If engineering is the art and science of technical problem solving, systems architecting happens when you don’t yet know what the problem is. The third edition of a highly respected bestseller,
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As in many other fields, biomedical engineers benefit from the use of computational intelligence (CI) tools to solve complex and non-linear problems. The benefits could be even greater if there were s
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging is now mandated by the department of defense and many of the world’s largest retailers including Wal-Mart. In order to stay competitive, more than 2
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A Brief History of Cocaine, Second Edition provides a fascinating historical insight into the reasons why cocaine use is increasing in popularity and why the rise of the cocaine trade is tightly linke
A comprehensive desk reference, this book is an easy-to-read guide to the practical skills and methods required by project managers running clinical studies. The author uses a framework based on seven
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Written by the foremost author in the field, this book explores the principles of informal logic as applied to clinical problems and the uses of evidence in logical reasoning. It covers general concep
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Though it seems illogical to offer treatment to reduce cardiovascular risk factors in those with a limited life expectancy and inappropriate to lower blood pressure in the elderly when it is known tha
Presenting the subject in a manner suitable for students who have never or rarely had any acquaintance with pathology, this book provides a concise and useful introduction to the subject across all le
Focusing primarily on day-to-day management issues, this book explores the way in which problems present and are managed in the hospital. An introductory section provides a refresher course on the 'ba
Edited by one of the world's top CO experts, Carbon Monoxide Toxicity compiles scientific information and clinical research to address the gamut of health-related CO issues. Lauded by reviewers as a s
This update of the 1995 second edition was necessitated by the publication of three important long-term outcome studies in 1997 and 1998, which provided much new information on the proper management o
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This is the "green book" that started it all -- the first book in English on JIT, written from the engineer's viewpoint. When Omark Industries bought 500 copies and studied it companywide, Omark becam
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This book uses tutorials and new material to describe the basic concepts of soft-computing which potentially can be used in real-life sensor network applications. It is organized in a manner that exem
Three unique pan-European datasets, the CORINE land cover, CLC 1990, CLC 2000, CLC 2006 and the fourth CLC 2012 dataset now processed, offer the opportunity to keep track of the European landscape via
100 Cases in Hand Surgery provides a clinical writeup of 100 typical cases covering all aspects and in high-yield format, ideal for quick review. The authors are well-known hand surgeon educators who
This acclaimed ‘how to…’ book on survival and empire-building in the dentistry business is ideal for anyone who owns, aspires to own, or is involved in managing a practice. It contains advice relevant
An indispensable guide, this three-volume set presents the state-of-the-art in silicon porosification and valuable perspective on what we can expect in the near future. Volume 1 focuses on the fundame
This book focuses on the history of video games, consoles, and home computers from the very beginning until the mid-nineties, which started a new era in digital entertainment. The text features the mo
Many people start the day with physical exercise but few seem to be so concerned with exercising the most human of organs-the brain. This book provides you with entertaining and challenging mental exe
In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy, many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today. When large
Atlas of the Neonatal Rat Brain provides photographic, histological illustrations of the anatomical features of the neonatal rat brain at postnatal (P) days P-1, P-7, and P-14. The sections are Nissl
A transition from a fossil fuel–based economy to one that uses renewable energy has become inevitable; this transition will not only be an engineering challenge, but will also be an economic and envir
Whether obtained by microscopes, space probes, or the human eye, the same basic tools can be applied to acquire, process, and analyze the data contained in images. Ideal for self study, The Image Proc
Bank filtration (BF) is a natural water treatment process which induces surface water to flow in response to a hydraulic gradient through soil/sediment and into a vertical or horizontal well. It is a
