Posted: May 25th, 2009, 10:09pm CEST
Author: Harriet Diamond, Phyllis Dutwin
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Here is an excellent English grammar brush-up manual and subject review for adults preparing for the GED, for students of English as a second language preparing for the TOEFL or TOEIC exams, and for all others who need to improve their skills in basic English usage.
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Posted: May 25th, 2009, 9:48pm CEST
Author: Deborah Phillips
Publisher: Pearson Education
File size: 307MB (474 MB)
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The Longman Student CD-ROM is an interactive practice tool linked to the book in coverage, but with all different content, no test items or tests are repeated from the book. The Student CD-ROM includes:
* Over 800 practice questions covering all the language skills tested in the TOEFL Test.
* Almost 900 additional questions in section tests and complete tests designed to simulate the computer adaptivity, timing, and scoring of the computer-based test.
* Pop-up explanations for all practice and test items.
* Scoring and record-keeping functions to monitor student progress.
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Posted: May 25th, 2009, 9:42pm CEST
Publisher: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA
File size: 2,99 Мб
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In 2005, ETS is introducing a next generation TOEFL test. It is an Internet-based test (iBT) that will be delivered in secure testing centers around the world. The new TOEFL iBT test will be phased in starting September 2005. It will be offered fi rst in the United States in September 2005; and in Canada, France, Germany, and Italy in October 2005. It will be introduced in the rest of the world in 2006.
What is different about the TOEFL iBT test?
• It tests all four language skills that are important for effective communication: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The emphasis will be on using English to communicate.
• It will be delivered via the Internet in secure test centers around the world. Once the new test is introduced in an area, the computer-based and paper-based tests will no longer be offered there.
• Some tasks require test takers to combine more than one skill. To succeed academically in Englishspeaking colleges and universities, students need to be able to combine their language skills in the classroom. New integrated questions, or “tasks,” help students build the confi dence needed to communicate in the academic environments they plan to enter. The new integrated tasks will ask test takers to:
• read, listen, then speak in response to a question
• listen, then speak in response to a question
• read, listen, then write in response to a question
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Posted: May 25th, 2009, 9:31pm CEST
Author: Unknown
Publisher: Unknown
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Getting to know the TOEFL is 184 page book to help you achieve a better score on the exam. It includes detailed strategies for each section of the test. Included in the book are 30 tests to check your progress. An answer key is included.
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Posted: May 25th, 2009, 9:25pm CEST
Publisher: School Zone Pub
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First Grade Scholar combines two School Zone Deluxe Edition workbooks into one convenient 128-page volume. The proven activities will help your child develop important first grade skills, including vowel sounds, sequencing, addition, patterns, and more. Simple instructions, colorful illustrations, and entertaining activities will help your child gain confidence and enjoy learning.
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Posted: June 11th, 2008, 10:46pm CEST
William A. Cohen : A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management TeacherAMACOM | 2007-11-14
ISBN: 0814409199
272 pages | PDF | 1 Mb
Long considered the world’s greatest thinker and writer on management, Peter Drucker’s teachings continue to inspire leaders everywhere. From 1975 to 1979, author William Cohen studied under the Great Man and became the first graduate of his doctoral program. What Drucker taught him literally changed his life. In a matter of a few years, he was recommissioned in the Air Force and rose to the rank of major general. Eventually, he became a full professor, management consultant, multibook author, and university president – as well as maintaining a nearly lifelong friendship with the master.
In A Class with Drucker, Cohen shares many of Drucker’s teachings that never made it into his countless books and articles, ideas that were offered to his students in classroom or informal settings. Cohen expands on Drucker’s lessons with personal anecdotes about his teacher’s personality, lack of pretension, and interactions with students and others. He also shows how Drucker’s ideas can be applied to the real-world challenges managers face today. Now every reader can benefit from Drucker’s thoughts on such topics as:
* what everybody knows is frequently wrong * why everyone should approach problems with their ignorance * top executives should stay no longer than six years * some so-called menial tasks can only be done by the boss * what everyone needs to be an effective manager * why self-confidence is a necessity
Enlightening and intriguing, A Class with Drucker will enable anyone to gain from the timeless wisdom of the inspiring man himself.
