Systems Engineering

Handling computers has gotten easier than before. However, do you know the world of the internet? What makes a computer go online? How can you identify someone else’s device? What are the different types of networks and how can you safeguard yourself from the different threats? Let’s find out. We will also take a look at the career of a computer networking specialist and the challenges you can expect.

The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth, providing the warm radiation and light which allowed complex life to evolve. The Sun plays a key role in influencing our climate, while solar storms and high-energy events can threaten our communication infrastructure and satellites.

A guide to navigating the messiness of software development process change, dealing with all the legacy organizational elements, and focusing on increasing business agility.

A bold yet realistic vision of how technology and social change are creating a food system in which we no longer use animals to produce meat, dairy, or eggs. The End of Animal Farming is not a scolding treatise or a prescription for an ascetic diet. Reese invites listeners - vegan and non-vegan - to consider one of the most important and transformational social movements of the coming decades.

This audiobook is the first part of a trilogy to follow Software Wasteland. In Software Wasteland, we detailed the current poor state of application software development. We offered some tactical advice for reducing some of the worse of the excess. This is the first book in the "what to do instead" trilogy. From the age of punched cards to today's internet-driven systems, one thing has stayed fairly constant: software vendors and their implementers have been driving the enterprise IT industry. This is changing.

From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a Q&A-based guide to everything you need to know about kids and germs. "Is it OK for my child to eat dirt?" Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with questions like this every week from parents all over the world. Google a question like this, and you'll be overwhelmed with answers. The Internet is rife with speculation and misinformation about the risks and benefits of what most parents think of as simply germs, but which scientists now call the microbiome.

Immerse yourself into the world of computer science and computer systems technology with this all-inclusive guide. We begin by introducing you to the origins and mechanisms of function behind such systems. We then proceed into a comprehensive review of more advanced topics such as hardware specifics, and even algorithms and data structures. This audiobook serves as an excellent supplemental study guide for listeners studying for the CompTIA A+ Certification Exam.

The search for success - oh, how daunting it often is. We all want it, but we do not all know how to attain it. Every day, we are bombarded with standards of success we believe apply to us. However, success is not a one-size-fits-all garment. Success is not something we can simply shop and wear. No, success is scalable, completely variable depending on the person pursuing it. Most importantly, success is something we must keenly focus on attaining in alignment with our own personal goals and genuine interests in life.

Do you think raising chickens is only for farmers with acres of land? In reality: You can enjoy fresh eggs and feathery companions right in your backyard, no matter the size!

Our Nursing Review series are intended to be used by nursing students. Our goal is to help transition students to successfully practicing nurses. We divided the curriculum into sections based on the organ system review. This audiobook is focused on integumentary system that includes high-yield concepts to help you do well in nursing school, HESI, and NCLEX exams.

Do you need to learn how to use SQL in order to properly manage a database? Do you want to learn SQL programming without complicated explanations? SQL for Beginners: A Step by Step Guide to Learn SQL Programming and Database Management Systems is an easy to digest and fast-paced guide to learning Structured Query Language (SQL), which is the industry standard programming language for defining and analyzing data in databases. The audiobook will focus on how to use SQL in order to process your data and find out what it means.

Sterilizing water is a big job. Solar electric (PV) powered UV water sterilizers are an effective way to sterilize your water from local polluted sources, even brackish water, with safety, reliability, and no fuel-costs. Water found in nature is full of pathogens which can cause disease and illness. Ultra-violet (UV) sterilizers kill 99.99% of all dangerous pathogens and render your water potable and safe to drink.

Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost—including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. Weaving together narratives of frontline activists along with archival data, Michael Mascarenhas provides a powerful exploration of the political alliances and bureaucratic mechanisms that uphold inequality.

Christopher Wills's claim has its roots in an insight from Charles Darwin: the interactions between species in an ecosystem are a powerful driver of evolution. In this book Wills describes how, by using the latest genetic techniques, we are probing ecosystems and discovering that even the most apparently barren of them are rich in variety, especially of microbes.

In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments sparked an unequaled bound forward in human innovation and scientific exploration. At the heart of this momentous time were the men and women working behind the scenes. Scientists, historians, and astronomers share their memories and contributions from this unparalleled era in essays told in their own words.

Imagine what it would be like to one day wake up and find that you were suddenly completely blind. This is what happened to Vanessa Potter. Her condition is unique. It has no name. Over the course of the next six months, Vanessa slowly recovered her vision. This mesmerising account tells the story of Patient H69 in her own words, based on these detailed diaries she kept during her time of blindness and through the scientific research that was to follow.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to better use your data? Are you interested in the works of machine learning?If you answered yes to these questions, then this book is for you. Deep learning is a powerful data tool that can help improve businesses. Deep learning is an amazing tool when you want to use data in an effective manner. Data is important to many different areas in life, so it’s important that you know how to use it. Don’t let all of your data go to waste. Get this audiobook today and improve the way your business works.

Weißt du, was dein Körper jeden Tag, jede Minute, ja, jede Sekunde leistet? Stimmt, manchmal kann er auch ganz schön lästig sein: etwa wenn der Schädel brummt, alle Muskeln schmerzen oder dir – ganz peinlich – ein lauter Pups entfährt. Im Großen und Ganzen ist er aber wirklich voll in Ordnung! Er möchte nur sorgsam behandelt werden, denn wenn es ihm gut geht, geht es auch dir gut.

Discover the fascinating world of ecology and ecosystems with this comprehensive guide, perfect for beginners! Ecology for Beginners unravels the complexities of nature, exploring how living organisms interact with each other and their surroundings. Whether you’re a student, nature enthusiast, or just curious about the environment, this book offers a clear and engaging introduction to the science of ecology.

The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, 16 ounces in a pound, 100 pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it? Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch.