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Advances in information systems and technologies by World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies Olhão, Portugal, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Analyzing Website Content for Improved R & T Collaboration Planning /…”
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Saving for development : how Latin America and the Caribbean can save more and better by Inter-American Development Bank

Contents: “…The Last Resort: Taking Care of Grandma; Act Today, for a Better Tomorrow; Notes; 7 Saving for the Future: Pension Systems; Newer Systems for Older Populations; PAYG/Defined-Benefit Systems: Promises, Promises; Sustainability; Adequacy and Redistribution; Institutional Arrangements; Recommendations; Defined Contribution Systems: A Work in Progress; Transition Costs; Investments, Returns, and Costs; Retirement Products and Insurance Arrangements; Financial Literacy, Legitimacy, and Confidence; Appropriate Regulation and Supervision; Recommendations; When All Else Fails: Noncontributory Pensions.…”
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Pro Python Second edition. by Browning, J. Burton, Alchin, Marty

Contents: “…Using __all __ to Customize Imports -- Relative Imports -- The __import__() function -- The importlib module -- Taking It With You -- Chapter 3: Functions -- Arguments -- Planning for Flexibility -- Variable Positional Arguments -- Variable Keyword Arguments -- Combining Different Kinds of Arguments -- Invoking Functions with Variable Arguments -- Preloading Arguments -- Introspection -- Example: Identifying Argument Values -- Example: A More Concise Version -- Example: Validating Arguments -- Decorators -- Closures -- Wrappers -- Decorators with Arguments -- Decorators with-or without-Arguments -- Example: Memoization -- Example: A Decorator to Create Decorators -- Function Annotations -- Example: Type Safety -- Factoring Out the Boilerplate -- Example: Type Coercion -- Annotating with Decorators -- Example: Type Safety as a Decorator -- Generators -- Lambdas -- Introspection -- Identifying Object Types -- Modules and Packages -- Docstrings -- Taking It with You -- Chapter 4: Classes -- Inheritance -- Multiple Inheritance -- Method Resolution Order -- Example: C3 Algorithm -- Using super() to Pass Control to Other Classes -- Introspection -- How Classes Are Created -- Creating Classes at Runtime -- Metaclasses -- Example: Plugin Framework -- Controlling the Namespace -- Attributes -- Properties -- Descriptors -- Methods -- Unbound Methods -- Bound Methods -- Class Methods -- Static Methods -- Assigning Functions to Classes and Instances -- Magic Methods -- Creating Instances -- Example: Automatic Subclasses -- Dealing with Attributes -- String Representations -- Taking It With You -- Chapter 5: Common Protocols -- Basic Operations -- Mathematical Operations -- Bitwise Operations -- Variations -- Numbers -- Sign Operations -- Comparison Operations -- Iterables -- Example: Repeatable Generators -- Sequences -- Mappings -- Callables.…”
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Software engineering for embedded systems : methods, practical techniques, and applications First edition. by ScienceDirect (Online service)

Contents: “…-- Certification killers -- Project planning strategies -- Strategy 1: determine the project certification scope early -- Strategy 2: determine feasibility of certification -- Strategy 3: select an independent assessor (if used) -- Strategy 4: understand your assessor's role (if used) -- Strategy 5: assessment communication is key -- Strategy 6: establish a basis of certification -- Strategy 7: establish a "fit and purpose" for your product -- Strategy 8: establish a certification block diagram -- Strategy 9: establish communication integrity objectives -- Strategy 10: identify all interfaces along the certification boundary -- Strategy 11: identify the key safety defensive strategies -- Strategy 12: define built in test (BIT) capability -- Strategy 13: define fault annunciation coverage -- Strategy 14: define reliance and expectation of the operator/user -- Strategy 15: define plan for developing software to appropriate integrity level -- Strategy 16: define artifacts to be used as evidence of compliance -- Strategy 17: plan for labor-intensive analyses -- Strategy 18: create user-level documentation -- Strategy 19: plan on residual activity -- Strategy 20: publish a well-defined certification plan -- Faults, failures, hazards, and risk analysis -- Faults, errors, and failures -- Availability and reliability -- Fault handling -- Hazard analysis -- Risk analysis -- Safety-critical architectures -- "Do-er"/"Check-er" -- Two processors -- "Voter" -- Software implementation strategies -- Strategy 1: have a well-defined, repeatable peer-review process -- Strategy 2: consider using existing safety coding standards -- Strategy 3: handle all combinations of input data -- Strategy 4: specific variable value checking -- Strategy 5: mark safety-critical code sections -- Strategy 6: timing execution checking -- Strategy 7: stale data -- Strategy 8: comparison of outputs -- Strategy 9: initialize data to least permissive state -- Strategy 10: order of execution -- Strategy 11: volatile data checking -- Strategy 12: non-volatile data checking -- Strategy 13: make sure the entire system can run -- Strategy 14: remove "dead" code -- Strategy 15: fill unused memory -- Strategy 16: static code analysis -- Background -- Is that software yours? …”
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A Guide to Co-Teaching New Lessons and Strategies to Facilitate Student Learning 3rd ed. by Villa, Richard A., 1952-

