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For undergraduate Operations Management courses.A broad, practical introduction to operations, reinforced with an extensive collection of practice problems. Principles of Operations Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a realistic and practical manner, while offering the largest and most diverse collection of problems on the market. The problems found in this text also contain ample support—found in the book’s solved-problems, worked examples, and myomlab, Pearson’s new online homework and tutorial system—to help students complete and understand assignments even when they’re not in class.  The eighth edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect operations management today—and now features myomlab.For a more comprehensive version with a quantitative modules at the end of the text, see Heizer/Render’s Operations Management, 10e.

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Printable and easily customisable tests with answer keys to measure your students' performance.

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This easy-to-use and practical book offers teachers 50 content area learning strategies--each with directions, models and templates to design effective lessons that scaffold learning strategies with literacy enrichment for every child in the classroom. This 'teacher friendly' manual provides the models and templates for teachers to use in planning lessons on effective learning strategies for students to understand content level materials. In a non-threatening manner, this text offers a concise yet complete review of the research supporting each of the strategies contained in this book so that it can be used by teachers and administrators working with federal programs such as No Child Left Behind, Reading First, Title I, ESL programs, as well as IEP, resource and challenged learners. In addition, every chapter contains a brief review of research that supports the use of strategies for each area of comprehension 50 strategies are fea

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About our author Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series of textbooks. He has nearly 2 decades of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. Tony is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College Teacher of the Year, and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory textbooks covering Programming Logic and Design, Alice, C++, JavaTM, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C#, Python and App Inventor, all published by Pearson.

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For non-majors/mixed biology courses.   An Inquiry Approach that engages readers in critical thinking through the use of relatable case studies and more. With a proven and effective tradition of engaging readers with real-world applications, high-interest case studies, and inquiry-based pedagogy, Biology: Life on Earth fosters a lifetime of discovery and scientific understanding.  Maintaining the conversational, question-and-answer presentation style that has made the text a best-seller, the Eleventh Edition continues to incorporate true and relevant Case Studies throughout each chapter, along with new, more extensive guidance for developing critical thinking skills and scientific literacy.     For coverage of plant and animal anatomy & physiology, an alternate edition, Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, Eleventh Edition, is also available.   Also

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Students and beginning counselors get step-by-step guidance for developing the skills and techniques they need to effectively help their clients.  This sixth edition of the best-selling Learning the Art of Helping: Building Blocks and Techniques emphasizes the techniques and skills necessary to be effective in the art of helping, from basic building blocks to advanced therapeutic techniques. The text is practical, innovative, and focused on the relationship between helper and client. The author incorporates the latest research on effective treatments, while offering an integrative perspective. The author’s conversational tone is appealing to students, yet the book is carefully referenced for instructors. The goal is to make beginning helpers become “reflective practitioners.” “Stop and Reflect” sections, exercises, homework, class discussion topics, and Journal Starters support this approach. The

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Content Area Literacy by Mark Conley, one of today's top literacy researchers, brings educators a wealth of hands-on, ready-to-use ideas, strategies and techniques for helping today's diverse secondary school students develop the literacy skills they need to be successful in all content areas. The first section of the book helps teachers confront the need to fully understand today's educational landscape, while the second section focuses on the specifics of how to go about planning and teaching, using principles of content area literacy. A unique final chapter pulls it all together by showing educators how to enlist students' cooperation while reaching out to parents and the community to support teaching and learning.

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For one-semester Art History and Art Appreciation courses.  Authoritative and substantiveyet accessibleArt Past, Art Present, 6th edition looks at the historical and cultural contexts of art works and architecture around the world from prehistoric times to the 20th century.  The authors recognized the need for an easy-to-use format that is  accessible for both teachers and students.  Each topic in Art Past, Art Present is organized into two- and four-page units and provides a clear and concise treatment of a select number of artworks, making it easier for instructors to focus on what is important and for students to learn. 

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Sam Van Overmeire is a software developer with a background in history and archaeology. He is the author of multiple books, scientific articles and blog posts.

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Primary Social Studies and Touriam Education for the Bahamas (second edition) retains the popular style and approach to Social Studies seen in the highly successful first edition, while updating the series to introduce new themes that have become part of the cultural and social awareness over recent years.Features of the course include: Full coverage of the Ministry of Education Curriculum for Social Studies and Tourism Education Emphasis on new, contemporary issues, such as Tourism and its alternatives, the environmental and HIV/AIDS A new colourful design that is accessible and appealing to students  A lively, activity-based approach to ensure enjoyment while learning New words highlighted and revisited to aid learning of important vocabulary CDs containing outline maps of the islands for practical work that accompany the two Teacher's Guides. The series comprises six book

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Key features of the book include: Longman Geography for CSEC is a highly illustrated, full-colour, user friendly design to engage and excite students comprehensive units tailored to all the requirements of the new syllabus, including a stronger focus on environmaental issues clearly stated syllabus objectives 'concept boxes' that communicate key ideas in an easily accessible way, thus teaching students rather than telling them a variety of exercises and stimuli to facilitate a communicative teaching process unique glossary boxes of technical vocabulary to facilitate a greater understanding of the subject multiple-choice and essay-style practice questions at the end of each unit, that add up to form a complete sample exam for papers 1 and 2 a

