Principles of Digital Image Processing: Fundamental Techniques (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

iPhone 4S Made Simple: For iPhone 4S and Other iOS 5-Enabled iPhones (Made Simple Apress)

Apress, 2011

In your hands is one of the most exciting devices to hit the market in quite some time: the iPhone 4S. This Quick Start Guide will help get you and your new iPhone 4S up and running in a hurry. You’ll learn all about the buttons, switches, and ports, and how to use the responsive touch screen, multitask and be introduced to Siri, the...

Deep Learning with Python: A Hands-on Introduction

Apress, 2017

Discover the practical aspects of implementing deep-learning solutions using the rich Python ecosystem. This book bridges the gap between the academic state-of-the-art and the industry state-of-the-practice by introducing you to deep learning frameworks such as Keras, Theano, and Caffe. The practicalities of these frameworks is often...

Leading People Through Disasters: An Action Guide: Preparing for and Dealing with the Human Side of Crises

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006

September 11th, Hurricane Katrina, and other recent tragedies have shown that most organizations are woefully unprepared to contend with catastrophic events. After interviewing CEOs, managers, and countless others who dealt directly with organizational hardships resulting from catastrophes, authors Kathryn McKee and Liz Guthridge concluded that...

An Introduction to NURBS: With Historical Perspective (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2000

The latest from a computer graphics pioneer, An Introduction to NURBS is the ideal resource for anyone seeking a theoretical and practical understanding of these very important curves and surfaces. Beginning with Bézier curves, the book develops a lucid explanation of NURBS curves, then does the same for surfaces, consistently stressing...

IBM DB2 9 New Features

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Get up to speed quickly on the new features in IBM DB2 9

In this book, the IBM expert authors provide you with comprehensive technical details and real-world business uses for all of the exciting new features in the current release of DB2 9. You’ll learn about the capabilities found in pureXML as well as administrative enhancements...

Tendon Injuries

Springer, 2005

Tendon ailments are a significant cause of morbidity among athletes of all levels and are increasing in prevalence. Their management is often empirical, and para-scientific, only looking at the biological aspects of tendon ailments. This book conveys a comprehensive and concise body of knowledge on the management of tendon problems in...