Fees -- Project Pricing -- Payment Schedule -- Acknowledgment and Sign-Off -- Statements of Work -- CHAPTER 4: Project Objectives and Approach -- Solidify Project Objectives -- How Can a UX Designer Help? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La consommation -- Pratiques de consommation -- Le fonio : une céréale de gourmet, savoureuse et digeste -- La consommation du fonio hors domicile -- Critères de qualité du fonio -- Mode de préparation et recettes -- Cuisson du fonio à la vapeur -- Cuisson du fonio à l'eau -- Quelques recettes à base de fonio -- Plats à cuisson vapeur -- Plats à cuisson à l'eau ou au bouillon -- Fonio et diététique -- Fonio et diabète -- Fonio et gluten -- Le fonio et le quinoa -- Conclusion -- Glossaire -- Bibliographie -- Sites Internet -- Sites institutionnels -- Sites du secteur privé -- Sigles et acronymes -- Index -- Dans la même collection…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…312 -- A.3.6 IMote 2 312 -- A.3.7 System-on-Chip CC2510 313 -- A.3.8 System-on-Chip CC2530 314 -- A.4 Networks and Protocols 315 -- A.4.1 ZigBee 315 -- A.4.2 RFID and Wireless Sensor Integration 318 -- A.4.3 Wireless Sensors for Industrial Environments 319 -- A.5 Systems 321 -- References 325 -- Index 337.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Increase your skills and competence in an area that is important to you ; Take pride in your past successes and achievements ; Remember the good things in your life, and count your blessings ; Spend time with family, friends, and people you care about ; Pay attention to what's going on in the world around you ; Try out new things --…”