Authors:Balachander Krishnamurthy, Jennifer Rexford,
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Keywords: protocols, traffic, measurement, caching, http, practice, web, networking
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2001-05-14
List price: $54.99
ISBN-10: 0201710889
ISBN-13: 9780201710885

(Pearson Education) A reference to the core technologies underlying the World Wide Web, with an extensive treatment of HTTP/1.1 and its interaction with other protocols. Features numerous examples and case studies throughout, as well as comprehensive documentation of the technical backbone of the Internet. DLC: Web Servers--Computer Programs.

Author: Rexford D. Lord
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: america, south, mammals
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-01-30
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 0801884942
ISBN-13: 9780801884948

From marsupials to bats to carnivores to cetaceans, fully one-fourth of the world’s mammals can be found on the South American continent. Rexford D. Lord provides the most vivid snapshot of South American fauna ever produced. With 252 stunning photographs -- most taken by the author during his 40 years as an ecologist and mammalogist in the region -- and engaging descriptions of each of the mammal families found on the continent, Lord reveals the diversity of these incredible animals.Among the mammals profiled here are the unusual and exotic spectacled bear, the capybara (the world’

Author: Rexford E. Santerre
Publisher: Cengage Learning / South-Western
Keywords: economics, health
Published: 2010
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0324789084
ISBN-13: 9780324789089

No matter how extensive--or limited--your economics background, HEALTH ECONOMICS, Fifth Edition, delivers current, comprehensive, and complete coverage that equips you with a solid, practical knowledge of today’s fast-changing health care systems. Thoroughly revised, the new Fifth Edition addresses the many changes in both the public and private sectors as it thoroughly presents the costs and benefits associated with various health care choices. With a lively and inviting writing style, the text presents topics in an easy-to-understand format that uses only the core foundations of econom

Authors:Ulric P. Gibson, Rexford D. Singer,
Publisher: Books for Business
Keywords: construction, maintenance, design, location, wells, manual, small
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2002-06
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0894991736
ISBN-13: 9780894991738

It has been estimated that nearly two-thirds of the one and a half billion people living in the developing countries are without adequate supplies of safe water. The consequences of this deficiency are innumerable episodes of the debilitating and incapacity enteric diseases which annually affect an estimated 500 million people and result in the deaths of as many as 10 million about half of whom are children. Although there are many factors limiting the installation of small water systems, the lack of knowledge in regard to the availability of ground water and effective means of extracting

Authors:Peter R. Giuliani, Leo Chartrand, Kenneth Rexford,
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Keywords: machines, control, electrical
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2002-12-26
List price: $181.95
ISBN-10: 0766861988
ISBN-13: 9780766861985

Now in its sixth edition, Electrical Control for Machines continues to provide an extraordinarily complete introduction to the range of technologies found in today’s state-of-the-art industrial systems. By providing readers with a practical understanding of the logic and safety conditions required for efficient control of a single machine or a complex system, the authors define the field of industrial electrical controls in a manner that reflects the changes occurring in today’s manufacturing and process industries. Central to the book is the belief that programmable, expandable, r

Authors:James P. Cramer, Jennifer Evans Yankopolus, Jennifer
Publisher: Greenway Communications
Keywords: design, almanac, architecture, sixth, amp
Number of Pages: 764
Published: 2004-11
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 0967547792
ISBN-13: 9780967547794

Since its launch in 2000, design professionals have come to rely on the Almanac of Architecture & Design for information about the industry and where they fit within it. Learn what awards your competition is winning. Read what design leaders are saying about their successes and vision of the future. Trace the trends in specific building types, or expand your knowledge of benchmark events in the history of the profession. The Almanac is your key to what is happening in the design world. 764 pages loaded with facts, rankings and little-known information: * Recent winners of over 100 nati

Authors:Jennifer J. Otten, Jennifer Pitzi Hellwig, Linda D.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: nutrient, requirements, guide, essential, reference, intakes, dietary
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2006-08-29
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0309100917
ISBN-13: 9780309100915

Widely regarded as the classic reference work for the nutrition, dietetic, and allied health professions since its introduction in 1943, "Recommended Dietary Allowances" has been the accepted source in nutrient allowances for healthy people. Responding to the expansion of scientific knowledge about the roles of nutrients in human health, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine, in partnership with Health Canada, has updated what used to be known as "Recommended Dietary Allowances" (RDA’s) and renamed their new approach to these guidelines "Dietary Reference Intakes" (DR