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Practical Guide to Large Database Migration

Practical Guide to Large Database Migration

It is a major challenge to migrate very large databases from one system say for example to transfer critical data from Oracle to SQL Server. One has to consider several issues such as loss of data being transferred the security of the data the cost and effort technical aspects of the software involved etc. There a very few books that provide practical tools and the methodology to migrate data from one vendor to another. This book introduces the concepts in database migration with large sample databases. It provides step by step guides and screenshots for database migration tools. Many examples are shown for migrating Oracle SQL Server and MySQL databases. | Practical Guide to Large Database Migration

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Large Turbo-Generators Malfunctions and Symptoms

Large Turbo-Generators Malfunctions and Symptoms

This book presents a comprehensive ordered relationship between malfunctions and symptoms occurring in large turbogenerators. With this book the operator and/or engineer in a generating station could identify underlying causes of a developing component degradation or a failure quicker which could potentially save both time and money and reduce the trial-and-error troubleshooting process. Large turbogenerators are the most important source of electricity. They can be found in thousands of power stations in every country. Forced outages failures and degradation of these very expensive machines have an enormous aggregate cost to society. As such any tool that can ameliorate loss of production by shaving time from troubleshooting activities and avoiding unnecessary costs by detecting and promptly responding to component degradation represents a step forward. | Large Turbo-Generators Malfunctions and Symptoms

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Project Management of Large Software-Intensive Systems

Project Management of Large Software-Intensive Systems

The book describes how to manage and successfully deliver large complex and expensive systems that can be composed of millions of line of software code being developed by numerous groups throughout the globe that interface with many hardware items being developed by geographically dispersed companies where the system also includes people policies constraints regulations and a myriad of other factors. It focuses on how to seamlessly integrate systems satisfy the customer’s requirements and deliver within the budget and on time. The guide is essentially a “shopping list” of all the activities that could be conducted with tailoring guidelines to meet the needs of each project. | Project Management of Large Software-Intensive Systems

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Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook

Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook

In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today. When large amounts of wind solar and other renewable energy sources are added to existing electrical grids efficient and manageable energy storage becomes a crucial component to allowing a range of eco-friendly resources to play a significant role in our energy system. In order to fulfill our intended goal of diminishing dependence on non-renewable sources of energy and reducing our carbon footprint we must find a way to store and convert these novel resources into practical solutions. Based on the efforts of a University of Colorado team devoted to increasing the use of renewable energy production within the current electrical power grid Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook examines a number of ways that energy can be stored and converted back to electricity. Examining how to enhance renewable generation energy storage relative to economic and carbon impact this book discusses issues of reliability siting economics and efficiency. Chapters include the practicalities of energy storage generation and absorption of electrical power; the difficulties of intermittent generation; and the use of pumped and underground pumped hydroelectric energy storage. The book highlights the storage of compressed air battery energy solar thermal and natural gas sources of energy. Heavily referenced and easily accessible to policy makers developers and students alike this book provides contributions from those active in the field for coverage of many important topics. With this book as a foundation these pioneers can develop the capacity of power grids to handle high renewable energy generation penetration and provide a brighter future for generations to come.

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Numerical Techniques for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations

Numerical Techniques for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations

Compared to the traditional modeling of computational fluid dynamics direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large-eddy simulation (LES) provide a very detailed solution of the flow field by offering enhanced capability in predicting the unsteady features of the flow field. In many cases DNS can obtain results that are impossible using any other means while LES can be employed as an advanced tool for practical applications. Focusing on the numerical needs arising from the applications of DNS and LES Numerical Techniques for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations covers basic techniques for DNS and LES that can be applied to practical problems of flow turbulence and combustion. After introducing Navier–Stokes equations and the methodologies of DNS and LES the book discusses boundary conditions for DNS and LES along with time integration methods. It then describes the numerical techniques used in the DNS of incompressible and compressible flows. The book also presents LES techniques for simulating incompressible and compressible flows. The final chapter explores current challenges in DNS and LES. Helping readers understand the vast amount of literature in the field this book explains how to apply relevant numerical techniques for practical computational fluid dynamics simulations and implement these methods in fluid dynamics computer programs.

