Procedural Content Generation for C++ Game Development. by Green, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Random Gem and Heart classes -- Random gold class -- The random potion class -- Creating a random potion -- Determining potion pickups -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Procedurally Generating Art -- How procedural generation is used with art -- Using sprite effects and modifiers -- Combining multiple textures -- Creating textures from scratch -- Creating complex animations -- The benefits of procedurally generated art -- Versatility -- Cheap to produce -- It requires little storage -- The drawbacks of procedurally generated art -- Lack of control -- Repeatability -- Performance heavy -- Using SFML sprite modifiers -- How colors work in SFML -- Creating sprites of a random color -- Selecting a preset color at random -- Generating a color at random -- Creating sprites of a random size -- Saving modified sprites -- Passing a texture into an image -- Drawing to a RenderTexture class -- Saving an image to a file -- Creating enemy sprites procedurally -- Breaking sprites into components -- The draw setup -- Randomly selecting sprite components -- Loading the default armor textures -- Choosing the armor tier -- Rendering the armor textures -- Rendering the final textures -- Overriding the default draw behavior -- Debugging and testing -- Editing the game tiles -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Procedurally Modifying Audio -- An introduction to SFML audio -- sf::Sound versus sf::Music -- sf::SoundBuffer -- Selecting a random main track -- Adding sound effects -- Editing sound effects -- Playing a sound function -- The audio listener -- Creating a fluctuation in a pitch -- 3D sound -- spatialization -- The audio listener -- The minimum distance -- Attenuation -- The position of the sound -- Fixed positions -- Moving positions -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Procedural Behavior and Mechanics -- An introduction to pathfinding.…”
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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Magento 2 Beginners Guide. by Guarino, Gabriel

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Corporate governance and banking in China / Michael N.T. Tan. by Tan, Michael N. T., 1945-

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Sciences et pseudo-sciences : regards des sciences humaines / sous la direction de Valéry Rasplus.

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Fundamentals of Engineering FE Civil All-in-One Exam Guide / Indranil Goswami. by Goswami, Indranil

Table of Contents: “…s t-Distribution -- Binomial Distribution -- Expected Value -- Hypothesis Testing -- Linear Regression -- Chapter 3 Computational Tools -- Number Systems -- Spreadsheets as an Analysis and Design Tool -- Structured Programming -- Chapter 4 Ethics and Professional Practice -- Code of Ethics -- Professional Obligations (as Listed in the NSPE Code of Ethics) -- Intellectual Property -- Professional Liability -- Licensure -- Sustainability and Sustainable Design -- Chapter 5 Engineering Economics -- Types of Cash Flow -- Year-End Accounting Convention -- Minimum Attractive Rate of Return -- Present Worth -- Principal in a Sinking Fund -- Capitalized Cost -- Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost -- Depreciation -- Tax Issues -- Bonds -- Break-Even Analysis -- Return on Investment -- Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Uncertainty (Expected Value and Risk) -- Chapter 6 Statics -- Vectors -- Resultant of a System of Forces (2D) -- Moment of a Force -- Equivalent Force Systems -- Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies -- Representation of Distributed Loads -- Rigid Frames: Degrees of Freedom, Determinacy, and Stability -- Inclined Support -- Ideal Truss?…”
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Systematic : how systems biology is transforming modern medicine / James R. Valcourt. by Valcourt, James R.

Table of Contents: “…Applications -- Build me a buttercup: using synthetic biology to make diesel fuel, programmable cells, and malaria medicine -- More than just 86 billion neurons: the science of the brain, and how connections among neurons make it work -- Death and taxes: aging is governed by an organism-wide system that we might be able to manipulate -- Your microbiome and you: the body is host to trillions of microbes that affect human health -- This is your system on drugs: tweaking biological systems to produce better medical treatments.…”

Proceeding of the International Science and Technology Conference "FarEastСon 2019" October 2019, Vladivostok, Russian Federation, Far Eastern Federal University / edited by Denis...

