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Discontinuity and complexity in nonlinear physical systems

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The Cloud Computing Book : The Future of Computing Explained. by Comer, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Preface PART I The Era Of Cloud Computing The Motivations For Cloud 1.1 Cloud Computing Everywhere 1.2 A Facility For Flexible Computing 1.3 The Start Of Cloud: The Power Wall And Multiple Cores 1.4 From Multiple Cores To Multiple Machines 1.5 From Clusters To Web Sites And Load Balancing 1.6 Racks Of Server Computers 1.7 The Economic Motivation For A Centralized Data Center 1.8 Origin Of The Term "In The Cloud" 1.9 Centralization Once Again Elastic Computing And Its Advantages 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Multi-Tenant Clouds 2.3 The Concept Of Elastic Computing 2.4 Using Virtualized Servers For Rapid Change 2.5 How Virtualized Servers Aid Providers 2.6 How Virtualized Servers Help A Customer 2.7 Business Models For Cloud Providers 2.8 Intrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 2.9 Platform as a Service (PaaS) 2.10 Software as a Service (SaaS) 2.11 A Special Case: Desktop as a Service (DaaS) 2.12 Summary Type Of Clouds And Cloud Providers 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Private And Public Clouds 3.3 Private Cloud 3.4 Public Cloud 3.5 The Advantages Of Public Cloud 3.6 Provider Lock-In 3.7 The Advantages Of Private Cloud 3.8 Hybrid Cloud 3.9 Multi-Cloud 3.10 Hyperscalers 3.11 Summary PART II Cloud Infrastructure And Virtualization Data Center Infrastructure And Equipment 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Racks, Aisles, And Pods 4.3 Pod Size 4.4 Power And Cooling For A Pod 4.5 Raised Floor Pathways And Air Cooling 4.6 Thermal Containment And Hot/Cold Aisles 4.7 Exhaust Ducts (Chimneys) 4.8 Lights-Out Data Centers 4.9 A Possible Future Of Liquid Cooling 4.10 Network Equipment And Multi-Port Server Interfaces 4.11 Smart Network Interfaces And Offload 4.12 North-South And East-West Network Traffic 4.13 Network Hierarchies, Capacity, And Fat Tree Designs 4.14 High Capacity And Link Aggregation 4.15 A Leaf-Spine Network Design For East-West Traffic 4.16 Scaling A Leaf-Spine Architecture With A Super Spine 4.17 External Internet Connections 4.18 Storage In A Data Center 4.19 Unified Data Center Networks 4.20 Summary Virtual Machines 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Approaches To Virtualization 5.3 Properties Of Full Virtualization 5.4 Conceptual Organization Of VM Systems 5.5 Efficient Execution And Processor Privilege Levels 5.6 Extending Privilege To A Hypervisor 5.7 Levels Of Trust 5.8 Levels Of Trust And I/O Devices 5.9 Virtual I/O Devices 5.10 Virtual Device Details 5.11 An Example Virtual Device 5.12 A VM As A Digital Object 5.13 VM Migration 5.14 Live Migration Using Three Phase5.15 Running Virtual Machines In An Application 5.16 Facilities That Make A Hosted Hypervisor Possible 5.17 How A User Benefits From A Hosted Hypervisor 5.18 Summary Containers 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Advantages And Disadvantages Of VMs 6.3 Traditional Apps And Elasticity On Demand 6.4 Isolation Facilities In An Operating System 6.5 Linux Namespaces Used For Isolation 6.6 The Container Approach For Isolated Apps 6.7 Docker Containers6.8 Docker Terminology And Development Tools 6.9 Docker Software Components 6.10 Base Operating System And Files 6.11 Items In A Dockerfile 6.12 An Example Dockerfile 6.13 Summary Virtual Networks 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Conflicting Goals For A Data Center Network 7.3 Virtual Networks, Overlays, And Underlays 7.4 Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) 7.5 Scaling VLANs To A Data Center With VXLAN 7.6 A Virtual Network Switch Within A Server 7.7 Network Address Translation (NAT) 7.8 Managing Virtualization And Mobility 7.9 Automated Network Configuration And Operation 7.10 Software Defined Networking 7.11 The OpenFlow Protocol 7.12 Programmable Networks 7.13 Summary Virtual Storage 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Persistent Storage: Disks And Files 8.3 The Disk Interface Abstraction 8.4 The File Interface Abstraction 8.5 Local And Remote Storage 18.6 Two Types Of Remote Storage Systems 8.7 Network Attached Storage (NAS) Technology 8.8 Storage Area Network (SAN) Technology 8.9 Mapping Virtual Disks To Physical Disks 8.10 Hyper-Converged Infrastructure 8.11 A Comparison Of NAS and SAN Technology 8.12 Object Storage 8.13 Summary PART III Automation And OrchestrationAutomation 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Groups That Use Automation 9.3 The Need For Automation In A Data Center 9.4 An Example Deployment 9.5 What Can Be Automated? …”
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Dynamics of industrial revolution 4.0 : digital technology transformation and cultural evolution Proceedings of the 7th Bandung Creative Movement International Conference on Creati...

