Advances in Computing and Data Sciences 5th International Conference, ICACDS 2021, Nashik, India, April 23–24, 2021, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

Table of Contents: “…An Energy-Efficient Hybrid Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Devices in IoT -- Fund Utilization under Parliament Local Development Scheme: Machine Learning base Approach -- Implementing Automatic Ontology Generation for the New Zealand Open Government Data: An Evaluative Approach -- Blockchain based Framework to Maintain Chain of Custody (CoC) in a Forensic Investigation. - A light SRGAN for Up-Scaling of Low Resolution and High Latency Images -- Energy Efficient Clustering Routing Protocol and ACO Algorithm in WSN -- Efficient Social Distancing Detection using Object Detection and Triangle Similarity -- Explaining a Black-Box Sentiment Analysis Model with Local Interpretable Model Diagnostics Explanation (LIME) -- Spelling Checking and Error Corrector System for Marathi Language Text using Minimum Edit Distance Algorithm -- A Study on Morphological Analyser for Indian Languages : A Literature Perspective -- Cyber Safety Against Social Media Abusing -- Predictive Rood Pattern Search for Efficient Video Compression -- An Effective Approach For Classifying Acute Lymbphoblastic Luekemia Using Hybrid Hierarchial Classifiers -- Abnormal Blood Vessels Segmentation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Using Convolutional Neural Network. - Predictive Programmatic Classification Model to Improve Ad-Campaign Click Through Rate -- Live stream processing techniques to assist unmanned, regulated railway crossings -- Most Significant Bit-Plane based Local Ternary Pattern for Biomedical Image Retrieval -- Facial Monitoring Using Gradient Based Approach -- Overlapped Circular Convolution based feature extraction algorithm for classification of high dimensional datasets -- Binary Decision Tree Based Packet Queuing Schema for Next Generation Firewall -- Automatic Tabla Stroke Source Separation Using Machine Learning -- Classification of Immunity Booster Medicinal Plants using CNN: A Deep Learning Approach -- Machine Learning Model Interpretability in NLP and Computer Vision Applications -- Optimal Sizing and Siting of Multiple Dispersed Generation System using Metaheuristic Algorithm -- Design of a Fused Triple Convolutional Neural Network for Malware Detection: A Visual Classification Approach -- Mobile Agent Security using Lagrange Interpolation with Multilayer Perception Neural Network -- Performance Analysis of Channel coding techniques for 5G networks -- An Ensemble Learning Approach for Software Defect Prediction in Developing Quality Software Product -- A Study on Energy-Aware Virtual Machine Consolidation Policies in Cloud Data Centers using Cloudsim Toolkit -- Predicting Insomnia Using Multilayer Stacked Ensemble Model. - A novel encryption scheme based on Fully Homomorphic Encryption and RR-AES along with privacy preservation for vehicular network -- Key-Based Decoding for Coded Modulation Schemes in the presence of ISI -- Optimizing the Performance of KNN Classifier for Human Activity Recognition -- Face Recognition with Disguise and makeup Variations Using Image Processing and Machine Learning -- Attention-based deep Fusion Network for Retinal Lesion Segmentation in Fundus Image -- Visibility improvement in hazy conditions via a deep learning based image fusion approach -- Performance of Reinforcement Learning Simulation: x86 v/s ARM -- A Performance Study of Probabilistic Possibilistic Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm -- Optimized Random Forest Algorithm with Parameter Tuning for Predicting Heart Disease -- Machine Learning Based Techniques for Detection of Renal Calculi in Ultrasound Images -- Unsupervised Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images Using CNN Based Transfer Learning -- Biological Sequence Embedding based Classification for MERS and SARS -- Supply Path Optimization in Video Advertising Landscape -- Stack-based CNN Approach to Covid-19 Detection -- Performance Analysis of Various Classifiers for Social Intimidating Activities Detection -- Technique for Enhancing the efficiency and security of lightweight IoT devices -- Performance Improvement in Deep Learning Architecture for Phonocardiogram Signal Classification using Spectrogram -- Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques in Device Free Localization in Indoor Environment -- D-Leach: An Energy Optimized Deterministic Sub-clustering and Multi-hop Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks -- Robust Image Watermarking Using Support Vector Machine and Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization -- Generalized Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy on IFMARCOS Technique and its Application in Multi-Criteria Decision Making -- Feature Selection in Machine Learning by Hybrid Sine Cosine Metaheuristics -- Rainfall Prediction using Logistic Regression and Support Vector Regression Algorithms -- Collaborative Recommender System (CRS) using optimized SGD - ALS -- Violence Detection from CCTV Footage using Optical Flow and Deep Learning in inconsistent weather and lighting conditions -- Speech based Multiple Emotion Classification model using Deep Learning -- A Legal-Relationship Establishment in Smart Contracts: Ontological Semantics for Programming-Language Development -- Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis - An Incremental Model Learning Approach Using LSTM-RNN -- Cloud based Exon Prediction using Maximum Error Normalized Logarithmic Algorithms -- Unsupervised Learning of Visual Representations via Rotation and Future Frame Prediction for Video Retrieval -- Application of Deep Learning in Classification of Encrypted Images -- Ear Recognition Using Pretrained Convolutional Neural Networks -- An Adaptive Service Placement Framework in Fog Computing Environment -- Efficient Ink Mismatch Detection Using Supervised Approach.…”
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Sacred architecture + design : churches, synagogues, mosques by Uffelen, Chris van

