97 things every programmer should know : collective wisdom from the experts

Table of Contents: “…Test Precisely and Concretely / Kevlin Henney -- Test While You Sleep (and over Weekends) / Rajith Attapattu -- Testing is the Engineering Rigor of Software Development / Neal Ford -- Thinking in States / Niclas Nilsson -- Two Heads Are Often Better Than One / Adrian Wible -- Two Wrongs Can Make a Right (and Are Difficult to Fix) / Allan Kelly -- Ubuntu Coding for Your Friends / Aslam Khan -- The Unix Tools Are Your Friends / Diomidis Spinellis -- Use the Right Algorithm and Data Structure / Jan Christian "JC" van Winkel -- Verbose Logging Will Disturb Your Sleep / Johannes Brodwall -- WET Dilutes Performance Bottlenecks / Kirk Pepperdine -- When Programmers and Testers Collaborate / Janet Gregory -- Write Code As If You Had to Support It for the Rest of Your Life / Yuriy Zubarev -- Write Small Functions Using Examples / Keith Braithwaite -- Write Tests for People / Gerard Meszaros -- You Gotta Care About the Code / Pete Goodliffe -- Your Customers Do Not Mean What They Say / Nate Jackson.…”


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Comprehensive evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents

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The culture engine : a framework for driving results, inspiring your employees, and transforming your workplace by Edmonds, S. Chris, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…; What Is the Condition of Your Team or Company's Culture, Right Now?; The Concept of Perfection; How Civil Is Your Workplace?…”
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Personal Video Messaging by Beute, Ethan

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 8 Why You're Not Sending Video and How to Get Comfortable on CameraWhy We Stop "Doing Video" Before We Even Start; You Look (and Sound) Great; You Know What to Say; Your Process Results From Execution; Seven Tips for Better Videos; You're Not Alone; Chapter 9 The Salesperson's Guide to Video Cameras; Video Camera Tips; Video Setup Tips; The Right Tool for the Right Job; Part 4 Improving Video Results; Chapter 10 How to Get More Opens, Plays, and Replies; Top Reasons for Video Email Underperformance; How to Get More Email Opens; How to Get More Video Plays…”
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Social media design for dummies by Warner, Janine, 1967-, LaFontaine, David

Table of Contents: “…At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Social Media Design; Chapter 1: Creating a Consistent Design for All Your Social Sites; Choosing the Best Social Media Sites; Spreading the Love with Social Media Share Buttons; Using Social Bookmarking Sites; Gathering Ideas for Your Social Media Designs; Chapter 2: Checking Out Design Tools; Finding the Social Media Design That Fits; Finding the Right Design Tool; Creating and Optimizing Web Graphics.…”
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Cardiac Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease From Fetal Life to Adulthood

