We are delighted to see this edited book as the result of our intensive work
over the past year. We succeeded in attracting high quality submissions of which
we could only include 19 papers in this edited book. The present text aims at
helping the reader whether researcher or practitioner to grasp the basic concept
of reusability...
The wireless industry is in the midst of a fundamental shift from providing voice-only services to offering customers an array of multimedia services, including a wide variety of audio, video and data communications capabilities. Future wireless networks will be integrated into every aspect of daily life, and therefore could affect our life...
Ifirst met Billy Pegram when he was shooting fashion in Seattle and I was
the new agent on the block. We developed a synergistic relationship. He
introduced me to clients; I had him shoot the models I represented. I have
now known him for nearly three decades. During this time, we have learned
from each other and...
Miscommunication… Employee conflict… Work ethic debates… Loyalty issues… Varying wants and needs… If you are a manager, human resources professional, or business owner, you are faced with these types of issues every day. But why? Because currently, there are five generations in the workplace: Radio Babies...
This book was written from my course materials compiled over many years of training
in analytical courses in Australia and globally—most frequently courses such as
Financial Modelling in Excel, Data Analysis & Reporting in Excel, and Budgeting &
Forecasting in Excel, both as face-to-face workshops and online courses....
A comprehensive guide to computer assisted exercises
Readers can turn to this indispensable reference guide for comprehensive and lucid coverage of the operational, technical, and organizational knowledge needed to harness successful and constructive computer assisted exercises (CAX) and war games. It is geared also toward large...
The digital photographer's workflow is divided into two distinct parts - the Production Workflow and the Creative Workflow. The Production workflow is used to import and organize large numbers of images, and prepare them for presentation via proof printing, Web, or slideshow. Increasingly, photographers are turning to Adobe's...
The balance between risk and reward is the very essence of business: you have to take risks
in order to generate returns and, generally speaking, higher returns involve greater risks.
However, there is a difference between risks taken as a result of careful judgement and
those taken unwittingly.
Just as the Internet has fundamentally changed many industries, cloud computing is fundamentally changing the information technology industry, including infrastructures such as enterprise data storage. This book is about one of the new infrastructure game changers—a storage architecture called hybrid cloud storage that was...
This book is intended to provide students and professionals with a solid foundation in the
fundamentals of advanced network security. The previous edition of this book placed significant
emphasis on intrusion detection, but this edition aims to provide a more balanced approach to
the topic of network defense and countermeasures. As...
Practical Project Management for Building and Construction covers the 14 knowledge areas of project management that are essential for successful projects in the construction industry. For each knowledge area, it explains the processes for scope, time, risk, cost, and resource management. Filled with work and process flow...
Once the last bastion of therapeutic nihilism, neurology has now clearly entered the era of intense therapy for virtually every class of disease that affects the nervous system. Consequently, the modern neurology department is now subdivided into a dozen clinical subspecialties, each with its own group of experts, often...
