Okechukwu F.E | Medical Imaging

By Okechukwu Felix Erondu,
Publisher: InTech | ISBN: 9789533077741, 9533077741

2011 | PDF | 412 pages | 29.9 MB

What we know about and do with medical imaging has changed rapidly during the past decade, beginning with the basics, following with the breakthroughs, and moving on to the abstract.

This book demonstrates the wider horizon that has become the mainstay of medical imaging sciences; capturing the concept of medical diagnosis, digital information management and research.

It is an invaluable tool for radiologists and imaging specialists, physicists and researchers interested in various aspects of imaging.

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Alloy Steel - Properties and Use

By Eduardo Valencia Morales
Publisher: InTech | ISBN: 9789533074849, 9533074849

2011 | PDF | 270 pages | 30.6 MB

The sections in this book are devoted to new approaches and usages of stainless steels, the influence of the environments on the behavior of certain classes of steels, new structural concepts to understand some fatigue processes, new insight on strengthening mechanisms, and toughness in microalloyed steels.

The kinetics during tempering in low-alloy steels is also discussed through a new set-up that uses a modified Avrami formalism.

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Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering

by Gregory J. Gbur
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521516102 | edition 2011
PDF | 800 pages | 12 mb

The first textbook on mathematical methods focusing on techniques for optical science and engineering. Ideal for upper division undergraduates and graduates.

Strong emphasis is placed on connecting mathematical concepts to optical systems.

Essay problems based on research publications and numerous exercises strengthen the connection between the theory and its applications.

Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering

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Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions, 8 edition

By Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey, Patrick Callanan,
B,,oks C,,le | 2010 | ISBN: 0495812412

587 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB

Up-to-date and comprehensive, this practical best-selling text (now available with an online personalized study plan) helps students learn how to deal with and apply ethical standards. Authors Corey, Corey and Callanan provide readers with the basis for discovering their own guidelines within the broad limits of professional codes of ethics and divergent theoretical positions.

They raise what they consider to be central issues, present a range of diverse views on these issues, discuss their position, and present many opportunities for readers to refine their own thinking and actively develop their own position.

The authors explore such questions as: What role do the therapist's personal values play in the counseling relationship? What ethical responsibilities and rights do clients and therapists have? And, what considerations are involved in adapting counseling practice to diverse client populations?

Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions, 8 edition

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The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

Apress; 2nd edition | January 26, 2006
ISBN-10: 1590596242 | 296 pages

PDF | 50.8 Mb

Missed deadlines, death marches, unstable releases, continual overtime, and skyrocketing stress levels are legendary in the software development industry. Unlike traditional occupations such as accounting or administration, the software business is populated by programmers who are as creative and passionate about their work as musicians or artists.

For most, it is a complete surprise when they enter the business world and find that internal politics, inept management, and unrealistic marketing drive the process, rather than a structured and orderly approach based on technical issues and quality. The average programmer, having the least authority in the management chain of command, feels powerless to change these things, but suffers the consequences.

"The Career Programmer" steps through the entire sequence of events, from the decision to create a new software system to the end of the project, and explains how the individual programmer or project manager can work within the existing system to solve specific problems and regain control of the process.

Avoiding an academic approach, care is taken to offer proven, practical, hands-on solutions that are designed to work when confronted with the political and chaotic realities of the business environment. Issues are addressed from both the programmer and project manager point of view, and steps are shown from all perspectives, from large-scale teams down to single developer projects.

Management will never simply hand over the reins and allow a completely new and unfamiliar approach to be instituted. Realizing this, the reader is shown how to build on small, incremental successes that not only solve the problems at hand, but also work towards a gradual reworking of the development process by showing management a stream of results to which they can relate. For the individual programmer or project manager, the end result is less overtime, less stress, better quality software, and a more satisfying career.

The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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Advances in Molecular Toxicology, Volume 4

Elsevier; 1 edition | August 12, 2010
ISBN-10: 0444535845, 286 pages

PDF | 5.58 MB

Advances in Molecular Toxicology features the latest advances in all of the subspecialties of the broad area of molecular toxicology. Toxicology is the study of poisons, and this series details the study of the molecular basis by which a vast array of agents encountered in the human environment and produced by the human body itself manifest themselves as toxins.

Not strictly limited to documenting these examples, the series is also concerned with the complex web of chemical and biological events that give rise to toxin-induced symptoms and disease.

The new technologies that are being harnessed to analyze and understand these events will also be reviewed by leading workers in the field.

Advances in Molecular Toxicology will report progress in all aspects of these rapidly evolving molecular aspects of toxicology with a view toward detailed elucidation of both progress on the molecular level and on advances in technological approaches employed.

* Cutting-edge reviews by leading workers in the discipline.
* In-depth dissection of molecular aspects of interest to a broad range of scientists, physicians and any student in the allied disciplines.
* Leading edge applications of technological innovations in chemistry, biochemistry and molecular medicine.

Advances in Molecular Toxicology, Volume 4

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DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 9th Edition

By Richard LeBlond, Donald Brown, Richard DeGowin
MgH | 2008 | ISBN: 0071478981

944 pages | epub | 9,9 MB

The classic point-of-care guide to the undifferentiated patient -- completely revised and easier to navigate than ever!

Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination takes you a step beyond elementary physical diagnosis.

DeGowin's covers all physical examination techniques and procedures, but this highly practical point-of-care guide goes further, focusing on the meaning of signs and symptoms. It also shows you how to catalog clinical findings resulting from the physical examination--and order them into a differential diagnosis.


