Peter G. Medveczky, Herman Friedman, "Herpesviruses and Immunity"
Springer 1998 | ISBN-10: 030645890X | 317 Pages | PDF | 1,6 MB

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Univ. of South Florida, Tampa. Presents reviews of the developments in the field of herpes virology. For researchers in immunology and virology. DNLM: Herpesviridae--immunology.

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Burt Anderson, Herman Friedman, "Rickettsial Infection and Immunity (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis)"
Springer 1997 | ISBN-10: 0306455285 | 264 Pages | PDF | 4,8 MB

As a group, rickettsiae, and related bacteria, contain a number of human pathogens that have recently named as causes of `emerging diseases'. This unique volume offers a thorough and current review of information on the pathogenesis and immune response elicited by memebers of the genera Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, Orlentia, and Bartonella, in contributions authored by the expert clinicians and researchers who work with these organisms.

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Laszlo Zaborszky, Floris G. Wouterlood, J. L. Lanciego , "Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing: Molecules, Neurons, and Systems"
Springer | 2006 | ISBN: 0387289410 | 698 pages | PDF | 18,3 MB

The first two editions of this title had a tremendous impact in neuroscience. Between the previous edition in 1989 and today, there has been an explosion of information in the field. These include advances in molecular techniques, such as genomics and proteomics, which have become increasing important in neuroscience.

A renaissance in fluorescence has occurred, driven by the development of new probes, new microscopes, live imagers, and computer processing. The introduction of new markers has enormously stimulated the field, moving it from tissue culture to neurophysiology to functional MRI techniques. As with previous editions, this new edition will be welcomed by the graduate students working in the lab who needs fast, complete, up-to-date, and immediately applicable information about techniques, written by acknowledged experts in the field.

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Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology, Volume 33: Lipobiology
Publisher: Elsevier Science | Language: English | ISBN:0444514961 | 724 pages | Data: 2004 | PDF | 7 Mb

Description: This volume on lipobiology contains 27 chapters dealing with a selected number of subjects of lipid homeostasis in the eukaryotic cells and mammalian body. It focuses on subjects in the field of lipobiology characterised by new insights in underlying regulatory mechanisms.



Special attention is paid to proteins involved in lipid transfer and enzymes in lipid metabolism and the regulation of expression of genes encoding for lipid handling proteins.

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
Gacl | 2003 | ISBN: 0787677213 | 1600 pages | PDF | 20,1 MB

The Encyclopedia of Surgery has been written by various experts in the field of surgery and has been written specifically for healthcare students and patients. The Encyclopedia covers 450 surgical procedures and topics such as laser surgery, hysterectomy, endoscopy, cryosurgery, anesthetics, biopsy, angioplasty, medications and postoperative care, and many related subjects.



Each entry in the Encyclopedia of Surgery consists of a standardized format which includes the definition, purpose, diagnosis, aftercare, risks, mortality rates, and alternatives.

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Hannah Landecker, "Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies"
Harvard University Press 2007 | ISBN-10: 0674023285 | 288 Pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

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Many of us back in our high school days peered through a microscope at cells jiggling around in a petri dish. But a mere century ago, scientists didn't know how to culture cells in a medium and believed that cells couldn't live outside their parent organism. As Landecker reminds us, today we can hardly live without cell cultures, which are used for everything from routine medical tests to genetic engineering.


Landecker, a professor in the anthropology department at Rice University, focuses on five aspects of how cells have literally taken on a life of their own. Around 1900, scientists learned to observe cellular activity in the lab and then pursued the immortality of cell lines, a project that resulted in more than one notorious fiasco. Mass reproduction of cells was the obvious next step at mid-century and led to the polio vaccine. A widely distributed cell line (HeLa) derived from a Baltimore woman with cervical cancer made it possible for scientists to standardize their research, but also demonstrated how lines could grow out of control. Most recently, scientists learned in the late 20th century how to hybridize cells, mixing ingredients from various species. Landecker at times interprets to distraction—even minor aspects of her story are weighed for their significance—but she is a keen observer of scientific practice. (Feb.)

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Johan Hoffman, Claes Johnson, Anders Logg, "Dreams of Calculus: Perspectives on Mathematics Education"
Springer 2004 | ISBN-10: 3540219765 | 158 Pages | PDF | 5,4 MB

What is the relationship between modern mathematics - more precisely computational mathematics - and mathematical education? It is this controversal topic that the authors address with an in-depth analysis. In fact, what they present in an extremely well-reasoned account of the development of mathematics and its culture giving concrete recommendation for a much-needed reform of the teaching of mathematics.



The book is essential reading for everybody involved in mathematics and science, and mathematics teaching.

