Enabling technologies for high spectral-efficiency coherent optical communication networks

Table of Contents: “…6.1 Introduction 201 -- 6.2 Polarization of Light 202 -- 6.3 PMD and PDL in Optical Communication Systems 206 -- 6.4 Modeling of Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers 209 -- 6.5 Coherent Optical Communication Systems and Signal Equalization 211 -- 6.6 PMD and PDL Impairments in Coherent Systems 215 -- 6.7 Nonlinear Impairments in Coherent Systems 228 -- 6.8 Summary 240 -- References 241 -- 7 Analytical Modeling of the Impact of Fiber Non-Linear Propagation on Coherent Systems and Networks 247 -- Pierluigi Poggiolini, Yanchao Jiang, Andrea Carena, and Fabrizio Forghieri -- 7.1 Why are Analytical Models Important? …”
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Electronics and electrical engineering

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Android Studio 4.0 Development Essentials - Java Edition by Smyth, Neil

Table of Contents: “…Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio -- 20.1 Creating a Chain -- 20.2 Changing the Chain Style -- 20.3 Spread Inside Chain Style -- 20.4 Packed Chain Style -- 20.5 Packed Chain Style with Bias -- 20.6 Weighted Chain -- 20.7 Working with Ratios -- 20.8 Summary.…”
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Deep learning for the earth sciences : a comprehensive approach to remote sensing, climate science and geosciences

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 11 Deep Learning for Image Search and Retrieval in Large Remote Sensing Archives -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Deep Learning for RS CBIR -- 11.3 Scalable RS CBIR Based on Deep Hashing -- 11.4 Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Part II Making a Difference in the Geosciences With Deep Learning -- Chapter 12 Deep Learning for Detecting Extreme Weather Patterns -- 12.1 Scientific Motivation -- 12.2 Tropical Cyclone and Atmospheric River Classification -- 12.2.1 Methods -- 12.2.2 Network Architecture -- 12.2.3 Results -- 12.3 Detection of Fronts -- 12.3.1 Analytical Approach -- 12.3.2 Dataset -- 12.3.3 Results -- 12.3.4 Limitations -- 12.4 Semi-supervised Classification and Localization of Extreme Events -- 12.4.1 Applications of Semi-supervised Learning in Climate Modeling -- 12.4.1.1 Supervised Architecture -- 12.4.1.2 Semi-supervised Architecture -- 12.4.2 Results -- 12.4.2.1 Frame-wise Reconstruction -- 12.4.2.2 Results and Discussion -- 12.5 Detecting Atmospheric Rivers and Tropical Cyclones Through Segmentation Methods -- 12.5.1 Modeling Approach -- 12.5.1.1 Segmentation Architecture -- 12.5.1.2 Climate Dataset and Labels -- 12.5.2 Architecture Innovations: Weighted Loss and Modified Network -- 12.5.3 Results -- 12.6 Challenges and Implications for the Future -- 12.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 13 Spatio-temporal Autoencoders in Weather and Climate Research -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Autoencoders -- 13.2.1 A Brief History of Autoencoders -- 13.2.2 Archetypes of Autoencoders -- 13.2.3 Variational Autoencoders (VAE) -- 13.2.4 Comparison Between Autoencoders and Classical Methods -- 13.3 Applications -- 13.3.1 Use of the Latent Space -- 13.3.1.1 Reduction of Dimensionality for the Understanding of the System Dynamics and its Interactions -- 13.3.1.2 Dimensionality Reduction for Feature Extraction and Prediction.…”
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Doing gender diversity : readings in theory and real-world experience

Table of Contents: “…Doing Gender / Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman -- Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender / Judith Lorber -- Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection / Patricia Hill-Collins -- The Death of David Reimer: A Tale of Sex, Science, and Abuse (brief) / Jesse Walker -- Whatever I Feel, That's the Way I Am (brief) / Zachary Nataf -- Defining and Producing Genitals (brief) / Suzanne Kessler -- Subject: Her Baldness Meets Beth and Gets High on Gender (brief) / Catherine Lord -- Hoowahyoo? …”


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Captains of the clouds by Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986, Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, Horman, Arthur T., 1905-1964, Gillett, Roland

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Birds of the Horn of Africa : Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra by Redman, Nigel

Table of Contents: “…Plate 8: cormorants, darter and finfootplate 9: bitterns and night herons; plate 10: smaller herons; plate 11: egrets; plate 12: large herons; plate 13: hamerkop and mainly white storks; plate 14: mainly black storks; plate 15: giant storks and shoebill; plate 16: ibises; plate 17: spoonbills and flamingos; plate 18: large resident waterfowl; plate 19: whistling ducks, pygmy-geese and shelducks; plate 20: other resident waterfowl; plate 21: resident and migrant dabbling ducks; plate 22: migrant dabbling ducks; plate 23: diving ducks; plate 24: kites and secretarybird.…”
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Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

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The gift of caring : saving our parents from the perils of modern healthcare by Houle, Marcy Cottrell, 1953-, Eckstrom, Elizabeth N.

