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Geophysical Data Analysis : MATLAB Edition. by Menke, William

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Pediatric radiology

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Modeling and precision control of systems with hysteresis by Liu, Lei, Yang, Yi

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Mastering Django. by George, Nigel

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Implant aesthetics : keys to diagnosis and treatment

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Model-based processing : an applied subspace identification approach by Candy, James V.

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The language of mathematics education : an expanded glossary of key terms and concepts in mathematics teaching and learning by Dingman, Shannon W., 1977-

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A practical guide to fetal echocardiography : normal and abnormal hearts by Abuhamad, Alfred, Chaoui, Rabih

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DEEP LEARNING FOR HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKING.

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Perspective in image-guided surgery : proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on Medical Robotics, Navigation, and Visualization : RheinAhrCampus Remagen, Germany, 11-12 March

Table of Contents: “…Experimental validation of a force prediction algorithm for robot assisted bone-milling / C. Plaskos, A.J. …”
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Nonlinear science and complexity

Table of Contents: “…Bruzón -- Applying a new algorithm to derive nonclassical symmetries / M.S. …”
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Portfolio construction and analytics by Fabozzi, Frank J., Pachamanova, Dessislava A.

Table of Contents: “…-- 5.4 Random Number Generation -- Chapter 6: Optimization Modeling -- 6.1 Optimization Formulations -- 6.2 Important Types of Optimization Problems -- 6.3 A Simple Optimization Problem Formulation Example: Portfolio Allocation -- 6.4 Optimization Algorithms -- 6.5 Optimization Software -- 6.6 A Software Implementation Example -- Chapter 7: Optimization under Uncertainty -- 7.1 Dynamic Programming -- 7.2 Stochastic Programming -- 7.3 Robust Optimization -- Part Three: Three Portfolio Theory -- Chapter 8: Asset Diversification -- 8.1 The Case for Diversification -- 8.2 The Classical Mean-Variance Optimization Framework -- 8.3 Efficient Frontiers -- 8.4 Alternative Formulations of the Classical Mean-Variance Optimization Problem -- 8.5 The Capital Market Line -- 8.6 Expected Utility Theory -- 8.7 Diversification Redefined -- Chapter 9: Factor Models -- 9.1 Factor Models in the Financial Economics Literature -- 9.2 Mean-Variance Optimization with Factor Models -- 9.3 Factor Selection in Practice -- 9.4 Factor Models for Alpha Construction -- 9.5 Factor Models for Risk Estimation -- 9.6 Data Management and Quality Issues -- 9.7 Risk Decomposition, Risk Attribution, and Performance Attribution -- 9.8 Factor Investing -- Chapter 10: Benchmarks and the Use of Tracking Error in Portfolio Construction -- 10.1 Tracking Error versus Alpha: Calculation and Interpretation -- 10.2 Forward-Looking versus Backward-Looking Tracking Error -- 10.3 Tracking Error and Information Ratio -- 10.4 Predicted Tracking Error Calculation -- 10.5 Benchmarks and Indexes -- 10.6 Smart Beta Investing -- Part Four: Equity Portfolio Management -- Chapter 11: Advances in Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management -- 11.1 Portfolio Constraints Commonly Used in Practice -- 11.2 Portfolio Optimization with Tail Risk Measures -- 11.3 Incorporating Transaction Costs.…”
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Adventures in Raspberry Pi by Philbin, Carrie Anne

