The primary objective of this book is to provide, in an understandable style, comprehensive and practical information on the transport of the Internet protocol (IP) over the optical/wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) layer. This is accomplished by providing sufficient background information on the enabling technologies, followed by an in-depth...
Security is now the number one concern for businesses world wide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography; it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information. This is the first textbook showing students how to implement cryptography and incorporate it into real-world systems on the Web. ...
A basic guide to getting the best from e-learning for medical students, teachers and all healthcare professionals
How to Succeed at e-Learning answers the needs of all healthcare professionals either starting or continuing their studies but not knowing where to begin with e-learning. It is a valuable guide...
As we enter the "decade of data," the disparity between the vast amount of data storage capacity (measurable in terabytes and petabytes) and the bandwidth available for accessing it has created an input/output bottleneck that is proving to be a major constraint on the effective use of scientific data for research. Scalable...
You bought a digital video camera so that you could take and transfer home movies to DVD easily. Only come to find out, it's not so easy when faced with the task on your own. Why does "going digital" seem like such a difficult endeavor? It doesn't have to be and Create Your Own Digital Movies can show you...
The first complete, combined study of these two vital disciplines
Laurence Belfiore’s unique treatment meshes two mainstream subject areas in chemical engineering: transport phenomena and chemical reactor design. Expressly intended as an extension of Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot’s classic Transport Phenomena, and Froment...
Nanotechnology remains one of the most active and intriguing research and development areas. While the importance of novel devices and systems engineered at the nanoscale is steadily increasing, the success of future nanoscale applications will depend on the effective implementation of nanomachining and nanomanufacturing platforms. This book...
The regulation of gene expression in many biological processes involves epigenetic mechanisms. In this new volume, 24 chapters written by experts in the field discuss epigenetic effects from many perspectives. There are chapters on the basic molecular mechanisms underpinning epigenetic regulation, discussion of cellular processes that rely on...
Highly experienced researchers describe in step-by-step detail methods that have proven most useful in delivering genes to mammalian cells. Volume 1: Nonviral Gene Transfer Techniques focuses on gene delivery by a variety of chemical and physical methods, including ultrasound, biolistics, peptides, PNA clamps, liposomes, microinjection,...
The Enterprise Java™ platform, Java EE 6, is getting a facelift … JavaServer™ Faces (JSF™) 2, is a big part of what’s new in Java EE 6! JSF 2, a significant upgrade from JSF 1.2, now includes Facelets and integration/use options with a variety of web frameworks, including the popular JBoss® Seam and even the...
This really is the golden age of Mathematics. It has been said that half
the Mathematics ever created has been in the last 100 years and that half
the mathematicians who have ever lived are alive today. We have seen such
achievements as the resolution of the four-colour problem and Fermat's
last theorem, with the latter being...
Welcome to the Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) program for Microsoft SQL
Server Database Design and Optimization. MOAC represents the collaboration between
Microsoft Learning and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. publishing company. Microsoft and Wiley
teamed up to produce a series of textbooks that deliver compelling and...
