Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Motor Trend - August 2008

Motor Trend - August 2008

Language: English
Paperback: 172 pages
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Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application



Reza N. Jazar, "Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application"
Springer | ISBN: 0387742433 | March 19, 2008 | 1015 pages | PDF | 13.5MB

Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application is written as a textbook for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students in mechanical engineering. It provides both fundamental and advanced topics on handling, ride, components, and behavior of vehicles. This book includes detailed coverage of practical design considerations and a vast number of practical examples and exercises.


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PHP Object-Oriented Solutions



David Powers, "PHP Object-Oriented Solutions"
friends of ED | ISBN: 1430210117 | August 21, 2008 | 392 pages | PDF | 5MB

With the surge of popularity of PHP 5, and with PHP 6 just around the corner, Object-Oriented Programming is now an important consideration for PHP developers. This version-neutral book is a gentle introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) that wont overburden you with complex theory. It teaches you the essential basics of OOP that youll need to know before moving onto a more advanced level, and includes a series of pre-packaged scripts that you can incorporate into your existing sites with the minimum of effort. It shows how OOP can be used to create reusable and portable code by walking you through a series of simple projects. The projects feature the sorts of things developers run up against every day, and include a validator for filtering user input, a simple Date class that avoids the need to remember all the esoteric format codes in PHP, and an XML generator.


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SiGe and Si Strained-Layer Epitaxy for Silicon Heterostructure Devices



John D. Cressler, "SiGe and Si Strained-Layer Epitaxy for Silicon Heterostructure Devices"
CRC | ISBN: 1420066854 | December 13, 2007 | 264 pages | PDF | 4MB

What seems routine today was not always so. The field of Si-based heterostructures rests solidly on the shoulders of materials scientists and crystal growers, those purveyors of the semiconductor “black arts” associated with the deposition of pristine films of nanoscale dimensionality onto enormous Si wafers with near infinite precision. We can now grow near-defect free, nanoscale films of Si and SiGe strained-layer epitaxy compatible with conventional high-volume silicon integrated circuit manufacturing. SiGe and Si Strained-Layer Epitaxy for Silicon Heterostructure Devices tells the materials side of the story and details the many advances in the Si-SiGe strained-layer epitaxy for device applications.


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Measurement and Modeling of Silicon Heterostructure Devices



John D. Cressler, "Measurement and Modeling of Silicon Heterostructure Devices"
CRC | ISBN: 1420066927 | December 13, 2007 | 200 pages | PDF | 2.8MB

When you see a nicely presented set of data, the natural response is: “How did they do that; what tricks did they use; and how can I do that for myself?” Alas, usually, you must simply keep wondering, since such tricks-of- the-trade are usually held close to the vest and rarely divulged. Shamefully ignored in the technical literature, measurement and modeling of high-speed semiconductor devices is a fine art. Robust measuring and modeling at the levels of performance found in modern SiGe devices requires extreme dexterity in the laboratory to obtain reliable data, and then a valid model to fit that data.




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Nerve Blocks in Palliative Care


Nerve Blocks in Palliative Care
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA | Pages:148 | 2004-11-04 | ISBN:0198527039 | PDF | 1.8 mb

This book is a succinct, practical, clinically-based guide to nerve blocking techniques that are available in current practice. A nerve block is the injection of either a local anesthetic or a drug that inactivates nerves to control otherwise uncontrollable pain. Nerve blocks can be used to determine the source of pain, to treat painful conditions that respond to nerve blocks, to predict how the pain will respond to long-term treatments, and to prevent pain following procedures.



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Circuit Cellar September 2008


Circuit Cellar September 2008
PDF | English | 11 MB

Circuit Cellar is the only publication that provides intensive, exploratory articles about hardware and software methods for embedded-control systems. The sophisticated professionals in this rapidly growing market demand new tools and information to develop unique solutions to their application problems. Circuit Cellar provides these professionals with insightful analysis of emerging technologies and concepts, enabling them to be better equipped to make long-term forecasts and purchasing decisions-decisions that not only affect the direction of their own enterprises but also shape future technologies.




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The Boundary Element Method with Programming: For Engineers and Scientists


The Boundary Element Method with Programming: For Engineers and Scientists
Publisher: Springer | 494 pages | 2008-05-08 | 3211715746 | PDF | 4,5 Mb

This is a thorough, yet understandable text about the boundary element method (BEM), an attractive alternative to the finite element method (FEM). It not only explains the theory, but also deals with the implementation into computer code written in FORTRAN 95 (software can be freely downloaded). Applications range from potential problems to static and dynamic problems in elasticity and plasticity. The book also addresses the issue of fast solution of large scale problems, using parallel processing hardware. Special topics such as the treatment of inclusions, heterogeneous domains and changing geometry are also addressed. Most chapters contain exercises and this makes the book suitable for teaching. Applications of the method to industrial problems are shown. The book is designed for engineers and scientists that want to understand how the method works and to apply the method and solve real problems.



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The International Space Station: Building for the Future


The International Space Station: Building for the Future
Publisher: Praxis | 389 pages | 2008-07-24 | 0387781447 | PDF | 7,5 Mb

This book will cover in great detail the newest construction and uses of the International Space Station. The new volume will continue on from the end of Creating the International Space Station by David Harland and John Catchpole (published in January 2002 by Springer Praxis), providing flight by flight details and relevant political and "behind the scenes" activities as are necessary to explain why certain decisions, including flight re-scheduling and crew-reassignment, are made.
Part 1 will open with a chapter recounting the political history of the ISS, including how and why the program came into being. Chapter 2 will look at the four partners involved (USA, Russia, ESA, and Brazil), with a brief account of what each partner is bringing to the program. Chapter 3 will study the initial goals of the program, how they have changed and whether they have been met. Chapter 4 will summarize the program at the end of Creating the International Space Station.
Part 2 will look at the findings and recommendations of the International Space Station Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force. Part 3 will examine the original flight coverage, including the beginning of the construction of the Integrated Truss Structure, and will cover the station’s occupation from the start of Expedition 4, through to the end of Expedition 6. Part 4 will start with the loss of STS-107 – Columbia – and explain its effect on both the International Space Station and the American space effort in general. It will cover the Expedition 7 occupation through to the beginning of Expedition 13, concentrating on the work of the two-person "Caretaker Crews".
Part 5 will study the recovery from the STS-107 tragedy and the re-commencement of the ISS construction, overcoming the grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet. It will cover the remainder of the Expedition 13 occupation, the return to three-person occupation, through to the end of Expedition 15 and the installation of Node-2, the final American module.
Part 6 will briefly look forward to the installation of the International Partner’s modules as well as the introduction of the European and Japanese robotic cargo vehicles. The book will end with a glance at plans for the Orion spacecraft and Ares-1 launch vehicle, and the delivery of Node-2, the final piece of American hardware.



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Selected Systems from Al-B-Fe to C-Co-


Selected Systems from Al-B-Fe to C-Co-
Publisher: Springer | 500 pages | 2008-02-14 | 3540697594 | PDF | 8,5 Mb

Volume 11 of group IV presents phase diagrams, crystallographic and thermodynamic data of ternary alloy systems. The subvolume D deals with iron systems, with part 1 considering selected systems from Al-B-Fe to C-Co-Fe. At ambient pressure the equilibria of each individual ternary system are discussed as functions of temperature yielding spatial diagrams whose sections and projections are displayed The phase equilibria are described in terms of liquidus, solidus and solvus projections, isothermal, vertical and quasibinary sections. Data on invariant equilibria are generally given in the form of tables and reaction schemes.
The volume forms a comprehensive review and rigorous systematization of the presently available data. For each system the often conflicting literature and contradictory information has been thoroughly evaluated by a team of experts, MSIT, and can thus be presented in a standard format. Back to the year 1900 the literature has been reviewed, implying possible reinterpretations from today's state of knowledge, and incorporated in the volume. The tables and diagrams are preceded by descriptive commenting texts.





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Principles of Bacterial Detection: Biosensors, Recognition Receptors and Microsystems


Principles of Bacterial Detection: Biosensors, Recognition Receptors and Microsystems
Publisher: Springer | 1040 pages | 2008-09-29 | 0387751122 | PDF | 36,5 Mb

Principles of Bacterial Detection: Biosensors, Recognition Receptors and Microsystems will cover the up-to-date biosensor technologies used for the detection of bacteria. Written by the world's most renowned and learned scientists each in their own area of expertise, Principles of Bacterial Detection: Biosensors, Recognition Receptors and Microsystems is the first title to cover this expanding research field.