Table of Contents: “…Twinkle Twinkle Little Star -- Repeating Lines in a Loop -- First Electronic Track -- Using Different Synthesizer Sounds -- Using Prerecorded Samples -- Creating a Surprising Tune -- Using "rand" to Play Random Notes -- Using Algorithms -- Running Two Scripts at the Same Time -- Adding Effects -- Making a Recording of Your Music -- Further Adventures with Sonic Pi -- Adventure 8 Using the GPIO Pins on the Raspberry Pi -- Using a Raspberry Pi GPIO Pin Layout Diagram -- Electronics Basics -- Using a Python Library to Control GPIO -- Making an LED Blink -- Creating the LEDblink Python Code -- Connecting the LEDblink Components -- Running LEDblink.py in IDLE -- Using a Button to Turn on an LED -- Creating the buttonLED Python Code -- Connecting the buttonLED Components -- Running buttonLED.py in IDLE -- Using a PIR Motion Sensor to Trigger a Sound -- Creating the Motion-Sensing Python Code -- Connecting the PIRmotion Components -- Running PIRmotion.py in IDLE -- The Marshmallow Challenge -- Creating the Marshmallow Button -- Mapping Marshmallow Input to a Keyboard Key -- Scratch Marshmallow Game -- Further Adventures with GPIO Pins -- Adventure 9 Experimenting with Cameras and HATs -- Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Camera -- Connecting the Camera to Your Raspberry Pi -- Programming the Picamera with Python -- Creating a Time-Lapse Photography Program -- Mounting Your Camera -- Making a Movie of Your Images -- Getting Started with the Explorer HAT Pro -- Connecting the HAT to Your Raspberry Pi -- Downloading and Installing the Explorer HAT Library -- Programming the LEDs -- Programming the Touch Pads -- Creating an Explorer HAT Pro Disco Trigger Trap -- Creating the Disco Trigger Trap Python Code -- Making the Aluminum Foil Trap -- Getting Started with the Sense HAT -- Programming the LED Matrix with Python.…”
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Machine learning and cognitive computing for mobile communications and wireless networks

Table of Contents: “…Preface xiii 1 Machine Learning Architecture and Framework 1; Nilanjana Pradhan and Ajay Shankar Singh 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Machine Learning Algorithms 3 1.2.1 Regression 3 1.2.2 Linear Regression 4 1.2.3 Support Vector Machine 4 1.2.4 Linear Classifiers 5 1.2.5 SVM Applications 8 1.2.6 Naïve Bayes Classification 8 1.2.7 Random Forest 9 1.2.8 K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) 9 1.2.9 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 9 1.2.10 K-Means Clustering 10 1.3 Business Use Cases 10 1.4 ML Architecture Data Acquisition 14 1.5 Latest Application of Machine Learning 15 1.5.1 Image Identification 16 1.5.2 Sentiment Analysis 16 1.5.3 News Classification 16 1.5.4 Spam Filtering and Email Classification 17 1.5.5 Speech Recognition 17 1.5.6 Detection of Cyber Crime 17 1.5.7 Classification 17 1.5.8 Author…”
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease : a practical guide

Table of Contents: “…Genetic modifiers of fibrogenesis and disease progression -- Conclusions -- Multiple choice questions -- References -- Answers to multiple choice questions -- Chapter 15: NAFLD in children -- Epidemiology -- Natural history -- Signs and symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Liver biopsy -- Blood biomarkers -- Imaging techniques -- Treatment -- Nonpharmacological interventions -- Medications -- Insulin-sensitizing agents -- Hepatoprotective anti-oxidant therapy -- Other therapies -- Conclusions -- Multiple choice questions -- References -- Answers to multiple choice questions -- Chapter 16: The pointy end of the NAFLD iceberg: cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and liver failure -- Disclaimer -- Introduction -- Epidemiology -- Progression of NASH to cirrhosis -- Cryptogenic cirrhosis -- Histopathology of late NAFLD and cirrhosis -- Clinical outcomes of advanced NAFLD and cirrhosis -- Diagnosis and presentation -- Treatment of NAFLD cirrhosis and complications -- Transplant considerations -- Conclusions and future directions -- Multiple choice questions -- References -- Answers to multiple choice questions -- Chapter 17: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatocellular cancer, and other cancers -- Incidence and epidemiology of HCC -- Risk factors for HCC -- NAFLD, metabolic syndrome, and HCC -- HCC can develop in noncirrhotic NAFLD -- NAFLD, the metabolic syndrome, and other cancers -- Obesity and cancer -- Diabetes and cancer -- The pathogenesis of HCC in NAFLD -- The management of HCC arising in patients with the metabolic syndrome -- Surveillance -- The diagnosis of HCC -- Staging of HCC -- Treatment options for HCC -- Surgical resection -- Liver transplantation -- Percutaneous treatments -- Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) -- Medical management of HCC -- A modified BCLC algorithm for patients with NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome.…”
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Credit securitizations and derivatives : challenges for the global markets