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About our authors Christie John Geankoplis was a professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Minnesota. His research interests involved transport processes, biochemical reactor engineering, mass transfer in liquid solutions, and diffusion and/or reaction in porous solids. Allen Hersel is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, where he teaches transport phenomena and separations for the last 19 years. He also served as the dean of the engineering school. His area of research is bio-separations and engineering education. Before entering academia, he worked for Koch Industries and Kellogg Brown & Root. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Yale University. Daniel H. Lepek is a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union. His research interests include particle technology, fluidiza

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New Caribbean Junior English has been fully revised and updated to provide an integrated approach to language arts. The new edition of this popular and well established course retains well-loved material from the previous edition and ·    has clearly laid out pages to make the books more accessible and easy to use, ·    is colourful, lively and attractive to appeal to children of all abilities, ·    includes new material reflecting life in the  Caribbean to stimulate and engage children, ·    features vibrant and appealing illustrations by Caribbean artists, ·    contains cross-curricular content to provide a truly integrated course that reinforces learning in other curriculum areas, such as social studies and science, ·    offers a wide range of activities to help children develop their reading and writing skills. Further support for teache

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The books provide careful practice in all English topics covered by 8-12 year olds.  Book 4 provides systematic practice for the Common Entrance Examination.

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The Making of the Bahamas (second edition):Bahamian history over the last thirty years is now studied in detail; The exercises and activities have been updated in line with recent developments in teaching; The design and layout has been updated for the modern classroom; The book retains all of the material from previous edition that is still relevant to the syllabus.

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The anthology Sunsong (Book 3) contains a mixture of poems from across the Caribbean and from other parts of the world. The selection is varied, challenging and enjoyable. It includes rhythmic poems for choral orchestration, story poems for humour and entertainment, as well as poems for serious thought. Poems have been specifically chosen to cover a range of experiences and cater for the interests of both adolescent girls and boys. Each volume includes: Questions to accompany each poem Lavish illustration designed to act as a stimulus for further writing Many questions and comments to introduce students to the use of poetic devices. Suggestions for follow up activities A wide choice of poets, each with a brief biography  The poems are graded and become progressively more difficult but the accompanying notes and questions provide the necessa

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The New Ibis Readers Practice Books (Introductory Book)aims to arouse and sustain the pupil's interest in mastering the skills necessary for fluent and intelligent reading. It provides for the systematic development of language, for continuous intellectual growth and for the appreciation of good literature, as well as laying the foundation of good spelling.The scheme consists at Infant Level of four readers, now available in new editions (and with revised notes for the teacher). The authors have kept the main language structures and word lists of the previous books but the text has been enhanced by new artwork which has been designed to give the children the greatest help in interpreting the words on the page. The Readers are now a larger size to enable the illustrations to be more effective. This means that some of the pages do not have the same number as in the previous edition.Each Reader has an accompanying Practice Book, als

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The New Ibis Readers Practice Books (1) aims to arouse and sustain the pupil's interest in mastering the skills necessary for fluent and intelligent reading. It provides for the systematic development of language, for continuous intellectual growth and for the appreciation of good literature, as well as laying the foundation of good spelling.The scheme consists at Infant Level of four readers, now available in new editions (and with revised notes for the teacher). The authors have kept the main language structures and word lists of the previous books but the text has been enhanced by new artwork which has been designed to give the children the greatest help in interpreting the words on the page. The Readers are now a larger size to enable the illustrations to be more effective. This means that some of the pages do not have the same number as in the previous edition.Each Reader has an accompanying Practice Book, also in the origin

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For courses in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) taken by advanced undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, and professionals.Foundations of MEMS is an entry-level text designed to systematically teach the specifics of MEMS to an interdisciplinary audience. Liu discusses designs, materials, and fabrication issues related to the MEMS field by employing concepts from both the electrical and mechanical engineering domains and by incorporating evolving microfabrication technology — all in a time-efficient and methodical manner. A wealth of examples and problems solidify students’ understanding of abstract concepts and provide ample opportunities for practicing critical thinking.

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Ikenna Nwaiwu is Principal Consultant at Ikenna Consulting, specializing in automating API governance.The technical editor on this book was Marjukka Niinioja.

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Morten Barklund works as a staff fullstack engineer at Corti, a leading AI healthtech startup.

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Cay S. Horstmann is the author of Modern JavaScript for the Impatient (2020), Core Java for the Impatient, Third Edition (2022), Scala for the Impatient, Second Edition (2016), and Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient (2014), all from Addison-Wesley. He has written more than a dozen other books for professional programmers and computer science students. He is an emeritus professor of computer science at San Jose State University and a Java Champion.

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Marcello La Rocca is a research scientist and a full-stack engineer. He has contributed to large-scale web applications and machine learning infrastructure at Twitter, Microsoft, and Apple.The technical editor on this book was Beau Carnes.

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