Database Systems


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This Sixth Edition takes you clearly and effectively through the entire process of database development and implementation. This market leading text includes new Visio and UML tutorials, as well as a new chapter on Advanced SQL. All appendices are housed on a CD that accompany every copy of the text.




Microcontrollers


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This completely updated second edition of MICROCONTROLLERS: FROM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TO C USING THE PIC24 FAMILY covers assembly language, C programming, and hardware interfacing for the Microchip PIC24 family, a recently updated microcontroller family from Microchip. Hardware interfacing topics include parallel port usage, analog-to-digital conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, the serial peripheral bus (SPI), the inter-integrated circuit bus (I2C), asynchronous serial communication, and timers. Assembly language programming is covered in the context of the PIC24 instruction set, and no initial knowledge of assembly language programming is assumed. Specific hardware interfacing topics covered are parallel IO, analog-to-digital/digital-to-analog conversion, pulse width modulation, timer usage for IO polling, and industry standard serial interface standards. Interfacing examples include external devices such as pushbutton switches, LEDs, serial EEPROMs, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), keypads, rotary encoders, external digital-to-analog converters, DC motors, servos, temperature sensors, and IR receivers. Master the PIC24 family with MICROCONTROLLERS: FROM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE TO C USING THE PIC24 FAMILY.




Instrumentation and Process Control


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This book provides comprehensive coverage of components, circuits, instruments, and control techniques used in today's process control technology field. It is ideal for students and technicians who will be installing, troubleshooting, repairing, tuning, and calibrating devices in a process control facility. Following an overview of an industrial control loop, each element of the loop is explored in detail. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.




Animal Behavior


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Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century


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Equip your students with the legal and risk management knowledge essential for success in business management today with Bagley's MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21st CENTURY, 7E. Recognized and respected for its cutting-edge coverage and strategic approach, this book offers one of the most comprehensive, challenging, and understandable presentations of legal environments available today. In-depth coverage throughout this edition works with proven management learning features to illustrate how the law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies. Future managers learn how to use principles of law to minimize risk and create value, attain core business objectives, identify and resolve legal issues before they become problems, and effectively handle legal disputes. This edition streamlines coverage of real estate, courts, and ADR to emphasize key principles, while new coverage highlights developments, such as the Dodd-Frank Statute and new legal dilemmas. Integrate today's law with effective management in a presentation that's ideal for both current and future business managers with MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, 7E. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.




Racial and Ethnic Groups


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Understanding Basic Statistics


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Help students overcome their apprehension about statistics Brase and Brase's UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICS, Sixth Edition. A condensed and more streamlined version of the same authors' bestselling UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS, Tenth Edition, this book offers instructors an effective way to teach the essentials of statistics, including early coverage of regression, within a more limited time frame. Thorough yet abbreviated, the text helps students realize the real-world significance of statistics, and offers an accessible exposition and a new, complete technology package. The Sixth Edition addresses the growing importance of developing students' critical thinking and statistical literacy skills with the introduction of new features and exercises throughout the text. The use of the graphing calculator, Microsoft Excel, MINITAB, and SPSS is covered but not required. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.




Understanding Basic Statistics Brief, AP* Edition (with Formula Card)


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A condensed and more streamlined version of the very popular and widely used UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS, Ninth Edition, this book offers users an effective way to teach the essentials of statistics, including early coverage of Regression, within a more limited time frame. Designed to help users overcome their apprehension about statistics, UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICS, Fifth Edition, is a thorough yet approachable book that provides plenty of guidance and informal advice demonstrating the links between statistics and the world. The strengths of the book include an applied approach that helps users realize the real-world significance of statistics, an accessible exposition, and a new, complete technology package. The Fifth Edition addresses the growing importance of developing students' critical thinking and statistical literacy skills with the introduction of new features and exercises throughout the text. The use of the graphing calculator, Microsoft Excel, Minitab, and SPSS is covered but not required.







Understanding Basic Statistics, Enhanced


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Help students overcome their apprehension about statistics with Brase and Brase's UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICS. A condensed and more streamlined version of the same authors' bestselling UNDERSTANDABLE STATISTICS, Eleventh Edition, this book offers instructors an effective way to teach the essentials of statistics, including early coverage of regression, within a more limited time frame. Thorough yet abbreviated and offering an accessible exposition, the text helps students realize the real-world significance of statistics. The Seventh Edition addresses the growing importance of developing students' critical thinking and statistical literacy skills with critical thinking features and new exercises throughout the text. The use of the graphing calculator, Microsoft Excel, MINITAB, and SPSS is covered but not required. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.