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RavenDB High Performance
by Brian RitchieRavenDB High Performance is comprehensive yet concise tutorial that developers can use to.This book is for developers & software architects who are designing systems in order to achieve high performance right from the start. A basic understanding of RavenDB is recommended, but not required. While the book focuses on advanced topics, it does not assume that the reader has a great deal of prior knowledge of working with RavenDB.
Raving Patients: The Definitive Guide To Using Reputation Marketing To Attract Hundreds Of New Patients
by Len TauIn Raving Patients, Dr. Len Tau, a practicing dentist in Philadelphia and online reputation specialist, shares simple tips and best practices to become visible and demonstrate credibility online. Dental practices waste thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours trying to find new patients using methods that may have worked decades ago but no longer work today. Raving Patients teaches dentists how to get exponentially better marketing results for a fraction of the time and money using a simple combination of online and offline reputation marketing strategies that take only minutes to implement. The strategies within Raving Patients help dental practices rise up search engine results when patients in their area search for new dentists. Dr. Tau also presents proven methodologies that help dental practices stand out as the practice of choice in their area. This generates a steady flow of patients who are more likely to move forward with treatment recommendations than other dental marketing strategies.
Raw Data Is an Oxymoron (Infrastructures)
by Lisa GitelmanEpisodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture. We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click and every “like” stored somewhere for something. This book reminds us that data is anything but “raw,” that we shouldn't think of data as a natural resource but as a cultural one that needs to be generated, protected, and interpreted. The book's essays describe eight episodes in the history of data from the predigital to the digital. Together they address such issues as the ways that different kinds of data and different domains of inquiry are mutually defining; how data are variously “cooked” in the processes of their collection and use; and conflicts over what can—or can't—be “reduced” to data. Contributors discuss the intellectual history of data as a concept; describe early financial modeling and some unusual sources for astronomical data; discover the prehistory of the database in newspaper clippings and index cards; and consider contemporary “dataveillance” of our online habits as well as the complexity of scientific data curation. Essay Authors Geoffrey C. Bowker, Kevin R. Brine, Ellen Gruber Garvey, Lisa Gitelman, Steven J. Jackson, Virginia Jackson, Markus Krajewski, Mary Poovey, Rita Raley, David Ribes, Daniel Rosenberg, Matthew Stanley, Travis D. Williams
"Raw Data" Is an Oxymoron
by Lisa GitelmanWe live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click and every "like" stored somewhere for something. This book reminds us that data is anything but "raw," that we shouldn't think of data as a natural resource but as a cultural one that needs to be generated, protected, and interpreted. The book's essays describe eight episodes in the history of data from the predigital to the digital. Together they address such issues as the ways that different kinds of data and different domains of inquiry are mutually defining; how data are variously "cooked" in the processes of their collection and use; and conflicts over what can -- or can't -- be "reduced" to data. Contributors discuss the intellectual history of data as a concept; describe early financial modeling and some unusual sources for astronomical data; discover the prehistory of the database in newspaper clippings and index cards; and consider contemporary "dataveillance" of our online habits as well as the complexity of scientific data curation. Essay authors:Geoffrey C. Bowker, Kevin R. Brine, Ellen Gruber Garvey, Lisa Gitelman, Steven J. Jackson, Virginia Jackson, Markus Krajewski, Mary Poovey, Rita Raley, David Ribes, Daniel Rosenberg, Matthew Stanley, Travis D. Williams
Ray Tracing from the Ground Up
by Kevin SuffernWith the increase in computing speed and due to the high quality of the optical effects it achieves, ray tracing is becoming a popular choice for interactive and animated rendering. This book takes readers through the whole process of building a modern ray tracer from scratch in C++. All concepts and processes are explained in detail with the aid o
Ray Tracing: A Tool for All
by Jon PeddieThis is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview for anyone wanting to understand the benefits and opportunities of ray tracing, as well as some of the challenges, without having to learn how to program or be an optics scientist.It demystifies ray tracing and brings forward the need and benefit of using ray tracing throughout the development of a film, product, or building — from pitch to prototype to marketing.Ray Tracing and Rendering clarifies the difference between conventional faked rendering and physically correct, photo-realistic ray traced rendering, and explains how programmer’s time, and backend compositing time are saved while producing more accurate representations with 3D models that move.Often considered an esoteric subject the author takes ray tracing out of the confines of the programmer’s lair and shows how all levels of users from concept to construction and sales can benefit without being forced to be a practitioner. It treats both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject as well as giving insights into all the major ray tracing programs and how many of them came about.It will enrich the readers’ understanding of what a difference an accurate high-fidelity image can make to the viewer — our eyes are incredibly sensitive to flaws and distortions and we quickly disregard things that look phony or unreal. Such dismissal by a potential user or customer can spell disaster for a supplier, producer, or developer. If it looks real it will sell, even if it is a fantasy animation. Ray tracing is now within reach of every producer and marketeer, and at prices one can afford, and with production times that meet the demands of today’s fast world.
