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Basic to Advanced Computer Aided Design Using NX12: Modeling, Drafting, Assemblies & Sheetmetal
Adam Ericksen Ph. D.; Stephen M. Samuel P. E.
Design Visionaries Inc
2018
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Basic to Advanced NX12 Modeling, Drafting and Assemblies is the newly revised version of our previous CAD training textbooks. We have greatly expanded the content, detail, and exercises included in this edition.Topics include: Synchronous and Master Modeling; Fundamental and Intermediate Curves; Editing Entities; Design, Reference, Surface and Detail Features; Sheet Metal Features; True Studio Task; and Injection-Molded Parts and Castings. Using NX12 is like playing a piano. In the same way that chords are as important as individual notes, NX commands are far more powerful when used in concert with others. Our book makes an effort to show not only the details of the most important commands, but the powerful combinations that we have used to bring about excellent designs.This manual teaches you the modeling, assemblies, and drafting functionality including all the latest and greatest tools found only in NX12.
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Pertti Joenniemi; Stephen Dewar; Lyndelle D. Fairlie
Ålands fredsinstitut
2002
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Advances in Analysis
Charles Fefferman; Alexandru D. Ionescu; D.H. Phong; Stephen Wainger
Princeton University Press
2014
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Princeton University's Elias Stein was the first mathematician to see the profound interconnections that tie classical Fourier analysis to several complex variables and representation theory. His fundamental contributions include the Kunze-Stein phenomenon, the construction of new representations, the Stein interpolation theorem, the idea of a restriction theorem for the Fourier transform, and the theory of Hp Spaces in several variables. Through his great discoveries, through books that have set the highest standard for mathematical exposition, and through his influence on his many collaborators and students, Stein has changed mathematics. Drawing inspiration from Stein's contributions to harmonic analysis and related topics, this volume gathers papers from internationally renowned mathematicians, many of whom have been Stein's students. The book also includes expository papers on Stein's work and its influence. The contributors are Jean Bourgain, Luis Caffarelli, Michael Christ, Guy David, Charles Fefferman, Alexandru D. Ionescu, David Jerison, Carlos Kenig, Sergiu Klainerman, Loredana Lanzani, Sanghyuk Lee, Lionel Levine, Akos Magyar, Detlef Muller, Camil Muscalu, Alexander Nagel, D. H. Phong, Malabika Pramanik, Andrew S. Raich, Fulvio Ricci, Keith M. Rogers, Andreas Seeger, Scott Sheffield, Luis Silvestre, Christopher D. Sogge, Jacob Sturm, Terence Tao, Christoph Thiele, Stephen Wainger, and Steven Zelditch.
Boron Proxies in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Bärbel Hönisch; Stephen M. Eggins; Laura L. Haynes; Katherine A. Allen; Katherine D. Holland; Katja Lorbacher
Wiley-Blackwell
2019
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Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions do not only warm our planet but also acidify our oceans. It is currently unclear to which degree Earth’s climate and marine life will be impacted by these changes but information from Earth history, particularly the geochemical signals of past environmental changes stored in the fossil remains of marine organisms, can help us predict possible future changes. This book aims to be a primer for scientists who seek to apply boron proxies in marine carbonates to estimate past seawater carbonate chemistry and atmospheric pCO2. Boron proxies (d11B and B/Ca) were introduced nearly three decades ago, with subsequent strides being made in understanding their mechanistic functioning. This text reviews current knowledge about the aqueous systematics, the inorganic and biological controls on boron isotope fractionation and incorporation into marine carbonates, as well as the analytical techniques for measurement of boron proxies. Laboratory and field calibrations of the boron proxies are summarized, and similarities between modern calibrations are explored to suggest estimates for proxy sensitivities in marine calcifiers that are now extinct. Example applications illustrate the potential for reconstructing paleo-atmospheric pCO2 from boron isotopes. Also explored are the sensitivity of paleo-ocean acidity and pCO2 reconstructions to boron isotope proxy systematics that are currently less well understood, including the elemental and boron isotopic composition of seawater through time, seawater alkalinity, temperature and salinity, and their collective impact on the uncertainty of paleo-reconstructions. The B/Ca proxy is based on the same mechanistic principles as the boron isotope proxy, but empirical calibrations suggest seawater pH is not the only controlling factor. B/Ca therefore has the potential to provide a second carbonate parameter that could be paired with d11B to fully constrain the ocean carbonate system, but the associated uncertainties are large. This text reviews and examines what is currently known about the B/Ca proxy systematics. As more scientists embark on characterizing past ocean acidity and atmospheric pCO2, Boron in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology provides a resource to introduce geoscientists to the opportunities and complications of boron proxies, including potential avenues to further refine them.
