Would you be surprised if I say that the essence of cyber-crime comes down to traditional theft of property—be that of funds in accounts, of company data (and the financial harm that can cause), or of personal/confidential information (and the damage that can cause by it winding up in the wrong hands)? As time goes by, hackers, virus...

Welcome to VMware vCloud Security. In this book, you will learn how to mitigate  the security threats on a private cloud running VMware vCloud Director. This  book will enable the reader with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to build a  highly secured private cloud running VMware vCloud. We will also look at a ...

Otosclerosis is a disorder causing a hardening of the middle ear bones which leads to a progressive hearing loss. Internationally renowned experts met in Saas Fee (Switzerland) in 2004 to discuss otosclerosis and stapes surgery, and they have subsequently been invited by the editor to present their findings in this publication. From basic to...

It is intended mainly for beginners to the field of...

Viral infections of the central nervous system or neurotropic viruses are often lethal. Understanding of these diseases involves understanding the interaction between the nervous system and the immune system. This book provides in-depth information about each individual virus, the diseases they cause, and the mechanisms of spread of those...

Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the...

"In a clear, engaging style, Dr. Walters tells the tale of each disease like a detective story. He allows each mystery to unfold as it did in reality, often slowly, through the lives of the plants and animals involved, the first human victims, the government officials who tried to respond, and the scientists who ultimately explained what...

This best-selling portable resource provides authoritative definitions for all of the medical acronyms and abbreviations you can expect to encounter in medicine today. The new, 5th Edition features 10,000 completely new entries reflecting the most recent developments in health care―including new clinical trials, new technologies, and new...

• Deep dive into the advanced network security attacks and techniques by leveraging tools such as Kali Linux 2, MetaSploit, Nmap, and Wireshark
• Become an expert in cracking WiFi...

The field of peptide based cancer vaccines has evolved tremendously in the last decade of this century. The exploration on how to apply the peptide knowledge for vaccination purposes began when it was demonstrated that these peptides after being mixed into adjuvants actually induced T cell responses that could prevent virus infections and...

An understanding of virus infection and the underlying role of the immune system in protection against these diseases is vital in today’s medical climate. Previously, only symptoms could be treated, as there were no antiviral therapies. The increasing amounts of research and the huge number of discoveries of immunologic agents and...

Personal Cybersecurity addresses the needs of individual users at work and at home. This book...