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31 August, 2009

Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder

Ed Swick, "Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder"
McGraw-Hill | 2009 | ISBN: 0071599606 | 192 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Practice Makes Perfect helps you put your English vocabulary and grammar skills together!

You may have all the vocabulary down pat and every grammar point nailed--but without the skill of knowing how to put these elements together, communicating in your second language would be nearly impossible. Practice Makes Perfect: English Sentence Builders picks up from where other grammar books leave off, showing you the variety of structures and how to combine them to make solid sentences. And like every Practice Makes Perfect title, these books feature crystal-clear explanations, numerous realistic examples, and dozens of opportunities to practice, practice, practice!

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The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers

Some people make their living with a camera, and for these people the maturation of digital photo technology means a significant shift in their trade. The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers is for people who are already adept with a camera, and pretty much up to speed on the peculiarities of digital photography, too. The book teaches these people how to use Adobe Photoshop, the standard photo-editing software package. More accurately, the book explains how to use Photoshop for the kinds of work professional photographers do.
Case in point: The removal from photographs of what are politely called skin blemishes. Author Scott Kelby (the editor of Photoshop User offers two strategies: One you can use to remove all traces of a mark but which requires a fair amount of time, and another procedure that delivers "pretty good" results and which can be done on many pictures (such as a set of class portraits) rapidly. Kelby teaches by means of heavily illustrated procedures, each between five and 20 steps long and spanning several pages. A good way to use this book is by scanning the table of contents for a procedure that interests you (say, "Fixing Underexposed Photos," or "Pro Wrinkle Removal"). This will enable you to spot Photoshop techniques you hadn't considered. --David Wall.

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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd Edition

Cryptographic techniques have applications far beyond the obvious uses of encoding and decoding information. For Internet developers who need to know about capabilities, such as digital signatures, that depend on cryptographic techniques, there's no better overview than Applied Cryptography, the definitive book on the subject. Bruce Schneier covers general classes of cryptographic protocols and then specific techniques, detailing the inner workings of real-world cryptographic algorithms including the Data Encryption Standard and RSA public-key cryptosystems. The book includes source-code listings and extensive advice on the practical aspects of cryptography implementation, such as the importance of generating truly random numbers and of keeping keys secure.

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Historical Dictionary of Islam, 2nd Edition (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)

The purpose of this second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Islam is to provide for the lay person as well as the serious student a concise dictionary of Islamic history, religion, philosophy, and Islamic political movements.

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Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering (McGraw-Hill Biophotonics)

Filled with high-quality photographs and illustrations, including some in color, this definitive guide details the design and manufacturing of artificial tactile systems and their applications in surgical procedures. Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering explains the fundamentals of the human sense of touch and the latest techniques for artificially replicating it. The book describes the mechanistic principles of static and dynamic tactile sensors and discusses cutting-edge biomedical applications, including minimally invasive surgery, tumor detection, robotic surgery, and surgical simulations.

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30 August, 2009

Genetics, 2nd Edition

Karvita B. Ahluwalia "Genetics, 2nd Edition"
New Age Publications | English | 2009-06-30 | ISBN: 8122423906 | 460 pages | PDF | 5,1 MB

Endeavours to make this seemingly difficult subject understandable and enjoyable for the readers. It provides an account of classical and modern genetics with new developments in the field. The scope of each chapter has been broadened enough to provide information on historical landmarks as well as of new facts from current issues of major journals. Chapters on gene transcription, regulation, human genetics, recombinant DNA and genomics have been given special attention to create awareness about future areas in this growing field. Experimental work is supported by methodologies and illustrations.

The text is useful for students pursuing courses in cell and molecular biology, biophysics, anthropology and agricultural sciences at universities, medical colleges and similar institutions.

About the Author(s):
Karvita B. Ahluwalia After obtaining Ph.D. from Delhi University, Dr. Ahluwalia worked on a Post Doctoral Fellowship of the Max Planck Society at the Max Planck Institute of Genetics in West Germany and then at Chicago, USA. In India, she joined as Pool Officer in the Department of Anatomy (Section of Genetics) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, from where she retired as Professor, Cell Biology and Electron Microscope Section in the Department of Biophysics.

Contents:
The Pre-Mendelian Era and Mendelism
Interaction of Genes
Environment and Gene Expression
Quantitative or Polygenic Inheritance
Multiple Alleles
Cell Division and Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
Chi-Square Test and Probability
Linkage, Recombination and Gene Mapping
Extranuclear Transmission of Traits
The Genetic Control of Sex
Variations in Chromosome Number
Variations in Chromosome Structure
Nature of the Genetic Material
The Structure and Replication of DNA
Gene Transcription and Translation into Proteins
Genetic Regulation in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Genetics of Bacteria
Genetics of Viruses
The Eukaryotic Chromosome
Mutations
Human Genetics
Fine Structure of the Gene
Recombinant DNA Technology
Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology
Genomics
Populations and Gene Frequencies
Origin of Life-Evolution of Man

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Organization Development

V.G. Kondalkar "Organization Development"
New Age Publications | English | 2009-01-30 | ISBN: 812242399X | 282 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

It is necessary for the organization to invent organizational culture, have killed people and world class technologies, evolve latest processes and introduce systems that make organization a truly learning organization. In the light of the above, the book offers a practical and realistic approach to the study of Organizational Development. The concepts, theories and OD interventions have been explained in details. Chapters on emotional intelligence, empowerment, learning organizations, quality of work life and future of OD were considered necessary and therefore have been included in the book. Each chapter begins with the Chapter plan followed by the text. At the end of each chapter a detailed summary, text questions, bibliography and case study have been appended. The book covers UGC syllabus and that of the most of the Indian universities. Together the book is presented to fill up the existing gap on the subject. It is written in simple language keeping in mind the needs of the MBA students and OD practitioners. It is a comprehensive textbook on ``Organization Development``.

