Extending OpenStack : Leverage extended OpenStack projects to implement containerization, deployment, and architecting robust cloud solutions. by Khedher, Omar

Table of Contents: “…Decomposing the compute powerEmpowering the compute service; Varying the compute flavor; Meeting Docker; Joining Docker; Meeting Xen; Joining Xen; Segregating the compute resources; Reasoning for infrastructure segregation; Defining regions; Defining AZ; Defining host aggregate; Defining cells; Reasoning for workload segregation; Filtering the compute workload; Weighting the compute power; Stacking or spreading; Weighing in action; Summary; Chapter 3: Enlarging the OpenStack Storage Capabilities; Varying the block storage backends; Managing block storage â#x80;#x93; Logical Volume Manager (LVM).…”
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Catalytic Reactors

Table of Contents: “…4 Application of multi-objective optimization in the design and operation of industrial catalytic reactors and processes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Multi-objective optimization -- 4.2.1 Concept of multi-objective optimization -- 4.2.2 MOO methods -- 4.3 No-preference methods -- 4.3.1 Neutral compromised solution -- 4.4 A priori methods -- 4.4.1 Method of Weighted global criterion -- 4.4.2 Lexicographic method -- 4.4.3 Goal Programming (GP) -- 4.5 A posteriori methods -- 4.5.1 f-Constraint Method -- 4.6 Interactive methods -- 4.7 Genetic algorithms.…”
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Towards innovative freight and logistics

Table of Contents: “…Bibliography; 9 Possible Impacts of Increasing Maximum Truck Weight: Finland Case Study; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. …”
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Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems Selected Papers from KICSS’2014 - 9th International Conference, held in Limassol, Cyprus, on November 6-8, 2014

Table of Contents: “…-- Knowledge Extraction and Annotation Tools to Support Creativity at the Initial Stage of Product Design: Requirements and Assessment -- Web Board Question Answering System on Problem-Solving Through Problem Clusters -- A PHR Front-End System with the Facility of Data Migration from Printed Forms -- Investigating Unit Weighting and Unit Selection Factors in Thai Multi-Document Summarization -- On the Use of Character Affinities for Story Plot Generation -- Vicarious: A flexible framework for the creative use of sensed biodata.…”
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Polysaccharides Bioactivity and Biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Part I Polysaccharides: Occurrence, Structure, Distribution and Biotechnology Polysaccharides: an introduction (overview) -- Bacterial polysaccharides -- Fungal polysaccharides -- Polysaccharides from lower plants -- Polysaccharides from higher plants -- Biosynthesis of polysaccharides -- Life cycle assessment of polysaccharide materials -- Polysaccharides: applications in biotechnology -- Polysaccharides production by submerged fermentation -- Fed-batch fermentation of Tuber melanosporum for the hyperproduction of mycelia and bioactive tuber polysaccharides -- Production of polysaccharide from Agaricus subrufescens Peck on solid-state fermentation -- In vitro fermentation and prebiotic potential of novel low molecular weight polysaccharides derived from agar and alginate seaweeds -- Biopolymers from marine prokaryotes -- Carrageenan biotechnology -- Dextrans : biotechnology and applications -- Polysaccharide nanocrystals in future functional nanomaterials -- Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts -- Polysaccharide complexes with metal cations: Structure and application -- Modified gums: Approaches and applications in drug delivery. …”
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Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate by Yang, Donglang

Table of Contents: “…4.3 The Restriction Factors of Urban Carrying Capacity4.3.1 The Standard of Limiting Factors Status Index; 4.3.2 Selection of Restrictive Factors; 4.4 Evaluation of Sustainable Development of New Urbanization in Shaanxi; 4.4.1 The Establishment of Evaluation System; 4.4.2 The Setting of Theoretical Model; 4.4.2.1 The Introduction of FAHP; Transform the Scale of Traditional AHP into FAHP; Definition of Fuzzy Consistent Matrix; 4.4.2.2 Procedure of Model Building; Use of FAHP to Calculate the Weight; Standardization Each Index; Evaluation of Urbanization Level; 4.4.2.3 Evaluation Analysis.…”
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COMSOL for engineers by Tabatabaian, Mehrzad

Table of Contents: “…Cover page; Half title; LICENSE, DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY, AND LIMITED WARRANTY; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Finite Element Method-A Summary; Overview; FEM Formulation; Matrix Approach; Example 2.1: Analysis of a 2D Truss; General Procedure for Global Matrix Assembly; Example 2.2: Global Matrix for Triangular Elements; Weighted Residual Approach; Galerkin Method; Shape Functions; Convergence and Stability; Example2.3: Heat Transfer in a Slender Steel Bar; Exercise Problems; References; Chapter 3: COMSOL-A Modeling Tool for Engineers.…”
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Understanding MEMS : Principles and Applications. by Castañer, Luis