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Oon-Seng Tan, "Enhancing Thinking through Problem-based Learning Approaches"
Cengage Learning 2003 | ISBN-10: 9812437185 | 228 Pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

Many institutions worldwide have embarked on using problem-based learning (PBL) for educational reform and curricular innovation. This book captures the art and science of PBL from the perspectives of pedagogy, psychology and technology.



The collection in this book provides international perspectives on how PBL practices can enhance thinking. The discussions are structured along three themes. The first is the psychology of cognition, metacognition, and self-regulated learning. The second is the idea of making thinking and mind visible through dialogue and inquiry. The third theme is the use of technology, which is not only a tool but also an important catalyst to enhance problem-based thinking. The contributions come from an international pool of highly experienced and qualified PBL practitioners who are themselves champions and pioneers of PBL projects in their own institutions.

The most up-to-date book on PBL from the perspectives of pedagogy, psychology and technology. Drawing on the wealth of knowledge from international experts this comprehensive edition provides academics and educators with key ideas and insights into using PBL and innovating PBL curricula. Academics from different disciplines as well as educators and teachers will find this book a refreshing and timely contribution to enhance thinking and learning.

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Dr. Paul J. Lavrakas, "Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods (2 Volume Set)"
Sage Publications, Inc 2008 | ISBN-10: 1412918081 | 1072 Pages | PDF | 9,1 MB

In conjunction with top survey researchers around the world and with Nielsen Media Research serving as the corporate sponsor, the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods presents state-of-the-art information and methodological examples from the field of survey research. Although there are other "how-to" guides and references texts on survey research, none is as comprehensive as this Encyclopedia, and none presents the material in such a focused and approachable manner.




With more than 600 entries, this resource uses a Total Survey Error perspective that considers all aspects of possible survey error from a cost-benefit standpoint.

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Gyula Sebestyen, "Construction - Craft to Industry"
Taylor & Francis | 1998 | ISBN: 0419209204 | 308 pages | PDF | 9,2 MB

Written by a former CIB president, this book provides a unique and comprehensive survey of changes and trends in the construction industry focusing on the post-war years, emphasizing their contemporary and future relevence. The author covers the areas of materials, structures, building physics, energy, equipment, management, and environment issues, assesing their impact on the construction industry in an international context.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui
Publisher: Alpha | ISBN: 1592573444 | edition 2005 | PDF | 406 pages | 14,07 mb

Considered the feng shui bible by classical practitioners and teachers, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Feng Shui has been updated to include more case studies and feng shui readings to make the practical application of feng shui even more accessible; new chapters feature before and after photos of feng shui makeovers and explain Ming Gua—the Guardian Star that influences a person’s character—and much more.


• One of the few Western books that focuses on "classical" feng shui, which is growing in popularity now that the topic has become more mainstream
• Joseph Yu is one of only five world-renowned classical feng shui masters

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Susan Stempleski, Nancy Douglas, James Morgan, Kristin L. Johannsen, Andy Curtis, "World Pass: Expanding English Fluency, Advanced (with Audio CD)"
Heinle ELT | 2005 | ISBN: 083840670X | 176 pages | PDF, mp3 | 69 + 53,2 MB

To help students expand their fluency, World Pass focuses on dynamic vocabulary building, essential grammar, and stimulating listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities that emphasize the language they need for real world communication.
About the Author


Susan Stempleski is the World Link series editor, teacher trainer, and noted author of several texts on teaching with film and video. She currently teaches at the Hunter College Intensive English Language Institute of the City University of New York and Columbia University Teacher's College, New York City.

Kristin Johannsen holds an MA in Applied English Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She has extensive experience teaching English in Japan, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, France, and the United States. She has presented her ideas on global issues at multiple conferences around the world and is a published author. She speaks several languages including French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Korean.

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Michael Alexander, «Microsoft Access 2007 Data Analysis»
Wiley | ISBN 0470104856 | 2007-03-26 | PDF | 5 Mb | 519 pages

* Data analysis is the process of categorizing data into groups, translating large amounts of data into meaningful information, and performing a wide variety of calculations in a fraction of the time it would normally take by hand
* Showing readers how to save time and increase productivity, this unique book explains how to analyze data using the latest version of Microsoft Access, the world's leading PC database system



* Practical, real-world scenarios demonstrate the benefits of using Access for data analysis, show how to avoid common pitfalls of everyday data crunching, and illustrate the differences and similarities between Access and Excel data analysis
* Explains how to analyze large amounts of data and report findings in an easily understood manner, automate redundant analysis, and get better visibility into data from different perspectives

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Teresa Hennig, «Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference, 2nd Edition»
Wrox | ISBN: 0470047038 | 2nd Ed (May 14, 2007) | 1152 pages | PDF | 14 Mb

* Providing complete and authoritative coverage of all aspects of VBA programming for Access applications, this book uses real-world code examples to demonstrate each programming topic
* Introductory chapters provide a brief overview of VBA and highlight what's new in Access 2007, the most popular database system in the world



* Shows experienced VBA developers and programmers how to create secure VBA code and examines how to use VBA with ADO, SQL, APIs, or other Office applications
* Demonstrates how to use the Access object model, the Windows registry, and ADE tools, and explains how to use VBA to create and enhance forms and reports
* The companion Web site includes updates to the book and links to useful resources



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Gyula Sebestyen, "Construction - Craft to Industry"
Taylor & Francis | 1998 | ISBN: 0419209204 | 308 pages | PDF | 9,2 MB

Written by a former CIB president, this book provides a unique and comprehensive survey of changes and trends in the construction industry focusing on the post-war years, emphasizing their contemporary and future relevence.



