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Penn Clinical Manual of Urology

karapuzik — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:28:34 GMT

Penn Clinical Manual of Urology
1008 pages | Saunders; 1 edition (April 20, 2007) | 1416038485 | PDF | 11 Mb

Introducing the Penn Clinical Manual of Urology. This one-volume reference presents the key clinical information you need to diagnose and treat urologic disorders quickly and effectively. Brief, well-illustrated chapters combine an easy-to-read format with the comprehensive coverage you demand. This is a unique offering that deserves a place on every urologist's shelf.

Pediatric Endocrinology (Sperling, Pediatric Endocrinology)

karapuzik — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:24:29 GMT

Pediatric Endocrinology (Sperling, Pediatric Endocrinology)
912 pages | Saunders; 3 edition (April 25, 2008) | 1416040900 | PDF | 22 Mb

Access comprehensive guidance on all aspects of basic and clinical pediatric endocrinology

Express Professions: English for Marketing and Advertising

karapuzik — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:18:11 GMT

Express Professions: English for Marketing and Advertising
80 pages | Oxford University Press (September 13, 2007) | 0194579182 | PDF | 37 Mb

An expanding series of short, specialist English courses for different professions, work skills, and industries.

Professional English in Use Marketing Edition with answers

karapuzik — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:11:29 GMT

Professional English in Use Marketing Edition with answers
144 pages | Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 24, 2008) | 0521702690 | PDF | 6 Mb

Professional English in Use Marketing offers comprehensive coverage of key marketing vocabulary, it includes 50 units covering everything from marketing basics and the full marketing mix, through to research, advertising, media and PR.

The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology

karapuzik — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:58 GMT

The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology
1216 pages | Wiley; 5 edition (January 26, 2010) | 0470723130 | PDF | 26 Mb

In its Fifth Edition, this classic book retains its traditional strength of relating molecular physiology to understanding disease pathology and treatment as it explores the current state and future direction of hepatology.

Essential Physiological Biochemistry: An Organ-Based Approach

karapuzik — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:03:23 GMT

Essential Physiological Biochemistry: An Organ-Based Approach
342 pages | Wiley (February 15, 2010) | 0470026367 | PDF | 5 Mb

This text provides a fresh, accessible introduction to human metabolism that shows how the physiological actions of selected organs can be explained by their particular biochemical processes.

Focusing on metabolic integration, rather than pathways, this book opens with three introductory chapters that explore the principles of metabolism and its control before moving onto ‘themed’ chapters that investigate liver, communication systems (endocrine and neurological), blood and vascular system, muscle and adipose tissue and renal biochemistry.

Renormalization Group Theory: Impact on Experimental Magnetism

karapuzik — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:58:45 GMT

Renormalization Group Theory: Impact on Experimental Magnetism
394 pages | Springer; 1 edition (November 18, 2009) | 3642024866 | PDF | 6 Mb

Spin wave theory of magnetism and BCS theory of superconductivity are typical theories of the time before renormalization group (RG) theory. The two theories consider atomistic interactions only and ignore the energy degrees of freedom of the continuous (infinite) solid. Since the pioneering work of Kenneth G. Wilson (Nobel Prize of physics in 1982) we know that the continuous solid is characterized by a particular symmetry: invariance with respect to transformations of the length scale. Associated with this symmetry are particular field particles with characteristic excitation spectra. In diamagnetic solids these are the well known Debye bosons.

Automating the Design of Data Mining Algorithms: An Evolutionary Computation Approach

karapuzik — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:53:08 GMT

Automating the Design of Data Mining Algorithms: An Evolutionary Computation Approach
187 pages | Springer; 1 edition (November 5, 2009) | 3642025404 | PDF | 1 Mb

Traditionally, evolutionary computing techniques have been applied in the area of data mining either to optimize the parameters of data mining algorithms or to discover knowledge or patterns in the data, i.e., to directly solve the target data mining problem. This book proposes a different goal for evolutionary algorithms in data mining: to automate the design of a data mining algorithm, rather than just optimize its parameters.

e-Transformation: Enabling New Development Strategies

karapuzik — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:48:08 GMT

e-Transformation: Enabling New Development Strategies
460 pages | Springer; 1 edition (November 25, 2009) | 1441911847 | PDF | 3 Mb

Could information and communication technology (ICT) become the transformative tool for a new style of global development? Could ICT promote knowledge-based, innovation-driven, and smart, adaptive, participatory development? As countries seek a way out of the present period of economic contraction, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the same way organizations have learned to use ICT to transform their business models and strategies. This integration offers a new path to development that is responsive to the challenges of our times.

American Government: Political Change and Institutional Development, 4th edition

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:34:20 GMT

American Government: Political Change and Institutional Development, 4th edition
552 pages | Routledge; 4 edition (July 30, 2007) | 0415960770 | PDF | 11 Mb

In this introductory American politics text, Cal Jillson provides not only a sense of how politics works today but also how institutions, systems, political participation, and policies have developed over time to produce today's political environment in the United States. This historical context provides the necessary backdrop for students to understand why things work the way they do now. Going one step further, the book identifies critical reforms and how American democracy might work better.

Assessing Mathematical Proficiency (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications)

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:15:54 GMT

Assessing Mathematical Proficiency
(Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications)
412 pages | Cambridge University Press (May 21, 2007) | 0521874920 | PDF | 7 Mb

Testing matters! It can determine kids' and schools' futures. In a conference at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, mathematicians, math education researchers, teachers, test developers, and policymakers gathered to work through critical issues related to mathematics assessment. This volume presents the results of the discussions. It highlights the kinds of information that different assessments can offer, including many examples of some of the best mathematics assessments worldwide. A special feature is an interview with a student about his knowledge of fractions and a demonstration of what interviews (versus standardized tests) can reveal.