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Mechanics

R.K. Shukla "Mechanics"
New Age Publications | English | 2006-12-01 | ISBN: 8122418759 | 731 pages | PDF | 4,1 MB

This book is designed as a textbook according to the updated syllabus of various Indian universities. It is equally useful for various competitive examinations and for the first year engineering students.All the 16 chapters of this book contain suitable diagrams, worked-out examples and related questions-answers, to help students in the comprehension and appreciation of the concepts.

About the Author(s):
Dr. R.K. Shukla is Reader in physics at Lucknow University.He obtained his Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Prof. T.P. Pandya. Dr.Shukla has published over 55 research papers in national and international journals of repute in the area of Free Electron Laser, Fiber Optics Sensors and Material Science. He has supervised Ph.D. theses in the field of Material Science.

Dr. Anchal Srivastava is Reader in physics at Lucknow University. She has published over 25 research papers in national and international journals of repute. She has done her doctorate on Free Electron Laser. Currently, she is working in the area of Material Science and has guided thesis on Optical Sensors. She has been the co-investigator in DST- funded project, which has been successfully completed.

Contents:
Measurement
Force and Motion
Dynamics of Circular Motion and the Gravitational Field
Work, Energy and Momentum
Linear and Angular Momentum
Collision
Rotational Kinematics
Moment of Inertia
Mechanical Properties of Matter
Fluids
Harmonic Motion
Wave Motion
Stationary Waves (Waves in a Linear-Bounded Medium
Damped and Forced Harmonic Oscillation
Relativity

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Data Warehousing OLAP and Data Mining

This book is mainly intended for IT students and professionals to learn or implement data warehousing technologies. It experiences the real-time environment and promotes planning, managing, designing, implementing, supporting, maintaining and analyzing data warehouse in organizations and it also provides various mining techniques as well as issues in practical use of Data Mining Tools.

The book is designed for the target audience such as specialists, trainers and IT users. It does not assume any special knowledge as background. Understanding of computer use, databases and statistics will be helpful.
About the Author(s):
Nagabushna Sujihal was born at Bellary in the year 1982 and completed his primary education at National School, Bangalore. He had his Engineering graduation in Electronic and Communication Engineering from Bellary Engineering College, affiliated to Visveswaraih Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka in the year 2003. Soon after his degree in Engineering, he joined teaching profession at Intell Engineering College, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh. At present, he is perceiving his post-graduation at Sathayabhama Deemed University, Chennai in Computer Science Engineering.

Contents:
VOLUME I: DATA WAREHOUSING IMPLEMENTATION AND OLAP

PART I: INTRODUCTION The Enterprise IT Architecture
Data Warehouse Concepts
PART II: PEOPLE The Project Sponsor
The CIO
The Project Manager
PART III: PROCESS Warehousing Strategy
Warehouse Management and Support Processes
Data Warehouse Planning
Data Warehouse Implementation
PART IV: TECHNOLOGY Hardware and Operating Systems
Warehousing Software
Warehouse Schema Design
Warehouse Metadata
Warehousing Applications
PART V: MAINTENANCE, EVOLUTION AND TRENDS Warehouse Maintenance and Evolution
Warehousing Trends
PART VI: ON-LINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING Introduction
OLAP Application
VOLUME II: DATA MINING Introduction
Data Mining with Decision Trees
Data Mining with Association Rules
Automatic Clustering Detection
Data Mining with Neural Network

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Marketing Dynamics (Theory and Practice)

This book introduces new concepts and approaches in managing competition and strategies for leading ahead in business. Discussions in this book are focused on contemporary business strategies and present synthesis on competitor analysis, marketing-mix strategies, brand management, marketing research, sales management and innovative marketing integrating with marketing related case discussions in each chapter. Students of graduate and undergraduate levels, pursuing marketing courses would find this book as thought provoking, contemporary and innovative tool of learning. Working managers may find this book interesting as many best practices and corporate strategies have been analyzed throughout the discussions. By applying such ideas as consistency, integration, and leverage, managers may learn, as how bunch of marketing strategies fit into the needs of the marketplace, the skills of the company, and the vagaries of the competition. Finally, this book attempts in aligning the theory and practice of marketing dynamics in a firm.
About the Author(s):
Dr. Rajagopal is Professor of Marketing at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - ITESM) in Mexico City and Fellow of the Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, London. He is also associated with many national and international organizations of repute in various capacities. He teaches Competitor Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Advance Selling Systems, International Marketing, Services Marketing, New Product Development and other subjects of contemporary interest to the students of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. Dr. Rajagopal holds masters and doctoral degrees in Economics and Marketing respectively from Ravishankar University in India. His specialization is in the fields of Marketing Management, Rural Economic Linkages and Development Economics. He has to his credit 25 books on marketing and rural development themes and over 300 research contributions that include published research papers in national and international refereed journals. He has imparted training to senior executives and has conducted over 50 management development programs. His research contributions have been recognized by the Government of Mexico and he has been awarded the status of National Researcher (SNI-level II) since 2004.
Contents:
Understanding Competitors and Competition
Product Strategy
Brand Strategy
Pricing Strategy
Distribution Strategy
Promotion Strategies
Marketing Research
Sales Management
Strategic Marketing
Innovative Marketing Strategies.

