Information Processing in Medical Imaging
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2023, which took place in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, in June 2023.The 63 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 169 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: biomarkers; brain connectomics; computer-aided diagnosis/surgery; domain adaptation; geometric deep learning; groupwise atlasing; harmonization; federated learning; image synthesis; image enhancement; multimodal learning; registration; segmentation; self supervised learning; surface analysis and segmentation.
The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Testing
Want to work as a games tester in the video games industry? Then this is the book is for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder. This book will be of great interest to all beginner and aspiring games QA testers.
The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Testing
Want to work as a games tester in the video games industry? Then this is the book is for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder. This book will be of great interest to all beginner and aspiring games QA testers.
OneStream Advanced Reporting and Dashboards
OneStream is a world-class Intelligent Finance Platform that empowers organizations to have confidence in their data and make decisions that maximize business impact. It is used by enterprises all over the world to streamline financial close, consolidation, planning, reporting and analysis, and drive effective business decisions - all based on near real-time data.The user experience is the point of contact with the platform, and while OneStream comes with a powerful standard UI, one of its greatest strengths is its ability to create bespoke reports and custom dashboards. Like our customers, each OneStream application is unique - whether you're a novice or have experience with CPM solutions, OneStream provides the flexibility to tailor a solution to meet your needs. Concepts discussed in this book are intended to help you understand the unlimited possibilities of designing your ultimate user experience.Written for administrators, dashboard and report designers, plus end users, and filled with background knowledge and step-by-step guides, this book deep dives into cube views, dashboards, reporting, and highlights the tools and tricks that will take user experiences to a new level.We examine how leveraging the full power of the OneStream Platform will help you move beyond the standard interface, align your end-user experiences with your business and process requirements, promote user adoption through efficiency and ease of use, and truly maximize the value of your OneStream implementation.By the end of this book, you will have a deep understanding of the components that drive the user experience and how and when to use them. You'll walk away with a plethora of tools and ideas to incorporate into your application to deliver your very own user experience.In this book, we will: Design and build cube views, based on data entry and reporting needs.Discuss the use of cube view extender business rules to expose advanced formatting capabilities.Explore how navigation links and drill to dashboard functionality provide intuitive analysis.Identify the benefits of configuring personalized home pages to ensure user adoption.Create working role-based dashboards inspired by real-world customer requirements.Note: The material in this book is based on Platform Version 7.3.1, which was current at the time of writing.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2023
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using SOLIDWORKS Simulation. This textbook benefits new SOLIDWORKS Simulation users and is a great teaching aid in classroom training. It consists of 10 chapters, with a total of 398 pages covering various types of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) such as Linear Static Analysis, Buckling Analysis, Fatigue Analysis, Frequency Analysis, Drop Test Analysis, and Non-linear Static Analysis.This textbook covers important concepts and methods used in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) such as Preparing Geometry, Boundary Conditions (load and fixture), Element Types, Interactions, Connectors, Meshing, Mesh Controls, Mesh Check (Aspect Ratio check and Jacobian check), Adaptive Meshing (H-Adaptive and P-Adaptive), Iterative Methods (Newton-Raphson Scheme and Modified Newton-Raphson Scheme), Incremental Methods (Force, Displacement, or Arc Length), and so on. This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools of SOLIDWORKS Simulation but also on the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) through various real-world case studies. The case studies used in this textbook allow users to solve various real-world engineering problems by using SOLIDWORKS Simulation step-by-step. Also, the Hands-on test drives are given at the end of chapters that allow users to experience the ease of use and immense capacities of SOLIDWORKS Simulation.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to FEA and SOLIDWORKS SimulationChapter 2. Introduction to Analysis Tools and Static AnalysisChapter 3. Case Studies of Static AnalysisChapter 4. Interactions and ConnectorsChapter 5. Adaptive Mesh MethodsChapter 6. Buckling AnalysisChapter 7. Fatigue AnalysisChapter 8. Frequency AnalysisChapter 9. Drop Test AnalysisChapter 10. Non-Linear Static Analysis
C++
Discover the tactics to unleash your code to its full potential. Learn how you can avoid spending hours on compilation. Become the best programmer today.Do you want your code to be fast and run like a butter down the slope? Do you also find it hard to compile your C++ code? Are you unaware of the hacks and tactics to make your code perform better?If so, the simple solution is right below: Imagine writing a code that performs like smooth slope. Imagine the pride of teaching these hacks to newbies and gaining their utmost respect. Imagine writing a code that's light on memory yet runs like a cheetah. Imagine getting recognized as a top notch C++ programmer! This book will not only educate you on the topic of performance but it'll teach you some advance topics like Lambda expressions and Enumerations from beginning to how they improve the performance of C++ code.You'll receive in depth chapters discussing why X factor slows down your code and how you can fix it. Along with this there is a whole chapter dedicated to common speedups for when you don't have time for the "whys" you can jump up to the speedup. In C++ CODE PERFORMANCE you'll discover - How compiler has an effect on your code and how can you choose a compiler that pushes your code to work better.- Why branching slows down your code and how can you prevent branching in your code.- How you can branch effectively. (only when it's necessary)- The optimization tactics and how optimizing your code give boost to the performance.- Learn when to clean code and when being messy won't be a problem.- The important role cache play in the performance of your code and how can you optimize it- You'll learn the methods of making your string work faster.- In depth topic on Async and how it's effective when programming.- You'll revise the structure of C++ program and a few best practices. - How using Lambda expressions will save your day.- How you can stay ahead of the errors and if an error occur how you can solve it without much hassle. - An in-depth chapter on enumerations and it's relation with performance code.You'll discover DO's and DON'Ts of high performance code. You'll also discover how your hardware plays an immense role in your code performance and have a better understanding of C++ code performance. You'll uncover the mischievous slackers in the code you were unaware of. This book is for those who're looking to fix the performance of their code and learn new tactics of those who might never drop their secrets.