The author covers the areas of materials, structures, building physics, energy, equipment, management, and environment issues, assesing their impact on the construction industry in an international context.

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Alison Balter, «Alison Balter's Mastering Microsoft(R) Office Access 2007 Development»
Sams | ISBN: 0672329328 | 1 edition (May 31, 2007) | 1248 pages | PDF | 39 Mb

Microsoft Office 2007 is a major upgrade from the last version of Office; Access will also be greatly revised. Alison Balter is the name that Access developers will trust to guide them through Access 2007's new features. She has the rare ability to take complex topics and explain them clearly, as shown by the success of her ten previous books on Access. Balter is known for providing real-world solutions to specific Access development problems. She also is known for her ability to back up her practical examples with just enough underlying theory to give the reader a good overall understanding of Access.

In short, this book will provide beginning and intermediate Access developers with everything that they need to know to design and build Access 2007 applications. It should also appeal to DBAs and power users who want or need to get started building custom Access apps. This latest book in her Mastering Access series will not disappoint her many fans who anxiously await each new version, and should win her new fans as well.

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The Menopausal Transition: Interface Between Gynecology and Psychiatry (Key Issues in Mental Health)
By Claudio N. Soares, Michelle Warren
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland) | ISBN: 3805591012 | edition 2009 | PDF | 149 pages | 1,4 mb

Part of the Foreword: The interplay between the hormone milieu, physiologic changes and psychological symptoms across the female life cycle has long intrigued scientists and physicians.


After all, women appear to be particularly vulnerable to the development of psychiatric conditions during certain periods in life that are marked not only by intense – sometimes chaotic – hormone variations and psychosocial stressors but also accompanied by changes in social, family and professional roles in life.

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Practical Guidelines for the Analysis of Seawater By Oliver Wurl
Publisher: CRC | ISBN: 1420073060 | edition 2009 | PDF | 408 pages | 7,1 mb

As the scientific community moves toward a greater awareness and understanding of the ocean’s role in global changes, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of networked monitoring stations to obtain in-situ data. This book serves as a source of practical guidelines and know-how in the analysis of seawater. It presents analytical methodologies with step-by-step guidelines to help practitioners implement these methods quickly and reliably.




With coverage of topics such as blank estimation, statistical evaluation, and control of recoveries, the text provides essential information for developing and improving quality control and quality assurance programs in the lab.

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Kim Daijin, «Automated Face Analysis: Emerging Technologies and Research»
Indiana University Press | ISBN: 1605662178 | 2009 | PDF | 437 pages | 17.22 MB

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Automated Face Analysis: Emerging Technologies and Research provides theoretical background to understand the overall configuration and challenging problem of automated face analysis systems, featuring a comprehensive review of recent research for the practical implementation of the analysis system. A must-read for practitioners and students in the field, this book provides understanding by systematically dividing the subject into several subproblems such as detection, modeling, and tracking of the face.

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Barbara Ballard,"Designing the Mobile User Experience"
Wiley (4-2007) | PDF | 260 pages | ISBN:0470033614 | 2.20Mb(rar)

Mobile and wireless application design is complex and challenging. Selecting an application technology and designing a mobile application require an understanding of the benefits, costs, context, and restrictions of the development company, end user, target device, and industry structure.

Designing the Mobile User Experience provides the experienced product development professional with an understanding of the users, technologies, devices, design principles, techniques and industry players unique to the mobile and wireless space. Barbara Ballard describes the different components affecting the user experience and principles applicable to the mobile environment, enabling the reader to choose effective technologies, platforms, and devices, plan appropriate application features, apply pervasive design patterns, and choose and apply appropriate research techniques.
Designing the Mobile User Experience:
* Provides a comprehensive guide to the mobile user experience, offering guidance to help make appropriate product development and design decisions.
* Gives product development professionals the tools necessary to understand development in the mobile environment.
* Clarifies the components affecting the user experience and principles uniquely applicable to the mobile application field.
* Explores industry structure and power dynamics, providing insight into how mobile technologies and platforms become available on current and future phones.
* Provides user interface design patterns, design resources, and user research methods for mobile user interface design.
* Illustrates concepts with example photographs, explanatory tables and charts, and an example application.
Designing the Mobile User Experience is an invaluable resource for information architects, user experience planners and designers, interaction designers, human factors specialists, ergonomists, product marketing specialists, and brand managers. Managers and directors within organizations entering the mobile space, advanced students, partnership managers, software architects, solution architects, development managers, graphic designers, visual designers, and interface designers will also find this to be an excellent guide to the topic.

