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Reliability in scientific research: improving the dependability of measurements, calculations, equipment, and software
Walker I., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2011. 610 pp. Type: Book (978-0-521857-70-3)
This very complete, thoroughly researched tome is about how to improve one’s research by eliminating or lessening the impact of errors. I would recommend it to anyone involved in research that uses the equipment that the book...
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Jun 30 2011 |
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Epidemic: e-learning goes viral
Taylor N., Jenson J., de Castell S. FuturePlay 2010 (Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 6-7, 2010) 113-118, 2010. Type: Proceedings
Taylor et al. describe their rationale for using a social networking framework to engage students in active learning, with the goal of developing responsible health-related attitudes in 14- to 20-year-olds....
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May 20 2011 |
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Diversity in an environment for accessible learning
Hadian S., Wadge B. WCCCE 2009 (Proceedings of the 14th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, May 1-2, 2009) 45-52, 2009. Type: Proceedings
This paper is about the steps for making Web-based learning more accessible, by allowing multiple versions of the same content, without requiring the Web page authors to maintain separate but parallel pages....
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Jul 1 2009 |
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Introduction to computer graphics: using Java 2D and 3D (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)
Klawonn F., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2008. 286 pp. Type: Book (9781846288470)
Frank Klawonn covers a variety of topics in this book. Each chapter, excluding the first, has exercises for students, with additional exercises available on the author’s Web site. Each chapter also has the necessary mathemati...
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Sep 23 2008 |
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Practical Rails projects
Alameda E., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2007. 621 pp. Type: Book (9781590597811)
In the introduction, Alameda states that prior Rails experience is required to make the best use of his book; I agree. On the other hand, if you are interested in learning whether the hype surrounding Rails is justified, then this book...
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Jul 2 2008 |
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Essential RenderMan
Stephenson I., Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 2007. 268 pp. Type: Book (9781846283444)
RenderMan is a rendering application programming interface (API) associated with film production, an essential tool for creating many of the effects and images in recent animated films....
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Feb 11 2008 |
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The entrepreneurial engineer
Goldberg D., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 2006. 224 pp. Type: Book (9780470007235)
Using the format for writing papers that the author recommends in his book, this review will give the background and purpose of the text. From the title, one thinks of topics for engineers to study, but his introduction shows that thes...
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Feb 16 2007 |
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A complete guide to PivotTables: a visual approach
Cornell P., APress, LP, Berkeley, CA, 2004. 368 pp. Type: Book (9781590594322)
Having sat through several workshops where the presenters gave a number of examples of, and reasons for, using Excel’s PivotTables, I was very interested in reviewing a book on the subject. How could anyone find enough ma...
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Jan 6 2006 |
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A real-time procedural shading system for programmable graphics hardware
Proudfoot K., Mark W., Tzvetkov S., Hanrahan P. Computer graphics and interactive techniques (Proceedings of the 28th annual conference,159-170, 2001. Type: Proceedings
The authors describe their shading system, which allows the user to control the underlying hardware for generating shading without having to directly manipulate OpenGL. OpenGL allows individuals absolute control over the rendered image...
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Apr 16 2002 |
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