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MATLAB Programming with Applications for Engineers
by Stephen J. ChapmanThis textbook seeks to simultaneously teach MATLAB as a technical programming language while introducing the student to many of the practical functions that make solving problems in MATLAB so much easier than in other languages. It provides a complete introduction to the fundamentals of good procedural programming and aids students in developing good design habits that will serve them well in any other language that they may pick up later.
Logic in Computer Science: Modelling and Reasoning about Systems
by Michael Huth Mark RyanIn recent years, powerful tools for verifying hardware and software systems have been developed. Major companies, such as Intel, Siemens, BT, AT & T, and IBM have increasingly become interested in that technology. Students need a basic formal training that allows them to gain sufficient proficiency in using logic-based verification methods. This book addresses these needs by providing a sound basis in logic and an introduction to the logical frameworks used in modeling, specifying and verifying computer systems. Coverage provides a simple and clear presentation, detailing propositional and predicate logic as well as some specialized logics used for reasoning about the correctness of computer systems. The authors introduce a carefully chosen core of essential terminology; further technicalities are introduced only where they are required by the applications. Numerous examples are given, as well as a full exposition of a fast-growing technique for modeling and verifying computer systems, known as symbolic model checking. It will be an ideal introduction for undergraduate students. A worldwide web tutorial that supports the course activities and provides solutions to the sample exercises is available to instructors.
Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis
by John Shawe-Taylor Nello CristianiniKernel methods provide a powerful and unified framework for pattern discovery, motivating algorithms that can act on general types of data (e. g. strings, vectors or text) and look for general types of relations (e. g. rankings, classifications, regressions, clusters). The application areas range from neural networks and pattern recognition to machine learning and data mining. This book, developed from lectures and tutorials, fulfils two major roles: firstly it provides practitioners with a large toolkit of algorithms, kernels and solutions ready to use for standard pattern discovery problems in fields such as bioinformatics, text analysis, image analysis. Secondly it provides an easy introduction for students and researchers to the growing field of kernel-based pattern analysis, demonstrating with examples how to handcraft an algorithm or a kernel for a new specific application, and covering all the necessary conceptual and mathematical tools to do so.
The S. M. A. R. T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More
by Bill A. GibsonAdvances in audio industry technology have opened up tremendous, new creative options. Musicians can now bend, shape, mold, stretch, tune, distort, and restore with an ease only imagined 10 or 15 years ago. Today, if you can imagine it, you can create it. The S. M. A. R. T. Guide to Mixers, Signal Processors, Microphones, and More covers the essential ingredients in audio recording -- core equipment, the building blocks of the entire technical and creative aspects of audio recording -- and includes an impressive DVD with more than 100 video and audio demonstrations that enhance and clarify the concepts in the book. You will cover specific techniques designed to improve the overall quality of your audio recordings, enabling them to viably compete with the music on your favorite professional recordings. Study recording examples that fit real musical situations, and learn solutions to common problems that will help you enhance your music. Put each new principle and concept into practice, combine it with your own creativity and imagination, and start cranking out the hits!
Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 5
by Mark SpencerIn this guide to Motion 5, you'll learn to create sophisticated projects using Motion's newest features. Mark Spencer starts with the fundamentals of motion graphics and moves into compositing, animation, motion graphics design, visual effects design, and the world of 3D.
Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013 App Development
by Scot Hillier Ted Pattison<p>Take advantage of the most important new concept in Microsoft® SharePoint® 2013--the app. Led by two SharePoint experts, you’ll learn development techniques such as building app lists, creating event handlers, and the major classes in the object model that provide access to content stored in SharePoint.</p>
Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema
by Alexis Van HurkmanThis is a comprehensive guide to color correction for film and video professionals covering every major color-correction software and hardware system. You will learn to apply the methods that all of the color correction applications use, how to problem-solve and trouble-shoot, how to maximize the effectiveness of each tool that's available, and you will discover how to creatively combine techniques and tools to accomplish the types of stylizations that colorists are often called upon to create.
