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High Speed Signal Propagation: Advanced Black Magic

• ISBN:
• 013084408X
• Authors:
• Howard Johnson

Raves for Dr. Johnson's previous classic, High-Speed Digital Design! "...one of the finest efforts to come along in the field of applied high-speed digital design because of its focus on providing tools for the whole design team bringing a high-speed product to life. For all the PCB designers and circuit designers out there, buy it; read it; keep it." -- Dan Baumgartner, Printed Circuit Design Faster and farther: State-of-the-art signal...

Spectrum Auctions and Competition in Telecommunications (CESifo Seminar Series)

• ISBN:
• 0262090376

In 2000 and 2001, several European countries carried out auctions for third generation technologies or universal mobile telephone services (UMTS) communication licenses. These "spectrum auctions" inaugurated yet another era in an industry that has already been transformed by a combination of staggering technological innovation and substantial regulatory change. Because of their spectacular but often puzzling outcomes, these spectrum auctions...

Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age

• ISBN:
• 0262140918
• Authors:
• Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Philip J. Weiser

Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our everyday lives. Yet accounts of important telecommunications issues tend to be either superficial (and inaccurate) or mired in jargon and technical esoterica. In Digital Crossroads, Jonathan Nuechterlein and Philip Weiser offer a clear, balanced, and accessible analysis of competition policy issues in the telecommunications industry. After giving a big picture overview of the...

Cryptography for Dummies

• ISBN:
• 0764541889
• Authors:
• Chey Cobb

* Cryptography is the most effective way to achieve data security and is essential to e-commerce activities such as online shopping, stock trading, and banking * This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers everything from the terminology used in the field to specific technologies to the pros and cons of different implementations * Discusses specific technologies that incorporate cryptography in their design, such as...

Handbook of Antioxidants (Oxidative Stress and Disease)

• ISBN:
• 0824705475
• Authors:
• Lester Packer, Enrique Cadenas

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles. Presents most recent research on the biochemical, physiological, and clinical aspects of antioxidant molecules. Explores the metabolism, efficacy, and current therapeutic applications of vitamins, carotenoids, polyphenols, flavonoids, lipoic acid, glutathione, and melatonin. Previous edition: c1996.

Value-Added Services for Next Generation Networks (Informa Telecoms & Media)

• ISBN:
• 0849373182
• Authors:
• Thierry Van de Velde

In the NGN world, no truer words are spoken than the future is now. And the competition in the information networking arena will only intensify in the next 5-10 years. Choosing the correct NGN-VAS strategy now will set your company apart. Value Added Services for Next Generation Networks examines the quest for the real added value in modern communication systems. The author covers more than just the technology itself, but also examines how it is...

Cisco Unity Fundamentals

• ISBN:
• 1587050986
• Authors:
• Brian Morgan, Moises Gonzalez

Master the deployment and administration of Cisco Unity solutions using this definitive guide Understand how Cisco Unity supports both IP telephony and traditional telephony systemsMaster the support of Cisco Unity features for CallManager, Contact Center, and Personal AssistantReview case studies for design recommendations and troubleshooting suggestionsLearn about the common pitfalls of existing systems integration and how to avoid downtime...

LAN Switching First-Step

• ISBN:
• 1587201003
• Authors:
• Matthew J Castelli

Your first step into the world of LAN switching No LAN switching experience required Includes clear and easily understood explanations Makes learning easy Your first step to LAN switching begins here! Learn local-area network (LAN) key concepts and terminology Identify key issues involved with designing and managing a switched LAN Answer the question: do I need a hub, a bridge, or a switch? Welcome to the world of LAN switching! Network switches...

The Maginot Line 1928-45

• ISBN:
• 1841766461
• Authors:
• William Allcorn

The Maginot Line, the massive series of fortifications built by France in the 1930s to defend its borders with Germany and Italy, is perhaps the most maligned collection of fortifications ever built. Despite being a technological marvel, and the most sophisticated and complex set of fortifications built up to that time, it failed to save France from crushing defeat in 1940. Yet there are those who argue that it accomplished exactly what it was...

Boer Commando 1876-1902 (Warrior)

• ISBN:
• 1841766488
• Authors:
• Ian Knight

Their lifestyle of hunting for sport and profit honed the Boers' skills of field-craft, horsemanship, and marksmanship, making them a formidable force in the field and well suited to guerrilla operations. This book describes the life and combat experiences of a typical Boer in this key period. Using meticulously researched analysis and comment, and the experiences of a composite character, Johannes de Bruyn, a revealing portrait of Boer life and...

American Colonial Ranger: The Northern Colonies, 1724-64 (Warror)

• ISBN:
• 1841766496
• Authors:
• Gary Zaboly

This title examines the development of the Colonial Rangers in this period, and shows how they were taught to survive in the woods, to fight hand-to-hand, to scalp a fallen foe, and to fight across all types of terrain and in all weather conditions. Based on previously unpublished source material, it paints a vivid picture of the life, appearance and experiences of an American colonial ranger in the northern colonies. Covering the battle at...

Bluetooth Demystified

• ISBN:
• 0071363238
• Authors:
• Nathan J. Muller

*An invaluable confusion-lifting tutorial on Bluetooth, the personal area wireless networking standard that enables seamless communication of voice, e-mail, internet access, etc., between mobile phone, desktop PCs, and PDAs. *Details the pros and cons of the Bluetooth approach, taking readers through what kinds of services are ideally suited to Bluetooth. *A must for telecom engineers, managers, technicians, ISPs, and employees of the 1000+...

Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0080429890
• Authors:
• Alan R. Katritzky, Pozharskii

Heterocyclic chemistry is the largest of the classical divisions of organic chemistry. Heterocyclic compounds are widely distributed in nature, playing a vital role in the metabolism of living cells. Their practical applications range from extensive clinical use to fields as diverse as agriculture, photography, biocide formulation and polymer science. The range of known compounds is enormous, encompassing the whole spectrum of physical, chemical...

Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Four-Volume Set

• ISBN:
• 0122272404

The Encyclopedia of Information Systems provides essential answers to questions increasingly asked by people in all walks of life. People can no longer claim that information about computer viruses, for example, is unimportant to their work, or that advances in speech recognition and encryption will leave them unaffected. The Encyclopedia is therefore more useful than one might suspect to people well beyond the walls of information systems...

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

• ISBN:
• 0195368347
• Authors:
• David Kilcullen

David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla , Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the War on Terror. Kilcullen takes us "on the ground" to...

Nuclear Receptors: A Practical Approach

• ISBN:
• 0199637423

The steroid or nuclear receptor superfamily is an important group of transcription factors that is studied by a large and varied number of basic and clinical researchers. This book provides these researchers an invaluable guide to do so and is a must for all professionals in biomedicine.

Metabolic Regulation: A Human Perspective

• ISBN:
• 063206384X
• Authors:
• Keith Frayn

Univ. of Oxford, UK. Examines in detail at how molecules, cells, and tissues operate collectively in human health and disease, using an approach known as 'integrated physiology'. Discusses concepts and mechanisms, digestion and intestinal absorption, organs and tissues, endocrine organs and hormones, and more. For researchers and practitioners. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover.

Desmond Tutu (Modern Peacemakers)

• ISBN:
• 0791092216
• Authors:
• Samuel Willard Crompton

Cleric and civil rights activist Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. The Nobel Committee called Tutu "a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa...the Committee wishes to direct attention to the non-violent struggle for liberation to which Desmond Tutu belongs, a struggle in which black and white South Africans unite to bring their country out of conflict and crisis." Born in...

Shaping American Telecommunications: A History of Technology, Policy, and Economics (Lea Telecommunications)

• ISBN:
• 0805822364
• Authors:
• Christopher H. Sterling

Shaping American Telecommunications examines the technical, regulatory, and economic forces that have shaped the development of American telecommunications services. This volume is both an introduction to the basic technical, economic, and regulatory principles underlying telecommunications, and a detailed account of major events that have marked development of the sector in the United States. Beginning with the introduction of the telegraph and...

Telecommunications Demystified (Demystifying Technology Series)

• ISBN:
• 1878707558
• Authors:
• Carl R. Nassar

Carl R. Nassar, Ph.D., is professor of telecommunications at Colorado State University and director of the Research in Advanced Wireless Communications (RAWCom) laboratory there. He also consults for telecommunications firms and publishes extensively in the wireless literature. Balances a solid theoretical treatment of subjects with practical applications and examples. Covers both digital and analogue telecommunications systems, including...

E-merging Media

• ISBN:
• 3540231382

After the very successful ECC- Book on E-conomy this new report of the European Communication Council (ECC) analyzes from various perspectives the profound societal and economical change of the media economy, initiated by digitalization and networking. Against the background of the current media history, it highlights for example the role of the Internet hype as a pathfinder in a modified media society. The key question is concerned with how the...

Guerrillas In The Mist: A Battlefield Guide To Clandestine Warfare

• ISBN:
• 0873649443
• Authors:
• Bob Newman

Learn every facet of the grim, violent world of guerrilla warfare: basic fieldcraft; mines and booby traps; tunnel construction and strategy; ambushes; urban and nocturnal tactics; interrogation, indoctrination and exploitation; psyops; and more. For academic study only.

Introduction to Bluetooth Technology: Market, Operation, Profiles, and Services

• ISBN:
• 0974694355
• Authors:
• Lawrence Harte

This book explains what is Bluetooth technology and why it is important for so many types of consumer electronics devices. Since it was first officially standardized in 1999, the Bluetooth market has grown to more than 35 million devices per year. You will find out how Bluetooth devices can automatically locate nearby Bluetooth devices, authenticates them, discover their capabilities, and the process used to setup connections with them. You will...

Telecom Crash Course, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0071451439
• Authors:
• Steven Shepard

This unique book serves as a readable, holistic introduction to telecommunications. Far more than an acronym-studded quick fix, Telecom Crash Course is a true tutorial that offers context, connections--and humor-- to teach the importance of key technologies. Author Steven Shepard, an accomplished writer and teachers, uses lively stories that deliver important points about the markets that drive the technologies. He provides not only rigorous...

Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source for Communications Fundamentals, Data Networking and the Internet, and Next-Generation Networks

• ISBN:
• 0201760320
• Authors:
• Lillian Goleniewski

Complete global reference on telecommunications technologies, applications, and networks. Designed to allow a non-technical professional, as well as technical professional wishing to expand their range of knowledge, to develop an understanding of the language and concepts comprising telecommunications. Softcover.

Video Over IP: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications (Focal Press Media Technology Professional Series)

• ISBN:
• 0240805577
• Authors:
• Wes Simpson

Video Over IP gives you everything you need to know to choose from among the many ways of transferring your video over a network. The information is presented in an easy to read format, with comparison charts provided to help you understand the benefits and drawbacks of different technologies for a variety of practical applications. Readers who have a background in either video or networking will benefit from tutorials in both areas and the...

Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition: The Complete Global Source (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0321427610
• Authors:
• Lillian Goleniewski, Kitty Wilson Jarrett

“In this updated and expanded edition of her excellent telecommunications primer, Lili explains in just the right detail everything you need to know to become fluent in this most important and fascinating industry. Besides including a satisfying amount of expert technical detail, the book also discusses equally crucial aspects of how communications technology affects society, culture, and politics. Electronic communications is changing the...

Metabolism and Functions of Bioactive Ether Lipids in the Brain

• ISBN:
• 0387774009
• Authors:
• Akhlaq A. Farooqui, Tahira Farooqui, Lloyd A. Horrocks

Information on bioactive ether lipids and their involvement in neurological disorders is currently scattered throughout the literature in the form of original papers and reviews. Metabolism and Functions of Bioactive Ether Lipids in the Brain provides readers with a comprehensive description of metabolism of bioactive ether lipids in the brain, activities of enzymes involved in their metabolism, and their involvement in neurological disorders....

