Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Principles of Space Instrument Design



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                             This informative account of the design of instruments used in rockets and spacecraft begins by introducing the basic principles of designing for the space environment. Following chapters discuss mechanical, structural, thermal and electronic design, including the problems that are frequently encountered in the testing and verification of spacecraft subsystems. The authors carefully describe important aspects of design, including stress analysis, multilayer insulation, two-dimensional sensor systems, mechanisms, the structure of space optics, and project management and control. A final chapter looks toward future developments of space instrument design and addresses issues arising from financial constraints. The book contains lists of symbols, acronyms and units and a comprehensive reference list. Worked examples, found throughout the text, make it valuable to final year undergraduate and beginning graduate students of physics, space science, space-craft engineering and astronautics.


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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Web Technologies



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Web Technologies: A Computer Science Perspective is ideal for courses in Web-based Systems (aka Web/Internet Programming/Systems) in Computer Science, MIS, and IT departments.

 This text introduces the key technologies that have been developed as part of the birth and maturation of the World Wide Web. It provides a consistent, in-depth treatment of technologies that are unlikely to receive detailed coverage in non-Web computer science courses. Students will find an ongoing case study that integrates a wide spectrum of Web technologies, guidance on setting up their own software environments, and a variety of exercises and project assignments.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Yoga: Path to Holistic Health



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Around the world, increasing numbers of people are turning to yoga as a means of keeping fit and reducing stress. In this comprehensive and highly illustrated guide B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's leading teacher of yoga, shares his unique, holistic approach. For Iyengar, yoga is more than just a form of exercise; it is a holistic experience that benefits the body, mind, and spirit. He outlines the philosophy and ideals behind this ancient practice and explains how yoga can help to counter the stresses of modern living. Designed for every level of ability, age, and physical condition, there are detailed instructions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.

 Clearly illustrated, step-by-step instructions explain how to perform each yoga asana, or posture, correctly, while a unique 360-degree view of the final pose shows exactly how to position each part of the body. A special section introduces B.K.S. Iyengar's innovative use of props, enabling beginners or the less flexible to practice the classic yoga asanas more easily and effectively. A further section illustrates sequences of asanas to treat or prevent a wide range of ailments. In addition, there is a 20-week yoga course, personally formulated by B.K.S. Iyengar, which progresses from simple to more challenging postures. Without a doubt, Yoga: The Iyengar Way is the definitive guide to the practice of yoga by the master.

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Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional


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This book picks up where Beginning ASP.NET 2.0: From Novice to Professional leaves off, focusing on database programming with ASP.NET. Since ASP.NET developers need to access databases quickly and efficiently, this book teaches the best practices and methods to help developers achieve professional ASP.NET and database solutions.  

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional is a comprehensive introduction on how you can connect a Web site to many different data sources — not just databases — and use the data to create dynamic page content. They also show how to build a relational database, use SQL to communicate with it, and understand how they differ from each other. You’ll also learn about the new features of ADO.NET and ASP.NET in .NET 2.0

The authors cover mission-critical issues, such as design, transactions, error handling, optimization, and scalability. They write about SQL Server, Jet, and MySQL databases, highlighting their differences. Finally, they concluded with a handy case study that brings together all of the things you’ve learned.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Embedded C Programming and the Atmel AVR



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                              Enter the world of embedded programming and microcontroller applications! One of the only books available today that uses the increasingly popular and cost-effective Atmel AVR embedded controller as the platform and application for learning, Embedded C Programming and the Atmel AVR, 2E is the perfect choice for novices. Featuring a host of fully-functional example applications, this highly innovative book enables users to adopt a "learn by doing" approach as they develop the knowledge and skills needed to achieve proficiency. Following an introduction to Atmel AVR RISC processors, readers are launched immediately into an embedded C language tutorial. Here, they'll experiment with variables and constants, operators and expressions, control statements, pointers and arrays, memory types, preprocessor directives, real-time methods, and more! In addition to a comprehensive library functions reference, an entire chapter on the CodeVision AVR C Compiler provides clear, step-by-step instruction in IDE installation and operation, mixing Assembler with C, and using the Code Wizard Code Generator. Use of peripherals - such as keypads, LCD displays, and other common embedded microcontroller-related devices - is also explored fully in this all-inclusive, state-of-the-art programmer's how-to and reference manual.


