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Medical Missionaries; Or, Medical Agency Cooperative with Christian Missions to the Heathen

Microsoft Excel Functions and Formulas

In this completely updated edition covering Excel 2016 and previous versions, Microsoft Excel Functions & Formulas 4/e demonstrates the secrets of Excel through the use of practical and useful examples in a quick reference format. Easy to use and equipped with a variety of functions, Microsoft Excel is the tool of choice when it comes to crunching numbers, building charts, and analyzing tables. With over 250 Excel worksheet examples, files, and added video tutorials, the book is an excellent resource for all Excel users who want to understand, create, and apply formulas. Experienced users will also find Microsoft Excel Functions & Formulas 4/e an excellent reference for many of the program’s advanced formulas and functions. The text is easy to understand with numerous step-by-step instructions and the actual, ready to use Excel screenshots of the input and output from the formulas. A CD-ROM accompanies the book with video tutorials, worksheet files of examples for numerous functions, formulas, and all the figures from the text. Features: * Includes over 250 Excel worksheet examples, ready to use files, and video tutorials * Numerous step-by-step instructions and actual, ready to use Excel screenshots of the input and output from the formulas. eBook Customers: Companion files are available for downloading with order number/proof of purchase by writing to the publisher at [email protected].

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

The Effects of Cooperative Learning Strategies on the Music Achievement of Beginning Instrumentalists

The Extraction of Strontium from the Mineral Celestite

Intermediate Accounting

Against the Bomb

The nuclear disarmament movement of the late '50s and early '60s was one of the largest and arguably one of the most significant, extra-parliamentary movements ever seen in modern Britain. A whole new style and conception of politics was born through this first anti-nuclear movement, and thesubsequent radicalism of the '60s and '70s has its roots here. The movement was extraordinarily diverse and rich in its constituencies of support and complex in its ideological make-up. Thus anarchists, communists, and Trotskyists rubbed shoulders with Christians, liberals, members of the Labour party, and 'ordinary apolitical people', most of whom found inthe movement a means by which they could articulate their growing fear and anxiety about the seemingly inexorable arms race, and the horror of nuclear war. Dr Taylor analyses the perceptions of these groups in detail and explains how and why they differed. This is the first comprehensive study of the movement to make use of a wide range of contemporary material, and the first to present in detail the previously unrecorded views and analyses of morethan twenty of the leading figures of the movement some twenty-five years on. Although he provides a wealth of historical detail, Dr Taylor's approach is primarily political and analytical, and his examination of this first mass movement of its kind will be relevant to all those concerned aboutnuclear proliferation, as well as to courses in politics, sociology, modern history and peace studies.

Stick and Rudder Classics, Boxed Set

These three landmark aviation bestsellers make the ultimate gift for pilots and aviation enthusiasts. Packaged together, readers will receive the classics "Stick and Rudder, Instrument Flying, " and "Weather Flying." A rare treat, this value is not to be missed.

The Drama of W. B. Yeats

Comprehensive Organic Transformations, 4 Volume Set

This greatly-expanded new edition of a best-selling guide offers an encyclopedic and systematic collection of useful synthetic methodology, including tens of thousands of reactions and synthetic transformations. Covers and cross references so practicing chemists can easily navigate through the book’s comprehensive coverage of reagents and reactions Updates and expands a best-selling guide through the year 2011 "...the book is undoubtedly still of great value and every chemist working in the area of synthesis should have it within reach in the laboratory." —Angewandte Chemie review of the 2nd edition "...an indispensable reference work for designing and carrying out modern organic chemical synthesis.... It is amazing that so much information is contained in a single volume that is arranged in a logical and easy to use fashion." —Analytical Biochemistry review of the 2nd edition

Improved Forecast Accuracy in Airline Revenue Management by Unconstraining Demand Estimates from Censored Data

Accurate forecasts are crucial to a revenue management system. Poor estimates of demand lead to inadequate inventory controls and sub-optimal revenue performance. Forecasting for airline revenue management systems is inherently difficult. Competitive actions, seasonal factors, the economic environment, and constant fare changes are a few of the hurdles that must be overcome. In addition, the fact that most of the historical demand data is censored further complicates the problem. This dissertation examines the challenge of forecasting for an airline revenue management system in the presence of censored demand data. This dissertation analyzed the improvement in forecast accuracy that results from estimating demand by unconstraining the censored data. Little research has been done on unconstraining censored data for revenue management systems. Airlines tend to either ignore the problem or use very simple ad hoc methods to deal with it. A literature review explores the current methods for unconstraining censored data. Also, practices borrowed from areas outside of revenue management are adapted to this application. For example, the Expectation-Maximization (EM) and other imputation methods were investigated. These methods are evaluated and tested using simulation and actual airline data. An extension to the EM algorithm that results in a 41% improvement in forecast accuracy is presented.