Broadband Wireless Communications Business: An Introduction to the Costs and Benefits of New Technologies

• ISBN:
• 0470013117
• Authors:
• Riaz Esmailzadeh

With the emergence of broadband wireless communication systems, new business opportunities have appeared for operators, content provides, and manufacturers. Broadband wireless communications technologies promise the freedom of constant access to the Internet at high speeds, without the limitation of connection cables. Broadband Wireless Communications Business provides comprehensive coverage of the present status and future evolution of these...

Implementing Service Quality in IP Networks

• ISBN:
• 047084793X
• Authors:
• Vilho Räisänen

While more and more data is shifted from circuit-switched to packet-switched networks, the users of these networks expect a smooth, continuously unproblematic service (unrelated to the amount of data transported). Therefore, the reliability of a network as well as the satisfaction of its users relies largely on Quality of Service (QoS). Service quality through resource management in IP networks will ensure that sufficient resources are available...

ICTs and Indian Economic Development: Economy, Work, Regulation

• ISBN:
• 0761933395

ICTs and Indian Economic Development evaluates the recent phenomenon of Information technology communication (ICT) development in India, and discusses such questions as: Can the growth be sustained? How far can an ICT revolution go towards modernising India's economy? What could be the capacity of ICTs to induce rapid social transformation and change? Can India navigate all the pitfalls and hazards and retain its current comparative advantage in...

CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide (4th Edition)

• ISBN:
• 158720147X
• Authors:
• Brent Stewart

CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide Fourth Edition   Master all 642-901 exam topics with the official study guide Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with foundation summaries Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM   Brent D. Stewart Clare Gough, CCIE® No. 2893   CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide , Fourth Edition, is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses...

Radio Interface System Planning for GSM/GPRS/UMTS

• ISBN:
• 0792375165
• Authors:
• Jukka Lempiäinen, Matti Manninen

Radio network system planning is a comprehensive optimisation task where different planning targets - coverage, capacity and quality- have a direct influence on each other and where optimised solution is a compromise of these planning areas. In order to find out the cost effective and high quality radio network plan the well-known theoretical details have to be bound with practical radio planning issues like planning phases and planning...

Multi-Carrier Technologies for Wireless Communication

• ISBN:
• 0792376188
• Authors:
• Carl R. Nassar, Bala Natarajan, Zhiqiang Wu, David A. Wiegandt, S. Alireza Zekavat, Steve Shattil

Multi-carrier technologies have emerged as important instruments in telecommunications. OFDM is in the forefront, with its adoption by the IEEE 802.11 standards committee and the European HYPERLAN standards group. Following OFDM, MC-CDMA is also demonstrating considerable promise when compared to competing technologies. According to the authors, these technologies are just the beginning in the coming multi-carrier revolution. In Multi-Carrier...

Wireless Communication Using Dual Antenna Arrays (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

• ISBN:
• 0792386809
• Authors:
• Da-shan Shiu

Wireless Communication Using Dual Antenna Arrays is based on award-winning research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley. The information in this book will be vital to practicing engineers, industrial researchers, scientists, graduate and postgraduate researchers, and others working in the wireless communications field-in short, all of those who want to learn about the exciting new paradigm of dual-antenna arrays. Wireless...

UMTS and Mobile Computing

• ISBN:
• 1580532640
• Authors:
• Alexander Joseph Huber, Josef Franz Huber

This unique book bridges the gap between ubiquitous computing (UBICOMP) and third generation mobile communication. A first-of-its-kind, this resource helps you decide which are the most promising technologies to use for specific mobile communication applications. Scenarios indicate how new applications will be developed and how to implement them. It points out each technology’s distinguishing characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, to...

Mobile Business Strategies: Understanding the Technologies and Opportunities

• ISBN:
• 0201788985
• Authors:
• Jouni Paavilainen

Explores the new mobile world, looks into the future and considers the emerging trends. Discusses the roles of financial institutions, operators, content providers and other key parties in the mobile commerce value chain. Softcover.

Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman's Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power, and Purpose

• ISBN:
• 1576755592
• Authors:
• Kathy Caprino

Thousands of professional women, though outwardly successful, find themselves in the midst of a crisis, believing that they've sacrificed meaning, fulfillment, balance, and joy in their lives to achieve career success. Breakdown, Breakthrough shows how women can restore their power and reconnect with their life visions as they awake from the paralysis of professional dissatisfaction and personal diminishment. Kathy Caprino identifies twelve...

The Land of Mango Sunsets: A Novel

• ISBN:
• 0060892382
• Authors:
• Dorothea Benton Frank

Her sleazy husband left her for a lingerie model who's barely more than a teenager, and her kids are busy with their own lives. But before Miriam Elizabeth Swanson can work herself up into a true snit about it all, her newest tenant, Liz, arrives from Birmingham with plenty of troubles of her own. And then Miriam meets a man named Harrison, who makes her laugh, makes her cry, and makes her feel like a brand-new woman. It's almost too much for...

Sex as a Second Language: A Novel

• ISBN:
• 0743268903
• Authors:
• Alisa Kwitney

A teacher of English as a second language, forty-year-old Katherine Miner is an expert on idiomatic phrases and subtle verbal cues. When it comes to the opposite sex, however, she's baffled enough to choose early retirement from the dating game. It's not that she hates men, it's just that she doesn't trust them. After all, her soon-to-be ex-husband has dropped all contact with their son, and her own father disappeared from her life thirty years...

The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving: New Jewelry Designs with Classic Stitches

• ISBN:
• 1579905331
• Authors:
• Carol Wilcox Wells

“Elegant contemporary jewelry....What artist-author Wells and her 30 colleagues conjure up in more than 30 bracelets, earrings, and necklaces is nothing short of breathtaking. All the projects can be readily mastered by beginners....One hundred percent of the fundamentals, from graphic illustrations and charts to accompanying text and great color photographs.” — Booklist.

Beading with Brick Stitch (Beadwork How-To)

• ISBN:
• 1883010721
• Authors:
• Diane Fitzgerald

Focusing solely on brick stitch, this unique guide presents 10 exciting beading projects-from tassels to necklaces-along with detailed, illustrated instructions. The history of this elegant stitch-in tribal Africa, during the Victorian era, and its use by Native Americans-includes a look at brick stitch beadwork by contemporary artists. Descriptions of necessary tools and techniques including increasing, decreasing, and finishing offer beaders...

The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey

• ISBN:
• 0470294191
• Authors:
• Emmanuel Goldstein

Since 1984, the quarterly magazine 2600 has provided fascinating articles for readers who are curious about technology. Find the best of the magazine’s writing in Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey , a collection of the strongest, most interesting, and often most controversial articles covering 24 years of changes in technology, all from a hacker’s perspective. Included are stories about the creation of the infamous tone dialer “red box”...

Real Options Theory, Volume 24 (Advances in Strategic Management)

• ISBN:
• 0762314273

Real options theory has attracted significant interest in the field of strategic management. Advocates of the approach emphasize that importing concepts from financial economics holds out the potential of yielding new insights on strategic decision-making under uncertainty as well as boundary-of-the-firm issues that are the focus of competitive and corporate strategy. While considerable progress has been made in conceptualizing different types...

Tito's Partisans 1941-45 (Warrior)

• ISBN:
• 1841766755
• Authors:
• Velimir Vuksic

The civil war that raged in Yugoslavia following the German invasion in 1941 was brutal, uncompromising and complex, pitting royalists, fascists communists, ethnic groups, and the Axis powers against one another in a shifting and bloody theatre of war. The Partisan forces under the command of Josip Broz Tito were a constant thorn in the side of the Wehrmacht divisions in the Balkans, prompting numerous anti-partisan operations. Using primary...

Germany's West Wall: The Siegfried Line (Fortress)

• ISBN:
• 184176678X
• Authors:
• Neil Short

The West Wall (or the Siegfried Line as the Allies called it) played a crucial role in the bitter fighting of 1944 and 1945 in North-West Europe. Constructed in the period immediately after the remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1936, the Wall stretched for 300 miles from Cleve in the north to the Swiss Border and consisted of some 14,000 pillboxes. The Wall initially blunted the US attack, and Hitler used it as a foundation from which to...

Italian Arditi: Elite Assault Troops 1917-20 (Warrior)

• ISBN:
• 1841766860
• Authors:
• Angelo Pirocchi

The Italian Reparti d'Assalto (Assault Units) of World War I were a truly elite force. The word ardito (pl. arditi) means bold or daring, and, as their name suggests, their role required courage, as well as specific combat skills. This book takes a close look at the origins, training, dress, weaponry and equipment of the Arditi, and examines the daily life, motivation and combat role of these elite soldiers. The legacy of their identity is also...

Zeppelins: German Airships 1900-40 (New Vanguard)

• ISBN:
• 1841766925
• Authors:
• Charles Stephenson

On 2 July 1900 the people of Friedrichshafen, Germany, witnessed a momentous occasion - the first flight of LZ 1, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's first airship. Although deemed a failure, a succession of better craft (LZ2 to 10) enabled the Zeppelin to expand into the consumer market of airship travel, whilst also providing military craft for the German Army and Navy. The years of the Great War saw the Zeppelins undertake strategic bombing...

The Collapse of Yugoslavia 1991-1999 (Essential Histories)

• ISBN:
• 1841768057
• Authors:
• Alastair Finlan

In 1991, an ethnically diverse region that had enjoyed decades of peaceful coexistence descended into bitter hatred and chaos, almost overnight. Communities fractured along lines of ethnic and religious affiliation and the ensuing fighting was deeply personal, resulting in brutality, rape and torture, and ultimately the deaths of thousands of people. This book examines the internal upheavals of the former Yugoslavia and their international...

Stalin's Cold War: Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in Bulgaria, 1941- 48: Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in Bulgaria, 1941-48 (Global Conflict and Security Since 1945)

• ISBN:
• 023052138X
• Authors:
• Vesselin Dimitrov

Stalin's Cold War presents a highly original analysis of the Soviet leader's role in the gestation of the Cold War. Drawing on rich new evidence from Soviet, East European and British archives, the book offers fresh and illuminating insights into the evolution of Stalin's strategy in the transition from cooperation with the United States and Britain during World War II to ideological and geopolitical confrontation. The book reveals Stalin's...

The Book of Tempeh

• ISBN:
• 1580083358
• Authors:
• William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi

Tempeh is one of Indonesia’s most extraordinary gifts to the world. A cultured soyfood, it tastes like Southern fried chicken and is the best vegetarian source of vitamin B-12. More importantly, tempeh is a delicious, natural source of high-quality, cholesterol-free protein, making it an excellent aid to reducing cholesterol as well as a light, tasty treat. Beautifully illustrated and immensely informative, THE BOOK OF TEMPEH showcases this...

The Book of Miso

• ISBN:
• 1580083366
• Authors:
• William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi

From the authors of THE BOOK OF TOFU comes this updated tribute to miso. One of Japan’s most beloved foods for over a thousand years, miso is a cultured, high-protein seasoning perfectly at home in recipes within and beyond the boundaries of Asian cuisine. Available in a range of flavors, colors, textures, and aromas as varied as that of the world’s fine cheeses and wines, miso makes a delicious addition to stocks, stews, dressings,...

Gems, Sixth Edition

• ISBN:
• 0750658568

Since it was first published in 1962 'Gems' has become universally recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative treatise on gem materials in the English language. This sixth edition, has been revised for relevance to today's practice and includes an expanded encyclopedic section. 'Gems' caters for the professional jeweller and student gemmologist, collector of gems and those with an insatiable interest in precious stones. * Descriptive...

Buying & Selling Jewelry on eBay (Buying & Selling on Ebay)

• ISBN:
• 1592006094
• Authors:
• Stacey King Gordon

In recent years, U.S. jewelry sales on the Internet have grown to nearly $3 billion yearly, a figure attained in part because of the popularity of eBay. "Buying & Selling Jewelry on eBay" walks you through the process of using eBay to both purchase and purvey jewelry-from finding the perfect gem and the right style of jewelry to understanding the rules of advertising and selling jewelry to consumers. This book also aims to help you gain...

