De Rham cohomology is the cohomology of differential forms. This book offers a self-contained exposition to this subject and to the theory of characteristic classes from the curvature point of view. It requires no prior knowledge of the concepts of algebraic topology or cohomology. The first ten chapters study cohomology of open sets in Euclidean space, treat smooth manifolds and their cohomology and end with integration on manifolds.

Are you spending hours redrawing sketches for your clients? Now you can offer a variety of design concepts with a click of a button! This design software maximizes the design process, saves hours of time during consultations, and eliminates costly communication errors! Every detail of the design can be evaluated before fabrication begins. With a digital representation, alterations and design concepts can be quickly developed without the costly expense of redrawing the treatment by hand. Once the illustration is finalized, simply add dimension lines to create a workroom and installation spec sheet.

Inspiration is the essential tool students rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. With the integrated diagram and outline views, they create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. This powerful combination encourages learning in multiple modes. As a result, students gain and retain a better understanding of concepts and demonstrate knowledge, improving their performance across the curriculum. Educators use Inspiration to customize instruction, achieve standards, assess student projects and energize learning. An expanded selection of 120+ cross-curricular templates in language arts, social studies, science, planning and thinking makes starting assignments quick and easy.

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Create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using today's leading Web development language. javascript: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition gives you step-by-step coverage of the fundamentals, including variables, functions, operators, event handlers, objects, arrays, strings, forms, and frames. You'll also learn about more advanced techniques, including debugging and security. This hands-on guide explains how javascript works with XHTML Transitional and covers the new features available in javascript. Get started using javascript right away with help from this fast-paced tutorial.

With a detailed explanation of vertex and pixel shader programming, coverage of the new Microsoft HLSL (High Level Shader Language), and greater concentration of the fixed function pipeline, the second edition of this popular reference guide will take you farther than you ever imagined! Written by an industry expert, this book will put an end to your struggle to master the concepts. "Beginning Direct3D Game Programming, 2nd Edition" serves as a comprehensive guide for learning DirectX graphics programming. It allows you to start with the basics and ease your way into graphics and animation. As you work your way through the book, however, you'll get a chance to focus on some advanced shader effects to give your games that extra touch of realism.

If you are a programmer, software architect, or analyst who wants comprehensive coverage of Rose 2002, this is the book for you--especially if you don't have much previous experience with UML. If you who have upgraded from a previous version of Rose, you will learn the new features of the latest release. This updated edition contains enhanced coverage of basic UML concepts and more focus on the key languages used with Rose today, especially Java 2, Visual Basic, and XML. You learn how to create UML diagrams of all kinds, how to create detailed object and data models, and how to generate automatically. You also learn how to reverse-engineer an existing application. The companion CD-ROM contains sample Rose 2002 models, the sample code generated from these models, and a collection of Rose scripts.

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Good design sells products and invites users to return. Design Concepts with Code: An Approach for Developers understands developers aren't particularly interested in learning graphics applications or reading a treatise on design. The book offers clear and concise design concepts, examples, and projects to support developer proficiency with design in a short period of time. Great developers often create products that work well, look bad, and never reach their potential audience. Developers can design prototypes and products by considering and implementing a reasonable set of design axioms that hold their strength over time.
In Design Concepts with Code: An Approach for Developers, design concepts including interface design, design principles, design elements, layout, content and typography, and color are presented with code including XML, XHTML/CSS, SVG, XSLT, XSL-FO, and scripting languages. This text offers design concepts, examples, projects, and code (no apps) to quickly enhance client and user interpretation and appreciation of web-based products.

This book includes basic methodologies, review of basic electrical rules and how they apply, design rules, IC planning, detailed checklists for design review, specific layout design flows, specialized block design, interconnect design, and also additional information on design limitations due to production requirements.

Although dynamical mechanical analysis or spectroscopy has left the domain of the rheologist and has become a prevalent tool in the analytical laboratory, it is still common to hear, "What is DMA, and what will it tell me?" or "I think I could use a DMA, but I cannot justify its cost." Previously, the novice in the field had to sort through texts on thermal analysis, rheology, and materials science just to find basic information - until now.This book provides the chemist, chemical engineer, or materials scientist with a starting point to understand the applications of dynamic mechanical analysis, its workings, and its advantages and limitations.Discussions include:orheological conceptsostress-strainodata handlingoexperimental techniques and considerationsotest methods, such as frequency sweeps and time-temperature curvesodata analysis

