Tag: Resource

December 27, 2024

From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security

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Free Download Dennis Pirages, Jacques Mehler, "From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security"
English | 2005 | pages: 283 | ISBN: 0262661896 | PDF | 1,8 mb
From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security revisits the findings of The Global 2000 Report to the President – commissioned by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 – and presents an up-to-date overview, informed by the earlier projections, of such critical topics as population, water, food, energy, climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity. It examines current environmental trends in order to consider the state of the global environment over the next thirty years and discusses what can be done now to achieve ecological security.

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December 22, 2024

Grid Resource Management State of the Art and Future Trends

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Free Download Grid Resource Management: State of the Art and Future Trends By Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman (auth.), Jarek Nabrzyski, Jennifer M. Schopf, Jan Węglarz (eds.)
2004 | 575 Pages | ISBN: 146135112X | PDF | 21 MB
Grid Resource Management: State of the Art and Future Trends presents an overview of the state of the field and describes both the real experiences and the current research available today. Grid computing is a rapidly developing and changing field, involving the shared and coordinated use of dynamic, multi-institutional resources. Grid resource management is the process of identifying requirements, matching resources to applications, allocating those resources, and scheduling and monitoring Grid resources over time in order to run Grid applications as efficiently as possible. While Grids have become almost commonplace, the use of good Grid resource management tools is far from ubiquitous because of the many open issues of the field, including the multiple layers of schedulers, the lack of control over resources, the fact that resources are shared, and that users and administrators have conflicting performance goals.

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December 20, 2024

Academic Success in Online Programs A Resource for College Students (Springer Texts in Education)

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Free Download Academic Success in Online Programs: A Resource for College Students (Springer Texts in Education) by Jacqueline S. Stephen
English | April 3, 2024 | ISBN: 3031544382 | 280 pages | PDF | 4.27 Mb
This book provides higher education students with a comprehensive resource to assist them in their academic persistence in an online course or program. It addresses a wide selection of topics emphasizing a myriad of factors that impact a student’s persistence, and ultimate success, in an online program or course. The book helps students to gain insight into the skills, knowledge, and attributes needed to succeed in the autonomous nature of an online learning environment. Thus, this book helps students to proactively engage in activities to prepare for online learning. Information presented in each chapter is drawn from theory and recent research centered on persistence of online students in higher education.

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December 15, 2024

Mastering PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager

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Free Download Mastering PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager (ARM): Harness the Power of Automation and Infrastructure as Code for Efficient Azure Management by Laszlo Bocso
English | August 21, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DDXKBVM8 | 312 pages | EPUB | 0.98 Mb
Mastering PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager (ARM): A Comprehensive Guide to Cloud Automation and Management

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