Robust Communications Software: Extreme Availability, Reliability and Scalability for Carrier-Grade Systems

• ISBN:
• 0470854340
• Authors:
• Greg Utas

Learn how to design scalable, robust software for cutting-edge communications products⦠Carrier-grade software must satisfy the stringent quality requirements of network operators whose systems provide mission-critical communications services. This book describes proven carrier-grade software techniques used in flagship products designed by industry leaders such as Lucent, Nortel, and Ericsson. In the age of 24/7 , software robustness is a...

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,...

Jewish Tales of Holy Women

• ISBN:
• 0787962716
• Authors:
• Yitzhak Buxbaum

What is a "holy woman," or a holy man for that matter? According to the Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness that every baby is born with. A holy person is someone who fulfills it. Stories about Jewish holy women have rarely been collected in such an engaging and entertaining form. The tales display a specifically female Jewish spirituality, giving us a peek into a world of devotional beauty that focuses on...

Coding for Data and Computer Communications

• ISBN:
• 0387212450
• Authors:
• David Salomon

Coding is an highly integral component of viable and efficient computer and data communications, yet the often heavy mathematics that form the basis of coding can prevent a serious and practical understanding of this important area. "Coding for Data and Computer Communications" eschews the complex mathematics and clearly describes the core concepts, principles, and methods of channel codes ( for error correction), source codes (for compressing...

The Space and Motion of Communicating Agents

• ISBN:
• 0521490308
• Authors:
• Robin Milner

The world is increasingly populated with interactive agents distributed in space, real or abstract. These agents can be artificial, as in computing systems that manage and monitor traffic or health; or they can be natural, e.g. communicating humans, or biological cells. It is important to be able to model networks of agents in order to understand and optimize their behavior. Robin Milner describes in this book just such a model, by presenting a...

Making Out in Korean: Revised Edition (Making Out Books)

• ISBN:
• 0804835101
• Authors:
• Peter Constantine, Gene Baik

Includes a wide variety of up to date expressions and slang. Covers the Korean language. Softcover.

Standard Handbook of Audio and Radio Engineering

• ISBN:
• 0070067171
• Authors:
• Jerry Whitaker, Blair Benson

More than 70% all-new material! THE #1 ON-THE-JOB AUDIO ENGINEERING GUIDE--NOW UPDATED WITH THE LATEST DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Get clear answers to your every question on every aspect of audio engineering in the updated reference of choice of audio and video engineers and technicians, Standard Handbook of Audio Engineering, Second Edition. You'll find no other source that covers such a broad range of audio principles and technologies--with an...

The Essential Guide to Image Processing

• ISBN:
• 0123744571
• Authors:
• Alan C. Bovik

A complete introduction to the basic and intermediate concepts of image processing from the leading people in the field A CD-ROM contains 70 highly interactive demonstration programs with user friendly interfaces to provide a visual presentation of the concepts Up-to-date content, including statistical modeling of natural, anistropic diffusion, image quality and the latest developments in JPEG 2000 This comprehensive and state-of-the art...

Classical and Modern Direction-of-Arrival Estimation

• ISBN:
• 0123745241
• Authors:
• T. Engin Tuncer, Benjamin Friedlander

Brings together in one book classical and modern DOA techniques, showing the connections between them Contains contributions from the leading people in the field Gives a concise and easy- to- read introduction to the classical techniques Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of key super-resolution techniques Includes applications to sensor networks Classical and Modern Direction of Arrival Estimation contains both theory and practice of...

Solitons in Optical Fibers: Fundamentals and Applications

• ISBN:
• 012504190X
• Authors:
• Linn F. Mollenauer, James P. Gordon

Solitons are waves that retain their form through obstacle and distance. Solitons can be found in hydrodynamics, nonlinear optics, plasma physics, and biology. Optical solitons are solitary light waves that hold their form over an expansive interval. Conservation of this form creates an effective model for long distance voice and data transmission. The application of this principle is essential to the technology of wired communications. Optical...

Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0132733501
• Authors:
• Simon Haykin

Provides a comprehensive foundation of neural networks, recognizing the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, supported with examples, computer-oriented experiments, end of chapter problems, and a bibliography. DLC: Neural networks (Computer science).

Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art

• ISBN:
• 0192801651
• Authors:
• Julian Stallabrass

The art world is bound to the economy, writes Julian Stallabrass, "as tightly as Ahab to the white whale." In Art Incorporated, Stallabrass offers a provocative look at contemporary art and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the last twenty years, illuminating the connections between money, politics, and art. Stallabrass notes that the spectacular crash of 1989 profoundly changed the character of contemporary art, shattering the...

The Fourth Power: A Grand Strategy for the United States in the Twenty-First Century

• ISBN:
• 0195176839
• Authors:
• Gary Hart

Today, even as America asserts itself globally, it lacks a grand strategy to replace "containment of communism." In this short, sharp book, Gary Hart outlines a new grand strategy, one directing America's powers to the achievement of its large purposes. Central to this strategy is the power of American ideals, what Hart calls "the fourth power." Constitutional liberties, representative government, press freedom - these and other democratic...

The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author

• ISBN:
• 0199291152
• Authors:
• Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life. In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The Selfish Gene, Dawkins explains how...

DVD Production: A Practical Resource for DVD Publishers

• ISBN:
• 0240516117
• Authors:
• Mark Ely, Phil De Lancie

DVD is today's hottest digital storage technology, not simply in the home video market, but also in corporate, advertising, video production, multimedia, and a host of related fields. If you're involved in presentation, entertainment, or communication-for business or for consumers-DVD is a technology you can't afford to ignore. Contains a free trial version of DVDit! authoring software from Sonic Solutions With DVD Production, you get both a...

Introduction to Digital Video, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0240516370

Covers the essential fundamentals of digital video: from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interfaces and output. Written for television professionals needing to apply digital video systems, equipment and techniques to multimedia and /or digital TV applications, as well as for computer system designers, engineers, programmers, or technicians needing to learn how to apply digital video to computer systems and applications. The...

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,...

Design for Six Sigma (Financial Times Series)

• ISBN:
• 0273662694
• Authors:
• Subir Chowdhury

Six Sigma -- the management strategy Jack Welch attributes GE's phenomenal success to -- is being implemented by many leading organizations looking for dramatic profit increases and improved customer satisfaction. But Six Sigma in production is less than half the story -- Six Sigma in design is where the money is. If you change a product after it is launched it will cost you 1,000 times more than if you made those changes during the design...

Principles of Spread-Spectrum Communication Systems

• ISBN:
• 0387227822
• Authors:
• Don Torrieri

Originally adopted in military networks as a means of ensuring secure communication when confronted with the threats of jamming and interception, spread-spectrum systems are now the core of commercial applications such as mobile cellular and satellite communication. This book provides a concise but lucid explanation and derivation of the fundamentals of spread-spectrum communication systems. The level of presentation is suitable for graduate...

Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using MATLAB

• ISBN:
• 0387241574
• Authors:
• Steven Kay

Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using MATLAB® is an introduction to probability and random processes that merges theory with practice. Based on the author’s belief that only "hands-on" experience with the material can promote intuitive understanding, the approach is to motivate the need for theory using MATLAB examples, followed by theory and analysis, and finally descriptions of "real-world" examples to acquaint the reader with a...

Communication Systems

• ISBN:
• 0387254811
• Authors:
• Marcelo S. Alencar, Valdemar C. da Rocha Jr.

Communication Systems is as an introductory textbook, presenting Fourier transform, convolution, and definitions of autocorrelation and power spectral density. It also introduces concepts of probability, random variables, and stochastic processes and their applications to the analysis of linear systems. Innovatively, the text treats the modulation process using stochastic processes as well as covers amplitude modulation, quadrature modulation,...

Philosophical Darwinism: On the Origin of Knowledge by Means of Natural Selection

• ISBN:
• 0415086027
• Authors:
• Peter Munz

Philosophical Darwinism brings an entirely new perspective to contemporary debates. It has far-reaching implications for cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and questions attempts from the field of biology to reduce mental events to neural processes. Most importantly, it provides a rational postmodern alternative to what the author views as the unreasonable postmodern theories of Kuhn, Lyotard, and Rorty.

Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry (Contemporary Politicaleconomy)

• ISBN:
• 0415312604
• Authors:
• Arthur De Vany

Movies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this superb new book, De Vany casts his expert eye over all aspects of the business and presents some intriguing conclusions.

Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS

• ISBN:
• 0470015756

Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS, Second Edition , is a comprehensive and fully updated introduction to WCDMA radio access technology used in UMTS, featuring new content on key developments. Written by leading experts at Nokia, the first edition quickly established itself as a best-selling and highly respected book on how to dimension, plan and optimise UMTS networks. This valuable text examines current and future radio network...

QoS Over Heterogeneous Networks

• ISBN:
• 047001752X
• Authors:
• Mario Marchese

The importance of quality of service (QoS) has risen with the recent evolution of telecommunication networks, which are characterised by a great heterogeneity. While many applications require a specific level of assurance from the network; communication networks are characterized by different service providers, transmission means and implementer solutions such as asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4), IPv6 and...

The Business of WiMAX

• ISBN:
• 047002691X
• Authors:
• Deepak Pareek

WiMAX holds great promise for the future of broadband communications. Companies and consumers are increasingly dependent on broadband and are committed to taking broadband to the next level with mobile broadband or 802.16e, the WiMAX standard. The Business of WiMAX offers a complete guide to this exciting technology, addressing the critical issues surrounding WiMAX and its future.  The author discusses the need for the technology, before...

Chemistry in Motion: Reaction-Diffusion Systems for Micro- and Nanotechnology

• ISBN:
• 0470030437
• Authors:
• Bartosz A. Grzybowski

Change and motion define and constantly reshape the world around us, on scales from the molecular to the global. In particular, the subtle interplay between chemical reactions and molecular transport gives rise to an astounding richness of natural phenomena, and often manifests itself in the emergence of intricate spatial or temporal patterns. The underlying theme of this book is that by “setting chemistry in motion” in a proper way, it is...

GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services

• ISBN:
• 0470030704
• Authors:
• Jörg Eberspächer, Hans-Joerg Vögel, Christian Bettstetter, Christian Hartmann

With around 3 billion subscribers, GSM is the world's most commonly used technology for wireless communication. Providing an overview of the innovations that have fuelled this phenomena, GSM: Architecture, Protocols and Services, Third Edition offers a clear introduction to the field of cellular systems. Special emphasis is placed on system architecture and protocol aspects, and topics range from addressing concepts through mobility management...

Wireless Mesh Networks (Advanced Texts in Communications and Networking)

• ISBN:
• 0470032561
• Authors:
• Ian Akyildiz, Xudong Wang

Going beyond classic networking principles and architectures for better wireless performance Written by authors with vast experience in academia and industry, Wireless Mesh Networks provides its readers with a thorough overview and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in wireless mesh networking. It offers guidance on how to develop new ideas to advance this technology, and how to support emerging applications and services. The...

Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition

• ISBN:
• 0071475745
• Authors:
• John Volakis

The “bible of antenna engineering” fully updated to provide state-of-the-art coverage in antenna design and applications Edited by John L. Volakis, one of the world's leading authorities in antenna engineering, this trusted resource covers all the classic antenna types plus many new types and designs used in communications systems, satellites, radars, and emerging applications from WLAN to automotive systems to biomedical to smart antennas....

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,...

Rapid J2EE(TM) Development: An Adaptive Foundation for Enterprise Applications

• ISBN:
• 0131472208
• Authors:
• Alan Monnox

Praise for Rapid J2EE Development "The author provides a good survey of the technologies and approaches for rapid development in the J2EE arena. He touches on all areas that should be of interest to a reader, from design through testing. He illustrates the different phases of rapid development by going into several technologies in depth, and he also lists or otherwise mentions other available technologies. I would recommend this book to anyone...

Web Design Garage

• ISBN:
• 0131481991
• Authors:
• Marc Campbell

Tinker with the tools of Web design--in the Garage! Learn how to construct cool and interactive Web sites with this hands-on guide to the world of Web design and usability. In this title from Prentice Hall PTR's Garage Series, author Marc Campbell shows you the "ins and outs" of designing sites with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS as core technologies. Using layout diagrams and graphics to illustrate your journey, Campbell takes you through every step...

