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Microwave and Wireless Communications Technology
Authors: Joseph J. Carr
Venue:  (1996)

:The fundamentals of microwave and wireless communications technology are critical to the telecommunications and data fields. Because many of the new developments involve commonly available equipment such as cellular telephones and satellite dishes, technicians as well as engineers must learn the basics of the technology.Microwave & Wireless Communications Technology offers a practical, device-based approach to the study of microwave and wireless communications. Student objectives, numerous questions and problems, and end-of-chapter summaries reinforce the theory in each chapter. Answers to odd-numbered questions are provided in the back of the book. Math is kept to the lowest practical level, and the last section of each chapter is a collection of the key equations laid out for the student. A Windows diskette with supplementary instructor material is available on request with adoption. About The AuthorElectronics Engineer (avionics) with US Defense Department and leading US electronics author for Newnes and Prompt.
More Word for Windows 95 for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: Doug Lowe
Venue:  (1996)

:There's more to Word for Windows 95 than writing letters and memos -- a lot more. Throw in a table of contents, footnotes, columns, and perhaps an index, and you quickly find yourself shouting "I need MORE help!" MORE help is here! MORE Word For Windows&reg; 95 For Dummies&reg; guides you through all those Word For Windows 95 features you haven't mastered yet. This book brims with tips, troubleshooting advice, and clear explanations to help you get the most out of Word. It's your perfect companion to Word for Windows&reg; 95 For Dummies&reg; Inside, you'll find even MORE friendly advice on creating documents with Word for Windows 95: Discover how styles and templates can simplify even the most repugnant formatting tasks Bluff your way through desktop publishing school with MORE easy design tips Find out how to review documents efficiently by using Word's annotations Save time by creating your own document templates Discover MORE about mail merge for those who can't get enough Create tables of contents and indexes -- the easy way! Publish your Word documents on the World Wide Web with Microsoft's Internet Assistant Automate tasks by using Word's macros
MFC 5 Black Book: The Indispensable Developer's Guide on Microsoft Foundation Classes with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Al Williams
Venue:  (1997)

:"Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) revolutionized C++ programming by creating an easy-to-use framework that took care of the drudgework. But this convenience comes at a price: With MFC, a program must work and look exactly like every other MFC program. This has made it difficult to benefit from MFC in any but the most ordinary programming situations. Now, in MFC Black Book, Visual C++ guru Al Williams shows readers how to escape from MFC's cybernetic straitjacket to get both programming flexibility and MFC's ease of use. Al reveals all the tricks and secret workarounds that help readers differentiate their applications from other MFC programs on the market." "Shows how to "color outside the lines" and create programs that work the way readers want-not just the way MFC wants them to work." "Demonstrates how to modify the appearance and functionality of MFC programs in ways not anticipated by Microsoft." "Includes full coverage of expert-level programming issues-unlike most other MFC books, which focus on elementary topics." "Provides solutions for MFC problems that Microsoft's documentation doesn't touch." "Teaches how to use multiple views with one document, use customized serialization, how to edit during print preview, and more!" "All examples, project files, and source code used in the book" Ready-to-use MFC code files A wealth of tools and utilities for MFC and Visual C++ "Al Williams (League City, TX) has programmed everything from mainframes to embedded systems. Today, he specializes in C++, C, and assembly language development for Windows platforms. Author of eight books, including DevelopingActiveX Web Controls (Coriolis 1996), he is a columnist for Visual Developer Magazine and Dr. Dobb's Sourcebook. He lectures across the United States and has appeared at many technical conferences, such as Software Development."
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Field Guide
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (2000)

:Here's the one place you can quickly find accurate information about Microsoft PowerPoint 97. In no time, you'll have the lay of the land, identify toolbar buttons and commands, learn to stay safely out of danger, and have all the tools you need for survival! Step-by-step instructions and screen illustrations help you accomplish exactly what you want to do. Alphabetic entries make it easy to find the information you need. Troubleshooting section pulls you out of tight spots. User-friendly icons show you how to "track down" cross-referenced topics for more details. Your guide in the safari helmet points out valuable tips to help you work smarter and faster!Key Benefits:New addition to our best selling quick reference series.An easy-access, concise, visual quick reference to Microsoft PowerPoint with step-by-step coverage of alphabetically listed tasks, terms, techniques, and troubleshooting.Easy-to-use format, portable enough to tote on a plane or to a business meeting.* Great value at only $9.95. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Sams Teach Yourself the iMac in 24 Hours, 2E, 2nd edition
Authors: Gene Steinberg
Venue:  (1999)

:Sams Teach Yourself the iMac in 24 Hours, Second Edition, is a hands-on, step-by-step guide that leads you through the most frequently asked real-world questions about the iMac and iBook. You'll learn how to set up the machine, the basics of the operating system, how to manage money with Quicken (standard on the iMac/iBook) and get on the Internet. This book covers the basics about drives, directories and files and shows the fundamentals of backups and other safety precautions. This book also instructs you on email and the Internet, faxing and fax broadcasting as well as many software basics.
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Cram with Cdrom
Authors: Robert Gradante
Venue:  (2000)

:Flexible self-study, flash card learning system for candidates preparing for the CCNA Routing and Switching exam (640-507). Includes 250 cards with answers and detailed analyses of the test questions on the back. A CD-ROM with 200 real-life test questions, answers, and analyses is also incorporated to provide extra practice and exam curriculum review. Busy professionals can quiz themselves anywhere, anytime with Exam Cram Routing and Switching Flash Cards.
Some DML instruction sequences for application program analysis and conversion
Authors: John Nations, Stanley Y. W. Su
Venue: Proceedings of the 1978 ACM SIGMOD international conference on management of data (1978)

A set of basic instruction sequences (DBTG's DML and COBOL statements) useful for the implementation of a generalized application program conversion system to account for various types of database changes is presented. It is used to form language templates which are DML's realization of a set of data-model and schema independent access patterns useful for describing the semantics of application programs.These basic instruction sequences are also useful for enforcing a standardized programming practice for developing application programs which would yield to automatic program conversion to account for database changes. In this paper, the methodology for program conversion is reviewed and the use of the basic instruction sequences for program analysis and synthesis is explained and illustrated.
Parameterized RTL power models for soft macros
Authors: Alessandro Bolgiolo, Roberto Corgnati, Enrico Macii, Massimo Poncino
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

We propose a new power macromodel for usage in the context of register-transfer level (RTL) power estimation. The model is suitable for reconfigurable, synthesizable, soft macros because it is parameterized with respect to the input data size (i.e., bit width) and can also be automatically scaled with respect to different technology libraries and/or synthesis options. The power model is precharacterized once and for all for each soft macro and then adapted to each specific instance by means of a single additional experiment to be performed by the end user. No intellectual-property disclosure is required for model scaling. The proposed model is derived from empirical analysis of the sensitivity of power consumption on input statistics, input data size, and technology. The experiments prove that with limited approximation, it is possible to decouple the effects on power of these three factors. The proposed solution is innovative since no previous macromodel supports automatic technology scaling and yields average estimation errors around 10%.
Pagemill 2 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Maria L. Langer
Venue:  (1997)

: Until now, creating Web pages on a PC has been tedious and prone to error, requiring knowledge of the Web's language, HTML, and a suite of converters and utility programs. But, with the release of PageMill 2.0 for Windows, Adobe offers a WYSIWYG Web-authoring tool designed for nontechnical people who want to create or maintain content of the Web. PageMill's easy-to-use features let you create individual pages, forms, and clickable images in an environment that hides HTML tags and looks, feels, and works like a word processor. PageMill 2.0 also includes WYSIWYG table creation, support for HTML extensions, powerful search and replace capabilities, spell-checking, and the ability to import information from other applications into a PageMill document. PageMill 2 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is a richly illustrated, step-by-step guide to using all the features of PageMill. As with all books in Peachpit's highly successful Visual QuickStart series (with more than a million copies in print), information is presented in a graphic, visual fashion, with hundreds of screenshots accompanied by clear instructions and loads of helpful tips.
Visual search: structure from noise
Authors: Umesh Rajashekar, Lawrence K. Cormack, Alan C. Bovik
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications (2002)

In this paper, we present two techniques to reveal image features that attract the eye during visual search: the discrimination image paradigm and principal component analysis. In preliminary experiments, we employed these techniques to identify image features used to identify simple targets embedded in 1/&fnof; noise. Two main findings emerged. First, the loci of fixations were not random but were driven by local image features, even in very noisy displays. Second, subjects often searched for a component feature of a target rather that the target itself, even if the target was a simple geometric form. Moreover, the particular relevant component varied from individual to individual. Also, principal component analysis of the noise patches at the point of fixation reveals global image features used by the subject in the search task. In addition to providing insight into the human visual system, these techniques have relevance for machine vision as well. The efficacy of a foveated machine vision system largely depends on its ability to actively select 'visually interesting' regions in its environment. The techniques presented in this paper provide valuable low-level criteria for executing human-like scanpaths in such machine vision systems.
Effective prototyping for usability
Authors: Jack Hakim, Tom Spitzer
Venue: Proceedings of IEEE professional communication society international professional communication conference and Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM international conference on Computer documentation: technology & teamwork (2000)

