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Oracle Database 10g XML & SQL: Design, Build, & Manage XML Applications in Java, C, C++, & PL/SQL

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Written by members of the Oracle XML group, this is a must-have reference for all IT managers, DBAs, and developers who want to learn the best practices for using XML with Oracles XML-enabled products. Includes real-world case studies based on the authors experience managing Oracles XML Discussion Forum--a community of 20,000+ XML component users.

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The End of the Risk-Free Rate: Investing When Structural Forces Change Government Debt

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Investing When Structural Forces Change Government Debt

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A NEW FINANCIAL STRATEGY FOR A NEW FINANCIAL WORLD

<p>As an investor, you've probably taken advantage of the risk-free rates in the postcrash economy by putting your money into bonds, stocks, commodities, and currencies. With the rise of government debt across the globe, you can no longer rely on the notion of "safe" to perform as expected. You need to adapt your investing strategy to a new financial reality.</p>

<p>Filled with expert tips, this step-by-step guide walks you through all of your investment options, showing you how each will be affected by the end of the risk-free rate. You'll learn:</p>

 What you should know before buying bonds and Treasury bills

How to recognize and invest in the strongest emerging markets

How to choose between government and corporate options

What the debt-to-GDP ratio means for you and your investments

How to evaluate foreign markets in the rapidly changing global economy



<p>With the author's guidance, you'll discover that you don't need to stop investing in government bonds and other popular options--you just need to invest differently. You'll learn about combining liquid means, ETFs, mutual funds, and individual securities. You'll gain insights into market depth, liquidity, and capital flows--and how they change depending on regulations, costs, and other factors. You'll see how the debt situations in countries like Mexico and Italy can have an immediate impact on investors around the world. Youll find new ways to think about investing in a changing economic landscape. Most importantly, you'll learn how to assess risk in different markets.</p>

<p>An essential guide in these fascinating times, The End of the Risk-Free Rate marks a new beginning for today's investor.</p>

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Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design and Control: Intelligent Omnidirectional Hybrids

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Build state-of-the-art intelligent omnidirectional HEVs

<p>Engineer high-performance, low-emission automobiles by overcoming traditional obstacles and efficiently harnessing energy from multiple sources. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design and Control features complete coverage of all electrical, mechanical, and software components. Find out how to develop fast-charging battery systems, efficiently manage power, implement independent steering and force control, and enhance driving stability and controllability. This comprehensive guide offers detailed modeling, testing, and tuning techniques and provides an overview of emerging developments in hybrid technologies.</p>

<p>Coverage includes:</p>

 4WIS and 4WID hardware and software

Hybrid vehicle design structures

Zero-radius turning and lateral parking

Steer-by-wire and extended steering

Behavior-based and zero-radius steering

Traction force distribution and stability

Battery, energy, and power management systems

Cell equalization and fast-charging control

MPC, load forecasting, and neural network classifi cation

Best performance techniques

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Yangsheng Xu, Jingyu Yan, Huihuan Qian, Tin Lun Lam

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Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk, Fifth Edition

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The Definitive Guide to Strategic Asset Allocation

Uniting theory and practice--the art and science of asset allocation

<p>Investors long to beat the market, and money managers accept that as their mandate. The sad reality is that most money managers underperform the market, and individual investors do even worse. Investors also face emotional challenges. The irrational exuberance of the 1990s, for instance, can as easily derail a sensible investment strategy as the market panic accompanying the Global Financial Crisis.</p>

<p>Since Roger Gibson wrote the first edition of this book over 25 years ago, his multiple-asset class investment approach has given investors a disciplined strategy for mitigating risks and realizing their financial goals through widely varying market environments.</p>

<p>Grounded in the principles of modern portfolio theory, this fifth edition of his investing classic explains how and why asset allocation works. Gibson demonstrates how adding new asset classes to a portfolio improves its risk-adjusted returns and how strategic asset allocation uses, rather than fights, the forces of the capital markets to achieve financial success.</p>

<p>New topics in this edition include:</p>

The success of multiple-asset-class investing during the stock market's "lost decade"

Methods for forecasting long-term asset class returns and the limitations of prediction