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A Course in the Large Sample Theory of Statistical Inference

A Course in the Large Sample Theory of Statistical Inference

This book provides an accessible but rigorous introduction to asymptotic theory in parametric statistical models. Asymptotic results for estimation and testing are derived using the “moving alternative” formulation due to R. A. Fisher and L. Le Cam. Later chapters include discussions of linear rank statistics and of chi-squared tests for contingency table analysis including situations where parameters are estimated from the complete ungrouped data. This book is based on lecture notes prepared by the first author subsequently edited expanded and updated by the second author. Key features: Succinct account of the concept of “asymptotic linearity” and its uses Simplified derivations of the major results under an assumption of joint asymptotic normality Inclusion of numerical illustrations practical examples and advice Highlighting some unexpected consequences of the theory Large number of exercises many with hints to solutions Some facility with linear algebra and with real analysis including ‘epsilon-delta’ arguments is required. Concepts and results from measure theory are explained when used. Familiarity with undergraduate probability and statistics including basic concepts of estimation and hypothesis testing is necessary and experience with applying these concepts to data analysis would be very helpful. | A Course in the Large Sample Theory of Statistical Inference

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Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences

Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences

From the Foreword:While large-scale machine learning and data mining have greatly impacted a range of commercial applications their use in the field of Earth sciences is still in the early stages. This book edited by AshokSrivastava Ramakrishna Nemani and Karsten Steinhaeuser serves as an outstanding resource for anyone interested in the opportunities and challenges for the machine learning community in analyzing these data sets to answer questions of urgent societal interest…I hope that this book will inspire more computer scientists to focus on environmental applications and Earth scientists to seek collaborations with researchers in machine learning and data mining to advance the frontiers in Earth sciences. Vipin Kumar University of MinnesotaLarge-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences provides researchers and practitioners with a broad overview of some of the key challenges in the intersection of Earth science computer science statistics and related fields. It explores a wide range of topics and provides a compilation of recent research in the application of machine learning in the field of Earth Science. Making predictions based on observational data is a theme of the book and the book includes chapters on the use of network science to understand and discover teleconnections in extreme climate and weather events as well as using structured estimation in high dimensions. The use of ensemble machine learning models to combine predictions of global climate models using information from spatial and temporal patterns is also explored. The second part of the book features a discussion on statistical downscaling in climate with state-of-the-art scalable machine learning as well as an overview of methods to understand and predict the proliferation of biological species due to changes in environmental conditions. The problem of using large-scale machine learning to study the formation of tornadoes is also explored in depth. The last part of the book covers the use of deep learning algorithms to classify images that have very high resolution as well as the unmixing of spectral signals in remote sensing images of land cover. The authors also apply long-tail distributions to geoscience resources in the final chapter of the book.

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Parallel Computers 2 Architecture Programming and Algorithms

Parallel Computers 2 Architecture Programming and Algorithms

Since the publication of the first edition parallel computing technology has gained considerable momentum. A large proportion of this has come from the improvement in VLSI techniques offering one to two orders of magnitude more devices than previously possible. A second contributing factor in the fast development of the subject is commercialization. The supercomputer is no longer restricted to a few well-established research institutions and large companies. A new computer breed combining the architectural advantages of the supercomputer with the advance of VLSI technology is now available at very attractive prices. A pioneering device in this development is the transputer a VLSI processor specifically designed to operate in large concurrent systems. Parallel Computers 2: Architecture Programming and Algorithms reflects the shift in emphasis of parallel computing and tracks the development of supercomputers in the years since the first edition was published. It looks at large-scale parallelism as found in transputer ensembles. This extensively rewritten second edition includes major new sections on the transputer and the OCCAM language. The book contains specific information on the various types of machines available details of computer architecture and technologies and descriptions of programming languages and algorithms. Aimed at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level this handbook is also useful for research workers machine designers and programmers concerned with parallel computers. In addition it will serve as a guide for potential parallel computer users especially in disciplines where large amounts of computer time are regularly used. | Parallel Computers 2 Architecture Programming and Algorithms

