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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive and fun guide to Backgammon! Backgammon is one of the oldest games in the world, the origins of which date back some 5000 years - and it's still going strong. It enjoyed a huge resurgence in the 1970s, and then again in the 1990s with the popularity of the Internet, where millions of people play tournaments online every day. Today, backgammon's following in the UK is huge, with a dedicated British Isles Backgammon Association, and hundreds of face-to-face tournaments taking place across the UK every year. In this book, backgammon expert Chris Bray walks you through the basics of setting up a board, opening strategies, middle and end-game tactics, and tips on when to make key moves. You'll also get to grips with basic probabilities, the doubling cube and the 25% rule. And if you want to take your gaming further, there's plenty of advice to get you started in tournament backgammon, as well as playing online. Suitable for both beginners and experienced player looking for more tips and techniques, Backgammon For Dummies includes coverage on: Starting and Playing the Game Handling the Middle Game Bearing Off (The Last Lap) Varying the Play About the author.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The civilisation of the Ancient Greeks has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science and arts of Western culture. As well as instigating itself as the birthplace of the Olympics, Ancient Greece is famous for its literature, philosophy, mythology and the beautiful architecture- to which thousands of tourists flock every year. This entertaining guide introduces readers to the amazing world of the Ancient Greeks. It offers a complete rundown of Greek history alongside fascinating insights into daily life in Ancient Greece and a captivating overview of Greek mythology. Readers will discover how this ancient culture came to be the cornerstone of Western civilisation and the enormous influence it has had on our language, politics, education, philosophy, science, arts and sport. The history of Ancient Greece remains a wide topic of interest, particularly renowned for its influential and diverse culture This basic guide will allow greater access to this vibrant area of study, and provide a distinct and light-hearted approach to this vast area history Covers dozens of topics, including; the early civilisations, war & fighting, home & family, day-to-day life and much, much more! About the author Steve Batchelor is a lecturer in Classics at Richmond College and has been teaching ancient history for 10 years. He has written reviews for various publications, including History Today, and he has also been involved in running guided historical tours of Greece.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the UK, 7 out of 10 people over the age of 45 have high cholesterol levels (Bupa 2007). Although there are no clear symptoms, high cholesterol levels have been associated with heart disease and stroke - two of Britain's biggest killers. There are several factors that can cause high cholesterol; an unhealthy diet, being overweight and a lack of exercise are three of the main contenders. As a result, some of the best ways to control and reduce cholesterol levels are losing weight, eating a heart-healthy diet and taking regular exercise.Although eating healthily may sound simple, it's often difficult to know which foods to avoid when trying to lower cholesterol.Fully adapted for the UK market, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook For Dummies reveals which food you should eat and helps readers make small changes to their diet to achieve big results.Low-Cholesterol Cookbook For Dummies includes:\* The latest dietary and medical information on cholesterol and how to control it\* Over 90 delicious recipes as well as low fat cooking techniques and ways to lower cholesterol on a daily basis\* Sensible advice on finding the right foods when shopping, planning menus, and adapting recipes to suit family and friends.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Powerful, proven methods to speed up your swimming, blast off on your bike, and run with the bestShaping up for a triathlon is serious business. This authoritative guide is packed with insider tips and hands-on advice for pumping yourself into the best possible shape by race day. It helps you find the motivation you need to tackle a sport that you've never done before, stick to your program, and eat better to maximize your energy.\* Evaluate your current fitness level - cardiovascular, muscle strength and endurance, and flexibility\* Take it one sport at a time - maximize fitness and form for swimming, biking, and running\* Put it all together - focus your training, add dual workouts, become a quick-change artist, and save time during transitions\* Live like an athlete - prepare for training sessions, maintain energy, recover quickly, and avoid injuries\* Plan for race day - taper your training, organize your gear, and stay focused and confidentOpen the book and find:\* Advice on choosing an event to train for\* What to look for when choosing swimming, biking, and running gear\* Tips on staying safe and healthy while training and competing\* Training schedules for every triathlon event\* Strategies for handling your transitions\* Treatments for common injuries\* A checklist of items to bring on race day\* Resources for finding triathlons.