Marital Conflict and Children's Externalizing Behavior
Mona El-Sheikh; Chrystyna D. Kouros; Stephen Erath; E. Mark Cummings; Peggy Keller; Lori Staton
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley Sons Ltd)
2009
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Study moderators examined interactions between children's parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems (PNS and SNS) activity in order to achieve a greater specificity in the prediction of externalizing problems in the context of interparental conflict. Findings are robust across the three studies and provide the first reported evidence of interactions between PNS and SNS activity. Findings extend current theory indicating the importance of multisystem investigations for clarifying inconsistencies and discrepancies in the literature linking environmental stress, physiological responses, and child adjustment.
Innovation in Public Finance: sustaining infrastructures and services through PPPs
Barbara Monda Mba; Stephen J. Bailey; Laura D'Alessandro
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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This report illustrates the findings of a 3-year research project covering the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP/PFI) topic. Solutions are provided for the financing of welfare services and infrastructures and addressing the allocation of risks. In particular, two research areas are covered in detail: 1.Value for Money in the Healthcare infrastructure PPP projects 2.Risk allocation in the Energy from Waste infrastructure PPP projects.
Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Therapy
Hanna Levenson; Stephen F. Butler; Theodore A. Powers; Bernard D. Beitman
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2002
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In today's world of managed care—characterized by limited mental health resources, emphasis on accountability, concerns of third-party payers, and consumer need—the demand for mental health professionals to use briefer therapeutic approaches is on the rise. Fully 84% of all clinicians are doing some form of planned brief therapy (6-20 sessions per year per patient). Yet despite clinical advances and outcome data that demonstrate the effectiveness of short-term therapy, many therapists—in fact, 90% of those whose theoretical orientation is psychodynamic rather than cognitive-behavioral—are reluctant to learn briefer interventions, seeing value only in long-term, depth-oriented work. The second edition of this Concise Guide is intended to help educate both beginning and experienced clinicians in the strategies and techniques of time-attentive models and to foster more positive and optimistic attitudes toward using these important therapies. • The seven therapeutic models presented here—including an entirely new chapter on time-limited group therapy—highlight the importance of the interpersonal perspective. • The seven models, one per chapter, represent well-established short-term approaches to clinical issues that therapists commonly encounter in their clinical practices. These models also have clearly defined intervention techniques and formulation strategies and can be used within the 10- to 20-session time frame of most managed care settings. • The first part of each chapter dealing with a therapeutic model lists the various presenting problems the authors deem most suitable for treatment by that particular approach. The authors discuss the overall framework of each model, selection criteria, goals, therapeutic tasks and strategies, empirical support, and relevance for managed care, with clinical cases to illustrate the application of each model. The authors include updated chapters on supportive, time-limited, and interpersonal therapies; time-limited dynamic psychotherapy; short-term dynamic therapy for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder; brief dynamic therapy for patients with substance abuse disorders; an entirely new chapter on time-limited group therapy; and a final chapter on the reciprocal relationship between pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Meant to complement the more detailed information found in lengthier psychiatric texts, this Concise Guide (it is designed to fit into a jacket or lab coat pocket) is a practical and convenient reference for psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and medical students working in a variety of treatment settings, such as inpatient psychiatry units, outpatient clinics, consultation-liaison services, and private offices.
NMS Surgery Casebook
Bruce Jarrell; Stephen M. Kavic; Eric D. Strauch
Wolters Kluwer Health
2021
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Ideal as a stand-alone review or as a perfect companion to NMS Surgery, Seventh Edition, this leading casebook for the surgical rotation presents a series of surgical cases that begin with a clinical scenario and progress step by step through the decision-making process of patient management. Concise and portable, NSM Surgery Casebook, Third Edition fits in a lab coat pocket—ideal for review on the wards. ?Retaining the structured subject review, practice questions for the USMLE Step 2 exam, and focus on helping students work through clinical cases with a unique “what next” approach to decision making, this third edition offers a new full-color design, new study aids, and key updates throughout. A unique, case-based surgical review, with case variations, teaches effective surgical approach and allows students to practice real-world clinical decision making and prepare for exams. New and updated cases reflect modern surgical practice. Revised Cutting to the Chase feature at the beginning of each chapter presents a high-yield overview of important concepts. New Critical Surgical Associations from NMS Surgery cover associations and important sequences in a highly visual way. All-new radiographic images are easier to read and interpret. Easy-to-spot Digging Deep boxes provide high-yield information in an easily accessible way. An extensive illustration program provides opportunities to make patient management decisions based on visual cues.
