Effective Python

This book introduces students with little or no prior programming experience to the art of computational problem solving using Python and various Python libraries, including PyLab. It provides student

This work shows how foundations, nonprofits, and organizations in other sectors can be more effective by institutionalizing deeper understanding of diversity and gender.In "Effective Philanthropy", Ma

An examination of successful environmental advocacy strategies in East Asia that shows how advocacy can be effective under difficult conditions.The countries of East Asia--China, Japan, South Korea, a

Effective Documentation is a major sourcebook that offers technical writers, editors, teachers, and students of technical communication a wide variety of practical guidelines based on often hard to fi

Effective Documentation is a major sourcebook that offers technical writers, editors, teachers, and students of technical communication a wide variety of practical guidelines based on often hard to fi

Effective Cycling is an essential handbook for cyclists frombeginner to expert, whether daily commuters or weekend pleasure trippers. This thoroughly updatedseventh edition offers cyclists the informa

In Effective Philanthropy, Mary Ellen Capek and Molly Mead offer strategies forstrengthening organizations through a commitment to diversity and gender equality. Capek and Mead'sresearch shows that in

The core of John Forester's concept of Effective Cycling is that bicyclists fare best when they act, and are treated in return, as drivers of vehicles, with the same rights and responsibilities that m

A multidisciplinary consideration of how effective environmental citizenship can be in achieving sustainability, with theoretical, practical, and ethnographic perspectives. Promoting environmental cit

An integrated introduction to data visualization, strategic communication, and delivery best practices.Persuading with Data provides an integrated instructional guide to data visualization, strategic communication, and delivery best practices. Most books on data visualization focus on creating good graphs. This is the first book that combines both explanatory visualization and communication strategy, showing how to use visuals to create effective communications that convince an audience to accept and act on the data. In four parts that proceed from macro to micro, the book explains how our brains make sense of graphs; how to design effective graphs and slides that support your ideas; how to organize those ideas into a compelling presentation; and how to deliver and defend data to an audience. Persuading with Data is for anyone who has to explain analytical results to others. It synthesizes a wide range of skills needed by modern data professionals, providing a complete toolkit for cr

Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality.Economic inequality is the defining issue of our time. In the United States, the

Advances in medicine often depend on the effective collection, storage, research use, and sharing of human biological specimens and associated data. But what about the sources of such specimens? When

The oceans are heavily overfished, and the greatest challenges to effective fisheries management are not technical but political and economic. In this book, D. G. Webster describes how the political e

Many emerging nations, particularly those least developed, lack basic critical infrastructural services -- affordable energy, clean drinking water, dependable sanitation, and effective public transpor

Vaccination has long been a familiar, highly effective form of medicine and a triumph of public health. Because vaccination is both an individual medical intervention and

Most of us have gone online to search for information about health. What are the symptoms of a migraine? How effective is this drug? Where can I find more resources for cancer patients? Could I have a

The study of business processes has emerged as a highly effective approach to coordinating an organization's complex service- and knowledge-based activities. The growing field ofbusiness process manag

The oceans are heavily overfished, and the greatest challenges to effective fisheries management are not technical but political and economic. In this book, D. G. Webster describes how the political e

Shared public access to computers and the Internet in developing countries is often hailed as an effective, low-cost way to share the benefits of digital technology. Yet research on the economic and s

"Buy local," "buy green," "buy organic," "fairtrade"--how effective has the ethical consumption movement been in changing market behavior?Can consumers create fair and sustainable supply chains by sho

How control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power: theoretical foundations and empirical examples of information policy in the U.S., an inn

The use of information and communication technology in scientific research has been hailed as the means to a new larger-scale, more efficient, and cost-effective science. But although scientists incr

Interest in developing an effective communication interface connecting the humanbrain and a computer has grown rapidly over the past decade. The brain-computer interface (BCI)would allow humans to ope

Universities and colleges are in a unique position to take a leadership role onglobal warming. As communities, they can strategize and organize effective action. As laboratoriesfor learning and center

How control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power: theoretical foundations and empirical examples of information policy in the U.S., an inno

This text, intended for both graduate students and professional researchers, is an effective, concise introduction to the structural econometrics of auctions. Tools from recent developments in theore

Countering the current view of many environmental activists that sovereign nations cannot provide effective environmental governance, The State and the Global Ecological Crisis offers analyses and cas

Countering the current view of many environmental activists that sovereign nations cannot provide effective environmental governance, The State and the Global Ecological Crisis offers analyses and cas

The existing literature in both public economics and financial economics often fails to consider how appropriate and effective public policy may be in promoting the venture capital industry. Public e

productively combines elements of programming languages, environments, logic, and inductive inference to produce effective debugging aids. Its use of the PROLOG language provides an efficient implemen

A guide to current approaches to measuring the effective tax rate, with case studies that illustrate the different methods discussed. Today's highly complicated tax codes have led economists and pol

This book is an effective, concise text for students and researchers that combines the tools of dynamic programming with numerical techniques and simulation-based econometric methods. Doing so, it br

Minimalism is an action- and task-oriented approach to instruction and documentationthat emphasizes the importance of realistic activities and experiences for effective learning andinformation seeking

Technology is business, and dealing with the media, the public, financiers, and government agencies can be as important to an invention's success as effective product development. To understand how rh

In the absence of world government, effective national policy is essential to the success of international environmental initiatives. Yet research on global environmental cooperation has proceeded wit

Comprehensive guides to the latest Beowulf tools and methodologies. Beowulf clusters, which exploit mass-market PC hardware and software in conjunction with cost-effective commercial network technolog

Comprehensive guides to the latest Beowulf tools and methodologies.Beowulf clusters, which exploit mass-market PC hardware and software in conjunction with cost-effective commercial network technology

Technology is business, and dealing with the media, the public, financiers, and government agencies can be as important to an invention's success as effective product development. To understand how rh

To be effective, an international regime must play a significant role in solving or at least managing the problem that led to its creation. But because regimes--social institutions composed of roles,

To be effective, an international regime must play a significant role in solving or at least managing the problem that led to its creation. But because regimes—social institutions composed of roles, r