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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn to live a full and active life with type 2 diabetes Type 2 diabetes is Australia's fast-growing chronic disease, yet it can be prevented with the right diet and regular exercise. Whether you have already been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes or are pre-diabetic and hoping to avoid full-blown diabetes, this easy-to-understand book teaches you how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and good blood glucose control so that you can prevent long-term complications and live a full and active life. An author team of medical professionals, led by Professor Lesley Campbell and Dr. Alan Rubin, offers essential guidance and critical advice for taking preventative measures to avoid developing type 2 diabetes in the first place. For those who have already been diagnosed, the authors walk you through how to deal with type 2 and clearly explain how it affects your body. - Highlights ways to manage the daily impact that type 2 has on your life and prevent long-term complications - Devotes an entire chapter to foot care - Explains glucose monitoring as well as medications that you should be familiar with - Details a healthy eating and exercise plan for getting a handle on your type 2 diabetes - Makes suggestions for additional resources so you can learn more about your diabetes With a focus on the specific concerns of type 2 diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies is a reliable, locally relevant resource on diabetes management.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A loving look at the old ball game, from the cartoonists at The New YorkerAmerica's national pastime engages fans and fanatics across the country and around the world. Across the magazine's eight decades, the artists at The New Yorker have captured the emotional essence of the game, and The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons, Second Edition brings an all-star lineup of cartooning greats together in one delightful collection.\* Collects over 100 drawings that present a playful view of the all-American sport\* Includes an introduction by Michael Crawford\* Features classic cartoons by New Yorker legends from Charles Addams to Jack ZieglerSelected by Robert Mankoff, acclaimed cartoonist and cartoon editor of The New Yorker, The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons is a home run for baseball fans of all ages.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your plain-English introduction to organisational behaviourOrganisational Behaviour (OB) is the study of how people, individuals, and groups act in organisations. Whether you're studying OB, or you just want a better understanding of people at work, Organisational Behaviour For Dummies gives you all the essentials for understanding this fascinating subject.Inside you'll find out about personality and individual differences, teams and groups, personnel selection and assessment, and health and well-being at work. You'll also find out how leaders lead, how motivators motivate, and how the modern workplace is changing and evolving.\* An easy-to-read introduction to organisational behaviour for business, management, and organisational psychology students\* A useful reference for managers\* A fascinating look at behaviour in the modern workplaceWhether you're a student of organisational behaviour, a manager, or a lifelong learner with an interest in human behaviour and psychology in the workplace, Organisational Behaviour For Dummies has you covered. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your one-stop guide to creating a winning business plan from scratchWhether you're starting a new business or growing an established one, you'll need a solid business plan to get you where you want to go. Revised for today's rocky economic climate, this edition of the UK's bestselling business plan guide gives you what you need to map out your business strategy and stay on course - including a complete sample plan that you can easily adapt for your business!\* Chart your course - assess the current state of your business and where you'd like to take it, and establish clear, achievable objectives\* Get to know your customers - learn the latest techniques for getting a better idea of who your customers are and what they want\* Scope out the competition - find out who your competitors are and what it'll take to get your share of the market pie (and theirs)\* Sort out your finances - construct a value chain, examine your cash flow and calculate a sensible budget\* Enter the Dragons' Den - convince bankers, investors, venture capitalists and other funding sources your business is a good investment\* Read the tea leaves - learn to decipher changing cultural, political and technological trends and to alter your strategies as neededOpen the book and find:\* Tips on developing a sure-fire business strategy\* How to set realistic objectives\* Forecasting and budgeting strategies\* Keys to writing a motivational mission statement\* How to decipher the latest consumer trends\* Advice on building your brand and brand loyalty\* Tips for seeing and seizing opportunities before the competition\* Ways to adapt your plan to economic changeLearn to:\* Prepare a watertight business strategy\* Assess the marketplace\* Devise a sensible forecast and budget.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The guide to creating engaging web content and building a loyal following, revised and updatedBlogs, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other platforms are giving everyone a 'voice,' including organizations and their customers. So how do you create the stories, videos, and blog posts that cultivate fans, arouse passion for your products or services, and ignite your business Content Rules equips you for online success as a one-stop source on the art and science of developing content that people care about. This coverage is interwoven with case studies of companies successfully spreading their ideas online--and using them to establish credibility and build a loyal customer base.