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Handbook of Anthropometry

Author: Victor R. Preedy

Number of pages: 3107

Although its underlying concept is a relatively simple one—the measurement of the human body and its parts—anthropometry employs a myriad of methods and instruments, and is useful for a variety of purposes, from understanding the impact of disease on individuals to tracking changes in populations over time. The first interdisciplinary reference on the subject, the Handbook of Anthropometry brings this wide-ranging field together: basic theory and highly specialized topics in normal and abnormal anthropometry in terms of health, disease prevention, and intervention. Over 140 self-contained chapters cover up-to-date indices, the latest studies on computerized methods, shape-capturing systems, and bioelectrical impedance, data concerning single tissues and whole-body variables, and reports from different areas of the world. Chapters feature helpful charts and illustrations, cross-references to related chapters are included, and key points are presented in bullet form for ease of comprehension. Together, the Handbook’s thirteen sections entail all major aspects of anthropometrical practice and research, including: Tools and techniques. Developmental stages, from fetus to elder....

Programming the PIC Microcontroller with MBASIC

Author: Jack Smith

Number of pages: 801

The Microchip PIC family of microcontrollers is the most popular series of microcontrollers in the world. However, no microcontroller is of any use without software to make it perform useful functions. This comprehensive reference focuses on designing with Microchip’s mid-range PIC line using MBASIC, a powerful but easy to learn programming language. It illustrates MBASIC’s abilities through a series of design examples, beginning with simple PIC-based projects and proceeding through more advanced designs. Unlike other references however, it also covers essential hardware and software design fundamentals of the PIC microcontroller series, including programming in assembly language when needed to supplement the capabilities of MBASIC. Details of hardware/software interfacing to the PIC are also provided. BENEFIT TO THE READER: This book provides one of the most thorough introductions available to the world’s most popular microcontroller, with numerous hardware and software working design examples which engineers, students and hobbyists can directly apply to their design work and studies. Using MBASIC, it is possible to develop working programs for the PIC in a much shorter...

Algorithmic Number Theory

Author: Joe P. Buhler

Number of pages: 660

The field of diagnostic nuclear medicine has changed significantly during the past decade. This volume is designed to present the student and the professional with a comprehensive update of recent developments not found in other textbooks on the subject. The various clinical applications of nuclear medicine techniques are extensively considered, and due attention is given also to radiopharmaceuticals, equipment and instrumentation, reconstruction techniques and the principles of gene imaging.

FDDI Performance Guarantees for Real-time Traffic in the Absense of a Synchronous Mode

Author: Michael Melville Johnson

Number of pages: 222

Game Physics

Author: David H. Eberly

Number of pages: 928

Create physically realistic 3D Graphics environments with this introduction to the ideas and techniques behind the process. Author David H. Eberly includes simulations to introduce the key problems involved and then gradually reveals the mathematical and physical concepts needed to solve them. He then describes all the algorithmic foundations and u

Expert VB 2005 Business Objects

Author: Rockford Lhotka

Number of pages: 686

Popular conference speaker "Rocky" Lhotka shows how to use the framework to create a sample application and demonstrates how easy it is to write Windows, Web, and Web services interfaces for applications based on it.

National Weather Service River Forecast System: Snow Accumulation and Ablation Model

Author: Eric A. Anderson

Number of pages: 236

Excel for Scientists and Engineers

Author: E. Joseph Billo

Number of pages: 485

Learn to fully harness the power of Microsoft Excel(r) to perform scientific and engineering calculations With this text as your guide, you can significantly enhance Microsoft Excel's(r) capabilities to execute the calculations needed to solve a variety of chemical, biochemical, physical, engineering, biological, and medicinal problems. The text begins with two chapters that introduce you to Excel's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language, which allows you to expand Excel's(r) capabilities, although you can still use the text without learning VBA. Following the author's step-by-step instructions, here are just a few of the calculations you learn to perform: * Use worksheet functions to work with matrices * Find roots of equations and solve systems of simultaneous equations * Solve ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations * Perform linear and non-linear regression * Use random numbers and the Monte Carlo method This text is loaded with examples ranging from very basic to highly sophisticated solutions. More than 100 end-of-chapter problems help you test and put your knowledge to practice solving real-world problems. Answers and explanatory ...

NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS HYDRO.

Number of pages: 738

NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS HYDRO.

Author: United States. National Weather Service

Number of pages: 1086

Mastering Data Structures Through C Language

Author: J. B. Dixit

Number of pages: 640

BRH/DMRE (series) 700460: Computer Applications in Radiology, Proceedings of Conference Held at University of Missouri-Columbia Medical Center, Sept, 23-26, 1970 [with Lists of References]; Presented by University of Missouri-Columbia Medical Center and Extension Division, with Cooperation of American College of Radiology, International Society of Radiology (Committee on Computer Applications of International Commission on Radiological Education and Information); and IBM World Trade Corporation

Author: United States. Bureau Of Radiological Health

Number of pages: 728

Fundamentals of Computing

Author: J. B. Dixit

Number of pages: 686

Computer Applications in Radiology

Number of pages: 742

Solutions to Programming in C and Numerical Analysis

Author: J.b. Dixit

Number of pages: 432

Mastering C++ Programs

Author: J.b. Dixit

Number of pages: 628

Fundamentals of Computers and Programming in C

Author: J. B. Dixit

Number of pages: 856

Scientific Computing with Multicore and Accelerators

Author: Jakub Kurzak , David A. Bader , Jack Dongarra

Number of pages: 514

The hybrid/heterogeneous nature of future microprocessors and large high-performance computing systems will result in a reliance on two major types of components: multicore/manycore central processing units and special purpose hardware/massively parallel accelerators. While these technologies have numerous benefits, they also pose substantial performance challenges for developers, including scalability, software tuning, and programming issues. Researchers at the Forefront Reveal Results from Their Own State-of-the-Art Work Edited by some of the top researchers in the field and with contributions from a variety of international experts, Scientific Computing with Multicore and Accelerators focuses on the architectural design and implementation of multicore and manycore processors and accelerators, including graphics processing units (GPUs) and the Sony Toshiba IBM (STI) Cell Broadband Engine (BE) currently used in the Sony PlayStation 3. The book explains how numerical libraries, such as LAPACK, help solve computational science problems; explores the emerging area of hardware-oriented numerics; and presents the design of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) and a parallel list ranking...

Computer Concepts and C Programming

Author: J. Dixit

Number of pages: 650

Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing

Author: Rachel Wynberg , Doris Schroeder , Roger Chennells

Number of pages: 363

Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing is the first in-depth account of the Hoodia bioprospecting case and use of San traditional knowledge, placing it in the global context of indigenous peoples’ rights, consent and benefit-sharing. It is unique as the first interdisciplinary analysis of consent and benefit sharing in which philosophers apply their minds to questions of justice in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), lawyers interrogate the use of intellectual property rights to protect traditional knowledge, environmental scientists analyse implications for national policies, anthropologists grapple with the commodification of knowledge and, uniquely, case experts from Asia, Australia and North America bring their collective expertise and experiences to bear on the San-Hoodia case.

Proceedings 2002 VLDB Conference

Author: Vldb

Number of pages: 1050

Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Very Large Data Bases held in Hong Kong, China on August 20-23, 2002. Organized by the VLDB Endowment, VLDB is the premier international conference on database technology.

Health Survey for England

Number of pages: 648

Tough Training Topics

Author: Steve Albrecht

Number of pages: 299

Written by Dr. Steve Albrecht, a battle-hardened trainer who has spent much of his professional life taking assignments most trainers would rather avoid, this vital resource presents Albrecht’s proven approach for surviving the really tough training topics. Tough Training Topics covers a wide-variety of thorny issues including sexual harassment prevention, drug and alcohol policies, workplace violence prevention, hostile terminations, stress management, safety and security education, employee orientations, conflict resolution, and many more.

Structural Information and Communication Complexity

Author: Zvi Lotker , Boaz Patt-shamir

Number of pages: 410

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 25th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, SIROCCO 2018, held in Ma'ale HaHamisha, Israel, in June 2018. The 23 full papers and 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They are devoted to the study of the interplay between structural knowledge, communications, and computing in decentralized systems of multiple communicating entities and cover a large range of topics.

