Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Enhancing and improving your game -- Improving cupcake towers -- Shooting policies -- Special sprinkles -- Aging and pricing model -- Improving the user interface -- Improving levels -- Multilevel -- Large maps -- Many paths…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- There's more... -- Ping probe effectiveness -- Discovering hosts with broadcast ping scans -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Broadcast ping options -- Target library -- Scanning IPv6 addresses -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- IPv6 fingerprinting -- Discovering new IPv6 targets -- Gathering network information with broadcast scripts -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Script selection -- Target library -- Scanning through proxies -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Proxychains -- Spoofing the origin IP of a scan -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Choosing your zombie host wisely -- The IP ID sequence number -- Chapter 3: Reconnaissance Tasks -- Introduction -- Performing IP address geolocation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Submitting a new geolocation provider -- Getting information from WHOIS records -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Selecting service providers -- Ignoring referral records -- Disabling cache -- Obtaining traceroute geolocation information -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Querying Shodan to obtain target information -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Saving the results in CSV files -- Specifying a single target…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Iterating over a range -- Iterating over a sequence -- Iterators and iterables -- Iterating over multiple sequences -- The while loop -- The break and continue statements -- A special else clause -- Putting all this together -- A prime generator -- Applying discounts -- A quick peek at the itertools module -- Infinite iterators -- Iterators terminating on the shortest input sequence -- Combinatoric generators -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Functions, the Building Blocks of Code -- Why use functions? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Comparing the two versions -- The third example - the merge sort algorithm -- Shared classes -- The serial version -- The SerialMergeSort class -- The SerialMetaData class -- The concurrent version -- The MergeSortTask class -- The ConcurrentMergeSort class -- The ConcurrentMetaData class -- Comparing the two versions -- Other methods of the fork/join framework -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Processing Massive Datasets with Parallel Streams - The Map and Reduce Model -- An introduction to streams -- Basic characteristics of streams -- Sections of a stream -- Sources of a stream -- Intermediate operations -- Terminal operations -- MapReduce versus MapCollect -- The first example - a numerical summarization application -- The concurrent version -- The ConcurrentDataLoader class -- The ConcurrentStatistics class -- Customers from the United Kingdom -- Quantity from the United Kingdom -- Countries for product -- Quantity for product -- Multiple data filter -- Highest invoice amounts -- Products with a unit price between 1 and 10 -- The ConcurrentMain class -- The serial version -- Comparing the two versions -- The second example - an information retrieval search tool -- An introduction to the reduction operation -- The first approach - full document query -- The basicMapper() method -- The Token class -- The QueryResult class -- The second approach - reduced document query -- The limitedMapper() method -- The third approach - generating an HTML file with the results -- The ContentMapper class -- The fourth approach - preloading the inverted index -- The ConcurrentFileLoader class -- The fifth approach - using our own executor -- Getting data from the inverted index - the ConcurrentData class -- Getting the number of words in a file -- Getting the average tfxidf value in a file -- Getting the maximum and minimum tfxidf values in the index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…., international, and global funds -- Index funds -- Specialty (sector) funds -- Selecting the Best Funds -- Reading prospectuses and annual reports -- Keeping costs low -- Evaluating historic performance -- Assessing fund manager and fund family reputations -- Rating tax friendliness -- Determining your needs and goals -- Deciphering Your Fund's Performance -- Dividends -- Capital gains -- Share price changes -- Evaluating and Selling