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Transact-SQL Desk Reference
2007-09-30 20:57:00
Author: Deac Lancaster Paperback: 816 pagesPublisher: Prentice Hall PTR; (September 2003) Language: EnglishISBN: 0130293393(Regged) This is the SQL reference you'll reach for first, every time!If you're an SQL programmer, you can easily picture how useful a comprehensive, single-volume Tran sact-SQL command reference manual would be in streamlining your work. And if that book was rich in examples, was written with users of all levels of expertise in mind, and was even designed to fit comfortably on your desktop, you'd probably buy it right away, wouldn't you? Well, look no further—Transact-SQL Desk Refer ence , by noted programming instructor Deac Lancaster, is exactly the book you need.As it turns out, Transact-SQL Desk Reference is just the book Deac himself was looking for. The problem was, no such book existed, so he saved programmers everywhere a lot of trouble and he wrote it himself! The book answers the question, "How exactly do I write a statement to ...
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Psychology
2007-09-30 20:54:00
ISBN: 0471494348Evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics are two successful and important fields in the study of human behaviour, but practitioners in these subjects have different conceptions of the nature of human intelligence. Evolutionary psychologists dispute the existence of general intelligence and emphasise the differences among species. They argue that natural and sexual selection would be expected to produce intelligences that are specialised for particular domains, as encountered by particular species. Behavioural geneticists consider general intelligence to be the most fundamental aspect of intelligence and concentrate on the differences between individuals of the same species.This exciting book features papers and discussion contributions from leading behavioural geneticists, evolutionary psychologists and experts on intelligence that explore the differences and the tensions between these two approaches. The nature of 'g' or general intelligence is discussed i...
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Psychology
2007-09-30 20:50:00
ISBN: 047002626XEmpathy is the process that allows us to share the feelings and emotions of others, in the absence of any direct emotional stimulation to the self.Humans can feel empathy for other people in a wide array of contexts: for basic emotions and sensation such as anger, fear, sadness, joy, pain and lust as well as for more complex emotions such as guilt, embarrassment and love.It has been proposed that, for most people, empathy is the process that prevents us doing harm to others.Although empathy seems to be an automatic response of the brain to others’ emotional reactions,there are circumstances under which we do not share the same feeling as others.Imagine, for example, that someone who does the same job as you is paid twice as much.In this case, that person might be very satisfied with their extra salary, but you would not share this satisfaction.This case illustrates the ubiquitous feeling of fairness and justice.Our sense of fairness has also become the focus ...
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Oracle
2007-09-30 20:47:00
ISBN: 0072231300 Protect Your Mission-Critical Data with Tips and Tricks from an Oracle Security InsiderOracle expert David Knox has written the most practical, up-to-date book on Oracle Database 10g security available. With an emphasis on real-world problems and detailed solutions, Effective Oracle Database 10g Security by Design provides all the information you need to develop and deploy secure database applications. The entire security cycle is covered--from identification and authentication to fine-grained access control and encryption to effective auditing techniques. The material is presented with comprehensive yet easy-to-understand examples that show how to use all the security technologies in a complementary way. Assess database vulnerabilities and develop effective security policies Preserve user identity with in-depth analyses of JDBC connection pools, proxy authentication, and client identifiers Manage database users from a central directory without sacrificing securit...