Quantitative Methods in Reservoir Engineering

Author: Wilson C. Chin, Phd

Number of pages: 706

Quantitative Methods in Reservoir Engineering, Second Edition, brings together the critical aspects of the industry to create more accurate models and better financial forecasts for oil and gas assets. Updated to cover more practical applications related to intelligent infill drilling, optimized well pattern arrangement, water flooding with modern wells, and multiphase flow, this new edition helps reservoir engineers better lay the mathematical foundations for analytical or semi-analytical methods in today’s more difficult reservoir engineering applications. Authored by a worldwide expert on computational flow modeling, this reference integrates current mathematical methods to aid in understanding more complex well systems and ultimately guides the engineer to choose the most profitable well path. The book delivers a valuable tool that will keep reservoir engineers up-to-speed in this fast-paced sector of the oil and gas market. Stay competitive with new content on unconventional reservoir simulation Get updated with new material on formation testing and flow simulation for complex well systems and paths Apply methods derived from real-world case studies and calculation examples

Associative Computing

Author: Jerry L. Potter

Number of pages: 291

Integrating associative processing concepts with massively parallel SIMD technology, this volume explores a model for accessing data by content rather than abstract address mapping.

Programming in C

Author: J.b. Dixit

Number of pages: 528

Supercharge, Invasion, and Mudcake Growth in Downhole Applications

Author: Wilson Chin , Tao Lu , Xiaofei Qin , Yongren Feng , Yanmin Zhou

Number of pages: 530

Mysterious "supercharge effects," encountered in formation testing pressure transient analysis, and reservoir invasion, mudcake growth, dynamic filtration, stuck-pipe remediation, and so on, are often discussed in contrasting petrophysical versus drilling contexts. However, these effects are physically coupled and intricately related. The authors focus on a comprehensive formulation, provide solutions for different specialized limits, and develop applications that illustrate how the central ideas can be used in seemingly unrelated disciplines. This approach contributes to a firm understanding of logging and drilling principles. Fortran source code, furnished where applicable, is listed together with recently developed software applications and conveniently summarized throughout the book. In addition, common (incorrect) methods used in the industry are re-analyzed and replaced with more accurate models, which are then used to address challenging field objectives. Sophisticated mathematics is explained in "down to earth" terms, but empirical validations, in this case through Catscan experiments, are used to "keep predictions honest." Similarly, early-time, low mobility, permeability ...

Advanced Smart Grid Functionalities Based on PowerFactory

Author: Francisco Gonzalez-longatt , José Luis Rueda Torres

Number of pages: 371

This book consolidates some of the most promising advanced smart grid functionalities and provides a comprehensive set of guidelines for their implementation/evaluation using DIgSILENT Power Factory. It includes specific aspects of modeling, simulation and analysis, for example wide-area monitoring, visualization and control, dynamic capability rating, real-time load measurement and management, interfaces and co-simulation for modeling and simulation of hybrid systems. It also presents key advanced features of modeling and automation of calculations using PowerFactory, such as the use of domain-specific (DSL) and DIgSILENT Programming (DPL) languages, and utilizes a variety of methodologies including theoretical explanations, practical examples and guidelines. Providing a concise compilation of significant outcomes by experienced users and developers of this program, it is a valuable resource for postgraduate students and engineers working in power-system operation and planning.

Pascal Plus Data Structures, Algorithms, and Advanced Programming

Author: Nell B. Dale , Susan C. Lilly

Number of pages: 938

SIGMOD Record

Number of pages: 474

Data Structures

Author: Wayne Amsbury

Number of pages: 552

Algorithms and Data Structures

Author: Frank Dehne , John Iacono , Jörg-rüdiger Sack

Number of pages: 730

Annotation Constituting the refereed proceedings of the 12th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium held in New York in August 2011, this text presents original research on the theory and application of algorithms and data structures in all areas, including combinatorics, computational geometry and databases.

