Evolution Inclusions and Variation Inequalities for Earth Data Processing II (repost)

Mikhail Z. Zgurovsky, Valery S. Mel'nik, and Pavlo O. Kasyanov, "Evolution Inclusions and Variation Inequalities for Earth Data Processing II: Differential-Operator Inclusions and Evolution Variation Inequalities for Earth Data Processing"
Sp ringer | 2010 | ISBN: 3642138772 | 272 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

Here, the authors present modern mathematical methods to solve problems of differential-operator inclusions and evolution variation inequalities which may occur in fields such as geophysics, aerohydrodynamics, or fluid dynamics. For the first time, they describe the detailed generalization of various approaches to the analysis of fundamentally nonlinear models and provide a toolbox of mathematical equations. These new mathematical methods can be applied to a broad spectrum of problems. Examples of these are phase changes, diffusion of electromagnetic, acoustic, vibro-, hydro- and seismoacoustic waves, or quantum mechanical effects. This is the second of two volumes dealing with the subject.

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Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 1: Macrodynamics (repost)

Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 1: Macrodynamics By Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition | 2010 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 1441962271 | PDF | 2.8 MB

In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller organizations). In this seminal work, the author pulls these separate areas of research into one comprehensive general theory of social reality. More than analytical distinctions or research terminology, the author demonstrates that the social world actually unfolds along these three (macro, micro, and meso) levels of interaction. By developing a set of explanatory, testable, repeatable principles, the author creates a general empirical framework for sociological research. The three volumes of Principles of Sociology explore each level of social dynamics individually, with cross-references to bring the three together. This work will be essential for researchers in Sociological Theory and Social Psychology. Individual volumes will present new research of interest for researchers in Race and Ethnicity, Stratification, Demography, Political Sociology, Organizations and Community Movements, Motivation and Emotions.
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Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 2: Microdynamics (repost)

Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 2: Microdynamics By Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition | 2010 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 1441962247 | PDF | 2.5 MB

Micro-level dynamics revolve around face-to-face interactions among individuals. What occurs within encounters is constrained by their embedding with corporate and categoric units and, by extension, institutional domains, stratification systems, community networks, societies, and inter-societal systems. In this Handbook, the author explores the effect of microdynamics on these larger social systems.

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RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer Certification Exam Preparation Course (Repost)

RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer Certification Exam Preparation Course
by Jason Hall
Emereo Pty Ltd | 2009 | ISBN: 1921573449 | Pages: 244 | PDF | Size: 2,17 MB
This self-study exam preparation guide for the RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer exam contains everything you need to test yourself and pass the Exam. Including all the exam topics, covered indepth and insider secrets, complete explanations of all RHCE subjects, test tricks and tips, over 250 highly realistic sample questions, and exercises designed to strengthen understanding of the RHCE concepts and prepare you for exam success on the first attempt are provided.

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Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents (repost)

Stefano Nolfi, Marco Mirolli, "Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents"
Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 3642012493, 3642012507 | 313 pages | PDF | 4,9 MB

This field of research examines how embodied and situated agents, such as robots, evolve language and thus communicate with each other. This book is a comprehensive survey of the research in this emerging field.

The contributions explain the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, and then illustrate the scientific and technological potentials and promising research directions. The book also provides descriptions of research experiments and related open software and hardware tools, allowing the reader to gain a practical knowledge of the topic.

The book will be of interest to scientists and undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of cognition, artificial life, artificial intelligence and linguistics.

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The Business Value of IT: Managing Risks, Optimizing Performance and Measuring Results (Repost)

The Business Value of IT: Managing Risks, Optimizing Performance and Measuring Results
Publisher: Auerbach Publications | ISBN: 1420064746 | edition 2008 | PDF | 296 pages | 5,9 mb
Leading consultants Michael D. Harris, David E. Herron, and Stasia Iwanicki share their real-world experiences to explain how you can demonstrate IT’s value, and potentially find extra value you didn’t know your IT organization creates. They also show how to apply risk management to process improvement and avoid unintended consequences of process improvement programs. The text provides the understanding required to discover the processes necessary to: prioritize your organization’s IT activities.

