Want to get the word out about your library in the most cost-effective way possible? You can achieve this with the effective word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM) strategies laid out in this book. Two creative marketers, Peggy Barber and Linda Wallace, bring you sound marketing principles to spread the word about your library within the community...
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The discovery of troponin by Professor Setsuro Ebashi opened a new era for research
into the regulation of striated muscle contraction. This volume is the proceedings of the symposium
held at Okazaki, Japan, in 2005 celebrating the 40th anniversary of that discovery.
Ossifi cation of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is no longer only a Japanese
disease. In 2004, 18 papers on OPLL and related conditions were published, and 7 of
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Circadian rhythms are such an innate part of our lives that we rarely pause to speculate why they even exist. Some studies have suggested that the disruption of the circadian system may be causal for obesity and manifestations of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Shift-work, sleep-deprivation and bright-light-exposure at night are related to...
The volume contains most updated theoretical and empirical research on foreign or second language processes analyzed from the perspective of cognition and affect. It consists of articles devoted to various issued related to such broad topics as gender, literacy, translation or culture, to mention a few. The collection of papers offers a...
Understanding your company’s data has never been easier than with Microsoft’s new Power BI package for Excel 2013. Consisting of four powerful tools—Power Pivot, Power View, Power Query and Power Maps—Power BI makes self-service business intelligence a reality for a wide range of users, bridging the traditional gap...
Combine business sense, statistics, and computers in a new and intuitive way, thanks to Big Data Predictive analytics is a branch of data mining that helps predict probabilities and trends. Predictive Analytics For Dummies explores the power of predictive analytics and how you can use it to make valuable predictions for your business, or in...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the German Association for Pattern Recognition, DAGM 2006. The book presents 32 revised full papers and 44 revised poster papers together with 5 invited papers. Topical sections include image filtering, restoration and segmentation, shape analysis and representation,...
Like your own personal survival guide, Help! I'm Teachig Middle School Science is a nontechnical how-to manual, especially for first-year teachers. But even veteran teachers can benefit from the plentiful ideas, examples, and tips on teaching sicence the way middle-schoolers learn best.