What is this book about? It is no exaggeration to describe the C language and its associated environment, the .NET Framework, as the most important new technology for developers in many years. .NET provides a new environment within which you can develop almost any Windows-based or web-based application, while C is a new programming language ...
The Java Software Development Kit (Java 2 SDK, or JDK) is the basic set of Java tools and libraries needed for Java development. New releases of the JDK introduce new libraries, changes to existing libraries, and, occasionally, changes to the Java language. The 1.4 release (currently available as a public beta, and due for final release Q4 2001) ...
This is a book about getting the best out of .NET. It's based on the philosophy that the best approach to writing good, high-performance, robust applications that take full advantage of the features of .NET is to understand what's going on deep under the hood. If you are already experienced with writing managed applications and want to learn more ...
This book is for experienced Visual Basic programmers who have some awareness of COM aims and objectives and for ASP developers with Visual Basic knowledge. ASP is in its high-growth phase and information on components are scare and in demand, so creators can sort through all the major hot topics that were written by real industry ASP gurus.
In a complete explanation, this book thoroughly describes Universal Data Access, examines the role of OLEDB Providers, discusses the various methods ADO allows to manipulate data and the ways of improving performance when accessing data, and shows how data can be cached for quicker access.
Case Histories in Business Ethics reflects upon, illustrates, and extends the role of case histories (summaries of real cases) and case studies (which may be wholly or partly imaginary stories) in the teaching and studying of business ethics. This volume explores the role of the case studies in developing and generating argument in business ...
This book is highly commended - Medicine BMA Medical Book Awards 2002. "MCAT Gastroenterology" addresses the educational requirements of both Junior Hospital Doctors on the ward and office-based Generalists by presenting a comprehensive account of gastroenterology in a concise, easy to assimilate format - including definition boxes, diagnostic and ...
What do you need when you are coding in C#? If your answer is easily understood recipes for code that does something, then this is the book for you! You probably already have a handle on the basics of .NET programming and are in need of some shortcuts to make your job easier. How about 350 code recipes! The Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer ...
Windows 2000 is just around the corner, and with it a new buzzword: Directory Enabled Applications. Microsoft is relentlessly pushing its goal of making applications as simple for the end user as possible, and that means big changes are coming for the way that applications share and access data with each other and with the operating system. In ...
Sport science can quantify many aspects of human performance but the spiritual dimensions of sports experience cannot be fully understood through measurement. However, the spiritual experience of sport - be it described as 'flow', 'transcendence' or the discovery of meaning and value - is central both to our basic motivation to take part in sports ...
Spiritual aspects of care are becoming increasingly important to many nurses. This is part of a growing emphasis on holistic, patient-focused care and the enhancement of patients' quality of life. The authors explore, discuss and analyse a practical definition of spirituality in relation to modern healthcare and invite the reader to consider the ...
"Spirituality, Ethics and Care" aims to provide guidance on how to integrate spirituality and ethics in professional and voluntary care. The author argues that the strong connections between moral meaning and spirituality are often not reflected in the health and social care literature. Often spirituality is seen as religion and religion is seen ...
It's Bomb Queen, despotic ruler of New Port City, in her longest, bawdiest, and most depraved storyline ever! Sexual, social, and political satire that takes no prisoners, offers no quarter, and will leave you rolling in the aisles with laughter! Not for the easily offended or the weak of heart! So wrong it feels right! By critically acclaimed ...
Engineering, as a profession and business, is at the sharp end of the ethical practice. Far from being a bolt on extra to the real work of the engineer it is at the heart of how he or she relates to the many different stakeholders in the engineering project. "Engineering, Business and Professional Ethics" highlights the ethical dimension of ...
Here is a journey of imagination and discovery that traces the history of man's exploration of planet Earth, detailing his portrayal of the globe from maps of ancient China to the pinpoint accuracy of today's satellite imagery and computer simulation. A companion to the six-hour television series to air early in 1991. 150 illustrations.
Assisting principle investigators perform risk assessments of their clinical trials, this book identifies the typical threats and opportunities encountered in clinical trials and provides a systematic methodology for analyzing them. The book comprises ten stand-alone chapters, taking the reader from basic principles to specific methods. Written in ...
In a world of uncertainty, death is certain. For some people, dying is an undignified and demeaning process that robs dignity, choice and individuality. In recent decades, the notion of a 'living will' or 'advanced directive' has been actively promoted as a means of giving people some pre-emptive choice about medical treatment. This book provides ...
This book examines the problems involved in making engineering decisions that affect the quality of life of large numbers of people worldwide and presents the individual, family, community and global contexts within which the engineer has to make such decisions. Engineering ethics are examined in this context - decisions are not reactive, but ...
When we think of trials, big problems immediately spring to mind: redundancy, serious illness or family trauma. But what about the smaller yet significant troubles we face each day? Does the Bible show us how to cope when money is tight, when our children fight or when we clash with a co-worker? Simon and Hazel Robinson have explored these ...
In this work, Botin begins by reflecting on the development of electronic records in the Danish healthcare system. Richard Cooper takes the theme of electronic health records into the field of pharmacy. On the face of it both of these would seem to provide a way of improving service. However, the more we use technology the more it is important to ...
Telework Towards the Elusive Office Ursula Huws, Werner B. Korte and Simon Robinson for Empirica Since the early seventies the concept of telework has been popularised and sensationalised by futurologists and the media. Usually, but not always, portrayed idealistically, telework continues to be a subject of interest to both the practitioner ...
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