• Design SQL Server Analysis Services cubes, dimensions, and calculations from the experts!
• Add calculations to the cube, including implementing currency conversion and a date tool dimension
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World-wide there are more overweight and obese people (1 billion) than there are malnourished (0.8 billion). Today the challenge lies not just in meeting basic nutritional needs, but providing additional protective ingredients to help prevent the major chronic diseases associated with obesity. Biotechnology has become an important tool in...

The MD Anderson Cancer Center is ranked as the world's leading institution in cancer medicine. With publication of the MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, the editorial...

• Learn about the fundamentals of cloud storage using OpenStack Swift
• Explore how to install and manage OpenStack Swift along with various hardware and tuning...

Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic and demographic change. This fascinating and...

In this volume, the authors apply insights from a variety of perspectives to explore the alignment among strategy, organization design, process and human resource management, and e-business practices on developing successful social networking programs―with particular regard to applying such initiatives against the backdrop of the global...

• Unravel the common problems of web development in Django
• Learn the current best practices while working in Django 1.7 and Python 3.4
• Experience the challenges of working on...

• Automate your house using a Netduino and a bunch of common...

Reinventing Financial Regulation offers an analysis of the fundamental flaws that plague the current system of financial regulation, one built around ideas of "risk-sensitivity" and "capital adequacy." Author Avinash Persaud argues that while some sensible reforms have been introduced, a fresh...

• Write powerful code with the high-level functions that JavaScript offers
• Test and debug issues with JavaScript code using various modern mechanisms
• Offers an expert's eye on the latest ES6 features and how these advanced tasks fit together in JavaScript as a whole
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Bruce Schneier is known worldwide as the foremost authority and commentator on every security issue from cyber-terrorism to airport surveillance. This groundbreaking book features more than 160 commentaries on recent events including the Boston Marathon...

This book examines the origins of modern corporate finance systems during the rapid industrialization period leading up to World War I. The study leads to three sets of conclusions. First, modern financial systems are rooted in the past, are idiosyncratic to specific countries, and are highly path-dependent. Therefore, to understand current...