Note: Intro -- Contents -- Contents (cont.) -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Use This Book -- January -- Undaunted Ungulates -- Fragmented Forests -- Leave It to Beavers -- Clever Corvids -- February -- Roving Ringtails -- Ancient Art -- Furtive Felines -- A Plethora of Pteridophytes -- March -- Lanky Lupines -- Causing a Stink -- Return of the Wanderer -- Lilies in the Desert -- April -- Bear Aware -- Chasing Colimas -- Spiny Succulents -- Beautiful Buntings -- May -- Splitting Hares -- Scutes and Scales -- A Parliament of Owls -- Armored Anthropods -- June -- A Sense of Place -- Riparian Raptors -- Amorous Anurans -- Damsels and Dragons -- July -- Century Plants -- Borderland Bats -- Lubbers and Quonkers -- Ephemeral Oases -- August -- Hummingbird Haven -- Wild Woodland Orchids -- Jeweled Nightwings -- Traveling Tarantulas -- September -- A Mariposa Medley -- High-Country Wildflowers -- Aridland Aves -- A Lounge of Lizards -- October -- Common Columbids -- Fish So Fragile -- Shadow Tails -- Likin' Lichens -- November -- Coyote Courtship -- Autumn Blaze -- Splendid Sparrows -- Texastronomy -- December -- Fossiliferous -- A Descent of Woodpeckers -- Telltale Tracks -- Wintry Wonders -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- А System for Monitoring the Number and Duration of Power Outages and Power Quality in 0.38 kV Electrical Networks -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussions -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- A Novel Application of System Survival Signature in Reliability Assessment of Offshore Structures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Survival Signature -- 2.1 System Reliability Applying the Survival Signature -- 2.2 Obtaining the Survival Signature from Structural Simulations -- 3 Reliability of an Offshore Jacket Platform -- 3.1 Structural Model -- 3.2 Generation of Failure Tress -- 3.3 CDF of Component Types -- 4 Summary -- References -- Security Assurance Against Cybercrime Ransomware -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Study of Ransomware -- 3.1 Types of Ransomware -- 3.2 Activities of Ransomware -- 4 WannaCry Ransomware -- 5 From Security to Safety -- 5.1 Insufficient Security Measures -- 5.2 Genesis -- 5.3 Security Assurance -- 5.4 Theoretical Basis for High Assurance Framework -- 6 Conclusion and Future Direction -- References -- SAR: A Graph-Based System with Text Stream Burst Detection and Visualization -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Document Stream -- 2.2 Burst Detection -- 3 System Design -- 3.1 Context Introduction -- 4 System Architecture -- 4.1 System Algorithm -- 5 Experimental Results and Evaluation -- 5.1 Programming Framework -- 5.2 Main Functions -- 6 System Testing and Evaluation -- 7 Conclusion and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Detection of Black Hole Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks via HSA-CBDS Method -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Proposed Work -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References. , Network Intrusion Detection Framework Based on Whale Swarm Algorithm and Artificial Neural Network in Cloud Computing -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Proposed Framework -- 2.1 Bubble-Net Attacking Method (Exploitation Phase) -- 2.2 Searching for Prey (Exploration Phase) -- 3 Classifier Design -- 3.1 BFGS Quasi-Newton Backpropagation -- 4 Model for N-IDS In-Eucalyptus Cloud Computing -- 5 Classifier Process in MATLAB -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The 'Smart' as a Project for the City Smart Technologies for Territorial Management Planning Strategies -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Intelligent Urban Mobility in the Smart City -- 3 The Case Study: Smart Mobility in the City Center of Rome -- 4 Experience of Using Smart Mobility in Rome -- 5 Smart Mobility for Urban Regeneration -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- The 'Governance' for Smart City Strategies and Territorial Planning -- Abstract -- 1 "Territorial Planning" as a Premise of the Smart City -- 2 The Smart City as a New City Model -- 3 Governance (Democracy, Technology, Technocracy) -- References -- T-MPP: A Novel Topic-Driven Meta-path-Based Approach for Co-authorship Prediction in Large-Scale Content-Based Heterogeneous Bibliographic Network in Distributed Computing Framework by Spark -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works and Motivations -- 3 Methodology and System Architecture -- 3.1 Topic Similarity Evaluation Between Content-Based Nodes -- 3.2 Topic-Driven Meta-path-Based Topological Feature Extraction -- 3.3 Distributed Computing on Meta-path Count with Spark Graph-Frames -- 4 Experimental Studies and Discussions -- 4.1 Experimental Dataset Usage and Setup -- 4.2 Experimental Results and Discussions -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Optimization of Hybrid Wind and Solar Renewable Energy System by Iteration Method. , 1 Introduction -- 2 Optimization Formulation -- 3 Constraints -- 4 Iterative Method -- 4.1 Numerical Datasets -- 5 Results -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Modeling of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Modules -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method for Creating Three-Dimensional Models of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Modules of Various Designs for Stationary and Mobile Power Generation -- 3 Implementation of the Method for Creating Three-Dimensional Models of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Modules -- 4 Method of the Thermal Calculation of the Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Modules of Planar and Concentrator Types Using Simulation and Visualization of Processes in the Software Complex Ansys -- 5 Method of Manufacturing of Three-Dimensional Solid-State Prototypes of Components of Solar Modules Using Layered Printing -- References -- Thermo Physical Principles of Cogeneration Technology with Concentration of Solar Radiation -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Calculations -- 2.1 Design of the Load-Bearing Platform -- 2.2 Optical Concentrators -- 2.3 Linear PV Modules -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Solving the Knight's Tour Problem -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Knowledge -- 2.1 Knight's