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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Follow the quest for the Holy Grail and its link to the TemplarsExplore the legends and lore of this powerful, influential societyDid The Da Vinci Code leave you hungry for more details about the Knights Templar This plain-English guide explains who these mysterious figures were, how they rose so high, and why they fell so far. You'll explore Christian theories that involved the order and discover the role they played in important events, such as the French Revolution and the Civil War.\* How Knights lived their lives\*What led to the demise of the order\*The Templars' relationship to other secret societies\*What became of the fabled Templar treasure\*Who the modern-day Templars are.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Healing Your Emotional Self 'Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause significant damage to their children's self-esteem, self-image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult survivors to overcome their shame and self-criticism, become more compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create a more posititve self-image. I strongly recommend it for anyone who was abused or neglected as a child.' --Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents 'In this book, Beverly Engel documents the wide range of psychological abuses that so many children experience in growing up. Her case examples and personal accounts are poignant and powerful reminders that as adults, many of us are still limited by the defenses we formed when trying to protect ourselves in the face of the painful circumstances we found ourselves in as children. Engle's insightful questionnaires and exercises provide concrete help in the healing process, and her writing style is lively and engaging. This book is destined to positively affect many lives.' --Joyce Catlett, M.A., coauthor of Fear of Intimacy The Emotionally Abusive Relationship 'Beverly Engel clearly and with caring offers step-by-step strategies to stop emotional abuse . . . helping both victims and abusers to identify the patterns of this painful and traumatic type of abuse.' --Marti Tamm Loring, Ph.D., author of Emotional Abuse Loving Him without Losing You 'A powerful and practical guide to relationships that every woman should read.' --Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., author of Are You the One for Me.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When it comes to relationships, reality rules. We'd all like to think of ourselves as everyone's best friend, but what's the truth Are you a hero or a zero to other people Do you see yourself as others really see you Do you need to make a fresh deposit into your relationship account before you go overdrawn S.U.M.O. Your Relationships will help you manage, maintain, grow and move on, in your key relationships with others and yourself. At some point in your life you are going to have to deal with difficult relationships, whether it's with a colleague, parent, friend or partner. Isn't it time you did a stock take of your relationships and started making the best of them S.U.M.O. Your Relationships has pit stops, pearls of wisdom and all the humour and inspiration you need to make the key changes in your life. You will discover the seven S.U.M.O. realities followed by seven insights to help light the way to a brighter future.PRAISE FOR S.U.M.O. YOUR RELATIONSHIPS'This book is full of wisdom, common sense and practical ideas on improving relationships. An essential read.'--ALLAN PEASE, Co-author of THE DEFINITIVE BOOK OF BODY LANGUAGE and WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Career and Corporate Cool'Weingarten provides entertaining and intelligent insights as well as a valuable, and very cool, read.'-Gerry Byrne, Chairman and founder, The Quill Awards/The Quills Literacy Foundation and Senior Advisor, Parade Publications and Nielsen Business Media'You no longer have to be part of the Old Boy's Club to succeed in business-you just have to know how to navigate the terrain. With a sense of humor, hard-earned wisdom, and practical advice, Weingarten redefines the rules of business in Career and Corporate Cool.'-Georgette Mosbacher, CEO, Borghese Cosmetics'In Career and Corporate Cool, Weingarten, known for her unique way of blending philanthropic ideals with business needs, shares her advice and humor on all things business-from networking, communication, and interaction to fashion, beauty, and overall style for every aspect of your career.'-Elizabeth Woolfe, Program Director, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer/Council of Fashion Designers of America'Reading Career and Corporate Cool was like getting sage advice from a wise and witty best friend. While it is a must-read for anyone just starting their career path, it is equally relevant for grizzled corporate veterans as well.'-Keith Nowak, Media Relations Manager, Nokia'Rachel's insights are funny AND informative! Prepare yourself for a fun read.'-Susan Safier, Vice President, Product Placement, 20th Century Fox'Career and Corporate Cool is filled with juicy insights and laugh-out-loud moments. Weingarten has cleverly captured the essence of an elusive commodity-now that is cool!'-Jillian Kogan, Director, MTV Production Events & Concert Services.