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Healthy Stretching
Publisher: Alpha | ISBN: 0028621271 | edition 1998 | CHM | 352 pages | 3,38 mb

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Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Knowledge Engineering (Computational Intelligence) by Nikola K. Kasabov
Publisher: The MIT Press | Number Of Pages: 568 | Publication Date: 1996-10-11 | ISBN-10: 0262112124 | PDF | 4 Mb

Neural networks and fuzzy systems are different approaches to introducing human-like reasoning into expert systems. This text is the first to combine the study of these two subjects, their basics and their use, along with symbolic AI methods to build comprehensive artificial intelligence systems.


In a clear and accessible style, Kasabov describes rule- based and connectionist techniques and then their combinations, with fuzzy logic included, showing the application of the different techniques to a set of simple prototype problems, which makes comparisons possible. A particularly strong feature of the text is that it is filled with applications in engineering, business, and finance. AI problems that cover most of the application-oriented research in the field (pattern recognition, speech and image processing, classification, planning, optimization, prediction, control, decision making, and game simulations) are discussed and illustrated with concrete examples.
Intended both as a text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as a reference for researchers in the field of knowledge engineering, Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Knowledge Engineering has chapters structured for various levels of teaching and includes original work by the author along with the classic material.

Data sets for the examples in the book as well as an integrated software environment that can be used to solve the problems and do the exercises at the end of each chapter are available free through anonymous ftp.

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Computer Science Illuminated
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers | ISBN: 0763741493 | edition 2007 | PDF | 682 pages | 12,18 mb

Thoroughly revised and updated, Computer Science Illuminated, Third Edition, continues to excite and enlighten students on the dynamic and diverse field of computer science. Written by two of today s most respected computer science educators, Nell Dale and John Lewis, the text provides a broad overview of the many aspects of the discipline from a generic view point.


Separate program language chapters are available as bundle items for those instructors who would like to explore a particular programming language with their students. The many layers of computing are thoroughly explained beginning with the information layer, working through the hardware, programming, operating systems, application, and communication layers, and ending with a discussion on the limitations of computing. Perfect for introductory computing and computer science courses, Computer Science Illuminated, Third Edition's thorough presentation of computing systems provides computer science majors with a solid foundation for further study, and offers non majors a comprehensive and complete introduction to computing.
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IEEE 802 Wireless Systems: Protocols, Multi-Hop Mesh/Relaying, Performance and Spectrum Coexistence
Publisher: Wiley | ISBN: 0470014393 | edition 2007 | PDF | 403 pages | 22,12 mb

Throughout the next decade, 802 wireless systems will become an integral part of fourth generation (4G) cellular communication systems, where the convergence of wireless and cellular networks will materialize through support of interworking and seamless roaming across dissimilar wireless and cellular radio access technologies.

IEEE 802 Wireless Systems clearly describes the leading systems, covering IEEE 802.11 WLAN, IEEE 802.15 WPAN, IEEE 802.16 WMAN systems’ architecture, standards and protocols (including mesh) with an instructive approach allowing individuals unfamiliar with wireless systems to follow and understand these technologies. Ranging from digital radio transmission fundamentals, duplex, multiplexing and switching to medium access control, radio spectrum regulation, coexistence and spectrum sharing, this book also offers new solutions to broadband multi-hop networking for cellular and ad hoc operation. The book
* Gives a comprehensive overview and performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11, 802.15 and 802.16
* Includes a tutorial like introduction to the basics of wireless communication
* Discusses challenges in mesh/multi-hop relaying networks and provides profound solutions for their realization with 802 Wireless Systems...
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Kalman Filtering and Neural Networks
ISBN: 0471369985 | John Wiley & Sons Inc | 2001 | 304 Pages | PDF | 6 Mb

This self-contained book consists of seven chapters by expert contributors that discuss Kalman filtering as applied to the training and use of neural networks. Although the traditional approach to the subject is almost always linear, this book recognizes and deals with the fact that real problems are most often nonlinear.


The first chapter offers an introductory treatment of Kalman filters with an emphasis on basic Kalman filter theory, Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother, and the extended Kalman filter. Other chapters cover: An algorithm for the training of feedforward and recurrent multilayered perceptrons, based on the decoupled extended Kalman filter (DEKF) Applications of the DEKF learning algorithm to the study of image sequences and the dynamic reconstruction of chaotic processes The dual estimation problem Stochastic nonlinear dynamics: the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm and the extended Kalman smoothing (EKS) algorithm The unscented Kalman filter

Each chapter, with the exception of the introduction, includes illustrative applications of the learning algorithms described here, some of which involve the use of simulated and real-life data. Kalman Filtering and Neural Networks serves as an expert resource for researchers in neural networks and nonlinear dynamical systems.