Database
2007-09-30 20:44:00
ISBN: 007120489XToo many database books ignore the semantics, research and design that go into databases. This book covers everything from the basics to the complex. You will learn the different design methdologies behind databases as well as the history and research that has gone into this field. You will also learn how to design and debug database systems. The book is excellently laid out and assumes no prior database knowledge. It doesn't discuss specific database systems, but it does cover the different styles and query languages you will come across (QBE, SQL, etc.) This book allows you to come away with the knowledge and expertise necessary for database applications. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in any way with databases. No matter what your interest, you will not come away empty handed. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Algebra
2007-09-30 20:39:00
ISBN: 0130878685This book's organizing principle is the interplay between groups and rings, where “rings” includes the ideas of modules. It contains basic definitions, complete and clear theorems (the first with brief sketches of proofs), and gives attention to the topics of algebraic geometry, computers, homology, and representations. More than merely a succession of definition-theorem-proofs, this text put results and ideas in context so that students can appreciate why a certain topic is being studied, and where definitions originate. Chapter topics include groups; commutative rings; modules; principal ideal domains; algebras; cohomology and representations; and homological algebra. For individuals interested in a self-study guide to learning advanced algebra and its related topics. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@

Professional SQL Server 2005 CLR Programming
2007-09-28 11:36:00
Author: Derek Comingore, Douglas HinsonPaperback: 432 pagesPublisher: Wrox (December 2006) Language: EnglishISBN: 0470054034(Regged) SQL Serve r 2005 offers the capability to write code in a .NET language that can be compiled and run inside SQL Server. CLR Integration, or SQL CLR, lets you create stored procedures, user-defined types, triggers, table valued functions, and aggregates using a .NET managed language. You can read and write to resources outside of SQL Server and enjoy a tighter integration with XML, web services, and simple file and logging capabilities. Here's the reference you'll want on your desk as you develop SQL CLR solutions. It helps you decide whether to use SQL CLR, how to lock down security, and learn from real examples. If you want to develop stored procedures or other objects in .NET for SQL Server 2005, this book offers exactly what you need. What you will learn from this book -The concepts and architecture of SQL CLR -Uses of .NET name...
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Nursing Procedures
2007-08-28 06:14:00
Author: Springhouse Paperback: 834 pagesPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 4 edition (January 2004)Language: EnglishISBN: 1582552819The newly revised Fourth Edition of this popular and widely used reference is a start-to-finish guide for nearly 400 basic and advanced nursing procedures. It provides step-by-step instructions for each procedure, explains how to use and troubleshoot equipment, and presents key information on rationales, cautions, complications, patient teaching, and documentation. The user-friendly format includes checklists, quick-scanning tables, logos that flag essential information, and more than 700 illustrations and photographs of equipment and techniques. This edition features a brand-new chapter on psychiatric nursing procedures and new entries on prone positioning, surgical site verification, ST segment monitoring, swallowing and aspiration precautions, and bispectral index monitoring (BIS). Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Vascular Disease: A Handbook for Nurses
2007-08-27 22:50:00
Author: Haytham Al-Khaffaf, Sharon DorganPaperback: 270 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press;(October 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521674514(R)Caring for Patients with Vascular Disease : A Practical Approach for Medical and Nursing Staff offers a step-by-step guide to caring for patients in a variety of clinical settings. It follows a patient's path of care from management in the outpatient clinic, through to the hospital ward, theatre, recovery room and back to the follow-up outpatient clinic. A clear, concise format is used throughout the book, with reference to evidence-based interventions and the physiology underpinning them, and the use of simple line diagrams and treatment flow charts to illustrate the essential aspects of care. Edited by a nurse and a vascular surgeon, with contributions from a group of invited authors, the book reflects the multidisciplinary nature of patient care and will be a valuable resource for nurses, surgeons and other healthcare professiona...
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Wound Care: A Handbook for Community Nurses
2007-08-27 22:31:00
Author: Joy Rainey Paperback: 176 pagesPublisher: Wiley (December 28, 2001)Language: EnglishISBN: 1861562896(R)The day-to-day responsibility for wound management is a role usually undertaken by nurses. It includes assessing the wound, selecting an appropriate treatment, and evaluating the patients' progress. In order to do this effectively the nurse needs to understand the healing process, recognize the factors which may delay wound healing, understand how wound healing can be optimized, know how to recognize complications if they arise and know how to treat them. This text, specifically written for community nurses, including practice nurses, provides a picture of wound healing for both acute and chronic wounds that may be encountered in a community setting. An overview of the function of the skin and phases of wound healing are examined prior to looking at the relationship between wound healing and the patients' health and lifestyle. The reference is written in a question-an...
