• Gain insight on the core concepts of Grunt, Node.js and npm to get started with Grunt.
• Learn how to install, configure, run, and customize Grunt
• Example-driven and filled with tips to help you create custom...

Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ—an online instant messenger—to “chase” women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process during which the...

Human development from birth through adulthood is a complex interplay of many interacting forces. Children’s internal processes are manifest in behaviors that are sculpted by their experiences, most notably with primary caregivers. Because the discipline of psychology explores human behavior and cognition, the techniques employed for...

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Can the euro area survive without a more centralized economic policy? What lessons can be drawn from Economic and Monetary Union about new modes of policy-making in the European Union? Have euro area members spoken with one voice on the international stage and what does this mean for the European Union's ambitions to be a global actor in...

Swarm-based multi-agent simulation leads to better modeling of tasks in biology, engineering, economics, art, and many other areas. It also facilitates an understanding of complicated phenomena that cannot be solved analytically. Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation with Swarm provides the methodology for a multi-agent-based...

• Understand the advantages of using Dynamic Access Control and how it...

An essential guide to the fast growing area of binary options Long the province of professional traders, binary options are now offered to retail investors through the North American Derivative Exchange (Nadex) and a growing group of online brokerages. Now, with this new book, author Abe Cofnas explains how independent traders and investors...

• Get going with jQuery's animation methods and build a toolkit of ready-to-use animations using jQuery 2.0
• Over 50 detailed examples on different types of web page animations
• Create both simple and complex...

• The role of field data acquisition in the broader disciplines of glaciology and glacial geomorphology
• Logistical preparations...