Table of Contents: “…Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios: Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, United Kingdom -- Methodic Practice: Hall of Remembrance, London, United Kingdom -- Ross Barney Architects: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Synagogue, Evanston, IL, USA -- 3SIX0 Architcture: Shepherd of the Valley Chapel Addition, Hope, RI, USA -- MH2: Mark Horton and Michael Harris, Architect: Temple Sinai, Oakland, CA, USA -- Maurice Jennings + Walter Jennings Architects: Rio Roca Chapel, Palo Pinto County, TX, USA -- Debartolo Architects: Prayer Pavilion of Light, Phoenix, AZ, USA -- Rogers Marvel Architects: Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY, USA -- Marlon Blackwell Architect: Saint Nicholas Easter Orthodox Church, Springdale, AR, USA.…”


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Dynamical Systems in Applications Łódź, Poland December 11–14, 2017

Table of Contents: “…M. and Tomaszewski, F: Application of Time-frequency Analysis of Acoustic Signal to Detecting Flat Places on the Rolling Surface of a Tram Wheel -- Kosiara, A., Chołodowski, J. and Skurjat, A: Development of a Prototype Dynamic Weighing System for Single Bucket Excavator -- Kralikova, R., Badida, M., Sobotova, L. and Badidova, A: Design of Illumination and Lighting Visualization by Simulation Methods -- Maciąg, P., Malczyk, P. and Frączek, J: Optimal Design of Multibody Systems Using the Adjoint Method -- Mirosław, T. and Zawadzki, A: Non-linear Modelling of Human Body Dynamic -- Mitoraj, R. and Szczotka, M: Dynamics of a Portable Module Handling System -- Palechor, E. …”
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Brand advocates turning enthusiastic customers into a powerful marketing force by Fuggetta, Rob

Table of Contents: “…Mobilizing Advocates During Social Media Crises Two Important Things To Know About Social Media Crises Brand Under Attack? Fight Back! But What If There Is No Advocate Cavalry? …”
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Strategic intelligence for the future. 2, A new information function approach by Dou, Henri, Juillet, Alain, Clerc, Philippe, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Changing Our Way of Thinking -- 2.1. Plato's cave, or the fight against the world of received ideas -- 2.2. …”
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Advancing cancer education and healthy living in our communities : putting visions and innovations into action : selected papers from the St. Jude Cure4Kids Global Summit 2011

Table of Contents: “…Hawari -- Health promotion programs -- Get Fit with the Grizzlies: a community-school-home initiative to fight childhood obesity led by a professional sports organization / Carol Irwin, Richard Irwin, Phyllis Richey, Maureen Miller, Justin Boddie and Teresa Dickerson -- Effectiveness of a hospital school mathematics literacy program / Amalia Neide Covic, Eduardo Kanemoto and Andre Covic Bastos -- Development of the Nutrition4Kids website / Michelle S. …”
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Debates in the digital humanities

