Wayfare

We are all on board a journey headed toward a destination, experiencing our respective shares of happiness and sorrows, peace and discontent, success and failure. But more often than not, it turns out like an old saying, Life is what happens when we are busy making other plans. This book holds seven off-kilter short stories based on. As the name suggests, train journeys in India. By the end of every story, the inherent sordidness might appall and enervate the readers, but this is how the cookie crumbles for beaucoup people in India. Perusing this book will stimulate the reader on a wayfare, consummating what might effectuate rumination and introspection, which is in a way the intention of writing this anthology.

Data matching (also known as record or data linkage, entity resolution, object identification, or field matching) is the task of identifying, matching and merging records that correspond to the same entities from several databases or even within one database. Based on research in various domains including applied statistics, health informatics, data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, database management, and digital libraries, significant advances have been achieved over the last decade in all aspects of the data matching process, especially on how to improve the accuracy of data matching, and its scalability to large databases. Peter Christen’s book is divided into three parts: Part I, “Overview”, introduces the subject by presenting several sample applications and their special challenges, as well as a general overview of a generic data matching process. Part II, “Steps of the Data Matching Process”, then details its main steps like pre-processing, indexing, field and record comparison, classification, and quality evaluation. Lastly, part III, “Further Topics”, deals with specific aspects like privacy, real-time matching, or matching unstructured data. Finally, it briefly describes the main features of many research and open source systems available today. By providing the reader with a broad range of data matching concepts and techniques and touching on all aspects of the data matching process, this book helps researchers as well as students specializing in data quality or data matching aspects to familiarize themselves with recent research advances and to identify open research challenges in the area of data matching. To this end, each chapter of the book includes a final section that provides pointers to further background and research material. Practitioners will better understand the current state of the art in data matching as well as the internal workings and limitations of current systems. Especially, they will learn that it is often not feasible to simply implement an existing off-the-shelf data matching system without substantial adaption and customization. Such practical considerations are discussed for each of the major steps in the data matching process.

This volume provides a snapshot of the current state of the art in data mining, presenting it both in terms of technical developments and industrial applications. The collection of chapters is based on works presented at the Australasian Data Mining conferences and industrial forums. Authors include some of Australia's leading researchers and practitioners in data mining. The volume also contains chapters by regional and international authors.

Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! PROTECTING COLTON’S BABY (A The Coltons of New York novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Tara Taylor Quinn ADA Emily Hernandez’s life is at risk—so is the child she’s carrying. Her much younger former lover, PI Cormac Colton, is willing to play protector to Emily and father to his child. Will their unexpected family survive, or will Emily be silenced for good? CAVANAUGH JUSTICE: DETECTING A KILLER (A Cavanaugh Justice novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella When NYC detective Danny Doyle finds DNA remains tying Cassandra Cavanaugh to the victim, the determined investigator jumps at the chance to crack her cousin’s cold case. If only the detecting duo’s chemistry wasn’t off the charts…and a serial killer wasn’t targeting both of them… HOTSHOT HERO IN DISGUISE (A Hotshot Heroes novel) by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs An explosion in a Lake Michigan firehouse has exposed Ethan Sommerly’s secret identity. Which means the target he avoided five years ago is now on his back again. Local Tammy Ingles is the only one he can trust. As the danger increases, is Tammy’s life now on the line, too? UNDERCOVER COWBOY DEFENDER (A Shelter of Secrets novel) by Linda O. Johnston Luca Almera and her young son found a safe refuge at the highly secret Chance Animal Shelter. But when a deadly stalker targets Luca, undercover K-9 cop Mark Martin will risk his life and his heart to keep the vulnerable single mom safe.

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Upper-level readers will learn about Food Network star Tyler Florence’s roots and style, how he got his start in the industry, and how he got involved in food competitions through full-color photos and direct quotations. The text also provides details about becoming a chef and recipes they can try themselves.

When 17-year-old Alex Wayfare discovers she's a Descender - capable of travelling back in time to her reincarnated pasts - she becomes addicted to exploring her past lives, especially when the same blue-eye boy shows up in each one. But the more Alex descends, the more it becomes apparent that someone doesn't want her to travel again, and will stop at nothing to make this life her last.