"Modern Compiler Design" makes the topic of compiler design more accessible by focusing on principles and techniques of wide application. By carefully distinguishing between the essential (material that has a high chance of being useful) and the incidental (material that will be of benefit only in exceptional cases) much useful...
In the past decade, location analysis has outgrown its traditional use in Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and has become a critical component in business applications. The vast majority
of commercial franchises employ location-based analysis and services in their day-to-day
activities. With this growing usage, scalable and...
On average people spend one third of their life sleeping. An understanding of the physiology and pathophysiological changes that take place during this time is, therefore, essential to the medical care of patients. Sleep disorders can arise from a variety of causes including respiratory, psychiatric and neurological conditions, as well as...
I read the book for enjoyment and pleasure, as well as enlightenment. It was a delightful learning experience.
--Thomas Lee Bucky, MD
This book teaches radiology in a way that mimics a lively setting on the wards. To have fun in learning the theoretical basis of imaging and the interpretation of radiographs and other...
This book provides foundations for software specification and formal software development from the perspective of work on algebraic specification, concentrating on developing basic concepts and studying their fundamental properties. These foundations are built on a solid mathematical basis, using elements of universal algebra, category theory...
Dynamical systems theory in mathematical biology and environmental science
has attracted much attention from many scientific fields as well as mathematics.
For example, “chaos” is one of its typical topics. Recently the preservation
of endangered species has become one of the most important issues
in biology and...
The introvert is a personality type that draws energy from the outside inward. According to standard personality testing assessments, most people are introverts and no group is more introverted than technical professionals. Introverts are congenitally programmed to recoil from the prospect of public speaking with fear and loathing, yet making...
Maintaining the reliable and efficient generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power is of the utmost importance in a world where electricity is the inevitable means of energy acquisition, transportation, and utilization, and the principle mode of communicating media. Our modern society is entirely dependent on electricity, so...
What if you were suddenly in charge? After the initial excitement of a "battlefield promotion" wears off, you need to get in the trenches and get the job done. And if you are already in the trenches, you need quick access to information that will make your job easier. A comprehensive desk reference and guide, Clinical Studies...
Recent scientific studies have brought significant advances in the understanding of basic mental functions such as memory, dreams, identification, repression, which constitute the basis of the psychoanalytical theory. This book focuses on the possibility of interactions between psychoanalysis and neuroscience: emotions and the right...
An adequate and state-of-the-art treatment of atherosclerotic
disease of the extra- and intracranial carotid arteries
in a patient with an advanced degree of stenosis
substantially reduces the risk of subsequent ischemic
stroke in patients with recently symptomatic 70 to 99%
carotid artery stenosis. The benefit that is to be...
Rapid evolution of technical advances in infrared sensor technology, image processing, “smart” algorithms, databases, and system integration paves the way for new methods of research and use in medical infrared imaging. These breakthroughs permit easy-to-use, high-sensitivity imaging that can address key issues of diagnostic...