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Scaling of Forces -- 1.1 Scaling of Forces Model -- 1.2 Weight -- 1.3 Elastic Force -- 1.4 Electrostatic Force -- 1.5 Capillary Force -- 1.6 Piezoelectric Force -- 1.7 Magnetic Force -- 1.8 Dielectrophoretic Force -- 1.9 Summary -- Problems -- Notes -- 2 Elasticity -- 2.1 Stress -- 2.2 Strain -- 2.3 Stress-strain Relationship -- 2.4 Strain-stress Relationship in Anisotropic Materials -- 2.5 Miller Indices -- 2.6 Angles of Crystallographic Planes…”
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Advances and Trends in Artificial Intelligence. Theory and Applications 37th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Syste...

Table of Contents: “…. -- Accelerating Recurrent Neural Network Controllers Using Levenberg–Marquardt and Forward Accumulation Through Time in Closed-loop Control Systems with Parallel Computing and Weight Dropout Techniques. -- A Novel Instance Generator for Benchmarking the Job Shop Scheduling Problem. -- Various Applications. -- Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: A Convergence of Physical, Digital, and Social Realms Driven by Generative AI. -- Reconsidering Stochastic Policy Gradient Methods for Traffic Signal Control. -- Improving Noise Robustness of Automatic Speech Recognition based on a Parallel Adapter Model with Near-Identity Initialization. -- A sparse binary data clustering method for transaction data. -- Silver Surfer: Navigating the Parametric Protein Space with Genetic Algorithms. -- Knowledge-based Monitoring for Checking Law and Regulation Compliance. -- Exploring Simpson's Paradox Through the Lens of Fuzzy Causal Inference.…”
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Text information retrieval systems.

Table of Contents: “…Text Searching -- 9.1 The Special Problems of Text Searching -- 9.2 Some Characteristics of Text and Their Applications -- 9.3 Command Language for Text Searching -- 9.4 Term Weighting -- 9.5 Word Association Techniques -- 9.6 Text or Record Association Techniques -- 9.7 Other Processes with Words of a Text -- Chapter 10. …”


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Methods and Applications of Linear Models : Regression and the Analysis of Variance. by Hocking, Ronald R.

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Syntactic pattern recognition for seismic oil exploration by Huang, Kou-Yuan

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Copper Electrodeposition for Nanofabrication of Electronics Devices by Kondō, Kazuo

Table of Contents: “…2.2.3 Effect of PEG Concentration and Molecular Weight on Copper Deposition and Dissolution2.2.4 Adsorption and Suppression Mechanism; 2.2.5 PEG Adsorption on Coinage Metals; References; 3 Acceleration Effect; 3.1 ... …”
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Strategic System Assurance and Business Analytics

Table of Contents: “…Investing Data with Machine Learning using Python -- Probabilistic Assessment of Complex System with Two Subsystems in Series Arrangement with Multi Types Failure and Two Types of Repair using Copula -- "Recognition and Optimizing Process Lagging Indicators during Software Development" -- Risk and Safety Analysis of Warships Operational Lifetime Defects -- Facebook Data Breach: A Systematic Review of its Consequences on Consumers’ Behaviour Towards Advertising -- Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach to Identify the Factors Influencing Efficiency of Indian Retail Websites -- "Application of Statistical Techniques in Project Monitoring and Control" -- Sensor Based Smart Agriculture in India -- "Integrating UTAUT with Trust and Perceived Benefits to Explain User Adoption of Mobile Payments" -- "Improving the Quality of Customer Service of Financial Institutions: the Implementation of Challenger Banks" -- "Corporate Image Building in the Indian IT Sector: Conceptualizing through HR Practices" -- Vague Reliability Analysis of Standby Systems with an (N+1) Units -- "Experimental study for MRR and TWR on Machining of Inconel 718 using ZNC EDM" -- "Blind Quantitative Steganalysis using CNN –Long Short Term Memory Architecture" -- Performance of Autoregressive Tree model in Forecasting Cancer Patients -- Developing a Usage Space Dimension Model to Investigate Influence of Intention to use on Actual Usage of Mobile Phones -- "Examining the Relationship Between Customer Oriented Success Factors, Customer Satisfaction, and Repurchase Intention for Mobile Commerce" -- Smart Industrial Packaging and Sorting System -- Credentials Safety and System Security Pay-off and Tradeoff: Comfort Level Security Assurance Framework -- A Study of Microfinance on Sustainable Development -- "Development of Decision Support System for a Paper Making Unit of a Paper Plant using Genetic Algorithm Technique" -- "The Challenge of Big Data in Official Statistics in India" -- CUDA Accelerated HAPO (C-HAPO) Algorithm for Fast Responses in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks -- "A Survey of Portfolio Optimization with Emphasis on Investments made by Housewives in Popular Portfolios" -- "Single Vacation Policy for Discrete-time Retrial Queue with Two Types of Customers" -- "Intuitionistic Fuzzy Hybrid Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach with TOPSIS Method using Entropy Measure for Weighting Criteria" -- Dynamic Analysis of Prey-Predator Model with Harvesting Prey Under the Effect of Pollution and Disease in Prey Species -- "Univariate and Multivariate Process Capability Indices – Measures of Process Performance – A Case Study" -- "Improving Customer Satisfaction through Reduction in Post Release Defect Density (PRDD)" -- "An Architecture for Data Unification in E-commerce using Graph" -- "Study on Accident Data Recording Variables in Europe, USA & India" -- Improving The QFD Methodology -- Software Defect Prediction based on Selected Features using Neural Network and Decision Tree -- Testing Effort Dependent Software Reliability Assessment Integrating Change Point, Imperfect Debugging and FRF -- "Assessing the Severity of Software Bug using Neural Network" -- Optimal Refill Policy for New Product and Optimal Take Back Quantity of Used Product with Deteriorating Items Under Inflation and Lead Time -- Blockchain Based Social Network Infrastructure -- "Performance Analysis of an Active-Standby Embedded Cluster System with Software Rejuvenation, Fault Coverage and Reboot" -- "Analysis of Jeffcott Rotor and Rotor with Disk Using Xlrotor" -- Foodie: An Automated Food Ordering System -- Prioritization of Different types of Software Vulnerabilities using Structural Equation Modelling -- Fog-Based Internet of Things Security Issues -- Estimation of Fatigue life of PLCC Solder Joints Under Vibration Loading.…”
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Recent Developments in Statistics and Data Science SPE2021, Évora, Portugal, October 13–16