FEATURES
* All the essentials of the diagnosis exam procedure and patient record preparation - in one ultra-handy reference. Top-to-bottom coverage of differential diagnosis, organized by systems, signs, and syndromes .
* High-yield overviews of each organ/region/system, followed by the definition of key presenting signs and their possible origins.
* NEW! Updated content includes the latest developments in evidence-based physical examination, along with references to the popular JAMA series ?The Rational Clinical Examination?.
* NEW! 24 full-color illustrations.
* NEW! Full-text download for your mobile device

 DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 9th Edition

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Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine

By Samuel Durso, Lesley Bowker, James Price and Sarah Smith
O U P | 828 pages | English | 2010

ISBN: 0195373189
PDF | 4,5 MB

Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered.

Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common procedures, and in-patient care. These books will be invaluable resources for residents and students, as well as a useful reference for practitioners.

The Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine is the essential ready-reference to effective geriatric practice. Written in a concise, accessible style, the Handbook covers the entire range of diseases and disorders commonly encountered in the care of older adults and offers easily accessible 'how to' information to facilitate basic geriatric care decisions.

Guidance is offered concerning both ethical and clinical decision-making along with evidence-based information on key topics as well as insight into balancing competing priorities in the older patient. Tables and algorithms provide step-wise instruction for evaluation and management. This is a must have resource for all clinical settings.

Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Methods and Protocols

Methods in Molecular Medicine
By Nagy A. Habib,

Publisher: Humana Press | ISBN: 0896037851
edition 2000 | PDF | 282 pages | 1,6 mb

The book focuses on gene therapy approaches, including the use of such vectors as lipids, such viruses as adenovirus and baculovirus, and virus detection assessment using electron microscopy.

It provides preclinical and clinical data on the killing of cancer cells using tumor-suppressor genes, antisense compounds to growth factors, immunotherapy (remove gene), or virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Methods and Protocols offers experimental and clinical researchers a rich source of both basic science and clinical information on today's optimal use of gene therapy to treat and manage patients suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Methods and Protocols

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Information Technologies in Medicine

By Metin Akay,
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Pres | ISBN: 0471414921

edition 2001 | PDF | 204 pages | 3,5 mb

Medicine and the biological sciences have long relied on visualizations to illustrate the relationship between anatomic structure and biologic function.

The new multidimensional imaging modalities are powerful counterparts to traditional forms of observation–surgery, postmortem examination, or extensive mental reconstruction.

VR technologies have reached unimagined levels of sophistication and utility, giving physicians and students new avenues for planning and practicing surgery and diagnostics.

Information Technologies in Medicine

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Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, 3rd Edition

Roger Blowey BSc BVSc FRCVS,
A. David Weaver BSc DrMedvet PhD FRCVS,

M..by | 2011-04-25 | ISBN: 0723436029
280 pages | PDF | 68,1 MB

The Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle is the established and respected illustrated guide to the full range of conditions encountered in cattle worldwide. For this new edition the atlas has been redesigned to present over 840 colour illustrations and clearer than ever coverage of conditions, with a special emphasis on ease of use.

The text has been updated and rewritten to encompass many new conditions including burns, 'bleeding calf syndrome', rib fracture and jejunal hemorrhagic syndrome, while treatment of existing conditions has been expanded.

The emphasis of this new edition of the Color Atlas remains the visible signs of diseases and disorders in the live animal. In its third edition guise, the atlas is an indispensable reference for both experienced and novice cattle practitioners, government and industry veterinarians, as well as veterinary and agricultural students, and managers of large-scale cattle enterprises throughout the world.

* One hundred fresh illustrations included, improving the range of signs presented.

* Special emphasis on improvements in animal welfare.

* Extensive upgrade to chapter on locomotor disorders.

* Improved layout places images and relevant text closer together.

* Terms updated with the latest nomenclature.

* Inclusion of more lay terms and clarification of acronyms.

* One hundred fresh illustrations included, improving the range of signs presented.

* Special emphasis on improvements in animal welfare.

* Extensive upgrade to chapter on locomotor disorders.

* Improved layout places images and relevant text closer together.

* Terms updated with the latest nomenclature.

* Inclusion of more lay terms and clarification of acronyms.

"What this textbook does well is to quickly provide the reader with enough information to come to the most likely diagnosis for certain diseases, based on a description of its clinical signs and with the use of good photography...The images are excellent and allow you to see what diseases actually look like, as opposed to endless text and droning lecturers! I would certainly recommend this book to all veterinary students in their clinical years and certainly those with a particular interest in cattle medicine."--JAVS, November 2011

Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, 3rd Edition

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Robot Builder's Bonanza, 4th Edition

Publisher: McGrawHill/TAB Electronics
Language: English, 736 pages, 4 edition (May 23, 2011)

ISBN-10: 0071750363
Have fun while learning how to design, construct, and use small robots!

This richly illustrated guide offers everything you need to know to construct sophisticated, fully autonomous robots that can be programmed from your computer.

Fully updated with the latest technologies and techniques, Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fourth Edition includes step-by-step plans that take you from building basic motorized platforms to giving the machine a brain--and teaching it to walk, talk, and obey commands.

This robot builder's paradise is packed with more than 100 affordable projects, including 10 completely new robot designs. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable robots of all shapes and sizes. Mix and match the projects to develop your own unique creations.

The only limit is your imagination!

