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Eric Udd

Recent earthquakes and space program-related news serve as potent reminders of the uses fiber optic technology offers to an increasingly complex world. Like living organisms sensitive to subtle changes in the environment, buildings, structures, and spacevehicles can be equipped to sense and react to their surroundings by means of hair-thin glass fiber sensors embedded in structural materials and capable of carrying information and measuring changes in stress and other environmental factors. Data is collected and transmitted to a central location, where the findings are assessed and damage corrected. Fiber Optic Smart Structures pools the expertise of thirty-three leading professionals, many of whom are pioneers in the field, and offers a comprehensive introduction to this fast growing technology. Beginning with a historical overview and a look at the background technology, the book goes on to discuss methods of embedding optical fibers in modern high-strength, lightweight...

Greg Nyberg

Although EJB applications themselves are portable, the manner in which developers install and run EJB products varies widely from one vendor to the next. The goal of this WebLogic workbook is to discuss vendor specific requirements and best practices and introduce tools like the WebLogic Administration Console, all in the contest of building and running the example programs for O'Reilly's Enterprise JavaBeans, 3rd edition. The Workbook guides you step-by-step, explaining how to build and deployworking solutions in a particular application server, and provides useful hints, tips and warnings. This WebLogic 6.1 Workbook was originally published by Enterprise JavaBeans author Richard Monson-Haefel's Titan Books publishing company. O'Reilly thought so highly of it, we bought the rights to publish it ourselves, in order to give more developers access to this critical information.

Carol Kinsey Goman

"If you want to create an enthusiastic, committed, high-performance workforce today, think democratic. Think equal. Think 'everyone's as important as I am. 'Think ping-pong tables,company picnics, and bagels for everybody. And don't keep secrets!" -from The Human Side of High-Tech Imagine being at a company where the workforce actually views work and fun as synonymous. A company that resembles a playground for gifted children and creates an atmosphere to generate free-flowing ideas. One that provides instant backrubs for overstressed workers and gourmet food for lunch in the office cafeteria. Welcome to the billion-dollar high-tech industry! Silicon Valley forever changed the way the high-tech industry is structured. These companies challenged conventional wisdom to find new and innovative ways to attract and retain talented employees. From the fitness center, on-site car wash, and cleaning services of Cisco Systems to an entire company vacation in Tahoe with...

Don Sabitini, Don Sabatini

3 Steps is presented in three sections, each representing a step forward in Y2K readiness. They are as follows: Acquaint Yourself: What is the Year 2000 Computer Problem? The first section defines the Y2K computer problem, how it came about and what is being done to lessen its powerful impact due to the potential disruptions it may manifest on the daily flow of goods, services and information. Educate Yourself: What are the possible implications of the Y2K bug on your world? The second section discusses the effects of the Y2K on the lifeblood of our society: power, water and transportation 3/4 the nation's primary infrastructure, interpreting the potential disruptions. Learn of the possible ripple effect the Y2K may cause in our government computer systems. It further discusses how human emotion and the influence of other countries may play a role in the makeup of the final outcome. The author explains how each of these factors will affect us here in the U.S. ...

Dave Ensor

Announcing a new book from Apress and the OakTable Network: Oracle Insights: Tales of the Oak Table presents eleven world-renowned industry specialists proffering their own highly experienced views, input, and insights on Oracle&emdash;where it's been, where it's going, how (and how not) to use it successfully, the software and techniques that they've introduced to help people achieve their goals, and some frightening tales of what can happen when fundamental design principles are ignored. The collaborating authors have solved many of the worst Oracle performance problems in the world, and they've each saved at least one doomed flagship project. Over many years they've been sharing their unique knowledge with each other at conferences, around the OakTable, and in coffee shops, restaurants, and bars on five continents. Now they want to share their key insights with you. A major focus of this book concerns the ways in which you can avoid common and debilitating...

Walter Savitch

KEY BENEFIT: Java programming concepts and techniques are discussed in a straightforward style using understandable language and code. KEY TOPICS: Console I/O; FLow of Control; Defining Classes; Arrays; Inheritance; Polymorphism and Abstract Classes; Exception Handling; File I/O; Recursion; UML and Patterns; Interfaces and Inner Classes; Generics and the ArrayList Class; Linked Data Structures; Collections, Maps, and Iterators; Swing; Web Programming with JSP; Database Programming with Java. MARKET: Ideal for both introductory and intermediate Java programmers.

Tunc Aldemir, Nathan O. Siu, Ali Mosleh, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Scientific Affairs Division, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Reliability and Safety Assessment O

Current issues and approaches in the reliability and safety analysis of dynamic process systems are the subject of this book. The authors of the chapters are experts from nuclear, chemical, mechanical, aerospace and defense system industries, and from institutions including universities, national laboratories, private consulting companies, and regulatory bodies. Both the conventional approaches and dynamic methodologies which explicitly account for the time element in system evolution in failure modelingare represented. The papers on conventional approaches concentrate on the modeling of dynamic effects and the need for improved methods. The dynamic methodologies covered include the DYLAM methodology, the theory of continuous event trees, several Markovmodel construction procedures, Monte Carlo simulation, and utilization of logic flowgraphs in conjunction with Petri nets. Special emphasis is placed on human factors such as procedures and training.

Darren Tofts, Annemarie Jonson, Alessio Cavallaro

The vast social apparatus of the computer network has aligned people with technology in unprecedented ways. The intimacy of the human-computer interface has made it impossible to distinguish technology from the social and cultural business of being human. Cyberculture is the broader name given to this process of becoming through technological means. This book shows that cyberculture has been a long time coming. In Prefiguring Cyberculture, media critics and theorists, philosophers, and historians of science explore the antecedents of such aspects of contemporary technological culture as the Internet, the World Wide Web, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, virtual reality, and the cyborg. The contributors examine key texts that anticipate cybercultural practice and theory, including Plato's "Simile of the Cave"; the Renaissance Ars Memoria; Descartes's Meditations (on the mind-body split); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Alan Turing's Computing Machinery and...

Christof Stych, Klaus Zeppenfeld

Dieses Buch geht auf die Standards, Normen und Frameworks des IT-Managements, mit dem Schwerpunkt ITIL, ein. Im Bezug zur Theorie und Praxis werden die Wichtigkeit und der Vorteil von ITIL fur ein Unternehmen oder eine Behorde diskutiert. Anfangs werden die zwei ITIL-Versionen 2 und 3 vorgestellt. Nach einer ausgiebigen Erlauterung der 2. ITIL-Version hat der Leser die Moglichkeit, das erworbene Wissen mit Checklisten zu festigen und mit Aufgaben zu prufen. Dieses Werk dient zum Nachschlagen fur IT-Manager, IT-Verantwortliche und IT-Berater, sowie zum Selbststudium der Studenten mit Schwerpunkt IT und Management.

Mark L. Chambers

If you’ve dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true! Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies makes it easy. Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also save you a nice chunk of cash. This step-by-step guide helps you decide what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you: What tools you need (not as many as you might think!) All about operating systems How to install CD and DVD drives The scoop on sound and video, and how to put a sound system together from start to finish How to connect a monitor and install a modem All about setting up and configuring the hard drive Secrets for securing your system, and more Included is a bonus DVD showing you how to install the motherboard, CPU, RAM, ports, hard drive, video and...