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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Let your lifelong adventure begin todayLead Yourself to Success is your personal guidebook to greatness. Alan Chambers has led many expeditions to the North and South poles but you don't have to lead a national team or a multinational corporation to be successful, as long as you can lead yourself. The desire to learn is human nature, and lessons from those who have been where you want to go are extraordinary opportunities. You gain the insight and guidance you need to get there, and learn how to lead your own expedition down the path to success.Like any adventure, good preparation is key. You don't take off for the North pole on a whim, and you don't just leap into leadership without understanding the responsibilities it entails. This book shows you how to develop the leadership mindset to get wherever you want to go in life, trust your own judgement and come out on top of the world.\* Uncover your inner leadership potential\* Learn how others succeed\* Find the adventure in everyday life\* Lead yourself on an expedition to greatnessAlan helps thousands of people every year unlock the door to higher performance. Every single one of those people was a leader waiting to happen, even if they didn't know it - but once they truly realised where their potential could take them, they became unstoppable. Let yourself become unstoppable with Lead Yourself to Success.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An important part of philosophy is concerned with religious questions. What is the meaning of life, and how might religious faith or doubt impact such meaning What is the evidence for the existence of God Is evidence essential for religious faith What is the relationship between science and religion What is the relationship between religions How can or should one assess virtues and vices, right and wrong, from a religious versus a secular point of view In this beginner's guide, Charles Taliaferro addresses these and other important questions involved in philosophy of religion. He challenges the negative, often complacent attitudes towards religion as being dangerous or merely superstitious, arguing instead for a healthy pluralism and respect between persons of faith and secular inquirers.What is Philosophy of Religion takes a practical, question-based approach to the subject, inviting the reader to engage with this exciting area of philosophy in a down-to-earth way.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Building Chicken Coops For Dummies (9781119543923) was previously published as Building Chicken Coops For Dummies (9780470598962). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.As the popularity of urban homesteading and sustainable living increases, it's no wonder you're in need of trusted, practical guidance on how to properly house the chickens you're planning (or have already begun) to keep. Building Chicken Coops For Dummies gives you the information you need to build the most cost-efficient, safe, and easy-on-the-eye enclosures for your backyard flock.This practical guide gives you easy-to-follow and customizable plans for building the backyard chicken coop that works best for you. You'll get the basic construction know-how and key information you need to design and build a coop tailored to your flock, whether you live in a small city loft, a suburban backyard, or a small rural farm.\* Includes detailed material lists, instructions, and schematic plans for building a host of different chicken coops\* Step-by-step guidance on how to build a coop--or design your own\* Accessible for every level of readerWhether you're just beginning to gain an interest in a back-to-basics lifestyle or looking to add more attractive and efficient coops to your current flock's digs, Building Chicken Coops For Dummies gives you everything you need to build a winning coop!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn to speak JapaneseJapanese language enrollment is up by 27.5 percent since 2006, making it the sixth most popular language studied on college campuses. Whether studying for school, business, or travel, Japanese For Dummies provides complete coverage of all Japanese language essentials including grammar, usage, and vocabulary.Complete with free conversational audio tracks online, this handy book offers everything you need to learn the Japanese language to get ahead in class or on a trip to Japan. In no time, you'll make sense of the language well enough to communicate with native speakers!\* Includes expanded coverage of grammar, verb conjugations, and pronunciations\* Provides a refreshed mini-dictionary with even more essential vocabulary\* Offers useful exercises and practice opportunities\* Helps you learn to speak conversational Japanese with easeWhether for work, school, or fun, Japanese For Dummies is the fast and easy way to add this language to your skillset!