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Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology, Volume 31: Non-Neuronal Cells of the Nervous System (2003)

Description: The brain, and the rest of the nervous system, consists of nerve cells (neurons) and non-neuronal cells (glial cells), which by far outnumber the neurons, but in the past have received much less attention.
This began to change about 30 years ago with the realization that glial cells carry out very important functions, generally in collaboration with the nerve cells. Evidence is now starting to accumulate that glial cells, especially astrocytes and microglia, may be major (in some cases the main) players in a multitude of neurological and mental diseases, and that different types of glial cells interact not only with nerve cells but also with each other and with cells lining brain tissue and controlling exchange of nutrients and other compounds between the brain and the rest of the body. Understanding of these interactions during normal function and in disease states is hampered by the fact that general knowledge of cellular interactions during brain function is limited.

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Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis

Ashutosh Kar "Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis"
New Age Publications | English | 2005-12-01 | ISBN: 8122415822 | 564 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB

During the past two decades, there have been magnificent and significant advances in both analytical instrumentation and computerized data handling devices across the globe. In this specific context the remarkable proliferation of windows-based computer software stretched overwhelmingly towards instrument control, real time data handling abilities and the ultimate usage of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are surprisingly noteworthy.

Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis in its present form essentially comprises six parts containing in all 32 well-elaborated chapters predominantly dealing with the set of descriptive analytical methodologies developed to control and assure the quality of the final marketed product; and, therefore, includes both qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis to help in the identification as well as purity of the product.

The main purpose of this textbook is to discuss in an explicit and lucid manner several of the newer methods that now find rather wider application in the domain of pharmaceutical analysis. The basic principle of each technique is critically treated with emphasis on factors that directly affect its proper and judicious application to various analytical problems. An in-depth knowledge of these principles, instrumentations, modus operandi, experimental parameters, and sample preparation procedures in order to optimize the performance procedure of typical assay of pharmaceutical secondary products i.e., dosage forms, calculations etc., along with cognate assays from the Official Compendia have been included profusely.

Undergraduate and postgraduate students of pharmaceutical drug analysis, quality assurance chemists, industrial trainees, bulk-drug professionals and those in related disciplines earnestly requiring a substantial fundamental understanding and knowledge of the subject will certainly find this a much needed suitable compilation for reading and reference.

The broad coverage included in each of the selected analytical techniques would render Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis to be an useful source of ideas, inspiration for research, and developing newer practical solutions to problems in the ever expanding field of pharmaceutical analysis.

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IELTS for academic purposes: a short intensive course

IELTS for academic purposes: a short intensive course
Malcolm Mann | 2009 | PDF+Mp3+Wma | 1.1 GB

IELTS for Academic Purposes is a concise, user-friendly course designed to be used intensively in the weeks and months prior to the exam. It is ideal for both classroom-based learning and self-study. The core material provides approximately 40 hours of instruction, while a number of different reinforcement and extension options are provided in the other course components. The Student’s Book consists of 8 topic-based units, focusing on the development of key exam skills tested in the IELTS Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking modules. Each unit also contains an exam practice section, which allows students to apply their exam skills in an IELTS-style context. The Student’s Book also offers a complete end-of-course practice test covering all four IELTS modules, plus reference sections for grammar, vocabulary, skills, model compositions, and a sample IELTS answer sheet and report card.

Key Features :

• Ideal for both classroom-based instruction and self-study.
• Placement Test helps students identify strengths and weaknesses and how
best to use the course.
• Systematic development of key exam skills and techniques.
• Six complete IELTS practice tests.
Components
• Student’s Book
• Interactive CD-ROM (including Self-Study Guide) (NRG-image)
• Student’s Book Audio CD
• Bandscore Booster
• Bandscore Booster Audio CD
• Teacher’s Book
• Practice Tests
• Practice Tests Audio CD

Financial Statements Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide

Bonita Kramer, Christie Johnson "Financial Statements Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide"
McGraw-Hill | English | 2009-03-23 | ISBN: 0071543872 | 320 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB

QUESTIONS about STATEMENTS? Find All the Answers Here!

Are you considering buying a small business? Do you want to invest in a Fortune 500 company? Are you trying to sell your own business? Balance sheets and income statements are essential to helping you make informed decisions regarding important business transactions. But unless you're an accountant, these documents can be intimidating hodgepodges of columns, rows, and numbers. Don't fret. Financial Statements Demystified is just the tool you need.

Devoid of confusing business jargon, this engaging and easy-to-follow guide defines basic financial statement terminology and explains the components of the four most common financial statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Stockholders' Equity, and Statement of Cash Flows. You will learn how to read, interpret, and use pivotal data from these sources--each of which will help you make accurate financial decisions without having to go back to school.

This confusion-busting guide covers:
• An overview of financial statements--what they are and what they tell us
• Easy-to-understand explanations of profit and loss
• Statement of cash flows and special reporting issues
• How to spot fraudulently misstated financial statements
• Quizzes at the end of each chapter to help test your knowledge
Simple enough for a novice but in-depth enough for a seasoned investor, Financial Statements Demystified will help you understand the four main financial statements.