C++
This book provides a detailed and easy to use reference of C++ libraries. It provides a short description of each library with an option for the reader to search for what they're looking for. What makes this book unique is that not only does it provide a guide to those new or returning to C++, it allows the reader to easily navigate through libraries. There are no prerequisites needed for this book as it is designed to be a stand-alone reference and reading material. This book contains much information about working and learning with C++. This is an excellent introduction to code programming concepts and the use of libraries in C++ so that you can learn how to effectively use libraries, write your C++ programs and make the most out of them. This book suits anyone who wants a copy of the library information they can use while programming in C++. It is especially useful for students who need clear, concise information on how to use these libraries and some best practices for using these library functions in their programs. C++ Common used Libraries is a concise yet accurate guide to writing code that developers can use in any area who are looking to add some C++ libraries into coding projects. With help from this book, readers will learn about the basics of how libraries work as well as how you can use them creatively or casually in your coding projects. This book is a must-have guide for any C++ developer/student/teacher looking to integrate C++ libraries into their coding projects. The book covers: - What is a Code Library?- Top C++ libraries- Shared libraries with GCC on Linux- Using compatible Compilers- Accessing C Code from Within C++ Source- Including C Headers in C++ Code- Accessing C++ Code from Within C Source And much more. This book is aimed at a creative environment and introduces, in detail, various C++ libraries that professionals use. It is for people who want to learn these useful libraries. The book contains a list of the libraries and their applications. In this way, the reader will be able to learn how to use them by searching for their names. The best thing about this book is that it introduces commonly used libraries in C++, something that is not possible if you are a beginner with C++ in general. This book aims to help readers identify libraries in C++ that they can use to learn or produce programs. This book introduces the reader to various classes, constructors, and destructors as they are used in C++.This book can be used as a reference for teachers with courses in C++. Since it contains a list of libraries that professionals commonly use, it is quite helpful when you need to give your students related examples. This book is also useful to students looking for new ways to get familiar with C++ as they try to create their own systems.
Java Examples, Explanations, and Exercises Third Edition
Java Examples, Explanations, and Exercises: A Beginner's Guide to Object-Oriented Programming in Java, 3rd EditionImmerse yourself in the world of Java programming with this comprehensive and concise beginner's textbook. Each unit of the book is carefully crafted to provide a hands-on learning experience. The journey begins with an example that presents a problem, an English algorithm for better understanding, a UML class diagram for effective communication, and a Java code solution. The new concepts introduced in the code are thoroughly explained to ensure a solid grasp of Java programming. At the end of each unit, you will be presented with an exercise designed to challenge and reinforce the knowledge and skills you have acquired throughout the unit.With a total of 30 units spread across 7 chapters, plus a final project in Chapter 8, this book covers all the essential topics. But it doesn't stop there. Test your understanding with thought-provoking multiple choice questions at the end of each chapter, covering both concepts and coding. With a grand total of 449 questions, you'll have ample opportunity to reinforce your knowledge. Additionally, each chapter includes essay questions to deepen your understanding of the major concepts.Focused on object-oriented programming (OOP), this book introduces the concept of classes and objects early on in Chapter 2. By embracing OOP thinking from the beginning, you'll develop a solid foundation for building robust Java applications.In this third edition, we've embraced the latest advancements. The book utilizes Eclipse with Java SE 17, providing you with the most up-to-date tools and techniques.We extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Youlong Zhuang for his invaluable review of this third edition and his valuable suggestions. His expertise has greatly contributed to the quality and effectiveness of this book.Embark on your Java programming journey and unleash your coding potential with "Java Examples, Explanations, and Exercises." Let the power of Java ignite your passion for programming.
Verifiable Autonomous Systems
How can we provide guarantees of behaviours for autonomous systems such as driverless cars? This tutorial text, for professionals, researchers and graduate students, explains how autonomous systems, from intelligent robots to driverless cars, can be programmed in ways that make them amenable to formal verification. The authors review specific definitions, applications and the unique future potential of autonomous systems, along with their impact on safer decisions and ethical behaviour. Topics discussed include the use of rational cognitive agent programming from the Beliefs-Desires-Intentions paradigm to control autonomous systems and the role model-checking in verifying the properties of this decision-making component. Several case studies concerning both the verification of autonomous systems and extensions to the framework beyond the model-checking of agent decision-makers are included, along with complete tutorials for the use of the freely-available verifiable cognitive agent toolkit Gwendolen, written in Java.
AutoCAD 2024
AutoCAD 2024: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers, designers, and CAD operators interested in learning AutoCAD for creating 2D engineering drawings as well as 3D Models. This textbook is a great help for new AutoCAD users and a great teaching aid for classroom training. The textbook consists of 13 chapters, and a total of 548 pages covering major workspaces of AutoCAD such as Drafting & Annotation and 3D Modeling, teaching you to use AutoCAD software for creating, editing, plotting, and managing real world 2D engineering drawings and 3D Models.This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of AutoCAD but also on the concept of design. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions on how to easily create mechanical designs and drawings. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives allowing users to experience AutoCAD's user-friendly and powerful capabilities.
