Computational Photography: Methods and Applications

Computational Photography: Methods and Applications Summary:

CRC Press; 1 edition | 2010 | ISBN: 1439817499 | 564 pages | PDF | 63 MB

Computational photography refers broadly to imaging techniques that enhance or extend the capabilities of digital photography. This new and rapidly developing research field has evolved from computer vision, image processing, computer graphics and applied optics—and numerous commercial products capitalizing on its principles have already appeared in diverse market applications, due to the gradual migration of computational algorithms from computers to imaging devices and software. Computational Photography: Methods and Applications provides a strong, fundamental understanding of theory and methods, and a foundation upon which to build solutions for many of today's most interesting and challenging computational imaging problems. Elucidating cutting-edge advances and applications in digital imaging, camera image processing, and computational photography, with a focus on related research challenges, this book: * Describes single capture image fusion technology for consumer digital cameras * Discusses the steps in a camera image processing pipeline, such as visual data compression, color correction and enhancement, denoising, demosaicking, super-resolution reconstruction, deblurring, and high dynamic range imaging * Covers shadow detection for surveillance applications, camera-driven document rectification, bilateral filtering and its applications, and painterly rendering of digital images * Presents machine-learning methods for automatic image colorization and digital face beautification * Explores light field acquisition and processing, space-time light field rendering, and dynamic view synthesis with an array of cameras Because of the urgent challenges associated with emerging digital camera applications, image processing methods for computational photography are of paramount importance to research and development in the imaging community. Presenting the work of leading experts, and edited by a renowned authority in digital color imaging and camera image processing, this book considers the rapid developments in this area and addresses very particular research and application problems. It is ideal as a stand-alone professional reference for design and implementation of digital image and video processing tasks, and it can also be used to support graduate courses in computer vision, digital imaging, visual data processing, and computer graphics, among others. About the Author

Dr. Rastislav Lukac is an accomplished digital imaging scientist with more than 10 years of advanced experience in conducting scholarly and applied research. In his professional career, he has held appointments at various leading organizations and research institutions, including the University of Toronto, Canada; the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Epson Canada Ltd., Toronto. Since August 2009, he has been a senior digital imaging scientist – image processing manager at Foveon, Inc./Sigma Corp., San Jose, California, USA. He has authored and contributed to numerous books and textbooks, and he has published more than 200 scholarly research papers in the areas of digital camera image processing, color image and video processing, multimedia security, and microarray image processing. He is also author of more than 25 patent-pending inventions in the areas of digital color imaging and pattern recognition, and he has been cited more than 650 times in peer-review journals covered by the Science Citation Index (SCI). Among his many accolades, he was the recipient of the 2003 North Atlantic Treaty Organization / National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NATO/NSERC) Science Award, and he received the Most Cited Paper Award for the Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation for the years 2005–2007. He also authored the number one article in the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles in Signal Processing for April–June 2008.

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Fast Track Guide to a Professional Job Search: Expert Advice on How to Acquire Executive Jobs, Even in a Difficult Job Market

Fast Track Guide to a Professional Job Search: Expert Advice on How to Acquire Executive Jobs, Even in a Difficult Job Market Summary:

Ha ppy Ab out | 2010 | ISBN: 1600051839 | 114 pages | PDF | 1 MB

An executive-level job search is unique. As a professional, you are used to delivering results, and seeing results delivered to you in return. You have little patience with methods that are lengthy or ambiguous or that rarely hit their mark. Therefore, in today's competitive marketplace and challenging economic climate, your job search is particularly challenging, and finding the right professional position for you can become complex and frustrating. 'The Fast Track Guide to a Professional Job Search' was written to take the guesswork out of finding the right executive-level position for you. Serving as your handy guide and indispensable companion, it contains everything you need to drive your job search and career forward. It takes you all the way from setting your career path, through the planning and strategizing, the execution, the emotional rollercoaster, and all the way to offer evaluation and acceptance. Written by Joanie Natalizio, a professional executive coach who steers a successful business coaching practice, 'The Fast Track Guide to a Professional Job Search' teaches you to distinguish yourself, present your unique strengths and capabilities, and make sure an offer is a good fit for you before you accept it. All through the book, the easy to use checklists make sure you stay on track. How to create a professional biography and tips on evaluating compensation packages are just a few of the many executive job search topics discussed. Joanie reveals little known tips traditionally restricted to executive career coaching sessions, so that you have an extra edge in your job search. With 'The Fast Track Guide to a Professional Job Search' at hand, you can proceed in your executive job search with clarity, competence and complete confidence.

