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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