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MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 549): Designing and Developing Enterpris
2007-08-27 22:12:00
Author: Bruce Johnson, Brian C. LanhamPaperback: 564 pagesPublisher: MS Press; (March 28, 2007)Language: EnglishISBN: 0735623384(R) Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Integral Equations
2007-08-24 11:07:00
Author: F. G. TricomiPaperback: 238 pagesPublisher: Dover Publications; (March 1985)Language: EnglishISBN: 0486648281(R)Authoritative, well-written basic treatment of extremely useful mathematical tool. Topics include Volterra Equations, Fredholm Equations, Symmetric Kernels and Orthogonal Systems of Functions, Types of Singular or Nonlinear Integral Equations, more. Advanced undergraduate to graduate level. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia
2007-08-24 09:22:00
Author: George CawkwellPaperback: 236 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA (June 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0198148712(R)The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as why Xerxes' invasion of Greece failed, and how important a part the Great King played in Greek affairs in the fourth century. Cawkwell's views are at many points original: in particular, his explanation of how and why the Persian invasion of Greece failed challenges the prevailing orthodoxy, as does his view of the importance of Persia in Greek affairs for the two decades after the King's Peace. Persia, he concludes, was destroyed by Macedonian military might but moral decline had no part in it; the Macedonians who had subjected Greece were too good an army, but their victory was not easy. Zip Password: ...
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Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining
2007-08-24 08:43:00
Author: Andreas L. Symeonidis, Pericles A. MitkasPaperback: 206 pagesPublisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 0387243526(R)Knowledge, hidden in voluminous data repositories routinely created and maintained by today’s applications, can be extracted by data mining. The next step is to transform this discovered knowledge into the inference mechanisms or simply the behavior of agents and multi-agent systems. Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining addresses this issue, as well as the arguable challenge of generating intelligence from data while transferring it to a separate, possibly autonomous, software entity. This book contains a methodology, tools and techniques, and several examples of agent-based applications developed with this approach. This volume focuses mainly on the use of data mining for smarter, more efficient agents.Agent Intelligence Through Data Mining is designed for a professional audience of researchers and practitioners in industry. Thi...

Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy: The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr
2007-08-24 07:34:00
Author: Jürgen HafferPaperback: 350 pagesPublisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 2007)Language: EnglishISBN: 3540717773(R)This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an ‘architect’ of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution , and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin, influential historian and philosopher of biology, outstanding taxonomist and ornithologist, and naturalist. He is one of the most widely known biologists of the 20th century. Mayr used the theories of natural selection and population thinking as theoretical models within the framework of historical biological studies. He suggested that various competing paradigms may exist side by side and more or less pronounced ’revolutions’ may occur in different fields from time to time. Changes of concepts have a much stronger effect on the development of biological sciences than the discovery of new facts. Mayr was the first to emphasize the role of biopopulations, thereby pointing o...
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Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan
2007-08-24 07:21:00
Author: Frank L. HoltPaperback: 254 pagesPublisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (July 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0520245539(R)What George W. Bush called the "first war of the twenty-first century" actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan . Accounts of Alexander's invasion of ancient Bactria read eerily like news from our own day. In this vivid, meticulously researched, and elegantly narrated book, Frank L. Holt follows Alexander's historical, archaeological, and numismatic legacy back and forth between ancient Bactria and modern Afghanistan. Recounting the plight of the most powerful leader of the time as he led the most sophisticated army of its day into the treacherous world of tribal warlords, Holt describes those grueling campaigns and the impact they had on Alexander, his generals, their troops, and the world. Into the Land of Bones also examines the conflict from...

