A complete, state-of-the-art description of the methods for unconstrained optimization and systems of nonlinear equations.

In a faraway magical land filled with horses of different colors and powers, Princess Gabriella waits to marry the man of her dreams. In order for someone to marry her, they must not only be good and strong, but also must uncover the mysterious power of the Green Horse, a secret known only by the king. Nicholas is determined to marry Gabriella. While studying the Green Horse as it roams through the kingdom, he soon learns that the princess has been cursed by an evil sorceress. Now Nicholas must race against time to solve the mystery of the Green Horse and save the princessbefore it is too late! In this enchanted childrens tale, a young suitor who wishes to marry a beautiful princess must rely on a magical horses special power to rescue her from a frightening fate.

In a faraway magical land filled with horses of different colors and powers, Princess Gabriella waits to marry the man of her dreams. In order for someone to marry her, they must not only be good and strong, but also must uncover the mysterious power of the Green Horse, a secret known only by the king. Nicholas is determined to marry Gabriella. While studying the Green Horse as it roams through the kingdom, he soon learns that the princess has been cursed by an evil sorceress. Now Nicholas must race against time to solve the mystery of the Green Horse and save the princess--before it is too late! In this enchanted children's tale, a young suitor who wishes to marry a beautiful princess must rely on a magical horse's special power to rescue her from a frightening fate.

In this second story of The Green Horse Trilogy, King Nicholas, summons the magic horses to battle the evil sorceress Sheraptu who has summoned an army of demons, led by their fierce leader Draco. The Sorceress has caused a black cloud to appear over her Black Mountain lair and demons led by Draco are flying down from the cloud and turning people to stone. In order to defeat them all, King Nicholas must figure out how, while working with the magic colored horses to save the kingdom as well as their lives.

Do you ever wonder why the Christian church isn't more vibrant? Or is there any point to striving for heaven if you can't enjoy life today? Do you wonder if it's possible to enjoy life without lowering your standards? Come and discover God's character and the hidden gems of Deuteronomy. God gave Moses a promise that would endure for a thousand generations - it's applicable for all of us who weren't there for his last sermon. It's a message of God's love and His faithfulness. It is written to transform us, to strengthen us and to give us hope. It's a message of relevance that will draw others to our God. As Hidden Gems helps you uncover these forgotten gems, it will bring a whole new perspective on the many promises given us in scripture. Your view of God will expand and you'll see sin from a new perspective. You'll want God to show you the sins in your life. This seemingly small shift in your view of God will enable the Holy Spirit to create in your heart a renewed spirit of discovery, compassion and service. You'll want to discover more of God's promises, to share your own joyful journey of God's faithfulness, and to experience a new excitement for service.

In this third story of The Green Horse Trilogy, The evil sorceress Sheraptu and the demons led by Draco are defeated. The black cloud over The Black Mountain lair of the sorceress has turned into a huge hole in the sky with starry space on the other side and planet Earth in plain view. It was a window to another world, ours. Just when King Nicholas thought the battle was over having defeated the sorceress and the demons, an even greater challenge awaits that not only affects his world, but ours too. He must once again work with the magic colored horses and a unicorn to save all.

Research suggests that computational thinking is a necessary skill exercised in STEM courses, non-STEM fields, and in everyday life. However, very little research has investigated the potential transfer of computational thinking self-efficacy available through classical Latin courses. This causal comparative study contrasted the computational thinking self-efficacy of computer science students with no exposure to Latin to computer science students with exposure to Latin at a Memphis all-boy high school. The independent variables were Latin language learning experience, i.e., up to 6 years total of Latin language learning (n = 33), versus 0 years of Latin language learning experience (n = 20). Additional data on the number of years enrolled in other foreign languages was collected. The dependent variable was mean scores of items found on a computational thinking and problem solving self-efficacy scale. This instrument uses a Likert scale to measure students self-efficacy in nine computational thinking components including algorithmic thinking; abstraction; problem decomposition; data collection, representation, and analysis; parallelization; control flow; incremental and iterative; testing and debugging; and questioning. Conducting this research addressed the question of whether the computational thinking skills present in Latin can transfer to a students computational thinking self-efficacy which may affect STEM/computer science course achievement. To test the null hypothesis that having a Latin language learning yields no significant influence on computer science students self-efficacy in computational thinking and problem solving, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test was utilized for this causal-comparative study. To test the null hypotheses that having a Latin language learning yields no significant influence on computer science students abstraction, problem decomposition, data, parallelization, control flow, incremental and iterative, testing and debugging, and questioning skills self-efficacy, a separate ANOVA test were run for each computational thinking skill component.The data did not meet of the necessary assumptions for a MANOVA test. The sample size for the non-Latin group was a concern at n = 20. The means from the descriptive statistics show that the non-Latin group outscored the Latin group in most of the computational thinking skills. Pillais trace statistic from the MANOVA test showed no statistical significance in the computational thinking and problem solving scale. The individual results from the ANOVA tests showed no statistical significance for any of the nine subscales..

Emotions Unleashed is a small collection of personal poetry. All of the poems that are brought to life in this emotional book are based on hidden emotions that have been held back for years by its author.

Dennis Etzel Jr. Dennis Etzel Jr. lives with Carrie and the boys in Topeka, Kansas where he teaches English at Washburn University. He has an MFA from the University of Kansas, and an MA and Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies from Kansas State University. He has two chapbooks, The Sum of Two Mothers (ELJ Publications 2013) and My Graphic Novel (Kattywompus Press 2015). His first poetic memoir My Secret Wars of 1984 (BlazeVOX 2015) was selected by the Kansas City Star as a Best Poetry Book of 2015. Fast-Food Sonnets (Coal City Review Press 2016) is a 2017 Kansas Notables Book selected by the State of Kansas Library. In addition to My Grunge of 1991's publishing in 2017, this Removed Utopia (Spartan Press 2017) was published as part of the Kaw Valley Poetry Series. He is a TALK Scholar for the Kansas Humanities Council and leads poetry workshops in various Kansas spaces. Please feel free to connect with him at dennisetzeljr.com.