Presenting a survey of RFID fundamentals and practices, this work focuses on UHF passive technology. Suitable for those with an electrical engineering background, it has a coverage of UHF technology and its components including tags, readers, and antennas that is essential to commercial implementati[...]

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Wireless Networking: Design, Opt[...]

"Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy" examines how the seventeenth-century Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (better known as II Guercino) instilled the political ideas of his patrons into his paintings. As it focuses on eight works showing religious scenes[...]

In the belly of New York, skulking and forgotten creatures of the night uncover the remains of a man in a familiar outfit. Frank Castle is dead. What exactly is Frankencastle? Longtime collaborators Rick Remender and Tony Moore ("Ghost Rider", "Fear Agent", "The Walking Dead") are reunited for what [...]

Rick Remender's Punisher mega-arc is collected into one oversized volume Frank Castle has dedicated his life to hunting down and killing evil men. So when Norman Osborn becomes the head of US security, the Punisher sets about taking Osborn down. But when his assassination attempt fails, Frank finds[...]

The art and science of doing qualitative research involving children is the subject of this book. Elizabeth Graue and Daniel Walsh discuss the research process, dealing succinctly with generic issues but emphasizing where work with children presents its own particular challenges. Part One looks acro[...]

In Outlawed, Daniel M. Goldstein reveals how indigenous residents of marginal neighbourhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, struggle to balance security with rights. Feeling abandoned to the crime and violence that grip their communities, they sometimes turn to vigilante practices, including lynching, to a[...]

This fascinating book presents a scientificlly objective, and thoroughly documented exposition of the pharmacological and psychological effects of nearly every known substance that affects human consciousness, from alcohol to Zopiclone. It also features first-hand accounts and descriptions of the s[...]

The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concep[...]

In a series of experiments, Daniel M. Wegner told subjects not to think about white bears. Of course, they found it impossible to avoid thinking about the bears - just as it often seems impossible to stop thinking about forbidden foods, a social blunder, or a lost love. Drawing on the theories of Wi[...]

This remarkable book explains how pains are messages from our inner self that can be a blessing instead of a scourge. Dr Daniel Benor teaches ways to dialogue with pains and release them, often within minutes -- even when they have been present for decades. His process also releases stresses and dis[...]

Political inequality is a major issue in American politics, with racial minorities and low-income voters receiving less favorable representation. Scholars argue that this political inequality stems largely from differences in political participation and that if all citizens participated equally we w[...]