Folklore and the Internet
by Trevor J. BlankA pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. These stuidies show that folk culture, sustained by a new and evolving vernacular, has been a key, since the Internet's beginnings, to language, practice, and interaction online. Users of many sorts continue to develop the Internet as a significant medium for generating, transmitting, documenting, and preserving folklore. In a set of new, insightful essays, contributors Trevor J. Blank, Simon J. Bronner, Robert Dobler, Russell Frank, Gregory Hansen, Robert Glenn Howard, Lynne S. McNeill, Elizabeth Tucker, and William Westerman showcase ways the Internet both shapes and is shaped by folklore
Digital Capture After Dark
by Amanda Quintenz-Fiedler Philipp Scholz RittermannThe pitfalls of photographing at night are many. Autofocus and built-in light meters generally fail at night. Long exposures tend to make noisy or blurry photographs. Cameras set to automatic generally trigger the built-in flash in low light conditions, which results in unsatisfying images. Lack of understanding and inappropriate techniques often ruin the dramatic potential of nighttime images. In Digital Capture After Dark you will learn to overcome these and other obstacles. You will go beyond the many "how-to's" of capturing digital images at night to the "why-to's" of long exposure photography; including the importance of how we think and see at night compared to during the day. Also discussed are hands-on image editing techniques that will help you prepare your images for output. Detailed descriptions cover color balancing, expanding dynamic range, controlling flare, dealing with noise, converting to black-and-white, toning, and much more.
Agile Project Management with Scrum
by Ken SchwaberThe rules and practices for Scrum--a simple process for managing complex projects--are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum's simplicity itself--its lack of prescription--can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons--the successes and failures--culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you'll understand how to use Scrum to solve complex problems and drive better results--delivering more valuable software faster. Gain the foundation in Scrum theory--and practice--you need to: Rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects Effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements Simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams Receive clearer specifications--and feedback--from customers Greatly reduce project planning time and required tools Build--and release--products in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier Avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects Support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations Maximize return on investment!
The Object Primer
by Scott W. AmblerScott Ambler, award-winning author of Building Object Applications that Work, Process Patterns, and More Process Patterns, has revised his acclaimed first book, The Object Primer. Long prized in its original edition by both students and professionals as the best introduction to object-oriented technology, this book is now completely up-to-date, with all modeling notation rewritten in the just-released UML 2. 0. All chapters have been revised to take advantage of Agile Modeling (AM), which is presented in the new chapter 2 along with other important new modeling techniques. Review questions at the end of each chapter allow readers to test their newly acquired knowledge. In addition, the author takes time to reflect on the lessons learned over the past few years by discussing the proven benefits and drawbacks of the technology. This is the perfect book for any software development professional or student seeking an introduction to the concepts and terminology of object technology.
Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare
by Michael N. SchmittThe product of a three-year project by twenty renowned international law scholars and practitioners, the Tallinn Manual identifies the international law applicable to cyber warfare and sets out ninety-five 'black-letter rules' governing such conflicts. It addresses topics including sovereignty, State responsibility, the jus ad bellum, international humanitarian law, and the law of neutrality. An extensive commentary accompanies each rule, which sets forth the rule's basis in treaty and customary law, explains how the group of experts interpreted applicable norms in the cyber context, and outlines any disagreements within the group as to each rule's application.
New Perspectives on Microsoft® Office Excel® 2010 Comprehensive
by June Jamrich Parsons Dan Oja Roy Ageloff Patrick CareyWith the New Perspectives' critical-thinking, problem-solving approach, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL 2010 and will learn how to take advantage of the flexibility it offers. Case-based tutorials challenge students to apply what they are learning to real-life tasks, preparing them to easily transfer skills to new situations. With New Perspectives, students understand why they're learning what they're learning and are better situated to retain skills beyond the classroom.
Data Structures and Algorithms Using C#
by Michael McmillanC# programmers: no more translating data structures from C++ or Java to use in your programs! Mike McMillan provides a tutorial on how to use data structures and algorithms plus the first comprehensive reference for C# implementation of data structures and algorithms found in the . NET Framework library, as well as those developed by the programmer. The approach is very practical, using timing tests rather than Big O notation to analyze the efficiency of an approach. Coverage includes arrays and array lists, linked lists, hash tables, dictionaries, trees, graphs, and sorting and searching algorithms, as well as more advanced algorithms such as probabilistic algorithms and dynamic programming. This is the perfect resource for C# professionals and students alike.