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Intelligent Techniques and Tools for Novel System Architectures (Studies in Computational Intelligence)


Intelligent Techniques and Tools for Novel System Architectures (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
Publisher: Springer | 548 pages | 2008-08-15 | 3540776214 | PDF | 6,5 Mb

This volume provides a source wherein academics, researchers and practitioners may derive high-quality, original and state-of-the-art papers describing theoretical aspects, systems architectures, analysis and design tools and techniques, and implementation experiences in intelligent systems where information and knowledge management should be mainly characterised as a net-centric infrastructure riding on the fifth wave of "distributed intelligence".
An urgent need for editing such a volume has occurred as a result of vivid discussions and presentations at the “IEEE-IS’ 2006 – The 2006 Third International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems” held in London, UK, at the University of Westminster in the beginning of September, 2006. This book is a compilation of many valuable inspiring works written by both the conference participants and some other experts in this new and challenging field.



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Lead-Free Electronics: iNEMI Projects Lead to Successful Manufacturing


Lead-Free Electronics: iNEMI Projects Lead to Successful Manufacturing
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press | 472 pages | 2007-10-12 | 0471448877 | PDF | 15,5 Mb

Based on the results of a more than two-year study, Lead-Free Electronics: iNEMI Projects Lead to Successful Manufacturing is the first practical, primary reference to cover Pb-free solder assembly as well as the analysis and reasoning behind the selection of Sn-Ag-Cu as the recommended Pb-free replacement for Sn-Pb.
Reflecting the results of a two-year study, Lead-Free Electronics: iNEMI Projects Lead to Successful Manufacturing provides full coverage of the issues surrounding the implementation of Pb-free solder into electronic board assembly. This book is extremely timelyâmost electronic manufacturers are going to change over to Pb free soldering by 2006 to meet new European laws. All manufacturers around the globe are going to be affected by this change. The text provides specific results from the thirty company NEMI project activities. It contains integrated and fully documented book chapters with references to existing published work in the area. These serve as tremendous resources for engineers and companies faced with making the switch to Pb-free solder assembly.




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Engineering Education: Designing an Adaptive System


Engineering Education: Designing an Adaptive System
Publisher: National Academies Press | 96 pages | 1995-06-30 | 0309052785 | PDF | 4,5 Mb

Traditionally, engineering education books describe and reinforce unchanging principles that are basic to the field. However, the dramatic changes in the engineering environment during the last decade demand a paradigm shift from the engineering education community. This revolutionary volume addresses the development of long-term strategies for an engineering education system that will reflect the needs and realities of the United States and the world in the 21st century. The authors discuss the critical challenges facing U.S. engineering education and present a plan addressing these challenges in the context of rapidly changing circumstances, technologies, and demands.




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Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design


Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design
Publisher: National Academies Press | 84 pages | 1995-04-03 | 0309051932 | PDF | 6,5 Mb

The selection of the proper materials for a structural component is a critical activity that is governed by many, often conflicting, factors. Incorporating materials expert systems into CAD/CAM operations could assist designers by suggesting potential manufacturing processes for particular products to facilitate concurrent engineering, recommending various materials for a specific part based on a given set of characteristics, or proposing possible modifications of a design if suitable materials for a particular part do not exist. Computer-Aided Materials Selection during Structural Design reviews the structural design process, determines the elements and capabilities required for a materials selection expert system to assist design engineers, and recommends the areas of expert system and materials modeling research and development required to devise a materials-specific design system.




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The Rise of the Chinese Economy: The Middle Kingdom Emerges


The Rise of the Chinese Economy: The Middle Kingdom Emerges
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe | 219 pages | 1997-05 | 076560017X | PDF | 3,5 Mb



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Industry Studies


Industry Studies
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe | 364 pages | 1998-07 | 0765600684 | PDF | 5,5 Mb




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US News & World Report July 21 2008


US News & World Report July 21 2008
PDF | English | 14 MB

Founded in 1933 as United States News, it merged with World Report in 1948. The magazine's founder, David Lawrence (1888–1973), sold it to his employees. In 1984, it was purchased by Mortimer Zuckerman, who is also the owner of the New York Daily News. The editorial staff of U.S.News & World Report is based in Washington, D.C., but the magazine is owned by U.S.News & World Report, L.P., which is based in the Daily News building in New York City. Despite its lurid head lines and conforming to the owner's political point of view, it tends to be more conservative than its two primary competitors, Time and Newsweek.[4] Citing the decline in overall magazine circulation and advertising, "U.S.News & World Report" is scheduled to become a biweekly publication in 2009.




