Presents a comprehensive approach to video processing. This book covers key applications: wireless video, video networks, video indexing and retrieval and use of video in speech processing. It also contains useful methods in video processing alongside the standards.[...]

Anna is a new student at Oxford University. When she arrives in Oxford, she meets Selim, and they become good friends. But Selim is not English, and living in a different country is not easy for him. Anna tries to help but she knows that her father isn't going to like it. Selim and Anna have each o[...]

This latest edition continues the tradition of excellence of previous editions with comprehensive, authoritative coverage of rheumatic disease from basic scientific principles to practical points of clinical management. Internationally renowned authors deliver essential information on the definition[...]

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Data warehousing is one of the hottest business topics, and there's more to understanding data warehousing technologies than you might think. Find out the basics of data warehousing and how it facilitates data mining and business intelligence with Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Data is[...]

As more businesses in today's economy are moving towards a global reach, it is essential for finance students to understand how the fundamentals of corporate finance relate to multinational firms. Shapiro's Multinational Financial Management 9th Edition provides that conceptual framework within whic[...]

This newest addition to the Essentials series presents the latest research and information from leading scholars and researchers in the field of learning disabilities. With multiple perspectives spanning several different theoretical orientations and offering several different approaches to SLD iden[...]

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the PAI® The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI®) provides critical information for psychologists about a client’s psychopathology and constructs for effective treatment. To use this test [...]

"Thomas Eakins and the Cultures of Modernity" is the first book to situate Philadelphia's greatest realist painter in relation to the historical discourse of cultural difference. Alan C. Braddock reveals that modern anthropological perceptions of 'culture', attributed to Eakins by many art historian[...]

The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (EMBOSS) is a well established, high quality package of open source software tools for molecular biology. It includes over 200 applications for molecular sequence analysis and general bioinformatics including sequence alignment, rapid database searc[...]