Table of Contents: “…/ Matthew Kirschenbaum -- Humanities, done digitally / Kathleen Fitzpatrick -- This is why we fight : defining the values of the digital humanities / Lisa Spiro -- Beyond the big tent / Patrik Svensson -- Digital humanities situation / Rafael Alvarado -- Where's the beef? …”
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Antimicrobial and antiviral materials : polymers, metals, ceramics, and applications

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Artificial intelligence in practice : how 50 successful companies used artificial intelligence to solve problems by Marr, Bernard, Ward, Matt

Table of Contents: “…Twitter : using artificial intelligence to fight fake news and spambots -- 29. Verizon : using artificial intelligence to assess service quality -- 30. …”
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Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications by Finnemore, E. John, Franzini, Joseph B.

Table of Contents: “…A The McGraw-Hill Series in Civil and Environmental Engineering -- B About the Authors -- C Dedication -- D Preface -- E List of Symbols -- F List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 1.1 Scope of Fluid Mechanics -- 1.2 Historical Sketch of the Development of Fluid Mechanics -- 1.3 The Book, Its Contents, and How to Best Study Fluid Mechanics -- 1.4 Approach to Problem Solving -- 1.5 Dimensions and Units -- Exercises -- 2 Properties of Fluids -- 2.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 2.1 Distinction Between a Solid and a Fluid -- 2.2 Distinction Between a Gas and a Liquid -- 2.3 Density, Specific Weight, Specific Volume, and Specific Gravity -- Exercises -- 2.4 Compressible and Incompressible Fluids -- 2.5 Compressibility of Liquids -- Exercises -- 2.6 Specific Weight of Liquids -- Exercises -- 2.7 Property Relations for Perfect Gases -- Exercises -- 2.8 Compressibility of Perfect Gases -- Exercises -- 2.9 Standard Atmosphere -- 2.10 Ideal Fluid -- 2.11 Viscosity -- Exercises -- 2.12 Surface Tension -- Exercises -- 2.13 Vapor Pressure of Liquids -- Exercises -- Problems -- 3 Fluid Statics -- 3.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 3.1 Pressure at a Point the Same in all Directions -- 3.2 Variation of Pressure in a Static Fluid -- Exercises -- 3.3 Pressure Expressed in Height of Fluid -- Exercises -- 3.4 Absolute and Gage Pressures -- Exercises -- 3.5 Measurement of Pressure -- Exercises -- 3.6 Force on a Plane Area -- 3.7 Center of Pressure -- Exercises -- 3.8 Force on a Curved Surface -- Exercises -- 3.9 Buoyancy and Stability of Submerged and Floating Bodies -- Exercises -- 3.10 Liquid Masses Subjected to Acceleration -- Exercises -- Problems -- 4 Basics of Fluid Flow -- 4.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 4.1 Types of Flow -- 4.2 Laminar and Turbulent Flow -- 4.3 Steady Flow and Uniform Flow -- Exercise -- 4.4 Path Lines, Streamlines, and Streak Lines -- 4.5 Flow Rate and Mean Velocity -- Exercises -- 4.6 Fluid System and Control Volume -- 4.7 Equation of Continuity -- Exercises -- 4.8 One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Flow -- 4.9 The Flow Net -- 4.10 Use and Limitations of the Flow Net -- Exercises -- 4.11 Frame of Reference in Flow Problems -- 4.12 Velocity and Acceleration in Steady Flow -- Exercises -- 4.13 Velocity and Acceleration in Unsteady Flow -- Exercises -- Problems -- 5 Energy in Steady Flow -- 5.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 5.1 Energies of a Flowing Fluid -- 5.1.1 Kinetic Energy -- 5.1.2 Potential Energy -- 5.1.3 Pressure Head -- 5.1.4 Internal Energy -- Exercises -- 5.2 Equation for Steady Motion of an Ideal Fluid Along a Streamline, and Bernoulli's Theorem -- 5.2.1 Compressible Fluid -- 5.2.2 Incompressible Fluid -- Exercises -- 5.3 Equation for Steady Motion of a Real Fluid Along a Streamline -- 5.3.1 Compressible Fluid -- 5.3.2 Incompressible Fluid -- Exercises -- 5.4 Pressure in Fluid Flow -- 5.4.1 Pressure in Conduits of Uniform Cross Section -- 5.4.2 Static Pressure -- 5.4.3 Stagnation Pressure -- Exercises -- 5.5 General Energy Equation for Steady Flow of any Fluid -- 5.6 Energy Equations for Steady Flow of Incompressible Fluids, Bernoulli's Theorem -- Exercises -- 5.7 Energy Equation for Steady Flow of Compressible Fluids -- Exercises -- 5.8 Head -- 5.9 Power Considerations in Fluid Flow -- Exercises -- 5.10 Cavitation -- Exercises -- 5.11 Definition of Hydraulic Grade Line and Energy Line -- 5.12 Loss of Head at Submerged Discharge -- 5.13 Application of Hydraulic Grade Line and Energy Line -- Exercises -- 5.14 Method of Solution of Liquid Flow Problems -- Exercises -- 5.15 Jet Trajectory -- Exercises -- 5.16 Flow in a Curved Path -- Exercises -- 5.17 Forced or Rotational Vortex -- Exercises -- 5.18 Free or Irrotational Vortex -- Exercises -- Problems -- 6 Momentum and Forces in Fluid Flow -- 6.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 6.1 Development of the Momentum Principle -- 6.2 Navier-Stokes Equations -- 6.3 Momentum Correction Factor -- Exercises -- 6.4 Applications of the Momentum Principle -- Exercises -- 6.5 Force on Pressure Conduits -- Exercises -- 6.6 Force of a Free Jet on a Stationary Vane or Blade -- Exercises -- 6.7 Moving Vanes: Relation Between Absolute and Relative Velocities -- 6.8 Force of a Jet on One or More Moving Vanes or Blades -- 6.8.1 Single Blade, Moving Parallel to Jet -- 6.8.2 Series of Rotating Blades -- Exercises -- 6.9 Reaction of a Jet -- Exercises -- 6.10 Jet Propulsion -- 6.10.1 Rocket -- 6.10.2 Jet Engine -- Exercises -- 6.11 Rotating Machines: Continuity, Relative Velocities, Torque -- 6.11.1 Continuity -- 6.11.2 Velocity Triangles for Radial Flow -- 6.11.3 Torque -- Exercises -- 6.12 Head Equivalent of Mechanical Work -- 6.13 Flow Through a Rotating Channel -- Exercise -- 6.14 Reaction with Rotation -- Exercises -- 6.15 Momentum Principle Applied to Propellers and Windmills -- Exercises -- Problems -- 7 Similitude and Dimensional Analysis -- 7.