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Take control of your financial future with expert guidance from wealth educators and property millionaires John Lee and Vincent WongThe Wealth Dragon Way is an essential guide to creating passive income, building property-based wealth, and achieving financial freedom. This inspiring and informative resource can help you define your financial goals and identify the steps you need to take to achieve them. Exploring common myths and misinformation surrounding wealth--such as 'money is the root of all evil'--this book shows how overcoming fear and self-doubt can change the way you think about wealth and your potential for personal growth. Real-world examples illustrate how entrepreneurs can use alternative strategies to acquire properties below market value. Fully updated to reflect the current economic environment, this second edition includes the Top Ten Habits of Successful Wealth Dragons as well as new chapters on the foundations of true wealth and how to adopt abundance mentality. From expanded sections on multiple income streams to a more in-depth look at the psychology behind our approach to money, such as posing the question, 'Is money your friend ,' this latest edition offers a roadmap to achieving infinite wealth.Knowing why you want to be wealthy increases your chances of becoming wealthy. This essential guide explores what lies beneath our relationship with money and offers practical methods to attain the freedom that monetary wealth affords and stresses the importance of having high moral wealth.\* Gain practical guidance delivered with an inspiring motivational message\* Learn how to define your goals and maximize your likelihood of success\* Explore the psychological patterns that prevent us from achieving our financial goals\* Overcome the obstacles standing in the way of your financial freedomIt has never been more important to take control of your financial future. Uncertain economic futures, increasing healthcare costs, and unreliable retirement benefits are just a few reasons to start focusing on your financial future today. No matter what your ultimate goal is--whether you want to quit the daily grind, acquire assets for increased security, or build passive income streams to achieve true financial freedom--The Wealth Dragon Way shows you the best way to get there.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Praise for the fearless organizationPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 233 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Enjoy the top social media sites with ease and securityDone correctly, social media is a way to connect friends, family, and the world while still maintaining security and privacy. Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram For Seniors For Dummies, 3rd Edition offers advice on how to enjoy the three most popular social media options while avoiding worry about who sees what you share.Written by social media expert Marsha Collier, this book walks you through establishing accounts, making connections, and sharing content including photos and video. You learn the settings to adjust on each platform to maintain privacy and filter out the content you don't want. This book also explains the subtle art of avoiding or blocking people on social platforms without jeopardizing your real-world relationships!\* Take control of what you share\* Connect with others\* Take and share your best pictures\* Use social media as a news sourceSocial media sites are great fun once you learn how to cut through the clutter--and this book shows you how!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economyThe Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent--but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind The traditional culture of 'fitting in' and 'going along' spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal, and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing.This book explores this culture of psychological safety, and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation.\* Explore the link between psychological safety and high performance\* Create a culture where it's 'safe' to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes\* Nurture the level of engagement and candor required in today's knowledge economy\* Follow a step-by-step framework for establishing psychological safety in your team or organizationShed the 'yes-men' approach and step into real performance. Fertilize creativity, clarify goals, achieve accountability, redefine leadership, and much more. The Fearless Organization helps you bring about this most critical transformation.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get on board the next massive marketing revolutionAI for Marketing and Product Innovation offers creatives and marketing professionals a non-tech guide to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)--twin technologies that stand poised to revolutionize the way we sell. The future is here, and we are in the thick of it; AI and ML are already in our lives every day, whether we know it or not. The technology continues to evolve and grow, but the capabilities that make these tools world-changing for marketers are already here--whether we use them or not. This book helps you lean into the curve and take advantage of AI's unparalleled and rapidly expanding power.More than a simple primer on the technology, this book goes beyond the 'what' to show you the 'how': How do we use AI and ML in ways that speak to the human spirit How to we translate cold technological innovation into creative tools that forge deep human connections Written by a team of experts at the intersection of neuroscience, technology, and marketing, this book shows you the ins and outs of these groundbreaking technological tools.