Modern Optimization with R

Author: Paulo Cortez

Number of pages: 188

The goal of this book is to gather in a single document the most relevant concepts related to modern optimization methods, showing how such concepts and methods can be addressed using the open source, multi-platform R tool. Modern optimization methods, also known as metaheuristics, are particularly useful for solving complex problems for which no specialized optimization algorithm has been developed. These methods often yield high quality solutions with a more reasonable use of computational resources (e.g. memory and processing effort). Examples of popular modern methods discussed in this book are: simulated annealing; tabu search; genetic algorithms; differential evolution; and particle swarm optimization. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science, Information Technology, and related areas, as well as data analysts interested in exploring modern optimization methods using R.

Pro Android 4

Author: Satya Komatineni , Dave Maclean

Number of pages: 1006

Pro Android 4 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the new Android SDK 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which unifies Gingerbread for smartphones, Honeycomb for tablets and augments further with Google TV and more. This Android 4 book updates the best selling Pro Android 3 and covers everything from the fundamentals of building apps for embedded devices, smartphones, and tablets to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and much more. Using the tutorials and expert advice, you'll quickly be able to build cool mobile apps and run them on dozens of Android-based smartphones. You'll explore and use the Android APIs, including those for media and sensors. And you'll check out what's new with Android 4, including the improved user interface across all Android platforms, integration with services, and more. After reading this definitive tutorial and reference, you gain the knowledge and experience to create stunning, cutting-edge Android 4 apps that can make you money, while keeping you agile enough to respond to changes in the future.

Neural Information Processing

Author: Derong Liu , Shengli Xie , Yuanqing Li , Dongbin Zhao , El-sayed M. El-alfy

Number of pages: 943

The six volume set LNCS 10634, LNCS 10635, LNCS 10636, LNCS 10637, LNCS 10638, and LNCS 10639 constitues the proceedings of the 24rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2017, held in Guangzhou, China, in November 2017. The 563 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 856 submissions. The 6 volumes are organized in topical sections on Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Big Data Analysis, Deep Learning, Brain-Computer Interface, Computational Finance, Computer Vision, Neurodynamics, Sensory Perception and Decision Making, Computational Intelligence, Neural Data Analysis, Biomedical Engineering, Emotion and Bayesian Networks, Data Mining, Time-Series Analysis, Social Networks, Bioinformatics, Information Security and Social Cognition, Robotics and Control, Pattern Recognition, Neuromorphic Hardware and Speech Processing.

Occupational and Residential Segregation

Author: Jacques Silber , Yves Fluckiger , Sean F. Reardon

Number of pages: 288

Divided into five parts, this title covers such topics as - information theory and segregation measurement; the Gini index and the measurement of segregation; measuring segregation with ordered categories; exploring changes in segregation; and, wage inequality and segregation.

Civil Procedure

Author: Joel Wm. Friedman

Number of pages: 264

Practice makes perfect! Friedman’s Practice Series helps you develop the skills for spotting issues and preparing A+ answers for your next exam. Real laws school exams test your knowledge of the key concepts and rules with a collection of essay and multiple-choice questions. Set up to mirror actual exams, the series features long essay questions as well as some that are relatively short and medium-length, giving you great practice in the length and variation of questions on the final. Friedman’s is one of the only series to fully emulate complete essay examinations – they are as close to actual exam-questions that you can find. And as Friedman’s texts are compiled by professors who wrote the exams, you get sound advice as well as keen insight on what instructors look for in grading your answers. Friedman’s Practice Series titles test your knowledge with real law school exams. Test your knowledge of key concepts and rules with comprehensive essay and multiple-choice questions. Practice questions of various length prepare you for any exam. Experience actual exams! Get sound advice from the professors who wrote the exams. Find insight into what professors look for when...

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science

Author: Giuseppe Nicosia , Varun Ojha , Emanuele La Malfa , Gabriele La Malfa , Giorgio Jansen , Panos M. Pardalos , Giovanni Giuffrida , Renato Umeton

Number of pages: 571

This two-volume set, LNCS 13163-13164, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science, LOD 2021, together with the first edition of the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, ACAIN 2021. The total of 86 full papers presented in this two-volume post-conference proceedings set was carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions. These research articles were written by leading scientists in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, computational optimization, neuroscience, and data science presenting a substantial array of ideas, technologies, algorithms, methods, and applications.​