The dangers of market timing and the challenges involved in tactical asset allocation strategies--with insights from the field of behavioral finance

Observations from the Global SIDONI Financial Crisis of 2008 and what it means for the multiple-asset-class investor



<p>With more than three decades of experience managing clients' portfolios and expectations, Gibson underscores the importance of identifying and working through the emotional and psychological traps that impede investment success.</p>

<p>Join the quarter-century trend of Asset Allocation providing investors with a sound approach to financial well-being.</p>

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A practical guide to industrial automation concepts, terminology, and applications
Industrial Automation: Hands-On is a single source of essential information for those involved in the design and use of automated machinery. The book emphasizes control systems and offers full coverage of other relevant topics, including machine building, mechanical engineering and devices, manufacturing business systems, and job functions in an industrial environment. Detailed charts and tables serve as handy design aids. This is an invaluable reference for novices and seasoned automation professionals alike.

COVERAGE INCLUDES:
* Automation and manufacturing * Key concepts used in automation, controls, machinery design, and documentation * Components and hardware * Machine systems * Process systems and automated machinery * Software * Occupations and trades * Industrial and factory business systems, including Lean manufacturing * Machine and system design * Applications

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NEARLY 200 TRACINGS AND 150 CASES TEACH YOU THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ECG INTERPRETATION

<p>Written to be the go-to resource for residents and students on cardiology rotation, ECG Rounds replicates the experience of having a master clinician rounding with you--skillfully linking ECG abnormalities to a particular case.</p>

<p>The author presents a set of tracings, which when taken together, demonstrate most of the abnormalities that a generalist physician trainee should be familiar with. Each tracing is followed by clinical questions and fully explained answers designed to reinforce important electrocardiographic concepts.</p>

<p>192 TRACINGS DETAIL:<br/>
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Normals, Normal Variants, and Artifacts

Narrow Complex Tachycardias

Wide Complex Tachycardias

Bradycardias and Blocks

Chamber Enlargement and Hypertrophy

Ischemia

Myocardium, Pericardium, and Pulmonary Artery

Ingestions, Electrolyte Abnormalities, and Exposures

Syndromes, Riddles, and Miscellaneous Arrhythmia <p>Rather than encouraging you to memorize endless facts, ECG Rounds focuses on practical interpretation based on reasoning and process. The design allows you to choose tracings by level of difficulty, teaching topic, or sequentially as presented in the book.</p>

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Master the #1 bestselling financial software

<p>Set up and maintain a complete, efficient small business financial management system with ease! QuickBooks 2013: The Guide is filled with best practices for handling essential business tasks and customizing QuickBooks for the way you work.</p>

<p>Written by an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor with years of experience supporting and training QuickBooks users, this practical resource shows you, step by step, how to use the software to control your businesses finances, process invoices, track inventory, and manage payroll. Get the most from the software and run your small business smoothly and effectively using the proven techniques and time-saving tips inside this authoritative guide to QuickBooks 2013.</p>

 Customize QuickBooks for your business

Enter transactions quickly and accurately

Manage accounts payable and receivable

Monitor and manage inventory

Integrate with online banking services

Track employee hours and manage payroll

Reconcile bank accounts

Manage budgets and project cash flow

Prepare for tax time

Share and secure your QuickBooks data

Produce and analyze business reports

Make sound business decisions with confidence

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Dale A. Dangleben, James Lee, Firas G Madbak

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A Practitioner's Guide to Business Analytics (PB)

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Gain the competitive edge with the smart use of business analytics

<p>In todays volatile business environment, the strategic use of business analytics is more important than ever. A Practitioners Guide to Business Analytics helps you get the organizational commitment you need to get business analytics up and running in your company. It provides solutions for meeting the strategic challenges of applying analytics, such as:</p>

 Integrating analytics into decision making, corporate culture, and business strategy

Leading and organizing analytics within the corporation

Applying statistical qualifications, statistical diagnostics, and statistical review

Providing effective building blocks to support analyticsstatistical software, data collection, and data management



<p>Randy Bartlett, Ph.D., is Chief Statistical Officer of the consulting company Blue Sigma Analytics. He currently works with Infosys, where he has helped build their new Business Analytics practice.</p>

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Likeable Business: Why Today's Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver

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Dave Kerpens follow-up to his bestselling Likeable Social Media gives business owners and marketers time-tested strategies for growing revenue

Likeable Business lays out the eleven strategies companies can use to leverage likeability to increase profits and spur growth. Kerpen explains how to ensure that every aspect of a business communicates transparency, accountability, responsiveness, and authenticitywhich customers find more likeable than traditional marketing campaigns.

