Bioinformatics is an emerging field in which statistical and computational techniques are used extensively to analyze and interpret biological data obtained from high-throughput genomic technologies. Genomic technologies allow us to monitor thousands of biological processes going on inside living organisms in one snapshot, and are...

Welcome to the Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) program for Windows Server Administration Fundamentals. MOAC represents the collaboration between Microsoft Learning and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publishing company. Microsoft and Wiley teamed up to produce a series of textbooks that deliver compelling and innovative teaching...

The most visible use of computers and software is processing information for human consumption. We use them to write books (like this one), search for information on the web, communicate via email, and keep track of financial data. The vast majority of computers in use, however, are much less visible. They run the engine, brakes,...

Materialized views have recently seen a renewed interest in the research and commercial communitites because of their applications in warehousing, retailing, billing, visualization, integrity constraints, query optimization, and decision support. All leading database vendors are currently implementing in their systems materialized views...

With the introduction of multicore devices such as the iPad 2 and the quad-core Mac- Book Pro, writing multithreaded apps that take advantage of multiple cores on a device has become one of the biggest headaches for developers. Take, for instance, the introduction of iPad 2. On the launch day, only a few applications, basically those...

A company’s most important asset next to its people is its information. This information includes intellectual property, company financial information, confidential employee information, customer information, and so much more. Company information may be stored in databases, spreadsheets, flat files, and so on. Loss of...

Textbook surgical education usually follows a predictable format involving fairly in-depth descriptions of various pathologic conditions including etiology, pathophysiology, symptomatology, diagnostic procedures, conservative management, and surgical treatment. Although there is variation in the emphasis different books place on each...

Back in 1997, when I began my career as a professional web developer, I started working with Classic ASP. After a brief training period in a few different programming languages such as C++ and Java, I was thrown in at the deep end and assigned to a project to build an Intranet application for a large consultancy firm in the Netherlands...

This book is intended for people building Drupal websites who would like to visualize their content on a map. Maps are powerful and can tell a rich story. A map is instantly readable, but at the same time almost infinitely revealing. With the rise of maps on the Internet and now on cell phones, the way we navigate our lives has changed....