Your Funds…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Making Decisions with Logic -- Beginning with bits -- Processing data with gates -- Simplifying gates with truth tables -- Creating logical components -- Using ICs -- Identifying ICs with part numbers -- Packaging is everything -- Probing IC pinouts -- Relying on IC datasheets -- Using Your Logic -- Seeing the light at the end of the NAND gate -- Turning three NAND gates into an OR gate -- Hanging Out with Some Popular ICs -- Operational amplifiers -- IC time machine: the 555 timer -- Counting on the 4017 decade counter -- Microcontrollers -- Other popular ICs -- Chapter 12 Acquiring Additional Parts -- Making Connections -- Choosing wires wisely -- Plugging in to connectors -- Powering Up -- Turning on the juice with batteries -- Getting power from the sun -- Using wall power to supply higher DC current or voltage (not recommended) -- Using Your Sensors -- Seeing the light -- Capturing sound with microphones -- Feeling the heat -- More energizing input transducers -- Experiencing the Outcome of Electronics -- Speaking of speakers -- Sounding off with buzzers -- Creating good vibrations with DC motors -- Part III Getting Serious about Electronics -- Chapter 13 Preparing Your Lab and Ensuring Your Safety -- Picking a Place to Practice Electronics -- The top ingredients for a great lab -- Workbench basics -- Acquiring Tools and Supplies -- Amassing a multimeter -- Stockpiling soldering equipment -- Hoarding hand tools -- Collecting cloths and cleansers -- Loading up on lubricants -- Stocking up on sticky stuff -- Other tools and supplies -- Stocking Up on Parts and Components -- Solderless breadboards -- Circuit‐building starter kit…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Applying Lean to Accounting -- Part 1: Hidden Wastes: The Sixth Level of Waste -- Paying the Price: Understanding What It Costs to Run Your Business -- Results-Driven Management -- How Will Your Organization Define Lean Savings? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Taking Control of Your Environment -- Setting up the meeting room -- Planning your seating arrangement -- Setting up a stage -- Handling Your Audiovisual Needs -- Microphones -- Projection screens -- Projectors -- Lighting -- Exploring Special Presentation Situations -- Team presentations -- Knowing when to team up -- Understanding the planner's role in team presentations -- Presentations read from a script -- Q &amp -- A sessions -- Part 3 No Guts, No Story -- Chapter 11 Nuts and Bolts: Negotiating, Contracting, and Ensuring Safety -- Finding the Best Supplier with RFPs -- Determining who gets the RFP -- Writing an RFP -- Background information -- Areas for which you want pricing -- Special perks to ask for -- Request for references -- Negotiating the Deal -- Narrowing the list -- Playing the negotiating game -- Knowing which areas to negotiate -- Requesting perks from hotels -- Signing on the Dotted Line…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- K-means clustering -- Inertia -- Dunn's index -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Labeling Data for Regression -- Technical requirements -- Using summary statistics to generate housing price labels -- Finding the closest labeled observation to match the label -- Using semi-supervised learning to label regression data -- Pseudo-labeling…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Spotlight On: Organizations: GCB Bank: A Digital Transformation -- 3-5 Understand how MIS can help your career -- The Company -- Position Description -- Job Requirements -- Interview Questions -- Author Tips -- Review Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Hands-On MIS Projects -- Management Decision Problem -- Improving Decision Making: Using a Database to Analyze Sales Performance -- Improving Decision Making: Using Web Tools to Configure and Price an Automobile -- Collaboration and Teamwork Project -- Business Problem-Solving Case: Offline, Online, and Back: The Evolution of the UK Grocery Market -- Chapter 3 References -- Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La sonorisation des occlusives intervocaliques en Toscane au début du VIIIe siècle d'après le témoignage de quelques documents longobards / per Paul Aebischer. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Summary -- Chapter 5: Spark for Geographic Analysis -- GDELT and oil -- GDELT events -- GDELT GKG -- Formulating a plan of action -- GeoMesa -- Installing -- GDELT Ingest -- GeoMesa Ingest -- MapReduce to Spark -- Geohash -- GeoServer -- Map layers -- CQL -- Gauging oil prices -- Using the GeoMesa query API -- Data preparation -- Machine learning -- Naive Bayes -- Results -- Analysis -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Scraping Link-Based External Data -- Building a web scale news scanner -- Accessing the web content -- The Goose library…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Perfect Phrases to Confirm Agreement on the Price Range for the Project After Detailed Planning -- Perfect Phrases to Confirm Agreement on the Estimated Schedule for the Project -- PART IV - EXECUTION -- CHAPTER 11 - Perfect Phrases to Leadthe Project Team -- Perfect Phrases to Authorize the Team to Begin Work and Create the Deliverables -- Perfect Phrases to Ask for Supervisor Support of Team Members -- Perfect Phrases to Kick Off the Project Team Meeting -- Perfect Phrases to Reassess Team Composition -- Perfect Phrases to Delegate Authority from Project Manager to Subproject Team Leaders -- Perfect Phrases to Improve Teamwork -- Perfect Phrases to Improve Team Morale -- Perfect Phrases to Delegate Authority from the Project Manager to Team Members -- Perfect Phrases to Request Surfacing Issues and Discussing Potential Problems -- Perfect Phrases for Using the Issues List -- Perfect Phrases for Conducting a Project Risk Analysis -- Perfect Phrases to Develop a Risk Management Plan -- Perfect Phrases to Describe How to Respond to Risks -- CHAPTER 12 - Perfect Phrases to ManageProject Communications -- Perfect Phrases to Improve Communications -- Perfect Phrases to Build a Good Communications Environment -- Perfect Phrases to Develop a List of People to Receive Updates -- Perfect Phrases to Manage Contracted Workers -- Perfect Phrases to Build Confidence in the Project -- Perfect Phrases to Prevent Outside Interference in Team Decisions -- Perfect Phrases for Leading Team Meetings -- Perfect Phrases to Manage Meeting Communications -- Perfect Phrases for Closing Out a Meeting -- CHAPTER 13 - Perfect Phrases to Monitor andControl Project Progress -- Perfect Phrases for Capturing Project Status -- Perfect Phrases to Brief Team Members on How to Develop Status Reports -- Perfect Phrases to Promote Accurate Numbers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Getting Inside Scientists' Heads -- Engaging with scientific convention -- Trusting conjecture and refutation -- Thinking in fits and starts: Paradigm shifts -- Answers to Chapter 2's Exercises -- Pricing bats and balls -- Looking for the robber -- Astronomical wrangles -- Chapter 3 Planting Ideas in Your Head: The Sociology of Thinking -- Asking Whether You're Thinking What You Think You're Thinking -- Knowing how outside forces work on people -- Influencing people's opinions -- Consumer demand -- Emulation -- Advertising -- Thinking and Indoctrination: Propaganda -- "Here's what you think, comrade": Russia and China -- Mr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Making Data Smaller -- Storing References to Image Files -- Compressing Data -- Removing Formatting -- Thumbnailing Images -- Final Thoughts -- PART II: Projects -- 7: Price-Monitoring Webbots -- The Target -- Designing the Parsing Script -- Initialization and Downloading the Target -- Further Exploration…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Building Modules -- Installing Modules -- Generating Module Dependencies -- Loading Modules -- Managing Configuration Options -- Module Parameters -- Exported Symbols -- The Device Model -- Kobjects -- Ktypes -- Ksets -- Interrelation of Kobjects, Ktypes, and Ksets -- Managing and Manipulating Kobjects -- Reference Counts -- sysfs -- Adding and Removing kobjects from sysfs -- Adding Files to sysfs -- The Kernel Events Layer -- Conclusion -- 18 Debugging -- Getting Started -- Bugs in the Kernel -- Debugging by Printing -- Robustness -- Loglevels -- The Log Buffer -- syslogd and klogd -- Transposing printf() and printk() -- Oops -- ksymoops -- kallsyms -- Kernel Debugging Options -- Asserting Bugs and Dumping Information -- Magic SysRq Key -- The Saga of a Kernel Debugger -- gdb -- kgdb -- Poking and Probing the System -- Using UID as a Conditional -- Using Condition Variables -- Using Statistics -- Rate and Occurrence Limiting Your Debugging -- Binary Searching to Find the Culprit Change -- Binary Searching with Git -- When All Else Fails: The Community -- Conclusion -- 19 Portability -- Portable Operating Systems -- History of Portability in Linux -- Word Size and Data Types -- Opaque Types -- Special Types -- Explicitly Sized Types -- Signedness of Chars…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Adding a map panel using Simple XML -- Mapping different distributions by area -- See also -- Highlighting