CRC Press

How to achieve 27001 certification; an example of applied compliance management.

Using security standards ISO 27002 (formerly ISO 17799) and ISO 27001 as a basis, this guide helps organizations align their security and organizational goals so that they can generate effective security, compliance, and management programs. After an overview of ISO security standards and the ISO 27000 family, the book describes a security management framework, and outlines steps for establishing and developing an information security management system and preparing for certification and audits. Almost 100 pages of appendices provide standards, policies, and sample documents. The audience for the book includes chief security officers, security management, and security professionals. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Human performance modeling in aviation.

With air traffic increasing every year, many news articles have questioned the ability of pilots and flight controllers to stay constantly alert in jobs that are literally life or death. Foyle, a NASA research psychologist and Hooey, a research associate with degrees in psychology and mechanical engineering, look at models designed to improve performance. The editors have written three articles on the project at NASA, using human performance models in aviation and aviation safety studies. They then turn the subject over to a group of experts who comment on the use of these modeling tools in decision making, multi-tasking and training. One article has as its subject a model of that terrifying phrase "pilot error." The final section includes a round table discussion of implications for modeling and aviation with the goal of improved safety. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Image processing for remote sensing.

Chen (electrical and computer engineering, U. of Massachusetts Dartmouth) presents a spin-off edition derived by splitting the original two parts of Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing (CRC, 2006) into two separate texts, one on signal processing, the present text on image processing, in remote sensing. The latter contains 16 chapters by 43 international academics and researchers on advanced topics of image processing in remote sensing including image modeling, statistical image classifiers, change detection, independent component analysis, vertex component analysis, image fusion for better classification or segmentation, 2-D time series modeling, neural network classifications, and accuracy assessment and information-theoretic measure of multiband images. Many chapters emphasize issues with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. For electrical engineering students, researchers, and professionals. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Implementation and applications of DSL technology.

Published as a follow-up to the editors' earlier Fundamentals of DSL technology, this volume presents 17 chapters on all the components and industries attached to DSL technology. Voice over DSL, DSLAM architecture, bonded DSL, multiline MIMO DSL, analog front-end, spectrum management, and dynamic spectrum management are some of the topics. A concluding chapter discusses the issue of standardization. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Interfacial phenomena; equilibrium and dynamic effects, 2d ed.

The chief objective of Miller (Rice U.) and Neogi (U. of Missouri-Rolla) in presenting this text on interfacial phenomena (an interface being a surface forming a common boundary among two different phases) was to provide those just entering the field a summary of the fundamentals with an emphasis on equilibrium phenomena together with treatment of flow, transport, and stability of interfaces. For this new edition a chapter has been added on mass transfer measurements and experimental techniques for determination of microstructure in colloidal dispersions and surfactant systems. Remaining in the work are the chapters on interfacial tension, contact angles, colloidal dispersions, surfactants, interfacial stability, transport effects on interfacial stability, and interfacial dynamics, although they have been updated and often expanded. Some background in thermodynamics and transport phenomena is required. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to biomedical engineering technology.

In a well-illustrated text, Street (Chilliwack General Hospital, near Vancouver, BC, Canada) traces the history of medical devices from treatment by a medicine woman in Clan of the Cave Bear to the typical day, role, and training of biomedical engineering technologists in contemporary healthcare settings. The section on diagnostic devices cites fingernail polish as a factor that can interfere with pulse oximeter measurements. Chapters also treat management of the technology involved. Appended information includes normal clinical values; regulations and standards in the field; and listings of BMET training programs in North America, North American and international biomedical organizations, test equipment manufacturers, and Internet resources. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to engineering materials, 2d ed.

In this text for general engineering students, Murray (materials engineering, emeritus, California Polytechnic State University) provides a foundation for the nonmaterials major to understand the properties and limitations of materials. Writing in a readable style, he explains how to classify and choose materials based on the limitations of their properties in terms of temperature, strength, ductility, corrosion, and physical behavior. He offers examples of materials usage, and presents a balanced view of theory and science alongside the practical and technical applications of materials science. This second edition is revised and updated. Chapter glossaries, case studies, problems, and discussion questions are included. The art program includes b&w photos and illustrations. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to image processing and analysis.