\* Find an authentic 'voice' and craft bold content that will resonate with prospects and buyers and encourage them to share it with others\* Leverage social media and social tools to get your content and ideas distributed as widely as possible\* Understand why you are generating content--getting to the meat of your message in practical, commonsense language, and defining the goals of your content strategy\* Write in a way that powerfully communicates your service, product, or message across various Web mediumsBoost your online presence and engage with customers and prospects like never before with Content Rules.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The ultimate guide for those starting out in trading-now better than ever! Illustrated with plenty of trading examples, sample trading plans, timely charts, tables and figures and insights from market experts from around the globe, Trading in a Nutshell, 4th Edition sets readers on the path to profitable trading. This updated and expanded edition of Stuart McPhee's bestseller is the perfect guide for anyone starting out in trading, and an excellent resource for experienced traders looking to expand their repertoires. Reviews, in depth, the financial markets and financial products, the risks associated with each, and how to trade them Shows how to tailor a trading approach best suited to each reader's personality, trading goals and risk tolerance Describes time-tested trading rules used by the most successful traders and explores the mindset and character traits of market winners with tips on how to cultivate them Clearly explains the basics of technical analysis, and provides expert advice on timing entry and exit decisions to maximise profits and minimise losses.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meet African american women of science and invention from the early years to modern Times Patricia Bath, M.D.Miriam E. BenjaminUrsula BurnsAlexa Canady, M.D.Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D.Ellen F. EglinAngela D. Ferguson, M.D.Sara E. GoodeEvelyn Boyd Granville, Ph.D.Dannellia Gladden Green, Ph.D.Bessie Blount GriffinBetty Wright Harris, Ph.D.Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Aprille Joy Ericsson Jackson, Ph.D.Mae Jemison, M.D.Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Ph.D.Mary KennerReatha Clark King, Ph.D.Annie Turnbo MaloneMildred Austin SmithValerie ThomasMadame C. J. WalkerJane Cooke Wright, M.D.Roger Arliner Young, Ph.D.Chavonda J. Jacobs Young, Ph.D. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever been led by someone who cared for you like family, and dared you to achieve more than you ever thought possible for yourself, your organization, and even society Award-winning author of Hostage at the Table, George Kohlrieser, along with his co-authors Susan Goldsworthy and Duncan Coombe, explain how becoming a secure base leader releases extraordinary potential in others.Part of the Warren Bennis leadership series Care to Dare shows you how to become a Secure Base Leader so that you release your followers from the fears that get in the way of their performance. It shows you how you can unleash astonishing potential by building the trust, delivering the change, and inspiring the focus that underpins sustainable high performance.From extensive interviews with executives from all over the world, as well as from surveys with more than a thousand executives, the book reveals the nine characteristics that Secure Base Leaders display on a daily basis. The research shows that a primary difference between a successful leader and a failed leader is the presence or absence of secure bases in his or her life.Care to Dare will take you on a journey where you will discover your own secure bases, past and present, and determine how you can be a secure base for other people in your life at work and at home.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical, informative, and accessible guide to getting started in trading Louise Bedford has been coaching and mentoring traders for almost twenty years, and in Trading Secrets, Third Edition she's back to share what she's learned. Whether you're just starting out in the trading world, or you're an old hand looking for some new tricks, this book is for you. Packed with everything you need to get in on the action and consistently profit from the markets, Trading Secrets is your personal coach to becoming a trading mastermind. Designed to educate, motivate, and guide you through the sometimes confusing world of trading, the book shows you how to set up a trading business and, most importantly, master your number one trading foe; yourself. Known for her witty and entertaining style, Bedford has demystified the world of share trading for thousands of investors and traders, and you're next. - Brings together the processes, careful planning, and risk control techniques that Bedford has used throughout her own successful trading career - Offers fascinating insights into everything from how to handle a windfall profit to why men and women trade differently - Includes end-of-chapter review materials, essential for helping you master the material.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Conquer the complexities of this open source statistical languageR is fast becoming the de facto standard for statistical computing and analysis in science, business, engineering, and related fields. This book examines this complex language using simple statistical examples, showing how R operates in a user-friendly context. Both students and workers in fields that require extensive statistical analysis will find this book helpful as they learn to use R for simple summary statistics, hypothesis testing, creating graphs, regression, and much more. It covers formula notation, complex statistics, manipulating data and extracting components, and rudimentary programming.\* R, the open source statistical language increasingly used to handle statistics and produces publication-quality graphs, is notoriously complex\* This book makes R easier to understand through the use of simple statistical examples, teaching the necessary elements in the context in which R is actually used\* Covers getting started with R and using it for simple summary statistics, hypothesis testing, and graphs\* Shows how to use R for formula notation, complex statistics, manipulating data, extracting components, and regression\* Provides beginning programming instruction for those who want to write their own scriptsBeginning R offers anyone who needs to perform statistical analysis the information necessary to use R with confidence.