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Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing

Addison Wesley, 2002

Penetration testing--in which professional, "white hat" hackers attempt to break through an organization's security defenses--has become a key defense weapon in today's information systems security arsenal. Through penetration testing, I.T. and security professionals can take action to prevent true "black hat" hackers from...

Cancer Diagnostics: Current and Future Trends (Contemporary Cancer Research)

Humana Press, 2004

In the past, many tumor marker laboratory tests have not been sensitive enough for the very early detection of cancer. However, many of them have nonetheless proved useful in monitoring therapy, following the course of the tumor, and predicting prog nosis. Today, cancer may be viewed as a genetic disease with various specific chromo...

Structural Steel Designer's Handbook: AISC, AASHTO, AISI, ASTM, and ASCE-07 Design Standards

McGraw-Hill, 2005

Mirroring the latest developments in materials, methods, codes, and standards in building and bridge design, this is a one-of-a-kind, definitive reference for engineers.

This chapter presents and discusses the properties of structural steels that are of importance in design and construction. Designers should be familiar with...

Economics for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal

New Press, 2009

Why do contemporary economists consider food subsidies in starving countries, rent control in rich cities, and health insurance everywhere "inefficient"? Why do they feel that corporate executives deserve no less than their multimillion-dollar "compensation" packages and workers no more than their meager wages? Here is a...

Children's Respiratory Nursing

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Children's Respiratory Nursing is a comprehensive, patient-centred text providing up-to-date information about the contemporary management of children with respiratory conditions. It looks at acute and chronic respiratory conditions in both primary and secondary health care sectors and explores the subject from a child- and...

Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding

Routledge, 2007

Psychopathology is intended for first-year graduate students in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, and related fields, and it has been specifically designed to meet the needs of students in these courses. Maddux and Winstead have brought together the most distinguished researchers in the fields of clinical psychology and...

Guide to Computer Network Security (Computer Communications and Networks)

Springer, 2008

Contemporary societies have increasing dependence on computers and computer networks, and the increasing popularity of mobile computing, have given rise to numerous computer security problems. Yet despite a high proliferation of expert remedies, a viable and comprehensive solution to these security issues remains elusive, and society continues to...

Eskimo Architecture: Dwelling and Structure in the Early Historic Period

University of Alaska Press, 2003

The architecture of Eskimo peoples represents a diversified and successful means of coping with one of the most severe climates humankind can inhabit. The popular image of the igloo is but one of the many structures examined by experts Lee and Reinhardt in the first book-length and arctic-wide study of this remarkable subject.

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Angiogenesis and Direct Myocardial Revascularization (Contemporary Cardiology)

Humana Press, 2005

An interdisciplinary panel of pioneers and opinion leaders review the basic, preclinical, clinical, and developmental pathways to new treatment strategies, such as therapeutic angiogenesis and myogenesis. The authors take advantage of new biological understanding, novel therapeutic targets, multiple available and well-studied therapeutic...

Quality of Life in Japan: Contemporary Perspectives on Happiness (Quality of Life in Asia)

Springer, 2019

This edited volume approaches the life experiences and well-being of Japanese people from an empirical perspective. It explores the current trend of happiness among Japanese over time and examines the association of income, lifestyle, and perceived life conditions using modern econometric models with supplementary...

Queer Embodiment: Monstrosity, Medical Violence, and Intersex Experience (Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality)

University of Nebraska Press, 2019

Merging critical theory, autobiography, and sexological archival research, Queer Embodiment provides insight into what it means, and has meant, to have a legible body in the West. Hilary Malatino explores how and why intersexuality became an anomalous embodiment requiring correction and how contesting this pathologization...

Printed Biomaterials: Novel Processing and Modeling Techniques for Medicine and Surgery (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)

Springer, 2009

Recent studies have shown that novel processing and modeling techniques may be used to create patient-specific prostheses, artificial tissues, and other implants using data obtained from magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or other imaging techniques. For example, customized prostheses may be fabricated that possess suitable...

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