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How machine learning can be used to identify microplastics

Fast Company Tech

So, an identification method for polymers should provide a measure of uncertainty in its output. Unfortunately, current methods dont usually provide an uncertainty measure. It does not require the user of the machine learning algorithm to have any detailed knowledge of the algorithm or its training data.

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6 Benefits of Fund Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This method?focuses?on Fund accounting also requires specific industry expertise, knowledge and experience to bridge the gap between tracking the use of funds and generating GAAP financial statements that focus on the changes in net assets. Many nonprofits use an accounting approach called fund accounting. on the use?of

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Understanding the Psychology of Why Donors Give to Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Understanding the donor’s motivations can help a nonprofit develop motivating messaging, use the right fundraising methods, and segment their supporter list to target those who are most likely to give. Alter your current appeal messaging and fundraising methods to align with these giving reasons.

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1.5 Years of Spark Knowledge in 8 Tips

Towards Data Science

Throughout this post, we assume a general working knowledge of spark and it’s structure, but this post should be accessible to all levels of spark. Examples of methods that invoke a collection include but are not limited to….collect() The single most common incorrect collection method is leveraging .count() Let’s dive in!

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[DATA] 11 Must-Know Stats About Online Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s worth noting that in the survey the questions about online fundraising are only presented to those that have working knowledge in online fundraising. 2) Of those that accept donations through their website, these are the types of payment methods accepted: 91%: Credit card payments. 6% only do so through a third-party website.

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What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation?

NVIDIA AI Blog

The Story of the Name Patrick Lewis, lead author of the 2020 paper that coined the term , apologized for the unflattering acronym that now describes a growing family of methods across hundreds of papers and dozens of commercial services he believes represent the future of generative AI. Another great advantage of RAG is it’s relatively easy.

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Best practices to improve your association’s data security strategy

Nimble AMS

To streamline the payment process and secure your data, leverage an AMS that offers stored payment options, where members can add, edit, and save payment methods. Be knowledgeable about your vendor’s security practices Understanding what level of protection and recovery your vendor offers is crucial to maximizing your security service.