Europay, MasterCard, and Visa developed a standard for chip cards, referred to as the EMV, allowing consumers and businesses greater protection against fraud compared with magnetic stripe cards. Implementing Electronic Card Payment Systems provides a comprehensive overview of the EMV chip solution and explains how this technology...

This volume contains the papers and poster abstracts presented at the 25th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, during 15-19 October 2001. This ITM was jointly organized by the University of Aveiro, Portugal (Pilot country) and by the Catholic University of...

Milton's Paradise Lost, the most eloquent, most intellectually daring, most learned, and most sublime poem in the English language, is a poem about angels. It is told by and of angels; it relies upon their conflicts, communications, and miscommunications. They are the creatures of Milton's narrative, through which he sets the...

Now in its second edition, this invaluable reference explains why MDX (MulitDimensional eXpressions) is the most widely accepted software used for dimensional application. You'll learn how to build effective multidimensional data...

"If you manage anything of importance—from a company to a functional area—read this book, and share it with your team. You'll dog-ear plenty of pages and blow away your previous performance."
—Steve Wigginton, executive vice president,...

As the twenty-first century begins, the United States has emerged as not only the most powerful nation on earth, but also by far the most religiously diverse nation ever. Several thousand distinct religious communities live side-by-side in relative harmony, and in any urban area it is not unusual to see a Catholic church...