Unity 2017 Game Optimization - Second Edition. by Dickinson, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Use Mip Maps wisely -- Manage resolution downscaling externally -- Adjust Anisotropic Filtering levels -- Consider Atlasing -- Adjust compression rates for non-square textures -- Sparse Textures -- Procedural Materials -- Asynchronous Texture Uploading -- Mesh and animation files -- Reduce polygon count -- Tweak Mesh Compression -- Use Read-Write Enabled appropriately -- Consider baked animations -- Combine meshes -- Asset Bundles and Resources -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Faster Physics -- Physics Engine internals -- Physics and time -- Maximum Allowed Timestep -- Physics updates and runtime changes -- Static Colliders and Dynamic Colliders -- Collision detection -- Collider types -- The Collision Matrix -- Rigidbody active and sleeping states -- Ray and object casting -- Debugging Physics -- Physics performance optimizations -- Scene setup -- Scaling -- Positioning -- Mass -- Use Static Colliders appropriately -- Use Trigger Volumes responsibly -- Optimize the Collision Matrix -- Prefer Discrete collision detection -- Modify the Fixed Update frequency -- Adjust the Maximum Allowed Timestep -- Minimize Raycasting and bounding-volume checks -- Avoid complex Mesh Colliders -- Use simpler primitives -- Use simpler Mesh Colliders -- Avoid complex physics Components -- Let physics objects sleep -- Modify the Solver Iteration Count -- Optimize Ragdolls -- Reduce Joints and Colliders -- Avoid inter-Ragdoll collisions -- Replace, deactivate or remove inactive Ragdolls -- Know when to use physics -- Summary -- Chapter 6 : Dynamic Graphics -- The Rendering Pipeline -- The GPU Front End -- The GPU Back End -- Fill Rate -- Overdraw -- Memory Bandwidth -- Lighting and Shadowing -- Forward Rendering -- Deferred Rendering -- Vertex Lit Shading (legacy) -- Global Illumination -- Multithreaded Rendering -- Low-level rendering APIs -- Detecting performance issues.…”
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Ethnobotany of India

Table of Contents: “…PullaiahListening to a Fairy Tale on a Moonlit Night....: Some Reflections on the Human Affinities with Plants in the Worldviews of Indigenous Communities along the Western Ghats of KarnatakaB. …”
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The Lost generation : children in the Holocaust

Table of Contents: “…50 to 150 times a day / Erika Mann -- Skepticism and participation / Ilse McKee -- Neighbors / Melita Meschmann -- Babi Yar / Anatoly Kuznetsoi -- The Kristallnacht riots and pogroms / Rita Thalmann and Emmanuel Feindermann -- Jewish children's exodus -- Flights to England / Karen Gershon -- Castles of refuge in France / Ernst Papnek with Edward Linn -- First Youth Aliyah Group in Berlin / Recha Freir -- Henrietta Szold welcomes First Youth Aliyah Group / Zena Harman -- Exiled children part from their doomed parents at Camp Gurs, France, 1941 / Isaac Chomsky -- Extirpating the unborn generation -- A cruel hoax: mixed marriages and sterilization / Philip Mechanicus -- Babies and pregnant mothers killed / Olga Lengiel -- The fate of Jeanette's twins / Giselle Perl -- Leo Baeck prevents an abortion / Leonard Baker -- Children in the Nazi ghetto / A memorial to a three-year-old girl / Eliezer Yerushalmi -- Families in the bunkers / Aharon Peretz -- Live game / Moshe Prager -- "We will not hand over the children alive" / Fredka Mazia -- Spiritual resistance -- School life in the Vilna Ghetto / Mark Dvorjecki -- An underground Yeshiva in Warsaw / Hillel Seidman -- Clandestine high school in the Warsaw Ghetto / Nathan Eckron -- Self-aid in the ghetto ; This is Jewish revenge / Chaim A. …”


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Water reclamation technologies for safe managed aquifer recharge

Table of Contents: “…Water reclamation for aquifer recharge at the eight case study sites: a cross case analysis / Kristell Le Corre [and others] -- 2.1. …”
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China between peace and war : Mao, Chiang and the Americans, 1945-47 by Cheng, Victor Shiu Chiang

