Wiley Jun 2007 (38 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid'modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting forindividual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series ofchallenges never before encountered. Social forms and institutionsno longer have enough time to solidify and cannot serve as framesof reference for human actions and long-term life plans, soindividuals have to find other ways to organise their lives. Theyhave to splice together an unending series of short-term projectsand episodes that don't add up to the kind of sequence towhich concepts like 'career' and 'progress'could meaningfully be applied. Such fragmented lives requireindividuals to be flexible and adaptable - to be constantlyready and willing to change tactics at short notice, to abandoncommitments and loyalties without regret and to pursueopportunities according to their current availability. In liquidmodernity the individual must act, plan actions and calculate thelikely gains and losses of acting (or failing to act) underconditions of endemic uncertainty.Zygmunt Bauman's brilliant writings on liquid modernityhave altered the way we think about the contemporary world. In thisshort book he explores the sources of the endemic uncertainty whichshapes our lives today and, in so doing, he provides the readerwith a brief and accessible introduction to his highly originalaccount, developed at greater length in his previous books, of lifein our liquid modern times.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Loeb tells us to put all our eggs in one basket, and watch the basket.'-John RothchildFinancial Columnist, Time magazine'This book is very special in my life. It is the very first Wall Street book I ever read. After reading 1,200 additional finance books, The Battle for Investment Survival's principles and concepts are still valid for consistent success.'-Victor Sperandeo Author of Trader Vic on CommoditiesIn The Battle for Investment Survival, the turf is Wall Street, the goal is to preserve your capital at all costs, and to win is to 'make a killing without being killed.' This memorable classic, originally written in 1935, offers a fresh perspective on investing from times past. The Battle for Investment Survival treats investors to a straightforward account of how to profit-and how to avoid profit loss-in what Loeb would describe as the constant tug-of-war between rising and falling markets.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Find out about canine communication and motivation.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Unravel the history behind of one of the most fascinating ancient civilisations with this engaging, entertaining and educational guide to the ancient Egyptians. With a complete rundown of ancient Egyptian history and culture alongside insights in to the everyday lives of the Egyptians, you ll discover how they kept themselves entertained, the gory details of mummification, the amazing creation of the pyramids, the deciphering of hieroglyphs and much more.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In today's competitive business environment, a well thought out business plan is more important than ever before. Not only can it assist you in raising the money needed to start or expand a business-by attracting the interest of potential investors-but it can also help you keep tabs on your progress once the business is up and running.Completely revised and updated to reflect today's dynamic business environment, The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, Third Edition leads you carefully through every aspect involved in researching, writing, and presenting a winning business plan. Illustrating each step of this process with realistic examples, this book goes far beyond simply discussing what a business plan is. It explains why certain information is required, how it may best be presented, and what you should be aware of as both a preparer and reviewer of such a proposal.Divided into three comprehensive parts, The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, Third Edition outlines the essential elements of this discipline in a straightforward and accessible manner. Whether you're considering starting, expanding, or acquiring a business, the information found within these pages will enhance your chances of success.\* Advice on how to write and develop business plans\*A realistic sample plan\*All new sections on funding and financing methodswith provisions for restructuring and bankruptcy\*Tips for tailoring plans to the decision makers.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Townsend shouldn't just be read, he should be memorized.'-Tom Peters'Bob Townsend's words still ring true, truer than they seemed almost 40 years ago.'-Warren Bennis'With this book, Robert Townsend punctured the secret, bureaucratic world of corporate complacency. It was ubiquitous then and still surprisingly prevalent now-and this book, based on his countercultural stint as Avis CEO, is still one of the best weapons against it.'-Art Kleiner, editor-in-chief, strategy+business'Robert Townsend's book continues to light up the business world with straightforward and practical management advice that is as pertinent today as when originally published. A must-read for all managers!'-Ray Davis, president and CEO, Umpqua Holdings Corporation'Townsend proves that the best business wisdom is timeless. In an era filled with business buzzwords and ethical misdirections, Townsend's bluntness makes for refreshing and hilarious reading for the next crop of CEOs.'