Now in a portable pocket-sized format packed with high-yield information, updates, and revisions that reflect the current practice of surgery, NMS Surgery, Seventh Edition, is an ideal guide for effective study and review. The new edition retains the elements that have made it a dependable, go-to resource for a generation of medical students and a quick review resource for practitioners preparing for recertification. ?Featuring new study aids, full-color illustrations, concise, high-yield coverage, and USMLE-format questions, the new edition helps students successfully complete their clerkship and prepare for the shelf/end-of-rotation exam. Compact and portable—easily fits into a lab coat for quick, high-yield review. A standardized at-a-glance outline format makes it easy to navigate from chapter to chapter when reviewing for the rotation shelf exam. More carefully integrated features, including Chapter Cuts (approach to disease), Quick Cuts (pearls), and Critical Surgical Associations, facilitate different levels of topic review. New Trusted Sources boxes highlight the best, most trusted resources for surgical guidelines to further clinical knowledge. A new Cut to Casebook feature provides handy cross-referencing to cases in the NMS Surgery Casebook, 3rd Edition.
NMS Cirugía es una guía práctica repleta de información de alto rendimiento, actualizaciones y revisiones que reflejan la práctica contemporánea de la cirugía. Es una herramienta ideal para estudiar y revisar las principales afecciones quirúrgicas de una forma eficaz y productiva. Esta 7.ª edición conserva los elementos que la han convertido en un recurso confiable para estudiantes de medicina y residentes de cirugía, y en un recurso de revisión rápida para los profesionales que se preparan para certificación o recertificación de la especialidad. Con nuevas ayudas de estudio, ilustraciones a todo color, una cobertura concisa y de alto rendimiento y preguntas en formato USMLE, esta obra ayuda a los estudiantes a completar con éxito sus prácticas y a prepararse para sus exámenes.El contenido de la obra se divide en siete secciones que abarcan desde los fundamentos y los trastornos torácicos, vasculares, gastrointestinales, mamarios y endocrinos, hasta temas especiales y subespecialidades quirúrgicas que, en cada uno de sus capítulos, inician con la consideración de los aspectos más destacados (puntos clave) y se siguen de recuadros de asociaciones de cirugía crítica, que proporcionan un rápido recordatorio para que los estudiantes de medicina tengan en mente las conexiones importantes que deben hacerse en el proceso de pensamiento quirúrgico.
NMS Cirugía. Casos clínicos
Bruce Jarrell; Stephen M. Kavic; Eric D. Strauch
Ovid Technologies
2022
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NMS. Cirugía. Casos clínicos 3.ª es ideal como obra de consulta independiente o como complemento de la 7.ª edición de NMS Cirugía. Este libro de casos clínicos, excelente para las rotaciones quirúrgicas, presenta series de casos clínicos quirúrgicos y fundamentos teóricos. Los casos están organizados por sistemas y abordan las presentaciones comunes de los problemas clínicos. Cada caso comienza con un escenario clínico y se desarrolla paso a paso a través del proceso de análisis y toma de decisiones para el manejo del paciente.La obra se presenta con el enfoque perfecto para ayudar a los estudiantes a analizar y resolver casos clínicos seriados con un abordaje único para la toma de decisiones. Esta 3.ª edición ofrece un diseño a todo color, ayudas de estudio y actualizaciones clave en todo el libro.