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Part-Architecture The Maison de Verre Duchamp Domesticity and Desire in 1930s Paris

Part-Architecture The Maison de Verre Duchamp Domesticity and Desire in 1930s Paris

Part-Architecture presents a detailed and original study of Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre through another seminal modernist artwork Marcel Duchamp’s Large Glass. Aligning the two works materially historically and conceptually the book challenges the accepted architectural descriptions of the Maison de Verre makes original spatial and social accounts of its inhabitation in 1930s Paris and presents new architectural readings of the Large Glass. Through a rich analysis which incorporates creative projects into history and theory research the book establishes new ways of writing about architecture. Designed for politically progressive gynaecologist Dr Jean Dalsace and his avant-garde wife Annie Dalsace the Maison de Verre combines a family home with a gynaecology clinic into a ‘free-plan’ layout. Screened only by glass walls the presence of the clinic in the home suggests an untold dialogue on 1930s sexuality. The text explores the Maison de Verre through another radical glass construction the Large Glass where Duchamp’s complex depiction of unconsummated sexual relations across the glass planes reveals his resistance to the marital conventions of 1920s Paris. This and other analyses of the Large Glass are used as a framework to examine the Maison de Verre as a register of the changing history of women’s domestic and maternal choices reclaiming the building as a piece of female social architectural history. The process used to uncover and write the accounts in the book is termed ‘part-architecture’. Derived from psychoanalytic theory part-architecture fuses analytical descriptive and creative processes to produce a unique social and architectural critique. Identifying three essential materials to the Large Glass the book has three main chapters: ‘Glass’ ‘Dust’ and ‘Air’. Combining theory text creative writing and drawing each traces the history and meaning of the material and its contribution to the spaces and sexuality of the Large Glass and the Maison de Verre. As a whole the book contributes important and unique spatial readings to existing scholarship and expands definitions of architectural design and history. | Part-Architecture The Maison de Verre Duchamp Domesticity and Desire in 1930s Paris

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The Material Point Method for Geotechnical Engineering A Practical Guide

The Material Point Method for Geotechnical Engineering A Practical Guide

This practical guide provides the best introduction to large deformation material point method (MPM) simulations for geotechnical engineering. It provides the basic theory discusses the different numerical features used in large deformation simulations and presents a number of applications - providing references examples and guidance when using MPM for practical applications. MPM covers problems in static and dynamic situations within a common framework. It also opens new frontiers in geotechnical modelling and numerical analysis. It represents a powerful tool for exploring large deformation behaviours of soils structures and fluids and their interactions such as internal and external erosion and post-liquefaction analysis; for instance the post-failure liquid-like behaviours of landslides penetration problems such as CPT and pile installation and scouring problems related to underwater pipelines. In the recent years MPM has developed enough for its practical use in industry apart from the increasing interest in the academic world. | The Material Point Method for Geotechnical Engineering A Practical Guide

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People Who Count Population and Politics Women and Children

People Who Count Population and Politics Women and Children

Originally published in 1995 this book confronts the contentious political issues on all sides of the population debate including immigration demographic competition gender ratios reproductive research and children’s rights. The book argues that lower fertility rates are preferred by women themselves; are beneficial in their own right to both women and children; and should not be used as a bargaining chip in any other area of the development debate. Drawing on a large body of research in anthropology child psychology and population studies the book presents evidence that the poor do not necessarily have large families as form of financial security or to put them to work; people without offspring are less lonely in old age; immigration and refugee controls in the Northern Hemisphere have been more driven by politics than rational calculation and human rights; social security does not require a large cohort of young workers. This book is a challenging contribution to the development debate. It presents a persuasive case for policies which recognise hopeful trends in relieving the environmental and social pressures of a globally increasing population. | People Who Count Population and Politics Women and Children

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Limnology Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes

Limnology Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes

The large lakes of the East African Rift Valley are among the oldest on Earth and are vital resources for the people of their basins. They are unique among the large lakes of the world in terms of their sensitivity to climatic change rich and diverse populations of endemic species circulation dynamics and water-column chemistry and long continuous records of past climatic change. A comprehensive study of the large African lakes is long overdue. The scientific justification for such an effort is noted in the previous paragraph and is illustrated in great detail in this volume. Societal need for the sustainable utilization of these lakes offers an even more compelling reason for examination of biological food webs water quality and past climate variability in East Africa. The lakes provide the most important source of protein for the people of the African Rift Valley and fish populations are shifting dramatically in response to fishing pressure introduction of exotic species land use impact on water quality and perhaps climatic change. Current estimates of primary productivity the underpinning of the food resource are extremely crude and based on only a few spot measurements. | Limnology Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes

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Structural Crashworthiness and Failure Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness held at the University

Structural Crashworthiness and Failure Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness held at the University

This book contains twelve invited lectures from the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness. Particular emphasis is given to the failure predictions for ductile metal structures under large dynamic loads and to the behaviour of composite and cellular structures. | Structural Crashworthiness and Failure Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness held at the University

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The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management

The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management

International human resource management (IHRM) is a key area of research in the sphere of international business and management. Described as a field in its infancy in the 1980s IHRM has quickly advanced through adolescence and into maturity. Today it is a vibrant and diverse discipline which boasts a large and active body of researchers across the globe. This volume examines cutting-edge themes with the input of contributions from both established and emerging scholars. The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management gives a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes topics and debates in the discipline with valuable insights into directions for future research. Drawing on a large and respected international contributor base and with its focus on mature and emerging markets this book is an essential resource for researchers students and IHRM professionals alike.

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Population Genomics with R

Population Genomics with R

Population Genomics With R presents a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of population genomics. The methods treated cover a large number of topics from traditional population genetics to large-scale genomics with high-throughput sequencing data. Several dozen R packages are examined and integrated to provide a coherent software environment with a wide range of computational statistical and graphical tools. Small examples are used to illustrate the basics and published data are used as case studies. Readers are expected to have a basic knowledge of biology genetics and statistical inference methods. Graduate students and post-doctorate researchers will find resources to analyze their population genetic and genomic data as well as help them design new studies. The first four chapters review the basics of population genomics data acquisition and the use of R to store and manipulate genomic data. Chapter 5 treats the exploration of genomic data an important issue when analysing large data sets. The other five chapters cover linkage disequilibrium population genomic structure geographical structure past demographic events and natural selection. These chapters include supervised and unsupervised methods admixture analysis an in-depth treatment of multivariate methods and advice on how to handle GIS data. The analysis of natural selection a traditional issue in evolutionary biology has known a revival with modern population genomic data. All chapters include exercises. Supplemental materials are available on-line (http://ape-package. ird. fr/PGR. html).

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Mechanics of Finite Deformation and Fracture

Mechanics of Finite Deformation and Fracture

This important work covers the fundamentals of finite deformation in solids and constitutive relations for different types of stresses in large deformation of solids. In addition the book covers the fracture phenomena in brittle or quasi-brittle materials in which large deformation does not occur. The book provides a thorough understanding of fracture mechanics as well. Since mathematical proof with full derivation is demonstrated throughout the book readers will gain the skills to understand and drive the basic concepts on their own enabling them to put forward new ideas and solutions. Finite deformations in material can occur with change of geometry such that the deformed shape may not resemble the initial shape. Analyzing these types of deformations needs a particular mathematical tool that is always associated with tensor notations. In general the geometry may be non-orthogonal and the use of covariant and contra-variant tensor concepts to express the finite deformations and the associated mechanical strains are needed. In addition it is obvious that in large deformations there are several definitions for stress each depending on the frame of the stress definitions. The constitutive equations in material also depends on the type of stress that is introduced. In simulation of the material deformation components of the deformation tensor will be transformed from one frame to another either in orthogonal or in non-orthogonal coordinate of geometry. This informative book covers all this in detail. | Mechanics of Finite Deformation and Fracture