RC4 Stream Cipher and Its Variants
by Goutam Paul Subhamoy MaitraRC4 Stream Cipher and Its Variants is the first book to fully cover the popular software stream cipher RC4. With extensive expertise in stream cipher cryptanalysis and RC4 research, the authors focus on the analysis and design issues of RC4. They also explore variants of RC4 and the eSTREAM finalist HC-128.After an introduction to the vast field of
Re-Engineering Humanity
by Evan Selinger Brett FrischmannEvery day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have forces been unleashed that are thrusting humanity down an ill-advised path, one that's increasingly making us behave like simple machines? <P><P>In this wide-reaching, interdisciplinary book, Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger examine what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments. They explain how the goal of designing programmable worlds goes hand in hand with engineering predictable and programmable people. <P>Detailing new frameworks, provocative case studies, and mind-blowing thought experiments, Frischmann and Selinger reveal hidden connections between fitness trackers, electronic contracts, social media platforms, robotic companions, fake news, autonomous cars, and more. <P>This powerful analysis should be read by anyone interested in understanding exactly how technology threatens the future of our society, and what we can do now to build something better.<P> Offers an academically rigorous and interdisciplinary analysis.<P> Written in accessible prose with resonant examples.<P> Includes mind-blowing thought experiments.
Re-Engineering Legacy Software
by Chris BirchallSummaryAs a developer, you may inherit projects built on existing codebases with design patterns, usage assumptions, infrastructure, and tooling from another time and another team. Fortunately, there are ways to breathe new life into legacy projects so you can maintain, improve, and scale them without fighting their limitations.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the BookRe-Engineering Legacy Software is an experience-driven guide to revitalizing inherited projects. It covers refactoring, quality metrics, toolchain and workflow, continuous integration, infrastructure automation, and organizational culture. You'll learn techniques for introducing dependency injection for code modularity, quantitatively measuring quality, and automating infrastructure. You'll also develop practical processes for deciding whether to rewrite or refactor, organizing teams, and convincing management that quality matters. Core topics include deciphering and modularizing awkward code structures, integrating and automating tests, replacing outdated build systems, and using tools like Vagrant and Ansible for infrastructure automation. What's InsideRefactoring legacy codebasesContinuous inspection and integrationAutomating legacy infrastructureNew tests for old codeModularizing monolithic projectsAbout the ReaderThis book is written for developers and team leads comfortable with an OO language like Java or C#.About the AuthorChris Birchall is a senior developer at the Guardian in London, working on the back-end services that power the website.Table of ContentsPART 1 GETTING STARTEDUnderstanding the challenges of legacy projects Finding your starting pointPART 2 REFACTORING TO IMPROVE THE CODEBASEPreparing to refactorRefactoringRe-architectingThe Big RewritePART 3 BEYOND REFACTORING—IMPROVING PROJECT WORKFLOWAND INFRASTRUCTUREAutomating the development environmentExtending automation to test, staging, and production environmentsModernizing the development, building, and deployment of legacy softwareStop writing legacy code!