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Posted: June 11th, 2008, 10:39pm CEST
Making Common Sense Common Practice: Models for Manufacturing ExcellenceButterworth-Heinemann 2001-11
ISBN: 0750674628 |
368 pages PDF 1,7 Mb
Make more money in the manufacturing business - but not through cost-cutting and employee layoffs. This book clearly describes how you can turn common sense into common practice to achieve superior manufacturing performance and low-cost production.
Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a fictional company called Beta International, the book illustrates the success and failures of the world's premier manufacturers, illustrating a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing company.
Through the experience of Beta International, you'll see how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, and improve many other aspects that ultimately raise your company's performance to the level of world-class. 'Making Common Sense Common Practice' takes a good, hard look at plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training and even offers a chapter on how to implement a computerized maintenance management system.
In today's tough competitive markets, 'Making Common Sense Common Practice' greatly enhances your company's chance to succeed - and profit.
presents the best practices and proven models from the best manufacturing companies from around the world by exploring the successes and failures that have led to a stable path of growth for any company
Author is a manufacturing management consultant to major manufacturers from all over North and South America to the U.K., Europe, Asia, Russia, and Australia, with over 30 years experience studying and solving management performance.
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Posted: June 11th, 2008, 10:24pm CEST
Trade and Environment: A Resource BookIISD 2007
ISBN 9781895536997
274 pages | PDF | 1.7 Mb
Trade and environment policy is increasingly intertwined and the stakes are nearly always high in both trade and environmental terms. These issues are often complex and discussions tend to become very specialized, challenging policy practitioners to understand and follow all the various sub-strands of trade and environment debates. This Resource Book seeks to demystify these issues without losing the critical nuances.
This collaborative effort of some 61 authors from 34 countries provides relevant information as well as pertinent analysis on a broad set of trade and environment discussions while explaining, as clearly as possible, what are the key issues from a trade and environment perspective; what are the most important policy debates around them; and what are the different policy positions that define these debates.
The volume is structured and organized to be a reference document that is useful and easy to use. Our hope is that those actively involved in trade and environment discussions—as practitioners, as scholars and as activists—will be able to draw on the analysis and opinions in this book to help them advance a closer synergy between trade and environmental policy for the common goal of achieving sustainable development.
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Posted: June 11th, 2008, 10:16pm CEST
Econometric Methods with Applications in Business and EconomicsOxford University Press, USA 2004-05-12
ISBN: 0199268010
816 pages | PDF | 10 Mb
Nowadays applied work in business and economics requires a solid understanding of econometric methods to support decision-making. Combining a solid exposition of econometric methods with an application-oriented approach, this rigorous textbook provides students with a working understanding and hands-on experience of current econometrics. Taking a 'learning by doing' approach, it covers basic econometric methods
(statistics, simple and multiple regression, nonlinear regression, maximum likelihood, and generalized method of moments), and addresses the creative process of model building with due attention to diagnostic testing and model improvement. Its last part is devoted to two major application areas: the econometrics of choice data (logit and probit, multinomial and ordered choice, truncated and censored data, and duration data) and the econometrics of time series data (univariate time series, trends, volatility, vector autoregressions, and a brief discussion of SUR models, panel data, and simultaneous equations). DT Real-world text examples and practical exercise questions stimulate active learning and show how econometrics can solve practical questions in modern business and economic management. DT Focuses on the core of econometrics, regression, and covers two major advanced topics, choice data with applications in marketing and micro-economics, and time series data with applications in finance and macro-economics. DT Learning-support features include concise, manageable sections of text, frequent cross-references to related and background material, summaries, computational schemes, keyword lists, suggested further reading, exercise sets, and online data sets and solutions. DT Derivations and theory exercises are clearly marked for students in advanced courses. This textbook is perfect for advanced undergraduate students, new graduate students, and applied researchers in econometrics, business, and economics, and for researchers in other fields that draw on modern applied econometrics.