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CPU Computer Power User - September 2008

CPU Computer Power User - September 2008

Language: English
Paperback: 112 pages
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Motor Trend - July 2008

Motor Trend - July 2008

Language: English
Paperback: 160 pages
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Algorithms and Data Structures: The Basic Toolbox

Algorithms and Data Structures: The Basic Toolbox

Paperback: 300 pages
Data: August 6, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Algorithms are at the heart of every nontrivial computer application, and algorithmics is a modern and active area of computer science. Every computer scientist and every professional programmer should know about the basic algorithmic toolbox: structures that allow efficient organization and retrieval of data, frequently used algorithms, and basic techniques for modeling, understanding and solving algorithmic problems.

This book is a concise introduction addressed to students and professionals familiar with programming and basic mathematical language. Individual chapters cover arrays and linked lists, hash tables and associative arrays, sorting and selection, priority queues, sorted sequences, graph representation, graph traversal, shortest paths, minimum spanning trees, and optimization. The algorithms are presented in a modern way, with explicitly formulated invariants, and comment on recent trends such as algorithm engineering, memory hierarchies, algorithm libraries and certifying algorithms. The authors use pictures, words and high-level pseudocode to explain the algorithms, and then they present more detail on efficient implementations using real programming languages like C++ and Java.

The authors have extensive experience teaching these subjects to undergraduates and graduates, and they offer a clear presentation, with examples, pictures, informal explanations, exercises, and some linkage to the real world. Most chapters have the same basic structure: a motivation for the problem, comments on the most important applications, and then simple solutions presented as informally as possible and as formally as necessary. For the more advanced issues, this approach leads to a more mathematical treatment, including some theorems and proofs. Finally, each chapter concludes with a section on further findings, providing views on the state of research, generalizations and advanced solutions.



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Popular Mechanics - August 2008

Popular Mechanics - August 2008

Language: English
Paperback: 134 pages
Format: PDF
Size: 29 Mb


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CompTIA A+ Exam Prep (Exams A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, 220-604)

CompTIA A+ Exam Prep (Exams A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, 220-604)

Paperback: 1464 pages
Data: May 24, 2008
Format: CHM
Description: This book covers every skill measured by the latest A+ Exams including:
Understanding all essential PC terminology, concepts, internal components, and peripherals
Installing, upgrading, configuring, and optimizing PC components
Troubleshooting hardware and performing essential preventive maintenance
Mastering today’s best practices for professionalism and client communications
Managing storage, printers, and scanners
Maintaining laptops and other portable devices
Performing advanced component installation, upgrade, and troubleshooting
Installing, upgrading, repairing, and optimizing all Windows operating systems covered on the A+ exams
Securing PCs and safeguarding their contents against data loss
Setting up networks and troubleshooting network connectivity issues
Understanding and managing computer-related safety and environmental issues




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Pro SQL Server 2008 XML

Pro SQL Server 2008 XML

Paperback: 496 pages
Data: May 16, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Knowledge and ability to apply XML are de rigueur in today’s world, and SQL Server developers and administrators are no exception to that rule. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML is your key to unlocking the powerful XML feature set first introduced in SQL Server 2005 and since refined in SQL Server 2008. Author Michael Coles shows how to store XML using SQL Server’s built–in XML data type. Learn to query and manipulate XML data using standard technologies such as XQuery and XSLT. No SQL Server database professional can afford to be without knowledge of the XML feature set. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML delivers on the knowledge that you need to remain competitive in your career.
Shows how to store, query, and manipulate XML documents in SQL Server
Provides step–by–step examples showing best practices and advanced features
Accurately discusses how SQL Server’s XML feature set stacks up against the ISO XML standards

What you’ll learn
Store XML documents using SQL Server’s built–in XML data type.
Query those stored documents using SQL/XML and XQuery.
Manipulate and transform XML using XSLT and XPath.
Understand how SQL Server’s XML support compares to the ISO XML standards.
Create SOAP endpoints for use in web services applications.
Create primary and secondary XML indexes to improve performance of XML queries.




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Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology

Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology

Paperback: 402 pages
Data: May 30, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: The first practical, user-friendly guide to the theory and practice of a routinely used technique, this new manual provides the specialist in training with a thorough grounding in the equipment, procedures, and clinical findings with which clinicians need to be familiar. Conceived as an alternative to the large and expensive texts aimed at specialists, the handbook is divided into two sections, which present: · a review of the main kinds of arrhythmia, with illustrations of typical ECG findings supported where appropriate by correlative imaging · the principal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including implantation of pacemakers, resynchronization therapy, use and placement of catheters and ablation techniques Providing practical guidance on clinical applications, and illustrated with numerous graphics, checklists and flowcharts to enable readers to locate information quickly and easily, Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology is an accessible resource covering a widespread, but complex technology.