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Mathematical Lives: Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles (repost)

Claudio Bartocci, Renato Betti, "Mathematical Lives: Protagonists of the Twentieth Century From Hilbert to Wiles"
Sp-er | 2010 | ISBN: 3642136052 | 330 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings to the forefront some of the proponents of the mathematics of the twentieth century, who have put at our disposal new and powerful instruments for investigating the reality around us. The portraits present people who have impressive charisma and wide-ranging cultural interests, who are passionate about defending the importance of their own research, are sensitive to beauty, and attentive to the social and political problems of their times. What we have sought to document is mathematics’ central position in the culture of our day. Space has been made not only for the great mathematicians but also for literary texts, including contributions by two apparent interlopers, Robert Musil and Raymond Queneau, for whom mathematical concepts represented a valuable tool for resolving the struggle between ‘soul and precision.’

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MCAD Developing and Implementing Web Applications with MS Visual C# .NET and MS Visual Studio .NET Exam Cram 2 (Repost)

MCAD Developing and Implementing Web Applications with MS Visual C# .NET and MS Visual Studio .NET Exam Cram 2
by Kirk Hausman and Ed Tittel
Que | 2003 | ISBN: 0789729016 | Pages: 600 | CHM | Size: 2,1 MB
This certification exam measures the ability to develop and implement Windows-based applications with Web forms, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework. This exam counts as a core credit toward the new MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification as well as a core credit toward the MCSD .NET certification. This book is not intended to teach new material. Instead it assumes that you have a solid foundation of knowledge but can use a refresher on important concepts as well as a guide to exam topics and objectives. This book focuses exactly on what you need to pass the exam - it features test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, and a special Cram Sheet that includes tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else. The series is supported online at several Web sites: examcram.com, informit.com, and cramsession.com.

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Pharmacotherapy of Obesity (Milestones in Drug Therapy) (repost)

Pharmacotherapy of Obesity (Milestones in Drug Therapy)
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel | ISBN: 3764371382 | edition 2007 | PDF | 126 pages | 1.5 mb
Obesity has become a major epidemic that now rivals smoking as a risk to public health. The ensuing epidemics of diabetes, vascular disease and other complications are set to overwhelm the healthcare systems of wealthy and poorer nations alike. The need for effective pharmacotherapy has never been greater. This book takes a new look at the many potential targets for drug development for regulation of body weight, placing them in the context of the chequered history of drug development for obesity and currently available therapies.

Potential peripheral and central nervous system targets are discussed in detail by authors with extensive knowledge and research experience in the science of body weight regulation, and its translation into effective therapies that will benefit patients. This book is of interest to clinicians, researchers in the field and members of the pharmaceutical industry who are interested in learning more about the current state of the art and future directions in the pharmacotherapy of obesity.

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Discrete Integrable Systems: QRT Maps and Elliptic Surfaces (Repost)

Discrete Integrable Systems: QRT Maps and Elliptic Surfaces
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1441971165 | edition 2010 | PDF | 627 pages | 5 mb
This book is devoted to Quisped, Roberts, and Thompson (QRT) maps, considered as automorphisms of rational elliptic surfaces. The theory of QRT maps arose from problems in mathematical physics, involving difference equations. The application of QRT maps to these and other problems in the literature, including Poncelet mapping and the elliptic billiard, is examined in detail. The link between elliptic fibrations and completely integrable Hamiltonian systems is also discussed.

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MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-549): Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications (Repost)

MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-549): Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
by Bruce Johnson, Brian C. Lanham, and Shawn Wildermuth
Microsoft Press | 2007 | ISBN: 0735623384 | Pages: 560 | CHM | Size: 17,3 MB
Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-549, a required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD): Enterprise Applications Developer certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.

Work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises. Focusing on designing and developing enterprise applications, this official study guide covers topics such as envisioning and designing an enterprise application; designing and developing the application's user interface, components, and framework; testing and stabilizing the application; and deploying and supporting the application.

Then assess yourself using 425 practice and review questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or chapters. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers--including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a 90-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 Professional software and an exam discount voucher making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

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Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications (repost)

Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications
Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 11, 2010) | ISBN: 1441971610 | 386 pages | PDF | 8 MB

This timely volume brings a selection of chapters, each one composed by experts in their field. The chapters included cover a broad range from the knowledge of its biology and its contribution to understanding of plant development, useful protocols for propagation and conservation purposes, population genetics and environmental and theurapeutical applications. This wide spectrum of the contributions gives us a rapid idea of the enormous potential of this plant group.

