The Open System Masterclass
Download The Open System Masterclass PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Open System Masterclass book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages.
The Open System Masterclass
Author: Pasquale De Marco
language: en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date: 2025-07-19
In a world increasingly reliant on technology, the mastery of open systems has become a cornerstone of success for individuals and organizations alike. "The Open System Masterclass" emerges as an indispensable guide, empowering readers to navigate the complexities of open systems and unlock their boundless potential. Delving into the heart of open systems, this comprehensive resource unravels the intricacies of open standards and protocols, laying the foundation for a deeper understanding of their transformative impact. Through real-world examples and case studies, readers will witness the power of collaboration and shared knowledge, driving innovation and propelling technological advancements forward. The book delves into the practical aspects of system administration, providing step-by-step guidance on configuring, managing, and securing open systems effectively. From user and group management to file and directory structures, networking and storage management, and security protocols, readers will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to ensure the smooth operation and protection of their systems. Moreover, "The Open System Masterclass" emphasizes the importance of performance tuning and optimization, enabling readers to maximize the efficiency and responsiveness of their systems. By exploring advanced techniques and strategies, readers will learn how to identify and resolve bottlenecks, optimize memory and CPU utilization, and achieve peak system performance. The book also addresses the critical aspects of disaster recovery and high availability, providing a roadmap for developing comprehensive plans and implementing robust strategies. Readers will gain insights into data backup and recovery, system redundancy, and failover mechanisms, ensuring business continuity and minimizing downtime in the face of unexpected disruptions. Throughout this comprehensive guide, readers will not only acquire technical expertise but also embrace the open system philosophy, fostering a mindset of innovation, adaptability, and collaboration. They will discover the vast ecosystem of open source software, its benefits and challenges, and its role in driving progress across industries. If you like this book, write a review!
Open Design Systems
Current systems design and decision management methodologies can be single-sided, ignoring or failing to capture the dynamic interplay between multi-stakeholder preferences (‘what they want’) and system performances (‘what they can’). In addition, these methodologies often contain fundamental modelling errors and do not provide single best-fit solutions. This leaves designers or decision-makers without unique answers to their problems. Above all, mainstream higher education primarily applies instructivist and research-based learning methods, and therefore does not adequately prepare students for designing solutions to future complex problems. This book introduces both a state-of-the-art participatory design methodology (Odesys), and a design-based learning concept (ODL), which together overcome the aforementioned issues. Odesys is a pure act of open design integration to confront conflicting socio-technical interests and is the key to unlocking these complexities to deliver socially responsible systems. Odesys’ design engine, the Preferendus, enables stakeholders to cooperatively identify their best-fit design synthesis. It employs a novel optimisation method that maximises the aggregated preferences, integrating sound mathematical and extended U-modelling via open technical-, social-, and purpose cycles. The art of ODL is a constructivist design-based and well-proven learning concept fostering students’ design capabilities to become open and persistent problem solvers. It is a reflective, creative, and engaged learning approach that opens human development and unlocks new knowledge and solutions. The author also introduces new management features such as the corporate social identifier (CSI), the ‘socio-eco’ threefold organization model and U-model based open loop management. Finally, the author places Odesys & ODL within the integrative context of empiricism, rationalism, spiritualism, and constructivism to unite the open design impulse. This book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners working in the field of complex systems design and managerial decision-making, and functions as a textbook on systems design and management for master students from diverse backgrounds. Prof.dr.ir. A.R.M. (Rogier) Wolfert has worked with R&D groups at various (inter)national universities and research institutes for the past 30 years. Since 2013, he has been professor of engineering asset management at Delft University of Technology. Over the past 20 years, he has also established a proven industrial track-record in which he has been involved in the design and management of various types of infrastructure. He considers both the ‘outer’ observation and the ‘inner’ experience as companions on his journey into the emerging future.
Glial-Neuronal Signaling in Neuroendocrine Systems
This volume discusses current research on glial-neuronal interactions in several neuroendocrine systems. Glial-neuronal bidirectional transmission represents one of the fastest-growing areas of investigation in neuroscience today. Unraveling the interactions and signaling synergy between glial cells and neurons is critical to advancing our understanding of brain function. Consequently, this book summarizes the latest findings on the roles of astrocytes, microglia and tanycytes in the control of synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, blood-brain signaling, neuroinflammation and immune signaling. In addition, leading experts in the field discuss how reproductive function, the stress response and energy homeostasis are regulated by glial-neuronal communication. Given its scope, the book is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students in the neurosciences, as well as postdoctoral fellows and established researchers who are looking for a comprehensive overview of glial-neuronal crosstalk in neuroendocrine systems. This is the eleventh volume in the International Neuroendocrine Federation (INF) Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology series (Volumes 1-7 published by Wiley), which aims to illustrate the highest standards and highlight the latest technologies in basic and clinical research, and aspires to provide inspiration for further exploration into the exciting field of neuroendocrinology. Chapter 6 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.