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that 'Westphalian' picture of political space assumed by default, the scope of justice was rarely subject to explicit dispute. Today, the scope of justice is hotly contested, as human-rights activists and international feminists join critics of structural adjustment and the WTO in targeting injustices that cut across borders. Seeking to re-map the bounds of justice on a broader scale, these movements are challenging the view that justice can only be a domestic relation among fellow citizens. As their claims collide with those of nationalists and Westphalian democrats, we witness new forms of 'meta-political' contestation in which the scale of justice is an object of explicit dispute. Under these conditions, there is no avoiding an issue that had once seemed to go without saying: What is the proper frame for theorizing justice Faced with a plurality of competing scales, how do we know which scale of justice is truly just Scales of Justice tackles this issue. Interrogating struggles over globalization, Nancy Fraser reconstructs the theory of justice for a post-Westphalian world. Revising her widely discussed theory of redistribution and recognition, she introduces representation as a third, 'political,' dimension of justice, which permits us to re-conceive scale and scope as questions of justice. Seeking to re-imagine political space for a globalizing world, she revisits the concepts of democracy, solidarity, and the public sphere; the projects of critical theory, the World Social Forum, and second-wave feminism; and the thought of Habermas, Rawls, Foucault, and Arendt. …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The must-have guide to achieving great wealth Making Millions For Dummies lays out in simple, easy-to-understand steps the best ways to achieve wealth. Through a proven methodology of saving, building a successful business, smart investing, and carefully managing assets, this up-front, reliable guide shows readers how to achieve millionaire or multimillionaire status. It provides the lowdown on making wise financial decisions, with guidance on managing investments and inheritances, minimizing taxes, making money grow, and, most important, how to avoid common and costly financial mistakes. Millionaire wannabes will see how to maintain financial security throughout their life with this easy-to-follow road map to financial independence. For individuals who yearn to make millions but don't want to be restricted to owning or running a business, the book features other options, such as inventing and patenting the next big thing, consulting, selling high-value collectibles, and flipping or owning real estate.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A powerful instructional method for 'hooking' students on academic learning Drawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons and captivating students, even the most resistant learners. Filled with intriguing classroom examples, Pogrow shows how any teacher can make use of dramatic techniques, such as surprise, humor, fantasy, role plays, games, and simulations to create standards-based content lessons that are riveting, effective, and meaningful. The author explains how to design such lessons into any content area. Stanley Pogrow (San Francisco, CA), a noted authority on teaching practices for disadvantaged students, is professor of educational leadership at San Francisco State University, where he coordinates the Educational Leadership for Equity Program.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Plan For Your Organization's Success Linkage's Best Practices for Succession Planning provides the ultimate guide for planning, developing, implementing, and sustaining succession planning in any organization. This must-have book provides step-by-step instructions, practical advice, templates, and tools from some of the world's best companies and Linkage, a global organization development company that specializes in leadership development. Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices for Succession Planning is the comprehensive resource that includes information needed to - Ensure that succession management is owned by business leaders rather than just HR - Assess potential for future roles, not just track record of performance - Manage succession data on individuals and talent pools - Balance talent development and acquisition in achieving future objectives - Develop the processes, tools, and organizational capabilities necessary to effectively implement and sustain the system - Integrate succession planning systems with other businesses and HR systems in the organization to achieve efficiency, consistency, and impact.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical and hands-on guide for learning the practical science of AP chemistry and preparing for the AP chem exam Gearing up for the AP Chemistry exam ¿AP Chemistry For Dummies¿is packed with all the resources and help you need to do your very best. Focused on the chemistry concepts and problems the College Board wants you to know, this AP Chemistry study guide gives you winning test-taking tips, multiple-choice strategies, and topic guidelines, as well as great advice on optimizing your study time and hitting the top of your game on test day. This user-friendly guide helps you prepare without perspiration by developing a pre-test plan, organizing your study time, and getting the most out or your AP course. You'll get help understanding atomic structure and bonding, grasping atomic geometry, understanding how colliding particles produce states, and so much more. To provide students with hands-on experience, AP chemistry courses include extensive labwork as part of the standard curriculum. This is why the book dedicates a chapter to providing a brief review of common laboratory equipment and techniques and another to a complete survey of recommended AP chemistry experiments. Two full-length practice exams help you build your confidence, get comfortable with test formats, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and focus your studies. You'll discover how to - Create and follow a pretest plan - Understand everything yoümust¿know about the exam - Develop a multiple-choice strategy - Figure out displacement, combustion, and acid-base reactions - Get familiar with stoichiometry - Describe patterns and predict properties - Get a handle on organic chemistry nomenclature - Know your way around laboratory concepts, tasks, equipment, and safety - Analyze laboratory data - Use practice exams to maximize your score Additionally, you'll have a chance to brush up on the math skills that will help you on the exam, learn the critical types of chemistry problems, and become familiar with the annoying exceptions to chemistry rules. Get your own copy of AP Chemistry For Dummies¿to build your confidence and test-taking know-how, so you can ace that exam.