Are you ready to harness the power of Nuendo to record, edit, mix, and publish your audio productions? If your answer is "Yes!," then "Nuendo® Power!" is here to help. Develop a firm foundation as you cover audio tracks, channels, inputs, and outputs, and get tips for what you should consider when running other audio applications simultaneously with Nuendo. Master Nuendo’s Project window, toolbar buttons, and transport panel, and use the tempo track to add tempo changes and time signatures to your projects. You’ll also learn important troubleshooting techniques. "Nuendo Power!" comes with a FREE limited edition Cool School Interactus training CD-ROM. This interactive CD-ROM includes 60 minutes of movie tutorials covering key concepts and new features in Nuendo, including Editing Overview, Audio Pool, Overlap Recording, Sample Editing, Mixer Automation, and Real-Time Plug-Ins. Take your music to the next level with the powerful tools of Nuendo!

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a well established Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, part of the Microsoft Dynamics family. Dynamics NAV is installed worldwide, with well over one million users. Version 2009 contains many major new features and structures, requiring even experienced Dynamics NAV developers to refresh their NAV development knowledge.

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This book covers the ObjectMap, Entity, and Query APIs for interacting with objects in the grid. It shows client/server configurations and interactions, as well as the powerful DataGrid API. DataGrid allows us to send code into the grid, which can be run where the data lives. Equally important are the design patterns that go alongside using a data grid. This book covers the major concepts you need to know that prevent your client application from becoming a performance bottleneck. By the end of the book, you'll be able to write software using the eXtreme Scale APIs, and take advantage of a linearly scalable middleware layer.

This is a good, basic tool for tackling small-business concerns about workplace issues, entrepreneurial challenges, concepts, relevant legislation, and key institutions, organizations, associations, and government agencies. Arranged alphabetically by topic?from "American Accounting Association" to "Zoning Ordinances," with issues like health insurance, Internet commerce, and product development in between?the 505 essays include bolded terms to denote words or phrases covered in a separate entry, cross references to direct users to related topics, and bibliographic citations providing additional sources of information. The downside includes the book's cost and its lack of illustrations or examples. With the growth of small-business ownership, however, this is an important addition to all public libraries and academic libraries supporting business curricula.?Norman B. Hutcherson, Kern Cty. Lib., Bakersfield, CA

This book helps students learn to analyze and interpret research data using SPSS 15.0 by demonstrating how to produce a variety of statistics reviewed in intermediate statistics courses. The new edition features SPSS 15.0, but the book can also be used with earlier or future versions of SPSS. Each chapter introduces several related statistics and provides instructions on how to run them and interpret the outputs. Each statistic is described in a user-friendly, nontechnical manner. The book reviews research designs and how to assess the reliability and validity of data. The authors demonstrate how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the research design, use SPSS to answer research questions, and interpret and write about SPSS outputs.
Statistics in Plain English, 2/e provides a brief, simple overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. It presents brief explanations of statistical concepts and techniques in simple, everyday language. Each self-contained chapter consists of three sections. The first describes the statistic, including how it is used and what information it provides. The second section reviews how it works, how to calculate the formula, the strengths and weaknesses of the technique, and the conditions needed for its use. The final section provides examples that use and interpret the statistic. A glossary of terms and symbols is also included.

With Adobe Flash CS3 to create interactive content for any platform. The program integrates seamlessly sign function, Photoshop and Illustrator components and supports ActionScript 3.0. The well-known trainer Helge mouse shows you how to easily and quickly import images from Photoshop and Illustrator artwork - and preserved across levels and settings. Thanks to the professional tips in this video tutorial, you create movies from still images - simply with the mouse and Drag'n Drop. Here you will learn how to transform simple and fast animation in ActionScript code that you improve the integrated timeline editor yet.

The Sniper Trading Workbook is the perfect complement to Sniper Trading: Essential Short-Term Money-Making Secrets for Trading Stocks, Options, and Futures. This workbook provides an invaluable opportunity to explore your understanding of the formulas and strategies covered in the main text–before you put them to use in real market environments.
Each chapter of the workbook is designed to stand on its own, so you can tackle one strategy before moving on to another. A brief description of the topic at hand is followed by a series of questions on that topic and their solutions. Test your knowledge on the concepts, techniques, and systems discussed in Sniper Trading, with realistic examples that are likely to occur during the normal course of short-term trading, including:
* The Two Major Daily Trends
* The 3-Day Difference: How to Measure Market Momentum
* Chart Patterns: Finding Symmetry in the Market