From Product Description to Cost: A Practical Approach: Volume 2: Building a Specific Model (Decision Engineering)

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Parametric cost estimating, when properly used, is a very powerful and cost effective technique. Unfortunately, this technique is often misunderstood and rejected by many potential users for whom it could be a beneficial tool. The development of an agreement on how to use it and how to recognise its limitations is a major benefit to the cost estimating community.

From Product Description to Cost: A Practical Approach:

• presents different ways of parametrically forecasting costs, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods by using real examples from the mechanical, software and building industries;

• discusses most of the mathematical procedures which are useful for parametrically forecasting costs;

• introduces the judgement needed to audit the ways in which these forecasting techniques are used, firstly as a process, and secondly as a tool to generate estimates.

Volume 2: Building a Specific Model is divided into nine parts and focuses on the building of ‘specific’ cost estimating models. These models explicitly refer to a ‘product family’, and, as opposed to ‘general’ models, any company (if properly organised) can build these models. Understanding the procedures is key in creating successful specific models; for this reason all these procedures are fully described in this volume. Classical methods and new ones (such as the "bootstrap") are described and illustrated.

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Designed to meet the needs of both novice and advanced practitioners, the first edition of Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice established standards and defined the core curriculum of legal nurse consulting. It also guided the development of the certification examination administered by the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board. The extensive revisions and additions in Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition make this bestselling reference even more indispensable. The most significant change is the inclusion of 15 new chapters, each of which highlights an important aspect of legal nurse consulting practice: Entry into the Specialty Certification Nursing Theory: Applications to Legal Nurse Consulting Elements of Triage for Medical Malpractice Evaluating Nursing Home Cases Principles of Evaluating Personal Injury Cases Common Mechanisms of Injury in Personal Injury Cases ERISA and HMO Litigation The LNC as Case Manager Report Preparation Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses The Role of the LNC in Preparation of Technical Demonstrative Evidence Marketing Growing a Business Business Ethics Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition presents up-to-date, practical information on consulting in a variety of practice environments and legal areas. Whether you are an in-house LNC or you work independently, this book is your definitive guide to legal nurse consulting.

Customer Reviews:

Love this book.......2007-09-30

I received this book 2 day shipping as requested. I have had it for about a month now. It is easy to ready and goes well with the Kaplan course. Most importantly I am sure I will get a lot of use out of it as a reference. Great book!!

Legal Nurse consulting.......2007-09-15

I received this product in a timely manner and in excellant condition. I have been very pleased with the sevice from Amazon and vendors.

to the point, everything I needed to know.......2007-09-04

This book is a great at home teaching tool on how to become knowledgeable in the field of LNC and how to start your business.

Best possible resource for legal nurse consulting!.......2006-06-27

Very impressed with the detail of the book. A MUST HAVE!

Excellent book.......2006-06-26

This is a MUST HAVE book for anyone interested in Legal Nurse Consulting. This book is very thorough and is a great introduction and reference for this career avenue.

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On a day perfect for apple picking, the bunny family heads to Long Hill Orchard. Mr. Miller takes them to the trees on his wobbly farm wagon and tells them all sorts of fun facts about fall's favorite fruit. Nancy Elizabeth Wallace has painstakingly glued in place simple cut-paper shapes to give her illustrations their bold colors and three-dimensional quality. Her story includes a recipe, an apple-print project, apple sayings, and an apple song for parents and children to share.

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A picture book with facts and activities rolled into one.......2002-07-17

This is a great picture book with interesting cutout paper illustrations. It is a story of a (rabbit) family that goes apple picking in the fall. This is a New England tradition that I have enjoyed so the book is especially appealing to me. The family goes picking apples and the farmer goes along. The farmer explains some factual things such as how many seeds are usually in the apples and how they grow the trees from rootstock.

Each member of the family wants a different type of apple for a different purpose. The family cooks applesauce and the recipe is included. There is a song with music notations and directions for doing an apple printing craft.

This family enjoys learning about the apples and there are some factual pictures such as how the apple tree is grafted onto a root and a labeling of the parts of a bisected apple. I especially like how the story illustrates the children and parents as being interested in learning about the apples.

This is a fun storybook, a good mixture of story and facts with a few activities! This would make a great book for preschool or Kindergarten teaches, perfect for reading in the autumn or combining with a real trip to pick apples!

