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Landscapes of Mars: A Visual Tour

Springer, 2008

Practically next door to us in our Solar System, Mars is the most Earth-like of all the worlds held in perpetual motion by the Sun’s gravity. It is a planet that has fascinated and intrigued humans since prehistoric times. The Greeks named it Ares, after their god of war. The connection was easy to make because of the planet’s...

Biosimulation in Drug Development

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Drug development is far from a straightforward endeavor. It starts with the identification of a pharmaceutically promising substance, the potential of which is further investigated in near-exhausting physiological analyses (Chapter 1). If it is found effective, this does not necessarily mean that we know all the molecular...

Obstetric/Gynecologic, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics, 1e (The Clinics: Radiology)

Saunders, 2008

This issue of the Ultrasound Clinics is dedicated to ultrasound imaging of the abdomen. Abdominal ultrasound is often the first-line imaging modality used to evaluate the kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, abdominal aorta, and other blood vessels in the abdomen, and as such can be extremely helpful in...

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Contemporary Cardiology)

Humana Press, 2007

Since the successful invention of the first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system by Damadian et al. for cancer diagnosis three decades ago, the medical use of MRI has developed rapidly applicable to a wide range of diseases. Since the first attempt to image the heart with MRI in the early 1980s, extensive hardware and software...

Mac OS X Power User's Guide (Mac/Graphics)

Course Technology PTR, 2002

So what is the big deal about a new operating system from Apple?

Just those very words: new, operating, system, and Apple are enough to get the blood of every Mac geek on the planet boiling with anticipation. But why should the rest of us care?

Having specialized in the Linux operating system for...

The Human Central Nervous System: A Synopsis and Atlas

Steinkopff, 2007

The human central nervous system or neuraxis consists of the brain (encephalon) and the spinal cord (medulla spinalis). The brain is encased by the skull; the spinal cord lies within the spinal canal, extending from the foramen magnum to the level of the second lumbar vertebra. Globally, the brain can be subdivided into...

Instant Pain Control: Using the Body's Trigger Points

Thorsons, 1984

The framework of the human body is held together by a substance known as fascia. This is a connective tissue which envelops the muscles, nerves and blood vessels and which gives cohesion and order to the myriad components of the body, It allows movement between adjacent structures and reduces the effects of pressure and...

Membrane Technology and Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

My introduction to membranes was as a graduate student in 1963. At that time membrane permeation was a sub-study of materials science. What is now called membrane technology did not exist, nor did any large industrial applications of membranes. Since then, sales of membranes and membrane equipment have increased more than...

Professional PHP Design Patterns (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2009

PHP is mainstream. Wherever you look, you will see PHP meet - ups, job openings, and major companies using this open source language to support their business. An open source language with such humble beginnings is now heavily rooted in the enterprise world. PHP is brushing shoulders with the “ the big kids ” now — the...

Embedded Signal Processing with the Micro Signal Architecture

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Embedded systems are usually part of larger and complex systems and are usually implemented on dedicated hardware with associated software to form a computational engine that will effi ciently perform a specifi c function. The dedicated hardware (or embedded processor) with the associated software is embedded into many...

Endothelial Biomedicine

Cambridge University Press, 2007

The endothelium, the cell layer that forms the inner lining of blood vessels, is a spatially distributed system that extends to all reaches of the human body. Today, clinical and basic research demonstrates that the endothelium plays a crucial role in mediating homeostasis and is involved in virtually every disease, either as a primary...

Scala in Depth

Manning Publications, 2012

In fall 2010 Michael Stephens from Manning contacted me about writing a Scala Book. I was working for a small virtualization/security startup where I had been learning Scala and applying it to our codebase. During that first conversation Michael and I discussed the Scala ecosystem and what kind of a book would best...

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