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies and innovate to remain at the top. But many successful firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia, hesitate, or stick blindly to their old strategies, until it is too late.The ability to adapt to change is a measure of intelligence; so why do firms demonstrate such low Strategic IQ What causes inertia and why is it so deadly How can leaders help their firms to act more intelligently This book identifies the key sources of inertia - strategic, structural and huma - and provides practical advice on how they can be overcome to create smarter corporations. It is both a wake-up call for successful firms and a lifeline for firms struggling to succeed.To successful firms - beware! You may already be dead!To struggling firms - have hope! It is possible to pass powerful competitors by raising your strategic, structural and human IQ.Praise for Strategic IQ'Hard-hitting and stimulating, Wells' thesis carries a robust message that should make business leaders the world over sit up and think.' Archie Norman, Chairman of ITV, UK'Wells makes a compelling case for dramatic change.' Ron Sargent, CEO of Staples, USA.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Have you ever been led by someone who cared for you like family, and dared you to achieve more than you ever thought possible for yourself, your organization, and even society Award-winning author of Hostage at the Table, George Kohlrieser, along withhisco-authors Susan Goldsworthy and Duncan Coombe,explain how becoming a secure base leader releases extraordinary potential in others. Part of the Warren Bennis leadership series Care to Dare shows you how to become a Secure Base Leader so that you release your followers from the fears that get in the way of their performance. It shows you how you can unleash astonishing potential by building the trust, delivering the change, and inspiring the focus that underpins sustainable high performance. Fromextensive interviews with executives from all over the world, as well as from surveys with more than a thousand executives, the book reveals the nine characteristics that Secure Base Leaders display on a daily basis. The research shows that a primary difference between a successful leader and a failed leader is the presence or absence of secure bases in his or her life. Care to Dare will take you on a journey where you will discover your own secure bases, past and present, and determine how you can be a secure base for other people in your life at work and at home.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Filled with case studies from firms such as GT Automotive, GE Healthcare China, Vale, Dominos, Swiss Re Americas Division, and Polar Bank, among others, this book (written by Dan Denison and his co-authors) combines twenty years of research and survey results to illustrate a critical set of cultural dynamics that firms need to manage in order to remain competitive. Each chapter uses a case as a means to illustrate an important aspect of culture change focusing on seven common culture-change dilemmas including creating a strategic alignment, keeping strategy simple, and more.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gender and the City before Modernity presents a series of multi-disciplinary readings that explore issues relating to the role of gender in a variety of cities of the ancient, medieval, and early modern worlds.\* Presents an inter-disciplinary collection of readings that reveal new insights into the intersection of gender, temporality, and urban space\* Features a wide geographical and methodological range\* Includes numerous illustrations to enhance clarity.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The ABC of Urology provides a comprehensive review of current practice in urology and is a structured and practical guide to the diagnosis, treatment and management of the most common urological conditions. This new third edition has been fully revised and expanded with additional chapters and improved coverage of renal and testis cancer, management of haematuria, laparoscopy, trauma and new urological advances. Prostate, bladder, renal and penile cancers are also covered in detail and new techniques and procedures for safer and effective treatment options are featured.The ABC of Urology is the ideal reference for general practitioners and general practitioner trainees, junior doctors and practice nurses, medical students and all primary health care professionals working to provide the best possible care for patients with urological conditions.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by senior clinicians across a range of specialties, Data Interpretation for Medical Finals: Single Best Answer Questions is the perfect way to prepare for data interpretation assessments and clinical practice.Featuring over 200 questions on key topics in medicine, each question is set around an image or investigation, such as an X-ray, CT scan, or blood film, and tests identification and interpretation of the data provided. Thorough explanation of the correct and incorrect answers helps you learn from mistakes. The questions reflect current exam question style and incorporate high quality images, many of which are annotated, and are presented in full colour throughout.Data Interpretation for Medical Finals will help build the confidence of all medical students, and Foundation Doctors, as it encourages application of investigation results to clinical decision making.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why Nobody Believes the Numbers introduces a unique viewpoint to population health outcomes measurement: Results/ROIs should be presented as they are, not as we wish they would be. This viewpoint contrasts sharply with vendor/promoter/consultant claims along two very important dimensions:(1) Why Nobody Believes presents outcomes/ROIs achievable right here on this very planet.