Explore power electronics for both conventional and modern energy conversion technologies and systemsThis comprehensive textbook clearly explains the principles and applications of power electronics as a critical part of modern energy conversion systems. The book features theoretical and practical coverage of the power electronics and electric machines required for the dynamic and steady-state analysis of modern energy conversion systems, including renewable energy systems, motor-drives, and powertrains in electric vehicles.Written by a seasoned educator, Power Electronics in Energy Conversion Systems contains topics not included in other textbooks, such as high-frequency phenomenon in motor-drives and fault-tolerant converters. Readers will get detailed discussions on steady-state and dynamics of rotating machines, switching and control of smart inverters, active rectifiers and dc-dc converters, scalar and vector control schemes in motor drives, power electronic converters as the interface between renewable energy devices and the power grid and much more. The book features hundreds of illustrations and examples.
The go-to textbook on the increasingly important and rapidly evolving topic of medical ethicsClinical Ethics is the most popular clinically oriented guide to the complex field of medical ethics. It provides crystal-clear case-based coverage of ethical situations encountered in everyday medical practice. This unparalleled guide is famous for its four-topics method of approaching ethical problems (medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features)-an organizational process that helps you better understand the complexities involved in clinical ethics cases and find a resolution for each case. In each chapter, the authors discuss case examples and provide analysis, comments, and specific recommendations.Sections and chapters include:TOPIC 1: Medical IndicationsIndicated and Nonindicated InterventionsClinical Judgment and Clinical UncertaintyCardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Orders not to ResuscitateMedical ErrorDetermination of DeathTOPIC 2: Preferences of PatientsInformed ConsentDecisional CapacityDecision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated PatientSurrogate Decision MakersFailure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic RelationshipTOPIC 3: Quality of LifeDivergent Evaluations of Quality of LifeEnhancement MedicineCompromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining InterventionsPain Relief for Terminally Ill PatientsMedically Assisted DyingSuicideTOPIC 4: Contextual FeaturesHealth ProfessionsOther Interested PartiesConfidentiality of Medical InformationEconomics of Clinical CareAllocation of Scarce Health ResourcesInfluence of Religion on Clinical DecisionsRole of Law in Clinical EthicsClinical Research and EducationPublic HealthOrganizational Ethics
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Over 600 highly visual, expertly written "snapshots" build your understanding and retention of key medical concepts for exam and performance successWith medical students under more pressure than ever to maximize their learning time, The Infographic Guide to Medicine enables the modern student to absorb as much information as possible, in as little time as possible. The collection contains over 600 infographics with top diagnoses, that are also aligned with USMLE Steps 1 and 2, condensed into a one-page snapshot with easy-to-remember visual elements, such as color coding for topic groupings and text placement.
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.This authoritative guide has been updated with important new findings about drug therapy, product performance, and other need-to-know topicsApplied Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics, Eighth Edition delivers the knowledge and skills you need to succeed. The authors provide practical problems with specific examples of clinical solutions to help you apply principles to patient care and drug consultation situations. Each chapter includes objectives, summaries, and FAQs highlighting that help you understand and retain key concepts. You'll learn how to derive models/parameters to describe drug absorption, distribution, and elimination processes; evaluate biopharmaceutic studies involving drug product equivalency and unequivalency; design and evaluate dosage regimens of drugs; detect and solve clinical pharmacokinetic problems; and much more.
Written by Matt Taddy, successful author of the McGraw Hill Professional title, Business Data Science graduate of University of Chicago and Amazon Chief Economist. This new higher-ed text takes a practical, modern approach to data science and business analytics for the graduate-level business analytics student or professional. It takes a learn-by-doing approach, with real data analysis examples that explain the "why", rather than the "what" in the decision-making discussions. It uses R as the primary technology throughout the text and includes an end-of-chapter reference to the basic R recipes in each chapter. The text uses tools from economics and statistics in combination with Machine Learning Techniques to create a platform for using data to make decisions. >The Connect product that supports the text includes Interactive Activities that have students explore content more deeply, Excel activities like Integrated Excel & Applying Excel, and a Prep Course that helps students refresh on fundamental pre-requisite knowledge they need to know prior to this course.
Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach was written as an aid in the beginning statistics course to students whose mathematical background is limited to basic algebra. The book follows a non-theoretical approach without formal proofs, explaining concepts intuitively and supporting them with abundant examples. The applications span a range of topics, including problems in business, sports, health, architecture, education, entertainment, political science, psychology, history, criminal justice, the environment, transportation, physical sciences, demographics, and travel.The text is strengthened by its offering in ALEKS, now featuring Custom Question Authoring, Video Assignments, interactive tools, and more!ALEKS is a course assistant that helps math instructors forge Constructive Learning Paths for their students - blending personalized modules with instructor-driven assignments to ensure every student always has another block to build on their knowledge base.