Web Services Platform Architecture: SOAP, WSDL, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, WS-BPEL, WS-Reliable Messaging, and More

• ISBN:
• 0131488740
• Authors:
• Sanjiva Weerawarana, Francisco Curbera, Frank Leymann, Tony Storey, Donald F. Ferguson

"Other books claim to present the complete Web services platform architecture, but this is the first one I've seen that really does. The authors have been intimately involved in the creation of the architecture. Who better to write this book?" --Anne Thomas Manes, Vice President and Research Director, Burton Group "This is a very important book, providing a lot of technical detail and background that very few (if any) other books will be able to...

Fire the Phone Company: A Handy Guide to Voice Over IP

• ISBN:
• 0321384865
• Authors:
• David Field

Longing to break free from the phone company’s tethers? This is the place to start! Realizing that VoIP is still just an acronym to many (and an intimidating one at that), author Dave Field speaks squarely to you, the consumer, demonstrating that you don’t have to be a technologist to start achieving significant savings through Internet phone services. Keeping acronyms to a minimum, introducing important terms in sidebars, and using...

New Buddhist Movements in Thailand (Roultedge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series)

• ISBN:
• 0415408695
• Authors:
• Mackenzie

Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty, social change and increasing dissatisfaction with the Thai Sangha and its leadership. Examining these movements, which represent two distinctive trends within contemporary Buddhism in Thailand, this book explains why they have come into...

Path Routing in Mesh Optical Networks

• ISBN:
• 0470015659
• Authors:
• Eric Bouillet, Georgios Ellinas, Jean-Francois Labourdette, Ramu Ramamurthy

Transport networks evolved from DCS (Digital Cross-connect Systems)-based mesh architectures, to SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) ring architectures in the 1990’s. In the past few years, technological advancements in optical transport switches have allowed service providers to support the same fast recovery in mesh networks previously available in ring networks while achieving better capacity efficiency...

iPhone For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0470174692
• Authors:
• Edward C. Baig, Bob LeVitus

Congratulations! The iPhone you just bought is one heck of a wireless telephone, complete with a capable 2-megapixel digital camera. But it’s way more than that: it's also a gorgeous widescreen video iPod and the smallest, most powerful Internet communications device yet. So now that you've got it, what do you do with it? That's where iPhone For Dummies comes in. Apple’s iPhone, puts the world virtually in your pocket. But because it does so...

RTLS For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))

• ISBN:
• 047039868X
• Authors:
• Ajay Malik

Select, invest in, and deploy a Real Time Location System Is your business ready for an RTLS? This friendly, hands-on guide shows you how to understand and implement this cutting-edge technology, explaining RTLS methodologies in plain English. From the initial deployment to monitoring to determining Return on Investment, you'll see how to successfully meet your needs, ensure data accuracy, and sustain your system. Get your bearings —...

iPhone 3G Portable Genius

• ISBN:
• 047042348X
• Authors:
• Paul McFedries, David Pabian

You don’t have to be a genius to use an iPhone 3G. But if you want to get the very most out of yours, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work and start ramping up the pace. Want to e-mail attachments twice as fast? Talk and browse at the same time? Quickly locate the nearest coffee shop? Sync your iPhone 3G with multiple computers? You’ll find cool and useful Genius tips, full-color screenshots, and pages of easy-to-access shortcuts and...

The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds

• ISBN:
• 0470516623
• Authors:
• Gonzalo Camarillo, Miguel-Angel García-Martín

Third edition of this best-selling guide to IMS: fully revised, and updated with brand new material The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is the technology that merges the Internet with the cellular world. It makes Internet technologies such as the web, email, instant messaging, presence, and videoconferencing available nearly everywhere at any time. The third edition of this bestselling book is fully updated and provides comprehensively expanded...

Video Compression and Communications: From Basics to H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 for DVB and HSDPA-Style Adaptive Turbo-Transceivers

• ISBN:
• 0470518499
• Authors:
• Lajos Hanzo, Peter Cherriman, Jurgen Streit

Since the publication of Wireless Video Communications five years ago, the area of video compression and wireless transceivers has evolved even further. This new edition addresses a range of recent developments in these areas, giving cognizance to the associated transmission aspects and issues of error resilience. Video Compression and Communications has been updated and condensed yet remains all-encompassing, giving a comprehensive overview of...

Advanced Wireless Networks: Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic 4G Technology

• ISBN:
• 047074250X
• Authors:
• Savo Glisic, Beatriz Lorenzo

With 40% new material the new edition of Advanced Wireless Networks provides a comprehensive representation of the key issues in 4G wireless networks. Focussing on cognitive, cooperative and opportunistic paradigms to provide further increase in network efficiency, the book explores and addresses issues in wireless internet, mobile cellular and WLAN, as well as sensor, ad hoc, bio-inspired, active and cognitive networks. It examines the problem...

Heathrow's Terminal 5: History in the Making

• ISBN:
• 0470754354
• Authors:
• Sharon Doherty

This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000 companies - which led to the successful delivery of this mega project on time, on budget, and safely. Love or hate Heathrow we can’t ignore it! An economic power house for the UK, 155,000 earn...

A Practical Approach to Signals and Systems

• ISBN:
• 0470823534
• Authors:
• D. Sundararajan

Concisely covers all the important concepts in an easy-to-understand way Gaining a strong sense of signals and systems fundamentals is key for general proficiency in any electronic engineering discipline, and critical for specialists in signal processing, communication, and control. At the same time, there is a pressing need to gain mastery of these concepts quickly, and in a manner that will be immediately applicable in the real word....

Managing Service Level Quality: Across Wireless and Fixed Networks

• ISBN:
• 0470848480
• Authors:
• Peter Massam

QoS (Quality of Service) and Network Management are old topics. However, the fusion of IP style multimedia and wireless networks (3G) means that network managers who might previously have dealt with one or the other, must now manage and provide service guarantees for the both. This is where Managing Service Level Quality across Wireless and Fixed Networks steps in... It begins by examining the mechanisms that already existed in fixed IP data...

Next Generation Wireless Applications

• ISBN:
• 0470869860
• Authors:
• Paul Golding

In this rapidly developing field, this book explains why the various technologies are needed and will guide the reader to a deeper understanding of their significance and benefits within the industry.  Focussing on the wireless context will give the reader a better understanding of how to use the technologies specifically in the development of wireless applications.  Uniquely,  Next Generation Wireless Applications  shows how the many and...

Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks

• ISBN:
• 0471003972
• Authors:
• H. Jonathan Chao, Xiaolei Guo

The explosion of traffic over data communications networks has resulted in a growing demand for Quality of Service (QoS) techniques to ensure network reliability, particularly in regard to e-commerce applications. Written by two experts in the field, this book covers the implementation of QoS techniques from an engineering point of view. Readers will find practical, up-to-date coverage of all key QoS technologies, real-world engineering examples...

Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies

• ISBN:
• 0471423289
• Authors:
• Paul R. Niven

Hands-on guidelines for using the Balanced Scorecard within mission-driven organizations Today’s insistence on demonstrated organizational performance is not limited to private-sector corporations. Public and nonprofit agencies are also finding that, as financial resources decrease and demand for results increases, they too must institute performance goals along with programs and processes to consistently progress toward those goals. Balanced...

Understanding Information Transmission (IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series)

• ISBN:
• 0471679100
• Authors:
• John B. Anderson, Rolf Johannesson

Understanding Information Transmission introduces you to the entire field of information technology. In this consumer handbook and introductory student resource, seven chapters span the gamut of the field—the nature, storage, transmission, networking, and protection of information. In addition to the science and technology, this book brings the subject alive by presenting the amazing history of information technology, profiling incredible...

Wireless Information Networks (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

• ISBN:
• 0471725420
• Authors:
• Kaveh Pahlavan, Allen H. Levesque

Towards location aware mobile ad hoc sensors A Systems Engineering Approach to Wireless Information Networks The Second Edition of this internationally respected textbook brings readers fully up to date with the myriad of developments in wireless communications. When first published in 1995, wireless communications was synonymous with cellular telephones. Now wireless information networks are the most important technology in all branches of...

Elements of Environmental Chemistry

• ISBN:
• 047199815X
• Authors:
• Ronald A. Hites

The basics of environmental chemistry and a toolbox for solving problems Elements of Environmental Chemistry uses real-world examples to help readers master the quantitative aspects of environmental chemistry. Complex environmental issues are presented in simple terms to help readers grasp the basics and solve relevant problems. Topics covered include: steady- and non-steady-state modeling, chemical kinetics, stratospheric ozone, photochemical...

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...

Digital Television Systems

• ISBN:
• 0521896029
• Authors:
• Marcelo S. Alencar

Digital television is a multibillion-dollar industry with commercial systems now being deployed worldwide. In this concise yet detailed guide, you will learn about the standards that apply to fixed-line and mobile digital television, as well as the underlying principles involved. The digital television standards are presented to aid understanding of new systems in the market and reveal the variations between different systems used throughout the...

Modern Digital Signal Processing

• ISBN:
• 0534400957
• Authors:
• Roberto Cristi

Roberto Cristi conveys the excitement of the Digital Signal Processing field in which students can experiment with sounds, images, and video. Using a wealth of applications, the book covers Digital Signal Processing material well suited to today's diverse student population. The author presents the material in a logical sequence so that students can appreciate how concepts develop. The book can be effectively used in a university classroom or as...

Essential ActionScript 2.0

• ISBN:
• 0596006527
• Authors:
• Colin Moock

In September 2003, Macromedia released Flash MX 2004, and with it, ActionScript 2.0, a dramatically improved version of Flash's programming language. ActionScript 2.0 introduces a formal object-oriented programming syntax and methodology for creating Flash applications. From a developer's perspective, the new OOP-based techniques in ActionScript 2.0 make applications more natural to plan and conceptualize, more stable, more reusable across...

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

• ISBN:
• 0671631985
• Authors:
• Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner

* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? * Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? * Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? * Did you know that early readers hold an advantage over their peers throughout school? * Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wrong? SRAs DISTAR® is the most successful beginning reading program...

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...

Building Valve Amplifiers

• ISBN:
• 0750656956
• Authors:
• Morgan Jones

If you actually intend to create, modify, restore or repair tube audio equipment, I would highly recommend purchasing Building Valve Amplifiers, even if you are seasoned by many years of practical experience. I am convinced that all readers will be amazed at the quantity of new useful knowledge it contains. Audio Ideas Guide magazine This book can be thoroughly recommended for experienced builders and novices alike. Electronics World Building...

Operational Amplifiers, Fifth Edition (EDN Series for Design Engineers)

• ISBN:
• 0750659149
• Authors:
• G B Clayton, Steve Winder

George Clayton's Operational Amplifiers is a well established undergraduate text - offering full coverage of the subject for HNC/HND electronic engineering as well as first and second year degree modules. It has also proved popular in industry as a reference text. Having previously been fully revised by Steve Winder, this classic textbook covers all the latest developments in the field, matched to current degree module syllabuses in both the UK...

Implementing 802.11, 802.16, and 802.20 Wireless Networks: Planning, Troubleshooting, and Operations (Communications Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0750678089
• Authors:
• Ron Olexa

This is not another book about installing a home or "hobby" Wi-Fi system. Instead, this book shows you how to plan, design, install, and operate WLAN systems in businesses, institutions, and public settings such as libraries and hotels. In other words, this book is packed with serious information for serious professionals responsible for implementing robust, high performance WLANs covering areas as small as a coffee shop or as large as entire...

Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks (Communications Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0750682116
• Authors:
• Paul Goransson, Raymond Greenlaw

This book explores the fundamental concepts, basic theory, and key principles of 802.11 networks with roaming capabilities. Today, we increasingly expect to find public Wide Local Area Network (WLAN) 802.11 access in our airports, public spaces, and hotels, and we want to maintain our connections when we're mobile and using 802.11 WLANs. However, 802.11 was not originally designed with roaming capabilities and can't, in its "pure" form, support...

