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Amin Ahmadi Tazehkandi
Developers have been using OpenCV library to develop computer vision applications for a long time. However, they now need a more effective tool to get the job done and in a much better and modern way. Qt is one of the major frameworks available for this task at the moment. This book will teach you to develop applications with the combination of OpenCV 3 and Qt5, and how to create cross-platform computer vision applications. We’ll begin by introducing Qt, its IDE, and its SDK. Next you’ll learn how to use the OpenCV API to integrate both tools, and see how to configure Qt to use OpenCV. You’ll go on to build a full-fledged computer vision application throughout the book. Later, you’ll create a stunning UI application using the Qt widgets technology, where you’ll display the images after they are processed in an efficient way. At the end of the book, you’ll learn how to convert OpenCV Mat to Qt QImage. You’ll also see how to efficiently process images to filter them, transform them, detect or track objects as well as analyze video. You’ll become better at developing OpenCV applications.
Robert E. Howard
In this final (chronologically) Conan story, Howard demonstrates why he was one of the best adventure writers of all time. In the only novel he ever produced, Howard is able to maintain the blistering pace he is known for, while still weaving a complex and interesting tale. The story is set during Conans time as King of Aquilonia, which is a period in the heros life often overlooked.
Hannah Fielding
Can love escape from the darkness into the light? When Catriona Drouot, a young music therapist, honours an opera divas dying request to help her son, Umberto Monteverdi, recover his musical gift, she knows it will be a difficult assignment. She had shared a night of passion with the once-celebrated composer ten years before, with unexpected consequences. The extent of her challenge becomes apparent when she arrives at her clients estate on the glittering shores of Lake Como. Robbed of his sight by a near-fatal car accident, the man is arrogant, embittered and resistant to her every effort to help him. Still, Catriona sings a sirens call within him that he cannot ignore. Caught up in the tempestuous intrigues at Umbertos Palladian mansion, Catriona discovers that her attraction to the blind musician is as powerful as ever. How can she share what she has hidden from him for the past decade? Soon she realises that hers is not the only secret that is rippling uneasily below the surface. Dark forces haunt the sightless composer, threatening his life for the second time.
Anna Bolecka
Sugestywna, zmysłowa opowieść o poszukiwaniu miłości, sensu i stałości w świecie, którym rządzi przypadek. Bohaterowie to czterdziestoletni mężczyzna, żyjący z dnia na dzień, angażujący się w przelotne romanse z młodymi dziewczynami, i kobieta w podobnym wieku, samotnie wychowująca nastoletnią córkę, wciąż atrakcyjna, ale żyjąca wspomnieniami dawnej namiętności. On poszukuje w dzieciństwie źródeł lęku, który pozbawił go szczęścia. Ona szuka wskazówek w snach i w mrocznej historii swojej rodziny. Losy obojga krzyżują się w niezwykłych okolicznościach. Czy to spotkanie uporządkuje ich świat? Powieść Anny Boleckiej zachwyca intensywnością emocji, subtelną erotyką, bogactwem wątków i symboli. To także wielobarwna panorama Warszawy lat 90-tych, zmieniającej się w rytm pór roku, i galeria wyrazistych, niebanalnych postaci. Bohaterowie tej powieści jakby nie żyli naprawdę. Tęsknią za czymś prawdziwym, głębokim, ale schowani w głąb siebie, nie wychodzą życiu na spotkanie. Tymczasem ludzkie losy posplatane są niewidzialnymi nitkami, które - pisze Bolecka - choć niewidoczne, muszą się połączyć. Jak Eros i Psyche, które tylko razem stanowią pełnię. Bohaterowie "Concerto d'amore" dojrzali do miłości, której w ich życiu zabrakło. Czy spotkanie dwojga bohaterów przyniesie im upragniony spokój? [Agnieszka Góralczyk, kuznia.art.pl] Wiele w tej powieści niedopowiedzeń, koniecznych znaków zapytania. Ta historia miłości jest bowiem opowieścią o dociekaniu tajemnicy, jest zastanawianiem się nad rolą przypadku i przeznaczeniem [Iwona Smolka, tylna strona okładki] Nota: przytoczone powyżej opinie są cytowane we fragmentach i zostały poddane redakcji. Projekt okładki: Anna Mirska-Kalinowska.
Viktar Tur, Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, Robert Grygo, Andrei...
Implementation of the Eurocodes extends to all of the European countries and there are firm steps toward their adoption internationally. As with any design codes, it is important to have an understanding of the principles and background, as well as design aids to assist in the design process. The relevance to train in the use of Eurocodes should be pointed out, especially in engineering schools as a basic course for civil and structural engineering students and as a part of continious professional development courses for engineers and technicians, which are promoted both at national and international levels. This book is directed primarily at civil and structural engineering students, young designers, who require an understanding of the basic theory and a concise guide for design procedure.