Table of Contents: “…Baikov" -- On Materials of the Sociological Research of Youth Social Activity in the City of Tyumen -- Comparative Assessment of Planned and Actual Production Indicators Based on the Measure of Information Uncertainty -- Trade Relations between the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia: Assessment of Institutional Factors -- Entrepreneurial Activity of the Russian Arctic Regions: Quantitative Assessments and Management -- Modeling and Forecasting GDP Production in Russia, taking into account Changes in the Number of Working-Age Population Caused by the Retirement Age Increasing -- Prospects and Challenges of Virtual Labour Market Development in Russia -- Accreditation Examination of Developing Professional Competencies at the University: a Mathematical Model -- Physical Health of Young People as a Factor of Human Capital Development -- Improvement of the Operational Budgeting Model at the Industrial Enterprise -- Problems and Mechanisms of Regional Policy of Russia -- Economy Energy Intensity: Global Trends -- External and Internal Factors of Transformation of Diamond Industry of Russia -- Generation of Innovative Ideas: Intersubjective Approach -- Open Innovation as a Business Performance Accelerator: Challenges and Opportunities for the Firms' Competitive Strategy -- Competitive and Strategic Model of Evaluation of Metallurgical Enterprises -- Formation of Analytical Tools for Investment Activities Audit of Priority Development Areas -- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Projects of Global and National Economic Significance Level -- "The Reception of Foreign Languages in the History of Russian Culture" -- Projections of Dynamics and Structure for the Mining of the Far East -- Evaluation of the Effects of Russian-Chinese Transboundary Projects in the Far East -- Coal Sea Ports of the Russian Far East: Problems and Prospects for Development -- Certain Aspects of Legal Optimization in the Field of Surrogate Motherhood -- Foresight System in the Structure of Criminological Forecasting of Corruption in the Business Environment in Multicultural Space of Russia -- Diagnostics of Tax Non-Payment Risk of Public Companies -- Methodical Approach to Conflict Management in the System of Social and Labour Relations in the Organization -- Pragmatic-Technological Integral for Academic Texts Build -- The Impact of Social Media on Recruitment: Opportunities, Benefits and Challenges -- Organization and Management of Resource Provision Innovation Activity -- Renovation of Residential Buildings in Moscow and the Transition to Intellectual Urban Environment -- Semantical Meanings of Colours in Chinese Culture -- The Specifics of the Formation of the Temporal Competence of Students of Economic Profile -- Election Technologies Crisis in Modern Russia (on the example of the Far East) -- Modification of a Role of a Transport Factor in Distribution of Production of Forest Products on Regions -- Methodological Foundations of Using Blue Ocean Strategy in the Course of Construction Megaprojects Implementation -- Comparative Analysis of Preschool Education Systems in Russia, France and Germany -- Production Functions in Economic Growth Modeling and Methods for their Transformation -- The «Beginning» and the «End» of History: to a Problem of the Search of Historical Identity -- The Role of Scientific and Industrial Cooperation in Assessing the Innovative Potential of an Industrial Enterprise and the Approach to Evaluation through Joint Patent and Licensing Activities -- Fuzzy Cognitive Model for Analysis of Influence Relations and Industrial Clusters Identification -- Development of Urban Blocks’ Social Infrastructure on the Basis of Value Approach -- Socio-Psychological Space of Young People with Different Levels of Subjective Well-Being -- Digitalization of the Economy and Remote Employment of Women: an Analysis of the Situation and Development Prospects -- University Relations: University-Industrial Relations as the Main Factor in the Development of Polytechnic Education -- Development of the Basis of the Quality Management System of an Enterprise Financial Activity on the Principle of Lean Production -- Investment and Innovation Analysis of the Completeness and Complexity of the Use of Mineral Raw Materials at Mining Enterprises -- Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Merchandising on the Competitiveness of Public Catering Enterprises -- Development of Managerial Accounting in the Railway Holding -- Evaluation of the Development of Rural Areas of the Region and Their Classification by the Level of Sustainability for the Purposes of Regional Policy -- About the Essence of Categories "Efficiency" and "Efficiency of the Investment Project" -- Formation of Uniform Scientific and Technological Space of the Russian Federation -- Methodological and Theoretical Approaches for Defining Structured Financial Products in a more Integrated and Globalized World -- Improving the Reliability of the Voice Signature When it is Used to Protect Paper Documents in the Information and Communication System of Enterprise Management -- Relationship between Identity Fusion and Extremist Attitudes of Young -- Development of Financial Analysis Based on the Theory of Fuzzy Sets -- Statistical Study of Dynamics of the Agricultural Production of Post-Soviet Countries in the Context of Food Security -- Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic: the Role of Labor Potential -- The Role of the State Program "Economic Development and Innovation-Driven Economy" in the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises -- Methodical Approach to the Assessment of Food Security in the Region -- The Risk of Reducing the Material Well-Being of the Family at Child Birth -- University Informational Ecosystem with Target Contours -- Perspectives of Participation of the Murmansk Region in the Price-Responsive Reduction of Electric Energy and Power Consumption -- Ethno-confessional Identity: The Problem of Verification (Based on the Monitoring Data of Ethno-confessional Relations in the Khabarovsk Krai, 2016 – 2018) -- Method for Determining Production and Resource Use Efficiency -- Management System for Publication Activity of Academic and Teaching Personnel at Russian Flagship University -- Northeast Asia Transport Services Market: Russian Participation Opportunities -- The Impact of Digital Technology on the Labor and the Socio–Economic Development in Modern Russia -- Prospects for Development of Inter-Firm Retail Chains -- "Evaluation of Investment Attractiveness of the Project ""Meat-processing Complex""" -- The Need and Focus of Transforming Vocational Education Management at the Regional Level -- Forecasting e-Learning Processes Using GERT Models and Process Mining Tools -- Industrial Policy in the Region: Current State and Areas for Improvement -- Training Teaching Staff as the Key Factor for Primorsky Region Economic Development -- Application of Methods for Obtaining Pareto Set for Increasing Effectiveness of Managing Decisions under Conditions of Multi-Criteriality -- Prediction of Probability of Positive Reaction of Consumers to New Types of Enriched Food -- International Reserves: Evolution of Their Role during Internationalization of Modern World Currencies -- Concepts of Oeuvre and Algorithmization in Modern Engineering Education -- Improvement of the Effectiveness Evaluation System of Projects Implemented on the Public-Private Partnership Principles in the Complex Development of the Territory -- The Impact of Economic Growth on Spatial Development of a Region -- Genesis of Russian Cyber Security Legal Mechanism: an Authentic or a Trend Alike Model? …”
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Marijuana Cambridge Educational (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…Drugs - An Overview (1:11) -- A Menace to Society (1:51) -- Marijuana Tax Act (2:08) -- Properties and Effects of T.H.C. (1:52) -- Short Term Effects of Marijuana (1:34) -- Potency (1:06) -- T.H.C. and the Brain (3:10) -- Long Term Effects & Addiction (1:42) -- Marijuana Addiction (3:08) -- Marijuana - The Great Debate (1:25)…”
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International Trade, Economic Development, and the Vietnamese Economy Essays in Honor of Binh Tran-Nam / edited by Cuong Le Van, Van Pham Hoang, Makoto Tawada.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1.Introduction -- Chapter 2. Efficiency-inducing tax credits for charitable donations when taxpayers have heterogeneous behavioral norms -- Chapter 3. …”
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Applications of Optimal Transport to Economics and Related Topics edited by Vladik Kreinovich, Woraphon Yamaka, Supanika Leurcharusmee.