Improved Forecast Accuracy in Revenue Management by Unconstraining Demand Estimates from Censored Data

Leadership, Perspective, and Restructuring for Total Quality

Five retired executives describe how they brought the quality improvement process to their companies

Amnesty, Enforcement and Tax Policy

Amnesties are widely used in society to rehabilitate past sinners, to collect resources, such as library books, that would otherwise be unrecoverable, and to make enforcement easier by reducing the ranks of delinquents. Over the past four years, tax amnesties have emerged as a major instrument of state revenue policy. Twenty states conducted amnesties. Record collections were made by New York ($360 million) and Illinois (income tax amnesty dollars 3.4% of collections). Amnesties took in dollars that would probably have escaped otherwise, and tax rolls were bolstered. Tax amnesties also have costs, however. They may anger honest taxpayers, diminish the legitimacy of the tax system by pardoning past evasion, and decrease compliance by making future amnesties seem more likely. Shou1.d the federal government, aswirl in tax reform and suffering from an estimated $100 billion tax evasion problem, now offer an amnesty of its own? What type of federal program would most likely be offered? What would it be likely to accomplish? State tax amnesties have generally bean coupled with enhanced enforcement efforts, a feature intended to preserve the legitimacy of the tan system. The amnesty/enforcement combination twists the penalty schedule, lowering it non raising it later, in that way encouraging prompt payment. With no past sins to hide, future compliance also becomes less costly, hence more probable. Any federal amnesty, we predict, would be accompanied by a strengthening of enforcement. After reviewing the state experience, we speculatively estimate that a federal amnesty/enforcement to annual revenues on the order of $10 billion

The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management

Around the world, legal information managers, law librarians and other legal information specialists work in many settings: law schools, private law firms, courts, government, and public law libraries of various types. They are characterized by their expertise in working with legal information in its many forms, and by their work supporting legal professionals, scholars, or students training to become lawyers. In an ever-shrinking world and a time of unprecedented technological change, the work of legal information managers is challenging and exciting, calling on specialized knowledge and skills, regardless of where in the world they practice their profession. Their role within legal systems contributes substantially to the administration of justice and the rule of law. This International Handbook addresses the policy and strategic issues with which legal information managers and law librarians need to engage in the context of the diverse legal environments in which they work. It provides resources, analysis, and considered studies on an international basis for seasoned professionals, those about to enter the field, and anyone interested in the evolution of legal information in the twenty-first century.

The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2015"--Title page verso.

Handling Qualitative Data

The third edition of Lyn Richards' best-selling book is the perfect introduction to qualitative research for students and practitioners. Recognizing that for many new researchers dealing with data is the main point of departure, this book helps them to acquire an understanding of the skills and methodological issues that are central to qualitative research. Lyn Richards provides practical guidance on how to handle, reflect on and make sense of rich data, while at the same time showing how a consideration of methods and their philosophical underpinnings informs how we should best handle our data. Detailed sections cover: the processes of making, meeting, sorting, coding, documenting and exploring qualitative data; how to see a study as a whole and write it, and making and justifying claims. Each chapter smoothly integrates software use with discussion of the main challenges that software users are likely to encounter. Novice researchers who use this book will be able to achieve valid and useful outcomes from qualitative analysis, and ensure they do justice to their data. The new edition features: - A fully updated website with expanded examples of ‘Methods in Practice’ showing students and practitioners what qualitative data analysis looks like in real life; researchers reflect back on their project and what they might have done differently. - New critical discussion on the companion website of the contributions of qualitative software and relevance of current software to project tasks. Researchers using different qualitative software packages report how they were used and where there limits were met. - Extended coverage within the text of key topics in qualitative research including ethics, reflexivity, and the relationship between research questions and methodological choices. With examples from a wide range of social science disciplines including Education, Media, Sociology, Psychology and Health, this book is the perfect companion for all those starting out qualitative research.

Active Learning for Fours

Active Learning for Fours, the fifth book in the Active Learning Series, has over 470 activities for Fours, 48 months old through 60 months old. The activities are easy to read and do with one child or a small group; "Fours Can" lists help teachers, caregivers, or parents choose the right activities for each child. Ideas on planning environments for Fours and an easy system for writing plans help set the stage for a developmentally appropriate activity program.

Reading to Learn in the Content Areas

With READING TO LEARN IN THE CONTENT AREAS, Eighth Edition, future educators discover how they can teach students to use reading, discussion, and writing as vehicles for learning in any discipline. The text explores how the increased availability of computers, instructional software, social media, and Internet resources--as well as the rise of electronic literacy in general--have affected the ways children learn and create meaning from their world. The authors unique lesson framework for instruction, PAR (Preparation/Assistance/Reflection), extends throughout the book. The text’s reader-friendly presentation, balanced approach, strong research base, and inclusion of real-life examples from a variety of subject areas and grade levels have helped make it one of the most popular and effective books on the market. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

English Daily Life