Polymer Tribology

Polymer Tribology
Sujeet K. Sinha (Author, Editor), Brian J Briscoe (Editor) | 2009-03-25 00:00:00 | Imperial College Press | 724 | Chemical Engineering
This book deals with the new and now-expanding field of friction, wear, and other surface-related mechanical phenomena for polymers. Polymers have been used in various forms such as bulk, films, and composites in applications where their friction, wear resistance, and other surface-related properties have been effectively utilized. There are also many examples in which polymers have performed extremely well, such as in tyres, shoes, brakes, gears, bearings, small moving parts in electronics and MEMS, cosmetics/hair products, and artificial human joints. Around the world, much research is currently being undertaken to develop new polymers, in different forms, for further enhancing tribological performance and for finding novel applications. Keeping in view the importance of tribology of polymers for research and technology as well as the vast literature that is now available in research papers and review articles, this timely book brings together a wealth of research data for an understanding of the basic principles of the subject.
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Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation

Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation
Sam Cushman, Falk Huettmann | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 | Springer; 1 edition | 464 | Biology
As Earth faces the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years, the present is a moment of tremendous foment and emergence in ecological science. With leaps in advances in ecological research and the technical tools available, scientists face the critical task of challenging policymakers and the public to recognize the urgency of our global crisis. This book focuses directly on the interplay between theory, data, and analytical methodology in the rapidly evolving fields of animal ecology, conservation, and management. The mixture of topics of particular current relevance includes landscape ecology, remote sensing, spatial modeling, geostatistics, genomics, and ecological informatics. The greatest interest to the practicing scientist and graduate student will be the synthesis and integration of these topics to provide a composite view of the emerging field of spatial ecological informatics and its applications in research and management.
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Murach's Beginning Java 2

Murach's Beginning Java 2
| 2009-02-25 00:00:00 | | 0 | Java


An exciting, new approach to Java instruction that includes the latest Java releases (1.3.1 and 1.4). In just 20 chapters, you grow from beginner to entry-level professional. Along the way, you learn how to develop GUIs with Swing components; how to work with files; how to use JDBC to work with databases; how to develop applets that are run from Internet browsers; how to work with threads; and much more. It?s all there in the unique Murach style that has been training professional programmers for more than 25 years.

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Great Java Book for IBM mainframers
I have many of Mike Murach's books and I like the way they are organized. I would recommend this for any IBM mainframe programmers trying to learn Java (like me). I am still reading it, but am positive this is the one of many Java books you need to have.

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a very easy way to learn java
simple step by step instructions. very easy to follow

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The best book to start in java
When I began studying Java, a friend of mine recommended me this book and it was perfect because I could learned the essential Java skills, object-oriented programming, Swing and so on. Besides, I could understand how to work with float values in my business application by using the class Big Decimal in order not to lose precision and digits.


Therefore, I can confidently say that this book is an excellent choice for learning Java and developing high quality software.

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Good textbook with minor errors and not very consistent structure
I am taking my Begining Java Class now and we use this textbook. Overall book is good although with some errors in text and some of the code is hard to understand without whole program code. My instructor studied on previous edition and said that previous edition was better structured.

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Mainframers, this is your book!
As a mainframe software engineer with over twenty years in the business, I have for several years now seen the need and have endeavored to learn some Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) language such as C++ or Java. Until recently, though, all I have had to show for my efforts is a stack of highly-rated but little-read books on the subject. The reason they are little-read is I would get about 4 chapters in to the book, only to get utterly lost and give up, and toss the C++ or Java book onto a stack of similar books in the corner of my home office, fighting the despair that I would ever learn any of this stuff.


Eventually, I got hold of Beginning Java2 (JDK 5) by Lowe, Murach, and Steelman; published by Murach and Associates. As a result of working through this book, I am glad to report that I am finally successfully writing programs using weird and bizarre (to us mainframers) things such as Classes, Objects, Constructors, Methods, Inheritance, and Polymorphism; and I am actually understanding what is going on. Even more shocking, it is fun!


I think the problem with all those other books was that they assumed the reader either knew something about Object Oriented programming, or knew nothing about any kind of programming. However, I think for some of us, when approaching OOP, knowing mainframe programming is worse than knowing nothing. This Java book clearly explains things in ways that we mainframe people can easily latch onto.


If you want to finally, successfully make the jump from legacy work to Object Oriented, this is your book.

