Don't Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses A Debate / Intelligence2.

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

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Procedural Generation -- Procedural generation versus random generation -- Procedural generation -- Random generation -- Introducing randomness -- Pseudorandom number generation -- Why computers can't generate truly random numbers -- Generating random numbers in C++ -- Generating random numbers within a range -- Seeds -- Defining seeds -- Using seeds -- Generating random seeds during the runtime -- Controlled randomness is the key to generating random numbers -- The use of procedural generation in games -- Saving space -- Map generation -- Texture creation -- Animation -- Sound -- Benefits of procedural generation -- Larger games can be created -- Procedural generation can be used to lower budgets -- An increase in gameplay variety -- An increase in replayability -- The drawbacks of procedural generation -- More taxing on the hardware -- Worlds can feel repetitive -- You sacrifice quality control -- You may generate an unplayable world -- It is hard to script set game events -- A brief history of rogue-like games -- How we'll implement procedural generation -- Populating environments -- Creating unique game objects -- Creating unique art -- Audio manipulation -- Behavior and mechanics -- Dungeon generation -- Component-based design -- The complete game -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Setup and Breakdown -- Choosing an IDE -- Microsoft Visual Studio -- Code::Blocks -- Other IDEs -- Build systems -- Breaking down the game template -- Download templates -- The class diagram -- The object hierarchy -- Level data -- Collision -- Input -- Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) -- Defining SFML -- Why we'll be using SFML -- Learning SFML -- Alternatives.…”
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Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean / prepared by Guillermo Vuletin. by Vuletin, Guillermo Javier

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The new CFO financial leadership manual / Steven M. Bragg. by Bragg, Steven M.

Table of Contents: “…CFO's Place in the Corporation -- Financial Strategy -- Tax Strategy -- Information Technology Strategy -- Accounting. …”
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Real estate accounting made easy / Obioma Anthony Ebisike. by Ebisike, Obioma Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5 Accounting for Operating Property ExpensesLessee Measurement and Recording of Operating and Finance Leases; Contracts with Multiple Components; Lease Liabilities and Right-of-Use Assets; Initial Direct Costs; Lessee Journal Entries of Operating and Finance Leases; Lessee Accounting of Operating Lease; Lessee Accounting of Finance Lease; Lessor Operating Property Expenses; Operating Costs; Property Taxes; Cleaning; Security; Water, Electricity, HVAC; Payroll; Insurance; Repairs and Maintenance; Leasing Costs; Loan Closing Costs; Management Fee; Sales and Use Taxes…”
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For the sake of humanity : essays in honour of Clemens N. Nathan / edited by Alan Stephens, Raphael Walden.

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Ratings Critical Analysis and New Approaches of Quantitative and Qualitative Methodology / by Peter Brusov, Tatiana Filatova, Natali Orekhova. by Brusov, Peter, Filatova, Tatiana, Orekhova, Natali

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Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs : 1990. by David, Leyton-Brown

Table of Contents: “…RELATIONS -- Bilateral trade and the FTA -- NAFTA negotiations -- Acid rain and other issues -- RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS -- RESPONDING TO EUROPEAN CHANGE -- Open Skies.…”
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A book of luminous things : an international anthology of poetry / edited, and with an introduction by Czeslaw Milosz.

Table of Contents: “…The south / Wang Chien -- Travelling northward / Tu Fu -- After collecting the autumn taxes [and] Rain / Po Chü-I -- Another Spring / Tu Fu -- Exile in Japan / Su Man Shu -- In the Lake District [and] Odysseus to Telemachus / Joseph Brodsky.…”
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Asia-Pacific Disaster Management Comparative and Socio-legal Perspectives / edited by Simon Butt, Hitoshi Nasu, Luke Nottage. by Butt, Simon

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Environmental Policy and Reform in China edited by Jinnan Wang, Hongqiang Jiang, Gang Yan.

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The Crisis for Young People Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare / by Andy Green. by Green, Andy

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Off the Grid American Communities in the Wake of the Financial Crisis / Autlook Filmsales GmbH.

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Navigating the business loan : guidelines for financiers, small-business owners, and entrepreneurs / Morton Glantz. by Glantz, Morton

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The Creative Lawyer, Second Edition by Melcher, Michael F.

Table of Contents: “…Health Policy and Advocacy -- Bioethics -- Public Health -- Insurance -- Employment and Labor Law -- Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, and Food and Drug Law -- Litigation -- Regulatory Law -- Tax Law -- Chapter 3 Where to Find a Job as a Health Lawyer-By Practice Setting -- Law Firms -- Large Firms -- Midsize Firms -- Small Firms -- Boutique Firms -- Law Firm Clients -- Individual Patients -- Individual Health Care Providers -- Institutional Health Care Providers -- Insurance Companies -- Pharmaceuticals, Suppliers, and Vendors -- Trade Associations -- Government -- Federal Government…”
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Microsoft Excel Functions and Formulas, Sixth Edition : With Excel 2021 / Microsoft 365 / by Brian Moriarty, Bernd Held, Theodor Richardson. by Moriarty, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Formulas in Excel -- Calculate production per hour -- Calculate the age of a person in days -- Calculate a price reduction -- Convert currency -- Convert from hours to minutes -- Determine fuel consumption -- Calculate your ideal and recommended weights -- The quick calendar -- Design your own to-do list -- Increment row numbers -- Convert negative values to positive -- Calculate sales taxes -- Combine text and numbers -- Combine text and date -- Combine text and time…”
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Introductory microeconomics / Michael Veseth. by Veseth, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Specialization and Exchange; A Barter Economy; The Theory of Comparative Advantage; Mutually Advantageous Exchange; The Gains from Trade.…”
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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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War and empire : the American way of life / Paul L. Atwood. by Atwood, Paul L.

Table of Contents: “…From Ashes to Empire --6. War with Spain, then Another and Another -- 7. World War I: Making the World Safe for American Capital Investment -- 8. …”
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Modern Presidential Campaigns. Packaging the Candidates, Images & Sound Bites (1980 - 92) / Educational Video Group.

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