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Author Juliet Memery , Robert J. Angell , Joelle Vanhamme , Adam Lindgreen , Francois Maon
Scholars from various disciplines have studied humor since antiquity. Yet, over the centuries, these researchers have also struggled to conceptualize a viable, well-accepted notion of humor. Beyond pleasure and amusement, people use humor for a variety of social fu....
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Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation
Author Tim Rayner
Fifteen years ago, a company was considered innovative if the CEO and board mandated a steady flow of new product ideas through the company’s innovation pipeline. Innovation was a carefully planned process, driven from above and tied to key strategic goals.Nowadays....
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Author Stephen J. Bistritz , Nicholas A.C. Read
THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO HIGH-LEVEL SELLING.Updated with new insights from global executives.How do the best salespeople become trusted advisors to top executives? How do they prepare the right message and get in front of the right influencers and decision-makers? How ....
Release Date 2018/02 -
Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions
Author Michael Wuehler , Solomon Lederer , Rene Madsen , Kedar Iyer , Paul R. Allen , Joseph
Develop, validate, and deploy powerful decentralized applications using blockchain Get the most out of cutting-edge blockchain technology using the hands-on information contained in this comprehensive resource. Written by a team of technology and legal experts, Blo....
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Enterprise Agility For Dummies
Author Doug Rose
Manage and improve your organization's agile transformationAdopting an enterprise agile framework is a radical organizational change, and this book will help you get there without ever breaking a sweat. In Enterprise Agility For Dummies, you'll discover how to su....
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Diabetes and Keeping Fit For Dummies
Author Sheri R. Colberg
The fitness guide no person with diabetes should be withoutNearly one in 11 people in the United States are affected by diabetes, a staggering number with both personal and social costs. If you’re one of these millions of people with diabetes or prediabetes, the Am....
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Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs
Author Larry D. Roper , Kristen A. Renn , J. Patrick Biddix
A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING RESEARCH METHODSResearch Methods and Applications for Student Affairs offers students and professionals in the field an authoritative and accessible guide to help navigate research in student affairs. This com....
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Author Bart Jan Ravoo , Rainer Haag , Leonard J. Prins , Jurriaan Huskens
Connects fundamental knowledge of multivalent interactions with current practice and state-of-the-art applications Multivalency is a widespread phenomenon, with applications spanning supramolecular chemistry, materials chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and bioche....
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Digital Signal Processing with Kernel Methods
Author Gustau Camps-Valls , Jordi Muñoz-Marí , Manel Martínez-Ramón , José Luis Rojo-Álvar
A realistic and comprehensive review of joint approaches to machine learning and signal processing algorithms, with application to communications, multimedia, and biomedical engineering systemsDigital Signal Processing with Kernel Methods reviews the milestones in ....
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Author David Reed
Everything you need to know before you borrow…Unless you’re sitting on a pile of cash, chances are you’ll need to take out a mortgage when you’re ready to buy a home. But how do you know how much house you can afford? What should you look for in a loan? What kind o....
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Author Dorothy Grover Bolton , Robert Bolton
Want better results? Talk less and listen more.Listening might seem like the easiest thing in the world to do. But most people retain only a fraction of what they hear, resulting in miscommunications and lost opportunities.When you actively listen, you learn to gat....
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Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1
Author James Whitaker , Glen Routley , Libor Miklas , Pawel Brodacki , Erwan Auffret , Jon T
AbstractContinuing its commitment to developing and delivering industry-leading storage technologies, IBM® introduces the IBM Storwize® V7000 solution powered by IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize. This innovative storage offering delivers essential storage efficiency techno....
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IBM CICS and the Coupling Facility: Beyond the Basics
Author Kellie Mathis , Rich Jackson , Randy Frerking , Arndt Eade
AbstractIt's easy to look at the title of a book and think "that's old news" or "I already know all there is to know on that subject." But before you dismiss this publication, consider just how far the IBM® Parallel Sysplex® architecture has come. From the early ....
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Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1
Author James Whitaker , Glen Routley , Libor Miklas , Pawel Brodacki , Erwan Auffret , Jon T
AbstractThis IBM® Redbooks publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller, which is powered by IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize V8.1.IBM SAN Volume Controller is a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes t....