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An unauthorized look at the philosophical issues raised by one of today's most popular television shows: HouseHouse is one of the top three television dramas on the air, pulling in more than 19 million viewers for each episode. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series takes a deeper look at the characters and issues raised in this Emmy Award-winning medical drama, offering entertaining answers to the fascinating ethical questions viewers have about Dr. Gregory House and his medical team.Henry Jacoby (Goldsboro, NC) teaches philosophy at East Carolina University. He has published articles primarily on the philosophy of mind and was a contributor to South Park and Philosophy(978-1-4051-6160-2).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A recommended, proven way to broaden portfolios and profits Recommended by finance experts and used extensively by institutional investors, index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provide unmanaged, diversified exposure to a variety of asset classes. Index Investing For Dummies shows active investors how to add index investments to their portfolios and make the most of their money, while protecting their assets. It features plain-English information on the different types of index funds and their advantage over other funds, getting started in index investing, using index funds for asset allocation, understanding returns and risk, diversifying among fund holdings, and applying winning strategies for maximum profit.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Packaging Terrorism is the account of a very simple idea. The idea is this: that it's not the acts of terrorism that most matter in the post 9/11 world, it's what we are told to think about the acts of terrorism. Politicians tell us what to think. The media tell us what to think. Even terrorists tell us what to think. They all want to attract our attention. They all have reasons for wanting us to think in a certain way. They all want to tell us why an act of terrorism matters. They all have agendas. They all are packaging terrorism for our consumption. We are the audience for all those disparate actors.'Terrorism has become an every-day global event--in Iraq, in Israel, in India, in Indonesia, and in the United States. Packaging Terrorism investigates how western media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11, 2001. Comparing US coverage with that of British and of Arab media, Packaging Terrorism not only explores media coverage of terrorism around the world, but also explains the priorities, assumptions, political debates, deadline pressures and bottom-line considerations that will continue to influence this coverage in the future.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Listening to the Future'Turbulent times present businesses with the opportunity to rethink their value, their processes, and how they differentiate themselves in the market. Businesses need context to do this successfully. Rasmus and Salkowitz create a context for the challenges and opportunities ahead, and a lens for examination that can help businesses redefine themselves even in uncertain times. Listening to the Future provides practical advice on how to apply technology, not to solve specific problems, but to facilitate agility. Further, the authors don't just write about their thinking, they reveal the framework behind the findings, providing strong insight on the value of scenario planning in anticipating and navigating change.'-Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft(r) Business Division'As Arie de Geus suggested in his award-winning The Living Company, 'the only sustainable competitive advantage in times like these is the ability to learn faster than your competition.' Listening to the Future is an indispensable guide to that learning, a manual for managers faced-as all of us are-with the uncertain challenges of the future.'-Lawrence Wilkinson, Chairman, Heminge & Condell (H&C); cofounder, Global Business Network (GBN)'As we stand on the brink of a dramatic transformation in global culture and global business, we need good ways to think through the implications for ourselves and the world around us. Listening to the Future offers a panoramic view of the terrain, balancing vision with practical observations and useful strategies for organizational leaders. Rasmus and Salkowitz present a number of thought-provoking ideas that range from blended workforces to the rising complexity of business brought about by new relationships, new sources of data, and the failure of industrial age measurement.'-Ray Kurzweil, founder, Kurzweil Technologies'Dan Rasmus and Rob Salkowitz lay out how Microsoft(r), the most powerful software company in the world, creates its internal crystal ball and takes advantage of accurately anticipating the future. Dan is one of those that constantly lives in the coming future and with Rob's help lays out a methodology that can help all of us do a better job of preparing for and taking advantage of the opportunities our future will bring.'