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Agile marketing by Accardi-Petersen, Michelle

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Hospital and healthcare security Sixth edition. by York, Tony W.

Contents: “…-- What the Security Risk Assessment Should Include -- Assessing Risk -- Matching Safeguards to Risk -- A Continuous Process -- References -- Security Management Plan -- Security Mission Statement -- Program Authority -- Risk Assessment Evaluation -- Security Staff Position Descriptions -- Security Program Overview (Duties and Activities) -- Security Physical Safeguards -- Security Staff Training -- Department Policies and Procedures -- Security Education (Security Awareness) -- Public Safety Agency Liaison -- Security Records and Reports -- Performance Standards and Performance Improvement Measures -- The Joint Commission Standards -- Security Management Cycle -- Security Strategic Plan -- Organization-Wide Security Coordination -- Neighborhood Stability and Security/Crime Prevention Activities -- Public Safety Coordination -- Criminal Justice Interface -- Utilization of Physical Security Safeguards -- Employee/Staff Involvement in the Protection Program -- Building Configuration and Design -- Strategic Plan Unique to Organization -- Alignment with Overall Organization Strategic Plan -- References -- Customer Service -- Maintaining an Orderly Environment -- Preventative Patrol -- Incident Reporting and Investigation -- Response to Requests for Service -- Security Communications -- Parking and Traffic Control -- Accident Reporting and Investigation -- Security Education and Training -- Applicant Background Investigation -- Reaction to Internal and External Emergencies -- Enforcement of Rules and Regulations -- Access Control -- Access to Locked Areas -- Liaison with Law Enforcement and Other Government Agencies -- Internal and External Audits -- External Audits (Inspections) -- Locks and Keys -- Other Support Services -- Lost and Found -- Conservation -- Deceased Patients -- Patient Valuables and Belongings -- Cash Registers -- Emergency Shipments -- Package Check -- Miscellaneous Services -- Public/Employee/Community Relations -- References -- Security Function Reporting Level and Support -- The Functional Organization Chart -- Healthcare Systems -- Systems (Multifacility) Security Management Control -- Types of Security Staff -- Proprietary Staff (In House) -- Outsourcing (Contract Staff) -- Combination of Proprietary and Contract Security Officers -- Off-Duty Law Enforcement Personnel -- Commissioned Police Officers -- Shared Services Approach -- Corporate (Systems) Approach -- How Large a Staff is Needed? …”
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Sport marketing Fourth edition. by Mullin, Bernard James

Contents: “…Chapter 1 The Special Nature of Sport Marketing -- The NBA and Global Marketing Strategy -- Weathering Recessions -- The Competitive Marketplace -- Sport Marketing Defined -- Marketing Myopia in Sport -- Change in the Profession -- Uniqueness of Sport Marketing -- Chapter 2 Strategic Marketing Management -- Sport Strategy Is More Than Locker Room Talk -- Marketing Planning Process -- Strategic Step 1 -- Develop Vision, Position, and Purpose -- Strategic Step 2 -- Develop Strategic Goals and Objectives -- Strategic Step 3 -- Develop a Ticket Marketing, Sales, and Service Plan -- Strategic Step 4 -- Integrate the Marketing Plan Into a Broader, Strategic Resource Allocation -- Strategic Step 5 -- Control and Evaluate Implementation of the Plan -- Eight-Point Ticket Marketing, Sales, and Service Plan Model -- Chapter 3 Understanding the Sport Consumer -- Socialization, Involvement, and Commitment -- Environmental Factors -- Individual Factors -- Decision Making -- Chapter 4 Market Research in the Sport Industry -- Sources of Information -- Users of Market Research in Sport and Entertainment -- Application of Market Research in the Sport Industry -- Performing the Right Research -- Chapter 5 Market Segmentation -- What Is Market Segmentation? …”

Lighter than air robots : guidance and control of autonomous airships by Bestaoui Sebbane, Yasmina

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Beginning Python visualization : crafting visual transformation scripts Second edition. by Vaingast, Shai

