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Bob Perry "CIMA Learning System: Enterprise Operations"
August 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-85617-790-0 | 349 Pages | PDF | 5.24 MB
CIMA Official Learning Systems are the only textbooks recommended by CIMA as core reading. Written by the CIMA examiners, markers and lecturers, they specifically prepare students to pass the CIMA exams first time.

Fully updated to reflect the 2010 syllabus, they are crammed with features to reinforce learning, including:

- step by step coverage directly linked to CIMA's learning outcomes
- fully revised examples and case studies
- extensive question practice to test knowledge and understanding
- integrated readings to increase understanding of key theory
- colour used throughout to aid navigation

* The Official Learning systems are the only study materials endorsed by CIMA
* Key sections written by former examiners for the most accurate, up-to-date guidance towards exam success
* Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice

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John Ogilvie "CIMA Official Exam Practice Kit Financial Strategy, Fifth Edition: 2010 Edition"
August 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978–1–85617–789–4 | 296 Pages | PDF | 5.90 MB
HELPING YOU PREPARE WITH CONFIDENCE, AVOID PITFALLS AND PASS FIRST TIME

CIMA's Exam Practice Kits contain a wealth of practice exam questions and answers, focusing purely on applying what has been learned to pass the exam. Fully updated to meet the demands of the new 2010 syllabus, the range of questions covers every aspect of the course to prepare you for any exam scenario.

Each solution provides an in-depth analysis of the correct answer to give a full understanding of the assessments and valuable insight on how to score top marks.

- The only exam practice kits to be officially endorsed by CIMA
- Written by leading CIMA examiners, markers and tutors - a source you can trust
- Maps to CIMA's Learning Systems and CIMA's Learning Outcomes to enable you to study efficiently
- Exam level questions with type and weightings matching the format of the exam
- Fully worked model answers to facilitate learning and compare against your own practice answers
- Includes summaries of key theory to strengthen understanding

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Dale Liu "Cisco Router and Switch Forensics: Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Network Activity"
April 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-59749-418-2 | 604 Pages | PDF | 9.22 MB
Cisco IOS (the software that runs the vast majority of Cisco routers and all Cisco network switches) is the dominant routing platform on the Internet and corporate networks. This widespread distribution, as well as its architectural deficiencies, makes it a valuable target for hackers looking to attack a corporate or private network infrastructure. Compromised devices can disrupt stability, introduce malicious modification, and endanger all communication on the network. For security of the network and investigation of attacks, in-depth analysis and diagnostics are critical, but no book currently covers forensic analysis of Cisco network devices in any detail.

Cisco Router and Switch Forensics is the first book devoted to criminal attacks, incident response, data collection, and legal testimony on the market leader in network devices, including routers, switches, and wireless access points.

Why is this focus on network devices necessary? Because criminals are targeting networks, and network devices require a fundamentally different approach than the process taken with traditional forensics. By hacking a router, an attacker can bypass a network's firewalls, issue a denial of service (DoS) attack to disable the network, monitor and record all outgoing and incoming traffic, or redirect that communication anywhere they like. But capturing this criminal activity cannot be accomplished with the tools and techniques of traditional forensics. While forensic analysis of computers or other traditional media typically involves immediate shut-down of the target machine, creation of a duplicate, and analysis of static data, this process rarely recovers live system data. So, when an investigation focuses on live network activity, this traditional approach obviously fails. Investigators must recover data as it is transferred via the router or switch, because it is destroyed when the network device is powered down. In this case, following the traditional approach outlined in books on general computer forensics techniques is not only insufficient, but also essentially harmful to an investigation.

Jargon buster: A network switch is a small hardware device that joins multiple computers together within one local area network (LAN). A router is a more sophisticated network device that joins multiple wired or wireless networks together.

