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Friday, 15 June 2012

Understanding Social Media

"Understanding Social Media" by Varinder Taprial & Priya Kanwar
BoBoCoAe, Varinder Taprial & Priya Kanwar | 2012 | ISBN: 8776819927 9788776819927 | 61 pages | PDF | 5 MB


This book delves into the evolution of Social Media, its benefits for individuals/ businesses and social media management.

Social Media is the buzz about town. Almost everyone with internet access is using social media in some form or the other. It is changing the way individuals and organizations communicate or interact with others. However, despite its popularity, most people have a very limited understanding of the scope and utility of Social Media in its entirety.

Contents
Introduction
1 What is Social Media?
2 The Changing Face of Social Media 2.1 The Phreaking Era (1950’s – Early 90’s)
2.2 Bulletin Board Systems (BBS’s) – (1979- 1995)
2.3 Commercial Online Services (1979 – 2001)
2.4 The World Wide Web (WWW) – 1991
2.5 IRC, ICQ and Instant Messenger (1983-1996)
2.6 Peer-To-Peer (P2P), BitTorrent - “Social” Media Sharing (1999)
2.7 Social Networking Sites (1997-2008)
2.8 Social Bookmarking (1996 –2003)
2.9 Blogs (1994-1999)
2.11 The Future of Social Media
3 Understanding Social Media
3.1 Classification of Social Media
3.2 Honeycomb Framework of Social Media Functionality
3.3 Social Media Landscape 2011 by Fred Cavazza
4 Benefits of Social Media For Individuals
5 Benefits of Social Media for Businesses
6 Social Media Management
6.1 Identification of Relevant Social Media
6.2 Profile Creation
6.3 Expanding the Network
6.5 Monitoring and Analysis
6.6 Why Businesses Need Social Media Strategy
7 Social Media Tools
7.1 Social Media Engagement Tools
7.2 Social Media Monitoring and Analysis Tools
7.3 Professional Listening Tools
7.4 Other Tools
 
 

Advanced Wireless LAN

"Advanced Wireless LAN " ed. by Song Guo
InTeO | 2012 | ISBN: 9535106456 9789535106456 | 145 pages | PDF | 6 MB


This book presents some of the latest development status of wireless LAN, covering the topics on physical layer, MAC layer, QoS and systems. It provides an opportunity for both practitioners and researchers to explore the problems that arise in the rapidly developed technologies in wireless LAN.

The past two decades have witnessed starling advances in wireless LAN technologies that were stimulated by its increasing popularity in the home due to ease of installation, and in commercial complexes offering wireless access to their customers.

Contents
Preface
1 Sum-Product Decoding of Punctured Convolutional Code for Wireless LAN
2 A MAC Throughput in the Wireless LAN
3 MAC-Layer QoS Evaluation Metrics for IEEE 802.11e-EDCF Protocol over Nodes' Mobility Constraints
4 Techniques for Preserving QoS Performance in Contention-Based IEEE 802.11e Networks
5 QoS Adaptation for Realizing Interaction Between Virtual and Real Worlds Through Wireless LAN
6 Custom CMOS Image Sensor with Multi-Channel High-Speed Readout Dedicated to WDM-SDM Indoor Optical Wireless LAN
 
 

Saturday, 2 June 2012

Business Dynamics in the 21st Century

"Business Dynamics in the 21st Century" ed. by Chee-Heong Quah and Ong Lin Dar
InTeO | 2012 | ISBN: 9535106289 9789535106289 | 269 pages | PDF | 5 MB


Readers shall find that reading this book is an enlightening and pleasant experience, as the discussions are delivered in a clear, straightforward, and "no-frills" manner - suitable to academics and practitioners. If desired, the book can serve as an additional piece of reference for teaching and research in business and economics.

In this 21st century of opportunity and turbulence, business firms need to equip themselves with new competencies that were never thought of before. For this reason, this book is timely as it introduces new insights into new problems in the aspects of performance and quality improvement, networking and logistics in the interconnected world, as well as developments in monetary and financial environment surrounding private enterprises today.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Performance and Quality as the Competitve Edge
1 Improving Organizational Performance Through Reward Systems
2 Capacity Assessments for Improving Corporate Efficiency - Case of Limassol Turkish Cooperative Bank in Northern Cyprus
3 Sustainability and Quality of Life Modeling the Complexity of Governance
4 Processes Management Guaranteeing Life-Cycle Quality of the Maintenance Service Agreement - A Study Regarding Outsourced Maintenance Services
5 Balanced Scorecard's Interpretative Variability and Organizational Change
6 Uncovering the Pre-Dispositional Roots of Job Satisfaction
7 An Exploratory Study of Problems Facing Small and Medium Sized Contractors in the Free State Province of South Africa
Section 2 Networks and Logistics as the Link to Success
8 Managing Networks in Business Organizations
9 Supply Chain Management in International Logistics - RFID Applications
Section 3 Money and Finance in Global Markets
10 The Determinants of Corporate Debt Maturity Structure
11 The Brazilian Stock Market - Dimension, Structure, and Main Features
12 The Case for Monetary Union in East Asia - From Theory to Empirics
 
 

Big Bad-Ass Book of Cocktails: 1,500 Recipes to Mix It Up!

Paul Knorr, "Big Bad-Ass Book of Cocktails: 1,500 Recipes to Mix It Up!"
2010 | ISBN-10: 0762438398 | EPUB, MOBI | 672 pages | 1,3 + 0,6 MB


This comprehensive collection of cocktail recipes will be an essential resource for both professional bartenders and the average party host. Want to serve up perfect martinis at your next social gathering? Cosmos for the classy ladies? Sex on the Beach for those who want to sound risque? A Shirley Temple for the thirteen-year-olds counting down the days to twenty-one? Big Bad-Ass Book of Cocktails is the complete guide to these classic drinks as well as trendy concoctions featured at bars and nightclubs.

What exactly is in a Long Island Iced Tea? By reputation alone, this drink can be intimidating to produce on your own. Big Bad-Ass Book of Cocktails breaks down the mystery behind this intoxicating “tea” and all of your favorite drinks. In an easy-to-follow format and featuring a fun four-color design, this is perfect for beginners and will become that trusted and tattered handbook behind the bar for professionals. 
 
 
 

Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro

Bobbi Brown, "Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro"
ISBN: 0446581356 | 2011 | EPUB/MOBI | 232 pages | 5 MB/5 MB


This is the book that Bobbi Brown's fans have been waiting for: her 25-plus years of makeup styling experience distilled into one complete, gorgeous book. Bobbi looks at everything from skincare basics to every aspect of facial makeup--from how to find the right color and type of foundation for any skin tone to how to apply every detail of eye makeup (Brows, Eye Liner, Eye Shadow, and Eye Lashes) no matter your eye color and shape. Of course there are never-before-seen tips on blush, bronzer, lip liners, lipstick, etc.

And Bobbi looks beyond the face with informative chapters on "Hands and Feet" and "Body Skin Care." Each chapter has thorough step-by-step basic directions for makeup application and easy-to-follow photographs and line drawings, along with Bobbi's expert, yet assuring, advice. Plus, there's a groundbreaking section of the book that will be of special interest to women who've wanted to know how makeup stylists do what they do: the top beauty secrets only these artists know, essential equipment to keep on hand, how to break into the business, and how to work with photographers and celebrities.

Breathtaking photos of the finished faces-from everyday looks to exotic runway style-along with advice on putting it all together for every woman, make this a book like no other.

BOBBI BROWN'S MAKEUP MANUAL will be the only book any woman will need to look absolutely fabulous.
 
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The Battle of the Century: Dempsey, Carpentier, and the Birth of Modern Promotion

The Battle of the Century: Dempsey, Carpentier, and the Birth of Modern Promotion By Jim Waltzer
2011 | 238 Pages | ISBN: 0313382441 | PDF | 2 MB


Immortalized as the battle of the century by Ring Lardner, the Dempsey-Carpentier heavyweight title bout marked America's first experience with the intersection of show business, high society, politics, and the underworld at a single sporting event. The Battle of the Century: Dempsey, Carpentier, and the Birth of Modern Promotion offers the definitive history of this landmark event's genesis and impact.

