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Connected for Health: Using Electronic Health Records to Transform Care Delivery
Author Donald M. Berwick MD MPP , Louise L. Liang
Kaiser Permanente has implemented the largest nongovernmental electronic health record in the world, serving more than 8.6 million Kaiser Permanente members. Called KP HealthConnect, its impact on patient care outcomes, efficiency, safety, and patient engagement and....
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Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform The Way You Lead
Author Charlene Li
An essential guide for leaders who want to use social media to be "open" while maintaining control"Be Open, Be Transparent, Be Authentic" are the current leadership mantras-but companies often push back. Business is premised on the concept of control and yet the new....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Author Richard E. Mayer , Marie K. Norman , Marsha C. Lovett , Michele DiPietro , Michael W
Praise for How Learning Works"How Learning Works is the perfect title for this excellent book. Drawing upon new research in psychology, education, and cognitive science, the authors have demystified a complex topic into clear explanations of seven powerful learning....
Release Date 2010/05 -
InterACT with Web Standards: A holistic approach to web design
Author Denise Jacobs , Glenda Sims , Christopher Schmitt , Chris Mills , Leslie Jensen-Inma
Laying the foundation for a solid understanding of Web design, this book weaves together industry best practices and standards-based design techniques. It is built on practical examples and short exercises crafted to help readers learn quickly and retain information....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Lean Integration: An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility
Author David Lyle , John G. Schmidt
“Lean Integration is an excellent resource for anyone struggling with the challenges of performing integration for a complex enterprise.” –Steve J. Dennis, Integration Competency Center Director, Nike Use Lean Techniques to Integrate Enterprise Systems Faster, wi....
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Adobe Flex 4: Training from the Source, Volume 1
Author Matthew Boles , Jeff Tapper , Michael Labriola
Adobe Flex: Training from the Source is the best-selling and most trusted resource for learning about Adobe Flex. Written by a team of authors with practical experience as consultants, mentors and developers of courseware, this book/CD uses project-based tutorials, ....
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Eclipse Rich Client Platform, Second Edition
Author Chris Aniszczyk , Jean-Michel Lemieux , Jeff McAffer
The Definitive Guide to Eclipse Rich Client DevelopmentIn Eclipse Rich Client Platform, Second Edition, three Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) project leaders show how to use Eclipse 3.5 (“Galileo”) to rapidly deliver cross-platform applications with rich, native-....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Author Jeffrey Nichols , Tessa Lau , Mira Dontcheva , Allen Cypher
No Code Required presents the various design, system architectures, research methodologies, and evaluation strategies that are used by end users programming on the Web. It also presents the tools that will allow users to participate in the creation of their own Web.....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Firebug 1.5: Editing, Debugging, and Monitoring Web Pages
Author Deepak Mittal , Chandan Luthra
Arm yourself to destroy UI and JavaScript bugsExpand your toolkit by learning to use Firebug to help you monitor, debug, develop and edit web pages on the flyCreate your own Firebug extensions and learn about popular third-party extensionsCovers JavaScript, AJAX, an....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Introduction to Stochastic Models
Author Gheorghe Oprisan , Nikolaos Limnios , Marius Iosifescu
This book provides a pedagogical examination of the way in which stochastic models are encountered in applied sciences and techniques such as physics, engineering, biology and genetics, economics and social sciences. It covers Markov and semi-Markov models, as well ....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Author Matt Lombard
The only guide you need to learn the leading 3D solid modeler program, SolidWorks.This in-depth guide goes into extensive detail, not just on "how" the software works, but in many cases "why" it works the way it does.SolidWorks is a powerful 3D solid modeling system....
Release Date 2010/04 -
SilverlightTM 4 Problem — Design — Solution
Author Nick Lecrenski
A hands-on guide to Microsoft's latest rich application development technology: Silverlight 4Silverlight 4 is the newest version of the rich Internet application toolkit that provides support for .NET capabilities over the Internet. With this latest release of Silv....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Antenna Arrays: A Computational Approach
Author Randy L. Haupt
A comprehensive tutorial on the design and practical applications of antenna arraysAn antenna array is an assembly of antenna elements that maximizes a received or transmitted signal in a desired direction. This practical book covers a wide range of antenna array to....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Author Christina Baldwin , Ann Linnea
Collaboration and group cohesion are vital to any healthy enterprise. In collaborative environments, good ideas can come from everywhere. Today's thoughtful leaders support interpersonal experiences that ensure clear speaking, open-minded listening, and well-g....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Jeannie Lee
With this 32-page, step-by-step instruction book, aspiring artists will discover the secrets to creating cutting-edge manga art. From an exploration of shading and coloring techniques to tips on figure drawing and character development, readers will learn everything....
