William David: 330 books
Practical Body MRI
Protocols, Applications and Image Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Practical Body MRI: Protocols, Applications and Image Interpretation demystifies MRI examinations of the abdomen and pelvis, giving the essential knowledge required by radiologists in order to develop and select appropriate protocols, assess scan quality and interpret imaging studies. Each chapter...
Being Urban: A Sociology of City Life, 3rd Edition
A Sociology of City Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Symbolic interaction is among the most central theoretical paradigms in sociology and the theory that most thoroughly attends to how individuals give meaning to their world—in this case, how city dwellers interpret and respond to their daily experiences as urbanites. This thoroughly updated edition...
Madness in Mogadishu
Commanding the 10th Mountain Division's Quick Reaction Company during Black Hawk Down
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu, leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of several thousand approaching militants. Ordered to "go find the glow"--the burning wreckage--hard-charging...
Applied Choice Analysis
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2005
Almost without exception, everything human beings undertake involves a choice. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the development and application of quantitative statistical methods to study choices made by individuals with the purpose of gaining a better understanding both of how...
by William Kinlaw, Mark P. Kritzman, David Turkington
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Since the formalization of asset allocation in 1952 with the publication of Portfolio Selection by Harry Markowitz, there have been great strides made to enhance the application of this groundbreaking theory. However, progress has been uneven. It has been punctuated with instances of misleading research,...
Modeling Ordered Choices
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
It is increasingly common for analysts to seek out the opinions of individuals and organizations using attitudinal scales such as degree of satisfaction or importance attached to an issue. Examples include levels of obesity, seriousness of a health condition, attitudes towards service levels, opinions...
Linear Models
A Mean Model Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 1996
Linear models, normally presented in a highly theoretical and mathematical style, are brought down to earth in this comprehensive textbook. Linear Models examines the subject from a mean model perspective, defining simple and easy-to-learn rules for building mean models, regression models, mean vectors,...
Water Stewardship and Business Value
Creating Abundance from Scarcity
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
The tangible value of increased water efficiency, reuse and recycling and improved social license to operate are moving more companies to adopt water stewardship strategies. This book frames an expanded strategy for water stewardship and business value creation, including brand value, that benefits...
by William Zumeta, David W. Breneman, Patrick M. Callan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This ambitious book grows out of the realization that a convergence of economic, demographic, and political forces in the early twenty-first century requires a fundamental reexamination of the financing of American higher education.
The authors identify and address basic issues and trends that...
Taking Parenting Public
The Case for a New Social Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment—both personal and public—into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia...
Reviewing Leadership (Engaging Culture)
A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Evaluating Current Approaches to Leadership
This book offers a comprehensive evaluation of current approaches to leadership from a discerning Christian perspective. Combining expertise in leadership, theology, and ministry, the authors take a historical look at leadership and how it is viewed...
by William Twining, David Miers
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
New to English law? Need to know how rules are made, interpreted and applied? This popular and well-established textbook will show you how. It simplifies legal method by combining examples with an account of rules in general: the who, what, why and how of interpretation. Starting with standpoint and...
A History of Homo Economicus
The Nature of the Moral in Economic Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
A key issue in economic discourse today is the relation (or lack of it) between economic behaviour and morality. Few (presumably) would want to deny that human beings are in some sense moral or ethical creatures, but the devil is in the detail. Should we think of economic behaviour as an essentially...
by David A. Hensher, John M. Rose, William H. Greene
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
The second edition of this popular book brings students fully up to date with the latest methods and techniques in choice analysis. Comprehensive yet accessible, it offers a unique introduction to anyone interested in understanding how to model and forecast the range of choices made by individuals...