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Apple has a history of alternating its releases between user-focus and developer-focus. The good news about iOS 5 is that it's all about the developers. The
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This book has originated from lectures on regulation and signal transduction that are
offered to students of biochemistry, biology and chemistry at the University of Bayreuth.
The idea to write a book on signal transduction was born during the preparations
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This book is about the language of logic programming with answer set semantics and its application
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This Maya modeling book is unique in its approach to modeling a high-resolution character model. Where other books take a grueling approach that often leaves readers confused, Maya 8 Character Modeling breaks down the character into an easy-to-follow formula. Readers learn that modeling a character can be accomplished without the fear of being in...
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