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Learn data mining through excel : a step-by-step approach for understanding machine learning methods / by Zhou, Hong,author.;

Use popular data mining techniques in Microsoft Excel to better understand machine learning methods. Software tools and programming language packages take data input and deliver data mining results directly, presenting no insight on working mechanics and creating a chasm between input and output. This is where Excel can help. Excel allows you to work with data in a transparent manner. When you open an Excel file, data is visible immediately and you can work with it directly. Intermediate results can be examined while you are conducting your mining task, offering a deeper understanding of how data is manipulated and results are obtained. These are critical aspects of the model construction process that are hidden in software tools and programming language packages. This book teaches you data mining through Excel. You will learn how Excel has an advantage in data mining when the data sets are not too large. It can give you a visual representation of data mining, building confidence in your results. You will go through every step manually, which offers not only an active learning experience, but teaches you how the mining process works and how to find the internal hidden patterns inside the data. What You Will Learn *Comprehend data mining using a visual step-by-step approach *Build on a theoretical introduction of a data mining method, followed by an Excel implementation *Unveil the mystery behind machine learning algorithms, making a complex topic accessible to everyone *Become skilled in creative uses of Excel formulas and functions *Obtain hands-on experience with data mining and Excel. Who This Book Is For Anyone who is interested in learning data mining or machine learning, especially data science visual learners and people skilled in Excel, who would like to explore data science topics and/or expand their Excel skills. A basic or beginner level understanding of Excel is recommended.

Subjects: Microsoft Excel (Computer file); Data mining.; Machine learning.;

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Principles of robotics & artificial intelligence / by Renneboog, Richard,editor.(CARDINAL)891845;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-467) and index.Extreme Value Theorem -- F -- Facial Recognition Technology in Surveillance -- Fuzzy Logic -- G -- Game Theory -- Geoinformatics -- Go -- Grammatology -- Graphene -- Graphics Technologies -- H -- Holographic Technology -- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) -- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) -- I -- Integral -- Internet of Things (IoT) -- Interoperability -- K -- Kinematics -- L -- Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) -- Limit of a Function -- Linear Programming -- Linux -- Local Area Network (LAN) -- M -- Machine Code -- Machine Learning -- Machine Translation -- Magnetic Storage -- Mechatronics -- Microcomputer -- Microprocessor -- Motion (Physics) -- Multitasking -- N -- Nanotechnology -- Network Interface Controller (NIC) -- Network Topology -- Neural Engineering -- Nouvelle Artificial Intelligence -- Numerical Analysis -- O -- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) -- Optical Storage -- P -- Parallel Computing -- Pattern Recognition -- Photogrammetry -- Pneumatics -- Probability and Statistics -- Programming Languages for Artificial Intelligence -- Proportionality -- Public-Key Cryptography -- Python -- Q -- Quantum Computing -- R -- R -- Replication -- Robotic Arms -- Robotic Process Automation (RPA) -- Robotics -- Robotics and Robotic Systems -- Ruby -- S -- Scale Model -- Scratch -- Self-Management -- Semantic Web -- Sequence -- Series -- Set Notation -- Siri -- Smart City -- Smart Homes -- Smart Label -- Smartphone -- Soft Robotics -- Solar Cell -- Space Drone -- Space Robotics -- Speech Recognition -- Stem-and-Leaf Plots -- Structured Query Language (SQL) -- Stuxnet -- Supercomputer -- T Tablet Computer -- Turing Test -- U -- UNIX -- V -- Video Game Design and Programming -- Virtual Reality -- Z -- Z3 -- Zombie -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations -- Index.Table of Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- A -- Abstraction -- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) -- Agile Robotics -- Algorithmic Bias -- Algorithms -- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) -- Application Programming Interface (API) -- Artificial Consciousness -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- Artificial Intelligence and Terrorism -- Artificial Intelligence Cold War -- Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Psychology -- Artificial Intelligence in Education -- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Cinema -- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Gaming -- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Literature -- Augmented Reality (AR) -- Automated Processes and Servomechanisms -- Automatons, Mechanical Creatures, and Artificial Intelligence in Mythology -- Autonomous Car -- Avatars and Simulation -- B -- Behavioral Neuroscience -- Binary Pattern -- Biomechanical Engineering -- Biomechanics -- Biomimetics -- Bionics and Biomedical Engineering -- C -- C -- C++ -- Charles Babbage's Difference and Analytical Engines -- Chatbot -- ChatGPT (software) -- Client-Server Architecture -- CNC Milling -- Cognitive Science -- Combinatorics -- Computed Tomography -- Computer Engineering -- Computer Languages, Compilers, and Tools -- Computer Memory -- Computer Networks -- Computer Simulation -- Computer Software -- Computer Viruses and Worms -- Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) -- Computing Devices in History -- Continuous Random Variable -- Cryptography and Encryption -- Cybernetics -- Cybersecurity -- Cyberspace -- D -- The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence -- Data Analytics (DA) -- Deep Learning -- Deep Reinforcement Learning (deep RL) -- Deepfake -- Digital Fraud -- Digital Logic -- DNA Computing -- Domain-Specific Language (DSL) -- E -- Evaluating Expressions -- Existential Risk from Artificial General Intelligence -- Expert System."This volume provides readers with the important information they need to understand the basic concepts of artificial intelligence as well as ways that both AI and robotics can be successfully incorporated into manufacturing, transportation, education, and medicine. This new edition has been updated and expanded to include the latest developments in artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT and other chatbots, machine learning, and open-source AI. The text also discusses the role AI and robotics play in popular culture and modern society, recent calls to regulate the artificial intelligence industry and how the industry is expected to evolve in the future. More than 120 easy-to-understand entries, many with illustrations and photographs, cover: Augmented Reality; Machine Learning; Knowledge Acquisition; Pattern Recognition; Self-Management; Virtual Reality. These entries cover many important aspects of AI and robotics, including basic principles of robotic motion and engineering, neural engineering and human-computer interaction, programming languages and operating systems, and the mathematics that govern computation. The role of robotics and AI in war, fraud, and terrorism is also examined, as well as how these fields are portrayed in popular culture, which ultimately reflects how we perceive the line between human and machine. Entries begin by specifying related Fields of Study, followed by an Abstract and then a list of Key Concepts summarizing important points; all entries end with a helpful Further Reading section." -From publisher.