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The Portland Black Panthers : empowering Albina and remaking a city by Burke, Lucas N. N., Jeffries, J. L. (Judson L.), 1965-

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Outsourcing war and peace : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs by Dickinson, Laura A. (Laura Anne)

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Gaston Contremoulins, 1869-1950 : visionary pioneer of radiology : forgotten heritage by Mornet, Patrick

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The deadly bet : LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 election by LaFeber, Walter

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Unnatural causes. Bad sugar

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Microbiota and Biofertilizers, Vol 2 Ecofriendly Tools for Reclamation of Degraded Soil Environs

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Critical infrastructure protection in homeland security : defending a networked nation by Lewis, T. G. (Theodore Gyle), 1941-

Table of Contents: “…12.6.2 Transmission Pipelines -- 12.6.3 Storage -- 12.7 Threat Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico Supply Chain -- 12.8 Network Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico Supply Chain -- 12.9 The KeystoneXL Pipeline Controversy -- 12.10 The NG Supply Chain -- 12.11 Analysis -- 12.12 Exercises -- References -- Chapter 13 Electric Power -- 13.1 The Grid -- 13.2 From Death Rays to Vertical Integration -- 13.2.1 Early Regulation -- 13.2.2 Deregulation and EPACT 1992 -- 13.2.3 Energy Sector ISAC -- 13.3 Out of Orders 888 and 889 Comes Chaos -- 13.3.1 Economics versus Physics -- 13.3.2 Betweenness Increases SOC -- 13.4 The North American Grid -- 13.4.1 ACE and Kirchhoff's Law -- 13.5 Anatomy of a Blackout -- 13.5.1 What Happened on August 14th, 2003 -- 13.6 Threat Analysis -- 13.6.1 Attack Scenario 1: Disruption of Fuel Supply to Power Plants -- 13.6.2 Attack Scenario 2: Destruction of Major Transformers -- 13.6.3 Attack Scenario 3: Disruption of SCADA Communications -- 13.6.4 Attack Scenario 4: Creation of a Cascading Transmission Failure -- 13.7 Risk Analysis -- 13.8 Analysis of WECC -- 13.9 Analysis -- 13.10 Exercises -- References -- Chapter 14 Healthcare and Public Health -- 14.1 The Sector Plan -- 14.2 Roemer's Model -- 14.2.1 Components of Roemer's Model -- 14.3 The Complexity of Public Health -- 14.4 Risk Analysis of HPH Sector -- 14.5 Bioterrorism -- 14.5.1 Classification of Biological Agents -- 14.6 Epidemiology -- 14.6.1 The Kermack-McKendrick Model -- 14.6.2 SARS -- 14.7 Predicting Pandemics -- 14.7.1 The Levy Flight Theory of Pandemics -- 14.8 Biosurveillance -- 14.8.1 Healthmap -- 14.8.2 Big Data -- 14.8.3 GeoSentinel -- 14.9 Network Pandemics -- 14.10 The World Travel Network -- 14.11 Exercises -- References -- Chapter 15 Transportation -- 15.1 Transportation under Transformation -- 15.2 The Road to Prosperity -- 15.2.1 Economic Impact -- 15.2.2 The NHS.…”
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Spacecraft dynamics and control an introduction by De Ruiter, Anton H. J.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Dedication iii Preface xiii 1 Kinematics 1 1.1 Physical vectors 1 1.1.1 Scalar Product 2 1.1.2 Vector Cross Product 3 1.1.3 Other Useful Vector Identities 5 1.2 Reference Frames and Physical Vector Coordinates 5 1.2.1 Vector Addition and Scalar Multiplication 7 1.2.2 Scalar Product 7 1.2.3 Vector Cross Product 8 1.2.4 Column Matrix Identities 9 1.3 Rotation Matrices 9 1.3.1 Principal Rotations 12 1.3.2 General Rotations 13 1.3.3 Euler Angles 19 1.3.4 Quaternions 20 1.4 Derivatives of Vectors 27 1.4.1 Angular Velocity 28 1.4.2 Angular Velocity