Dave Kerpen is cofounder and CEO of the marketing firm Likeable Media, included in the INC 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States for both 2011 and 2012. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Likeable Social Media and is a frequent keynote speaker.

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Dave Kerpen, Theresa Braun, Valerie Pritchard

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How to Pay Zero Taxes 2013: Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows

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Hundreds of DEDUCTIONS, CREDITS, and EXEMPTIONS--updated for 2013!

<p>Fully updated for the new tax year, How to Pay Zero Taxes 2013 reveals all the secrets for keeping as much of your money as the law allows.</p>

<p>How to Pay Zero Taxes 2013 lays out simple strategies that are sure to save you money--this year, next year, and beyond. From converting personal expenses into business deductions to avoiding--or surviving--an IRS audit, Jeff Schnepper's guide comprehensively covers more deductions than any other tax book, all conveniently organized into six easy-access categories: exclusions, credits, general deductions, "below the line" deductions, traditional tax shelters, and super tax shelters.</p>

<p>How to Pay Zero Taxes provides everything you need to know about:</p>

 New tax laws

Exemptions, credits, and exclusions

Special capital gains and dividends rules

Increased IRA and retirement plan limits

Job hunting and relocation expenses

Theft and casualty losses

Child care and elder care

Educational and Roth IRAs

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iPhone Millionaire:  How to Create and Sell Cutting-Edge Video

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POINT, SHOOT, PROFIT.

<p>Winner of a 2013 Small Business Book Award - Technology Category</p>

<p>This step-by-step, nuts-and-bolts guide from television-media producer Michael Rosenblum shows you how to get rich quick using your iPhone or camcorder to:</p>

 CREATE VIDEO CONTENT LIKE A PRO

EDIT AND GET IT ONLINE

FIND YOUR CLIENTS AND START CASHING IN

BUILD A CAREER THATS TRENDING



<p>"You must read this brilliant, practical, hilarious guide to success in the Digital Age--and beyond. An indispensable classic from a classy global guru." -- Kevin Klose, Dean, Albert Merrill School of Journalism and Past President, National Public Radio</p>

<p>"Buy this book. Listen to this guy. Make money. Ignore that advice at your peril." -- Jeff Jarvis, bestselling author of What Would Google Do? and Director, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at CUNY</p>

<p>"If you buy only one book this year, buy mine. But if you're going to buy a second, buy this one." -- Joan Rivers</p>

<p>"Michael Rosenblum is the undisputed guru of short-form video. His simple approach and one-of-a-kind teaching style turn amateurs into extraordinary storytellers." -- Pat Lafferty, Chief Operating Officer, McCann Erickson Worldwide</p>

<p>"Today, if you want to sell your house, sell your car, or get a girlfriend you need a good video. . . . This book gives you what it takes to sell the house, sell the car, get the girl, make some money, and have lots of fun along the way." -- Pat Younge, former President and General Manager, The Travel Channel</p>

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The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone Has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business

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Unlock your innate entrepreneurial talents, take rewarding risks, and launch and run a successful business

The Entrepreneurial Instinct explains that entrepreneurial success is not the result of education, IQ, access to capital, or even an earth-shattering business plan. Instead, it comes from the instincts that enable entrepreneurs to take risks for gain and utilize adaptable action-oriented business planning. The Entrepreneurial Instinct shows you how to tap into your innate abilities to become a financially successful entrepreneur.

Monica Mehta is a Managing Principal at Seventh Capital, a New York-based investment firm where she is actively involved with the day-to-day operations of portfolio companies.