\* Understand AI and ML technology in layman's terms\* Harness the twin technologies unparalleled power to transform marketing\* Learn which skills and resources you need to use AI and ML effectively\* Employ AI and ML in ways that resonate meaningfully with customers\* Learn practical examples of how to reinvest product innovation, brand building, targeted marketing and media measurement to connect with people and enhance ROIDiscover the true impact of AI and ML from real-world examples, and learn the thinking, best practices, and metrics you need to capture this lightning and take the next massive leap in the evolution of customer connection. AI for Marketing and Product Innovation shows you everything you need to know to get on board.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A journey through the Index Revolution from the man who started it allStay the Course is the story the Vanguard Group as told by its founder, legendary investor John C. Bogle. This engrossing book traces the history of Vanguard--the largest mutual fund organization on earth.Offering the world's first index mutual fund in 1976, John Bogle led Vanguard from a $1.4 billion firm with a staff of 28 to a global company of 16,000 employees and with more than $5 trillion in assets under management. An engaging blend of company history, investment perspective, and personal memoir, this book provides a fascinating look into the mind of an extraordinary man and the company he created.John Bogle continues to be an inspiring and trusted figure to millions of individual investors the world over. His creative innovation, personal integrity, and stubborn determination infuse every aspect of the company he founded. This accessible and engaging book will help you:\* Explore the history of some of Vanguard's most important mutual funds, including First Index Investment Trust, Wellington Fund, and Windsor Fund\* Understand how the Vanguard Group gave rise to the Index Revolution and transformed the lives of millions of individual investors\* Gain insight on John Bogle's views on values such as perseverance, caring, commitment, integrity, and fairness\* Investigate a wide range of investing topics through the lens of one of the most prominent figures in the history of modern financeThe Vanguard Group and John Bogle are inextricably linked--it would be impossible to tell one story without the other. Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution weaves these stories together taking you on a journey through the history of one revolutionary company and one remarkable man. Investors, wealth managers, financial advisors, business leaders, and those who enjoy a good story, will find this book as informative and unique as its author.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A trusted resource on the complex ethical questions that define the accounting professionAn accountant's practice depends on making difficult decisions. To achieve the best results, individual accountants and accounting firms need a clear understanding of the ethical duties and decision-making involved in the four major functions of modern accounting-auditing, management accounting, tax accounting, and consulting-as well as a strong sense of ethical conduct to guide the certification and validation of reliable financial records.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Invest confidently and successfully in any climate.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A must-have reference for financial advisorsIn step-by-step detail, Success as a Financial Advisor For Dummies covers how a current or would-be financial advisor can maximize their professional success through a series of behaviors, activities, and specific client-centric value propositions. In a time when federal regulators are changing the landscape on the standard of care that financial services clients should expect from their advisors, this book affords professionals insight on how they can be evolving their practices to align with the regulatory and technological trends currently underway.Inside, you'll find out how a financial advisor can be a true fiduciary, how to compete against the growing field of robo-advisors, and how the passive investing trend is actually all about being an active investor. Additionally, you'll discover time-tested advice on building and focusing on client relationships, having a top advisor mindset, and much more.\* Master the seven core competencies\* Attract and win new business\* Pick the right clients\* Benchmark your performance\* Start your own firmBrimming with practical expert advice, Success as a Financial Advisor For Dummies is a priceless success tool for any wannabe or experienced financial advisor.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get ready to make SQL easy!Updated for the latest version of SQL, the new edition of this perennial bestseller shows programmers and web developers how to use SQL to build relational databases and get valuable information from them. Covering everything you need to know to make working with SQL easier than ever, topics include how to use SQL to structure a DBMS and implement a database design; secure a database; and retrieve information from a database; and much more.SQL is the international standard database language used to create, access, manipulate, maintain, and store information in relational database management systems (DBMS) such as Access, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL. SQL adds powerful data manipulation and retrieval capabilities to conventional languages--and this book shows you how to harness the core element of relational databases with ease.\* Server platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud, and operating systems\* Find great examples on the use of temporal data\* Jump right in--without previous knowledge of database programming or SQLAs database-driven websites continue to grow in popularity--and complexity--SQL For Dummies is the easy-to-understand, go-to resource you need to use it seamlessly.