C♯ in depth / by Skeet, Jon, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…The changing face of C♯ development -- Core foundations : building on C♯ 1 -- Parameterized typing with generics -- Sayuing nothing with nullable types -- Fast-tracked delegates -- Implementing iterators the easy way -- Concluding C♯ 2 : the final features -- Cutting fluff with a smart compiler -- Lambda expressions and expression trees -- Extension methods -- Query expressions and LINQ to objects -- LINQ beyond collections -- Minor changes to simplify code -- Dynamic binding in a static language -- Asynchrony with async/await -- C♯ 5 bonus features and closing thoughts.…”
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The tao of self-confidence : a guide to moving beyond trauma and awakening the leader within / by Chan, Sheena Yap, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: The State of Asian Women -- Chapter 1 The Model Minority Myth and How That Affects Us -- History of the Term "Model Minority" -- The Danger of the Myth -- The Model Minority Myth and Mental Health -- Chapter 2 The Challenges Asian Women Still Face -- The "Submissive" Stereotype -- The Hypersexualized Stereotype -- The Yellow Peril Stereotype -- "Yellow Fever" Fetishization -- Representation of Asian Women in Hollywood -- The Representation of Asian Women in Mainstream Media -- Lack of Asian Women Leadership Representation in Other Industries -- The Pressure to Get Married -- The Need for Perfection -- Fear of Failure -- The Asian American Closet -- The Beauty Standards of Asian Women -- The Confidence Gap -- The Inequality Asian Women Face -- Chapter 3 Intergenerational Trauma and Why We Need to Talk About It -- How Intergenerational Trauma Shows Up for Asian Women -- The Centuries of Intergenerational Trauma for Asian Women -- Hollywood Representation Tackling Intergenerational Trauma -- Turning Red -- Umma -- The Joy Luck Club -- Chapter 4 How to Unlock Our Traumas -- What Is Trauma? …”
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Illustrated guide to astronomical wonders / by Thompson, Robert Bruce, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Lacerta -- 26. Leo -- 27. Leo Minor -- 28. Lepus -- 29. Libra -- 30. Lynx -- 31. …”
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Getting the money to start your own business / by Barringer, Bruce R., Safari Books Online, FT Press

Table of Contents: “…Cover13; -- Getting the Money to Start Your Own Business -- Skimpy Finances Can Be a Blessing Rather Than a Curse -- Techniques That Enable Business Owners to Minimize Start-up Costs -- Calculating Your Initial Start-up Costs -- How To Calculate Your Start-up Costs -- Finding Information on Start-up Costs -- Determining the Financing That Youll Need -- Personal Funds, Loans from Friends and Family, and Bootstrapping -- Loans from Friends and Family -- Bootstrapping -- Debt Financing -- Equity Funding -- Business Angels -- Venture Capitalists -- Grants: It Takes the Right Fit -- Persistence Pays Off: Finding Alternative Sources of Start-up Funds -- Business Plan Competitions and Other Contests -- State and Community Small Business Loan and Assistance Programs -- Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative -- Loan and Grant Programs for Women and Minority Business Owners -- Customer and Supplier Financing -- Tapping into Personal Funds -- Endnotes.…”
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Navigating the cybersecurity career path / by Patton, Helen E., Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…-- How Can I Succeed as a Minority? -- How Can I Progress? -- Should I Manage People? …”
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Platform and Model Design for Responsible AI Design and Build Resilient, Private, Fair, and Transparent Machine Learning Models / by Kapoor, Amita, Chatterjee, Sharmistha, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3: Regulations and Policies Surrounding Trustworthy AI -- Regulations and enforcements under different authorities -- Regulations in the European Union -- Propositions/acts passed by other countries -- Special regulations for children and minority groups -- Promoting equality for minority groups -- Educational initiatives -- International AI initiatives and cooperative actions -- Next steps for trustworthy AI -- Proposed solutions and improvement areas -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 2: Building Blocks and Patterns for a Next-Generation AI Ecosystem…”
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Java Memory Management A Comprehensive Guide to Garbage Collection and JVM Tuning / by Putten, Maaike van, Kennedy, Seán, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Exploring the different generations on the heap -- Garbage collection roots -- Learning how the spaces are used -- Understanding the minor garbage collection algorithm -- Demonstrating the minor garbage collection algorithm in action -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Freeing Memory with Garbage Collection -- Technical requirements -- Being eligible for GC -- Marking by the garbage collector -- Stop-the-world -- Reference counting and islands of isolation -- Sweeping by the garbage collector -- Normal sweeping -- Sweeping with compacting -- Sweeping with copying -- Exploring GC implementations…”
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The leadership pipeline : how to build the leadership-powered company / by Charan, Ram, Safari Books Online

