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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job (Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2007

The pressure is on during the interview process but with the right preparation, you can walk away with your dream job. This classic book uncovers what interviews are really like at America's top software and computer companies and provides you with the tools to succeed in any situation. The authors take you step-by-step through new problems and...

Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice (Dossey, Holistic Nursing)

Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005

Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice guides nurses in the art and science of holistic nursing and healing and offers ways of thinking, practicing, and responding both personally and professionally. It addresses our own self-healing so that we can offer new ways of healing to others and presents expanded strategies for enhancing our...

Phase Behavior of Polymer Blends (Advances in Polymer Science)

Springer, 2005

The observation that blending existing polymers can produce new and improved materials with the beneficial features of each component has focused attention on understanding the phase behavior of polymer blends because the resulting composites may form homogeneous phases or may be phase separated with a particular desirable morphology. While...

Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research (2 Vol.Set)

Sage Publications, 2008

What is a stem cell? We have a basic working definition, but the way we observe a stem cell function in a dish may not represent how it functions in a living organism. Only this is clear: Stem cells are the engine room of multicelluar organisms-both plants and animals. However, controversies, breakthroughs, and frustration continue to swirl in...

Handbook on Advancements in Smart Antenna Technologies for Wireless Networks (Premier Reference Source)

Information Science Publishing, 2008

The dramatic growth of the wireless communication industry has resulted in searches for new technologies to provide broader bandwidth per user channel, better quality, and new value-added services. Employing smart antennas presents an elegant and relatively economical way to improve the performance of wireless transmission.

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Process Algebra for Parallel and Distributed Processing (Chapman & Hall / Crc Computational Science)

CRC Press, 2008

Despite the importance of applications of process algebras for the success of the field, [related publications] concentrate strongly on the theoretical achievements. This shortcoming is compensated for in a splendid way by this book, which brings together the state of the art in research on applications of process algebras.
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Fundamentals Of Robotic Grasping And Fixturing (Series on Manufacturing Systems and Technology)

World Scientific Publishing, 2007

This book provides a fundamental knowledge of robotic grasping and fixturing (RGF) manipulation. For RGF manipulation to become a science rather than an art, the content of the book is uniquely designed for a thorough understanding of the RGF from the multifingered robot hand grasp, basic fixture design principle, and evaluating and planning...

The Tunguska Fireball: Solving One of the Great Mysteries of the 20th Century

Icon Books Ltd, 2005

On 30th June 1908 a mysterious fireball exploded in the Siberian sky and flattened 2000 square kilometres of the remote Tunguska forest. As no crater and no material from outer space were ever found, a meteorite could not have caused this explosion. so what did? This book discusses all theories and then analyses the evidence.

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Hermann von Helmholtzs Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty: A Study on the Transition from Classical to Modern Philosophy of Nature (Archimedes)

Springer, 2008

Two seemingly contradictory tendencies have accompanied the development of the natural sciences in the past 150 years. On the one hand, the natural sciences have been instrumental in effecting a thoroughgoing transformation of social structures and have made a permanent impact on the conceptual world of human beings. This historical period has, on...

Library World Records, second edition

McFarland, 2008

"This fascinating second edition of Library World Records...celebrates all aspects of library life, and lists the various world records in an orderly index that only a librarian could create...more than simply a comprehensive list of records: it is woven together with a strong and poignant sense of library history." --London...

Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime: Second International ICST Conference, ICDF2C 2010

Springer, 2011

The Second International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime (ICDF2C 2010) was hosted in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, during October 4–6, 2010. The conference was attended by over 100 international participants including academics, senior government officials from the UAE, and corporate attendees. ICDF2C 2010...

Fundamental Concepts in Computer Science (Advances in Computer Science and Engineering: Texts)

Imperial College Press, 2009

Computer Science, or Informatics as it is often called in Europe, is viewed by many as being both a science and a technology. Clearly, its technological aspects are very much upon us on a day to day basis. Yet all other exact sciences such as physics, biology or chemistry are also very present in ourdaily lives through the technologies...

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