Re-engineering the Uptake of ICT in Schools
by Frans Van Assche Luis Anido David Griffiths Cathy Lewin Sarah McnicolThis book reports on a novel and comprehensive approach to the uptake of ICT in Schools. It focuses on key questions, pedagogically sound ways of introducing ICT, new technical artifacts supporting the approach, the evaluation in a large-scale validator, and future work. While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these innovations has not always been very successful, particularly in schools. The transition from proof of concept to integration into learning activities has been recognized as a bottleneck for quite some time. This major problem, which is affecting many TEL stakeholders, is the focus of this book which focuses on developing a more effective and efficient approach based on more than 2500 pilots in European classrooms. Teachers, head teachers, and policy makers may benefit from reading how novel learning scenarios can be elaborated, adapted to a local context, and implemented in the classroom; how new technologies can support this process for teachers and their national/regional communities; how teachers and other stakeholders can be educated in such a re-engineering process; how the approach can be scaled up through MOOCs, ambassador schemes, and train-the-trainer programs; how future classroom labs can inspire teachers, head teachers, and policy makers; how teachers and, above all, learners can become more engaged in learning through the adoption of the iTEC approach. Readers with a more technical focus may also be interested in the discussion of recommender systems, the flexible provision of resources and services, the deployment of the cloud in schools, and systems for composing technological support for lesson plans.
The Re-Evolution of American Street Gangs
by Dale L. June Mohamad Khatibloo Gregorio EstevaneThe problem of gangs and gang subculture is a growing threat to the stability of neighborhoods and entire communities. During the past two decades, gang members have increasingly migrated from large urban centers to suburban areas and other countries. This book addresses the intricacies and diversities of street gangs, drawing on the expertise of h
Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: IFIP WG 8.6 International Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 18–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part II (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #618)
by Sujeet K. Sharma Yogesh K. Dwivedi Bhimaraya Metri Nripendra P. RanaThis two-volume set of IFIP AICT 617 and 618 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference "Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation" on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, held in Tiruchirappalli, India, in December 2020.The 86 revised full papers and 36 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 224 submissions. The papers focus on the re-imagination of diffusion and adoption of emerging technologies. They are organized in the following parts: Part I: artificial intelligence and autonomous systems; big data and analytics; blockchain; diffusion and adoption technology; emerging technologies in e-Governance; emerging technologies in consumer decision making and choice; fin-tech applications; healthcare information technology; and Internet of ThingsPart II: diffusion of information technology and disaster management; adoption of mobile and platform-based applications; smart cities and digital government; social media; and diffusion of information technology and systems
Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: IFIP WG 8.6 International Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 18–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part I (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #617)
by Sujeet K. Sharma Yogesh K. Dwivedi Bhimaraya Metri Nripendra P. RanaThis two-volume set of IFIP AICT 617 and 618 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference "Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation" on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, held in Tiruchirappalli, India, in December 2020.The 86 revised full papers and 36 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 224 submissions. The papers focus on the re-imagination of diffusion and adoption of emerging technologies. They are organized in the following parts: Part I: artificial intelligence and autonomous systems; big data and analytics; blockchain; diffusion and adoption technology; emerging technologies in e-Governance; emerging technologies in consumer decision making and choice; fin-tech applications; healthcare information technology; and Internet of ThingsPart II: information technology and disaster management; adoption of mobile and platform-based applications; smart cities and digital government; social media; and diffusion of information technology and systems
Re-imagining Technology Enhanced Learning: Critical Perspectives on Disruptive Innovation (Digital Education and Learning)
by Michael FlavinThis book analyses technology enhanced learning through the lens of Disruptive Innovation theory. The author argues that while technology has not disrupted higher education to date, it has the potential to do so. Drawing together various case studies, the book analyses established technologies through a Disruptive Innovation perspective, including virtual learning environments, and includes Wikipedia as an example of successful innovative disruption. The author also examines the disruptive potential of social media technologies and the phenomenon of user-owned technologies. Subsequently, the author explores strategic narratives for technology enhanced learning and imagines what the Disruptive University might look like in the future. This book will be valuable for scholars of technology enhanced learning in higher education as well as those looking to increase their understanding of and practice with technology enhanced learning.