Robot Builder's Bonanza, 4th Edition

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ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (with code)

Publisher: Sonal Aneel Allana
ISBN: 1849690464 | edition 2011

PDF | 308 pages | 13 mb

jQuery is a powerful, lightweight JavaScript library that simplifies various web development tasks. With the integration of jQuery with Visual Studio 2010, it has become increasingly popular for ASP.NET developers to use jQuery’s awesome power in their applications. Combining jQuery and ASP.NET creates applications that are anything but lightweight. Using this Cookbook you will become adept at using this library in your ASP.NET web applications.

This cookbook shares the most powerful, impressive, and just plain handy jQuery secrets for ASP.NET developers. From substitute server-side code to corresponding client script, it shows ASP.NET developers how to get the most from jQuery in a simple, effective, and easy manner.

The cookbook takes a pragmatic approach in applying the jQuery library to ASP.NET applications. It will help you to master the use of jQuery with ASP.NET by taking you step-by-step through hands-on, practical recipes. With its help, you can learn to manipulate various ASP.NET controls like TextBox, CheckBoxList, DropDownList, BulletedList, Hyperlink, Image, and GridView as well as custom user controls. The book teaches client validation techniques thus providing a substitute for the server-side Validation Control. It explores various graphic and animation effects that can be accomplished very easily with the library to give a better interactive experience to the end user. It explores AJAX in depth and describes the use of Firebug to view / troubleshoot the corresponding request / response dialog. You will also learn to develop rich content using client scripting.

A practical, hands-on guide for exploiting the power of jQuery in ASP.NET applications

What you will learn from this book :
Learn to use jQuery’s formidable power with ASP.NET controls
Implement impressive animations using client script
Explore interesting graphic applications using the Image control
Interface jQuery with the GridView control
Develop feature-rich and responsive AJAX-enabled ASP.NET applications
Use Firebug to work with AJAX request / response dialogs
Post AJAX requests to page methods, web services, and HTTP Handlers
Use various jQuery plugins to enhance your web applications
Build simple and effective applications using client templating
Develop rich web content using client scripting

ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook (with code)

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Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past

Ludomir R. Lozny,
Publisher: Springer, ISBN: 1441982248

edition 2011, 867 pages
PDF | 14.6 mb

Archaeology, as with all of the social sciences, has always been characterized by competing theoretical propositions based on diverse bodies of locally acquired data. In order to fulfill local, regional expectations, different goals have been assigned to the practitioners of Archaeology in different regions.

These goals might be entrenched in local politics, or social expectations behind cultural heritage research.

This comprehensive book explores regional archaeologies from a sociological perspective—to identify and explain regional differences in archaeological practice, as well as their existing similarities.

This work covers not only the currently-dominant Anglo-American archaeological paradigm, but also Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, all of which have developed their own unique archaeological traditions.

The contributions in this work cover these "alternative archaeologies," in the context of their own geographical, political, and socio-economic settings, as well as the context of the currently accepted mainstream approaches.

Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past

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Medical Imaging Informatics

By Alex A.T. Bui, Ricky K. Taira
Springer, English, 2010-02-02

ISBN: 1441903844 | 562 pages
PDF | 8.4 mb

Medical Imaging Informatics provides an overview of this growing discipline, which stems from an intersection of biomedical informatics, medical imaging, computer science and medicine.

Supporting two complementary views, this volume explores the fundamental technologies and algorithms that comprise this field, as well as the application of medical imaging informatics to subsequently improve healthcare research.

Clearly written in a four part structure, this introduction follows natural healthcare processes, illustrating the roles of data collection and standardization, context extraction and modeling, and medical decision making tools and applications. Medical Imaging Informatics identifies core concepts within the field, explores research challenges that drive development, and includes current state-of-the-art methods and strategies.

Medical Imaging Informatics

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Trellis and Turbo Coding

By Christian Schlegel, Lance Perez,
Wiley-IEEE Press | English

2003-05-14 | ISBN: 0471227552
392 pages | PDF | 2 mb

- Trellis and turbo coding are used to compress and clean communications signals to allow greater bandwidth and clarity;
- Presents the basics, theory, and applications of these techniques with a focus on potential standard state-of-the art methods in the future;
- Provides a classic basis for anyone who works in the area of digital communications.

Trellis and Turbo Coding

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An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena

By G. Hauke
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 904817905X

edition 2010 | 316 pages
PDF 4.7 mb

This book presents the foundations of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena in a concise way. It is suitable as an introduction to the subject as it contains many examples, proposed problems and a chapter for self-evaluation. The solutions to all problems are displayed in the corresponding appendix.

The content is divided into four parts: fundamentals, conservation principles, dimensional analysis and transport phenomena at interfaces.

The transport phenomena of momentum, heat and mass are presented from a rigorous fluid mechanics point of view, and they are explained using a unified, systematic approach, including the analogies between the various transport phenomena.

An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena

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Advances in Practical Multi-Agent Systems

By Quan Bai, Naoki Fukuta
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3642160972

edition 2010 | 474 pages
PDF  13.7 mb

Multi-Agent System (MAS) is an exciting, emerging paradigm expected to play a key role in many society-changing practices.

The International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA) is a leading scientific conference for research on intelligent agent systems and multi-agent systems, attracting high quality, state-of-the-art research from all over the world. PRIMA’09 was the 12th in the series of PRIMA conferences and was held in Nagoya, Japan. Beside a single-track main conference, PRIMA’09 also included a number of workshops which were designed to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and exchange the latest developments at the MAS frontier.

This book constitutes the post-proceedings of workshops under PRIMA’09. Readers will be able to explore a diverse range of topics and detailed discussions related to a number of important themes in our ever changing world.