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Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (2nd Edition)

Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (2nd Edition)

Paperback: 1536 pages
Data: May 5, 2008
Format: CHM
Description: The only Windows Vista book you need

* We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Vista proficiency and use more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Vista, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Second Edition, is the book you need.

Tired of the constant barrage of spam, spyware, viruses and other ‘Net nasties? We show you how to rebuke the onslaught of hacker attacks, protect your identity, and keep your sanity, all at the same time.

* Is the new Vista interface making your trigger-finger itch? Ours too…that is, until we turned Windows inside out, shook out all the loose parts, and figured out just what makes this beast tick. Learn from our pain and suffering.

* If you finally broke down and purchased a Windows Media Center computer, or if you think you have one and didn’t even know it, you are holding just the book for you. We show you how to get up to speed with your new computer, transforming it from the little PC that could into the media juggernaut, entertainment center, gaming center, and way-better-than-TiVo replacement you never knew it could be.

* Ready to upgrade? We provide from-the-trenches advice on upgrading to Windows Vista. Maybe you to still want to run Windows XP but would like to try Vista for a while to see if you like it. We cover how to dual-boot your computer safely with both operating systems.



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Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services (Networking Technology)

Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services (Networking Technology)

Paperback: 400 pages
Data: May 18, 2008
Format: CHM
Description: Design and deploy Cisco WAN optimization and application acceleration solutions for the enterprise WAN

Today, IT organizations are increasingly squeezed by competing demands. They must support more distributed users who demand greater availability and performance. They must protect their digital assets with far more robust security. And they must do it all while gaining far greater control over cost. Distributing IT resources increases management, hardware, and software overhead, but centralizing IT can worsen application performance. There is a solution to this quandary: Cisco application acceleration and WAN optimization technologies that permit IT to safely centralize distributed IT resources, meeting user performance expectations without replacing existing network infrastructure.

Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services is the first comprehensive guide to designing and deploying solutions with these Cisco technologies. Zach Seils and Joel Christner show how to deploy Cisco WAAS in a scalable, transparent, and seamless fashion that responds to both your business and technical challenges. Writing for network design and implementation engineers and other networking professionals, they cover the entire planning and configuration process. Drawing on their extensive experience implementing WAAS in the enterprise, they also offer real-world implementation examples and case studies–including full chapters on network, branch office, and data center integration.

Zach Seils, CCIE No. 7861, is a technical leader in the Cisco Advanced Services Data Center Networking Practice, where he specializes in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting application acceleration solutions for the largest Cisco enterprise and service provider customers.

Joel Christner, CCIE No. 15311, is director of product management for Reconnex Corporation, the industry leader in data loss prevention (DLP) solutions. Prior to Reconnex, Joel was senior manager of technical marketing for the Application Delivery Business Unit (ADBU) at Cisco, where he helped drive the product and technical strategy for Cisco Wide Area Application Services. Christner is coauthor of Application Acceleration and WAN Optimization Fundamentals.




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Struts 2 in Action

Struts 2 in Action

Paperback: 432 pages
Data: May 1, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: The original Struts project revolutionized Java web development and its rapid adoption resulted in the thousands of Struts-based applications deployed worldwide. Keeping pace with new ideas and trends, Apache Struts 2 has emerged as the product of a merger between the Apache Struts and OpenSymphony WebWork projects, united in their goal to develop an easy-to-use yet feature-rich framework. Struts 2 represents a revolution in design and ease of use when compared to classic Struts. It adds exciting and powerful features such as a plugin framework, JavaServer Faces integration, and XML-free configuration.

Struts 2 In Action introduces the Apache Struts 2 web application framework and shows you how to quickly develop professional, production-ready modern web applications. Written by Don Brown, one of the leading developers of Struts 2, Chad Davis, a passionate Struts 2 developer, along with Scott Stanlick, this book gently walks you through the key features of Struts 2 in example-driven, easy-to-digest sections.