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Brand Management
Publisher: Alpha | ISBN: 0028639928 | edition 2005 | PDF | 355 pages | 28,13 mb

Whether you are the manager of a large corporation or the owner of a small business, you need to know how to build and maintain powerful brands. This book will help you make decisions about the products and services your company develops or sells.


It explains how to develop your target market, how to understand your brand's core values, and how to develop a brand positioning statement.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting
Publisher: Alpha | ISBN: 0028617525 | edition 2005 | PDF | 321 pages | 30.57 mb

You're no idiot, of course. You hire and manage talented people, carry out your daily tasks with grace, and even find ways to shine under deadline pressure. But when it comes to finance and accounting, you feel like you're in the red.


Don't throw in the towel yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting helps you create a budget, manage a payroll, and develop a financial management - from the perspective of a nonfinancial manager.


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Christophe Cerin, Hai Jin, «Parallel I/O for Cluster Computing»
ISTE Publishing Company | ISBN: 1903996503 | 2003 | CHM | 240 pages | 6.61 MB

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Data sets in large applications such as databases and data-mining applications are often too large to fit into a computer’s internal memory. The resulting I/O (input/output) communications between internal memory and the slower external medium (such as disks) can present a major performance bottleneck.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Protecting Yourself Online
Publisher: Alpha | ISBN: 0789720353 | edition 2001 | PDF | 368 pages | 12,12 mb

Do you like buying things on the Internet with your credit card? Think other people wouldn't like buying things with your credit card, too? Have you given out personal information to register for "contests" and "events?" Beware. Sometimes the wizard making the promises is only a little man sitting behind a curtain pulling levers and talking through microphones.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Protecting Yourself Online makes sure that you take the necessary steps and precautions when registering, ordering, or even just conversing on the Internet. Keep people out of your personal life by creating hacker-proof passwords, removing your name from databases, and eliminating a third party's ability to accumulate information about you--such as address, Social Security number, credit card numbers, and more.


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Miltiadis Lytras, Dragan Gasevic, Patricia Ordonez De Pablos, Weihong Huang, «Technology Enhanced Learning: Best Practices»
Information Science Publishing | ISBN: 1599046008 | 2008 | PDF | 404 pages | 4.85 MB

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Technology Enhanced Learning: Best Practices goes beyond traditional discussion on technology enhanced learning to provide research and insights on increasing the efficiency of learning for individuals and groups, facilitating the transfer and sharing of knowledge in organizations, and understanding of the learning process by exploring links among human learning, cognition, and technologies. This Premier Reference Source offers estimable, comprehensive research to researchers and practitioners in the field of technology enhanced learning in various disciplines, including education, sociology, information technology, workplace learning, entertainment, healthcare, tourism, and many others.

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Building Dynamic Web 2.0 Websites with Ruby on Rails: Create database-driven dynamic websites with this open-source web application framework by A P Rajshekhar
Publisher: Packt Publishing (March 28, 2008) | 232 pages | ISBN: 1847193412 | PDF | 6.5 MB

Ruby on Rails is an open-source web application framework ideally suited to building business applications; accelerating and simplifying the creation of database-driven websites. Often shortened to Rails or RoR, it provides a stack of tools to rapidly build web applications based on the Model-View-Controller design pattern.



This book is a tutorial for creating a complete website with Ruby on Rails. It will teach you to develop database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller pattern. It will take you on a joy ride right from installation to a complete dynamic website. All the applications discussed in this book will help you add exciting features to your website. This book will show you how to assemble RoR's features and leverage its power to design, develop, and deploy a fully featured website. Each chapter adds a new feature to the site, adding new knowledge, skills, and techniques.

What you will learn from this book?

* Installing, configuring, and testing both Ruby and RoR
* Setting up the application and database
* Managing users and roles for your website
* Gathering and managing user comments
* Setting up the template and generating migrations for your tables
* Using plug-ins; adding and searching a tag
* Enhancing usability with AJAX
* Developing an administration interface
* Deploying the application on a production server

Approach

This book is a practical guide to creating a complete Web 2.0 website with Ruby on Rails. In this book, each chapter adds a new feature to the site, adding new knowledge, skills, and techniques. You will learn about the features of RoR by adding those features to your website. You will also learn about Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as each chapter closely follows the SDLC starting from requirement gathering and ending with testing.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for anyone who has basic concepts of object-oriented programming as well as relational databases and wants to develop online applications using Ruby on Rails. Prior knowledge of Ruby or Rails is not expected.