Contents: “…Using Several Operating Systems; The Python Environment; Versions; Python; Python Distributions with Scientific Packages; Python Integrated Development Environments; IDLE; IPython; IPython Notebook; Spyder; Scientific Computing; NumPy; SciPy; Matplotlib; Image Processing; PySerial; Manually Installing a Python Package; Installation Summary; Additional Applications; Editors; Selecting the Proper Editor for You; A Short List of Text Editors; Spreadsheets; Word Processors; Image Viewers; Version-Control Systems.…”
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Beginning SQL Server for developers Fourth edition. by Dewson, Robin

Contents: “…BREAK Statement -- CASE Statement -- Bringing It All Together -- Security -- Security Gains -- Granting and Revoking Permissions -- GRANT -- REVOKE -- User-Defined Functions -- Scalar Functions -- Table-Valued Functions -- Considerations When Building Functions -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Natively Compiled Stored Procedures -- What Is a Natively Compiled Stored Procedure? …”
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Continuous delivery with Visual Studio ALM 2015 by Olausson, Mathias, Ehn, Jakob

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Service Life Prediction of Polymers and Plastics Exposed to Outdoor Weathering by ScienceDirect (Online service)

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Pro SQL Server relational database design and implementation Fifth edition. by Davidson, Louis, Moss, Jessica M.

Contents: “…Rule 10: Integrity IndependenceRule 11: Distribution Independence; Rule 12: Nonsubversion Rule; Nodding at SQL Standards; Recognizing Relational Data Structures; Introducing Databases and Schemas; Understanding Tables, Rows, and Columns; Working with Missing Values (NULLs); Defining Domains; Storing Metadata; Defining Uniqueness Constraints (Keys); Types of Keys; Choosing Keys; Natural Keys; Smart Keys; Surrogate Keys; Understanding Relationships; Working with Binary Relationships; One-to-Many Relationships; One-to-Many (The General Case); One-to-N Relationship; Many-to-Many Relationships.…”
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Intelligent infrastructures by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Practical business statistics 6th ed. by Siegel, Andrew F.