Table of Contents: “…Market Credit Risk Pricing -- Regulation -- Developments in Structured Finance Markets -- Impairments of Asset-Backed Securities and Outstanding Ratings -- Issuance of Asset-backed Securities and Outstanding Volume -- Global CDO Issuance and Outstanding Volume -- PART II CREDIT PORTFOLIO RISK MEASUREMENT -- Mortgage Credit Risk -- Five C's of Credit and Mortgage Credit Risk -- Determinants of Mortgage Default, Loss Given Default and Exposure at Default -- Determinants of Mortgage Default -- Determinants of Mortgage LGD -- Determinants of Mortgage EAD -- Modeling Methods for Default, LGD and EAD -- Model Risk Management -- Credit Portfolio Correlations and Uncertainty -- Introduction -- Gaussian and Semi-Gaussian Single Risk Factor Model -- Individual and Simultaneous Confidence Bounds and Intervals -- Confidence Intervals for Asset Correlations -- Confidence Intervals for Default and Survival Time Correlations -- Confidence Intervals for Default Correlations -- Confidence Intervals for Survival Time Correlations -- Credit Portfolio Correlations with Dynamic Leverage Ratios -- The Hui et al. (2007) Model -- The Method of Images for Constant Coefficients -- The Method of Images for Time-Varying Coefficients -- Modelling Default Correlations in a Two-Firm Model -- Default Correlations -- A Two-Firm Model with Dynamic Leverage Ratios -- Method of Images for Constant Coefficients -- Method of Images for Time-Varying Coefficients -- Alternative Methodologies for General Values -- Numerical Results -- Accuracy -- The Impact of Correlation between Two Firms -- The Impact of Different Credit Quality Paired Firms -- The Impact of Volatilities -- The Impact of Drift Levels -- The Impact of Initial Value of Leverage Ratio Levels -- Impact of Correlation between Firms and Interest Rates -- The Price of Credit-Linked Notes -- A Hierarchical Model of Tail-Dependent Asset Returns -- The Variance Compound Gamma Model -- Multivariate Process for Logarithmic Asset Returns -- Dependence Structure -- Sampling -- Copula Properties -- An Application Example -- Portfolio Setup -- Test Portfolios -- Parameter Setup -- Simulation Results -- Importance Sampling Algorithm -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: The VCG Probability Distribution Function Appendix B: HAC Representation for the VCG Framework -- Monte Carlo Methods for Portfolio Credit Risk -- Modeling Credit Portfolio Losses -- Risk Measures -- Modeling Dependency -- Estimating Risk Measures via Monte Carlo -- Crude Monte Carlo Estimators -- Importance Sampling -- Specific Models -- The Bernoulli Mixture Model -- Factor Models -- Copula Models -- Intensity Models -- An Example Point Process Model -- Appendix A: A Primer on Rare-event Simulation -- Efficiency -- Importance Sampling -- The Choice of g -- Adaptive Importance Sampling -- Importance Sampling for Stochastic Processes -- Credit Portfolio Risk and Diversification -- Introduction -- Model Setup -- Independent Asset Values -- Correlated Asset Values -- Large Portfolio Limit -- Correlated Diffusion -- Correlated GARCH Process -- Applications of the Structural Recovery Rate -- Conclusions -- PART III CREDIT PORTFOLIO RISK SECURITIZATION AND TRANCHING -- Differences in Tranching Methods: Some Results and Implications -- Defining a Tranche -- The Mathematics of Tranching -- PD-based Tranching -- EL-based Tranching -- The EL of a Tranche Necessarily Increases When Either the Attachment Point or the Detachment Point is Decreased -- Upper Bound on Tranche Expected LGD (LGDt) Assumption Given EL-based Tranches -- Skipping of Some Tranches in the EL-based Approach -- Global Structured Finance Rating -- Asset-Backed Securities -- The ABS Structure for the Experiment -- Cash Flow Modeling -- Modeling and Simulating Defaults -- Expected Loss Rating -- Global Sensitivity Analysis -- Elementary Effects -- Variance-based Method -- Global Sensitivity Analysis Results -- Uncertainty Analysis -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Global Rating -- PART IV CREDIT DERIVATIVES -- Analytic Dynamic Factor Copula Model -- Pricing Equations -- One-factor Copula Model -- Multi-period Factor Copula Models -- Calibration -- Dynamic Modeling of Credit Derivatives -- General Model Choice -- Modeling Option Prices -- Modeling Credit Risk -- Portfolio Credit Derivatives -- Modeling Asset Dynamics -- The Market Model -- The Asset-value Model -- Empirical Analysis -- Elementary Data -- Implied Dividends -- Market Dynamics -- Asset Value Model -- Tranche Pricing -- Out-of-time Application -- Pricing and Calibration in Market Models -- Basic notions -- The model -- Modeling Assumptions -- Absence of Arbitrage -- An affine specification -- Pricing -- Calibration -- Calibration Procedure -- Calibration Results -- Appendix A: Computations -- Counterparty Credit Risk and Clearing of Derivatives -- From the Perspective of an Industrial Corporate with a Focus on Commodity Markets -- Credit exposures in commodity business -- Settlement Exposure -- Performance Exposure -- Example of Fixed Price Deal with Performance Exposure -- Example of a Floating Price Deal with Performance Exposure -- General Remarks on Credit Exposure Concepts -- Ex Ante exposure-reducing techniques -- Payment Terms -- Material Adverse Change Clauses -- Master Agreements -- Netting -- Margining -- Close Out Exposure and Threshold -- Ex Ante risk-reducing techniques -- Credit Enhancements in General -- Parent Company Guarantees -- Letters of Credit -- Credit Insurance -- Clearing via a Central Counterparty -- Ex Post risk-reducing techniques -- Factoring -- Novation -- Risk-reducing Trades -- Hedging with CDS -- Hedging with Contingent-CDS -- Hedging with Puts on Equity -- Ex Post work out considerations -- Practical credit risk management and pricing Peculiarities of commodity markets -- Peculiarities of commodity related credit portfolios -- Credit Risk Capital for a commodity related portfolio measured with an extension of CreditMetrics -- CreditRisk+ study: applied to a commodity related credit portfolio -- CDS Industrial Sector Indices, Credit and Liquidity Risk -- The Data -- Methodology and Results -- Preliminary Analysis -- Common Factor Analysis -- Stability of Relations -- Risk Transfer and Pricing of Illiquid Assets with Loan CDS -- Shipping Market -- Loan Credit Default Swaps -- LCDS Pricing -- Modeling LCDS Under the Intensity-based Model -- Valuation Framework for LCDS -- The Structural Approach -- Credit Risk in Shipping Loans -- Valuation of LCDS on Shipping Loans -- Simulation Model -- Numerical Results -- Appendix A: Monte Carlo Parameterization PART V REGULATION -- Regulatory Capital Requirements for Securitizations -- Regulatory Approaches for Securitizations -- Ratings Based Approach (RBA) -- Supervisory Formula Approach (SFA) -- Standardized Approach (SA) -- Post-crisis Revisions to the Basel Framework -- Regulating OTC Derivatives -- The Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Part of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 -- Which Derivatives Will Be Affected? …”
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Stirling Cycle Engines : Inner Workings and Design. by Organ, Allan J.