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Standards of value : theory and applications / by Fishman, Jay E., Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…The Valuation Date-Before the Effectuation of the Corporate Action to Which the Shareholder ObjectsValuation Date in Appraisal Cases; Valuation Date in Oppression Cases; Customary and Current Valuation Techniques; Fair Value in Delaware; Delaware Fair Value Standards; Entire Fairness in Delaware; Components of Fair Value in Delaware; Ohio's Unfavorable Standard of Value in Appraisals; Fair Value Normally Excludes Discounts and Premiums; Most States Now Reject Minority and Marketability Discounts; Levels of Value; Discounts at the Shareholder Level; The ""Implicit Minority Discount""…”
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Learning iBeacon : build proximity applications for iOS using Apple's groundbreaking iBeacon technology / by Gilchrist, Craig, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Adding the Core Location frameworkAdding a permission message; Configuring the CLLocationManagerDelegate method; Adding a CLLocationManager instance; Preparing the UUID; Start monitoring; Line by line; Testing our code; Summary; Chapter 2: Detecting Beacons -- Showing an Advert; Uses of the UUID/major/minor broadcasting triplet; UUID -- Universally Unique Identifier; Major; Minor; Example of a use case; Understanding Core Location; The CLBeaconRegion class; The CLLocationManager class; Creating a CLLocationManager class; Defining a CLLocationManager class line by line.…”
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The Truth About Hierarchy / by Sanner, Bret, Bunderson, J., Safari Books Online, O'Reilly for Higher Education (Firm)

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The diversity code : unlock the secrets to making differences work in the real world / by Johnson, Michelle T., Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…9 If I'm a Member of a Minority Group or Have a Best Friend or Spouse Who Is, Then I'm Covered on Diversity, Aren't I?…”
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Profiting from market trends : simple tools and techniques for mastering trend analysis / by Logan, Tina, Safari Books Online

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Merger arbitrage : how to profit from global event-driven arbitrage / by Kirchner, Thomas, 1968-, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Buyouts by Private Equity -- Private Equity's Advantage -- CEOs Don't Want to Sell to the Highest Bidder -- Private Equity Funds Have Their Own Agenda -- Buyouts as Financial Engineering -- Activists Replace Private Equity -- Notes -- 11. Minority Squeeze-Outs -- Boards' Lack Effectiveness during Squeeze-outs -- Minority Shareholders Are in a Tough Spot -- Family Control -- Notes -- Part Three: Investing in Merger Arbitrage -- 12. …”
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How to market to people not like you : "know it or blow it" rules for reaching diverse customers / by McDonald, Kelly, 1961-, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Hispanics/Latinos: North Americas Fastest-Growing Ethnic Minority -- 12. African-Americans: A Large and Lucrative Customer Base -- 13. …”
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Troubleshooting your PC for dummies / by Gookin, Dan, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…-- pt. II. Troubleshooting Minor Irks and Quirks -- Ch. 6. This Just Bugs Me! …”
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High-powered investing all-in-one for dummies / by Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Your Forex need-to-know guide ; Major and minor currency pairs ; Gathering and interpreting economic data ; Advice for successful Forex trading ; Putting your trading plan in action -- Hedge funds. …”
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The art of capital restructuring : creating shareholder value through mergers and acquisitions / by Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Standard Valuation Methods for M & As / Pablo Fernandez -- Real Options and Their Impact on M & As / Hemantha Herath, John S Jahera -- The Law and Finance of Control Premiums and Minority Discounts / Helen Bowers -- Cross-Border Valuation Effects in Developed and Emerging Markets / Wenjie Chen -- The M & A Deal Process. …”
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Fundraising the SMART way : predictable, consistent income growth for your charity / by Bristol, Ellen, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…The Majors versus the Minors…”
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Hands-on C++ game animation programming. by Szauer, Gabor, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Transforming vectors and points -- Inverting a matrix -- Transpose -- Determinant and minors of lower-order matrices -- Creating camera matrices -- Frustum -- Perspective -- Orthographic -- Look at -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Implementing Quaternions -- Creating quaternions -- Angle axis -- Creating rotations from one vector to another -- Retrieving quaternion data -- Common quaternion operations -- Comparison operations -- Dot product -- Length and squared length -- Unit quaternions -- Conjugate and inverse -- Multiplying quaternions -- Transforming vectors -- Interpolating quaternions…”
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