Digital Signal Processing: Instant Access

• ISBN:
• 0750689765
• Authors:
• James D. Broesch

Digital signal processing is commonplace in most electronics including MP3 players, HDTVs, and phones, just to name a few of the applications. The engineers creating these devices are in need of essential information at a moment's notice. The Instant Access Series provides all the critical content that a signal or communications engineer needs in his or her daily work. This book provides an introduction to DSPs as well as succinct overviews of...

Amphibian (Eyewitness Guides)

• ISBN:
• 075136004X
• Authors:
• Barry Clarke

"Eyewitness Guides" are a series of illustrated information books which integrate photographs with explanatory illustrations, maps, charts and text. This book looks at amphibians, their evolution, time-chart, fossils, modern families, defence, diet and metamorphosis.

Natural Selection (Science Foundations)

• ISBN:
• 0791097846
• Authors:
• J. Phil Gibson, Terri R. Gibson

In his groundbreaking book "Natural Selection", Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of natural selection. This new title in the "Science Foundations" series provides an overview of the processes and causes that drive natural selection and the...

Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality (Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology)

• ISBN:
• 0803229534
• Authors:
• Andrew P. Lyons, Harriet D. Lyons

Irregular Connections traces the anthropological study of sex from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on social and cultural anthropology and the work done by researchers in North America and Great Britain. Andrew P. and Harriet D. Lyons argue that the sexuality of those whom anthropologists studied has been conscripted into Western discourses about sex, including debates about prostitution, homosexuality, divorce,...

Detection Theory: A User's Guide

• ISBN:
• 0805842306
• Authors:
• Neil A. Macmillan, C. Douglas Creelman

Detection Theory is an introduction to one of the most important tools for analysis of data where choices must be made and performance is not perfect. Originally developed for evaluation of electronic detection, detection theory was adopted by psychologists as a way to understand sensory decision making, then embraced by students of human memory. It has since been utilized in areas as diverse as animal behavior and X-ray diagnosis. This book...

Film and Television After 9/11

• ISBN:
• 080932556X
• Authors:
• Wheeler Winston Dixon

In Film and Television after 9/11, twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. While some contemporary films offer escapism, the bulk of mainstream American cinema since 9/11 seems centered on the desire to replicate the idea of the "just war," in...

Foundations of Time-Frequency Analysis (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)

• ISBN:
• 0817640223
• Authors:
• Karlheinz Gröchenig

Time-Frequency Analysis is a rich source of ideas and applications in modern harmonic analysis. The history of time-frequency analysis dates back to von Neumann, Wigner, and Gabor, who considered the problems in quantum mechanics and in information theory. For many years time-frequency analysis has been pursued only in engineering, but recently, and with the development of wavelet theory, it has emerged as a thriving field of applied...

TQM Engineering Handbook (Quality and Reliability , Vol 52)

• ISBN:
• 082470083X
• Authors:
• D.H. Stamatis

This practical resource establishes a sound rationale for the continuation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in all organizations, offering a model, an implementation strategy, as well as traditional and nontraditional methods for the successful enhancement and maintenance of quality. Considers leading quality-related topics, such as unusual charts, supplier-organization-customer relationships, customer needs and expectations, instructional...

Propagation Handbook for Wireless Communication System Design

• ISBN:
• 0849308208
• Authors:
• Robert K. Crane

Data and models for better systems designAtmospheric gases, building materials, the weather … The propagation of wireless communications signals depends upon a whole range of factors, any or all of which can have a significant impact on the quality of a signal. Data generated by careful measurement of signals propagating under various environmental conditions are therefore fundamental to designing and building efficient, robust, and economical...

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...

The Neurophysics of Human Behavior: Explorations at the Interface of the Brain, Mind, Behavior, and Information

• ISBN:
• 0849313082
• Authors:
• Mark E. Furman, Fred P. Gallo

How do brain, mind, matter, and energy interact? Can we create a comprehensive model of the mind and brain, their interactions, and their influences? Synthesizing research from neuroscience, physics, biology, systems science, information science, psychology, and the cognitive sciences, The Neurophysics of Human Behavior advances a unified theory of brain, mind, behavior and information. This groundbreaking work helps you more deeply understand,...

Microwave and RF Product Applications (Principles and Applications in Engineering, 17)

• ISBN:
• 0849317320

The field of microwave engineering has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, as commercial wireless endeavors overtook defense and government work. The modern microwave and RF engineer must be knowledgeable about customer expectations, market trends, manufacturing technologies, and factory models to a degree that is unprecedented. Unfortunately, most of the available literature does not reflect this fact, but remains focused on...

Implementation and Applications of DSL Technology

• ISBN:
• 0849334233

The digital subscriber line (DSL) industry is expanding rapidly and a technology once thought to be only transitional will soon clear $100 billion in total annual service revenue. From the world’s leading DSL experts, Implementation and Application of DSL Technologies builds upon the theory presented in Fundamentals of DSL Technologies to address issues fundamental to the success of DSL technology, including those that sustain DSL development,...

A Primer on the Taguchi Method

• ISBN:
• 087263468X
• Authors:
• Ranjit Roy

A clear, simple and essentially non-mathematical presentation, this practical guide introduces you to the basic concepts, techniques and applications of the renowned Taguchi approach. Numerous real-world examples will help you see how the Taguchi Method works in a variety of manufacturing applications. For those who need a more rigorous statistical treatment, the book’s working appendices provide full mathematical details on orthogonal arrays,...

GSM Networks: Protocols, Terminology and Implementation (Artech House Mobile Communications Library.)

• ISBN:
• 0890064717
• Authors:
• Gunnar Heine

This text offers a comprehensive treatment of the entire GSM network and the signalling methods of its terrestrial interfaces. It introduces all the interfaces between the GSM subsystems, starting with the Abis- and Air-Interface and continuing on to VLRs, HLRs and MSCs within the NSS. The reader learns about the various signalling standards or methods used in GSM, including TCAP and MAP, and how to apply this knowledge when working with GSM...

Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications (The Artech House Antenna Library)

• ISBN:
• 0890067554
• Authors:
• Kazimierz Siwiak

This text provides an introduction to antenna and propagation problems in personal telecommunications - detailing practical solutions for the design obstacles posed by fixed site antennas, radiowave propagation and small antennas proximate to the human body. The book is divided into three main parts: the first section defines the personal communications link and explores the performance of fixed site antennas in that link. The middle chapters...

GSM and Personal Communications Handbook (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

• ISBN:
• 0890069573
• Authors:
• Siegmund Redl, Matthias Weber, Malcolm W. Oliphant

An inside look at how and why GSM has progressed to become a major digital wireless standard and how it will be standardized, regulated and developed in the future. You see how GSM delivers PCS services in comparison with competing systems such as DECT, PHS/PHP, CDMA, IS 136, learn how current GSM services work, and discover details on new services just over the horizon. Also included is a unique review of digital radio technology and techniques...

CDMA RF System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

• ISBN:
• 0890069913
• Authors:
• Samuel c. Yang

Understand the essentials of CDMA wireless technology and develop the knowledge you need to design and operate either co-located AMPS and CDMA or dedicated CDMA systems with this unique reference. Drawing upon his recent experience in building the first major CDMA network in North America, the author helps you acquire the knowledge you need to engineer and implement an IS-95 based CDMA system. Examining both the theoretical and practical side of...

Concept Design: Works from Seven Los Angeles Entertainment Designers (v. 1)

• ISBN:
• 0972667601
• Authors:
• Harold Belker, Steve Burg, James Clyne, Mark Goerner, Nick Pugh, Neville Page, Scott Robertson

Introduction to Mobile Telephone Systems: 1G, 2G, 2.5G, and 3G Technologies and Services

• ISBN:
• 0974694320
• Authors:
• Lawrence Harte, David Bowler

This book explains the different types of mobile telephone technologies and systems from 1st generation analog to 3rd generation digital broadband. It describes the basics of how they operate, the different types of wireless voice, data and information services, key commercial systems, and typical revenues/costs of these services. Mobile telephone technologies, systems, and services have dramatically changed over the past 2 years. New technology...

HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS

• ISBN:
• 0975240277
• Authors:
• Rachel Andrew, Daniel Shafer

"HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS," 2nd Edition is for web developers looking to create websites using Cascading Style Sheets for layout, which allow for faster page downloads, easier maintenance, faster website redesigns, and better search engine optimization. "HTML Utopia" covers all aspects of using Cascading Style Sheets in Web Development, and is a must-read for Web Developers designing new sites or upgrading existing ones to...

The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change (Environmental Systems and Global Change Series)

• ISBN:
• 140512976X
• Authors:
• Olav Slaymaker, Richard Kelly

This is the first textbook to consider all aspects of the cryosphere system in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate. Considers all six aspects of the cryosphere – ice sheets, glacier ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice and snow – in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate. Describes a new concept of cryosphere transience and landscape transition which...

21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook

• ISBN:
• 1412950309

The discipline of communication has grown in popularity from the time professors of journalism and speech decided, in the mid-1960s, that the term “communication” was an excellent general descriptor for the theory and research that each group aspired to create.  Over time, the two groups grew closer and recognized significant overlap in their theoretical and research interests, but there were also differences in their traditions that kept...

WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization (Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications)

• ISBN:
• 1420066625
• Authors:
• Yan Zhang

This book offers a comprehensive explanation on how to dimension, plan, and optimize WiMAX networks. The first part of the text introduces WiMAX networks architecture, physical layer, standard, protocols, security mechanisms, and highly related radio access technologies. It covers system framework, topology, capacity, mobility management, handoff management, congestion control, medium access control (MAC), scheduling, Quality of Service (QoS),...

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...

Satellite Systems Engineering in an IPv6 Environment

• ISBN:
• 1420078682
• Authors:
• Daniel Minoli

A practical guide to satellite transmission engineering, this book has three distinguishing features. It focuses more on practical results and less on the actual derivation of the mathematical equations, highlights the use of satellite transmission in an ipv6 environment, and applies the theory to sensor networks, IPTV distribution, and DVB-H-based delivery of TV signals to phones. Topics include electromagnetic propagation, modulation and...

Using Hoshin Kanri to Improve the Value Stream

• ISBN:
• 1420084232
• Authors:
• Elizabeth A. Cudney

In Using Hoshin Kanri to Improve the Value Stream , leading lean and quality expert Elizabeth Cudney constructs a complete how-to guide that any organization can employ to start a Lean effort correctly and keep it on track. Rooted in practical examples garnered over years of hand-on practice, she illustrates the key principles of lean and value, and then shows you how to put them to work. Cudney points out that organizations often fail at...

New Directions in Wireless Communications Research

• ISBN:
• 144190672X

New Directions in Wireless Communications Research addresses critical issues in the design and performance analysis of current and future wireless system design. Intended for use by system designers and academic researchers, the contributions are by acknowledged international leaders in their field. Topics covered include: (1) Characterization of wireless channels; (2) The principles and challenges of OFDM; (3) Low-correlation sequences for...

Totally Integrated Enterprises: A Framework and Methodology for Business and Technology Improvement

• ISBN:
• 1574443038
• Authors:
• Thomas E. Miller, Daryle W. Berger

At the foundation of today's leading-edge manufacturing companies is a common vision for virtual, distributed enterprise in an agile environment where organizations can swiftly and cost-effectively bring products from concept to production - and respond dynamically to changes in customer and market requirements. Totally Integrated Enterprises: A Framework and Methodology for Business and Technology Improvement provides a framework and a...

Broadband Microstrip Antennas

• ISBN:
• 1580532446
• Authors:
• Girish Kumar, K.P. Ray

Look to this new, cutting-edge microstrip antenna book for the first exhaustive coverage of broadband techniques, including the most up-to-date information to help you choose and design the optimum broadband microstrip antenna configurations for your applications, without sacrificing other antenna parameters. The book shows you how to take advantage of the lightweight, low volume benefits of these antennas, by providing clear explanations of the...

