The experts at Kennel Club Books present the world’s largest series of breed-specific canine care books. Each critically acclaimed Comprehensive Owner’s Guide covers everything from breed standards to behavior, from training to health and nutrition. With nearly 200 titles in print, this series is sure to please the fancier of even the rarest breed!
Author: Robert L. White; Renee Low; Patricia Peters Publisher: i5 Publishing ISBN: 9781593789602 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: November 2011 155 pages
Unique in its focus on preparative impact rather than mechanistic details, this handbook provides an overview of photochemical reactions classed according to the structural feature that is built in the photochemical step, so as to facilitate use by synthetic chemists unfamiliar with this topic. An introductory section covers practical questions on how to run a photochemical reaction, while all classes of the most important photocatalytic reactions are also included.
Perfect for organic synthetic chemists in academia and industry.
Author: A. Albini; Maurizio Fagnoni Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9783527628209 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2009 485 pages
Vertical Specialization and Inclusive Growth in China discusses the two interrelated developments that have transformed the Chinese economy in recent years. First, the global community has increased calls to foster inclusive economic growth, with China embracing this trend. Second, the explosive growth in China’s trade resulting from international vertical specialization production and trade networks which has complicated the notion of inclusive growth in the Chinese context.
This book assesses these two trends quantitatively, giving evidence of the link between vertical specialization and inclusive growth, and then decomposing the inclusive growth effects of vertically specialized trade into six components: GDP growth, export growth, FDI, environment, employment, and innovation. It further explores the differing impact of conventional trade and processing trade on inclusive growth, providing direction for future policy. This second book by the author to consider vertical specialization stresses the importance of integration in driving inclusive growth.
Argues that inclusive growth and vertical specialization analyses must be performed together
Gives quantitative evidence for the link between vertical specialization and inclusive growth in China
Investigates the different impact of conventional trade and processing trade on transition to inclusive growth in China, using comparative analysis techniques
Offers insight on forming future policy in China to increase inclusive growth
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Author: Wei Wang Publisher: Elsevier Science ISBN: 9780081006283 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2016 376 pages
No one is better poised to write the biography of James Herriot than the son who worked alongside him in the Yorkshire veterinary practice when Herriot became an internationally bestselling author. Now, in this warm and poignant memoir, Jim Wight talks about his father–the beloved veterinarian whom his family had to share with half the world.
Alf Wight (aka James Herriot) grew up in Glasgow, where he lived during a happy rough-and-tumble childhood and then through the challenging years of training at the Glasgow Veterinary College. The story of how the young vet later traveled to the small Yorkshire town of Thirsk, aka Darrowby, to take the job of assistant vet is one that is well known through James Herriot’s internationally celebrated books and the popular All Creatures Great and Small television series.
But Jim Wight’s biography ventures beyond the trials and tribulations of his father’s life as a veterinarian to reveal the man behind the stories–the private individual who refused to allow fame and wealth to interfere with his practice or his family. With access to all of his father’s papers, correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs–and intimate remembrances of all the farmers, locals, and friends who populate the James Herriot books–only Jim Wight could write this definitive biography of the man who was not only his father but his best friend.
NOTE: This edition does not include a photo insert.
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Author: James Wight Publisher: Random House Publishing Group ISBN: 9780307790927 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2011 384 pages
Health and Medical Public Relations takes a fresh look at media relations and news values. It examines how information about medical research from the academic, pharmaceutical and charitable sectors is disseminated to target audiences through a variety of PR techniques. Scrutinising a wide range of health-related public relations activities, the book combines a critical, analytical and cultural overview of these methods with helpful guidance on their practical application.
Key features include:
Advice on how to write and place effective press releases, plan and budget for campaigns, and anticipate responses from different sectors and the wider public
Coverage of different types of communication and consultancy, including the controversial areas of lobbying and access to influential policy makers
Case studies on the way in which experienced journalists and public relations practitioners gain coverage for their work, with plentiful examples drawn from both recent media scares and long-running issues
A survey of the way challenging public relations issues have been perceived in the past, analysing the attitudes of both legislators and the public
A user-friendly format designed to reinforce learning, including handy tips, definition boxes explaining key words and concepts, and exercises and reflection points to stimulate group discussion and reflection on specific examples of science and medical PR practice.
Wide-ranging and highly accessible, this book will be an essential resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals learning to specialise in health public relations.