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An accessible introduction to cybersecurity concepts and practicesCybersecurity Essentials provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, with expert coverage of essential topics required for entry-level cybersecurity certifications. An effective defense consists of four distinct challenges: securing the infrastructure, securing devices, securing local networks, and securing the perimeter. Overcoming these challenges requires a detailed understanding of the concepts and practices within each realm. This book covers each challenge individually for greater depth of information, with real-world scenarios that show what vulnerabilities look like in everyday computing scenarios. Each part concludes with a summary of key concepts, review questions, and hands-on exercises, allowing you to test your understanding while exercising your new critical skills.Cybersecurity jobs range from basic configuration to advanced systems analysis and defense assessment. This book provides the foundational information you need to understand the basics of the field, identify your place within it, and start down the security certification path.\* Learn security and surveillance fundamentals\* Secure and protect remote access and devices\* Understand network topologies, protocols, and strategies\* Identify threats and mount an effective defenseCybersecurity Essentials gives you the building blocks for an entry level security certification and provides a foundation of cybersecurity knowledgeLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 758 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A critical resource for families managing significant wealthWealth of Wisdom offers essential guidance and tools to help high-net-worth families successfully manage significant wealth. By compiling the 50 most common questions surrounding protection and growth, this book provides a compendium of knowledge from experts around the globe and across disciplines. Deep insight and thoughtful answers put an end to uncertainty, and help lay to rest the issues you have been wrestling with for years; by divulging central lessons and explaining practical actions you can take today, this book gives you the critical information you need to make more informed decisions about your financial legacy. Vital charts, graphics, questionnaires, worksheets and other tools help you get organised, develop a strategy and take real control of your family's wealth, while case studies show how other families have handled the very dilemmas you may be facing today.Managing significant wealth is a complex affair, and navigating the financial world at that level involves making decisions that can have major ramifications -- these are not decisions to make lightly. This book equips you to take positive action, be proactive and make the tough decisions to protect and grow your family's wealth.\* Ensure your personal and financial success and legacy\* Access insight and data from leading experts\* Adopt the most useful tools and strategies for wealth management\* Learn how other families have successfully navigated common dilemmasWhen your family's wealth is at stake, knowledge is critical -- and uncertainty can be dangerous. Drawn from interactions with hundreds ofwealthy individuals and families, Wealth of Wisdom provides a definitive resource of practical solutions from the world's best financial minds.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for nursing students and practitioners. Health promotion is a growing core component of nursing care, and this text combines superb illustrations with accessible information to make the key concepts of health promotion clear and easy to understand. It also provides guidance for how this can be applied in daily practice in all fields of nursing to promote the health of individual patients and communities.Divided into six sections, the first looks at the relationship between the outcomes of public health and the outcomes of nursing, before going on to explore the definitions and different approaches of health promotion.This includes the causes and determinants of morbidity and mortality, and the skills and resources that can support nurses in promoting health with individual patients. It also examines strategies for working with communities to improve health, as well as the ethics of health promotion in nursing.\* The perfect revision and consolidation textbook\* Closely linked with the public health outcomes as represented by the NMC, the 6Cs of nursing, essential nursing skills clusters as well as the implications for nursing arising from recent inquiries.\* Highly visual colour presentation, with full colour illustrations throughout.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An accessible introduction to cybersecurity concepts and practicesCybersecurity Essentials provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, with expert coverage of essential topics required for entry-level cybersecurity certifications. An effective defense consists of four distinct challenges: securing the infrastructure, securing devices, securing local networks, and securing the perimeter. Overcoming these challenges requires a detailed understanding of the concepts and practices within each realm. This book covers each challenge individually for greater depth of information, with real-world scenarios that show what vulnerabilities look like in everyday computing scenarios. Each part concludes with a summary of key concepts, review questions, and hands-on exercises, allowing you to test your understanding while exercising your new critical skills.Cybersecurity jobs range from basic configuration to advanced systems analysis and defense assessment. This book provides the foundational information you need to understand the basics of the field, identify your place within it, and start down the security certification path.