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Neoliberalization: States, Networks, Peoples uncovers the complexities and contingencies of neoliberalization. The book is an analysis of cultural and social as well as political economic expressions of neoliberalization. The collection shows that neoliberalism is not an inevitable monolithic force, but is socially produced in particular places.The book documents empirically some of the complementary differences in how neoliberalization unfolds in different parts of the world. The empirical focus moves away from the ideological heartlands of neoliberalism in the US and the UK. The book presents a range of topics, from the politics of microfinance in Nepal to struggles over the restructuring of the Canadian welfare state, from the role of foreign investment promotion officials in East Africa and East Asia to the New Zealand experience of 'After Neoliberalism.' By exploring neoliberalism in various settings across the globe, the book excavates the variegated and relational geographies of neoliberalization.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for The Poker Face of Wall Street'Playing high-level poker, trading options, marketing bonds, and being a professor of finance-Aaron Brown has done them all.'-Edward O. Thorp, author of Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One and Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System'The first attempt to help individual investors profit from a better understanding of the art of gambling. There may be few individuals better suited to take on such a controversial argument with such authority.'-Stephen Schurr, Financial Times'Brown's model is instantly graspable, but contrary to the conventional wisdom on both economics and gambling.'-Publishers Weekly'The author provides investment professionals an immensely valuable benefit by challenging them to consider familiar issues from new angles. His book is not only entertaining, but also full of provocative ideas that merit lengthy and serious engagement.'-Martin Fridson, Financial Analysts Journal'How to be a poker pro and much more . . . a delightful journey through risk concepts with a Wall Street derivatives trader. A great read and a good manual for understanding risk.'-Dr. William T. Ziemba, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A simple system for managing even the most complex projectsProject management can be a real pain, but doing it right can mean the difference between a business that soars and one that sinks. Painless Project Management makes it simple by cutting through the jargon, formulas, and needless complexity with an easy, step-based approach for managing virtually any project, big or small, from beginning to end.Veteran project managers McGhee and McAliney present a comprehensive guide to effective project management, complete with real stories and case studies from actual project managers. The authors reveal how the complexity of project management is not in the process itself, but in the people and organizational relationships that must also be managed. They boil down the basics of project management so you can design a simple, effective plan for any project and follow it through to a successful completion.Once you do that, they show you how to handle the people and issues that make project management such a challenge, including:\*Communicating project plans to colleagues and top management\*Delegating, organizing, and coordinating duties\*Tracking and reporting on project status\*Managing resources, budgets, and timelines\*Changing tacks and goals on the fly\*Dealing with project disruptionsIncludes downloadable forms at painlessprojectmanagement.info.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get ready to take flight as two certified flight instructors guide you through the pilot ratings as it is done in the real world, starting with Sport Pilot training, then Private Pilot, followed by the Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Air Transport Pilot. They cover the skills of flight, how to master Flight Simulator, and how to use the software as a learning tool towards your pilot's license. More advanced topics demonstrate how Flight Simulator X can be used as a continuing learning tool and how to simulate real-world emergencies. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Providing a one-stop shop for every aspect of your money management, Personal Finance and Investing All-in-One For Dummies is the perfect guide to getting the most from your money. This friendly guide gives you expert advice on everything from getting the best current account and coping with credit cards to being savvy with savings and creating wealth with investments. It also lets you know how to save money on tax and build up a healthy pension. Personal Finance and Investing All-In-One For Dummies will cover: - Organising Your Finances and Dealing with Debt - Paying Less Tax - Building up Savings and Investments - Retiring Wealthy - Your Wealth and the Next Generation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The new edition of this bestselling book builds on the author's extensive administrative and consulting experience as well as scholarship on faculty rewards. It includes additional discussion of important foundational issues as well as practical forms and ideas gleaned from disciplinary groups and campuses throughout the nation. Like the first edition of Peer Review of Teaching, this new edition is offered in the hope that providing examples and suggestions will not reduce the important work of peer review to mere forms or rigid procedures, but will empower faculty to articulate criteria and standards, perform the reviews systematically and thoughtfully, and realize that engaging in peer review is an approachable and worthwhile professional task. Updated to reflect the emphasis on student learning as the ultimate goal of college teaching, it incorporates new ideas and references from the literature. The most notable change in this edition is a discussion of peer review within special contexts for teaching, such as clinics, studios, and practice settings. The turn to active engagement in learning has also led to increased use of problem-based learning, the case study method, and other approaches that traditional forms for peer review do not address. Similarly, the explosion of the use of instructional technology calls for an articulation of new approaches to evaluating web-based instruction.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Generally, leadership is about influencing people to make big things happen. Management is a process of organizing people to get things done. They are different skills, but equally critical to success in today's workplace. The key is to know which approach works best in which situation.Written in a clear, simple style, Self-Coaching Leadership redefines and demystifies the journey to leadership. Angus McLeod's no-nonsense thinking, straightforward approach and practical tools enable readers to more easily identify when a leader is needed - and coach themselves toward improved influence, performance and effectiveness.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Chef Charles Carroll has answered our prayers and delivered a book, a bible, a life's journal shared by a real chef in today's modern kitchen.'--Chef John Folse, CEC, AAC'From time to time, I buy motivational books for my managing partners and chefs, and this book is my all-time favorite gift. What Chef Carroll has to say is the real thing.'--Johnny Carrabba, founder, Carrabba's RestaurantA unique guide to leadership in the culinary arena, by a chef for chefsLeadership Lessons from a Chef is about creating excellence in the professional kitchen.Here the difference between good and great comes down to the details, and attentionto these details comes from the right attitude reaching across all staff. A good culinary manager, according to author and award-winning Certified Executive Chef Charles Carroll, skillfully cultivates this attitude for success, and so leads the way toward kitchen excellence.Using stories and examples drawn from his many years' experience, Chef Carroll gives you a leader's tour through the working kitchen. Offering proven wisdom in plainspoken terms instead of abstract management theories, the practical tools and ideas found in this groundbreaking book can be used immediately to motivate and develop an effective team environment among kitchen staffs.Leadership Lessons from a Chef features:\*Chef Carroll's formula for managing kitchen staffs--SEF: Scheduling, Empowering, and Follow up--and how the formula works in practice\*Take-away boxes that reinforce key points\*Chapters that progress logically, helping you evaluate and refine your goals, develop a mission and principles, and implement these in a motivational and positive way\*Helpful forms for both greater efficiency and esprit de corps\*Inspiring quotations, as well as life and work tips from Chef CarrollWhether you're a student just starting your culinary education, or an executive chef seeking to take your operation to a whole new level of excellence, Leadership Lessons from a Chef is an indispensable resource for all stages of your culinary career.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Building Online Learning CommunitiesThe second edition of the groundbreaking book Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace by Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt has been completely updated and expanded to include the most current information on effective online course development and delivery. Palloff and Pratt share insights designed to guide readers, offering illustrative case studies, vignettes, and examples from a wide variety of successful online courses.'The focus on community makes this volume distinctive in the literature about online teaching and learning. The authors' expertise spans the nitty-gritty, practical aspects of the virtual classroom with the larger questions and context of twenty-first century education. This book goes way beyond the how-to's of online education to a sophisticated consideration of the major challenges of teaching and learning.' -Anna DiStefano, provost, Fielding Graduate University'This book captures the essence of a successful virtual learning experience for both students and teachers. Palloff and Pratt share valuable insights that only expert practitioners could so clearly explain.' -David Wicks, director of instructional technology, Seattle Pacific University'As the physical and virtual worlds converge to become the 'real world' of teaching and learning, communities play increasingly important roles in bridging distances and differences. This book underscores the real value that communities bring to distributed learning experiences, and gives readers plenty of guidance and advice for creating communities that connect, engage, and inspire.' -Ellen Wagner, senior director, WW eLearning Solutions, Adobe Systems'This book is a must-read for faculty who truly want to help students understand and apply knowledge, and thus prepare for life in the twenty-first century. Palloff and Pratt have reaffirmed their roles as educational leaders in the development of online learning communities, reminding us of the significant benefits of such communities to learners at all levels.' -Jack A. Chambers, executive director, Office of Organizational Learning Services, Florida Community College at Jacksonville.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Inside the Investor's Brain'Richard Peterson has distilled his own first-hand experience as a psychiatrist in Silicon Valley and has used his knowledge of behavioral finance to describe the emotional qualities necessary to be a good investor. Not only is this a fascinating book for everyone, it may also be the most profitable book you ever read.'--George Akerlof Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001'Peterson's angle is unique, provocative, and insightful. From the Galvanic Skin Response to the ritualized emotional catharsis of Star Trek's Vulcans, Inside the Investor's Brain 'gets it.' It is a readable synthesis of the characteristics of outstanding investors. It normalizes the maladjustment so common in the arcane world of high-performance investing. The only quote missing is that of General George S. Patton: 'If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.''--Carlo Cannell Managing Member, Cannell Capital LLC'Richard Peterson has captured a fundamentally new and important way to understand financial markets and our behavior in them. This book is a must-read for both professional and personal investors.'--Paul J. Zak, PhD Director, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies'Readers of this fascinating book will learn a lot about both behavioral finance and neurology. Understanding how the brain works provides insights into how to improve decisions by influencing the underlying psychological processes. Readers will come away with a resource to help them to make sense of the exciting future advances to come.'--Hersh Shefrinr Mario L. Belotti Professor of Finance, Santa Clara Universityand author of Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Financeand the Psychology of Investing'If you have a brain, money, and any curiosity about how each affects the other, then you should read this book.'--David Leinweber Financial Technologist & Nerd on Wall Street.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Though working with people with learning difficulties has become an increasingly important speciality for the speech therapist, much of the rationale for this work has yet to be established. Practitioners are still evaluating their role in working with the learning disabled, and are trying to develop appropriate models of assessment and intervention. This book is intended to aid speech therapists in this task by providing ideas based on an ideology in keeping with the current trends in services to people with learning difficulties. After critically examining existing methods, the authors draw on their combined experience in linguistics and ethnography to provide a rationale and operational guidelines to deal with assessment, intervention, establishing criteria for entry to and exit from therapy, developing shared perspectives and manipulating the environment in order to facilitate communications in context. The concluding part of the book looks at service provision in health, education, social services and private establishments, suggesting ways in which speech therapists may best utilize their skills and time in these settings.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Fraud Casebook Lessons from the Bad Side of Business'I have known Mr. Wells for over twenty years. In my opinion, no one in the world knows more about fraud than he does.'-W. Steve Albrecht, Associate Dean, Marriott School of ManagementBrigham Young University, Provo, Utah'This book covers the entire range of fraud that can be encountered in the workplace.'-Grant D. Ashley, Vice President for Corporate Security and SurveillanceHarrah's Entertainment Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada'I had the pleasure of serving with Mr. Wells when both of us were volunteers for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He knows as much as anyone about how to detect and deter fraud.'-James G. Castellano, Chairman, RubinBrown LLP, St. Louis, Missouri'I have worked with Mr. Wells for ten years. His reputation is unsurpassed.'-John F. Morrow, Vice President, The New FinanceAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York'Fraud Casebook is a terrific work. I highly recommend it.'-Sherron S. Watkins, a Time magazine 'Person of the Year,' Houston, Texas'No one has done more for fraud prevention and detection than Mr. Wells and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Their guidance and training proved invaluable to my staff and me in uncovering the WorldCom fraud.'-Cynthia Cooper, a Time magazine 'Person of the Year,' Clinton, Mississippi.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of the first comprehensive guides to testing every phase of software development and revisionBusinesses lose billions of dollars every year due to poorly tested software, and the body of professional software testers is grossly underpopulated. Now, Software Testing delivers a thorough treatment of everything a technology professional needs to become a proficient software tester. The presentation sequence builds from simple to complex examples, giving novice readers a foundation for grasping the material. The use of real-world case studies further enhances understanding, while diagrams, tables, and sample printouts help the reader to visualize the processes being discussed.Divided into four parts, this book provides:\*An overview of software testing\*A review of software development life cycles\*Structured testing strategies and approaches\*A complete life cycle software testing projectIdeal for graduate-level students of computer science and management information systems, this resourceful book also includes a companion Web site with tools and additional examples.