“…Immerse yourself in the fundamentals of game design with expert guidance from veterans with decades of game design experience across a variety of genres and platforms. The second edition of this book remains dedicated to its original goal of helping you master the fundamentals of game design in a practical manner with the addition of some of the latest trends in game design and a whole lot of fresh, real-world examples from games of the current generation. …”

“…For every PC there are at least 20 embedded systems, and the number is increasing. 8051 is one of the most widely used microcontrollers in embedded system design, and its internal architecture, instruction set and interfacing techniques are presented in this book through simple language, excellent graphical annotations and a large variety of solved examples. Spread across 26 chapters, this book starts with the internal architecture of 8051, and then explains all instructions with examples of applications. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part 2: Bringing Brands Front and Center -- 4 -- Building Brand Mock-Ups and Prototypes -- Technical requirements -- Applying branding to perspective -- Adding a logo to a bag in perspective -- Creating a mural mock-up -- Wrapping artwork around curved surfaces -- Applying a cylinder warp -- Warping artwork across book designs -- Replacing device screens with your own artwork -- Creating an iPad mock-up -- Creating a smartphone mock-up -- Adding screen reflections -- Creating clothing and soft furnishing mock-ups -- Applying original designs to a T-shirt -- Adding pattern designs to a cushion -- Summary -- 5 -- Creating Printed Marketing Collateral -- Technical requirements -- Creating new print projects -- Color -- Printers' marks -- Folds -- Setting up a Photoshop grid system -- Building a new A4 poster document -- Creating a new business card template -- Building a new z-fold brochure -- Importing artwork and formatting types -- Creating a business card design using only vector assets -- Synchronizing fonts from Creative Cloud -- Adding a type to the z-fold brochure -- Creating and applying paragraph styles -- Adding artwork to the brochure -- Exporting documents for professional print -- Exporting to Adobe PDF -- Export to the Tag Image File Format -- Saving as a JPG -- Summary -- 6 -- From Pixels to Post: Images for Social Media -- Technical requirements -- Creating new documents for screen and web -- Creating artwork for Facebook -- Creating artwork for Twitter -- Creating artwork for Instagram -- Creating artwork for Pinterest -- Creating artwork for LinkedIn -- Social media sizes -- Working with artboards -- Adding a header image -- Creating a tweet template -- Adding text to the artboard -- Duplicating artboards -- Exporting and scheduling posts -- Batch export artboards -- Scheduling posts with Adobe Express -- Summary -- 7.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ChatGPT -- The Success of ChatGPT: A Humanity-First Analysis -- Humanity-First across Cultures: Xiaoice vs. ChatGPT -- Mitigating the Risks of the AI Dilemma -- Redline of Defense: Humanity-First Always -- Toward Sustainable AI for Humanity, -- From the Tay Debacle to Bing AI's Triumph -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Sustainable AI for Humanity -- The Search for Sustainable AI Wisdom -- "Don't Be Evil": An Unusual Protest -- AGI Labs and the Quest for Sustainable AI for Humanity -- The Wisdom of Balance: Sustainable AI for Humanity -- Sustainable AI: A Humanity-First Model -- Why "AI as Usual" Fails Us: A Call for a Paradigm Shift -- From "AI as Usual" to "AI for Humanity" -- Why We Need Sustainable AI -- Why Technology-First and Profit-Above-All Fails Us -- Why Technology First is Not Enough: The Case of DeepMind -- Why Profits Above All Leads Us Astray -- Sustainable AI: The Constant Search for Equilibrium -- The Right Methodology: Sustainable AI for Humanity -- Start with Humanity-First Governance -- How to Build AI for Humanity -- Mutual Assured Destruction 2.0: The Rise of AI-powered Warfare -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Sustainable AI Governance -- The AI Trust Gap -- Risky Codes and Hidden Algorithms -- In AI We Trust . . . …”

“…The ability to share tape libraries across many hosts creates a tremendous financial advantage that can be an immediate benefit of implementing SANs in your enterprise. …”

