Название: LOLA's Forever: Recipes for cupcakes, cakes and slices
Автор: Lola's Bakery
Издательство: Ryland Peters & Small
Год: 2014
Cтраниц: 322
Формат: epub / pdf
Размер: 14,36 Мб
Язык: English

LOLA's is a unique bakery dedicated to achieving one simple goal.

Every day, they handcraft the most delicious cupcakes, slices and celebration cakes you have ever tasted. Using only the finest ingredients, LOLA's bakers mix, bake and decorate every single cake by hand, giving their customers a fresh, fun, delicious and truly wholesome experience. And now you can try their wonderful handcrafted bakes at home. There are more than 70 mouth-watering recipes for everything from the LOLA classic flavours to deliciously original ideas like Cosmopolitan, Chocolate Chilli, Maple Syrup and Rose Pistachio. Also included are recipes for scrumptious bars and slices – try a Salted Caramel Brownie or an Apricot and Pistachio Flapjack – or delicious larger bakes, such as the sophisticated Chocolate and Mandarin Cake, Earl Grey Tea Fruit Loaf and Chocolate Fudge Cake.

Название: Excel The Complete Guide: From Fundamentals to Business Intelligence and Automation
Автор: Aarav Joshi
Издательство: 101 Books
Год: 2025
Страниц: 1013
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

Excel The Complete Guide: From Fundamentals to Business Intelligence and Automation is your all-in-one resource for mastering Microsoft Excel, whether you’re a beginner or an advanced user. This comprehensive guide walks you through every essential aspect of Excel, starting with the basics of navigating workbooks, entering and formatting data, and understanding the core structure of cells, rows, and columns. You’ll learn to harness the power of formulas and functions for calculations, automate repetitive tasks with macros and VBA, and visualize your data with professional charts and dashboards. The book delves into advanced features such as PivotTables, Power Query, and Power Pivot, empowering you to analyze and model complex datasets for business intelligence. Practical, real-world examples and step-by-step instructions make even the most advanced topics accessible, including automation, collaboration, and integration with other Microsoft tools. Whether you’re looking to streamline workflows, build dynamic reports, or unlock the full analytical power of Excel, this guide provides the up-to-date knowledge and hands-on skills you need to excel in today’s data-driven world.

Название: Effortless Python: Learn Python Quickly from Beginner to Pro
Автор: Aarav Joshi
Издательство: 101 Books
Год: 2025
Страниц: 945
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.1 MB

Effortless Python: Learn Python Quickly from Beginner to Pro is your comprehensive, hands-on guide to mastering Python programming-no prior coding experience required. Designed for absolute beginners and those looking to refresh their skills, this book breaks down complex concepts into clear, actionable steps using the latest Python standards and best practices. Each chapter is structured to build your confidence, starting with the fundamentals of syntax and progressing through data structures, functions, error handling, object-oriented programming, automation, and real-world applications. You’ll find practical examples, mini-projects, and expert tips that make learning both engaging and effective. Whether you want to automate daily tasks, analyze data, build web applications, or simply understand the language powering today’s tech innovations, Effortless Python equips you with the knowledge and confidence to write clean, efficient code. The book emphasizes readability and simplicity, following industry guidelines to ensure your skills are relevant and up-to-date. By the end, you’ll be able to tackle real-world projects and continue your Python journey with a strong foundation.

Название: Calculated Imagery: A History of Computer Graphics in Hollywood Cinema
Автор: Mark J.P. Wolf
Издательство: ACM Books
Год: 2025
Страниц: 1014
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub (true)
Размер: 168.5 MB, 42.7 MB

This is a comprehensive history of computer graphics in Hollywood cinema. As the first such work of its kind, it is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of cinema, visual effects, or computer graphics, and the industries of which they are a part. The book begins with a look at the history behind the calculation of images, from weaving to screen imaging, and the faux computer graphics used in movies before real computer graphics were available or affordable. Next, the author examines the rise of computer graphics and computer-animated films, and the gradual introduction of computer-generated imagery into the cinema. The narrative moves chronologically through the development of computer-generated animation and its use both for cartoonlike imagery and for photorealistic imagery. The author discusses behind-the-scenes uses of computer graphics in the film industry, and how these uses have impacted the kinds of imagery made and the technologies by which they are made. The book also looks at how computer animation is combined with approaches such as procedural generation and simulation, and the ways in which computers automate imagery.