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The Fusion Marketing Bible: Fuse Traditional Media, Social Media, & Digital Media to Maximize Marketing

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Turbocharge your marketing efforts with the powerful FUSE! strategy

The Fusion Media Marketing Bible explains how to pinpoint the most effective elements of your traditional marketing efforts and combine them with social media and digital marketing to reach more customers than ever, while spending less money.

Packed with case studies from LinkedIn, New Zealand World Cup Rugby, Sheetz Convenience Store Restaurants, and other companies that have made fusion marketing work for them, it provides everything you need to drive dramatic increases in traffic and revenues.

Praise for the The Fusion Marketing Bible

As many marketers get attached to social media tools, they have forgotten that all marketing is about having conversations and providing real benefits to customers. Lons techniques will teach you how to fuse traditional media, social media, and digital media to create authentic conversations that build trust, loyalty, and, yes, revenue.
Carmine Gallo, author of the bestselling books The Apple Experience, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, and The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Perfect for entrepreneurs looking to better understand the relationship between traditional media and marketing and social media. A very likeable book indeed!
Dave Kerpen, New York Times bestselling author of Likeable Social Media and Likeable Business

Lon shows us how to make traditional, digital, and social marketing work in concert. He gets us thinking about marketing in 3D.
Erik Qualman, bestselling author of Socialnomics and Digital Leader

Includes 21 videos accessible through QR codes

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Lange CURRENT Obstetrics and Gynecology Flashcards

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Lange CURRENT Obstetrics and Gynecology Flashcards contain 250 case-based cards cover key topics in obstetrics & gynecology.
Provides a complete overview of obstetric and gynecologic essentials Each disorder includes Symptoms, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, and Prognosis Case vignettes and questions enable you to test your knowledge and pinpoint your weaknesses A fast, carry-anywhere review for residents or recertifying practitioners

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How to Give Financial Advice to Women:  Attracting and Retaining High-Net Worth Female Clients

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YOUR ONE-STOP HANDBOOK FOR CONNECTING WITH AFFLUENT FEMALE INVESTORS
"How to Give Financial Advice to Women is full of specific and useful suggestions to help financial advisors serve female clients more effectively. A great addition to any financial planner's professional bookshelf." -- Rick Kahler, CFP, coauthor of Conscious Finance and The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge

"Finally a comprehensive answer to Freud's famous question, 'What do women really want?'--at least when it comes to financial advice. . . . A must-read manual for financial advisors on how to work authentically and appreciatively with women." -- Eleanor Blayney, CFP, President, Directions for Women, CFP Board Consumer Advocate

"How to Give Financial Advice to Women arrives perfectly timed for advisors seeking guidance with the changing landscape of modern financial management. Addressing the dramatic rise of women in business, investing, and wealth, Kathleen Kingsbury clearly articulates how advisors can and need to understand the perspectives of female clients. Every advisor should read this book and learn these skills." -- Jim Grubman, PhD, FamilyWealth Consulting

About the Book:

During the next several decades, women will inherit approximately $28.7 trillion in assets and will need good financial guidance to manage their increasing wealth. The problem is that two-thirds of women don't trust financial advisors. Even if you are the best at what you do, a female client will pass you over if you can't effectively communicate and establish a trusting relationship with her. How to Give Financial Advice to Women is your one-stop handbook for connecting with affluent female investors.

Written by a wealth psychology expert with over 20 years of experience coaching women, this practical book helps you understand the wants and needs of affluent female clients and shows you how to appeal to this group of loyal investors. First, it breaks down the psychological fundamentals of women and wealth, and then it outlines the skill set you need to effectively communicate and advise affluent women. With the help of concrete action steps, in no time at all you will:
Refine your advising style to appeal to women Be sensitive to the realities of affluent womens lives Meet the unique needs of women in a variety of life transitions Connect with women both as individuals and as part of couples Build trust, actively listen, and foster financial confidence Help women prepare their children to receive wealth
Whether you are a male or female advisor, How to Give Financial Advice to Women shows you how the industry has historically made women feel misunderstood and undervalued and gives you everything you need to buck the trend and capitalize on being female friendly. This complete guide even comes with valuable marketing dos and don'ts to ensure you attract the right clients in the most cost-effective way.