in Terms of Euler Angle Rates 31 1.4.3 Angular Velocity in Terms of Quaternion Rates 32 1.5 Velocity and Acceleration 34 1.6 More Rigorous Definition of Angular Velocity 35 References 37 2 Rigid Body Dynamics 39 2.1 Dynamics of a Single Particle 39 2.2 Dynamics of a System of Particles 41 2.3 Rigid Body Dynamics 44 2.3.1 Translational Dynamics 44 2.3.2 Rotational Dynamics 45 2.4 The Inertia Matrix 47 2.4.1 A Parallel Axis Theorem 48 2.4.2 A Rotational Transformation Theorem 49 2.4.3 Principal Axes 49 2.5 Kinetic Energy of a Rigid Body 51 References 53 3 The Keplerian Two-Body Problem 55 3.1 Equations of motion 55 3.2 Constants of the motion 56 3.2.1 Orbital Angular Momentum 56 3.2.2 Orbital Energy 57 3.2.3 The Eccentricity Vector 58 3.3 Shape of a Keplerian orbit 59 3.3.1 Perifocal Coordinate System 61 3.4 Kepler's Laws 68 3.5 Time of Flight 71 3.5.1 Circular Orbits 71 3.5.2 Elliptical Orbits 71 3.5.3 Parabolic Orbits 75 3.5.4 Hyperbolic Orbits 75 3.6 Orbital Elements 75 3.6.1 Heliocentric-Ecliptic Coordinate System 76 3.6.2 Geocentric-Equatorial Coordinate System 77 3.7 Orbital Elements given Position and Velocity 78 3.8 Position and Velocity given Orbital Elements 80 References 84 4 Preliminary Orbit Determination 85 4.1 Orbit Determination from Three Position Vectors 85 4.2 Orbit Determination from Three Line-of-Sight Vectors 88 4.3 Orbit Determination from Two Position Vectors and Time (Lambert's Problem) 94 4.3.1 The Lagrangian Coefficients 94 References 98 5 Orbital Maneuvers 99 5.1 Simple ImpulsiveManeuvers 99 5.2 Coplanar Maneuvers 100 5.2.1 Hohmann Transfers 102 5.2.2 Bi-Elliptic Transfers 104 5.3 Plane Change Maneuvers 106 5.4 Combined Maneuvers 108 5.5 Rendezvous 110 References 111 6 Interplanetary Trajectories 113 6.1 Sphere of Influence 113 6.2 Interplanetary Hohmann Transfers 116 6.3 Patched Conics 120 6.3.1 Departure Hyperbola 121 6.3.2 Arrival Hyperbola 123 6.4 Planetary Flyby 126 6.5 Planetary Capture 127 References 129 7 Orbital Perturbations 131 7.1 Special Perturbations 132 7.1.1 Cowell's Method 132 7.1.2 Encke's Method 133 7.2 General Perturbations 134 7.3 Gravitational Perturbations due to a Non-Spherical Primary Body 137 7.3.1 The Perturbative Force Per Unit Mass Due to J2 142 7.4 Effect of J2 on the orbital elements 143 7.5 Special Types of Orbits 146 7.5.1 Sun-synchronous orbits 147 7.5.2 Molniya Orbits 147 7.6 Small Impulse Form of the Gauss Variational Equations 148 7.7 Derivation of the Remaining Gauss Variational Equations 149 References 156 8 Low Thrust Trajectory Analysis and Design 157 8.1 Problem Formulation 157 8.2 Coplanar Circle to Circle Transfers 158 8.3 Plane Change Maneuver 160 References 161 9 Spacecraft Formation Flying 163 9.1 Mathematical Description 164 9.2 Relative Motion Solutions 168 9.2.1 Out-of-PlaneMotion 168 9.2.2 In-Plane Motion 168 9.2.3 Alternative Description for In-Plane Relative Motion 170 9.2.4 Further Examination of In-Plane Motion 172 9.2.5 Out-of-PlaneMotion - Revisited 174 9.3 Special Types of Relative Orbits 175 9.3.1 Along-Track Orbits 175 9.3.2 Projected Elliptical Orbits 176 9.3.3 Projected Circular Orbits 178 References 178 10 The Restricted Three-Body Problem 179 10.1 Formulation 179 10.1.1 Equations of Motion 181 10.2 The Lagrangian Points 182 10.2.1 Case (i) 182 10.2.2 Case (ii) 182 10.3 Stability of the Lagrangian Points 183 10.3.1 Comments 184 10.4 Jacobi's Integral 185 10.4.1 Hill's Curves 185 10.4.2 Comments on Figure 10.5 187 References 187 11 Introduction to Spacecraft Attitude Stabilization 189 11.1 Introduction to Control Systems 190 11.2 Overview of Attitude Representation and Kinematics 192 11.3 Overview of Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics 193 12 Disturbance Torques on a Spacecraft 