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Developments and Advances in Defense and Security: MICRADS 2023 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #380)
By Álvaro Rocha, Carlos Hernán Fajardo-Toro, José María Riola Rodríguez. 2024
This book gathers the proceedings of the Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research Applied to Defense and Security (MICRADS 2023), held…
at Graduate School of the Colombian Air Force, in Bogota, Colombia, during July 6–8, 2023. It covers a broad range of topics in systems, communication, and defense; strategy and political–administrative vision in defense; and engineering and technologies applied to defense. Given its scope, it offers a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers, and students alike.Good Practices and New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2024, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #985)
By Álvaro Rocha, Hojjat Adeli, Gintautas Dzemyda, Fernando Moreira, Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda. 2024
This book is composed by a selection of articles from the 12th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'24),…
held between 26 and 28 of March 2024, at Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main and distinctive topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human-Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers and Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; and N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications. The primary market of this book are postgraduates and researchers in Information Systems and Technologies field. The secondary market are undergraduates and professionals as well in Information Systems and Technologies field.Modelling and Mining Networks: 19th International Workshop, WAW 2024, Warsaw, Poland, June 3–6, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14671)
By Megan Dewar, Bogumił Kamiński, Daniel Kaszyński, Łukasz Kraiński, Paweł Prałat, François Théberge, Małgorzata Wrzosek. 2024
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Workshop on Modelling and Mining Networks, WAW 2024, held in…
Warsaw, Poland, during June 3–6, 2024. The 12 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The aim of this workshop was to further the understanding of networks that arise in theoretical as well as applied domains. The goal was also to stimulate the development of high-performance and scalable algorithms that exploit these networks.Advances in Intelligent Computing Techniques and Applications: Intelligent Systems, Intelligent Health Informatics, Intelligent Big Data Analytics and Smart Computing, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #211)
By Faisal Saeed, Fathey Mohammed, Yousef Fazea. 2024
This book presents the papers included in the proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Reliable Information and Communication Technology…
2023 (IRICT 2023) that was held in Pulai Springs Resorts, Johor, Malaysia on 27-28, December 2023. IRICT 2023 is organized by the Yemeni Scientists Research Group (YSRG) and Big Data Center in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia) in collaboration with Association for Information Systems – Malaysia Chapter (MyAIS) and College of Engineering, IT and Environment at Charles Darwin University (Australia). IRICT2023 is a forum for the presentation of technological advances in the field of Information and Communication Technology. The main theme of the conference is “Advances in Intelligent Computing Techniques and Applications”. The book discusses several research topics such as Health Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing, Data Science, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Intelligent Communication Systems, Cyber Security, and Information System. These papers were presented in three parallel sessions during the two days.Intelligent Systems and Computing (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #207)
By Bing-Yuan Cao, Shu-Feng Wang, Seyed Hadi Nasseri, Yu-Bin Zhong. 2024
This book includes high quality research papers submitted at the 2022 “Four Session (ICFIE, ICORG, GDORS, CGHMORS) Celebration” Joint International…
Conference held on December 28, 2022 and the online meeting of the Fuzzy Information and Engineering Branch of the China Operations Research Society on September 17, 2022. It covers topics in the fields of certainty, stochastic uncertainty, and fuzzy uncertainty, including computer science and mathematics, operations research and control, artificial intelligence, information and engineering technology, barrier-free communication for people with disabilities, digital logistics and knowledge representation, medical applications, queuing theory and game theory, algorithms and optimization methods. The book is a valuable reference book for scholars, engineers, management professionals, and graduate, undergraduate, and vocational students interested in computer science, mathematics, and fuzzy mathematics and operations research, as well as their applications in information technology and engineering.This book analyses the emergence and growth of the creative sector in Naples between the early modern and modern eras,…
focusing particularly on the development of music markets in the city. From the seventeenth century, Naples became one of the most culturally enriched regions in the Italian peninsula, with internationally known music schools, theatres and opera venues attracting visitors from across Europe in a burgeoning tourist market. This book sheds light on the driving economic factors and political contexts behind this key case study for the early growth of the opera and music sector in Europe. Starting with a discussion of the value of economic history to understanding cultural industries, the chapters approach this analysis through multiple lenses: the formation of human capital as the result of Naples’ institutional urban welfare system; the role of cultural consumption as it evolved from a primarily religious activity to growing popular demand; and the rolethat central city authorities played in encouraging cultural activity through private investment and public policy. The book also draws on fascinating archival research to examine the contribution of Naples’ music conservatories in the local creative economy. This book is a valuable resource to a broad range of readers, including those working in economic history, tourism history, the history of music and theatre, Italian social history and more.Introduction to Data Science in Biostatistics: Using R, the Tidyverse Ecosystem, and APIs
