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Are you looking to move beyond just surviving financially? Are you looking for a proactive approach to your personal accounting and financing? In this book, Paul Hood (CPA) teaches proactive financial advice about the following topics and...

Who is the author:  Greg Hutchins PE CERM?Greg Hutchins is the risk evangelist who coined the expression Future of Quality: Risk® and is the developer of Certified Enterprise Risk Manager® (CERM) certificate (www.CERMAcademy.com)...

A provocative collection of papers containing comprehensive reviews of previous research, teaching techniques, and pointers for direction of future study. Provides both a comprehensive assessment of the latest research on mathematical problem solving,...

Library Technology Reports, February 2010 (46:2)

One of the major concerns of theoretical computer science is the classifi­ cation of problems in terms of how hard they are. The natural measure of difficulty of a function is the amount of time needed to compute it (as a...

Now the most used texbook for introductory cryptography courses in both mathematics and computer science, the Third Edition builds upon previous editions by offering several new sections, topics, and exercises. The authors present the core principles of...

This impeccably prepared guidebook teaches us how to find ancestors on both the Maine and New Brunswick sides of the Upper Saint John River Valley.

Published originally in 1981, the work at hand is an alphabetical listing of all free African-American heads of household listed in the five U.S. censuses for the State of New York taken between 1790 and 1830. Since it was during this 40-year period that...

With this tome, physician James G.M. Ramsey assembled the most comprehensive account of Tennessee's history as a territory and fledgling state that we know of. Covering the years 1769 to 1800, these 743 pages address each of the major political and...

The genealogical importance of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, cannot be overstated. Organized in 1729, Lancaster was the parent of thirty other counties, and therefore many early records of Pennsylvania ultimately date back to Lancaster County. Moreover, few U...

Peter Force, who served two terms as mayor of Washington (1836-1848) and was an active supporter of John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential campaign, is best known as a collector and editor of historical and statistical information. Inspired by his...

Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career.From studying...

This book explores innovations in public management, including establishing a corporate vision, strategizing an organization and change management.Chapters provide a valuable frame of reference for the 21st-century manager of public services by assessing...

The Security Hippie is Barak Engel's second book. As the originator of the "Virtual CISO" (fractional security chief) concept, he has served as security leader in dozens of notable organizations, such as Mulesoft, Stubhub, Amplitude Analytics, and many...

This book addresses the questions of discrimination, vulnerable consumers, and financial inclusion in the light of the emerging legal, socioeconomic, and technological challenges. New technologies - such as artificial intelligence-driven...

The book explores modern sensor technologies while also discussing security issues, which is the dominant factor for many types of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It also covers recent (IoT) applications such as the Markovian Arrival Process, fog...

This book is about the definition of the Shannon measure of Information, and some derived quantities such as conditional information and mutual information. Unlike many books, which refer to the Shannon's Measure of information (SMI) as...

The World is TransformingFax machines. CD players. Digital cameras. All of these "mainstays" that used to be effective a short ten years ago have all spiraled into obsolescence. 15-second video reels are outperforming TV shows. Podcasts recorded in...

This publication identifies financial inclusion priorities to stimulate economic recovery and explores the challenges and opportunities of accelerated digital transformation.The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the vital role of...

George Adamski's lost debut puts his teaching on par with 21st-century science(Revised, July 2019)The Sea of Consciousness is a singularly historical document that includes:- George Adamski’s lost debut from 1932, The Invisible Ocean- two...

Write a Fiction Book in 4 Weeks is designed to help writers, especially those who are embarking on their first fiction book, to get into the flow of the writing process. I also wrote this book with the intention of helping those authors who started...

Today’s New Approach to Best Practices for Business Continuity After years of working with the traditional practices of business continuity (BC) – in project management, higher education, contingency planning, and disaster recovery –...

Solve real-world data problems and create data-driven workflows for easy data movement and processing at scale with Azure Data FactoryKey FeaturesLearn how to load and transform data from various sources, both on-premises and on cloudUse Azure Data...

Harness the power and simplicity of Informatica PowerCenter 10.x to build and manage efficient data management solutionsKey FeaturesMaster PowerCenter 10.x components to create, execute, monitor, and schedule ETL processes with a practical approach.An...

Learn how to apply powerful data analysis techniques with popular open source Python modules Key Features Find, manipulate, and analyze your data using the Python 3.5 librariesPerform advanced, high-performance linear algebra and mathematical...

Delve into neural networks, implement deep learning algorithms, and explore layers of data abstraction with the help of this comprehensive TensorFlow guideKey Features:Learn how to implement advanced techniques in deep learning with Google's brainchild,...

Harness the power of Scala to program Spark and analyze tonnes of data in the blink of an eye!Key FeaturesLearn Scala’s sophisticated type system that combines Functional Programming and object-oriented conceptsWork on a wide array of applications,...