Subject(s): Reinforced concrete -- Effect of high temperatures on | Reinforced concrete -- Testing | Reinforced concrete -- Thermal properties Summary: "Comprehensive and readable, this book provides the tools and techniques to properly analyze the effects of high temperature on reinforced concrete, leading to safer, more stable structures.

Subject(s): Penetration testing (Computer security) | Computers -- Access control | Penetration testing (Computer security) | Computer networks -- Security measures Testing Summary: "Penetration testing is often considered an art as much as it is a science, but even an artist needs the right brushes to do the job well. Many commercial and o

Subject(s): Computer security -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Microsoft software -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Security measures Summary: "Thor's Microsoft Security Bible provides a "one-stop-shop" for Microsoft-related security techniques and procedures as applied to the typical deployment of a Microsoft-based infrastructure. The

Subject(s): Greenhouse gas mitigation | Environmental policy | Environmental protection | Climatic changes -- Prevention | Global environmental change Summary: "An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made

Subject(s): Business ethics | Finance -- Moral and ethical aspects Summary: "A groundbreaking exploration of the critical ethical issues in financial theory and practice Compiled by volume editor John Boatright, Finance Ethics consists of contributions from scholars from many different finance disciplines. It covers key issues in financial

Subject(s): Internet advertising | Internet searching | Keyword searching | Search engines | Branding (Marketing) | Consumer behavior Summary: "This book addresses the underlying foundational elements, both theoretical and methodological, of sponsored search. As such, the contents are less affected by the ever-changing implementation aspect

Subject(s): Accounting | Accounting -- Problems, exercises, etc Summary: "Updated and revised, this tenth edition helps accountants build strong critical thinking skills and a sound theoretical background. This enables them to evaluate accounting practice in today's increasingly global world economy. A unique and timely collection of ca

Subject(s): Urbanization -- Case studies | Public spaces -- Case studies Contents:(Not) your everyday public space / Jeffrey Hou -- Appropriating. Dancing on the streets of Beijing : improved uses within the urban system / Caroline Chen ; Latino urbanism in Los Angeles : a model for urban improvisation and reinvention / James Rojas ; Takin

Subject(s): Asia, Central -- History | Asia, Central -- Civilization | Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects Summary: "A vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the "pivot of history," a land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed

Subject(s): Artificial intelligence -- Congresses | Expert systems (Computer science) -- Congresses | Intelligent control systems -- Congresses Summary: "This book contains revised versions of most of the peer-reviewed papers presented at the Fifth Symposium for Artificial Intelligence Researchers (STAIRS), which took place in Lisbon, Portu