The Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology
(CWUAAT) are a series of workshops held at a Cambridge University College
every two years. This volume: “DESIGNING INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS” comes
from the 6th in this series of highly successful events. The workshops are
characterised by a single session...
Microsoft has introduced a large number of changes to the way that the .NET Framework operates. Familiar technologies have being altered, best practices replaced, and developer methodologies adjusted. Many developers find it hard to keep up with the pace of change across .NET's ever-widening array of technologies. The introduction of...
Before Oracle Application Express (APEX) can be discussed in the light of Agile software development, the stage must be set by defining, for the purposes of this book, what is meant by Agile software development.
This chapter introduces you to the core principles of Agile software development. The core principles were...
The process of identifying physical objects is such a fundamental part of our
experience that we seldom think about how we do it. We use our senses, of
course: we look at, feel, pick up, shake and listen to, smell, and taste objects
until we have a reference for them—then we give them a label. The whole...
Everybody’s talking about cloud services today. It’s one of the hot new buzzwords, but
most of the conversation is about how to develop custom applications in the cloud.
While that is a really important topic, it ignores another very useful attribute of a distributed
cloud: as a great place to build and...
The monograph deals with an important application of computer vision and pattern
recognition in the area of medical science, more specifically reconstructive craniofacial
surgery. Craniofacial fractures are encountered very frequently in today’s fastpaced
society; the major causes being gunshot wounds, motor vehicle...
It has been said, what we know and what we believe is of little consequence. It is
what we do that is important. When it comes to food safety, this point is certainly
true.
The main reason I decided to write this book is simple. It’s because I wish I
could have known 20 years ago (when I started my career in...
Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need...
Welcome to MapReduce Design Patterns! This book will be unique in some ways and
familiar in others. First and foremost, this book is obviously about design patterns, which
are templates or general guides to solving problems. We took a look at other design
patterns books that have been written in the past as...
Teaching and learning are difficult tasks not only when people are involved but
also with regard to computer programs and machines: When the teaching/learning
units are too small, we cannot express sufficient context to teach a differentiated
lesson; when they are too large, the complexity of the learning task can increase...
