"Are you ready to Man Up? According to national statistics, over fifty percent of you working men are unhappy in your jobs. In Star Man, author Gary Combs asks: Is it your work that really bothers you
International Trade Subsidy Rules and Tax and Financial Export Incentives is an inquiry into the interrelations between international trade subsidy rules and the use of tax and financial export incent
Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of the National Book Award-winning How We Die, once again combines knowledge, compassion, and elegance of expression to shed light on the workings of our bodies from the per
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes
This book is the third of three volumes that illustrate the concept of social networks from a computational point of view. The book contains contributions from a international selection of world-class
This book is the second of three volumes that illustrate the concept of social networks from a computational point of view. The book contains contributions from a international selection of world-clas
This Springer Brief discusses efficient security protocols and schemes for multi-hop wireless networks. It presents an overview of security requirements for these networks, explores challenges in secu
This short primer provides a concise and tutorial-style introduction to transport phenomena in Newtonian fluids , in particular the transport of mass, energy and momentum.The reader will find detailed
This brief focuses on network planning and resource allocation by jointly considering cost and energy sustainability in wireless networks with sustainable energy. The characteristics of green energy a
This book covers performance analysis of computer networks, and begins by providing the necessary background in probability theory, random variables, and stochastic processes. Queuing theory and sim
The primary purpose of this book is to show that a multilayer neural network can be considered as a multistage system, and then that the learning of this class of neural networks can be treated as a s
In the beat of a heart, the world has changed. Seemingly random disappearances transport a portion of the world's population to an unknown place, and catastrophic events follow. As twenty-five-year-ol
In the beat of a heart, the world has changed. Seemingly random disappearances transport a portion of the world's population to an unknown place, and catastrophic events follow. As twenty-five-year-ol
Security and Privacy in Social Networks brings to the forefront innovative approaches for analyzing and enhancing the security and privacy dimensions in online social networks, and is the first compre
In this book, the fundamentals of chemical engineering are presented with respect to applications in micro system technology, microfluidics, and transport processes within microstructures. Special fea
The book reports on the latest theories on artificial neural networks, with a special emphasis on bio-neuroinformatics methods. It includes twenty-three papers selected from among the best contributio
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, held in Sydney, Australia, in Sept
This book constitutes the post-proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2013, held in Cork, Ireland, in September 2013. The 18 revised full papers
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, ADHOCNETS 2013, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2013. The 14 revised full papers
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Citizen Sensor Networks, CitiSens 2013, held in Barcelona, Spain, in September 2013. The 8 papers presented in this volu
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Algorithms for Sensor Systems, Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Autonomous Mobile Entities, ALGOSENSORS 2013, held in Sophia Ant
IP-based multimedia communications have become increasingly popular in recent years. With the increasing coverage of the IEEE 802:11? based wireless networks, IP-based multimedia communications over w
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2005, held in Wuhan, China in December 2005. The volume also contains 12
This brief examines resource allocation and interference management for 4G femtocells. It introduces 4G femtocells in the context of 4G mobile networks and discusses related technical challenges in re
This book covers the latest advances in the rapid growing field of inter-cooperative collective intelligence aiming the integration and cooperation of various computational resources, networks and int
This thesis presents a significant contribution to decentralized resource allocation problems with strategic agents. The study focused on three classes of problems arising in communication networks. (
LEXICON AND ATLAS OF THE MODERN WORLD coinciding with THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD From Solon of the sixth century BCE to Alexander the Great of the fourth century BCE, the Ancient Greek World covered abou
On Trinidad, the island of the steel pan, calypso, and carnivals, Annabelle Castello grows up in the impoverished Bristol Village before circumstances transport her to the affluent city of Port-of-Spa
On Trinidad, the island of the steel pan, calypso, and carnivals, Annabelle Castello grows up in the impoverished Bristol Village before circumstances transport her to the affluent city of Port-of-Spa
Our health, our income and our social networks at older ages are the consequence of what has happened to us over the course of our lives. The situation at age 50+ reflects our own decisions as well as
In the modern world of gigantic datasets, which scientists and practioners of all fields of learning are confronted with, the availability of robust, scalable and easy-to-use methods for pattern recog
DISCOVER THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN QUEENWhen her eccentric friend Dr. Reit invents an amazing transport into other worlds, Sheila McCarthy accidentally falls through the portal into the kingdom of Arr
I Loved You Wednesdayis a novel about temporary commitments. For Chris and Steve, love develops out of a friendship rooted in their common struggle for that one big break on the TV networks or on Broa
The World Was My Shepherd shares the story of Ben Shocklin's life. Filled with hope and security, he had a childhood most people only dream of--lots of family time, vacations, game nights, and time wi
The World Was My Shepherd shares the story of Ben Shocklin's life. Filled with hope and security, he had a childhood most people only dream of--lots of family time, vacations, game nights, and time wi
In the second book of "The Saga of a World Called Htrae," Laurel is kidnapped by a hybrid named Learden. When she looses hope of ever seeing Kianas again, she gives herself up to the feelings she has
Travel along with Steve as he visits 100 countries and all 7 continents. From a middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York, he left the corporate world to explore the rest of the world - and found amaz
Travel along with Steve as he visits 100 countries and all 7 continents. From a middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York, he left the corporate world to explore the rest of the world - and found amaz