195 12.1 Magnetic Torque 195 12.2 Solar Radiation Pressure Torque 195 12.3 Aerodynamic Torque 197 12.4 Gravity-Gradient Torque 199 References 202 13 Torque-Free Attitude Motion 203 13.1 Solution for an Axisymmetric Body 203 13.2 Physical Interpretation of the Motion 209 References 212 14 Spin Stabilization 213 14.1 Stability 213 14.2 Spin Stability of Torque-FreeMotion 215 14.3 Effect of Internal Energy Dissipation 217 References 218 15 Dual-Spin Stabilization 219 15.1 Equations of Motion 219 15.2 Stability of Dual-Spin Torque-FreeMotion 220 15.3 Effect of Internal Energy Dissipation 222 References 228 16 Gravity-Gradient Stabilization 229 16.1 Equations of Motion 230 16.2 Stability Analysis 233 16.2.1 Pitch Motion 233 16.2.2 Roll-Yaw Motion 234 16.2.3 Combined Pitch and Roll/Yaw 237 References 238 17 Active Spacecraft Attitude Control 239 17.1 Attitude Control for a Nominally Inertially Fixed Spacecraft 240 17.2 Transfer Function Representation of a System 241 17.3 System Response to an Impulsive Input 242 17.4 Block Diagrams 243 17.5 The Feedback Control Problem 246 17.6 Typical Control Laws 248 17.6.1 Proportional "P" Control 248 17.6.2 Proportional Derivative "PD" Control 249 17.6.3 Proportional Integral Derivative "PID" Control 250 17.7 Time-Domain Specifications 251 17.7.1 Transient Specifications 252 17.8 Factors that Modify the Transient Behavior 265 17.8.1 Effect of Zeros 265 17.8.2 Effect of Additional Poles 267 17.9 Steady-State Specifications and System Type 268 17.10Effect of Disturbances 274 17.11Actuator Limitations 275 References 277 18 Routh's Stability Criterion 279 18.1 Proportional-Derivative Control with Actuator Dynamics 280 18.2 Active Dual-Spin Stabilization 282 References 287 19 The Root Locus 289 19.1 Rules for Constructing the Root Locus 290 19.2 PD Attitude Control with Actuator Dynamics - Revisited 297 19.3 Derivation of the Rules for Constructing the Root Locus 301 References 309 20 Control Design by the Root Locus Method 311 20.1 Typical Types of Controllers 313 20.2 PID Design for Spacecraft Attitude Control 317 References 324 21 Frequency Response 327 21.1 Frequency Response and Bode Plots 328 21.1.1 Plotting the Frequency Response as a Function of ω (Bode Plots) 330 21.2 Low-Pass Filter Design 338 References 339 22 Relative Stability 341 22.1 Polar Plots 341 22.2 Nyquist Stability Criterion 343 22.2.1 Argument Principle 344 22.2.2 Stability Analysis of the Closed-Loop System 346 22.3 Stability Margins 352 22.3.1 Stability Margin Definitions 354 References 362 23 Control Design in the Frequency Domain 363 23.1 Feedback Control Problem - Revisited 368 23.1.1 Closed-Loop Tracking Error 369 23.1.2 Closed-Loop Control Effort 370 23.1.3 Modified Control Implementation 371 23.2 Control Design 372 23.2.1 Frequency Responses for Common Controllers 375 23.3 Example - PID Design for Spacecraft Attitude Control 380 References 385 24 Nonlinear Spacecraft Attitude Control 387 24.1 State-Space Representation of the Spacecraft Attitude Equations 387 24.2 Stability Definitions 390 24.2.1 Equilibrium Points 390 24.2.2 Stability of Equilibria 390 24.3 Stability Analysis 392 24.3.1 Detumbling of a Rigid Spacecraft 392 24.3.2 Lyapunov Stability Theorems 395 24.4 LaSalle's Theorem 397 24.5 Spacecraft Attitude Control with Quaternion and Angular Rate Feedback 399 24.5.1 Controller Gain Selection 401 References 404 25 Spacecraft Navigation 405 25.1 Review of Probability Theory 405 25.1.1 Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density Functions 405 25.1.2 Mean and Covariance 407 25.1.3 Gaussian Probability Density Functions 409 25.1.4 Discrete-TimeWhite Noise 411 25.1.…”
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DFSMStvs overview and planning guide