* The only book devoted to forensic analysis of routers and switches, focusing on the operating system that runs the vast majority of network devices in the enterprise and on the Internet
* Outlines the fundamental differences between router forensics and traditional forensics, a critical distinction for responders in an investigation targeting network activity
* Details where network forensics fits within the entire process of an investigation, end to end, from incident response and data collection to preparing a report and legal testimony

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Ron Haskins, .. "Creating an Opportunity Society"
September 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-0322-8 | 367 Pages | PDF | 5.42 MB
Americans believe economic opportunity is as fundamental a right as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. More concerned about a level playing field for all, they worry less about the growing income and wealth disparity in our country. "Creating an Opportunity Society" examines economic opportunity in the United States and explores how to create more of it, particularly for those on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder.

Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill propose a concrete agenda for increasing opportunity that is cost effective, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving the lives of the young and the disadvantaged. They emphasize individual responsibility as an indispensable basis for successful policies and programs. The authors recommend a three-pronged approach to create more opportunity in America: Increase education for children and youth at the preschool, K-12, and postsecondary levels; Encourage and support work among adults; and, Reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births while increasing the share of children reared by their married parents. With concern for the federal deficit in mind, Haskins and Sawhill argue for reallocating existing resources, especially from the affluent elderly to disadvantaged children and their families. The authors are optimistic that a judicious use of the nation's resources can level the playing field and produce more opportunity for all.

"Creating an Opportunity Society" offers the most complete summary available of the facts and the factors that contribute to economic opportunity. It looks at the poor, the middle class, and the rich, providing deep background data on how each group has fared in recent decades. Unfortunately, only the rich have made substantial progress, making this book a timely guide forward for anyone interested in what we can do as a society to improve the prospects for our less-advantaged families and fellow citizens.

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John J. Benedetto, .. "Integration and Modern Analysis"
October 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-8176-4306-5 | 596 Pages | PDF | 6.67 MB
The subject of real analysis is unified in this modern text by several central concepts, in particular the notion of absolute continuity. Absolute continuity, a major underlying idea in formulating and proving the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (FTC), the Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem, and the Radon--Nikodym Theorem, is essential in dealing with problems of switching limits and of understanding the amazing inverse relationship between integration and differentiation (FTC). Also, it leads to fundamental notions and results in terms of weak convergence of measures, a topic generally not treated in standard real variable texts. The topics are examined in depth and in a way that is valuable not only from a theoretical point of view, but in a way that presents a sophisticated array of tools with which to deal with a host of difficult practical problems.

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Steven Karris "Circuit Analysis I with MATLAB Computing and Simulink / SimPowerSystems Modeling"
March 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-934404-18-8 | 618 Pages | PDF | 6.33 MB
This text is an introduction to the basic principles of electrical engineering and covers DC and AC circuit analysis and Transients. It is intended for all engineering majors and presumes knowledge of first year differential and integral calculus and physics. The last two chapters include step-by-step procedures for the solutions of simple differential equations used in the derivation of the natural and forces responses. Appendices A, B, and C are introductions to MATLAB, Simulink, and SimPowerSystems respectively. Appendix D is a review of Complex Numbers, and Appendix E is an introduction to matrices and determinants. For additional information. please visit the Orchard Publications site.

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Mikhail Klin, .. "Algorithmic Algebraic Combinatorics and Grobner Bases"
September 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-3-642-01959-3 | 325 Pages | PDF | 6.36 MB

This collection of tutorial and research papers introduces readers to diverse areas of modern pure and applied algebraic combinatorics and finite geometries with a special emphasis on algorithmic aspects and the use of the theory of Gröbner bases.

Topics covered include coherent configurations, association schemes, permutation groups, Latin squares, the Jacobian conjecture, mathematical chemistry, extremal combinatorics, coding theory, designs, etc. Special attention is paid to the description of innovative practical algorithms and their implementation in software packages such as GAP and MAGMA.

Readers will benefit from the exceptional combination of instructive training goals with the presentation of significant new scientific results of an interdisciplinary nature.

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Katerina Alexiou (Ed.), .. "Embracing Complexity in Design"
October 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-415-49700-8 | 233 Pages | PDF | 6.46 MB
Outlining state-of-the-art developments in the area of complexity and design, this book collates them into a unique and authoritative resource for both the design and complex systems communities. The book is based on research which focuses on a variety of different themes and domains, including architecture, engineering, environmental design, art, fashion and management.