\* Learn security and surveillance fundamentals\* Secure and protect remote access and devices\* Understand network topologies, protocols, and strategies\* Identify threats and mount an effective defenseCybersecurity Essentials gives you the building blocks for an entry level security certification and provides a foundation of cybersecurity knowledge.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The only comprehensive SketchUp guide written for builders and contractorsSketchUp is a 3D modeling application used in areas ranging from civil and mechanical engineering to motion picture and video game design. Three-dimensional modeling is of obvious value to the building industry--yet resources for transforming architectural designs into reality is surprisingly limited. SketchUp for Builders is the first comprehensive guide designed specifically for builders and contractors, providing step-by-step instructions on incorporating 3D modeling into all phases of the construction process. Author John Brock draws from his 30 years of experience as a custom home designer and builder to provide practical advice on how to understand what you are building before it is built. This valuable guide demonstrates how to eliminate cost overruns, construction delays, and design flaws by integrating SketchUp modeling into your workflow.Emphasizing real-world practicality, this book covers all of the essential components of modeling a 3D construction project, from SketchUp fundamentals and object basics to importing construction drawings and increasing project efficiency with extensions and plugins. All phases of construction are clearly explained, including foundations, walls and floor systems, roof and mechanical systems, and exterior and interior finishes.\* Supplies a constructability process for efficient and cost-effective build projects\* Offers step-by-step guidance for creating construction documents, renderings, animations, virtual reality tours, and more\* Integrates SketchUp into all stages of the construction process\* Provides access to resources such as web tutorials, blogs, and the online SketchUp community\* Demonstrates how to generate construction documents with accompanying Layout softwareSketchUp for Builders: A Comprehensive Guide for Creating 3D Building Models Using SketchUp in an indispensable source of information for contractors and builders, architects, interior designers, landscape architects, construction professionals, and anyone seeking to create 3D models of the design and construction process.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An engaging text that enables readers to understand the world through symbolic interactionismThis lively and accessible book offers an introduction to sociological social psychology through the lens of symbolic interactionism. It provides students with an accessible understanding of this perspective to illuminate their worlds and deepen their knowledge of other people's lives, as well as their own. Written by noted experts in the field, the book explores the core concepts of social psychology and examines a collection of captivating empirical studies. The book also highlights everyday life--putting the focus on the issues and concerns that are most relevant to the readers' social context.The Social Self and Everyday Life bridges classical theories and contemporary ideas, joins abstract concepts with concrete examples, and integrates theory with empirical evidence. It covers a range of topics including the body, emotions, health and illness, the family, technology, and inequality. Best of all, it gets students involved in applying concepts in their daily lives.\* Demonstrates how to use students' social worlds, experiences, and concerns to illustrate key interactionist concepts in a way that they can emulate\* Develops key concepts such as meaning, self, and identity throughout the text to further students' understanding and ability to use them\* Introduces students to symbolic interactionism, a major theoretical and research tradition within sociology\* Helps to involve students in familiar experiences and issues and shows how a symbolic interactionist perspective illuminates them\* Combines the best features of authoritative summaries, clear definitions of key terms, with enticing empirical excerpts and attention to popular ideasClear and inviting in its presentation, The Social Self and Everyday Life: Understanding the World Through Symbolic Interactionism is an excellent book for undergraduate students in sociology, social psychology, and social interaction.