Remo Laubacher
Concrete5 is a content management system for PHP developers. It can be used to build a range of sites and is particularly optimized for creating marketing websites.The Concrete5 Beginner's Guide will show you how to get up and running with Concrete5 as quickly and painlessly as possible. Taking you from installation to deployment, this is the only reference that you will need for creating your new Concrete5 site.By using a number of real-world examples, as well as taking you through the set up of a sample site, this book will enable you to become familiar with all of Concrete5's features. Use add-ons, themes, and blocks to give your site the look-and-feel that you desire. Simple PHP will enable you to customize the layout and navigation options of your site, as well extend the dashboard giving you a fully functional, professional site in no time.
Remo Laubacher
concrete5 is an open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. concrete5 is designed for ease of use, and for users with limited technical skills. It enables users to edit site content directly from the page. It provides version management for every page and allows users to edit images through an embedded editor on the page.concrete5 Beginner's Guide shows you everything you need to get your own site up and running in no time. You will then learn how to change the look of it before you find out all you need to add custom functionality to concrete5.concrete5 Beginner's Guide starts with installation, then you customize the look and feel and continue to add your own functionality. After you've installed and configured your own concrete5 site, we'll have a closer look at themes and integrate a simple layout into concrete5. Afterwards, we're going to build a block from scratch which you can use to manage a news section. We're also going to add a button to our site which can be used to create a PDF document on the fly. This book also covers some examples that show you how to integrate an existing jQuery plugin.concrete5 Beginner's Guide is a book for developers looking to get started with concrete5 in order to create great websites and applications.
David Strack
concrete5 is an increasingly popular open source content management system because of its incredible and easy-to-use interface. But, it also comes complete with a robust PHP framework, allowing web developers to create custom websites and applications with ease.concrete5 Cookbook is a practical collection of solutions to tasks that both novice and experienced concrete5 developers face on a regular basis. Readers will learn multiple subjects, including full blueprints for developing an event calendar add-on and an image gallery block. Developers new to concrete5 will quickly learn how to customize concrete5 to their needs, and seasoned pros will find it an excellent quick reference for performing specific tasks.concrete5 Cookbook will transform ordinary PHP developers into concrete5 experts capable of bending concrete5 to their will and unleashing the true power of this up-and-coming content management system. Throughout the course of over 140 recipes and 3 bonus project blueprint chapters, PHP developers will learn how to create custom blocks and dashboard interfaces as well as programmatically work with pages, files, users, permissions, and more. Discover the built-in Active Record support that makes working with databases simple and maintainable. Readers will also learn how to take advantage of the numerous helper classes included in concrete5, and will dive deep into the concrete5 MVC framework to create powerful custom websites and applications. Tie together all of the concepts learned in the recipes with 3 bonus chapters featuring complete blueprints to create a calendar add-on, an image gallery block type, and tips on how to sell your themes and add-ons for money!concrete5 Cookbook is a complete collection of recipes to solve the most common (and some not-so-common) tasks that concrete5 developers will face on a regular basis.
Concurrency with Modern C++. What every professional C++ programmer should know about concurrency
Rainer Grimm
C++11 is the first C++ standard that deals with concurrency. The story goes on with C++17 and will continue with C++20/23. Concurrency with Modern C++ is a practical guide that gets you to grips with concurrent programming in Modern C++.Starting with the C++ memory model and using many ready-to-run code examples, the book covers everything you need to improve your C++ multithreading skills. You'll gain insight into different design patterns. You'll also uncover the general consideration you have to keep in mind while designing a concurrent data structure. The final chapter in the book talks extensively about the common pitfalls of concurrent programming and ways to overcome these hurdles.By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to build your own concurrent programs and enhance your knowledge base.
Atul S. Khot
Selecting the correct concurrency architecture has a significant impact on the design and performance of your applications. Concurrent design patterns help you understand the different characteristics of parallel architecture to make your code faster and more efficient.This book will help Java developers take a hands-on approach to building scalable and distributed apps by following step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples. You’ll begin with basic concurrency concepts and delve into the patterns used for explicit locking, lock-free programming, futures, and actors.You’ll explore coding with multithreading design patterns, including master, slave, leader, follower, and map-reduce, and then move on to solve problems using synchronizer patterns. You'll even discover the rationale for these patterns in distributed and parallel applications, and understand how future composition, immutability, and the monadic flow help you create more robust code.By the end of the book, you’ll be able to use concurrent design patterns to build high performance applications confidently.