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Innovative Computing Methods and their Applications to Engineering Problems




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                               The design of most modern engineering systems entails the consideration of a good trade-off between the several targets requirements to be satisfied along the system life such as high reliability, low redundancy and low operational costs. These aspects are often in conflict with one another, hence a compromise solution has to be sought. Innovative computing techniques, such as genetic algorithms, swarm intelligence, differential evolution, multi-objective evolutionary optimization, just to name few, are of great help in founding effective and reliable solution for many engineering problems. Each chapter of this book attempts to using an innovative computing technique to elegantly solve a different engineering problem.


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Thermodynamics




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                                Thermodynamics is one of the most exciting branches of physical chemistry which has greatly contributed to the modern science. Being concentrated on a wide range of applications of thermodynamics, this book gathers a series of contributions by the finest scientists in the world, gathered in an orderly manner. It can be used in post-graduate courses for students and as a reference book, as it is written in a language pleasing to the reader. It can also serve as a reference material for researchers to whom the thermodynamics is one of the area of interest.


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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Wilbur Smith - 26 Novels (Links Updated)


 
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1.       Falcon Flies
2.       Men Of Men
3.       The Angels Weep
4.       The Leopard Hunts in Darkness
5.       When The Lion Feeds
6.       The Sound Of Thunder
7.       A Sparrow Flies
8.       Elephant Song
9.       Monsoon
10.   The Burning Shore
11.   Power Of Sword
12.   Rage
13.   A Time To Die
14.   Golden Fox
15.   Birds Of Prey
16.   Blue Horizon
17.   Cry Wolf
18.   River God
19.   Seventh Scroll
20.   Warlock
21.   Eagle In The Sky
22.   Gold Mine
23.   Hungry As The Sea
24.   Shout At The Devil
25.   The Dark Of The Sun
26.   The Sunbird

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Linux Complete Command Reference by John Purcell - LINKS UPDATED




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                                 One problem with Linux books is that they get outdated rapidly. I think that this is more resistant to that than most. Another problem is that the Linux documentation is scattered all over the Internet. This collects it in one book that you can sit down and refer to. This book is intermediate to advanced. There is no hand holding or tutorials here. For example there is 36 pages on bash (Bourne Again Shell). 734 pages on utility programs, such as bash. 153 pages on system calls - for programmers. 171 pages on library functions - for programmers, etc. The reason it is rated only 4 stars is that any such book is inherently outdated.
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Signals and Systems with MATLAB Applications by Steven Karris



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                              Students and working professionals will find this book to be a concise and easy-to-learn text. It provides complete, clear,and detailed  explanations of the principal analog and digital signal processing  concepts and analog and digital filter design illustrated with numerous practical examples.

This text includes the following chapters and appendices:
Elementary Signals
The Laplace Transformation
The Inverse Laplace Transformation
Circuit Analysis with Laplace Transforms
State Variables and State Equations
The ImpulseResponse and Convolution
Fourier Series
The Fourier Transform
Discrete Time Systemsand the Z Transform
The DFTand The FFTAlgorithm
Analog and Digital Filters
Introduction to MATLAB
Review of Complex Numbers

Review of Matrices and DeterminantsEach chapter contains numerous practical applications supplemented with detailed instructionsfor using MATLAB to obtain quick solutions.


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Advanced Google AdWords by Brad Geddes



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                                  This is the ultimate guide for those who want to move beyond AdWords basics to learn and apply the advanced techniques and tactics that Google's expert consultant teaches to Fortune 500 companies in his seminars. Advanced Google AdWords will provide deep insight into AdWords' functionality and advanced features, explaining how they work and providing tips, tactics, and hands-on tutorials that readers can immediately use on their own PPC campaigns.
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While this book gives advanced insight into every aspect of using AdWords to create and manage successful marketing campaigns, this books two mantra words are profits and strategies.
Advanced Google AdWords will help you create strategies to improve many aspects of your marketing including:

  • Choosing and organizing keywords based upon user intent so your ads and landing pages are always relevant to the searcher.
  • Controlling under which conditions your ad shows so you can save money and increases your conversion rate.
  • Write ads that increase not just click-through-rates and profits
  • Understanding quality score so that you can monitor and increase your quality score
  • Learn how to set bids based upon ROI, time of day, profits, geography, and more
  • Strategies for organizing your account based upon your goals
  • Conversion tracking strategies to learn what parts of your account lead to sales
  • Master testing ad copy and landing pages
  • Follow step-by-step instructions to create action plans so you can easily monitor and manage your campaigns.
  • Learn how to tame the content network so you can profitable expand your advertising goals.
Advanced Google AdWords is the ultimate step-by-step guide for developing advanced AdWords expertise. It is detailed, in-depth, and full of insights, techniques, tips, tactics and fascinating real-world case studies. The book will have very high visibility in the PPC community as it will feature a foreword from a Google AdWords insider, an AdWords coupon, and praise quotes from PPC industry notables.

