PCR Technology: Current Innovations, Second Edition (Weissensteiner, PCR Technology)

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A technique used to amplify the number of copies of a specific region of DNA, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is at the forefront of the dramatic development of biochemistry. This text provides the tools for developing innovative approaches to using this leading technology. It includes theoretical considerations, discussions, and a selection of state-of-the-art techniques for mutation studies, clinical diagnosis, and the detection of food-borne pathogens. This edition also discusses the preparation of PCR experiments, includes examples of analytical PCR divided into qualitative and quantitative applications, and explores preparative methods that address DNA generation for further analysis and in vitro evolution.

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The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Second Edition (ESI International Project Management Series)

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The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Second Edition identifies the PMO as the essential business integrator of the people, processes, and tools that manage or influence project performance. This book details how the PMO applies professional project management practices and successfully integrates business interests with project goals— regardless of whether the scope of the PMO is limited to managing a handful of specific projects or expanded to oversee the total practice of project management within the organization.

The book first considers the five stages of PMO capability, each benchmarking a particular level of capability achieved if functions are fully implemented. Each stage is also indicative of the organization’s maturity in project management, with the PMO’s role and responsibilities advancing from project management oversight and control at the lower end of the competency continuum to strategic business alignment at the higher competency stages.

This revised edition then examines 20 function models that can be used to guide the organization through the deliberation and the development of PMO operational capability. These models suggest what project management capability can be realized through comprehensive implementation of each PMO function.

Providing project and business managers with a starting point that enables them to achieve desired results from project management, The Complete Project Management Office Handbook is an important resource for everyone involved in making project management work effectively within the organization. 

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RNA Methodologies, Second Edition: A Laboratory Guide for Isolation and Characterization

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This laboratory guide is a collection of tested and optimized laboratory protocols for the isolation and characterization of eukaryotic RNA. This edition includes a variety of RNA-based PCR techniques, such as differential display PCR, and transcript quantification by competitive (mimic) PCR. The book focuses on how these methodologies can be used in the study of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of eukaryotic genes. The liberal incorporation of flow charts, tables, and graphs facilitate learning and assist in the planning phases of projects. It is a valuable resource for investigators who wish to characterize cellular biochemistry.

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* Studies cellular biochemistry using RNA as a parameter of gene expression
* Unifies many facets of working with RNA
* Offers multiple isolation strategies directed to the same experimental end
* Explains proper handling, storage, and manipulation of RNA
* Includes classic and contemporary techniques
* Contains fully annotated protocols, as well as rationale for each protocol
* Incorporates flow charts, tables, and graphs to facilitate learning and assist in the planning phases of projects

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MCDST Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-272): Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on Microsoft® Windows® XP, Second Edition (Pro-Certification)

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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCDST Exam 70-272—and on the job—with this official Microsoft study guide, fully updated for Windows XP Service Pack 2. Work at your own pace through a system of lessons, hands-on exercises, troubleshooting labs, and review questions.

The Readiness Review Suite on CD, featuring advanced technology from MeasureUp, provides 425 challenging questions for in-depth self-assessment and practice. You can choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on specific objectives. You get expert exam tips and detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.

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• Configure, customize, and support Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Office Outlook
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• 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/10. Details inside.
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• NEW—120-day evaluation version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2.
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• Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security eBook.
• Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, Second Edition, eBook.

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Software Quality Management II: Building Quality into Software v. 2: Second International Conference on Softwware Quality Management

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This volume covers approaches to quality, approaches to systems development, testing and validation, object oriented systems development, formal methods, software tools, expert systems, and software maintenance and re-use.