This collection plays an important role in bridging the gap between MAS theory and practice. It emphasizes the importance of MAS in the research and development of smart power grid systems, decision support systems, optimization and analysis systems for road traffic and markets, environmental monitoring and simulation, and in many other real-world applications and publicizes and extends MAS technology to many domains in this fast moving information age.

Advances in Practical Multi-Agent Systems

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George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set

A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,
and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Publisher: Bantam (March 22, 2011)
Language: English | ISBN-10: 0345529057
EPUB/MOBI | 8.81MB/9.5MB | 7571 pages


George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martin--dubbed the "American Tolkien" by Time magazine--has created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knights and chivalry and filled with a plethora of fascinating, multidimensional characters that you love, hate to love, or love to hate as they struggle for control of a divided kingdom. It is this very vitality that has led it to be adapted as the HBO miniseries "Game of Thrones."

This boxed set includes the following novels:
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set

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Three Decades of Progress in Control Sciences

By Xiaoming Hu, Ulf Jonsson, Bo Wahlberg, Bijoy Ghosh,
Spri.... | 2010-10-28 | ISBN: 3642112773

370 pages | PDF | 4,1 MB

In this edited collection we commemorate the 60th birthday of Prof. Christopher Byrnes and the retirement of Prof. Anders Lindquist from the Chair of Optimization and Systems Theory at KTH.

These papers were presented in part at a 2009 workshop in KTH, Stockholm, honoring the lifetime contributions of Professors Byrnes and Lindquist in various fields of applied mathematics.

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Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy and Prognosis, Volume 6

Ovarian Cancer, Renal Cancer, Urogenitary tract Cancer,
Urinary Bladder Cancer, Cervical Uterine Cancer

By M. A. Hayat
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 9048129176
edition 2010 | PDF | 482 pages | 13.3 mb

This sixth volume in the series Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis discusses Ovarian Cancer, Renal Cancer, Urogenitary Cancer, Urinary Bladder Cancer, Cervical Uterine Cancer, Skin Cancer, Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and Sarcoma. Both standard and emerging therapies for these cancers, written by expert oncologists/pathologists in this field, are included.

This fully illustrated volume

-Identifies biomarkers based on genetic alterations for clear cell ovarian adenocarcinoma.
-Identifies subgroups of ovarian cancer by using differential gene expression.
-Includes the application of the power-Doppler imaging for distinguishing benign from malignant complex adrenal masses in ovarian cancer.
-Emphasizes the advantage of using cytoreduction surgery for diagnosing advanced ovarian cancer.
-Provides details on the treatment of kidney cancer with radiofrequency ablation, surgery, and chemotherapy.
-Explains the use of immunohistochemistry for diagnosing adenomatoid tumor of the adrenal gland.
-Discusses the chemotherapy of testicular cancer and related second primary tumors.
-Includes the diagnosis of urothelial bladder cancer with urine-based tumor markers.
-Explains the use of immunohistochemistry and MRI for diagnosing uterine cervical cancer and describes the staging of this cancer using PET alone or PET/CT.
-Describes the localization of malignant melanoma using FDG-PET/CT.
-Explains the use of prognostic receptors for nonmelanoma skin cancer.
-Details the treatment of multiple myeloma using immunotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted radionuclide therapy.
-Presents diagnostic immunohistochemistry of synovial and Kaposi's sarcoma.

The technological advances presented in this volume are expected to expedite new discoveries and their translation to clinical practice. The field of oncology will benefit the most from these advanced methods, as a combination of therapies and personalized medicine will improve early detection of these different types of cancer.

Professor Hayat has summarized the problems associated with the complexities of research publications and has been successful in editing a must-read volume for oncologists, cancer researchers, medical teachers and students of cancer biology.

Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy and Prognosis, Volume 6

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Windows Small Business Server 2011 Administrator's Companion

By Charlie Russel, Sharon Crawford
Publisher: Microsoft Press | ISBN: 0735649111

edition 2011 | PDF | 832 pages | 45.9 mb

Your comprehensive, one-volume guide to planning, deployment, and administration.
Get the critical information you need to build and manage a network with Windows Small Business Server 2011.

This essential, single-volume reference delivers detailed guidance to the features, capabilities, and components offered in both the Standard and Premium Editions. Gain the real-world insights, workarounds, and troubleshooting tactics you need for on-the-job results.

Discover how to:
Plan network infrastructure by evaluating your organization’s business needs
Build a fault-tolerant and cost-effective network
Use virtualization with Hyper-V™ virtualization to install and manage your network efficiently
Migrate an existing network from Small Business Server 2003 or later
Manage file storage, and configure disks for data integrity and redundancy
Configure email and SMTP with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Organize and centralize security administration through Group Policy preferences
Set up remote access through the web portal or with a VPN
Tune your system to its optimum performance level

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Administrator's Companion

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Netter's Neurology

By H. Royden Jones Jr. MD, Jayashri Srinivasan,
Gregory J. Allam, Richard A. Baker,

Sa unders | 2011 | ISBN: 1437702732
768 pages | PDF | 175 MB

Netter's Neurology, 2nd Edition, by Drs. H. Royden Jones, Jayashri Srinivasan, Gregory J. Allam, and Richard A. Baker uses visually rich Netter artwork to efficiently provide you with a concise overview of general neurology and its intersection with internal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and orthopedics. From stroke and epilepsy to dementia and neuromuscular disorders, Netter's Neurology is a thorough synopsis of the state of the art in most areas of adult neurology. You'll rapidly access complete introductions to clinical details, complex concepts, and correlations between anatomical, pathological, physiological, and pharmacological aspects in the clinical settings. Netter - it's how you know.
Master general neurology and its intersection with internal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and orthopedics through comprehensive topic coverage.