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Satyagraha in South Africa - M K Gandhi


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                                  First published in 1928 when his South African days were well over, this book provides invaluable insight into Gandhi's Satyagraha in South Africa. It is the place where his religious and philosophical commitment to non-violence began. Sadly an increasingly rare find, this book offers some mixed biographical overview with commentary about the strength and limitations of satyagraha, as well as the important first members to make it work. Gandhi was not alone, but had invaluable help from Muslims, European Christians, Parsis and many others.

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Advanced Methods of Biomedical Signal Processing



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                                This book grew out of the IEEE-EMBS Summer Schools on Biomedical Signal Processing, which have been held annually since 2002 to provide the participants state-of-the-art knowledge on emerging areas in biomedical engineering. Prominent experts in the areas of biomedical signal processing, biomedical data treatment, medicine, signal processing, system biology, and applied physiology introduce novel techniques and algorithms as well as their clinical or physiological applications.

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C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design(5th edition)




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                                 C++ PROGRAMMING: FROM PROBLEM ANALYSIS TO PROGRAM DESIGN, FIFTH EDITION, is the latest edition of the definitive text for CS1 courses. Author D.S. Malik continues to employ his student-focused, example-based methodology to teach C++ programming to introductory computing students. Each chapter includes new debugging sections, a wealth of new and updated exercises, and many helpful self-study tools such as complete programming examples. All syntax is explained thoroughly and reinforced through extensive examples and diagrams, and students are motivated to understand the "why?" behind key C++ concepts.

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Java Programming From Problem Analysis to Program Design 5th Edition




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                                  Designed for the beginning programming student, this book will motivate learners while teaching fundamental programming concepts. Based on years of classroom testing, this fifth edition of JAVA™ PROGRAMMING: FROM PROBLEM ANALYSIS TO PROGRAM DESIGN approaches programming with a focus on clear explanations and practice - two critical factors in mastering the Java language. Straightforward language is used to explain the reasoning behind each new concept, and numerous examples and exercises allow readers to practice solving problems and writing code. This new edition is fully compliant with the latest version of Java, and includes updated programming exercises and programs.

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Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary



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                                  The Dictionary is the first updated source of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha synonyms of their botanical counterparts, after a gap of more than 30 years. The synonyms which appeared in "The Wealth of India" series (1948-1976) and in Chopra’s "Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants" (1956) have been updated till January, 2007. More than 2000 medicinal plants of "The Ayurvedic Formulary of India" and "The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India" and more than 100 species of non-Indian origin, incorporated in "National Formulary of Unani Medicine" have been covered in the Dictionary. Divergent sources of Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha herbs have been identified and a number of controversies have been sorted out. Pharmacognosy experts have selected important herbs, which were specially collected from leading pharamaceutical companies and pharmacopoeial laboratories and included in the dictionary as four colour photographs under the "Crude Herb Identification Guide" section. This is a unique feature and makes it an exclusive treat. The Dictionary has been presented in a user-friendly format, as a compact, handy, easy to use and moderately priced one-volume reference work. It unfolds hidden virtues and potentials of Indian herbs for busy professionals, researchers, practitioners of herbal as well as modern medicine, and library frequenters. It will prove a ready information source for students of botany, economic botany, pharmacy, agricultural and medical sciences, who aspire to have an edge over others and are keen to keep themselves abreast of the times.

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Computer Organization and Architecture(6th Edition)



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                                  Learn the fundamentals of processor and computer design from the newest edition of this award winning text. KEY TOPICS: Introduction; Computer Evolution and Performance; A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection; Cache Memory; Internal Memory Technology; External Memory; I/O; Operating System Support; Computer Arithmetic; Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions; Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats; CPU Structure and Function; RISCs; Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors; Control Unit Operation; Microprogrammed Control; Parallel Processing; Multicore Architecture. Online Chapters: Number Systems; Digital Logic; Assembly Language, Assemblers, and Compilers; The IA-64 Architecture. MARKET: Ideal for professionals in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering.
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Stallings provides a clear, comprehensive presentation of the organization and architecture of modern-day computers, emphasizing both fundamental principles and the critical role of performance in driving computer design. The text conveys concepts through a wealth of concrete examples highlighting modern CISC and RISC systems. The Fourth Edition captures recent innovations and improvements, while maintaining a broad, all-inclusive perspective of the entire field.