Vaibhav Gupta
As organizations become ever more global and recruitment needs intensify, the telephone interview is increasingly becoming recognized as an essential aspect of the recruitment process. However, conducting a successful telephone interview is a complex and nuanced process that requires much training and practice.Conducting a Telephone Interview is a practical and comprehensive guide covering every aspect of the telephone interview process. You will learn all the essential elements of successful telephone interviewing, including planning and verbal conduct, asking insightful and relevant questions, and consistently and accurately evaluating the answers given in order to make the correct hiring decision.Covering everything from the role of telephone interviews in the modern recruitment process to selling the job and closing a job offer with a candidate, this book investigates every aspect of the telephone interview process, giving insightful, practical advice and case studies at each point.Telephone interviewing has been shown to reduce both the time and cost of recruitment, but conducting a successful telephone interview is a complex and highly valuable skill. This book will take you on a logical and detailed journey from the planning and scheduling stage, to giving guidance on what sort of questions to ask, what answers to look for, how to dig deeper, and how to effectively evaluate a candidate.Reading this book will equip you with all the knowledge necessary to make the right hiring decisions from effective, comprehensive telephone interviews.
Katarzyna Płaczek-Kaszyńska
Tematyka monografii sytuuje się na pograniczu literaturoznawstwa i historii medycyny. Przedmiotem pracy jest analiza funkcji elementów retorycznych i narracyjnych w hiszpańskojęzycznych traktatach medycznych z przełomu XVI i XVII wieku. W pracy omówiono sposoby, jakimi autorzy tych dzieł, wykorzystując posiadaną wiedzę humanistyczną, starali się zdobyć zaufanie czytelnika przez budowanie relacji podobnej do tej, która - według założeń renesansowej deontologii medycznej - winna łączyć lekarza z chorym. Studium dopełnia próba zestawienia norm XVI-wiecznej etyki medycznej z koncepcją medycyny narracyjnej, postulującej uprzywilejowanie narracji w relacji łączącej lekarza z pacjentem oraz włączenie zagadnień literaturoznawczych do programu nauczania na wydziałach medycznych. Prezentowany tom wpisuje się zatem w nurt cieszącej się coraz większą popularnością humanistyki medycznej. La tematica de la monografia se situa en la intersección entre los estudios literarios y la historia de la medicina. Su objetivo principal es analizar la función de los elementos retóricos y narrativos en los tratados medicos en espanol de finales del siglo XVI y principios del siglo XVII. Se presentan los recursos de los que, apoyandose en su propia formación en letras, se sirvieron los autores de estas obras para procurar establecer una relación de confianza con el lector, acorde con la que, segun las normas de la deontologia medica renacentista, debia vincular al medico con su paciente. El estudio se completa con un intento de cotejar las normas de la deontologia medica del siglo XVI con el concepto de la medicina narrativa, la cual postula una mayor apreciación del relato de la enfermedad en la relación medico-enfermo y aboga por (re)introducir la formación en letras en las facultades de medicina. Asi, la obra se enmarca en la corriente de las medical humanities, que cada vez va cobrando mayor popularidad.
Henry James
It only seems in the book that people can always deceive themselves, and life cannot be regulated on the scientific principles that fall on Gordons shoulders as the main character. Crazy scientist Gordon Wright calls Longville in Baden-Baden to judge whether he should marry Angela. After a couple of years, Longville meets Angela again at a French beach resort and realizes that he loves her.
Naveed ur Rahman
This is a step-by-step guide, full of hands-on examples of real-world deployment tasks. Each topic is explained and placed in context, while also pointing out the key details of the concepts used.This book is aimed at system administrators and system engineers who have an understanding of configuration management tools and infrastructure. For novice administrators, it contains easy-to-use application recipes to get started immediately.
Barrie Dempster, James Eaton-Lee
IPCop is a powerful, open source, Linux based firewall distribution for primarily Small Office Or Home (SOHO) networks, although it can be used in larger networks. It provides most of the features that you would expect a modern firewall to have, and what is most important is that it sets this all up for you in a highly automated and simplified way.This book is an easy introduction to this popular application. After introducing and explaining the foundations of firewalling and networking and why they're important, the book moves on to cover using IPCop, from installing it, through configuring it, to more advanced features, such as configuring IPCop to work as an IDS, VPN and using it for bandwidth management. While providing necessary theoretical background, the book takes a practical approach, presenting sample configurations for home users, small businesses, and large businesses. The book contains plenty of illustrative examples.
Chris Gill
Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Exam Ref AZ-801 helps you master various cloud and data center management concepts in detail, helping you grow your expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server in on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based workloads. Throughout the book, you'll cover all the topics needed to pass the AZ-801 exam and use the skills you acquire to advance in your career.With this book, you’ll learn how to secure your on-premises Windows Server resources and Azure IaaS workloads. First, you’ll explore the potential vulnerabilities of your resources and learn how to fix or mitigate them. Next, you'll implement high availability Windows Server virtual machine workloads with Hyper-V Replica, Windows Server Failover Clustering, and Windows File Server.You’ll implement disaster recovery and server migration of Windows Server in on-premises and hybrid environments. You’ll also learn how to monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments.By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge and skills required to ace the AZ-801 exam, and you'll have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide.