John wiley sons aug 2009 (38 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Are you a student who's fed up with making do with greasy food and monotonous ingredients A parent who worries about your son or daughter's mounting tendency to nip to the fast-food van at all times of the day Then look no further! Taking into account thepressures and stresses of university life - the work, the exams, the parties - this entertaining guide takes students through the essential skills, techniques and ingredients they need to make over 160 delicious, healthy meals on a budget and on the go. Packed with top tips on frugal shopping, diet maintenance and healthy-microwave cooking, as well as the low-down on hosting dinner parties, choosing wines and mixing cocktails, baked-bean-living will become a thing of the past! Student Cookbook For Dummies includes: Part 1: Getting Started - Chapter 1: Saying 'Hello' To Your Kitchen - Chapter 2: Going Shopping - Chapter 3: Knowing What You're Eating Part 2: Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks - Chapter 4: Bigging up Breakfast - Chapter 5: Making great Lunches - Chapter 6: Snacks Part 3: Bring On The Main Course - Chapter 7: Cooking For One - Chapter 8: Eating the Right Food To Get You Going - Chapter 9: Mastering Microwave Cooking - Chapter 10: Making the Most of Time and Money - Chapter 11: Decadent Desserts and Treats Part 4: Entertaining - Chapter 12: Lads and Girls Nights' In - Chapter 13: Pulling Together a Sunday Roast - Chapter 14: Food To Impress: Cooking for a Date - Chapter 15: Getting into the Party Spirit Part 5: The Part Of Tens - Chapter 16: Ten Tips For Cooking At Uni - Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Eat On The Cheap - Chapter 18: Ten Replacements for Expensive Ingredients.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Making Everything Easier!Teaching English as a Foreign Language for DummiesLearn to:\* Put an EFL course programme together from scratch\* Let your students loose in skills classes - from reading to listening\* Deliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive way\* Cope with different age groups and capabilitiesMichelle MaxomEnglish as a Foreign Language teacher and trainerYour one-stop guide to a career that will take you placesIf you thought that teaching a language that's second nature to you would be easy, think again! Explaining grammar, or teaching correct pronunciation while simultaneously developing your own skills as a teacher can be a huge challenge. Whether you're on a training course or have already started teaching, this book will help launch your career and give you the confidence and expertise you need to be a brilliant teacher.\* Make an educated decision - decide between the various courses, qualifications and job locations available to you\* Start from scratch - plan well-structured lessons and develop successful and effective teaching techniques\* Focus on skills - from reading and writing, to listening and speaking, get your students sounding and feeling fluent\* Get your head around grammar - teach students to put sentences together, recognise tenses and use adjectives and adverbs\* All shapes and sizes - tailor your lessons to younger learners, one-to-ones, exam classes and Business English learners'An invaluable manual for anyone thinking of embarking on a TEFL journey. Michelle Maxom's step-by-step guide provides practical¿tips to get you started and offers key advice to help unleash the creative English language teacher within.'¿- Claire Woollam, Director of Studies¿& a Teacher Trainer at¿Language Link¿LondonOpen the book and find:\* TEFL, TESOL, EFL - what all the acronyms mean\* The best course books and materials to supplement your teaching\* Advice on running your class and handling difficulties\* Lesson plans that you can use in the classroom\* Activities and exercises to keep your students on their toes\* Constructive ways to correct and assess your students' performance\* Ways to inject some fun into your classes\* Insider information on the best jobs around the world.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Packed with the latest information on TCP/IP standards and protocolsTCP/IP is a hot topic, because it's the glue that holds the Internet and the Web together, and network administrators need to stay on top of the latest developments. TCP/IP For Dummies, 6th Edition, is both an introduction to the basics for beginners as well as the perfect go-to resource for TCP/IP veterans.The book includes the latest on Web protocols and new hardware, plus very timely information on how TCP/IP secures connectivity for blogging, vlogging, photoblogging, and social networking. Step-by-step instructions show you how to install and set up TCP/IP on clients and servers; build security with encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures; handle new voice and mobile technologies, and much more.\* Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the de facto standard transmission medium worldwide for computer-to-computer communications; intranets, private internets, and the Internet are all built on TCP/IP\* The book shows you how to install and configure TCP/IP and its applications on clients and servers; explains intranets, extranets, and virtual private networks (VPNs); provides step-by-step information on building and enforcing security; and covers all the newest protocols\* You'll learn how to use encryption, authentication, digital certificates, and signatures to set up a secure Internet credit card transactionFind practical security tips, a Quick Start Security Guide, and still more in this practical guide.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '.fascinating. Like Malcolm Gladwell on speed.'THE GUARDIAN'HERD is a rare thing: a book that transforms the reader's perception of how the world works'.Matthew D'Ancona, THE SPECTATOR'This book is a must. Once you have read it you will understand why Mark Earls is regarded as a marketing guru.'Daniel Finkelstein, THE TIMESThis paperback version of Mark Earls' groundbreaking and award winning book comes updated with new stats and figures and provides two completely revised chapters that deal with the rise of social networking.Since the Enlightenment there has been a very simple but widely held assumption that we are a species of thinking individuals and human behaviour is best understood by examining the psychology of individuals. It appears, however, that this insight is plain wrong. The evidence from a number of leading behavioural and neuroscientists suggests that our species is designed as a herd or group animal. Mark Earls applies this evidence to the traditional mechanisms of marketing and consumer behaviour, with a result that necessitates a complete rethink about these subjects.HERD provides a host of unusual examples and anecdotes to open the mind of the business reader, from Peter Kay to Desmond Tutu, Apple to UK Sexual Health programmes, George Bush to Castle Lager, from autism to depression to the real explanation for the placebo effect in pharmaceutical testing.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The revised edition of this highly acclaimed work presents crucial lessons from Japan's recession that could aid the US and other economies as they struggle to recover from the current financial crisis. This book is about Japan's 15-year long recession and how it affected current theoretical thinking about its causes and cures. It has a detailed explanation on what happened to Japan, but the discoveries made are so far-reaching that a large portion of economics literature will have to be modified to accommodate another half to the macroeconomic spectrum of possibilities that conventional theorists have overlooked. The author developed the idea of yin and yang business cycles where the conventional world of profit maximization is the yang and the world of balance sheet recession, where companies are minimizing debt, is the yin. Once so divided, many varied theories developed in macro economics since the 1930s can be nicely categorized into a single comprehensive theory- The Holy Grail of Macro Economics.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An all-inclusive, easy-to-use primer to all things wine Want to learn about wine, but don't know where to start Wine All-In-One For Dummies provides comprehensive information about the basics of wine in one easy-to-understand volume. Combining the bestselling Wine For Dummies with our regional and specific wine titles, this book gives you the guidance you need to understand, purchase, drink and enjoy wine. You'll start at the beginning as you discover how wine is made. From there you'll explore grape varieties and vineyards, read labels and wine lists, and discover all the nuances of tasting wine. You'll see how to successfully store wine and serve it to your guests-and even build up an impressive collection of wine. Plus, you'll find suggestions for perfect food pairings and complete coverage on wines from around the world. - Features wine tasting, serving, storing, collecting, and buying tips, all in a single authoritative volume - Includes information on California wines, as well as other domestic and foreign locations including the US, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. - Helps you choose the best vintage for your needs - Also covers champagne, sherry, and port wine - Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan are the authors of seven Dummies books on wine including the bestselling Wine For Dummies, 4th Edition, other contributing authors are recognized wine experts and journalists in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada Whether you're a wine novice or a budding sommelier, Wine All-In-One For Dummies is the one guide you need on your shelf to make your wine experience complete.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Heritage of Our Times is a brilliant examination of modern culture and its legacy by one of the most important and deeply influential thinkers of the 20th century. Bloch argues that the key elements of a genuine cultural tradition are not just to be found in the conveniently closed and neatly labeled ages of the past, but also in the open and experimental cultural process of our time. One of the most compelling aspects of this work is a contemporary analysis of the rise of Nazism. It probes its bogus roots in German history and mythology at the very moment when the ideologies of Blood and Soil and the Blond Beast were actually taking hold of the German people. The breadth and depth of Bloch's vision, together with the rich diversity of his interest, ensure this work a place as one of the key books of the 20th century.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For almost a century, Harvard Business School (HBS) has educated generations of leaders who have shaped and honed the practice of business in every industry and in every country around the world. HBS is the iconic business school and an HBS degree is highly respected in the business world. This book, written by Emily Chan, an HBS graduate and seasoned businesswoman, tells you why. It is a distillation of the most valuable and pragmatic concepts taught at HBS. Harvard Business School Confidential articulates the most invaluable and yet the easiest to learn concepts taught at HBS. It is useful for those who are interested in business, but do not plant to go to HBS; they can learn and use these teachings without ever setting foot on campus. For those planning on an HBS degree, this book can give them a head-start. Harvard Business School Confidential details the best of what HBS has to offer and unveils the secrets to success taught inside the ivy tower.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day. The global policies of the United States in the past decade have encouraged the widespread belief that we live in a new era of imperialism. But is this belief true, and what does 'imperialism' mean Callinicos explores these questions in this wide-ranging book. In the first part, he critically assesses the classical theories of imperialism developed in the era of the First World War by Marxists such as Lenin, Luxemburg, and Bukharin and by the Liberal economist J.A. Hobson. He then outlines a theory of the relationship between capitalism as an economic system and the international state system, carving out a distinctive position compared to other contemporary theorists of empire and imperialism such as Antonio Negri, David Harvey, Giovanni Arrighi, and Ellen Wood.In the second half of Imperialism and Global Political Economy Callinicos traces the history of capitalist imperialism from the Dutch East India Company to the specific patterns of economic and geopolitical competition in the contemporary era of American decline and Chinese expansion. Imperialism, he concludes, is far from dead.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Taking a refreshingly different approach to the subject, this new textbook uses original case studies of psychological support work with individual athletes and groups to illustrate the underlying theory and inform the reader of cutting edge practice in the field. It addresses 'real world' issues and helps the student understand the problems and challenges that the sport psychologist faces and is employed to resolve.The book begins by exploring the use of case studies as a professional method for disseminating applied knowledge and practice in sport psychology. The remaining chapters constitute the core of the book: the case studies themselves. Each case study demonstrates scientific rigour in reporting the background information, initial assessment, intervention and monitoring, evaluation of the intervention, and also considers consultant effectiveness through reflective practice. The chapters also contain summaries and an accompanying set of questions for students.Written by a team of experienced practitioners this book shows how sport psychology actually works in practice. As such it will prove invaluable to students of sport psychology in both sport and exercise science and psychology programmes. It will also be an extremely useful resource for coaches and sports professionals undergoing training in sport psychology.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine's Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language. - A major contribution to the philosophy of language, now available in paperback - Written by one of today's most respected philosophers - Argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought - Proposes that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves - Forms part of the prestigious new Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy series, based on an ongoing series of lectures by today's leading philosophers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The world of management is in crisis - the old remedies no longer work and organizations are failing at an increasing rate. Although many talk of 'joined up thinking', few offer practical guidance on how to achieve this in organizations. The Fractal Organization sets down the practical implications of a well tested systemic approach to building organizations that are capable of surviving and flourishing in these turbulent times.'An excellent read.Many organizations fail at the mercy of their own ignorance. The author has done an excellent job in making 'the science of effective organization' accessible to management, providing them with a new knowledge to deal with the uncertainties that the markets place upon them.'Stephen J. Brewis, Business Architect, British Telecom.'. one of the most interesting, thorough and rigorous guides to management that I have ever read, . introduces new insights in every chapter. carries a credibility which acts as a counterbalance to the sometimes difficult message which he conveys which is that a lot of mainstream management practice is at best ineffective and at worst downright destructive. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in management or systems thinking.'Penny Marrington, Senior Lecturer in Thinking and Practice, Open University.'In my opinion this book manages to present sound academic theory that is relevant and helpful to the practitioner in the business. I experienced several A-HA moments.'Pauline Marsh, Strategy Director, CS&S International, BAE SYSTEMS.'The insights of the Viable System Model have been open only to a select few for much too long. Hoverstadt has gone furthest in bringing these ideas to a wider audience.Management books have too often been serious but not practical, or practical but not serious. This book is both brilliantly serious and practical, and often entertaining too.'Prof. Peter Kawalek, Manchester Business School.'Integrates mainstream management ideas with the systems ideas underpinning the VSM, and flows and reads well. As a starting point for developing understanding of the VSM in today's world this book improves greatly on all books that have gone before, I would certainly recommend it to colleagues, clients, and students'.Dr. Robin Asby, Consultant and Director of Sigma Two Limited.Patrick Hoverstadt is a full time consultant and a part time academic, applying systems methods to analysing organizational problems and designing solutions for clients.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - LEARN THE SECRETS TO BUILDING AND MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL SUPPORT CAMPAIGN FOR YOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION Whether your organization is building its first annual support campaign or working on its hundredth, The Annual Campaign offers a fresh look at how your organization can raise the most money possible by effectively engaging staff, board, volunteers, donors, and prospects in embracing your mission and rallying to its cause. This nuts-and-bolts book presents practical advice on: - The secrets to running an effective, well-coordinated annual campaign - Why your annual campaign needs a strong support base - How to know when your organization is ready to launch its campaign - Best practices for growing human relationships?and big pledges and gifts - How to get your volunteer force purposefully engaged Brimming with step-by-step guidance and practical tools, including checklists for annual support campaigns, assessments for campaign readiness, sample pledge cards, cultivation tips for obtaining larger gifts, and much more, The Annual Campaign is the only guide you'll need to launch a successful?and abundantly lucrative?annual campaign.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shaping the College Curriculum focuses on curriculum development as an important decision-making process in colleges and universities. The authors define curriculum as an academic plan developed in a historical, social, and political context. They identify eight curricular elements that are addressed, intentionally or unintentionally, in developing all college courses and programs. By exploring the interaction of these elements in context they use the academic plan model to clarify the processes of course and program planning, enabling instructors and administrators to ask crucial questions about improving teaching and optimizing student learning. This revised edition continues to stress research-based educational practices. The new edition consolidates and focuses discussion of institutional and sociocultural factors that influence curricular decisions. All chapters have been updated with recent research findings relevant to curriculum leadership, accreditation, assessment, and the influence of academic fields, while two new chapters focus directly on learning research and its implications for instructional practice. A new chapter drawn from research on organizational change provides practical guidance to assist faculty members and administrators who are engaged in extensive program improvements. Streamlined yet still comprehensive and detailed, this revised volume will continue to serve as an invaluable resource for individuals and groups whose work includes planning, designing, delivering, evaluating, and studying curricula in higher education. 'This is an extraordinary book that offers not a particular curriculum or structure, but a comprehensive approach for thinking about the curriculum, ensuring that important considerations are not overlooked in its revision or development, and increasing the likelihood that students will learn and develop in ways institutions hope they will. The book brings coherence and intention to what is typically an unstructured, haphazard, and only partially rational process guided more by beliefs than by empirically grounded, substantive information. Lattuca and Stark present their material in ways that are accessible and applicable across planning levels (course, program, department, and institution), local settings, and academic disciplines. It's an admirable and informative marriage of scholarship and practice, and an insightful guide to both. Anyone who cares seriously about how we can make our colleges and universities more educationally effective should read this book.' -Patrick T. Terenzini, distinguished professor and senior scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Advanced Practice in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions enables nurses and members of allied health professions to effectively diagnose and treat patients, in a wide variety of settings. It is especially relevant in regions where access to other health providers is limited.This new, completely revised, third edition shows how advanced practice continues to develop in response to the impact of health service reforms, the introduction of health policies aimed at developing a patient-led service based in primary care and changes in working conditions. Advanced Practice in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions presents an examination of the potential for advanced practitioners, at all levels, to have a significant effect on the health of the population and provide holistic care for the sick. Practice is identified as the central and most important feature of the advanced role in nursing and allied health professions.Advanced Practice in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions also considers:\* The development of advanced practice in nursing and the allied health professions and the implications for future health and social care services;\* Challenging professional boundaries that hinder the provision of care and pioneering innovation within a diverse society;\* The relationship between health policy and service reforms, current and future advanced roles;\* International developments in advanced practice;\* Leadership, management in relation to advanced roles;\* The responsibilities of advanced practitioners in meeting healthcare needs in a diverse society;\* Educating advanced practitioners and tracking their career development;\* The future possibilities for advanced practice and an agenda for research.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for the First Edition:'The book makes a valuable contribution by synthesizing current research and identifying areas for future investigation for each aspect of the survey process.'--Journal of the American Statistical Association'Overall, the high quality of the text material is matched by the quality of writing . . .'