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Evolution of Physical Oceanography

Evolution of Physical Oceanography was created to mark the career of Henry M. Stommel, the leading physical oceanographer of the 20th Century and a longtime MIT faculty member. The authors of the different chapters were asked to describe the evolution of their subject over the history of physical oceanography, and to provide a survey of the state-of-the-art of their subject as of 1980. Many of the chapters in this textbook are still up-to-date descriptions of active scientific fields, and all of them are important historical records.

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Fundamentals of Circuits and Filters (The Circuits and Filters Handbook, Thrid Edition)

Wai-Kai Chen "Fundamentals of Circuits and Filters (The Circuits and Filters Handbook, Thrid Edition)"
CRC | English | 2009-06-23 | ISBN: 1420058878 | 914 pages | PDF | 12 MB

Upon its initial publication, The Circuits and Filters Handbook broke new ground. It quickly became the resource for comprehensive coverage of issues and practical information that can be put to immediate use. Not content to rest on his laurels, in addition to updating the second edition, editor Wai-Kai Chen divided it into tightly focused texts that made the information easily accessible and digestible. These texts have been revised, updated, and expanded so that they continue to provide solid coverage of standard practices and enlightened perspectives on new and emerging techniques.
Fundamentals of Circuits and Filters draws together international contributors who provide a unified view of key concepts in the theory of linear circuits and filters, emphasizing interrelated concepts and providing a mathematical reference to the handbook itself. They include a brief introduction to the theory and application of the z-transform, explain the advantages of the wavelet transform and the reason for its recent popularity, present a self-contained development of graph theory, and develop signal flow graphs following the closely related methods of Coates and Mason. The book describes the limited palette of options available in passive energy storage elements and how to make the most use out of what is available. It presents amplifier designs, terminal and port representations of circuits, and an overview of the different approaches to network analysis, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Linear Operators and Matrices
Bilinear Operators and Matrices
Fourier Methods for Signal Analysis and Processing
Application of Symmetry: Two-Dimensional Polynomials,Fourier Transforms, and Filter Design
Passive Circuit Elements
Bipolar Junction Transistor Amplifiers
Operational Amplifiers
Terminal and Port Representations
Symbolic Analysis
This volume will undoubtedly take its place as the engineer's first choice in looking for solutions to problems encountered in the analysis and behavior predictions of circuits and filters.

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Nuclear Engineering Handbook (Mechanical Engineering)

Ken Kok "Nuclear Engineering Handbook (Mechanical Engineering)"
CRC | English | 2009-06-09 | ISBN: 1420053906 | 786 pages | PDF | 16,2 MB

Offering a broad overview of the field, the Nuclear Engineering Handbook provides an introduction to basic nuclear power and nuclear engineering development. After a historical review of nuclear reactors, the book examines current changes in technology and explores future directions. All aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle are described, from uranium and thorium fuel resources proceeding through mining, milling, enrichment, fuel fabrication, nuclear materials transportation, fuel reprocessing, and waste disposal. The text also presents analytical techniques related to nuclear engineering, addressing safety, heat transfer, shielding, thermo hydraulics, health physics, and other issues.

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Schaum's Outline of Tensor Calculus

David Kay "Schaum's Outline of Tensor Calculus"
McGraw-Hill | English | 1988-04-01 | ISBN: 0070334846 | 224 pages | PDF | 16,3 MB

This lucid introduction for undergraduates and graduates proves fundamental for pactitioners of theoretical physics and certain areas of engineering, like aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, and exteremely valuable for mathematicians. This study guide teaches all the basics and efective problem-solving skills too.

Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures?
Not Enough Time?
Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's.
More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills.
This Schaum's Outline gives you
Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge
Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field
In-depth review of practices and applications
Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!
Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.

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Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing

Chang S. Hsu; Paul R. Robinson, "Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing"
Springer; 1st edition (January 6, 2006) | English | 0387258116 | 866 pages | PDF | 19.82 MB

Want to know how to make ULSD? Formulate a lube base stock? Clean up an oil spill? Optimize an entire refinery? From oil production to product blending, Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing provides general overviews and in-depth reference material on these topics and scores of others. When you want information on the chemistry and technology of oil refining, look here first. Even if you don't find what you need in this book, most likely it will lead you to the answer you need; our 50 contributors from 8 different countries in North America, Europe and Asia have provided hundreds of useful references. They represent oil companies, universities, catalyst vendors, process licensors, consultants and engineering contractors.

The breadth of this two-volume book is unique. It covers areas seldom found in other works on petroleum processing. These include refinery economics, model-predictive control, process modeling, online optimization, safety and environmental protection.

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 A - Z: Tools and features illustrated ready reference

An all-encompassing reference to all the latest Photoshop CS X features

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Photoshop 7.0 A-Z: The Essential Visual Reference Guide

'The book provides a visual representation of various features within Photoshop accompanied by succinct, punchy text, which enables you to learn fast and efficiently. Whilst many Photoshop books are tomes difficult to read and understand, this book, with its easy and intuitive layout makes learning a breeze... Overall, this book is an invaluable reference tool that should adorn every desktop when working in Photoshop. Highly recommended.' John Shaw, Digital Photo and Practical Photographer.

