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Streamlined ID: A Practical Guide to Instructional Design
by Miriam B. Larson Barbara B. LockeeStreamlined ID presents a focused and generalizable approach to instructional design and development—one that addresses the needs of ID novices as well as practitioners in a variety of career environments. Highlighting essentials and "big ideas," this guide advocates a streamlined approach to instructional design: producing instruction that is sustainable, optimized, appropriately redundant, and targeted at continuous improvement. The book’s enhanced version of the classic ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) emphasizes the iterative nature of design and the role of evaluation throughout the design/development process. It clearly lays out a systematic approach that emphasizes the use of research-based theories, while acknowledging the need to customize the process to accommodate a variety of pedagogical approaches. This thoroughly revised second edition reflects recent advances and changes in the field, adds three new chapters, updates reference charts, job aids, and tips to support practitioners working in a variety of career environments, and speaks more clearly than ever to ID novices and graduate students.
Streams of Income: Living the Multiple Income Streams Dream
by Ryan RegerStreams of Income is a guide to making the ideal day an everyday occurrence by building multiple streams of income. Multiple streams of income might sound nice, but is it actually possible? YES! Anyone can build a business that creates multiple streams to supplement income or maybe even provides a way to leave their current job. In Streams of Income, online business coach Ryan Reger unpacks the three main online business models and helps readers determine which one is the best fit for them. He also provides the resources readers need to take action and even goes into discovering the “why” for starting an online business. Whether the goal is to spend more time with family, be able to give more to important causes, or saving for kids’ college or retirement, Ryan gives readers the tools they need to reach their goals and live the multiple income streams dream.
Strengthening Deep Neural Networks: Making AI Less Susceptible to Adversarial Trickery
by Katy WarrAs deep neural networks (DNNs) become increasingly common in real-world applications, the potential to deliberately "fool" them with data that wouldn’t trick a human presents a new attack vector. This practical book examines real-world scenarios where DNNs—the algorithms intrinsic to much of AI—are used daily to process image, audio, and video data.Author Katy Warr considers attack motivations, the risks posed by this adversarial input, and methods for increasing AI robustness to these attacks. If you’re a data scientist developing DNN algorithms, a security architect interested in how to make AI systems more resilient to attack, or someone fascinated by the differences between artificial and biological perception, this book is for you.Delve into DNNs and discover how they could be tricked by adversarial inputInvestigate methods used to generate adversarial input capable of fooling DNNsExplore real-world scenarios and model the adversarial threatEvaluate neural network robustness; learn methods to increase resilience of AI systems to adversarial dataExamine some ways in which AI might become better at mimicking human perception in years to come
String Processing and Information Retrieval: 26th International Symposium, SPIRE 2019, Segovia, Spain, October 7–9, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11811)
by Nieves R. Brisaboa Simon J. PuglisiThis volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval, SPIRE 2019, held in Segovia, Spain, in October 2019. The 28 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. They cover topics such as: data compression; information retrieval; string algorithms; algorithms; computational biology; indexing and compression; and compressed data structures.
Structural Bioinformatics: Applications in Preclinical Drug Discovery Process (Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics #27)
by C. Gopi MohanThis book reviews the advances and challenges of structure-based drug design in the preclinical drug discovery process, addressing various diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis and cancer. Written by internationally recognized researchers, this edited book discusses how the application of the various in-silico techniques, such as molecular docking, virtual screening, pharmacophore modeling, molecular dynamics simulations, and residue interaction networks offers insights into pharmacologically active novel molecular entities. <P><P> It presents a clear concept of the molecular mechanism of different drug targets and explores methods to help understand drug resistance. In addition, it includes chapters dedicated to natural-product- derived medicines, combinatorial drug discovery, the CryoEM technique for structure-based drug design and big data in drug discovery. <P><P> The book offers an invaluable resource for graduate and postgraduate students, as well as for researchers in academic and industrial laboratories working in the areas of chemoinformatics, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacoinformatics.
