Now readers can get all the accuracy and authority of the best-selling intermediate accounting book in the new second edition of this brief, streamlined version! Fundamentals of Intermediate Accounting presents a balanced discussion of concepts and applications, explaining the rationale behind business transactions before addressing the...
There exists a 0-day vulnerability in a particular line of SCADA Master products that are widely used in petrochemical facilities. Furthermore, since the telemetry between the Master and the RTUs (the units located at valves, gauges, etc.) is particularly fragile under attack, the attackers are able to take a two-tiered approach to the damage they...
Visual Basic is the most popular programming language in existence. At the present time, it is estimated that there are over three million programmers using Visual Basic. It is also the most popular introductory programming language at most colleges and universities. This is going to become even more widespread with Visual Basic .NET. From...
With solid theoretical foundations and numerous potential applications, Blind Signal Processing (BSP) is one of the hottest emerging areas in Signal Processing. This volume unifies and extends the theories of adaptive blind signal and image processing and provides practical and efficient algorithms for blind source separation, Independent,...
Maya is not only one of the most powerful 3D software packages available, it’s one of the most complicated. The possibilities are as limitless as the paths to get to them. This maze of tools can be very difficult to traverse for those looking to begin “high-end 3D” work. I think your guides, Tom and Shin, will make this journey...
A clear, step-by-step approach to practical uses of discrete-signal analysis and design, especially for
communications and radio engineers
This book provides an introduction to discrete-time and discrete-frequency signal processing, which is rapidly becoming an important, modern way to design and analyze electronics projects of all...
Foundations of C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET 3.5 introduces C++/CLI, Microsoft’s extensions to the C++ syntax that allow you to target the common language runtime, the key to the heart of the .NET Framework 3.5. This book gives you a small, fast–paced primer that will kick–start your journey into the world of...
MediaWiki is the free, open-source wiki engine software that powers Wikipedia and many of the other popular wikis across the Web. Written in PHP, it possesses many features that make it the engine of choice for large collaborative wikis: flexible markup, comprehensive user management, multimedia handling, and more. Whether you are creating a...
The use of computed tomography (CT) has seen enormous growth over the past decade.
In the US, approximately 63 million examinations were performed in 2005 (Niagara
Health Quality Coalition 2004) compared to 35 million in 2000. The increased number
of clinical applications (e.g., in emergency and trauma, paediatric, cardiac, and...
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the pattern concept. Starting with a popular—yet brief and incomplete—pattern definition, we first motivate, examine, and develop the inherent properties of stand-alone patterns. A solid understanding of what a stand-alone pattern is—and what it is not—helps when applying...