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Cannabis sativa for health and hemp / Ethan L. Clark, editor.

Table of Contents: “…Raich (2005) -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Lawsuit Against HHS -- STATE AND LOCAL REFERENDA AND LEGISLATION -- States Allowing Use of Medical Marijuana70 -- Statistics on Medical Marijuana Users -- California (1996) -- Oregon (1998) -- Alaska (1998) -- Washington (1998) -- Maine (1999) -- Hawaii (2000) -- Colorado (2000) -- Nevada (2000) -- Vermont (2004) -- Montana (2004) -- Rhode Island (2006) -- New Mexico (2007) -- Michigan (2008) -- New Jersey (2010) -- Other State and Local Medical Marijuana Laws -- Arizona (1996).…”
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New directions for law in Australia : essays in contemporary law reform / edited by Ron Levy, Molly O'Brien, Simon Rice, Pauline Ridge and Margaret Thornton.

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Quicklook at Accountancy Etchells, Mark. by Etchells, Mark

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U.S. Social Welfare Reform Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present / by Richard K. Caputo. by Caputo, Richard K.

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Psychological Perspectives on Financial Decision Making edited by Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, Jakub Traczyk.

Table of Contents: “…Part I The Level of the Brain -- 1. Neural Bases of Financial Decision Making: From Spikes to Large-Scale Brain Connectivity -- 2. …”
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Overcoming Uncertainty of Institutional Environment as a Tool of Global Crisis Management edited by Elena G. Popkova.

Table of Contents: “….- chapter 6: Information and Psychological Convergence: Methodology of Creation -- chapter 7: National Venture Eco-Systems in Management of Innovational Process Development -- chapter 8: Public Authorities and Business on the Possibilities of Region’s De-velopment -- chapter 9: Tax Strategy of Global Crisis Management: Threats and Perspectives -- chapter 10: Economic Security as a Basis for National Food Sovereignty -- chapter 11:Assistive Technologies Market: State and Perspectives -- chapter 12: Management of Integrated Risk of Industrial Enterprise -- chapter 13: Practice in the Application of the Production System Tools at the Enterprise During Mastering of New Products -- chapter 14: Legal Conditions for Integration of Regional Companies In Foreign Economic Activities -- chapter 15: Sustainable Economic Growth of Integrated Agricultural Formations: Information and Analytical Support -- chapter 16: Problems and Perspectives of Transport Humanization Under the conditions of Globalization and Integration -- chapter 17: Formation of Organizational Directions for Implementing Roadmapping into Activities of Industrial Enterprises -- chapter 18: Improvement of the State Support Mechanism for Regional Agro-Industrial Complex Under the Conditions of International Sanctions and Russia’s Membership in the WTO -- chapter 19: Risk Management as a Factor of Sustainable Development of Enterprise -- Part 2. …”
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Ecological Footprint of the Modern Economy and the Ways to Reduce It The Role of Leading Technologies and Responsible Innovations / edited by Bruno S. Sergi, Elena G. Popkova, Anna...

Table of Contents: “…Development of Blockchain Platforms for Tokenization of Real Assets -- 31. The Main Approaches to Using Digital Twins in Banking -- 32. …”
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