Quick Functional Programming
"Pure" functional programming, abandoning all the conventional programming techniques, really is difficult.Whether you're looking for a crash course in Functional Programming for career progression or supplementary material for a programming course, this book will enable you to quickly add Functional Programming to your programming toolkit.
Advanced Trends in Ict for Innovative Business Management
This book contains a collection of scientific chapters addressing the emerging trends in IT and telecommunications, as well as the issues that accompany them in business. It addresses issues in cyber applications, ICT solutions and innovative cyber know-how, and demonstrates how high-tech IT communications resources can be used to improve business production, sales and service strategies, supply chains and logistics.The book is based on articles from ICCMIT'20, extending their approach to specific chapters. The chapters cover issues such as financial management, technological upgrades, Industry 4.0 and the trend towards sustainable development. It utilizes examples of technologically advanced enterprises developing under Industry 4.0 assumptions at the stage of digital transformation, which integrate digital technologies and business processes.In addition, this book discusses issues related to cyber risk management and the implementation of a number of safeguards for digitized enterprises. Enterprises that orient themselves towards technological innovations find that they can reach customers faster, are more effectively managed and can achieve a competitive advantage over other businesses. This book will be a great aid to professionals in such companies, both in IT departments and in the management team.
Quick Functional Programming
Why learn functional programming? Isn't that some complicated ivory-tower technique used only in obscure languages like Haskell? In fact, functional programming is actually very simple. It's also very powerful, as Haskell demonstrates by throwing away all the conventional programming tools and using only functional programming features. But it doesn't have to be done that way. Functional programming is a power tool that you can use in addition to all your usual tools, to whatever extent your current mainstream language supports it. Most languages have at least basic support. In this book we use Python and Java and, as a bonus, Scala. If you prefer another language, there will be minor differences in syntax, but the concepts are the same. Give functional programming a try. You may be surprised how much a single power tool can help you in your day-to-day programming.
Computer Vision and Image Analysis for Industry 4.0
Computer vision and image analysis play an essential role in 4.0 IR as machine vision and image analysis are indispensable components of every automated environment. Modern machine vision and image analysis techniques play key roles in automation and quality assurance.
Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using Gimp
Digitally repair damaged prints, correct color shifts, and even colorize black and white images. This thoroughly revised book will show you how to retouch and restore photos using the most up-to-date version of GIMP and it's latest tools and features.Basic knowledge of GIMP is helpful, but the first chapter provides an overview of the free, open source image editing program. You'll then see how GIMP is a worthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. You'll also work with step-by-step tutorials to duplicate the results using the same practice images used in the lessons. Because it is cross-platform friendly you can turn "unfixable" photos into digital art on Windows, macOS, and Linux enhancing your learning experience. Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP provides insight into the powerful program's wide set of features for just about any type of retouching or restoration work.What You'll LearnAcquire the best scans and digitize large photographsAdjust contrast and exposure to make dull images "pop"Remove cracks, creases, tears, and blemishesRetouch portraits and replace backgroundsPreserve your newly restored and printed photographs, and properly store originalsWho This Book Is ForAnyone interested in retouching or restoring photos, whether they are family archivists genealogists, photographers, designers, or students―particularly those requiring a powerful program, but don't want or need to use Adobe's subscription-based service to access Photoshop.
NetSuite for Consultants - Second Edition
Guide clients through a NetSuite implementation with the latest features in 2023 including gathering requirements, setting up the basics, creating custom automations, and importing data with SuiteQLKey Features: - Pick up the best ways to identify a client's needs by asking the right questions in the initial interviews.- Explore the new features in NetSuite 2023, including the Supply Chain Control Tower for managing inventory and gathering performance reports.- Avoid pitfalls and get the implementation right first time by following the advice of a Consulting Technical Director at Oracle NetSuite.Book Description: ERP and CRM consultants can effectively implement NetSuite for a client organization with the aid of NetSuite for Consultants, revised with the latest features and best practices for NetSuite 2023.After reading this book, you'll have a thorough understanding of how to configure the NetSuite ecosystem for any business. You'll learn how to apply new features such as the Manufacturing Mobile application, NetSuite budgeting features, and tools for handling rebates and trade promotions. This edition also includes expanded coverage of technical topics such as SuiteQL and the SuiteTalk REST API.Understanding what a business requires is a crucial first step toward completing any software product deployment, and this NetSuite guide will teach you how to ask meaningful questions that ascertain which features, basic and new, you will need to configure for your client.Most importantly, you'll not only learn how to perform a NetSuite implementation; you'll also learn how to prepare clients to use the software confidently, which is the true test of a great consultant.What You Will Learn: - Understand the NetSuite ecosystem, including the platform, its primary modules, and associated features.- Learn about the NetSuite foundations and get prepared to utilize it in any company.- Discover how to manage gaps, data migration, and integration with NetSuite.- Utilize the all-new features updates in NetSuite 2022 and 2023.- Find out how to minimize disruptions in finance as you migrate to NetSuite.- Recognize the procedures for setting up the account for your company and how testing and development fit into the implementation plan.- Refine your skills with NetSuite tips and tricks and make each implementation process a success.Who this book is for: This book is aimed at new NetSuite consultants who are tasked with guiding an organization through their NetSuite implementation. To make the most out of this book, you are expected to have already completed the basic NetSuite Foundations training course.Table of Contents- Introduction to the NetSuite Ecosystem, Platform, and Related Features- Selecting and Applying an Implementation Methodology- Creating a Project Plan- Documenting the Organization's Requirements- Analyzing the Organization's Users and Roles- Understanding the Organization's Accounting and Finance- Getting to Know the Organization- Identifying the Organization's Main Transactions- Custom Forms, Records, and Fields- Centers and Dashboards- Items and Related Lists- Customers, Vendors, Contacts, and Other Entities- Financial Transactions and Period Closes- Procure-to-Pay Transactions- Order-to-Cash Transactions(N.B. Please use the Read Sample option to see further chapters)
The Game Design Toolbox
This book presents 71 practical game design tools that readers can use to solve real-world game design problems. Written to be a "toolbox" for game designers, it offers a hands-on approach with clear and easy-to-use tools so that readers can quickly find the right solution to the problem they are facing.