Structural Changes and their Econometric Modeling (Studies in Computational Intelligence #808)
by Vladik Kreinovich Songsak SriboonchittaThis book focuses on structural changes and economic modeling. It presents papers describing how to model structural changes, as well as those introducing improvements to the existing before-structural-changes models, making it easier to later on combine these models with techniques describing structural changes. The book also includes related theoretical developments and practical applications of the resulting techniques to economic problems. Most traditional mathematical models of economic processes describe how the corresponding quantities change with time. However, in addition to such relatively smooth numerical changes, economical phenomena often undergo more drastic structural change. Describing such structural changes is not easy, but it is vital if we want to have a more adequate description of economic phenomena – and thus, more accurate and more reliable predictions and a better understanding on how best to influence the economic situation.
Structural Equation Models: From Paths to Networks (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #22)
by J. Christopher WestlandThis new edition surveys the full range of available structural equation modeling (SEM) methodologies. The book has been updated throughout to reflect the arrival of new software packages, which have made analysis much easier than in the past. Applications in a broad range of disciplines are discussed, particularly in the social sciences where many key concepts are not directly observable. This book presents SEM’s development in its proper historical context–essential to understanding the application, strengths and weaknesses of each particular method. This book also surveys the emerging path and network approaches that complement and enhance SEM, and that are growing in importance. SEM’s ability to accommodate unobservable theory constructs through latent variables is of significant importance to social scientists. Latent variable theory and application are comprehensively explained and methods are presented for extending their power, including guidelines for data preparation, sample size calculation and the special treatment of Likert scale data. Tables of software, methodologies and fit statistics provide a concise reference for any research program, helping assure that its conclusions are defensible and publishable.
Structural Information and Communication Complexity: 26th International Colloquium, SIROCCO 2019, L'Aquila, Italy, July 1–4, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11639)
by Keren Censor-Hillel Michele FlamminiThis book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 26th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, SIROCCO 2019, held in L’Aquila, Italy, in July 2019.The 19 full papers and 9 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. They are devoted to the study of the interplay between structural knowledge, communication, and computing in decentralized systems of multiple communicating entities.
Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method: 8th International Workshop, SOFL+MSVL 2018, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, November 16, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11392)
by Zhenhua Duan Shaoying Liu Cong Tian Fumiko NagoyaThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method, SOFL+MSVL 2018, held in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, in November 2018.The 11 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: programming and testing; verification and validation; semantics; and blockchain.
Struktur und Design responsiver Webseiten auf Smartphones: Wie Sie das mobile Internet userfreundlich gestalten (essentials)
by Annika BrinkmannAnnika Brinkmann zeigt in diesem essential, wie mit wenigen Kniffen aus schlechten Beispielen gute mobile Webseiten entstehen können. Die Autorin erläutert, was getan werden muss, um Inhalte nicht zu klein oder zu groß für den verfügbaren Platz darzustellen, Navigationen sinnvoll zu strukturieren und von der richtigen Seite her einzublenden. Kurzum: Sie zeigt, wie man mobile Websites übersichtlich gestaltet, damit diese keinen User-Frust auslösen. Das mobile Internet hat die Nutzung von Webseiten auf Desktop-Computern längst hinter sich gelassen. „Mobile first“ ist angesagt, die Zeichen stehen oftmals sogar auf „Mobile only“-Nutzung des Internets – zumindest im Privatgebrauch.
Student Voice and Teacher Professional Development: Knowledge Exchange and Transformational Learning
by David MorrisThis book explores the role of students’ involvement in teacher professional development. Building upon a research study whereby pupils instruct their teachers in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the author argues that using student voice in this way can result in transformational learning for all those involved. The author presents the processes and experiences of pupils taking on the role of educators as well as the experiences of the teachers receiving such professional development from their students. In doing so, he promotes the innovative use of a student voice initiative to support teaching and learning, with the overarching purpose of improving and transforming teacher-pupil relationships. This book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of pupil voice, teacher professional development and transformational learning.