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A thorough and self-contained treatment for SAS(r) users preparing for the Base Programming Certification Exam for SAS(r) 9-complete with explanations, tips, and practice exam questionsSAS(r) 9 Study Guide is designed to help users of SAS(r) 9 become familiar with the fine points ofthe software as well as develop solid study strategies that will shorten preparation time and ensure successful exam results. The following five study topics are addressed with a focused chapter devoted to each: accessing data; creating data structures; managing data; generating reports; and handling errors. SAS(r) 9 Study Guide provides both a conceptual and practical approach to each of these areas with detailed explanations followed by examples.Each chapter presents concepts, processes, and applications in a clear, step-by-step format along with detailed explanations and examples. Individual chapters also contain:\*A Two-Minute Drill that provides a checklist of key points for review\*An Assessment Exam, which challenges readers to provide short answers detailingthe chapter's coverage of SAS(r) 9\*A Practice Exam, which reinforces content and familiarizes readers with the structure ofthe actual Base Programming Certification ExamWritten by a practicing SAS(r) Certified Professional, this book is an intensive, but accessible, review for preparing for the Base Programming Certification Exam for SAS(r) 9 and can also serve as a practical reference tool for established certified professionals who would like to further their knowledge of SAS(r) 9.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s. - Examines changes that took place in programming, such as the rapid adoption of cable, the proliferation of content providers, the development of niche marketing, the introduction of high-definition television, the blurring of traditional genres, and the creation of new formats like reality-based programming - Argues that television programmes of the 1990s afforded viewers a symbolic resource for negotiating the psychological challenges associated with the shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age - Explores the ways in which television provided viewers with tools for coming to terms with their fears about living in the fast-paced , increasingly diverse, information-laden society of the 90s.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Corporate Governance Post-Sarbanes-Oxley'This is an intelligent and well-organized text to governance issues raised in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era. It is informative and easily approachable and will be of value to both the academic and professional community.'-Charles Elson, Director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware'Conflicts of interests and weak internal controls have surfaced as a continuing theme in recent corporate scandals where the independence of auditors and other gatekeepers was either completely lacking or significantly compromised. Dr. Rezaee's book makes a meaningful contribution that will assist the investing public in developing a better understanding of the importance of corporate governance, both now and in the future.'-Cynthia L. Richson, President, Richson Consulting Group, LLC, and former director of Corporate Governance and attorney for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board'Corporate Governance Post-Sarbanes-Oxley offers one of the most comprehensive examinations available. Dr. Rezaee achieves an in-depth, thorough review of today's corporate governance landscape and provides a sound perspective for the reader. His systematic description offers a practical guide for any investor interested in the role of governance within the capital markets. An excellent book.'-Michael McCauley, Director of Corporate GovernanceFlorida State Board of Administration (SBA)'Today's corporate boards are in afishbowl of scrutiny.Corporate governance is the most influential theme of the twenty-first century, having been transformed from a compliance requirement to a strategic business imperative integrated into the corporate culture. With media focus on the Enrons and WorldComs of the business world, the heat is on the corporate board to get on board with the SOX Act and invigorate its profile to its shareholders.Valuable for large or small corporate boards, Corporate Governance Post-Sarbanes-Oxley presents proactive methods for SOX implementation and contains best-practice tips, checklists, and case studies useful for equipping your corporate board toward a higher quality of control.This complete guide will reinforce your company's financial structure and reputation and show board directors, CEOs, CFOs, and audit committee members how to leverage the power and value of SOX requirements to move their corporate boards toward a higher quality of governance.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Plan For Your Organization's Success Linkage's Best Practices for Succession Planning provides the ultimate guide for planning, developing, implementing, and sustaining succession planning in any organization. This must-have book provides step-by-step instructions, practical advice, templates, and tools from some of the world's best companies and Linkage, a global organization development company that specializes in leadership development. Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices for Succession Planning is the comprehensive resource that includes information needed to \* Ensure that succession management is owned by business leaders rather than just HR \* Assess potential for future roles, not just track record of performance \* Manage succession data on individuals and talent pools \* Balance talent development and acquisition in achieving future objectives \* Develop the processes, tools, and organizational capabilities necessary to effectively implement and sustain the system \* Integrate succession planning systems with other businesses and HR systems in the organization to achieve efficiency, consistency, and impact. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A self-contained text on modeling and performance evaluation of communication networksThis quantitative book focuses on the real issues behind modeling and analysis of communication networks. The author covers a wide variety of topical networking subject matter based on the provided background material in probability, Markov chains, and queues. Leveraging this material, the author explores topics in local multiplexing and routing over three successive chapters, stressing both continuous-time and discrete-time contexts. The remaining chapters focus more directly on networking, such as traffic shaping and multiplexing, static routing, dynamic routing, and peer-to-peer file sharing systems.Providing more rigorous and technically deep coverage than most commonly used networking textbooks, An Introduction to Communication Network Analysis covers classical (e.g., queuing theory) and modern (e.g., pricing) aspects of networking in a clear, accessible manner. Chapters include:\*Review of Elementary Probability Theory\*Markov Chains\*Introduction to Queuing Theory\*Local Multiplexing\*Queuing Networks with Static Routing\*Dynamic Routing with Incentives\*Peer-to-Peer File Sharing with IncentivesAppendices include additional background information, solutions, and references for selected problems, making this an invaluable text for graduate-level students and networking researchers alike.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn how nutrition has driven-and continues to drive-human evolutionThis pioneering text draws from molecular nutrition, nutritional sciences, dietetics, genetics, genomics, and anthropology to examine how chemical nutrients and genetics shape the human species. It presents a vital portrait of the fundamental role that nutrition has played and continues to play in shaping who and what human beings are, where we evolved from, and where we might be headed as a species.The author's innovative molecular biological approach moves the field of nutrition well beyond its traditional dietetic and anthropological origins to the front lines of genomic research. Following a presentation of molecular biology concepts that are essential for the study of human nutrition, the author explores such key topics as:\*Bioinformatics and the -omics revolution\*Recent human evolution\*Molecular mechanisms of gene-nutrient interactions\*Role of nutrients and genomics in disease\*Evolution of micronutrient metabolism, protein structure, and human disease\*Nutrients and the human life cycle\*Mismatch of contemporary dietary patterns and our genetic makeup\*Laboratory tools for nutrigenomics and human evolutionary studiesFigures and illustrations provided throughout the text help readers grasp and visualize complex concepts and processes with ease. For readers interested in pursuing particular topics in greater depth, an extensive list of current references is provided.This text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in human nutrition, dietetics, metabolism, molecular biology, and many other allied health sciences. Nowhere else can readers find such an integrated blend of medical, nutritional, and biochemical disciplines to aid in understanding the role of nutrients in human evolution.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. - Introduces Dante through four main approaches: the context of his life and career; his literary and cultural traditions; key themes, episodes and passages in his own work, especially the Commedia; and the reception and appropriation of his work by later readers, from the fourteenth century to the present - Written by an expert Dante scholar - Provides new translations of substantial passages from Dante's poems and from the world of his contemporaries - Includes explanatory diagrams of Dante's 'other-worlds', and a section of illustrations by medieval and modern artists - Builds a vivid and complex picture of Dante's imagination, intellect and literary presence - Helpful bibliographies include relevant web resources.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The most comprehensive and applied discussion of stated choice experiment constructions availableThe Construction of Optimal Stated Choice Experiments provides an accessible introduction to the construction methods needed to create the best possible designs for use in modeling decision-making. Many aspects of the design of a generic stated choice experiment are independent of its area of application, and until now there has been no single book describing these constructions. This book begins with a brief description of the various areas where stated choice experiments are applicable, including marketing and health economics, transportation, environmental resource economics, and public welfare analysis. The authors focus on recent research results on the construction of optimal and near-optimal choice experiments and conclude with guidelines and insight on how to properly implement these results. Features of the book include:\* Construction of generic stated choice experiments for the estimation of main effects only, as well as experiments for the estimation of main effects plus two-factor interactions\*Constructions for choice sets of any size and for attributes with any number of levels\*A discussion of designs that contain a none option or a common base option\*Practical techniques for the implementation of the constructions\*Class-tested material that presents theoretical discussion of optimal design\*Complete and extensive references to the mathematical and statistical literature for the constructions\*Exercise sets in most chapters, which reinforce the understanding of the presented materialThe Construction of Optimal Stated Choice Experiments serves as an invaluable reference guide for applied statisticians and practitioners in the areas of marketing, health economics, transport, and environmental evaluation. It is also ideal as a supplemental text for courses in the design of experiments, decision support systems, and choice models. A companion web site is available for readers to access web-based software that can be used to implement the constructions described in the book.