Global Expansion: Britain and its Empire, 1870-1914
2007-08-24 07:10:00
Author: Willie ThompsonPaperback: 144 pagesPublisher: Pluto Press (March 1, 2000)Language: EnglishISBN: 0745312403(R) Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Global Restructuring, State, Capital & Labour: Contesting Neo-Gramscian
2007-08-24 07:00:00
Author: Andreas Bieler, Werner BonefeldPaperback: 260 pagesPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan (July 25, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 1403992320(R)Provides a critical engagement between contending historical materialist approaches that have played a crucial role in shaping post-positivist International Relations theory. It draws out the differences of how class struggle is understood as well as the common concern for understanding the historical specificity of capitalism and process of state formation, through a focus on the social relations of production and labour. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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The Secret of the Totem: Religion and Society from McLennan to Freud
2007-08-24 06:42:00
Author: Robert Alun JonesPaperback: 360 pagesPublisher: Columbia University Press (August 16, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 023113438X(R)"For Frazer, Freud, Durkheim, and Malinowski, totemism was central in their efforts to describe the earliest stages of humanity's religious and social evolution. Jones's beautifully written study is easily the best analysis of this important chapter in the history of anthropology."Robert Ackerman, author of J. G. Frazer: His Life and Work Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Probability and Statistics by Example
2007-08-21 22:49:00
Author: Yuri Suhov, Mark KelbertPaperback: 372 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press (November 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521612330(R)Because probability and statistics are as much about intuition and problem solving, as they are about theorem proving, students can find it very difficult to make a successful transition from lectures to examinations and practice. Since the subject is critical in many modern applications, Yuri Suhov and Michael Kelbert have rectified deficiencies in traditional lecture-based methods, by combining a wealth of exercises for which they have supplied complete solutions. These solutions are adapted to needs and skills of students and include basic mathematical facts as needed. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Mathematical Aspects of Evolving Interfaces
2007-08-21 22:40:00
Author: Luigi Ambrosio, Klaus Deckelnick Paperback: 245 pagesPublisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 2003)Language: EnglishISBN: 3540140336(R)Interfaces are geometrical objects modelling free or moving boundaries and arise in a wide range of phase change problems in physical and biological sciences, particularly in material technology and in dynamics of patterns. Especially in the end of last century, the study of evolving interfaces in a number of applied fields becomes increasingly important, so that the possibility of describing their dynamics through suitable mathematical models became one of the most challenging and interdisciplinary problems in applied mathematics. The 2000 Madeira school reported on mathematical advances in some theoretical, modelling and numerical issues concerned with dynamics of interfaces and free boundaries. Specifically, the five courses dealt with an assessment of recent results on the optimal transportation problem, the numerical approximation of ...
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Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre
2007-08-20 22:48:00
Author: Gorillaz Paperback: 304 pagesPublisher: Riverhead(November 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 1594489319(R)"I tell you what, right, I can guarantee you're going to get some real juicy bits of Gorillaz info. I'll probably slag off loads of people, too. It'll be packed full of great shots from the sets of our videos, gigs, rehearsals, interviews...you name it. It's all in there. So place your order up front kids, this book going to be a scorcher!" - Gorillaz bass-slayer Murdoc Nicalls. This stunning, full-colour hardback will be the most unique rock autobiography ever published. Gorillaz have always been as much about the visuals as they are about the music, and the autobiography will be a feast for the eyes. Featuring brand new art from and designed by Jamie Hewlett, this is the full story of Murdoc, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs for the first time. Included will be their emailing with their motley crew of collaborators, from Ike Turner to Sean Ryder, and accounts of the gigs...
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The Corruption of Angels: The Great Inquisition of 1245-1246
2007-08-20 19:23:00
Author: Mark Gregory Pegg Publisher: Princeton University Press (May 1, 2001)Language: EnglishISBN: 0691006563(R) Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Render to Caesar: Jesus, the Early Church, and the Roman Superpower
2007-08-20 19:03:00
Author: Christopher BryanPaperback: 208 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0195183347(R)At the end of the 20th century, "postcolonialism" described the effort to understand the experience of those who had lived under colonial rule. This kind of thinking has inevitably brought about a reexamination of the rise of Christianity, which took place under Roman colonial rule. How did Rome look from the viewpoint of an ordinary Galilean in the first century of the Christian era? What should this mean for our own understanding of and relationship to Jesus of Nazareth? In the past, Jesus was often "depoliticized," treated as a religious teacher imparting timeless truths for all people. Now, however, many scholars see Jesus as a political leader whose goal was independence from Roman rule so that the people could renew their traditional way of life under the rule of God. In Render to Caesar, Christopher Bryan reexamines the attitude of the early ...