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Posted: June 11th, 2008, 10:08pm CEST
Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private PropertyLudwig von Mises Institute 2008
ISBN: 9781933550244
496 pages PDF 10.4 Mb
This economic manifesto by Ron Paul (484 pages!) collects his greatest speeches and debates over the last 30 years, and provides documentary evidence that he is not only a master of the topic; he has provided a coherent explanation of nearly everything the government has done wrong in this area since he first entered public office. He also provides a way out, as implied by the subtitle: free market, honest money, and private property.
Dr. Paul has consistently battled for all three.
Economics is topic about which most politicians are abysmally ignorant. As this books shows, Ron Paul is a master of the topic and the nation's teacher on a vast range of economic issues. He addresses monetary policy during critical times such as the late 1970s inflation mania, and was a lone voice pointing to the real cause of Federal Reserve monetary policy.
Whereas most members of Congress are intimidated by Fed officials, Paul's confrontations with Greenspan are documented here word for word. In addition, he reveals the social and economic effects of loose credit, and shows the ill-effects of bailouts. He addresses high taxes, regulation, trade restrictions, and bravely denounces sanctions against foreign countries for fueling international tensions.
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Posted: June 11th, 2008, 10:00pm CEST
Samuel Hollander “The Economics of Karl Marx: Analysis and Application"
Cambridge University Press 2008-04-07
ISBN: 0521790786
552 pages PDF 2,7 MbThis book presents an account and technical assessment of Marx's economic analysis in Capital, with particular reference to the transformation and the surplus-value doctrine, the reproduction schemes, the falling real-wage and profit rates, and the trade cycle. The focus is on criticisms that Marx himself might have been expected to face in his day and age. In addition, it offers a chronological study of the evolution of that analysis from the early 1840s through three
"drafts": documents of the late 1840s, the Grundrisse of 1857-1858, and the Economic Manuscripts of 1861-1863. It also provides three studies in application, focusing on Marx's
"evolutionary" orientation in his evaluation of the transition to communism and his rejection of
"egalitarianism" under both capitalist and communist regimes; his evolving perspective on the role of the industrial
"entrepreneur"; and his evolving appreciation of the prospects for welfare reform within capitalism. Throughout, Hollander emphasizes Marx's relation with orthodox canonical classicism.
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Posted: June 9th, 2008, 6:14pm CEST
Author: Barbara Allman, Jeffrey Owen, Sara Freeman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
File size: 3,80 MB
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These diverse chapters contain many useful suggestions. Included are techniques and ideas for teaching children time management and study skills, as well as ways to bolster self-esteem, foster socialization skills, strengthen verbal and written communication skills, and much more.
This resource also provides suggestions for utilizing community resources as a springboard for well-rounded learning experiences. Inside, you will find ideas for transforming the classroom environment into a vibrant learning center. Encourage children to celebrate their interests and talents with science fair projects or by creating a classroom museum.
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Posted: June 8th, 2008, 11:05pm CEST
Author: Scott Young
File size: 2,02 MB
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Are you a student who dreads studying, has problems getting great grades despite loads of studying, or just has a hard time memorizing facts and formulas and concepts?
This book is of great value for anyone trying to learn something, especially if you’re a student. Scott has taken the process of learning and has hit upon the methods that most quick learners use, breaking it down into easily understandable and practical steps that any of us can implement.
The book is split into three major parts:
1. Strategy
2. Techniques
3. Beyond Holistic Learning
The first section explains what holistic learning is, what the stages of holistic learning are and how holistic learning looks at different types of problems.
The second section goes into detail explaining how to apply holistic learning. There are over a dozen techniques split into over ten chapters.
