Silverlight represents an entirely new level of rich Web interface technology for Microsoft developers. "Silverlight 2 in Action" is the first book to cover Silverlight 2, a far more robust implementation of Silverlight than the current 1 release that supports only JavaScript.
"Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms" - now in an extensively updated third edition - addresses the problem of optimizing an objective function in the presence of equality and inequality constraints. Many realistic problems cannot be adequately represented as a linear program owing to the nature of the nonlinearity of the objective ...
This book summarises the current state of the art of our understanding of the problem of non-communicable diseases and their primary prevention. It aims to increase international awareness of the global burden of non-communicable diseases and in particular to highlight the trends in developing countries; evaluates the impact of changes in diet, ...
Measures of biological variation have long been associated with many indices of social inequality. Data on health, nutrition, fertility, mortality, physical fitness, intellectual performance and a range of heritable biological markers show the ubiquity of such patterns across time, space and population. This volume reviews the current evidence for ...
The study of infectious diseases has undergone major changes since its infancy when it was largely a documentation of epidemics. It has now evolved into a dynamic phenomenon involving the ecology of the infectious agent, pathogenesis in the host, reservoirs and vetors, as well as the complex mechanisms concerned in the spread of infection and the ...
Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco's harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking advocates, current surveys show that about one-quarter of all adults in the United States are smokers. This audience is the target for a wave of tobacco products and pharmaceuticals that claim to preserve tobacco pleasure while reducing its toxic effects. ...
"Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience", by David L. Felten and Anil N. Shetty, is an atlas and textbook that combines nearly 400 illustrations and radiologic images highlighting key neuroanatomical concepts and clinical correlations with updated information that reflects our current understanding of the nervous system. It offers user-friendly coverage ...
In modern multicultural societies, the topic of 'health and ethnicity' has become increasingly recognized as highly relevant. All too frequently, academic coverage of the topic has been scattered in specialist literature of different disciplines; a book bringing these perspectives together has so far been lacking. The aim of the book is to explain ...
Design for Product Success examines the techniques used by world-class companies to guide the design and development of high-quality products in a step-by-step manner, using analytical tools and case studies. Some of the topics covered in this book are: How to build a product team; Characteristics of a self-directed product team; New product ...
This unique book examines up-to-the-minute uses of technology in financial markets and then explains how you can profit from that knowledge. To participate in mainstream .NET development, you must address the changes in financial markets by using the most sophisticated tools available, Microsoft .NET technology. Software developers and architects, ...
Justice V R Krishna Iyer is one of the most prominent judges in the Supreme Court of India and his contributions to labour jurisprudence are legendary. This book analyzes the most important judgements delivered by Justice Iyer from the perspective of social justice. Arranging the judgements contextually and in accordance with the subject and ...
Leading scientists, clinicians, and clinical investigators comprehensively review the epidemiology, molecular virology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of chronic hepatitis caused by the B and C viruses. The discussion of patient management includes contributions on developing novel therapeutics, supporting patients during therapy, ...
This review text contains 120 randomly organized central nervous system radiology cases in a question and answer format, meant for study by radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other physicians. It contains cases illustrating neurological diseases using MRI, CT, invasive, and non-invasive vascular imaging, with a focus on diagnostic ...
World-wide there are more overweight and obese people (1 billion) than there are malnourished (0.8 billion). Today the challenge lies not just in meeting basic nutritional needs, but providing additional protective ingredients to help prevent the major chronic diseases associated with obesity. Biotechnology has become an important tool in recent ...
This book contains specific recommendations by world renowned experts for boosting productivity through quality and employee management techniques. It provides new understanding, backed by the experiences of close to two dozen major firms, of the day-to-day policies and practices that contribute to business success. The contributors, representing ...
Revised and updated to reflect the latest research and advances available, "Food Biotechnology, Second Edition" demonstrates the effect that biotechnology has on food production and processing. It is an authoritative and exhaustive compilation that discusses the bioconversion of raw food materials to processed products, the improvement of food ...
This book contains around 120 illustrated cases and the integrated questions cover the full spectrum of neurological disease, using modern imaging techniques - MRI, CT, invasive and non-invasive vascular imaging. The emphasis is on diagnostic neuroimaging in adults and children, with some interventional neuroradiological cases.
The commonest peripheral nerve disease in man is leprosy. It is estimated that over 12 million people suffer from this disease and about a fourth of them have some deformity. However, the majority of deformities seen in leprosy are not peculiar to the disease. They are also seen in other peripheral neuropathies including trauma, and systematic ...
Written by one of the world's leading ophthalmologists, Atlas of Fundus Florescein Angiography provides a comprehensive look at fluorescein angiographic findings in different disorders. Covering technique and methodology, the atlas provides the foundation needed to incorporate this discipline into ophthalmic evaluations. Supplying images for ...
Creatures great and small people Shetty's poetic world - from the spider ("A jiggling asterisk"), to the king cobra (whose hood "mushrooms/Open like an explosion"); from ants (with "Bodies like puffed rice") to a peacock startlingly observed. This is a poetry of vivid metaphor extending into the real world, mirroring through unique angles the ...
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