(2) .calculated using actual data rather than controlled substances.Indeed, nowhere in healthcare is it possible to find such sharply contrasting worldviews, methodologies, and grips on reality.Why Nobody Believes the Numbers includes 12 case studies of vendors, carriers, and consultants who were apparently playing hooky the day their teacher covered fifth-grade math, as told by an author whose argument style can be so persuasive that he was once able to convince a resort to sell him a timeshare. The book's lesson: no need to believe what your vendor tells you -- instead you can estimate your own savings using 'ingredients you already have in your kitchen.' Don't be intimidated just because you lack a PhD in biostatistics, or even a Masters, Bachelor's, high-school equivalency diploma or up-to-date inspection sticker.Why Nobody Believes the Numbers explains how to determine if the ROIs are real.and why they usually aren't. You'll learn how to:\* Figure out whether you are 'moving the needle' or just crediting a program with changes that would have happened anyway\* Judge whether the ROIs your vendors report are plausible or even arithmetically possible\* Synthesize all these insights into RFPs and contracts that truly hold vendors accountable for results.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A non-biased, grounded, and practical approach to employee engagementFor managers and business leaders who want to enhance performance, this easy-to-use guide to employee management offers real solutions for getting workers engaged and increasing productivity. It explains what employee engagement is, why it matters, what the benefits of it are, what helps and hinders it, how to measure it, how to put theory into action when trying to create it. As an added benefit, it offers plenty of advice on how managers can keep themselves engaged, even during the toughest of times.Praise for Engaged'The current economic crisis has underlined how traditional means of managing people are no longer effective. Too many businesses underperform because they can no longer count on the commitment of their workforce. Only by treating employees as key stakeholders and engaging them will organizations be successful. This timely book provides a practical roadmap for companies to create an engaged workforce and is essential reading for all business leaders.'Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum'This is an important contribution to leaders and managers across all types of organizations. I believe readers of this book will be more confident and better equipped to address the issues their organizations are facing.'David MacLeod, Chairman of the UK Government-sponsored Employee Engagement Task Force and co-author of the influential report to the UK Government 'Engaging for Success''This book highlights in a very understandable and comprehensive way, one of the most important HR concepts of our age, 'engagement'. During difficult times, we need more than ever to engage our workforce, to get them involved and committed. This book shows how to do it, and is a 'must read' for all line managers and HR professionals.'Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Management School, UK'A must read, timely and practical primer on how to engage any workforce - warts and all.'Will Hutton, author of Them and Us: Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society, Principal at Hertford College, Oxford, UK, Weekly Columnist at The Guardian and The Observer Newspapers'An engaging book about engagement! Linda and Geoff have produced an authoritative book that makes the business case, the emotional case and developed an easy to understand model that will allow HR practitioners and line managers to accelerate implementation. Recognizing there is no 'one size fits all' approach, the book is full of practical case studies that will inspire and enthuse.'Dean Royles, Director, NHS Employers'The topic of employee engagement has caught the imagination of researchers and practitioners. But for many it is not clear what exactly it is, how you measure it and more importantly if, when and why it is related to productivity. In this well researched, easy to read, and eminently practical book Linda Holbeche and Geoff Matthews answer all the central questions about engagement. The book is topical, very up-to-date and highly practical.'Adrian Furnham, Professor of Psychology, University College London, writer on leadership and management topics and regular columnist for the Sunday Times'This book is a major contribution to helping managers take action to improve employee engagement in their business context. It's packed with ideas and advice for managers who want to foster commitment and energize their organizations. The authors' ideas around creating a new employment relationship built on engagement will have wide currency in the years ahead, and are as necessary as they are revolutionary for all business executives.'Mike Cullen, Ernst and Young Gl.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A groundbreaking integrated approach to reading assessment that addresses each child's unique Learning Profile Fifteen to twenty percent of our nation's children have reading difficulties. Educational evalua-tors must be able to use progress monitoring and diagnostic tools effectively to identify students who may be at risk, evaluate the effectiveness of school-wide reading programs, and suggest interventions that will improve reading skills. Written from a strengths-based perspective, Reading Assessment: Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition is the first book of its kind to present a research-based, integrated review of reading, cognition, and oral language testing and assessment. Author Melissa Lee Farrall explores the theoretical underpinnings of reading, language, and literacy, explains the background of debates surrounding these topics, and provides detailed information and administration tips on the wide range of reading inventories and standardized tests that may be used in a reading psychoeducational assessment. With a focus on how to craft professional evaluation reports that illuminate a student's strengths-not just weaknesses-Reading Assessment enables school psychologists and diagnosticians, reading specialists, and special education professionals to conduct evaluations and develop effective interdisciplinary remedial recommendations and interventions. Clear, engaging, and inviting, Reading Assessment features: - Case examples and practice exercises - Chapter-opening reviews of each theory - Strengths, weaknesses, and potential problems of tests and their interpretations - Chapter-ending review questions that foster skill development and critical thinking - Comprehensive information on more than 50 different assessment tests Reading Assessment is an invaluable resource that helps professionals gain the knowledge and skills to confidently interpret test results and prepare detailed and effective evaluation reports designed to meet each child's unique needs as a learner.