An eminent scientist talks about the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and the future of drug research. In the course of our busy, technologically-driven lives, it is taken for granted that we respond to minor fluctuations in our health by taking pills -- pills for headache and for toothache; sleeping pills and tranquilizers; pills to lower fever, quiet coughs, and clear the sinuses; medicines to reduce appetite; preparations to relieve heartburn; and many more. In the war against serious disease, medicines are an indispensable weapon in the physician's arsenal: they save lives, or at...

CRYPTOGRAPHY IS AN ANCIENT ART, well over two thousand years old. The need to keep certain information secret has always existed, and attempts to preserve secrets have therefore existed as well. But it is only in the last thirty years that cryptography has developed into a science that has offered us needed security in our daily lives. Whether we are talking about automated teller machines, cellular telephones, Internet commerce, or computerized ignition locks on automobiles, there is cryptography hidden within. And what is more, none of these applications would work without cryptography The...

This survey of the impact of multicore and co-processor technologies on science as well as on large-scale interdisciplinary applications covers the state of the art in the field. It also points to a number of potentially fruitful areas for future research.

A survey that features topics related to the impact of multicore, manycore, and coprocessor technologies in science and for large-scale applications in an interdisciplinary environment.

Bored with mundane birthday gifts, a young boy unexpectedly receives a most peculiar gift on his birthday: a one year-membership to the "Monkey of the Month Club." Though pleased it isn't just a pair of socks, he is very confused by this odd gift, until, month-by-month, monkeys and their primate cousins start appearing at his door. As the year moves on, his house becomes full of chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and more, who begin turning his house into their own private playground. While a house full of monkeys, all unique in their own way, sounds like a lot of fun, membership in the...

India, Africa, Australia, and a host of countries come to life as a devoted dad who travels the globe brings tales of his every adventure back to his young son. Each country's customs, cultures, and attractions are explored as the boy's father circles the earth and then takes a return trip to his most favorite spot--home by his son's side. Illustrated with bright, entertaining images, this travel tale interweaves a world geography lesson, a spirit of discovery, and sweet story about a loving father-son relationship. Early reader-ages 5-8.

Just outside the limits of the human condition they lurk. Creatures of lore and legend, creatures of the cautionary tale, always at the ready to spring their trap upon men who would tread upon the dark recesses where those worlds intersect. Once revealed, they hack and slash into their prey of mankind leaving not a trace of where they came from or where they went. Those unlucky few who have faced them and lived bear the very real physical and emotional scars of their experience wrapped up in the sour realization that no one may ever believe them. Still, these men and women walk away with a...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 97%, SAE Institute Zurich, Veranstaltung: Digital Film & Visual FX, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ausgangspunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die These, dass direkte satirische Verarbeitungen der Anschlage vom 11. September 2001 in europaischen und US-amerikanischen Spielfilmen und Serien in uberwiegend negative Kritiken resultieren. Als Untersuchungsgegenstande fungieren die Filmsatiren Postal (USA, CDN, D 2007), Four Lions (GB, F 2011), die Folge Back to the Pilot (USA 2011) der satirischen...