People designing software with a usability perspective use a variety of techniques to engage prospective users in a dialog about the target application's functionality and interaction model. This paper will discuss how and when the authors have been able to use prototyping techniques to maximize the value of this dialog. It will review several widely used approaches to prototyping and evaluate them along the dimensions of fidelity and interactivity. Subsequently, we will posit a number of objectives that we have established for a usability oriented prototyping system, and consider the pros and cons of adapting an existing tool or building a new one. Finally, we close with some thoughts that contrast prototyping with simulation modeling.
Dinosaur Hunter
Authors: Dorling Kindersley Multimedia
Venue:  (1996)

:Travel back 250 million years to the world of dinosaurs, brought vividly to life with massive, interactive 3D models, animations, videos, and evocative sounds. Additional features: * Dinosaur Excavation Site where users assemble and bring to life six different dinosaurs * Dinosaur Arena provides in-depth 3D viewing of Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops * Dinosaur Timeline charts dinosaur evolution * World of Dinosaurs highlights famous paleontologists * Guided tours and user-created tours * Museum Store offers downloadable images, sounds, masks, calendars, and more * Index DK Multimedia Minimum System Requirements: 486DX/33MHz or faster personal computer with at least 8 MB RAM, 8- or 16-bit sound card, double-speed CD-ROM drive, SVGA (256 color), 640 x 480 pixel display, Windows 3.1 Any Apple Macintosh(r) with 25 MHz 68LC040 processor or above with 8 MB RAM, double-speed CD-ROM drive, 8-bit (256 color) 640 x 480 display, System 7 The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
A simulation-based cost modeling methodology for evaluation of interbay material handling in a semiconductor wafer fab
Authors: Shari Murray, Gerald T. Mackulak, John W. Fowler, Theron Colvin
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

In the next generation of semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities, decisions concerning material handling systems will be a major factor in initial facility cost, operational cost, production cycle times, and possibly product yield percentages. The wafers will increase in diameter to 300 mm and a new front opening unified pod (FOUP) has been designed to carry them, both increasing the weight of a production lot. This increase requires substantial automation for ergonomic and quality reasons. As a result, semiconductor manufacturers are asking, "What level of automation is financially justifiable?"Automation suppliers have stated that automation saves money, but have as yet not produced a sufficiently detailed financial analysis proving their premise. In this paper, both a fully automated and a manual material handling system are simulated and compared in a thorough cost analysis. Sensitivity analysis is performed on inflation rate, interest rate, die price, wafer start rate, and yield percentage to validate the results of the analyses.
Conceptual modeling and specification generation for B2B business processes based on ebXML
Authors: HyoungDo Kim
Venue: ACM SIGMOD Record (2002)

In order to support dynamic setup of business processes among independent organizations, a formal standard schema for describing the business processes is basically required. The ebXML framework provides such a specification schema called BPSS (Business Process Specification Schema) which is available in two stand-alone representations: a UML version, and an XML version. The former, however, is not intended for the direct creation of business process specifications, but for defining specification elements and their relationships required for creating an ebXML-compliant business process specification. For this reason, it is very important to support conceptual modeling that is well organized and directly matched with major modeling concepts. This paper deals with how to represent and manage B2B business processes using UML-compliant diagrams. The major challenge is to organize UML diagrams in a natural way that is well suited with the business process meta-model and then to transform the diagrams into an XML version. This paper demonstrates the usefulness of conceptually modeling business processes by prototyping a business process editor tool called ebDesigner.
Binocular eye tracking in VR for visual inspection training
Authors: Andrew T. Duchowski, Eric Medlin, Anand Gramopadhye, Brian Melloy, Santosh Nair
Venue: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology (2001)