Tips & Tricks in Procedural Dermatology
Robert T Brodell; Jeremy D. Jackson; Stephen E Helms; Michael Cosulich
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
2019
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This book is a comprehensive guide to common dermatological procedures in the outpatient clinic. Presented in a ‘tips and tricks’ format, the book is divided into six sections, with the first chapters providing discussion on diagnostic procedures. The remaining chapters cover different treatment techniques including chemical destruction of skin lesions, cryotherapy, light-based procedures, and photodynamic therapy. A section on complex surgical techniques explains highly technical procedures such as hair transplant, Mohs surgery, and liposuction. Authored by a recognised, Mississippi-based team of experts, the book is enhanced by more than 100 clinical images. Key Points Comprehensive guide to common dermatological procedures in the outpatient clinicCovers diagnosis and treatment techniques including complex surgical proceduresPresented in ‘tips and tricks’ formatRecognised, Mississippi-based author team
All Hallows' Eve
Christopher Golden; Stephen Graham Jones; Ch?k?d?l? Emelumadu; Lee Murray; John Langan; Nathan Ballingrud; Garth Nix; Brian Evenson; Josh Malerman; Rich Larson
TITAN BOOKS LTD
2026
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Hugo Award winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of the masters of horror, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year. Featuring stories by Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, Garth Nix and many more. Halloween, Samhain, Día de los Muertos—festivals across the world where we can commune with those we have lost, when spirits can cross over, and when the boundary between the living and the dead is far, far too thin. A young boy encounters a woman with an ancient and terrifying link to the holiday, a group of college students attend a Halloween party to die for, and a troubled girl exploits a local urban legend to try and turn her life around. From America to New Zealand via the rural Romanian wilderness, this anthology explores our worldwide obsession with the spookiest season of the year, when the veil is lifted and the spirits come alive. Featuring 19 original stories from bestselling and award-winning masters of the genre, and from Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson award-winning editor and horror legend Ellen Datlow, this anthology invites you to carve a pumpkin, light the lanterns and welcome in trick or treaters from across the world. With stories by: Josh Malerman Lee Murray Rich Larson Clay McLeod Chapman Livia Llewellyn Michael Marshall Smith Stephen Graham Jones Linda D. Addison Christopher Golden Alma Katsu Brian Evenson Siobhan Carroll Ch?k?d?l? Emel?mad? Theresa DeLucci Garth Nix Jeffrey Ford Richard Kadrey Nathan Ballingrud John Langan
Improving Maternal and Child Health Care
Harold Alan Pincus; Stephen B. Thomas; Donna J. Keyser; Nicholas Castle; Jacob W. Dembosky; Ray Firth; Michael D. Greenberg; Nancy J. Pollock; Evelyn Reis; Veronica Sansing; Sarah Scholle
RAND
2005
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Recommendations for improving the maternal and child health care system in the Pittsburgh region. An overview of a family-centered, community-based approach to improving the maternal and child health care system in the Pittsburgh region. Based on a review of best practices in maternal and child health care and an assessment of strengths, weaknesses, and barriers to improvement in the current system, targets for local policy reform are identified and a vision, strategy, and action plan for achieving systemwide improvements in maternal and child health care processes and outcomes are outlined.
The Mexican Urban Household
Henry A. Selby; Arthur D. Murphy; Stephen A. Lorenzen
University of Texas Press
1990
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The sufferings of “ordinary” people under harsh economic conditions can eventually lead to the fall of governments. Given this fact, it becomes important to know how “ordinary” people live-what privations they suffer and what strategies they use to survive in times of economic crisis. The Mexican Urban Household provides this information for Mexico near the end of the twentieth century. Mexico is now a predominantly urban nation, and this study is the definitive work on the strategies of self-defense of its urban households. It is based on surveys of nearly 10,000 households, conducted during twenty years of field work in five very different cities, with the help of a staff of more than twenty Mexican social scientists, engineers, architects, and social workers. Far from being a compilation of undigested statistics, however, The Mexican Urban Household uses its rich data to vividly reveal how Mexican families use their every resource to defend themselves against a political and economic system that overwhelms and exploits them. It describes how families band together, sometimes with three generations in one small house, to minimize expenses and pool resources. It explores the limited range of available jobs, from secure but scarce bureaucratic positions to more common and less reliable jobs in blue-collar industries and the informal economy. And, most important, it traces the high cost to families, particularly to women, of the endless struggle to make ends meet. These important findings outline the dimensions of the economic crisis for ordinary Mexicans. It will be crucial reading not only for everyone interested in the future of Mexico but also for students of development throughout the Third World.
