Database macro programming has changed enormously over the last 15 years,
having gone from Access Basic macros to VBA. Another major change occurred
with Office 95, when macros went to VBA modules in a separate environment
accessed via the Visual Basic Editor. It used to be fairly basic: code was entered into a special
design window....
About 20 years ago, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (SOM)
established a student-centered problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum
emphasizing ambulatory care practice competencies. It was designed for small
groups of students working together and ran parallel with their more traditional
curriculum. The SOM...
With the explosion of data, the open source Apache Hadoop ecosystem is gaining traction, thanks to its huge ecosystem that has arisen around the core functionalities of its distributed file system (HDFS) and Map Reduce. As of today, being able to have SQL Server talking to Hadoop has become increasingly important because the two are indeed...
This book provides an excellent reference to the MIMO radio channel
In this book, the authors introduce the concept of the Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) radio channel, which is an intelligent communication method based upon using multiple antennas. Moreover, the authors provide a summary of the current channel...
The uniqueness of shape as a perceptual property lies in the fact that it is both complex and structured. Shapes are perceived veridically—perceived as they really are in the physical world, regardless of the orientation from which they are viewed. The constancy of the shape percept is the sine qua non of shape perception; you are...
This book is exclusively dedicated to WiMAX. The focus of the book is
on the applications of WiMAX networks, with delivery of multimedia
content to wireless and mobile devices being the area of greatest attention.
WiMAX has crossed a number of major milestones in the recent
past. These include setting standards, adopting...
Our manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the
software itself. While we provide text to explain difficult concepts, the hands-on
activities are the focus of our courses. By paying close attention as your instructor leads
you through these activities, you will learn the skills and concepts...
If you want to build your site’s frontend with the single-page application (Spa) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You’ll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone’s own flavor of model-view-controller (Mvc) architecture.
Information Security Science: Measuring the Vulnerability to Data Compromises provides the scientific background and analytic techniques to understand and measure the risk associated with information security threats. This is not a traditional IT security book since it includes methods of information compromise that are not typically...
The current attempt to emulate human sapience (wisdom) by artificial means should be a step in the right direction beyond the Artificial/Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing disciplines, but is it warranted? Have humans achieved a level of modeling smart systems that justifies talking about sapience-wisdom?
Writing a book is hard. That’s why I write book Forewords. I do know that having passion is important to writing a good book. Passion carries you the distance, through the nights and weekends required to finish the book. Passion also drives the quality and depth of the book. Your authors have passion to spare. You’ll see this and feel...
Our manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the
software itself. While we provide text to explain difficult concepts, the hands-on
activities are the focus of our courses. By paying close attention as your instructor leads
you through these activities, you’ll learn the skills and concepts...