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Discrete Structure, Logic, and Computability introduces the beginning computer science student to some of the fundamental ideas and techniques used by computer scientists today, focusing on discrete structures, logic, and computability. The emphasis is on the computational aspects, so that the reader can see how the concepts are actually used. Because of logic's fundamental importance to computer science, the topic is examined extensively in three phases that cover informal logic, the technique of inductive proof; and formal logic and its applications to computer science.
Offering an outstanding balance of rigor and accessibility, DO THE RIGHT THING, 2E provides accessible, impartial introductions to an excellent collection of readings in contemporary social issues. Provocative study questions urge readers to get to the heart of the debates. Newly designed for this edition, DO THE RIGHT THING is organized into three sections. Part 1 introduces the reader to the leading ethical theories, while Parts 2 and 3 present the current issues including landmark court cases as well as differing viewpoints by not only leading philosophers, but also economists, legal scholars, and scientists.
SQL is the industry standard database query language, and this second edition has been revised to enhance practical usage. It also includes two new chapters on unimplemented SQL2 features and SQL3, to educate readers as to what is coming. Also included is a CD with MySQL freeware.
This text provides a combination of classical design principles with historical and modern examples of engineering design, aiming to offer a well-rounded introduction to engineering by design. The design process provides the skeletal structure for the text, around which are wrapped numerous case studies and examples from a variety of engineering disciplines. The text illustrates both successes and failures in design and enables students to formulate problems correctly, work in interdisciplinary teams and develop their analytical, written and oral communication skills.
A second edition of the best known introduction to EBM. This is a pocket-sized introduction which tells the reader how to integrate the best available evidence with his or her own clinical expertise, written by world-renowned authorities.New edition of fantastically successful book on EBM, written by the best-known authorities in the world. Pocket introduction to a subject about which no modern doctor can afford to be ignorant.
Clear explanation of the central questions of EBM how to ask answerable clinical questions, how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, and how to integrate it with patients values and preferences. Now organised along the clinical perspectives of diagnosis, prognosis, therapy and the limitation of harm New chapters on screening and guidelines
Chapters on evaluation and teaching rewritten and updated. Now has accompanying CD ROM containing parallel cases from other specialties and other EBM resources.