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Enterprise Systems Integration, Second Edition (Best Practices)

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The convergence of knowledge, technology, and human performance which comprises today's enterprise allows creative business process design. Thus, an organization can create new and innovative ways to service customers or to do business with suppliers and make itself a leader in its field. This capability relies on a successful strategy that integrates the enterprise. Enterprise Systems Integration, Second Edition continues to provide you with the business insight and the technical know-how that ensures successful systems integration.
The book combines the perspectives, knowledge, and experience of more than 70 experts in the various areas that involve enterprise integration. Their expertise ranges from hands-on experience with technology and project management to the higher-level issues of business and management strategy. Each chapter examines an issue or technology relevant to today's enterprise. Collectively, these chapters span the range of enterprise computing and systems integration.
Once armed with the strategy and technologies, you must successfully deploy ERP systems within budget and on time. In addition, you must be able to integrate them into the rest of the enterprise. Still, ERP software does not make up the full picture of today's enterprise. Legacy systems, e-commerce and other Web-based systems, client/server applications, networks and communications systems, data warehousing, and integrated databases enter into the mix. Enterprise Systems Integration, Second Edition paints a comprehensive picture of the technologies that comprise today's enterprise and shows you how to make them work together.

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From QoS Provisioning to QoS Charging: Third COST 263 International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services, QofIS 2002, and Second ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

From QoS Provisioning to QoS Charging: Third COST 263 International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services, QofIS 2002, and Second ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) Review

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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the Third COST 263 International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services, QofIS 2002 and the Second International Workshop on Internet Charging and QoS Technologies, ICQT 2002, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in October 2002. The 30 revised full papers presented together with an invited keynote paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 74 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on end-to-end QoS, DiffServ traffic management, traffic marking and queueing, signaling and routing, multi-path routing, service differentiation and QoS control, congestion control and MPLS, charging technologies, pricing models, and economic models and security.

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Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide, Second Edition (Quality and Reliability)

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Tools to Proactively Predict Failure

The prediction of failures involves uncertainty, and problems associated with failures are inherently probabilistic. Their solution requires optimal tools to analyze strength of evidence and understand failure events and processes to gauge confidence in a design’s reliability.

Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide, Second Edition has already introduced a generation of engineers to the practical methods and techniques used in reliability and risk studies applicable to numerous disciplines. Written for both practicing professionals and engineering students, this comprehensive overview of reliability and risk analysis techniques has been fully updated, expanded, and revised to meet current needs. It concentrates on reliability analysis of complex systems and their components and also presents basic risk analysis techniques. Since reliability analysis is a multi-disciplinary subject, the scope of this book applies to most engineering disciplines, and its content is primarily based on the materials used in undergraduate and graduate-level courses at the University of Maryland. This book has greatly benefited from its authors' industrial experience. It balances a mixture of basic theory and applications and presents a large number of examples to illustrate various technical subjects. A proven educational tool, this bestselling classic will serve anyone working on real-life failure analysis and prediction problems.

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Software Verification and Validation for Practitioners and Managers, Second Edition

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A concise and practical introduction to the basic principles of effective software verification and validation (V&V). This edition has been revised and includes five new chapters and five new appendices focused on management techniques to make your company's software V&V efforts more cost-effective. Managers should learn how to help their organization create more accurate estimates and schedules. Practitioners should learn fundamental software V&V practices such as the formal inspection process, configuration management, effective testing techniques, and how to use measurements to drive further process improvements.

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Quality of Software Architectures and Software Quality: First International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures, QoSA 2005 and Second ... / Programming and Software Engineering)

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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of two colocated events: the First International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA 2005) and the Second International Workshop on Software Quality (SOQUA 2005) held in Erfurt, Germany, in September 2005. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. For QoSA 2005 only 12 papers - of the 31 submitted - were accepted for presentation; they are concerned with research and experiences that investigate the influence a specific software architecture has on software quality aspects. The papers are organized in topical sections on software architecture evaluation, formal approaches to model-driven QoS-handling, modelling QoS in software architectures, software architectures applied, architectural design for QoS, and model-driven software reliability estimation. The 6 papers accepted for SOQUA 2005 - from 17 submissions - mainly focus on quality assurance and on software testing. They are organized in topical sections on test case selection, model-based testing, unit testing, and performance testing.

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