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Building Vocabulary for College 8th Edition



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                                BUILDING VOCABULARY FOR COLLEGE is a vocabulary worktext that helps you increase your academic vocabulary through a practical, reinforcing approach that promotes mastery of the words and word parts studied. The text begins by presenting the basics such as common prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Exercises in Part 1 ask you to work through matching, multiple-choice, sentence fill-in, and completing a passage sections. The lessons in Section 2 introduce terms from a variety of academic disciplines to help you succeed across the curriculum. Exercises in Part 2 include matching, sentence fill-ins, and completing a passage sections.

Data Communications and Networking (fourth edition)





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                                  As one of the fastest growing technologies in our culture today, data communications and networking presents a unique challenge for instructors. As both the number and types of students are increasing, it is essential to have a textbook that provides coverage of the latest advances, while presenting the material in a way that is accessible to students with little or no background in the field. Using a bottom-up approach, Data Communications and Networking presents this highly technical subject matter without relying on complex formulas by using a strong pedagogical approach supported by more than 700 figures.
                                 Now in its Fourth Edition, this textbook brings the beginning student right to the forefront of the latest advances in the field, while presenting the fundamentals in a clear, straightforward manner. Students will find better coverage, improved figures and better explanations on cutting-edge material. The "bottom-up" approach allows instructors to cover the material in one course, rather than having separate courses on data communications and networking.

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Oracle 11G SQL




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                            ORACLE 11G: SQL is not simply a study guide; it is written for individuals who have just a basic knowledge of databases and can be utilized in a course on this latest implementation of SQL from Oracle.


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Oracle SOA Suite 11g Handbook





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                             Design and implement an agile service-oriented enterprise computing infrastructure using the detailed information in this Oracle Press guide. Written by an Oracle ACE director, Oracle SOA Suite 11g Handbook uses a hands-on case study to illustrate each programming, management, and governance concept. Get expert techniques for modeling and implementing complex business processes and deploying and securing Web services, while maximizing decoupling and code reuse. 
 * Install Oracle SOA Suite 11g or migrate from a previous version
 * Design and develop composite applications using SCA and SDO
 * Model processes using BPEL, BPMN, and human task components
 * Connect components through mapping and filtering with Oracle Mediator
 * Apply the principles of event-driven architecture through complex event processing, the event delivery network, and Oracle Business Activity Monitoring server
 * Benefit from the power of Java through the Spring component and the interaction with Oracle
 * Validate, enrich, transform, route, and operate on data using the Oracle Service Bus
 * Deploy, test, and manage composite applications from the Oracle Enterprise Manager control console


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Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes





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                                  Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you’re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won’t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a book on theory. What you need in that situation is a book of solutions, and solutions are precisely what Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes delivers.Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes is a ready reference for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database. The book takes an example-based approach, wherein each chapter covers a specific problem domain. Within each chapter are "recipes," showing by example how to perform common tasks in that chapter’s domain. Solutions in the recipes are backed by clear explanations of background and theory from the author team. Whatever the task, if it’s performance-related, you’ll probably find a recipe and a solution in this book.   
 * Provides proven solutions to real-life Oracle performance problems 
 * Offers relevant background and theory to support each solution 
 * Written by a team of experienced database administrators successful in their careers    What you’ll learn
 * Optimize the use of memory and storage 
 * Monitor performance and troubleshoot problems 
 * Identify and improve poorly-performing SQL statements 
 * Adjust the most important optimizer parameters to your advantage 
 * Create indexes that get used and make a positive impact upon performance 
 * Automate and stabilize using key features such as SQL Tuning Advisor and SQL Plan Baselines .


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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

CMOS VLSI Design




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                               The extensively revised 3rd edition of CMOS VLSI Design details modern techniques for the design of complex and high performance CMOS Systems-on-Chip. The authors draw upon extensive industry and classroom experience to explain modern practices of chip design. The introductory chapter covers transistor operation, CMOS gate design, fabrication, and layout at a level accessible to anyone with an elementary knowledge of digital electornics. Later chapters beuild up an in-depth discussion of the design of complex, high performance, low power CMOS Systems-on-Chip.

