In this edition, we continue to offer instructors and students a text that is pedagogically sound, mathematically precise, and still comprehensible. There are many changes in the mathematics, art, and design; the more significant changes are noted here. • New Chapter Openers Each Chapter Opener has three parts, In Mathematics, In Real Life, and In […]
Blending communicative and interactive approaches with tried-and-true grammar teaching, Basic English Grammar, Third Edition, by Betty Schrampfer Azar and Stacy A. Hagen, offers concise, accurate, level-appropriate grammar information with an abundance of exercises, contexts, and classroom activities. New features of Basic English Grammar, Third Edition: Increased speaking practice through interactive pair and group work. […]
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary1, analytics is the method of logical analysis. This is a very broad denition of analytics, without an explicitly stated end-goal. A view of analytics within the business community is that analytics describes a process (a method or an analysis) that transforms (hopefully, logically) raw data into actionable knowledge in order […]
In the past several years, the Web has exploded to include information on every facet of our lives. It touches everything we do; even some refrigerators have included access to the Internet. Ruby on Rails has played a part in fueling that explosion. This book will equip you with the knowledge you need to build […]
For those who, like me, have begun working in vascular radiology, particularly with invasive diagnostic methods, it is satisfying today to experience the once unthinkable diagnostic possibilities of CT and MRI in cardiovascular diseases, and we are aware that technological progress is making and will continue to provide more results in the future. Satisfaction is […]
In the 1990s it was realized that quantum physics has some spectacular applications in computer science. This book is a concise introduction to quantum computation, developing the basic elements of this new branch of computational theory without assuming any background in physics. It begins with a novel introduction to the quantum theory from a computer-science […]
This book presents an application-centric approach to the development of smart grid communication architecture. The coverage includes in-depth reviews of such cutting-edge applications as advanced metering infrastructure, distribution automation, demand response and synchrophasors. Features: examines a range of exciting utility applications made possible through smart grid evolution; describes the core-edge network architecture for smart grids, […]
It is now 20 years since the first edition of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine appeared on the scene, a time when the concept of the all-encompassing textbook of medicine was being questioned. Its predecessor, Price’s Textbook of the Practice of Medicine, first published in 1922 and by then in its twelfth edition, had come […]
Enter Shadow Falls: After Dark and meet a vampire named Della, who’s about to discover what her own story is meant to be. . . .Della had the perfect life—the family, a boyfriend, and a bright future—until she was turned, and abandoned by everyone she loves. She takes refuge at Shadow Falls, a camp for […]
With this newly revised tenth edition of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, author Mike Seeds’ goal is to help you use astronomy to understand science–and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text will help you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? How do we know? This edition addresses the newest developments […]
Experience of teaching clinical students at five medical schools and of examining them in sixteen cities and in eight countries has convinced me that there is still an unfortunate hiatus between the anatomy which the student learns in the pre-clinical years and that which is later encountered in the wards and operating theatres. This book […]
This book introduces a financial statement analysis approach to the first course in accounting. As we developed this new approach, we identified two fundamental skills that students should learn in the first accounting course. First, business students should be able to analyze a company’s annual report and conclude as to its profitability, efficiency, liquidity, and […]