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Artificial Intelligence: Modern Approach

• ISBN:
• 0131038052
• Authors:
• Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig

A highly accessible, up-to-date professional reference for programmers, software engineers, system administrators, or technical managers, this book integrates state-of-the-art AI techniques into intelligent agent designs using examples and exercises to lead the reader from simple reactive agents to full knowledge-based agents with natural language capabilities.

The Dissection of Vertebrates: A Laboratory Manual

• ISBN:
• 0120887762
• Authors:
• Gerry DeIuliis, Dino Pulera

With illustrations on seven vertebrates - Lamprey, Shark, Perch, Mudpuppy, Frog, Cat, Pigeon - Dissection of Vertebrates is the first book of its kind to include high-quality, digitally rendered illustrations, and has recently won an Award of Excellence in Illustrated Medical Book from the Association of Medicial Illustrators. Using a systemic approach for each vertebrate, this book covers several vertebrates commonly used in providing a...

Joe Celko's SQL Programming Style (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

• ISBN:
• 0120887975
• Authors:
• Joe Celko

Are you an SQL programmer that, like many, came to SQL after learning and writing procedural or object-oriented code? Or have switched jobs to where a different brand of SQL is being used, or maybe even been told to learn SQL yourself? If even one answer is yes, then you need this book. A "Manual of Style" for the SQL programmer, this book is a collection of heuristics and rules, tips, and tricks that will help you improve SQL programming style...

Computer Methods for Macromolecular Sequence Analysis, Volume 266 (Methods in Enzymology)

• ISBN:
• 0121821676

The critically acclaimed laboratory standard for more than forty years, Methods in Enzymology is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. More than 260 volumes have been published (all of them still in print) and much of the material is relevant even today--truly an essential publication for...

Tensors, Relativity, and Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 012200681X
• Authors:
• Mirjana Dalarsson, Nils Dalarsson

This book combines relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology in a single volume, providing an introduction to each subject that enables students to understand more detailed treatises as well as the current literature. The section on general relativity gives the case for a curved space-time, presents the mathematical background (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry), discusses the Einstein equation and its solutions (including black holes, Penrose...

Integrative Plant Anatomy

• ISBN:
• 0122151704
• Authors:
• William C. Dickison

From this modern and profusely illustrated book, the reader will learn not just the basics, which are amply reviewed, but also how plant anatomy is integrated with a wide variety of other disciplines, such as plant breeding, forensic analysis, medicine, food science, wood and fiber products, and the arts. The author presents the basic concepts and terminology of plant anatomy with a special emphasis on its significance and applications to other...

Control in Robotics and Automation: Sensor Based Integration (Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0122818458
• Authors:
• Bijoy K. Ghosh, T. J. Tarn, Ning Xi

Microcomputer technology and micromechanical design have contributed to recent rapid advances in Robotics. Particular advances have been made in sensor technology that allow robotic systems to gather data and react "intelligently" in flexible manufacturing systems. The analysis and recording of the data are vital to controlling the robot. In order to solve problems in control and planning for a Robotic system it is necessary to meet the growing...

A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0126831920
• Authors:
• Patrick T. Tam

For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, 2/e provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, providing an organized and integrated desk reference with step by step instructions for the most often used features of the software as it applies to research in physics. For Professors teaching physics and other science courses using the Mathematica software, A Physicist's Guide to...

Information Modeling: Specification and Implementation

• ISBN:
• 0134577485
• Authors:
• David Edmond

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart

• ISBN:
• 0195143817
• Authors:
• Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, ABC Research Group

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions in the real world, we need a different, more psychologically...

Nonextensive Entropy: Interdisciplinary Applications (Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity,)

• ISBN:
• 0195159764

A great variety of complex phenomena in many scientific fields exhibit power-law behavior, reflecting a hierarchical or fractal structure. Many of these phenomena seem to be susceptible to description using approaches drawn from thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, particularly approaches involving the maximization of entropy and of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics and standard laws in a natural way. The book addresses the...

Biology of Aging: Observations and Principles

• ISBN:
• 0195167392
• Authors:
• Robert Arking

Robert Arking's Biology of Aging, 3rd edition, is an introductory text to the biology of aging which gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a thorough review of the entire field. His prior two editions have also served admirably as a reference text for clinicians and scientists. This new edition captures the extraordinary recent advances in our knowledge of the ultimate and proximal mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of aging. As a...

The Metaphysics of Dante's Comedy (Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)

• ISBN:
• 0195174615
• Authors:
• Christian Moevs

The recovery of Dante's metaphysics - which are very different from our own - is essential, argues Christian Moevs, if we are to resolve what has been called "the central problem in the interpretation of the Comedy." That problem is what to make of the Comedy's claim to the status of revelation, vision, or experiential record - as something more than imaginative literature. In this book Moevs offers the first sustained treatment of the...

Animal Architecture (Oxford Animal Biology)

• ISBN:
• 0198507518
• Authors:
• Mike Hansell

Construction behaviour occurs across the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom and affects the survival of both builders and other organisms associated with them. "Animal Architecture" provides a comprehensive overview of the biology of animal building. The book recognizes three broad categories of built structure - homes, traps, and courtship displays. Even though some of these structures are complex and very large, the behaviour required to...

Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW (Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0198515901
• Authors:
• S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes

Only recently did mankind realize that it resides on a world of networks. The Internet and the World Wide Web are changing our life. Our physical existence is based on various biological networks. We have recently learned that the term ""network"" turns out to be a central notion in our time, and the onsequent explosion of interest in networks is a social and cultural phenomenon. The principles of the complex organization and evolution of...

Observing Animal Behaviour: Design and Analysis of Quantitive Controls

• ISBN:
• 019856936X
• Authors:
• Marian Stamp Dawkins

This book introduces the reader to the power of observation before, and sometimes instead of, experimental manipulation in the study of animal behavior. It starts with simple and easily accessible methods suitable for student projects, before going on to demonstrate the possibilities that now exist for far more sophisticated analyses of observational data. At a time when animal welfare considerations are attracting political as well as...

SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Projects in Speculative Computing

• ISBN:
• 0226165086
• Authors:
• Johanna Drucker

Nearly a decade ago, Johanna Drucker cofounded the University of Virginia’s SpecLab, a digital humanities laboratory dedicated to risky projects with serious aims. In SpecLab she explores the implications of these radical efforts to use critical practices and aesthetic principles against the authority of technology based on analytic models of knowledge.            Inspired by the imaginative frontiers of graphic arts and...

Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics

• ISBN:
• 0226760340

Serengeti National Park is one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history that dates back at least four million years to the beginnings of human evolution. The third book of a ground- breaking series, Serengeti III is the result of a long-term integrated research project that documents changes to this unique ecosystem every ten years.        Bringing together...

Concert Sound and Lighting Systems, Third Edition

• ISBN:
• 0240803647
• Authors:
• John Vasey

Concert Sound and Lighting Systems provides comprehensive coverage of equipment and setup procedures for touring concert systems. The new edition will cover the new equipment now available and discuss other venues where the skills and technology are being used. This new edition incorporates the continuing developments in concert sound and lighting systems maintaining the premise that the reader has had no previous experience. The practical...

Control Systems for Live Entertainment, Third Edition

• ISBN:
• 0240809378
• Authors:
• John Huntington

If you are interested in how control systems and computer networks are used in all areas of live entertainment, Control Systems for Live Entertainment is the industry standard reference. With a unique combined focus on computers, networking, art, and practice, this book offers an in-depth examination of control for lighting, lasers, sound, , stage machinery, animatronics, special effects, and pyrotechnics for concerts, theme parks, theatre,...

Analog VLSI: Circuits and Principles

• ISBN:
• 0262122553
• Authors:
• Shih-Chii Liu, Jörg Kramer, Giacomo Indiveri, Tobias Delbrück, Rodney Douglas

Neuromorphic engineers work to improve the performance of artificial systems through the development of chips and systems that process information collectively using primarily analog circuits. This book presents the central concepts required for the creative and successful design of analog VLSI circuits. The discussion is weighted toward novel circuits that emulate natural signal processing. Unlike most circuits in commercial or industrial...

The Six Core Theories of Modern Physics (Bradford Books)

• ISBN:
• 0262193590
• Authors:
• Charles F. Stevens

Reviews all the key areas of physics in one place. Provides a brief, clear, and self-contained summary of the basic theoretical structures of classical mechanics. DLC: Physics.

Puppets, Masks, and Performing Objects

• ISBN:
• 0262522934

Puppets and masks are central to some of the oldest worldwide forms of art making and performance, as well as some of the newest. In the twentieth century, French symbolists, Russian futurists and constructivists, Prague School semioticians, and avant-garde artists around the world have all explored the experimental, social, and political value of performing objects. In recent years, puppets, masks, and objects have been the focus of Broadway...

Being There: Putting Brain, Body, and World Together Again

• ISBN:
• 0262531569
• Authors:
• Andy Clark

"Clark's book is an excellent introduction to this new movement in cognitive science. It is clear, wide ranging, well informed, and full of fascinating examples. And, unusually, it manages to be both eminently sensible and highly provocative." -- Margaret A. Boden, Nature Brain, body, and world are united in a complex dance of circular causation and extended computational activity. In Being There , Andy Clark weaves these several threads into a...

Readings in Database Systems, 4th Edition

• ISBN:
• 0262693143

Lessons from database research have been applied in academic fields ranging from bioinformatics to next-generation Internet architecture and in industrial uses including Web-based e-commerce and search engines. The core ideas in the field have become increasingly influential. This text provides both students and professionals with a grounding in database research and a technical context for understanding recent innovations in the field. The...

The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome

• ISBN:
• 0309084091
• Authors:
• John Sulston and Georgina Ferry

Sulston takes us behind the scenes for an in-depth look at the controversial story behind the headlines; The Human Genome Project. A compelling history and an impassioned call for ethical responsibility in scientific research.

A Survey of Attitudes and Actions on Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences: A Collaborative Effort of the National Research Council and the American Association for the Advancement of Science

• ISBN:
• 0309125103
• Authors:
• Committee on Assessing Fundamental Attitudes of Life Scientists as a Basis for Biosecurity Education, National Research Council

The same technologies that fuel scientific advances also pose potential risks--that the knowledge, tools, and techniques gained through legitimate biotechnology research could be misused to create biological weapons or for bioterrorism. This is often called the dual use dilemma of the life sciences. Yet even research with the greatest potential for misuse may offer significant benefits. Determining how to constrain the danger without harming...

Endangered Animals: A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues

• ISBN:
• 0313308160

Explore the multiple issues that surround species declines and conservation efforts through the only reference source to examine the conflicting conservation issues of 49 endangered species. While the causes of endangerment are relatively easy to understand, the ultimate or underlying factors are often far more complex and difficult to address. An introduction to these issues and how to resolve them is provided in this unique collection of case...

Administrator's Guide to SQL Server 2005

• ISBN:
• 0321397975
• Authors:
• Buck Woody

"Buck Woody's new book will help new and experienced users alike in getting productive with SQL Server 2005 quickly. His special attention to security and performance make this an exceptional reference that is sure to remain relevant for some time." --Chip Andrews, CISSP, MCDBA, Director of Research and Development Special Ops Security, Inc. "SQL 2005 is the most exciting upgrade to come out of Redmond in years; this book will help you get up...

Semistructured Database Design (Web Information Systems Engineering and Internet Technologies Book Series)

• ISBN:
• 0387235671
• Authors:
• Tok W. Ling, Mong L. Lee, Gillian Dobbie

Semistructured Database Design provides an essential reference for anyone interested in the effective management of semsistructured data. Since many new and advanced web applications consume a huge amount of such data, there is a growing need to properly design efficient databases. This volume responds to that need by describing a semantically rich data model for semistructured data, called Object-Relationship-Attribute model for...

A Guide to QTL Mapping with R/qtl (Statistics for Biology and Health)

• ISBN:
• 0387921249
• Authors:
• Karl W. Broman, Saunak Sen

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping is used to discover the genetic and molecular architecture underlying complex quantitative traits. It has important applications in agricultural, evolutionary, and biomedical research. R/qtl is an extensible, interactive environment for QTL mapping in experimental crosses. It is implemented as a package for the widely used open source statistical software R and contains a diverse array of QTL mapping...

Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair

• ISBN:
• 038795094X
• Authors:
• Clarence R. Robbins

Human hair is the subject of a remarkably wide range of scientific investigations. Its chemical and physical properties are of importance to the cosmetics industry, forensic scientists, and to biomedical researchers. The fourth edition of this book confirms its position as the definitive monograph on the subject. Previous editions of this book were recognized as "concise and thorough" Features of the Fourth Edition: * New information on chemical...

Probabilistic Networks and Expert Systems (Information Science and Statistics)

• ISBN:
• 0387987673
• Authors:
• Robert G. Cowell, A.Philip Dawid, Steffen L. Lauritzen, David J. Spiegelhalter

Winner of the 2002 DeGroot Prize. Awarded by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis to a book judged to represent an important, timely, thorough, and notably original contribution to the statistics literature. Probabilistic expert systems are graphical networks that support the modelling of uncertainty and decisions in large complex domains, while retaining ease of calculation. Building on original research by the authors over a number...

