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Cognitive Informatics for Biomedicine

Human Computer Interaction in Healthcare

Edited by Vimla L. Patel, Thomas G. Kannampallil, David R. Kaufman ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The book reports on the current state on HCI in biomedicine and health care, focusing on the role of human factors, patient safety well as methodological underpinnings of HCI theories and its application for biomedical informatics. Theories, models and frameworks for human-computer interaction (HCI) have been recognized as key contributors for the design, development and use of computer-based ... Read more

$89.99 CAD

The book reports on the current state on HCI in biomedicine and health care, focusing on the role of human factors, patient safety well as methodological underpinnings of HCI theories and its application for biomedical informatics. Theories, models and frameworks for human-computer interaction (HCI) have been recognized as key contributors for the design, development and use of computer-based
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Learning PostgreSQL 10

A beginner's guide to building high-performance PostgreSQL database solutions

by Salahaldin Juba, Andrey Volkov, Sheldon Strauch, Isabel Maria Duarte Rosa ...

Leverage the power of PostgreSQL 10 to build powerful database and data warehousing applications.Key FeaturesBe introduced to the concept of relational databases and PostgreSQL, one of the fastest growing open source databases in the worldLearn client-side and server-side programming in PostgreSQL, and how to administer PostgreSQL databasesDiscover tips on implementing efficient database solutions ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leverage the power of PostgreSQL 10 to build powerful database and data warehousing applications.Key FeaturesBe introduced to the concept of relational databases and PostgreSQL, one of the fastest growing open source databases in the worldLearn client-side and server-side programming in PostgreSQL, and how to administer PostgreSQL databasesDiscover tips on implementing efficient database solutions
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Handbook of Vascular Biometrics

Edited by Andreas Uhl, Christoph Busch, Sébastien Marcel, Raymond Veldhuis ...

Series series Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open ... Read more

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This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open
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Beginning CSS Preprocessors

With SASS, Compass.js and Less.js

by Anirudh Prabhu ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how preprocessors can make CSS scalable and easy to maintain. You'll see how to write code in a very clean and scalable manner and use CSS preprocessor features such as variables and looping, which are missing in CSS natively. Reading Beginning CSS Preprocessors will make your life much simpler by showing you how to create reusable chunks of code. In addition to coding enhancements, you’ll ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Learn how preprocessors can make CSS scalable and easy to maintain. You'll see how to write code in a very clean and scalable manner and use CSS preprocessor features such as variables and looping, which are missing in CSS natively. Reading Beginning CSS Preprocessors will make your life much simpler by showing you how to create reusable chunks of code. In addition to coding enhancements, you’ll
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Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi

Physical Computing with Circuits, Sensors, Outputs, and Projects

by Stewart Watkiss ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it’s inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This bookshows you how to ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it’s inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This bookshows you how to
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Pro Jakarta EE 10

Open Source Enterprise Java-based Cloud-native Applications Development

by Peter Späth ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Welcome to your in-depth professional guide to the open source Eclipse Jakarta EE 10 platform. This book will help you build more complex native enterprise Java-based cloud and other applications that can run in corporate and other mission-critical settings. The majority of the key Jakarta EE 10 APIs or features are dissected in this book, including JSF, JSP, JPA, CDI, REST, Microprofiles, ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

Welcome to your in-depth professional guide to the open source Eclipse Jakarta EE 10 platform. This book will help you build more complex native enterprise Java-based cloud and other applications that can run in corporate and other mission-critical settings. The majority of the key Jakarta EE 10 APIs or features are dissected in this book, including JSF, JSP, JPA, CDI, REST, Microprofiles,
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Deep Learning with PyTorch Step-by-Step: A Beginner's Guide - Volume I: Fundamentals

Deep Learning with PyTorch Step-by-Step: A Beginner's Guide, #1

by Daniel Voigt Godoy ...

Series Book 1 - Deep Learning with PyTorch Step-by-Step: A Beginner's Guide
Revised for PyTorch 2.x!Why this book?Are you looking for a book where you can learn about deep learning and PyTorch without having to spend hours deciphering cryptic text and code? A technical book that's also easy and enjoyable to read?This is it!How is this book different?First, this book presents an easy-to-follow, ... ... Read more

$3.95 CAD

Revised for PyTorch 2.x!Why this book?Are you looking for a book where you can learn about deep learning and PyTorch without having to spend hours deciphering cryptic text and code? A technical book that's also easy and enjoyable to read?This is it!How is this book different?First, this book presents an easy-to-follow, ...
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Node.js for Embedded Systems

Using Web Technologies to Build Connected Devices

by Patrick Mulder, Kelsey Breseman ...