Table of Contents: “…PART I) GENERAL 1) Informed Consent -- 2) Anaesthesiological Management of the Paediatric Patient in the Catheterisation Laboratory -- 3) Antibiotics and Anticoagulation -- 4) 4) Angiography: Basics and Contrast Media -- 5) Angiography: Standard Projections / Radiation Exposure -- 6) Catheters and Wires -- 7) Balloons -- 8) Stents -- 9) Transcatheter Valve Devices in Congenital Heart Disease -- 10) “Adult” Tools Relevant For Congenital Heart Disease -- 11) Hemodynamic Assessment: Pressures, Flow, Resistances and Vasoreactive Testing -- 12) Congenital Heart Disease: An Integrated Care Approach -- PART II) VASCULAR ACCESS 13) The Usual Vascular Access -- 14) Unusual Access -- 15) Hemostasis -- 16) Access Complications and Management -- 17) Transseptal Access -- 18) Hybrid Accesses -- PART III) FETAL PROCEDURES 19) Fetal Interventions -- PART IV) STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: VALVE DILATATION 20) Aortic Valvular Stenosis -- 21) Pulmonary Valvular Stenosis -- 22) Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Venreicular Septum -- 23) Percutaneous Transcatheter Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy -- PART V) STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: VESSEL TREATMENT 24) Stent Implantation in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Stenosis -- 25) Aortic Coarctation -- 26) The Role of Transcatheter Interventions in Middle Aortic Syndrome -- 27) Reopening of Peripheral and Central Arteries and Veins -- 28) PDA Stenting in Duct-dependent Pulmonary Circulation -- 29) PDA Stenting in Duct-dependent Systemic Circulation -- PART VI) STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: CLOSING OR CREATING A DEFECT 30) Step-by-step Closure of Atrial Septal Defects (ASDs) -- 31) Step-by-step Device Closure of Persistent Foramen Ovale (PFO) -- 32) Fontan Fenestrations Closure -- 33) Ventricular Septal Defect -- 34) Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure -- 35) Percutaneous Closure of PDA in Premature Babies -- 36) Closure of Coronary Arterial Fistulas -- 37) Vessel Embolization: Transcatheter Embolization of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries -- 38) Closure of Residual Post-surgical Defects -- 39) ASD Closure in Special Situations: Elderly, PA-IVS -- 40) Creating an Interatrial Communication -- 41) Transcatheter Correction of the Superior Sinus Venosus ASD -- PART VII) STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: VALVE IMPLANTATION 42) Melody Valve Implantation in Pulmonary Position -- 43) SAPIEN XT Valve Implantation in the Pulmonary Position -- 44) Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Implantation -- 45) Novel Self-Expanding Pulmonary Valves and Devices -- 46) Approaches to Large or Complex Right Ventricular Outflow Tract -- PART VIII) STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: PRINCIPLES OF HYBRID APPROACH 47) Hybrid Approach in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) -- 48) Hybrid Approach: Defect Closure -- 49) Hybrid Approach: Stent Implantation -- PART IX) STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES: MISCELLANEA 50) Retrieval Techniques -- 51) Pericardiocentesis -- 52) Endomyocardial Biopsies -- 53) Evaluations Before Partial and Total Cavopulmonary Connections -- 54) Hemodynamics in Pericardial and Myocardial Diseases -- 55) Imaging and Treating Coronary Arteries in Children -- 56) Transcatheter Treatments in PA-VSD-MAPCAs -- 57) Stenting of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract as Initial Palliation for Fallot-Type Lesions -- PART X) IMAGING TECHNIQUES 58) The Use of 3D Rotational Angiography in Congenital Heart Disease -- 59) Intracardiac Echocardiography -- 60) Three Dimensional Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Transcatheter Treatment of Congenital Cardiac Defects -- 61) 3D Mapping – Live Integration and Overlay of 3D Data from MRI and CT for Improved Guidance of Interventional Cardiac Therapy -- 62) 3D Printing and Engineering Tools Relevant to Plan a Transcatheter Procedure -- 63) Development of a Quality Improvement Culture in the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory -- 64) Quality Improvement Tools and Risk Mitigation in the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory -- 65) Hemodynamic Formulae, Calculations and Charts.…”
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Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis. by Lee, Elisa T.

Table of Contents: “…6.4 Gamma, Generalized Gamma, and Extended Generalized Gamma Distributions -- 6.5 Log-Logistic Distribution -- 6.6 Other Survival Distributions -- Exercises -- 7 Estimation Procedures for Parametric Survival Distributions Without Covariates -- 7.1 General Maximum Likelihood Estimation Procedure -- 7.1.1 Estimation Procedures for Data with Right-Censored Observations -- 7.1.2 Estimation Procedures for Data with Right-, Left-, and Interval-Censored Observations -- 7.2 Exponential Distribution -- 7.2.1 One-Parameter Exponential Distribution…”
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Handbook of linguistic annotation

Table of Contents: “…7 Toward Linked Data: NLP Interchange Format (NIF)7.1 URI Schemes; 7.2 NIF Core Ontology; 7.3 Use Cases for NIF; 7.4 Qualitative Comparison with Other Frameworks and Formats; 7.5 Lessons Learned, Conclusions and Future Work; 8 Summary and Recommendations; 5 Overview of Annotation Creation: Processes and Tools; 1 Annotation: More Than Just a Scheme; 2 Overview of the Annotation Process; 2.1 MATTER and MAMA; 2.2 Additional Stages; 3 Basic Tool Considerations; 3.1 Choosing the Right Tools; 3.2 Creating the Right Tools; 3.3 Common Problems with Tools; 4 Tool Features; 4.1 Common Features…”
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Near and distant neighbors : a new history of Soviet intelligence by Haslam, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Postwar Advantage -- Abakumov in Charge -- The Main Enemy must Nonetheless be Doing Something Right -- Cryptolinguistics -- Cipher Warfare -- William Weisband -- Computer Catch-Up -- Deflated by an Intellectual Vacuum -- The Cost of Politicising Science -- 7. …”
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Startup, scaleup, screwup : 42 tools to accelerate lean & agile business growth by Appelo, Jurgen, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…9 The Invention of Everything Else: Discover the Innovation Vortex, which emerged by combining the Design Thinking approach with the Lean Startup method10 The Terminal Experiment: Validate hypotheses with Lean Experiments so that you can Pivot, Patch, or Persevere on your way to Business/Market Fit; 11 Fables and Reflections: Get together with your team for an Agile Retrospective to do some reflection and work on your Improvement Backlog; 12 Kings of the North: Navigate your business in the right direction using a North Star Metric, with the help of Support Metrics and Check Metrics…”
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The handbook of board governance : a comprehensive guide for public, private, and not-for-profit board members

Table of Contents: “…The board's second responsibility : the right board chair -- The nonexecutive chairman : toward a shareholder value maximization role -- Great boards don't exist without great chairs -- What's in a name? …”
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The Skilled Facilitator : a Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches, and Trainers. by Schwarz, Roger M.