Table of Contents: “…Caeiro, Maria Ivette Gomes, Computational Study of the Adaptive Estimation of the Extreme Value Index with Probability Weighted Moments -- M. I. Gomes, F. Caeiro, L. Henriques-Rodrigues , Estimation of the Weibull Tail Coefficient through the Power Mean-of-Order p -- S. …”
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Hilbert modular forms and Iwasawa theory by Hida, Haruzo

Table of Contents: “…2.5 Theta series2.5.1 Quaternionic theta series; 2.5.2 Siegel's theta series; 2.5.3 Transformation formulas; 2.5.4 Theta series of imaginary quadratic fields; 2.6 The basis problem of Eichler; 2.6.1 The elliptic Jacquet-Langlands correspondence; 2.6.2 Eichler's integral correspondence; 3 Hecke algebras as Galois deformation rings; 3.1 Hecke algebras; 3.1.1 Automorphic forms on definite quaternions; 3.1.2 Hecke operators; 3.1.3 Inner products; 3.1.4 Ordinary Hecke algebras; 3.1.5 Automorphic forms of higher weight; 3.2 Galois deformation; 3.2.1 Minimal deformation problems…”
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Encyclopedia of emerging industries.

Table of Contents: “…Water and air filtration and purification -- Web developers -- Web portals and online communities -- Weight loss programs -- Wireless communications and WAP -- Wound care products and services -- XML.…”
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Hazzard's geriatric medicine and gerontology.

Table of Contents: “…Biology of aging and longevity -- Genetics of age-dependent human disease -- Immunology and aging -- Inflammation and aging -- Demography and epidemiology -- International gerontology -- Psychosocial aspects of aging -- General principles of pharmacology -- Preventive gerontology: strategies for optimizing health across the life span -- Evaluation, management, and decision making with the older patient -- Principles of geriatric assessment -- Mental status and neurological examination in older adults -- Assessment of decisional capacity and competencies -- Principles of screening in older adults -- Health care system -- Transitions -- Acute hospital care -- Emergency department care -- Critical care -- Subacute care -- Nursing facility care -- Community-based long-term care and home care -- Rural aging -- Appropriate approach to prescribing -- Complementary and alernative medicine -- Team care -- Social work -- Self-management of health behavior in geriatric medicine -- Rehabilitation -- Pain management -- Palliative care -- Legal issues -- Spirituality -- Ethical issues -- Perioperative evaluation and management -- Anesthesia -- Surgical outcomes -- Nutrition and aging -- Weight and age: paradoxes and conundrums -- Malnutrition and enteral/parenteral alimentation -- Disorders of swallowing -- Oral cavity -- Assessment and rehabilitation of older adults with low vision -- Age-related changes in the auditory system -- Sex and gender across the human life span -- Menopause and midlife health changes -- Sexuality, sexual function, and the aging woman -- Gynecologic disorders -- Sexuality, sexual function, androgen therapy, and the aging male -- Benign prostate disorders -- Aging and homeostatic regulation -- Frailty -- Delirium -- Falls -- Sleep disorders -- Dizziness -- Syncope -- Pressure ulcers -- Incontinence -- Elder mistreatment -- Cellular and neurochemical aspects of the aging human brain -- Cognitive changes associated with normal and pathological aging -- Psychoactive drug therapy -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Dementia including Alzheimer's disease --…”

