Virtual Clothing: Theory and Practice

Global class field theory is a major achievement of algebraic number theory, based on the functorial properties of the reciprocity map and the existence theorem. The author works out the consequences and the practical use of these results by giving detailed studies and illustrations of classical subjects (classes, idFles, ray class fields, symbols, reciprocity laws, Hasse's principles, the Grunwald-Wang theorem, Hilbert's towers,...). He also proves some new or less-known results (reflection the (Amazon.com, none)

Financial Management Theory and Practice: Fundamentals of Managing IT Services with IT Service Financial Management Best Practices, A Practitioner's Guide Financial Management for IT Services (ITSM) is an IT Service Management process area. It is an element of the Service Delivery section of the ITIL best practice framework. The aim of Financial Management for IT Services is to give accurate and cost effective stewardship of IT assets and resources used in providing IT Services. It is used to pl (Amazon.com, none)

Covers every detail, including some missed in other books. This thorough book provides a clear roadmap to designing, implementing and operating a help desk. The author leaves no key process out and completely covers everything from initial concept to measuring support effectiveness and process improvement. The book starts with an initial strategy that is focused on planning help desk services that are completely aligned to requirements and are based on a mission statement. This business-orien (Amazon.com, none)

IT Service Continuity is a specific form of business continuity planning. It is the process of assessing and managing risks associated with information technology (IT) departments. It involves the evaluation of values, threats, risks, vulnerabilities and development of countermeasures to ensure continuation in the event of a disaster. This book covers every detail, including some missed in other books. This thorough book provides a clear roadmap to designing, implementing and operating IT Ser (Amazon.com, none)

Starbuck's Plumber's Library, also known as the Red, Green, Blue and Brown Books. In preparing this edition, we have found that since the last revision, changes in the field of hot water supply have been going on at a considerable rate. Notable advancement has taken place in means for affording protection to human life and property against the evils that may result from handling hot water. A number of years ago the city of Springfield, MA, conducted over a period of four years, most extensive sc (Amazon.com, none)

Starbuck's Plumber's Library, also known as the Red, Blue, Green, and Brown Books. This book was first published in the year 1900, forty-five years ago. Of the set, this is the first to be brought out. In its first editions the book covered all branches of plumbing, including drainage and venting, and also domestic hot and cold water supply and circulation. In later years, as the number of books increased, drainage and venting only were covered in volume one. This makes the seventh time that the (Amazon.com, none)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Compiler Construction, CC 2006, held in Vienna, Austria, in March 2006 as part of ETAPS. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 3 tool demonstration papers and 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on program analysis, dynamic analysis, tool demonstrations, optimization, code generation, and register allocation. (Amazon.com, none)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Compiler Construction, CC 2002, held in Grenoble, France, in April 2002. The 19 revised full papers presented together with three tool demonstration papers and an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on analysis and optimization, low-level analysis, grammars and parsing, domain-specific languages and tools, energy consumption optim (Amazon.com, none)

Called "somewhere between Dr. Suess and PC for Dummies," Edly's Music Theory for Practical People is for anyone, teen to adult, who wants to enjoy learning what's going on inside music. This includes players and singers of any level desiring a deeper appreciation of music-- rock 'n' rollers wanting broader musical horizons, jazzers needing more knowledge of chords and scales, theory students needing supplementary help, or classically trained folks wanting to branch into popular styles or to read (Amazon.com, none)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, FASE 2007, held in Braga, Portugal in March/April 2007 as part of ETAPS 2007, the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. The 30 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 141 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on evolution and agents, model driven developme (Amazon.com, none)

Standing alone as the first definitive and comprehensive book on the subject, this guide describes the most recent studies on the brain-gut connection and psychosocial issues related to patients experiencing visceral pain. Bringing together leading experts from the top-tiers of the science, this source provides 33 engaging chapters and spans basic concepts in pharmacology, neurobiology, physiology, and psychology to provide a practical approach to the treatment of chronic pain. (Amazon.com, none)

What is freedom? How is freedom related to justice, law, property, peace, and prosperity? Tom Palmer has spent a lifetime-as a scholar, teacher, journalist, and activist-asking and answering these questions. His best writings are now collected in Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice. Palmer's work ranges from the theory of justice to multiculturalism, democracy and limited government, globalization, the law and economics of patents and copyrights, among many other topics. (Amazon.com, none)