To explain why the fight had such a far-reaching influence on mass entertainment and modern culture, newspaperman Jim Waltzer invites readers to travel the path to the 1921 heavyweight championship. Along the way, they will meet a cast of outsize characters, including the savage defending champion (and alleged World War I slacker) Jack Dempsey, French pretty-boy war hero Georges Carpentier, promoter Tex Rickard, Dempsey's slippery manager Doc Kearns, and Jersey City boss Frank Hague. As the tale unfolds, so does an understanding of the forces that shaped the Roaring Twenties and established promotional hype as the MO of business.
 
 

Technology and Engineering Applications of Simulink

"Technology and Engineering Applications of Simulink" ed. by Subhas Chakravarty
InTeO | 2012 | ISBN: 9535106357 9789535106357 | 265 pages | PDF | 11 MB


The chapters of the book demonstrate the power and capabilities of Simulink to solve engineering problems with varied degree of complexity in the virtual environment.

Building on MATLAB (the language of technical computing), Simulink provides a platform for engineers to plan, model, design, simulate, test and implement complex electromechanical, dynamic control, signal processing and communication systems. Simulink-Matlab combination is very useful for developing algorithms, GUI assisted creation of block diagrams and realisation of interactive simulation based designs.

Contents
Preface
1 Analysis of Power Electronic Controllers in Electric Power Systems Using Simulink
2 Study of Inductive-Capacitive Series Circuits Using the Simulink Software Package
3 Fixed Transmission Media
4 Co-Simulation Procedure for PID and Fuzzy Logic Active Controls Strategies Applied to a Sprayers Boom Suspension
5 S-Function Library for Bond Graph Modeling
6 From Control Design to FPGA Implementation
7 Describing Function Recording with Simulink and MATLAB
8 Performance Evaluation of a Temperature Control Stage Used on a Semiconductor Gas Sensor 3D Electro-Thermal Model Through Simulink(r)
9 Matlab Simulink(r) Model of a Braked Rail Vehicle and Its Applications
10 Using of Hybrid Supply for Electric or Hybrid Vehicles
11 The Uses of Artificial Intelligence for Electric Vehicle Control Applications
 
 

Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

Nicholas Shaxson, "Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens"
2011 | ISBN-10: 0230105017 | EPUB, MOBI | 272 pages | 0,4 + 1,4 MB


A thrilling ride inside the world of tax havens and corporate masterminds

While the United States experiences recession and economic stagnation and European countries face bankruptcy, experts struggle to make sense of the crisis. Nicholas Shaxson, a former correspondent for the Financial Times and The Economist, argues that tax havens are a central cause of all these disasters.

In this hard hitting investigation he uncovers how offshore tax evasion, which has cost the U.S. 100 billion dollars in lost revenue each year, is just one item on a long rap sheet outlining the damage that offshoring wreaks on our societies. In a riveting journey from Moscow to London to Switzerland to Delaware, Shaxson dives deep into a vast and secret playground where bankers and multinational corporations operate side by side with nefarious tax evaders, organized criminals and the world’s wealthiest citizens. Tax havens are where all these players get to maximize their own rewards and leave the middle class to pick up the bill.

With eye opening revelations, Treasure Islands exposes the culprits and its victims, and shows how:

*Over half of world trade is routed through tax havens

*The rampant practices that precipitated the latest financial crisis can be traced back to Wall Street’s offshoring practices

*For every dollar of aid we send to developing countries, ten dollars leave again by the backdoor

The offshore system sits much closer to home than the pristine tropical islands of the popular imagination. In fact, it all starts on a tiny island called Manhattan. In this fast paced narrative, Treasure Islands at last explains how the system works and how it’s contributing to our ever deepening economic divide. 
 
 
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Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age

Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age By Michael J. Gelb, Kelly Howell, Tony Buzan
2011 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 1608680738 | EPUB | 0.4 MB


Virtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement? Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and neuroscientists; studied the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging; and applied what they describe in their own lives. The resulting guidance can help you activate unused brain areas, tone mental muscles, and enliven every faculty.
 
 

Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers

Donald G. Fink, H. Wayne Beaty, " Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers "
ISBN: 0071441468 | edition 2000 | PDF | 1828 pages | 48 mb


The Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers has served the EE field for nearly a century. Originally published in 1907, through 14 previous editions it has been a required resource for students and professionals. This new 15th edition features new material focusing on power generation and power systems operation – two longstanding strengths of the handbook that have recently become front-burner technology issues. At the same time, the entire format of the handbook will be streamlined, removing archaic sections and providing a quick, easy look-up experience.
 
