Advanced Java(TM) 2 Platform How to Program

A book for experienced Java programmers who want to build robust, scalable, distributed Web and enterprise applications. Detailed coverage of XML programming with Java, including DTDs, DOM, SAX, and XSL. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. Introduction. Architecture of the Book. Tours of the Book. Running Example Code. Design Patterns. 2. Advanced Swing Graphical User ...

Air-Sea Interaction: Laws and Mechanisms

In recent years air-sea interaction has emerged as a subject in its own right, encompassing small-scale and large-scale processes in both air and sea. Air-Sea Interaction: Laws and Mechanisms is a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate, what physical laws govern ...

Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB

This is the first book that provides a balanced treatment of image processing basics and software principles used in the practical application of image processing. Working in the MATLAB computing environment, it provides a stable, well-supported set of software tools capable of addressing a broad spectrum of applications in digital ...

Competency-Based Human Resource Management

This book describes a new model of performance management that matches employee talents to the work that must be done. By focusing on the critical competencies that distinguish star performers, HR professionals can transform the way they recruit, train, develop, and compensate top-performing employees. Hardcover: 376 pages, Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing ...

Integrated Livestock-Fish Farming Systems

This book was prepared by the authors under the overall coordination of Matthias Halwart, Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture) and with the collaboration of colleagues from Animal Production Service, particularly Manuel Sanchez and Simon Mack, who contributed comments. The printing of the publication was supported by the Interdepartmental Working Group on ...

Oil Field Chemicals

Oil field chemicals are gaining increasing importance, as the resources of crude oil are decreasing. An increasing demand of more sophisticated methods in the exploitation of the natural resources emerges for this reason. This book reviews the progress in the area of oil field chemicals and additives of the last ...

Fine Tuning Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems

This comprehensive, hands-on manual covers all of the procedures necessary to fine-tune HVAC/R systems for optimum operating efficiency. Easy-to-follow guidelines and worksheets guide readers through each step of the process, giving them the tools they need to assure that equipment can operate at peak efficiency as designed by the manufacturer. ...

Routledge History of Philosophy: Medieval Philosophy (Routledge History of Philosophy)

Experts in the field provide comprehensive analyses of the key areas of medieval philosophy and its most influential figures, including: Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, Eriugena, Anselm, Abelard, Grosseteste, Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, Duns Scotus, Peter Aureoli, William of Ockham, Wyclif, Suarez, and the enormous and enduring influence of Boethius on the ...