Naked Finance: Business Finance Pure and Simple

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:11:26 GMT

Naked Finance: Business Finance Pure and Simple
286 pages | Nicholas Brealey Publishing; illustrated edition (March 25, 2008) | 1857883942 | PDF | 3 Mb

What managers need to know but are afraid to ask. Not a dry accounting primer, Naked Finance is an accessible and thorough non-technical guide to the fundamental elements and principles of business finance for non-financial managers and other ordinary business people. It explains the basics, from preparing budgets and interpreting financial reports to doing sales projections and making the case for buying badly-needed new equipment for the business unit you manage.

The Knowledge Ahead Approach to Risk: Theory and Experimental Evidence

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:02:58 GMT

The Knowledge Ahead Approach to Risk: Theory and Experimental Evidence
229 pages | Springer; 1 edition (November 16, 2006) | 3540384723 | PDF | 1 Mb

This book is written for those seeking a decision theory appropriate for use in serious choices such as insurance. It employs stages of knowledge ahead to track satisfactions and dissatisfactions. In the first stage of risk, the uninsured face dissatisfactions of worries and planning difficulties (avoided by the insured), also perhaps positive satisfactions of thrills (missed out on by the insured). In the second stage when the risk is passed, the uninsured may face the dissatisfactions of ridicule and blame if they learn that they were unlucky.

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:24:47 GMT

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
356 pages | American Library Association; 1 edition (January 1, 2004) | 0838908535 | PDF | 1 Mb

In recent years, books about electronic resources have greatly outnumbered those covering collection development. Fortunately, Johnson has answered this shortcoming. In nine chapters, she covers the entire field of collection development, from its history to collection analysis to marketing. She succinctly discusses ways to organize and staff for selection, how to write collection plans and budgets, how to manage collections, and how to set up cooperative collection plans with other libraries.

Animal Communication Networks

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:18:03 GMT

Animal Communication Networks
672 pages | Cambridge University Press (April 25, 2005) | 0521823617 | PDF | 16 Mb

Summarizing research progress and prospects in the rapidly expanding area of animal communication networks, this book differs from other works on animal communication because it covers several animal groups and types of signal. It also highlights research at the interface with other disciplines (for example, psychology and physiology) and is intended for researchers in the field, advanced students and high-level undergraduates.

The European Foundation: A New Legal Approach

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:06:32 GMT

The European Foundation: A New Legal Approach
288 pages | Cambridge University Press (June 19, 2006) | 0521863333 | PDF | 1 Mb

The legislative draft for the legal form of a European Foundation is clearly presented here in a way which makes it easy to locate information on specific legal issues. The draft is supported by comprehensive explanatory chapters, as well as comparative chapters on each issue.

Learning Objects for Instruction: Design and Evaluation

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:02:00 GMT

Learning Objects for Instruction: Design and Evaluation
300 pages | Information Science Publishing; illustrated edition (April 30, 2007) | 1599043343 | PDF | 3 Mb

Learning Objects for Instruction shows how practical models of learning objects solutions are being applied in education, organizations, industry, and the military. It includes diverse strategies used across these groups to apply learning objects -- from the use of firmly-grounded theoretical contexts to practical tool-based solutions. The reader will find a thorough history, solid models and real-world practices for using learning objects for instruction in a variety of settings. Greater numbers of organizations are expected to embrace the use of objects for instruction as issues of standardization continue to be worked out.

Grid Computing: Achievements and Prospects

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:57:22 GMT

Grid Computing: Achievements and Prospects
288 pages | Springer; 1 edition (July 17, 2008) | 0387094563 | PDF | 9 Mb

"Grid Computing: Achievements and Prospects", the 9th edited volume of the "CoreGRID" series, includes selected papers from the CoreGRID Integration Workshop, held April 2008 in Heraklion-Crete, Greece. This event brings together representatives of the academic and industrial communities performing Grid research in Europe. The workshop was organized in the context of the CoreGRID Network of Excellence in order to provide a forum for the presentation and exchange of views on the latest developments in grid technology research. "Grid Computing: Achievements and Prospects" is designed for a professional audience, composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This volume is also suitable for graduate-level students in computer science.

Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:52:56 GMT

Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice:
The Implementation of Long-Term Thinking in the Political Decision Making Process
218 pages | Springer; 1 edition (April 28, 2008) | 3540770836 | PDF | 3 Mb

Intergenerational justice has been achieved if the opportunities of the members of the next generation to fulfill their needs are better than those of the members of the preceding generation. For this, each generation ought to leave for the next generation an amount of resources is at least equal to its own amount. The book deals with the complex relationship between intergenerational justice and demographic change and is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach.

Demographic Change in Germany: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences

karapuzik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:49:02 GMT

Demographic Change in Germany: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences
216 pages | Springer; 1 edition (December 12, 2007) | 3540681353 | PDF | 3 Mb

This book provides an up-to-date summary of the consequences of demographic aging for labor markets, financial markets, economic growth, social security schemes and public finances in Germany, essentially reflecting the present state of knowledge in any of these areas. Compared to other industrialized countries, Germany offers an important example as the country is hit particularly strongly by demographic aging, a process that will become acute over the next three to five decades.