Subsidence Analysis and Visualization: For Sedimentary Basin Analysis and Modelling (SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering)
by Eun Young Lee Johannes Novotny Michael WagreichThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to techniques for quantitative subsidence analysis and visualization with example applications. Subsidence analysis is an essential step to understand basin evolution through geologic time and space in the study of sediments and sedimentary basins. Quantifying techniques have been developed and applied in many basin research projects to evaluate total, tectonic and thermal subsidence. They are also a pre-requisite for basin evolution modelling. Recent studies have applied visualization techniques to understand regional subsidence contexts and trends, which confirmed that three-dimensional visualization of the basin subsidence is highly helpful to gain insight into basin evolution. In this book, we show how geoscience and computer science can be effectively combined in advanced basin analysis, especially in terms of basin subsidence. Each type of subsidence analysis is introduced with example applications. In particular we present a study of the Vienna basin using BasinVis, a MATLAB-based program for analyzing and visualizing basin subsidence. Given its breadth of coverage, this book will benefit students in undergraduate and postgraduate courses and provide helpful information for research projects and industry applications.
The Successful Software Manager: The definitive guide to growing from developer to manager
by Herman FungA developer's guide to successfully managing teams, customers, and software projects Key Features A complete guide to managing developer teams, software projects, customers, and users Transition successfully from a technical role to management Develop crucial skills to enhance your performance and advance your career Book Description The Successful Software Manager is a comprehensive and practical guide to managing software developers, software customers, and the process of deciding what software needs to be built. It explains in detail how to develop a management mindset, lead a high-performing developer team, and meet all the expectations of a good manager. The book will help you whether you've chosen to pursue a career in management or have been asked to "act up" as a manager. Whether you're a Development Manager, Product Manager, Team Leader, Solution Architect, or IT Director, this is your indispensable guide to all aspects of running your team and working within an organization and dealing with colleagues, customers, potential customers, and technologists, to ensure you build the product your organization needs. This book is the must-have authoritative guide to managing projects, managing people, and preparing yourself to be an effective manager. The intuitive real-life examples will act as a desk companion for any day-to-day challenge, and beyond that, Herman will show you how to prepare for the next stages and how to achieve career success. What you will learn Decide if moving to management is right for you Develop the skills required for management Lead and manage successful software development projects Understand the various roles in a technical team and how to manage them Motivate and mentor your team Deliver successful training and presentations Lead the design process with storyboards and personas, and validate your solution Who this book is for Development Managers, Product Managers, Team Leaders, Solution Architects, or IT Directors who want to effectively manage colleagues, customers, potential customers, and technologists.
Summer of Simulation: 50 Years of Seminal Computer Simulation Research (Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications)
by John Sokolowski Umut Durak Navonil Mustafee Andreas TolkThis book is based on the “Summer Simulation Multi-Conference” (SCSC), which has been a prominent platform for the dissemination of scholarly research in the M&S community for the last 50 years. In keeping with the conference’s seasonal title, the authors have called this half-century “the summer of simulation,” and it has led not only to simulation-based disciplines but also simulation as a discipline. This book discusses contributions from the SCSC in four sections. The first section is an introduction to the work. The second section is devoted to contributions from simulation research fellows who were associated with the SCSC, while the third section features the SCSC’s most influential contributions. Lastly, the fourth section includes contributions from the best papers in the last five years.Features:• A comprehensive volume dedicated to one of the simulation domain’s major conferences: the SCSC• Offers a scientometric analysis of the SCSC• Revisits high-impact topics from 50 years of the SCSC• Includes chapters by simulation research fellows associated with the SCSC• Presents updated best-paper contributions from the recent conferenceThis work will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of modeling and simulation over the last fifty years. Readers will gain a perspective on what drove this evolution, and develop an understanding of the key contributions that allowed this technology to grow into its own academic discipline and profession.