average product price -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Scheduling the PDF delivery of a dashboard -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Reputational Impact -- Global COVID-19 Pandemic -- Banking and Fintech Scandals -- Stock Price Impacts -- Regulatory Oversight of Reputational Risks -- Reputational Risk Management Framework -- Drivers -- Governance -- Event Data Collection -- RCSA -- Key Risk Indicators -- Scenario Analysis -- Reporting -- Key Points -- Review Question -- Notes -- Chapter 16 Operational Risk and Convergence -- Operational Risk as a Catalyst for Convergence -- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) -- Assessment Convergence -- Convergence of Metrics -- Converged or GRC Reporting -- GRC Tools -- Key Points -- Review Question -- Notes -- Chapter 17 Best Practices in Related Risk Management Activities -- New-Product Approval -- Supplier and Third-Party Risk Management -- Legal Risk Management -- Legal Considerations in the Operational Risk Framework -- Capturing Legal Risks Using the Operational Risk Framework -- Regulatory Risk Management -- People Risk Management -- Fraud Risk Management -- Technology Risk Management -- Climate Risk -- Pandemic Planning -- Strategic Risk -- Key Points -- Review Question -- Notes -- Chapter 18 Case Studies -- JPMorgan Whale: Risky or Frisky? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Example 8.8: Correction of Error-Example of a Correction of an Error in Previously Issued Financial Statements -- Example 8.9: Correction of Error-Correction of Immaterial Error -- Example 8.10: Correction of Error -- Chapter 9 ASC 255 Changing Prices -- Authoritative Literature -- Subtopic -- Disclosure and Presentation Requirements -- Presentation -- Elective Disclosures -- Example Presentation and Disclosure -- Example 9.1: Statement of Income from Operations in a Statement of Annual Information -- Chapter 10 ASC 260 Earnings Per Share -- Authoritative Literature -- Subtopic -- Scope and Scope Exceptions -- Introduction -- Practice Alert -- Presentation and Disclosure Requirements -- Comprehensive Example -- Diluted EPS (DEPS) -- Note X: Earnings Per Share (Illustrative Disclosure Based on Facts from the Example) -- Presentation and Disclosure Examples -- Example 10.1: Earnings (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders -- Example 10.2: Exclusion of Shares with Antidilutive Effects -- Example 10.3: Discontinued Operations -- Example 10.4: Beneficial Conversion -- Chapter 11 ASC 270 Interim Reporting -- Authoritative Literature -- Subtopic -- Scope and Scope Exceptions -- Integral Approach -- Discrete Approach -- Presentation and Disclosure Requirements -- Requirements Applicable to All Reporting Entities -- Revenues -- Product Costs and Direct Costs -- Other Costs and Expenses -- Seasonality -- Fair Value of Financial Instruments -- Unusual or Infrequent Items and Disposals of Components -- Contingencies -- Accounting Changes -- Requirements Applicable to Public Reporting Entities -- Quarterly Reporting to the SEC -- Presentation and Disclosure Examples -- Example 11.1: Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income -- Example 11.2: Seasonal Nature of Business -- Example 11.3: Inventories Measured Using LIFO…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exploring the phases of cloud migration -- Phase 1 - Discover -- Phase 2 - Plan -- Phase 3 - Migrate -- Phase 4 - Automate -- Phase 5 - Optimize -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Cloud Migration -- Learning about cloud migration insights -- Begin with cost savings, evolve with innovation -- Cloud migration propels cultural shift -- High-level metrics are not enough -- Proper planning drives successful migration -- Thinking beyond CapEx and OpEx -- There are many great cloud providers -- Choosing the right cloud partner for your business -- Security -- Certifications, compliance, standards, and attestation frameworks -- Innovation and roadmap -- Service-level agreements and contracts -- Support model -- Pricing model -- Vendor lock-in criteria and exit provisions -- Reliability and performance -- Service dependencies and partnerships -- Overall business health -- Checklist for choosing a strong partner -- Evaluation of potential vendor lock-ins -- Unraveling the multi-cloud - benefits, challenges, and strategy -- Benefits -- Challenges -- Multi-cloud strategy -- Aligning your IT landscape with the cloud - best practices -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: Implementing Cloud Migration Strategies -- Introducing cloud migration strategies -- What is a cloud migration strategy? …”