This volume contains papers presented at the first and second IGT symposia on microelectronics in the gas
industry. The first was held November 18–20, 1985, in Orlando, Florida. The second symposium was held
September 8–10, 1986, in Fontana, Wisconsin.
The purpose of these symposia was to disseminate information on...
The recognition that chemicals in food, whatever their origin, might
present a risk to the consumer has long been recognised. However, early
food regulations at the beginning of the century were primarily aimed at
prevention of adulteration and fraud rather than directed at consumer
safety. It is only in the second half of the century...
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was carried out between 2001
and 2005 to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being
and to establish the basis for actions needed to enhance the conservation and
sustainable use of ecosystems and their contributions to human well-being.
The MA was originally conceived as a...
This book will prove to be a practical resource for anyone who is considering
using, building, or securing a cloud implementation. Security professionals may
refer to this book as a source of detailed information for evaluating and verifying
cloud security policy and requirements. Cloud infrastructure engineers, cloud services...
If you run a small business, you don’t need us to tell you that the highly competitive
marketplace, unpredictable economic cycles, time pressures, and technological
demands are constantly exerting pressure on your bottom line.
Your business needs the same technologies that large companies do. You need
the...
As a business owner, you are probably faced with hundreds of decisions that must be made weekly. Diving headlong into a technical effort might be scary. Diving into a security and operations effort is something you likely don't know how to do.
That's where this book comes in. This book helps you fill in the blanks for...
After being shrouded in esoterica for a long time, Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (GNSS) have become part of everyday life, especially the Global Positioning
System (GPS). Having spent 40 years involved with the subject, it
became clear to me that it would be useful to have a book about the business
aspects of these systems. This...
A comprehensive guide to global warming and the steps we must take to combat it.
The evidence continues to mount: melting ice caps, rising temperatures, increasingly frequent natural disasters. As the devastating effects of global warming come into sharper focus, societies must work to both mitigate greenhouse gas...
The purpose of this book is to provide a practical approach to managing security in
FPGA designs for researchers and practitioners in the electronic design automation
(EDA) and FPGA communities, including corporations, industrial and government
research labs, and academics. This book combines theoretical underpinnings with
a practical...
Competing in today's world requires a greater emphasis on strategy, long-range planning, and decision making, and this is why businesses are building data warehouses. Data warehouses are becoming more and more common as businesses have realized the need to mine the information that is stored in electronic form. Data warehouses provide...
The book began with an anonymous donation to the author of an 8-inch package of documents in the early
1980s. Nothing less than the membership list and supporting documents for a truly secret society the Yale Skull and
Bones.
The late Johnny Johnson, of Phoenix Arizona was the spark that moved me to write first a...