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Recommender Systems Handbook

Recommender Systems Handbook
Springer; 1st Edition. edition (October 28, 2010) | ISBN: 0387858199 | 842 pages | PDF | 20 MB

The explosive growth of e-commerce and online environments has made the issue of information search and selection increasingly serious; users are overloaded by options to consider and they may not have the time or knowledge to personally evaluate these options. Recommender systems have proven to be a valuable way for online users to cope with the information overload and have become one of the most powerful and popular tools in electronic commerce. Correspondingly, various techniques for recommendation generation have been proposed. During the last decade, many of them have also been successfully deployed in commercial environments.

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Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (repost)

Watching Earth from Space: How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
Praxis; 1st Edition. edition (November 1, 2010) | ISBN: 1441969373 | 285 pages | PDF | 165 MB

Our planet is constantly monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments. This book describes the technology of those instruments and the sciences that provide useful information from them. It also discusses the political implications of space-borne monitoring. From the moment satellites were launched into orbit their ability to see what was happening on a global scale was appreciated — and feared. This well researched book strives to answer such diverse questions as: Are satellites really a threat to individual privacy? How bad, really, is climate change and global warming? Why can’t we find Osama bin Laden? Does the world have enough fresh water? The military side of the story is linked to the big security issues that we face, such as terrorism and civil wars. The civilian side of the story involves numerous successful collaborations in weather forecasting, navigation, communications, and other such "peaceful" uses of satellite surveillance. How the world handles the knowledge gained from these Earth watchers will be critical in the years to come, and Norris skillfully leads us through the issues and possible paths we can take.

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Calculus Demystified: A Self Teaching Guide (Demystified) by Steven G. Krantz (Repost)

Calculus Demystified: A Self Teaching Guide (Demystified) by Steven G. Krantz (Repost)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (August 1, 2002) | ISBN: 0071393080 | Pages: 343 | PDF | 1.76 MB
Here’s an innovative shortcut to gaining a more intuitive understanding of both differential and integral calculus. In Calculus Demystified an experienced teacher and author of more than 30 books puts all the math background you need inside and uses practical examples, real data, and a totally different approach to mastering calculus. With Calculus Demystified you ease into the subject one simple step at a time — at your own speed. A user-friendly, accessible style incorporating frequent reviews, assessments, and the actual application of ideas helps you to understand and retain all the important concepts.

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Electronic Materials and Processes Handbook (Repost)

Electronic Materials and Processes Handbook
by Charles Harper , Charles Harper
McGraw-Hill Professional | 2003 | ISBN: 0071402144 | Pages: 800 | PDF | Size: 10,7 MB
Electronic materials are the actual semiconductors, plastics, metals and ceramics that make up the chips and packages from which we construct today's cell phones, palmtops, and PDAs. The switch in applications from PCs to smaller communications devices has driven the micro-miniaturization trend in electronics, which in turn has created a new set of challenges in creating materials to meet their specifications.

This new edition, the first update of the handbook since 1993, is a complete rewrite, reflecting the great importance of engineering materials for thermal management and flexibility and micro-miniature sizes. This new handbook will be an invaluable tool to anyone working electronic packaging, fabrication, or assembly design.

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Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook (Repost)

Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook
by Robert Ratay
McGraw-Hill Professional | 2009 | ISBN: 0071498842 | Pages: 688 | PDF | Size: 25,7 MB
Thoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handbook offers comprehensive treatment of forensic structural engineering and expert witness delivery. From exploring the possible origins of errors, through investigating and analyzing failures, to working with the legal profession for assigning responsibilities, Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook, Second Edition covers every important topic in the field.

