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Presents an account of pumping, piping and seals starting with basics and provides detailed but accessible information on various aspects of the pumping process and what can go wrong with it. This book aims to give an understanding of pumps to minimize failures and time-out.

Games are poised for a major evolution, driven by growth in technical sophistication and audience reach. This work reveals that the key to good design is leveraging player psychology: understanding what's memorable, exciting, and useful to a person about real-life social interactions, and applying those insights to character design.

Suitable for database designers and database administrators using Visio, which is the database component of Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET for Enterprise Architects suite, also included in MSDN subscriptions, this book provides an introduction to data modeling, and includes practical advice on managing database projects.

Explores the conceptual modeling approach of software engineering, from idea to application. This work helps to learn not only how to harness the design technologies of relational databases for use on the Web, but also how to transform their conceptual designs of data-intensive Web applications into effective software components.

A hands-on introduction to parallel programming based on the Message-Passing Interface (MPI) standard, the de-facto industry standard adopted by major vendors of commercial parallel systems. This textbook/tutorial, based on the C language, contains many examples and exercises.

Aims to present and compare various options for systems architecture from two points of view. This book offers different aspects of server architecture, from databases designed for parallel architectures to high-availability systems, as well as covering performance aspects. It is useful for IT managers, decision makers and project leaders.

Helps readers learn how to plan for and implement VoIP security solutions in converged network infrastructures. This work also helps you secure your VoIP network whether you are at the planning, implementation, or post-implementation phase of your VoIP infrastructure.

Suitable for practicing plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, physical plant supervisors and mechanical maintenance technicians, this book focuses on the skills needed to select, install and maintain electro-mechanical equipment in a typical industrial plant or facility.

Offers information that is necessary to design an ideal CCTV system. This book approaches the camera systems from the user's point of view, providing the security manager with the knowledge to discuss the system, its desired features, and the areas of design concern within the context of an organization's business model.

A tool kit for successful RF circuit design, this work contains practical design information based on years of experience from authors who have worked with the leading manufacturers of RF components. It focuses primarily on the more difficult area of high power transistor amplifier design and construction.

This text provides clear information about complex numbers. The text is supported by worked examples and it includes past examination questions and solutions. This is a title in the "Maths Made Simple" series.

This is a comprehensive tutorial/reference book detailing the fundamental features and applications of the Abstract Syntax Notion One (ASN.1) programming language. ASN.1 is a formal language for abstractly describing messages to be exchanged between distributed computer systems.

A key technology enabling fast-paced embedded media processing developments is the high-performance, low-power, small-footprint convergent processor, a specialized device that combines the real-time control of a traditional microcontroller with the signal processing power of a DSP. This guide helps you understand how to implement this technology.

Suitable for DSP lab courses offered at many engineering schools, this title provides the know-how for the implementation and optimization of computationally intensive signal processing algorithms on the Texas Instruments family of TMS320C6000 DSP processors.

A source control system power and grounding guide. this book aims to provide clarity for manufacturer's obscure system documentation. It details how to significantly improve reliability in control systems, saving valuable time and money.

Covers the techniques in microcontroller-based control system design, making use of the popular MSP430 microcontroller from Texas Instruments. This book also covers the circuits of the system, including: sensors and their output signalsl; design and application of signal conditioning circuits; and A-to-D and D-to-A circuit design.

Written by some of the most well-respected names in the world for drilling, this edition covers various aspects of drilling solids control, including chapters on drilling fluids, cut-point curves, mud cleaners, and many other pieces of equipment.

Presents an understanding of vibrations of linear and nonlinear systems that undergo stochastic-random-excitation. This work illustrates concepts with true-to-life engineering design problems. It offers explanations of concepts within a context of mathematical rigor and relatively advanced analysis techniques.

Covers the options for joining conventional materials and the structures they comprise in conventional and unconventional ways. This work addresses processes and technologies such as joining by mechanical fasteners, integral designed-or formed-in features, adhesives, welding, brazing, soldering, thermal spraying, and hybrid processes.

A companion to the "Valve Selection Handbook", this book covers the piping process, including the selection of piping materials according to the job, the application of the materials and fitting, trouble-shooting techniques for corrosion control, inspections for OSHA regulations, and even the warehousing, distributing, and ordering of materials.

The peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus is the dominant bus system used to connect the different elements making up high-performance computer systems. This book offers an applications-oriented introduction to the PCI bus, with an emphasis on implementing PCI in a variety of computer architectures.

Addressing the technologies and methods used in interfacing analog devices to microprocessors, this book provides in-depth coverage of practical control applications and op amp examples. It talks about measurement and control of analog quantities in embedded systems that are required to interface to the real world.

Describes testing and validation tools and techniques throughout the product development process. This book integrates testing and validation methods with a business perspective so readers can understand when, where, and how such methods can be economically justified. It emphasizes developing a strategy for testing and validation.

With today's tight schedules and lower budgets, embedded designers are under greater pressure to deliver prototypes and system designs faster and cheaper. The author demonstrates how the use of the right tools and operating systems can make seemingly impossible deadlines possible. He shares many advanced, 'in-the-trenches' design secrets.

This guide deals with all aspects of ship's machinery, from propulsion and steering to deck machinery and electrical equipment. It covers the level required for Class 3 and Class 4 Engineers' Certificates of Competence and for the first two years of the Engineer Cadet Training Scheme.

Explains how to design forms for the web. This work helps readers learn how to define requirements, how to write questions that users will understand and want to answer, and how to deal with instructions, progress indicators and errors. It includes examples - from nitty-gritty details (mandatory fields) to visual designs (creating good grids).

Details use of pincer compounds as potential therapeutic or pharmaceutical agents, dendrimeric and supported materials. This book describes the chemistry and applications of this class of organometallic and coordination compounds. It also covers the areas in which pincer complexes have had an impact.

Intended for Marine Engineers and those seeking a working knowledge of the marine diesel engine, this book provides of super-longstroke and slow-speed engines, and medium-speed engines burning lower quality fuels. It also discusses purifier systems for fuel treatment, and the testing of fuel and lubrication oils on board ship.

Presenting an interdisciplinary discussion on mental models, this work tackles the following questions: What is a mental model? What are the prospects and limitations in applying the mental model notion in cognitive science? How can the ideas on the nature of mental models and their mode of operation be empirically substantiated?