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 7.1 Definition and Uses of Similitude -- 7.2 Geometric Similarity -- 7.3 Kinematic Similarity -- 7.4 Dynamic Similarity -- 7.4.1 Reynolds Number -- 7.4.2 Froude Number -- 7.4.3 Mach Number -- 7.4.4 Weber Number -- 7.4.5 Euler Number -- 7.4.6 Other Dimensionless Numbers -- Exercises -- 7.5 Scale Ratios -- 7.6 Comments on Models -- -- 7.7 Dimensional Analysis -- 7.7.1 Basic Concepts -- 7.7.2 The Pi Theorem -- Exercises -- Problems -- 8 Steady Incompressible Flow in Pressure Conduits -- 8.0 Chapter Preliminaries -- 8.1 Laminar and Turbulent Flow -- 8.2 Critical Reynolds Number -- Exercises -- 8.3 Hydraulic Radius, Hydraulic Diameter -- Exercises -- 8.4 Friction Head Loss in Conduits of Constant Cross Section -- 8.5 Friction in Circular Conduits -- Exercises -- 8.6 Friction in Noncircular Conduits -- Exercises -- 8.7 Laminar Flow in Circular Pipes -- Exercises -- 8.8 Entrance Conditions in Laminar Flow -- Exercises -- 8.9 Turbulent Flow -- 8.9.1 First Expression -- 8.9.2 Second Expression -- Exercises -- 8.10 Viscous Sublayer in Turbulent Flow -- Exercises -- 8.11 Velocity Profile in Turbulent Flow -- Exercises -- 8.12 Pipe Roughness -- Exercises -- 8.13 Chart for Friction Factor -- Exercises -- -- 8.14 Single-Pipe Flow: Solution Basics -- 8.14.1 Governing Equations -- 8.14.2 Solution of Special Cases -- 8.15 Single-Pipe Flow: Solution by Trials -- Exercises -- 8.16 Single-Pipe Flow: Direct Solutions -- Exercises -- 8.17 Single-Pipe Flow: Automated Solutions -- Exercises -- 8.18 Empirical Equations for Single-Pipe Flow -- Exercises -- 8.19 Nonrigorous Head-Loss Equations -- 8.20 Minor Losses in Turbulent Flow -- 8.21 Loss of Head at Entrance -- 8.22 Loss of Head at Submerged Discharge -- 8.22.1 Discharge into Still Water -- 8.22.2 Discharge into Moving Water -- Exercises -- 8.23 Loss Due to Contraction -- 8.23.1 Sudden Contraction -- 8.23.2 Gradual Contraction -- 8.24 Loss Due to Expansion -- 8.24.1 Sudden Expansion -- 8.24.2 Gradual Expansion -- Exercises -- 8.25 Loss in Pipe Fittings -- 8.26 Loss in Bends and Elbows -- Exercises -- 8.27 Single-Pipe Flow with Minor Losses -- Exercises -- 8.28 Pipeline with Pump or Turbine -- Exercises -- 8.29 Branching Pipes -- 8.29.1 Rigorous Solutions -- 8.29.2 Nonrigorous Solutions -- 8.30 Pipes in Series -- 8.31 Pipes in Parallel -- 8.32 Pipe Networks -- 8.33 Further Topics in Pipe Flow -- Problems.…”
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Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards by Bobrowsky, Peter T.