Objetivo: confianza
by Edurne Pasabán Angélica Del Carpio«Edurne y Angélica reflexionan en este libro sobre algo que es de gran actualidad para las empresas: la aceptación de la inseguridad y del cambio permanentes. Y cómo, a través de la confianza, los valores de innovación y flexibilidad que pedimos en las empresas, nos los debemos pedir a nosotros mismos para apasionarnos con lo que hacemos.»Josep Moragas, consejero delegado, ACC1Ó«Esta experiencia de coaching singular, es una lección de cómo la confianza en lo que hacemos, nuestras competencias y la pasión nos pueden ayudar a tomar decisiones creativas e innovadoras en situaciones de crisis. ¡Gracias, Edurne y Angélica, por vuestra generosidad al compartirlo!»Pilar Rojo, executive coa ch, profesora de dirección de personas y coaching del IE Business School«Una muestra real del arte del coaching, que nos aporta una nueva perspectiva de la responsabilidad y del compromiso. Este es un libro práctico, cercano y directo con el que se identificarán personas y organizaciones que quieran afrontar el futuro de manera constructiva.»Manuel Carreras Fisas, presidente de Sport Cultura Barcelona y coach por el IE Business School
Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack
by Davi Ottenheimer Matthew WallaceA step-by-step guide to identifying and defending against attacks on the virtual environment As more and more data is moved into virtual environments the need to secure them becomes increasingly important. Useful for service providers as well as enterprise and small business IT professionals the book offers a broad look across virtualization used in various industries as well as a narrow view of vulnerabilities unique to virtual environments. A companion DVD is included with recipes and testing scripts. Examines the difference in a virtual model versus traditional computing models and the appropriate technology and procedures to defend it from attack Dissects and exposes attacks targeted at the virtual environment and the steps necessary for defense Covers information security in virtual environments: building a virtual attack lab, finding leaks, getting a side-channel, denying or compromising services, abusing the hypervisor, forcing an interception, and spreading infestations Accompanying DVD includes hands-on examples and code This how-to guide arms IT managers, vendors, and architects of virtual environments with the tools they need to protect against common threats.
Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies for Citizen Action
by Jeffrey T. GrabillA book on writing for community change by use of information technology.
Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C (3rd edition)
by Behrouz A. Forouzan Richard F. GilbergThe third edition of Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C continues to present both computer science theory and C-language syntax with a principle-before-implementation approach. Forouzan and Gilberg employ a clear organizational structure, supplemented by easy-to-follow figures, charts, and tables. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the new C99 standard, and includes a revised chapter sequence to better aid student learning.
YO 2.0
by Dan SchawbelLos nuevos medios sociales abren un campo enorme de posibilidades en cualquier lugar del mundo. Para conseguir tus objetivos la estrategia más poderosa se basa en lograr diferenciarse mediante tu marca personal. Gracias a las herramientas de los nuevos medios, los blogs y las aplicaciones móviles, existen infinitas oportunidades para darte a conocer y conectar con otras personas.Tanto si estás buscando un trabajo, quieres dar un giro en tu carrera o aspiras a una promoción, Dan Schawbel , el gurú de la marca personal, te guía por el amplio territorio de los medios sociales y te muestra numerosos casos de éxito de personas que han construido sus marcas personales gracias a los medios sociales.Desde los sitios especializados en networking, como LinkedIn, Facebook o Twitter, hasta el potencial de los blogs, de los curriculums en video y de las aplicaciones móviles, Yo 2.0 representa una guía completa, práctica y actualizada para potenciar su marca personal y lograr sus objetivos profesionales.