Tour Problem -- 2.2 Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm -- 3 Solving the Knight's Tour Problem by Using ABC -- 4 Experimental Settings and Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Model of Optimization of Grain Drying with Use of Eletroactivated Air -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Main Part -- 2.1 Research Method -- 2.2 Calculation of Criteria -- 2.3 Laboratory Setup -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Model of Improved a Kernel Fast Learning Network Based on Intrusion Detection System -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of Fast Learning Network -- 3 Overview of the Methodology -- 3.1 Fast Learning Network. , 3.2 Kernel Fast Learning Network -- 3.3 Particle Swarm Optimization -- 4 Experiments and Analysis -- 4.1 Implementing of Multi Kernel Based on Fast Learning Network -- 4.2 Experiments of Optimization Multi Kernel Fast Learning Network -- 5 Summary -- References -- Vehicular Ad Hoc Network: An Intensive Review -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 VANET Architecture -- 1.2 VANET Application -- 1.3 VANET Infrastructure -- 2 VANET Security and Privacy -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Optimization of the Parameters of the Elastic Damping Mechanism in Class 1,4 Tractor Transmission for Work in the Main Agricultural Operations -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Main Part -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Energy-Efficient Pasteurizer of Liquid Products Using IR and UV Radiation -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Results of Research -- 2.1 Method of Calculation of Pasteurizer -- 2.2 Experimental Data -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- CAIAS Simulator: Self-driving Vehicle Simulator for AI Research -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Development of Simulation Engine -- 2.1 Interactive -- 2.2 Kinematic Bicycle Model -- 2.3 Number of Environments -- 2.4 Types and Construction of Sensors -- 2.5 Auxiliary Setting and Other Appliance -- 3 Result -- 3.1 Debugging and Performance Analysis in Unity -- 3.2 Test Result Evaluation from the Performance -- 4 Conclusion -- 4.1 Future Modification for More Robust Result -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Vision-Based Driver's Attention Monitoring System for Smart Vehicles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Proposed Framework -- 3.1 Processing -- 3.2 Cues Extraction -- 3.3 Attention Estimation of Driver -- 3.4 Monitoring and Decision Making -- 4 Experimental Results -- 4.1 Accuracy of Estimating Attentional Status -- 4.2 Overall System Accuracy -- 5 Conclusion -- References. , Characterizing Current Features of Malicious Threats on Websites -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Characteristic Representation -- 3.1 URL Based Features and Classification -- 3.1.1 Features/Attributes of URLs -- 3.2 Content Based Features and Classification -- 3.2.1 Features/Attributes of JavaScript and HTML in Webpages -- 3.3 Network Protocol Features/HTTP Response Features of Suspected Malicious Performed in Webpages -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- A Deep Learning Framework on Generation of Image Descriptions with Bidirectional Recurrent Neural Networks -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) -- 2.2 Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) -- 2.3 Proposed Model -- 2.4 Annotation of Dataset -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Evaluation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Feature of Operation PV Installations with Parallel and Mixed Commutation Photocells -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- The Functional Dependencies of the Drying Coefficient for the Use in Modeling of Heat and Moisture-Exchange Processes -- Abstract -- 1 Existing Approaches to Modeling of Grain Drying -- 2 Brief Description of Experimental Studies -- 3 Obtaining Regression Equations -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Investigation Model for Locating Data Remnants on Cloud Storage -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Cybercrime Evidence Collection Model -- 4 Experiment Results and Analysis -- 4.1 Box Cloud Base Images Created by Firefox Browser -- 4.2 Evidence Directories -- 4.3 Anti-forensic Techniques and Uninstallation of Box Client Software -- 4.4 Comparative Evaluation -- 5 Conclusion and Future Works -- Acknowledgements -- References -- An Intelligent Expert System for Management Information System Failure Diagnosis -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Theoretical Foundations.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Introduction -- Ecoregions of Texas -- Wildflowers -- Trees -- Shrubs -- Vines -- Appendix -- Glossary of Botanical Terms -- References -- Native Host Plant Index -- Butterfly Index.

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Note: Intro -- Contents 1 -- Contents 2 -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- January -- Feathered Winter Visitors -- The Cunning Coyote -- There's No Such Thing as Buzzards -- Dabblers and Divers -- February -- Winged Denizens of the Night -- Cat Tracks -- A Bird That Prefers to Run -- Fronds of Ferns -- March -- An Endangered Warbler -- Beneficial Bats -- Not So Lonesome Doves -- Spiny Splendor -- April -- Spring Heralds -- The Song of the Vireo -- Surprises After a Rain -- Evening Chorus -- May -- Wildscaping with Natives -- Filter Feeders -- Pollinators: A Flower's Best Friend -- The Lure and Lore of Lizards -- June -- Webs of Intrigue -- In the Water and On the Land -- Signature Plants -- Meet the Salamanders -- July -- Water: The Essence of Life -- Dazzling Dragonflies -- Edible Fruits and Berries -- Turtle Teachings -- August -- Celestial Showers -- Amazing Arthropods -- Spiders on the Prowl -- Caverns and Caves -- September -- Is the Only Good Snake a Dead Snake? -- Hoppin' Orthoptera -- Hummingbird Highways -- Mysterious Moths -- October -- Magical Monarch Migration -- Fabulous Fall Grasses -- A River of Raptors -- Blooming Mist -- November -- Leafy Treasures -- The Simple Beauty of Sparrows -- The Fungus Among Us -- First Frost -- December -- Common Myths of the Ashe Juniper -- Nocturnal Neighbors -- Fantastic Fossils -- Silent Flight -- References -- Index.

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