Table of Contents: “…AA-LAVA -- Accelerometer -- Acid Rain -- Adaptation -- Airphoto and Satellite Imagery -- Albedo -- Antecedent Conditions -- Arsenic in Groundwater -- Asteroid -- Asteroid Impact -- Asteroid Impact Mitigation -- Asteroid Impact Predictions -- Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time (ALERT) -- Avalanches -- Aviation (Hazards to) -- Avulsion -- Base Surge -- Beach Nourishment (Replenishment) -- Beaufort Wind Scale -- Biblical Events -- Body Wave -- Breakwaters -- Building Code -- Building Failure -- Buildings, Structures, and Public Safety -- Calderas -- Casualties Following Natural Hazards -- Challenges to Agriculture -- Civil Protection and Crisis Management -- Classification of Natural Disasters -- Climate Change -- Cloud Seeding -- Coal Fire (Underground) -- Coastal Erosion -- Coastal Zone Risk Management -- Cognitive Dissonance -- Collapsing Soil Hazards -- Comet -- Communicating Emergency Information -- Community Management of Natural Hazards -- Complexity Theory -- Concrete Structures -- Convergence -- Coping Capacity -- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Natural Hazard Mitigation -- Costs (Economic) of Natural Hazards and Disasters -- Creep -- Critical Incident Stress Syndrome -- Critical Infrastructure -- Cryological Engineering -- Cultural Heritage and Natural Hazards -- Damage and the Built Environment -- Debris Avalanche -- Debris Flow -- Deep-seated Gravitational Slope Deformation -- Desertification -- Disaster Diplomacy -- Disaster Relief -- Disaster Research and Policy, History -- Disaster Risk Management -- Disaster Risk Reduction -- Disasters -- Dispersive Soil Hazards -- Doppler Weather Radar -- Dose Rate -- Drought -- Dust Bowl -- Dust Devil -- Dust Storm -- Dvorak Classification of Hurricanes -- Early Warning Systems -- Earthquake -- Earthquake Damage -- Earthquake Prediction and Forecasting -- Earthquake Resistant Design -- Economic Valuation of Life -- Economics of Disasters -- Education and Training for Emergency Preparedness -- Elastic Rebound Theory -- Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) -- El Niño/Southern Oscillation -- Emergency Management -- Emergency Mapping -- Emergency Planning -- Emergency Shelter -- Epicenter -- Epidemiology of Disease in Natural Disasters -- Erosion -- Erosivity -- Eruption Types (Volcanic Eruptions) -- Evacuation -- Expansive Soils and Clays -- Expert (Knowledge-Based) Systems for Disaster Management -- Exposure to Natural Hazards -- Extensometers -- Extinction -- Extreme Value Theory -- Eyjafjallajökull Eruptions 2010 -- Fault -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) -- Fetch -- Fire and Firestorms -- Flash Flood -- Flood Deposits -- Flood Hazard and Disaster -- Flood Protection -- Flood Stage -- Floodplain -- Floodway -- Fog Hazard Mitigation -- Fog Hazards -- Föhn -- Forest and Range Fires -- Frequency and Magnitude of Events -- Frost Hazard -- Fujita Tornado Scale -- Fumarole -- Galeras Volcano, Colombia -- Gas-Hydrates -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Natural Hazards -- Geographic Information Technology -- Geohazards -- Geological/Geophysical Disasters -- Glacier Hazards -- Global Change and its Implications for Natural Disasters -- Global Dust -- Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction -- Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Natural Hazards -- Global Seismograph Network (GSN) -- Haiti Earthquake 2010: Psychosocial Impacts -- Harmonic Tremor -- Hazard -- Hazard and Risk Mapping -- Hazardousness of a Place -- Heat Waves -- High-Rise Buildings in Natural Disaster -- Historical Events -- Hospitals in Disaster -- Human Impacts of Hazards -- Humanity as an Agent of Natural Disasters -- Hurricane (Typhoon, Cyclone) -- Hurricane Katrina -- Hydrocompaction Subsidence -- Hydrograph, Flood -- Hydrometeorological Hazards -- Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 -- Hypocenter -- Ice and Icebergs -- Ice Storms -- Impact Airblast -- Impact Ejecta -- Impact Fireball -- Impact Firestorms -- Impact Tsunamis -- Impact Winter -- Inclinometers -- Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 -- Induced Seismicity -- Information and Communication Technology -- Insect Hazards -- Insurance -- Integrated Emergency Management System -- Intensity Scales -- International Strategies for Disaster Reduction (IDNDR and ISDR) -- Internet, World Wide Web and