Subjects: Reference works.; Robotics.; Artificial intelligence.;

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Assembly language step-by-step : programming with DOS and Linux / by Duntemann, Jeff.;

System requirements for accompanying computer disc: DOS V5 or later; Linux (kernel V2) or later.

Subjects: Assembly languages (Electronic computers);

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Publishing your family history on the Internet / by Wilson, Richard S.(Richard Scott),1948-(CARDINAL)655840;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Web sites; Web publishing.; Internet.; Genealogy;

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Learn Ruby the hard way : a simple and idiomatic introduction to the imaginative world of computational thinking with code / by Shaw, Zed,author.(CARDINAL)552563;

The Hard Way Is Easier -- Reading and Writing -- Attention to Detail -- Spotting Differences -- Do Not Copy-Paste -- Using the Included Videos -- A Note on Practice and Persistence -- A Warning for the Smarties -- Exercise 0: The Setup -- Mac OS X -- Windows -- Linux -- Finding Things on the Internet -- Warnings for Beginners -- Exercise 1: A Good First Program -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 2: Comments and Pound Characters -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 3: Numbers and Math -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 4: Variables and Names -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 5: More Variables and Printing -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 6: Strings and Text -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 7: More Printing -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 8: Printing, Printing -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 9: Printing, Printing, Printing -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 10: What Was That? -- What You Should See -- Escape Sequences -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 11: Asking Questions -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 12: Prompting People for Numbers -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Exercise 13: Parameters, Unpacking, Variables -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 14: Prompting and Passing -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 15: Reading Files -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 16: Reading and Writing Files -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 17: More Files -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 18: Names, Variables, Code, Functions -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 19: Functions and Variables -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 20: Functions and Files -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 21: Functions Can Return Something -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 22: What Do You Know So Far? -- What You Are Learning -- Exercise 23: Read Some Code -- Exercise 24: More Practice -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 25: Even More Practice -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 26: Congratulations, Take a Test! -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 27: Memorizing Logic -- The Truth Terms -- The Truth Tables -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 28: Boolean Practice -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 29: What If -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 30: Else and If -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 31: Making Decisions -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 32: Loops and Arrays -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 33: While Loops -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 34: Accessing Elements of Arrays -- Study Drills -- Exercise 35: Branches and Functions -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 36: Designing and Debugging -- Rules for If-Statements -- Rules for Loops -- Tips for Debugging -- Homework -- Exercise 37: Symbol Review -- Keywords -- Data Types -- String Escape Sequences -- Operators -- Reading Code -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 38: Doing Things to Arrays -- What You Should See -- What Arrays Can Do -- When to Use Arrays -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 39: Hashes, Oh Lovely Hashes -- A Hash Example -- What You Should See -- What Hashes Can Do -- Making Your Own Hash Module -- The Code Description -- Three Levels of Arrays -- What You Should See (Again) -- When to Use Hashes or Arrays -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 40: Modules, Classes, and Objects -- Modules Are Like Hashes -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 41: Learning to Speak Object Oriented -- Word Drills -- Phrase Drills -- Combined Drills -- A Reading Test -- Practice English to Code -- Reading More Code -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 42: Is-A, Has-A, Objects, and Classes -- How This Looks in Code -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 43: Basic Object-Oriented Analysis and Design -- The Analysis of a Simple Game Engine -- Top Down Versus Bottom Up -- The Code for "Gothons from Planet Percal #25" -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 44: Inheritance Versus Composition -- What Is Inheritance? -- Composition -- When to Use Inheritance or Composition -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 45: You Make a Game -- Evaluating Your Game -- Function Style -- Class Style -- Code Style -- Good Comments -- Evaluate Your Game -- Exercise 46: A Project Skeleton -- Creating the Skeleton Project Directory -- Testing Your Setup -- Using the Skeleton -- Required Quiz -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 47: Automated Testing -- Writing a Test Case -- Testing Guidelines -- What You Should See -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 48: Advanced User Input -- Our Game Lexicon -- A Test First Challenge -- What You Should Test -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 49: Making Sentences -- Match and Peek -- The Sentence Grammar -- A Word on Exceptions -- The Parser Code -- Playing with the Parser -- What You Should Test -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 50: Your First Website -- Installing Sinatra -- Make a Simple "Hello World" Project -- What's Happening Here? -- Stopping and Reloading Sinatra -- Fixing Errors -- Create Basic Templates -- Study Drills -- Common Student Questions -- Exercise 51: Getting Input from a Browser -- How the Web Works -- How Forms Work -- Creating HTML Forms -- Creating a Layout Template -- Writing Automated Tests for Forms -- Study Drills -- Common Student Question -- Exercise 52: The Start of Your Web Game -- Refactoring the Exercise 43 Game -- Sessions and Tracking Users -- Creating an Engine -- Your Final Exam -- Next Steps -- How to Learn Any Programming Language -- Advice from an Old Programmer -- Appendix: Command Line Crash Course -- Introduction: Shut Up and Shell -- The Setup -- Paths, Folders, and Directories (pwd) -- If You Get Lost -- Make a Directory (mkdir) -- Change Directory (cd) -- List Directory (ls) -- Remove Directory (rmdir) -- Moving Around (pushd, popd) -- Making Empty Files (Touch, New-Item) -- Copy a File (cp) -- Moving a File (mv) -- View a File (less, MORE) -- Stream a File (cat) -- Removing a File (rm) -- Exiting Your Terminal (exit) -- Command Line Next Steps.You will learn Ruby! Zed Shaw has perfected the world's best system for learning Ruby. Follow it and you will succeed -- just like the hundreds of thousands of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Ruby the Hard Way, Third Edition, you'll learn Ruby by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you'll learn how software works; what good programs look like; how to read, write, and think about code; and how to find and fix your mistakes using tricks professional programmers use. Most importantly, you'll learn the following, which you need to start writing excellent Ruby software of your own: Installing your Ruby environment; Organizing and writing code; Ruby symbols and keywords; Basic mathematics; Variables and printing; Strings and text; Interacting with users; Working with files; Using and creating functions; Looping and logic; Arrays and elements; Hashmaps; Program design; Object-oriented programming; Inheritance and composition; Modules, classes, and objects; Project "skeleton" directories; Debugging and automated testing; Advanced user input; Text processing; Basic game development; Basic web development. It'll be hard at first. But soon, you'll just get it -- and that will feel great! This tutorial will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you'll know one of the world's most powerful, popular programming languages. You'll be a Ruby programmer. Watch Zed, too! The accompanying DVD contains 5+ hours of passionate, powerful teaching: a complete Ruby video course! - Publisher.