-Ben Casnocha, chairman, Comcate, Inc.; author, My Start-Up Life.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A guide to creating joyful success in work and in life What the world needs is more showoffs. Showing off is a good thing. Showing off is a mindset. Showing off is about living life and doing work in a way that creates joy, jazz, and a kick in our lives and in the lives of those around us. This is a business book for almost everyone-from executives and managers to receptionists and sales clerks. Here's the key: success is an inside job. After 26 years of studying and working with top performers, Joe Calloway shares the key factors in creating success-without pulling any punches. Work Like You're Showing Off! isn't for sissies; it's a tough, realistic approach to getting the most out of life by giving more to others. This book proves that not only is 'working like you're showing off' the smartest way to get ahead in a career, it's also the most joyful and rewarding way to live.Work Like You're Showing Off! the absolute keys to personal and professional success including: - Never be as good as you're going to be - What you think of me is none of my business - Expect to connect - Get back inside the box - Grand stupidity and absurd bravery - What have you done for me next.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In this extraordinary book Col. Kolditz explains that his research on in extremis leadership, where followers perceive their lives to be threatened, reveals that the leadership lessons and principles in evidence in dangerous settings also apply to leading in business and everyday life. The book shows how leadership literally defines the promise of hope or future life and that extremely capable leaders are needed in all walks of life. The book describes a variety of high-risk situations that are ideal settings to seek and find great leaders, assess how they might be different, and to glean valuable insights for extraordinary leadership in our everyday lives. Through heart-stopping real-life stories of leaders in these extreme situations, Kolditz insists that leaders at all levels can improve their effectiveness.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Let Barb Schwarz-- the creator of the Home Staging concept-- show you what it takes to make it in the Home Staging industry.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Practical Intelligence'Karl Albrecht has done an excellent job of integrating the many dimensions of practical intelligence into a coherent, sensible framework. This is an eminently practical book.'-Daniel Pink, author, A Whole New Mind'What could be more important than helping people, at every age and stage of life, learn to use their minds more successfully Karl Albrecht has given us a terrific resource for doing just that. His four 'software upgrades' and four 'mega-skills' provide a wonderfully comprehensive framework for practical intelligence.'-Dr. Sidney J. Parnes, co-developer with Alex Osborn of the Creative Education Foundation'This brilliant, ebullient, and brainy book brings us new means to gray matter. At turns high-minded and hilarious, Practical Intelligence will remain the source book for many years of the best thinking about thinking well.'-Jean Houston, author, The Possible Human.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The force that forged an empire. The furious thunder of thousands of hooves, the clatter and sheen of bronze armor sparkling in the desert sun, the crunch of wooden wheels racing across a rock-strewn battlefield-and leading this terrifying chariot charge, the gallant Pharaoh, the ribbons of his blue war crown streaming behind him as he launches yet another arrow into the panicking mass of his soon-to-be-routed enemies. While scenes like the one depicted above did occur in ancient Egypt, they represent only one small aspect of the vast, complex, and sophisticated military machine that secured, defended, and expanded the borders of the empire during the late Eighteenth Dynasty. In Tutankhamun's Armies, you'll discover the harsh reality behind the imperial splendor of the New Kingdom and gain a new appreciation for the formidable Egyptian army-from pharaoh to foot soldier. You'll follow 'the heretic king' Akhenaten, his son Tutankhamun, and their three Amana-Period successors as they employ double-edge diplomacy and military might to defeat competing powers, quell internal insurrections, and keep reluctant subject states in line. This vivid and absorbing chronicle will forever change the way you think about the glories and riches of ancient Egypt.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Fashion buying, a key component in fashion retailing, is second only to design as a career option for fashion graduates. The buyer has a central role in influencing what consumers choose to wear and in determining whether a fashion retailing company succeeds or fails. Buying is a multi-faceted job, which typically involves fashion forecasting, range-planning, garment sourcing and budgeting. This comprehensive textbook describes the buying cycle, buying for stores and mail order and how to start a career in fashion buying. A glossary of buying terminology, as well as input from fashion buyers currently working for major companies, give a clear insight into this exciting and challenging role. The new edition has been revised throughout, includes more emphasis on buying for the internet, and all the interviews have been updated or replaced.