Table of Contents: “…-- 7 A question of adiabaticity -- 7.1 Data -- 7.2 The Archibald test -- 7.3 A contribution from Newton -- 7.4 Variable-volume space -- 7.5 Désaxé -- 7.6 Thermal diffusion -- axi-symmetric case -- 7.7 Convection versus diffusion -- 7.8 Bridging the gap -- 7.9 Interim deductions -- 8 More adiabaticity -- 8.1 'Harmful' dead space -- 8.2 'Equivalent' steady-flow closed-cycle regenerative engine -- 8.3 'Equivalence' -- 8.4 Simulated performance -- 8.5 Conclusions -- 8.6 Solution algorithm -- 9 Dynamic Similarity -- 9.1 Dynamic similarity -- 9.2 Numerical example -- 9.3 Corroboration -- 9.4 Transient response of regenerator matrix -- 9.5 Second-order effects -- 9.6 Application to reality -- 10 Intrinsic Similarity -- 10.1 Scaling and similarity -- 10.2 Scope -- 10.2.1 Independent variables -- 10.2.2 Dependent variables -- 10.2.3 Local, instantaneous Reynolds number Re -- 10.3 First steps -- 10.4 without the computer -- 11 Getting started -- 11.1 Configuration -- 11.2 Slots versus tubes -- 11.3 The 'equivalent' slot -- 11.4 Thermal bottleneck -- 11.5 Available work lost -- conventional arithmetic -- 12 FastTrack gas path design -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Scope -- 12.3 Numerical example -- 12.4 Interim comment -- 12.5 Rationale behind FastTrack -- 12.6 Alternative start point -- GPU-3 charged with He -- 13 FlexiScale -- 13.1 FlexiScale? …”
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Road traffic : safety, modeling & impacts