-Rob Enderle, Emerging Technology Analyst'We get into scenario work as a vehicle for thinking more effectively about uncertain futures (and our decisions today); but we lack enough good role models of organizations that have adapted scenarios into their perspectives. Here's an example that can be followed in depth; the scenario leader at Microsoft(r) shows in depth how the practice illuminated the shift of mind among their customers and employees going forward, and how they must rethink their product line accordingly.'-Art Kleiner, Editor in Chief, strategy+business; author, The Age of Heretics.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The ultimate resource for Canadian residential landlords. Anyone can become a landlord, but not everyone will be a profitable landlord. Distilling over 35 years of his first-hand experience, Doug Gray, one of Canada's most respected real estate authors and experts, guides readers on how to become a successful landlord. Following the effective and proven formula of his previous bestsellers, The Canadian Landlord Guide fills the void of information on Canadian landlording. Some of the covered topics include: - Principles and formulas for profitable landlording - Understanding how the real estate market works - The pitfalls of real estate investing and how to avoid them - Types of rental formats - Where to get information on prospective properties - How to finance real estate investments - The legal aspects of buying and renting property - Tenant selection - Property maintenance Filled with easy-to-understand and credible advice, The Canadian Landlord Guide is a must-have resource for all Canadian landlords. Seasoned professionals and aspiring beginners alike will find Doug Gray's landlording guide to be one of their key tools in their quest for real estate success. Doug Gray, B.A., LL.B. (Vancouver, BC) has been buying, renovating, and renting real estate for 35 years. In addition to being a successful real estate entrepreneur, Doug has written over 28 bestselling real estate, business, and personal finance titles, including Making Money in Real Estate (978-0-470-83620-0) and The Canadian Snowbird Guide (978-0-470-15375-8). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is God a Delusion addresses the philosophical underpinnings of the recent proliferation of popular books attacking religious beliefs. - Winner of CHOICE 2009 Outstanding Academic Title Award - Focuses primarily on charges leveled by recent critics that belief in God is irrational and that its nature ferments violence - Balances philosophical rigor and scholarly care with an engaging, accessible style - Offers a direct response to the crop of recent anti-religion bestsellers currently generating considerable public discussion.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If you're seriously considering a career in private equity, you have to become familiar with how firms hire. With Getting a Job in Private Equity, you'll gain invaluable insights that will allow you to stay one step ahead of other individuals looking to secure a position in this field. Here, you'll discover what it takes to make it in PE from different entry points, what experience is needed to set yourself up for a position, and what can be done to improve your chances of landing one of these limited opportunities.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A flexible, ready-to-use program to help special students in grades K-5 learn appropriate ways to behave among others The revised and updated second edition of this bestselling resource book provides ready-to-use lessons--complete with reproducible worksheets--to help children become aware of acceptable social behavior and develop proficiency in acquiring basic social skills. The book is organized around three core areas crucial to social development in the primary grades: Accepting Rules and Authority at School, Relating to Peers, and Developing Positive Social Skills. Each lesson places a specific skill within the context of real-life situations, giving teachers a means to guide students to think about why the social skill is important. The hands-on activity that accompanies each lesson helps students to work through, think about, discuss, and practice the skill in or outside of the classroom.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many people perceive trading as nothing more than a gamble. But there are still people who consistently make money trading. How do they do it They've learned to separate gambling from trading. And the way they do this, says author Marcel Link, is by developing a proper plan. In Trading Without Gambling, Link shows how to create and use a sound game plan to improve every aspect of trading-including finding trades, timing, knowing how much to trade, where to exit, and how to adjust risk-while leaving very little to gambling.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The revised edition ofSociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centering on the study of language variation and change.A revised introduction to sociolinguistic theory by one of the top scholars in the fieldProvides a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics that centres on the study of language variation and change, now incorporating the latest developments in the fieldShows how empirical explorations have made sociolinguistics the most stimulating field in the contemporary study of languageDiscusses the linguistic variable and its significance, crucial social variables such as social stratification, sex, and age, and the cultural significance of linguistic variation.