Determinants of Animal Behaviour (Routledge Modular Psychology)

• ISBN:
• 0415238404
• Authors:
• Jo-A Cartwright

Are animals intelligent? How do they learn to solve everyday survival problems? Can they be intentionally deceptive? The investigation of animal behavior is an important and fascinating aspect of comparative psychology. Firstly the evolutionary explanations of animal behavior are discussed, including the biological explanations of apparent altruism. Secondly the nature of classical and operant conditioning in animal behavior is considered and...

Animal Cell Technology: From Biopharmaceuticals to Gene Therapy

• ISBN:
• 041542304X
• Authors:
• Leda Castilho:

Animal Cell Technology: from Biopharmaceuticals to Gene Therapy provides a comprehensive insight into biological and engineering concepts related to mammalian and insect cell technology, as well as an overview of the applications of animal cell technology. Part 1 of the book covers the Fundamentals upon which this technology is based and covers the science underpinning the technology. Part 2 covers the Applications from the production of...

Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual: Tests, Procedures and Data, Third Edition: Volume One: Anthropometry

• ISBN:
• 0415437202
• Authors:
• Roger Eston

Kinanthropometry is the study of human body size, shape and form and how those characteristics relate to human movement and sporting performance. In this fully updated and revised edition of the classic guide to kinanthropometric theory and practice, leading international sport and exercise scientists offer a clear and comprehensive introduction to essential principles and techniques. Each chapter guides the reader through the planning and...

Elsevier's Dictionary of Medicine and Biology: in English, Greek, German, Italian and Latin

• ISBN:
• 0444514406
• Authors:
• G. Konstantinidis

Dictionaries are didactic books used as consultation instruments for self-teaching. They are composed by an ordered set of linguistic units which reflects a double structure, the macrostructure which correspond to the word list and the microstructure that refers to the contents of each lemma. The great value of dictionaries nests in the fact that they establish a standard nomenclature and prevent in that way the appearance of new useless...

Elsevier's Dictionary of Herpetological and Related Terminology

• ISBN:
• 0444518630
• Authors:
• D.C. Wareham

The dictionary is a compilation of clear, concise and informative definitions of the characteristic vocabulary commonly encountered and used by herpetologists when discussing, reading, or writing about reptiles and amphibians. It is intended for all those who have an interest in these animals, from the amateur hobbyist who may find himself faced with what can be a rather intimidating scientific term or technical expression, to the trained...

Leonhard Euler: Life, Work and Legacy (Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Volume 5)

• ISBN:
• 0444527281

The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenment's most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the world's best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his work. Some of the essays are historical, including much previously unknown information about Euler's life, his activities in the St. Petersburg Academy,...

Professional LINQ (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470041811
• Authors:
• Scott Klein

Professional LINQ introduces experienced programmers and database developers to LINQ database queries in their native VB and C# languages. Some of the topics covered include: LINQ Queries LINQ and the Standard Query Operators Programming with XLinq Querying XML with XLinq Mixing XML and other data models DLinq and Queries LINQ over datasets Interoperating with ADO.NET LINQ and ASP.NET

Professional SQL Server 2005 Performance Tuning (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470176393
• Authors:
• Steven Wort, Christian Bolton, Justin Langford, Michael Cape, Joshua J. Jin, Douglas Hinson, Haidong Ji, Paul A. Mestemaker, Arindam Sen

Written by a team of expert SQL users, this comprehensive resource approaches performance tuning from a new perspective by showing you a methodical scientific approach to diagnose performance problems. The book first walks you through how to discover bottlenecks when something is wrong and you’ll then learn how to identify and remove the problems that are causing poor performance. You’ll discover preventive measures you can take to try to...

Business Intelligence with Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

• ISBN:
• 0071493700
• Authors:
• Craig Utley

Deliver BI Solutions with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Maximize the powerful BI tools available in PerformancePoint 2007 with help from this practical guide. You will learn how to collect and store data, monitor progress, analyze performance, distribute dynamic reports, and create maintainable projects and forecasts. Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides full details on creating...

Oracle Automatic Storage Management: Under-the-Hood & Practical Deployment Guide (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

• ISBN:
• 0071496076
• Authors:
• Nitin Vengurlekar, Murali Vallath, Rich Long

Build and manage a scalable storage infrastructure with Oracle Automatic Storage Management Streamline data management and provisioning using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) and the detailed information contained in this exclusive Oracle Press resource. Written by a team of database experts, Oracle Automatic Storage Management : Under-the-Hood & Practical Deployment Guide explains how to build and maintain a dynamic, highly...

Oracle Database 11g New Features (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

• ISBN:
• 0071496610
• Authors:
• Robert G. Freeman

FOREWORD by Tom Kyte Your Must-Have Guide to Everything New in Oracle Database 11 g Realize the full potential of Oracle Database 11 g with help from the experts. Written by Robert G. Freeman, and with insightful commentary throughout from Arup Nanda, this Oracle Press guide offers full details on the architectural changes, database administration upgrades, availability and recovery revisions, security enhancements, and programming innovations....

Oracle Database 11g DBA Handbook (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

• ISBN:
• 0071496637
• Authors:
• Bob Bryla, Kevin Loney

The Essential Resource for Oracle DBAs--Fully Updated and Expanded Manage a flexible, highly available Oracle database with help from the expert information contained in this exclusive Oracle Press guide. Fully revised to cover every new feature and utility, Oracle Database 11g DBA Handbook shows how to perform a new installation, upgrade from previous versions, configure hardware and software for maximum efficiency, and employ bulletproof...

Oracle Database 11g SQL (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

• ISBN:
• 0071498508
• Authors:
• Jason Price

Write powerful SQL statements and PL/SQL programs Learn to access Oracle databases through SQL statements and construct PL/SQL programs with guidance from Oracle expert, Jason Price. Published by Oracle Press, Oracle Database 11g SQL explains how to retrieve and modify database information, use SQL Plus and SQL Developer, work with database objects, write PL/SQL programs, and much more. Inside, you'll find in-depth coverage of the very latest...

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide

• ISBN:
• 0071498524
• Authors:
• Dan Volitich

The Only Authorized Guide to IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Develop, deploy, and maintain a complete BI solution across your enterprise. IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide shows you how to take full advantage of the robust service-oriented architecture and simplified role-based user interfaces. Learn how to create, share, and analyze data-rich reports that lead to increased productivity and better business decisions....

Oracle Database 10g SQL (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

• ISBN:
• 0072229810
• Authors:
• Jason Price, Jason Price, McGraw-Hill

This volume will take you from novice to master, covering not only how to use SQL but also the Oracle extensions to SQL. The examples feature the sample schemas available with Oracle Database 10 g , and free code will be available for download.

The Leucocyte Antigen Factsbook, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0120781859
• Authors:
• A. Neil Barclay, Marion H. Brown, S. K. Alex K. Alex Law, Andrew J. McKnight, Michael G. Tomlinson, P. Anton van der Merwe

A volume in the popular FactsBook Series , the First Edition of The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook was hugely successful. The new Second Edition has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 65% to include new findings and up-to-date key references. The introductory chapters have also been updated, especially in terms of nomenclature, the role of the World Wide Web, and new structural data. The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook, Second Edition...

Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

• ISBN:
• 0123741378
• Authors:
• Joe Celko

Perfectly intelligent programmers often struggle when forced to work with SQL. Why? Joe Celko believes the problem lies with their procedural programming mindset, which keeps them from taking full advantage of the power of declarative languages. The result is overly complex and inefficient code, not to mention lost productivity. This book will change the way you think about the problems you solve with SQL programs.. Focusing on three key...

Encyclopedia of Insects

• ISBN:
• 0125869908

The Encyclopedia of Insects is a comprehensive work devoted to all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management. Articles provide definitive facts about all insects from aphids, beetles and butterflies to weevils and yellowjackets. Insects are beautiful and dreadful, ravenous pests and devastating disease vectors,...

Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL

• ISBN:
• 0131867164
• Authors:
• Marc Wandschneider

PHP and MySQL have become a serious and commercially viable system with which to develop web applications. With the relase of PHP 5, J2EE developers, in particular, are starting to take a second look at PHP. And while there are many books on the makret that describe PHP language syntax, there are very few that fully describe web application development with PHP and related technologies. This book describes the complete web application...

Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals

• ISBN:
• 0132252422
• Authors:
• John Day

Groundbreaking Patterns for Building Simpler, More Powerful Networks   In Patterns in Network Architecture , pioneer John Day takes a unique approach to solving the problem of network architecture. Piercing the fog of history, he bridges the gap between our experience from the original ARPANET and today’s Internet to a new perspective on networking. Along the way, he shows how socioeconomic forces derailed progress and led to the current...

The Theory of Open Quantum Systems

• ISBN:
• 0198520638
• Authors:
• Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione

The physics of open quantum systems plays a major role in modern experiments and theoretical developments of quantum mechanics. Written for graduate students and readers with research interests in open systems, this book provides an introduction into the main ideas and concepts, in addition to developing analytical methods and computer simulation techniques.

Mathematical Physics

• ISBN:
• 0201007274
• Authors:
• Eugene Butkov

Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server: Best Practice Architectures and Examples, 7th Edition (Microsoft Windows Server System Series)

• ISBN:
• 0321243625
• Authors:
• William R. Vaughn, Peter Blackburn

Since 1994 when he wrote his first “Hitchhiker’s Guide”, William Vaughn has been providing developers all over the world the intimate details of how SQL Server can be accessed and managed from RAD languages like Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET. With the 7th Edition, Bill has completely rewritten this encyclopedic work from cover to cover–giving readers his insightful views on how applications should be built to maximize both developer...

Handbook of Database Security: Applications and Trends

• ISBN:
• 0387485325
• Authors:
• Michael Gertz

The Handbook of Database Security: Applications & Trends, an edited volume by renowned researchers within data security, provides an up-to-date overview of data security models, techniques, and architectures in a variety of data management applications and settings. This edited volume represents the most comprehensive work on numerous data security aspects published in the last ten years. The Handbook of Database Security: Applications & Trends...

Mathematical Models of the Cell and Cell Associated Objects, Volume 206 (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0444527141
• Authors:
• Viktor V. Ivanov, Natalya V. Ivanova

This book gives the reader a survey of hundreds results in the field of the cell and cell associated objects modeling. Applications to modeling in the areas of AIDS, cancers and life longevity are investigated in this book. - Introduces and proves fundamental properties of evolutionary systems on optimal distribution of their various resources on their internal and external functions - Gives detailed analysis of applications to modeling AIDS,...

Programming Multi-Agent Systems in AgentSpeak using Jason (Wiley Series in Agent Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0470029005
• Authors:
• Rafael H. Bordini, Jomi Fred Hübner, Michael Wooldridge

Jason is an Open Source interpreter for an extended version of AgentSpeak – a logic-based agent-oriented programming language – written in Java™. It enables users to build complex multi-agent systems that are capable of operating in environments previously considered too unpredictable for computers to handle. Jason is easily customisable and is suitable for the implementation of reactive planning systems according to the...

Access 2007 Bible

• ISBN:
• 0470046732
• Authors:
• Michael R. Groh, Joseph C. Stockman, Gavin Powell, Cary N. Prague, Michael R. Irwin, Jennifer Reardon

"I recommend this book for anyone who wants a strong foundation in Access." —Jeff Lenamon, CIBC World Markets Updated edition with exciting new Access 2007 features! Harness the power of Access 2007 with the expert guidance in this comprehensive reference. Beginners will appreciate the thorough attention to database fundamentals and terminology. Experienced users can jump right into Access 2007 enhancements like the all-new user interface and...

Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel

• ISBN:
• 0470099518
• Authors:
• Gordon S. Linoff

Useful business analysis requires you to effectively transform data into actionable information. This book helps you use SQL and Excel to extract business information from relational databases and use that data to define business dimensions, store transactions about customers, produce results, and more. Each chapter explains when and why to perform a particular type of business analysis in order to obtain useful results, how to design and...

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470257024
• Authors:
• Robert Vieira

Master the increasingly complex feature set of the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server with the information in Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming . Review the new features of SQL Server that will be of interest to you as an experienced developer and move on to more detailed, practical code examples. Learn how to write complex queries, build different types of data structures, improve application speed and performance, manage...

Oracle 11g For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0470277653
• Authors:
• Chris Zeis, Chris Ruel, Michael Wessler

Are you a seasoned system administrator charged with setting up an Oracle database? Or did you suddenly become a DBA by default? If database administration with Oracle is part of your job, you’ll be glad to have Oracle 11g For Dummies in your cubicle. This nuts-and-bolts guide walks you through the mysteries of Oracle and database administration. You’ll learn how to understand Oracle database architecture, set up and manage an Oracle...

Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

• ISBN:
• 0470277742
• Authors:
• Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat

Understand how to use the new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for data mining by using the tools in Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 , which will show you how to use the SQL Server Data Mining Toolset with Office 2007 to mine and analyze data. Explore each of the major data mining algorithms, including naive bayes, decision trees, time series, clustering, association rules, and neural networks. Learn more about topics like mining...

Mastering SQL Server 2008

• ISBN:
• 047028904X
• Authors:
• Michael Lee, Gentry Bieker

As Microsoft’s bestselling database manager, SQL Server is highly flexible and customizable, and has excellent support—the 2008 version offers several significant new capabilities. This book offers accurate and expert coverage on the updates to SQL Server 2008 such as its enhanced security; the ability to encrypt an entire database, data files, and log files without the need for application changes; a scalable infrastructure that can manage...

Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction

• ISBN:
• 0470373172
• Authors:
• David Sholl, Janice A Steckel

Demonstrates how anyone in math, science, and engineering can master DFT calculations Density functional theory (DFT) is one of the most frequently used computational tools for studying and predicting the properties of isolated molecules, bulk solids, and material interfaces, including surfaces. Although the theoretical underpinnings of DFT are quite complicated, this book demonstrates that the basic concepts underlying the calculations are...

Cisco Network Professional's Advanced Internetworking Guide

• ISBN:
• 0470383607
• Authors:
• Patrick J. Conlan

Ideal for any IT professional who uses Cisco technologies on a daily basis, or anyone who is preparing for their Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. The topics covered will be more in depth than other introductory-level books of similar topics, and will span from layer 2 technologies such as switching, STP, etherchannel, and trunking, all the way to application layer security topics such as firewall inspection and...

Beginning Database Design Solutions (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470385499
• Authors:
• Rod Stephens

This book is intended for IT professionals and students who want to learn how to design, analyze, and understand databases. The material will benefit those who want a better high-level understanding of databases such as proposal managers, architects, project managers, and even customers. The material will also benefit those who will actually design, build, and work with databases such as database designers, database administrators, and...

Beginning Oracle Application Express (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470388374
• Authors:
• Rick Greenwald

Oracle Application Express is an easy-to-use application development environment built on the Oracle technology stack. There are two aspects of that previous sentence that you may find jarring—that Oracle, a company widely known for its database technology, has an application development environment, and that Oracle, a company thought of as delivering high-end, enterprise-ready technology, has anything that is easy to use. But, as this book...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0470398663
• Authors:
• John Paul Mueller

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 was made to help you handle e-mail, meeting management, and other essential office services. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 For Dummies helps you get a handle on Exchange Server. Pretty slick, huh? Here’s the lowdown on installing and administering Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and taking advantage of all the enhancements in Service Pack 1. With this handy guide, you’ll be able to maximize the security,...

Networking Self-Teaching Guide: OSI, TCP/IP, LAN's, MAN's, WAN's, Implementation, Management, and Maintenance (Wiley Self Teaching Guides)

• ISBN:
• 0470402385
• Authors:
• James Edwards, Richard Bramante

IT professionals who want to move into the networking side in a corporate or enterprise setting will find the detailed content they need to get up to speed on the very latest networking technologies; plus, current networking professionals will find this a valuable and up-to-date resource. This hands-on guide is designed so that you can select, design, and implement an actual network using the tutorials and steps in the book. Coverage includes an...

MySQL Administrator's Bible (Bible (Wiley))

• ISBN:
• 0470416912
• Authors:
• Sheeri K. Cabral, Keith Murphy

With special focus on the next major release of MySQL, this resource provides a solid framework for anyone new to MySQL or transitioning from another database platform, as well as experience MySQL administrators. The high-profile author duo provides essential coverage of the fundamentals of MySQL database management—including MySQL’s unique approach to basic database features and functions—as well as coverage of SQL queries, data and index...

Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1

• ISBN:
• 0470417331
• Authors:
• Jim McBee

Microsoft Exchange Server provides a reliable messaging system that protects against spam and viruses and allows for access to e-mail, voicemail, and calendars from a variety devices and any location. Fully updated for the latest release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), this book offers a look at the significant improvements and exciting features of SP1 and explains how they will increase productivity. Youll walk through...

FileMaker Pro 10 Bible

• ISBN:
• 0470429003
• Authors:
• Ray Cologon

FileMaker Pro 10 Bible provides information that grows with you no matter what your level when you start. Topics range from the general (how databases fit into real life and your business needs; comparisons with other database development tools; a broad discussion of integration with existing systems and software) through the building-blocks of FileMaker solutions, and on up to state-of-the-art advice on concepts of optimization,...

Cracking Drupal: A Drop in the Bucket

• ISBN:
• 0470429038
• Authors:
• Greg Knaddison

The first book to reveal the vulnerabilities and security issues that exist in the sites that have been built with Drupaland how to prevent them from continuing Drupal is an open source framework and content management system that allows users to create and organize content, customize presentation, automate tasks, and manage site visitors and contributors. Authored by a Drupal expert, this is the first book to reveal the vulnerabilities and...

Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration

• ISBN:
• 0470440910
• Authors:
• Chris Leiter, Dan Wood, Michael Cierkowski, Albert Boettger

SQL Server 2008 introduces many new features that will change database administration procedures; many DBAs will be forced to migrate to SQL Server 2008. This book teaches you how to develop the skills required to successfully administer a SQL Server 2008 database; no prior experience is required. The material covers system installation and configuration/architecting, implementing and monitoring security controls, configuring and managing...

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for Office 2007 Users

• ISBN:
• 047044875X
• Authors:
• Martin Reid

Aimed at end users who face the daunting task of mastering MOSS 2007 in the enterprise business environment, this book shows you how to make effective use of what can be a confusing array of features. You?ll review how SharePoint is central to the Microsoft Office platform because organizations use it to organize workflow, integrate Office documents with line of business applications, provide search capabilities across all types of documents and...

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470477288
• Authors:
• Ananthakumar Muthusamy, Yan Pan

The definitive guide to automating SQL Server admnistration with Powershell scripts If you're a SQL Server database administrator, this book will make your life easier. Windows PowerShell is an administrative scripting tool that allows you to automate many tasks you're probably currently doing by hand. This nuts-and-bolts guide shows you how to create Windows PowerShell scripts to administer almost every aspect of SQL Server. You'll get a...

Managing the Human Factor in Information Security: How to win over staff and influence business managers

• ISBN:
• 0470721995
• Authors:
• David Lacey

With the growth in social networking and the potential for larger and larger breaches of sensitive data,it is vital for all enterprises to ensure that computer users adhere to corporate policy and project staff design secure systems. Written by a security expert with more than 25 years' experience, this book examines how fundamental staff awareness is to establishing security and addresses such challenges as containing threats, managing...

Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation

• ISBN:
• 0471210056
• Authors:
• Ann B. Butler, William Hodos

Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy Evolution and Adaptation Second Edition Ann B. Butler and William Hodos The Second Edition of this landmark text presents a broad survey of comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy at the introductory level, representing a unique contribution to the field of evolutionary neurobiology. It has been extensively revised and updated, with substantially improved figures and diagrams that are used generously throughout...

Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

• ISBN:
• 0471347728
• Authors:
• Xiao-Hua Zhou, Donna K. McClish, Nancy A. Obuchowski

An important role of diagnostic medicine research is to estimate and compare the accuracies of diagnostic tests. This book provides a comprehensive account of statistical methods for design and analysis of diagnostic studies, including sample size calculations, estimation of the accuracy of a diagnostic test, comparison of accuracies of competing diagnostic tests, and regression analysis of diagnostic accuracy data. Discussing recently developed...

Hack Attacks Denied: Complete Guide to Network LockDown

• ISBN:
• 0471416258
• Authors:
• John Chirillo

Once you've seen firsthand in Hack Attacks Revealed all the tools and techniques that hackers use to exploit network security loopholes, you're ready to learn specific methods for protecting all parts of the network against security breaches. Corporate hack master Chirillo shows readers how to develop a security policy that has high alert capability for incoming attacks and a turnkey prevention system to keep them out. Network professionals will...

Culture of Animal Cells: A Manual of Basic Technique

• ISBN:
• 0471453293
• Authors:
• R. Ian Freshney

The most complete resource on the techniques, equipment,principles, and practices of animal cell culture Since publication of the previous edition of this benchmark text, numerous groundbreaking advances have occurred in stem cell research, cloning, tissue engineering, and in vitro toxicity testing. These and other developments have been incorporated into this fully revised and expanded Fifth Edition of Culture of Animal Cells. In addition, to...

Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Student Solutions Manual and Study Guide

• ISBN:
• 0471726443
• Authors:
• Erwin Kreyszig

This market leading text is known for its comprehensive coverage, careful and correct mathematics, outstanding exercises and self contained subject matter parts for maximum flexibility. Thoroughly updated and streamlined to reflect new developments in the field, the ninth edition of this bestselling text features modern engineering applications and the uses of technology. Kreyszig introduces engineers and computer scientists to advanced math...

Kinetic Peculiarities of Solid Phase Reactions

• ISBN:
• 0471983748
• Authors:
• E. Ya. Davydov, A. P. Vorotnikov, G. B. Pariyskii, G. E. Zaikov

Much data has been collected from experiments on the kinetios of radical reactions in different solids, but to date, this has not been presented in book format in a thorough and comprehensive way. This book makes the experimental data accessible for all chemists involved in these reactions. Various models of the tunnel atom transfer are analyzed in order to explain the kinetic isotope effect in solid phase reactions and photoinitiated radical...

Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (Cards, Coins, and Other Magic)

• ISBN:
• 0486203352
• Authors:
• Martin Gardner

Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. Probability, sets, theory of numbers clearly explained. Also, more than 400 tricks, guaranteed to work, that you can do. 135 illustrations.

Self-Working Card Tricks (Cards, Coins, and Other Magic)

• ISBN:
• 0486233340
• Authors:
• Karl Fulves

spectacular and entertaining tricks: card locations, coincidence tricks, mental magic with cards, tricks with double endings, tricks with two decks, predictions, tricks with borrowed decks, trick poker deals. Easy-to-learn, clearly illustrated, these tricks produce spectacular effects with a minimum of practice.

Calculus of Variations

• ISBN:
• 0486414485
• Authors:
• I. M. Gelfand, S. V. Fomin

First six chapters include theory of fields and sufficient conditions for weak and strong extrema. Chapter 7 considers application of variation methods to systems with infinite degrees of freedom, and Chapter 8 deals with direct methods in the calculus of variations. Problems follow each chapter and the two appendices. Fresh, lively text is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in math and physics.

Analogies Between Analogies: The Mathematical Reports of S.M. Ulam and his Los Alamos Collaborators (Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences)

• ISBN:
• 0520052900
• Authors:
• S. M. Ulam

During his forty-year association with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, mathematician Stanislaw Ulam produced many Laboratory Reports, usually in collaboration with colleagues. Some remain classified to this day. The rest are in this volume, easily accessible for the first time to mathematicians, physical scientists, and historians. The timeliness of these papers is remarkable. They contain seminal ideas in fields such as the theory of...

Introduction to Classical Integrable Systems (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0521036704
• Authors:
• Olivier Babelon, Denis Bernard, Michel Talon

Introducing the reader to classical integrable systems and their applications, this book synthesizes the different approaches to the subject, providing a set of interconnected methods for solving problems in mathematical physics. The authors introduce and explain each method, and demonstrate how it can be applied to particular examples. Rather than presenting an exhaustive list of the various integrable systems, they focus on classical objects...

Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics: Theory and Application (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 0521102448
• Authors:
• L. C. Biedenharn, James D. Louck

This text develops the theory of angular momentum from the viewpoint of a fundamental symmetry in nature and shows how this concept relates to applied areas of research in modern quantum physics.

Pheromones and Animal Behaviour: Communication by Smell and Taste

• ISBN:
• 052148068X
• Authors:
• Tristram D. Wyatt

The importance of chemical communication is illustrated in this study with examples from a diverse range of animals including humans, marine copepods, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, moths, snakes, goldfish, elephants and mice. For students of ecology, evolution and behavior, Tristram Wyatt provides an introduction to the rapid progress in the understanding of olfaction at the molecular and neurological level. In addition, he offers...

Communicating and Mobile Systems: the Pi-Calculus

• ISBN:
• 0521658691
• Authors:
• Robin Milner

Communication is a fundamental and integral part of computing, whether between different computers on a network, or between components within a single computer. In this book Robin Milner introduces a new way of modelling communication that reflects its position. He treats computers and their programs as themselves built from communicating parts, rather than adding communication as an extra level of activity. Everything is introduced by means of...

Granular Physics

• ISBN:
• 0521660785
• Authors:
• Anita Mehta

The field of granular physics has burgeoned since its development in the late 1980s, when physicists first began to use statistical mechanics to study granular media. They are prototypical of complex systems, manifesting metastability, hysteresis and bistability, and a range of other fascinating phenomena. This book is a wide-ranging account of developments in granular physics, and lays out the foundations of the statics and dynamics of granular...

Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference

• ISBN:
• 0521773628
• Authors:
• Judea Pearl

Written by one of the pre-eminent researchers in the field, this book provides a comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation. It shows how causality has grown from a nebulous concept into a mathematical theory with significant applications in the fields of statistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, cognitive science, and the health and social sciences. Pearl presents a unified account of the probabilistic, manipulative,...

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide

• ISBN:
• 0521813727
• Authors:
• K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson, S. J. Bence

The new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook contains several major additions, including more than four hundred new exercises (with hints and answers). To match the mathematical preparation of current senior college and university entrants, the authors have included a preliminary chapter covering areas such as polynomial equations, trigonometric identities, coordinate geometry, partial fractions, binomial expansions, induction, and the...

Elements of Statistical Mechanics: With an Introduction to Quantum Field Theory and Numerical Simulation

• ISBN:
• 0521841984
• Authors:
• Ivo Sachs, Siddhartha Sen, James Sexton

This concise introduction to the key concepts and tools of modern statistical mechanics is self-contained. Combining analytical and numerical techniques, it also covers advanced topics such as non-relativistic quantum field theory. After introducing classical analytical techniques, the authors present important numerical methods and a diverse range of applications. Quantum statistical mechanics is then analyzed and applied to topics in...

Biology and Pathology of Trophoblast

• ISBN:
• 0521851653

This is the first dedicated, in-depth account of trophoblast: the tissue derived from the fertilized egg that nourishes and protects the developing fetus. The cells of the trophoblast have many unique qualities, and exhibit great variability across different species. It has a fascinating role in the development of the placenta and as a regulator during early growth of the embryo. These aspects are all fully covered as well as studies on why it...

An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

• ISBN:
• 0521865573
• Authors:
• Keith Stowe

This introductory textbook for standard undergraduate courses in thermodynamics has been completely rewritten. Starting with an overview of important quantum behaviours, the book teaches students how to calculate probabilities, in order to provide a firm foundation for later chapters. It introduces the ideas of classical thermodynamics and explores them both in general and as they are applied to specific processes and interactions. The remainder...

Introduction to Information Retrieval

• ISBN:
• 0521865719
• Authors:
• Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan, Hinrich Schütze

Class-tested and coherent, this groundbreaking new textbook teaches web-era information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and text clustering from basic concepts. Written from a computer science perspective by three leading experts in the field, it gives an up-to-date treatment of all aspects of the design and implementation of systems for gathering, indexing, and searching documents; methods for...

A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations

• ISBN:
• 052187761X
• Authors:
• Daniel Fleisch

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be...

Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction

• ISBN:
• 0521880238
• Authors:
• Ian Aitchison

Supersymmetry represents the culmination of the search for fundamental symmetries that has dominated particle physics for 50 years. Traditionally, the constituents of matter (fermions) were regarded as different from the particles (bosons) transmitting the forces between them. In supersymmetry, fermions and bosons are unified. Intended for graduate students in particle physics, and researchers in experimental and phenomenological supersymmetry,...

Mastering Oracle SQL

• ISBN:
• 0596001290
• Authors:
• Sanjay Mishra, Alan Beaulieu

Few books on the market today go beyond discussing syntax and the barest rudiments of using Oracle SQL. This book changes that, showing you how to creatively leverage the full power of SQL to write queries in an Oracle environment. This book shows you how to: Leverage Oracle's vast library of built-in SQL functionsQuery time-based data, and write joins involving date and time rangesUse Oracle SQL's hierarchical query features to deal with data...

Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0596004729
• Authors:
• Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, Chip Dawes

The new edition of this must-have pocket guide boils down the most vital information from Oracle PL/SQL Programming , the bestseller that many consider "the Bible" for PL/SQL development. Indispensable for new and seasoned Oracle database developers alike, this pocket guide summarizes features available in Oracle's powerful new product-- Oracle9i --and provides essential information on PL/SQL block structure, fundamental language elements,...

Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL, 2nd Edition

• ISBN:
• 0596005431
• Authors:
• Hugh E. Williams

There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site:to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the background and tools to do the job safely and...

Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs

• ISBN:
• 0596005873
• Authors:
• Arup Nanda, Steven Feuerstein

PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language, has been the cornerstone of Oracle application development for nearly 15 years. Although primarily a tool for developers, PL/SQL has also become an essential tool for database administration, as DBAs take increasing responsibility for site performance and as the lines between developers and DBAs blur. Until now, there has not been a book focused squarely on the language topics of special concern to...

Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference

• ISBN:
• 0596006012
• Authors:
• Jonathan Gennick, Peter Linsley

Support for regular expressions in SQL and PL/SQL is one of the most exciting features of Oracle Database 10G. Oracle has long supported the ANSI-standard LIKE predicate for rudimentary pattern matching, but regular expressions take pattern matching to a new level. They provide a powerful way to select data that matches a pattern, as well as to manipulate, rearrange, and change that data. This concise pocket guide is part tutorial and part...

Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials

• ISBN:
• 0596006217
• Authors:
• Robert Stackowiak, Donald Bales, Rick Greenwald

The new Oracle Application Server offers a wide range of functionality, including Java runtime and development tools, portal development tools, business intelligence, single sign-on identify management, and much more. It's so powerful and complex, in fact, that many people who use the product (or are considering using it) are familiar with only a portion of the entire range of its capabilities. The choices can be overwhelming. Few people grasp...

Access 2003 for Starters: Exactly What You Need to Get Started (Missing Manual)

• ISBN:
• 0596006659
• Authors:
• Kate J Chase, Scott Palmer

Maybe you got Access as part of Microsoft Office and wonder what it can do for you and your household; maybe you're a small business manager and don't have a techie on staff to train the office in Microsoft Access. Regardless, you want to quickly get your feet wet--but not get in over your head--and "Access 2003 for Starters: The Missing Manual" is the book to make it happen. Far more than a skimpy introduction but much less daunting than a...

Learning SQL

• ISBN:
• 0596007272
• Authors:
• Alan Beaulieu

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standard programming language for generating, manipulating, and retrieving information from a relational database. If you're working with a relational database--whether you're writing applications, performing administrative tasks, or generating reports--you need to know how to interact with your data. Even if you are using a tool that generates SQL for you, such as a reporting tool, there may still be cases...

RFID Essentials (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

• ISBN:
• 0596009445
• Authors:
• Bill Glover, Himanshu Bhatt

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way businesses track inventory and assets. From Wal-Mart and Tesco to the U.S. Department of Defense, early efforts are already showing benefits, but software, integration, and data processing for RFID still present a challenge. If you are a developer or an architect charged with developing an RFID system, this book is for you. Drawing on extensive experience, Bill Glover and Himanshu...

Integrating Excel and Access

• ISBN:
• 0596009739
• Authors:
• Michael Schmalz

In a corporate setting, the Microsoft Office Suite is an invaluable set of applications. One of Offices' biggest advantages is that its applications can work together to share information, produce reports, and so on. The problem is, there isn't much documentation on their cross-usage. Until now. Introducing "Integrating Excel and Access," the unique reference that shows you how to combine the strengths of Microsoft Excel with those of Microsoft...

Backup and Recovery

• ISBN:
• 0596102461
• Authors:
• W. Curtis Preston

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of "Unix Backup & Recovery" by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material. "Backup & Recovery" starts with a complete overview of backup philosophy and design, including the basic backup utilities of tar, dump, cpio, ntbackup, ditto,...

MySQL Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

• ISBN:
• 0596514263
• Authors:
• George Reese

To help you be more efficient in your work, this handy pocket reference gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. This powerful database system is so rich in features that no administrator or programmer can stay familiar with all of them. MySQL Pocket Reference is an ideal on-the-job companion, well organized to help you find and adapt the...

Mastering Regular Expressions

• ISBN:
• 0596528124
• Authors:
• Jeffrey Friedl

Regular expressions are an extremely powerful tool for manipulating text and data. They are now standard features in a wide range of languages and popular tools, including Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, VB.NET and C# (and any language using the .NET Framework), PHP, and MySQL. If you don't use regular expressions yet, you will discover in this book a whole new world of mastery over your data. If you already use them, you'll appreciate this book's...

Biology of Freshwater Crayfish

• ISBN:
• 063205431X

Deals with the crayfish general biology with particular attention give to crayfish status and conservation, genetic variation and physiological adaptation to the environment.

Physiology and Behaviour of Animal Suffering (UFAW Animal Welfare)

• ISBN:
• 0632064684
• Authors:
• Neville G. Gregory

Suffering is a state of mind that is difficult to measure and analyse in human beings and considerably more so in animals. It is related to the environment in which we live and our physical and mental states. Understanding the physiology of suffering in animals is crucial in assessing animal welfare. Written by an expert in applied welfare aspects of physiology, this book is the first to address the physiological aspects of suffering in animals....

.NET Framework Security

• ISBN:
• 067232184X
• Authors:
• Brian A. LaMacchia, Sebastian Lange, Matthew Lyons, Rudi Martin, Kevin T. Price

The definite security reference and guide to the new programming platform from Microsoft. Written by people who have designed and implemented the security features and infrastructure in the .NET Framework that ASP.NET, C#, VB or Managed C++ applications run on. Softcover.

MySQL Database Design and Tuning

• ISBN:
• 0672327651
• Authors:
• Robert D Schneider

The authoritative, hands-on guide to advanced MySQL programming and administration techniques for high performance is here. MySQL Database Design and Tuning is the only guide with coverage of both the basics and advanced topics, including reliability, performance, optimization and tuning for MySQL. This clear, concise and unique source for the most reliable MySQL performance information will show you how to: Deploy the right MySQL product for...

MySQL Administrator's Guide and Language Reference (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0672328704
• Authors:
• MySQL AB

Written by the creators of MySQL and edited by one of the most highly respected MySQL authors, the MySQL Administrator's Guide and Language Reference is the official guide to installing MySQL, to setting up and administering MySQL databases, and to storing and retrieving data in these databases. This new edition combines into one book the MySQL Language Reference (on CD) with the practical information of the MySQL Administrator's Guide book. ...

SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration

• ISBN:
• 0672329565
• Authors:
• Ross Mistry, Chris Amaris, Alec Minty, Rand Morimoto

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration , based on Service Pack 2, addresses the challenges database administrators regularly encounter on SQL Server 2005 by providing detailed guidance in the areas of management, administration, security, and monitoring. With coverage of the new features and functionality of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, this book is designed to be comprehensive, resulting in something for all database...

Histology: A Text and Atlas

• ISBN:
• 0683302426
• Authors:
• Michael H Ross, Gordon I Kaye, Wojciech Pawlina, Michael H. Ross

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. Atlas has been completely revised and includes new color digital micrographs, cell and molecular biology information, and updated atlas section, text headings, boxes highlighting functional and clinical aspects, and more. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover.

Langman's Medical Embryology

• ISBN:
• 0683306502
• Authors:
• Thomas W Sadler

Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Focuses on the essentials of clinically relevant aspects of embryology. Provides an understanding of the principles of embryogenesis that can be used in the diagnosis, care, and prevention of birth defects. New three-dimensional computer images have been added. Previous edition: c1995. For students. Softcover. DNLM: Embryology.

Dynamics of Cancer: Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution (Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology)

• ISBN:
• 0691133662
• Authors:
• Steven A. Frank

The onset of cancer presents one of the most fundamental problems in modern biology. In Dynamics of Cancer , Steven Frank produces the first comprehensive analysis of how particular genetic and environmental causes influence the age of onset. The book provides a unique conceptual and historical framework for understanding the causes of cancer and other diseases that increase with age. Using a novel quantitative framework of reliability and...

Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming (Pro-Developer)

• ISBN:
• 0735614229
• Authors:
• Jeffrey Richter

This title takes advanced developers and software designers under the covers of .NET to provide them with an in-depth understanding of its structure, functions, and operational components so they can create high-performance applications for .NET more easily and efficiently. Developers learn to program .NET applications while gaining a solid understanding of fundamental .NET design tenets. This title not only covers the infrastructure and...

Mobilize Yourself! The Microsoft Guide to Mobile Technology

• ISBN:
• 0735615020
• Authors:
• Robert L. Bogue

Be everywhere-and take your office with you-with the help of MOBILIZE YOURSELF! THE MICROSOFT GUIDE TO MOBILE TECHNOLOGY. Discover how to choose the right products and services-such as the Pocket PC, the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client, Microsoft Mobile Information Server, the MSNnetwork of Internet services, and more-to stay as productive on the road as you'd be at your desk. The book focuses on the key activities of mobile...

MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .N

• ISBN:
• 0735615861
• Authors:
• Microsoft Corporation

Learn how to build XML Web services and server components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Visual C#™ .NET?as you prepare for MCAD or MCSD certification. Includes study guide for Exams 70-310 and 70-320, evaluation software, eBook, and testing tool.

MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Windows®-Based Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#® .NET, Second Ed (Pro-Certification)

• ISBN:
• 0735619263
• Authors:
• Matthew A. Stoecker, Microsoft Corporation

Get self-paced, from-the-source exam preparation and self-assessment for the skills measured by MCP Exams 70-306 and 70-316—core requirements for MCAD and MCSD certification. Features an enhanced testing tool, plus deeper coverage of Microsoft ADO.NET.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Companion (Administrators Companion)

• ISBN:
• 0735619794
• Authors:
• Walter J. Glenn, Bill English

This comprehensive, daily-operations guide provides the hands-on information you need to install, configure, and manage Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

Inside Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

• ISBN:
• 0735621969
• Authors:
• Kalen Delaney, Sunil Agarwal, Craig Freedman, Ron Talmage, Adam Machanic

Dive deep into the internals of query tuning and optimization in SQL Server 2005 with this comprehensive reference. Understanding the internals of SQL Server helps database developers and administrators to better create, access, and effectively process information from enterprise data. Written by experts on SQL Server, this volume from the Inside Microsoft SQL Server series of books focuses on query tuning and optimization. You'll take an...

Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft))

• ISBN:
• 0735622507
• Authors:
• Stacia Misner, Hitachi Consulting

Your hands-on guide to learning Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft’s customizable reporting solution for business data analysis. Reporting Services is a powerful tool for business intelligence, so an understanding of the essentials—how to architect a report, as well as how to install and program Reporting Services—is key to harnessing the full benefits of SQL Server. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to get started,...

Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel

• ISBN:
• 074355597X
• Authors:
• Martin Cruz Smith

From the bestselling author of Gorky Park ...the return of Arkady RenkoInvestigator Arkady Renko has been assigned the thankless job of investigating sightings of the ghost of Joseph Stalin -- a new phenomenon that seems part political hocus pocus, part wishful thinking. Among many Russians, Stalin is again popular -- unlike Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, whose lover has left him for a charismatic detective Renko suspects...

Biology of Disease

• ISBN:
• 0748772103
• Authors:
• Nessar Ahmed, Maureen Dawson, Chris Smith, Ed Wood

Biology of Disease describes the biology of many of the human disorders and diseases that are encountered in a clinical setting. It is designed for first and second year students in biomedical science programs and will also be a highly effective reference for health science professionals as well as being valuable to students beginning medical school. Real cases are used to illustrate the importance of biology in understanding the causes of...

Chemical Process Safety, Third Edition: Learning from Case Histories

• ISBN:
• 075067749X
• Authors:
• Roy E. Sanders

Gives insight into eliminating specific classes of hazards, while providing real case histories with valuable messages. There are practical sections on mechanical integrity, management of change, and incident investigation programs, along with a long list of helpful resources. New chapter in this edition covers accidents involving compressors, hoses and pumps. * Stay up to date on all the latest OSHA requirements, including the OSHA required...

Apache, MySQL, and PHP Weekend Crash Course

• ISBN:
• 0764543202
• Authors:
• Steven M. Schafer

Get up to speed on Apache, MySQL, and PHP – in a weekend! The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Apache Web server, MySQL database, and PHP scripting. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you installed all three of these technologies. Perhaps you've never used Apache, MySQL, and PHP together. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you...

Expert One-on-One Microsoft Access Application Development

• ISBN:
• 0764559044
• Authors:
• Helen Feddema

If you are developing databases for your own use, the process need not be complicated. But when you build databases for clients, many of whom may not be familiar with Access or comfortable with databases in general, you have a lot more work to do. Expert One-on-One Microsoft Access Application Development makes that process easier. In these pages, you discover how to set up tables and relationships to ensure that the database is properly...

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases Beta Preview

• ISBN:
• 0764570811
• Authors:
• John Kauffman

With help from Microsoft ASP.NET insider Bradley Millington, this book will be the first book available on ASP.NET Databases when the first beta is put into wide distribution in 2004. The book covers both VB.NET and C# coding for ASP.NET databases so readers don't have to decide up front which language they want more and retailers no longer have to manage inventory on separate language versions. By returning to a single lead author (John...

Access VBA Programming For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764574116
• Authors:
• Alan Simpson

* This friendly, easy-to-use guide shows experienced Access users how to use * VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to build Access databases and applications, but also covers programming fundamentals for nonprogrammers * Includes practical, ready-to-use VBA code examples that readers can type or copy and paste from the Web into their own database projects * Explains basic VBA skills and concepts for nonprogrammers, such as procedures, variables,...

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For Dummies

• ISBN:
• 0764577557
• Authors:
• Andrew Watt

Now updated to reflect the much-anticipated "Yukon" release of SQL Server, this friendly guide shows database developers and administrators as well as those who use database application how to get up to speed fast Offers a gentle introduction to relational database design and shows how to build databases, create database applications, and maintain and optimize database performance Covers the major new features of the "Yukon" release-including...

Grant's Dissector

• ISBN:
• 0781758483
• Authors:
• Patrick W Tank

The Thirteenth edition of Grant's Dissector restores this renowned anatomy lab manual to its original purpose, which is to serve as a step-by-step manual for dissection procedures. This new edition features a more streamlined approach to cadaver dissection, focusing on more accurate, specific, and clear steps. The overall number of pages and figures has been reduced, reflecting a general trend toward fewer contact hours in the gross anatomy lab.

Certified Lotus Professional: Application Development Study Guide

• ISBN:
• 0782126685
• Authors:
• Cate McCoy

With more than 20 million installed seats of Lotus Notes worldwide, the demand for certified Notes application developers is booming. This book provides you with all the information you'll need to pass the three exams required for the Application Development track in the Certified Lotus Professional program for Release 5 of Notes and Domino. The content maps directly to Lotus' exam competencies. Challenging review questions, both in the book and...

MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET Windows and Web Applications Study Guide

• ISBN:
• 0782141617
• Authors:
• Brian Reisman, Mitch Ruebush

Get ready for two of the hottest new Microsoft developer exams with the MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET Windows and Web Applications Study Guide. By passing these two exams, you can fulfill one core and one elective MCAD requirement or two core MCSD requirements. Organized for optimal learning and retention, this book provides in-depth coverage of all objectives for exams 70-305 and 70-306, along with practical insights drawn from real-world...

The Purchasing and Supply Manager's Guide To The C.P.M. Exam

• ISBN:
• 0782143652
• Authors:
• Fred Sollish, John Semanik

Sybex, the leader in certification, is offering C.P.M. (Certified Purchasing Manager) candidates a unique and economical resource: comprehensive coverage of all four certification exams in one book, at a very low price. Sponsored by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), the C.P.M. (Certified Purchasing Manager) Certification is a globally recognized designation that validates the knowledge and skills required of today's purchasing...

Power Excel and Word

• ISBN:
• 0782143792
• Authors:
• Dan Gookin

For experienced and routine users of Excel and Word, this one-of-a-kind book offers productive tips for Microsoft's two most indispensable Office products in one volume. It skips over the basic functions that you're already familiar with, and jumps right in to practical discussions of real world tasks. Once again, best-selling author Dan Gookin employs his trademark approach--informative and productivity-enhancing instruction with a fun...

Fiber Optics Installer and Technician Guide

• ISBN:
• 0782143903
• Authors:
• Bill Woodward, Emile B. Husson

Developed in partnership with the Electronic Technician's Association, this book covers the two leading fiber optics certifications: ETA’s Fiber Optics Installer (FOI) and Fiber Optics Technician (FOT). In addition to a comprehensive self-study course, you’ll get a solid foundation in fiber optics directly from the chairman of the ETA, who also serves as the committee chairman for FOI and FOT certification programs. The CD includes advanced...

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork Workbook: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team

• ISBN:
• 0785265767
• Authors:
• John C. Maxwell

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork has quickly become one of John Maxwell's bestselling books on leadership. Now, in this companion workbook, Dr. Maxwell provides a tool every person can use to adapt the 17 Laws to leadership at home, work, and church.

Book of Numbers

• ISBN:
• 0785824472
• Authors:
• Tim Glynne-Jones

Science Fiction And Fantasy Artists Of The Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary

• ISBN:
• 0786434236
• Authors:
• Jane Frank

This biographical dictionary presents information on 400 artists whose influence and illustrative contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature helped define the 20th century as the "Science Fiction Century" and helped established science fiction and fantasy as unique and identifiable genres. In addition to providing basic, inclusive biographical data on venerable artists from Chris Achilleos to John Michael Zeleznik,...

I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews With 23 Veterans of Horror and Sci-Fi Films and Television

• ISBN:
• 0786441186
• Authors:
• Tom Weaver

"I talked with a zombie"-it DOES seem like an odd thing to say! But for over 25 years, Tom Weaver has been chatting up zombies and many other vintage movie monsters, along with the screenwriters, producers, directors and actors responsible for bringing them to life. In this newest compilation of interviews, 23 more veterans share their stories-strange, frightening and even a little funny-this time with an increased emphasis on genre TV series...

Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource - Corals, Jellyfish, Sponges and Other Simple Animals

• ISBN:
• 0787694126
• Authors:
• Madeline S. Harris, Neil Schlager, Jayne Weisblatt, Bernhard Grzimek

Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource: Corals, Jellyfish, Sponges and Other Simple Animals offers readers comprehensive and easy-to-use information on Earth's animals. Entries are arranged by taxonomy, the science through which living things are classified into related groups. Each entry includes sections on physical characteristics; geographic range; habitat; diet; behavior and reproduction; animals and people; and conservation status. Family...

The Mediation Field Guide: Transcending Litigation and Resolving Conflicts in Your Business or Organization

• ISBN:
• 078795571X
• Authors:
• Barbara Ashley Phillips

At last--the definitive one-stop guide for anyone who wants to know what mediation is and how it works. The Mediation Field Guide is a comprehensive primer that is filled with practical strategies for elevating conflict resolution to a process that can effectively resolve business, personal, community, and institutional disputes on multiple levels. Throughout the book, expert mediator Barbara Ashley Phillips provides insights into both the...

Career Choice and Development

• ISBN:
• 0787957410

The fourth edition of Career Choice and Developmen t brings together the most current ideas of the recognized authorities in the field of career development. This classic best-seller has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include the most influential theories of career choice and development, and it contains up-to-date information regarding the application of these theories to counseling practice. This edition contains a wide range of...

Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations

• ISBN:
• 0787960373

The subject of personality has received increasing attention from industrial/organizational psychologists in both research and practice settings over the past decade. But while there is an overabundance of information related to the narrow area of personality testing and employee selection, there has been no definitive source offering a broader perspective on the overall topic of personality in the workplace. Personality and Work at last...

Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic Communications, New and Revised

• ISBN:
• 0787963976
• Authors:
• Terry Pearce

As the cycle of change increases its speed, leadership communication is becoming more important than ever. Since the original publication of Leading Out Loud in 1995, the development of a leader's message has become as critical to success as the delivery of that message. In this new and revised edition of his highly praised work, Terry Pearce explains how the events of recent years, including the information revolution, worldwide focus on...

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

• ISBN:
• 0787964271
• Authors:
• Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal

In this third edition of their best-selling classic, authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal explain the powerful tool of "reframing." The authors have distilled the organizational literature into a comprehensive approach for looking at situations from more than one angle. Their four frames view organizations as factories, families, jungles, and theaters or temples: The Structural Frame : how to organize and structure groups and teams to get...

Revolution in the Mailbox: Your Guide to Successful Direct Mail Fundraising (The Mal Warwick Fundraising Series)

• ISBN:
• 0787964298
• Authors:
• Mal Warwick

This updated edition of Mal Warwick's landmark book Revolution in the Mailbox has been thoroughly revised to provide your nonprofit organization with the most current and comprehensive survey of direct mail fundraising available anywhere. If you follow Warwick’s practical, down-to-earth advice, direct mail will help your organization grow, gain visibility, involve your donors, increase its efficiency, and achieve financial stability. Written...

To the Desert and Back: The Story of the Most Dramatic Business Transformation on Record

• ISBN:
• 0787966770
• Authors:
• Philip H. Mirvis, Karen Ayas, George Roth

Dove, Lipton, Knorr, Ben & Jerry's, and Slim*Fast are a few of the brands that are part of the $66 billion global empire known as Unilever. When the story opens, one of its divisions is in deep trouble— declining volume, eroding margins, critical quality problems— and is close to being sold off. Then Tex Gunning, its visionary new division chairman, takes the stage, an expanding circle of young leaders takes charge, and once-skeptical...

Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)

• ISBN:
• 0787971545
• Authors:
• Constantinos C. Markides, Paul A. Geroski

Discover why being a "fast second" is often more financially rewarding than being at the cutting edge. If you get there first, you'll lead the pack, right? Not necessarily! The skill-sets of most established companies, say strategy experts Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski, are far better suited to scaling up newly created markets pioneered by others (in other words, being "fast seconds") than to creating these markets from scratch. In Fast...