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Updated look at financial modeling and Monte Carlo simulation with software by Oracle Crystal BallThis revised and updated edition of the bestselling book on financial modeling provides the tools and techniques needed to perform spreadsheet simulation. It answers the essential question of why risk analysis is vital to the decision-making process, for any problem posed in finance and investment. This reliable resource reviews the basics and covers how to define and refine probability distributions in financial modeling, and explores the concepts driving the simulation modeling process. It also discusses simulation controls and analysis of simulation results.The second edition of Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel contains instructions, theory, and practical example models to help apply risk analysis to such areas as derivative pricing, cost estimation, portfolio allocation and optimization, credit risk, and cash flow analysis. It includes the resources needed to develop essential skills in the areas of valuation, pricing, hedging, trading, risk management, project evaluation, credit risk, and portfolio management.\* Offers an updated edition of the bestselling book covering the newest version of Oracle Crystal Ball\* Contains valuable insights on Monte Carlo simulation--an essential skill applied by many corporate finance and investment professionals\* Written by John Charnes, the former finance department chair at the University of Kansas and senior vice president of global portfolio strategies at Bank of America, who is currently President and Chief Data Scientist at Syntelli Solutions, Inc. Risk Analytics and Predictive Intelligence Division (Syntelli RAPID)Engaging and informative, this book is a vital resource designed to help you become more adept at financial modeling and simulation.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Have you ever been led by someone who cared for you like family, and dared you to achieve more than you ever thought possible for yourself, your organization, and even society Award-winning author of Hostage at the Table, George Kohlrieser, along withhisco-authors Susan Goldsworthy and Duncan Coombe,explain how becoming a secure base leader releases extraordinary potential in others. Part of the Warren Bennis leadership series Care to Dare shows you how to become a Secure Base Leader so that you release your followers from the fears that get in the way of their performance. It shows you how you can unleash astonishing potential by building the trust, delivering the change, and inspiring the focus that underpins sustainable high performance. Fromextensive interviews with executives from all over the world, as well as from surveys with more than a thousand executives, the book reveals the nine characteristics that Secure Base Leaders display on a daily basis. The research shows that a primary difference between a successful leader and a failed leader is the presence or absence of secure bases in his or her life. Care to Dare will take you on a journey where you will discover your own secure bases, past and present, and determine how you can be a secure base for other people in your life at work and at home. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A donor-centered guide to charitable gift planning for fundraisers and professional advisors The Philanthropic Planning Companion compiles and analyzes the latest research on donor/client behavior, discussing the need for segmented approaches to charitable gift planning based upon the values and personal planning objectives of the donor/client. With its many tools, checklists and sample materials, it will serve as your charitable giving guide in your work with your donors/clients. Whether you are building your practice to work with high net worth clients or you are enhancing your fundraising program, this is the book you will keep close at hand. - Outlines how an integrated, donor-centered, values-based, philanthropic planning approach can be implemented - Explores the latest research focuses on donor behavior For fundraisers and professional advisors alike, The Philanthropic Planning Companion is the one-stop resource you'll keep by your side to help your donors/clients meet their charitable and personal planning objectives.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The next enterprise computing era will rely on the synergy between both technologies: semantic web and model-driven software development (MDSD). The semantic web organizes system knowledge in conceptual domains according to its meaning. It addresses various enterprise computing needs by identifying, abstracting and rationalizing commonalities, and checking for inconsistencies across system specifications. On the other side, model-driven software development is closing the gap among business requirements, designs and executables by using domain-specific languages with custom-built syntax and semantics. It focuses on using modeling languages as programming languages.Among many areas of application, we highlight the area of configuration management. Consider the example of a telecommunication company, where managing the multiple configurations of network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.) is crucial. Enterprise systems identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of network devices, and control changes to those characteristics. Applying the integration of semantic web and model-driven software development allows for(1) explicitly specifying configurations of network devices with tailor-made languages,(2) for checking the consistency of these specifications(3) for defining a vocabulary to share device specifications across enterprise systems. By managing configurations with consistent and explicit concepts, we reduce cost and risk, and enhance agility in response to new requirements in the telecommunication area.This book examines the synergy between semantic web and model-driven software development. It brings together advances from disciplines like ontologies, description logics, domain-specific modeling, model transformation and ontology engineering to take enterprise computing to the next level.