Subject(s): Optical communications Summary: "Broadband optical access network is an ideal solution to alleviate the first/last mile bottleneck of current Internet infrastructures. Richly illustrated throughout to help clarify important topics, Broadband Optical Access Networks covers the architectures, protocols enabling technologies of bro

Subject(s): Geographic information systems | Geography -- Computer network resources | World Wide Web Summary: "A detailed look at the field of web-based GIS and mapping services and applications, this book reviews current progress and achievements, while looking forward to future developments. It address issues involved in constant updatin

Subject(s): Leadership | Social entrepreneurship Summary: "Socially Responsible Leadership is a supplementary (and core) text for undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership, servant leadership, social leadership, service learning, and Social Entrepreneurship (the latter primarily as a supplement to aid in self-discovery about one'

Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research | Social sciences -- Longitudinal studies | Longitudinal method | Aging -- Longitudinal studies -- Research | Health -- Longitudinal studies -- Research Summary: "This book provides accessible treatment to state-of-the-art approaches to analyzing longitudinal studies. Comprehensive coverage of the mos

Subject(s): Buildings -- Energy conservation | Insulating materials Review: "Almost half of the total energy produced in the developed world is inefficiently used to heat, cool, ventilate and control humidity in buildings, to meet the increasingly high thermal comfort levels demanded by occupants. The utilisation of advanced m̀aterials and

Subject(s): Islamic law -- History -- To 1500 Summary: "Ten years after his untimely death, Norman Calder is still considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. At the time he was one among a handful of scholars from the West who were beginning to engage with the subject. In the intervening years, much has changed, and Islamic law is n

Subject(s): Technological innovations | Information technology -- Management Summary: "A big-picture look at how the latest trends in information management and technology are impacting business models and innovation worldwide. With all of the recent emphasis on "big data," analytics and visualization, and emerging technology archit

Subject(s): Video games | Video games -- Social aspects Summary: "Video gaming is economically, educationally, culturally, socially and theoretically important, and has, in a relatively short period of time, firmly cemented its place within contemporary life. It is fair to say, however, that the majority of research to date has focused most

Subject(s): Biomedical materials Summary: "The second edition of this popular text includes seven new chapters that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date educational framework for biomaterials education. A new chapter on the biology of wound healing sets the stage for the basic requirements of standardized biomaterials testing and explains

Subject(s): Architecture, Tropical | Architect-designed houses -- Tropics | Interior architecture -- Tropics Summary: Tropical Experience introduces a series of design stories with provocative story lines around some of de Reus Architects' most prominent projects. Each of the stories reveals the search that is inherent in the architectural