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Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering

Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering Summary:

Sp,,ger | 2002 | ISBN: 1402009798 | 495 pages | PDF | 24,6 MB

This book is devoted to the optimization of product design and manufacturing. It contains selected and carefully composed articles based on presentations given at the IDMME conference held in Montreal, Canada, May 2000. The Authors are all involved in cutting-edge research in their respective fields of specialization. The integration of manufacturing constraints and their optimization in the design process is becoming more and more widespread in the development of mechanical products or systems. There is a clear industrial need for these kinds of methodologies. Important - but still unsolved - problems are related to the definition of design processes, the choice of optimal manufacturing processes and their integration through coherent methodologies in adapted environments. The main topics addressed in this book are: 

*design theory: process and modeling, 

*control, measurement and tolerancing, 

*manufacturing: modeling and planning, 

*optimal design of machines, structures and components. The book provides original information from authors who are involved in very recent research in the field. Beyond the theoretical background, the main focus is the relation of the research to industrial applications for most of the articles. 

The book is dedicated to engineers, researchers and PhD students who are involved in the domain of the optimisation of the design and the manufacturing processes.

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Resumes for Science Careers 2nd Edition

Resumes for Science Careers 2nd Edition Summary:

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (March 26, 2007) | ISBN: 0071476199 | Pages: 144 | PDF | 12,63 MB

Master the science of a well-crafted resume!

You've worked hard for your college degree; now it's time to take that education and put it to work. Get an edge on the other job applicants with Resumes for Science Careers, a resource packed with expert advice on creating a concise, stylish resume that will instantly get you noticed.

With this go-to guide you'll:

Get access to nearly 100 sample resumes and cover letters 

Organize and draft your resume with the aid of helpful worksheets 

Discover the common elements in the most popular resume formats 

Learn to use vivid, active verbs in your resume 

Find out how to format and submit resumes electronically

In today's job market, an effective, eye-catching resume is essential for success. With the help of Resumes for Science Careers you'll make a strong first impression and take a confident step toward landing the job of your dreams.

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Careers in Accounting

Careers in Accounting Summary:

WetFeet | 2008 | ISBN: 1582078130 | 88 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB

1 Accounting at a Glance 

5 GETTING HIRED

6 Overview

8 The Bottom Line

9 How Accounting Breaks Down

10 Industry Trends

13 Industry Rankings

19 The firms

20 The Big Four

25 Key Second-Tier Accounting Firms

37 On the Job

38 Public Accounting Roles

43 Corporate Accounting Roles

44 Real People Profiles

53 THE WORKPLAC E

54 Lifestyle and Hours

55 Culture

56 Compensation

59 Career Path

61 The Inside Scoop

65 GETTING HIRED

66 Who Does Well

67 The Recruiting Process

67 Interviewing Tips

68 Getting Grilled

69 Grilling Your Interviewer

71 FOR YOUR REFERENCE

72 Industry Glossary

74 Recommended Reading

75 Online Resources

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Careers in Advertising and Public Relations

Careers in Advertising and Public Relations Summary:

WetFeet | 2008 | ISBN: 1582078157 | 104 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

1 Advertising and Public Relations at a Glance 

5 The Industries 6 Advertising and PR Overview

8 Advertising: Picking and Choosing

8 How the Advertising Industry Breaks Down

10 Advertising Industry Trends

12 Advertising Industry Rankings

18 Public Relations: Picking and Choosing

18 How the PR Industry Breaks Down

19 PR Industry Trends

21 Advertising Agencies

22 The Top Agencies

42 Other Agencies

47 Public Relations Agencies

48 The Top Agencies

58 Other Agencies 

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Career Opportunities in Transportation

Career Opportunities in Transportation Summary:

By Richard A. Mcdavid, Susan Echaore-McDavid

Publisher:   Ferguson Publishing Company

Number Of Pages:   372

Publication Date:   2009-07-30

ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0816074011

ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780816074013

Product Description:

The transportation industry involves much more than just the movement of people and cargo: it also includes the manufacturing of transportation equipment; the development of transportation infrastructure; the management and administration of transport systems and networks; the enforcement of transportation laws, regulations, policies, and procedures;

and, scenic and sightseeing transportation. "Career Opportunities in Transportation" examines the most common as well as the not-so-familiar careers that the transportation industry has to offer. Featuring more than 100 job profiles in ground, air, rail, maritime, pipeline, and other diverse areas of transportation, this new resource offers an introduction that guides readers through the history of the modern transportation industry. Helpful appendixes include information on the commercial driver's license, education and training resources, professional associations, Web resources, and more. Career profiles include: automotive technician; charter boat captain; deckhand; federal air marshal; harbormaster; pipeliner; railroad conductor; shipfitter; train dispatcher; and, transportation engineer.

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Ace your interview! the WetFeet insider guide to interviewing

Ace your interview! the WetFeet insider guide to interviewing Summary:

Publisher: WetFeet 2008 | 93 Pages | ISBN: 1582078394 | PDF | 2.4 MB

Interviewing is the most important job-seeking skill and the one barrier that every job seeker must face before getting hired. But it doesn't have to be a harrowing experience. At its core, a job interview is really just a specific kind of conversation.

This book, complete with sample interview scripts and workbooks, will help you make the preparations necessary to keep that conversation focused, productive, and pleasant, so that you can keep your wits about you even when the stakes seem alarmingly high.

Turn to this WetFeet Insider Guide to learn * What employers are really getting at when they ask certain questions.

* Tips for interpreting job descriptions.

* What you need to know-about yourself, about the position, and about the organization-to excel in an interview.

* The fundamentals of interview success, from how to dress to how to answer the most commonly asked questions.

* The ins and outs of the basic interview types.

* Insider tips for answering difficult questions, emphasizing your strengths, and concluding the interview gracefully.

* Strategies for following up and staying top of mind with hiring managers.

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Fearless Resumes: The Proven Method for Getting a Great Job Fast

Fearless Resumes: The Proven Method for Getting a Great Job Fast Summary:

McGraw-Hill | 2009 | ISBN: 0071482350 | 160 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

“Marky cuts to the core of what it takes to quickly attract the eye of an interviewer. Fearless Résumés is sure to be a winner for the serious job seeker.”

—Lynn Joseph, Ph.D., bestselling author of The Job-Loss Recovery Program Guide Bestselling author and renowned career coach Marky Stein provides the edge you need in today’s ultracompetitive job market. With Fearless Résumés you will transform your résumé from words on paper into a vibrant self-presentation that tells prospective employers what they want to hear. In no time, you’ll be crafting a résumé that hooks prospective employers’ attention, turns boring past duties into dynamic personal statements, transforms weaknesses into strengths—and gets your name on top of the résumé heap in any HR office. Fearless Résumés shows how to

Use words and phrases employers look for 

Prove your value to the company 

Turn weaknesses into strengths 

Avoid common snares Unlike dry, run-of-the-mill guides consisting of little more than a sample résumé, Fearless Résumés is a quick and fun book that provides a proven résumé-crafting strategy from a top expert in her field.

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Field Guides to Finding a New Career: Non-Profits and Government

Field Guides to Finding a New Career: Non-Profits and Government Summary:

Ferguson Publishing Company | 2009 | ISBN: 0816076049, 0816076286 | 154 pages | PDF | 2,8 MB

The new "Nonprofits and Government" guides career changers in exploring career possibilities in this interesting field. With invaluable tips and practical advice from professionals,
this resource provides readers with an overview of nonprofits and government as well as ways to map out career goals for the future. The careers profiled include: Communications manager; Educator; Fundraiser; Grant; administrator; Legal advisor; Lobbyist; Public official; and, Volunteer coordinator. 