This paper presents novel software techniques for binocular eye tracking within Virtual Reality and discusses their application to aircraft inspection training. The aesthetic appearance of the environment is driven by standard graphical techniques augmented by realistic texture maps of the physical environment. The user's gaze direction, as well as head position and orientation, are tracked to allow recording of the user's fixations within the environment. Methods are given for (1) integration of the eye tracker into a Virtual Reality framework, (2) stereo calculation of the user's 3D gaze vector, (3) a new 3D calibration technique developed to estimate the user's inter-pupillary distance post-facto, and (4) a new technique for eye movement analysis in 3-space. The 3D eye movement analysis technique is an improvement over traditional 2D approaches since it takes into account the 6 degrees of freedom of head movements and is resolution independent. Results indicate that although the current signal analysis approach is somewhat noisy and tends to underestimate the identified number of fixations, recorded eye movements provide valuable human factors process measures complementing performance statistics used to gauge training effectiveness.
Designing 3D Games That Sell!
Authors: Luke Ahearn
Venue:  (2000)

:- Teaches game design from a real product perspective using established techniques and tools - Details the game proposal and submission process - Companion CD-ROM is packed with tools, source code, and games used by real game developers - Explains the game industry and what publishers are looking for in a title - Written by published developers using real word examples and tools - Walks you through the process of creating 3D interactive content CD-ROM Contents This Windows CD is packed with the following: A Free Full retail copy of Caligari TruSpace2 and an upgrade offer, Genesis 3D open source engine and tools and the latest version of their SDK, Goldtrees 3D Engine and Tools used to make the game Dead Reckoning, as well as all assets (3D models, images, and sounds), and hundreds of sounds, textures, art, and trial versions of Paint Shop Pro 6, and Milkshape 3D, a 3D Modeler for games. This is current technology and is not freeware. If you use the Goldtree tools engine to publish a title that you wish to distribute, you need to complete the forms provided and give Goldtree credit. If you use the Genesis tools you need to give credit to the company for any of their tools that you use.
Activex/OLE Programming, 1st edition
Authors: Donis Marshall
Venue:  (1998)

:Learn how to use ActiveX as a tool for Web programming. This book explores ActiveX and the core concepts of COM and OLE, to provide the advanced developer with the fundamentals that are necessary to develop applications with object and interapplication linking. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
The Jewish Guide to the Internet, 2nd edition
Authors: Diane Romm
Venue:  (1997)

:This guide is the only comprehensive volume of Jewish sources on the Internet, with descriptions given of over 500 Internet sites. Subject areas include antisemitism, art, books, genealogy, the Holocaust, Israel, museums and women. The book contains an easy-to-use A-Z index and a list of over 375 Internet host sites in Israel. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Software clercks
Authors: Michael D. Schroeder
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Models and paradigms for distributed systems structuring (1992)

My candidate for the list of important paradigms for distributed computing is the concept of a "clerck". A clerck is software that provides distribution, replication, and location transparency to client programs (applications) in distributed systems. A clerck exports a service interface to a client. The interface is specialized to the function being provided : e-mail, name service, file service, printing service, data base access, etc. Typically a client will need to deal with only a single instance of the interface for a particular function. The interface presents a "logically centralized, logically local" service, even when the underlying implementation is distributed, replicated, and/or remote.The clerck software can have many different structural relationships to its client. In simple cases it can be runtime libraries loaded into the client address space and be invoked with local procedure calls. Or it may operate in a separate address space on the same machine with the client and be invoked by same-machine ipc, same-machine rpc, or callbacks from the operating system. Or it can be in the operating system itself. Finally, it can be on another machine and invoked by cross-machine rpc, although in this last case some measure of transparency is lost since the clerck can crash independently from the client. In all these cases the structure exhibits the clerck paradigm if it presents some aspects of a logically centralized, logically local system for the client.
Exploiting a controlled vocabulary to improve collection selection and retrieval effectiveness
Authors: James C. French, Allison L. Powell, Fredric Gey, Natalia Perelman
Venue: Proceedings of the tenth international conference on Information and knowledge management (2001)

Vocabulary incompatibilities arise when the terms used to index a document collection are largely unknown, or at least not well-known to the users who eventually search the collection. No matter how comprehensive or well-structured the indexing vocabulary, it is of little use if it is not used effectively in query formulation. This paper demonstrates that techniques for mapping user queries into the controlled indexing vocabulary have the potential to radically improve document retrieval performance. We also show how the use of controlled indexing vocabulary can be employed to achieve performance gains for collection selection. Finally, we demonstrate the potential benefit of combining these two techniques in an interactive retrieval environment. Given a user query, our evaluation approach simulates the human user's choice of terms for query augmentation given a list of controlled vocabulary terms suggested by a system. This strategy lets us evaluate interactive strategies without the need for human subjects.