Get a quick and memorable overview of anatomy, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation from the precision and beauty of Netter and Netter-style plates that highlight key neuroanatomical and neurologic concepts.

Explore specific clinical applications with vignettes included throughout the text that bring each topic to life.

Find the information you need quickly and easily thanks to the short text and concise topic overviews.
See the latest developments in the field in clear detail with new artwork and new entries on ALS, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, African Sleeping Sickness, and more.

Effectively visualize the underlying anatomy in living patients through upgraded neuroimaging coverage, including MR, CT, and PET.

Tap into additional treatment information with more clinical vignettes that provide "real-life" illustrative case evaluations.

Netter's Neurology

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Droid X2 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

By Dan Gookin,
Publisher: For Dummies | ISBN: 1118148649 | 2011

PDF | 352 pages | 11 MB

Google Android smartphones are getting smarter all the time, so this guide to the newest and smartest Droid arrives just in time. Bestselling For Dummies author Dan Gookin helps you stay a step ahead of your Droid X2 with Droid X2 For Dummies.

In his legendary, easy-to-follow style, Dan covers all the bases, from setup and configuration to using all the phone?s features, texting, email, accessing the Internet, synching with a PC, using the camera, extending the battery, and even addresses expanding your Droid X2 with new software.

Helps you get the very most out of your Droid X2 smartphone, which runs on the 4G LTE network
Walks you through all features and functions of this Internet- and multimedia-enabled new model
Provides a host of useful tips, tricks, and techniques
Covers topics such as setup and configuration, texting, email, accessing the Internet, synching with a PC, using the camera, and extending the battery
Discusses building your library of apps, which can be purchased from the Android Market or through the Verizon Droid-specific AppSphere

Understand everything your Droid X2 smartphone can do with this savvy, practical guide.

Droid X2 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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Allergy Frontiers: Therapy and Prevention, Volume 5

By Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 4431993614

edition 2010 | PDF, 800 pages | 14.6 mb

The prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases is on the rise worldwide, with a marked impact on quality of life and socioeconomics. Allergy Frontiers comprises six volumes, each dedicated to a specific aspect of the disease to reflect the multidisciplinary character of the field and its explosive growth. Included are reviews by world-renowned scientists from Europe, North and South America, Australia, Japan, other parts of Asia, and South Africa.

The fifth volume is dedicated to therapy and prevention of allergies, including pharmacotherapy and allergen-specific immunotherapy, with novel aspects and special considerations for particular groups such as children, the elderly, and pregnant women. This book serves as a valuable tool for scientists and as a practical guide for clinicians working in the fields of allergy, asthma, and immunology.

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Refurbishment and Repair in Construction

CRC Press; 1 edition Date August 26, 2009
ISBN-10: 1439808716

480 pages | PDF | 4.56 MB

The nature of refurbishment and repair is markedly different from new-build work since it is necessary to work within the restraints of a pre-determined situation.

First and foremost it is essential for those involved in this type of work to gain an intimate knowledge of the structure under consideration.

This book suggests ways of seeking this knowledge. It proceeds logically through the reasons to consider refurbishment and repair and offers advice on risks, discovery, contracts, materials, learning from the past and legal restraints.

Case studies illustrate best practices and extensive bibliographies to assist in further research.

Refurbishment and Repair in Construction

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The Complete Lab Manual for Electricity

Delmar Cengage Learning; 3 edition
February 25, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1428324305

455 pages | PDF | 8.74 MB

The Complete Laboratory Manual for Electricity, 3rd Edition is a valuable tool designed to fit into any basic electrical program that incorporates lab experience. This updated edition will enhance your lab practices and the understanding of electrical concepts.

From basic electricity through AC theory, transformers, and motor controls, all aspects of a typical electrical curriculum are explored in a single volume. Each lab features an explanation of the circuit to be connected, with examples of the calculations necessary to complete the exercise and step-by-step procedures for conducting the experiment. Hands-on experiments that acquaint readers with the theory and application of electrical concepts offer valuable experience in constructing a multitude of circuits such as series, parallel, combination, RL series and parallel, RC series and parallel, and RLC series and parallel circuits.

The Complete Lab Manual for Electricity

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Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software

By Elecia White
Publisher: O'Re..illy Media 2011 | 328 Pages

ISBN: 1449302149
EPUB + PDF | 4 MB + 13 MB

Eager to develop embedded systems? These systems don't tolerate inefficiency, so you may need a more disciplined approach to programming. This easy-to-read book helps you cultivate a host of good development practices, based on classic software design patterns as well as new patterns unique to embedded programming.

You not only learn system architecture, but also specific techniques for dealing with system constraints and manufacturing requirements.

Written by an expert who's created embedded systems ranging from urban surveillance and DNA scanners to children’s toys, Making Embedded Systems is ideal for intermediate and experienced programmers, no matter what platform you use.

Develop an architecture that makes your software robust and maintainable
Understand how to make your code smaller, your processor seem faster, and your system use less power
Learn how to explore sensors, motors, communications, and other I/O devices
Explore tasks that are complicated on embedded systems, such as updating the software and using fixed point math to implement complex algorithms

Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software

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Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

By Charles L. Sanders,
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3642037194

edition 2009 |  217 pages
PDF | 79.3 mb

Current radiation protection standards are based upon the application of the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption, which considers that even very low doses of ionizing radiation can cause cancer. The radiation hormesis hypothesis, by contrast, proposes that low-dose ionizing radiation is beneficial.

In this book, the author examines all facets of radiation hormesis in detail, including the history of the concept and mechanisms, and presents comprehensive, up-to-date reviews for major cancer types.

It is explained how low-dose radiation can in fact decrease all-cause and all-cancer mortality and help to control metastatic cancer. Attention is also drawn to biases in epidemiological research when using the LNT assumption.

The author shows how proponents of the LNT assumption consistently reject, manipulate, and deliberately ignore an overwhelming abundance of published data and falsely claim that no reliable data are available at doses of less than 100 mSv.

Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

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Python and AWS Cookbook

By Mitch Garnaat
Publisher: O'Re..illy Media 2011 | 76 Pages

ISBN: 144930544X
EPUB + PDF | 1 MB + 5 MB

If you intend to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for remote computing and storage, Python is an ideal programming language for developing applications and controlling your cloud-based infrastructure.

This cookbook gets you started with more than two dozen recipes for using Python with AWS, based on the author’s boto library.

You’ll find detailed recipes for working with the S3 storage service as well as EC2, the service that lets you design and build cloud applications.

Each recipes includes a code solution you can use immediately, along with a discussion of why and how the recipes works. You also get detailed advice for using boto with AWS and other cloud services.

This book’s recipes include methods to help you:

*Launch instances on EC2, and keep track of them with tags
*Associate and Elastic IP address with and instance
*Restore an failed Elastic Block Store volume from a snapshot
*Store and monitor your own custom metrics in CloudWatch
*Create a bucket in S3 to contain your data objects
*Reduce the cost of storing noncritical data
*Prevent accidental deletion of data in S3

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The Bonds of Debt

Richard Dienst, "The Bonds of Debt"
Publisher: Verso | ISBN 10: 1844676919

2011 | PDF | 200 pages | 8.4 MB

The credit crisis has pushed the whole world so far into the red that the gigantic sums involved defy understanding. On a human level, what does such an enormous degree of debt and insolvency mean? In this timely book, cultural critic Richard Dienst considers the financial crisis, global poverty, media politics and radical theory to parse the various implications of a world where man is born free but everywhere is in debt.
 
Written with humor and verve, Bonds of Debt ranges across subjects—such as Obama’s national security strategy, the architecture of Prada stores, press photos of Bono, and a fairy tale told by Karl Marx—to capture a modern condition founded on fiscal imprudence.

Moving beyond the dominant pieties and widespread anxieties surrounding the topic, Dienst re-conceives the world’s massive financial obligations as a social, economic, and political bond, where the crushing weight of objectified wealth comes face to face with new demands for equality and solidarity. For this inspired analysis, we are indebted to him.

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Entrepreneurial Finance, 4 edition

By J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher
S..th-W..tern C.llege Pub Date 2011

ISBN: 0538478152 | 688 pages
PDF | 10,4 MB

Learn to master today's most effective corporate finance tools and techniques for successful entrepreneurial ventures with Leach/Melicher's ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE, 4E.

This reader-friendly edition closely follows a "life cycle of the firm" as it introduces the theories, knowledge, and financial tools any entrepreneur needs to start, build, and eventually harvest a successful business venture.

Readers focus on sound financial management practices, such as how and where to obtain financial capital, the stages of financing, business cash flow models, and strategic positioning.

Readers even gain important insights into effectively interacting with the financial institutions and regulatory agencies that are central to financing ventures. Trust ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE, 4E to provide the knowledge and insights needed for entrepreneurial success.

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American Public School Law, 8 edition

Kern Alexander and M. David Alexander,
Wa worth Pu ishing Date 2011

ISBN: 049591049X | 1136 pages
PDF | 13,9 MB

Alexander and Alexander's bestselling American Public School Law sets the standard for books in educational law, an increasingly vital area of expertise for today's school and district administrators.

Now in its Eighth Edition, this combined textbook/casebook provides an authoritative and comprehensive view of the law that governs the public school system of the United States, including common law, statutes, and constitutional laws as they affect students, teachers, and administrators.

Featuring civil and criminal cases selected from hundreds of jurisdictions and newly updated to reflect the latest legal trends and precedents, the book reviews key laws and relevant court decisions. The case method offers ample opportunity for discussions aimed at discovering and exposing the underlying rules and reasoning, and the text actively encourages readers to relate factual situations to the law while anticipating similar experiences they may have as practicing teachers and administrators.

Written in an engaging and accessible style, American Public School Law (Eighth Edition) explains even complex points of law clearly and effectively for non-lawyers, and the authors maintain a diligent focus on the unique needs of professional educators preparing for successful careers in administration.

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Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5: Step by Step

By George Shepherd
Publisher: Microsoft Press | pages: 560

Date 2008 | ISBN: 0735624267
PDF | 13,9 mb

Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in ASP.NET code name Orcas. ASP.NET continues to be an important application platform that delivers a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience.

Building on your familiarity with the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C#®, you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET in the Microsoft Visual Studio® environment one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises.

Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET and begin building practical Web applications and Web services. Includes a companion CD with code samples, data sets, and a fully searchable eBook.

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Public Finance

By Laurence S. Seidman,
Mc aw-H ll , Date 2008, ISBN: 0073375748

384 pages
PDF | 51,5 MB

Public Finance is an approachable text designed with students in mind. The 13 chapters are intentionally written to be taught easily in one semester without skipping material or losing any information.

Public Finance contains all the necessary tools and core chapters that are integral to any Public Finance course in a clear and easy-to-read format. The concise sections and lucid examples are engaging for students, without being dense or tedious.