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Perfect Phrases for Meetings: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Get Your Message Across and Advance Your Career

Perfect Phrases for Meetings: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Get Your Message Across and Advance Your Career Summary:

McGraw-Hill | 2008 | ISBN: 0071546839 | 198 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

Everyone wants to shine in business meetings-whether they are leading them or just participating. Perfect Phrases for Meetings provides hundreds of winning,

ready-to-use phrases, arming you with the right words to say in eight crucial types of meetings. This book is a valuable tool for anyone who needs to get a message across and stand out as a leader. 

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High-Level Resumes: High-Powered Tactics For High-Earning Professionals

High-Level Resumes: High-Powered Tactics For High-Earning Professionals Summary:

Publisher: Career Press | ISBN: 1564147800 | edition 2005 | PDF | 240 pages | 11,8 mb

High-Level Resumes is the resource every manager, professional, and executive needs. Competition for higher-level positions in companies and organizations throughout the world continues to increase. The more you earn and the more experienced you are, the more you need the help of High-Level Resumes to stand out from the crowd of your peers. High-Level Resumes provides practical guidelines and a step-by-step process for telling your unique work story effectively and efficiently, such as: * Bringing your resume to the attention of hiring authorities. * Showcasing your relevant in-depth and extensive work background. * Demonstrating you have the right qualities for the job. * Illustrating how you can benefit the organization. * Increasing your chances to make the first cut.

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12 Questions to Help You Find Your Career

12 Questions to Help You Find Your Career Summary:

InformIT | 2010 | ISBN: 0000 | 336 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

Professionals in IT are struggling with these questions:

# How do I make a career change?

# What do I do for a career?

# How do I advance in IT?

You are being bombarded with reams and reams of data concerning what is hot and what is not, what jobs are paying a living wage and which are not, which technologies are dying and which are getting ready to launch. Between all the salary surveys, expert opinions, gurus, and talking heads predicting where the sector is going, trying to make a career decision in this sector is mind-numbing.

You and you alone are the person who has to make the decision. No one else can make it for you. But to make the right decision, you have to ask the right questions. We often are so emotionally embroiled in the struggle that we might overlook the obvious: the questions that will direct us in the correct path.

With Warren Wyrostek’s guidance through a series of 12 targeted questions, you will get a chance to diagnose and treat your career, providing you with an excellent career prognosis. Are you ready to make a change?

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250 Job Interview Questions (Audiobook)

250 Job Interview Questions

Audiobook | Listen & Live | English | ISBN: 1440501876 | MP3 128 Kbps | 177 MB

Why do you want this job? Why should I hire you? Why do you want to leave your current job?

Do you have convincing answers ready for these important questions? Landing a good job is a competitive process and often the final decision is based on your performance at the interview. By following the advice of prominent career planning and human resources expert Peter Veruki, you'll know you have the right answers at your job interview. Peter Veruki has been Director of Career Planning and Placement at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University for ten years. In addition to serving on the College Placement Council Board of Governors for six years, Mr. Veruki was chairman of the CPC's professional Training and Development Committee, where he helped design and conduct interview training programs.

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What's Your MBA IQ: A Manager's Career Development Tool

What's Your MBA IQ: A Manager's Career Development Tool Summary:

Wiley | 2009 | ISBN: 0470439572 | 384 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

What’s your MBA IQ? A combination of what you know and how much you’ve applied this knowledge on the job, your MBA IQ is what defines your management knowledge in today’s business climate. It’s what keeps you at the top of your profession, an expert in your specialized field with an understanding, as well, of cross-functional disciplines. Arming you with a solid foundation across the entire MBA curriculum to interact with colleagues, clients, senior management, and professors at a higher, more advanced level, international business expert Devi Vallabhaneni helps you get the most from MBA-level topics—and ultimately, develop your career. This authoritative road map facilitates advanced management education and reveals a structured approach for career development in the management profession, equipping you with nuts and bolts coverage of:

General management, leadership, and strategy

Operations management • Marketing management

Quality and process management • Human resources management

Accounting • Finance

Information technology

Corporate control, law, ethics, and governance

International business

Project management

Decision sciences and managerial economics The related self-assessment exercises available at www.mbaiq.com allow you to compute your MBA IQ. You can find out where your weaknesses are and then begin to develop your knowledge base to gain proficiency in all management areas and become a true business generalist. Since the MBA degree has become a de facto standard in management education, the goal of What’s Your MBA IQ? is to make the knowledge contained in an MBA accessible to all business practitioners. As a result, this book is equally relevant to business practitioners, whether or not they pursue an MBA. Also, your organization can use What’s Your MBA IQ? to assess its business practitioners’ readiness for corporate rotation programs, high potential programs, the CABM, the CBM, or an MBA degree. 

