Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Element 14 Subject Matter -- Element 15 Leveraging AI to Enhance Your Negotiation Skills -- Chapter 3 Tools: Introduction: Tools for Negotiation -- Element 16 Negotiation Strategy -- Choice of Strategy -- Flexible Tactics -- Element 17 Rules of the Game -- Element 18 Questions -- Types of Questions -- Open Questions -- Closed Questions -- Leading Questions -- Follow-up Questions -- Questions for Your Audience -- Questions from Your Counterpart -- Dealing with Questions You're Not Able to Answer -- Be Specific in Your Questions -- Precision with Language -- How to Hold a Conversation -- Element 19 Openness -- SMARTnership Approach -- Element 20 The Hidden Value: NegoEconomics -- Room for Negotiation -- A Simple Model to Identify NegoEconomics -- The Four-Step Model -- Identifying NegoEconomics in Projects -- From Public Authority to Commercial Enterprise -- Element 21 TrutCurrency -- The Water Bottle Experiment -- Element 22 Strategy Access Matrix (SAM) Model -- Element 23 Threats -- Element 24 Activating Several Senses -- Physical or Intellectual Demonstrations -- Visual Aids -- The Professional Picture -- Use Colors Effectively -- Pacing -- PowerPoint -- Your Personality Is 80 Percent of Your Presentation -- Element 25 Using an Agenda -- Taking the Initiative -- Controlling the Other Party -- Demand a Set Agenda Before You Meet -- Prepare Better -- Know What the Other Party Wants -- When an Agenda Is Unsuitable -- Element 26 Planned Target -- Element 27 Walking Away -- Element 28 Team Dynamics -- Element 29 Division of Roles on the Team -- Element 30 The Trial Balloon and Highball/Lowball Techniques -- The Trial Balloon: Testing the Waters -- The Highball/Lowball Technique: Setting the Negotiation Range…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Addressing the Challenges of Using Generative AI Models -- Seeing the technical challenges and limitations -- Exposing ethical and societal consequences -- Part 3 Using AI to Know Customers Better -- Chapter 9 Segmentation and Persona Development -- Exploring Behavioral Segmentation Elements -- Sourcing the Right Customer Data -- Seeing How AI Performs Segmentation -- Refining, Validating, and Enhancing Segmentation Models -- Two aspects of AI model refinement -- Validation techniques -- Aligning Persona Development -- Verifying the authentic core of AI-created personas -- Ethical considerations in persona development -- Leveraging AI Personas for All Business Efforts -- Driving the customer experience -- Directing marketing with personas -- Aligning product offerings with personas -- Employing Synthetic Customer Panels -- Creating synthetic panels -- Embracing the opportunities -- Managing the risks -- Chapter 10 Lead Scoring, LTV, and Dynamic Pricing -- Working Together: Three Core Concepts -- Identifying potential leads -- Maximizing customer potential -- Adapting to market conditions on the fly -- Scoring Leads with the Help of AI -- Instilling precision with AI solutions -- Leveraging machine learning algorithms -- Achieving precision through predictive analytics -- Enhancing customer interfaces (and experiences) with AI -- Validating AI-powered lead scoring via empirical evidence -- Enhancing data analysis with AI tools -- Finding companies that offer AI-infused lead-scoring capabilities -- Calculating Lifetime Value to Affect Lead Scoring -- Allowing for predictive customer analysis -- Finding companies that offer AI-infused LTV calculations -- Turning Lead Scoring and LTV Insights into Dynamic Pricing -- Chapter 11 Churn Modeling and Measurement with AI -- Getting the Scoop on Churn Modeling -- Building your churn model…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Challenges to introducing values and attitudes into curriculum design -- Difficulty in building consensus on which values and attitudes to include in the curriculum and how they should be included -- Dissonance between values instilled through media and social media and those intended to be fostered through curriculum…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Foundations of Java Concurrency and Parallelism in Cloud Computing -- Chapter 1: Concurrency, Parallelism, and the Cloud: Navigating the Cloud-Native Landscape -- Technical requirements -- The dual pillars of concurrency versus parallelism - a kitchen analogy -- When to use concurrency versus parallelism - a concise guide -- Java and the