About the Author
A P Rajshekhar

A. P. Rajshekhar, Senior Developer with Vectorform, has worked on enterprise-level web applications and game development. His endeavors include development of a Learning Management System, a Supply Management Solution and Xbox-based games. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Applications. He is a regular contributor to Devshed Portal on topics ranging from server-side development (JEE/.Net/RoR) to mobile (Symbian-based) development and game development (SDL and OpenGL) with a total readership of more than 1.4 million.

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Holly Yu, Scott Breivold, «Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Research and Practice»
Indiana University Press | ISBN: 1599048914 | 2008 | PDF | 440 pages | 3.49 MB

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Electronic Resource Management in Libraries: Research and Practice provides comprehensive coverage of the issues, methods, theories, and challenges connected with the provision of electronic resources in libraries, with emphasis on strategic planning, operational guidelines, and practices. This book primarily focuses on management practices of the life-cycle of commercially acquired electronic resources from selection and ordering to cataloging, Web presentation, user support, usage evaluation, and more.

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Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets: A practical guide to building a complete corporate intranet with Liferay by Jonas
Packt Publishing (April 28, 2008) | 408 pages | ISBN: 1847192726 | PDF | 12.6 MB

Liferay Portal is the world's leading open-source portal platform built on Java and Web 2.0 technologies. Corporations use it to provide a unified web interface to data and tools scattered across many sources.



Liferay Portal uses the latest in Java, J2EE, and Web 2.0 technologies to deliver solutions for enterprises across both public and private sectors. Liferay Portal's flexibility allows it to be deployed in a number of different scenarios to meet key business needs. Some of the key business benefits are:

* A rich, friendly, intuitive, and collaborative end-user experience
* A single point of access to all information
* High adaptability to the demands of fast changing markets
* Highest value
* Lowest costs

This book is a complete guide to building an intranet with Liferay (version 4.4)--assess your needs, install the software, start using it, deploy portlets, customize it per your requirements, and train users. The book focuses on leveraging the Liferay framework by configuring the XML files, without changing the underlying Java code. Each chapter gives practical guidance on how to install, use, and customize Liferay. There are many step-by-step examples for better understanding.

What you will learn from this book?

* Installing and configuring Liferay Portal
* Setting up the navigation structure for the intranet
* Managing users, groups, and roles
* Enabling staff to communicate using discussion forums
* Marking content for easy retrieval using tags
* Creating Wikis, Web Forms, and Polls
* Managing Blogs and RSS
* Deploying calendar portlet, WSRP, and Workflow portlet
* Content management and publishing
* Configuring instant messaging server, mail server, mail portlet, and SMS text messenger portlet
* Providing help-desk assistance and customer support information on the website
* Administering communities; using community tools; setting up virtual hosting, staging, and publishing for communities.
* Plugin management
* Handling federated search and OpenSearch and deploying search-based portlets
* Managing Admin portlet and Enterprise Admin portlet
* Integrating with Alfresco, LDAP, and SSO
* Applying SSO authentication for both portal and portlets

Approach

This book is a practical guide with a very user-friendly approach. The author has taken a virtual enterprise as an example and has used the features of Liferay to build a corporate intranet for that enterprise.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for System Administrators or experienced users (not necessarily programmers) who want to install and use Liferay in their teams or businesses without dealing with complex code. Pre-knowledge of Liferay is not expected for this book.

About the Author
Jonas X. Yuan

Jonas X. Yuan is a senior technical analyst at CIGNEX. Jonas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Zurich, where he focused on Integrity Control in Federated Database Systems. He earned his M.S and B.S. degrees in China, where he conducted research on expert systems for predicting landslides. Jonas is experienced in Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Previously, he has worked as a Project Manager and a Technical Architect in Web GIS (Geographic Information System). He has deep, hands on, skills in J2EE technologies. In particular, he developed a BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Engine called BPELPower from scratch in NASA data center. He also has strong experience on content management within the context of medical-legal billing case management. Furthermore, he is an expert in Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Alfresco, and Portals such as Liferay.


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OpenVPN: Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks: Learn how to build secure VPNs using this powerful Open Source application by Markus Feilner
Publisher: Packt Publishing (May 11, 2006) | 258 pages | ISBN: 190481185X | PDF | 6.8 MB

Learn how to build secure VPNs using this powerful Open Source application

* Learn how to install, configure, and create tunnels with OpenVPN on Linux, Windows, and MacOSX
* Use OpenVPN with DHCP, routers, firewall, and HTTP proxy servers
* Advanced management of security certificates



OpenVPN is a powerful, open source SSL VPN application. It can secure site-to-site connections, WiFi and enterprise-scale remote connections. While being a full-featured VPN solution, OpenVPN is easy to use and does not suffer from the complexity that characterizes other IPSec VPN implementations. It uses the secure and stable TLS/SSL mechanisms for authentication and encryption.