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Dr. Alan S. Kaufman PhD, "IQ Testing 101"

Dr. Alan S. Kaufman PhD, "IQ Testing 101"
Springer Publishing Company | 2009-07-20 | ISBN: 0826106293 | 360 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

While the use of intelligence tests is widespread, they are not without controversy. IQ supporters see IQ measures as valid predictors of academic success, capable of proving real differences in intellectual abilities and influencing educational policy. IQ critics such as Robert Sternberg and Howard Gardner believe that IQ is a limited measure of intelligence and that a truer picture should incorporate more cultural and contextual factors.

Alan Kaufman, a fellow of four divisions of the American Psychological Association, is a centrist in this debate. As a protege of David Wechsler, Kaufman is a firmer believer in the goal of IQ tests, but believes that the system of IQ testing needs serious improvements. This provocative and controversial book tracks both sides of this ongoing debate. Kaufman provides a historical overview of IQ testing, and approaches both sides of the debate with critical questions, including:

# How do heredity and our cultural environment influence our intelligence?

# How does aging affect intelligence?

# Are IQ tests irrelevant for Learning Disability Assessment?

# What Will IQ Tests Be Like in 2030?

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Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook

Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook Summary:

The Guilford Press | 2009 | ISBN: 1606232991 | 335 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB 

Developing expertise in motivational interviewing (MI) takes practice, which is exactly the point of this engaging, user-friendly workbook. The volume is packed with real-world examples from a range of clinical settings, as well as sample interactions and hands-on learning activities. The author is an experienced MI researcher, clinician, and trainer who facilitates learning with quizzes, experiential exercises, and reproducible worksheets. The reader learns step by step how to practice core MI skills: raising the importance of behavior change, enhancing the client's confidence, resolving ambivalence, solidifying commitment to change, and negotiating a change plan. The utility of the book is enhanced by the large-size format and lay-flat binding. The book shows how to navigate each session using microskills that many clinicians already know: open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening and summaries, or OARS for short.

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The Book of Numbers By Devi Shakuntala

The Book of Numbers By Devi Shakuntala
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks,India 2006-10-30 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 8122200060 | PDF | 29 MB

Shakuntala Devi, the Human Computer, explains and simplifies everything you always wanted to know about numbers but was difficult to understand.

We can't live without numbers. We need them in our daily chores, big and small. But we carry in us a certain fear of numbers and are never confident about using them. Shakuntala Devi, the internationally famous mathematical wizard, makes it both easy and interesting for us.

This book contains all we ever wanted to know about numbers. Divided in three parts, the first will tells you everything about numbers, the second some anecdotes related with numbers and mathematicians, and the third some important tables that will help you always.

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Top 300 Careers: Your Complete Guideboook to Major Jobs in Every Field

Top 300 Careers: Your Complete Guideboook to Major Jobs in Every Field Summary:

JIST Works | 2006-06 | ISBN: 1593573162 | 766 pages | PDF | 13,8 MB

In one volume, explore descriptions for all major jobs, match them to your skills, and get a good job quickly.


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The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice

John L., M.D. Coulehan, Marian R., M.D. Block, "The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice" 
F. A. Davis Company | 2005 | ISBN: 080361246X | 409 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB

This new edition of The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice, 5th Edition, will help your students learn the art of conducting a medical interview and in the process hone their communication skills. In addition, the authors have created a downloadable interview organizer that students can use as a management tool for their first interviews. The book is appropriate for medical students and all levels of residents and is truly a must-read for anyone conducting a clinician-patient interview.

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