Table of Contents: “…Barbara's Contribution to the Team's ProblemsThe Unilateral Control Approach; Values of the Unilateral Control Mindset; Win, Don't Lose; Be Right; Minimize Expression of Negative Feelings; Act Rational; Assumptions of the Unilateral Control Mindset; I Understand the Situation; Those Who Disagree Don't; I Am Right; Those Who Disagree Are Wrong; My Motives Are Pure; Those Who Disagree Have Questionable Motives; My Feelings and Behaviors Are Justified; I Am Not Contributing to the Problem; Unilateral Control Behaviors; Results of Unilateral Control; Lackluster Performance.…”
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Customer service in academic libraries : tales from the front line

Table of Contents: “…How Do We Know When We are Getting it Right?What Have We Learnt So Far?; Future Considerations?…”
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The Fujifilm X-T5 134 X-Pert Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Camera by Pfirstinger, Rico

Table of Contents: “…-- Tip 40: Using the Natural Live View -- Tip 41: Using the LCD touchscreen -- 2.3. Exposing Right -- Tip 42: Choosing the right metering method -- Tip 43: Linking spot metering to focus frames…”
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The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Grades K-8 : 75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!) by Akhavan, Nancy L.

Table of Contents: “…Getting Help From Another Writer: Write a Hook; 31. The Right Amount of Details, The Right Amount of Clarity; 32. …”
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The transportation experience by Garrison, William L., 1924-

Table of Contents: “…4.1 There Are Multiple Models for Innovation and Invention4.2 Essential Knowledge May Follow Innovation; 4.3 Technology Progresses with Building Blocks; 4.4 Patents May Constrain Innovation; 4.5 Innovation Requires an Adequate Design Serving the Right Market Niche; 4.6 Policies May Be Forged to Aid Infant Industries; 4.7 The Potential for Improvements as the Predominant Technology Emerges Is Critical; 4.8 An Innovation Has to Be Consistent with Market (Client) Values; 4.9 For a System to Work, All Components Have to Function Appropriately; 4.10 Innovative People Abound.…”
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Five dimensions of quality : a common sense guide to accreditation and accountability by Suskie, Linda A.

Table of Contents: “…Deploy Resources EfficientlyDimension II: A Culture of Community; Chapter 7: A Community of People; A Culture of Respect; A Culture of Communication; A Culture of Collaboration; A Culture of Growth and Development; A Culture of Shared Collegial Governance; A Culture of Documentation; Chapter 8: Leadership Capacity and Commitment; Capacity and Commitment; Empowered Leadership; Independent Leadership; Putting Your College's Interests Ahead of a Third Party; Collaborative Leadership; Board Engagement; The Right People; Ongoing Education and Development.…”
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CodeIgniter 2 Cookbook. by Foster, Rob

Table of Contents: “…Moving to the current version with current()Rolling back/stepping forward with version(); Generating an XML from a database result; Generating a CSV from a database result; Chapter 7: Creating a Secure User Environment; Introduction; Escaping user input; Preventing cross-site request forgery; Escaping data -- for a database; Using HTTPS with CodeIgniter; Chapter 8: Calendaring, Right Place, and Right Time; Introduction; Building a CodeIgniter Calendar helper with database results; Building an appointment manager with Calendar Library; Creating a helper to work with a person's date of birth.…”
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No trifling matter : contributions of an uncompromising critic to the democratic process in Cameroon by Tangwa, Godfrey B.

Table of Contents: “…Wanyetoh Resurfaces; 54. Mbella Was Right and Wrong; 55. Cherchez Le Mot (For My Censors); 56. …”
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The Meridian anthology of early American women writers : from Anne Bradstreet to Louisa May Alcott, 1650-1865

Table of Contents: “…Anthony ; Letter of March 1, 1853 ; Letter of December 1, 1853 ; Letter of September 10, 1855 ; Letter of July 20, 1857 ; Letter of July 4, 1859 ; Letter of July 15, 1859 ; Letter of December 23, 1859 ; Speech to the New York State Legislature, February 18, 1860 / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- The angel over the right shoulder / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- Selections from Poems on miscellaneous subjects ; The slave mother ; The slave auction ; The dismissal of tying ; The colored people in America / Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- From Hospital sketches / Louisa May Alcott.…”


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