Struts 2 in Action delivers accurate, seasoned information that can immediately be put to work. This book is designed for working Java web developers-especially those with some background in Struts 1 or WebWork. The core content, covering key framework components such as Actions, Results, and Interceptors, includes new features like the annotation-based configuration options. You'll find chapters on Struts 2 plugins, FreeMarker, and migration from Struts 1 and WebWork 2. Finally, new topics such as the Ajax tags, Spring Framework integration, and configuration by convention give familiar subjects new depth.




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JavaScript: The Good Parts

JavaScript: The Good Parts

Paperback: 170 pages
Data: May 15, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole-a subset you can use to create truly extensible and efficient code. Considered the JavaScript expert by many people in the development community, author Douglas Crockford identifies the abundance of good ideas that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language-ideas such as functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. Unfortunately, these good ideas are mixed in with bad and downright awful ideas, like a programming model based on global variables. When Java applets failed, JavaScript became the language of the Web by default, making its popularity almost completely independent of its qualities as a programming language. In javascript: The Good Parts, Crockford finally digs through the steaming pile of good intentions and blunders to give you a detailed look at all the genuinely elegant parts of JavaScript, including: Syntax Objects Functions Inheritance Arrays Regular expressions Methods Style Beautiful features

The real beauty? As you move ahead with the subset of JavaScript that this book presents, you'll also sidestep the need to unlearn all the bad parts. Of course, if you want to find out more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, simply consult any other JavaScript book. With javascript: The Good Parts, you'll discover a beautiful, elegant, lightweight and highlyexpressive language that lets you create effective code, whether you're managing object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run fast. If you develop sites or applications for the Web, this book is an absolute must.



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Eating the IT Elephant: Moving from Greenfield Development to Brownfield

Eating the IT Elephant: Moving from Greenfield Development to Brownfield

Paperback: 256 pages
Data: May 9, 2008
Format: CHM
Description: A Practical, Start-to-Finish Approach to Managing, Evolving, and Transforming Legacy IT Systems

For every IT executive, manager, architect, program leader, project leader, and lead analyst
“Richard and Kevin introduce us to a reality that’s often neglected in our industry: the problem of evolving legacy systems, a domain they call ‘Brownfield development.’ The authors identify the root of the problem as that of complexity, and offer an approach that focuses on the fundamentals of abstraction and efficient communication to nibble at this problem of transformation bit by bit. As the old saying goes, the way you eat the elephant is one bite at a time. Richard and Kevin bring us to the table with knife and fork and other tools, and show us a way to devour this elephant in the room.”

Grady Booch, IBM Fellow, co-creator of UML

“Most organizations in the 21st century have an existing, complex systems landscape. It is time that the IT industry face up to the reality of the situation and the need for new development methods and tools that address it. This book describes a new approach to the development of future systems: a structured approach that recognizes the challenges of ‘Brownfield’ development, is based on engineering principles, and is supported by appropriate tooling.”

Chris Winter, CEng CITP FBCS FIET, IBM Fellow, Member of the IBM Academy of Technology

Most conventional approaches to IT development assume that you’re building entirely new systems. Today, “Greenfield” development is a rarity. Nearly every project exists in the context of existing, complex system landscapes--often poorly documented and poorly understood. Now, two of IBM’s most experienced senior architects offer a new approach that is fully optimized for the unique realities of “Brownfield” development.

Richard Hopkins and Kevin Jenkins explain why accumulated business and IT complexity is the root cause of large-scale project failure and show how to overcome that complexity “one bite of the elephant at a time.” You’ll learn how to manage every phase of the Brownfield project, leveraging breakthrough collaboration, communication, and visualization tools--including Web 2.0, semantic software engineering, model-driven development and architecture, and even virtual worlds.

This book will help you reengineer new flexibility and agility into your IT environment…integrate more effectively with partners…prepare for emerging business challenges… improve system reuse and value…reduce project failure rates…meet any business or IT challenge that requires the evolution or transformation of legacy systems.



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Epidemiology of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes

Epidemiology of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes

Paperback: 376 pages
Data: February 8, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: The epidemiology of diabetes in children and adolescents is changing, which carries profound implications for how clinicians screen, assess, and manage the world-wide epidemic of this chronic disease. Over the past few years, as the incidence of childhood obesity has dramatically increased, so has the emergence of Type 2 diabetes in young people, as well as the incidence of diabetic diagnoses anomalies that do not conform to the standard type1 or type 2 classification models. This will be the first book of its kind to address this critical paradigm shift, and offer insights and recommendations as to how clinicians can better care for this growing patient population.



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