Elementary Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition

By Stephen Andrilli
Publisher: Academic Press | 2010

ISBN: 0123747511
PDF | 768 pages | 3.5 MB

Elementary Linear Algebra develops and explains in careful detail the computational techniques and fundamental theoretical results central to a first course in linear algebra. This highly acclaimed text focuses on developing the abstract thinking essential for further mathematical study.

The authors give early, intensive attention to the skills necessary to make students comfortable with mathematical proofs. The text builds a gradual and smooth transition from computational results to general theory of abstract vector spaces. It also provides flexbile coverage of practical applications, exploring a comprehensive range of topics.

Includes a wide variety of applications, technology tips and exercises, organized in chart format for easy reference

More than 310 numbered examples in the text at least one for each new concept or application

Exercise sets ordered by increasing difficulty, many with multiple parts for a total of more than 2135 questions

Provides an early introduction to eigenvalues/eigenvectors

A Student solutions manual, containing fully worked out solutions and instructors manual available

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Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition

By Gilbert Strang
We llesley Ca mbridge Pr ess,  2009

ISBN: 0980232716 | 584 pages | PDF | 87,7 MB

Gilbert Strang's textbooks have changed the entire approach to learning linear algebra -- away from abstract vector spaces to specific examples of the four fundamental subspaces: the column space and nullspace of A and A'.

Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition includes challenge problems to complement the review problems that have been highly praised in previous editions. The basic course is followed by seven applications: differential equations, engineering, graph theory, statistics, fourier methods and the FFT, linear programming, and computer graphics.

Thousands of teachers in colleges and universities and now high schools are using this book, which truly explains this crucial subject.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Vectors; Chapter 2: Solving Linear Equations; Chapter 3: Vector Spaces and Subspaces; Chapter 4: Orthogonality; Chapter 5: Determinants; Chapter 6: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; Chapter 7: Linear Transformations; Chapter 8: Applications; Chapter 9: Numerical Linear Algebra; Chapter 10: Complex Vectors and Matrices; Solutions to Selected Exercises; Final Exam. Matrix Factorizations. Conceptual Questions for Review. Glossary: A Dictionary for Linear Algebra Index Teaching Codes Linear Algebra in a Nutshell.

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Vulnerable Systems | PDF

By: Wolfgang Kröger, Enrico Zio
publisher: Springer

year: 2011, pages: 219
PDF 3.8 MB

The safe management of the complex distributed systems and critical infrastructures which constitute the backbone of modern industry and society entails identifying and quantifying their vulnerabilities to design adequate protection, mitigation, and emergency action against failure.

In practice, there is no fail-safe solution to such problems and various frameworks are being proposed to effectively integrate different methods of complex systems analysis in a problem-driven approach to their solution.

Vulnerable Systems reflects the current state of knowledge on the procedures which are being put forward for the risk and vulnerability analysis of critical infrastructures. Classical methods of reliability and risk analysis, as well as new paradigms based on network and systems theory, including simulation, are considered in a dynamic and holistic way. Readers of Vulnerable Systems will benefit from its structured presentation of the current knowledge base on this subject.

It will enable graduate students, researchers and safety and risk analysts to understand the methods suitable for different phases of analysis and to identify their criticalities in application.

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CMOS Circuits for Passive Wireless Microsystems

By Fei Yuan
Publisher: Springer, Pages: 279

Publication Date: 2010-11-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1441976795

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of CMOS circuits for passive wireless microsystems. Major topics include: an overview of passive wireless microsystems, design challenges of passive wireless microsystems, fundamental issues of ultra-low power wireless communications, radio-frequency power harvesting, ultra-low power modulators and demodulators, ultra-low power temperature-compensated current and voltage references, clock generation and remote calibration, and advanced design techniques for ultra low-power analog signal processing.

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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011

By Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Juliana Tolles
Publisher: Mc/G,ra,w-Hi,ll Medical; 21 edition 2011

623 Pages | ISBN: 0071742301
PDF | 256 MB

The #1 selling medical review book in the world -- updated with the latest must-know facts and test-taking strategies for the USMLE Step 1
INSIDER ADVICE FOR STUDENTS FROM STUDENTS
A Doody's Core Title for 2011!