By Thomas W. MacFarland. 2024
Introduction to Data Science in Biostatistics: Using R, the Tidyverse Ecosystem, and APIs defines and explores the term "data science"…
and discusses the many professional skills and competencies affiliated with the industry. With data science being a leading indicator of interest in STEM fields, the text also investigates this ongoing growth of demand in these spaces, with the goal of providing readers who are entering the professional world with foundational knowledge of required skills, job trends, and salary expectations. The text provides a historical overview of computing and the field's progression to R as it exists today, including the multitude of packages and functions associated with both Base R and the tidyverse ecosystem. Readers will learn how to use R to work with real data, as well as how to communicate results to external stakeholders. A distinguishing feature of this text is its emphasis on the emerging use of APIs to obtain data.This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2024, held in…
Nice, France, during January 10-12, 2024. The 16 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. They focus on the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices in industrial engineering and its applications.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during…
the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis &“One of [Erik Larson&’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.&”—Time • &“A bravura performance by one of America&’s greatest storytellers.&”—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Vogue • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • The Globe & Mail • Fortune • Bloomberg • New York Post • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • LibraryReads • PopMattersOn Winston Churchill&’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people &“the art of being fearless.&” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it&’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill&’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London&’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents&’ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela&’s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill&’s &“Secret Circle,&” to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today&’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill&’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By Erik Larson. 2011
Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler&’s…
rise to power.The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America&’s first ambassador to Hitler&’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the &“New Germany,&” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler&’s true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
By Andy Greenberg. 2019
"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the…
cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history." —Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of DemocracyThe true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it: "[A] chilling account of a Kremlin-led cyberattack, a new front in global conflict" (Financial Times).In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when the malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, penetrating, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest businesses—from drug manufacturers to software developers to shipping companies. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. Hospitals went dark. NotPetya spread around the world, inflicting an unprecedented ten billion dollars in damage—the largest, most destructive cyberattack the world had ever seen.The hackers behind these attacks are quickly gaining a reputation as the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors in history: a group known as Sandworm. Working in the service of Russia's military intelligence agency, they represent a persistent, highly skilled force, one whose talents are matched by their willingness to launch broad, unrestrained attacks on the most critical infrastructure of their adversaries. They target government and private sector, military and civilians alike.A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, Sandworm considers the danger this force poses to our national security and stability. As the Kremlin's role in foreign government manipulation comes into greater focus, Sandworm exposes the realities not just of Russia's global digital offensive, but of an era where warfare ceases to be waged on the battlefield. It reveals how the lines between digital and physical conflict, between wartime and peacetime, have begun to blur—with world-shaking implications.From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and…
non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?" to "What's it like for natives who don’t look native?" to "Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?", and beyond, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition) does exactly what its title says for young readers, in a style consistently thoughtful, personal, and engaging.Updated and expanded to include:• Dozens of New Questions and New Sections—including a social activism section that explores the Dakota Access Pipeline, racism, identity, politics, and more!• Over 50 new Photos• Adapted text for broad appealThe Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
By María García Esperón. 2021
Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast…
to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author María García Esperón, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and translator David Bowles have gifted us a treasure. Their talents have woven this collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents—the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it—from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska. The Em Querido list seeks to introduce the finest books in translation from around the world to an American audience. We feel lucky to be bringing you this book on our inaugural list, which we hope will be a true window and mirrorPractical Handbook for Professional Investigators