Название: Quilters Companion
Издательство: Universal Media
Год / месяц: May/June 2025
Номер: 133
Страниц: 140
Формат: PDF
Размер: 126 MB
Язык: English

Журнал из Австралии посвящен квилтингу и пэчворку. Разнообразные проекты от лучших мастеров квилта и пэчворка. Обилие свежих идей, новые техники, замечательные проекты для пэчворка, аппликации и стежки. Всегда передовые технологии, чудесный, яркий и разнообразный дизайн, модели разработаны специально для использования их в быту. Проекты сопровождаются простыми, пошаговыми инструкциями и листами с шаблонами.
Quilters Companion is the definitive patchwork and quilting magazine. Published since 2001, Quilters Companion provides readers with exciting quilting projects. These projects are accompanied by easy-to follow instructions and accompanying pattern sheets, stunning styled shots and interesting stories about the featured projects.

Название: Sustainable Interactive Wireless Stickers: From Materials to Devices to Applications
Автор: Nivedita Arora
Издательство: ACM Books
Год: 2025
Страниц: 228
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 51.5 MB

Today's Internet of Things (IoT) devices are bulky, expensive, require battery maintenance, and involve costly installation. In contrast, the interactive stickers introduced in this monograph are low maintenance, inexpensive, and easy to deploy. Focusing on power, form factor, and cost as system design parameters, the author describes stickers that have simple circuitry and can sustain themselves while wirelessly communicating and responding to various human Interactions. This work introduces four projects. SATURN is a self-powered flexible microphone and vibration sensor based on a triboelectric generator made from inexpensive everyday materials. ZEUSSS stickers extend the SATURN microphone by leveraging simple passive circuitry to add wireless communication capability. MARS stickers improve ZEUSSS by allowing simultaneous multiple-channel communication capability for speech, swipe, and touch interactions in sub-microwatt power. Finally, VENUS adds feedback to the stickers in the form of a low-voltage display powered by the heat of a human finger or ambient light. The device, circuit, and system innovations described in this book provide a path toward interfaces that can be sustainably instrumented on to everyday physical objects and surfaces.

Название: Mancave Elite
Издательство: Mancave Media, Llc
Год / месяц: May/June 2025
Страниц: 84
Формат: PDF
Размер: 18,1 MB
Язык: английский

Mancave Elite will feature beautiful women, high fashion glamour, glamour editorials, articles on men's style, tech, sex, extreme sports, movies, music etc. This issue also features great articles and models.
В журнале не просто девушки, а привлекательные красотки, удивительные личности, с которыми так комфортно в мужском мире. Эти модели не только гуляют по взлетно-посадочным полосам, но и ставят рекорды, знают свой путь вокруг бейсбольного алмаза и быстро ездят! Узнайте, что ими движет, их страсти и приключения.

Название: Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Well-Studied Assumptions
Автор: Aayush Jain
Издательство: ACM Books
Год: 2025
Страниц: 136
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 10.1 MB

Software obfuscation is used in cryptography to transform source code to make it unintelligible without altering what it computes. As a software security mechanism, it is essential that software obfuscation has a firm mathematical foundation. The research described in this book, for which the author won the ACM Dissertation Award, establishes the feasibility of mathematically rigorous software obfuscation from well-studied hardness conjectures. The mathematical object that the author constructs, indistinguishability obfuscation, is considered a theoretical "master tool" in the context of cryptography: not only in helping to achieve long-desired cryptographic goals such as functional encryption, but also in expanding the scope of the field of cryptography itself. For example, indistinguishability obfuscation aids in goals related to software security that were previously entirely in the domain of software engineering.

Название: Information Retrieval: Advanced Topics and Techniques
Автор: Omar Alonso, Ricardo Baeza-Yates
Издательство: ACM Books
Год: 2025
Страниц: 838
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 41.0 MB

In the last decade, Deep Learning and word embeddings have made significant impacts on information retrieval (IR) by adding techniques based in neural networks and language models. At the same time, certain search modalities such as neural IR and conversational search have become more popular. This book, written by international academic and industry experts, brings the field up to date with detailed discussions of these new approaches and techniques. The book is organized in three sections: Foundations, Adaptations and Concerns, and Verticals. Under Foundations, we address topics that form the basic structure of any modern IR system, including recommender systems. These new techniques are developed to augment indexing, retrieval, and ranking. Neural IR, recommender systems, evaluation, query-driven functionality, and knowledge graphs are covered in this section.

Название: Embroidery in 10 Lessons: Step-by-step instructions for first-time stitchers, plus 10 designs for denim, shoes, linens and more
Автор: Juliette Michelet
Издательство: Stackpole Books
Год: 2023
Размер: 23 Мб
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 96
Язык: Английский

Украсьте свой гардероб и интерьер дома всего за 10 простых уроков по вышивке, превратив повседневные вещи в потрясающие, индивидуальные изделия с помощью красивых стежков, бисера и нашивок! Узнайте, как перенести узор на ткань, чтобы она идеально подходила для вышивания. Овладейте искусством аккуратно начинать и заканчивать вышивку, используя техники, которые позволяют вашей работе выглядеть безупречно.