A ground-breaking publication marking a new era of appreciation of the import of complexity on design, this book is essential reading for those studying complexity or design.

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George Kleinman "The New Commodity Trading Guide: Breakthrough Strategies for Capturing Market Profits"
March 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-714529-4 | 191 Pages | PDF | 5.75 MB
Profit from Radical New Changes in Today’s Commodities Marketplace!

* Breakthrough techniques designed specifically for today’s electronic trading
* Powerful new ways to profit from news, trends, market psychology, and more
* By Commodity.com’s George Kleinman, one of the world’s top experts in commodities trading

Commodities are basic essentials for life and, because of increasing demand, commodity trading is heating up. More investors are trading commodities with unprecedented opportunities to earn huge profits, but commodities markets have changed radically in recent years. If you don’t understand those changes, you’ll get hammered.

That’s where this book comes in.

This book provides traders with strategies for today’s electronic, global commodity markets. George Kleinman uncovers new trading techniques...new risks and the ways to avoid them...new approaches designed for today’s faster-moving futures markets. Want to profit from commodity trades right from the start, in today’s markets? Don’t get yesterday’s book. Get this one: The New Commodity Trading Guide!

Over the long term, commodities prices are expected to rise based on massive increases in global demand. But, as many investors have discovered the hard way, merely knowing this is not enough to make consistent profits. Fundamental changes in the commodities markets have occurred that have implications most investors do not understand. For instance, century-old “open outcry” trading floors have now been replaced with computerized trading. In The New Commodity Trading Guide, commodities expert George Kleinman reveals the new practical realities of worldwide electronic commodities trading and specific strategies for capitalizing on today’s radically different markets.

Kleinman shows how to leverage the one indicator that consistently drives commodity prices today…introduces the right ways to trade on news and profit from trends…reveals consistent seasonal price shifts that mean huge profits…shows which conventional strategies still work (and which don’t!). Finally, he introduces the Natural Number Method, a breakthrough approach that any commodities trader can use to supercharge performance!

* Capturing the 5000% return
What you can learn from one of history’s fastest price moves
* “Breaking par”: how you can profit from market psychology
How to make profitable trades right after market barriers are shattered
* The trend’s your friend--if you know how to use it
Discover the best times to go with the flow
* Why markets behave differently at significant break points...
...and how to use that knowledge to make big profits
* What hasn’t changed--and how you can profit from it
Two classic chart patterns that continue to work!

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Kirk Haselden "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed (With Source Code)"
February 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33032-2 | 787 Pages | PDF | 16.5 MB
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services is Microsoft’s powerful platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformation solutions. It’s a powerful product, but it’s also complex and can be confusing if you don’t have a clear map for the journey. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed will be the only book you’ll need to harness the power that Integration Services provides.

Through clear, concise explanations and samples, you’ll grasp a clear understanding of working in the Integration Services environment, including how to set up stock components, how to use the various designer features, and how to gain practical knowledge on configuring, deploying, securing, and managing packages. Sample packages are provided to reinforce the discussion and quickly help you gain hands-on experience, and more complex topics such as Data Flow Task internals and tuning, advanced transformations, and writing custom components are all illustrated in easy-to-understand graphics. In addition, there are several custom tasks and transformations and two useful utilities with full source code available for you to use and study, including an ADO.NET destination, a text file encryption task, and a data profiling transform.

Detailed information on:

* Using the powerful Integration Services tools to create solutions without the need to write lines of code
* Creating packages programmatically or developing custom tasks via the Integration Services object
* Building robust packages to solve common requirements
* Securing packages for different environments
* Using often overlooked or unknown platform features
* Setting up all the stock components, including data flow components, tasks, Foreach enumerators, connection managers, and log providers
* Writing robust and useful custom tasks
* Building packages that seamlessly deploy to other environments
* Writing custom data flow adapters and transforms
* Using script tasks and components
* Easily modifying configurations for multiple packages simultaneously
* Writing a Task UI that looks just like the stock tasks
* Tapping into the power of Integration Services for accessing heterogeneous data sources
* Using expressions to make packages more responsive to the environment
* Migrating your DTS packages with no stress

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