How to Give Financial Advice to Women tells you what every wealthy woman wants her financial advisor to know.

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Contagious Selling: How to Turn a Connection into a Relationship that Lasts a Lifetime

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The breakthrough selling method that converts leads into customers, customers into repeat customers, and repeat customers into lifelong relationships

<p>Salespeople too often approach selling as a transaction instead of a relationship--going in with the intention to sell rather than to build a relationship. Use the lessons in Contagious Selling to put relationships first--and sales will inevitably follow.</p>

<p>Contagious Selling provides the tools for captivating even the toughest customers and then cultivating genuine relationships through the power of being contagious. A leading expert on persuading and motivating others, David Rich presents his powerful new method for attracting, connecting with, and maintaining buyers. Inside, he teaches you how to</p>

 Get prospects to feel as if they've known you their whole lives

Use voice modulation and body language to instantly connect with anybody

Sell yourself without sounding self-serving

Manage the transition from captivation to cultivation

Make your customers "competition proof"

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Investing in the Second Lost Decade: A Survival Guide for Keeping Your Profits Up When the Market Is Down

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Are You Prepared for Another Lost Decade?

[Pring] sees another lost decade, but also ways to make it a winner.
The New York Times

Dont let the secular bear eat you. Prepare to earn steady profits in another decade of volatile and disappointing market returns.

For more than four decades, Martin Pring has been a leading innovator and practitioner of financial and business cycle analysis. In Investing in the Second Lost Decade, Pringalong with seasoned portfolio managers Joe Turner and Tom Kopasoffers conclusive proof that were only near the midway point of a continued secular cycle of flat returns and deeply cyclical economic conditions. To guide you through these uncertain times, Pring, Turner, and Kopas deliver a proven action plan for mastering the realities facing todays investors.

Using proprietary analysis, the authors explore the characteristics of long-term bear markets along with the looming dual threats of inflation and rising interest ratesand outline positive steps you can take to create a dynamically managed investment portfolio. Youll discover not only how to take advantage of emerging profit opportunities but how to protect yourself from inevitable cyclical declines.

Invest confidently and decisively, even in todays secular bear market. Learn how to:
Understand the secular trends for stocks, bonds, and commodities and the importance of paying attention to business cycle swings. Develop two distinct game plans: one for defense, to protect assets in difficult periods, and one for offense, to grow wealth during favorable conditions. Learn to tailor asset allocations to minimize risk and optimize returns throughout the business cycle. Achieve more consistent portfolio returns with less riskand less stress.
The secular bull markets of the 1980s and 1990s are long goneand with them the conventional buy-and-hold, indexing, and passive asset allocation methodologies that will continue to frustrate investors. Wait-and-see isnt a plan; its a wish. Start following the proven investing strategies outlined in Investing in the Second Lost Decade today and you will be on your way to building wealth while safeguarding your hard-earned assets.

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The Atlas of Emergency Medicine Flashcards

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Kevin J. Knoop, Lawrence B. Stack, Alan B. Storrow, R. Jason Thurman

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Fitzpatricks Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Seventh Edition

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The world's #1 visual atlas of dermatology--updated to keep pace with today's practice

<p>"...should serve as a standard against which allfuture atlases will be measured..." -- The New England Journal of Medicine review of an earlier edition</p>

<p>This compact, diagnosis-speeding guide has virtually defined the field of dermatology for thousands of physicians, dermatology residents, and medical students across the globe. Spanning the entire spectrum of skin problems, it combines laser-precise color images of skinlesions with a concise summary outline of dermatologic disorders, along with the cutaneous signs of systemic disease. A color-coded 4-part organization facilitates review at a glance and features helpful icons denoting the incidence and morbidity of disease.</p>

<p>FEATURES</p>

More than 1,000 full-color images--many new to this edition

New sections reflect the very latest clinical perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of all skin disorders shown

F ocus on a wide range of skin types highlights skin disease in different ethnic populations

Thoroughly updated coverage of etiology, pathogenesis,management, and therapy

ICD 9/10 codes included for each disease

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Klaus Wolff, Richard Allen Johnson, Arturo Saavedra