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The book is an attempt to reclaim the knowledge of God as just that - knowledge.It is no secret that theology is no longer considered a necessary subject in the modern university. Why is it assumed that the kind of knowledge theology represents is in some fashion deficient when compared to other subjects Hauerwas argues that theology is often excluded from the knowledges of the modern university because those knowledges are constituted by an understanding of time necessary to make economic and state realities seem inevitable. Yet it is precisely this difference that makes Christian theology, while being governed by a different understanding of time than that characteristic of the other disciplines of the university, an essential resource for the university to achieve its task - that is, to form people who are able to imagine a different world through critical and disciplined reflection.Hauerwas subsequently challenges the domesticated character of much recent theology by suggesting how prayer and the love of the poor are essential practices that should shape the theological task. Hauerwas makes this case by conversing with figures as diverse as Luigi Giussani, David Burrell, Stanley Fish, Wendell Berry, Jeff Stout, Rowan Williams and Sheldon Wolin.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - An invitation to observe and learn the therapeutic art of storytelling Healing with Stories brings together a stellar collection of some of the world's most prominent practitioners, taking you inside their thinking and processes for working with metaphors. They represent the panorama of metaphor practice in psychotherapy today with considered, humorous, and compassionate case examples that step you through the intricacies for replicating their work in your own. This is a book for family therapists who work with children, adults, and families, as well as for hypnotherapists, cognitive behavioral therapists, narrative therapists, dynamic therapists, solution-focused therapists, and child therapists. In fact, all therapists who wish to communicate their therapeutic messages with the greatest effectiveness will find this book to be an essential and useful clinical tool. Contributors include: \* Richard Kopp \* Julie H. Linden \* Mikaela J. Hildebrandt \* Lindsay B. Fletcher \* Steven C. Hayes \* Michael D. Yapko \* Valerie E. Lewis \* Gregory Smit \* Joy Nel \* Christine Perry \* Joyce C. Mills \* Rubin Battino \* Carol A Hicks-Lankton \* Wendel A. Ray \* Jana P. Sutton \* Robert McNeilly \* Roxanna Erickson-Klein \* Angela Ebert \* Hasham Al Musawi \* Teresa Garcia-Sanchez \* George W. Burns Praise for Healing with Stories 'George Burns has done an expert job of compiling a definitive work that demystifies the ever-versatile metaphor. Whether you are a novice or an expert clinician, you will find a treasury of story interventions along with the 'inside scoop' on how each was created and applied to bring success in nineteen unforgettable case chapters. Better yet, you'll be able to create your own healing metaphors thanks to the expert guidance of a wide range of talented storytellers. Don't miss out on this one!' --Maggie Phillips, PhD, author of Finding the Energy to Heal and coauthor of Healing the Divided Self 'If you want to be inspired, entertained, and enlightened, Healing with Stories is the book to read. George Burns, a master storyteller, has assembled a creative, diverse group of clinicians to share their ideas about how metaphor can be used with a variety of problems and clients. The result is a fascinating array of insights into metaphor's role in the healing process.' --Richard G. Whiteside, MSW, author of Becoming Dragon.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - One of the most difficult tasks for a designer is to translate concepts into specific and detailed organizations of space. From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Second Edition provides vital, functional techniques that make the transformation easier and more effective. This perceptive resource examines both traditional and nontraditional methods of landscape design, providing the conceptual and philosophical foundations for ideas and their visual expression.The revised and expanded Second Edition includes:\*A new chapter dealing with the creative thought process for generating ideas\*Precise case studies showing sequential form evolution\*Hundreds of detailed photographs to assist in visualizing various techniques\*Inspiring images from nature for naturalistic form development\*Atypical design examples as impetus for innovation\*Accompanying web site with projects for classroom students and self-learners alikeFrom Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Second Edition presents the landscape transformation process in a highly visual manner, creating both a vivid learning experience for students and a useful toolbox for working designers. Replete with compelling, valuable, and accessible insights for designing outdoor spaces, Reid's book is an ideal blend of inspiration and application.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Geomorphology of Upland Peat offers a detailed synthesis of existing literature on peat erosion, incorporating new research ideas and data from two leading experts in the field. - - Presents the most detailed and current work to date - - Written in a style that is both intelligent and accessible - - Fully illustrated with original drawings and photographs - - Relevant and information for a broad audience working on organic sediments in various environments.