China is dramatically catching up and is rapidly becoming a leading technological innovator on the global scale. The number of Chinese firms with global ambitions is growing fast, more and more technological innovation is coming from China, and the number of patents in China is also growing steadily. The negative side of this development is...

The book covers acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment of more than 65 modern Western diseases, many of which have never been discussed in the Chinese medical literature. A partial listing of some of the diseases covered include: allergic rhinitis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Alzheimers disease; benign prostatic hypertrophy; bronchial...

UNIX operating system, which is a source code operating system, is widely used in the application area of enterprise-level industries and in the embedded devices. This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the development and management principles of UNIX operating system, core services, Shell, computer networking and...

This reference is a fascinating and complete guide to using fonts and typography on the Web and across a variety of operating systems and application software. Fonts & Encodings shows you how to take full advantage of the incredible number of typographic options available, with advanced material that covers everything from...

We live in a world dominated almost exclusively by flows of knowledge and information - by technologies designed to not only sustain but also increase the socio-economic need and desire for more and more information. This book offers a unique insight into the nature, role and context of accounting related information within the...

The factors that point to a country's potential and success as an outsourcing destination inevitably lead to the one country that is rapidly becoming the new hub for IT...

This 2nd edition is an update of the book "Wavelet Theory and Its Application to Pattern Recognition" published in 2000. Three new chapters, which are research results conducted during 2001-2008, will be added. The book consists of two parts - the first contains the basic theory of wavelet analysis and the second includes...

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Linux is hot! It's cost-effective, secure, and comes in a lot of varieties. And with this book to walk you through it, choosing and using a Linux distribution is...

Biometrics deals with recognition of individuals based on their physiological or behavioral characteristics. The human ear is a new feature in biometrics that has several merits over the more common face, fingerprint and iris biometrics. Unlike the fingerprint and iris, it can be easily captured from a distance without a fully cooperative...