This text introduces students to the programming involved in image processing and analysis. It only introduces enough mathematics to explain the workings of the most widely used and important image processing and analysis algorithms. Chapters cover the adjustment of pixel values, neighborhood operations, image processing in the Fourier domain, binary images, and measurements. The reader is assumed to have some previous programming experience and to be able to use a C compiler and a programming environment. The accompanying CD-ROM includes interface code, utilities for handling the details of converting various image modes to a common one, and supporting routines. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to number theory.

Along with extensive chapters on the fundamentals, this includes material suitable for upper-level undergraduates and others with exposure to abstract algebra and analysis. The result is a nicely adaptable text useful at both the theoretical and application levels that is both interactive and suitable for use with current software. In a clever and logical system that builds from previous knowledge, this covers such core topics as divisibility and primes, congruences, cryptography, and quadratic residues, then addresses arithmetic functions, large primes, continued fractions, and diophantine equations, closing with advanced topics such as analytic number theory, elliptic curves, and the relationship between logic and number theory. The authors provide information on interfacing with Mathematica and Maple and provide web resources along with their references. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to pharmacology, 3d ed.

Appropriate for both science and humanities students, this undergraduate textbook explains the underlying principles of drug action and drug toxicology, discusses the drug discovery process, and considers current controversies in the field. The third edition adds chapters on pulmonary and gastrointestinal drugs. Hollinger teaches medical pharmacology and toxicology at the University of California, Davis. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Logistics engineering handbook.

This collection of 30 articles, all with a unique engineering focus, provide a rigorous mathematical treatment while focusing on the practical rather than the analytical. Covering both traditional and up-to-the-minute topics and techniques, the contributors open with an historical perspective, the economic impact of logistics, the logistics engineering toolkit, metrics and the idea of logistics as an integrating system's function. Articles on logistics activities include such topics as customer service, purchasing and sourcing, demand forecasting (using an analytic hierarchy process and genetic algorithm-based multiple regression analysis), facilities location and layout design, inventory control theory, material handling system, warehousing, distribution system design, and transportation systems. Other major topics include transportation management, enabling technologies and new trends. Includes extensive case studies, exercises and tutorials. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Machine elements; life and design.

It is not hard to imagine that machines have a "life." They have elements that function at an intellectual level or an emotional level, they have a purpose for their existence, and they interact with other machines, including the human variety. Written for professionals as well as students, this focuses on how a machine "feels" and behaves while operating so the humans who make it can form a sympathetic attitude toward it and provide a more careful and thoughtful design. The authors start with deformations and displacements, describing deformities in mechanisms and load distribution over the mated surfaces of parts, movements in rigid connections and damage to the joint surfaces, and deformations and stress patterns in machine components. They cover elements and units of machines, including shafts, supports, bearings, gears, housings, and connections, and close by describing life predictions for machine parts, including calculations for strength. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Mathematical aspects of natural dynamos.

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is the study of magnetic field generation through the motion of electrically conducting fluids. The field is part of what relatively little we know about how astrophysical bodies, including planets and whole galaxies, generate magnetic fields. This collection of eight integrated articles provide a broad coverage of the central issues for the benefit of researchers and advanced students. Topics include foundations of dynamo theory, including self-excited dynamo action, nonlinearity and saturation, and dynamics of rotating fluids; natural dynamos and models, including the geodynamo, planetary dynamos, stellar dynamos, and galactic dynamos; and results of recent experiments. Appendices include materials on poloidal-toroidal coordinates and Taylor's constraint. Although contributors assume readers have a solid background in mathematics and fluid mechanics, prior knowledge of MHD, dynamo theory, geophysics and astrophysics is not required. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The mechatronics handbook, 2d ed; 2v.