 

Thursday, 24 May 2012

The Facebook Revolution: Transforming Global Society Through Web Networks

Joseph Veramu "The Facebook Revolution: Transforming Global Society Through Web Networks"
ASIN: B004TMBH0C | 2011 | MOBI | 120 pages | 0,13 MB


Joseph Veramu's inspirational and thought provoking book discusses how social web networks and information technology are changing what it means to be human in a technoscience enhanced world.

He suggests the advent of the beginning of a new history as we engage with technology.

This will impact upon predictions of the future, notions of learning, memory banks, biology as information science and perceptions of what is right and wrong.
 
 

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker- PRIMA Game Guide

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker- PRIMA Game Guide
Size: 12.43 MB
This is the PRIMA Guide for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Diablo III Brady Games Signature Series Strategy Guide (PDF)

Diablo III Brady Games Signature Series Strategy Guide (PDF)
English | 448 pages | PDF | 320.99 MB | No Watermarked
Publisher: BRADY GAMES (May 15, 2012)
Size: 320MB

Diablo III Signature Series Strategy Guide includes the following: Complete Quest Guide, covering all four Acts in the adventure. Exhaustive Bestiary, detailing every monster in the game. In-depth coverage of Heroes to maximize player effectiveness in all five Character Classes. Guide to meeting and leveling up the Blacksmith, Jeweler, and Mystic professions, and how to maximize the relationships and crafting from each Artisan.
 
 

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Wired For Joy! A Revolutionary Method for Creating Happiness from Within

Wired For Joy! A Revolutionary Method for Creating Happiness from Within By Laurel Mellin
2010 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1401925863 | EPUB | 1 MB


Can you imagine a world where drug companies throw bake sales to make ends meet? A world without all the jaw clenching, nail biting, and stress-induced melt downs? Eighty percent of health problems today are due to the downstream effects of stress, so learning to break free from stress could dramatically improve your mood, your relationships, your health––and your life.

In Wired for Joy, researcher and New York Times–bestselling author Laurel Mellin presents a simple yet proven way to train your brain to move through stress and back to joy. Her method has been called the missing link in health care, as it focuses on rewiring the emotional brain—the caldron of our stress—rather than the thinking brain, which has been the focus of most other stress-busting methods.

Based on the cutting-edge science of neuroplasticity, Mellin outlines the five states of the emotional brain. For each state she presents a specific tool that easily and quickly switches the brain back to a state of well-being. Once you know how to make that switch, life becomes easier, and stress symptoms—depression, anxiety, overeating, high blood pressure—tend to fade. Finally, instead of focusing on the symptoms of stress, we can change the wiring that triggers it and experience new sense of freedom in our lives.
 
 

How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps - And What We Can Do About It

Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps - And What We Can Do About It By Lise Eliot
2009 | 432 Pages | ISBN: 0547394594 , 0618393110 | EPUB | 2 MB


A precise scientific exploration of the differences between boys and girls that breaks down damaging gender stereotypes and offers practical guidance for parents and educators.

In the past decade, we've come to accept certain ideas about the differences between males and females—that boys can't focus in a classroom, for instance, and that girls are obsessed with relationships. In Pink Brain, Blue Brain, neuroscientist Lise Eliot turns that thinking on its head. Calling on years of exhaustive research and her own work in the field of neuroplasticity, Eliot argues that infant brains are so malleable that small differences at birth become amplified over time, as parents and teachers—and the culture at large—unwittingly reinforce gender stereotypes. Children themselves intensify the differences by playing to their modest strengths. They constantly exercise those “ball-throwing” or “doll-cuddling” circuits, rarely straying from their comfort zones. But this, says Eliot, is just what they need to do, and she offers parents and teachers concrete ways to help. Boys are not, in fact, “better at math” but at certain kinds of spatial reasoning. Girls are not naturally more empathetic; they’re allowed to express their feelings. By appreciating how sex differences emerge—rather than assuming them to be fixed biological facts—we can help all children reach their fullest potential, close the troubling gaps between boys and girls, and ultimately end the gender wars that currently divide us.
 