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Vitamins. by Saxelby, catherine

Table of Contents: “…Good reasons to give a supplement: -- Reasons to think twice: -- Times you may need extra vitamins -- Smokers (and passive smokers) -- Heavy drinkers -- People over 60 who are housebound -- Vegans -- Anyone on a restricted diet -- Fussy eaters -- Those on a restricted weight-loss diet -- People with certain types of anaemia -- Those with malabsorption problems -- Before conception -- During pregnancy -- When breastfeeding -- When recovering from illness or surgery -- Lack of money -- Chapter 3: The 14 vitamins outlined -- Vitamin A (retinol) -- What does it do? …”
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Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies 23rd International Conference, PDCAT 2022, Sendai, Japan, December 7–9, 2022, Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Heterogeneous System (1) -- Towards Priority-Flexible Task Mapping for Heterogeneous Multi-Core NUMA systems -- Multi-GPU Scaling of a Conservative Weakly Compressible Solver for Large-scale Two-phase Flow Simulation -- Improving the Performance of Lattice Boltzmann Method with Pipelined Algorithm on A Heterogeneous Multi-zone Processor -- FPGA -- DEEPFAKE CLI: Accelerated Deepfake Detection using FPGAs -- Memory access optimization for former process of pencil drawing style image conversion in High-level Synthesis -- Word2Vec FPGA Accelerator Based on Spatial and Temporal Parallelism -- HPC & AI -- Analyzing I/O Performance of a Hierarchical HPC Storage System for Distributed Deep Learning -- An Advantage Actor-Critic Deep Reinforcement Learning Method for Power Management in HPC Systems -- An AutoML Based Algorithm for Performance Prediction in HPC Systems -- Embedded systems & Communication -- Edge-Gateway Intrusion Detection for Smart Home -- Energy-Delay Tradeoff in Parallel Task Allocation and Execution for Autonomous Platooning Applications -- A Reservation-based List Scheduling for Embedded Systems with Memory Constraints -- Formalization and Verification of SIP Using CSP -- Blockchain -- Towards a Blockchain and Fog-Based Proactive Data Distribution Framework for ICN -- Research on user influence weighted scoring algorithm incorporating incentive mechanism -- BloodMan-Chain: A Management of Blood and Its Products Transportation based on Blockchain Approach -- Deep Learning -- A Systematic Comparison on Prevailing Intrusion Detection Models -- Enhancing Resolution of Inferring Hi-C Data Integrating U-Net and ResNet Networks -- Detecting Network Intrusions with Resilient Approaches Based on Convolutional Neural Networks -- Quantum Computing & Programming Language -- Analysis of Precision Vectors for Ising-based Linear Regression -- Evaluating and Analyzing Irregular Tree Search in the Tascell and HOPE Parallel Programming Languages -- Best Papers -- Distributed Parallel Tall-Skinny QR factorization: Performance Evaluation of Various Algorithms on Various Systems -- A Partitioned Memory Architecture with Prefetching for Efficient Video Encoders -- A Hardware Trojan Exploiting Coherence Protocol on NoCs -- A System-Wide Communication to Couple Multiple MPI Programs for Heterogeneous Computing -- Heterogeneous System (2) -- A task-parallel runtime for heterogeneous multi-node vector systems -- Accelerating Radiative Transfer Simulation on NVIDIA GPUs with OpenACC -- QR Factorization of Block Low-Rank Matrices on Multi-Instance GPU -- Equivalence Checking & Model checking -- Equivalence Checking of Code Transformation by Numerical and Symbolic Approaches -- MEA: A Framework for Model Checking of Mutual Exclusion Algorithms Focusing on Atomicity -- Interconnect -- A High-Radix Non-Random Shortcut Network Topology for Efficient Collective Communication -- Fault Tolerance and Packet Latency of Peer Fat-Trees -- Accelerating Imbalanced Many-to-Many Communication with Systematic Delay Insertion -- Optimization (1) -- Optimizing Depthwise Convolutions on ARMv8 Architecture -- A Profiling-based Approach to Cache Partitioning of Program Data -- Optimization (2) -- Memory Bandwidth Conservation for SpMV Kernels through Adaptive Lossy Data Compression -- SimdFSM: An Adaptive Vectorization of Finite State Machines for Speculative Execution -- Privacy -- Broad Learning Inference Based on Fully Homomorphic Encryption -- Application of probabilistic common set in the open world set for vertical federated learning -- Workflow -- Towards a Standard Process Management Infrastructure for Workflows. 　 .…”
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