The Game Design Toolbox
This book presents 71 practical game design tools that readers can use to solve real-world game design problems. Written to be a "toolbox" for game designers, it offers a hands-on approach with clear and easy-to-use tools so that readers can quickly find the right solution to the problem they are facing.
Game Audio Programming 4
This volume contains 17 chapters from some of the top game audio programmers in the industry, and dives into subjects that apply to diverse game genres and from low-level topics such as thread-safe command buffers to high-level topics such as object management, music systems, and audio tools.
Deep and Shallow
Combining signals and language models in one place, this book explores how sound may be represented and manipulated by computer systems, and how our devices may come to recognize particular sonic patterns as musically meaningful or creative through the lens of information theory.
Michel Ocelot
This unique book examines the career of Michel Ocelot, from his earliest works to his latest research and productions, including an interview regarding his latest film Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse (2022). The book highlights the director's role in the panorama of contemporary animated cinema and his relationship with the tradition, both artistic and cinematographic.The book carefully analyses the ethical and social nature of Ocelot's work to underscore the duality of the director's oeuvre, both artistic and social, using an interdisciplinary approach that blends film and aesthetic criticism with gender studies and decolonial thought. Particular attention will be given to the themes of multiculturalism, discrimination, and treatment of women, which are at the centre of many current cultural debates.The book will be of interest to an audience of experts, animation enthusiasts, and film scholars, as well as to a wider readership interested in learning about the poetics of Kirikou's father.
Linguistic analysis of the usage of emotes in Twitch Chat
Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: 1.7, University of Bonn (IAAK), language: English, abstract: This paper aims to provide clarity and a sense of understanding of the usage of emotes in chats on the platform Twitch.tv. It can be assumed that emotes are used to either build on the meaning of the message, in terms of providing what facial expressions provide in face-to-face conversations, to indicate irony or in other ways to add meaning to the message, or as a mitigating function as illocutionary force indicators. The paper will accomplish this by first giving an oversight of previously done research related to the topic. Then it will explain how the data was collected and how it is going to be used for this paper. A summary of the results gained from processing the data will be presented before those results will be discussed. Lastly, the paper will conclude with an evaluation of the accuracy of the hypothesis. During the pandemic, the need for entertainment that was easy to come by and accessible from home was at an all-time high. Many platforms offering video on demand (VOD) services profited greatly from this newfound demand. But not only did the demand for platforms offering VOD services grow, but also the need for live entertainment. For many, the solution was the live streaming platform Twitch.
An Introduction to Computational Systems Biology
The main objective of this book is to deliver a comprehensive and insightful account of applying mathematical modelling approaches to very large biological systems and networks, a fundamental aspect of computational systems biology. Several key modelling paradigms will be discussed in detail.
Transfer Learning Through Embedding Spaces
Transfer Learning through Embedding Spaces provides a brief background on transfer learning and then focus on the idea of transferring knowledge through intermediate embedding spaces. The idea is to couple and relate different learning through embedding spaces that encode task-level relations and similarities.
The Cloud Computing Book
This latest textbook from bestselling author, Douglas E. Comer, is a class-tested book providing a comprehensive introduction to cloud computing. Focusing on concepts and principles, rather than commercial offerings by cloud providers and vendors, The Cloud Computing Book: The Future of Computing Explained gives readers a complete picture of the advantages and growth of cloud computing, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, automation and orchestration, and cloud-native software design. The book explains real and virtual data center facilities, including computation (e.g., servers, hypervisors, Virtual Machines, and containers), networks (e.g., leaf-spine architecture, VLANs, and VxLAN), and storage mechanisms (e.g., SAN, NAS, and object storage). Chapters on automation and orchestration cover the conceptual organization of systems that automate software deployment and scaling. Chapters on cloud-native software cover parallelism, microservices, MapReduce, controller-based designs, and serverless computing. Although it focuses on concepts and principles, the book uses popular technologies in examples, including Docker containers and Kubernetes. Final chapters explain security in a cloud environment and the use of models to help control the complexity involved in designing software for the cloud. The text is suitable for a one-semester course for software engineers who want to understand cloud, and for IT managers moving an organization's computing to the cloud.
Software Engineering Perspectives in Computer Game Development
Featuring contributions from leading experts in software engineering, this edited book provides a comprehensive introduction to computer game software development. The book focuses on the emerging research at the intersection of game and software engineering communities.
