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The The Internal Medicine Casebook: Real Patients, Real Answers

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007

The basis for an internal medicine casebook originated several years ago, born of my conviction that house staff and students are stimulated and motivated best when their learning is focused on real patients. Steps were taken, therefore, to augment the patient-oriented instruction of our house staff and students. This was...

The Power of Survey Design: A User's Guide for Managing Surveys, Interpreting Results, and Influencing Respondents

World Bank Publications, 2006

Are you in favor of financial incentives for poor countries?" If this question were asked in a survey many would be inclined to agree. Yet the result of this poll would be different if the question asked was "Are you in favor of subsidies for poor countries?" This is a simple example of how one single word, incentives or subsidies,...

Intelligence: The Eye, the Brain, and the Computer

Addison Wesley, 1987

This book treats the question of how far we have come in understanding intelligence and in duplicating it mechanically. The major facets of intelligence--reasoning, vision, language and learning are discussed as an approach to contrasting biological intelligence with current computer realizations....

Content Preparation Guidelines for the Web and Information Appliances: Cross-Cultural Comparisons (Human Factors and Ergonomics)

CRC Press, 2009

Content preparation is an integral part of the usability equation: it answers the question of what information is needed for effective decision making. Once content preparation has been established, the question "how to present what" can be answered. Content Preparation Guidelines for the Web and Information Appliances:...

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

W W Norton, 2010

“Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing our...

Lucid Waking: The Answer to the Problem of Consciousness

Independent Publishers Group, 2021

There is no problem more baffling to the academic world than the problem of consciousness. It’s fair to say that no academic has any clue at all about what consciousness is. In fact, academics have totally confused it with something radically different, namely sentience. The problem that faces the academic world is the insurmountable one...

.NET Multithreading

Manning Publications, 2003

With an understanding of the .NET framework, stable and robust multithreaded applications can be developed with minimal effort. Covering the topics related to multithreaded development, this book not only focuses on how a task is performed but also on the more important question of why these tasks are performed. The strengths and weaknesses of each...

Smart Is the New Rich: If You Can't Afford It, Put It Down

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

A practical way to think about money today

Author and CNN veteran money correspondent Christine Romans believes we should live by three qualifiers: living within our means, living with less debt, and being less vulnerable. While some may say this is old-fashioned, today it's hard to argue with Romans' view.

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Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using MATLAB

Springer, 2005

Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using MATLAB® is an introduction to probability and random processes that merges theory with practice. Based on the author’s belief that only "hands-on" experience with the material can promote intuitive understanding, the approach is to motivate the need...

CompTIA Project+ Practice Tests: Exam PK0-004

Sybex, 2017

Over 1,000 practice exam questions with full explanations

CompTIA Project+ Practice Tests for exam PK0-004 compliments the Sybex CompTIA Project+ Study Guide by providing last minute review and identifying areas where further review may be needed. 1,000 unique questions are organized into 4 practice tests that cover...

Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job (Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2007

The pressure is on during the interview process but with the right preparation, you can walk away with your dream job. This classic book uncovers what interviews are really like at America's top software and computer companies and provides you with the tools to succeed in any situation. The authors take you step-by-step through new problems and...

The Tunguska Fireball: Solving One of the Great Mysteries of the 20th Century

Icon Books Ltd, 2005

On 30th June 1908 a mysterious fireball exploded in the Siberian sky and flattened 2000 square kilometres of the remote Tunguska forest. As no crater and no material from outer space were ever found, a meteorite could not have caused this explosion. so what did? This book discusses all theories and then analyses the evidence.

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