Natural Hazards -- Isoseismal -- Jökulhlaups -- Karst Hazards -- Krakatoa (Krakatau) -- Lahar -- Land Degradation -- Land Subsidence -- Land Use, Urbanization, and Natural Hazards -- Landsat Satellite -- Landslide -- Landslide Dam -- Landslide Impacts -- Landslide Inventory -- Landslide Triggered Tsunami, Displacement Wave -- Landslide Types -- Land-Use Planing -- Lateral Spreading -- Lava -- Levee -- Lightning -- Liquefaction -- Livelihoods and Disasters -- Loess -- Macroseismic Survey -- Magma -- Magnitude Measures -- Marginality -- Marine Hazards -- Mass Media and Natural Disasters -- Mass Movement -- Megacities and Natural Hazards -- Mega-Fires in Greece (2007) -- Mercalli, Giuseppe (1850-1914) -- Meteorite -- Methane Release from Hydrate -- Mining Subsidence Induced Fault Reactivation -- Misconceptions About Natural Disaster -- Mitigation -- Modified Mercalli (MM) Scale -- Monitoring Natural Hazards -- Monsoons -- Montserrat Eruptions -- Mortality and Injury in Natural Disasters -- Mt Pinatubo -- Mud Volcanoes -- Mudflow -- Myths and Misconceptions in Disasters -- Natural Hazard -- Natural Hazards in Developing Countries -- Natural Radioactivity -- Neotectonics -- Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, Colombia 1985 -- North Anatolian Fault -- Nuée Ardente -- Overgrazing -- Ozone -- Ozone Loss -- Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) -- Pahoehoe Lava -- Paleoflood Hydrology -- Paleoseismology -- Paraglacial -- Perception of Natural Hazards and Disasters -- Permafrost -- Piezometer -- Piping Hazard -- Planning Measures and Political Aspects -- Plate Tectonics -- Pore-Water Pressure -- Post Disaster Mass Care Needs -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Primary Wave (P-Wave) -- Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) -- Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) -- Psychological Impacts of Natural Disasters -- Pyroclastic Flow -- Queensland Floods (2010-2011) and „Tweeting“ -- Quick Clay -- Quick Sand -- Radiation Hazards -- Radon Hazards -- Recovery and Reconstruction After Disaster -- Recurrence Interval -- Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Red Tides -- Reflections on Modeling Disaster -- Release Rates -- Religion and Hazards -- Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards and Disasters -- Reservoir, Dams, and Seismicity -- Resilience -- Richter, Charles Francis (1900-1985) -- Rights and Obligations in International Humanitarian Assistance -- Rip Current -- Risk -- Risk Assessment -- Risk Governance -- Risk Perception and Communication -- Rock Avalanche (Sturzstrom) -- Rockfall -- Rogue Wave -- Rotational Seismology -- Sackung -- Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Intensity Scale -- San Andreas Fault -- Santorini, Eruption -- Sea Level Change -- Secondary Wave (S-Wave) -- Sedimentation of Reservoirs -- Seiche -- Seismic Gap -- Seismograph/Seismometer -- Seismology -- Shear -- Shield Volcano -- Sinkhole -- Slide and Slump -- Slope Stability -- Snowstorm and Blizzard -- Social-Ecological Systems -- Sociology of Disaster -- Solar Flares -- Solifluction -- Space Weather -- Storm Surges -- Storms -- Stratovolcanoes -- Structural Damage Caused by Earthquakes -- Structural Mitigation -- Subduction -- Subsidence Induced by Underground Extraction -- Sunspots -- Supernova -- Surge -- Susceptibility -- Tangshan, China (1976 Earthquake) -- Tectonic and Tectono-Seismic Hazards -- Tectonic Tremor -- Thunderstorms -- Tidal Bores -- Tiltmeters -- Time and Space in Disaster -- Tohoku, Japan (2011 Earthquake and Tsunami) -- Torino Scale -- Tornadoes -- Triggered Earthquakes -- Tsunami -- Tsunami Loads on Infrastructure -- Uncertainty -- United Nations Organizations and Natural Disasters -- Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) -- Unreinforced Masonry Buildings -- Urban Environments and Natural Hazards -- Usoi Landslide and Lake Sarez -- Vaiont Landslide, Italy -- Vesuvius -- Volcanic Ash -- Volcanic Gas -- Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruptions -- Vulnerability -- Warning Systems -- Waterspout -- Wenchuan, China (2008 Earthquake) -- Wildfire -- World Economy, Impact of Disasters -- Worldwide Trends in Natural Disasters -- Zoning.…”
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Advanced penetration testing for highly-secured environments by Allen, Lee (Information security specialist), Cardwell, Kevin