Leading Organizational Learning

• ISBN:
• 0787972185
• Authors:
• Howard Morgan, Marc J. Rosenberg, Marcia Conner

Leading Organizational Learning brings together today’s top thinkers in organizational learning--including Jon Katzenbach, Margaret J. Wheatley, Dave Ulrich, Calhoun W. Wick, Beverly Kaye, and other thought and industry leaders. This handbook helps business, government, and nonprofit leaders understand how to master learning and knowledge sharing within their organizations.  This one-of-a-kind volume is filled with chapters that directly...

101 Ways to Make Training Active (Active Training Series)

• ISBN:
• 0787976121
• Authors:
• Mel Silberman

When it was first published in 1995, Mel Silberman's 101 Ways to Make Training Active became an instant bestseller. Now this revised and updated second edition offers the same dynamic approach and several completely new case examples. The examples support each exercise and highlight real-time uses of the highly successful Active Training method. In addition, the book includes 200 training tips that form the nuts-and-bolts of successful active...

Emotional Intelligence In Action: Training and Coaching Activities for Leaders and Managers

• ISBN:
• 0787978434
• Authors:
• Marcia Hughes, L. Bonita Patterson, James Bradford Terrell

Emotional Intelligence in Action shows how to tap the power of EI through forty-six exercises that can be used to build effective emotional skills and create real change. The workouts are designed to align with the four leading emotional intelligence measures—EQ-I® or EQ-360™, ECI 360, MSCEIT™, and EQ Map®, —or can be used independently or as part of a wider leadership and management development program. All of the book’s forty-six...

Divine Madness: Ten Stories of Creative Struggle

• ISBN:
• 0787981494
• Authors:
• Jeffrey A. Kottler

"Madness can afford the individual certain resources and abilities that are not available to others. The fantasy life, free flight of ideas, distortions of reality, and heightened senses . . . offer a unique perspective on the world." —From the Introduction Why do some extraordinary individuals overcome mental anguish and produce brilliant creative artistry that is often enhanced by their madness? New York Times best-selling author and noted...

Focused Operations Management for Health Services Organizations

• ISBN:
• 078798454X
• Authors:
• Boaz Ronen, Joseph S. Pliskin, Shimeon Pass

Focused Operations Management for Health Services Organizations offers managers and staff the practical knowledge and tools they need to accomplish much more within existing resources. This text identifies common bottlenecks and constraints and focuses on the critical issues and processes faced by managers in the health care field. The book provides tools to significantly improve organizational operations as well as enhance quality and customer...

The Masterful Coaching Fieldbook: Grow Your Business, Multiply Your Profits, Win the Talent War! (Essential Knowledge Resource)

• ISBN:
• 078798602X
• Authors:
• Robert Hargrove

Robert Hargrove shares his secrets as a masterful coach with leaders of all levels: Coaching is about realizing an impossible dream and winning at the great game of business, not just about changing attitudes and behaviors . This book describes: How to find the best talent on earth How to create an impossible future and WIN in your business How to create a winning game plan How business can be the ultimate self-development and growth experience

How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters (w/CD) (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series)

• ISBN:
• 0787999083
• Authors:
• Mal Warwick

Write with confidence and reach your donors You'll learn all the essential components of writing for success from this go-to book for writing for fundraising! Mal Warwick, the nation's premier letter-writing tutor and direct mail expert, shows you the essential tools for making your direct marketing program a success. He gives you both general advice about the most effective direct mail strategies and specific guidance. Learn his step-by-step...

A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet

• ISBN:
• 078903199X
• Authors:
• Ka wai Fan

Learn about the latest developments in Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicines such as acupuncture, herbal therapies, and Qigong have long played an important role in preventing diseases and prolonging life. A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet frees readers from having to sift through the countless web sites on their own to find up-to-date, quality, reliable information on these and more types of Chinese medicine. This handy...

Gwathmey Siegel: Buildings and Projects 1965-2000 (Universe Architecture Series)

• ISBN:
• 0789304015

The international residential, commercial, and institutional work that positioned this New York firm among the world's architectural elite is featured in this volume, which takes an unprecedented look at Gwathmey Siegel's contributions over the last 35 years. More than 30 projects are documented in photographs, drawings, and descriptions. From Charles Gwathmey's design and construction of Gwathmey Studio and House to the Levitt Center for...

The Wi-Fi Experience: Everyone's Guide to 802.11b Wireless Networking

• ISBN:
• 0789726629
• Authors:
• Harold Davis, Richard Mansfield

This book is a complete "experience" for Wi-Fi users, offering how-to instructions and software discounts, full versions on the CD, and recommendations for Wi-Fi projects. The author takes the reader beyond just wireless networking to explore Wi-Fi capabilities in real-world applications such as Wi-Fi with PDAs, VOIP, and building your own Wi-Fi phone.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 11

• ISBN:
• 0789730715
• Authors:
• Laura Acklen

Whether you're new to WordPerfect or upgrading from a previous version, Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 11 teaches you what you need to know to get right to work! This fun to read and easy to understand book starts with the basics, helping you build a foundation of knowledge so that you can be confident and comfortable using the software. In no time, you'll be able to produce letters, invoices, spreadsheets, presentations, and much...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking

• ISBN:
• 0789731150
• Authors:
• Harold Davis

WiFi is one of the fastest growing technologies of all time and everyone is interested in learning how to use it. This book makes all the information about WiFi, including the standards and protocols, and how they relate easy to understand. This book covers everything about WiFi, from what to look for how to set up a users computer with WiFi to finding hotspots and access points. Users will be able to configure a home network and share internet...

Network+ Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram N10-003) (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0789732548
• Authors:
• Mike Harwood, Drew Bird, Ed Tittel

A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0789737965 ISBN-13: 9780789737960   Attention Network + Candidates: Stop spending valuable study time sorting through confusing study aids. Network + Exam Cram 2 is the second edition of a best-selling Network + study guide that gives you unique insight into exam concepts. Packed with test-taking strategies, time-saving tips and Exam Notes, only the information that you need to know for the...

Network+ Exam Prep 2 (Exam Prep N10-003) (N10-003 Bk. 2)

• ISBN:
• 0789732556
• Authors:
• Mike Harwood

Attention Network+ Candidates: Stop spending valuable study time sorting through confusing study aids. Network + Exam Prep 2 is the ultimate self-study guide for the Network + exam. Featuring exercises, self-assessments, study strategies, exam tips and notes, this comprehensive guide will help you understand the concepts behind the exam objectives and score better on the test.  Network + Exam Prep 2 is the smarter, more efficient way to get...

Special Edition Using WordPerfect Office X3

• ISBN:
• 0789734273
• Authors:
• Laura Acklen, Read Gilgen

Special Edition Using WordPerfect Office X3 is crammed full of tips, tricks, and practical examples that you won’t find anywhere else! Covering all of the applications within WordPerfect Office Standard including WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and Presentations, this is an all-inclusive reference for every user. Whether you are just looking to learn the new features of the latest version or need to know how to use the entire feature set more...

Special Edition Using FileMaker 8

• ISBN:
• 0789735121
• Authors:
• Scott Love, Steve Lane

If you’re looking for the inside scoop on the latest version of FileMaker, you’ve come to the right place. Authors Scott Love and Steve Lane are FileMaker experts who were involved in the development of FileMaker 8, and they bring that knowledge to you in Special Edition Using FileMaker 8 . Frequent tips, case studies, and thorough examples show you how to avoid mistakes and save time in developing databases with FileMaker 8. This is the...

Microsoft Office Access 2007 On Demand

• ISBN:
• 0789736411
• Authors:
• Steve Johnson, Perspection Inc.

Microsoft Office Access 2007   For those who would rather be shown how than told how     See How To Create databases more efficiently using a new results-oriented interface Use tools for building a database that makes information easier to find and use Import data from other programs, HTML, XML files, and other databases Use forms, filters, queries, and reports to capture and analyze data Discover ways to prevent data corruption and...

Microsoft Office Word 2007 On Demand

• ISBN:
• 0789736446
• Authors:
• Steve Johnson, Perspection Inc.

See How To   •    Create documents more efficiently using a new results-oriented interface •    Use formatting, editing, reviewing, and publishing tools to create documents in print and online •    Create great-looking documents faster using themes, styles, and templates •    Organize information and add impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables, and charts •    Create customized letters, labels, and envelopes...

The Drama of Fallen France: Reading LA Comedie Sans Tickets (Stanley Fish)

• ISBN:
• 0791459535
• Authors:
• Kenneth Krauss

Examines the role of the theatre in Paris during the Nazi occupation.

Staging History: Brecht's Social Concepts Of Ideology

• ISBN:
• 0791463850
• Authors:
• Astrid Oesmann

Probability & Phase Transition (NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 420)

• ISBN:
• 0792327209

This volume describes the current state of knowledge of random spatial processes, particularly those arising in physics. The emphasis is on survey articles which describe areas of current interest to probabilists and physicists working on the probability theory of phase transition. Special attention is given to topics deserving further research. The principal contributions by leading researchers concern the mathematical theory of random walk,...

Informatics for Healthcare Professionals

• ISBN:
• 0803606192
• Authors:
• Kathleen M. Young

Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI. Discusses basic applications of informatics in conceptual theory, evidence-based healthcare, taxonomy, security and confidentiality, electronic and Web-based tools, and telehealth. Also covered are human factors, the systems cycle, managing change, and managed care. For students. Softcover. DNLM: Medical Informatics.

Designing Performance Assessment Systems for Urban Teacher Preparation

• ISBN:
• 0805853847

Designing Performance Assessment Systems for Urban Teacher Preparation presents an argument for, and invites, critical examination of teacher preparation and assessment practices--in light of both the complexity and demands of urban settings and the theories of learning and learning to teach that guide teacher education practices. This dynamic approach distinguishes the authors' stance on urban teacher assessment as one that can help address...

Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century

• ISBN:
• 0807830259
• Authors:
• Ryan K. Smith

Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one time these features were viewed as suspicious, foreign implements associated strictly with the Roman Catholic Church. Blending history with the study of material culture, Ryan K. Smith sheds light...

On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way

• ISBN:
• 0809325934
• Authors:
• Professor Steven Adler

At a critical, transitional moment in the history of Broadway—and, by extension, of American theatre itself—former Broadway stage manager Steven Adler enlists insider perspectives from sixty-six practitioners and artists to chronicle the recent past and glimpse the near future of the Great White Way. From marquee names to behind-the-scenes power brokers, Adler has assembled a distinctly knowledgeable cast of theatre’s elite, including...

Process: An Improviser's Journey

• ISBN:
• 0810124726
• Authors:
• Mary Scruggs, Michael J. Gellman

  Author, teacher, and improviser Michael Gellman was given a mission by Del Close himself: “[T]o create improvised one-act plays of literary quality from scratch.” Already steeped in the world of improvisation, he took it upon himself to do this, in the form of a class for other improvisers in which they would build the skills necessary to execute such a seemingly tall order. Scruggs and Gellman’s book, modeled after Stanislavski’s...

The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader (Essential Readers in Contemporary Media)

• ISBN:
• 0813124921
• Authors:
• J.P. Telotte

Once confined solely to literature and film, science fiction has emerged to become a firmly established, and wildly popular, television genre over the last half century. The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader provides insight into and analyses of the most important programs in the history of the genre and explores the breadth of science fiction programming. Editor J. P. Telotte and the contributors explain the gradual transformation of...

The Supply-Based Advantage: How to Link Suppliers to Your Organization's Corporate Strategy

• ISBN:
• 0814401554
• Authors:
• Stephen C. Rogers

It's not enough for companies to simply try to find ways to save money through suppliers. If suppliers aren't fully integrated into their corporate strategy, there's no way for companies to ensure that they will continue to save money...and that their supply decisions will fit with changing organizational goals. Blending theory, best practices, and relevant examples, "The Supply-Based Advantage" reveals how to design, build, maintain, and...

What CEOs Expect From Corporate Training: Building Workplace Learning and Performance Initiatives That Advance

• ISBN:
• 0814406793
• Authors:
• William J. Rothwell, John Lindholm, William G. Wallick

Training is about improving overall organizational performance, and no individual is more accountable for a company's performance than its CEO. It follows, then, that Workplace Learning and Performance professionals (a.k.a. trainers) must learn what chief executives hope to achieve through their company's training efforts, and that they must satisfy the expectations of those executives and other key stakeholders. What CEOs Expect From Corporate...

The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It's Too Late

• ISBN:
• 0814408516
• Authors:
• Leigh Branham

More than 85% of managers believe employees leave because they have been pulled away by "more pay" or "better opportunity." Yet, more than 80 percent of employees say it was "push" factors related to poor management practices or toxic cultures that drove them out. This gaping disparity between belief and reality keeps organizations from addressing the costly problems of employee disengagement and regrettable turnover with on-target solutions....

