MOST Work Measurement Systems

This book is an essential supplement for MOST (Maynard Operation Sequence Technique) certification training. An excellent resource for practicing professionals and newcomers in the fields of industrial engineering and management it provides a detailed explanation of each of the three MOST Systems. This edition is updated with relevant examples using today’s technology to develop engineered standards. Content includes refreshed charts and guidelines to selecting a MOST System and completing a MOST analysis based on the application rules for BasicMOST MiniMOST and MaxiMOST. A new informative chapter highlights the use of standards to improve workforce performance and increase productivity. A must for MOST certification for engineers productivity improvement specialists staffing and costing professionals. Certification training can be completed online and worldwide through authorized partners. | MOST® Work Measurement Systems

Cardinal Bessarion (1403–1472) Most Latin of Greeks Most Greek of Latins

Cardinal Bessarion was a towering figure in the fifteenth-century Renaissance. His life spanned the century. In his sixty-nine years of life he was a stellar student a Basilian monk a Greek Orthodox archbishop a Roman cardinal a papal diplomat and an eminent humanist and scholar. Cardinal Bessarion’s life and career were shaped by the tidal wave of the advance of the Ottoman Turks towards the West and by the centuries-old tension between the Orthodox East and the Latin West. He made a significant impact in both these areas. His long-term legacy is his contribution to the revival of classical learning in the Renaissance. This biography presents Cardinal Bessarion in his time exploring his personal perspective on his times and experience. It will be of interest to anybody with an interest in the European Renaissance and to specialists in Christian/Islamic relations in the period the theological tensions between the Latin West and the Greek East and the history of scholarship. | Cardinal Bessarion (1403–1472) Most Latin of Greeks Most Greek of Latins

The Turing Test Argument

This book departs from existing accounts of Alan Turing's imitation game and test by placing Turing's proposal in its historical social and cultural context. It reconstructs a controversy in England 1946–1952 over the intellectual capabilities of digital computers which led Turing to propose his test. It argues that the Turing test is best understood not as a practical experiment but as a thought experiment in the modern scientific tradition of Galileo Galilei. The logic of the Turing test argument is reconstructed from the rhetoric of Turing’s irony and wit. Turing believed that learning machines should be understood as a new kind of species and their thinking as different from human thinking and yet capable of imitating it. He thought that the possibilities of the machines he envisioned were not utopian dreams. And yet he hoped that they would rival and surpass chauvinists and intellectuals who sacrifice independent thinking to maintain their power. These would be transformed into ordinary people as work once considered 'intellectual' would be transformed into non-intellectual 'mechanical' work. The Turing Test Argument will appeal to scholars and students in the sciences and humanities and all those interested in Turing's vision of the future of intelligent machines in society and nature.

350 Questions for the Situational Judgement Test

This book gives the student pursuing medicine a chance to familiarise themselves with the format of questions and the frame of mind required when thinking through clinical conundrums similar to those they will be likely to encounter in the situational judgement test. | 350 Questions for the Situational Judgement Test

Rotating Machinery Research and Development Test Rigs

Rotating Machinery Research and Development Test Rigs presents the purpose and development processes for test apparatuses built for Research & Development in machinery technology and product development. Each R & D apparatus is the focus of an entire chapter with fifteen detailed case studies included from mechanical aerospace chemical and biomedical engineering. Specific machinery components covered include bearings seals power plant pumps rotors turbines and compressors. Machinery condition monitoring and product development processes have been integrated. The specific purpose and results for each test rig are comprehensively presented and explained.

Great Negotiators How the Most Successful Business Negotiators Think and Behave

What is it about the great negotiators? How is it they seem to manage to recover from disadvantageous positions? How do they adapt their approach to turn an unpromising start into a value creating deal? And why is it that they never seem to lose their appetite for negotiation? Some of this may be down to genes. There may genuinely be born negotiators but as far as the rest of us go it's down to preparation and knowledge; knowledge of how people think and how they behave. Tom Beasor's Great Negotiators is a collection of techniques that illustrate how the most successful negotiators think and behave. Good negotiators are always well prepared and there is a host of tips to help you prepare your strategy and your thinking before an important negotiation. There are also ideas to help you understand the philosophy behind your negotiating approach; to help you handle international negotiations; and to ensure every negotiation is a potential learning experience. Great Negotiators is a treasure trove of ideas from a highly successful international negotiator and trainer. | Great Negotiators How the Most Successful Business Negotiators Think and Behave