Subjects: Ruby (Computer program language);

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Windows 11 all-in-one for dummies / by Rusen, Ciprian Adrian,author.(CARDINAL)595155;

Filled with tweaks, tips and troubleshooting tricks, this must-have resource to Windows 11 shows you, through step-by-step instructions, how to dig through Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system and get the most out of the latest version.

Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Handbooks and manuals.; Microsoft Windows (Computer file); Operating systems (Computers);

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Praxis prep 2017-2018. by Kaplan Publishing,editor.(CARDINAL)350115;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-402).SECTION ONE: PRAXIS 1: PPST SUBJECT REVIEW. Introducing the PRAXIS I: Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST). 1. PRAXIS Reading -- 2. PRAXIS Mathematics -- 3. PRAXIS Writing. SECTION TWO: PRAXIS 1: PPST PRACTICE TESTS AND EXPLANATIONS. SECTION 3: PRAXIS II: PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND TEACHING. Introducing the PRAXIS II: Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT). 4. Review of the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT). SECTION 4: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PRACTICE TESTS AND EXPLANATIONS. 5. Review of the PRAXIS II Elementary Education Exams. SECTION 5: PRAXIS II: SUBJECT ASSESSMENTS. Introducing the Subject Overviews and Question Banks. 6. Science -- 7. English -- 8. Mathematics -- 9. Social Studies. PRAXIS RESOURCES. State Certification Information -- Getting Started: Advice for New Teachers.Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators tests in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics are frequently used as a basis for admission into teaching programs. Praxis Subject Assessments and Praxis Content Knowledge for Teaching Assessments are often required as part of the teacher certification process. This updated book + online study system includes new content, the latest test information, and Kaplan's proven strategies for success that have helped students for more than 75 years. Praxis Prep features: * Over 1,000 practice questions * Answers and detailed explanations for each question, including sample written responses * 3 full-length computer-based Praxis Core practice tests--one each for Reading, Writing, and Mathematics * 3 full-length computer-based Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) practice tests--one each for K-6, 5-9, and 7-12 * 2 full-length computer-based Elementary Education practice tests--one for Content Knowledge and Curriculum, one for Instruction & Assessment * 4 Subject Assessment question banks (Math, Science, Reading & Language Arts, and Social Studies) * Pre-tests for each chapter to assess strengths and weaknesses * In-depth and targeted review of all tested material Also Available: Kaplan's new Praxis Deluxe online course featuring additional instructional videos, practice quizzes and full-length practice exams.