This book is an easy introduction to this popular VPN application. After introducing the basics of security and VPN, the book moves on to cover using OpenVPN, from installing it on various platforms, through configuring basic tunnels, to more advanced features, such as using the application with firewalls, routers, proxy servers, and OpenVPN scripting.

While providing only necessary theoretical background, the book takes a practical approach, presenting plenty of examples.

What you will learn from this book?
Chapter 1 looks at what VPNs are, how they evolved during the last decade, why it is necessary to modern enterprises, how typical VPNs work. The chapter also covers some essential networking concepts.

Chapter 2 explains VPN security issues, including symmetric and asymmetric encryption, the SSL/TLS library, and SSL certificates.

Chapter 3 introduces OpenVPN. In this chapter, we learn about the history of OpenVPN, how OpenVPN works, and how OpenVPN compares to IPSec VPN applications.

Chapter 4 covers installing OpenVPN on both Windows, the Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD. It covers the installation on Linux from the source code and RPM packages. Installation on Suse and Debian is covered in detail.

In Chapter 5, an encryption key for OpenVPN is created and it is then used to setup up our first OpenVPN Tunnel between two windows systems in the same network. The key is then copied on a Linux system and this system is connected through a tunnel to the first windows machine.

Chapter 6 shows how to create x509 server and client certificates for use with OpenVPN. easy-rsa which comes with OpenVPN and is available for both Windows and Linux is used.

Chapter 7 reviews the syntax of the command line tool openvpn, which enables building tunnels quickly. The configuration options of openvpn are covered in detail with examples.

Chapter 8 shows how to make the example tunnels created earlier safer and persistent by choosing a reliable combination of configuration file parameters. It then covers how to configure firewalls on Linux and Windows to work with OpenVPN.

Chapter 9 focuses on using xca, the advanced Windows tool with which x509 certificates can be easily managed. Its Linux equivalent, Tinyca2, which can even manage multiple certificate authorities, is also covered.

Chapter 10 covers advanced OpenVPN configurations, including Tunneling through a proxy server, pushing routing commands to clients, pushing and setting the default route through a tunnel, Distributed compilation through VPN tunnels with distcc, and OpenVPN scripting.

Chapter 11 shows how to debug and monitor VPN tunnels. It covers standard networking tools that can be used for scanning and testing the connectivity of a VPN server.

Who this book is written for?

Network administrators and any one who is interested in building secure VPNs using OpenVPN. It presumes basic knowledge of Linux, but no knowledge of VPNs is required. All basic VPN and relevant security concepts are covered.


About the Author

Markus Feilner

Markus Feilner is a Linux professional from Regensburg, Germany, and has been working with open-source software since the mid 1990s. His first contact with UNIX was a SUN cluster and SPARC workstations at Regensburg University (during his studies of geography). Since the year 2000, he has published several documents used in Linux training all over Germany. In 2001, he founded his own Linux consulting and training company,Feilner IT.

He was working as a trainer, consultant, and systems engineer at Millenux, Munich, where he focused on groupware, collaboration, and virtualization with Linux-based systems and networks.

Since 2007, he is an editor at the German Linux-Magazine, where he is writing about Open-Source-Software for both printed and online magazines, including the Linux Technical Review and the Linux Magazine International linux-magazine.com. He regularly holds speeches and lectures at conferences in Germany.

He is interested in anything about geography, traveling, photography, philosophy (especially that of open-source software), global politics, soccer and literature, but always has too little time for these hobbies.

Markus Feilner supports Linux4afrika - a project bringing Linux computers into African schools. For more information please visit linux4afrika.de/.

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Blender 3D Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery: Create photorealistic 3D architectural visualizations of buildings, interiors, and environmental scenery by Allan Brito
Publisher: Packt Publishing (May 30, 2008) | 332 pages | ISBN: 1847193676 | PDF | 11 MB

This book will show you how to create realistic architectural models in Blender. Blender is an open-source 3D animation program released as free software. It can be used for modeling, texturing, skinning, animating, and so on. It runs on all the important operating systems (including Windows, Mac, and Linux).




You can create natural scenery, landscapes, plants, various weather conditions, environmental factors, building materials such as wood, metal, brick, and more. You will also learn how to add people to different scenes as well as other objects to an already existing photograph or a video making it easier to increase its realism.

You will see how to use the final models to create simpler scenes for use in 3D games, where real-time rendering is necessary. You will also see how to use them to create the sets for animated movies.

What you will learn from this book?