Marketing Automation with Mailchimp
Set up your first channel and effectively expand your outreach and customer base with Mailchimp to deliver scalable business outcomesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features: Learn audience management strategies to make informed decisions for your marketing channelsEmploy practical use cases for your custom business needs to implement basic and pro Mailchimp featuresCustomize Mailchimp using powerful integrations to deliver top-notch user experienceBook Description: Are you looking for an all-in-one comprehensive guide to implementing Mailchimp channels and automation for your business? Then Marketing Automation with Mailchimp can be your go-to guide. You'll start by learning common terms used in the Mailchimp environment, as well as about account setup and audience management for businesses. After that, you'll find out how to set up channels, where you'll actively interact with your contacts and begin to add new ones. Additionally, you'll gain an understanding of how to set up a consistent marketing presence in the form of emails and websites and the benefits of determining a brand identity.You'll also explore advanced Mailchimp features to optimize platform utilization using analytics, reporting, A/B and multivariate testing, the customer journey builder, and the Mailchimp e-commerce store. Toward the end, you'll discover some important shopping, payment, and CRM integrations that can be connected to your Mailchimp platform for custom business needs. With this book, you'll gain insights into real-world use cases to implement a marketing strategy to extend your existing work.By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to implement Mailchimp marketing automation seamlessly into your business to grow your customer base and revenue.What You Will Learn: Understand specific account-level settings, their purpose, and account managementExplore strategies and tools for managing inactive contacts for target marketingIntegrate Mailchimp for easy customization with a low-code options for customizationEstablish a strong marketing presence with email and websites and leverage it for e-commerce and servicesDiscover advanced reporting and analytics by turning audience information into relevant growth metricsAutomate your marketing workflows using the Mailchimp customer journey builderWho this book is for: This book is for marketing professionals or small-to-midsize business entrepreneurs looking to start a marketing journey through powerful marketing automation. To get the best from this book, you must be familiar with using web apps and have an understanding of content design. This book will help anyone who is looking to start a marketing career and wants to take hands-on ownership of building marketing and outreach strategies for the business.
Microsoft Word Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)
The quick way to learn Microsoft Word 365 and Word 2021 for Windows! This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Word. Jump in wherever you need answers-- brisk lessons and detailed screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step. Create great-looking, well-organized, accessible documents to enhance communication Use headings, bookmarks, and footnotes for more intuitive access to knowledge Present complex information in diagrams and charts Illustrate concepts by using professional stock images, 3D models, icons, and screen clippings Collaborate with other Word and Word for the web users to create and edit documents in real time, tracking changes for review and automatically saving file versions Enforce security and privacy in electronic documents Quickly build tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies Generate personalized emails, letters, labels, envelopes, directories, and catalogs from various data sources Supercharge efficiency with custom styles, themes, templates, and building blocks Look up just the tasks and lessons you need
The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers
Want to become a writer in the games industry? Then this is the book is for you. Award-winning game writer Anna Megill provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder.
The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers
Want to become a writer in the games industry? Then this is the book is for you. Award-winning game writer Anna Megill provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder.
Building Regression Models with SAS
Advance your skills in building predictive models with SAS! Building Regression Models with SAS: A Guide for Data Scientists teaches data scientists, statisticians, and other analysts who use SAS to train regression models for prediction with large, complex data. Each chapter focuses on a particular model and includes a high-level overview, followed by basic concepts, essential syntax, and examples using new procedures in both SAS/STAT and SAS Viya. By emphasizing introductory examples and interpretation of output, this book provides readers with a clear understanding of how to build the following types of models: general linear models quantile regression models logistic regression models generalized linear models generalized additive models proportional hazards regression models tree models models based on multivariate adaptive regression splines Building Regression Models with SAS is an essential guide to learning about a variety of models that provide interpretability as well as predictive performance.
Progressive Web Apps
Progressive web apps represent the next big digital opportunity: they look and feel like native apps, they work offline, and they're available to anyone-no app store required. But with that freedom and flexibility come challenging questions about how to create the most value for your users (and your bottom line). Jason Grigsby answers the what, why, and how of progressive web apps, from making the case in your organization to reaching your users in bold, new ways. Build your audience, increase revenue, and widen the web's reach-all with the power of progressive web apps.
Narrative Design for Mobile and Live Games
This is a comprehensive guidebook for long-term storytelling in mobile games and games-as-a-service (aka live games). The book formalizes creative techniques of game writing and narrative design for a platform (and revenue model) that has shown drastic growth and changes over the past few years.
Narrative Design for Mobile and Live Games
This is a comprehensive guidebook for long-term storytelling in mobile games and games-as-a-service (aka live games). The book formalizes creative techniques of game writing and narrative design for a platform (and revenue model) that has shown drastic growth and changes over the past few years.
MOTIVATIONAL SAMURAI vol.1
This book is book is dedicated to motivating people with words they can understand and feel, for along time i wanted to express my self threw my words and thanks to getting up off my backside and making it happen it's now a reality thanks and enjoy this book is dedicated to my family and you Motivational samurai by A jones
Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Sorting Methods
Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is a generic term for all methods that help people making decisions according to their preferences, in situations where there is more than one conflicting criterion. It is a branch of operational research dealing with finding optimal results in complex scenarios including various indicators, conflicting objectives and criteria. The approach of MCDM involves decision making concerning quantitative and qualitative factors. The importance and success of MCDM are due to the fact that they have successfully dealt with different types of problematics for supporting decision makers such as choice, ranking and sorting, description. Even though, each of the different problematics in MCDM is important, Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Sorting Methods will focus on sorting approaches across a wide range of interesting techniques and research disciplines. The applications which have been and can be solved by these techniques are more and more important in current real-world decision-making problems. Therefore, the book provides a clear overview of MCDM sorting methods and the different tools which can be used to solve real-world problems by revising such tools and characterizing them according to their performance and suitability for different types of problems. The book is aimed at a broad audience including computer scientists, engineers, geography and GIS experts, business and financial management experts, environment experts, and all those professional people interested in MCDM and its applications. The book may also be useful for teaching MCDM courses in fields such as industrial management, computer science, and applied mathematics, as new developments in multi-criteria decision making.
Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, held in Lyon, France, in June 2023.The 72 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The focus of the papers is on following topics: increased imaging resolutions, data explosion, sophistication of computational models and advent of AI frameworks, while new imaging modalities have emerged (e.g. combined PET-MRI, Spectral CT).
Python Scripting in Blender
Learn how to use Python scripts in Blender 3.3 to automate tasks, optimize your workflow, think like a 3D programmer, and start creating your tools quicklyPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesDiscover ready-to-go scripts that provide a clear solution to your problemsFind out how to automate repetitive tasks in an efficient wayExtend Blender's actions and user interface with your codeBook DescriptionBlender, a powerful open source 3D software, can be extended and powered up using the Python programming language. This book teaches you how to automate laborious operations using scripts, and expand the set of available commands, graphic interfaces, tools, and event responses, which will enable you to add custom features to meet your needs and bring your creative ideas to life. The book begins by covering essential Python concepts and showing you how to create a basic add-on. You'll then gain a solid understanding of the entities that affect the look of Blender's objects such as modifiers, constraints, and materials. As you advance, you'll get to grips with the animation system in Blender and learn how to set up its behavior using Python. The examples, tools, patterns, and best practices present throughout the book will familiarize you with the Python API and build your knowledge base, along with enabling you to produce valuable code that empowers the users and is ready for publishing or production. By the end of this book, you'll be able to successfully design add-ons that integrate seamlessly with the software and its ecosystem.What you will learnUnderstand the principles of 3D and programming, and learn how they operate in BlenderBuild engaging and navigation-friendly user interfaces that integrate with the native look and feelRespect coding guidelines and deliver readable and compliant code without the loss of originalityPackage your extensions into a complete add-on, ready for installation and distributionCreate interactive tools with a direct response to the user's actionCode comfortably and safely using version controlWho this book is forThis book is for Blender users who want to expand their skills and learn scripting, technical directors looking to automate laborious tasks, and professionals and hobbyists who want to learn more about the Python architecture underlying the Blender interface. Prior experience with Blender is a prerequisite, along with a basic understanding of the Python syntax-however, the book does provide quick explanations to bridge potential gaps in your background knowledge.Table of ContentsPython's Integration with BlenderPython Entities and APIsCreating Your Add-OnsExploring Object TransformationsDesigning Graphical InterfacesStructuring Our Code and Add-OnsThe Animation SystemAnimation ModifiersAnimation DriversAdvanced and Modal OperatorsObject ModifiersRendering and Shaders
The impact of Social Media #EndSARS Nigerian Youth Activism for Police Accountability in Nigeria
Academic Paper from the year 2022 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: 4.50, University of Lagos (Department of Mass Communication), course: Communication studies, language: English, abstract: This article reveals how Nigerian youths reacted to the tragic shooting of a Nigerian man by agents of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), in Delta State, Nigeria. Between November 2017 and October 2020, series of vibrant online and physical protests organized under the hashtag of #EndSARS campaign was staged against the operation of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for their abuse of power which indicates police brutality in Africa's most populous country. Thus, this article examined the factors that led to the outburst of the #EndSARS protest as a strategic means for seeking police accountability, that represent the youths capacity to plan, organize, execute, assemble and persuade the Nigerian Government to act and the impact of the mass action on policing and law enforcement in Nigeria. The methodology postulated for this study consists of a qualitative analysis of tweets between September 11 and October 11, 2020.
The Cultural Industry in Germany. Application of Adornos Theories to "RTL" and its Reality-TV
Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, grade: 1,3, Korea University, Seoul, course: Studies in Television Culture, language: English, abstract: This papers purpose is to analyse the genre of Reality TV and find certain patterns which help these shows to be successful. Furthermore, this article deals with one of the most known theories in terms of culture industry. The German philosopher and sociologist Adorno advocates a very pessimistic view on this phenomenon, which is applied here as vehicle to classify the private channel "RTL" and its program offerings, especially Reality TV. This paper wants to find out if his gloomy ideas became realized there. Reality TV is a hybrid genre which merges authenticity with production. As the name implies, it suggests an attempt to portray reality through the medium of television. These programs are made to overcome the scripted nature of television shows and their predetermined endings by "real people" in "real situations" which should evoke the feeling of honest. But this "reality" is only partly true.
Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook
Explore the latest features of Godot 4 using advanced techniques and recipes to create professional-grade games with increased efficiencyPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features: Take advantage of the new Vulkan renderer and 3D physics in Godot 4 to create high-quality gamesStreamline your game development workflow with Godot's new TileMap, TileSet, and Animation Editor featuresDiscover what's changed in GDScript 2.0 and Shader additions to enhance your game development skillsBook Description: Want to transition from Godot 3 to 4? Look no further than the Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to become proficient with the latest GUI, GDscript 2.0, Vulkan 2D/3D rendering, shaders, audio, physics, TileSet/TileMap, importing, sound/music, animation, and multiplayer workflows. With its detailed recipes, the book leaves no stone unturned.The Godot 4 Cookbook begins by exploring the updated graphical user interface and helps you familiarize yourself with the new features of GDscript 2.0. Next, it delves into the efficient rendering of 2D and 3D graphics using the Vulkan renderer. As it guides you in navigating the new Godot 4 platform, the book offers an in-depth understanding of shaders, including the latest enhancements to the shader language. Moreover, it covers a range of other topics, including importing from Blender, working with audio, and demystifying the new Vulkan Renderer and the physics additions for 2D and 3D. The book also shows you how the new changes to TileSet and TileMap make 2D game development easy. Advanced topics such as importing in Godot 4, adding sound and music to games, making changes in the Animation editor, and including workflows for multiplayer in Godot 4 are covered in detail.By the end of this game development book, you'll have gained a better understanding of Godot 4 and will be equipped with various powerful techniques to enhance your Godot game development efficiency.What You Will Learn: Speed up 2D game development with new TileSet and TileMap updatesImprove 2D and 3D rendering with the Vulkan RendererMaster the new animation editor in Godot 4 for advanced game developmentEnhance visuals and performance with visual shaders and the updated shader languageImport Blender blend files into Godot to optimize your workflowExplore new physics system additions for improved realism and behavior of game objectsExperience innovative features by building multiplayer games in Godot 4Who this book is for: The Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook is for seasoned game developers who want to acquire skills in creating games using a contemporary game engine. It is an invaluable resource for indie game developers and Godot developers who are familiar with Godot 3 and have some level of expertise in maneuvering the interface.
Mastering Excel 365
Learn Excel Fast in Simple and Easy StepsMastering Excel 365 is your all-in-one, step-by-step tutorial to the latest and most powerful version of Excel from Microsoft 365 in 2023. This book contains everything you need to know to master the basics of Excel and a selection of advanced topics relevant to real-world productivity tasks you'll encounter in your job, business or home.This guide has been designed as a resource for you, whether you're an Excel beginner or an advanced user. You learn how to use specific features and in what context those features need to be used.Excel Made Easy Without the JargonThis book is concise and to the point, using clear and practical examples that you can adapt to your own needs. The aim is to show you how to perform tasks in Excel as quickly as possible without getting bogged down with the unnecessary filler text you may find in some other Excel books.Three Books in One!Mastering Excel 365 is made up of Excel 22 Basics, Excel 365 Advanced Topics, and Excel 365 Functions. Now brought together and organized as a powerful all-in-one guide. This book brings you all the powerful material in those books and more.Downloadable Practice Files for Hands-on LearningMastering Excel 365 also comes with downloadable practice files, making it easier to practice in Excel as you follow the examples in the book.This book covers Excel for Microsoft 365 (2023 version).By reading this book, you will: Master the fundamentals of Excel to create spreadsheet solutions for common Excel tasks quickly.Create basic and advanced formulas for different types of calculations.Use Excel tables to easily manage and manipulate your data.Filter, sort, and apply styles to data lists and Excel tables.Analyze your data visually with charts and sparklines.Import and use data from external sources like Access databases, CSV text files, and websites.Deploy macros to automate repetitive tasks and increase your efficiency.Create dynamic summaries of your data with pivot tables and pivot charts.Analyze different data scenarios and projections with What-If Analysis tools.Password-protect workbooks, worksheets, ranges, or even specific cells.Create formulas with over 80 of the most useful and powerful Excel functions, including modern functions like TEXTSPLIT, CHOOSEROWS, XLOOKUP, XMATCH, and FILTER.
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 Black Book
The AutoCAD Electrical 2024 Black Book, the 9th edition of AutoCAD Electrical Black book, has been updated as per the enhancements in the AutoCAD Electrical 2024. Following the same strategy as for the previous edition, the book follows a step-by-step methodology. It covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the AutoCAD Electrical. The book starts with basics of Electrical Designing, goes through all the Electrical controls related tools and discusses practical examples of electrical schematic and panel designing. Chapter on Reports makes you able to create and edit electrical component reports. We have also discussed the interoperability between Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical which is need of industry these days. Two annexures have been added to explain basic concepts of control panel designing. Some of the salient features of this book are: In-Depth explanation of conceptsEvery new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world.Topics CoveredEvery chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easily find the topic of his/her interest easily.Instruction through illustrationThe instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 900 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective.Tutorial point of viewAt the end of concept's explanation, the tutorial makes the understanding of users' firm and long lasting. Almost each chapter of the book has tutorials that are real world projects. Moreover, most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials.For FacultyIf you are a faculty member then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept. As faculty, you can register on our website to get electronic desk copies of our latest books, self-assessment, and solution of practical. Faculty resources are available in the Faculty Member page of our website once you login. Note that faculty registration approval is manual and it may take two days for approval before you can access the faculty website.
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 Black Book
The AutoCAD Electrical 2024 Black Book, the 9th edition of AutoCAD Electrical Black book, has been updated as per the enhancements in the AutoCAD Electrical 2024. Following the same strategy as for the previous edition, the book follows a step-by-step methodology. It covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the AutoCAD Electrical. The book starts with basics of Electrical Designing, goes through all the Electrical controls related tools and discusses practical examples of electrical schematic and panel designing. Chapter on Reports makes you able to create and edit electrical component reports. We have also discussed the interoperability between Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical which is need of industry these days. Two annexures have been added to explain basic concepts of control panel designing. Some of the salient features of this book are: In-Depth explanation of conceptsEvery new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world.Topics CoveredEvery chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easily find the topic of his/her interest easily.Instruction through illustrationThe instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 900 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective.Tutorial point of viewAt the end of concept's explanation, the tutorial makes the understanding of users' firm and long lasting. Almost each chapter of the book has tutorials that are real world projects. Moreover, most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials.For FacultyIf you are a faculty member then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept. As faculty, you can register on our website to get electronic desk copies of our latest books, self-assessment, and solution of practical. Faculty resources are available in the Faculty Member page of our website once you login. Note that faculty registration approval is manual and it may take two days for approval before you can access the faculty website.