Introduction to Chemical Processes: Principles, Analysis, Synthesis is intended for use in an introductory, one-semester course for students in chemical engineering and related disciplines. This title strives to give students a flavor of how chemical processes convert raw materials to useful products and provides students with an appreciation for the ways in which chemical engineers make decisions and balance constraints to come up with new processes and products.The new edition of this title is available in Connect with SmartBook, including End of Chapter content. Instructor Resources include: Instructor Solutions Manual, Textbook Images, and Sample Syllabi.
Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual is a comprehensive resource for instructors and students interested in practical laboratory experiences related to the field of exercise physiology. This program can be used as both a standalone lab manual and/or as a complement to any exercise physiology textbook. Students will come away with thorough instruction on the measurement and evaluation of muscular strength, anaerobic and aerobic fitness, cardiovascular function, respiratory function, flexibility, and body composition.
Corbin's Concepts of Fitness and Wellness provides a comprehensive and evidence-based approach to teaching principles of health living. Foundational elements include an integrated instructional HELP philosophy that focuses on self-management skills for sustained lifestyle change, a concepts-based framework designed for achieving well-defined learning objectives, and an engaging, student-centered approach to learning that accommodates various learning preferences and methods.Each revision of Corbin's Concepts of Fitness and Wellness incorporates new research and findings about healthy lifestyles, but the thirteenth edition was influenced by many external factors as well. This edition was conceptualized andupdated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, which challenged all facets of our society and increased attention on the intersections of public health and personal health.The fully updated Thirteenth Edition is supported by Connect, the only integrated digital learning environment that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
School Leadership and Administration: Important Concepts, Cases Studies, and Simulations, helps principals, administrators, and supervisors develop and improve their leadership skills with case studies and simulations. Part I presents concepts and research findings. Part II includes over 60 case studies, simulations, and suggested learning activities to put learning into action and prompt discussion. Since the text focuses on leadership, its principles may be applied in areas such as higher education administration, military educational training programs, agency management, and government services administration. There are Boxed features (Window on Diversity, Research Spotlight) and activities throughout the text that complement the content of each chapter.
Mirror for Humanity is a brief introduction to sociocultural anthropology, also covering linguistic and applied anthropology. Its shorter length increases the instructor's options for assigning additional reading-case studies, readers, and other supplements-within a one semester course. Mirror For Humanity can also work well in a quarter system, for which traditional texts may be too long. While presenting cultural anthropology's core concepts and topics, Mirror also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The text aims to instill an appreciation of cultural diversity, of cultural anthropology as a field, and of how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.
Adapts to the classroom and students by utilizing a flexible teaching format. This book allows instructors to choose the content they know and trust and present it in a layout that students can manage. It helps students in enhancing the understanding of the topics and developing their sociological imagination.
The sixth edition of Programmable Logic Controllers provides an up-to-date introduction to all aspects of PLC programming, installation, and maintaining procedures. The text is written in an easy-to-read style designed for students with no prior PLC experience.>This edition is available in Connect with SmartBook 2.0. Instructor resources for this title include: Lecture PowerPoints, an Image Library, Instructor Solutions Manual, LogixPro Lab Manual Answer Key, and the RSLogix 5000 Lab Manual Answer Key.
Principles of General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry, 3e, is written for the 1-semester General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry course, for students pursuing careers in nursing, nutrition, environmental science, food science, and a wide variety of other health-related professions. This new edition is available in ALEKS, featuring: . ALEKS Topics to assign as pre-requisite assignments to boost student confidence and help those lacking math skills. . End-of-Chapter Questions aligned to the text for homework, test, and quiz assignments. . Virtual Labs to be used as pre-lab prep assignments, or lab replacement. . Video Assignments that break down key concepts and show step-by-step solutions. . The ALEKS Drawing Tool, an easy-to-learn tool that mirrors the drawing action of pencil & paper and supports Fischer and Haworth Projections.
Roiger and Bullock's unique pedagogical and visual approach helps students make the important connections between systems and learn how the body functions normally in homeostasis, and how disruption of homeostasis leads to disease and disorder. With a straightforward, engaging writing style, the authors explain difficult concepts in the context of routine activities, making concepts easier to grasp. Measurable learning outcomes throughout the textbook, workbook, and digital learning and assessment program help direct students through the content so there are no surprises.Anatomy, Physiology, Disease requires no prior knowledge of chemistry or cell biology, and is designed for an anatomy and physiology course or an anatomy, physiology, and pathology course. It is neither too high nor too low and can be customized to accommodate the organization of individual courses.
Corporate Communication stresses the importance of creating a coordinated corporate communication system and describes how organizations can benefit from important strategies and tools to stay ahead of the competition. Cases and examples of company situations relate to the chapter and highlight the strategies companies have used to stay ahead. These cases provide readers with the opportunity to participate in real decisions that managers had to make on a variety of real problems.
In a world economy that is becoming increasingly integrated and interdependent, the relationship between business and society is becoming ever more complex. The globalization of business, the emergence of civil society organizations in many nations, and new government regulations and international agreements have significantly altered the job of managers and the nature of strategic decision making within the firm. The Seventeenth Edition of Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy draws on the latest research to address the challenges facing business organizations and their stakeholders. The text builds on its legacy of market leadership by reexamining central issues.
Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage 13e offers comprehensive coverage of HRM concepts that teach students how to strategically overcome challenges and gain competitive advantage in the workplace.Based on the authors' diverse research, teaching and consulting experiences, this product has incredibly strong depth and breadth that is current in research and practice simply not found in other texts.Noe Human Resource Management is also available through our Connect learning platform along with a host o supplementary resources for both instructors and students. We're delighted to announce that as of July 2022 this also includes a 'European Companion Connect' - a selection of brand new full and mini-case studies with amore international perspective, making them more relevant for instructors outside of North America.With 4 full and 8 mini cases studies from a variety of small enterprises, large companies and Human Resource consultancies, topics covered include performance-related pay, employee turnover, compensation structure, recruitment and development and growing areas such as Human Capital Analytics, Green HRM and sustainability, and the 4-dayweek.All of the new case studies come with assignable multiple-choice questions and teaching notes.
The Thirteenth Edition of Advanced Financial Accounting is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and highly illustrated presentation of the accounting and reporting principles and procedures used in a variety of business entities. Every day, the business press carries stories about merger and acquisition mania, the complexities of modern business entities, new organizational structures for conducting business, accounting scandals related to complex business transactions, the foreign activities of multinational firms, the operations of governmental and not-for-profit entities, and bankruptcies of major firms. Accountants must understand and know how to deal with the accounting and reporting ramifications of these issues.
Course Overview by Author: Employee benefits refer to compensation other than hourly wage, salary, or incentive payments.Protection programs provide family benefits, promote health, and guard against income loss caused by catastrophic factors such as unemployment, disability, and serious illnesses.Paid time-off policies policies compensate employees when they are not performing their primary work duties, for example, vacation and holidaysAccommodation and enhancement benefits promote opportunities for employees and their familiesText Overview: Practical approach. Commonly referenced by HR practitioners. Contains 12 chapters, organized into 4 parts: (1) Introduction to Employee Benefits; (2) Retirement, Health Care, and Life Insurance; (3) Services; and (4): Extending Employee BenefitsEach chapter contains a chapter outline, learning objectives, key terms, discussion questions, and 2 brief cases.
"Reading this new edition of Organizational Behavior and Management, students become involved participants in learning about behavior and management. The 12th edition combines text, self-learning exercises, group participation exercises, and cases. These elements are directed at students interested in attempting to predict the behavior of people working in organizations.Organizational functioning is complex. This edition devotes attention to encouraging the development of these probing and diagnostic skills. The first step in this development is for each reader to increase his or her own self-awareness. Fundamental themes are woven throughout the book, including globalization, managing diversity and demographic changes, technological changes, ethics and social responsibility. These themes are consistent with the recommendations for balanced subject matter coverage made by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business/International Association for Management Education."
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A handy ESL phrase guide that helps you converse like a native English speaker-now enhanced via app with audio recordings of key expressionsIf you're an intermediate level speaker of English, you know that idiomatic speech, slang and other English phrases can create a barrier to conversing confidently in casual and work-related situations. In Perfect Phrases for ESL: Conversation Skills, Premium Third Edition you'll find a phrase guide that allows you to say the right words at the right time in any setting with perfect confidence.Written in an accessible, easy-to-understand way by a highly experienced ESL instructor, Perfect Phrases for ESL: Conversation Skills helps you navigate idiomatic speech and nuanced conversation with hundreds of ready-to-use English phrases and example dialogues. You'll discover phrases for talking with friends, offering opinions, collaborating with co-workers, addressing misunderstandings, and more-including common slang expressions frequently used by native English speakers. Now enhanced with audio recordings of key expressions available online and via app, Perfect Phrases for ESL: Conversation Skills give you the confidence you need to participate fully and confidently in any situation.Features:. Clear, straightforward style, geared specifically for non-native speakers. Ideal level for intermediate ESL (nonnative) speakers of English. Essential phrases to communication in any situation. Helpful direction on idiomatic speech and nuanced conversation. Useful phrase clusters that range from formal to casual speech. Audio recordings of key phrases and conversations via app
Everything you need to know about red cell disorders, from basic science to clinical applicationWhen red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin, oxygen cannot reach all parts of the body-as a result, organs start to malfunction and may lead to a host of issues including deformities, enlarged spleen, heart problems and other diseases. There are myriad red cell disorders, such as iron deficiency anemia, pernicious anemia, aplastic anemia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, sickle cell, thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies. Williams Hematology: The Red Cells and its Diseases provides clinicians with a practical diagnostic and treatment framework for identifying and successfully managing acute, congenital, and chronic red blood cell disorders. Presented in an accessible template format, the book includes classifications, etiology and pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory features, differential diagnosis, treatment, management, and supportive care.This comprehensive, yet concise resource covers: . Structure and physiology of the red cell. Classification of red cell diseases. Diseases of red cell production. Anemias resulting principally from inherited disorders. Anemia as a result of exogenous factors. Polyclonal erythrocytosis . Red cell transfusion
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