Super Arduino: Step-by-Step Instructions to Build Cool Gadgets
by Kenneth HawthornGeek out—amazing gadget projects for Arduino beginners. Welcome to the wonderful wired world of Arduino—the flexible open-source electronics platform for creators. Become a coding superhero with Super Arduino—the easiest step-by-step, project-based guide for beginners who want to learn the latest tips and tricks while taking their DIY programming skills to the next level. Let your engineering imagination run wild. In this Arduino project workbook, you'll learn how to create great gadgets like a fabulous flag-waver, flashing disco shoes, a crazy clock, flip-a-switch with Wi-Fi, and even an echolocation distance sensor—like a bat! So what are you waiting for? Plug into Super Arduino and get the following: Calling all coders—Explore these easy-to-follow programming sketches specifically designed for Arduino beginners. Ignite your imagination—You'll make wired wearables, crazy costumes, and even home gadgets using step-by-step Arduino projects that build your skills—and coding confidence. Full-color format—From start to finish, four-color sketch images will help guide you. If you can dream it, there's a good chance you can build it—with this awesome Arduino beginner's guide.
Super Mario Bros: Le Battute & I Meme Più Divertenti
by Hiddenstuff EntertainmentOttieni l’accesso istantaneo alle battute più divertenti su Super Mario Bros! Scoprirai le battute più divertenti di sempre su Super Mario Bros. Questo libro è composto con alcune delle battute più esilaranti su Super Mario Bros. Scopri i personaggi più popolari della Nintendo con battute e meme stupidi, ridicoli e semplicemente meravigliosi su di loro! Scarica la tua copia adesso! Compra oggi la tua copia e scopri tutte le battute più popolari su Super Mario Bros!
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Super Scratch Programming Adventure! (Scratch 3)
by The LEAD ProjectComics! Games! Programming! Now updated to cover Scratch 3.Scratch is the wildly popular educational programming language used by millions of first-time learners in classrooms and homes worldwide. By dragging together colorful blocks of code, kids can learn computer programming concepts and make cool games and animations. The latest version, Scratch 3, features an updated interface, new sprites and programming blocks, and extensions that let you program things like the micro:bit.In Super Scratch Programming Adventure!, kids learn programming fundamentals as they make their very own playable video games. They'll create projects inspired by classic arcade games that can be programmed (and played!) in an afternoon. Patient, step-by-step explanations of the code and fun programming challenges will have kids creating their own games in no time.This full-color comic book makes programming concepts like variables, flow control, and subroutines effortless to absorb. Packed with ideas for games that kids will be proud to show off, Super Scratch Programming Adventure! is the perfect first step for the budding programmer.Covers Scratch 3
Supercomputing: 4th Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2018, Moscow, Russia, September 24–25, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #965)
by Vladimir Voevodin Sergey SobolevThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2018, held in Moscow, Russia, in September 2018.The 59 revised full papers and one revised short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 136 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on parallel algorithms; supercomputer simulation; high performance architectures, tools and technologies.
Supercomputing: 5th Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2019, Moscow, Russia, September 23–24, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1129)
by Vladimir Voevodin Sergey SobolevThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2019, held in Moscow, Russia, in September 2019.The 60 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: parallel algorithms; supercomputer simulation; HPC, BigData, AI: architectures, technologies, tools; and distributed and cloud computing.
Supercomputing: 10th International Conference on Supercomputing in Mexico, ISUM 2019, Monterrey, Mexico, March 25–29, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1151)
by Moisés Torres Jaime KlappThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Supercomputing, ISUM 2019, held in Monterrey, Mexico, in March 2019.The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on HPC architecture, networks, system software, algorithmic techniques, modeling and system tools, clouds, distributed computing, big data, data analytics, visualization and storage, applications for science and engineering, and emer- ging technologies.
Supercomputing Frontiers: 5th Asian Conference, SCFA 2019, Singapore, March 11–14, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11416)
by David Abramson Bronis R. de SupinskiThis open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Asian Supercomputing Conference, SCFA 2019, held in Singapore in March 2019. The 6 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They cover a range of topics including memory fault handling, linear algebra, image processing, heterogeneous computing, resource usage prediction, and data caching.