Apples, Apples, Apples.......2001-10-11

This is an amazingly illustrated book. The pictures are very captivating to young children.
The book not only offers a story, but great apple activities as well.
As a childcare provider, I highly recommend this book!

A picture story and nonfiction in one book!.......2001-02-19

This appealing book of pictures created using papercutouts tells The story of the bunny family's outing to the apple orchard. All the aspects of picking your own apples are presented. They get to ride out to the orchard on a wagon pulled by a tractor, have to choose which varieties to pick, and the farmer weighs the apples in the end. Information about apples is presented through the apple farmer. At home applesauce is made (recipe included), an apple craft is featured and an apple song is included as well. Should be perfect for before or after your next trip to the orchard or anytime of year. I think little ones will enjoy it as much as I did!

Out and About at the Apple Orchard (Field Trips)

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Very Real!

Out and About at the Apple Orchard (Field Trips)
Diane Mayr
Manufacturer: Picture Window Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1404800360

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Highly recommended.......2007-07-09

This book is a perfect introduction to one of New England's best autumn traditions. Diane Mayr's lively text is appealing, and loaded with information. Her enthusiasm for the topic is obvious, and will be passed on to her readers. Parents, teachers, librarians, and kids will love this - and learn from it as well!

Very Real!.......2004-08-23

We have an apple orchard in Indiana, and a librarian friend who has the fun job of reading and categorizing new books. She came across this one and said, "This is one of the best books I've seen for young readers that best fits the orchard. It even mentions the bees, limiting the use of chemicals, picking them by hand, and has an illustration of the apples being separated on a conveyer belt, it mentions cold storage, and has a big red barn for the store! I would swear that this writer or illustrator has been to CLO and used it as a springboard for creating the book!" We recommend it to people to read with their children before visiting the orchard. www.countylineorchard.com

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Apples: Botany, Production and Uses

Manufacturer: CABI
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0851995926

Book Description

This volume provides a comprehensive reference work, summarising our knowledge of apples and their production worldwide. It includes 24 chapters written by international authorities from the USA, Canada, Europe and New Zealand. The main subjects addressed are: Taxonomy and production statistics, plant materials, apple physiology, orchard and tree management, crop protection (including organic production), and harvesting, handling and utilization.

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Little Apple Goat
Caroline Jayne Church
Manufacturer: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 080285320X

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Little Apple Goat is ordinary in every way -- except for one. Instead of munching on oats or grass or laundry left on the line, she prefers to eat fruit from the orchard.

But one stormy night, all of the fruit trees in the orchard are destroyed. The trunks are chopped down and the land is cleared. The farm animals cannot imagine life without the orchard, and Little Apple Goat doesn't know how she will manage without her fruit.

But time passes, and something mysterious begins to happen on the farm . . .

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He grew up in the Georgia woods, played football for the New Orleans Saints, spent a few years as a ski bum, put in his time as a Vermont farmer, and eventually sold his farm to take a desk job. Through all this, writer Paul Fersen has never lost his sense of humor or appreciation for a good hunting dog. These are tales of becoming a New Englander while remembering a strange and distant life in the rural South, of building one’s own home and raising a family, of finding the best dog ever, of catching the biggest fish with his smallest son, and finding respite in the field with dog and duck. A wonderful collection of stories outdoorsmen and women will laugh along with, in small doses or all at once.

Paul Fersen is a longtime staffer for Orvis, and who has written a regular column for Stratton and frequently contributes to Gray’s Sporting Journal. He lives in Dorset, Vermont.

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Spiritual Lessons from an Apple Orchard
Fiona MacMath
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0785276092

The Zieglers and Their Apple Orchard (Our Neighborhood)

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The Zieglers and Their Apple Orchard (Our Neighborhood)
Alice K. Flanagan
Manufacturer: Childrens Pr
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Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 051621134X

Apple season is here: Liz Meeks ensures us that despite the shocking 'Easter Freeze,' Henderson County does have apples, amongst other delights, for us ... local): An article from: New Life Journal

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Apple season is here: Liz Meeks ensures us that despite the shocking 'Easter Freeze,' Henderson County does have apples, amongst other delights, for us ... local): An article from: New Life Journal
Liz Meeks
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000WE2HSW
Release Date: 2007-09-24

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This digital document is an article from New Life Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1140 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Apple season is here: Liz Meeks ensures us that despite the shocking 'Easter Freeze,' Henderson County does have apples, amongst other delights, for us all to enjoy.(buy local)
Author: Liz Meeks
Publication: New Life Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Page: 29(3)

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All New Business Ideas for Enterprising Women Who Want to Work at Home
With the right entrepreneurial spirit and know-how, you can join the millions of enterprising women who run their own businesses from home. Bestselling author and home-based business expert Priscilla Y. Huff guides you through the basics of starting your own business, from choosing the job that's right for you to writing a business plan. She then presents 101 innovative home-based opportunities centered on the hottest emerging business trends — health care, the environment, computers, personal services, food, and more!
Packed with ideas, tips, and hints, this informative resource provides advice on:
·Assessing the real start-up costs and potential income for each job
·Finding invaluable sources — from professional organizations and publications to Web sites
·Choosing the right experts to help you with your business
·Finding the tools, training, and skills you need to succeed
·Learning how to price your market
·Creating effective publicity and marketing, including Internet advertising
A home-based business can give you the flexibility, extra income, creativity, and independence you crave — this book gives you the resources to make your business venture a success!

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I enjoyed it!.......2001-08-18

If you're a person who's been searching online for a "real" home based business this is the book for you. I was delightfully surprised to see some of the idea's I've had rolling around in my head on paper. It's a totally different experience to take the book with you and read it as opposed to looking at a computer screen.

One suggestion I've never seen before was to have your own art gallery in a room in your home. Of course if your home looks like Martha Stewart's that's no problem. The author suggests signing the artists to contracts so that you both make money when the art sells. I think that's a wonderful idea. Of course if you're not really keen on the idea of having strangers tour your back bedroom you could rent a small office space and advertise, advertise, advertise.

Another idea I really loved was running a doggie day care center!! To those who are strictly business minded these ideas may sound far fetched but to those of us who long to break out of the mold these ideas light a fire to our creativity. One more business suggestion I thought was interesting is the laundry service. Even if you don't have a washer and dryer you could pick up people's laundry and drive it to the laundrymat. I know I've tried to bribe people to do my own laundry!!

All in all this book is a worth while read.

Great Practical Book!.......2001-08-18

I think this is a great book!! Another reviewer said that the Bison breeding wasn't very feasible. On my country bike rides I pass a house that has bison. I never could figure out why they had them? Now I know.

Many of these suggestions you will see listed online but there's something about being able to hold the book in your hands and dream about all of the wonderful things you could do. You can dream small or large. For example if you have an extra room in your home or an outside attached room you could contact artist's and sell their work on commission from your own gallery. I really like that idea.

If you've always dreamed about being your own boss while staying at home this is the book for you. Start slow and steady. Just take on what you can handle. Do you have a washing machine and dryer? You could wash people's laundry. I'd never thought of that idea but I know in India this is quite common. I don't want to give away too many ideas. I just love this book. When I first got it I thought this would be one of those books I look at and decide to auction off. Nope. This one's a keeper!

I really loved that you don't have to have advanced degrees to go into business for yourself. Don't let people discourage you from earning a decent income on your own using your own brain power.

It's okay...but has a limited audience.......2000-06-10

This book really starts out good, it has a lot of very informative info. With topics like "A Strategy for Success" and "Franchises, Distributorships, MLMs and Other Home Business Opportunities" you can find a lot of useful information. Ms. Huff explains the business process, as well as all the legalities surrounding small-businesses. That's the first part of the book.

The second part of the book is all the jobs, yes, all 101 of them, and their descriptions. She includes very useful info like start-up costs, estimated income, things needed to run the business, and where to get more information.

My only complaint with this book is that it covers a broad amount of job areas and not that well. There are jobs that she left out and those that weren't explained very well, and some that weren't even useful.

This book is not going to help you figure out what your interests are and what is the perfect home-based business. If you have a little interest in just about everything from arts and crafts to computers, and want to know what you can do with your talents, then you may want to pick this up in the library.

It's a good reference guide, and really, that's ALL it is. I don't regret that I bought the book, I just wish I knew what I was buying before I set such high expectations.

What a cool book.......1998-10-16

This is a really interesting book, although some of the businesses are kind of far-fetched (bison breeder???) but the ideas are cool. I would reccomend this more as a guide to side careers, most of them are risky or take a lot of time to get off the ground. Also most of them seem to be based around larger cities' needs.

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