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Embedded System Design: Modeling, Synthesis and Verification




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                                Embedded System Design: Modeling, Synthesis and Verification introduces a model-based approach to system level design. It presents modeling techniques for both computation and communication at different levels of abstraction, such as specification, transaction level and cycle-accurate level. It discusses synthesis methods for system level architectures, embedded software and hardware components. Using these methods, designers can develop applications with high level models, which are automatically translatable to low level implementations. This book, furthermore, describes simulation-based and formal verification methods that are essential for achieving design confidence. The book concludes with an overview of existing tools along with a design case study outlining the practice of embedded system design

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Ambient Intelligence: Impact on Embedded System Design





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                                   The emerging Ambient Intelligence vision has the potential to fundamentally change our world. This volume is a preview into the next era of computing. It investigates the impact of Ambient Intelligence on embedded system design. Combining visionary contributions with papers on recent developments, it brings to light the challenges in system design towards fulfilling the Ambient Intelligence promise. Topics covered range from processor architectures and embedded software to cognitive robotics and sensor networks, and from quality-of-service and energy-efficient design to security and fault tolerance.


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Friday, July 22, 2011

Happy Birthday


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Happy Birthday is an entertaining contemporary romance that fans of Danielle Steele will enjoy due to the two couples who garner reader empathy especially aging boomers. Although the story line is thin, readers will relish the birthday presents as two pairs of relationships are forged, but surviving intact for the next milestone birthday remains to be seen as each person's idiosyncrasies places some doubts on this occurring.

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Beginning C Sharp Object Oriented Programming


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Beginning C# Object-Oriented Programming brings you into the modern world of development as you master the fundamentals of programming with C# and learn to develop efficient, reusable, elegant code through the object-oriented programming (OOP) methodology. Take your skills out of the 20th century and into this one with Dan Clark?s accessible, quick-paced guide to C# and OOP, completely updated for .NET 4.0 and C# 4.0.

As you develop techniques and best practices for coding in C#, one of the world?s most popular contemporary languages, you?ll experience modeling a real world application through a case study, allowing you to see how both C# and OOP (a methodology you can use with any number of languages) come together to make your code reusable, modern, and efficient.

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    Learn to use the Universal Modeling Language (UML) to quickly design an application correctly from the first time
    Understand object-oriented programming principles and how they benefit your work in today?s dual Web- and Windows-based world
    Integrate OOP fundamentals when developing code in C#
    Discover the .NET Framework and how it can help you create applications quickly and efficiently
    Walk along as the author develops a complete Windows- and Web-based application using the techniques and best practices covered inside


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Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control (2nd Edition)



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Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control 2E is appropriate for courses in robotics that emphasize kinematics, dynamics, and control. 


The contents of this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains robotics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers, and practicing engineers alike will appreciate this user-friendly presentation of a wealth of robotics topics, most notably orientation, velocity, and forward kinematics. 

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Cloud Computing: Web-Based Dynamic IT Services


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Cloud computing is a buzz-word in today’s information technology (IT) that nobody can escape. But what is really behind it? There are many interpretations of this term, but no standardized or even uniform definition. Instead, as a result of the multi-faceted viewpoints and the diverse interests expressed by the various stakeholders, cloud computing is perceived as a rather fuzzy concept.

With this book, the authors deliver an overview of cloud computing architecture, services, and applications.  Their aim is to bring readers up to date on this technology and thus to provide a common basis for discussion, new research, and novel application scenarios. They first introduce the foundation of cloud computing with its basic technologies, such as virtualization and Web services. After that they discuss the cloud architecture and its service modules. The following chapters then cover selected commercial cloud offerings (including Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine) and management tools, and present current related open-source developments (including Hadoop, Eucalyptus, and Open CirrusTM). Next, economic considerations (cost and business models) are discussed, and an evaluation of the cloud market situation is given. Finally, the appendix contains some practical examples of how to use cloud resources or cloud applications, and a glossary provides concise definitions of key terms.The authors’ presentation does not require in-depth technical knowledge. It is equally intended as an introduction for students in software engineering, web technologies, or business development, for professional software developers or system architects, and for future-oriented decision-makers like top executives and managers.

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Open Source Training - WordPress Intermediate Course


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Each and every day, people are building great websites with WordPress. With Open Source Training, they have access to online classes and support from the best teachers in the WordPress world. Our professional teachers have created videos and tutorials for you that walk you step-by-step through everything you'll need to build wonderful WordPress websites. These are the same lessons we use to help clients like Apple, Sun, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and NASA.

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