By Rory J. McMahon CLI CFE, Randy Dickson. 2014
The third edition of this popular volume continues to supply an up-to-date, nuts-and-bolts learning tool for students and an everyday…
reference for investigative professionals at all levels. More relevant than ever, this edition adds two new chapters on death and terrorism investigations and several new sections, including insurance fraud, fire and arson investigation; indicators of online marital infidelity; obtaining governmental reports; service of subpoenas for witnesses in federal courts; the Rules of Professional Conduct; niche markets in the investigative industry; and managing and marketing an investigative practice.Learn Ansible: Automate cloud, security, and network infrastructure using Ansible 2.x
By Russ McKendrick. 2018
Run Ansible playbooks to launch complex multi-tier applications hosted in public cloudsKey FeaturesBuild your learning curve using AnsibleAutomate cloud, network,…
and security infrastructures with easeGain hands-on exposure on AnsibleBook DescriptionAnsible has grown from a small, open source orchestration tool to a full-blown orchestration and configuration management tool owned by Red Hat. Its powerful core modules cover a wide range of infrastructures, including on-premises systems and public clouds, operating systems, devices, and services—meaning it can be used to manage pretty much your entire end-to-end environment. Trends and surveys say that Ansible is the first choice of tool among system administrators as it is so easy to use.This end-to-end, practical guide will take you on a learning curve from beginner to pro. You'll start by installing and configuring the Ansible to perform various automation tasks. Then, we'll dive deep into the various facets of infrastructure, such as cloud, compute and network infrastructure along with security.By the end of this book, you'll have an end-to-end understanding of Ansible and how you can apply it to your own environments.What you will learnWrite your own playbooks to configure servers running CentOS, Ubuntu, and WindowsIdentify repeatable tasks and write playbooks to automate themDefine a highly available public cloud infrastructure in code, making it easy to distribute your infrastructure configurationDeploy and configure Ansible Tower and Ansible AWXLearn to use community contributed rolesUse Ansible in your day-to-day role and projectsWho this book is forLearn Ansible is perfect for system administrators and developers who want to take their current workflows and transform them into repeatable playbooks using Ansible. No prior knowledge of Ansible is required.Lean Product Management: Successful products from fuzzy business ideas
By Mangalam Nandakumar. 2018
A guide to product management exploring the best practices: identifying the impact-driven product, planning for success, setting up and measuring…
time-bound metrics, and developing a lean product roadmap.Key FeaturesIdentifying Impact-Driven ProductsInvesting in Key Business OutcomesValue mapping to maintain a lean product backlogUtilizing time-bound product metricsEliminating process wasteBook DescriptionLean Product Management is about finding the smartest way to build an Impact Driven Product that can deliver value to customers and meet business outcomes when operating under internal and external constraints. Author, Mangalam Nandakumar, is a product management expert, with over 17 years of experience in the field. Businesses today are competing to innovate. Cost is no longer the constraint, execution is. It is essential for any business to harness whatever competitive advantage they can, and it is absolutely vital to deliver the best customer experience possible. The opportunities for creating impact are there, but product managers have to improvise on their strategy every day in order to capitalize on them. This is the Agile battleground, where you need to stay Lean and be able to respond to abstract feedback from an ever shifting market. This is where Lean Product Management will help you thrive. Lean Product Management is an essential guide for product managers, and to anyone embarking on a new product development. Mangalam Nandakumar will help you to align your product strategy with business outcomes and customer impact. She introduces the concept of investing in Key Business Outcomes as part of the product strategy in order to provide an objective metric about which product idea and strategy to pursue. You will learn how to create impactful end-to-end product experiences by engaging stakeholders and reacting to external feedback. What you will learnHow do you execute ideas that matter?How can you define the right success metrics?How can you plan for product success?How do you capture qualitative and quantitative insights about the product? How do you know whether your product aligns to desired business goals?What processes are slowing you down?Who this book is forIf you are leading a team that is building a new product, then this book is for you. The book is targeted at product managers, functional leads in enterprises, business sponsors venturing into new product offerings, product development teams, and start-up founders.Gallus Dressler's Praecepta musicae poeticae (Studies in the History of Music Theory and Literature)
By Gallus Dressler. 2007
Now available for the first time in English translation, this new edition of Gallus Dressler's Praecepta musicae poeticae corrects and…
expands upon earlier editions of one of the most important sixteenth-century treatments of musical theory and rhetoric. Robert Forgács’ detailed study of the Latin text reveals significant and original insights into the invention of fugues and the composition of opening, middle, and concluding sections. Forgács introduces the reader to Dressler's life and work and the design and sources of Praecepta musicae poeticae, places the treatise more fully in its humanist environment, presents additional classical sources for the text, and relates it to the work of Dressler’s contemporary music theorists. Copious annotations and indexes of words, names, and subjects place the treatise within the broader context of German theoretical discussion, the teaching and practice of music in the sixteenth century, and the musical life of the Lutheran Church.Intelligent Systems and Industrial Internet of Things for Sustainable Development (Digital Technologies and Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development)