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the evaluation of healthcare, rigorous methods of quantitative assessment are necessary to establish interventions that are both effective and cost-effective. Usually a single study will not fully address these issues and it is desirable to synthesize evidence from multiple sources. This book aims to provide a practical guide to evidence synthesis for the purpose of decision making, starting with a simple single parameter model, where all studies estimate the same quantity (pairwise meta-analysis) and progressing to more complex multi-parameter structures (including meta-regression, mixed treatment comparisons, Markov models of disease progression, and epidemiology models). A comprehensive, coherent framework is adopted and estimated using Bayesian methods.Key features:\* A coherent approach to evidence synthesis from multiple sources.\* Focus is given to Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis that can be integrated within cost-effectiveness analyses in a probabilistic framework using Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation.\* Provides methods to statistically combine evidence from a range of evidence structures.\* Emphasizes the importance of model critique and checking for evidence consistency.\* Presents numerous worked examples, exercises and solutions drawn from a variety of medical disciplines throughout the book.\* WinBUGS code is provided for all examples.Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making in Healthcare is intended for health economists, decision modelers, statisticians and others involved in evidence synthesis, health technology assessment, and economic evaluation of health technologies.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The level of psychological distress and the ability to adjust to a diagnosis of cancer are highly variable. Medical factors, psychological factors prior to diagnosis and social factors account for this variability. By understanding these variables, the clinician can better assess and manage the distress caused by the diagnosis and provide the most appropriate medical treatment or psychological intervention. This practical handbook will address the principal behavioural and psychological problems associated with cancer. Where appropriate, it adopts a broader, multicultural perspective, in line with the aim of the World Psychiatric Association and the Federation of Psycho-Oncology societies.The main aims of the book are:\* to present the significant and challenging clinical problems encountered when caring for cancer patients and their families, including assessment, diagnosis and treatment\* to describe the best responses to these challenges, summarizing the evidence base and digesting clinical experience where evidence from clinical trials is lacking\* to discuss the emerging themes in psycho-oncology, such as genetic counselling, bioethics, cultural issues and cultural diversity\* to provide practical suggestions for dealing with special populations, such as children, the elderly, long-term survivors or mentally ill patients.The book is designed to be easy to read and to reference, with information clearly displayed in concise tables and boxes accompanied by further detail within the text.Chapters feature\* clinical vignettes, including management algorithms\* Key Points\* Suggested further readingThe editors aim to provide an indispensable tool for junior doctors in training in either psychiatry, psychology or oncology, general practitioners, community psychiatric nurses, palliative care physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team.With a Foreword by the pioneer in psycho-oncology, Professor Jimmie Holland.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book systematically explains how LCM strategies can help the pharmaceutical industry maximize the value of its patented brands through effective drug development programs and brand management. The authors share their combined 50 years of experience in the industry, citing numerous recent examples and case histories, and demonstrating how different measures can be combined to create winning strategies. The text helps pharmaceutical professionals understand challenges facing the industry and the role LCM has in confronting them, and offers a look ahead to predict which LCM strategies will continue to be effective in the future. A must-read for pharmaceutical executives and managers. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a practical, authoritative guide to the siting and installation of a high-quality wind energy project, providing analytical methods for assessing the wind resource. The first half of the book describes the several stages of carrying out a wind-monitoring campaign, addressing such topics as worker safety, data security, and advanced remote sensing technology. The second describes the assessment methods. It also addresses cutting-edge research topics such as possible impacts of climate change on wind resources and the strengths and weaknesses of various atmospheric modeling approaches. Professionals in industry-such as planners, managers, and installers-as well as resource analysts, federal program managers, and students will rely on this resource.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Spectroscopy is now the most frequently used sampling technique for infrared spectroscopy. This book fully explains the theory and practice of this method. Offers introduction and history of ATR before discussing theoretical aspects Includes informative illustrations and theoretical calculations Discusses many advanced aspects of ATR, such as depth profiling or orientation studies, and particular features of reflectance.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware 456 pp. Englisch.