Subjects: Study guides.; Teaching; National teacher examinations; Multiple Subjects Assessment for Teachers;

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The total inventor's manual / by Ragan, Sean Michael,author.(CARDINAL)430677;

MAKING ONE: ON THE CARE AND FEEDING OF IDEAS. Give yourself permission ; Clear space in your head ; Write it down right away ; Protect your ideas with a notebook ; Peruse the patents ; Honor mother necessity ; Start close to home ; Work with what you've got ; Go on a "junket" ; Find your tribe ; Take a cue from the CueCat ; Determine if you idea is a good one ; Discover brainstorming ; Brainstorm with a group ; Hone your drawing skills to develop your ideas ; Pick the best view for your sketch ; Draw a concept sketch of your invention ; Try your hand at classic drawing exercises ; Meet Dr. Nakamats ; Hear inventor's thoughts on ideation ; Dive into computer-aided design (CAD) ; Get the full benefit of CAD ; Learn how computers think about solids ; Make your first 3D CAD model -- THE PROTOTYPING CYCLE. Ride the prototyping spiral ; Work toward major milestones ; Check out famous prototypes ; Make it quick and dirty ; Save time with off-the-shelf building systems ; Tap the power of your paper printer ; Set your prototype aside ; Come back to it ; Try and try again ; Ask the big questions ; Start learning how to make stuff ; Match material, method, and scale ; Crank up some mechanisms ; Know what you're getting into ; Assemble an inventor's tool kit ; Meet the laser cutter ; Find one in the wild ; Make your first laser-cut parts ; Don't shoot your eye out ; Meet Steve Sasson ; Get the big-picture view of electronics ; Imagine water flowing ; Learn electrical terms ; Get comfortable with components ; Build your first circuit ; Rev up the actuators ; Meet Limor Fried ; Make your invention move ; Bone up on basic mechanical design ; Build a lazier Susan ; Improvise a power source ; Get prototyping tips from the masters -- THE TESTING PROCESS. Test in the real world ; Pay for hard science ; Conduct qualitative testing ; Host a focus group ; Find some good testees ; Master the questionnaire ; Craft your user stories ; Dissect a competing product ; Don't get caught in the iridium trap ; Meet the 3D printer ; Pick the best printing method ; Buy or borrow a 3D printer ; Print you first 3D model ; Hunt for 3D models online ; Meet Meg Crane ; Start out in software ; Get to know embedded systems ; Try out a development board ; Speak your computer's language ; Decode different programming languages ; Program your first board ; Don't reinvent the wheelSELLING ONE: FINDING FUNDING. Join the crowdfunding craze ; Take it to the bank ; Check out the top kickstarters ; Get an angel on your shoulder ; Play the venture capital game ; Call Uncle Sam ; Decipher financial statements ; Start your business plan ; Avoid crashing and burning like the Zano ; Pick a crowdfunding platform ; Run a winning crowdfunding campaign ; Make a killer kickstarter video ; Just add cats ; Meet Helen Greiner ; Get industry advice on getting funded ; Meet Peter Homer -- SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS. Listen to the grapevine ; Protect your brand ; Protect your hardware ; Protect your software ; Protect your posterior ; Discover the first patent laws ; Start a company (in Delaware) ; Pick the best type of business for you ; Protect your people ; Drill for profits better than the Drake Oil Well ; Meet Julio Palmaz ; Understand what's patentable ; Know your patent types ; Stall with a provisional patent application ; Enforce your patent ; Apply for a utility patent ; Nail your patent specifications ; Meet Bre Pettis -- MAKING IT PRETTY. Show some ID ; Understand the importance of styling ; Get inspired by classic designs ; Remember usability ; Opt for functionalism ; Get to the Holy Grail: The works-like-looks-like prototype ; Practice human-centered design ; Enhance your ergonomics ; Consider CMF ; Discover the Pantone System ; Go old school with foam modeling ; Explore different modeling materials ; Sculpt a mockup in foam ; Craft details like a scale modeler ; Meet Ayah Bdeir ; Get inspired by leaders in design -- MAKING MANY: DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE. Treat industrial and manufacturing design as one step ; Learn from the locals ; Watch how it's made ; Consider kitting ; Find a factory ; Make things easy to make ; Take a trip down the assembly line ; Master manufacturing processes ; Stamp parts with a four-slide machine ; Geek out on specialized machines ; Go local or overseas ; Assess life cycle ; Practice design for disassembly ; Embrace the tenets of ecodesign ; Get to know PCB fabrication ; Learn what lives inside a PCB ; Find facts on datasheets ; Design your own printed circuit board ; Wield a soldering iron like a pro ; Meet Samantha Rose ; Say hello to the CNC Mill ; Meet papa, mama, and baby bear ; Play it safe when CNC milling ; Mill you printed circuit board ; Buy or borrow a PCB mill ; Get manufacturing tips form pros who knowWORKING WITH A MANUFACTURER. Insist on a pilot build ; Be smart about quality control ; Drop a BOM (bill of materials) ; Run a final design review ; Pay a visit to the plant ; Get the backstory on injection molding ; Avoid Nike's ethical manufacturing woes ; Seek certifications ; Prevent highway robbery ; Meet the injection-molding machine ; Mold it right ; Check out the world of plastic parts ; Cast a themoset facsimile part ; Meed Ashok Gadgil -- SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT. Choose parts with an eye to supply ; Outsource outsource outsource ; Put a bar code on it ; Count parts with a counting scale ; Run a tight ship ; Manage your inventory with software ; Take a lesson form LEGO ; Pack a pallet ; Avoid Apple's Power Mac problems ; Manage your warehouse space ; Pick a warehouse floor plan ; Pack a kit -- SELLING MANY: MAKE IT TO MARKET. Sell the right product ; Set the right price ; Grok basic marketing dos and don'ts ; Be seen in the right places ; Sell your product as seen on TV ; Promote online ; See the flaws in the jewel case ; Pitch you product to influencers ; Understand package design basics ; Discover different packaging types ; Ace your product's packaging ; Get marketing tips form the pros ; Meet Massimo Banzi -- CUSTOMER SUPPORT. Don't be that guy ; Help those who help themselves ; Help those who ask for help ; Humanize and empower support staff ; Set up a call center ; Heed the ten commandments of customer support ; Exceed expectations on social media ; Let software help manage customers ; Don't confuse service with sales like Comcast ; Plan a killer instruction manual ; Show don't tell ; Write simply and clearly ; Make an instruction manual ; Balance online and in-the-box help ; Meet Eric Stackpole -- SELL OUT...OR SELL ON. Pick your moment ; Look for a hired gun ; Prep before selling ; Perform a SWOT analysis ; Set the best value ; Find the right buyers ; Negotiate like a pro ; Study up on massive IPOs ; Decide if you should stay or go ; Cash out with an IPO ; Give licensing a go ; Be savvy about selling ; Study up on mergers and acquisitions ; Sell you company ; Ask for an NDA upfront ; Meet Lonnie Johnson.Contrary to popular wisdom, you don't have to be an ace electrician, a coding prodigy, or a mechanical master to come up with a game-changing invention! You just need curiosity, a strong desire to fix a problem that you see in the world, and the determination to see your ideas become reality - and this book, which will teach you everything you need to go from zero to inventor. Everyone wants to be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but there's never been a clear road map to becoming a wildly successful innovator - until now. In The Total Inventor's Manual, you'll learn to MAKE ONE: Get that great idea out of your brain and into the real world with a crash course in ideation, prototyping, and testing. Includes clever, can-do lessons in CAD, 3D-printing, laser-cutting, electronics, robotics, coding, and more; SELL ONE: Whether you're riding the Kickstarter wave or hitting the venture capital beat, get your idea funded--and protect it with a proper patent. Then learn to refine your prototype's look and feel to give it a boost in the market; MAKE MANY: Bring your invention to the masses with tips on manufacturing processes and best practices, plus solid advice for beginners on running a supply chain; SELL MANY: You've built it - time to make them come. Discover how to effectively position your product in the marketplace, deal with consumer feedback, and run--or sell--your newly successful company.