 

Homeland Security and Emergency Medical Response

John Campbell, "Homeland Security and Emergency Medical Response"
English | ISBN: 0073044377 | 2007 | PDF | 272 pages | 30 MB


Homeland Security and Emergency Response is a first edition product for McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The book and its ancillaries are being developed and designed to meet the needs of a 15 hour course by the same name. It focuses on providing information on recognizing threats, acting on threats, and providing patient care as well as the communication that must occur when a threat to homeland security occurs.

Threats covered include Biological, Nuclear, Chemical, Incendiary and Explosive threats. Additional information on Clandestine Drug Laboratories is also covered. The information is easy-to-read and step-by-step procedures for using related equipment and skills are included. The primary market for this product suite and course include those in emergency medical services (paramedics, EMT-Basics, First Responders), police, and those in fire. 
 
 

Mindreaders: The Cognitive Basis of "Theory of Mind

Ian Apperly, "Mindreaders: The Cognitive Basis of "Theory of Mind""
English | 2010-12-21 | ISBN: 1841696978 | 232 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB


Theory of mind, or "mindreading" as it is termed in this book, is the ability to think about beliefs, desires, knowledge and intentions. It has been studied extensively by developmental and comparative psychologists and more recently by neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. This book is the first to draw together these diverse findings in an account of the cognitive basis of "theory of mind", and establishes the systematic study of these abilities in adults as a new field of enquiry.

Apperly focuses on perceptions, knowledge and beliefs as paradigm cases of mindreading, and uses this as a basis from which more general lessons can be drawn. The book argues that an account of the cognitive basis of mindreading is necessary for making sense of findings from neuroscience and developmental and comparative psychology, as well as for understanding how mindreading fits more broadly into the cognitive system. It questions standard philosophical accounts of mindreading, and suggests a move away from the notion that it consists simply of having a "theory of mind".

This unique study into the cognitive basis of mindreading will be ideal reading for academics and advanced students from the diverse disciplines that have studied theory of mind in particular, and social cognition more generally.

Monday, 14 May 2012

Best Business Practices for Photographers

Best Business Practices for Photographers By John Harrington
2007 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 1598633155 | PDF | 6 MB


A successful photographer must pay close attention to all of each business obligation and must find a balance that keeps his or her business thriving. It takes more than just talent to get ahead in the marketplace. Strong business skills are just as important. Best Business Practices for Photographers covers the essential business topics that professional photographers need to know in order to succeed. It does not focus on taking pictures, starting a photography business, or selling photography, but rather explains how photographers can meet important business objectives. Instead, it covers the focal points of best practices--best practices in interacting with clients, best practices in negotiating contracts and licenses, best practices in business operations. This book provides a roadmap for successfully navigating these, and many other issues, facing photographers today.
 
 

Accounting (9th edition)

Charles T. Horngren, Walter T. Harrison, M. Suzanne Oliver - Accounting (9th edition)
Published: 2011-02-21 | ISBN: 0132569051 | PDF | 1328 pages | 43.64 MB


No prior accounting or business knowledge is needed to successfully complete this book. Accounting pays very careful attention to making accounting information interesting and relevant to the reader. A number of infographics, worked-out examples, charts, and illustrations visually reinforce material. Decision Guidelines provide insight and step-by-step instructions on how business decision makers use financial statements and other forms of accounting information. Includes Internet Tours to give the reader an overview and illustrate how to navigate through accounting resources on the web. Emphasizes topics in depth while incorporating new real company examples, like McDonald's. For those working within accounting or considering accounting/business profession or even those owning a small business.
 
 

iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual

Craig Hockenberry, "iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual"
2010 | ISBN-10: 0596809778 | EPUB | 352 pages | 11,6 MB


Anyone with programming experience can learn how to write an iPhone app. But if you want to build a great app, there’s a lot more to it than simple coding: you also need to know how design and market your creation. This easy-to-follow guide walks you through the entire process, from sketching out your idea to promoting the finished product.

* Get to know the tools for developing your iPhone app
* Design a great app before you start coding
* Build a complex app with Xcode and Interface Builder
* Decide how to brand your app-then beta-test that brand in the real world
* Learn the inside scoop on how to get your app into the App Store
* Promote your product, track sales, and build a strong customer following
 
 

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