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The revised second edition of the accessible guide to contemporary ethical issues that are at the intersection of religion and moralityThe updated second edition of Do Morals Matter offers an authoritative yet approachable guide to the current ethical issues that bridge the gap between religion and morality. This informed text examines today's key ethical issues that range from making moral decisions in business and medicine, to the uncertainty of war and terrorism and the tenuous condition of our environment.This popular textbook embraces the dramatic changes that have occurred since the first edition was published such as changes in attitude towards the LGBT community as well as emerging ethical areas such as cyber ethics. In consultation with professors, the new edition includes sections at the beginning and end of each chapter that provide clear and succinct summaries of key issues, as well as reflective and discussion questions.This revised text:\* Sets out all the major ethical options in a balanced way inviting students to make their own mind up\* Deals with both moral philosophy and applied ethics\* Starts every chapter with a thought-exercise to provoke discussion\* Places Brexit and President Trump in an appropriate ethical framework\* Develops the concept of a Morally Serious Person.Written for students studying ethics in departments of theology and religion, Do Morals Matter is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the text that explores contemporary ethical issues.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New diversity style guide helps journalists write with authority and accuracy about a complex, multicultural worldA companion to the online resource of the same name, The Diversity Style Guide raises the consciousness of journalists who strive to be accurate. Based on studies, news reports and style guides, as well as interviews with more than 50 journalists and experts, it offers the best, most up-to-date advice on writing about underrepresented and often misrepresented groups. Addressing such thorny questions as whether the words Black and White should be capitalized when referring to race and which pronouns to use for people who don't identify as male or female, the book helps readers navigate the minefield of names, terms, labels and colloquialisms that come with living in a diverse society.The Diversity Style Guide comes in two parts. Part One offers enlightening chapters on Why is Diversity So Important; Implicit Bias; Black Americans; Native People; Hispanics and Latinos; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Arab Americans and Muslim Americans; Immigrants and Immigration; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation; People with Disabilities; Gender Equality in the News Media; Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Suicide; and Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Industry. Part Two includes Diversity and Inclusion Activities and an A-Z Guide with more than 500 terms.This guide:\* Helps journalists, journalism students, and other media writers better understand the context behind hot-button words so they can report with confidence and sensitivity\* Explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that certain words can alienate a source or infuriate a reader\* Provides writers with an understanding that diversity in journalism is about accuracy and truth, not 'political correctness.'\* Brings together guidance from more than 20 organizations and style guides into a single handy reference bookThe Diversity Style Guide is first and foremost a guide for journalists, but it is also an important resource for journalism and writing instructors, as well as other media professionals. In addition, it will appeal to those in other fields looking to make informed choices in their word usage and their personal interactions.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Created in partnership with the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), this completely revised and updated new edition of Understanding Medical Education synthesizes the latest knowledge, evidence and best practice across the continuum of medical education.Written and edited by an international team, this latest edition continues to cover a wide range of subject matter within five broad areas - Foundations, Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Selection, Research and Evaluation, and Faculty and Learners - as well as featuring a wealth of new material, including new chapters on the science of learning, knowledge synthesis, and learner support and well-being.The third edition of Understanding Medical Education:\* Provides a comprehensive and authoritative resource summarizing the theoretical and academic bases to modern medical education practice\* Meets the needs of all newcomers to medical education whether undergraduate or postgraduate, including those studying at certificate, diploma or masters level\* Offers a global perspective on medical education from leading experts from across the worldProviding practical guidance and exploring medical education in all its diversity, Understanding Medical Education continues to be an essential resource for both established educators and all those new to the field.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Psychology continues to be one of the most popular fields of study at colleges and universities the world over, and Psychology offers a comprehensive overview of the historical, methodological and conceptual core of modern psychology. This textbook enables students to gain foundational knowledge of psychological investigation, exploring both the biological basis and mental processes underlying our thoughts and behaviours. Officially endorsed by the British Psychological Society, this book covers topics ranging from biological, cognitive and developmental psychology to the psychology of social interactions, psychopathology and mental health treatments. Each chapter provides detailed examinations of essential topics, chapter summaries, real-world case studies, descriptions of research methods, and interactive learning activities to strengthen student comprehension and retention.