Scalable Data Architecture with Java. Build efficient enterprise-grade data architecting solutions using Java

Sinchan Banerjee

Java architectural patterns and tools help architects to build reliable, scalable, and secure data engineering solutions that collect, manipulate, and publish data.This book will help you make the most of the architecting data solutions available with clear and actionable advice from an expert.You’ll start with an overview of data architecture, exploring responsibilities of a Java data architect, and learning about various data formats, data storage, databases, and data application platforms as well as how to choose them. Next, you’ll understand how to architect a batch and real-time data processing pipeline. You’ll also get to grips with the various Java data processing patterns, before progressing to data security and governance. The later chapters will show you how to publish Data as a Service and how you can architect it. Finally, you’ll focus on how to evaluate and recommend an architecture by developing performance benchmarks, estimations, and various decision metrics.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to successfully orchestrate data architecture solutions using Java and related technologies as well as to evaluate and present the most suitable solution to your clients.

Applied Machine Learning Explainability Techniques. Make ML models explainable and trustworthy for practical applications using LIME, SHAP, and more

Aditya Bhattacharya

Explainable AI (XAI) is an emerging field that brings artificial intelligence (AI) closer to non-technical end users. XAI makes machine learning (ML) models transparent and trustworthy along with promoting AI adoption for industrial and research use cases.Applied Machine Learning Explainability Techniques comes with a unique blend of industrial and academic research perspectives to help you acquire practical XAI skills. You'll begin by gaining a conceptual understanding of XAI and why it's so important in AI. Next, you'll get the practical experience needed to utilize XAI in AI/ML problem-solving processes using state-of-the-art methods and frameworks. Finally, you'll get the essential guidelines needed to take your XAI journey to the next level and bridge the existing gaps between AI and end users.By the end of this ML book, you'll be equipped with best practices in the AI/ML life cycle and will be able to implement XAI methods and approaches using Python to solve industrial problems, successfully addressing key pain points encountered.

Placówka postępu. An Outpost of Progress

Joseph Conrad

W "Placówce postępu" (An Outpost of Progress) Joseph Conrad kreśli mroczną opowieść o izolacji, moralnym upadku i tragicznych konsekwencjach ludzkiej chciwości. Dostępna w edycji dwujęzycznej polsko-angielskiej, historia śledzi losy dwóch Europejczyków, Kayertsa i Carliera, którzy zostają oddelegowani do zarządzania placówką handlową w sercu afrykańskiej dżungli. Początkowo obaj mężczyźni widzą w swojej misji szansę na zdobycie bogactwa i sukcesu, jednak bezsensowność ich codziennych zadań oraz rosnąca izolacja stopniowo ich przytłaczają. Gdy miejscowy księgowy, Makola, proponuje wymianę niewolników na kość słoniową, początkowe oburzenie Kayertsa i Carliera ustępuje miejsca chciwości. Decyzja o zaangażowaniu się w handel ludźmi staje się punktem zwrotnym, który ostatecznie prowadzi do ich moralnego i fizycznego upadku. Z czasem, odizolowani i osłabieni przez choroby, Kayerts i Carlier stają się ofiarami własnych demonów. Błaha kłótnia o cukier przeradza się w gwałtowny konflikt, który kończy się śmiertelnym strzałem. Zdesperowany i złamany Kayerts, w obliczu zbliżającego się parowca firmy, decyduje się na desperacki krok, który przypieczętowuje tragiczny finał tej opowieści. Conrad w mistrzowski sposób ukazuje, jak kruchość ludzkiej psychiki, potęgowana przez izolację i moralne kompromisy, może prowadzić do nieuchronnej katastrofy. "Placówka postępu" to wyjątkowe studium upadku człowieka, które w edycji dwujęzycznej pozwala jeszcze głębiej zanurzyć się w literackim geniuszu autora.

Tygryskowi potrzebny jest rower

Janosch

Najbardziej to mi się w tym rowerze podoba dzwonek powiedział Miś. Każdemu Tygryskowi potrzebny jest rower! Ale żeby mu się nic nie stało, powinien też trochę się znać na rowerach. Nie tylko wiedzieć, gdzie są hamulce, ale też jakie są najważniejsze przepisy ruchu drogowego. Poza tym Tygrysek musi się nauczyć jeździć ostrożnie. I dokładnie tego można się nauczyć tutaj teoretycznie i praktycznie prawie też.

Egzotyczne rośliny lecznicze w naszym domu

Andrzej Sarwa

Egzotyczne rośliny lecznicze na naszych parapetach, ludzie i rośliny, o ziołach i leczeniu ziołami, postaci leków ziołowych, co warunkuje wzrost i rozwój roślin? choroby i szkodniki, domowe sposoby rozmnażania roślin egzotycznych, właściwości lecznicze egzotycznych roślin użytkowych i ich mieszkaniowa uprawa, agawa, aloes, ananas, awokado, bawełna, cytryna, eukaliptus, figa, granat, herbata, imbir, kalanchoe, kamelia, kawa, laur, męczennica cielista passiflora, mirt, oliwka, papryka, plektrantus, pomarańcza, rozmaryn, szafran uprawny, wanilia, winorośl

Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide. Teachers, don’t be intimidated by e-learning! This book shows you how to take your existing course materials and transfer them quickly, effectively and – above all – easily into an e-learning course using Moodle. Absolute beginners welcome

Ian Wild, Moodle Trust

Schools, colleges and universities all over the world are installing Moodle, but many educators aren’t making much use of it. With so many features, it can be a hassle to learn – and with teachers under so much pressure day-to-day, they cannot devote much time to recreating all their lessons from scratch.This book provides the quickest way for teachers and trainers to get up and running with Moodle, by turning their familiar teaching materials into a Moodle e-learning course.This book shows how to bring your existing notes, worksheets, resources and lesson plans into Moodle quickly and easily. Instead of exploring every feature of Moodle, the book focuses on getting you started immediately – you will be turning your existing materials into Moodle courses right from the start.The book begins by showing how to turn your teaching schedule into a Moodle course, with the correct number of topics and weeks. You will then see how to convert your resources – documents, slideshows, and worksheets, into Moodle. You will learn how to format them in a way that means students will be able to read them, and along the way plenty of shortcuts to speed up the process.By the end of Chapter 3, you will already have a Moodle course that contains your learning resources in a presentable way. But the book doesn’t end there– you will also see how to use Moodle to accept and assess coursework submissions, discuss work with students, and deliver quizzes, tests, and video.Throughout the book, the focus is on getting results fast – moving teaching material online so that lessons become more effective for students, and less work for you.

LaTeX Beginner's Guide. When there’s a scientific or technical paper to write, the versatility of LaTeX is very attractive. But where can you learn about the software? The answer is this superb beginner’s guide, packed with examples and explanations

Stefan Kottwitz, Robin TUG

LaTeX is high-quality Open Source typesetting software that produces professional prints and PDF files. However, as LaTeX is a powerful and complex tool, getting started can be intimidating. There is no official support and certain aspects such as layout modifications can seem rather complicated. It may seem more straightforward to use Word or other WYSIWG programs, but once you've become acquainted, LaTeX's capabilities far outweigh any initial difficulties. This book guides you through these challenges and makes beginning with LaTeX easy. If you are writing Mathematical, Scientific, or Business papers, or have a thesis to write, then this is the perfect book for you.LaTeX Beginner's Guide offers you a practical introduction to LaTeX with plenty of step-by-step examples. Beginning with the installation and basic usage, you will learn to typeset documents containing tables, figures, formulas, and common book elements like bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes and go on to managing complex documents and using modern PDF features. It's easy to use LaTeX, when you have LaTeX Beginner's Guide to hand.This practical book will guide you through the essential steps of LaTeX, from installing LaTeX, formatting, and justification to page design. Right from the beginning, you will learn to use macros and styles to maintain a consistent document structure while saving typing work. You will learn to fine-tune text and page layout, create professional looking tables as well as include figures and write complex mathematical formulas. You will see how to generate bibliographies and indexes with ease. Finally you will learn how to manage complex documents and how to benefit from modern PDF features. Detailed information about online resources like software archives, web forums, and online compilers completes this introductory guide. It's easy to use LaTeX, when you have LaTeX Beginner's Guide to hand.

Building AI Applications with OpenAI APIs. Leverage ChatGPT, Whisper, and DALL-E APIs to build 10 innovative AI projects - Second Edition

Martin Yanev

Unlock the power of AI in your applications with ChatGPT with this practical guide that shows you how to seamlessly integrate OpenAI APIs into your projects, enabling you to navigate complex APIs and ensure seamless functionality with ease.This new edition is updated with key topics such as OpenAI Embeddings, which’ll help you understand the semantic relationships between words and phrases. You’ll find out how to use ChatGPT, Whisper, and DALL-E APIs through 10 AI projects using the latest OpenAI models, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4, with Visual Studio Code as the IDE. Within these projects, you’ll integrate ChatGPT with frameworks and tools such as Flask, Django, Microsoft Office APIs, and PyQt. You’ll get to grips with NLP tasks, build a ChatGPT clone, and create an AI code bug-fixing SaaS app. The chapters will also take you through speech recognition, text-to-speech capabilities, language translation, generating email replies, creating PowerPoint presentations, and fine-tuning ChatGPT, along with adding payment methods by integrating the ChatGPT API with Stripe.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to develop, deploy, and monetize your own groundbreaking applications by harnessing the full potential of ChatGPT APIs.