Engineering Maintainability:: How to Design for Reliability and Easy Maintenance

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This book provides the guidelines and fundamental methods of estimation and calculation needed by maintainability engineers. It also covers the management of maintainability efforts, including issues of organizational structure, cost, and planning processes. Questions and problems conclude each chapter.

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This new publication provides seven ASTM standards that are vital to the medical transcription industry and healthcare documentation. They ensure accuracy, security, and patient confidentiality during the maintenance, transmission, storage, and retrieval of healthcare documentation.

Stedman's Guide to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

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Stedman's Guide to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Kathy Rockel
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The AAMT Book of Style for Medical Transcription, Second Edition

ASIN: 0781763010

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Stedman's Guide to the HIPAA Privacy Rule finally makes clear for medical transcription students and professionals the confusing legal issues surrounding the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and how it relates to and affects their practice. This text provides comprehensive information about the rule itself, how it affects service owners and independent contractors, implementation guidelines, sample template contract language, and sample policies. Mnemonics and other quick aids help readers remember important information. Case-based vignettes and real-world applications emphasize the practical application of the law on medical transcriptions. End-of-chapter critical thinking questions--with answers in an appendix--encourage readers to ponder and apply information.

Acoustic Underwater Navigation of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using The Divetracker System

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Acoustic Underwater Navigation of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Using The Divetracker System

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A419703. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) require a navigation system in order to conduct useful functions. This research was an experimental investigation of the commercial DiveTracker underwater acoustic navigation system used onboard the NPS Phoenix AUV. Tests conducted with the DiveTracker system proved that the system could be used successfully in AUV navigation while submerged and revealed that more precise positioning could be obtained through postconditioning of the DiveTracker output ranges, rather than prefiltering.

Control of Transcription (Basic Life Sciences,)

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Control of Transcription (Basic Life Sciences,)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Gene Expression and Its Control: Genome Analysis

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Gene Expression and Its Control: Genome Analysis
Kay E. Davies
Manufacturer: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0879693592

Gene Transcription: Mechanisms and Control

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Gene Transcription: Mechanisms and Control
Robert J. White
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers
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Hormonal Control of Gene Transcription (Molecular Aspects of Cellular Regulation, No 6)

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Hormonal Control of Gene Transcription (Molecular Aspects of Cellular Regulation, No 6)
Philip Cohen
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Publishing Company
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Oncogenes As Transcriptional Regulators (Progress in Gene Expression)

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Oncogenes As Transcriptional Regulators (Progress in Gene Expression)

Manufacturer: Birkhauser
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Two volume set. Please see: Vol I: ISBN:3-7643-5486-0 & Vol II: ISBN 3-7643-5709-6

Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression (Nato a S I Series Series H, Cell Biology)

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Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression (Nato a S I Series Series H, Cell Biology)

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Many important cellular processes rely on posttranscriptional control of gene expression. This book describes the mechanisms of gene expression at this level that occur in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Several introductory chapters discuss the general principles of translation and mRNA stability. The interactions of mature mRNA with the translational machinery, the components of mRNA degradation and antisense RNA are surveyed. Subsequent chapters discuss protein folding, transport, modification and degradation. The book is an invaluable source of information for both newcomers and those wishing an overview of the field.

Transcriptional control mechanisms: Proceedings of a Cetus-UCLA symposium held in Keystone, Colorado, April 6-13, 1986 (UCLA symposia on molecular and cellular biology)

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Transcriptional control mechanisms: Proceedings of a Cetus-UCLA symposium held in Keystone, Colorado, April 6-13, 1986 (UCLA symposia on molecular and cellular biology)

Manufacturer: A.R. Liss
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0845126512

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Rich treasury of verse from 19th and 20th centuries, selected for popularity and literary quality, includes Poe’s "The Raven," Whitman’s "I Hear America Singing," as well as poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, many other notables.

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The American school anthology .......2005-05-02

This is a wonderful collection of American poetry classics. It contains most of the poems that have been taught through the years in American schools as the ' classics ' of American Literature. It does not really touch the American poetry of the past fifty years.
Most of its poems are the shorter poems of great poetic masters , for instance for Wallace Stevens, " Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird' and the 'Emperor of Ice- Cream' but not the 'Idea of Order at Key West' for Eliot, " Prufrock" but not the "Wasteland " or the "Quartets".
A wonderful collection most highly recommended.

A Manifested Dream.......2005-03-22

This book is the manifestation of the dream of former U.S. Poet Laureate Joseph Brodsky when he said, "Poetry must be available to the public in far greater volume than it is." Brodsky believed that poetry books should be distributed free of charge in many places, such as supermarkets and factories. He also had the idea that an anthology of poetry should be, "found in every hotel room in the land." Brodsky went on to create the American Poetry & Literacy Project in 1993, and is the compiler of this book.

This little anthology covers more than 350 years of American poetry. It includes poets who were famous in their own time such as Edgar Allen Poe, and poets whose talents weren't realized until after their death, such as Emily Dickinson. It displays American patriotism in poems such as Walt Whitman's, "I Hear America Singing", and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride." Poems such as, "Dream Deferred (Harlem)" by Langston Hughes, and "Incident" by Countee Cullen, explore themes of racial prejudice and African American culture. War, loneliness, nature, children, all the many issues and emotions we as human beings find ourselves dealing with today, are all included in this small, yet well-comprised anthology.

Many of my personal favorites include poems about poetry itself. These poets and writers give serious, and not so serious, contemplation to the art of writing. On page 65, the teacher and library assistant Marianne Moore begins her poem, "Poetry" with these lines:

I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all
this fiddle.

Moore, known for her complex poems was known as the "poet's poet," and was the editor of the literary magazine The Dial, according the book's biography about her.

Pulitzer prize winner Archibald Macleish's poem, "Ars Poetica" gives his view of what a poem should be on page 72:

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds

A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs

The books biography on Macleish says that he was an editor for Fortune magazine, Librarian of Congress, and Assistant Secretary of State.

According to Andrew Carroll, the Executive Director of The American Poetry and Literacy Project, Joseph Brodsky never saw the final version of this book, "101 Great American Poems" before his death. He leaves us however, with Brodsky's inspiring words in his Introduction to the book:

"Books find their readers, and if not, well let them lie around, absorb dust, rot and disintegrate. There is always going to be a child who will fish a book out of the garbage heap. I was such a child, for what it's worth..."

For us, Brodsky's own poetry and the legacy he left behind in The American Poetry and Literacy Project, continues to be worth a fortune.

~Brian Douthit
author of "Perfectly Said: when words become art"

Inspiring.......2005-02-04

I really enjoyed this alot. I felt I was transported into a world of great poems. There really wasn't a bad piece here. Indulge and buy this book.

Excllent Read.......2003-09-15

This book is quite wonderful. It includes some of my all time favorite American Poets. I recommend it to anyone who likes poetry.

Also Recommended: Quotes, Poems, and Words That Flow by Kevin Grommersch

Quite a Bang for Your Buck!.................2001-11-19

............this small book of poetry contains the work of nearly forty of the best known American poets. From Emily Dickinson to Walt Whitman to Edgar Allan Poe to Robert Frost, there are poems in this collection that are sure to appeal to everyone! Also represented in this collection are ten women poets and eight African Americans including Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes and Phyllis Wheatley. There's even a poem by Abraham Lincoln that reveals his thoughts about his childhood experiences.

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Taken from life experiences, and providing insight and expression to the needs, cravings and desires we all share, William F. DeVault gives us over one hundred extraordinary poems of love. The Romantic Poet of the Internet takes us into the mind and heart of everyone who has ever sought or felt love, and gives us words worthy of remembering and motivating us to express our souls' passions. Whether you are looking for an emotional rush, a poem that expresses feelings you can't find the words for, or a reference book for inspiring yourself and others, there is no better guide to gates of the City of Legends than the Internet's and America's master poet. Fully indexed by first lines, and featuring a variety of styles and states of the heart, this is a perfect gift to a lover, or for anyone who thinks that real poetry and eloquence is past its prime. For, here is the prime of love poetry. “William F. DeVault's poetry embodies the essence of romance...”—Brandy Walton, Senior Poetry Editor, EWG Presents

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101 Great Poems of America
Contemporary Books
Manufacturer: Contemporary Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0809239272

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The President's secret task force has developed an unprecedented defensive weapon that relies on an extremely rare radioactive element--and Dirk Pitt has followed a twisted trail to a secret cache of the substance. Now, racing against brutal storms, Soviet spies, and a ticking clock, Pitt begins his most thrilling mission--to raise from its watery grave the shipwreck of the century...

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Lame. Lame. Lame........2007-09-25

This fast paced adventure thriller would have been excellent reading- when I was 14. I gave Cussler a try and read the first three books. I think I'm done. James Bond can't get into a girl's pants like Dirk Pitt. In "The Mediterranean Caper", Pitt slaps a girl he just met and screws her on the beach. In "Iceberg", he pretends to be gay. In "Raise the Titanic" he just screws a woman he seemingly had no prior connection to on the Titanic. The plot is intriguing but just doesn't play out. I was sick of this book by the end and just wanted it to be over.

Thrilling .......2007-04-02

As usual, Clive Cussler produced a suspence-thrilling book- one that is very difficult to put down!!!Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt Adventures)

Titanic novel.......2006-12-27

Good mixture of historical events with fictional adventure story. Well written and fast paced. Has elements of unbelievable, but that is what fiction is about.

Not Cussler's Best.......2006-11-06

Good book but do not expect classic Cussler out of this one

RAISE THE TITANIC.......2006-10-31

The book Raise The Titanic was about the ship Titanic and the people that thought the Titanic wasn't split in half. They thought that the Titanic was cut in half, but this was before they made the movie Titanic. The book Raise the Titanic was about the people that keep track how far down it really was. (2.5m). One of the steamers fell off the Titanic and the scientists searched for over 2.5 miles and didn't find the lost steamer.
In the book Raise The Titanic, the ship didn't split in half, but in the movie it really was split in half.
The true 1 thing is that it really was 2.5 miles below the ocean. When the people made the movie it must have been fun, but in real life it must have been HORIFYING. If I were on Titanic, I would be the first to the Lifeboats. I recommend this book to other people because it is different from the movie from the book Raise The Titanic. I also recommend it is a really HEART POUNDING, SAD STORY. They believed that the Titanic was unsinkable and not split in half in the book.

The book Raise The Titanic was about the ship Titanic and the people that thought the Titanic wasn't split in half. They thought that the Titanic was cut in half, but this was before they made the movie Titanic. The book Raise the Titanic was about the people that keep track how far down it really was. (2.5m). One of the steamers fell off the Titanic and the scientists searched for over 2.5 miles and didn't find the lost steamer.
In the book Raise The Titanic, the ship didn't split in half, but in the movie it really was split in half.
The true 1 thing is that it really was 2.5 miles below the ocean. When the people made the movie it must have been fun, but in real life it must have been HORIFYING. If I were on Titanic, I would be the first to the Lifeboats. I recommend this book to other people because it is different from the movie from the book Raise The Titanic. I also recommend it is a really HEART POUNDING, SAD STORY. They believed that the Titanic was unsinkable and not split in half in the book.

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Raise the Titanic

Manufacturer: Bantam Books
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ASIN: 0553108883

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From the opening moments when the Titanic crashes into an iceberg and perishes in the greatest sea disaster of the century, you'll be caught up in an astonishing, spellbinding blockbuster, a superb novel of terror and mystery... In her hold...an incredibly rare substance that could insure America's security from foreign attack forever... The Russians want it. The Americans want it. And you want to read this riveting tale of suspense, "this great adventure thriller which spins from one dizzying climax to another...and keeps you so audaciously entertained you won't want it to come to a close."

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Raise the Titanic!
Clive Cussler
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Raise The Titanic!

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9 Titles in Dirk Pitt Adventure Series - Pacific Vortex - Mediterranean Caper - Iceberg - Raise the Titanic - Floodtide - Sahara - Dragon - Valhalla Rising - Inca Gold

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9 Titles in Dirk Pitt Adventure Series - Pacific Vortex - Mediterranean Caper - Iceberg - Raise the Titanic - Floodtide - Sahara - Dragon - Valhalla Rising - Inca Gold
Clive Cussler
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9 massmarket paperback Titles in Dirk Pitt Adventure Series - Pacific Vortex - Mediterranean Caper - Iceberg - Raise the Titanic - Floodtide - Sahara - Dragon - Valhalla Rising - Inca Gold

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RAISE THE TITANIC
CLIVE CUSSLER
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Raise the Titanic
clive cussler
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Raise the Titanic
Clive Cussler
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Raise the Titanic
Clive Cussler
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Raise the Titanic
Clive Cussler
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