The objectives of this book are twofold: (1) for the student, to show how the
fundamental principles underlying the behavior of fluids (with emphasis on
one-dimensional macroscopic balances) can be applied in an organized and
systematic manner to the solution of practical engineering problems, and (2)
for the practicing engineer, to...
In medicine, as in any other life sciences discipline, research should start by raising
a question (hypothesis) to solve a problem. Then the scientist should select
the most appropriated method(s) to answer the question and solve the dilemma.
The obtained intermediate and final results may answer the question or may raise
additional...
Where does that kernel of inspiration come from? Does it hit you
when you are in the shower or when you are driving on the turnpike?
Wherever it takes hold of you, it marks the beginning of the process of
making a piece of art. Some artists agonize step-by-step in the creation
process. For some people the work fl ows seamlessly from...
Bioinformatics is an emerging field in which statistical and computational techniques
are used extensively to analyze and interpret biological data obtained
from high-throughput genomic technologies. Genomic technologies allow us
to monitor thousands of biological processes going on inside living organisms
in one snapshot, and are...
Where. Whether it refers to where you have been, where you are, or where you are
going, the concept of where is important. Where links data to the physical world. A
shopping list can be a very useful collection of data on its own, but that data can be
even more useful with more context. If you map the location of the stores needed for...
The scaling of silicon technology has been ongoing for over forty years. We
are on our way to commercializing devices having a minimum feature size of
one-tenlh of a micron. The push for miniaturization comes from the demand
for higher functionality and higher performance at a lower cost. As a result,
successively higher levels of...
Our interest in human–computer interaction started with our participation in the TT2
project (“Trans–Type-2”, 2002–2005—http://www.tt2.atosorigin.es), funded by the
European Union (EU) and coordinated by Atos Origin, which dealt with the development
of statistical-based technologies for computer...
Android is hot, and many people are developing Android applications (apps for short).
Perhaps you would also like to develop apps, but are unsure about how to get started.
Although you could study Google’s online Android Developer’s Guide
(http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html) to acquire the needed knowledge,
you...
All students interested in researching the Internet are living in very interesting and
exciting times. From the Internet’s beginning in the 1960s up to the present day,
the Internet has grown to become a vast platform where there are now 2 billion
users of this global infrastructure.1 Predictions are that this number will rise to...
Soft computing, as a collection of techniques exploiting approximation and tolerance for imprecision and uncertainty in traditionally intractable problems, has become very effective and popular especially because of the synergy derived from its components. The integration of constituent technologies provides complementary methods that allow...
The world stood on its toes as Steve Jobs announced the iPad in January
2010 as “our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary
device at an unbelievable price.”
Do you believe in magic? The iPad has that magical quality of disappearing
into your hands as you explore content with it. You have to hold...
When we began writing this book, we had a fundamental tenet: Write a clear handbook
for creating the organization’s IT audit function and for performing their IT audits. We
wanted this book to provide more than checklists and textbook theories but instead to
provide real-life practical guidance from people who have performed IT...