Re-imagining University Assessment in a Digital World (The Enabling Power of Assessment #7)
by Margaret Bearman David Boud Rola Ajjawi Phillip Dawson Joanna TaiThis book is the first to explore the big question of how assessment can be refreshed and redesigned in an evolving digital landscape. There are many exciting possibilities for assessments that contribute dynamically to learning. However, the interface between assessment and technology is limited. Often, assessment designers do not take advantage of digital opportunities. Equally, digital innovators sometimes draw from models of higher education assessment that are no longer best practice. This gap in thinking presents an opportunity to consider how technology might best contribute to mainstream assessment practice.Internationally recognised experts provide a deep and unique consideration of assessment’s contribution to the technology-mediated higher education sector. The treatment of assessment is contemporary and spans notions of ‘assessment for learning’, measurement and the roles of peer and self within assessment. Likewise the view of educational technology is broad and includes gaming, learning analytics and new media. The intersection of these two worlds provides opportunities, dilemmas and exemplars. This book serves as a reference for best practice and also guides future thinking about new ways of conceptualising, designing and implementing assessment.
Re-thinking Contemporary Political Behaviour: The Difference that Agency Makes (Routledge Studies in Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis)
by Sadiya AkramProposing a novel approach to understanding the contemporary political landscape, Akram draws on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Margaret Archer on agency and argues the need for an in-depth engagement with concepts of agency to improve the reach and scope of political analysis. Is the way that people engage with politics changing? If so, how well-equipped are we to document and explain the extent and range of the ways in which people are engaging in politics today? This book tackles these questions through a blend of theoretical reflection and empirical research, shedding new light on the relationship between arena and process definitions of politics, and how the social relates to the political. Hitherto unexplored features of agency such as the unconscious and the internal political conversation are shown to be critical in exploring how people mobilise today and how they make sense of their political engagement. Two in-depth case studies of the internal political conversations that individuals hold as well as an analysis of the 2011 UK riots are presented. Making a case for the role of self-expression in politics, this book will be of use for graduates and scholars interested in British politics, political theory, social theory, political sociology, the theory and practice of political engagement and political behaviour.
Reachability Problems: 15th International Conference, RP 2021, Liverpool, UK, October 25–27, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13035)
by Paul C. Bell Patrick Totzke Igor PotapovThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2021, held in Liverpool, UK in October 2021. The 6 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. In addition, 4 invited papers were included in this volume. The RP proceedings cover topics such as reachability for infinite state systems; rewriting systems; reachability analysis in counter/timed/cellular/communicating automata; Petri nets; computational aspects of semigroups, groups, and rings; reachability in dynamical and hybrid systems; frontiers between decidable and undecidable reachability problems; complexity and decidability aspects; predictability in iterative maps; and new computational paradigms. Chapter ‘Recent Advances on Reachability Problems for Valence Systems’ is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Reachability Problems: 17th International Conference, RP 2023, Nice, France, October 11–13, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14235)
by Olivier Bournez Enrico Formenti Igor PotapovThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2023, held in Nice, France, during October 11–13, 2023.The 13 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. They present recent research on reachability problems to promote the exploration of new approaches for the modeling and analysis of computational processes by combining mathematical, algorithmic, and computational techniques.
Reachability Problems: 13th International Conference, RP 2019, Brussels, Belgium, September 11–13, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11674)
by Emmanuel Filiot Raphaël Jungers Igor PotapovThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2019, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2019.The 14 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. The papers cover topics such as reachability for infinite state systems; rewriting systems; reachability analysis in counter/timed/cellular/communicating automata; Petri nets; computational aspects of semigroups, groups, and rings; reachability in dynamical and hybrid systems; frontiers between decidable and undecidable reachability problems; complexity and decidability aspects; predictability in iterative maps; and new computational paradigms.