“…IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere Business Integration supports distributed and mainframe systems and provides an end-to-end view across all systems. It analyzes application performance and identifies slowdowns and monitors message rates, brokers, message flows, and sub-flows. …”

“… Maven is a new project management and comprehension tool which provides an elegant way to share build logic across projects. In terms of capabilities, Maven is an improvement to Apache Ant-thanks to numerous plug-ins and built-in integration with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit. …”

“…Federated identity links user credentials across multiple systems and services, altering both the utility and security landscape of both. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Well-Formedness Rules -- XML Encoding -- Special Characters -- Summary -- 2 Native XML Storage: XMLType -- Creating XMLTypes -- XML Schema-based XMLType -- Querying XMLTypes -- Updating XMLTypes -- Transforming XMLTypes -- Reading Binary XMLTypes in Java -- Summary -- 3 XML Database Repository -- Creating Resources -- Deleting Resources -- Querying XML DB Repository -- Using RESOURCE_VIEW and PATH_VIEW -- Using XDBUriType -- Linking to Resources -- Updating Resources -- Version Control -- Using XML DB Repository Events -- Creating Event Handlers -- Registering Event Handlers -- Summary -- 4 Parsing XML -- DOM Parsing in Java -- Basic DOM Parsing -- Splitting XML Using DOM -- Scalable DOM Parsing -- Cutting and Pasting Across Documents -- DOM Parsing in SQL -- Retrieving and Creating a CDATA Section -- Importing a DOM Node -- SAX Parsing -- Basic SAX Parsing -- SAX Print -- Parsing Binary XML -- Writing XML to Binary XML -- Reading from Binary XML -- Summary -- 5 Validating XML -- DTD Validation -- Using Oracle XDK Command-Line Utility -- Using Oracle XDK Java APIs -- Using Oracle XML DB -- XML Schema Validation -- XML Schema and Namespaces -- Using Oracle XDK Command-Line Utility -- Using Oracle XDK Java APIs -- Using Oracle XML DB -- Using JAXB with XML Schemas -- Summary -- 6 Navigating XML with XPath -- XPath Basics -- Processing XPath in Java -- Extracting XPath from XML Documents -- Summary -- 7 XSL Transformations -- Understanding XSLT Processing -- Basic XSLT Features -- Multiple XML Inputs -- Building an XSL Index -- Creating XSLT Extensions -- Advanced XSLT Features -- Modularizing XSLT Processing with Temporary Trees…”

“…The book has been thoroughly revised with multiple-choice questions, examples and exercises to match the syllabi requirement of various universities across the country…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Multithreading is not good for servers -- Cooperative coroutine scheduler versus coroutine -- Python coroutines -- The coroutine scheduler -- Using the asyncio event loop and coroutine scheduler -- Creating a coroutine -- The asyncio scheduler - event_loop -- ensure_future -- The run_forever/run_until_complete methods -- Closing event_loop -- Awaiting data availability -- asyncio's future objects -- Asynchronous iterations -- Synchronizing multiple tasks -- Synchronization primitives -- The wait coroutine -- The wait_for coroutine -- The gather coroutine -- The asyncio Queue class -- Queue types -- Communicating across the network -- Creating a simple client in asyncio -- Creating a simple server in asyncio -- Handling client disconnections -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Metaprogramming -- Using function decorators -- Using the @ syntax in a function decorator -- Global decorator - @staticmethod -- Attributes -- Enclosing the function in a wrapper -- The @wraps decorator -- The only function -- Function annotations -- Function annotation syntax -- Accessing annotation data -- The @no_type_check decorator -- Annotations as input to function decorators -- Keyword arguments -- Inspecting the package signature function -- Class decorators -- Modifying class attributes -- The factory function -- The factory_constructed function -- Class definitions -- Metaclasses -- What can we do with a metaclass? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Features of OpenStack Networking -- Switching -- Routing -- Load balancing -- Firewalling -- Virtual private networks -- Network functions virtualization -- OpenStack Networking resources -- Virtual network interfaces -- Virtual network switches -- Overlay networks -- Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) -- Generic Router Encapsulation (GRE) -- Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (GENEVE) -- Preparing the physical infrastructure -- Configuring the physical infrastructure -- Management network -- API network -- External network -- Guest network -- Physical server connections -- Single interface -- Multiple interfaces -- Bonding -- Separating services across nodes -- Using a single controller node -- Using a dedicated network node -- Summary -- Installing OpenStack -- System requirements -- Operating system requirements -- Initial network configuration -- Example networks -- Interface configuration -- Initial steps -- Permissions -- Configuring the OpenStack repository -- Upgrading the system -- Setting the hostnames -- Installing and configuring Network Time Protocol -- Rebooting the system -- Installing OpenStack -- Installing and configuring the MySQL database server -- Installing and configuring the messaging server -- Installing and configuring memcached -- Installing and configuring the identity service -- Configuring the database -- Installing Keystone -- Configuring tokens and drivers -- Bootstrap the Identity service -- Configuring the Apache HTTP server -- Setting environment variables -- Defining services and API endpoints in Keystone -- Defining users, projects, and roles in Keystone -- Installing and configuring the image service…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…JSF 2.2 Resource Library Contracts - Themes -- Working with contracts -- Styling tables with contracts -- Styling UI components with contracts -- Styling contracts across different devices -- Writing contracts for composite components -- Writing a theme switcher -- Configuring contracts in XML -- Packaging contracts in JARs -- Summary -- 12. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Example 2: Count the Number of Words in a Cell -- Example 3: Use the Instance Number to Extract Text -- Example 4: Return Text After the Last Delimiter -- TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER Functions -- Example 1: Text Before or After the First Delimiter -- Example 2: Specify an Instance Number -- Example 3: Extract Text Between Two Characters -- Example 4: Using Match End and If Not Found -- The TEXTSPLIT Function -- Example 1: Simple TEXTSPLIT -- Example 2: Using Multiple Column Delimiters -- Example 3: Splitting Across Rows (and Columns) -- Example 4: Handling Missing Data -- Combine Text into One Cell -- The CONCATENATE Function -- The Ampersand Character -- The CONCAT Function -- The TEXTJOIN Function -- TEXTJOIN and Delimiters -- TEXTJOIN and Empty Values -- TEXTJOIN and Arrays -- The TEXT Function -- Example 1: Currency Formats -- Example 2: Positive and Negative Value Formats -- Example 3: Date Formats -- Repeating a Character - REPT Function -- Text Functions with Other Excel Features -- Conditional Formatting Rules - Last Character Equals -- Data Validation Rules - Forcing Correct Case -- Dynamic Labels for Charts -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Working with Dates and Time -- Understanding Dates and Time -- Dates and the Calendar System in Excel -- Calculate the Difference Between Two Dates -- Time in Excel -- Calculate the Difference in Two Times -- The TODAY and NOW Functions -- Convert Text to Date -- The DATEVALUE Function -- The VALUE Function -- The DATE Function -- Extract Date from a Date-Time Stamp -- The INT Function -- The TRUNC Function -- Extract Time from a Date-Time Stamp -- The MOD Function -- The YEAR, MONTH, and DAY Functions -- The NETWORKDAYS Function -- Calculate the Working Days Difference Between Two Dates -- The NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function -- Example 1: Customized NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function -- Example 2: Conditional Holiday Ranges…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Section 1 General considerations for psychiatric care in the emergency department -- Chapter 1 The magnitude of the problem of psychiatric illness presenting in the emergency department -- Introduction -- Global burden -- Prevalence -- Extent of mental illness across the life cycle -- Social and physical health impacts -- Economic burden: United States -- Changes in mental healthcare infrastructure -- Overall emergency department visits -- Increased mental health visits to emergency departments -- The epidemiology of mental health visits to emergency departments -- Specific mental disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Panic disorder -- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- Generalized anxiety disorder -- Phobic disorders -- Mood disorders -- -- Major depression -- Bipolar disorder -- Dysthymic disorder -- Suicidal behavior -- Substance use disorders -- -- Alcohol abuse or dependence -- Drug abuse or dependence -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Eating disorders -- Impulse control disorders -- Personality (Axis II) disorders -- Miscellaneous/occult mental health disorders -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Delivery models of emergency psychiatric care -- Introduction -- Development of psychiatry in emergency settings -- Goals of psychiatric care in varied emergency settings -- Exclude medical etiologies for symptoms -- Rapid stabilization of the acute crisis -- Avoid coercion, treat in the least restrictive setting, form a therapeutic alliance -- Appropriate disposition and aftercare plan -- Models of emergency psychiatry delivery -- Psychiatric consultant in a medical emergency department -- Pros and cons -- Types of mental health consultants in the ED -- Dedicated mental health wing of medical emergency department -- Pros and cons…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Evidence for category construction from error patterns across languages -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Static and dynamic location in French -- 1. …”