The third section includes a chapter devoted to productivity and another chapter on self-education.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:52pm CEST by sndk02@gmail.com
John C., Ph.D. Brocklebank, David A. Dickey July, 2003
ISBN: 1590471822
SAS Publishing
A time series is a set of ordered observations on a quantitative characteristic of a phenomenon at equally spaced time points. The goal of univariate time series analysis is to forecast values of a single historical series. The goal of multivariate time series analysis can be to model the relationships among component series as well as to forecast those components.
Time series analysis can be accomplished most effectively by the SAS procedures ARIMA, STATESPACE, SPECTRA, and VARMAX. To use these procedures properly, you must (1) understand the statistics you need for the analysis and (2) know how to invoke the procedures. SAS for Forecasting Time Series, Second Edition, makes it easier for you to apply these procedures to your data analysis problems.
Chapter 1, “Overview of Time Series,” reviews the goals and key characteristics of time series. The analysis methods available through SAS/ETS software are presented, beginning with the simpler procedures FORECAST, AUTOREG, and X11 and continuing with the more powerful SPECTRA, ARIMA, and STATESPACE. This chapter shows the interrelationships among the various procedures. It ends with a discussion of linear regression, seasonality in regression, and regression with transformed data.
Chapter 2, “Simple Models: Autoregression,” presents the statistical background necessary to model and forecast simple autoregressive (AR) processes. A three-part forecasting strategy is used with PROC ARIMA to identify, estimate, and forecast. The backshift notation is used to write a time series as a weighted sum of past shocks and to compute covariances through the Yule-Walker equations. The chapter ends with an example involving an AR process with regression techniques by overfitting.
Chapter 3, “The General ARIMA Model,” extends the class of models to include moving averages and mixed ARMA models. Each model is introduced with its autocovariance function. Estimated autocovariances are used to determine a model to be fit, after which PROC ARIMA is used to fit the model, forecast future values, and provide forecast intervals. A section on time series identification defines the autocorrelation function, partial autocorrelation function, and inverse autocorrelation function. Newer identification techniques are also discussed. A catalog of examples is developed, and properties useful for associating different forms of these functions with the corresponding time series are described. This chapter includes the results of 150 observations generated from each of eight sample series. Stationarity and invertibility, nonstationarity, and differencing are discussed.
Chapter 4, “The ARIMA Model: Introductory Applications,” describes the ARIMA model and its introductory applications. Seasonal modeling and model identification are explained, with Box and Jenkins’s popular airline data modeled. The chapter combines regression with time series errors to provide a richer class of forecasting models. Three cases are highlighted: Case 1 is a typical regression, case 2 is a simple transfer function, and case 3 is a general transfer function.
New in Chapter 4 for the second edition are several interesting intervention examples involving analyses of :
1. the effect on calls of charging for directory assistance
2. the effect on milk purchases of publicity about tainted milk
3. the effect on airline stock volume of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Chapter 5, “The ARIMA Model: Special Applications,” extends the regression with time series errors class of models to cases where the error variance can change over time—the ARCH and GARCH class. Multivariate models in which individual nonstationary series vary together over time are referred to as “cointegration” or “error correction” models. These are also discussed and illustrated.
This chapter presents new developments since the first edition of the book.
Chapter 6, “State Space Modeling,” uses the AR model to motivate the construction of the state vector. Next, the equivalence of state space and vector ARMA models is discussed. Examples of multivariate processes and their state space equations are shown. The STATESPACE procedure is outlined, and a section on canonical correlation analysis and Akaike’s information criterion is included. The chapter ends with the analysis of a bivariate series exhibiting feedback, a characteristic that cannot be handled with the general ARIMA transfer function approach.
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Open University Press (2005-06-01)
ISBN 0335216846
240 Pages PDF 1 Mb
This is a handbook for Ph.D. students, providing a practical, realistic understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate. New to this edition: a section on increasingly popular professional doctorates such as Ed.D., D.B.A., and D.Eng; material for supervisors of overseas, part-time, and mature students; and a diagnostic questionnaire for students to monitor progress.
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