Embedded and Real-Time Java Systems

Learn how today’s businesses can transform themselves by leveraging real-time data and advanced machine learning analytics. This book provides prescriptive guidance for architects and develo

This book offers an election guide and a strategic plan to make informed and intelligent choices for the 2016 election.

This practical resource helps students build essential skills for managing the typical math scenarios they encounter every day. Through high-interest lessons, guided activities, and reproducible indep

As people get older, they become more likely to have hearing difficulties in certain situations; for example, having conversations in public settings where there is naturally more noise. This can sometimes lead to isolation, depression, or even fatigue from the effort needed to communicate with others. Clinicians and researchers often do not use standardized outcome measures for hearing interventions that reflect patients' perceptions of real-life improvements. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee of experts to identify a core set of outcomes and corresponding measures that researchers and clinicians should use each time they assess the effectiveness of hearing aids and other treatments in addressing hearing difficulties. The resulting report, Measuring Meaningful Outcomes for Adult Hearing Health Interventions, presents those outcomes and measures, as well as recommendations for promoting their use within the hearing health community.

Federated Learning for the Metaverse: Applications in Virtual Environments provides readers with insights into how federated learning, a decentralized machine learning paradigm, can be strategically applied to address critical aspects of the metaverse. The book covers a wide range of topics, including privacy-preserving personalization, security, collaboration, adaptive learning environments, real-time communication, decentralized governance, language understanding, immersive learning experiences, avatar customization, and dynamic scene rendering.

Multirate Signal processing can improve system performance and reduce costs in applications ranging from laboratory instruments, cable modems, wireless systems, satellites, Radar, Sonar, and consumer entertainment products. This second edition continues to offer a systematic, clear, and intuitive introduction to multirate signal processing for working engineers and system designers. Significant new material and fresh concepts, including Green Signal Processing techniques have been introduced.The author uses extensive examples and figures to illustrate a wide range of multirate techniques, from basic resampling to leading-edge cascade and multi-stage filter structures. Along the way he draws on extensive research and consulting experience to introduce processing “tricks” shown to maximize performance and efficiency. Coverage includes:• Effect of sampling and resampling in time and frequency domains• Relationships between FIR filter specifications and filter length (# of taps)• Window de

"Tom Sawyer, Detective" by Mark Twain is an intriguing and humorous continuation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Published in 1896, this novel showcases Twain's masterful storytelling and wit, combining elements of mystery and satire in a narrative that both entertains and critiques aspects of society.In "Tom Sawyer, Detective," Tom and Huck find themselves embroiled in a complex and thrilling mystery. The story begins with the boys returning to their hometown of St. Petersburg after a summer in Arkansas. They quickly become involved in solving a baffling crime that involves stolen diamonds, murder, and a cunning criminal.The plot is inspired by real-life events and the detective novels of the time, adding a layer of authenticity and contemporary relevance. Tom, always the imaginative and adventurous spirit, takes on the role of a detective with enthusiasm, drawing on the detective stories he has read to guide his approach. Huck, ever the pragmatic sidekick, suppo