AutoCAD 2024
The AutoCAD(R) 2024: Essentials guide is designed for those using AutoCAD(R) 2024 with a Windows operating system. This guide is not designed for the AutoCAD for Mac software. The objective of AutoCAD 2024: Essentials is to enable you to create, modify, and work with a 2D drawing in the AutoCAD software. This guide covers the essential core topics for working with the AutoCAD software. The guide begins with learning the basic tools for creating and editing 2D drawings. It then continues to explore the tools used to annotate drawings by adding text, hatching, dimensions, and tables. More advanced tools, such as working with blocks and setting up layouts, are introduced to improve your efficiency with the software. Not every command or option is covered, because the intent is to show the essential tools and concepts, such as: Understanding the AutoCAD workspace and user interfaceUsing basic drawing, editing, and viewing toolsOrganizing drawing objects on layersUsing reusable symbols (blocks)Preparing a layout to be plottedAdding text, hatching, and dimensions The AutoCAD 2024: Essentials guide is not recommended for users that have completed AutoCAD 2024: Fundamentals, as the Essentials guide is part of the Fundamentals two-book set. PrerequisitesAccess to the 2024.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide are not compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2023).A working knowledge of basic design/drafting procedures and terminology.A working knowledge of your operating system.
Autodesk Inventor 2024 Black Book
The Autodesk Inventor 2024 Black Book is the new and updated 5th edition of our series on Autodesk Inventor. With lots of features and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as beginners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step-by-step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to reduce the gap between university use of Autodesk Inventor and industrial use of Autodesk Inventor. In this edition of book, we have included the enhancements made in latest version of the software. The book covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the Autodesk Inventor. The book starts with sketching and ends at advanced topics like Mold Design, Sheetmetal, Weldment, and MBD. Some of the salient features of this book are: In-Depth explanation of conceptsEvery new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world.Topics CoveredEvery chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easily find the topic of his/her interest easily.Instruction through illustrationThe instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 2000 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective.Tutorial point of viewAt the end of concept's explanation, the tutorial makes the understanding of user firm and long lasting. Almost each chapter of the book has tutorials that are real world projects. Moreover, most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials.ProjectProjects and exercises are provided to students for practicing on demand.For FacultyIf you are a faculty member, then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept. As faculty, you can register on our website to get electronic desk copies of our latest books, self-assessment, and solution of practical. Faculty resources are available in the Faculty Member page of our website once you login. Note that faculty registration approval is manual and it may take two days for approval before you can access the faculty website.
Autodesk Inventor 2024 Black Book
The Autodesk Inventor 2024 Black Book is the new and updated 5th edition of our series on Autodesk Inventor. With lots of features and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as beginners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step-by-step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to reduce the gap between university use of Autodesk Inventor and industrial use of Autodesk Inventor. In this edition of book, we have included the enhancements made in latest version of the software. The book covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the Autodesk Inventor. The book starts with sketching and ends at advanced topics like Mold Design, Sheetmetal, Weldment, and MBD. Some of the salient features of this book are: In-Depth explanation of conceptsEvery new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world.Topics CoveredEvery chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easily find the topic of his/her interest easily.Instruction through illustrationThe instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 2000 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective.Tutorial point of viewAt the end of concept's explanation, the tutorial makes the understanding of user firm and long lasting. Almost each chapter of the book has tutorials that are real world projects. Moreover, most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials.ProjectProjects and exercises are provided to students for practicing on demand.For FacultyIf you are a faculty member, then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept. As faculty, you can register on our website to get electronic desk copies of our latest books, self-assessment, and solution of practical. Faculty resources are available in the Faculty Member page of our website once you login. Note that faculty registration approval is manual and it may take two days for approval before you can access the faculty website.
Autodesk Revit 2024 Black Book
The Autodesk Revit 2024 Black Book is the 5th edition of our series on Autodesk Revit. This book is designed to help beginners in understanding the workflow in Revit and how simple BIM models are created. The book follows a step-by-step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to reduce the gap between educational use of Autodesk Revit and industrial use of Autodesk Revit. The book covers almost all the information required by a beginner to master Autodesk Revit. The book covers Architectural Design, Structural Design, Project Management, Revit Family Components, MEP, Mass and Site Creation, Drafting, Data Management and Collaboration, Macros, Visual Scripting, and Precast. A residential building project is given in this book which revises major topics discussed throughout the book. Some of the salient features of this book are: In-Depth explanation of conceptsEvery new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world.Topics CoveredEvery chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easily find the topic of his/her interest easily.Instruction through illustrationThe instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 1080 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective.Tutorial point of viewAt the end of concept's explanation, the tutorial makes the understanding of user firm and long lasting. Major topics of the book have tutorials that are real world projects. Also, most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials.For FacultyIf you are a faculty member, then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept. As faculty, you can register on our website to get electronic desk copies of our latest books, self-assessment, and solution of practical. Faculty resources are available in the Faculty Member page of our website once you login. Note that faculty registration approval is manual and it may take two days for approval before you can access the faculty website.