This First Edition text incorporates research from across the discipline and provides empirical tie-ins to the real world. The author also covers special topic chapters that define public finance, like education, social security, and healthcare.

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Viewpoints, 7th edition

By W. Royce Adams,
W dsworth Pub shing, 461 pages

Date 2009, ISBN: 0547182791
PDF | 2,6 MB

Spark your students' interest in writing with VIEWPOINTS. This thematically organized reader offers diverse perspectives on various themes and issues, including social concerns, media, human behavior, cultural differences, and human rights.

With opening chapters that include substantial writing and reading instruction and writing assignments both at the end of each reading and on the web, VIEWPOINTS takes students' writing and critical-thinking skills to the next level.

This thoroughly revised Seventh Edition builds on the success of previous editions with thirty-five new readings, all new photographs, author biographies, and source information for every selection.

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Complete MBA For Dummies

By Kathleen Allen PhD, Peter Economy
Publisher: For Dummies, pages: 432

Date 2007 | ISBN: 0470194294
PDF | 8,3 mb

Want to get an MBA? The Complete MBA For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is the practical, plain-English guide that covers all the basics of a top-notch MBA program, helping you to navigate today’s most innovative business strategies.

From management to entrepreneurship to strategic planning, you’ll understand the hottest trends and get the latest techniques for motivating employees, building global partnerships, managing risk, and manufacturing.

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Acute Stroke Care, 2nd Edition

By Ken Uchino, Jennifer Pary, James Grotta
Cam....ge Univer...y ..ess Date 2011-04-29

ISBN: 0521184843 | 234 pages
PDF | 3,4 MB

You have just encountered a possible stroke patient. You ask yourself: what should I do first? How do I know it is a stroke? Is it too late to reverse the damage? How do I do the right things in the right order? This book will help you answer these critical questions. It provides practical advice on the care of stroke patients in a range of acute settings.

The content is arranged in chronological order, covering the things to consider in assessing and treating the patient in the emergency department, the stroke unit and then on transfer to a rehabilitation facility. All types of stroke are covered.

This new edition provides updated information from recently completed clinical trials and added information on endovascular therapy, hemicraniectomy for severe stroke, DVT prophylaxis and stroke prevention. A comprehensive set of appendices contain useful reference information including dosing algorithms, conversion factors and stroke scales.

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Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications

Robert Nisbet, John Elder IV, Gary Miner,
Ac..mic Press | Date 2009

ISBN: 0123747651 | 864 pages
PDF | 41,4 MB

The Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications is a comprehensive professional reference book that guides business analysts, scientists, engineers and researchers (both academic and industrial) through all stages of data analysis, model building and implementation.

The Handbook helps one discern the technical and business problem, understand the strengths and weaknesses of modern data mining algorithms, and employ the right statistical methods for practical application.

Use this book to address massive and complex datasets with novel statistical approaches and be able to objectively evaluate analyses and solutions. It has clear, intuitive explanations of the principles and tools for solving problems using modern analytic techniques, and discusses their application to real problems, in ways accessible and beneficial to practitioners across industries - from science and engineering, to medicine, academia and commerce.

This handbook brings together, in a single resource, all the information a beginner will need to understand the tools and issues in data mining to build successful data mining solutions.

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Mastering Your PhD

Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond
By Patricia Gosling, Lambertus D. Noordam, 

Sp..ger | 2007 | ISBN: 3540333878
156 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

This book helps guide PhD students through their graduate student days. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, staying the course, and planning for the future, this book is a handy guide for graduate students who need that extra bit of help getting started and making it through.

It concentrates on critical skills and tactics that are overlooked by many other how-to guides.

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Construction Contracts: Law and Management

Spon Press; 4 edition
November 28, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0415393698

432 pages | PDF | 2.29 MB

The fourth edition of this unparalleled text has been thoroughly revised to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the legislation, administration and management of construction contracts.
Introducing this topic at the core of construction law and management, this book provides students with a one-stop reference on construction contracts. Significant new material covers:
procurement
tendering
developments in dispute settlement
commentary on all key legislation, case law and contract amendments up to July 2007.
In line with new thinking in construction management research, this authoritative guide is essential reading for every construction undergraduate and an extremely useful source of reference for practitioners.

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Clinical Coach for Nurse Practitioners

Phonda Hensley, Rhonda Hensley, Angela Williams,
F.A. D.vis C.mpany | 2010

ISBN: 080362171X
384 pages | PDF | 11,6 MB

From classroom to practice - this title is your own clinical coach by your side! Here's the perfect go-to guide for making decisions in clinical settings! Experienced practitioners coach you as you analyze 30 of the most common patient complaints and rule out each differential until you reach the correct diagnosis. This guide features: decision-making guidelines for the most common complaints seen in clinical practice; charts and guidelines pertaining to...the lab x-rays; EKG interpretation, skin/wound care and pediatric medications, and screening tools; tables and charts for pediatric drug information by weight including...antibiotics cough and cold products; tylenol and ibuprofen; information on nursing home, home health, and hospice patient management; and, practical advice on issues such as...legal considerations, licensure, billing and coding, payors, and more.

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Business Ethics For Dummies

Norman E. Bowie, Meg Schnieder,
W-y | 2011, ISBN: 0470600330

364 pages | PDF | 3.11 MB

The tools you need to deal with ethical dilemmas in business.

In today's world, it's increasingly important for all businesses and government agencies to implement ethical conduct in the workplace. Therefore, business ethics has become required coursework for most students in undergraduate and postgraduate business programs.