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The complete guide to Excel 2019Whether you are just starting out or an Excel novice, the Excel 2019 Bible is your comprehensive, go-to guide for all your Excel 2019 needs. Whether you use Excel at work or at home, you will be guided through the powerful new features and capabilities to take full advantage of what the updated version offers. Learn to incorporate templates, implement formulas, create pivot tables, analyze data, and much more.Navigate this powerful tool for business, home management, technical work, and much more with the only resource you need, Excel 2019 Bible.\* Create functional spreadsheets that work\* Master formulas, formatting, pivot tables, and more\* Get acquainted with Excel 2019's new features and toolsWhether you need a walkthrough tutorial or an easy-to-navigate desk reference, the Excel 2019 Bible has you covered with complete coverage and clear expert guidance.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Covers a wide range of practical fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer problemsThis book covers the many issues that occur in practical fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer, and examines the basic laws (the conservation of matter, conservation of momentum, conservation of energy, and the second law of thermodynamics) of these areas. It offers problem solutions that start with simplifying engineering assumptions and then identifies the governing equations and dependent and independent variables. When solutions to basic equations are not possible, the book utilizes historical experimental studies. It also looks at determining appropriate thermo-physical properties of the fluid under investigation, and covers solutions to governing equations with experimental studies.Case Studies in Fluid Mechanics with Sensitivities to Governing Variables offers chapters on: draining fluid from a tank; vertical rise of a weather balloon; wind drag forces on people; Venturi meter; fluid's surface shape in a rotating cylindrical tank; range of an aircraft; designing a water clock; water turbine under a dam; centrifugal separation of particles; ideal gas flow in nozzles and diffusers; water supply from a lake to a factory; convection mass transfer through air-water interface; heating a room by natural convection; condensation on the surface of a vertical plate in laminar flow regime; bubble rise in a glass of beer; and more.\* Covers a broad spectrum of problems in practical fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer\* Examines the basic laws of fluid mechanics, heat transfer and mass transfer\* Presents solutions to governing equations with experimental studiesCase Studies in Fluid Mechanics with Sensitivities to Governing Variables will appeal to engineers working in thermo-physical sciences and graduate students in mechanical engineering.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A RESEARCH-BASED GUIDE TO DEBUNKING COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD MYTHS ABOUT ADOLESCENCE.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The expanded fourth edition of the book that offers an essential introduction to laser technology and the newest developments in the fieldThe revised and updated fourth edition of Understanding Lasers offers an essential guide and introduction that explores how lasers work, what they do, and how they are applied in the real world. The author--a Fellow of The Optical Society--reviews the key concepts of physics and optics that are essential for understanding lasers and explains how lasers operate. The book also contains information on the optical accessories used with lasers.Written in non-technical terms, the book gives an overview of the wide-variety laser types and configurations. Understanding Lasers covers fiber, solid-state, excimer, helium-neon, carbon dioxide, free-electron lasers, and more. In addition, the book also explains concepts such as the difference between laser oscillation and amplification, the importance of laser gain, and tunable lasers. The updated fourth edition highlights the most recent research and development in the field. This important resource:\* Includes a new chapter on fiber lasers and amplifiers\* Reviews new topics on physics of optical fibers and fiber lasers, disk lasers, and Ytterbium lasers\* Contains new sections on Laser Geometry and Implications, Diode Laser Structures, Optimal Parametric Sources, and 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing\* Puts the focus on research and emerging developments in areas such as spectroscopy, slow light, laser cooling, and extremely precise measurements\* Contains appendices, glossary, and index that help make this book a useful referenceWritten for engineering and physics students, engineers, scientists, and technicians, the fourth edition of Understanding Lasers contains the basic concepts of lasers and the most recent advances in the technology.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Provides students and practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of the theory of spectroscopy and the design and use of spectrophotometers.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The groundbreaking book that details the fundamentals of reliability modeling and evaluation and introduces new and future technologies.