cloud - a perfect alliance for cloud-native development -- Exploring cloud service models and their impact on software development -- Java's transformation in the cloud - a story of innovation -- Java - the cloud-native hero -- Java's cloud-focused upgrades - concurrency and beyond -- Real-world examples of successful cloud-native Java applications -- Modern challenges in cloud-native concurrency and Java's weapons of choice -- Wrangling distributed transactions in Java - beyond classic commits -- Maintaining data consistency in cloud-native Java applications -- Handling state in microservices architectures -- Cloud database concurrency - Java's dance moves for shared resources -- Parallelism in big data processing frameworks -- Cutting-edge tools for conquering cloud-native concurrency challenges -- Conquering concurrency - best practices for robust cloud-native applications -- Code examples illustrating best practices -- Ensuring consistency - the bedrock of robust concurrency strategies -- Summary -- Exercise - exploring Java executors -- Questions -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Java's Concurrency Foundations: Threads, Processes, and Beyond -- Technical requirements -- Java's kitchen of concurrency - unveiling threads and processes -- What are threads and processes? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title page -- Copyright and credits -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Building on Lean-Agile Foundations: Mastering the Basics -- Chapter 1: Navigating Lean-Agile Transformations -- Charting the digital frontier -- Understanding the digital economy's landscape -- Embracing Lean-Agile and VSM in the digital economy -- Exploring the hallmarks of Lean Thinking -- Foundational principles -- Streamlining flows -- Customer value -- Optimized flows -- Prioritizing Lean methodologies - redefining operational excellence -- Embracing Agile methodologies -- Understanding the origins of Agile -- Expanding Agile - beyond software development -- Iterating to deliver incremental value -- Harnessing the power of small, collaborative teams -- Combining Lean with Agile -- Establishing a strong foundation -- Supporting pillars in our Lean-Agile house -- Finding shelter in our Lean-Agile goals -- Synthesizing modern management principles -- Integrated practices for enhanced effectiveness -- Introducing the BLAST and BASE frameworks for Lean-Agile transformation -- Avoiding local optimization with Value Stream Management (VSM) -- Creating a cadence of continuous value delivery -- Unlocking value with Value Stream Management (VSM) -- The evolving nature of VSM -- Describing the VSM methodology -- Unveiling the versatility of VSM -- Enhancing professional expertise with VSM -- Leveraging IT for Lean-Agile transformation -- Investing in IT value stream improvements -- Evaluating information requirements and flows -- Summary -- Questions -- Answers -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Solving Complex Business Problems with Agility -- Technical requirements -- Embodying organizational agility -- Understanding the foundations of business agility -- Applying Agile principles -- Responding with agility…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…I Don't Remember -- Ads That Say Less: Fewer People and Places Say More, Say It Louder, and Say It Better -- How Deep Tones Convey Wisdom: Finding Meaning in the Timbre of Voiceovers -- No Surprise, Women Are Tired of "Mansplaining" -- The Decelerated Delight - Slow Motion and the Mesmerized Mind -- The Neuroscience of Contact: Touch, Hug, and Hold to Connect -- First Impressions Are All That Matter - First Five Seconds of Advertising -- The Awe of the Unveil: Neuroscience Behind the Curtain Rise -- Tackling Territorial Transitions: Navigating the Mind's Map in 30 Seconds -- Chapter 17 scriptGPT - Writing Entire TV Shows, Plots, and Dialogue -- The Persona Palette: Neuronal Narratives in Archetypal Depictions -- The Neural Alchemy of Storytelling: Decoding Narrative Twists in Screenwriting -- Orchestrating Words, Sounds, and Emotion in Screenwriting Crafting Words that Resonate -- Character Interactions and Audience Appeal -- Chapter 18 luxuryGPT - Premiumize Products Using Brain Codes of Luxury -- The Paradox of Plenty: Perceived Luxury in the Economics of More or Less…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Spring Security configuration -- The custom login page -- Running the application and testing -- Session management -- CSRF -- CSP -- CSP using Spring Security -- Channel security -- CORS Support -- The Crypto module -- Password encoding -- Encryption -- Key generation -- Secret management -- Starting by unsealing Vault -- The Spring Boot project -- The Maven dependency -- HTTP Data Integrity Validator -- What is HDIV? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 15 The Project Postmortem -- Defining the Project Postmortem -- Sources of Information for Lessons Learned -- Why Bother with a Project Postmortem? -- Instilling Lessons Learned into the Organization's Memory -- Project Management Forums -- Examples of Trends from the Configuration Management Discipline -- Defect Trends on Iterative Projects -- Trends in the Requirements Management Discipline -- Collecting the Project Data -- (Mis)Using Metrics Data -- Summary -- Appendix A: Common Mistakes Utilizing RUP -- Mistake 1: Iterations of Inappropriate Length -- Mistake 2: Iterations with No Clear Goal -- Mistake 3: Choosing the Wrong Project for Your First Experience with the RUP -- Mistake 4: Failing to Integrate Change Requests into Iterations -- Mistake 5: Failing to Tailor the RUP Appropriately -- Mistake 6: Failing to Test Properly During the Iteration -- Mistake 7: Assuming You Can Implement the RUP Perfectly the First Time -- Appendix B: Implementing a Two-Stage Procurement Process -- Cultural Changes Needed -- Contract Types -- Who Bids on the Second Phase? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Utilization Rates -- Collective Dose -- Radiation Regulation and Control -- Internal Sources: Brachytherapy -- Overview -- Types of Procedures -- Radiation Regulation and Control -- Internal Unsealed Sources: Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine -- Overview -- Types of Procedures and Number of Treatments -- Radiation Regulation and Control -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3 Regulation and Radiation Medicine -- REGULATORY GOALS -- THE CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK -- How Society Regulates Health Care Delivery -- The Regulatory Framework -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Food and Drug Administration -- Environmental Protection Agency -- States -- THE COSTS OF NRC REGULATION -- Cost Recovery by the NRC Through Fee Collection -- Cost of a Full-Time Equivalent at NRC -- Fee Schedules for Selected NRC License Categories -- Fees Collected from Selected NRC License Categories in 1993 -- Fines Collected from Selected NRC License Categories in 1993 -- Non-Fee Costs of NRC Regulation -- Recordkeeping Requirements -- Security Requirements -- Radioactive Waste Management -- Cost Savings Estimates for Some NRC Licensees -- Summary of Fee and Non-Fee Costs of NRC Regulation -- QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF NRC REGULATIONS -- Criticism of the Regulatory System -- Fragmentation and Disproportionality -- Administrative Requirements -- Fees and Fines -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 4 Risks of Ionizing Radiation in Medicine -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- Kinds of Radiation Injury -- Human Study Limitations -- Models of Radiation Injury -- The Tolerance Dose, Threshold Model -- Introduction of the Linear, No-Threshold Model -- Summary Observations -- RISKS OF IONIZING RADIATION IN MEDICAL TREATMENT -- Risk of Unintended Exposures in Radiation Medicine -- Human Error and Unintended Events -- Rates of Misadministration…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Operating Methods -- 29.1 The Alarm Must Be False -- 29.2 A Familiar Accident-But Not as Simple as It Seemed -- 29.3 More Reluctance to Believe the Alarm -- 29.4 The Limitations of Instructions -- 29.5 The Limitations of Instructions Again -- 29.6 Empty Plant That Is Out of Use -- 29.7 A Minor Job Forgotten-Until There Was a Leak -- 29.8 Design Error + Construction Error + Operating Error = Spillage -- Chapter 30. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Simple is hard to miss -- Simple is bigger -- Simple is easier to remember -- Simple breaks through advertising clutter -- Keep paring away until you have the essence of your ad -- A Few words about Outdoor. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Aren't EVs expensive? -- How long until I have to replace my EV's battery? -- Why can't I find somewhere to charge my EV? …”

