Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide To Kidney Cancer (Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide)
by Michael A Carducci and Janet R Walczak
Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Kidney Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining kidney cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently partici...
Written in an engaging and informal style, Data Structures Using Java facilitates a student's transition from simple programs in the first semester introductory programming course to more sophisticated, efficient, and effective programs in the second semester Data Structures course. Without delving too deeply into the details of Java, the author emphasizes the importance of effective organization and management of data and the importance of writing programs in a modern, object-oriented style. D...
Earth’s Evolving Systems: The History of Planet Earth, Second Edition explores the complex processes and interactions that have shaped our planet. Employing a systems perspective, this introductory text covers topics such as the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, and discusses how these systems, plate tectonics, and life have interacted with each other and evolved through geologic time. This approach to Earth’s history integrates the study of modern Earth systems with past ones...
C++ Data Structures: A Laboratory Course
by Stefan Brandle, James Roberg , Jonathan Geisler, and David Whittington
C++ Data Structures: A Laboratory Course exemplifies the active learning experience. With a dynamic learn-by-doing focus, this laboratory manual encourages students to explore data structures by implementing them, a process through which students discover how data structures work and how they can be applied. Providing a framework that offers feedback and support, this text challenges students to exercise their creativity in both programming and analysis. Topics covered include: Text ADT, BlogEnt...
As the scale, frequency, and intensity of crises faced by the world have dramatically increased over the last decade, there is a critical need for a careful evaluation of knowledge of managing disasters. Managing Emergencies and Crises presents the experience of emergency management from a continental perspective by focusing on the emergency response systems, processes, and actors in the context of the United States and Europe. It explores the institutional, socio-cultural and political aspects...
Programming Recreational Services serves as a handbook for recreational practitioners at every level. It clearly presents the methods and materials necessary for the planning, organization, and operation of recreational services. This reader friendly text addresses each of the 12 recreational program categories in detail and includes illustrations to assist with learning. It teaches students a methodology for evaluating recreational programs from the establishment of objectives to the final ins...
Every year in the United States, on average 5% to 20% of the population becomes sick with influenza (the flu); more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications, and about 36,000 people die from flu. Some people - such as older people, young children, and people with certain health conditions - are at high risk for serious flu complications. 100 Questions and Answers About Influenza provides answers to 100 most common questions about influenza, with emphasis on new strains of the...
For the men and women who are responders to hazardous materials incidents, an understanding of the chemicals involved and the possible outcomes is critical. Now, responders have a book written just for them. "Hazardous Materials Chemistry covers the basic concepts of chemistry, emphasizing the decision-making process so that appropriate strategies and tactics will be chosen. "Hazardous Materials Chemistry takes the bewilderment and confusion out of chemistry.
JavaServer Pages Illuminated is a comprehensive, student-friendly introduction to the fundamentals of JavaServer Page technology. Students are able to create and maintain high-powered Web Sites using JSP with ease. Written for upper-division courses in programming and web development, JavaServer Pages Illuminated is the ideal text for those interested in developing dynamic Web pages using Open-Source technology.
The Effective Corrections Manager: Correctional Supervision for the Future
by Richard L. Phillips and Charles R McConnell
Effective management is essential to the stability and safety of correctional facilities. The Effective Corrections Manager: Correctional Supervision for the Future, Second Edition provides current information on management and supervision, and offers practical advice based on direct experience. Managing a correctional agency hinges on effectively recruiting, training, directing, and motivating people. This book teaches readers how to be successful in those endeavors.
Information Security: Contemporary Cases
by Marie A. Wright and John S. Kakalik
Information Security: Contemporary Cases addresses fundamental information security concepts in realistic scenarios. Through a series of substantive cases, different aspects of information security are addressed by real organizations. The organizations include Kraft Foods, Advo, IBM, SRA, Aetna, the FBI, and the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response. Case topics include data protection, integrating IT and physical security, contingency planning, disaster recov...
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4****A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH AND FINANCIAL TIMES**As a neurosurgeon, I lived in a world filled with fear and suffering, death and cancer. But rarely, if ever, did I think about what it would be like if what I witnessed at work every day happened to me. This book is the story of how I became a patient myself.Retired brain surgeon Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. And...
Laboratory Manual Version 1.5 Security Strategies in Linux Platforms and Applications
by Vlab Solutions
Laboratory Manual to Accompany Security Policies and Implementation Issues
by Robert Johnson and Mark Merkow
The Laboratory Manual to Accompany Security Policies and Implementation Issues is the lab companion to Rob Johnson's main textbook Security Policies and Implementation Issues. It provides hands-on exercises, each with measurable learning outcomes. About the Series Visit www.issaseries.com for a complete look at the series! The Jones & Bartlett Learning Information System & Assurance Series delivers fundamental IT security principles packed with real-world applications and examples for IT Secu...
Laboratory Manual to Accompany Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs
by J Michael Stewart
Sports Nutrition Workbook and Assessments
by Heather Hedrick Fink, Lisa A Burgoon, and Alan E Mikesky
Quantum Leadership: Building Better Partnerships for Sustainable Health
by Tim Porter-O'Grady and Kathy Malloch
"The essential tools for making our own best medical decisions, cutting through the confusion caused by the health-care system, the media, and gaps in our own reasoning. Making the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we're deciding to take a cholesterol drug or choosing a cancer treatment, we are overwhelmed by information from all sides: our doctors' recommendations, dissenting expert opinions, confusing statistics, conflicting media reports, the advice of friends, claims on...
Behavioral Epidemiology
by Ray M. Merrill, Cara L Frankenfeld, Michael D Mink, and Nancy Freeborne
Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short: The Making of the Autiton Archives Fault Effect - Pilot Webisode
by Michael Scaramozzino
Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short presents an insightful behind-the-scenes tour of the entire production process for 3D artists, animators, and independent filmmakers who are interested in creating their own CGI shorts as well as for those who are simply fans and enthusiasts of CGI films in general. This book presents detailed examples of every step of the production process; from initial concept through character design, set design, modeling, texturing, lighting, camera animation, character anim...
FileMaker Pro Business Applications - For Versions 8 and 8.5
by Arthur Evans
The ability to manage information is the key to businesses thriving in an increasingly competitive market. With FileMaker (R) Pro Business Applications, small business owners and workgroup managers can find out how to write custom database applications in order to add value to critical business information. After demonstrating how easily a database can be written using FileMaker Pro, this book presents a set of 11 business database case studies, all of which can be easily adapted by readers for...
Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide To Cancer In Older Adults
by Gary R Shapiro and Ilene Browner
Johns Hopkins Patients’ Guide to Cancer in Older Adults was recently honored with 5 Stars from Doody's Book Review! Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Cancer in Older Adults is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining cancer treatment in older adults from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of ca...
Written for the undergraduate Cell Biology course, Principles of Cell Biology provides students with an accessible approach to the fundamental concepts of cell biology. The text focuses on the underlying principles that illustrate both how cells function as well as how we study them. It identifies 10 specific principles of Cell Biology, and devotes a separate chapter to illustrate each. The result is a shift away from the traditional focus on technical details and towards a more integrative vie...