LANs to WANs: The Complete Management Guide

• ISBN:
• 1580535720
• Authors:
• Nathan J. Muller

Empowered by today’s high-performance computers interconnected over LANs and WANs, companies are faced with the daunting task of bringing workability to the diversity and complexity of today’s data communications landscape. This new, comprehensive resource addresses key network management challenges, showing you how to: tie together incompatible LANs, meld legacy systems and LANs, extend the reach of LANs with wireless links, protect...

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...

A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology (Contemporary Endocrinology)

• ISBN:
• 1588298159

Written cases provide a thoughtful review of modern management and contemplation of the literature, much more so than even a case presentation without the patient. As a result, in recent years the written or prepared case has become the ideal forum for demonstrating how to manage a medical problem to the greatest benefit of the patient. In "A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology", distinguished clinicians provide stimulating instruction...

Mobile Multimedia Communications: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges (Premier Reference Source)

• ISBN:
• 1591407664
• Authors:
• Gour Karmakar and Laurence S. Dooley

With rapid growth of the Internet, the applications of multimedia are burgeoning in every aspect of human life including communication networks and wireless and mobile communications. Mobile Multimedia Communications: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges captures defining research on all aspects and implications of the accelerated progress of mobile multimedia technologies. Covered topics include fundamental network infrastructures, modern...

PHP 5 / MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner

• ISBN:
• 1592004946
• Authors:
• Andy Harris

Are you ready to begin programming with PHP and MySQL? Then get ready to jump right in. You'll get an introduction to programming with a specific focus on programming web servers with the PHP programming language. Much of the original content from the first edition (1931841322) is retained, but you'll also cover updates relating to the upcoming PHP 5.0 release. Following the same format as the popular first edition, this book provides...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Skype for PCs

• ISBN:
• 159257551X
• Authors:
• Andrew Sheppard

The who, whats, where, and how-to of the "softphone" revolution in computers. With more than 70 million users worldwide, Skype has become one of the most popular computer software programs ever designed—one that allows users to make calls on their PCs over the Internet. This book shows what you need, how to download and install the "softphone" program, and how to make the most of Skype’s offerings—both free and paid. • Shows how to...

Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

• ISBN:
• 159904949X
• Authors:
• Craig Van Slyke

The rapid development of information communication technologies (ICTs) is having a profound impact across numerous aspects of social, economic, and cultural activity worldwide, and keeping pace with the associated effects, implications, opportunities, and pitfalls has been challenging to researchers in diverse realms ranging from education to competitive intelligence. Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and...

US Army Ranger 1983-2002: Sua Sponte - Of Their Own Accord (Warrior, Vol.65

• ISBN:
• 1841765856
• Authors:
• Mir Bahmanyar

This study of the US Army Ranger takes the reader through the distinct stages of training and acceptance, including the Ranger Indoctrination Program and Ranger Battalion training, and details the developments in Ranger weaponry, equipment and clothing since the early 1980s. Using first hand accounts, it shows what it was like to fight in Panama in 1989, in raid missions in Iraq in 1991 and Somalia in 1993, and brings the unit up to date with...

The Winged Energy of Delight: Selected Translations

• ISBN:
• 0060575867
• Authors:
• Robert Bly

The astonishing collection of the translations Robert Bly has been producing for more than fifty years, introducing foreign poets to American readers for the first time. Robert Bly has always been amazingly prescient in his choice of poets to translate. The poetry he selected supplied qualities that seemed lacking from the literary culture of this country. At a time when editors and readers knew only Eliot and Pound, Bly introduced Neruda,...

The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams

• ISBN:
• 0071373144
• Authors:
• Peter S. Pande, Robert P. Neuman, Roland R. Cavanagh

This companion guide to the bestselling The Six Sigma Way focuses on the project improvement teams that do the real, in-the-trenches work of Six Sigma—measuring performance, improving quality and saving millions in the process. The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook is a highly practical reference for team leaders and members, outlining both the methods that have made Six Sigma successful and the basic steps a team must follow in an improvement...

Wireless Data for the Enterprise

• ISBN:
• 0071386378
• Authors:
• George S Faigen, Boris Fridman, Arielle Emmett

Everything you should know about "going wireless" A valuable reality check for the many claims about wireless, Wireless Data For The Enterprise sorts out myth from fact, truth from exaggeration. This guide by George Faigen, Boris Fridman, and Arielle Emmett shows you how your enterprise can extend its knowledge base to encompass mobile workers, customers and suppliers--and make money doing it. .This superb overview of what is currently possible...

Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications: With MATLAB (Professional Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 007144789X
• Authors:
• Frank Gross

Smart antennas boost the power of a wireless network, saving energy and money and greatly increasing the range of wireless broadband. Smart Antennas is a rigorous textbook on smart antenna design and deployment.

Customer-Driven Operations Management: Aligning Business Processes and Quality Tools to Create Operational Effectiveness in Your Company

• ISBN:
• 0071608311
• Authors:
• Christopher K. Ahoy

The global economy is witnessing previously unseen levels of competitiveness, forcing business leaders to contend with unprecedented challenges. No longer can companies seize and hold a customer base by operating adequately. In order to enjoy a competitive advantage, an organization must operate at exemplary levels of performance in every facet of business and maintain that degree of excellence indefinitely. This is achieved through careful...

Cognitive Radio Technology, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0123745357
• Authors:
• Bruce A. Fette

This book gives a thorough knowledge of cognitive radio concepts, principles, standards, spectrum policy issues and product implementation details. In addition to 16 chapters covering all the basics of cognitive radio, this new edition has eight brand-new chapters covering cognitive radio in multiple antenna systems, policy language and policy engine, spectrum sensing, rendezvous techniques, spectrum consumption models, protocols for adaptation,...

Control in Power Electronics: Selected Problems (Academic Press Series in Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0124027725

The authors were originally brought together to share research and applications through the international Danfoss Professor Programme at Aalborg University in Denmark. Personal computers would be unwieldy and inefficient without power electronic dc supplies. Portable communication devices and computers would also be impractical. High-performance lighting systems, motor controls, and a wide range of industrial controls depend on power...

Drosophila: A Guide to Species Identification and Use

• ISBN:
• 0124730523
• Authors:
• Therese A. Markow, Patrick O'Grady

Anyone wishing to tap the research potential of the hundreds of Drosophila species in addition to D.melanogaster will finally have a single comprehensive resource for identifying, rearing and using this diverse group of insects. This is the only group of higher eukaryotes for which the genomes of 12 species have been sequenced. The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster continues to be one of the greatest sources of information regarding the...

Leading Six Sigma: A Step-by-Step Guide Based on Experience with GE and Other Six Sigma Companies

• ISBN:
• 0130084573
• Authors:
• Ron D. Snee, Roger W. Hoerl

Leading Six Sigma is the complete guide to leading quality initiatives in your company. Top Six Sigma consultant Ronald Snee and GE quality leader Roger Hoerl demonstrate how to deploy a Six Sigma plan that reflects your unique organization, and key lessons learned from the world's best implementations. Coverage includes every facet of Six Sigma leadership: strategy, goal setting, metrics, training, roles/responsibilities, processes, reporting,...

21st Century Manufacturing

• ISBN:
• 0130956015
• Authors:
• Paul Kenneth Wright

The main chapters of the text are arranged around the premise of a new company starting out. Topics discussed include brainstorming a new idea, analyzing the market, developing a business plan, creating a conceptual product and prototype, and launching the product for sale. Written in conversational style. DLC: Electronic industries.

RFID Sourcebook

• ISBN:
• 0131851373
• Authors:
• Sandip Lahiri

The realistic, no-hype guide to RFID evaluation, planning, and deployment Approaching crucial decisions about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology? This book will help you make choices that maximize the business value of RFID technology and minimize its risks. IBM's Sandip Lahiri, an experienced RFID solution architect, presents up-to-the-minute insight for evaluating RFID; defining optimal strategies, blueprints, and timetables; and...

VLSI for Wireless Communication

• ISBN:
• 0138619980
• Authors:
• Bosco H. Leung

A textbook for first-year graduate class in electrical engineering, through a selection of material could be used for a senior undergraduate class. The goal is to bridge the gap between the circuit and system vision in wireless design.

Read You Loud and Clear: The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network

• ISBN:
• 0160801915
• Authors:
• Sunny Tsiao

Feminism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

• ISBN:
• 019280510X
• Authors:
• Margaret Walters

This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly the Third World countries. Walters examines the difficulties and inequities that women still face, more than forty years after the "new wave" of 1960s feminism--difficulties, particularly, in...

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

• ISBN:
• 0192806467
• Authors:
• Julian Stallabrass

Contemporary art has never been so popular, but what is its role today and who is controlling its future? Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, flout generally received ideas, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great emotional profundity and jaw-dropping triviality. But away from shock tactics in the gallery, there are many unanswered questions. Who is really running the art...

Butterflies through Binoculars: A Field, Finding, and Gardening Guide to Butterflies in Florida (Butterflies and Others Through Binoculars Field Guide Series,)

• ISBN:
• 0195112490
• Authors:
• Jeffrey Glassberg, Marc C. Minno, John V. Calhoun

This is a new addition to Glassberg's celebrated Butterflies through Binoculars series of field guides. As such, it rivals his earlier--and highly popular--Field and Finding Guide to Butterflies of the Boston-New York-Washington Region by providing an intensive focus on the butterflies and best butterflying sites for another highly populated and heavily traveled region. This time, the terrain in question is the state of Florida--one of the...

The Bay of Pigs (Pivotal Moments in American History)

• ISBN:
• 019517383X
• Authors:
• Howard Jones

In January 1959, as Fidel Castro entered Havana in triumph, Americans hailed the revolutionary as a hero. Then came Castro's increasingly anti-American talk, the rise in his regime of the openly Marxist Che Guevara and Raul Castro, and seizures of American-owned assets. In little more than a year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower concluded that Castro must go. In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of...

The Changing Face of Christianity: Africa, the West, and the World

• ISBN:
• 0195177282

Over the past century, Christianity's place and role in the world have changed dramatically. In 1900, 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America. Today, more than 60 percent of the world's Christians live outside of that region. This change calls for a reexamination of the way the story of Christianity is told, the methodological tools for its analysis, and its modes of expression. Perhaps most significant is the role...

Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research

• ISBN:
• 0199230692

Dragonflies and Damselflies documents the latest advances in odonate biology and relates these to a broader ecological and evolutionary research agenda. Despite being one of the smallest insect orders, dragonflies offer a number of advantages for both laboratory and field studies. In fact, they have been crucial to the advancement of our understanding of insect ecology and evolution. This book provides a critical summary of the major advances in...

Language and National Identity in Africa

• ISBN:
• 0199286744

This book focuses on language, culture, and national identity in Africa. Leading specialists examine countries in every part of the continent - Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanbia, South Africa, and the nations of the Horn, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Each chapter describes and examines the country's linguistic and political history and the...

Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century: A Contrast between European and English-Speaking Countries

• ISBN:
• 0199286884

Based on a pioneering research programme on the evolution of top incomes, this volume brings together studies from 10 OECD countries. This rapidly growing field of economic research investigates the top segment of the income distribution by using data from income tax records over the past century. As well as describing the source data and methods employed, the authors also discuss the dramatic changes that have occurred at the top of the income...

Approaching the End: A Theological Exploration of Death and Dying (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)

• ISBN:
• 0199287155
• Authors:
• David Albert Jones

David Albert Jones considers two basic questions: how can we live well in the face of death? and when, if ever, is it legitimate deliberately to bring human life to an end? He focuses upon the distinct theological approaches to death shown by four outstanding Christian thinkers: Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and Karl Rahner. Jones's aim is not primarily to make a contribution to the history of theology, but rather,...

Oxford Twenty-First Century Approaches to Literature: Middle English

• ISBN:
• 019928766X

These original essays mean to provoke rather than reassure, to challenge rather than codify. Instead of summarizing existing knowledge after the fashion of the now-ubiquitous literary 'companions,' these essays aim at opening fresh discussion; instead of emphasizing settled consensus they direct their readers to areas of enlivened and unresolved debate. Although 'major authors' such as Chaucer and Langland are richly represented, many...