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 is the undisputed "bible" of USMLE Step 1 preparation. This annually updated student-to-student review delivers an unmatched collection of the most frequently tested high-yield facts and mnemonics. Written by medical students who took the boards in 2010, it provides a complete framework to help you prepare for the most anxiety-provoking exam of your career.

1,100+ high-yield facts based on student reporting from the 2010 exam
Hundreds of clinical images, including a 24-page full-color insert
Student ratings of top review books
Updated information throughout
High-yield facts organized into basic principles and organ system sections facilitates study
Use with First Aid Cases for the USMLE Step 1 and First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 1 to create the ultimate Step 1 review package

Here's why this is the #1 USMLE review:
Section I. Guide to Efficient Exam Preparation; Section I Supplement. Special Situations; Section II. General Principles; Chapter 1. Behavioral Sciences; Chapter 2. Biochemistry; Chapter 3. Embryology; Chapter 4. Microbiology and Immunology; Chapter 5. Pathology; Chapter 6. Pharmacology; Section III. High-Yield Organ Systems; Chapter 7. Cardiovascular; Chapter 8. Endocrine; Chapter 9. Gastrointestinal; Chapter 10. Hematology and Oncology; Chapter 11. Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue; Chapter 12. Neurology and Psychiatry; Chapter 13. Renal; Chapter 14. Reproductive; Chapter 15. Respiratory; Chapter 16. Rapid Review; Chapter 17. High-Yield Images; Section IV: Top-Rated Review Resources

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Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

By Peter Slinger
S, p_.r _.ng _.r | ISBN: 1441901833 | 2011-07-12

PDF | 751 pages | 28.70 Mb

Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery will serve as an updated comprehensive review covering not only the recent advances, but also topics that haven't been covered in previously published texts: extracorporeal ventilatory support, new advances in chest imaging modalities, lung isolation with a difficult airway, pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy, and chronic post-thoracotomy pain. Additionally, the book features clinical case discussions at the end of each clinical chapter as well as tables comprising detailed anesthetic management.

Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery covers all aspects of anesthesia for diagnostic and therapeutic thoracic procedures, including advances not addressed by other volumes, such as extracorporeal ventilatory support, new chest imaging modalities, lung isolation with a difficult airway, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, chronic postthoracotomy pain, management of one-lung anesthesia, lung isolation, lung transplantation,and pharmacologic therapy of pulmonary hypertension. The book is aimed at residents, fellows, and staff anesthesiologists, as well as nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and anesthesia assistants.

Major topics and special features:
- Underlying basic science
- Preoperative evaluation of the patient
- Airway procedures
- Mediastinal procedures
- The complicating factors of significant co-morbidities and/or advanced age
- Uncommon and complex thoracic surgical procedures
- Post-operative care
- End-stage lung disease
- Pediatric Thoracic Anesthesia
- “Key Points” summarizing each chapter’s Highlights
- Clinical case discussion, with the Author’s recommendations, in every clinical chapter

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Mechanics of Materials, 7 edition

By James M. Gere, Barry J. Goodno
C..L-Engin..ring | 2008 | ISBN: 0534553974

1040 pages | PDF | 19,9 MB

Now in 4-color format with more illustrations than ever before, the Seventh Edition of Mechanics of Materials continues its tradition as one of the leading texts on the market.

With its hallmark clarity and accuracy, this text develops student understanding along with analytical and problem-solving skills. The main topics include analysis and design of structural members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, bending, and more.

The book includes more material than can be taught in a single course giving instructors the opportunity to select the topics they wish to cover while leaving any remaining material as a valuable student reference.

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Nuclear Medicine Radiation Dosimetry

Advanced Theoretical Principles
Springer; 1st Edition | May 21, 2010

ISBN-10: 1848821255 | 496 pages | PDF | 5.6 Mb

Complexities of the requirements for accurate radiation dosimetry evaluation in both diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine (including PET) have grown over the past decade. This is due primarily to four factors: Growing consideration of accurate patient-specific treatment planning for radionuclide therapy as a means of improving the therapeutic benefit, development of more realistic anthropomorphic phantoms and their use in estimating radiation transport and dosimetry in patients, Design and use of advanced Monte Carlo algorithms in calculating the above-mentioned radiation transport and dosimetry which require the user to have a thorough understanding of the theoretical principles used in such algorithms, their appropriateness and their limitations, increasing regulatory scrutiny of the radiation dose burden borne by nuclear medicine patients in the clinic and in the development of new radiopharmaceuticals, thus requiring more accurate and robust dosimetry evaluations. An element common to all four factors is the need for precise radiation dosimetry in nuclear medicine, which is fundamental to the therapeutic success of a patient undergoing radionuclide therapy and to the safety of the patients undergoing diagnostic nuclear medicine and PET procedures.