“…This book contains the proceedings of the 61e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, which was held in Geneva and Bern in Switzerland from 22nd until 26th June 2015. The overarching conference theme "Text and Image" addressed a topic of fundamental importance for historical research on ancient Near Eastern cultures and societies. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Understanding TDD -- Red-Green-Refactor -- Speed is the key -- It's not about testing -- Testing -- Black-box testing -- White-box testing -- The difference between quality checking and quality assurance -- Better tests -- Mocking -- Executable documentation -- No debugging -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Tools, Frameworks, and Environments -- Git -- Virtual machines -- Vagrant -- Docker -- Build tools -- The integrated development environment -- The IDEA demo project -- Unit-testing frameworks -- JUnit -- TestNG -- Hamcrest and AssertJ -- Hamcrest -- AssertJ -- Code coverage tools -- JaCoCo -- Mocking frameworks -- Mockito -- EasyMock -- Extra power for mocks -- User interface testing -- Web-testing frameworks -- Selenium -- Selenide -- Behavior-driven development -- JBehave -- Cucumber -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Red-Green-Refactor - From Failure Through Success until Perfection -- Setting up the environment with Gradle and JUnit -- Setting up Gradle/Java project in IntelliJ IDEA -- The Red-Green-Refactor process -- Writing a test -- Running all the tests and confirming that the last one is failing -- Writing the implementation code -- Running all the tests -- Refactoring -- Repeating -- Tic-Tac-Toe game requirements -- Developing Tic-Tac-Toe -- Requirement 1 - placing pieces -- Test - board boundaries I -- Implementation -- Test - board boundaries II -- Implementation -- Test - occupied spot -- Implementation -- Refactoring -- Requirement 2 - adding two-player support -- Test - X plays first -- Implementation -- Test - O plays right after X -- Implementation -- Test - X plays right after O -- Requirement 3 - adding winning conditions -- Test - by default there's no winner…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Measuring variance -- Analyzing deviations -- Looking for normal distribution -- Skewing from the norm -- Comparing data sets -- Analyzing Data with Percentiles and Bins -- QUARTILE.INC and QUARTILE.EXC -- PERCENTILE.INC and PERCENTILE.EXC -- RANK -- PERCENTRANK -- FREQUENCY -- MIN and MAX -- LARGE and SMALL -- Going for the Count -- COUNT and COUNTA -- COUNTIF -- Chapter 10 Using Significance Tests -- Testing to the T -- Comparing Results with an Estimate -- Chapter 11 Rolling the Dice on Predictions and Probability -- Modeling -- Linear model -- Exponential model -- Getting It Straight: Using SLOPE and INTERCEPT to Describe Linear Data -- What's Ahead: Using FORECAST, TREND, and GROWTH to Make Predictions -- FORECAST -- TREND -- GROWTH -- Using NORM.DIST and POISSON.DIST to Determine Probabilities -- NORM.DIST -- POISSON.DIST -- Part 4 Dancing with Data -- Chapter 12 Dressing Up for Date Functions -- Understanding How Excel Handles Dates -- Formatting Dates -- Making a Date with DATE -- Breaking a Date with DAY, MONTH, and YEAR -- Isolating the day -- Isolating the month -- Isolating the year -- Converting a Date from Text -- Finding Out What TODAY Is -- Counting the days until your birthday -- Counting your age in days -- Determining the Day of the Week -- Working with Workdays -- Determining workdays in a range of dates -- Workdays in the future -- Calculating Time Between Two Dates with the DATEDIF Function -- Chapter 13 Keeping Well-Timed Functions -- Understanding How Excel Handles Time -- Formatting Time -- Keeping TIME -- Converting Text to Time with TIMEVALUE -- Deconstructing Time with HOUR, MINUTE, and SECOND -- Isolating the hour -- Isolating the minute -- Isolating the second -- Finding the Time NOW -- Calculating Elapsed Time Over Days -- Chapter 14 Using Lookup, Logical, and Reference Functions -- Testing on One Condition…”

“…Latin America has long had the most unequally distributed income in the world because of land ownership patterns, development and education policies and demography, which have swelled the supply of unskilled labour and demand for skilled workers, leading to widening inequality. …”

“…This book discusses skill formation, upskilling of workers, and their interaction with technological change in Gulf countries. …”