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Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection

Charles Harper "Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection"
McGraw-Hill Professional | English | 2003-08-29 | ISBN: 0071388915 | 562 pages | PDF | 5,7 MB

The first handbook devoted to the coverage of materials in the field of fire engineering. Fire Protection Building Materials Handbook walks you through the challenging maze of choosing form the hundreds of commercially available materials used in buildings today and tells you which burn and /or are weakened during exposure to fire. It is the burning characteristics of materials, which usually allow fires to begin and propagate, and the degradation of materials that cause the most damage. Providing expert guidance every step of the way, Fire Protection Building Materials Handbook helps the architect, designers and fire protection engineers to design and maintain safer buildings while complying with international codes.

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The Official Guide to the TOEFL iBT, Third Edition

Educational Testing Service "The Official Guide to the TOEFL iBT, Third Edition"
McGraw-Hill | English | 2009-06-16 | ISBN: 0071624058 | 374 pages | PDF | 2,9 MB

The official guide from the makers of the TOEFL to ensure your exam success!

The Official Guide to the TOEFL® iBT is the leading guide to the most widely accepted English-language proficiency test in the world--the TOEFL test. Written by ETS, the makers of the test, this book includes two real full-length TOEFL tests for practice, as well as explanations of every section of the test and information on what is expected of you for every speaking and writing task. You will learn how to construct your answers and integrate the four skills needed to demonstrate academic English-language proficiency: reading, listening, speaking and writing. The accompanying CD-ROM provides on-screen interactive versions of both real TOEFL tests in the book, just like the one you will encounter on test day.

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Computer Aided Design and Design Automation (The Circuits and Filters Handbook)

Wai-Kai Chen "Computer Aided Design and Design Automation (The Circuits and Filters Handbook)"
CRC | English | 2009-06-23 | ISBN: 1420059181 | 422 pages | PDF | 5,4 MB

Volume 5 of the Handbook of Circuits and Filters, Third Edition focuses on computer-aided design and design automation. In the first part of the book, international contributors address topics such as modeling of circuit performances, symbolic analysis methods, numerical analysis methods, design by optimization, statistical design optimization, and physical design automation. In the second half of the text, they turn their attention to subjects such as RF CAD, high performance simulation, formal verification, RTK behavioral synthesis, system-level design, Internet-based micro-electronic design automation framework, performance modeling, and embedded computing systems design.

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Passive, Active, and Digital Filters (The Circuits and Filters Handbook)

Wai-Kai Chen "Passive, Active, and Digital Filters (The Circuits and Filters Handbook)"
CRC | English | 2009-06-23 | ISBN: 1420058851 | 822 pages | PDF | 13 MB

Culled from the pages of CRC's highly successful, best-selling The Circuits and Filters Handbook, Second Edition, Passive, Active, and Digital Filters presents a sharply focused, comprehensive review of the fundamental theory behind professional applications of these complex filters. It supplies a concise, convenient reference to the key concepts, models, and equations necessary to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of large-scale systems that employ various types of filters, illustrated by frequent examples.

Edited by a distinguished authority, this book emphasizes the theoretical concepts underlying the processes, behavior, and operation of these filters. More than 470 figures and tables illustrate the concepts, and where necessary, the theories, principles, and mathematics of some subjects are reviewed. Expert contributors discuss general characteristics of filters, frequency transformations, sensitivity and selectivity, low-gain active filters, higher-order filters, continuous-time integrated filters, FIR and IIR filters, and VLSI implementation of digital filters, among many other topics.

Passive, Active, and Digital Filters builds a strong theoretical foundation for the design and analysis of a variety of filters, from passive to active to digital, while serving as a handy reference for experienced engineers, making it a must-have for both beginners and seasoned experts.

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Analog and VLSI Circuits (The Circuits and Filters Handbook)

Wai-Kai Chen "Analog and VLSI Circuits (The Circuits and Filters Handbook)"
CRC | English | 2009-06-23 | ISBN: 1420058916 | 702 pages | PDF | 11,2 MB

Featuring hundreds of illustrations and references, this volume in the third edition of the Circuits and Filters Handbook, provides the latest information on analog and VLSI circuits, omitting extensive theory and proofs in favor of numerous examples throughout each chapter. The first part of the text focuses on analog integrated circuits, presenting up-to-date knowledge on monolithic device models, analog circuit cells, high performance analog circuits, RF communication circuits, and PLL circuits. In the second half of the book, well-known contributors offer the latest findings on VLSI circuits, including digital systems, data converters, and systolic arrays.

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29 August, 2009

Relaxation Break - Stillness in the Breath Meditation

Relaxation Break: Stillness in the Breath Meditation
10 MINS (Approx) | MP3 | 8666 KB | 128kbps

Use this meditation to experience silence within.
This is a more advanced meditation version of the Breath Awareness Meditation.
You may need to work with the Breath Awareness Meditation before trying this one.

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Power Plant Engineering

Power Plant Engineering
Springer Science+Busines Media, Inc. | 1996 | ISBN: 0412064014 | 893 pages | PDF | 97.68MB

This comprehensive volume provides a complete, authoritative, up-to-date reference for all aspects of power plant engineering. Coverage ranges from engineering economics to coal and limestone handling, from design processes to plant thermal heat balances. Both theory and practical applications are covered, giving engineers the information needed to plan, design, construct, upgrade, and operate power plants. Power Plant Engineering is the culmination of experience of hundreds of engineers from Black & Veatch, a leading firm in the field for more than 80 years. The authors review all major power generating technologies, giving particular emphasis to current approaches.

Special features of the book include:
* More than 1000 figures and lines drawings that illustrate all aspects of the subject.
* Coverage of related components and systems in power plants such as turbine-generators, feedwater heaters, condenser, and cooling towers.
* Definitions and analyses of the features of various plant systems.
* Discussions of promising future technologies. Power Plant Engineering will be the standard reference in the professional engineer s library as the source of information on steam power plant generation. In addition, the clear presentation of the material will make this book suitable for use by students preparing to enter the field.

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ASTM Dictionary of ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 10th Edition

American Society for Testing and Materials, "ASTM Dictionary of ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 10th Edition"
ASTM International | 2005-12-01 | ISBN: 0803142463 | 670 pages | PDF | 16.7 MB

The new 10th edition includes over 7,000 new terms! This EXPANDED and HEAVILY REVISED edition contains all 29,000 standard definitions referenced in all ASTM terminology standards. One easy-to-use volume helps you: Discover terms and definitions not commonly found in most dictionaries. Make faster, better use of ASTM standards. Learn how particular technical fields use their terminology. Each definition: Was written by technical experts in their field. Reflects the sense in which that field uses the term. Provides a clear and precise explanation of each term Includes the designation of the ASTM standard in which it is referenced and the ASTM committee that developed the standard. Audience: A valuable reference tool for anyone involved with scientific and technical research and applications.

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Enhancing Undergraduate Learning with Information Technology

The goal of the workshop was to inform workshop participants and the public about issues surrounding the use of information technology in education. To reach this goal, the workshop participants paid particular attention to the following issues: What educational technologies currently exist and how they are being used to transform undergraduate science, engineering, mathematics, and technology education; What is known about the potential future impact of information technology on teaching and learning at the undergraduate level; How to evaluate the impact of information technology on teaching and learning; and What the future might hold.

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Integrating Security And Software Engineering: Advances And Future Vision

Haralambos Mouratidis, Paolo Giorgini , "Integrating Security And Software Engineering: Advances And Future Vision"
Idea Group Publishing | 2006 | ISBN: 1599041472 | 336 pages | PDF | 8,2 MB

Integrating Security and Software Engineering: Advances and Future Visions provides the first step towards narrowing the gap between security and software engineering. This book introduces the field of secure software engineering, which is a branch of research investigating the integration of security concerns into software engineering practices.

Integrating Security and Software Engineering: Advances and Future Visions discusses problems and challenges of considering security during the development of software systems, and also presents the predominant theoretical and practical approaches that integrate security and software engineering.

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Barron's GRE 2008

Sharon Weiner Green, Ph.D. Ira K. Wolf, "Barron's GRE 2008"
Barron's Educational Series; 17 ed | 2007 | ISBN: 0764135414 | 560 pages | PDF | 7,2 MB

This 17th edition of Barron’s GRE manual reflects recent Graduate Record Exams and presents six full-length model exams with all questions answered and explained. Tests are similar to recent actual GREs in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. The manual also reviews all GRE test topics: antonym, analogy, and sentence-completion questions, reading comprehension, analytical writing, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation, and math.

From the Inside Flap
(back cover)
This up-to-date manual will prepare test takers for both the current GRE and the new-format exam
Six full-length model tests are presented with all questions answered and explained
In-depth subject reviews cover all test topics: antonym questions, analogy questions, and sentence-completion questions, reading comprehension, vocabulary, analytical writing, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation questions, and math
Extra features include an overview of the GRE with description of the new-format test plus study tips and test-taking advice

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Top-Down Network Design (2nd Edition)

Top-Down Network Design (2nd Edition)
Cisco Press | 2004 | ISBN :1578700698 | CHM |592 pages | 2.8 MB

A systems analysis approach to enterprise network design

* Master techniques for checking the health of an existing network to develop a baseline for measuring performance of a new network design
* Explore solutions for meeting QoS requirements, including ATM traffic management, IETF controlled-load and guaranteed services, IP multicast, and advanced switching, queuing, and routing algorithms

* Develop network designs that provide the high bandwidth and low delay required for real-time applications such as multimedia, distance learning, and videoconferencing
* Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various switching and routing protocols, including transparent bridging, Inter-Switch Link (ISL), IEEE 802.1Q, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP4
* Effectively incorporate new technologies into enterprise network designs, including VPNs, wireless networking, and IP Telephony

Top-Down Network Design, Second Edition, is a practical and comprehensive guide to designing enterprise networks that are reliable, secure, and manageable. Using illustrations and real-world examples, it teaches a systematic method for network design that can be applied to campus LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internetworks.

You will learn to analyze business and technical requirements, examine traffic flow and QoS requirements, and select protocols and technologies based on performance goals. You will also develop an understanding of network performance factors such as network utilization, throughput, accuracy, efficiency, delay, and jitter. Several charts and job aids will help you apply a top-down approach to network design.

This Second Edition has been revised to include new and updated material on wireless networks, virtual private networks (VPNs), network security, network redundancy, modularity in network designs, dynamic addressing for IPv4 and IPv6, new network design and management tools, Ethernet scalability options (including 10-Gbps Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, and Long-Reach Ethernet), and networks that carry voice and data traffic.

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Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science

This book will save you time as you master the basics taught in first-year, calculus-based college physics courses. You'll firmly grasp the all-important building blocks needed for every physical science and all branches of engineering. The many problems included with guided solutions make this potentially daunting subject much easier. Additional problems with answers give you a chance to reinforce what you've learned and gauge your progress as you go. This next-best thing to a private tutor makes especially clear the topics most students find most difficult. It's ideal for independent study, brushup before an exam, or preparation for the MED-CAT and GRE.