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Computer supported cooperative work in design. II : 9th International Conference, CSCWD 2005 Coventry, UK, May 24-26, 2005, revised selected papers by International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design Coventry, England, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Creating a Team Building Toolkit for Distributed Teams -- A Model for Interaction Rules to Define Governance Policies in Collaborative Environments -- Perception of Centers of Interest -- Analytic Evaluation of Groupware Design -- DynG: A Protocol-Based Prototype for Non-monolithic Electronic Collaboration -- Towards an Optimistic Management of Concurrency: A Probabilistic Study of the Pilgrim Protocol -- A Conflict Resolution Methodology in a Large-Scale CSCD System -- The Role of Sketches in Supporting Near-Synchronous Remote Communication in Computer Supported Collaborative Design -- A Dynamic Scalable Video Conference System Based on SIP -- Recommendation as a Mechanism to Induce Participation in Communities of Practice -- Cooperative Template Mechanism for Cooperative Design -- Supporting Social Organization Modelling in Cooperative Work Using Patterns -- Case Study of Breakdown Analysis on Identification of Remote Team Communication Problems -- On-Demand Collaborative Work Environments Based on Grid Technologies for Virtual Projects -- Research and Implementation of E-Government Information Portal Based on Grid Technology -- Global Scheduling in Learning Assessment Grid -- Quality Assignments for WSDL-Based Services -- SWSAIF: A Semantic Application Integration Framework to Support Collaborative Design -- Automated Outsourcing Partnership Management Using Semantic Web Services -- A Collaborated Computing System by Web Services Based P2P Architecture -- Using Web Services to Control Remote Instruments for Online Experiment Systems -- A Web-Service Based Approach for Software Sharing -- A Web Service for Exchanging Procedural CAD Models Between Heterogeneous CAD Systems -- A Solution for Resource Sharing in Manufacturing Grid -- Using Agents to Detect Opportunities for Collaboration -- Carrying on Automatic Service Recommendation by Agents -- Development of an e-Engineering Framework for Automotive Module Design -- Towards a Systematic Conflict Resolution Policy in Multi-agent System: A Conceptual Framework -- Agent-Based Personal Assistance in Collaborative Design Environments -- A Distributed Collaborative Design Framework for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization -- Using a Middleware Agent to Bridge Standalone CAD Systems for Distributed and Collaborative Applications -- Distributed Intelligent Network Management Model for the Large-Scale Computer Network -- Content-Oriented Knowledge Modeling for Automated Parts Library Ontology Merging -- An Ontology-Based Functional Modeling Approach for Multi-agent Distributed Design on the Semantic Web -- A Computational Approach to Stimulating Creativity in Design -- Modelling Framework of a Traceability System to Improve Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Design -- Recommendation for Team and Virtual Community Formations Based on Competence Mining -- Screen-Sharing Technology for Cooperative CAPP System in a Networked Manufacturing Environment -- Web Based Cooperative Virtual Product Design Environment Shared by Designers and Customers -- Research on Internet-Based System Architecture for Collaborative Product Development -- Distributed Product Design and Manufacturing Based on KBE -- Integration, Management and Communication of Heterogeneous Design Resources with WWW Technologies -- An Effective Approach to Compression and Transmission of Feature-Based Models -- FBD: A Function Block Designer for Distributed and Collaborative Process Planning -- Research on Collaborative Editing Environment for Conceptual Design of 3D Object -- Distributed Cooperative Design of Embedded Systems -- A Study on the an Application Integration Integrated Model Supporting Inter-enterprise Collaborations -- Research on Collaborative Application Portal of Mould and Hard Disk Drive Industry -- Collaborative Design and Manufacture Supported by Multiple Web/Internet Techniques -- An Approach of Virtual Prototyping Modeling in Collaborative Product Design -- Workflow-Centric Distributed Collaboration in Heterogeneous Computing Environments -- Internet-Based E-Learning Workflow Process -- Flexible Workflow Incorporated with RBAC -- Extending Cova Functionality to Support Business Processes -- Workflow Analysis Based on Fuzzy Temporal Workflow Nets -- Towards a Collaborative Urban Planning Environment -- Collaborative Virtual Learning Model for Web Intelligence -- Solving Consensus Measure of Ambiguous GDM Problems Using Vague Sets -- An Application of Risk Assessment -- Deployment of an Intelligent Dynamic Local Power Dispatch System Using LAN and Wireless Technology -- Study on Unified Metamodeling Framework Based on Down-Up Mechanism -- A Flexible Development Platform Supporting Zero-Time Enterprise Applications -- Process Data Management for the Shortening of the Whole Product Creation Process -- Real-Time Rain Simulation -- Reduce SW/HW Migration Efforts by a RTOS in Multi-FPGA Systems -- An AHP/DEA Methodology for 3PL Vendor Selection in 4PL.…”
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Product-focused software process improvement : 8th International conference, PROFES 2007, Riga, Latvia, July 2-4, 2007 : proceedings by PROFES 2007 Rīga, Latvia, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Keynote Addresses -- Software Development and Globalization -- Software Development Globalization from the Baltic Perspective -- Experiences in Applying Agile Software Development in F-Secure -- People Side of IT Globalization -- Global Software Development -- An Industrial Survey of Software Outsourcing in China -- Understanding Lacking Trust in Global Software Teams: A Multi-case Study -- Utilization of a Set of Software Engineering Roles for a Multinational Organization -- Software Process Improvement -- Software Verification Process Improvement Proposal Using Six Sigma -- Software Development Improvement with SFIM -- SPI-KM -- Lessons Learned from Applying a Software Process Improvement Strategy Supported by Knowledge Management -- Organisational Readiness and Software Process Improvement -- Software Process Improvement Through Teamwork Management -- De-motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners' Views -- Software Process Modeling and Evolution -- Defining Software Processes Through Process Workshops: A Multicase Study -- Improving an Industrial Reference Process by Information Flow Analysis: A Case Study -- Connecting the Rationale for Changes to the Evolution of a Process -- Industrial Experiences -- Use of Non-IT Testers in Software Development -- Requirements Management Practices as Patterns for Distributed Product Management -- SPI Consulting in a Level 1 Company: An Experience Report -- Agile Software Development -- On the Effects of Pair Programming on Thoroughness and Fault-Finding Effectiveness of Unit Tests -- An Agile Toolkit to Support Agent-Oriented and Service-Oriented Computing Mechanisms -- Achieving Success in Supply Chain Management Software by Agility -- Software Measurement -- Software Measurement Programs in SMEs -- Defining Software Indicators: A Methodological Framework -- Smart Technologies in Software Life Cycle -- Convertibility Between IFPUG and COSMIC Functional Size Measurements -- A Framework for Measuring and Evaluating Program Source Code Quality -- Software Fault Prediction with Object-Oriented Metrics Based Artificial Immune Recognition System -- Simulation and Decision Support -- Operational Planning, Re-planning and Risk Analysis for Software Releases -- Project Cost Overrun Simulation in Software Product Line Development -- E-Service Architecture Selection Based on Multi-criteria Optimization -- Processes and Methods -- A Component-Based Process for Developing Automotive ECU Software -- A Systematic Approach to Service-Oriented Analysis and Design -- Improving the Problem Management Process from Knowledge Management Perspective -- Workshop -- Experience on Applying Quantitative and Qualitative Empiricism to Software Engineering -- Tutorials -- Using Metrics to Improve Software Testing -- Increase ICT Project Success with Concrete Scope Management -- Agile Software Development: Theoretical and Practical Outlook.…”
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Configuration management for senior managers : essential product configuration and lifecycle management for manufacturing by Watts, Frank B.