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book takes a theoretical and practical look at some of the latest and most important ideas behind derivatives pricing models. In each chapter the author highlights the latest thinking and trends in the area. A wide range of topics is covered, including valuation methods on stocks paying discrete dividend, Asian options, American barrier options, Complex barrier options, reset options, and electricity derivatives. The book also discusses the latest ideas surrounding finance like the robustness of dynamic delta hedging, option hedging, negative probabilities and space-time finance.The accompanying CD with additional Excel sheets includes the mathematical models covered in the book.The book also includes interviews with some of the world's top names in the industry, and an insight into the history behind some of the greatest discoveries in quantitative finance. Interviewees include:Nassim Taleb on Black SwansEdward Thorp on Gambling and TradingAlan Lewis on Stochastic Volatility and JumpsEmanuel Derman, the Wall Street QuantPeter Carr, the Wall Street Wizard of Option Symmetry and VolatilityClive Granger, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2003, on CointegrationStephen Ross on Arbitrage Pricing TheoryBruno Dupire on Local and Stochastic Volatility ModelsEduardo Schwartz the Yoga Master of Quantitative FinanceAaron Brown on Gambling, Poker and TradingKnut Aase on Catastrophes and Financial EconomicsElie Ayache on ModelingPaul Wilmott on Paul WilmottAndrei Khrennikov on Negative ProbabilitiesDavid Bates on Crash and JumpsPeter Jäckel on Monte Carlo Simulation.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Dieser Band schließt eine Lücke: In keinem der verfügbaren Werke zur physikalischen Chemie, Spektroskopie oder instrumentellen Ausrüstung wird das Gebiet der Laserchemie so gründlich und auf dem aktuellsten Stand behandelt! Die Autoren führen grundsätzlich in die Anwendung von Lasern in der Spektroskopie und in der Untersuchung der Dynamik chemischer Reaktionen ein. Im Vordergrund steht dabei der didaktische Anspruch; die Studenten sollen in die Lage versetzte werden, die rasche Entwicklung des Gebiets selbstständig weiter zu verfolgen.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Now fully updated and at your fingertips the most practical, authoritative guide to implementing GAAP Get the answers you need to prepare financial statements and keep up to date on the latest FASB requirements. Now fully revised and updated, Wiley GAAP Policies and Procedures, Second Edition is an ideal companion to the Wiley GAAP guide and provides the practical application information essential to ensuring that a company's accounting systems are fully capable of incorporating the most recent GAAP. A concise version of the more detailed GAAP found in the Wiley GAAP guides, Wiley GAAP Policies and Procedures, Second Edition features handy, illustrative decision trees showing how to determine which GAAP ruling to use in a variety of situations, eliminating hours of time wading through detailed GAAP rulings and presents:\* New chapters on interim reporting, segment reporting, and accounting changes and correction of errors\* Updated content on FAS No. 151, Inventory Costs, FAS No. 153, Exchanges of Non-monetary Assets, FAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Correction, FAS No. 156, Servicing of Financial Assets\* Implementation on nineteen newly issued EITFs\* Specific accounting policies that comply with GAAP, especially in terms of creating controls that mesh with GAAP\* The most common accounting transactions modified to work within GAAP restrictions\* Specific controls that allow the maximum level of control over accounting systems while remaining in compliance with GAAP\* Templates for forms and reports that can be used in a GAAP-compliant accounting system\* Numerous examples of footnotes that can be used to describe GAAP-mandated financial disclosures\* Hundreds of GAAP-compliant journal entries for most accounting transactionsWiley GAAP Policies and Procedures, Second Edition is a valuable tool for CFOs, controllers, accounting managers, and general ledger accountants who need to ensure that their company properly treats all types of accounting transactions in accordance with GAAP.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Involuntary memory was identified by the pioneering memory researcher Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago, but it was not until very recently that cognitive psychologists began to study this memory phenomenon. This book is the first to examine key topics and cutting-edge research in involuntary memory. - Discusses topics such as involuntary memories in everyday life, across the life-span, and in the laboratory; the special ways in which involuntary memories sometimes manifest themselves and a number of theoretical treatments of the topic. - Presents innovative research that not only represents the starting point of the study of involuntary memory, but also places it in such broader topics as autobiographical memory, consciousness and memory, aging and memory, implicit and explicit memory, depression, and psychosis.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Museums After Modernism is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. The book features expert artists, curators and art historians who grapple with many of the vibrant issues in museum studies, while paying homage to a new museology that needs to be considered.Examines the key contemporary debates in museum studiesIncludes original essays by noted artists, curators, and art historiansEngages with vital issues in the practice of art-making and art-exhibitingEdited by the world-renowned art historian and author, Griselda Pollock.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Bayesian methods combine information available from data with any prior information available from expert knowledge. The Bayes linear approach follows this path, offering a quantitative structure for expressing beliefs, and systematic methods for adjusting these beliefs, given observational data. The methodology differs from the full Bayesian methodology in that it establishes simpler approaches to belief specification and analysis based around expectation judgements. Bayes Linear Statistics presents an authoritative account of this approach, explaining the foundations, theory, methodology, and practicalities of this important field.The text provides a thorough coverage of Bayes linear analysis, from the development of the basic language to the collection of algebraic results needed for efficient implementation, with detailed practical examples.The book covers:\* The importance of partial prior specifications for complex problems where it is difficult to supply a meaningful full prior probability specification.\* Simple ways to use partial prior specifications to adjust beliefs, given observations.\* Interpretative and diagnostic tools to display the implications of collections of belief statements, and to make stringent comparisons between expected and actual observations.\* General approaches to statistical modelling based upon partial exchangeability judgements.\* Bayes linear graphical models to represent and display partial belief specifications, organize computations, and display the results of analyses.Bayes Linear Statistics is essential reading for all statisticians concerned with the theory and practice of Bayesian methods. There is an accompanying website hosting free software and guides to the calculations within the book.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A groundbreaking, seminal work that challenges the theoretical foundations of computer scienceThis seminal work will challenge and change your understanding of computers and computing. Since the invention of the computer, it has been accepted with little question that the theoretical foundations of computer science are found in mathematics. The difficulties of computer science have been attributed to the inherent complexity of computation, which can only be overcome with disciplined methodology.The author of this text presents a convincing and carefully structured argument that shows why linking computer science to mathematics results in unnecessary complexity and confusion. Instead, the author sets forth and demonstrates the viability and practicality of a new conceptual model, the invocation model of process expression. This model links the design and function of computer systems with the design and function of biological systems. Moreover, the author shows how changing your underlying assumptions sheds new light on dealing with such complex issues as concurrency, digital computers, and biological cells.The chapters of this text are organized under three main topics:\*The Problem: Why the underlying theory of contemporary computer science is not helpful\*The Solution: How the invocation model of process expression solves many problems of contemporary computer science\*The Invocation Language: How the invocation model is embodied in symbol string expressionFor computer scientists and engineers, this publication opens up a completely new way of understanding what computers are, how they work, and what they can do. For students of computer science, it offers an alternative theory that helps them understand and overcome some of the limitations imposed by current theory.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive reference on understanding, designing, and implementing IP MobilityThis authoritative reference provides readers with a thorough understanding of IP Mobility using Mobile IPv6 and companion advanced mobility protocols including network mobility and fast handovers. It illustrates basic concepts and principles behind the IP Mobility architecture and covers the practices using detailed protocol description. Of particular importance is how mobile networking will support billions of devices without restricting applications or overburdening network infrastructures, and how it will support the movement of users from network to network without compromising security.Authors Koodli and Perkins investigate how IP mobility is used in practice and the adoption of Mobile IPv6 in CDMA cellular systems. They also cover some experimental work, including performance of VoIP handovers over WLAN, multi-access network handovers, and emerging topics such as location privacy.In five parts, Mobile Inter-networking with IPv6 covers:\*Features of IPv6 and IP security\*Mobility concepts and principles, Mobile IPv6 protocol, packet handling, and network mobility\*Advanced mobility protocols, including fast handovers, fast handover protocol, context transfers, and hierarchical mobility management\*Applying IP mobility, including Mobile IPv6 in CDMA packet data networks, enterprise mobile networking, and WLAN fast handovers\*Emerging topics such as multi-access and mobility, seamless IP handovers, location privacy and IP mobility, and route optimization for Mobile IPv4 using Mobile IPv6 return routabilityWith chapter exercises and handy references, readers will have plenty of opportunities to pursue topics in further detail. This is a comprehensive reference suitable for practitioners and students with a basic understanding of TCP/IP protocols.