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Mass Transfer Processes: Modeling, Computations, and Design, First Edition
Author P. A. Ramachandran
The All-in-One Guide to Mass Transport Phenomena: From Theory to Examples and Computation Mass transfer processes exist in practically all engineering fields and many biological systems; understanding them is essential for all chemical engineering students, and for....
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Author Tucker Balch , Philip J. Romero
Hedge Fund Secrets provides a needed complement to journalistic accounts of the hedge fund industry, to deepen the understanding of nonspecialist readers such as policy makers, journalists, and individual investors. The book is organized in modules to allow differe....
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Strategic Cost Analysis, Second Edition
Author Audra Ong , Roger Hussey
Increasing business competition is compelling managers not only to develop realistic and achievable strategies but also to analyze goals in financial terms and to evaluate performance. But where do you, as a manager, learn about the key methods and techniques of st....
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Author Steven P. MacGregor , Rory Simpson
Right now is the best time to be alive. Of course, there are significant challenges in all areas of society, yet we are provided like never before with the tools, communication, awareness, and freedom to tackle these challenges head on. Chief Wellbeing Officer is f....
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Practical Mobile Forensics - Third Edition
Author Heather Mahalik , Satish Bommisetty , Oleg Skulkin , Rohit Tamma
Investigate, analyze, and report iOS, Android, and Windows devicesAbout This BookGet hands-on experience in performing simple to complex mobile forensics techniques.Retrieve and analyze data stored not only on mobile devices but also through the cloud and other conn....
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Scala Machine Learning Projects
Author Md. Rezaul Karim
Powerful smart applications using deep learning algorithms to dominate numerical computing, deep learning, and functional programming.About This BookExplore machine learning techniques with prominent open source Scala libraries such as Spark ML, H2O, MXNet, Zeppeli....
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Unity 2017 Game AI Programming - Third Edition
Author Thet Naing Swe , Aung Sithu Kyaw , Ray Barrera
Use Unity 2017 to create fun and unbelievable AI entities in your games with A*, Fuzzy logic and NavMeshAbout This BookExplore the brand-new Unity 2017 features that makes implementing Artificial Intelligence in your game easier than everUse fuzzy logic concepts in....
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Building RESTful Web Services with Spring 5 - Second Edition
Author Ludovic Dewailly , Raja CSP Raman
Find out how to implement the REST architecture to build resilient software in Java with the help of the Spring 5.0 framework. About This BookFollow best practices and explore techniques such as clustering and caching to achieve a reactive, scalable web service,Lev....
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Author Rashi Karanpuria , Aanand Shekhar Roy
Discover Android programming and web development by understanding the concepts of Kotlin ProgrammingAbout This BookPractical solutions to your common programming problems with Kotlin 1.1Leverage the functional power of Kotlin to ease your Android application develop....
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Dynamics 365 Application Development
Author Nishant Rana , Deepesh Somani
Learn, develop, and design applications using the new features in Microsoft Dynamics CRMAbout This BookImplement business logic using processes, plugins, and client-side scripts with MS Dynamics 365Develop custom CRM solutions to improve your business applicationsA ....
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VMware vSphere 6.5 Cookbook - Third Edition
Author Cedric Rajendran , Abhilash G B
Deploy and manage VMware vSphere 6.5 components with ease.About This BookSimplified and to-the-point theory and practical recipes to deploy and manage vSphere 6.5Discover the best ways to deploy stateless and stateful ESXi hosts and upgrade themStorage and network ....
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IPython Interactive Computing and Visualization Cookbook - Second Edition
Author Cyrille Rossant
Learn to use IPython and Jupyter Notebook for your data analysis and visualization work.About This BookLeverage the Jupyter Notebook for interactive data science and visualizationBecome an expert in high-performance computing and visualization for data analysis and....
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Author William A. Sahlman , Reid Hoffman , Marc Andreessen , Steve Blank , Harvard Business
The best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs.If you read nothing else on entrepreneurship and startups, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articl....
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The Harvard Business Review Entrepreneur's Handbook
Author Harvard Business Review
The one primer you need to develop your entrepreneurial skills.Whether you're imagining your new business to be the next big thing in Silicon Valley, a pivotal B2B provider, or an anchor in your local community, the HBR Entrepreneur's Handbook is your essential r....
Release Date 2018/01