Since the pioneering discovery by Felgner et al. (1987) that cationic lipid
can efficiently transfect cells, there was a surge of research activity in this
area. The field received another boost when Nabel et al. (1993) successfully
completed a small phase I clinical trial in gene therapy of melanoma
using cationic liposome as a...
According to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, more than 565,000 new businesses were created in 2010 in the United States alone—each one of them hoping to strike gold. The Startup Playbook will help them succeed. Going insider to insider with unprecedented access, New York Times bestselling author and...
Many organizations are looking to implement Service Level Management as a
way to improve the structure and quality of the business.
This document describes the contents of the Service Level Management
Guide. The information found within the book is based on the ITIL Version 2
framework, specifically the Service...
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems are finding increasing use in everyday life. Many of the commonplace environments where the systems are used are noisy, for example users calling up a voice search system from a busy cafeteria or a street. This can result in degraded speech recordings and adversely affect the performance of speech...
A practical guide to developing and deploying Near Field Communication (NFC) applications
There has been little practical guidance available on NFC programming, until now. If you're a programmer or developer, get this unique and detailed book and start creating apps for this exciting technology. NFC enables contactless...
This morning my newspaper contained the obituary of Sir Alan Hodgkin, Nobel
Laureate together with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles, in physiology and medicine.
What has this to do with our interest in electronics? Well, the prize was
awarded for the elucidation of the mechanism of the propagation of electrical
impulses along neural...
You receive an e-mail. It contains an offer for a complete personal computer system. It seems like the retailer read your mind since you were exploring computers on their web site just a few hours prior….
As you drive to the store to buy the computer bundle, you get an offer for a discounted coffee from the coffee shop you...
High-end nightclubs. Adventurous dining. Hypermodern
architecture. What happened to that nice little Navy town
of San Diego? Well, that sleepy burg has woken up and it
wants to party. Growth has been fast and furious over the past 2
decades, and this Southern California city now finds itself with a glittering
skyline and a...
Find the right big data solution for your business or organization
Big data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly...
Cybercrime Case Presentation is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Case presentation requires the skills of a good forensic examiner and great public speaker in order to convey enough information to an audience for the audience to place the suspect...
Insider advice on navigating the Strip as you explore some of that landmark street’s famous casino hotels and attractions, from Mandalay Bay’s wave pool and CityCenter’s public art displays to The...
Recent years have seen an explosive growth of the Internet. When the
Internet passed from government and academic realms to the public sector,
it brought along a laissez-faire attitude about security. Its explosive
growth, flaws in its basic structure, its facilitation of instant access to information
repositories, and its...