Release Date 2010/03 -
The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide 4.2
Author Susan J. Slaughter , Lora D. Delwiche
Helps you quickly become productive in the SAS Enterprise Guide point-and-click environment. A series of carefully designed tutorials help you master the basics of the tasks you'll want to do most frequently. This edition has been completely rewritten and updated w....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Adam Lake
Welcome to the eighth volume of the must-have reference series for game developers, "Game Programming Gems," the series that helped define the standards for game programming and continues to be an essential source for new, innovative techniques. "Game Programming Ge....
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Developing Large Web Applications
Author Kyle Loudon
How do you create a mission-critical site that provides exceptional performance while remaining flexible, adaptable, and reliable 24/7? Written by the manager of a UI group at Yahoo!, Developing Large Web Applications offers practical steps for building rock-solid a....
Release Date 2010/03 -
DBA Survivor: Become a Rock Star DBA
Author Thomas LaRock
DBA Survivor is a book to help new DBAs understand more about the world of database administration. This book injects some humor into helping you understand how to hit the ground running, and most importantly how to survive as a DBA.
Release Date 2010/03 -
The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD
Author Dru Lavigne
This book is the ultimate reference for both beginners and power users to PC-BSD—the free, easy-to-use operating system based on FreeBSD. Existing power users will learn how to look under the hood and contribute to the global PC-BSD community. PC-BSD is turning into....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Mark L. Murphy
The Android development platform, created by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, is a platform in its truest sense, encompassing hundreds of classes beyond the traditional Java classes and open source components that ship with the SDK.With Beginning Android 2, you....
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The Definitive Guide to Jython: Python for the Java™ Platform
Author Frank Wierzbicki , Leo Soto , Victor Ng , Jim Baker , Josh Juneau
The Definitive Guide to Jython is organized for beginners as well as advanced users of the language. The book provides a general overview of the Jython language itself, but it also includes intermediate and advanced topics regarding database, web, and GUI applicatio....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Jean-René Ruault , Dominique Luzeaux
In recent years, the systems designed to support activity in the fields of banking, health, transportation, space, aeronautics, defense, etc. have become increasingly larger and more complex. With the growing maturity of information and communication technologies, s....
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Embedded Control
Author Rogelio Lozano
This book presents the basic tools required to obtain the dynamical models for aerial vehicles (in the Newtonian or Lagrangian approach). Several control laws are presented for mini-helicopters, quadrotors, mini-blimps, flapping-wing aerial vehicles, planes, etc. Fi....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Michael Lively
Professional Papervision3D describes how Papervision3D works and how real world applications are built, with a clear look at essential topics such as building websites and games, creating virtual tours, and Adobe's Flash 10. Readers learn important techniques throu....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Patterns for Parallel Software Design
Author Jorge Luis Ortega-Arjona
Essential reading to understand patterns for parallel programmingSoftware patterns have revolutionized the way we think about how software is designed, built, and documented, and the design of parallel software requires you to consider other particular design aspect....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Leading Across Boundaries: Creating Collaborative Agencies in a Networked World
Author Russell M. Linden
Praise for Leading Across Boundaries"Leading Across Boundaries is a terrific resource for nonprofit leaders. It is filled with great stories of collaboration, and also with the how-to's to make them work!"–Arlene Kaukus, former president, United Way of Buffalo and ....
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Mastering Organizational Knowledge Flow
Author Frank Leistner
Get your organization's expertise out of its silos and make it flow-with lessons from over a decade of experience Looking at knowledge management in a holistic way, Mastering Organizational Knowledge Flow: How to Make Knowledge Sharing Work puts the proper ....
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The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results
Author Terry L. Paulson
Sharpen your skills and shape attitudes to achieve high levels of success personally and professionallyThe Optimism Advantage offers tangible, proven techniques for turning life's obstacles into opportunities with confidence and competence. Today's economy offers ....
Release Date 2010/03