Category: E-Books

Information Privacy Engineering and Privacy by Design: Understanding Privacy Threats, Technology, and Regulations Based on Standards and Best Practices is the Comprehensive Guide to Engineering and Implementing Privacy Best Practices As systems grow more complex and cybersecurity attacks more unfaltering, safeguarding privacy is ever more challenging. Organizations are increasingly responding

Does being virtuous make you happy? In Sacrifice Regained: Morality and Self-Interest in British Moral Philosophy from Hobbes to Bentham, (PDF), Roger Crisp explores the answers to this ancient question offered by the so-called ‘British Moralists’, from Thomas Hobbes, around 1650, for the next two hundred years, until Jeremy Bentham. This

Fundamentals of Plant Physiology, (PDF) is a distillation of the most significant principles and empirical findings of plant physiology. Designed for students seeking an accessible introduction to the field, Fundamentals of Plant Physiology offers the same high standard of scientific accuracy and pedagogical for which Taiz et al.’s popular Plant Physiology

The definitive guide to the National Electric Code—comprehensively revised for 2020 rules and regulations Revised to fully align with the 2020 NEC, this trusted on-the-job reference includes plain-language explanations, guidance, and analysis for every provision. You will get discussions of the rationale behind particular rules that improves your understanding of

The ebook The Shadow Banking System: Creating Transparency in the Financial Markets (by Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions) shows the fundaments of the shadow banking system and its entities, operations, and risks. Focusing on the regulatory aspects, it provides an original view that is able to demonstrate