--Public Opinion Quarterly'. . . it should find an audience everywhere surveys are being conducted.' --TechnometricsThis new edition of Survey Methodology continues to provide a state-of-the-science presentation of essential survey methodology topics and techniques. The volume's six world-renowned authors have updated this Second Edition to present newly emerging approaches to survey research and provide more comprehensive coverage of the major considerations in designing and conducting a sample survey.Key topics in survey methodology are clearly explained in the book's chapters, with coverage including sampling frame evaluation, sample design, development of questionnaires, evaluation of questions, alternative modes of data collection, interviewing, nonresponse, post-collection processing of survey data, and practices for maintaining scientific integrity. Acknowledging the growing advances in research and technology, the Second Edition features:\* Updated explanations of sampling frame issues for mobile telephone and web surveys\* New scientific insight on the relationship between nonresponse rates and nonresponse errors\* Restructured discussion of ethical issues in survey research, emphasizing the growing research results on privacy, informed consent, and confidentiality issues\* The latest research findings on effective questionnaire development techniques\* The addition of 50% more exercises at the end of each chapter, illustrating basic principles of survey design\* An expanded FAQ chapter that addresses the concerns that accompany newly established methodsProviding valuable and informative perspectives on the most modern methods in the field, Survey Methodology, Second Edition is an ideal book for survey research courses at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an indispensable reference for practicing survey methodologists and any professional who employs survey research methods.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Essential guidance on the new fair value rules for accounting managers, auditors, and fraud investigators Fair Value accounting is emerging as the next prime opportunity for financial statement fraud. Explaining the many complex applications of fair value accounting in the preparation of financial statements, Fair Value Accounting Fraud offers timely guidance on an up-and-coming issue as U.S. and international accounting rules pertaining to the use of fair value accounting continue to change. You'll find discussion of - U.S. GAAP and IFRS rules on fair value accounting issues, highlighting the areas most vulnerable to fraud - Explanations of 75 categories of fair value accounting fraud schemes - Fraud risk checklist that you can put to immediate use - Practical detection techniques useful for auditors, investigators and others who rely on financial statements - Expert advice from Gerard Zack, CFE, CPA, author of Fraud and Abuse in Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Prevention and Detection Comparing US accounting standards to International Financial Reporting Standards-thereby making this book useful worldwide- Fair Value Accounting Fraud helps you understand the new rules and develop new auditing and investigative techniques to enable you to detect potential fraud.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior provides original contributions that examine current perspectives and promising directions for future research on helping behaviors and related core issues.\* Covers contributions which deal explicitly with interventions designed to foster out-group helping (and to improve its quality) in real world settings\* Provides the reader with a cohesive look at helping and prosocial behaviors using a combination of theoretical work with research on interventions in applied settings\* Examines helping from multiple perspectives in order to recognize the diverse influences that promote actions for the benefit of others\* Contributors to this volume include cutting-edge researchers using both field studies and laboratory experiments.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This nuts and bolts guide examines all aspects of an M&A due diligence from coming to the decision to acquire a company, to who should be on the due diligence team, to the actual process and the final report and post closing follow up. It advocates a focus on both risk mitigation and shareholder value creation, and emphasizes a holistic approach that spans from planning to post acquisition integration. The tentative contents is: (1) Introduction; (2) Planning for value creation: growth strategy; (3) Engagement and pursuit; (4) Preparing for due diligence; (5) Validation of value: performing due diligence; (6) Assessment of due diligence results; (7) Optimizing value: post diligence negotiation; (8) Extracting value: post transaction integration.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A complete guide to longevity finance As the Baby Boomer population continues to age and the need for the securitization of life insurance policies increases, more financial institutions are looking towards longevity trading as a solution. Consequently, there is now a need for innovative financial products and strategies that have the ability to hedge longevity exposure for pension funds, reinsurance companies, and governments. These products and strategies are currently being developed with the use of life settlements. Here, author Vishaal Bhuyan provides a complete guide to this burgeoning sector. In Life Markets, Bhuyan and a team of expert contributors from leading firms offer an extensive look at how to trade life settlements. - Provides practical guidance to the growing field of longevity finance - Outlines the innovative financial products that are populating this field - Highlights a safe haven for investors seeking returns in troubled times Covering everything from the history of life settlements to making a transaction-pricing, service providers, exchanges, and more-this book contains extensive coverage of the many issues surrounding longevity finance.