The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy

• ISBN:
• 0230002463
• Authors:
• Stephen Boulter

This book is a defence of the philosophy of common sense broadly in the spirit of Thomas Reid and G.E. Moore. It breaks new ground by drawing on the work of Aristotle, contemporary evolutionary biology and psychology, and historical studies on the origins of early modern philosophy. Part One offers new answers to the questions: What counts as a common sense belief? Why should common sense beliefs be considered default positions?, and Why is it...

Test and Assess Your IQ: Numerical, Verbal and Spatial Aptitude Tests

• ISBN:
• 074945234X
• Authors:
• Philip Carter, Ken Russell

IQ tests are commonplace in both the educational system and in recruitment and selection procedures. Tests and Assess Your IQ contains over 400 questions typical of those found on such tests. Organized into 10 timed tests of 40 questions, it provides ample opportunity for anyone to improve their verbal, numerical, and spatial reasoning skills. Whether practicing for an IQ test or simply for pleasure, Test and Assess Your IQ offers plenty of...

Introduction to CDMA Wireless Communications

• ISBN:
• 0750652527
• Authors:
• Mosa Ali Abu-Rgheff

The book gives an in-depth study of the principles of the spread spectrum techniques and their applications in mobile communications. It starts with solid foundations in the digital communications that are essential to unequivocal understanding of the CDMA technology, and guides the reader through the fundamentals and characteristics of cellular CDMA communications. Features include: * A very clear and thorough description of the principles and...

Mastering Statistical Process Control: A Handbook for Performance Improvement Using SPC Cases

• ISBN:
• 0750665297
• Authors:
• Tim Stapenhurst

Mastering Statistical Process Control shows how to understand business or process performance more clearly and more effectively. This practical book is based on a rich and varied selection of case studies from across industry and commerce, including material from the manufacturing, extractive and service sectors. It will enable readers to understand how SPC can be used to maximum effect, and will deliver more effective monitoring, control and...

Flash MX Design for TV and Video

• ISBN:
• 0764536818
• Authors:
• Janet Galore, Todd Kelsey

* Includes perspectives from both traditional broadcast animators and seasoned Flash animators. * Provides information on pitfalls to avoid and where to find additional resources on Flash, animation, and television production. * Packed with tips, techniques, and case studies from shops on the cutting edge of Flash development. * Companion Website includes dynamic examples from the book and links to the hottest broadcast Flash animation created...

FrontPage 2003 Bible

• ISBN:
• 0764539744
• Authors:
• Curt Simmons

If FrontPage 2003 can do it, you can do it too... Whatever your level of expertise, this comprehensive guide to FrontPage 2003 helps you create and manage Web sites that support your objectives. If you’re building your first site, the step-by-step tutorials will get you going quickly and easily. If you belong to a corporate project team, you’ll find help coordinating the work of editors, designers, and programmers. And if you’re already a...

Teaching Kids to Spell For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

• ISBN:
• 0764576240
• Authors:
• Tracey Wood

Filled with enjoyable spelling activities and exercises The fun and easy way? to help your K-5th grader become an A+ speller If you want to make spelling easier for your child or boost spelling skills and confidence, you've come to the right place. Veteran reading specialist Tracey Wood gives you tips, games, exercises, word lists, and memory aids to help your child build solid spelling know-how. Her techniques are fun, fast, and effective, and...

VoIP For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764588435
• Authors:
• Timothy V. Kelly

Put your phone system on your computer network and see the savings See how to get started with VoIP, how it works, and why it saves you money VoIP is techspeak for "voice over Internet protocol," but it could spell "saving big bucks" for your business! Here's where to get the scoop in plain English. Find out how VoIP can save you money, how voice communication travels online, and how to choose the best way to integrate your phone system with...

CliffsNotes Parent's Crash Course Elementary School Math

• ISBN:
• 0764598368
• Authors:
• David Alan Herzog

Is helping your kids with elementary math homework a problem? * 6,234 + 5,893 + 475 + 872 = * What is the greatest common factor for 140 and 175? * Find the percentage: 25,000 cheering for the home team in an arena holding 40,000 fans * (8) + (-7) + (12) + (-11) + (15) + (-9) = * Express 343 in terms of its simplest base and exponent form. (See answers at bottom of page) It's probably been awhile since you took math, and math is taught...

Darius the Great (Ancient World Leaders)

• ISBN:
• 0791096335
• Authors:
• J. Poolos

In ancient history, Darius I stands alone as an administrator with unparalleled insight into the workings of an empire. Under his leadership, the Persian Empire grew to be the largest and most powerful diplomatic and economic force in the world. After he cleverly seized the throne and quelled a series of revolts, Darius undertook a radical reorganization of the different peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau, instituting the practices of...

The Bees of the World

• ISBN:
• 0801885736
• Authors:
• Charles D. Michener

In this extensive update of his definitive reference, Charles D. Michener reveals a diverse fauna that numbers more than 17,000 species and ranges from the common honeybee to rare bees that feed on the pollen of a single type of plant. With many new facts, reclassifications, and revisions, the second edition of The Bees of the World provides the most comprehensive treatment of the 1,200 genera and subgenera of the Apiformes. Included are...

Global Pesticide Resistance in Arthropods

• ISBN:
• 1845933532

Pesticide resistance has had a substantial impact on crop production and has been an important driver of change in modern agriculture, animal production and human health. Due to increased selection pressure, this resistance can be linked to export/import health and phytosanitary standards, invasive species eradication projects and global pandemics. However, the development of new biological and chemical products and the use of integrated pest...

Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle (Popular Culture in the Contemporary World)

• ISBN:
• 1851094490
• Authors:
• Andrew Hammond

This volume explores Arab cultural life since World War II. Chapters cover topics such as radio/TV, the press, cinema, music, theatre, popular religion, belly dance, western consumerism, sport and the Arabic language.

Insects and Human Life

• ISBN:
• 1859738478
• Authors:
• Brian Morris

What is the cultural importance of insects? Why do we spend a good deal of time and money in the West trying to exterminate insects? How are human-insect relations far more subtle in other societies? From bathtub-invaders to protein-source, insects play a multi-faceted role that has not previously been recognized. To investigate this fully, Brian Morris spent years in Malawi. Here, as in many tropical regions, insects have a profound impact on...

Millimeter Waves in Communication Systems (Innovative Technology Series)

• ISBN:
• 1903996171

The creation of new components, devices, and systems the millimetre-wave range due to increasing demand for faster systems in the telecommunications area is discussed in this technological analysis.

Turbo Codes: Error-Correcting Codes of Widening Application (Innovative Technology Series)

• ISBN:
• 1903996260

Three leading areas of information about turbo codes, a new type of correction code, are examined: the construction of concatenated codes and their properties, the problems of decoding, and the extension of turbo codes to other applications.

Spectral Analysis: Parametric and Non-Parametric Digital Methods (Digital Signal & Image Processing Series (ISTE-DSP))

• ISBN:
• 1905209053

This book deals with these parametric methods, first discussing those based on time series models, Capon’s method and its variants, and then estimators based on the notions of sub-spaces. However, the book also deals with the traditional “analog” methods, now called non-parametric methods, which are still the most widely used in practical spectral analysis.

Frequency Standards: Basics and Applications

• ISBN:
• 3527402306
• Authors:
• Fritz Riehle

Of all measurement quantities, the frequency represents the one that can be determined with the highest degree of accuracy. This also allows precise measurements of other physical and technical quantities, whenever they could be put down to a frequency measurement. This volume covers the important methods and techniques developed for frequency measurements in physics, electronics, quantum electronics, statistics, and communication theory. After...

Successful Decision-making: A Systematic Approach to Complex Problems

• ISBN:
• 3540243070
• Authors:
• Rudolf Grünig, Richard Kühn

Making decisions is certainly the most important task of a manager and it is often a very difficult one. This book offers a decision making procedure for solving complex problems step by step. Unlike other texts, the book focuses on problem analysis, on developing solution options and on establishing the decision making matrix. The book is intended for decision makers in companies, in non-profit organisations and in public administration. It...

Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results, Third Edition (PLANT ENGINEERING SERIES)

• ISBN:
• 0849353408
• Authors:
• Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino

There is no easy answer to the question, “What is RCA?” Some will give a general idea of what Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is designed to accomplish, while others will advocate a specific approach. In this third edition of the best-selling Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results , acclaimed experts Robert and Kenneth Latino offer a broad look at the various types of approaches to RCA, comparing their pros and cons...

Genetics, Evolution and Biological Control

• ISBN:
• 085199735X

Developed from the keynote addresses delivered at the third IOBC International Symposium (co-organized with CILBA) held in Montpellier in October 2002, this book follows the themes of: genetic structure of pest and natural enemy populations, molecular diagnostic tools in biological control, tracing the origin of pests and natural enemies, predicting evolutionary change in pests and natural enemies, compatibility of transgenic crops and natural...

Human Evolutionary Biology: Human Anatomy and Physiology from an Evolutionary Perspective

• ISBN:
• 0961580828
• Authors:
• Arndt Von Hippel

In his inimitably upbeat and irreverent style, Dr. Arndt von Hippel demonstrates how the latest scientific findings confirm a tortuous progression of events from the universal Big Bang to you. This book is * timely - there are no others * up-to-date - includes recent discoveries * complete - it provides an essential overview as well as a detailed explanation of human body systems * exciting - because it presents a great deal of information in a...

Demystifying ATM/ADSL

• ISBN:
• 155622592X
• Authors:
• Michael Busby

In a book for the non-communications professional, ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) and ADSL (digital signal line) technologies are presented at an understandable level. The CD-ROM contains ATM training software. .

Designing the Best Call Center for Your Business, 2nd Edition

• ISBN:
• 1578203139
• Authors:
• Brendan B. Read

Designing the Best Call Center for Your Business examines all key aspects of opening and expanding a live agent call center, with in-depth coverage on facilities and workstation design; site selection, including communications and power backups; f This revised and expanded edition examines all key aspects of opening and expanding a live agent call center.

A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• ISBN:
• 1843840235
• Authors:
• Christopher Corèdon, Ann Williams

This dictionary contains some 3,400 terms as headwords. It is aimed at the non-academic reader of history who often encounters technical words and phrases whose precise meaning is assumed by the writer. The subject matter ranges from the legal and ecclesiastic to the more humdrum words of daily life. As Latin was the language of the church, law and government records there are many Latin terms, frequently found in modern books of history of the...

The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain

• ISBN:
• 1843841193
• Authors:
• Amanda Hopkins

This volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain, primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it differs from modern erotics, the contributors address topics such as the Wife of Bath's opinions on marital eroticism, the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and transgression, the interplay between religion and the erotic, and...

Higher-Order Components for Grid Programming: Making Grids More Usable

• ISBN:
• 3642008402
• Authors:
• Jan Dünnweber, Sergei Gorlatch

A major challenge in grid computing remains the application software development for this new kind of infrastructure. Grid application programmers have to take into account several complicated aspects: distribution of data and computations, parallel computations on different sites and processors, heterogeneity of the involved computers, load balancing, etc. Grid programmers thus demand novel programming methodologies that abstract over such...

Henry II (History of Warfare)

• ISBN:
• 9004157247
• Authors:
• Hosler, J.D.

Intended as a military biography, this book studies the scope of Henry Plantagenet's warfare during his tenure as count of Anjou, duke of Normandy, and king of England. Relying heavily upon medieval documents, it analyzes his generalship and reexamines his place amongst the important military commanders in English history.

Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion

• ISBN:
• 0060761563
• Authors:
• Jennifer Saginor

You are six years old. Every day after school your father takes you to a sprawling castle filled with exotic animals, bowls of candy, and half-naked women catering to your every need. You have your own room. You have new friends. You have an uncle Hef who's always there for you. Welcome to the world of Playground , the true story of a young girl who grew up inside the Playboy Mansion. By the time she was fourteen, she'd done countless drugs, had...

Fiber Optic Data Communication: Technology Advances and Futures

• ISBN:
• 0122078926

This book is an authoritative review of current and future trends in the field of telecommunications. Written by industry experts who are developing leading-edge data communication networks, Fiber Optic Data Communication provides professionals and students alike with a look at emerging technologies and their applications. Four of the chapters have been revised from DeCusatis's best-selling book, Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communications ; the...