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Advances in robot kinematics : analysis and design by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Singularity Analysis of Parallel Manipulators -- A New Assessment of Singularities of Parallel Kinematic Chains -- Singularity Analysis through Static Analysis -- Constraint Singularities and the Structural Parameters of Parallel Robots -- Forward Kinematics and Singularity Analysis of a 3-RPR Planar Parallel Manipulator -- Geometric Algebra Approach to Singularity of Parallel Manipulators with Limited Mobility -- SinguLab -- A Graphical User Interface for the Singularity Analysis of Parallel Robots Based on Grassmann-Cayley Algebra -- Singularity Analysis of Limited-DOF Parallel Manipulators Using Grassmann-Cayley Algebra -- Design of Robots and Mechanisms -- On the Design of Fully Constrained Parallel Cable-Driven Robots -- Synthesis of Part Orienting Devices for Spatial Assembly Tasks -- Minimum Energy Manipulator Design -- Synthesis and Analysis of a Constrained Spherical Parallel Manipulator -- A Nonholonomic 3-DOF Parallel Robot -- 4-DOF Parallel Architecture for Laparoscopic Surgery -- Flapping-Wing Mechanism for a Bird-Sized UAVs: Design, Modeling and Control -- Methods in Kinematics -- Extended Jacobian Inverse Kinematics and Approximation of Distributions -- A Screw Syzygy with Applications to Robot Singularity Computation -- Singularity Robust Jacobian Inverse Kinematics for Mobile Manipulators -- Robots Based on Assur Group A (3.5) -- Kinematics of Free-Floating Systems through Optimal Control Theory -- Genericity Conditions for Serial Manipulators -- Alternative Forms for Displacement Screws and Their Pitches -- Motion Planning and Mobility -- Time-Invariant Strategies in Coordination of Human Reaching -- Mobility and Higher Order Local Analysis of the Configuration Space of Single-Loop Mechanisms -- Optimization of a Test Trajectory for SCARA Systems -- Singularity Free Path Planning for Parallel Robots -- A Comparison between Two Motion Planning Strategies for Kinematically Redundant Parallel Manipulators -- Trajectory Planning of Parallel Manipulators for Global Performance Optimization -- Human Motion Reconstruction by Direct Control of Marker Trajectories -- Performance and Properties of Mechanisms -- New Self-Motions of Parallel Manipulators -- Exact Envelope Computation for Moving Surfaces with Quadratic Support Functions -- A Compound-Structure Frame for Improving the Performance of a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator -- Transitions between Multiple Solutions of the Direct Kinematic Problem -- Kinetostatic Performance of a Planar Parallel Mechanism with Variable Actuation -- Results on Planar Parallel Manipulators with Cylindrical Singularity Surface -- Stiffness Matrix of Compliant Parallel Mechanisms -- Measure and Calibration -- A Pair of Measures of Rotational Error for Axisymmetric Robot End-Effectors -- Angular-Velocity Estimation from the Centripetal Component of the Rigid-Body Acceleration Field -- A Novel Point of View to Define the Distance between Two Rigid-Body Poses -- Parallel Robot Calibration by Working Mode Change -- Augmented Model of the 3-PRS Manipulator for Kinematic Calibration -- The Calibration of a Parallel Manipulator with Binary Actuation -- Stability Measure of Postural Dynamic Equilibrium Based on Residual Radius -- Kinematic Analysis and Workspace -- A Geometrical Characterization of Workspace Singularities in 3R Manipulators -- Kinematic Analysis of a Planar Tensegrity Mechanism with Pre-Stressed Springs -- Inverse Kinematics of Robot Manipulators with Multiple Moving Control Points -- On the Delassus Parallelogram -- Forward Kinematics and Workspace Determination of a Wire Robot for Industrial Applications -- Kinematic Modeling and Workspace Generation for a New Parallel Robot Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery.…”
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