By C. Kishor Kumar Reddy, P. R. Anisha, Marlia Mohd Hanafiah, Srinath Doss and Kari Lippert. 2024
The book studies emerging and sustaining technologies for applications of Industry 5.0 to develop technological solutions to address numerous real-life…
challenges to solve sustainable development-related issues. It identifies limitations, pitfalls, and open research questions in industry 5.0, discusses real-time problems, and challenges with equivalent solutions with a focus on sustainable growth to develop, humanization and environmentally friendly intelligent system applications. It analyses applications enabled by Industry 5.0 such as healthcare, supply chain, smart framing, remote sensing, production in manufacturing, and cloud manufacturing. It also includes the difficulties and problems posed by the organization between robots and humans on the assembly line to maintain sustainability. Addresses key challenges in implementing intelligent systems in IoT-based applications, including issues ranging from cost and energy efficiency to availability and quality of service Explores the technologies to allow human-machine association and its impact on consumption and sustainability Provides sustainable solutions to emerging industrial problems, especially in healthcare, manufacturing, remote sensing, environmental engineering Examines need for data pre-processing, classification & prediction, Cluster Analysis, Mining Multimedia, Text, and Web Data, Advanced machine learning techniques for scientific programming in Industry Presents success stories in the form of case studies of IIoT, IIoRT, Big Data, Intelligent Systems, Deep Learning in Industry 5.0 era The text is for postgraduate students, professionals, and academic researchers working in the fields of computer science and information technology, especially for professionals and researchers interested in the technological side of sustainable development.Old Age in European Society: The Case of France (Routledge Library Editions: Aging)
By Peter N. Stearns. 1977
Originally published in 1977, Old Age in European Society provides an historical perspective on aging, a process which had received…
little attention from any group in the social sciences and virtually none from historians at the time. Starting from the premise that ‘the elderly can and should be active, participant members of their society’ the book examines the ways in which old people were and are viewed by certain key groups. This is done in a series of thematic essays linked by the main theme of a dominant culture in which the elderly and the groups who deal with them were and still are ensnared. This dominant culture is one of denigration of the elderly: the traditional idea of veneration of the elderly is found to be largely mythical. Variations on this theme are dealt with in individual chapters concerned with the elderly in French working-class culture and geriatric medicine. Key groups are studied with an eye to distinct patterns of modernization, which involves particular attention to the working class and middle class as those exposed to the leading edge of change. Women are treated separately, as their aging process involves distinctive elements, which exacerbate the problems of old age. France, with its exceptional percentage of elderly and its low retirement ages, provides much of the material for these essays, the main purpose of which is to indicate those topics for which an historical treatment is vital to our understanding of the elderly and to the formulation of a more positive approach to old age.Designing to FIPS-140: A Guide for Engineers and Programmers
By David Johnston, Richard Fant. 2024
This book provides detailed and practical information for practitioners to understand why they should choose certification. It covers the pros…
and cons, and shows how to design to comply with the specifications (FIPS-140, SP800 documents, and related international specs such as AIS31, GM/T-0005-2021, etc.). It also covers how to perform compliance testing. By the end of the book, you will know how to interact with accredited certification labs and with related industry forums (CMUF, ICMC). In short, the book covers everything you need to know to make sound designs.There is a process for FIPS-140 (Federal Information Processing Standard) certification for cryptographic products sold to the US government. And there are parallel certifications in other countries, resulting in a non-trivial and complex process. A large market of companies has grown to help companies navigate the FIPS-140 certification process. And there are accredited certification labs you must contract toget the certification.Although this was once a fairly niche topic, it is no longer so. Other industries—banking, military, healthcare, air travel, and more—have adopted FIPS certification for cryptographic products. The demand for these services has grown exponentially. Still, the available skills pool has not grown. Many people are working on products with zero usable information on what to do to meet these standards and achieve certification or even understand if such certification applies to their products. What You Will Learn What is FIPS-140? What is the SP800 standard?What is certification? What does it look like? What is it suitable for?What is NIST? What does it do?What do accredited certification labs do?What do certification consultants do?Where and when is certification required?What do FIPS-140 modules look like?What are the sub-components of FIPS-140 modules (RNGs, PUFs, crypto functions)? How does certification work for them?What are the physical primitives (RNGs, PUFs, key stores) and how do you handle the additional complexity of certifying them under FIPS?What are the compliance algorithms (AES, SP800-90 algos, SHA, ECDSA, key agreement, etc.)?How do you design for certification (BIST, startup tests, secure boundaries, test access, zeroization, etc.)?How do you get CAVP certificates (cert houses, ACVTs)?How do you get CMVP certifications (cert houses, required documents, design information, security policy, etc.)? Who This Book Is For Hardware and software engineers or managers of engineering programs that include any form of cryptographic functionality, including silicon vendors, library vendors, OS vendors, and system integrators