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first guide to investing in and structuring life settlement policiesThis is the first book to cover life insurance products for the investment management industry. It provides in-depth coverage of the way the life insurance industry works, calculations of survival probabilities, and how to structure life settlement policies as standalone investments or as part of a structured portfolio. This is a growing industry due to the rising cost of living and increased healthcare costs.Geoff Chaplin (Tokyo, Japan) is Partner at Reoch Credit Partners, an ABS, life contingency, and credit consultancy. Jim Aspinwall (Residence, FL) is Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at Florida Southern University. He has formerly worked in investment banking and in risk management.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Proven private equity real estate investing strategiesThe subprime fallout and credit crisis have triggered a major transition in U.S. real estate. With tightening lending and underwriting standards, speculative investments and construction projects are likely to limited, resulting in constrained supply and healthier fundamentals over the long term. Looking forward, market participants anticipate that the coming years will be fraught with challenges as well as opportunities.Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy is a collection of abridged market analyses, forecasts, and strategy papers from the ING Clarion Partners' Research & Investment Strategy (RIS) group. Divided into two comprehensive parts, this practical guide provides you with an informative overview of real estate markets, forecasts, and recent trends in part one, and presents specific active strategies in private equity real estate investing in part two.\* Includes a simulation of the economy in recession and the expected effects on the commercial real estate industry\* Offers examples of portfolio analysis and recommendations using ING Clarion's forecasts and Modern Portfolio Theory\* Focuses on multifamily, hotel, land, and industrial investments\* Demonstrates the use of the various tools available to the private equity real estate investorWritten with both the individual and institutional real estate investor in mind, this book offers specific private equity strategies for investing in real estate during volatile times.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a collection of projects based around various microcontrollers from the PIC family. The reader is carefully guided through the book, from very simple to more complex projects in order to gradually build their knowledge about PIC microcontrollers and digital electronics in general. On completion of this book, the reader should be able to design and build their own projects and solve other practical problems in digital electronics.Many books in this area are theory based and can tend toward being overly explanatory in their approach to the subject. Courses are moving towards being more practically oriented and this book provides the ideal companion to students completing projects with PIC microcontrollers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Cost Recovery: Turning Your Accounts Payable Department into a Profit Center shows how to identify a company's hidden financial assets.\* It provides tools to assist organizations generate cash recoveries, stop profit leaks, move away from control issues, and work towards process improvements.\* The book shows how to incorporate profit recovery technology, and how to pair a company with a recovery expert best suited to the company's needs to achieve bottom line results.\* The book discusses how to utilize free services offered by cost recovery consultants, using of top money-saving proves improvements, and how to create a plan to maximize recovering technology.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An essential reference for deploying IPv6 in broadband networks With the exponential growth of the Internet and increasing number of end users, service providers are increasingly looking for ways to expand their networks to meet the scalability requirements of the growing number of Internet-ready appliances or 'always-on' devices. This book bridges a gap in the literature by providing coverage of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), specifically in broadband access networks. The authors, who are Cisco Certified Internetworking Experts (CCIE), provide comprehensive and first-rate coverage of: - IPv6 drivers in broadband networks - IPv6 deployment in Cable, DSL, ETTH, and Wireless networks - Configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 gateway routers and host - Configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 edge routers - Configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 provisioning servers The authors also discuss challenges faced by service providers and how IPv6 addresses these issues. Additionally, the book is complemented with examples throughout to further facilitate readers' comprehension and a real large-scale IPv6 BB SP case study is presented. Deploying IPv6 in Broadband Access Networks is essential reading for network operators, network design engineers and consultants, network architects, and members of the networking community.