Table of Contents: “…Semi-dynamic Updated Forecast and Dynamic Updated Forecast -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR SIGNALIZED ROAD NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. …”
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Informatics for Health by Randell, R.

Table of Contents: “…An Automatic Approach for Analyzing Treatment Effectiveness Based on Medication Hierarchy -- The Myocardial Infarction Case Study -- Evaluation of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Coronary Artery Disease Using Metabolomic Data -- Dermatology Disease Prediction Based on Two Step Cascade Genetic Algorithm Optimization of ANFIS Parameters -- Querying EHRs with a Semantic and Entity-Oriented Query Language -- Evaluation of the Terminology Coverage in the French Corpus LiSSa -- Linked Data Applications Through Ontology Based Data Access in Clinical Research -- Epidemiological Models Lacking Process Noise Can Be Overconfident -- Disentangling Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers Through Mutual Information -- IntegrIT -- Towards Utilizing the Swedish National Health Information Exchange Platform for Clinical Research -- Introducing a Method for Transformation of Paper-Based Research Data into Concept-Based Representation with openEHR -- The P̀EARL' Data Warehouse: Initial Challenges Faced with Semantic and Syntactic Interoperability -- Combining Different Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage Methods for Hospital Admission Data -- Application of Correspondence Analysis to Graphically Investigate Associations Between Foods and Eating Locations -- Data Driven Quality Improvement of Health Professions Education: Design and Development of CLUE -- An Interactive Curriculum Data Visualization Tool -- Developing Healthcare Data Analytics APPs with Open Data Science Tools -- Fast and Efficient Feature Engineering for Multi-Cohort Analysis of EHR Data -- Development and Evaluation of a Case-Based Retrieval Service -- Learning Differentially Expressed Gene Pairs in Microarray Data -- Developing a Manually Annotated Corpus of Clinical Letters for Breast Cancer Patients on Routine Follow-Up -- Automated Diagnosis Coding with Combined Text Representations.…”
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The many worlds of Hugh Everett III : multiple universes, mutual assured destruction, and the meltdown of a nuclear family by Byrne, Peter, 1952-

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