"Integration of ICT in Smart Organizations" presents the applicable concepts and methodologies of information and communication technologies, such as agent-based technologies, HUB, knowledge managemen...
The book provides a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the physical processes of active materials and the design and control of engineering systems. It will also be a reference text for practicing e...
The dramatic growth of the wireless communication industry has resulted in searches for new technologies to provide broader bandwidth per user channel, better quality, and new value-added services. Em...
A book aimed at everyone who wants to be smarter with their cash. Told in Duncan's straightforward style, he explains the forces and choices that influence how much we have in our pockets. Today's tur...
Building Your eBay Traffic the Smart Way gives you dozens of new strategies for reaching people whose only goal is to buy. Using a datafeed to export your eBay auction listings, your items will now su...
The use of smart materials in architecture is a dynamic and innovative area merging research, development, and use. Smart materials, with their reversible characteristics, respond to stimuli such as l...
Bert Whitehead, named one of the “Best 60 Financial Advisors in America” by Worth magazine, has a unique “behavioral finance” approach that goes beyond mere number crunching to help people understand ...
Ambient Intelligence (AmI) has recently been adopted as a term referring to a multidisciplinary subject which embraces a variety of pre-existing fields of computer science and engineering. Given the d...
The Challenge for the packaging industry is to develop and bring to the market new and improved products. Smart packaging is a broad-based term that includes both intelligent and active packaging and ...
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sen...
Larry J. Koenig, Ph.D., creator of the hugely popular Smart Discipline® seminars, explains his simple, dramatically effective system to help children follow the rules at home and at school. It is easi...
Culture Smart! sets out to provide travellers with vital information about the values and attitudes of the people they will meet, and practical advice on how to make the most of their visit abroad. Tr...
100 Habits of Successful Publication Designers explores the creative process behind making beautiful and effective magazines, journals, books, and other publications. Drawing on the wisdom of more tha...
A practical guide to the specification, design, and programming of smart card systems for working applications. More than 3 billion smartcards are produced every year. Generally defined as any pocket-...
Positive risk is a perspective, an attitude, and a life philosophy that creates a shift away from the negative view of risk that so many of us were taught. This book will help change your perceptions ...
Earthquakes, bridge collapses, and other natural disasters have dominated news coverage in the last few years. Aging infrastructure needs to be rehabilitated and new infrastructure needs to be design...
The best-selling Culture Smart! series continues where other guides leave off. Whether you are travelling on business or pleasure, long-term or short, Culture Smart! is your pocket-sized cultural road...
If you are sleeping single in a double bed or walking down the street thinking, How do I meet that guy? If you`re on your twentieth date and he`s no more committed than when you first exchanged phone ...
An advanced look at smart technology to promote the independence of the elderly and disabled Ongoing research and advancements in technology are essential for the continuing independence of elderly ...
The human brain is an amazing organ controlling our speech, making our heart beat, and solving problems. Come and explore how our brains work and make us who we are.