Best practices for protecting critical data and systemsInformation Assurance Handbook: Effective Computer Security and Risk Management Strategies discusses the tools and techniques required to prevent, detect, contain, correct, and recover from security breaches and other information assurance failures. This practical resource explains how to integrate information assurance into your enterprise planning in a non-technical manner. It leads you through building an IT strat...

Texas Ranger Matthew Rivers is happy to come home for his little sister's wedding, even though it means traveling out of his way in an effort to avoid the warring Comanche. He is shocked to find his sister's best friend has ridden over for a visit, in spite of her daddy insisting she go nowhere alone while there is a possibility of being taken captive by the Indians. However, Maize Christian isn't concerned; she doesn't believe the Indians are in the area, or that they would dare attack an...

Kingdoms of Amalur first launched in 2012 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. It was an ambitious game to be sure, was fairly well-received, but also didn't gather as much attention as the developers wanted. It's one of those RPGs from the last generation that has laid dormant for eight with years now.Well, THQ Nordic has brought it back with this remastered addition. It doesn't change, or add too much, but it does allow a new generation to check this underrated RPG out. In case players ...

This is the third revised edition of the established and trusted RFID Handbook; the most comprehensive introduction to radio frequency identification (RFID) available.This essential new edition contains information on electronic product code (EPC) and the EPC global network, and explains near-field communication (NFC) in depth. It includes revisions on chapters devoted to the physical principles of RFID systems and microprocessors, and supplies up-to-date details on releva...

Analyzing a range of ideas from biological, evolutionary and anthropological theories to a variety of feminist, psychoanalytic, poststructuralist and constructivist discourses, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the problematics of gender and power in architectural and urban design.Topics range from conceptions of postulated matriarchal architecture in Old Europe to contemporary technologies of control; from the mechanisms of gaze to architectural performatives; fro...

The Von Hansen family is going on holiday. Mum, Dad, Alexander, Viktoria and Anton are at the airport on their way to check in. Grandma is also there to say goodbye. They have been queuing for a long time and there are lots of people. In a moment they will be on board the plane … but then Dad has to show his passport at the counter, and he realises he's forgotten to renew it.

What if mercy isn't just a feeling, but a seed planted by God at the very beginning of time?In The Soil of the Heart: Cultivating God's Seed of Mercy, author Dort Goodman takes readers on a remarkable journey through Scripture, revealing how God's mercy has been growing in the hearts of humanity since Creation. Using Jesus' parable of the growing seed (Mark 4:26-29) as a framework, this book traces mercy's development from Adam through Noa...

This book focuses on the latest scientific and technological advancements in the field of railway turnout engineering. It offers a holistic approach to the scientific investigation of the factors and mechanisms determining performance degradation of railway switches and crossings (S&Cs), and the consequent development of condition monitoring systems that will enable infrastructure managers to transition towards the implementation of predictive maintenance.The book is divided into t...

This book explains and exemplifies how SMEs can embrace the Smart Production approach and technologies in order to gain a beneficiary outcome. The book describes the Smart Production vision for SMEs, as well as the method to get there. The concept behind the book is based on the long-term experience of the authors in researching and tackling problems of SMEs in the manufacturing sector. The book provides applied methods and obtained solutions in different branches and different sizes of SM...

This is the first book to systematically describe the range of approaches used in music imagery and Guided Imagery and Music across the lifespan, from young children through to palliative care with older people.Covering a broad spectrum of client populations and settings, international contributors present various adaptations of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery to accommodate factors such as time restraints, context (including hospitals, schools, and the wider community), client ...

Developed in conjunction with several oil companies using experimental data for real reservoir fluids, Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids introduces industry standard methods for modeling the phase behavior of petroleum reservoir fluids at different stages in the process. Keeping mathematics to a minimum, this book discusses sampling, characterization, compositional analyses, and equations of state used to simulate various pressure–volume–temperature (PVT) proper...

As parents wish for our children to be happy, healthy, confident, capable and resilient human beings. Sometimes we find that this goal is easier said than done.Reading ‘Switched-on Kids’ will give you the tools to help you help your children be their best in all areas of their life – naturally.You will learn:· Easily understood up-to-date brain science and research· How to optimise the all-powerful brain-body connection· Fun and effective brain-stimu...