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A magnificent collection of work by the father of analytical philosophy Gottlob Frege is widely considered one of the most influential minds in the history of philosophy, having spent a lifetime delving into the nuances of language and mathematics. Widely published on logic, analysis, geometry, and arithmetic, which he regarded as the purest form of thought, Frege's analytic approach to philosophy set the stage for the field's eventual linguistic turn. Collected Paper on Mathematics, Logic, and Philosophy is a compilation of his collected works across fields, allowing readers to share in his evolution of thought and catch a glimpse of a legendary mind at work.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What Is Thinking What is Turing's Test What is Gödel's Undecidability Theorem How is Berners-Lee's Semantic Web logic going to overcome paradoxes and complexity to produce machine processing on the Web Thinking on the Web draws from the contributions of Tim Berners-Lee (What is solvable on the Web ), Kurt Gödel (What is decidable ), and Alan Turing (What is machine intelligence ) to evaluate how much 'intelligence' can be projected onto the Web. The authors offer both abstract and practical perspectives to delineate the opportunities and challenges of a 'smarter' Web through a threaded series of vignettes and a thorough review of Semantic Web development.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for THE FOREX OPTIONS COURSEThe Forex Options Course is a practical, hands-on guide to understanding and trading forex options. Designed to build a trader's knowledge base in a step-by-step manner, this reliable resource moves from the straightforward to the more sophisticated with discussions of everything from basic plain vanilla calls and puts to intriguing first-generation exotic binary options.Organized as a self-paced guide, The Forex Options Course:\* Lays out the key elements of forex options-from how option premiums are impacted by volatility to the basic elements of 'the Greeks'\* Highlights different forex option strategies and tactics\* Breaks down essential forex market drivers\* Reviews important chart patterns that identify conditions for entering a trade and display market sentimentLearning about trading must be interactive, so throughout the book, you'll also find 'assignments' that test your skills. They're designed to help you assess how well you understand the material, and guide you in finding and using valuable information for scanning currency conditions.Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Forex Options Course will help you develop the skills and strategies needed to succeed in today's dynamic forex market.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Anyone who attempts to read genetics or epidemiology research literature needs to understand the essentials of biostatistics. This book, a revised new edition of the successful Essentials of Biostatistics has been written to provide such an understanding to those who have little or no statistical background and who need to keep abreast of new findings in this fast moving field. Unlike many other elementary books on biostatistics, the main focus this fast moving field. Unlike many other elementary books on biostatics, the main focus of this book is to explain basic concepts needed to understand statistical procedures.This Book:\* Surveys basic statistical methods used in the genetics and epidemiology literature, including maximum likelihood and least squares.\* Introduces methods, such as permutation testing and bootstrapping, that are becoming more widely used in both genetic and epidemiological research.\* Is illustrated throughout with simple examples to clarify the Statistical methodology.\* Explains Bayes' Theorem pictorially.\* Features exercises, with answers to alternate questions, enabling use as a course text.Written at an elementary mathematical level so that readers with high school mathematics will find the content accessible. Graduate students studying genetic epidemiology, researches and practitioners from genetics, epidemiology, biology, medical research and statistics will find this an invaluable introduction to statistics.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Mergers & AcquisitionsA Condensed Practitioner's Guide'On a subject that encompasses so many possibilities, Steven Bragg's Mergers and Acquisitions is an excellent and comprehensive practical review of the myriad issues that can arise. Amidst the emotion of the M&A roller coaster that so many managers find themselves on in these fast-moving times, this guide provides an excellent and comprehensive aid for managers to ensure that the deal does not just get done but gets done effectively and efficiently. An invaluable addition to the armory of any manager considering or actually working on a merger or acquisition.' --James Dunning, founder and Managing Director, Geotrupes Consulting'Mr. Bragg offers a unique combination of accounting expertise and insight into the merger and acquisition process. The comprehensive, yet practical, nature of the material obviously comes from having been in the trenches and participated as the Chief Financial Officer in both mergers and acquisitions. This is an excellent guide for the first-time acquirer as well as a tool for the experienced CFO to ensure a smooth and comprehensive process. Mr. Bragg has written an excellent reference book, which will be useful before and during your acquisition process.' --Richard V. Souders, President & CEOKaba Workforce Solutions'Mergers and Acquisitions: A Condensed Practitioner's Guide is beyond any ready-reckoned reference book. The treatment of each topic by Mr. Bragg compiles a thought checklist against a mere action checklist for any practitioner. The term 'Condensed' in the title is a misnomer as the treatment is exhaustive and relevant!' --K V Ramesh, Chairman & Managing DirectorECHC Management Services Private Limited, Chenna'Successful transactions are a result of an enduring desire for two worlds to meet as one. This is a daunting task for all participants, and Steven Bragg identifies a road map of processes and procedures that anyone considering a divesture or entering the M&A space should call 'the handbook of M&A.' '--Peter Cahill, Principal, Middle Market Investment BankingTransCapital Partners, LLC.