Table of Contents: “…WICAKSONO<BR>Finding Lighting Balance within Ecosystem of Taman Teras Cikapundung; R.H.W. …”
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Glass beads from early medieval Ireland : classification, dating, social performance by Mannion, Mags

Table of Contents: “…. -- Figure 5: A typical class 9 bead (from.http://www.kaupang 2001/fig 4.7) -- Figure 6: Rods of glass used in glass working were among the many finds from San Vincenzo (from Hodges 2009, numbers SV5-01) -- Figure 7: A rod of glass used in glass working found during excavations on Iona (Barber 1981, Plate 24) -- Figure 8: The class 10A bead (10A.1) from Deer Park Farms -- Figure 9: The similarity in the composition and colours used in this glass rod from Ballydoo and the bead from Deer Park Farms illustrated in Figure 8 is very striking -- Chapter 3: Aims and Methodology -- Methodology -- The study corpus -- Lighting -- Photography -- Recording consistency -- Database -- Munsell codes -- Nomenclature.…”
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Abnormal psychology

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 15: Personality And Personality Disorders: -- Comparing personality assessment in the DSM-IV-TR and the proposed DSM-5 -- Steps of personality assessment in the proposed DSM-5: -- Levels of personality functioning -- Personality disorder types -- Personality trait domains and facets -- Personality disorder types: -- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder -- Narcissistic personality disorder -- Schizotypal personality disorder -- Avoidant personality disorder -- Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy -- Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment of personality disorders: -- General approaches to the treatment of personality disorders -- Treatment of schizotypal personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, and psychopathy -- Treatment of borderline personality disorder -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Legal And Ethical Issues: -- Criminal commitment: -- Insanity defense -- Competency to stand trial -- Insanity, intellectual disability, and capital punishment -- Civil commitment: -- Preventive detention and problems in the prediction of dangerousness -- Toward greater protection of the rights of people with mental illness -- Deinstitutionalization, civil liberties, and mental health -- Ethical dilemmas in therapy and research: -- Ethical restraints on research -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality and privileged communication -- Who is the client or patient? …”