Nonlinear Digital Filters: Analysis and Applications

• ISBN:
• 0123725364
• Authors:
• W. K. Ling

This book provides an easy to understand overview of nonlinear behavior in digital filters, showing how it can be utilized or avoided when operating nonlinear digital filters. It gives techniques for analyzing discrete-time systems with discontinuous linearity, enabling the analysis of other nonlinear discrete-time systems, such as sigma delta modulators, digital phase lock loops and turbo coders. Features: . Uses new methods based on symbolic...

Multi-Camera Networks: Principles and Applications

• ISBN:
• 0123746337
• Authors:
• Hamid Aghajan, Andrea Cavallaro

The first book, by the leading experts, on this rapidly developing field with applications to security, smart homes, multimedia, and environmental monitoring  Comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, algorithms, design methodologies, system implementation issues, architectures, and applications Presents in detail the latest developments in multi-camera calibration, active and heterogeneous camera networks, multi-camera object and event...

Digital Techniques in Broadcasting Transmission, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0240805089
• Authors:
• Robin Blair

Digital Techniques in Broadcasting Transmission 2E is a practical guide for the broadcast engineer making the transition from analog to digital. Emphasis is on digital communication at the level of the practicing broadcast engineer and the application of digital principles to high-powered broadcast transmission. Unlike texts heavier in mathematics and technical detail, this book provides the most basic, must-have information in a comprehendible...

The Flight of the Condor: Stories of Violence and War from Colombia (THE AMERICAS)

• ISBN:
• 0299223647

After decades of violence of all kinds, what remains are the stories. History is revised and debated, its protagonists bear witness, its writers ensure that all the suffering has not been in vain. These stories from Colombia contain pain and love, and sometimes even humor, allowing us to see an utterly vibrant and pulsating country amidst so much death and loss. We encounter townspeople overcome by fear, a man begging unsuccessfully for his...

Synchronization Techniques for Digital Receivers (Applications of Communications Theory)

• ISBN:
• 0306457253
• Authors:
• Umberto Mengali

This is the first book to offer a clear and solid framework for understanding various techniques and applications to modem design. An accessible introduction to the state of the art in digital synchronization for data transmissions systems, the volume employs the basic concepts of parameter estimation theory to systematically derive synchronization algorithms that can be implemented in fully digital form and considers frequency-flat fading...

The Transformation of Cities: Urban Theory and Urban Cities

• ISBN:
• 0333745973
• Authors:
• David C. Thorns

The aim of the book is to examine the transformation of the city in the late 20th century and explore the ways in which city life is structured. The shift from modern-industrial to information/consumption-based 'post-modern' cities is traced through the text. The focus is not just on America and Europe but also explores cities in other parts of the world as city growth in the twenty first century will be predominantly outside of these regions.

Beyond VoIP Protocols: Understanding Voice Technology and Networking Techniques for IP Telephony

• ISBN:
• 0470023627
• Authors:
• Olivier Hersent, Jean-Pierre Petit, David Gurle

In 1999-2000, VoIP (Voice-over-IP) telephony was one of the most successful buzzwords of the telecom bubble era. However, in 2001-2003, VoIP faced a very tough reality check. Now, manufacturers and service providers are drawing on what they have learnt from past experience in order to prepare to participate in the next major challenge faced by the telecommunications industry. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the issues to solve in...

Trust, Complexity and Control: Confidence in a Convergent World

• ISBN:
• 0470061308
• Authors:
• Piotr Cofta

An increasing reliance on the Internet and mobile communication has deprived us of our usual means of assessing another party’s trustworthiness. This is increasingly forcing us to rely on control.  Yet the notion of trust and trustworthiness is essential to the continued development of a technology-enabled society. Trust, Complexity and Control offers readers a single, consistent explanation of how the sociological concept of ‘trust’ can...

Norma Vally's Bathroom Fix-Ups: More than 50 Projects for Every Skill Level

• ISBN:
• 0470251565
• Authors:
• Norma Vally

The DIY vibe for women involves more than knitting and quilting: today more women are tending to their homes, and they're not just sewing curtains and arranging flowers. They're installing new toilets, adding ceramic floors to the kitchen, and drywalling the den. With 23 percent of all power tool purchases in 2004 made by women, and the number of unmarried females owning homes climbing by nearly 4 million owners from 1994 to 2002, when it comes...

WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications

• ISBN:
• 047069680X

This book presents the evolutionary and visionary developments of WiMAX! WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications focuses on the future developments of WiMAX technology. The book discusses the evolutionary aspects of WiMAX, from the physical to the application layer, including visions from industry, standardization and research communities. Several chapters of the book will present very new and unique information as editors and...

Dictionary of e-Business: A Definitive Guide to Technology and Business Terms

• ISBN:
• 0470844701
• Authors:
• Francis Botto

The Dictionary of e-business : Now includes extended coverage of wireless and mobile terms Is authored by an expert in the field Presents more than 350 new entries on Java, XML, Customer Relationship Management, mCommerce and more technical language of eBusiness (e.g. security) Demontrates clear applications to both technical and business markets Covers all the latest developments in this fast moving field

Microwave Photonics: Devices and Applications (Wiley - IEE)

• ISBN:
• 0470848545

Microwave photonics is an important interdisciplinary field that, amongst a host of other benefits, enables engineers to implement new functions in microwave systems. With contributions from leading experts, Microwave Photonics: Devices and Applications explores this rapidly developing discipline. It bridges a gap between microwave and photonic engineering, providing an accessible interpretation of the current available research material and a...

Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials

• ISBN:
• 0471214191
• Authors:
• Martyn Mallick

* Describes mobile and wireless design techniques from the developer's perspective, offering in-depth analysis of the complete range of network technologies * Details development options for building Smart Client, Thin Client, and messaging applications as well as PIM (personal information management) and location-based services * The author is an experienced trainer who leads seminars and workshops worldwide for iAnywhere Solutions, a...

Little India: Diaspora, Time, and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius

• ISBN:
• 0520248791
• Authors:
• Patrick Eisenlohr

Little India is a rich historical and ethnographic examination of a fascinating example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry. Patrick Eisenlohr's groundbreaking study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages--principally Hindi, which is used primarily in religious contexts. Eisenlohr emphasizes...

Wireless Internet Security: Architecture and Protocols

• ISBN:
• 0521887836
• Authors:
• James Kempf

In describing tools for internet security, this title focuses on understanding the system architecture of existing security and on developing architectural changes for new security services. Topics include security threats in wireless networks, security services for countering those threats, and the process of defining functional architecture for network systems. Kempf also discusses examples of wireless Internet security systems such as...

Migration in European History (Making of Europe)

• ISBN:
• 0631189394
• Authors:
• Klaus Bade

Since the opening of the Iron Curtain, migration has become a major cause for concern in many European countries. However, migrations to, from and within Europe are nothing new, as Klaus J. Bade reminds us in this timely book. Bade presents a history of European migration over a range of eras, countries and migration types, examining the driving forces and currents of migration as well as their effects on the cultures of both migrants and host...

Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World

• ISBN:
• 0674442806
• Authors:
• Barry Bolton

From subarctic tundra to equatorial rainforest, deep in the soil and at the tip of the highest tree, ants are found the world over. This book, by the world's leading ant taxonomist, offers a definitive guide for identifying these ubiquitous insects. Barry Bolton provides identification keys to all the living ant subfamilies and genera, presented in alphabetical order and separated by zoogeographical region. Designed for professional and amateur...

Assessing Business Excellence, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0750655178

Assessing Business Excellence presents a strategic framework for business excellence and total quality management and shows how you can be actively involved in continuous improvement by systematically reviewing your business activities and results against holistic business excellence frameworks. For all practitioners who seek to use total quality management to improve their organization's effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness, this title...

The Technician's EMI Handbook: Clues and Solutions

• ISBN:
• 0750672331
• Authors:
• Joseph Carr

A hands-on guide to finding the sources of electromagnetic interference and then fixing the problems. Includes basic theory of EMI as well as detailed explanations of why this problem is becoming more serious as the international scope of the communications and electronics industries grow. This book is not a textbook, but rather a handbook that will become a constant source of reference for anyone who runs into trouble with EMI. Includes...

Introduction to Knowledge Management: KM in Business

• ISBN:
• 0750677287
• Authors:
• Todd R. Groff, Thomas P. Jones

This book introduces readers to a wide range of knowledge management (KM) tools, techniques and terminology for enhancing innovation, communication and dedication among individuals and workgroups. The focus is on real-world business examples using commonly available technologies. The book is set out in a clear and straightforward way, with definitions highlighted, brief case studies included that illustrate key points, dialogue sections that...

Urban Green Belts in the Twenty-first Century (Urban Planning and Environment)

• ISBN:
• 0754649598
• Authors:
• Marco Amati

Green belts are among the oldest and most widely used policies for controlling sprawl. During the twentieth century they have been employed to contain the explosive growth of cities as varied as Tokyo, Seoul and Melbourne with a variety of results. Increasingly, policy-makers, researchers and even environmentalists have pointed to the failings of a green belt approach, favouring more pragmatic or more linear green space concepts such as...

Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications

• ISBN:
• 0780353919

Electrical Engineering/Communications/Information Theory "The Berlekamp article alone will make this book worth having." —David Forney, Vice President, Motorola Codex Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications Edited by Stephen B. Wicker, Georgia Institute of Technology and Vijay K. Bhargava, University of Victoria On the Voyager spacecraft, they were responsible for sending clear pictures of the planets back to earth. They have also played a...

Iphone Hacks: Pushing the Iphone and iPod Touch Beyond Their Limits

• ISBN:
• 0596516649
• Authors:
• Damien Stolarz, Adam Stolarz, William Hurley, David Jurick, Jurick David, Stolarz Adam, Stolarz Damien

With iPhone Hacks , you can make your iPhone do all you'd expect of a mobile smartphone -- and more. Learn tips and techniques to unleash little-known features, find and create innovative applications for both the iPhone and iPod touch, and unshackle these devices to run everything from network utilities to video game emulators. This book will teach you how to: Import your entire movie collection, sync with multiple computers, and save YouTube...

Faster Smarter Network+ Certification

• ISBN:
• 0735619328
• Authors:
• Melissa Craft

Take the next step in your career by earning CompTIA Network+ Certification the faster, smarter way. This high-energy guide helps maximize your study time with concise content, expert guidance, and hundreds of practice questions on CD.

Forensic Art (Crime Scene Investigations)

• ISBN:
• 1420500694
• Authors:
• Jennifer Mackay

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 2 (ICND2): (CCNA Exam 640-802 and ICND exam 640-816) (3rd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 1587054639
• Authors:
• Stephen McQuerry

Authorized Self-Study Guide Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 2 (ICND2) Third Edition   Foundation learning for CCNA ICND2 Exam 640-816   Steve McQuerry, CCIE® No. 6108   Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 2 (ICND2), is a Cisco®-authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNA® foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge needed to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium-size branch...

CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide (CCNP Self-Study, 642-801) (3rd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 1587200856
• Authors:
• Clare Gough

Prepare for the CCNP 642-801 BSCI exam with the only Cisco Systems authorized self-study preparation book. Master advanced routing techniques and practicesPrepare for the new exam with the 200-plus question testing engine on CD-ROM that includes simulation-based questionsLearn CCNP, CCDP, and CCIP routing topics with proven learning tools from the Exam Certification Guide series With updated technology and testing content, CCNP BSCI Exam...

CompTIA Network+ Certification Study Guide, Fourth Edition (Certification Press)

• ISBN:
• 0071615385
• Authors:
• Glen Clarke

The best fully integrated study system available With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, CompTIA Network+ Certification Study Guide, Fourth Edition covers what you need to know-and shows you how to prepare-for this challenging exam. 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for the CompTIA Network+ examCertCam video training by the author guides you through difficult topics and exercisesInside the Exam sections...