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Inventions; Inventions;

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A thousand brains : a new theory of intelligence / by Hawkins, Jeff,1957-author.(CARDINAL)468557; Dawkins, Richard,1941-foreword author.(CARDINAL)329893;

Includes bibliographical references and index.A new understanding the brain. Older brain, new brain ; Vernon Mountcastle's big idea ; A model of the world in your head ; The brain reveals its secrets ; Maps in the brain ; Concepts, language, and high-level thinking ; The thousand brains theory of intelligence -- Machine intelligence. Why there is no "I" in AI ; When machines are conscious ; The future of machine intelligence ; The existential risks of machine intelligence -- Human intelligence. False beliefs ; The existential risks of human intelligence ; Merging brains and machines ; Estate planning for humanity ; Genes versus knowledge -- Final thoughts."For all we hear of neuroscience's great advances, the field has generated more questions than answers. We know that the brain combines sensory input from all over your body into a single perception, but not how. We think brains "compute" in some sense, but we can't say what those computations are. We believe that the brain is organized as a hierarchy, with different pieces all working collaboratively to make a single model of the world. But we can explain neither how those pieces are differentiated, nor how they collaborate. Neuroscientist and computer engineer Jeff Hawkins argues that it's so hard to answer questions about the brain because our basic picture of how the brain works is wrong. In A Thousand Brains, Hawkins takes a radically new approach to the brain, with stunning implications. Hawkins' proposal, called the Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence, is that your brain is organized into thousands upon thousands of individually computing units, called cortical columns. These columns all process information from the outside world in the same way, and each builds a complete model of the world. But because every column has different connections to the rest of the body, each has a unique frame of reference. Your brain sorts out all those models by conducting a vote. The fundamental job of the brain, therefore, is not to build a single thought, but to manage the thousands of individual thoughts it has every moment. With this powerful new framework, Hawkins is able to reassess some of neuroscience's most stubborn problems, like why pain needs to be painful to be useful, how we can understand that our perspective of a thing changes as we move around it, and why we might be conscious but individual pieces of our body aren't. And once you understand how the brain works, it is a lot easier to make one yourself. Hawkins is, above all, an engineer, and A Thousand Brains outlines how a new understanding of intelligence could lead to truly intelligent AI. Hawkins explores how we might create machines that can learn on their own, why we need not fear superintelligent systems, and how human and machine intelligence may someday merge. Combining cutting-edge theoretical neuroscience with an ambitious program for tomorrow's digital minds, A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the study of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word"--

Subjects: Brain.; Intellect.; Artificial intelligence.;

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NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review / by Irwin, Barbara J.(CARDINAL)545827; Burckhardt, Judith A.(CARDINAL)534481; Kaplan Publishing.(CARDINAL)350115;