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Mathematical Approaches to Polymer Sequence Analysis and Related Problems

Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1441967990
edition 2010 | PDF | 248 pages

2.9 mb

An edited volume describing the latest developments in approaching the problem of polymer sequence analysis, with special emphasis on the most relevant biopolymers (peptides and DNA) but not limited to them.

The chapters will include peptide sequence analysis, DNA sequence analysis, analysis of biopolymers and nonpolymers, sequence alignment problems, and more.

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Complex System Reliability

Publisher: Springer , ISBN: 1849964130
edition 2010 | 238 pages

2 mb | PDF

Complex System Reliability presents a state-of-the-art treatment of complex multi-channel system reliability assessment and provides the requisite tools, techniques and algorithms required for designing, evaluating and optimizing ultra-reliable redundant systems.

Critical topics that make Complex System Reliability a unique and definitive resource include: • redundant system analysis for k-out-of-n systems (including complex systems with embedded k-out-of-n structures) involving both perfect and imperfect fault coverage;
• imperfect fault coverage analysis techniques, including algorithms for assessing the reliability of redundant systems in which each element is subject to a given coverage value (element level coverage) or in which the system uses voting to avoid the effects of a failed element (fault level coverage); and
• state-of-the-art binary decision diagram analysis techniques, including the latest and most efficient algorithms for the reliability assessment of large, complex redundant systems. This practical presentation includes numerous fully worked examples that provide detailed explanations of both the underlying design principles and the techniques (such as combinatorial, recursive and binary decision diagram algorithms) used to obtain quantitative results.

Complex System Reliability: Multichannel Systems with Imperfect Fault Coverage (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering)

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Mechanics of Materials, 2 edition

By Andrew Pytel, Jaan Kiusalaas
C,L-Engin..ng | 2011 | ISBN: 0495667757

554 pages | PDF | 39,2 MB

The second edition of MECHANICS OF MATERIALS by Pytel and Kiusalaas is a concise examination of the fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials. The book maintains the hallmark organization of the previous edition as well as the time-tested problem solving methodology, which incorporates outlines of procedures and numerous sample problems to help ease students through the transition from theory to problem analysis.

Emphasis is placed on giving students the introduction to the field that they need along with the problem-solving skills that will help them in their subsequent studies. This is demonstrated in the text by the presentation of fundamental principles before the introduction of advanced/special topics.

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Managing Now

By Gary Dessler, Jean M. Phillips,
H..ton M,,flin C.mpany, 2008  ISBN: 0618741631

562 pages | PDF | 10 MB

New for 2008, Managing Now! addresses how Internet and intranet based technologies are transforming how managers run companies. The text program highlights new skills future managers will need for planning, organizing, and managing inter-unit relations.

Chapter objectives are introduced through the authors' unique behavioral learning model, Learn It, Practice It, and Apply It. Each objective is carried through these directives, providing a multi-step approach to learning that engages students and reinforces real-world application. Managing Now Includes a fully integrated technology program designed specifically for the text.

Managing Now LIVE is an Internet based simulation that reinforces and reviews key topics from each chapter. Organized according to the three learning objectives outlined in the text, the simulation prompts students to consider chapter concepts through topic reviews, quizzes, case-based questions, and scenario-based videos. Simulation Icons in the text direct students to related Managing Now LIVE content available online.

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Business, 10 edition

William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor
S..th-W..rn C.llege/W.st | 2009

ISBN: 0324829558 | 696 pages | PDF | 21,2 MB

Usually Sophomore/Junior level. Both Community Colleges and Universities. Both business majors and non-majors. Purposes: attract students to business school, help business majors find their focus, give non-business majors a foundation in business principles. Usually a committee decision at cc, sometimes individual decision at university.

Frequently taught by adjuncts. Full-time instructors usually teach other courses that are more focused on their expertise (accounting, marketing, etc.). What workflow issues do Intro Bus professors face? Time Management - many teach more than one course. Coordinating Adjuncts. Course Preparation Time. What do Instructors find most challenging? Keeping students engaged. Managing a large number of students. Keeping the course current. Finding quality supplements. Having enough time to cover all the material

Business By William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor

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Understanding Management, 6 edition

By Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic,
S..th-W..rn C,..ge Pub | 2008 | ISBN: 032456838X

720 pages | PDF | 31,6 MB

UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT, Sixth Edition provides an engaging survey of modern management practice that seamlessly integrates classic and contemporary principles. Rather than concentrating on large global enterprises, the text focuses on dynamic small to mid-sized "local" businesses and entrepreneurial issues, giving students valuable real-world insights and practical skills they can readily apply when beginning or continuing their careers.

To help students deepen their understanding and hone their skills, numerous skill-building and application exercises appear in every chapter. UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT also features a streamlined format and impressive ancillary package that make it affordable, flexible, well-suited to any course, and effective for students of diverse backgrounds and interests.

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The Future of Global Business: A Reader

By Michael Czinkota, Ilkka Ronkainen,
Ro utledge | 2011 | ISBN: 0415800935

768 pages | PDF | 2,9 MB

In the fast-paced world of global business, success is marked by the ability to stay on top of currents events, to recognize new trends, and　to react quickly to　change. This book offers contributions by global marketing authorities to help you understand this rapidly changing international environment and respond to opportunities and perils.　

Editors Michael R. Czinkota and Ilkka A. Ronkainen use their years of experience in policy, business, and academia to provide these readings noted for their currency, relevancy, and scholarly depth.

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Pro Android Python with SL4A By Paul Ferrill

By Paul Ferrill, Publisher: Apr ess 2011
296 Pages | ISBN: 1430235691

EPUB + PDF + MOBI | 6 MB + 6 MB + 6 MB

Pro Android Python with SL4A is for programmers and hobbyists who want to write apps for Android devices without having to learn Java first. Paul Ferrill leads you from installing the Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) to writing small scripts, to more complicated and interesting projects, and finally to uploading and packaging your programs to an Android device.

Android runs scripts in many scripting languages, but Python, Lua, and Beanshell are particularly popular. Most programmers know more than one programming language, so that they have the best tool for whatever task they want to accomplish. Pro Android Python with SL4A explores the world of Android scripting by introducing you to the most important open-source programming languages that are available on Android-based hardware.

Pro Android Python with SL4A starts by exploring the Android software development kit and then shows you how to set up an Eclipse-based Android development environment. You then approach the world of Android programming by using Beanshell, which runs on the Dalvik, and learning how to write small programs to administer an Android device.

Next, discover how Lua, a lightweight language perfectly suited for scripting on smaller devices, can work with Android. Lua can be used for small but important tasks, like SMS encryption and synchronizing photos with flickr.

Last, but certainly not least, you will discover the world of Python scripting for SL4A, and the power contained within the full range of Python modules that can combine with the Android SDK. You'll learn to write small location-aware apps to get you started, but by the end of this book, you'll find yourself writing fully GUI-fied applications running on the Android desktop!

Pro Android Python with SL4A is rounded out with a chapter on distributing and packaging scripts, a skill that you'll find very useful as you reach out to a wider audience with your programs.

What you’ll learn

Understand the SL4A
Explore the Android software development kit
Write scripts to administer an Android phone
Write and execute full Python and applications
Learn how to write simple apps using Facades
Explore the full Android development process, from development to packaging

Who this book is for
This is a book for beginning and intermediate Android developers, and a book for anyone coding in Python, Lua or exploring Beanshell.

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The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications

Global Media and Communication Handbook Series (IAMCR)
By Janet Wasko, , Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

2011 | ISBN: 1405188804
PDF |632 pages | 35.6 MB

Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world. The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications offers students and scholars a comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date and accessible overview of key areas and debates.

Combines overviews of core ideas with new case study materials and the best of contemporary theorization and research
Written many of the best known authors in the field
Includes an international line-up of contributors, drawn from the key markets of North and Latin America, Europe, Australasia, and the Far East

The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications (Global Media and Communication Handbook Series (IAMCR))

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CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2011

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
2010 | ISBN: 0071700552 | Pages: 1808

CHM | 93,14 MB

The 50th Anniversary Edition of the World’s Most Popular Annual General Medicine Book – Celebrated with a New Full-Color Design

Includes 5 online-only chapters at no additional cost at AccessMedicine.com/CMDT

Your first place to turn for current developments that promise better patient care
Written by clinicians renowned in their respective fields, CMDT offers the most current insight into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. For each topic you’ll find concise, evidence-based answers to questions regarding both hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined clinical companion is the fastest and easiest way to keep abreast of the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more.

MORE usable patient-care information in LESS text:

•A strong focus on the clinical diagnosis and patient management tools essential to daily practice
•Full review of all internal medicine and primary care topics, including gynecology and obstetrics, dermatology, neurology, and ophthalmology
•The only text with an annual review of advances in HIV treatment
•Hundreds of drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices – plus helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms
•Recent references with PMID numbers for fast access to abstracts or full-text articles
•ICD-9 codes listed on the inside covers
•Five online-only chapters available at no additional cost at AccessMedicine.com/CMDT
NEW to this edition:

•Full-color photos and illustrations integrated with text throughout book, including much expanded dermatology and ophthalmology images
•Newly introduced topics: E. coli O145, floppy iris syndrome, and expanded coverage of H1N1 influenza A
•New information: emerging role for B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as marker of early left ventricular myocardial failure, new approaches to correction of aortic stenosis and to aortic regurgitation in Marfan syndrome, risks of typical and atypical antipsychotic medications, and new hypoglycemic agents
•Substantial update on cardiology and hypertension, including use of stents and cardiac resynchronization therapy with biventricular pacemaker insertion, recent ACC/AHA criteria for appropriateness of coronary revascularization, use of prasugrel and clopidogrel compared with aspirin in prevention of stent thrombosis, dronedarone and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and dabigatran versus warfarin in prevention of atrial fibrillation-related stroke, as well as guidelines for developing an antihypertensive regimen
•Updated information on pathogenesis and treatment of immune and drug-induced thrombocytopenia, new investigational anticoagulants such as rivaroxaban and idraparinux, risk stratification and prophylactic regimens for deep venous thrombosis and venous thromboembolism, and a prognostic model for pulmonary emboli
•Expanded information on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, treatment of pharyngitis and laryngitis, approaches to the diagnosis of syphilis, diagnosis and complications with borreliosis and its coinfections, acute and chronic viral hepatitides, amyloidosis, treatment and prognosis of venous stasis ulcers, and therapy for heat stroke and burns
•Substantially updated treatment sections: HIV infections and AIDS and advances in therapy for breast cancer in women
•Updated section on immunization requirements
•New CMDT Online chapter on Sports Medicine and Outpatient Orthopedics

 CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2011 (LANGE CURRENT Series) 

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Violence Expressed: An Anthropological Approach

By Maria Six-Hohenbalken, Nerina Weiss
Ashg.te | 2011 | ISBN: 0754678849

268 pages | PDF | 3,6 MB

"Violence Expressed" explores the diverse expressions and manifestations through which the meaning of violent experiences and events is (re)produced. As language alone does not always suffice for the description of violence, this book focuses not only on the verbal and discursive expressions of violence, but also on the performative acts, material culture and the spaces that constitute these expressions.

Such an approach provides a method of more comprehensively registering and understanding the manifestations and long-lasting effects of violence, whilst exploring violence both as an extreme subjective experience, and the 'ultimate truth', thus overcoming a common epistemological antagonism in researching violence.

Offering a variety of analytical approaches and methodological perspectives, "Violence Expressed" presents the latest empirical studies, ranging from the 'everyday' violence experienced by children, stories of rape, social memory and the discrepancy between private and public narratives, to rumours and silences or the iconography of violence. A compelling contribution to ongoing discussions on anthropological writing, this book will be of interest to anthropologists and social scientists working on violence, gender, collective representations and memory.

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