Table of Contents: “…Introducing DFSMStvs -- 1.1 A brief history of VSAM -- 1.2 Changing business requirements -- 1.2.1 Extending CICS availability -- 1.2.2 Reducing the batch window -- 1.2.3 Web access to VSAM data -- 1.3 Some definitions -- 1.3.1 Backward recovery -- 1.3.2 Forward recovery -- 1.3.3 Atomic updates -- 1.3.4 Unit of work and unit of recovery -- 1.3.5 Two-phase commit -- 1.3.6 In-flight and in-doubt -- 1.3.7 Repeatable read -- 1.3.8 Recoverable data sets -- 1.4 CICS support for recoverable VSAM -- 1.5 VSAM record level sharing introduction -- 1.5.1 RLS new function APARs -- 1.6 DFSMStvs introduction -- 1.6.1 DFSMStvs locking -- 1.6.2 DFSMStvs logging -- 1.6.3 Recovery coordination -- 1.7 Effect on the batch window -- 1.8 Planning for DFSMStvs -- 1.9 Summary -- Chapter 2. …”
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Software engineering for embedded systems : methods, practical techniques, and applications

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Software engineering -- Embedded systems -- Embedded systems are reactive systems -- Real-time systems -- Types of real-time systems -- soft and hard -- Examples of hard real-time -- Real-time event characteristics -- Efficient execution and the execution environment -- Challenges in real-time system design -- Response time -- Recovering from failures -- The embedded system software build process -- Distributed and multi-processor architectures -- Software for embedded systems -- Super loop architecture -- Hardware abstraction layers (HAL) for embedded systems -- Summary -- Today's embedded systems -- an example -- HW/SW prototyping users -- HW/SW prototyping options -- Prototyping decision criteria -- Choosing the right prototype -- Industry design chain -- The need to change the design flow -- Different types of virtual prototypes -- A brief history of virtual prototypes -- The limits of proprietary offerings -- What makes virtual prototypes fast -- Standardization: the era of SystemC TLM-2.0 -- SystemC TLM-2 abstraction levels -- Architecture virtual prototypes -- Software virtual prototypes -- Summary -- the growing importance of virtualization -- When and why should you model your embedded system? …”
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Atlas of human anatomy by Netter, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1906-1991

Table of Contents: “…Mediastinum : right lateral view ; Mediastinum : left lateral view ; Esophagus in Situ ; Topography and constrictions of esophagus ; Musculature of esophagus ; Esophagogastric junction ; Arteries of esophagus ; Veins of esophagus ; Lymph vessels and nodes of esophagus ; Nerves of esophagus -- Regional scans. …”
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The law and practice of restructuring in the UK and US

Table of Contents: “…-- 11.3.2 Economic interest -- 11.3.3 Valuation -- 11.3.4 Situations requiring a compromise of shareholder rights -- 11.3.5 Funding issues -- 11.3.6 Balance sheet restructuring -- 11.3.7 Implementation techniques -- 11.3.8 Shareholder rights -- 11.4 Conclusion -- 12. …”
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