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Current practice dictates the separation of the hardware andsoftware development paths early in the design cycle. These pathsremain independent with very little interaction occurring between themuntil system integration. In particular, hardware is often specifiedwithout fully appreciating the computational requirements of thesoftware. Also, software development does not influence hardwaredevelopment and does not track changes made during the hardware designphase. Thus, the ability to explore hardware/software tradeoffs isrestricted, such as the movement of functionality from the softwaredomain to the hardware domain (and vice-versa) or the modification ofthe hardware/software interface. As a result, problems that areencountered during system integration may require modification of thesoftware and/or hardware, resulting in potentially significant costincreases and schedule overruns. To address the problems described above, a cooperative designapproach, one that utilizes a unified view of hardware and software,is described. This approach is called hardware/software codesign.The Codesign of Embedded Systems develops severalfundamental hardware/software codesign concepts and a methodology thatsupports them. A unified representation, referred to as adecomposition graph, is presented which can be used to describehardware or software using either functional abstractions or dataabstractions. Using a unified representation based on functionalabstractions, an abstract hardware/software model has been implementedin a common simulation environment called ADEPT (Advanced DesignEnvironment Prototyping Tool). This model permits earlyhardware/software evaluation and tradeoff exploration. Techniques havebeen developed which support the identification of softwarebottlenecks and the evaluation of design alternatives with respect tomultiple metrics. The application of the model is demonstrated onseveral examples. A unified representation based on data abstractionsis also explored. This work leads to investigations regarding theapplication of object-oriented techniques to hardware design. The Codesign of Embedded Systems: A Unified Hardware/SoftwareRepresentation describes a novel approach to a topic of immenseimportance to CAD researchers and designers alike. ... Read more

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This unique sourcebook for technical professionals describes the concepts, common applications, and design principles for building and trasitioning to client/server architecture. The authors discuss the features and problems of client/server products and offer suggestions via case studies. Vital standards information is also included. ... Read more

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This book offers a current overview of Patient Safety and the federal and state policy decisions and legislation that has redefined the field of medical error and turned it into a broader and more complex field of legal study. The text combines a detailed presentation of current federal and state legislation aimed at Patient Safety along with up-to-date analysis of tort liability. All aspects of health care liability are considered, from physicians to hospitals, managed care organizations, and outpatient settings. Informed consent, HIPAA, EMTALA and other sources of liability are considered, covering all the liability/quality issues that an in-house counsel or a plaintiff or defense attorney can expect to confront in today's health care environment. New developments in state and federal regulation of "Never Events" is considered, along with the rapidly changing research on medical adverse events. The text is aimed at the specific content of an upper-level elective health law course and this law school casebook blends recent case law, statutory developments, and problems to maximize the flexibility of materials for teachers of health law. The notes are rich in detail and citations, allowing the teacher to spend more time on topics of particular interest. The many problems force the student to confront the interaction between complex medical issues and the statutory and common role rules that govern health care delivery. ... Read more

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DO NOT USE THIS TEXT TO TEACH ANYTHING!
This is the most poorly written legal text I have ever read.If you are a student, don't buy this book and purchase a supplement on med mal tort instead. ... Read more

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Incest perpetrators are the pariahs of society's major institutions, even those specifically designed to help them. The contributors to this book maintain that while the key actor in the incestuous family has been generally condemned, the obligation of the treatment community must remain constant for all service recipients - to help them seek solutions and change as well as develop strategies to alleviate suffering.

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VERRRRY FUNNY BOOK!!!!
I read this book years ago and laughed so hard I was crying. It is verrrrrrrrry funny. I hope you enjoy it if you decide to read it.

Chuckle
Reality-based comedy. Dave Barry isn't a guru on Japanese culture by any stretch of the imagination, moreover this book is now pretty dated as it was published about ten years ago. It was a worth a chuckle or two back in the day, but now that I have lived in Japan, I wonder if I might find it offensive. Then again, I might find it a complete riot. Time and situations have a funny way of playing with you. In any case, I believe that as long as you don't take it seriously and don't use it as a reference to Japan, you'll probably enjoy it.

Funny if dated
Dave Barry wrote this book in the 80s--when the Japanese were apparently taking over the economic world and Americans were trying to salvage some self respect in comparison to their more efficient Eastern neighbors (this, of course, was before Japan entered their 10-year recession of the 1990s and America went in search of other economic rivals like China and India).