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Mechatronic Systems and Process Automation Model-Driven Approach and Practical Design Guidelines

Mechatronic Systems and Process Automation Model-Driven Approach and Practical Design Guidelines

The book discusses the concept of process automation and mechatronic system design while offering a unified approach and methodology for the modeling analysis automation and control networking monitoring and sensing of various machines and processes from single electrical-driven machines to large-scale industrial process operations. This step-by-step guide covers design applications from various engineering disciplines (mechanical chemical electrical computer biomedical) through real-life mechatronics problems and industrial automation case studies with topics such as manufacturing power grid cement production wind generator oil refining incubator etc. Provides step-by-step procedures for the modeling analysis control and automation networking monitoring and sensing of single electrical-driven machines to large-scale industrial process operations. Presents model-based theory and practice guidelines for mechatronics system and process automation design. Includes worked examples in every chapter and numerous end-of-chapter real-life exercises problems and case studies. | Mechatronic Systems and Process Automation Model-Driven Approach and Practical Design Guidelines

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Acoustics of Small Rooms

Acoustics of Small Rooms

Much time is spent working out how to optimize the acoustics of large rooms such as auditoria but the acoustics of small rooms and environments can be just as vital. The expensive sound equipment of a recording studio or the stereo in a car or living room is likewise rendered useless if the acoustic environment is not right for them. Changes in wavelength to room size ratio and the time difference between the direct and reflected sound at the listening location mean that the acoustics of small spaces are quite different to those of large spaces. Tackling these specific aspects of physics sound perception and applications for small spaces Acoustics of Small Rooms brings together important facets of small room acoustics. Divided into clear sections it covers: Sound propagation—the effects of boundaries sound absorbers and time conditions Physiology and psychoacoustics Methods and techniques of room and sound field optimization Examples of how these principles apply in real situations Measurement and modeling techniques

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Human Hierarchies A General Theory

Human Hierarchies A General Theory

Human beings are hierarchical animals. Always and everywhere people have developed social ranking systems. These differ dramatically in how they are organized but the underlying causal mechanisms that create and sustain them are the same. Whether they are on the top or bottom of the heap people attempt to be superior to some other persons or group. This is the root of Melvyn L. Fein's thesis presented in Human Hierarchies: A General Theory. Fein traces the development of changes from hunter-gatherer times to our own techno-commercial society. In moving from small to large communities humans went from face-to-face contests for superiority to more anonymous and symbolic ones. Societies evolved from hunting bands where the parties knew each other through big-men societies chieftainships agrarian empires patronage chains caste societies estate systems and market-oriented democracies. Where once small groupings were organized primarily by strong forces such as personal relationships the now standard large groupings are more dependent on weaker forces such as those provided by social roles. Bureaucracies and professional roles have become prominent. Bureaucracies allow large-scale organizations to maintain control of people by limiting the potential destructiveness of unregulated tests of strength and by clarifying chains of command. Their rigidity and unresponsiveness requires that they be supplemented by professional roles. At the same time a proliferation of self-motivated experts delegate authority downward thereby introducing a more flexible decentralization. This analysis is a unique and significant advance in both the sociology and anthropology of stratification among humans. | Human Hierarchies A General Theory

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Fluid Therapy for the Surgical Patient

Fluid Therapy for the Surgical Patient

Over the past decade there have been a large number of important studies related to fluid management for the surgical patient resulting in confusion on this critical aspect of patient care. Proper fluid therapy in the perioperative setting has always been important but has only recently had concrete outcome-based guidelines. This is the first comprehensive up-to-date and practical summary book on the topic. | Fluid Therapy for the Surgical Patient

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Sports Concussions A Complete Guide to Recovery and Management

Sports Concussions A Complete Guide to Recovery and Management

Sport-related concussions have become an increasingly important topic as evidenced by recent media attention. Due in large part to the complex nature of concussive injuries there is great discrepancy in the effect these injuries have on individual functioning and the type and nature of services that best facilitate recovery. This book is intended as a complete reference guide dealing with sports-related concussions. | Sports Concussions A Complete Guide to Recovery and Management

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