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Steel frames are used in many commercial high-rise buildings, as well as industrial structures, such as ore mines and oilrigs. Enabling construction of ever lighter and safer structures, steel frames have become an important topic for engineers.This book, split into two parts covering advanced analysis and advanced design of steel frames, guides the reader from a broad array of frame elements through to advanced design methods such as deterministic, reliability, and system reliability design approaches. This book connects reliability evaluation of structural systems to advanced analysis of steel frames, and ensures that the steel frame design described is founded on system reliability.Important features of the this book include:\* fundamental equations governing the elastic and elasto-plastic equilibrium of beam, sheer-beam, column, joint-panel, and brace elements for steel frames;\* analysis of elastic buckling, elasto-plastic capacity and earthquake-excited behaviour of steel frames;\* background knowledge of more precise analysis and safer design of steel frames against gravity and wind, as well as key discussions on seismic analysis.\* theoretical treatments, followed by numerous examples and applications;\* a review of the evolution of structural design approaches, and reliability-based advanced analysis, followed by the methods and procedures for how to establish practical design formula.Advanced Design and Analysis of Steel Frames provides students, researchers, and engineers with an integrated examination of this core civil and structural engineering topic. The logical treatment of both advanced analysis followed by advanced design makes this an invaluable reference tool, comprising of reviews, methods, procedures, examples, and applications of steel frames in one complete volume.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Serendipitous Path to Effective Problem-Solving and Planning for Complex SystemsThis innovative book enables you and your organization to pursue goals and achieve success in ways that you might never have imagined. It does not prescribe a rigid methodology and plan. Instead, the author sets forth a process known as Human-Centered Design, which focuses on enhancing the abilities and overcoming the limitations of people within organizations. This process enables you to move forward and, at the same time, be on the alert for and recognize serendipitous events that enable you to solve complex systems problems in unexpected ways in order to meet and surpass your goals.Specifically, the process described in this book helps you discover critical distinctions and connections across industries, disciplines, and cultures. As a result, unexpected hybrid approaches emerge, forming the basis of new insights and ideas. These hybrid approaches, or transdisciplinary approaches as termed by the author, represent an integrated framework populated with concepts from a range of disciplines.At the heart of this book is an understanding of how people operate, maintain, design, research, and manage complex systems. This understanding stems from author William Rouse's almost four decades of experience in the fields of individual and organizational performance, decision support systems, and information systems. His approach has proven successful with a broad range of organizations, from private industry to government agencies to academia.Case studies and examples are presented throughout the text, illustrating how Human-Centered Design works in practice. If you are seeking to harness the power of the individuals in your organization to make your enterprise more effective, efficient, and successful, this text sets you on the right path.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A practical FPGA reference that's like an on-call mentor for engineers and computer scientistsAddressing advanced issues of FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) design and implementation, Advanced FPGA Design: Architecture, Implementation, and Optimization accelerates the learning process for engineers and computer scientists. With an emphasis on real-world design and a logical, practical approach, it walks readers through specific challenges and significantly reduces the learning curve. Designed to enhance and supplement hands-on experience, this real-world reference includes:\*Waveform diagrams and circuit diagrams illustrating each topic\*Examples that illustrate typical problems in Verilog\*Case studies that demonstrate real-world applications\*Chapter-end summaries that reiterate key pointsIdeal for engineers and computer scientists who want to take their FPGA skills to the next level and for use as a hands-on reference, this is also an excellent textbook for senior or graduate-level students in electrical engineering or computer science.…