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Schaum's Outline of Partial Differential Equations

Paul DuChateau, D. W. Zachmann, "Schaum's Outline of Partial Differential Equations"
McGraw-Hill | 1986-01-01 | ISBN: 0070178976 | 256 pages | PDF | 9.1 MB

If you want top grades and thorough understanding of partial differential equations, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-step through the subject and gives you 290 accompanying related problems with fully worked solutions. You also get plenty of practice problems to do on your own, working at your own speed. (Answers at the back show you how you're doing.) Famous for their clarity, wealth of illustrations and examples, and lack of dreary minutiae, SchaumOs Outlines have sold more than 30 million copies worldwideNand this guide will show you why!

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"Dictionary of Environmental Economics" by Anil Markandya, Renat Perelet, Pamela Mason, Tim Taylor

"Dictionary of Environmental Economics" by Anil Markandya, Renat Perelet, Pamela Mason, Tim Taylor
Earthscan Publications Ltd | 2002 | ISBN: 1853835293 | 208 pages | PDF | 7 Mb

This dictionary will be a useful resource for the reader in accessing the literature relating to environmental economics. Definitions are written so as to be comprehensible to the undergraduate or layman, whilst including the technical detail necessary to elucidate the key concepts.

Environmental economics as a discipline is expanding rapidly. With this expansion, an increasing vocabulary has been developed to explain various techniques and ideas within the subject area. As a consequence, the need for a dictionary to explain the terms used has arisen. This is the first fully comprehensive dictionary of environmental economics and key legal terms. Each expression of phrase is explained in nontechnical language, with references given to its use in the growing literature on the subject area.

The definitions provided in this dictionary aim to give the reader access to some of the more technical literature that has been produced, as well as a general overview of the main techniques in the subject area of environmental and resource economics.
For most entries, a reference is given. These references denote a source in which the term has been used to date in the literature, and can be accessed by the reader seeking further detail, using the bibliography provided. To aid the reader in his or her study of environmental economics, a list of commonly used abbreviations has been included. Where definitions refer to other entries, these are italicized. Further references to related entries not mentioned explicitly are given where appropriate.

Book include:
• Environmental instruments in policy making
• Techniques applied in environmental and natural resources economics
• Major issues in environmental economics and management
• Natural resource accounting
• Major international agreements

A list of commonly used acronyms is provided, as is a complete bibliography detailing all the major texts in the field. This will prove to be an essential tool for students and policy makers in all the fields connected to environmental economics.

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Civil Engineer’s Illustrated Sourcebook

Robert O. Parmley, "Civil Engineer’s Illustrated Sourcebook"
McGraw-Hill Professional | 2003 | ISBN: 0071376070 | 750 pages | PDF | 31,8 MB

A quick-look-up resource of pictorial details for the right plans, construction materials and methods for a specific application.

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Thus Spoke Gandhi (quotes Of Mahatma Gandhi)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi, was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. Gandhi was the pioneer of Satyagraha - resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon total non-violence. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, for expanding women's rights, for building religious and ethnic amity, for ending untouchability, for increasing economic self-reliance, but above all for achieving the independence of India from foreign domination. He was imprisoned for many years, on numerous occasions, in both South Africa and India and he undertook long fasts as a means of both self-purification and social protest. He was assassinated in 1948.

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C++ from the Ground Up

C++ from the Ground Up
McGraw-Hill | ISBN: 0072228970 | 2003 | English | PDF | 624 pages | 2.85 Mb

No one teaches C++ better than Herb Schildt. That's why his books are the choice of millions worldwide. Now you, too, can quickly master C++ using his proven method. In this fully updated new edition, Herb explains the C++ language, from its fundamentals to its most advanced features. You'll start with an overview of C++ and the general form of a C++ program. You'll then learn essentials such as control statements, operators, variables, classes, and objects. Then it's on to exceptions, templates, namespaces, run-time type ID, and the Standard Template Library (STL). There is even a synopsis of the extended keywords used for .NET programming--all presented in Herb's clear, crisp, uncompromising style.

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Microsoft .NET Framework Security

Roopendra Jeet Sandhu, Surbhi Malhotra "Microsoft .NET Framework Security"
Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade | English | 2002-10-10 | ISBN: 1931841829 | 432 pages | CHM | 2,3 MB

Today, computing is dynamic and global. It is no longer practical to input or access data from a single computer. Microsoft .NET Framework allows you to use the same data for various digital devices. However, accessibility can lead to breaches in security. Therefore, this platform also provides several mechanisms for administrators and application developers to protect resources and code from unauthorized users. Microsoft® .NET Framework Security gives you the knowledge to keep your network and code safe and gain the competitive edge!

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Foundations of Physics

Tom Hsu, "Foundations of Physics"
Cambridge Physics Outlet | 2004 | ISBN: 1588920577 | 700 pages | PDF | 78 MB

With the unique Foundations of Physics hands-on, inquiry based instructional approach, more students can understand and retain complex physics concepts. The text and investigations connect each new concept to students’ experience in the lab or real world, and present ideas in both words and illustrations. This program also combines the best attributes of conceptual and mathematical instruction as students use equations (introductory algebra level) to analyze data and solve quantitative problems.
Landscape "one-concept" page spreads and full-color graphics enhance learning and retention.
About the Author
Dr. Thomas C. Hsu is a nationally recognized innovator in science and math education and the founder of CPO Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and has taught students from elementary, secondary and college levels across the nation. He was nominated for MIT’s Goodwin medal for excellence in teaching and has received numerous awards from various state agencies for his work to improve science education.

