This brand new series has been written for the University of Cambridge International Examinations course for AS and A Level Mathematics (9709). This title covers the requirements of S1 and S2.
The authors are experienced examiners and teachers who have written extensively at this level, so have ensured all mathematical concepts are explained using language and terminology that is appropriate for students across the world.
Students are provded with clear and detailed worked examples and questions from Cambridge International past papers, so they have the opportunity for plenty of essential exam practice.
Each book contains a free CD-ROM which features the unique 'Personal Tutor' and 'Test Yourself' digital resources that will help students revise and reinforce concepts away from the classroom:
– With Personal Tutor each student has access to audio-visual, step-by-step support through exam-style questions
– The Test Yourself interactive multiple choice questions identify weaknesses and point students in the right direction
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Author: Roger Porkess; Sophie Goldie; Nina Konrad Publisher: Hodder Education ISBN: 9781471843181 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: November 2012 353 pages
A Critical Chain Project Management/Theory of Constraints Novel
This is the story of a company that is in trouble, but by talking through the implementation of Critical Chain project management planning and the Theory of Constraints, you will learn as they do, how to implement this effective project management solution.
Author: Eric Bergland Publisher: Apress ISBN: 9781484218600 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2016 199 pages
This book examines, from the legal perspective, China's process of WTO accession, its commitments to the accession, the implications of such commitments for its trade and legal systems, and its efforts toward WTO compliance. It also discusses the issue of the capacity of the evolving Chinese legal system for ensuring compliance. In particular, the book probes into the trade and legal systems at the turn of the accession and evaluates selected trade and legal issues, including intellectual property, foreign investment law and settlement of trade disputes.
Contents:
China and the WTO Law:
China's WTO Accession: History, Concerns and Issues
China's WTO Accession: Commitments and Implications
Preparing China's Trade and Legal Systems for WTO Compliance
China and the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism:
Is China's Judiciary Ready for WTO Entry?
Can the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Resolve Trade Disputes Between China and Taiwan?
Will China Behave in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism?
Towards WTO Compliance: China's Trade Regime:
New Dimension of China's Foreign Investment Regime on the Eve of WTO Accession
Chinese Law and Practice on Government Procurement in the Context of WTO Accession
China's Online Copyright Protection on the Eve of WTO Accession
China's Telecom Regulatory Regime on the Eve of WTO Accession
Where Will China's Internet Regulation Go After WTO Accession?
Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China: On the Eve of WTO Accession
Conclusion:
Enforcement of WTO Agreements in China: Reality or Illusion?
Readership: Academic and practising lawyers; researchers and graduate students in trade, Chinese law, economy and politics; trade officials; and businessmen.
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Author: Kong Qingjiang Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company ISBN: 9789814488327 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2002 365 pages
Teach Your Students Both the Mathematics of Numerical Methods and the Art of Computer Programming
Introduction to Computational Linear Algebra presents classroom-tested material on computational linear algebra and its application to numerical solutions of partial and ordinary differential equations. The book is designed for senior undergraduate students in mathematics and engineering as well as first-year graduate students in engineering and computational science.
The text first introduces BLAS operations of types 1, 2, and 3 adapted to a scientific computer environment, specifically MATLAB®. It next covers the basic mathematical tools needed in numerical linear algebra and discusses classical material on Gauss decompositions as well as LU and Cholesky’s factorizations of matrices. The text then shows how to solve linear least squares problems, provides a detailed numerical treatment of the algebraic eigenvalue problem, and discusses (indirect) iterative methods to solve a system of linear equations. The final chapter illustrates how to solve discretized sparse systems of linear equations. Each chapter ends with exercises and computer projects.
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Author: Nabil Nassif; Jocelyne Erhel; Bernard Philippe Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9781482258714 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2015 258 pages
The relationship between different levels of government is one that is continually under review. Policy-makers ensure the expenditure and revenue functions of each tier of government with a view to balancing efficiency, equity and democratic considerations. Over the last decade, the tendency in a number of countries has been to decentralise both expenditure and revenue functions to lower levels of government. Greater autonomy in raising revenues has been given to intermediate and local levels of government.