* The design and construction process
* Design and construction safety codes, standards, and regulations
* Standard of care and duty to perform
* First steps and legal concerns after a failure
* Engineering investigation of failures
* Origins and causes of failures
* Loads and hazards
* Design errors, construction defects, and project miscommunication
* Defects, deterioration, and durability
* Mechanisms and analyses of failures in steel, concrete, masonry, timber, and temporary structures; building envelope; and structural foundations
* Litigation and dispute resolution
* The expert consultant and witness

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VHDL: Programming By Example, 4 edition

Teaches VHDL by example.
The hands-down favorite user's guide to VHDL complately updated the very latest design methods

No matter what your current level of expertise, nothing will have you writing and verifying concise, efficient VHDL descriptions of hardware designs as fast – or as painlessly – as this classic tutorial from master teacher Doug Perry. Beginners will find it an invaluable learning tool and experienced pros will keep it on their desk as a trusted reference.

Perry teaches VHDL through a series of hundreds of practical, detailed examples, gradually increasing in complexity until you're capable of designing a fully functional CPU. The new Fourth Edition has been completely updated with all of the VDHL codes used in the examples changed to reflect today's faster and more efficient design methods. You'll also find:
- A CD-ROM containing working code of all of the VDHL examples, with their matching designs along with VITAL verification tools and a working copy of ModelSIM
- All the tools you need for simulation and synthesis
- A listing of the IEEE 1164 STD-LOGIC package used throughout the book
- Useful tables and figures
- Instructions for reading the Bachus-Naur format (BNF) descriptions found in the VHDL Language Reference Manual

There truly is no faster or smarter way to master VHDL than Doug Perry's learn by example approach. It works!

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Essential Histories 58: The English Civil Wars 1642-1651 (Repost)

Peter Gaunt - The English Civil Wars 1642-1651
Osprey Publishing | 2003 | ISBN: 1841764175 | 96 pages | PDF | 20.8 MB
Essential Histories 58
The period 1642-1651, one of the most turbulent in the history of mainland Britian, saw the country torn by civil wars. Focusing on the English and Welsh wars this book examines the causes, course and consequences of the conflicts. While offering a concise military account that assesses the wars in their national, regional and local contexts, Dr Gaunt provides a full appraisal of the severity of the wars and the true extent of the impact on civilian life, highlighting areas of continued historical debate. The personal experiences and biographies of key players are also included in this comprehensive and fascinating account.

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Consensus Design: Socially inclusive process (RePost)

Christopher Day, Rosie Parnell "Consensus Design: Socially inclusive process"
Architectural Press | 2001-10-01 | ISBN: 0750656050 | 222 pages | PDF | 5 MB
"...In this wonderful and unique book Christopher Day sets out to explain the process of Consensus Design, which is used to explore the resonance of a place and show how this can be reflected in built form. As Michelangelo set out to discover what lay beneath the surface of a piece of marble, so Christopher Day helps the inhabitants of a place to discover what 'wants' to be built by 'listening' to the place in which they live. This gentle response to building, through the distillation of ideas, may lead us closer to the secrets of how past generations managed to build places that touch our hearts and strike a chord in our souls." - His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, U.K. From the Foreword "In this well written and profusely illustrated paperback, Christopher Day describes his Consensus Design process, setting out how to explore the resonance of a place and showing how this can be reflected in built form... For designers involved in community projects, who are open-minded enough and brave enough to try an alternative to conventional top down design processes, this book is recommended as it will provide a practical guidance every step of the way to what should be a successful, inclusive design." - Building Engineer "The book reads as an instruction manual, complete with ideograms sketched by the author throughout the text." - Journal of Architectural Education, November 2004

"...In this wonderful and unique book Christopher Day sets out to explain the process of Consensus Design, which is used to explore the resonance of a place and show how this can be reflected in built form. As Michelangelo set out to discover what lay beneath the surface of a piece of marble, so Christopher Day helps the inhabitants of a place to discover what 'wants' to be built by 'listening' to the place in which they live.
This gentle response to building, through the distillation of ideas, may lead us closer to the secrets of how past generations managed to build places that touch our hearts and strike a chord in our souls."
--His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, U.K.
From the Foreword

"In this well written and profusely illustrated paperback, Christopher Day describes his Consensus Design process, setting out how to explore the resonance of a place and showing how this can be reflected in built form...
For designers involved in community projects, who are open-minded enough and brave enough to try an alternative to conventional top down design processes, this book is recommended as it will provide a practical guidance every step of the way to what should be a successful, inclusive design."

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