PgMP Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

PgMP Exam Practice Test and Study Guide Fourth Edition is the book you need to pass the Program Management Professional (PgMP) exam the first time around. It reflects recent revisions based on PMI's Standard for Program Management - Third Edition (2013). Based on best practices that complement PMI‘s standards this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource available to help you prepare for the exam with new and changed terminology. It includes a list of the major topics covered on the exam organized by the five performance domains‘strategic program management program life cycle benefits management stakeholder management and governance as presented in the Program Management Professional Examination Content Outline. It also includes helpful tips on how to make the most of the time you have available to prepare for the exam. Just like its bestselling predecessors this indispensable study guide includes 20 multiple-choice practice questions for each domain along with a comprehensive answer key. The program life cycle domain includes 20 questions for each of the five phases. Each question also has a plainly written rationale for each correct answer with bibliographic references for further study. Two challenging 170-question practice tests that simulate the actual exam are included in the book and online so you can retake them as many times as necessary. They also include a rationale and reference. Scores for the online tests are presented as if each question is rated similarly but this edition also includes a new component: the authors own weighting system for the level of difficulty for each question. This system will show you what they feel meets the exam‘s criteria for Proficient Moderately Proficient and below Proficient. You then will see your scores by domain in both approaches. Supplying an in | PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

Four Most Baffling Challenges for Teachers and How to Solve Them The Classroom Discipline Unmotivated Students Underinvolved or Adversari

Award-winning teacher and best-selling author Sheryn Spencer Waterman shows teachers how to solve four of their most fundamental classroom challenges. The solutions provided in this book apply to elementary middle and high schools and are based on brain-based research ethical development the standards movement and other practical factors. The four most baffling challenges for teachers are classroom discipline unmotivated students underinvolved or adversarial parents and tough working conditions. | Four Most Baffling Challenges for Teachers and How to Solve Them The Classroom Discipline Unmotivated Students Underinvolved or Adversari

Water Chemistry Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

This important new reference addresses the principles and calculations dealing with the hydraulics of water systems. Hydraulics for Operators includes what is necessary for a basic understanding of water and wastewater utility operations and it emphasizes practical applications of these principles. This practical reference covers a wide variety of important subjects such as mass density and flow pressure open channel flow pumping friction loss and flow measurement. Hydraulics for Operators is loaded with graphics and sample exercises are included to ensure this new book is an easily understood reference. It is a must for your operator library. | Water Chemistry Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques

Until now those preparing to take the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) examination were not afforded the luxury of studying a single easy-to-use manual. Written by ten subject matter experts (SMEs) - all CISSPs - this test prep book allows CISSP candidates to test their current knowledge in each of the ten security domains that make up the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) from which the CISSP examination is based on. The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book: Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques provides an outline of the subjects topics and sub-topics contained within each domain in the CBK and with it you can readily identify terms and concepts that you will need to know for the exam. The book starts with a review of each of the ten domains and provides 25 sample questions with answers and references for each. It discusses successful approaches for preparing for the exam based on experiences of those who have recently passed the exam. It then provides a complete 250-question practice exam with answers. Explanations are provided to clarify why the correct answers are correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect. With a total of 500 sample questions The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book gives you a full flavor of what it will take to pass the exam. | The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques

Vintage Games An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto Super Mario and the Most Influential Games of All Time

Vintage Games explores the most influential videogames of all time including Super Mario Bros. Grand Theft Auto III Doom The Sims and many more. Drawing on interviews as well as the authors' own lifelong experience with videogames the book discusses each game's development predecessors critical reception and influence on the industry. It also features hundreds of full-color screenshots and images including rare photos of game boxes and other materials. Vintage Games is the ideal book for game enthusiasts and professionals who desire a broader understanding of the history of videogames and their evolution from a niche to a global market. | Vintage Games An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto Super Mario and the Most Influential Games of All Time

Iterative Methods and Preconditioning for Large and Sparse Linear Systems with Applications

This book describes in a basic way the most useful and effective iterative solvers and appropriate preconditioning techniques for some of the most important classes of large and sparse linear systems. The solution of large and sparse linear systems is the most time-consuming part for most of the scientific computing simulations. Indeed mathematical models become more and more accurate by including a greater volume of data but this requires the solution of larger and harder algebraic systems. In recent years research has focused on the efficient solution of large sparse and/or structured systems generated by the discretization of numerical models by using iterative solvers. | Iterative Methods and Preconditioning for Large and Sparse Linear Systems with Applications