Setting up of local fiscal systems and intergovernmental financial relations involves multiple and often conflicting economic and political objectives. Practically, it is one of the most complex reform processes in the area of public finance and one that is permanently on the political agenda of both OECD countries and economies in transition. Yet there is no international, comparative set of information available to support this process. The international comparable statistics on revenue of local autonomy and the design of national fiscal control are either lacking or insufficient.
This study summarises the overall substantial and methodological framework of a project on fiscal design, which has been carried with the OECD. The results and comparative findings of the OECD Fiscal Design surveys are reported too. The surveys took place in six countries in Central and Eastern Europe: three OECD Member countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, and the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The full country reports are available through SourceOECD, www.SourceOECD.org, and the Internet site of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, www.oecd.org/daf/ctpa
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Author: Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ISBN: 9789264195530 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: February 2002 62 pages
Now in paperback, a dark, romantic novel of love and obsession from National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.
Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the start, and like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it’s almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is—and what he’s willing to do to make her stay.
Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still struggles to shake off her fear. She knows Christian won’t let her go that easily, and that no matter how far she runs, it may not be far enough….
Author: Deb Caletti Publisher: Simon Pulse ISBN: 9781442403758 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2011 352 pages
Forget fortune cookies and crystal balls—this little book alone can predict the future for you and everyone you love! Harkening back to the 1930s, the nostalgic illustrations in the Fortune-Telling Birthday Book accompany a perennial calendar for you to keep track of (and interpret) the birthdays of your friends and family. Other traditions and folklore are also included.
Author: Arliene B. Clark Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC ISBN: 9780811870740 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2011 204 pages
In The Ghost behind the Masks, W. David Shaw traces Shakespeare’s influence on nine Victorian poets: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hardy, Matthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Algernon Swinburne, Arthur Hugh Clough, and George Meredith. Often, he writes, the transparency of Shakespeare’s influence on Victorian poets and the degree of their engagement with Shakespeare exist in inverse ratio. Instead of imitating a play by Shakespeare or merely quoting his lines, a Victorian poet may embrace more elusive elements of rhetoric and style, adapting them to his or her own ends.
Shaw argues that the most Shakespearean attribute of the Victorian poets is not their addiction to any particular trope or figure of speech but their reticence, the classical restraint of their great monologues, and their sudden descent from grandeur to simplicity. He explores such topics as man-made law versus natural right, Stoic fatalism versus self-reliance, and the sanity of lunatics, lovers, and poets versus the madness of commonplace minds.
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Author: W. David Shaw Publisher: University of Virginia Press ISBN: 9780813935454 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 2014 296 pages
“A stellar collection of stories from one of our best writers. Roorbach’s wild imagination combined with his brilliance as a storyteller, his relentless humor, and his tender understanding of humanity make The Girl of the Lake compulsive and essential reading.” —Lily King, author of Euphoria
Bill Roorbach conjures vivid, complex characters whose layered interior worlds feel at once familiar and extraordinary. He first made his mark as the winner of an O. Henry Prize for one of his stories and the Flannery O’Connor Award for his first collection, Big Bend. His astounding new collection, The Girl of the Lake, captures a virtuoso in his prime.
Among the unforgettable characters Roorbach creates are an adventurous boy who learns what courage really is when an aging nobleman recounts history to him; a couple hiking through the mountains whose vacation and relationship ends catastrophically; a teenager being pursued by three sisters all at once; a tech genius who exacts revenge on his wife and best friend over a stolen kiss from years past; and many more. These stories–some being published for the first time, the rest originally from the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Ploughshares, the Missouri Review, Ecotone, and others–are as rich in scope, emotional, and unforgettable as Bill Roorbach’s novels. He has been called “a kinder, gentler John Irving . . . a humane and entertaining storyteller with a smooth, graceful style” (the Washington Post), and his work has been described as “hilarious and heartbreaking, wild and wise” (Parade magazine), all of which is evident in every story in this arresting new collection.
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Author: Bill Roorbach Publisher: Algonquin Books ISBN: Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release:
