Energy: We want it affordable, we want it available in ample quantities and from reliable sources, and we want it to be produced and used in ways that are safe and environmentally benign. In other words, we want plenty of energy too cheap to meter and with no impact on the environment. Ha! With a refreshing lack of bias, this book dissects...

We would like to welcome you to the proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (SIP 2009), which was organized as part of the 2009 International Mega-Conference on Future Generation Information Technology (FGIT 2009), held during December 10–12, 2009, at the...

I had been playing the Ultima series of games by Richard Garriott since I was in high school, and I was a die-hard fan. Every game he published, I played all the way through, from Ultima I on the Apple ][ to Ultima V on the IBM PC. Ultima VI came out right as I graduated from college, and I noticed that the contact information for Origin...

The purpose of writing this book is to produce a text suitable for students in Further and/or Higher Education who are required to learn how to use the computer-aided design (CAD) software package AutoCAD® 2011. Students taking examinations based on CAD will find the contents of the book of great assistance. The book is also suitable for...

Contactless identification has now become a mature technology worldwide, and it is only in certain areas of application, such as RFID at UHF and SHF, that some finishing touches are still required. Having worked in this field for many years, I felt the need to draw up a ‘report’ on this area of UHF and SHF. Up to the present, very...

Healthcare, a vital industry that touches most of us in our lives, faces major challenges in demographics, technology, and finance. Longer life expectancy and an aging population, technological advancements that keep people younger and healthier, and financial issues are a constant strain on healthcare organizations resources and management....

It is with great sense of gratitude and humility I take this blessed moment to offer this Seventh Edition of Piping Handbook. The challenge presented by the success of the Sixth Edition, coupled with our objective to enhance its reference value and widen its scope, motivated us to reach out and draw upon the recognized expertise on piping...

Imagine a windowless room in a nondescript office building. Inoffensive tan carpet lines the floors, fluorescent lights hum softly overhead, and 20 seated Microsoft employees flank a rectangular folding table in the center of...

CodeIgniter is an open source PHP framework with a small footprint and exceptional performance. It gives you a rich set of libraries for common tasks, with a simple interface to access them. There are several unexplored aspects of CodeIgniter that can help developers build applications more easily and quickly. In this book, you will learn the...

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The Web was originally created to enable the sharing of information among scientists. Sir Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the idea of creating a ?Web of information? when he suggested a solution to integrate three technologies: HTML (HyperText Markup Language), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), andWeb browsers [131]. HTML was proposed as a...