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Surface Architecture Summary

Surface Architecture Summary By David Leatherbarrow, Mohsen Mostafavi
Publisher: The MIT Press 2002-08-15 | 274 Pages | ISBN: 0262134071 | PDF | 13 MB

Visually, many contemporary buildings either reflect their systems of production or recollect earlier styles and motifs. This division between production and representation is in some ways an extension of that between modernity and tradition. In this book David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi explore ways that design can take advantage of production methods such that architecture is neither independent of nor dominated by technology. Leatherbarrow and Mostafavi begin with the theoretical and practical isolation of the building surface as the subject of architectural design. The autonomy of the surface, the "free facade," presumes a distinction between the structural and nonstructural elements of the building, between the frame and the cladding. Once the skin of the building became independent of its structure, it could just as well hang like a curtain, or like clothing. The focus of the relationship between structure and skin is the architectural surface. In tracing the handling of this surface, the authors examine both contemporary buildings and those of the recent past. Architects discussed include Albert Kahn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Alison and Peter Smithson, Alejandro de la Sota, Robert Venturi, Jacques Herzog, and Pierre de Meuron. The properties of a building’s surface--whether it is made of concrete, metal, glass, or other materials--are not merely superficial; they construct the spatial effects by which architecture communicates. Through its surfaces a building declares both its autonomy and its participation in its surroundings.

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Precision Engineering

V. C. Venkatesh, Sudin Izman, "Precision Engineering"
McGraw-Hill Professional 2008 | ISBN-10: 0071548270 | 418 Pages | PDF | 12 MB

The Latest Techniques of Ultra-Precise Manufacturing for Creating Mechanical, Electronic, and Optical Products

Precision Engineering gives expert guidance on the application of manufacturing to micro and nano levels, using state-of-the-art miniaturization technology. The book fully explores these new in-demand techniques, providing clear explanations of precision engineering fundamentals, the theory and design of precision machines, and the mechanics of ultra-precise machining.

Filled with over 200 skills-building illustrations, this vital engineering resource examines topics ranging from atomic bit processes for manufacturing and atomic force…to scanning and electronic and optical microscopy. You will find timely information on the tool materials for precision machining…the mechanics of materials cutting…advances in precision grinding…ultra-precision machine elements…rolling element, hydrodynamic, and hydrostatic bearings…gas lubricated bearings… microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)…and much more. Presenting practical know-how on everything required to create actual products, Precision Engineering features:
A full account of tool materials for precision engineering
The latest methods of precision grinding
Detailed analysis of ultra-precise machine elements
In-depth coverage of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

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JasperReports 3.5 for Java Developers

David Heffelfinger, "JasperReports 3.5 for Java Developers"
Packt Publishing | 2009 | ISBN: 1847198082 | 350 pages | PDF | 5,3 MB

Create, Design, Format, and Export Reports with the world's most popular Java reporting library
Create better, smarter, and more professional reports using comprehensive and proven methods
Group scattered data into meaningful reports, and make the reports appealing by adding charts and graphics
Discover techniques to integrate with Hibernate, Spring, JSF, and Struts, and to export to different file formats
Written in a lucid and practical manner, this book introduces you to JasperReports and gets you creating complex and elegant reports

In Detail
Do you want to create easily understood, professional, and powerful reports from disordered, scattered data using a free, open source Java class library? If your answer is yes, this book on JasperReports is what you are looking for. JasperReports is the world's most popular embeddable Java open source reporting library, providing Java developers with the power to easily create rich print and web reports.

The book has been fully updated to use JasperReports 3.5, the latest version of JasperReports. Previously accepted techniques that have now been deprecated have been replaced with their modern counterparts. All examples in the book have been updated to use XML schemas for report templates. Coverage of new data sources that JasperReports now supports has been added to the book. Additionally, JasperReports can now export reports to even more formats than before and exporting reports to these new formats is covered in this new edition of the book.

This book shows you exactly how to get started, and develop the skills to get the most from JasperReports. It introduces you to the latest version of JasperReports, and gets you creating complex and elegant reports.

The book steers you through each point of report setup, to creating, designing, formatting, and exporting reports with data from a wide range of data sources, and integrating JasperReports with other Java frameworks.

Starting with the basics of adding reporting capabilities to your application and creating report templates, you will first see how to produce your reports through the use of JRXML files, custom ANT targets, and then preview them in both the web browser and the native browser of JasperReports.

Getting data into your reports is the next step, and you will see how to get data from a range of data sources, not only databases, but XML files, and Java Objects, among others.

You will create better looking reports with formatting and grouping, as well as adding graphical elements to your reports. You will export your reports to a range of different formats, including PDF and XML.

Creating reports will be made even easier with a walkthrough of the iReport Designer visual designing tool. To round things off, you will see how to integrate your reports with other Java frameworks, using Spring or Hibernate to get data for the report, and Java Server Faces or Struts for presenting the report.

All examples have been updated to use XML schemas. New export formats, such as OpenDocument Text, and new data sources now supported by JasperReports are now covered in this updated edition.

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