From the bestselling authors of The 24-Carrot Manager comes a manager's handbook on motivating employees through praise and recognition. Employees fed a steady diet of carrots focus better on company goals. They spot new opportunities faster. They have longer employment life spans (translation: lower turnover). And they can lift companies higher...
This book is a comprehensive, introductory text/reference for electrical and computer engineers and students with little experience with a high-level programming language. It systematically teaches the programming of a microcontroller in assembly language, as well as C and C++. This books also covers the principles of good programming practice...
A cutting-edge guide to the next generation Mobile Internet architecture and applications
The last several years have witnessed dramatic changes in the wireless Web interface environment, specifically in the way that content is stored, distributed, and checked for consistency while leveraging location awareness. This phenomenon is...
Since 1934 the analytic theory of numbers has been largely transformed by the \vork of Vinogradov. This \vork, which has led to remarkable ne\v results, is characterized by its supreme ingenuity and great power.
Vinogradov has expounded his method and its applications in a series of papers and in two monographs 1), which appeared in 1937...
Up until a few years ago there were over 150 different modelling languages available to software developers. This vast array of choice however, only served to severely hinder effective communication. Therefore, to combat this, every methodologist and many companies agreed to speak the same language, hence the birth of the unified modelling...
Author Deborah Kurata has spoken to .NET user groups all over America sharing her “Best Kept Secrets in .NET,” and she often hears experienced developers say, “I didn’t know you could do that with .NET!” This book is a collection of Deborah’s insights into .NET secrets that can enhance your productivity and...
"This is a very interesting book, which appears to provide a solid foundation for future research...van Rijsbergen's explanations are well written and logical. In addition, there are many pointers to other sources of relevant information. This book would be of particular interest to those conducting IR, Artificial Intelligence or Cognitive...
Understanding Environmental Pollution has been updated and almost completely revised. The book summarizes the basics of pollution, working to use language understandable to those with limited science background, while remaining useful to those with more. The impacts of pollution on environmental health receive greater attention in this edition, and...
Essential Animal Behavior provides a comprehensive introduction to all areas of the subject: from the genetic and neurobiological control of behavior to the learning, development, and function of behavior in an evolutionary context. Social behaviour is also covered throughout the text.
The Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) system is the foundation of the data
warehouse. A properly designed ETL system extracts data from the source
systems, enforces data quality and consistency standards, conforms data
so that separate sources can be used together, and finally delivers data
in a presentation-ready format so that...
Chemogenomics brings together the most powerful concepts in modern chemistry and biology, linking combinatorial chemistry with genomics and proteomics. The first reference devoted to the topic, this up-to-date resource covers all stages of the early drug discovery process, from target selection to compound library and lead design. With the...