BRS Pharmacology (Board Review Series)

BRS Pharmacology (Board Review Series)
Gary C. Rosenfeld,David S. Loose | 2006-07-24 00:00:00 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | 372 | Medical Assistants

This concise review of medical pharmacology is designed for medical students, dental students, and others in the health care professions. It is intended primarily to help students prepare for licensing examinations such as the USMLE Step 1 or similar examinations. Each chapter presents specific drugs and discusses their general properties, mechanism of action, pharmacologic effects, therapeutic uses, and adverse effects. Drug lists and two-color tables and figures summarize essential drug information in all chapters. Clinically oriented USMLE-style review questions and answers with explanations follow each chapter. A comprehensive examination consisting of USMLE-style questions appears at the end of the book.

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Traditional BRS books. They're great. Not much more can be said about them.
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This is not for board review and not exactly high yield for finals either. It has way too many mistakes for being the fifth edition. The ANS section is by far the most unwell written chapter.
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This is a good supplement to class notes and First Aid for pharm if you need to go above and beyond. However, it is very detailed compared with other titles in the BRS series. I found it too detailed for my pharmacology class and too time consuming for board prep.
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This is a new edition. Disregard the other reviews about the older, outdated edition.
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I was one of the few people in my medical school class that liked this book. I used it as a supplement to my class notes and pharmcards to study for pharmacology. I used it in addition to FirstAid to study for the boards. I found it to be excellent. I like the outline format. I found that it hit upon the pertain side effects and interactions, and I liked the organization. Mechanism of action descriptions were adequate for nearly all questions I was asked. Most in my class used the Lippicontt Illustrated Reviews Pharmacology book. But, they weren't #1 in their class for both Pharm I and Pharm II in medical school. I was. It is a good book. It is a little old now, and is certainly over-due for a new edition. I hope they come out with one. This book presents the facts concisely without a lot of fluff. Give it a shot. And, its cheaper.

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El Lenguaje del cine (Spanish Edition)

El Lenguaje del cine (Spanish Edition)
Marcel Martin | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | Gedisa Editorial | 272 | Movies
Noventa anos después del descubrimiento de los hermanos Lumiere ya no se discute seriamente que el cine es un arte. Acaso es presuntuoso pensar que en la historia del cine haya unos cincuenta films que son tan valiosos como La Iliada, el Partenon, la Sixtina, la Gioconda o la Novena Sinfonia, y cuya destrucción empobrecceria del mismo modo el patrimonio artístico y cultural de la humanidad? Si, tal vez, pues semejante afirmación parecería muy audaz para los que persisten en considerar el cine como una "diversión de ilotas" (George Duhamel): es fácil responder que si algunos desprecian el cine, en realidad lo hacen porque ignoran sus bellezas y que, en tal caso, es absolutamente irracional considar desrecible un arte que, socialmente hablando, es el mas importante y el mas influyente de nuestra época. Pero hay que reconocer que la índole misma del cine proporciona no poca armas contra el mismo. --- from book's back cover

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DK Publishing - Desert

DK Publishing - Desert
DK CHILDREN | 2006-01-01 00:00:00 | | 48 | Geography
From morning to midnight, these beautifully illustrated guides invite readers to spend a day with the animals and plants that inhabit the world's most fascinating environments.
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Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers, Second Edition: Principles and Applications

Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers, Second Edition: Principles and Applications
| 2009-12-17 00:00:00 | | 0 | Computer Engineering


PIC microcontrollers are used worldwide in commercial and industrial devices. The 8-bit PIC which this book focuses on is a versatile work horse that completes many designs. An engineer working with applications that include a microcontroller will no doubt come across the PIC sooner rather than later. It is a must to have a working knowledge of this 8-bit technology.

This book takes the novice from introduction of embedded systems through to advanced development techniques for utilizing and optimizing the PIC family of microcontrollers in your device. To truly understand the PIC, assembly and C programming language must be understood. The author explains both with sample code and examples, and makes the transition from the former to the latter an easy one. This is a solid building block for future PIC endeavors.

New to the 2nd Edition:
*Include end of chapter questions/activities moving from introductory to advanced
*More worked examples
*Includes PowerPoint slides for instructors
*Includes all code snips on a companion web site for ease of use
*A survey of 16/32-bit PICs
*A project using ZigBee


*Covers both assembly and C programming languages, essential for optimizing the PIC
*Amazing breadth of coverage moving from introductory to advanced topics covering more and more complex microcontroller families
*Details MPLAB and other Microchip design tools