How can we build bridges from the digital world of the Internet to the analog world that surrounds us? By bringing accessibility to embedded components such as sensors and microcontrollers, JavaScript and Node.js might shape the world of physical computing as they did for web browsers. This practical guide shows hardware and software engineers, makers, and web developers how to talk in JavaScript ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

How can we build bridges from the digital world of the Internet to the analog world that surrounds us? By bringing accessibility to embedded components such as sensors and microcontrollers, JavaScript and Node.js might shape the world of physical computing as they did for web browsers. This practical guide shows hardware and software engineers, makers, and web developers how to talk in JavaScript
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Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management

9th International Joint Conference, IC3K 2017, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, November 1-3, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Ana Fred, David Aveiro, Jan L. G. Dietz, Kecheng Liu, Jorge Bernardino, Ana Salgado, Joaquim Filipe ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2017, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in November 2017.The 19 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 157 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge discovery and ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2017, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in November 2017.The 19 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 157 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge discovery and
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Advances in Information Architecture

The Academics / Practitioners Roundtable 2014–2019

Edited by Andrea Resmini, Sarah A. Rice, Bernadette Irizarry ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume reveals the history of Information Architecture (IA), reflects on the relationship between practice and research within the discipline, and presents educators with the latest models, frameworks and theories that have emerged from the Information Architecture Academics and Practitioners Roundtable between 2014 and 2019. The most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Information ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This volume reveals the history of Information Architecture (IA), reflects on the relationship between practice and research within the discipline, and presents educators with the latest models, frameworks and theories that have emerged from the Information Architecture Academics and Practitioners Roundtable between 2014 and 2019. The most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Information
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Rails: Up and Running

Lightning-Fast Web Development

by Bruce Tate, Lance Carlson, Curt Hibbs ...

In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive.Perfect for beginning web developers, this ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive.Perfect for beginning web developers, this
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Data Parallel C++

Programming Accelerated Systems Using C++ and SYCL

by James Reinders, Ben Ashbaugh, James Brodman, Michael Kinsner, John Pennycook, Xinmin Tian ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
"This book, now in is second edition, is the premier resource to learn SYCL 2020 and is the ONLY book you need to become part of this community." Erik Lindahl, GROMACS and Stockholm UniversityLearn how to accelerate C++ programs using data parallelism and SYCL.This open access book enables C++ programmers to be at the forefront of this exciting and important development that is helping to push ... Read more

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"This book, now in is second edition, is the premier resource to learn SYCL 2020 and is the ONLY book you need to become part of this community." Erik Lindahl, GROMACS and Stockholm UniversityLearn how to accelerate C++ programs using data parallelism and SYCL.This open access book enables C++ programmers to be at the forefront of this exciting and important development that is helping to push
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Modern Compiler Implementation in ML

by Andrew W. Appel ...

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and ... Read more

$95.99 CAD

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and
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Applications of Cognitive Computing Systems and IBM Watson

8th IBM Collaborative Academia Research Exchange

Edited by Aaditya Telang, Danish Contractor ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book presents reports and methods that demonstrate the ease with which cognitive applications can be built using IBM Watson application program interfaces (APIs). It includes application reports from two IBM Watson API-based competitions – Hackathon (24 hours) and a Challenge task (~3 months). It also features a selection of papers presented at I-CARE 2016, the IBM Collaborative Academia ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

This book presents reports and methods that demonstrate the ease with which cognitive applications can be built using IBM Watson application program interfaces (APIs). It includes application reports from two IBM Watson API-based competitions – Hackathon (24 hours) and a Challenge task (~3 months). It also features a selection of papers presented at I-CARE 2016, the IBM Collaborative Academia
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AI ChatBots For Dummies

by Kelly Noble Mirabella, Eric Butow ...

A handbook for professionals implementing or upgrading chatbotsIn AI Chatbots For Dummies, chatbot expert Kelly Mirabella and veteran tech educator Eric Butow deliver a from-scratch guide to deploying AI-powered chatbots that keep your business' customers happy. The book offers step-by-step instructions to building your bot and putting it into use — even if you don't know how to code. You'll learn ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

A handbook for professionals implementing or upgrading chatbotsIn AI Chatbots For Dummies, chatbot expert Kelly Mirabella and veteran tech educator Eric Butow deliver a from-scratch guide to deploying AI-powered chatbots that keep your business' customers happy. The book offers step-by-step instructions to building your bot and putting it into use — even if you don't know how to code. You'll learn
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Advanced API Security

OAuth 2.0 and Beyond

by Prabath Siriwardena ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Prepare for the next wave of challenges in enterprise security. Learn to better protect, monitor, and manage your public and private APIs.Enterprise APIs have become the common way of exposing business functions to the outside world. Exposing functionality is convenient, but of course comes with a risk of exploitation. This book teaches you about TLS Token Binding, User Managed Access (UMA) 2.0, ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

Prepare for the next wave of challenges in enterprise security. Learn to better protect, monitor, and manage your public and private APIs.Enterprise APIs have become the common way of exposing business functions to the outside world. Exposing functionality is convenient, but of course comes with a risk of exploitation. This book teaches you about TLS Token Binding, User Managed Access (UMA) 2.0,
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Card Sorting

Designing Usable Categories

by Donna Spencer ...

