Practical API Design

This important book answers the growing call for US institutions to internationalize, create global citizens, and better serve diverse populations. Faculty are increasingly tasked with simultaneously

This important book answers the growing call for US institutions to internationalize, create global citizens, and better serve diverse populations. Faculty are increasingly tasked with simultaneously

This book presents the design of delay-efficient packet schedulers for heterogeneous M2M uplink traffic classified into several classes, based on packet delay requirements, payload size, arrival proce

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All the essential gardening tasks and accessible expert advice in one comprehensive how-to volume.

Service design offers a tangible and effective approach for organizations to employ to better respond to the needs and demands of their customers. The Art of Services Design shows how organizations ca

The multidisciplinary nature of learning-games development is key to successful projects. In this book, field leaders in serious games and professionals in entertainment games share practical guidelines and lessons from their own experiences researching and developing learning games. This volume includes: • The key elements of design and development that require particular attention from multiple disciplines to ensure success • An overview of successful models and methods, and the trade-offs made throughout the process, to guide development • Cohesive, multidisciplinary views of the issues that arise and of the techniques applied in order to produce effective learning games grounded in specific experiences, community consensus, and analysis of successful learning games that have already been released • The stories behind the games, to illustrate how final design and development decisions were reached. Aimed at professionals and academics interested in developing and researching learnin

Learn how to design and implement successful aeration control systemsCombining principles and practices from mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering, this book enables you to analyze, de

Ultrasonic testing is a relatively new branch of science and industry. The development of ultrasonic testing started in the late 1920s. At the beginning, the fundamentals of this method were borrowed

In today’s sophisticated world, reliability stands as the ultimate arbiter of quality. An understanding of reliability and the ultimate compromise of failure is essential for determining the value of

To stay ahead of the competition, today s organizations must invest in ongoing training that continuously improves their employees knowledge and skills. A Practical Guide to Training and Development i

A major revision of the international bestseller on game programming!Graphics hardware has evolved enormously in the last decade. Hardware can now be directly controlled through techniques such as sha

The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE) is an open-source software toolkit created to solve network programming challenges. Huston, president of a consultancy, offers a book/CD-ROM guide to ACE f

This two-volume set for a two-semester course in applied RF engineering explains how to build high-speed blocks for gain, loss, frequency conversion, and oscillation. Volume one covers receiver chara

This textbook for a senior electrical engineering course introduces a two-port S-parameter approach to amplifier design; describes several nonlinear circuit simulators; and explains the principles of

Change is an ever-present and powerful force in today's fast-paced world. To keep an organization clearly focused on fulfilling its mission, nonprofit leaders must develop specific, strategic initiati

Tools for the Design Revolution critically examines the history and influences on current designs trends, giving practical guidelines and tools for creating sustainable design processes into the futur

Design and Development of Medical Electronic Instrumentation fills a gap in the existing medical electronic devices literature by providing background and examples of how medical instrumentation is ac

A paradigm-shifting look at design that empowers readers to tackle the world's hardest problems In Design Thinking For Humanity: Cultivating a Transformative Mindset for a Better and Sustainable Future, Design Thinking and Business Ecosystems Design Thought Leader, Michael Lewrick, delivers an insightful discussion of a "Designing for Humanity" framework. The author demonstrates the interconnectedness of all living beings and the urgent need for ecological and social justice, showing you how those interconnections can empower designers and innovators to address complex global challenges. The book is divided into five parts: Future Thinking, Design Thinking, Ecological Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Exponential Thinking. Each part addresses how to tackle a variety of hard problems, from climate change to inequality and resource depletion. You'll also find: Strategies for fostering empathy, collaboration, and an understanding of the intricate web of lifeTools to help you become an agent

With its unique ability to transfer heat over large distances with minimal loss, the heat pipe has emerged as a proven environmentally friendly, energy-saving solution for passive thermal control. How

Explores the character of materials available for outdoor construction. This book looks at: natural materials such as stone, wood and clay; composites such as concrete, glass and metals; and, the tech