* Build detailed and realistic models of buildings, furniture, and landscapes
* Create interior views of rooms and offices and exterior views of buildings, landscapes, and courtyards
* Produce video tours of the buildings and environments you create
* Export simple versions of your models for use in games and interactive environments
* Export still images and use the GIMP to give them a final polish
* Use natural and artificial light sources to illuminate your scenes in a realistic way
* Apply textures to building surfaces to produce more detailed and realistic scenes
* Add humans and other `props' to your scenes to increase their realism
* Develop a library of textures, materials, objects that you can use over and over again
* Use the YafRay raytracer to create astonishingly realistic, photo quality images
* How to import materials between scenes
* Create interactive animations

Approach

The book consists of a lot of exciting examples, which are shaped using the various features of Blender. It consists of step-by-step instructions leading you to realistic models of buildings, landscapes, and more. A collection of amazing screenshots will add up excitement to your learning experience. You can build realistic 3D models that can be used while creating different animation projects.

The printed version of the book is in black and white, but a full color version of the images is available for download on : Packtpub.com. The eBook version, available from Packt, is in full color.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for architects, game designers, artists, or movie makers who want to create realistic buildings, interiors, and scenery using Blender 3D, a free, open-source graphics tool. This book is not a general introduction to Blender, but focuses on developing expertise on the architectural aspects of the tool. Readers need not have prior knowledge of Blender.


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This book will show you how to create realistic architectural models in Blender. Blender is an open-source 3D animation program released as free software. It can be used for modeling, texturing, skinning, animating, and so on. It runs on all the important operating systems (including Windows, Mac, and Linux).

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You will see how to use the final models to create simpler scenes for use in 3D games, where real-time rendering is necessary. You will also see how to use them to create the sets for animated movies.

Approach

The book consists of a lot of exciting examples, which are shaped using the various features of Blender. It consists of step-by-step instructions leading you to realistic models of buildings, landscapes, and more. A collection of amazing screenshots will add up excitement to your learning experience. You can build realistic 3D models that can be used while creating different animation projects.

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Science Illustrated, September/October 2009
English | 92 pages | PDF | 32.05 Mb

Science Illustrated is the most commanding magazine about science and the natural world we live in today. This title is for the intellectual with a passion for discovery and the sciences. Science Illustrated will deliver the an upbeat, cutting-edge, visually spectacular range of subjects to the entire family.


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Graham Priest, "An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic: From If to Is"
Cambridge University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0521854334 | 646 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

This revised and considerably expanded 2nd edition brings together a wide range of topics, including modal, tense, conditional, intuitionist, many-valued, paraconsistent, relevant, and fuzzy logics. Part 1, on propositional logic, is the old Introduction, but contains much new material. Part 2 is entirely new, and covers quantification and identity for all the logics in Part 1.


The material is unified by the underlying theme of world semantics. All of the topics are explained clearly using devices such as tableau proofs, and their relation to current philosophical issues and debates are discussed. Students with a basic understanding of classical logic will find this book an invaluable introduction to an area that has become of central importance in both logic and philosophy. It will also interest people working in mathematics and computer science who wish to know about the area.

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Black and White 2 (FUll RiP 2.05 GB)
Oct 4, 2005 | Real-Time Strategy | English | 2.05 Gb (RS + ULD + HF)

Will you be an evil or benevolent deity? That's the choice you must make upon returning to a warring land in Black & White 2. Like its wildly successful predecessor, Black & White, the sequel is all about moral choices.[cut]
The land, however, has transformed itself. The inhabitants of this breathtaking 3D world have lost their innocence and developed new weapons and technology.


As you enter this warring world, will you make tribes coexist peacefully; encouraging villages and towns to grow into sprawling metropolises, or prompt them to inflict their will upon others by, creating and commanding large armies that seek to dominate and conquer?

Creatures in the game have grown too. They can learn strategies, master new abilities and skills, lead armies into battle and be your ultimate unit. Black & White 2 includes other new elements, such as improved graphics and miracle effects such as rivers of fire and earthquakes that yield massive destruction.

Every choice you make will have an impact. Each action and inactions prompts obvious changes to buildings, flora and fauna, all morphing to reflect your personality.

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System Requirements:
* OS - Windows 2000/XP
* Processor - Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent 1.6 GHz
* Memory - 512MB RAM
* Hard Drive - 3.5GB
* DVD-ROM - 8 SPEED (PC CD-ROM version also available in USA)
* Video Card - 64MB with 1.1 Pixel Shader*
* Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
* DirectX - Version 9.0c
* Input - Keyboard, mouse

* Black & White 2 requires a 64MB video card with 1.1 Pixel Shader support. Supported video cards: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti series, GeForce FX series, GeForce 6200 or greater; ATI Radeon 8500 or greater, ATI Radeon X300 or greater. DirectX 9.0c is included on this disc and may require the latest drivers for your video and sound card.

Install Info:
1. Download and Unrar
2. Run install.bat and follow the instructions on screen (make sure UAC is disabled on Windows Vista)
3. Start the game with white.exe
4. Play the game. If you like it, buy it. It supports the developers and encourages them to make new games.
5. Enjoy!

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