The ROI of Human Capital: Measuring the Economic Value of Employee Performance

• ISBN:
• 0814413323
• Authors:
• Dr. Jac Fitz-enz

We all know that people--not cash, buildings, or equipment--are the lifeblood of any business enterprise. Yet, astonishingly, there has never been a reliable way to quantify the contribution of human capital to corporate profit...until now. In THE ROI OF HUMAN CAPITAL, Jac Fitz-enz draws on years of quantitative and qualitative research by his prestigious Saratoga Institute to provide a breakthrough methodology for measuring the bottom-line...

Get Weird! 101 Innovative Ways to Make Your Company a Great Place to Work

• ISBN:
• 0814471145
• Authors:
• John Putzier

How can companies recruit, retain, train, motivate, and reward great employees--especially in a tight labor market? How can they win new customers and boost sales? The secret is to lighten up and get a little weird! Creativity and productivity can go hand in hand, as this chock-full-of-ideas book amply shows. Like a Christmas stocking crammed with treasures, Get Weird! overflows with irresistible techniques for innovating and problem-solving. It...

The New New Economy: Yet Another Clueless Manifesto for the Post-Digital Age

• ISBN:
• 0814471439
• Authors:
• Tim McEachern, Chris O'Brien

No matter how many paradigms, buzzwords, and empty slogans the average business book reader may have picked up now that his cheese has been moved, the only way he can truly survive is to keep his sense of humor . . . not to mention finding a new piece of cheese. And no one knows this better than Tim McEachern and Chris O'Brien. Now, in this hilarious parody of every business tome that hasn't already been "blown to bits", these two founders and...

Persuasive Business Proposals: Writing to Win More Customers, Clients, and Contracts

• ISBN:
• 0814471536
• Authors:
• Tom Sant

With over 40,000 copies sold, the first edition of Persuasive Business Proposals helped many readers construct dynamic, effective proposals. Now in paperback, this fully-revised second edition still gives readers simple, effective techniques for organizing, writing, and delivering proposals while updating the author's winning strategies for today's global business environment. By cutting through the confusion, and providing dozens of real-world...

A Survival Guide to Selling a Home

• ISBN:
• 0814472745
• Authors:
• Sid Davis

Homesellers who spend a little time and effort making their homes more marketable will net thousands of dollars more than those who simply put 'For Sale' signs up on the front lawn and call it a day. A Survival Guide for Selling a Home helps readers face the challenges of deciding whether or not to use an agent (and how to find one), estimating a price, and deciding which upgrades are worth making -- and which ones are not -- to add to their...

More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers: 50 New Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes

• ISBN:
• 0814473784
• Authors:
• Brian Cole Miller

Most managers, supervisors, and team leaders realize the importance of team-building, but just can’t seem to find the time in their busy schedules. More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers provides the solution! The book contains 50 all-new exercises that can be conducted in 15 minutes or less, and which require no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Each activity is presented in just a few short...

Algebra: Sets, Symbols, and the Language of Thought (History of Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 0816049548
• Authors:
• John Tabak

Looking closely at algebra, its historical development, and its many useful applications, Algebra examines in detail the question of why this type of math is so important that it arose in different cultures at different times. The book also discusses the relationship between algebra and geometry, shows the progress of thought throughout the centuries, and offers biographical data on the key figures. Concise and comprehensive text accompanied by...

Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Volume II: Epidemiology, Evolution and Ecology, Immunology, Neural Systems and the Brain, and Innovative Mathematical ... in Science, Engineering and Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0817645551

This two-volume, interdisciplinary work is a unified presentation of a broad range of state-of-the-art topics in the rapidly growing field of mathematical modeling in the biological sciences. Highlighted throughout both works are mathematical and computational approaches to examine central problems in the life sciences, ranging from the organizational principles of individual cells to the dynamics of large populations. Volume I covers a number...

Techniques in Glycobiology

• ISBN:
• 0824798228

This excellent reference covers state-of-the-art methodologies for plant and animal glycoconjugate analysis;detailing mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, glycolipids and new physical methods, O-glycosylation characterization, chromophore and fluorophore labeling of oligosaccharides, separations, exoglycosidases and mapping, and plant glycobiology.

Complete Origami Course

• ISBN:
• 0831727926
• Authors:
• Mary Wilder Tileston

Insect Symbiosis (Contemporary Topics in Entomology)

• ISBN:
• 0849312868

Insect Symbiosis is a collection of chapters written by world authorities on the microbes that can be called symbionts that are associated with insects and mites. Whether bacteria, fungi or spiroplasmids, and whether endosymbionts or casual gut symbionts, the authors describe some of the latest work in a field that has grown rapidly since the development of the newer molecular methods, which allowed for the identification of even minute samples...

Signal Transduction in the Retina (Methods in Signal Transduction Series)

• ISBN:
• 0849373158

In the twenty-first century, we are just beginning to understand more clearly the enormous diversity and complexity of signaling processes in the retina. Integrating advances in the biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, and physics of phototransduction, Signal Transduction in the Retina presents the methodologies and experimental approaches that yield key information on the mechanisms underlying normal retinal physiology. This in-depth work...

Selected Topics in Advanced Solid State and Fibre Optic Sensors (I E E Circuits, Devices and Systems Series)

• ISBN:
• 0852967799
• Authors:
• S. M. Vaezi-Nejad

This book provides advanced students and practicing engineers with a selective tour of highlights in the topical field of sensors for measurement. The authors provide descriptions of the operation, characteristics and applications of the sensors on which they work, together with recent advances and prospects for the future.Also available:System on Chip: Next Generation Electronics - ISBN 0863415520 Wireless Communications Circuits and Systems -...

Intelligent Networks: Principles and Applications (IEE Telecommunications Series, 46)

• ISBN:
• 0852969775
• Authors:
• John R. Anderson, J. R. Anderson

This book explains the principles of intelligent telecommunications networks and illustrates them with many practical examples of applications. Although international standards are beginning to emerge, they are far from simple and this text will assist clarity in understanding the underlying principles. The enabling technologies are reviewed but much of the book is devoted to practical issues such as service control points, existing switches,...

The New Basics: Education and the Future of Work in the Telematic Age

• ISBN:
• 0871206560
• Authors:
• David D. Thornburg

The increasing globalization of work--coupled with rapid advancements in communications technology--is making age-old teaching methods irrelevant. To thrive in the plugged-in future workplace, students today need to learn a whole new set of fundamental skills. According to David Thornburg, we are on the cusp of a completely new era. The conventions of interoffice hierarchies, deskbound workers, and long-term employment contracts will quickly...

All New Tricks for Trainers: 57 Tricks and Techniques to Grab and Hold the Attention of Any Audience...and Get Magical Results

• ISBN:
• 0874254485
• Authors:
• Dave Arch

This collection of new training tricks from master magician and trainer of trainers Dave Arch contains proven magic tricks, brainteasers and puzzlers that will amaze your audience, get and hold your audience's attention, energize, retain learning, and much more. Covers: teamwork, quality, customer service, goal-setting, leadership, motivation, and creative problem-solving.

The Turing Test and the Frame Problem: Ai's Mistaken Understanding of Intelligence (Ablex Series in Artificial Intelligence)

• ISBN:
• 0893919268
• Authors:
• Larry J. Crockett

Both the Turing test and the frame problem have been significant items of discussion since the 1970s in the philosophy of artificial intelligence (AI) and the philisophy of mind. However, there has been little effort during that time to distill how the frame problem bears on the Turing test. If it proves not to be solvable, then not only will the test not be passed, but it will call into question the assumption of classical AI that intelligence...

In Situ Hybridization Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

• ISBN:
• 0896032809
• Authors:
• K. H. Andy Choo

Thirty-one detailed, practical chapters many by the originators themselves present easy-to-follow protocols of in situ hybridization techniques for mapping DNA sequences onto chromosomes, quantitation/localization of RNA in tissues, and detection of virus nucleic acids. The methods serve molecular biologists in most areas of basic and applied research, and in every sort of organism ranging from viruses to Drosophila to humans. The expert...

Stress Response: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

• ISBN:
• 0896036111

Univ. of Dundee, UK. Covers detection and assay of stress-reduced damage, activation of wide range of signal transduction pathways by cellular stress, stress-induced gene expression, and stress protein function. For scientists working to understand how cells and tissues respond during physiological stress and in human disease.

Apoptosis Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

• ISBN:
• 0896038734

A collection of cutting-edge techniques for detecting and quantifying apoptosis, understanding its biochemistry, and for identifying the genes and proteins that regulate and carry it out. Described in step-by-step detail, these readily reproducible methods range from flow cytometry and immunohistochemical procedures to kinase activity assays, yeast two-hybrid screening, and the cloning of novel genes by differential expression. The protocols...

An Introduction to GCC

• ISBN:
• 0954161793
• Authors:
• Brian J. Gough, Richard M. Stallman

This manual provides a complete tutorial introduction to the GNU C and C++ compilers, gcc and g++. Many books teach the C and C++ languages, this book teaches you how to use the compiler itself. All the common problems and error messages encountered by new users of GCC are carefully explained, with numerous easy-to-follow "Hello World" examples. Topics covered include: compiling C and C++ programs using header files and libraries, warning...

Dreamboat on Word: Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003 (On Office series)

• ISBN:
• 0972425845
• Authors:
• Anne Troy

Written for intermediate- to expert-level Microsoft Word users, this book demonstrates frequently missed tools and the proper way to use new and existing tools. Word's settings, toolbars, and menus are reviewed, as are topics such as the importance of installing safe fonts, setting tabs correctly, and using styles for maximum effect. Also offered is advice on topics pertaining to work groups, such as sharing templates, styles, and toolbars and...

The Xbox 360 Uncloaked:: The Real Story Behind Microsoft's Next-Generation Video Game Console

• ISBN:
• 0977784215
• Authors:
• Dean Takahashi

"The Xbox 360 Uncloaked" is the result of more than a hundred interviews, many at the highest levels of Microsoft, as well as countless months of independent investigative reporting. With unprecedented access, San Jose Mercury News Technology and Gaming Writer Dean Takahashi goes beyond the official story to reveal a true insider's look at the creation of the XBox 360 and Microsoft's multi-billion dollar gamble to become a leading force in the...

Acceleration and Improvement of Protein Identification by Mass Spectrometry

• ISBN:
• 1402033184

At present where protein identification and characterisation using mass spectrometry is a method of choice, this book is presenting a review of basic proteomic techniques. The second part of the book is related to the novel high throughput protein identification technique called the 'molecular scanner'. Several protein identification techniques are described, especially the peptide mass fingerprint with MALDI-MS based method. E.g. ionisation...

Efficiency, Justice and Care: Philosophical Reflections on Scarcity in Health Care (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine)

• ISBN:
• 1402052138
• Authors:
• Yvonne Denier

Complex Dynamics in Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain (Understanding Complex Systems)

• ISBN:
• 1402091427

Nonlinear dynamics has become an important field of research in recent years in many areas of the natural sciences. In particular, it has potential applications in biology and medicine; nonlinear data analysis has helped to detect the progress of cardiac disease, physiological disorders, for example episodes of epilepsy, and others. This book focuses on the current trends of research concerning the prediction of sudden cardiac death and the...

Executive Coaching: Exploding the Myths

• ISBN:
• 1403902615
• Authors:
• Tony Chapman, Bill Best, Paul Van Casteren

Effective executive coaching is accepted as one of the critical factors in developing successful leaders and teams in the best performing organizations. This book steps beyond the notion of a prescriptive formula that can be applied to deliver successful coaching every time. It will develop your coaching capability, present an overview of best practice coaching, and provide insights into the contemporary personal and organizational challenges...

Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

• ISBN:
• 140397215X
• Authors:
• Mark Pizzato

Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain focuses on the staging of Self and Other as phantom characters inside the brain (in the "mind's eye," as Hamlet says). It explores the brain's anatomical evolution from animal drives to human consciousness to divine aspirations, through distinctive cultural expressions in stage and screen technologies. Even-numbered chapters look at specific dramas with ghost characters from the ancient Egyptians,...

Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research (2 Vol.Set)

• ISBN:
• 141295908X

What is a stem cell? We have a basic working definition, but the way we observe a stem cell function in a dish may not represent how it functions in a living organism. Only this is clear: Stem cells are the engine room of multicelluar organisms-both plants and animals. However, controversies, breakthroughs, and frustration continue to swirl in eternal storms through this rapidly moving area of research. But what does the average person make of...

Discipline With Dignity: New Challenges, New Solutions

• ISBN:
• 1416607463
• Authors:
• Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, Brian D. Mendler

The Method of Moments in Electromagnetics

• ISBN:
• 1420061453
• Authors:
• Walton C. Gibson

Responding to the need for a clear, up-to-date introduction to the field, The Method of Moments in Electromagnetics explores surface integral equations in electromagnetics and presents their numerical solution using the method of moments (MOM) technique. It provides the numerical implementation aspects at a nuts-and-bolts level while discussing integral equations and electromagnetic theory at a higher level. The author covers a range of topics...

