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The Android platform continues to aggressively grow in market share against competing mobile platforms, such as Apple iOS and BlackBerry. Android’s latest majorplatform update, Android 4.0, frequently called by its code-name, Ice Cream Sandwich or just ICS merges the smartphone-centric Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) and the tablet-centric Android 3.x (Honeycomb) platform editions into a single SDK [...]

Introducing Android Development with Ice Cream Sandwich

In his new book, Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server Maintenance Plans, Brad McGehee takes you on a comprehensive tour of two SQL Server tools designed to help DBAs ensure that a “required minimum” level of maintenance takes place on their SQL Server instances: the Maintenance Plan Wizard and the Maintenance Plan Designer. Table of [...]

Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server Maintenance Plans

In this Introduction to Maya 2012 tutorial, we will help you get a strong understanding of Maya and how it works. You’ll get the chance to work with many of the Maya instructors here at Digital-Tutors who will show you how to use some of the major components of Maya. In thistutorial , we’ll start [...]

Digital Tutors Introduction to Maya 2012 DVD

ThereпїЅs no two ways about it: understanding object oriented programming is hard! We all know the feeling. But eventually, if you stick with it, things suddenly clickпїЅand boy, is that an amazing feeling. So thatпїЅs my goal with this massive video series (separated into three cheap purchases for your convenience.) My job is to help [...]

Object-Oriented Programming in PHP

Programming languages are often classified according to their paradigms, e.g. imperative, functional, logic, constraint-based, object-oriented, or aspect-oriented. A paradigm characterizes the style, concepts, and methods of the language for describing situations and processes and for solving problems, and each paradigm serves best for programming in particular application areas. Real-world problems, however, are often best implemented [...]

Multiparadigm Constraint Programming Languages (Cognitive Technologies) – Petra Hofstedt

A data-driven, fact-based, quantitative text on Oracle performance and scalability With database concepts and theories clearly explained in Oracle’s context, readers quickly learn how to fully leverage Oracle’s performance and scalability capabilities at every stage of designing and developing an Oracle-based enterprise application. The book is based on the author’s more than ten years of [...]

Oracle Database Performance and Scalability: A Quantitative Approach

Atomic is a magazine aimed squarely at computer enthusiasts, gamers, and serious PC upgraders. Every month we bring you the latest reviews of new technology and PC components, in depth features on everything from overclocking to console hacking, and gaming previews and interviews. Share this article

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Although neural modeling has a long history, most of the texts available on the subject are quite limited in scope, dealing primarily with the simulation of large-scale biological neural networks applicable to describing brain function.Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems presents the mathematical tools and methods that can describe and predict the dynamic behavior [...]

Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems (Biomedical Engineering) – Robert B. Northrop

Provides an elegant introduction to the geometric concepts that are important to applications in robotics*�Includes significant state-of-the art material that reflects important advances, connecting robotics back to mathematical fundamentals in group theory and geometry*�An invaluable reference that serves a wide audience of grad students and researchers in�mechanical engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics. Share this [...]

Geometric Fundamentals of Robotics – J.M. Selig

Summary �Clojure in Action is a hands-on tutorial for the working programmer who has written code in a language like Java or Ruby, but has no prior experience with Lisp. It teaches Clojure from the basics to advanced topics using practical, real-world application examples. Blow through the theory and dive into practical matters like unit-testing [...]