On-Wafer Calibration Techniques Enabling Accurate Characterization of High-Performance Silicon Devices at the mm-Wave Range and Beyond

Mastering the BMAT

This book focuses on the aptitude test scientific knowledge and applications and writing task of BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) exam explaining how they work and what strategies can be adopted to help the readers score highly. | Mastering the BMAT

Architectural Rendering with 3ds Max and V-Ray Photorealistic Visualization

Create high-quality photorealistic renders of architectural visualizations using 3ds Max and Vray with the project-based tutorials in this book. Learn how to combine lighting and rendering options to end-up with the most realistic final renders possible at a professional level. The tutorials in this book are filled with beautiful full-color images and they teach you how to light both interiors and exteriors and daytime and nighttime scenes. Learn how to save time without sacrificing the quality of your final renders with tips and tricks on rendering with Vray - the most accurate rendering application for 3ds Max. The downloadable resources include all the project files that you need to recreate each of the projects presented within the book. Please note that this book does not support the current versions of 3ds Max and V-Ray. Topics include: | Architectural Rendering with 3ds Max and V-Ray Photorealistic Visualization

How to Measure Customer Satisfaction

Customer satisfaction and loyalty are key differentiators between the better and poorer performing businesses in most markets. Satisfaction drives loyalty and loyalty drives business performance. This new edition of How to Measure Customer Satisfaction takes readers step-by-step through designing and implementing a CSM survey highlighting blunders that are commonly made and explaining how to make sure that the measures produced are accurate and credible. It also covers ways of gaining understanding and ownership of the CSM programme throughout the organization and clarifies the business case for customer satisfaction. If you are committed to the future of your company the ability to measure what your customers think of you is essential - and so is this book!

Spon's House Improvement Price Book

Especially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works Spon's House Improvement Price Guide contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour material overheads and profit. | Spon's House Improvement Price Book

Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Electrical Works Unit Rates and Project Costs

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate competitive and profitable. Do you work on jobs between £50 and £50 000? Then this book is for you. Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Electrical Works provides accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour material overheads and profit for residential retail and light industrial premises. It is the first book to include typical project costs for new installations stripping out rewiring and upgrading for flats and houses. In addition vital information and advice is given on setting up and running a business employing staff tax VAT and CIS4s. For the cost of approximately two hours of your charge-out rate (or less) this book will help you to: produce estimates faster keep your estimates accurate and competitive run your business more effectively save time. | Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Electrical Works Unit Rates and Project Costs

Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Minor Works Alterations and Repairs to Fire Flood Gale and Theft Damage Unit Rates and Project Costs Fo

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate competitive and profitable. Do you work on jobs between 50 and 50 000? Then this book is for you. Specially written for contractors quantity surveyors and clients carrying out small works this book contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour material overheads and profit. More than just a price book it gives easy-to-read professional advice on setting up and running a business. | Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Minor Works Alterations and Repairs to Fire Flood Gale and Theft Damage Unit Rates and Project Costs Fo

European Union Lawcards 2011-2012

Routledge Lawcards are your complete pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law shouldn‘t you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments Routledge Lawcards are now packed with even more features: New revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out New tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come up in exams More diagrams and flowcharts clarify and condense complex and important topics Routledge Lawcards are supported by a Companion Website at http://www. routledgelaw. com/textbooks/lawcards offering: Flashcard Glossaries allowing you to test your understanding of key terms and definitions Multiple Choice Questions to test and consolidate your revision of each chapter Advice and tips to help you better plan your revision and prepare for your exams Titles in the Series: Business Law; Commercial Law; Company Law; Constitutional Law; Contract Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; English Legal System; Equity and Trusts Law; European Union Law; Evidence; Family Law; Human Rights; Intellect | European Union Lawcards 2011-2012

Tort Lawcards 2012-2013

Routledge Lawcards are your complete pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law shouldn't you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments Routledge Lawcards are packed with features: Revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting makes cases and legislation stand out Full tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come up in exams Diagrams and flowcharts clarify and condense complex and important topics '. an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic. ' - Lex Magazine Routledge Lawcards are supported by a Companion Website offering: Flashcard glossaries allowing you to test your understanding of key terms and definitions Multiple Choice Questions to test and consolidate your revision of each chapter Advice and tips to help you better plan your revision and prepare for your exams Titles in the Series: Commercial Law; Company Law; Constitutional Law; Contract Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; English Legal System; European Union | Tort Lawcards 2012-2013