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Finding the answers to legal questions : a how-to-do-it manual by Tucker, Virginia, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Part 3: Information: Specific Legal Questions -- Lawsuits -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Resources recap -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Process of a lawsuit -- Legal procedures and forms -- Pretrial stages of a lawsuit -- Evidence -- Trial process -- Juries and jury instructions -- Appeals -- Resources recap -- Family law -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started: a checklist -- Finding answers to frequent questions about relationships -- Questions about marriage -- Questions when unmarried and living together -- Questions about divorce -- Resources recap -- Finding answers to frequent questions about children -- Questions about parenting plans -- Questions about child support -- Resources recap -- Finding answers to frequent questions about domestic violence -- Resources recap --Finding answers to frequent questions about adoption -- Resources recap -- References -- Landlord-tenant -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- From tenants -- From landlords -- Resources recap -- Epilogue -- Wills, Estate Planning, and Probate -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Understanding key terms -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Resources recap -- Debts, collections, and credit -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Multistate matters -- Matters involving contracts -- Getting started -- Debtor: Basic starting information -- Creditor: Basic starting information -- Facing foreclosure -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Resource recap -- References -- Bankruptcy -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Federal Law governs -- Currency: Be sure you have the most recent information -- Getting started -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Resources recap -- References -- Employment and unemployment -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Resources recap -- Framework for questions in employment discrimination -- Finding answers to frequent questions about employment discrimination -- Resources in employment discrimination -- Resources in employment discrimination -- Primary sources: Federal Law of employment discrimination -- Primary sources: State statues in employment -- Discrimination -- Do-it-yourself publications in employment -- Discrimination -- Resources recap -- Framework for questions in unemployment compensation -- Finding answers to frequent questions about unemployment compensation -- Resources in unemployment compensation -- Primary sources: Federal statues about unemployment compensation -- Primary sources: State statutes about unemployment compensation -- Do-it-yourself publications in unemployment compensation -- Resources recap -- Framework for questions in worker's compensation -- Finding answers to frequent questions about workers' compensation -- Resources in workers' compensation -- Primary sources: Federal statutes in workers' compensation -- Primary sources: State statutes in workers' compensation -- Do-it-yourself publications about workers' compensation -- Resources recap -- Framework for other employment law questions -- Wages and hours -- Wrongful discharge -- Workplace privacy -- Resources recap -- Conclusion -- Criminal law -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Rights of the accused -- Crimes and criminal codes -- Criminal procedure -- Criminal defenses -- Resources recap -- Part 4: Collection: Building A Basic Collection Or Website -- What's online, what's not, and when to use what -- Introduction -- Primary law -- Secondary sources -- When to use print sources -- When to choose free or pay-for-view online databases -- Comparing and combining print, free online, pay-for-view repositories -- Conclusion -- Evaluating the trustworthiness of websites and self-help law books -- Introduction -- Jurisdiction -- Statutes -- Regulations -- Case law -- Obsolescence -- Domain -- Gov -- edu -- org -- com -- Scope of coverage -- Authorship -- Authority -- Additional resources -- Self-help law books -- Conclusion -- Creating a library webpage and basic legal collection -- Deciding what your library needs -- Building a basic website of local legal links -- Topical "clusters" for your site -- Shortcuts: Mega portals and piggybacking -- Linking to (and from) your OPAC -- Easy tools for website creation -- Building a basic print collection-on a shoestring, or no string, budget -- Secondhand book sources -- Hand-me-down books sources -- Do-it-yourself book publishers -- Final words -- Resources recap -- References -- Appendix 1: Glossary -- Appendix 2: Recommended legal resources online -- Appendix 3: State law resources online -- Index -- About the authors.…”


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Multimedia Cloud Computing Systems by Salehi, Mohsen Amini, Li, Xiangbo

Table of Contents: “….-- 8.3 Security of Multimedia Streaming -- 8.3.1 Privacy -- 8.3.2 Digital Rights Management -- 8.4 Storage Service for Multimedia Contents -- 8.4.1 Cloud Storage for Multimedia Streaming -- 8.5 Summary -- References -- 9 Prototype Implementation of the MSC Platform -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 Serverless Computing Paradigm in Practice -- 9.3 A Use Case for the MSC Platform -- 9.4 Characteristics of Multimedia Stream Processing -- 9.5 Architecture of the MSC Prototype Implementation -- 9.5.1 Media Repository -- 9.5.2 Service Repository -- 9.5.3 Request Ingestion -- 9.5.4 Task Admission Control -- 9.5.5 Task Queue -- 9.5.6 Task Scheduler -- 9.5.7 Task Execution Time Estimator -- 9.5.8 Execution Engine -- 9.5.9 Provisioning Manager and Elasticity Manager -- 9.5.10 Stream Manager -- 9.5.11 Media Caching -- 9.6 Performance Evaluation -- Contents xv -- 9.6.1 Experimental setup -- 9.6.2 Evaluating Task Execution Unit Configurations -- 9.6.3 Evaluating Scheduling Policy -- 9.7 Summary -- References -- 10 Future of Multimedia Streaming and Cloud Technology -- 10.1 Overview -- 10.2 Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) in Domain-Specific Clouds -- 10.3 Efficient Scheduling of Functions on Heterogeneous Machines -- 10.4 Supporting both Live and On-Demand Multimedia Streaming on the same Underlying Resources -- 10.5 Blockchain Technology for Multimedia Streaming -- 10.6 Reuse and Approximate Computing of Functions in Multimedia Clouds and other Domain-Specific Clouds -- 10.7 Machine Learning for Multimedia Processing -- 10.8 Avoiding Bias in MSC and Other Domain-Specific Clouds -- 10.9 Dependability of Cloud-based Multimedia Streaming -- References .…”
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The Meaning of Vanlife.

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Incentives and political economy by Laffont, Jean-Jacques, 1947-2004

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Spillovers from the rest of the world into Sub-Saharan African countries by Drummond, Paulo Flavio Nacif, 1966-, Pérez Ramírez, Gustavo

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Mosquito Down! : The Extraordinary Memoir of a Second World War Bomber Command Pilot on the Run in Germany and Holland. by Dell, Frank

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