Card sorting helps us understand how people think about content and categories. Armed with this knowledge, we can group information so that people can better find and understand it. In this book, Donna describes how to plan and run a card sort, then analyse the results and apply the outcomes to your project. ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

Card sorting helps us understand how people think about content and categories. Armed with this knowledge, we can group information so that people can better find and understand it. In this book, Donna describes how to plan and run a card sort, then analyse the results and apply the outcomes to your project.
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Beginning Ada Programming

From Novice to Professional

by Andrew T. Shvets ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Discover the Ada programming language by being gently guided through the various parts of the language and its latest available stable release. The goal in this book is to slowly ease you into the different topics. It is understood that you do not always have ample free time, so the text is easy to digest and concepts are spoon fed to the reader.Starting with the simplest of topics, detailed ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

Discover the Ada programming language by being gently guided through the various parts of the language and its latest available stable release. The goal in this book is to slowly ease you into the different topics. It is understood that you do not always have ample free time, so the text is easy to digest and concepts are spoon fed to the reader.Starting with the simplest of topics, detailed
... Read more
The Economy of Algorithms

AI and the Rise of the Digital Minions

by Marek Kowalkiewicz ...

Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It’s here and it’s growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technology. Algorithms have been around for hundreds of years, but they have only recently begun to ‘escape’ our understanding. When algorithms perform certain tasks, they’re not just as good as us, they’re becoming infinitely better, and, at the same time, ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It’s here and it’s growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technology. Algorithms have been around for hundreds of years, but they have only recently begun to ‘escape’ our understanding. When algorithms perform certain tasks, they’re not just as good as us, they’re becoming infinitely better, and, at the same time,
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Chatgpt Book For Beginners : A Step By Step Guide To Use Chatgpt Effectively, Earn Money And Increase Your Productivity With Over 50+ Tips

by Daniel Brown ...

Hey there! Are you excited to learn more about ChatGPT and how it can transform your productivity and help you earn money? Then you'll definitely want to check out "ChatGPT Book for Beginners" by Daniel BrownAs technology continues to advance, ChatGPT has emerged as a game-changer in the world of conversational AI. With its ability to automate repetitive tasks, ChatGPT can help you save time and ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hey there! Are you excited to learn more about ChatGPT and how it can transform your productivity and help you earn money? Then you'll definitely want to check out "ChatGPT Book for Beginners" by Daniel BrownAs technology continues to advance, ChatGPT has emerged as a game-changer in the world of conversational AI. With its ability to automate repetitive tasks, ChatGPT can help you save time and
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SwiftUI Cookbook

A guide for building beautiful and interactive SwiftUI apps

by Juan C. Catalan ...

Experience the potential of SwiftUI, Swift 5.9, and Xcode 15 for crafting cutting-edge apps on iOS 17, macOS 14.0 Sonoma, and watchOS 10Key FeaturesUnlock advanced controls and animations with SwiftUI 5, taking your app development skills to the next levelVisualize data effortlessly using Swift Charts enhancing your app's data-driven capabilitiesDevelop for multiple platforms, including iOS, macOS ... Read more

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Experience the potential of SwiftUI, Swift 5.9, and Xcode 15 for crafting cutting-edge apps on iOS 17, macOS 14.0 Sonoma, and watchOS 10Key FeaturesUnlock advanced controls and animations with SwiftUI 5, taking your app development skills to the next levelVisualize data effortlessly using Swift Charts enhancing your app's data-driven capabilitiesDevelop for multiple platforms, including iOS, macOS
... Read more
Successful User Experience: Strategies and Roadmaps

by Elizabeth Rosenzweig ...

Successful User Experience: Strategy and Roadmaps provides you with a hands-on guide for pulling all of the User Experience (UX) pieces together to create a strategy that includes tactics, tools, and methodologies. Leveraging material honed in user experience courses and over 25 years in the field, the author explains the value of strategic models to refine goals against available data and ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

Successful User Experience: Strategy and Roadmaps provides you with a hands-on guide for pulling all of the User Experience (UX) pieces together to create a strategy that includes tactics, tools, and methodologies. Leveraging material honed in user experience courses and over 25 years in the field, the author explains the value of strategic models to refine goals against available data and
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Modern Programming Made Easy

Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript

by Adam L. Davis ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get up and running fast with the basics of programming using Java as an example language. This short book gets you thinking like a programmer in an easy and entertaining way. Modern Programming Made Easy teaches you basic coding principles, including working with lists, sets, arrays, and maps; coding in the object-oriented style; and writing a web application.This book is language agnostic, but ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Get up and running fast with the basics of programming using Java as an example language. This short book gets you thinking like a programmer in an easy and entertaining way. Modern Programming Made Easy teaches you basic coding principles, including working with lists, sets, arrays, and maps; coding in the object-oriented style; and writing a web application.This book is language agnostic, but
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An Introduction to Statistics with Python

With Applications in the Life Sciences

by Thomas Haslwanter ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This textbook provides an introduction to the free software Python and its use for statistical data analysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics. Working code and data for Python solutions for each test, together with easy-to-follow Python examples, can be ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This textbook provides an introduction to the free software Python and its use for statistical data analysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics. Working code and data for Python solutions for each test, together with easy-to-follow Python examples, can be
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