NCLEX-RN Exam Overview And Test-Taking Strategies. Overview of the NCLEX-RN exam -- What is the NCLEX-RN exam? -- Content of the NCLEX-RN exam -- General and computer-adaptive test strategies: -- Standardized exams -- What behaviors does the NCLEX-RN exam test? -- Strategies that don't work on the NCLEX-RN exam -- Becoming a better test taker -- NCLEX-RN exam question types -- Alternate test questions -- Multiple-choice test questions -- Critical thinking strategies -- Reword the question -- Eliminate incorrect answer choices -- Don't predict answers -- Recognizing expected outcomes -- Read answer choices to obtain clues -- NCLEX-RN exam strategies: -- NCLEX-RN exam versus real-world nursing -- Strategies for priority questions -- Strategies for management of care questions -- Strategies for positioning questions -- Strategies for communication questions -- Your NCLEX-RN exam study plan. --NCLEX-RN Exam Content Review And Practice. Safe and effective care environment: management of care -- Advance directives -- Advocacy -- Case management -- Client rights -- Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams -- Concepts of management -- Confidentiality/information security -- Consultation -- Continuity of care -- Delegation -- Establishing priorities -- Ethical practice -- Information technology -- Informed consent -- Legal rights and responsibilities -- Performance improvement (quality improvement) -- Referrals -- Supervision -- Chapter Quiz Answers and explanations -- Safe and effective care environment: safety and infection control: Safety background -- Infection control background -- Accident/injury prevention -- Emergency response plan -- Ergonomic principles -- Error prevention -- Handling hazardous and infectious materials -- Home safety -- Reporting of incident/event/irregular occurrence/variance -- Safe use of equipment -- Security plan -- Standard precautions/transmission-based precautions/surgical asepsis -- Use of restraints/safety devices --Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Health promotion and maintenance: -- Aging process -- Ante/intra/postpartum and newborn care -- Developmental stages and transitions -- Health and wellness -- Health promotion/disease prevention -- Health screening -- High-risk behaviors -- Lifestyle choices -- Principles of teaching/learning -- Self-care -- Techniques of physical assessment -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Psychosocial integrity -- Abuse/neglect -- Behavioral interventions -- Chemical and other dependencies -- Coping mechanisms -- Crisis intervention -- Cultural diversity -- End of life care -- Family dynamics -- Grief and loss -- Mental health concepts -- Religious and spiritual influences on health -- Sensory/perceptual alterations -- Stress management -- Support systems -- Therapeutic communications -- Therapeutic environment -- Nursing process and psychosocial integrity -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: basic care and comfort -- Assistive devices -- Elimination -- Mobility/immobility -- Non-pharmacological comfort interventions -- Nutrition and oral hydration -- Personal hygiene -- Rest and sleep -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: pharmacological and parenteral therapies -- Adverse effects/contraindications/side effects/interactions -- Blood and blood products -- Central venous access devices -- Dosage calculation -- Expected actions/outcomes -- Medication administration -- Parenteral/intravenous therapies -- Pharmacological pain management -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: reduction of risk potential: -- Changes/abnormalities in vital signs -- Diagnostic tests -- Laboratory values -- Potential for alterations in body systems -- Potential for complications of diagnostic tests/treatments/procedures -- Potential for complications from surgical procedures and health alterations -- System-specific assessments -- Therapeutic procedures -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- Physiological integrity: physiological adaption -- Alterations in body systems -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances -- Hemodynamics -- Illness management -- Medical emergencies -- Pathophysiology -- Unexpected response to therapies -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations. -- Practice Test. Practice test -- Your practice test scores -- Answer key -- Practice test answers and explanations. -- Licensure Process. Application, registration, and scheduling: -- How to apply for the NCLEX-RN exam -- Taking the exam -- Taking the test more than once -- You are not alone -- How to interpret unsuccessful test results -- Should you test again? -- How should you begin? -- Essentials for international nurses -- NCLEX-RN exam administration abroad -- CGFNS certificate -- Work visas -- Nursing practice in the United States -- US-style nursing communication -- Sample questions -- Answers to sample questions -- Language -- Kaplan programs for international Nurses. -- NCLEX-RN Exam Resources -- Chart of critical thinking paths -- Nursing terminology -- Common medical abbreviations --State licensing requirements -- Pearson professional centers offering the NCLEX-RN examinations.This book is a focused, up-to-date strategic guide to help you prepare for the challenging NCLEX-RN exam-now with online practice test. To become a registered nurse in the United States, nursing school graduates must pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). It is a computer-adaptive test with between 75 and 265 questions that can take up to 6 hours. Each year, around 200,000 nursing students take this exam. Strategies play an important role in passing the NCLEX-RN, which is a critical thinking test requiring students to go beyond simply recognizing facts. In this guide, test-takers will have access to the most effective methods available to guarantee a passing score. This book combines its strategy guide with a comprehensive review designed to meet the challenges of this rigorous exam, including: 2 practice tests (one in the book and the second both on the CD-ROM and online); Detailed answer explanations; In-depth analysis of NCLEX-RN question types; Review of alternate question types; 47-item sample of Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Question Bank online; Features more of the most challenging questions and a bold, user-friendly design.

Subjects: Examinations.; Study guides.; National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing;

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