Supervised Machine Learning with Python: Develop rich Python coding practices while exploring supervised machine learning
by Taylor SmithTeach your machine to think for itself!Key FeaturesDelve into supervised learning and grasp how a machine learns from dataImplement popular machine learning algorithms from scratch, developing a deep understanding along the wayExplore some of the most popular scientific and mathematical libraries in the Python languageBook DescriptionSupervised machine learning is used in a wide range of sectors (such as finance, online advertising, and analytics) because it allows you to train your system to make pricing predictions, campaign adjustments, customer recommendations, and much more while the system self-adjusts and makes decisions on its own. As a result, it's crucial to know how a machine “learns” under the hood.This book will guide you through the implementation and nuances of many popular supervised machine learning algorithms while facilitating a deep understanding along the way. You’ll embark on this journey with a quick overview and see how supervised machine learning differs from unsupervised learning. Next, we explore parametric models such as linear and logistic regression, non-parametric methods such as decision trees, and various clustering techniques to facilitate decision-making and predictions. As we proceed, you'll work hands-on with recommender systems, which are widely used by online companies to increase user interaction and enrich shopping potential. Finally, you’ll wrap up with a brief foray into neural networks and transfer learning.By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with hands-on techniques and will have gained the practical know-how you need to quickly and powerfully apply algorithms to new problems.What you will learnCrack how a machine learns a concept and generalize its understanding to new dataUncover the fundamental differences between parametric and non-parametric modelsImplement and grok several well-known supervised learning algorithms from scratchWork with models in domains such as ecommerce and marketingExpand your expertise and use various algorithms such as regression, decision trees, and clusteringBuild your own models capable of making predictionsDelve into the most popular approaches in deep learning such as transfer learning and neural networksWho this book is forThis book is for aspiring machine learning developers who want to get started with supervised learning. Intermediate knowledge of Python programming—and some fundamental knowledge of supervised learning—are expected.
Supply Chain Disruption: Aligning Business Strategy and Supply Chain Tactics
by Steve O'SullivanDisruptive technologies have the power to upend supply chains, adding uncertainty, cost, and complexity to any business. These technologies can also create competitive advantage, but only if organizations strategically build them into their supply chains. Supply Chain Disruption, with a foreword by John Gattorna, provides the vital knowledge that supply chain managers need in order to implement disruptive technologies strategically. This essential book avoids a one-size-fits-all approach and encourages the reader to consider customer needs first before aligning appropriate technologies with each supply chain application.Supply Chain Disruption focuses on information systems, analysing how companies currently integrate and implement potentially disruptive technologies into their supply chain roadmaps. It presents new ways of planning more effectively and efficiently through the use of new tools and techniques, creating improvements in agility, customer service and cost. Online supporting resources include templates for metric-based process models focusing on the key enablers and inhibitors.
Surviving the Whiteboard Interview: A Developer’s Guide to Using Soft Skills to Get Hired
by William GantThe industry standard whiteboard interview can be daunting for developers. Let’s face it: it combines the worst aspects of a typical interview, on-the-spot public speaking, a quiz show, and a dinner party full of strangers judging you—all at once. Brilliant developers can let their nerves get the best of them and completely bomb a whiteboard interview, while inexperienced developers who excel in soft skills can breeze through them. In Surviving the Whiteboard Interview, author William Gant uses his real-world knowledge and expertise to guide you through the psychological roadblocks of a coding test while also providing you with a sample coding challenge. With enough preparation, information, and assured confidence, you can survive a whiteboard interview at any organization. In addition to the benefits listed above, Gant helps you explore how you can create a good soft skills impression that will last beyond the whiteboard test by showing your work ethic, positive attitude, and ability to take and implement criticism effectively. These assets will unequivocally serve other parts of your life outside of an interview context, as well. While Gant does not promise that you will ever truly enjoy interviewing, he does promise to arm you with the proper preparation techniques and knowledge needed to tame the common fears and dread that come along with it. Maximize your career potential and get inspired with Surviving the Whiteboard Interview. The steps to your dream role just might be closer than you think.What You Will LearnPractice both hard and soft skills required to succeed at a whiteboard interview, covering coding tests as well as psychological preparationLearn how to make other aspects of your interview stronger, so you can create a great impressionMaster solving common whiteboard problems in different programming languages Who This Book is ForThis book is primarily for aspiring software developers who are looking for a job in the field. However, it will also be helpful for more seasoned developers who find interviewing painful and want to improve their skills.