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get comprehensive, detailed guidance on the tax law of unrelated businesses for tax-exempt organizations, written by the leading expert in the field The Tax Law of Unrelated Business for Nonprofit Organizations has everything you need to help you understand and interpret the general rules, modifications, and exceptions of the tax law of unrelated business for nonprofit organizations-including the unrelated debt-financed income rules, commercial activities, use of separate entities, and reporting requirements. This comprehensive resource equips you to fully analyze your organization's operations from the unrelated business perspective. You'll focus on details pertaining to the unrelated business income tax return (Form 990-T) and its many schedules. In addition, you'll get six appendices and tables to help round out your analysis. This authoritative guide explores every facet of tax law applicable to unrelated business for nonprofit organizations, including the rules governing: - Publishing - Advertising - Corporate sponsorships - Gift shops - Restaurants and cafes - List rentals and exchanges - Trade shows - Travel tours - Real property development - Research programs - Gambling and gaming - Endorsements - Convenience businesses - Foreign source income This must-have resource is filled with explanations and illustrations and hands-on guidance from Bruce R. Hopkins, the leading authority in nonprofit law. Its in-depth information shows you how to thoroughly and authoritatively manage unrelated business activities and protect your organization's tax-exempt status.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There has been a shift in HR from performance appraisal to performance management. A new volume in the SIOP Professional Practice Series, this book contains a broad range of performance management topics, offers recommendations grounded in research, and many examples from a variety of organizations. In addition to offering state-of-the-art descriptions of performance management needs and solutions, this book provides empirical bases for recommendations, demonstrates how performance management tracks and helps promote organizational change, and exams critical issues. This book makes an ideal resource for I/O psychologists, HR professionals, and consultants. 'In this comprehensive and timely volume, Smither and London assemble an exceptional collection of chapters on topics spanning the entire performance management process. Written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field, these chapters draw on years of research and offer a blueprint for implementing effective performance management systems in organizations. This volume is a 'must-read' for all those interested in performance management.' -John W. Fleenor, Ph.D., research director, Center for Creative Leadership.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Written by a committee of safety professionals, this book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria\* Helps safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity and consequence of human injury\* Includes examples of risk tolerance criteria used by NASA, Earthquake Response teams and the International Maritime Organization, amongst others\* Helps achieve consistency in risk-based decision-making\* Reduces potential liabilities in the use of quantitative risk tolerance criteria through reference to an industry guidance document.…

Kombiprodukt. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book will:Show the reader how to get started quickly: Although the Python programming language is a powerful object-oriented language, it's easy to learn, especially for programmers already familiar with C or C++.Show the reader how to write less code: Comparisons of program metrics (class counts, method counts, and so on) suggest that a program written in the Python programming language can be four times smaller than the same program written in C++.Show the reader how to write better code: The Python programming language encourages good coding practices, and automatic garbage collection helps you avoid memory leaks.Show the reader how to develop programs more quickly: The Python programming language is simpler than C++, and as such, your development time could be up to twice as fast when writing in it. Your programs will also require fewer lines of code.Chapter by chapter this book gradually builds up a practical body of code that will serve as an extensible financial engineering system in python. The book uses the Black-Scholes example to begin the building of the python package that will house the code that will be presented as the book progresses.Contents1 Welcome to Python1.1 Why Python 1.1.1 Python is a high-level programming language1.1.2 Python 'plays well with others'1.1.3 Common misconceptions about Python1.2 Roadmap for this book2 First steps with Python2.1 The Black-Scholes Formula2.2 Modules and Packages2.3 Unit-testing3 Extending Python from C++3.1 Boost.Datetime types3.2 Boost.MultiArray types4 Basic Mathematical Tools4.1 Random number generation4.2 N(.)4.3 Interpolation4.3.1 Interpolation in a single dimension4.3.2 Interpolation in multiple-dimensions4.4 Root-finding4.4.1 Bisection Method4.4.2 Newton-Raphson Method4.5 Quadrature4.5.1 Hermite4.5.2 Piecewise constant polynomial integration4.6 Linear Algebra4.6.1 Matrix Inversion4.6.2 Singular Value Decomposition4.6.3 Solving Tridiagonal Systems4.6.4 Solving linear systems4.6.5 Pseudo square root5 Curve and surface construction5.1 Discount Factor Curves5.2 Caplet Volatility Curves5.3 Intensity Curves5.4 Swaption Volatility Skew Cube6 Pricing using Numerical Methods6.1 Monte-Carlo pricing framework6.2 A lattice pricing framework7 The Hull-White model7.1 A component based design7.1.1 The state7.1.2 The cache7.1.3 The requestor7.1.4 The filler7.1.5 The rollback7.1.6 The evolve7.2 Pricing a Bermudan7.3 Pricing a TARN8 Hybrid Python/C++ Pricing SystemsAppendices1 A Survey of Python Programming Tools.2 Hull-White model. …

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