Good Medical Practice
Kerry J. Breen; Stephen M. Cordner; Colin J. H. Thomson; Vernon D. Plueckhahn
Cambridge University Press
2010
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Good Medical Practice: Professionalism, Ethics and Law brings together information that is central to the professional, ethical and legal requirements of being a doctor. It covers a core curriculum for medical students, doctors in training and international medical graduates preparing for the Australian Medical Council examinations. A useful guide for busy doctors, giving sound advice for issues that arise in practice, ensuring that all approaches meet professional standards. Effective and compassionate practice depends equally upon good communication skills, an empathetic attitude, truthfulness, self-reflection and an awareness of the responsibilities arising under relevant laws. Good Medical Practice encapsulates these attributes and includes practice management, inter-professional relationships, sexual misconduct, complaints processes, the Australian health care system and doctors' health within its broad and comprehensive purview. Written by specialist practitioners with vast teaching experience, this is a unique, timely and accessible text that reinforces a contemporary focus on professionalism in medical practice.
Tiger Beetles of the Southeastern United States
Robert Gifford Beaton; R. Stephen Krotzer; Brian D. Holt
The University of Alabama Press
2021
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Combines current data and taxonomic classifications for tiger beetles in the Southeast with stunning close-up photographs, flight season charts, and distribution maps.Tiger beetles are brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats near bodies of water with sandy or clay soils and can be found along rivers, on sea and lake shores, on sand dunes, around dry lakebeds, on clay banks, or on woodland paths. Conservatively estimated, the group comprises more than 2,600 species worldwide.Tiger Beetles of the Southeastern United States identifies and describes 52 taxa (42 species and 10 additional subspecies) of tiger beetles that occur in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Stunning close-up photographs accompany current taxonomic and biological information in a volume designed for a growing audience of enthusiastic amateurs and professionals alike.The authors provide an in-depth description of the anatomy, life cycle, and behavior of tiger beetles; an overview of the various southeastern habitats in which they occur; instructions for finding, identifying, and photographing them in the wild; and the conservation status of various species. The individual species accounts include stunning, detailed images, flight season charts, county-level regional distribution maps, and discussion of identifying features, habitat, similar species, and subspecies when applicable. The appendix includes two species previously found in Florida but no longer known to exist there.The result is the most complete field guide to date on tiger beetles in the region. With more than 230 images of beetles and their habitats, as well as life history and distribution data, this book is essential for tiger beetle enthusiasts, naturalists of all kinds, photographers, biologists, and teachers throughout the region.
Elements of Clinical Research in Psychiatry
James E. Mitchell; Ross D. Crosby; Stephen A. Wonderlich; David E. Adson
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2000
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Clinical research is often thought of as a dry and somewhat arcane pursuit. Not so, assert the editors of Elements of Clinical Research in Psychiatry. The editors, all actively engaged in clinical research, bring this topic to life by combining a boundless enthusiasm for their chosen field with a depth of knowledge rarely seen in the literature. They show that clinical research can be rewarding not only because the research results contribute to improving the welfare of psychiatric patients, but also because the research process itself is exciting. Arguably the definitive guidebook on clinical psychiatric research, this volume discusses • Careers in clinical mental health research—Describes what clinical psychiatric researchers do and how to get started on this career path. • Research design, measurement, and assessment—Covers all aspects of research design, defines and evaluates measurement types, and details various assessment methods (from interviews and questionnaires to lab tests and brain images). • Descriptive and inferential statistics—Shows how statistics are used to analyze and summarize measurement data. • Research support—Provides a roadmap for those seeking research support in the U.S. (more than 90% is funded via NIH), detailing how to write grants from the ground up. • Use of human subjects (the Institutional Review Board [IRB]) and ethics and misconduct—Demystifies the often intimidating process of seeking and receiving IRB approval, with tips on how to work with the IRB and complete its consent forms; uses a series of practical scenarios, including a highly publicized case of alleged misconduct, to illustrate complex ethics and misconduct issues. • Writing journal articles, reviewing manuscripts, and giving scientific presentations—Presents the nuts and bolts of publishing journal articles; gives step-by-step advice for reviewing manuscripts and giving oral presentations, symposia, poster sessions, and colloquia. Carefully chosen appendixes provide readers with additional information they can use right away, augmented by an index and detailed reference list for further investigation. Anyone considering clinical psychiatric research as a career option will find in this succinct and eminently practical volume the single source they need. Practicing psychiatrists interested in specific areas of clinical research, such as human subject use or biomedical ethics, will also find much of interest here. Replete with useful information, these stimulating discussions provide the building blocks for embarking upon—and enhancing—a successful career in clinical psychiatric research.
Traversing the Valley of Death: A practical guide for corporate innovation leaders
Paul C. Mugge; Stephen K. Markham Ph. D.
Stephen K Markham
2014
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