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Author: Myc Riggulsford Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781136501258 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: August 2013 200 pages
Information Theory is studied from the following points of view: (1) the theory of entropy as amount of information; (2) the mathematical structure of information sources (probability measures); and (3) the theory of information channels. Shannon entropy and Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy are defined and their basic properties are examined, where the latter entropy is extended to be a linear functional on a certain set of measures. Ergodic and mixing properties of stationary sources are studied as well as AMS (asymptotically mean stationary) sources.
The main purpose of this book is to present information channels in the environment of functional analysis and operator theory as well as probability theory. Ergodic, mixing, and AMS channels are also considered in detail with some illustrations. In this second edition, channel operators are studied in many aspects, which generalize ordinary channels. Also Gaussian channels are considered in detail together with Gaussian measures on a Hilbert space. The Special Topics chapter deals with features such as generalized capacity, channels with an intermediate noncommutative system, and von Neumann algebra method for channels. Finally, quantum (noncommutative) information channels are examined in an independent chapter, which may be regarded as an introduction to quantum information theory. Von Neumann entropy is introduced and its generalization to a C*-algebra setting is given. Basic results on quantum channels and entropy transmission are also considered.
Contents:
Entropy
Information Sources
Information Channels
Channel Operators
Gaussian Channels
Special Topics
Quantum Channels
References
Glossaries of Axioms
Indices
Readership: Graduate students and researchers from Mathematics and Communication Engineering.
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Author: Yûichirô Kakihara Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company ISBN: 9789814759250 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2016 413 pages
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano in his book “Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Judge Andrew P. Napolitano’s book.
Napolitano argues that American citizens rights are no longer guaranteed. He offers examples of instances where the government violated laws and rights to get what they wanted.
Author: Capitol Reader Publisher: Primento Digital ISBN: 9782511000502 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2013 10 pages
Telecommunications With nearly 50 professionals at the cutting edge of our fields, it is our priority to know and fully understand our clients’ business by keeping abreast of industry trends and practices. We are regular presenters and panelists at industry and legal seminars and conferences. We actively participate in environmental public policy development by serving on advisory committees appointed by the Governor, the Secretaries of DATCP, DNR and DOR, and the Legislature.
Author: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Publisher: Government Institutes ISBN: 9781591919896 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: July 2007 462 pages
Life with Asperger’s Syndrome can be a challenge at the best of times, and trials and tribulations that neurotypicals take in their stride can leave Aspies perplexed and unsure of how best to solve problems and keep themselves safe, both physically and emotionally. This book explores difficulties that those with AS may face, and suggests practical and helpful ways of overcoming them.Liane Holliday Willey’s positive and encouraging advice teaches people with Asperger Syndrome how to appreciate their differences and work from their strengths, by being honest about and coping with challenges. By setting realistic expectations, she shows how it can be possible to live on your own and take care of yourself, touching upon everything from banking and housing to roommates, friendships, and relationships. Jobs and the workplace are explored as advice is given on interviewing, performance, and getting along with colleagues, and the importance of setting boundaries is explained. The focus throughout is on keeping yourself safe, and this extends to travel, cultural awareness, and generally organising yourself. Personal hygiene and the body are also covered, along with nutrition and illness. The advice all adds up to show that people with AS can safeguard themselves from emotional and physical harm and live happy and independent lives, as long as the right guidance is available.This book will be of interest to people with Asperger Syndrome, their friends and families, and professionals working alongside ASDs.
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Author: Liane Holliday Willey; Tony Attwood Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9780857003270 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2011 160 pages
This book offers the first comprehensive description of the prosody of nine Romance languages that takes into account internal dialectal variation. Teams of experts examine the prosody of Catalan, French, Friulian, Italian, Occitan, Portuguese, Romanian, Sardinian, and Spanish using the Autosegmental Metrical framework of intonational phonology and the Tones and Breaks Indices (ToBI) transcription system.The chapters all share a common methodology, based on a common Discourse Completion Task questionnaire, and provide extensive empirical data. The authors then analyse how intonation patterns work together with other grammatical means such as syntactic constructions and discourse particles in the linguistic marking of a varied set of sentence types and pragmatic meanings across Romance languages. The ToBI prosodic systems and annotations proposed for each language are based both on aphonological analysis of the target language as well as on the shared goal of using ToBI analyses that are comparable across Romance languages. This book will pave the way for more systematic typological comparisons of prosody across both Romance and non-Romance languages.
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