Human Rights Lawcards 2012-2013

Routledge Lawcards are your complete pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law shouldn‘t you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments Routledge Lawcards are packed with features: Revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out Full tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come up in exams Diagrams and flowcharts clarify and condense complex and important topics '. an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic. ' - Lex Magazine Routledge Lawcards are supported by a Companion Website offering: Flashcard glossaries allowing you to test your understanding of key terms and definitions Multiple Choice Questions to test and consolidate your revision of each chapter Advice and tips to help you better plan your revision and prepare for your exams Titles in the Series: Commercial Law; Company Law; Constitutional Law; Contract Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; English Legal System; European Union | Human Rights Lawcards 2012-2013

Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Plumbing and Heating Unit Rates and Project Costs Fourth Edition

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate competitive and profitable. Do you work on jobs between 50 and 50 000? - Then this book is for you. Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Plumbing and Heating contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour material overheads and profit. The first book to include typical project costs for: rainwater goods installations bathrooms external waste systems central heating systems hot and cold water systems. | Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Plumbing and Heating Unit Rates and Project Costs Fourth Edition

Conditionally Toxic Proteins

Human health depends upon access to high-quality proteins for our diet and pharmaceutical use. This book deals with the nature of toxicity as it applies to proteins in food and drugs. Many proteins such as glutens and allergens are valuable food sources but toxic for sensitized individuals. Even proteins produced in the human body can become toxic through mutation or aggregation. For example Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease are characterized by plaques in the brain of insoluble protein aggregations. Paradoxically even toxins produced by the most pathogenic microorganisms such as Botox have found use in the clinic and industry. This book discusses how many proteins including interferons and cytokines can be valuable therapeutics while still associated with autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis or lupus erythematosus. Key Features: Shows why gluten proteins are different from all others and how this can account for symptoms throughout the body in those with celiac disease Illustrates that multiple allergy syndrome is not only real and related to similar allergens in extremely different plants Discusses the difficulties in using human proteins and cytokines as therapeutics Presents examples of how protein aggregates are vital to many physiological processes but also characterize renal and neurological syndromes Shows examples of protein toxins that have medical and industrial uses Related Titles Almeida P. Proteins: Concepts in Biochemistry (ISBN 978-0-8153-4502-2) Williamson M. How Proteins Work (ISBN 978-0-8153-4446-9) Lopata A. L. ed. Food Allergy: Molecular and Clinical Practice (ISBN 978-0-3677-8199-6) Wegrzyn R. D. & A. S. Rudolph eds. Alzheimer’s Disease: Targets of New Clinical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies (ISBN 978-1-4398-2708-6) | Conditionally Toxic Proteins

Drinking Water Chemistry A Laboratory Manual

Whether you are a new employee or seasoned professional you need easy access to the latest test methods updated quality control procedures and calculations at your fingertips. You need to perform analyses quickly and easily and troubleshoot problems as they arise. You need a resource that is not only informative but also practical and easy to use. Drinking Water Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual fills this need. The book gives you a thorough overview of the most basic and therefore important laboratory topics such as: Laboratory Safety - dos and don'ts based on real experience Sampling - preservation techniques online sampling and record keeping Laboratory Instruments - practical use ranges principles of operation calibration conditioning useful life and replacement common quality control issues Chemical Use - reagents standards indicators purpose and use chemical quality and properties avoidance of contamination molecular weight calculations Quality Control - replicate analyses spiked split and reference samples percent recovery of standard standard deviation control charts and everyday quality control measures Weights and Concentrations - care and analytical balances mathematical conversions among concentration units dilutions and concentration changes The remaining chapters cover test analysis including: reason for the test type of sample taken treatment plant control significance expected range of results appropriate quality control procedures apparatus used reagents including function concentration and instructions for preparation procedural steps calculations and notes on possible problems and references. This is a working manual meant to be kept by your side in the lab not on the shelf in an office or library. You can bend it you can lay it flat you can take it anywhere you do your job. | Drinking Water Chemistry A Laboratory Manual