“…Extract valuable insights from data by leveraging various analysis and visualization techniques with this comprehensive guide Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Gain practical experience in conducting EDA on a single variable of interest in Python Learn the different techniques for analyzing and exploring tabular, time series, and textual data in Python Get well versed in data visualization using leading Python libraries like Matplotlib and seaborn Book DescriptionIn today's data-centric world, the ability to extract meaningful insights from vast amounts of data has become a valuable skill across industries. Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) lies at the heart of this process, enabling us to comprehend, visualize, and derive valuable insights from various forms of data. …”

“…This report analyses trends, risks, and regulation of hydrogen technologies across economies. It supports the use of low-emission hydrogen as part of the energy transition, by making recommendations for effective risk-based regulation, regulatory delivery and governance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Introducing Salesforce -- Chapter 1 Customer Relationship Management at a Glance -- Introducing the Customer Relationship Management Life Cycle -- Understanding your customer's customer -- Centralizing customer information under one roof -- Looking to CRM to Solve Critical Business Challenges -- Expanding the funnel -- Consolidating your pipeline -- Collaborating effectively with your colleagues -- Working as a team -- Beating the competition -- Improving the customer experience -- Measuring the business -- Selecting Salesforce as Your CRM System -- Chapter 2 Discovering Salesforce Products -- Using Sales Cloud to Win More Deals -- Making sales groups more effective -- Improving sales productivity -- Generating Better Leads with Marketing Cloud -- Managing email campaigns with Marketing Cloud -- Improving marketing automation -- Identifying qualified leads with Pardot -- Providing Excellent Customer Service with Service Cloud -- Managing customer interactions with cases -- Interacting with the customer across multiple channels -- Deciding Which Salesforce Edition Is Best for You -- Part 2 Understanding Salesforce Features -- Chapter 3 Navigating Salesforce -- Getting Familiar with Basic Salesforce Terms -- Accessing Salesforce -- Setting up a password -- Logging in -- Reviewing the Lightning Experience -- Navigating the home page -- Finding records with Search -- Defining apps -- Uncovering the App Launcher -- Managing your calendar -- Tracking your tasks -- Navigating the Tabs -- Accessing shortcuts from the navigation bar drop-down menus -- Creating new records -- Getting to recent records -- Revisiting recent lists -- Discovering a tab home page…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Feature engineering -- Transfer across tasks -- Training ML models -- Collecting and annotating data -- Designing and training an ML model -- Validating and testing an ML model -- Iterations in the ML development process -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Annotating Real Data -- Annotating data for ML -- Learning from data -- Training your ML model -- Testing your ML model -- Issues with the annotation process -- The annotation process is expensive -- The annotation process is error-prone -- The annotation process is biased -- Optical flow and depth estimation -- Ground truth generation for computer vision -- Optical flow estimation -- Depth estimation -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Privacy Issues in Real Data -- Why is privacy an issue in ML? …”