Table of Contents: “…; What I Wish I'd Known. How to Get a Good Night's Rest-Naturally; Chapter 37. The Art of Caregiving.…”
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Listen by Kerman, Joseph, 1924-2014

Table of Contents: “…Appalachian spring, sections 1, 2, 5, & 6 / Copland (11:03) -- Five pieces for orchestra, Op. 10, No. 4, IV / Webern (0:25) -- Lux aeterna / Ligeti (7:52) -- Poème électronique / Varèse (3:20) -- Black Angels (excerpts). Night of the electric insects ; Sounds of bones and flutes ; Lost bells ; Devil-music ; Danse macabre / Crumb (6:35) -- Pro et contra, III / Gubaidulina (7:10) -- Metamorphoses, metamorphosis 1 / Glass (5:39) -- Grass dance song / anonymous (2:25) -- K'adnikini'ya / Anonymous (1:21) -- If you ever been down' blues / Thomas (3:01) -- Conga brava / Ellington-Tizol (2:56) -- Piano concerto in F, III / Gershwin (6:28) -- West side story. …”

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The infamous Harry Hayward : a true account of murder and mesmerism in gilded age Minneapolis by Peters, Shawn Francis, 1966-

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Gods and goddesses in the garden : Greco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plants by Bernhardt, Peter, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Mother Earth and her children -- 3.1. Earth's origin and night's children -- 3.2. The birth of the Titans -- 3.3. …”
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Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

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100 things Wildcats fans should know & do before they die by Clark, Ryan

Table of Contents: “…Newton; 10 Bob Wiggins; 11 Big Blue Madness; 12 Attend a Senior Night Game; 13 Kentucky and Louisville-the Dream Game; 14 The Greatest Game Ever; 15 Anthony Davis; 16 Memorial Coliseum; 17 Tom Leach and Mike Pratt; 18 Kenny Walker; 19 Visit the Joe Craft Center; 21 Ashley Judd; 20 Learn "My Old Kentucky Home"; 22 The Cats' Pause and Oscar Combs; 23 Bernie Shively.…”
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Solar power and energy storage systems by Kim, Hee-Je

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Integrated Automotive Safety Handbook. by Gonter, Mark

Table of Contents: “…3.2.5 Driver assistance systems3.2.5.1 Longitudinal guidance systems; 3.2.5.2 Lateral guidance systems; 3.2.5.3 Night assistance; 3.3 Driver, vehicle, and environment; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Driver modeling; 3.3.3 Vehicle data and perception; 3.3.3.1 Crash prediction; 3.3.3.2 Evaluation; 3.3.3.3 Environment detection; 3.4 References; Chapter 4 Functions of Integrated Safety; 4.1 Precrash safety; 4.1.1 Definition of the precrash phase; 4.1.2 Automatic brake intervention; 4.1.3 Irreversible restraint systems; 4.1.4 Side precrash system; 4.2 Systems to integrate avoidance and mitigation.…”
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Young Adult Drinking Styles Current Perspectives on Research, Policy and Practice

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Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning. by Ligozat, Gérard

Table of Contents: “…Binary Qualitative Formalisms; 4.1. "Night driving"; 4.1.1. Parameters; 4.1.2. A panorama of the presented formalisms; 4.2. …”
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101 Days of Lockdown Art by Turner, Elliott Grey

Table of Contents: “…Lenin on the Tribune -- Day 18: Angel of the North -- Day 19: The Old Guitarist -- Day 20: The Ancient of Days -- Day 21: The Laughing Cavalier -- Day 22: The Ecumenical Council -- Day 23: Gazing Ball (Little Boy) -- Day 24: Augustus from Prima -- Day 25: Pierrot -- Day 26: Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear -- Day 27: Star Wars Episode IV -- A New Hope -- Day 28: Portrait of Innocent X -- Day 29: Tutankhamun's gold burial mask -- Day 30: Joseph the Carpenter -- Day 31: Portrait of Winston Churchill -- Day 32: The Astronomer -- Day 33: Man in a Cape -- Day 34: 0% Interest in People -- Day 35: Saturn Devouring His Son -- Day 36: Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) -- Day 37: Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden -- Day 38: Smoking Dildo -- Day 39: The Highlander -- Day 40: Edward Hopper -- Self-portrait -- Day 41: Portrait of Eric Gill -- Day 42: Reverend Harry Edwards -- Day 43: Green Lady (or Chinese Girl) -- Day 44: Young Sick Bacchus -- Day 45: Angel Playing the Lute -- Day 46: The Night Wanderer -- Day 47: Le Voyage dans la Lune -- Day 48: Liberty Enlightening the World -- Day 49: The 48-year-old Man -- Day 50: Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti) -- Day 51: "Mad" Frankie Fraser -- Day 52: Help -- Day 53: The Black Venus (Josephine Baker) -- Day 54: David with the Head of Goliath -- Day 55: Cupid as a Link Boy.…”
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Captains of the clouds by Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986, Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, Horman, Arthur T., 1905-1964, Gillett, Roland

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