Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in Microsoft Visual C# 2008. Visual C#, one of the tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components. Whether you’re a beginning programmer or new to the Visual […]
The human body is a series of interrelated systems: circulatory and respiratory systems, skeletal and muscular systems, digestive and excretory systems, endocrine and reproductive systems, lymphatic and immune systems, and the nervous system. From its earliest development in the fetus, a complex mass of tissue housed in your skull controls and coordinates these systems, which […]
Many workers in many different types of jobs perform office tasks. The recruiter in a Human Resources Department, the technician in a chemical laboratory, the curator in a museum, the buyer in a department store, and the CPA in a public accounting firm all perform a range of office tasks during a typical workweek. All […]
Imaging with electrons, in particular using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), will become increasingly important in the near future, especially in the materials and life sciences. Understanding cellular interaction networks will enable transformative research such as “visual proteomics,†where spatial arrangements of the proteome or particular subsets of proteins will be mapped out. In the […]
The book is intended to provide researchers and engineering practitioners in fluid flows with a state-of-the-art knowledge in continuum concepts and the associated fluid dynamics. It further exploits the implicit link between the turbulent flow of classical Newtonian fluids and the laminar and turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluids needed in many applications such as food […]
It has been nearly ten years since I began the process of writing the first edition of this book; in some ways that span of years seems like an eternity, while in others, a blink of the eye. At that time, business intelligence (BI), business analytics, OLAP, and data mining were still maturing techniques. But […]
I feel somewhat like an old man remarking in this fashion, but this book is a great example of the wonderful time in which you currently find yourself. To be alive and learning right now… when there are accessible resources such as this about lockpicking, with beautiful illustrations and lessons written with passion visible on […]
Is “provisioning a web server in 5 minutes for $5†the most interesting thing about the cloud? Those responsible for IT in their enterprise are quickly discovering that the cloud is a game-changing trend that offers a completely new methodology for service provision. The cloud not only lets you cut IT costs and be greener—it […]
As you begin this course, I invite you to think about your reasons for enrolling in it.Why are you taking general chemistry? More generally, why are you pursuing a college education? If you are like most college students taking general chemistry, part of your answer is probably that this course is required for your major […]
This book does not apply equally to all organizations. While the process itself will function in any size business, some businesses are structured such that any one person cannot be present for all phases of the process. As a rule of thumb, the larger your organization is, the fewer phases you may be involved in. […]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt ignited a firestorm in 2009 when he declared “Privacy is dead.†He said: If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place, but if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google […]
The growing popularity of the Internet and the Web, along with the availability of powerful handheld computing, mobile, and sensing devices, are changing the way we interact, manage our lives, conduct business, and access or deliver services. The lowering costs of computation and communication are driving the focus from personal to datacenter-centric computing. Although parallel […]