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Idealism Without Absolutes: Philosophy and Romantic Culture
2007-08-20 18:57:00
Author: Tilottama RajanPaperback: 288 pagesPublisher: State University of New York Press (March 2004)Language: EnglishISBN: 0791460010(R)Ideal ism without Absolutes offers an ambitious and broad reconsideration of Idealism in relation to Romantic ism and subsequent thought. Linking Idealist and Romantic philosophy to contemporary theory, the volume explores the multiplicity of different philosophical incarnations of Idealism and materialism, and shows how they mix with and invade each other in philosophy and culture. The contributors discuss a wide range of major figures in the long Romantic period, from Kant and Hegel to Nietzsche, as well as key figures defining the contemporary intellectual debate, including Freud, Heidegger, Adorno, Lyotard, Derrida, de Man, and Deleuze and Guattari. While preserving the significance of the historical period extending from Kant to the early nineteenth century, the volume gives the concept of Romantic culture a new historical and philosophical ...
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Herder: Philosophical Writings
2007-08-20 18:43:00
Author: Johann Gottfried von HerderPaperback: 482 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press (September 2002)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521794099(R)Herder is a figure of considerable importance in the history of philosophy and the history of ideas. His far-reaching influence encompasses philosophy--Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, literature--Goethe, Schiller and linguistics--von Humboldt. This volume presents a comprehensive selection of his writings in a new translation, with an introduction that sets them in their philosophical and historical context. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Hegel, Nietzsche, and Philosophy: Thinking Freedom
2007-08-20 18:33:00
Author: Will DudleyPaperback: 344 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 2007)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521038863(R)This study explores the theme of freedom in the philosophy of Hegel and Nietzsche . First, Will Dudley sets Hegel's Philosophy of Right within a larger systematic account and deploys the Logic to interpret it. He demonstrates that freedom involves not only the establishment of certain social and political institutions but also the practice of philosophy itself. Then, he reveals how Nietzsche's discussions of decadence, nobility and tragedy lead to an analysis of freedom that critiques heteronomous choice and Kantian autonomy, and ultimately issues a positive conception of liberation. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency
2007-08-20 18:22:00
Author: Allen SpeightPaperback: 166 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press (February 2001)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521796342(R)Allen Speight argues that behind Hegel 's extraordinary appeal to literature in the Phenomenology of Spirit lies a philosophical project concerned with understanding human agency in the modern world. It shows that Hegel looked to three literary genres--tragedy, comedy, and the romantic novel--as offering privileged access to three moments of human agency: retrospectivity, theatricality, and forgiveness. Taking full account of the authors that Hegel himself refers to (Sophocles, Diderot, Schlegel, Jacobi), Allen Speight has written a book with a broad appeal to both philosophers and literary theorists. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Descartes Embodied: Reading Cartesian Philosophy through Cartesian Science
2007-08-20 18:13:00
Author: Daniel GarberPaperback: 352 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press (December 2000)Language: EnglishISBN: 0521783534(R)This volume collects some of the seminal essays on Descartes by Daniel Garber, one of the preeminent scholars of early-modern philosophy. A central theme unifying the volume is the interconnection between Descartes's philosophical and scientific interests, and the extent to which these two sides of the Cartesian program illuminate each other, a question rarely treated in the existing literature. This collection will be a mandatory purchase for any serious student of or professional working in 17th-century philosophy, history of science, or history of ideas. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning: Paths Toward Trancendental Ph
2007-08-20 18:02:00
Author: Steven Galt Crowell Paperback: 323 pagesPublisher: Northwestern University Press (April 2001)Language: EnglishISBN: 0810118041(R) Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
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