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Enhance the quality of survey results by recognizing and reducing measurement errors.Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement demonstrates how and hwy identifying the presence and extent of measurement errors in survey data is essential for improving the overall collection and analysis of the data. The author outlines the consequences of ignoring survey measurement errors and also discusses ways to detect and estimate the impact of these errors. This book also provides recommendations of improving the quality of survey data.Logically organized and clearly written, this book:\* Deconstructs the data gathering process into six main elements of the response process: question adequacy, comprehension, accessibility, retrieval, motivation, and communication\* Provides an exhaustive review of valuable reliability estimation techniques that can be applied to survey data\* Identifies the types of questions and interviewer practices that are essential to the collection of reliable data\* Addresses hypotheses regarding which survey questions, sources of information, and questionnaire formats produce the most reliable dataIn conjunction with research data gathered on nearly 500 survey measures and the application of an empirical approach grounded in classical measurement theory, this book discusses the sources of measurement error and provides the tools necessary for improving survey data collection methods.Margins of Error enables statisticians and researchers in the fields of public opinion and survey research to design studies that can detect, estimate, and reduce measurement errors that may have previously gone undetected. This book also serves as a supplemental textbook for both undergraduate and graduate survey methodology courses.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An accessible and up-to-date treatment featuring the connection between neural networks and statistics A Statistical Approach to Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition presents a statistical treatment of the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), which is the most widely used of the neural network models. This book aims to answer questions that arise when statisticians are first confronted with this type of model, such as: How robust is the model to outliers Could the model be made more robust Which points will have a high leverage What are good starting values for the fitting algorithm Thorough answers to these questions and many more are included, as well as worked examples and selected problems for the reader. Discussions on the use of MLP models with spatial and spectral data are also included. Further treatment of highly important principal aspects of the MLP are provided, such as the robustness of the model in the event of outlying or atypical data; the influence and sensitivity curves of the MLP; why the MLP is a fairly robust model; and modifications to make the MLP more robust. The author also provides clarification of several misconceptions that are prevalent in existing neural network literature. Throughout the book, the MLP model is extended in several directions to show that a statistical modeling approach can make valuable contributions, and further exploration for fitting MLP models is made possible via the R and S-PLUS® codes that are available on the book's related Web site. A Statistical Approach to Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition successfully connects logistic regression and linear discriminant analysis, thus making it a critical reference and self-study guide for students and professionals alike in the fields of mathematics, statistics, computer science, and electrical engineering.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A ONE-STOP, DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO DATA MODELING FOR IT PROFESSIONALSData Modeling Fundamentals is a comprehensive guide to the foundation and principles behind data modeling and its essential role in successful database design. The only book specifically addressing the essentials of data modeling for IT professionals, it includes:\* An overview of data modeling concepts, techniques, and symbols\*Anatomy of a comprehensive data model describing the various components\*Extensive details of entities, attributes, identifiers, and relationships\*Transition from data modeling to database design and implementation, datanormalization, and modeling for decision-support systems\*Quality data modeling and agile data modeling in practice\*Trends in data modeling methodologies and techniquesChapter summaries with review questions and exercises at the conclusion of each chapter help readers gauge their understanding of the material presented. Complete with real-world examples, references, and an abundance of practical tips and suggestions, Data Modeling Fundamentals is an indispensable resource for both novice and experienced data modelers.…