Ask any experienced Java programmer, Core Java delivers the real-world guidance you need to accomplish even the most challenging tasks That's why it's been an international best seller for five straight years. Core Java 2, Volume 1-Fundamentals...

HackNotes Web Security Portable Reference describes the hacks and vulnerabilities threatening today's Web applications, then provides the defenses necessary to counteract and destroy threats of all manner. Determine whether a vulnerability exists, then attack and overcome application weaknesses through a series of tested and trusted...

Metrics are a hot topic. Executive leadership, boards of directors, management, and customers are all asking for data-based decisions. As a result, many managers, professionals, and change agents are asked to develop metrics, but have no clear idea of how to produce meaningful ones. Wouldn’t it be great to have a simple explanation of...

Most nonlinear differential equations arising in natural sciences admit chaotic behaviour and cannot be solved analytically. Integrable systems lie on the other extreme. They possess regular, stable, and well behaved solutions known as solitons and instantons. These solutions play important roles in pure and applied mathematics as well as in...

With parasitic diseases increasing worldwide it’s vitally important that radiologists in particular stay up to date with developments. In this brilliantly useful volume, the authors cover the imaging findings for parasitic diseases that can affect the human body using modern imaging equipments. Every chapter consists of a short...