The Art of Failure
by Jesper JuulWe may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and shout in frustration as we lose, or die, or fail to advance to the next level. Humans may have a fundamental desire to succeed and feel competent, but game players choose to engage in an activity in which they are nearly certain to fail and feel incompetent. So why do we play video games even though they make us unhappy? Juul examines this paradox. In video games, as in tragic works of art, literature, theater, and cinema, it seems that we want to experience unpleasantness even if we also dislike it. Reader or audience reaction to tragedy is often explained as catharsis, as a purging of negative emotions. But, Juul points out, this doesn't seem to be the case for video game players. Games do not purge us of unpleasant emotions; they produce them in the first place. What, then, does failure in video game playing do? Juul argues that failure in a game is unique in that when you fail in a game, you (not a character) are in some way inadequate. Yet games also motivate us to play more, in order to escape that inadequacy, and the feeling of escaping failure (often by improving skills) is a central enjoyment of games. Games, writes Juul, are the art of failure: the singular art form that sets us up for failure and allows us to experience it and experiment with it. The Art of Failure is essential reading for anyone interested in video games, whether as entertainment, art, or education.
The 2013 Legal Technology Guide Solo and Small Firm
by Sharon D. Nelson John W. Simek Michael C. MaschkeThis annual guide is the only one of its kind written to help solo and small firm lawyers find the best technology for their dollar. You'll find the most current information and recommendations on computers, servers, networking equipment, legal software, printers, security products, smartphones, the iPad and anything else a law office might need. It's written in clear, easily understandable language to make implementation easier if you choose to do it yourself, or you can use it in conjunction with your IT consultant. Either way, you'll learn how to make technology work for you
Blogging in One Hour for Lawyers
by Ernie SevensonUntil a few years ago, only the largest firms could afford to engage an audience of millions. Now, lawyers in any size firm can reach a global audience at little to no cost—all because of blogs. An effective blog can help you promote your practice, become more "findable" online, and take charge of how you are perceived by clients, journalists and anyone who uses the Internet. Blogging in One Hour for Lawyers will show you how to create, maintain, and improve a legal blog—and gain new business opportunities along the way. In just one hour, you will learn to: • Set up a blog quickly and easily • Write blog posts that will attract clients • Choose from various hosting options like Blogger, TypePad, and WordPress • Make your blog friendly to search engines, increasing your ranking • Tweak the design of your blog by adding customized banners and colors • Easily send notice of your blog posts to Facebook and Twitter • Monitor your blog's traffic with Google Analytics and other tools • Avoid ethics problems that may result from having a legal blog
.NET Bibliography
by Safari Content TeamWhen Microsoft released the first beta of the .NET Framework in 2000 it quickly became the default way of developing software for Windows. Rising from the technological legacy of COM, with the C# language, Common Language Runtime (CLR), Intermediate Language (IL) and Just-in-time (JIT) compilation, it was a modern platform that made it easy for Java and C++ developers to develop for Windows. At the same time, Visual Basic .NET provided a natural transition path for Visual Basic developers. Since then, .NET has evolved and branched through 7 major releases of the framework to the current day, and with Windows 8, Microsoft has surprised developers with a completely new UI stack. In this highly competitive world of technology, Microsoft makes the operating system that is running on over a billion computers, yet they continue innovating with unique features of programming languages, and breakthroughs such as Kinect or PixelSense. .NET offers an environment that is a pleasure to develop on and a consistent platform where you will feel at home moving from one technology stack to another. Should you decide to explore the exciting world of .NET development, be sure to use this bibliography to access Safari Books Online resources that will help you understand and master .NET programming.
Keyboarding and Word Processing Essentials: Microsoft Word 2010 (18th Edition)
by Susie H. Vanhuss Connie M. Forde Donna L. WooThe Eighteenth Edition of KEYBOARDING AND WORD PROCESSING ESSENTIALS, LESSONS 1-55 uses proven techniques to help readers master the keyboarding and formatting skills they need for career success-from initial new-key learning to expertise in formatting business documents with Microsoft Word 2010. South-Western College Keyboarding offers a proven, time-tested approach that helps readers develop a strong foundation in basic keyboarding, steadily improve their skills, and rapidly become proficient in document formatting and business communication. Each lesson is clearly focused, well structured, and designed to provide step-by-step training and reinforcement to help readers quickly acquire and apply new skills. This one-book solution includes 55 lessons, documents, and software instructions within a space-saving easel-back format.