The book is really quite funny in the first few chapters.Especially Dave Berry's discussion of Kanji and Kabuki theater.My wife, who teaches Japanese, reads it to her students after exams.Later, he has to emphasize how the Japanese are very homogeneous, which is true--but the discussion is as funny.Barry tries to emphasize how despite their superior efficiency, Japanese don't always have as much fun as us Americans.

Overall, I think it's still a fun book to read if you're headed to Japan.And Dave Berry, as we all know, is definitely one of the great comedic writers of our time.

Disappointing
In this hastily written book Dave Barry sees Japan through the eyes of an American. And all he sees is everything that isn't American about Japan. His whole proposition is that what he does not understand is therefore silly, incompetent, wrong or fodder for ridicule. I found it a disappointing read. He skims the top of a rich and subtle culture and does not bother to go deeper than his initial and basic reactions to anything that he finds new and challenging. In the end, for anyone non-Japanese, everything about Japan is new and challenging and that's why we go there. Yes, I had a few laughs along the way. But in the end I was tired of Dave Barry's continual assumption that 'I am right. You are all wrong' attitude. I would not recommend this book to anyone who wants to know anything about Japan after reading it. The title says it all.

Not as funny as I'd hoped
Dave Barry received an offer from Random House to travel to Japan and write a book about it.How could he turn down a free trip to Japan?Once he gets there, he quickly realizes just how large the language barrier is and finds himself wishing he had learned just a little Japanese.

This was my first book by Dave Barry, but I've read his column a few times.It was interesting and I did find some of it funny, but for the most part, I didn't laugh a lot.I don't know what it is about me.A lot of the stuff that people tell me is laugh out loud funny just don't seem that way to me.I got the same feeling when I read Dave Sedaris and Bill Bryson.I read all the rave reviews and go in with high expectations thinking I'm going to laugh so hard I cry, and end up barely laughing at all.I guess I need to find someone that has a similar sense of humor to my own. ... Read more

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Advances in environmental protection and public health result from democratic processes that debate environmental health concerns and propose legislative and other policy solutions. Delineating the delicate relationship between environmental policy and public health, Environmental Policy and Public Health explores the development of environmental health policies, the statutes that address public health concerns about specific environmental hazards, and policy issues that impact environmental health programs.

Covering the fundamentals of environmental policy, this concise guide identifies the steps in environmental policy making, the federal government's environmental health structure, and the general environmental status. It focuses on environmental hazards, including air contamination, water pollution, unsafe food, pesticides and toxic substances, and hazardous waste that have been associated with degraded human health. The book provides a unique description of international environmental health organizations and programs and describes how risk assessment has become an integral policy in environmental health legislation.

Presenting a historical perspective of how environmental health has evolved, Environmental Policy and Public Health is the first book to bridge human health concerns and environmental protection. The book relates the relationship between controlling environmental hazards and the impact on human health and public health practice. It outlines how environmental justice has evolved and has been integrated into government environmental policies. ... Read more

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A group of farm animals have trouble understanding the significance of the gifts brought to them by the Christmas elf. ... Read more

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When eight-year-old Keith and his older brother Malcolm encounter a homeless boy, they find a way to express their idealism by righting wrongs in a knightly manner. ... Read more

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Good for Boys too!
This particular book in the series has some excellent lessons for Boys of today. There are some references to the middle ages. The boys are studying the middles ages through literature. This exposure to King Arthur & the Knights of old leads the boys to desire to exhibit the characteristics of the Knights of old, to LIVE PURE, RIGHT THE WRONG, etc. In our society where middleclass children have anything that they want, this story teaches the lessons of being generous to those that are not so fortunate. An Excellent story for Boys & Girls

Wonderful story for girls, Read by 4 generations of my famil
Originals were handed down, mother to daughter in my family.I have even visited the home of theauthor outside of Louisville, KYRead the series! ... Read more

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Advances in Neurobehavioral Toxicology
Advances in Neurobehavioral Toxicology : Applications inEnvironmental and Occupational Health

Advances and neurobehavioral toxicology
Applications in Environmental and Occupational Health. Applications of the WHO Neurobehavioral core test battery and other neurobehavioral screening methods ... Read more