Mapping to a business ethics course, Business Ethics For Dummies examines ethical theory and discusses the moral issues facing corporate America. It covers topics such as conflicts of interest, trade secrets and insider trading, product safety and product liability, hiring, drug testing, sexual harassment, diversity, and much more.

• The basics of ethics and making ethical decisions
• How-tos on incorporating business ethics in the workplace
• A discussion of moral issues facing corporate America

Packed with easy-to-understand explanations and examples, Business Ethics For Dummies is a helpful resource for students, professors, business owners, managers, and CEOs who seek a clear understanding of the importance of ethics.

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Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context, 1st Edition

Geology, Geochronology, Paleoecology and Paleoenvironment
Springer; 1st Edition, January 21, 2011

ISBN-10: 9048199557
414 pages
PDF | 18.01 MB

This volume 1 and its companion volume 2 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned for the discovery of fossils of the early hominin Australopithecus afarensis, as well as remarkable trails of its footprints. The first volume provides new evidence on the geology, geochronology, ecology, ecomorphology and taphonomy of the site.

The second volume describes newly discovered fossil hominins from Laetoli, belonging to Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus aethiopicus, and presents detailed information on the systematics and paleobiology of the diverse associated fauna. Together, these contributions provide one of the most comprehensive accounts of a fossil hominin site, and they offer important new insights into the early stages of human evolution and its context.

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Thermodynamics of Materials

By Qing Jiang
Spinger | 2011 | ISBN: 3642147178

300 pages | PDF | 2,9 MB

"Thermodynamics of Materials" introduces the basic underlying principles of thermodynamics as well as their applicability to the behavior of all classes of materials, while providing an integrated approach from macro- (or classical) thermodynamics to meso- and nanothermodynamics, and microscopic (or statistical) thermodynamics.

The book is intended for scientists, engineers and graduate students in all fields involving materials science-related disciplines.

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Handbook on Business Information Systems

By Angappa Gunasekaran
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
ISBN-10 : 9812836055

Description
This handbook covers the vast field of business information systems, focusing particularly on developing information systems to capture and integrate information technology together with the people and their businesses.

Part I of the book, Health Care Information Systems , focuses on providing global leadership for the optimal use of health care information technology (IT). It provides knowledge about the best use of information systems for the betterment of health care services.

Part II, Business Process Information Systems , extends the previous theory in the area of process development by recognizing that improvements in intra-organizational business processes need to be complemented by corresponding improvements in inter-organizational processes.

Part III deals with Industrial Data and Management Systems and captures the main challenges faced by the industry, such as the changes in the operations paradigm of manufacturing and service organizations. Finally, Part IV, Evaluation of Business Information Systems , discusses the empirical investigation into the adoption of systems development methodologies and the security pattern of the business systems along with the mathematical models.

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Handbook on Analyzing Human Genetic Data

Computational Approaches and Software
By Shili Lin, Hongyu Zhao

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 333
Publication Date: 2009-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3540692630

Description:
The discipline of statistical genetics is highly computational. Be it exact computational methods, simulation based, or a hybrid of the two, computational packages are indispensable tools and constant companions of researchers in the field.

This handbook is intended to provide human geneticists and other biomedical researchers with guidance on selections of appropriate computational methods and software packages for their specific genetic problems.

It may also be used by students and other learners as a reference in conjunction with a more theoretical and/or methodologically oriented text book.

This book tries to strike a balance between methodological expositions and practical guidelines for software selections. Wherever possible, comparisons among competing methods and software are made to highlight the relative advantages and disadvantage of the approaches so that the readers can make informed choices to best match their specific needs.

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Power Electronics

By Daniel Hart
McGr aw-H ill Date : 2010

ISBN: 0073380679 | 512 pages
PDF | 11,9 MB

Power Electronics is intended to be an introductory text in power electronics, primarily for the undergraduate electrical engineering student. The text is written for some flexibility in the order of the topics. Much of the text includes computer simulation using PSpice as a supplement to analytical circuit solution techniques.

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Guide To Energy Management, 6th Edition

By Barney L. Capehart
Fairmont Press Date : 2009

ISBN: 0881736058
630 pages | PDFs | 57,3 MB

Manager's guide to the most important areas of energy cost cutting. Basic objectives of energy management are insightfully. Examines the most effective techniques and tools for achieving results. DLC: Energy conservation

GUIDE TO ENERGY MANAGEMENT, 6th Edition

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How to Research

Author(s): Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes, Malcolm Tight
Publisher: Open University Press

Year: 2010, PDF 2.8 Mb

I found this book brilliant, I had never undertaken anything like a dissertation before and this book had everything in it that I needed to know. It is written in 'simple English' which is a bonus as some books are just too hard to understand. Everything you need to know about writing your dissertation is in here. I would recommend this book to all levels.

\" *****Review of the third edition from Amazon.co.uk How to Research is a bestselling, practical book that reassures the first time researcher by leading them systematically through the whole research process; from the initial meetings with a supervisor to critically evaluating their ideas, doing the research and finally writing up the project.

The book includes vignettes to help readers relate to research examples and provides both methodological and process information. New features in this edition include: \tAdditional coverage on literature reviews \tNew material on changes in research ethics \tMore detailed information on the use of diaries, internet ethnographies and visual methods \tIncreased coverage of mixed methodologies How to Research 4e is an ideal resource for the first-time researcher doing a small-scale research project in the social sciences whether they are at university or in the workplace. It supports its readers as they develop their skills to become more experienced researchers.

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