Electronic Books

Total Books: 101 - 120 /135

Service-Oriented Computing - ICSOC 2008 : 6th International Conference, Sydney, Australia, December 1-5, 2008. Proceedings

The book present original research in the field of service oriented computing, from theoretical and foundational results ...

Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications : 8th IFIP WG 8.8/11.2 International Conference, CARDIS 2008, London, UK, September 8-11, 2008. Proceedings

This book deals with the various issues related to the use of small electronic tokens in the process of human-machine interactions. ...

Smart Homes and Health Telematics : 6th International Conference, ICOST 2008 Ames, IA, USA, June 28-July 2, 2008 Proceedings

The book is organized in topical sections on assistive technology to improve quality of life for older adults and their caregivers; ...

Social Dimensions Of Information And Communication Technology Policy : Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC 9, Pretoria, South Africa, September 25-26, 2008

The scope of the book includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications ...

Societal Implications of Community-Oriented Policing and Technology

This Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing ...

Street-Level Architecture : The Past, Present and Future of Interactive Frontages / Conrad Kickert, Hans Karssenberg

Provides the tools to maintain and rebuild the interaction between architecture and public space. Despite the best intentions ...

Tests and Proofs : Second International Conference, TAP 2008, Prato, Italy, April 9-11, 2008. Proceedings

This book covers the area of convergence of software proofing and testing and feature current research work that combines ...

The City on Display : Architecture Festivals and the Urban Commons / Joel Robinson

Reflects on the biennials, triennials, and other festivals of architecture and design that have been held over the last two ...

The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan

This book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan ...

The Early Years : Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy

The Early Years analyzes the development of Latin American and Caribbean children and makes a compelling case for government ...

The Everyday Life of an Algorithm

This book begins with an algorithm–a set of IF…THEN rules used in the development of a new, ethical, video surveillance ...

The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain

This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth ...

The Making of Islamic Heritage

Offering key insights into critical debates on the construction, management and destruction of heritage in Muslim contexts, ...

The New Frontiers of International Business : Development, Evolving Topics, and Implications for Practice / Hemant Merchant

Takes a three-part approach that helps to understand and chart scholarship in the discipline of International Business (IB). ...

The Open Knowlege Society. A Computer Science and Information Systems Manifesto : First World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2008, Athens, Greece, September 24-26, 2008. Proceedings

This book, in conjunction with the volume LNAI 5288, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS ...

The Poetics of Arabian Suqs : A Hermeneutic Reading of the Development of Arabian Sūqs from the Pre-Islamic Era to Present / Jasmine Shahin

Investigates the history of Arabian sūqs from their pre-Islamic beginnings to the present. Collecting evidence from archaeological ...

The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Architectural History / Duanfang Lu

Offers a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge report on recent developments in architectural production and research. Divided ...

Theory of Cryptography : Fifth Theory of Cryptography Conference, TCC 2008, New York, USA, March 19-21, 2008. Proceedings

The papers are organized in 16 sessions dealing with the paradigms, approaches and techniques used to conceptualize, define ...

Towards Sustainable Society on Ubiquitous Networks : The 8th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2008), September 24–16, 2008, Tokyo, Japan

The scope of the book includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications ...

Towards a Systemic Theory of Irregular Migration Explaining Ecuadorian Irregular Migration in Amsterdam and Madrid

This book provides an alternative theoretical framework of irregular migration that allows to overcome many of the contradictions ...

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