For the second edition of this reference, the volume was divided into two: Vol.1 is titled Mechatronic sytems, sensors, and acuators; fundamentals and modeling and Vol.2, Mechatronic system control, logic, and data acquisition. Six chapters in Vol.1 provide an overview of mechatronics; the next 11 chapters describe physical system modeling. The final section describes the fundamentals of time and frequency with regard to sensors and actuators and moves on to describe all types of sensors and actuators in separate chapters. Acceleration sensors, force measurement, flow measurement, vision, and electrical machines are among those described. Vol.2 contains 35 chapters, including 4 chapters on signals and systems, and chapters on the root locus method, frequency response methods, and Kalman filters as dynamic system state observers in the largest section, on mechatronic system control. The contributors are specialists at institutions worldwide. Bishop is with the U. of Texas, Austin. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Mechatronic systems; devices, design, control, operation and monitoring.

Specialists offer a single-volume reference for engineers, designers, researchers, educators, and students on devices and systems that include both electronic and mechanical subsystems or components. Their topics include an instrumented wheel for wheelchair propulsion analysis, communication using visible light, model predictive control of a flexible robot, evolutionary optimization in the design of a heat sink, and mechatronics in detecting and removing landmines. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Microbial food contamination, 2d ed.

This book summarizes the current understanding of the microbiology, biochemistry, detection, risk, and threat of foodborne illness in today's global market. Material is in sections on instances and nature of microbial food contamination, detecting and monitoring microbial food contamination, control of contamination, microbial food contamination and international trade, and bioterrorism and microbial food contamination. Programs to mitigate contamination, including the Codex Alimentarius and the International Food Safety Authorities Network, are described. Some other areas examined include mycotoxins and aflatoxins, prions and other zoonotic diseases, irradiation and other physical control strategies, and the genetic and biochemical control of aflatoxigenic fungi. Wilson is a consultant on biologically based technologies for preserving food. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Microstructural randomness and scaling in mechanics of materials.

Ostoja-Starzewski (mechanical science and engineering, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) examines stochastic models and methods used in the mechanics of random media and illustrates these in a variety of applications. Coverage includes a review of several tools used in stochastic mechanism, a review of periodic and disordered planar lattices, classic planar and micropolar elasticity, the passage from a microstructure to an effective micropolar continuum, and problems of microstructural randomness and scaling — both representative and statistical volume elements (RVEs/SVEs) and micromechanically based stochastic finite elements (SFEs), thermomechanics with internal variables, and waves in random media. Suitable as a resource for academics and researchers and for use in graduate-level courses on micromechanics, mechanics of random media, and probabilistic mechanics. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Mobile WiMAX; toward broadband wireless metropolitan area networks.

The 17 papers in this collection describe technologies for implementing the IEEE 802.16 standard (also known as WiMAX), which provides network access to buildings through external antennas connected to radio base stations. Half of the papers tackle protocol issues, exploring the medium access control layer, radio resource management, network selection strategies, link layer adaptation mechanisms, and the orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) modulation scheme. The mix of academic and industry researchers also discuss MIMO spectral efficiency, PHY layer specifications, channel capacity, deployment in different markets, and a security threats. Distributed in the U.S. by Taylor & Francis. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Modern missile guidance.

Ukrainian engineer Yanushevsky immigrated to the US in 1987. When he began working in the aerospace industry there in 1999, he was surprised at the difference between the high level of sophisticated control systems used in that industry and the rather simple guidance laws used in modern missiles, which he daintily calls interceptors. He explains how to apply aerospace design approaches to missile guidance in the time domain and frequency domain. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Molecular and cellular biophysics.

Tuszynski introduces undergraduate students in the biological sciences to the application of concepts and techniques from physics in the study of biological systems, focusing here on the smallest units. He covers what life is, the molecules of life, biological cells, and life processes. Chapter-end problems are included, as is a glossary without pronunciation indicated. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)