Long Term Evolution: 3GPP LTE Radio and Cellular Technology (Internet and Communications)

• ISBN:
• 1420072102
• Authors:
• Borko Furht, Syed A. Ahson

With coverage ranging from basic concepts to research grade material including future directions, this handbook is a complete reference for technical information about all aspects of 3GPP LTE. The book details low chip rate, high-speed downlink/uplink packet access (HSxPA)/TDSCDMA EV 1x, LTE TDD, and 3G TDD. It introduces new technologies and covers methodologies to study the performance of frequency allocation schemes. It also discusses the...

Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 (Expert's Voice in BizTalk)

• ISBN:
• 1430218576
• Authors:
• Jim Dawson, John Wainwright

Learn good map design techniques for BizTalk Server and you will make huge differences to the processing speed of your implementation, as well as to the scalability and maintainability of your code. Regardless of your experience, expert authors Jim Dawson and John Wainwright ensure you make the right choices to reap the rewards and avoid the potential penalties of poor design. Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 provides in–depth coverage of...

SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled (Expert's Voice in SQL Server)

• ISBN:
• 1430219025
• Authors:
• Grant Fritchey, Sajal Dam

SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled presents a direct trouble–shooting methodology for identifying poorly performing stored procedures and queries, isolating the causes of that poor performance, and fixing the underlying problems. Each chapter is dedicated to one of the top causes of poorly performing queries and shows methods for identifying and dealing with the problems in that chapter’s domain. Emphasis is always put upon...

Who's Who in Fluorescence 2009

• ISBN:
• 1441901906

Backup Exec 9: For Windows Servers

• ISBN:
• 1556220898
• Authors:
• Mike Black, Daniel Castillo

Backup Exec 9: For Window Servers introduces Backup Exec, the best-selling Windows backup software. This book guides the reader through managing backups and disaster recoveries, while keeping its focus on practical information. The authors provide an overview of the world of data protection and familiarize the reader with general backup concepts. Later chapters concentrate on Backup Exec, including installation, restoring, and using Backup Exec...

Mastering Business Analysis with Crystal Reports 9 (Wordware Applications Library)

• ISBN:
• 1556222939
• Authors:
• Chris Tull

Database management systems allow businesses to organize and manage their operations effectively. However, it’s not always easy to view and understand data using these systems. Crystal Reports’ flexible and innovative features provide the ability to extract and format data, allowing users to make informed business decisions. Mastering Business Analysis with Crystal Reports 9 focuses on providing context and reference useful to mainstream...

Teaching a Psychology of People: Resources for Gender and Sociocultural Awareness

• ISBN:
• 155798039X
• Authors:
• Phyllis Bronstein

Guns, Germs and Steel

• ISBN:
• 1565115147
• Authors:
• Jared Diamond

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of human history, beginning when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the entire human population. Guns, Germs, and Steel is a world history that really is...

Oracle Distributed Systems

• ISBN:
• 1565924320
• Authors:
• Charles Dye

Oracle provides many tools for designing, developing, administering, and securing distributed database systems. With these tools, data in multiple databases is accessible just as if it were stored in a single database. This book describes how you can use multiple databases and both Oracle8 and Oracle7 distributed system features to best advantage. Aimed at both DBAs and developers, it covers: Benefits and tradeoffs of distributed database...

Oracle Security

• ISBN:
• 1565924509
• Authors:
• William Heney, Marlene L. Theriault

Security in a relational database management system is complex, and too few DBAs, system administrators, managers, and developers understand how Oracle implements system and database security. This book gives you the guidance you need to protect your databases. Oracle security has many facets: Establishing an organization's security policy and planProtecting system files and passwordsControlling access to database objects (tables, views, rows,...

Learning Debian Gnu/Linux

• ISBN:
• 1565927052
• Authors:
• Bill McCarty

Learning Debian GNU/Linux will guide any new user of Linux through the installing and use of Debian GNU/Linux, the entirely Open Source version of the Linux operating system. It demystifies Linux in terms familiar to Windows users and gives readers only what they need to start being successful users of Linux. Learning Debian GNU/Linux takes the reader step by step through the process of installing and setting up a Debian system, and provides a...

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Database Implementation Training Kit

• ISBN:
• 1572318260

This training teaches IS professionals and SQL developers how to implement database solutions using the latest version of the Microsoft SQL Server relational database management system. Students will gain an understanding of the product's architecture and, through the accompanying labs, attain hands-on experience with the procedures to plan, configure, and implement database solutions. Upon course completion, students will be able to describe...

Oracle Databases on the Web: Learn to Create Web Pages That Interface with Database Engines

• ISBN:
• 1576100995
• Authors:
• Robert Papaj, Donald Burleson

Covers how to set up database systems to drive commercial Web and intranet sites. Provides the insight of two experienced Oracle database administrators. Presents need-to-know information in an easy-to-read format with clear examples and illustrations. Provides an understanding of the World Wide Web and details on Web security. Details database design, including performance and tuning.

Future Search

• ISBN:
• 1576750817
• Authors:
• Marvin Ross Weisbord, Sandra Janoff

Explores a promising way for enabling diverse groups of people with a stake in an organization or community to plan their own future. Offers principles, techniques, and examples for running successful future search conferences. Softcover. DLC: Planning--Methodology.

Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling

• ISBN:
• 1576751031
• Authors:
• Richard J Leider, David A Shapiro

Everyone has a calling-something they were born to do. Heeding your calling is about deliberately choosing a way of life and work consistent with your gifts, passions, and values. It's a labor of love that is intrinsically satisfying. Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling is a liberating guide to helping people discover and heed their calling. Through powerful stories and exercises Whistle helps readers discover how to make a...

Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline

• ISBN:
• 1576752321

In helping establish a new field of study in the organizational sciences, POS, this book examines a variety of positive dynamics in businesses and organizations that give rise to extraordinary outcomes. Positive Organizational Scholarship does not adopt one particular theory or framework, but encompasses any phenomenon that leads to positive, nurturing results. This collection of essays, written by established senior scholars, explains why and...

Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work

• ISBN:
• 157675250X
• Authors:
• Beverly L. Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans

Love It, Don't Leave It encourages employees to assume responsibility for the way their work lives work. This is not difficult, say authors Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans, who take a witty and practical approach to finding job satisfaction. Presented in an appealing, accessible A to Z format, the book includes strategies for communication, career growth, balancing work with family, and more. Chapters include "Ask: And You May Receive,"...

Shifting Sands: A Guidebook for Crossing the Deserts of Change

• ISBN:
• 1576752801
• Authors:
• Steve Donahue, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Unlike the familiar mountain-climbing metaphor, which focuses more narrowly on goal setting and achievement, the desert as a metaphorical place of change does not have final summit or endpoint. Shifting Sands exposes the mountain-climbing myth and its goal-setting metaphor as ineffective, and suggests that the desert is the perfect metaphor to describe the journey of life, especially in times of transition. Deserts require us to pay attention to...

Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results

• ISBN:
• 1576755010
• Authors:
• Bill Treasurer

Courage is the elemental, but often overlooked, key to business success. But how do you create a courageous workforce? How can you, as a manager, help your workers to take risks, confront crises, and deal with company and industry changes? Bill Treasurer shows how to systematically develop courage in your employees, just like you develop any other workplace skill. He draws on his years as a top courage-building consultant to offer a proven...

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds: Sexual Selection, Behavior, Conservation, Embryology and Genetics (Reprductive Biology and Phylogeny)

• ISBN:
• 157808444X

The second part of volume 6 discusses sexual selection of ultraviolet and structural signals; melanins and carotenoids as feather colorants and signals; sexual selection and auditory signaling; odors and chemical signaling; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection, signal selection and the handicap principle; courtship and copulation; sexual conflict and its implications for fitness; intra- and extra-pair paternity; parental care (including...

The Complete E-Commerce Book:Design, Build & Maintain a Successful Web-based Business

• ISBN:
• 157820061X
• Authors:
• Janice Reynolds, Roya Mofazali

Make your e-commerce vision a success with this comprehensive, step-by-step handbook. Whether your company is a startup or well-established, you'll learn how to plan, implement and operate a successful e-commerce site - from selecting the right software through fulfilling orders. The expert author starts by helping you plan the customer experience and design an effective, easy access interface. You then progress to cutting-edge programming...

Harvard Business Review on Managing the Value Chain

• ISBN:
• 1578512344

The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series brings managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Gathered in a highly accessible format are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for forward-thinking businesspeople worldwide. As technology and globalization have disrupted traditional operations along the supply...

Designing Cisco Networks

• ISBN:
• 1578701058
• Authors:
• Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCDA foundation learning Prepare for CCDA certification while mastering the network design processLearn to characterize existing networks and determine new customer requirementsDevelop appropriate network topologies for various environmentsDesign device naming schemes and IP and IPX addressing schemesUnderstand how to select the best routing and bridging protocols and provision software features and hardware...

IS-IS Network Design Solutions (Networking Technology)

• ISBN:
• 1578702208
• Authors:
• Abe Martey

The definitive IS-IS reference and design guide Extensive coverage of both underlying concepts and practical applications of the IS-IS protocolDetailed explanation of how the IS-IS database works and relevant insights into the operation of the shortest path first (SPF) algorithmComprehensive tutorial on configuring and troubleshooting IS-IS on Cisco routersAdvanced information on IP network design and performance optimization strategies using...

Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture

• ISBN:
• 1579582435
• Authors:
• R. Sennott

Focusing on architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set profiles the century's vast chronicle of architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the theoretical confines of modernism. Unlike existing works, this encyclopedia examines the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions that have dispersed modern architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across traditional geographic and...

Implementing Electronic Card Payment Systems (Artech House Computer Security Series)

• ISBN:
• 1580533051
• Authors:
• Cristian Radu

As magnetic stripe cards are being replaced by chip cards that offer consumers and businesses greater protection against fraud, a new standard for this technology is being introduced by Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV). This cutting-edge, new book provides you with a comprehensive overview of the EMV chip solution and explains how this technology provides a chip migration path, where interoperability plays a central role in the business...

Vault Career Guide to Investment Management (Vault Guide to Investment Management)

• ISBN:
• 1581311796
• Authors:
• Andrew R. Schlossberg

From the Vault Career Library - from a breakdown of the buy-side of the finance industry - firms that purchase securities as investments - to equity, fixed income, and currency markets, a look at the career path in investment management.

Vault Guide to International Careers (Vault Career Library)

• ISBN:
• 1581312709
• Authors:
• Sally Christie

It is estimated that there are currently 90 million people working outside their country of birth. This Vault title guides you to major opportunities--from foreigh service employees and corporate transfers to English teachers and entrepreneurs.

AI Application Programming (Programming Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584502789
• Authors:
• M. Tim Jones

The popularity of artificial intelligence continues to grow as more and more uses are found for the technology. AI Application Programming Second Edition is completely updated to supply both the conceptual background and the real-world examples needed to begin using AI in software projects. Each technology is illustrated with a model implementation and application, and complete source code for each example is provided on the companion CD-ROM....

Principles Digital Communication System & Computer Networks (Electrical and Computer Engineering Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584503297
• Authors:
• K.V. Prasad

Principles of Digital Communication Systems & Computer Networks is designed as a textbook for courses on digital communication systems, data communication, computer networks, and mobile computing. Part I deals with key topics such as information theory, transmission media, coding, error correction, multiplexing, multiple access, carrier modulation, PSTN, and radio communication. Part II goes on to cover the networking concepts, the ISO/OSI...

AI Game Engine Programming (Game Development Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584503440
• Authors:
• Brian Schwab

AI Game Engine Programming provides game developers with the tools and wisdom necessary to create modern game AI engines. It takes programmers from theory to actual game development, with usable code frameworks designed to go beyond merely detailing how a technique might be used. In addition, it surveys the capabilities of the different techniques used. In addition, it surveys the capabilities of the different techniques used in some current AI...

Point Sources and Multipoles in Inverse Scattering Theory. Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics, No. 427

• ISBN:
• 1584882522
• Authors:
• Roland Potthast

Over the last twenty years, the growing availability of computing power has had an enormous impact on the classical fields of direct and inverse scattering. The study of inverse scattering, in particular, has developed rapidly with the ability to perform computational simulations of scattering processes and led to remarkable advances in a range of applications, from medical imaging and radar to remote sensing and seismic exploration. Point...

SSL Remote Access VPNs (Network Security)

• ISBN:
• 1587052423
• Authors:
• Qiang Huang, Jazib Frahim

SSL Remote Access VPNs   An introduction to designing and configuring SSL virtual private networks   Jazib Frahim, CCIE® No. 5459 Qiang Huang, CCIE No. 4937   Cisco® SSL VPN solutions (formerly known as Cisco WebVPN solutions) give you a flexible and secure way to extend networking resources to virtually any remote user with access to the Internet and a web browser. Remote access based on SSL VPN delivers secure access to network resources...

Application Acceleration and WAN Optimization Fundamentals

• ISBN:
• 1587053160
• Authors:
• Ted Grevers, Joel Christner

IT organizations face pressure to increase productivity, improve application performance, support global collaboration, improve data protection, and minimize costs. In today’s WAN-centered environments,