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Companion to Ancient Philosophy provides a comprehensive and current overview of the history of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy from its origins until late antiquity.\* Comprises an extensive collection of original essays, featuring contributions from both rising stars and senior scholars of ancient philosophy\* Integrates analytic and continental traditions\* Explores the development of various disciplines, such as mathematics, logic, grammar, physics, and medicine, in relation to ancient philosophy\* Includes an illuminating introduction, bibliography, chronology, maps and an index.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The learning portfolio is a powerful complement to traditional measures of student achievement and a widely diverse method of recording intellectual growth. This second edition of this important book offers new samples of print and electronic learning portfolios. An academic understanding of and rationale for learning portfolios and practical information that can be customized. Offers a review of the value of reflective practice in student learning and how learning portfolios support assessment and collaboration. Includes revised sample assignment sheets, guidelines, criteria, evaluation rubrics, and other material for developing print and electronic portfolios. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Internal Audit: Efficiency Through Automation teaches state of the art computer aided audit techniques, with practical guidelines on how to get much needed data, overcome organizational roadblocks, build data analysis skills, as well as address Continuous Auditing issues. Chapter 1 CAATTs History, Chapter 2 Audit Technology, Chapter 3 Continuous Auditing, Chapter 4 CAATTs Benefits and Opportunities, Chapter 5 CAATTs for Broader Scoped Audits, Chapter 6 Data Access and Testing, Chapter 7 Developing CAATT Capabilities, Chapter 8 Challenges for Audit.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Harness the Powerful New Features of SQL Server 2008Whether you're a database administrator or application developer, this in-depth guide is your key to delivering improved data collection, storage, reporting, and security with SQL Server 2008. Mastering SQL Server 2008 brings you up to speed on architecture, installation, and configuration essentials, before moving to the step-by-step instruction you need for more advanced topics such as procedural programming, query optimization, how to use spatial data, SQL Server in the .NET world, and more.You'll master the extensive toolset, explore useful third-party tools, and most importantly, find out how to choose and use the right SQL Server features for the specific tasks you have.Coverage includes:\* Installing and configuring SQL Server 2008\* Understanding SQL Server's place within the Microsoft architecture\* Making data reliably and efficiently available to your consumers\* Securing your data with SQL Server 2008's new Transparent Data Encryption feature\* Integrating XML technology into SQL Server\* Creating index architectures for maximum benefit and minimum cost\* Exploring new geometry and geography data types for today's businesses\* Maximizing data warehousing and business intelligence tools.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The vast majority of modern criminal investigations involve some element of digital evidence, from mobile phones, computers, CCTV and other devices. Digital Forensics: Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations provides the reader with a better understanding of how digital evidence complements 'traditional' scientific evidence and examines how it can be used more effectively and efficiently in a range of investigations.Taking a new approach to the topic, this book presents digital evidence as an adjunct to other types of evidence and discusses how it can be deployed effectively in support of investigations. The book provides investigators/SSMs/other managers with sufficient contextual and technical information to be able to make more effective use of digital evidence sources in support of a range of investigations. In particular, it considers the roles played by digital devices in society and hence in criminal activities. From this, it examines the role and nature of evidential data which may be recoverable from a range of devices, considering issues relating to reliability and usefulness of those data.\* Includes worked case examples, test questions and review quizzes to enhance student understanding\* Solutions provided in an accompanying website\* Includes numerous case studies throughout to highlight how digital evidence is handled at the crime scene and what can happen when procedures are carried out incorrectly\* Considers digital evidence in a broader context alongside other scientific evidence\* Discusses the role of digital devices in criminal activities and provides methods for the evaluation and prioritizing of evidence sources\* Includes discussion of the issues surrounding modern digital evidence examinations, for example; volume of material and its complexity\* Clear overview of all types of digital evidenceDigital Forensics: Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations is an invaluable text for undergraduate students taking either general forensic science courses where digital forensics may be a module or a dedicated computer/digital forensics degree course. The book is also a useful overview of the subject for postgraduate students and forensic practitioners.…