Reachability Problems
by Matthew Hague Igor PotapovThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Reachability Problems, RP 2017, held in London, UK, in September 2017. The 12 full papers presented together with 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars from diverse fields with a shared interest in reachability problems, and to promote the exploration of new approaches for the modelling and analysis of computational processes by combining mathematical, algorithmic, and computational techniques. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): reachability for innite state systems; rewriting systems; reachability analysis in counter/timed/cellular/communicating automata; Petri nets; computational aspects of semigroups, groups, and rings; reachability in dynamical and hybrid systems; frontiers between decidable and undecidable reachability problems; complexity and decidability aspects; predictability in iterative maps, and new computational paradigms.
Reachability Problems
by Kim Guldstrand Larsen Igor Potapov Jiří SrbaThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Reachability Problems, RP 2014, held in Oxford, UK, in September 2014. The 17 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The book also contains a paper summarizing the invited talk. The papers offer new approaches for the modelling and analysis of computational processes by combining mathematical, algorithmic, and computational techniques.
Reachability Problems: 12th International Conference, RP 2018, Marseille, France, September 24-26, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11123)
by Igor Potapov Pierre-Alain ReynierThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2018, held in Marseille, France, in September 2018.The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The papers cover topics such as reachability for infinite state systems; rewriting systems; reachability analysis in counter/timed/cellular/communicating automata; Petri nets; computational aspects of semigroups, groups, and rings; reachability in dynamical and hybrid systems; frontiers between decidable and undecidable reachability problems; complexity and decidability aspects; predictability in iterative maps, and new computational paradigms.
Reachability Problems: 14th International Conference, RP 2020, Paris, France, October 19–21, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12448)
by Sylvain Schmitz Igor PotapovThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2020, held in Paris, France in October 2020.The 8 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. In addition, 2 invited papers were included in this volume. The papers cover topics such as reachability for infinite state systems; rewriting systems; reachability analysis in counter/timed/cellular/communicating automata; Petri nets; computational aspects of semigroups, groups, and rings; reachability in dynamical and hybrid systems; frontiers between decidable and undecidable reachability problems; complexity and decidability aspects; predictability in iterative maps; and new computational paradigms.
Reachability Problems: 18th International Conference, RP 2024, Vienna, Austria, September 25–27, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15050)
by Ana Sokolova Laura KovácsThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Reachability Problems, RP 2024, which took place in Vienna, Austria, during September 25–27, 2024. The 13 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The book also contains two invited talks in full paper length. The contributions in these proceedings cover topics from computability and reachability; automata and complexity; linear systems and recurrences; and games and abstractions.
Reaching Your New Digital Heights: 32 Pivotal Mindset Leaps of Digital Transformation
by David W. WangThe 4th Industrial Revolution is here, and it is the catalyst of our mindset changes as we are facing a new world of digital transformation. Mindset stands for our outlook, attitudes, and behaviors toward the world. Now that the world is rapidly changing due to technological advances, our mindset needs to leap with the trend and enable us to excel in the new digital era. Many books may have touched on the subject of digital mindset but this book takes it to a new level. The new Cognitive Model of Digital Transformation, introduced in and followed by this book, is dedicated to digital mindset leaps from key concepts and comparative approaches to best practices. The Cognitive Model of Digital Transformation categorizes the process of digital mindset leaps into five different layers, from Layer 1 as the foundation or starting key concepts, Layer 2 for digital ways of thinking, Layer 3 on digital behaviors and capabilities, Layer 4 on digital transformation, all the way to Layer 5 of wisdomin digital space, walking through the entire journey of digital mindset leaps. This book intends to help get your mindset adapted and ready to navigate digital transformation along the right track. Enjoy this book and its amazing journey of digital mindset leaps.