This updated edition contains the same breadth and depth as previous editions with pertinent chapter topics divided into two parts. Part A covers elementary topics and Part B covers advanced topics. This innovative design, coupled with the most recent developments in technology, complements first- and second-level courses in surveying without losing its value as a reference textbook. (Amazon.com, none)

(Pearson Education) A textbook blending concepts and practical applications in state-of-the art software engineering methods. Provides a wealth of examples, and two consistently integrated case studies throughout, applying each concept at a macro level for development teams, and a micro level for individual developers. Previous edition: 1998. DLC: Software engineering. (Amazon.com, none)

Based on a conference at West Point, this volume explores the national security policies developed by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations in response to the threat of Soviet expansionism. More pointed and analytic than any other book on the subject, it shows clearly that the makers of Cold War policy were motivated by fear. It also examines the nature of U.S. security policy and points to the growing gap between the ends and the means of global security policy--the goal of protecting West (Amazon.com, none)

The Technique of Film & Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Analyses of photographs from dozens of classic and contemporary films and videos provide a sound basis for the professional filmmaker and student editor. This book puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history, and practice. This new edition has been updated to includ (Amazon.com, none)

Relatively little has been written about film scores and soundtracks outside of Hollywood cinema. Hollywood Theory, Non-Hollywood Practice addresses this gap by looking at the practices of film soundtrack composition for non-Hollywood films made after 1980. Annette Davison argues that since the mid-1970s the model of the classical Hollywood score has functioned as a form of dominant ideology in relation to which alternative scoring and soundtrack practices may assert themselves. The first par (Amazon.com, none)

Among analog-to-digital converters, the delta-sigma modulator has cornered the market on high to very high resolution converters at moderate speeds, with typical applications such as digital audio and instrumentation. Interest has recently increased in delta-sigma circuits built with a continuous-time loop filter rather than the more common switched-capacitor approach. Continuous-time delta-sigma modulators offer less noisy virtual ground nodes at the input, inherent protection against si (Amazon.com, none)

Standing alone as the first definitive and comprehensive book on the subject, this guide describes the most recent studies on the brain-gut connection and psychosocial issues related to patients experiencing visceral pain. Bringing together leading experts from the top-tiers of the science, this source provides 33 engaging chapters and spans basic concepts in pharmacology, neurobiology, physiology, and psychology to provide a practical approach to the treatment of chronic pain. (Amazon.com, none)

A useful collection of definitions, composers and theory. This pocket-sized reference book includes a broad range of important information, from basic principles of theory and concise biographies of composers to pronunciations of foreign terms and ranges of instruments and voices. This easy-to-use volume covers every major aspect of music. Includes over 330 pages. (Amazon.com, none)

Internships: Theory and Practice focuses on the history, theory, value, design, administration, and evaluation of professional internships as an educational experience for college students. Internships are guided, pre-professional experiences that combine academic and professional components as a managed transition to professional careers. Touted by many as an educational innovation for the 21st century, internships (or experiential learning, or apprenticeships, as they once were called) have be (Amazon.com, none)

This is a reprint of the original 1856 edition. It has been completely reset in new type, so that it's easier to read than other "photocopy" reprints. Horace A. Ford is known as the greatest target archer of all time. He first picked up the bow in 1845, and a mere four years later won the Grand National Archery Meeting held in the United Kingdom. He proceeded to win an amazing, and unmatched, eleven consecutive championships, and a twelfth "comeback" win. His high score - that of 1271 in the Dou (Amazon.com, none)

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1793 edition by I. and J. Taylor, London. (Amazon.com, none)

This comprehensive text is one of the first to tackle the grave matter of the sexual abuse of boys, in all its complexity, within a biopsychosocial context and from different vantage points. Based on the life histories of more than one thousand sexually abused boys and adult males with histories of childhood sexual abuse, Sexual Abuse of Males examines the myriad biological, psychological, interpersonal, familial, and social variables that underlie and impact the experience of childhood sexual a (Amazon.com, none)

Comprehensive and easy-to-read, this newly updated edition focuses on the essential information needed to start a career as a massage professional. Readers will gain an understanding of the body and its functions and learn massage techniques and therapeutic skills, including specialized massage such as prenatal massage, massage during labor, lymph massage, neuromuscular therapy, reflexology, and more. Skills for client-therapist relations, communications, and promotions complete this well-roun (Amazon.com, none)