Kombiprodukt. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Structured Finance: The Object Orientated Approach is aimed at both the finance and IT professionals involved in the structured finance business with the intention of sharing common concepts and language within the industry. The financial community (structurers, pricers and risk managers) view structured products as collections of objects under the so-called replicating portfolio paradigm. The IT community use object oriented programming (OOP) techniques to improve the software updating and maintenance process. For them structured products are collections of objects as well. Despite use of the same object concept, it looks like communication between these different professional functions has been problematic. Recently, construction of standard data structures known as FpML has begun to lay out a common definition of objects, at least for plain vanilla derivatives, both between IT and financial people and across different market players. Along this line, this book builds upon the concept of object to provide frontier treatment of structured finance issues relevant to both communities engaged in building, pricing and hedging products and people engaged in designing and up-dating the corresponding software.Structured Finance: The Object Orientated Approach will enable you to:\* decompose a structured product in elementary constituent financial objects and risk factors (replicating portfolio)\* understand the basics of object oriented programming (OOP) applied to the design of structured cash flows objects\* build your own objects and to understand FpML data structures available for standard products\* gauge risk exposures of the objects in structured products to: risk factors, their volatilities and the correlation among them (which factor are you long/short Are you long/short volatility Are you long/short correlation )\* update your risk management system to accommodate structured products with non linear exposures and to design objects to represent, price and hedge, counterparty risk.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A unique overview of network security issues, solutions, and methodologies at an architectural and research levelNetwork Security provides the latest research and addresses likely future developments in network security protocols, architectures, policy, and implementations. It covers a wide range of topics dealing with network security, including secure routing, designing firewalls, mobile agent security, Bluetooth security, wireless sensor networks, securing digital content, and much more.Leading authorities in the field provide reliable information on the current state of security protocols, architectures, implementations, and policies. Contributors analyze research activities, proposals, trends, and state-of-the-art aspects of security and provide expert insights into the future of the industry.Complete with strategies for implementing security mechanisms and techniques, Network Security features:\*State-of-the-art technologies not covered in other books, such as Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks and countermeasures\*Problems and solutions for a wide range of network technologies, from fixed point to mobile\*Methodologies for real-time and non-real-time applications and protocols.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - DISCOVER THE INS ANDOUTS OF DRUG SYNTHESIS, FROM IDENTIFYING A LEAD MOLECULE TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.Learn how chemistry, biology, pharmacokinetics, and a host of other disciplines all play a role in the successful discovery of new drugs and therapeutics. This text features contributions from seventeen leading medicinal and process chemists who show you how it is done. Some of the contributors were instrumental in the discovery of the drugs they review, offering you a unique and invaluable perspective on the complete drug discovery process.The first two chapters of this text introduce the stringent requirements for a potential therapeutic molecule, approaches in finding molecular structures that 'hit' a biological target, and the many steps needed to go from initial small-scale laboratory synthesis to commercial and the many steps needed to go from initial small-scale laboratory synthesis to commercial production. The remaining fifteen chapters are divided into three major therapeutic areas:\* Cancer and infectious Diseases\* Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases\* Central Nervous System DiseasesThese three section collectively cover twenty-one categories of drugs and more than sixty individual drugs, highlighting both medicinal and process synthetic routes. The authors present detailed accounts of the synthesis of such high-profile drugs as Actos(r), Levaquin(r), Avelox(r), Diflucan(r), Tamiflu(r), Zetia(r), Lyrica(r), and Strattera(r). You gain new insight into how a first generational agent is refined and improved by the application of medicinal chemistry for the discovery of second and third generation medicines.This text is an excellent companion to the bestselling Contemporary Drug Synthesis, covering all new drugs. In addition to serving as a reference for medicinal chemists and pharmacologists, this book is highly recommended as a graduate-level text for medicinal pharmacologists, this book is highly recommended as a graduate-level text for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry courses. With its many examples and insights into successful and pharmaceutical chemistry courses. With its many examples and insights into successful syntheses, it enables students to make the bridge from theory to practice.…