Table of Contents: “…-- IDS rules and how to avoid them -- Using decoys -- Adding custom Nmap scripts to your arsenal -- Deciding if a script is right for you -- Adding a new script to the database -- Zenmap -- for those who want the GUI -- SNMP -- a goldmine of information just waiting to be discovered -- When the SNMP community string is NOT "public -- Network baselines with ScanPBNJ -- Setting up MySQL for PBNJ -- Preparing the PBNJ database -- First scan -- Reviewing the data -- Enumeration avoidance techniques -- Naming conventions -- Port knocking -- Intrusion detection and avoidance systems -- Trigger points -- SNMP lockdown -- Reader challenge.…”
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Digitalization of Society and Socio-Political Issues. 1, Digital, Communication, and Culture

Table of Contents: “…Privacy under discussion 62 6.2. The invention of the right to privacy 63 6.3. The emergence of informational self-determination and the privacy of the Modern 65 6.4. …”
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Essential Reviews in Geriatric Psychiatry

Table of Contents: “…A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients Older Than 59 Years -- Continuation treatment of delusional depression in older adults -- Reducing suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in depressed older primary care patients: a randomized controlled trial -- Remission in Depressed Geriatric Primary Care Patients: A Report from the PROSPECT Study -- Executive dysfunction and the course of geriatric depression -- Maintenance Treatment of Major Depression in Old Age -- Placebo-Controlled Study of Relapse Prevention With Risperidone Augmentation in Older Patients with Resistant Depression -- Efficacy of Second-Generation Antidepressants in Late-Life Depression: A Meta-Analysis of the Evidence -- A double-blind randomized controlled trial of olanzapine plus sertraline vs olanzapine plus placebo for psychotic depression: the study of pharmacotherapy of psychotic depression (STOP-PD) -- Speed of remission in elderly patients with depression: electroconvulsive therapy v. medication -- A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychotherapy for late-life depression -- A novel strategy for continuation ECT in geriatric depression: phase 2 of the PRIDE Study -- Right Unilateral Ultrabrief Pulse ECT in Geriatric Depression: Phase 1 of the PRIDE Study -- Improvement in Depression is Associated with Improvement in Cognition in Late-Life Psychotic Depression -- Section 6: Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Continuation/Maintenance Treatment with Nortriptyline Versus Combined Nortriptyline and ECT in Late-Life Psychotic Depression: A Two-Year Randomized Study -- Safety and utility of acute electroconvulsive therapy for agitation and aggression in dementia -- Electroconvulsive therapy and risk of dementia in patients with affective disorders: a cohort study -- Electroconvulsive Therapy and Risk of Dementia-A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan -- Section 7: Grief -- Treatment of complicated grief in elderly persons: a randomized clinical trial -- Section 8: Pain Disorders -- Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Section 9: Psychotic Disorders -- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Middle-Aged and Older Outpatients with Chronic Schizophrenia -- Safety and tolerability of oral paliperidone extended-release tablets in elderly patients with schizophrenia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study with six-month open-label extension -- Antipsychotic treatment for elderly people with late-onset schizophrenia -- Schizophrenia and risk of dementia: A meta-analysis study -- Antipsychotic treatment of very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis (ATLAS): a randomised, controlled, double-blind trial -- Section 10: Neurocognitive Disorders -- Efficacy and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis -- Depression and risk for Alzheimer disease: Systematic review, Meta-analysis, and Metaregression analysis -- Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s disease -- Predictors of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease -- Efficacy and safety of cognitive enhancers for patients with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis -- Personality and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: New data and meta-analysis -- Modifiable predictors of dementia in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis -- Pharmacological Management of Lewy Body Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Meta-analysis of modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease -- Memantine for Alzheimer's Disease: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis -- Update on the Risk of Motor Vehicle Collision or Driving Impairment with Dementia: A Collaborative International Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Pharmacological interventions for apathy in Alzheimer's disease -- Section 11: Sleep Disorders -- Behavioral and Pharmacological Therapies for Late-Life Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial -- Cognitive behavioral therapy vs zopiclone for treatment of chronic primary insomnia in older adults: a randomized controlled trial -- Suvorexant in Elderly Patients with Insomnia: Pooled Analyses of Data from Phase III Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials -- Cognitive behavior therapy for older adults with insomnia and depression: a randomized controlled trial in community mental health services -- Section 12: Suicides -- Medical Illness and the Risk of Suicide in the Elderly -- The Risk of Suicide with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in the Elderly -- Section 13: Substance Use Disorders -- Naltrexone as an Adjunctive Treatment for Older Patients with Alcohol Dependence -- Older adult patients with both Psychiatric and Substance abuse disorders: Prevalence and Health service use -- Five-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes of older adults versus middle-aged and younger adults in a managed care program -- Treatment of Late-Life Depression Complicated by Alcohol Dependence -- Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Misuse Among Older Adults: The Florida BRITE Project.…”
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Analyzing banking risk : a framework for assessing corporate governance and risk management by Greuning, Hennie van, Brajovic Bratanovic, Sonja, 1946-

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Global supply chain ecosystems : strategies for competitive advantage in a complex, connected world by Millar, Mark (Supply Chain Consultant)

Table of Contents: “…-- Supply chain visibility is about 'connecting the right dots' -- Visibility enables agility -- Collaboration essential to achieve full visibility -- How business leaders view visibility -- Technology -- friend or foe? …”
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