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Expert authors overview health law as it affects the professionals, institutions, and entities that deliver and finance health care in the United States. Considers the law's response to quality and error through institutional and professional regulation, and malpractice litigation against professionals, hospitals, and managed care organizations. Surveys tax, corporate, and organizational issues. Explores the government’s efforts to control costs and expand access through Medicare and Medicaid. Examines government attempts to police anticompetitive activities, fraud, and abuse. And considers the legal and ethical issues involving death, human reproduction, medical treatment decision making, and medical research. ... Read more

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Chapters: Brian Murphy, Seánie Barry, Barry Johnson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Brian Murphy (born 21 July, 1982 in Rathcormac, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Bride Rovers and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2004. Brian Murphy was born in Rathcormac, County Cork in 1982. He was educated at the local national school and subsequently attended the nearby St. Colman's College, a famous hurling nursery in Fermoy. It was here that his hurling talents first came to the fore. Murphy won a Harty Cup title in 2001 before later lining out in the subsequent All-Ireland colleges' final. Gort Community School provided the opposition, however, St. Colman's recorded a narrow 2-10 to 2-7 victory giving Murphy a coveted All-Ireland colleges' winners' medal. Murphy later studied a finance course at the Cork Institute of Technology. It was here that he further developed his hurling career by becoming a key member of the college senior hurling team. In 2003 CIT reached the final of the inter-varsities Fitzgibbon Cup series of games. Waterford Institute of Technology provided the opposition on that occasion and it was the Déise that recorded a 0-13 to 0-7 victory. Following his graduation Murphy worked as a financial adviser. In 2009 he was appointed to the full-time position of Games Promotion Officer with the Cork County Board. Murphy plays his club hurling with his local club called Bride Rovers and has enjoyed much success. In 2003 he helped his club to take the county intermediate championship title following a ten-point victory over Inniscarra. Bride Rovers later represented Cork in the provincial series of games and even reached the final. Kilruane McDonagh's of Tipperary provided...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5871844 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Calvin Johnson, Barry Sanders, Roy Williams, Dick Lane, Jeff Garcia, Leland D. Melvin, Joey Harrington, Willie Green, Matthew Stafford, Jon Kitna, Brandon Pettigrew, Louis Delmas, Ndamukong Suh, Eric Williams (Football Américain, 1960). Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Calvin Johnson, né le 25 septembre 1985 à Tyrone (Géorgie), est un joueur américain de football américain évoluant au poste de wide receiver. Il a été drafté deuxième en 2007 par Lions de Détroit, après avoir évolué au niveau universitaire avec les Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Calvin Johnson est né le 25 septembre 1985 à Tyrone en Géorgie de Calvin et Arica Johnson. Johnson faisait déjà 83 au Collège et 93 en classe de seconde. Il est allé à la Sandy Creek High School de Tyrone et a été étudiant et letterman dans le football américain. Étudiant pendant trois années à la Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), il remporte en 2006 le Fred Biletnikoff Award. Il a été titulaire trois années comme wide receiver. Comme sophomore, il a réussi 34 réceptions pour 646 yards et 10 touchdowns. Comme junior, Johnson réceptionna 40 passes pour 736 yards et huit touchdowns. Il se montra au NFL Scouting Combine particulièrement véloce en dépit de son poids () assez important pour son poste et de sa grande taille (), faisant de lui un joueur au profil assez atypique. Ceci lui valu d'être rapidement classé par les médias comme un des prétendants à la première place du draft 2007. En effet, il fut drafté à la 2 place (premier tour) par les Lions de Détroit, juste après le quarterback JaMarcus Russell. Il signa un contrat de six années estimé à 55 millions de dollars US et pouvant aller jusqu'à 64 millions. Ce contrat inclus 27,2 millions en...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Jack Johnson, Barry White, King Vidor, Jonathan Pollard, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Samuel B. Kent, Kyle Janek, Michael Bishop, Douglas Corrigan, Kevjumba, Sam Maceo, Damon Jones, Norris Wright Cuney, 40 Glocc, Esther Phillips, Rosario Maceo, Alex Mcleod, Bill Engvall, Brandon Backe, Javon Walker, Steven Long, Shearn Moody, Jr., William Lewis Moody, Jr., Derrick Pope, A. R. Schwartz, Jimmy Kessler, Mary Moody Northen, Britt Daniel, Valerie Perrine, Casey Hampton, Larry Coryell, Maurice Ewing, David M. Medina, Liana Liberato, Asa H. Willie, Kimble Anders, Tracy Scoggins, John H. Murphy, Steve Mckinney, Katherine Helmond, Donald Leroy Evans, Henry Millard, Maud Cuney Hare, Tilman J. Fertitta, Olga Samaroff, Craig Eiland, Andrew Arbuckle, Bernard J. Ganter, George P. Mitchell, Gus Mancuso, Isaac Herbert Kempner, Isaac Cline, Amy Fadhli, Babe Hiskey, Edward Sedgwick, Donald Barthelme, Charlotte Walker, Rosie Vela, Albert Miller Lea, Lyda Ann Thomas, William Thomas Clark, Ollie Quinn, George Musey, Mikhael Ricks, Charles G. Bryant, John Samuels, Isabel Bloom, Robert Williams, Clark W. Thompson, Henry Cohen, Ron Taylor, Dutch Voight, Johnny Jack Nounes, Charles Alexander, Sara Haden, Patrick Bates, Hugh Gibson, James Love, Elliott Dexter, Norm Bulaich, Randy Hymes, Mike Holmes, Michael Sinclair, Walter Gresham, Boyd Jones, Eileen Sedgwick, Clay Stone Briggs, Chauncey Brewer Sabin, Walt Arnold, Russ Freeman, Rosanna Osterman, Marion J. Levy Jr., Adrian Devine, Frank G. Harrison, William H. Crain, Forrest, Mickey Washington, Jim Riley, Marcy Hanson, B. J. Tyler, Shane Mcdermott, Reggie Rusk, Joseph Glasco, David Irvin, Louis Cheek, Terry Irving, Tim Denton, Todd Scott, John G. Hanna, Nicholas J. Clayton, Reginald Ballard, Robert E. Brister, Patrise Alexander, William Bell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 428. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can sel...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=285651 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Calvin Johnson, Barry Sanders, Roy Williams, Dick Lane, Jeff Garcia, Leland D. Melvin, Joey Harrington, Willie Green, Matthew Stafford, Jon Kitna, Brandon Pettigrew, Louis Delmas, Ndamukong Suh, Eric Williams (Football Américain, 1960). Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Calvin Johnson, né le 25 septembre 1985 à Tyrone (Géorgie), est un joueur américain de football américain évoluant au poste de wide receiver. Il a été drafté deuxième en 2007 par Lions de Détroit, après avoir évolué au niveau universitaire avec les Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Calvin Johnson est né le 25 septembre 1985 à Tyrone en Géorgie de Calvin et Arica Johnson. Johnson faisait déjà 83 au Collège et 93 en classe de seconde. Il est allé à la Sandy Creek High School de Tyrone et a été étudiant et letterman dans le football américain. Étudiant pendant trois années à la Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), il remporte en 2006 le Fred Biletnikoff Award. Il a été titulaire trois années comme wide receiver. Comme sophomore, il a réussi 34 réceptions pour 646 yards et 10 touchdowns. Comme junior, Johnson réceptionna 40 passes pour 736 yards et huit touchdowns. Il se montra au NFL Scouting Combine particulièrement véloce en dépit de son poids () assez important pour son poste et de sa grande taille (), faisant de lui un joueur au profil assez atypique. Ceci lui valu d'être rapidement classé par les médias comme un des prétendants à la première place du draft 2007. En effet, il fut drafté à la 2 place (premier tour) par les Lions de Détroit, juste après le quarterback JaMarcus Russell. Il signa un contrat de six années estimé à 55 millions de dollars US et pouvant aller jusqu'à 64 millions. Ce contrat inclus 27,2 millions en...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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In two expertly written volumes, Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia covers all aspects of space flight in all participating nations, ranging from the Cold War–era beginnings of the space race to the lunar landings and the Apollo-Soyuz mission; from the Shuttle disasters and the Hubble telescope to Galileo, the Mars Rover, and the International Space Station. The book moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications.

Produced in conjunction with the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, this work divides its coverage into six sections, each beginning with an overview essay, followed by an alphabetically organized series of entries on topics such as astrophysics and planetary science; civilian and commercial space applications; human spaceflight and microgravity science; space and society; and space technology and engineering. Whether investigating a specific issue or event or tracing an overarching historic trend, students and general readers will find this an invaluable resource for launching their study of one of humanity's most extraordinary endeavors.