Programming for Engineers: A Foundational Approach to Learning C and Matlab

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To learn to program is to be initiated into an entirely new way of thinking about engineering, mathematics, and the world in general. Computation is integral to all modern engineering disciplines, so the better you are at programming, the better you will be in your chosen field.

The author departs radically from the typical presentation by teaching concepts and techniques in a rigorous manner rather than listing how to use libraries and functions. He presents pointers in the very first chapter as part of the development of a computational model that facilitates an ab initio presentation of subjects such as function calls, call-by-reference, arrays, the stack, and the heap. The model also allows students to practice the essential skill of memory manipulation throughout the entire course rather than just at the end. As a result, this textbook goes further than is typical for a one-semester course -- abstract data types and linked lists, for example, are covered in depth. The computational model will also serve students in their adventures with programming beyond the course: instead of falling back on rules, they can think through the model to decide how a new programming concept fits with what they already know.

The book is appropriate for undergraduate students of engineering and computer science, and graduate students of other disciplines. It contains many exercises integrated into the main text, and the author has made the source code available online.

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Programming for Engineers: A Foundational Approach to Learning C and Matlab Review

I have taught from this book for two semesters. The title says that it is for engineers and it is! For example, while some other majors might want to write programs and never know what is happening in the computer, this book assumes you are an engineer or engineering student who may someday be interfacing to micro-processor based devices, etc., and you need to understand what's happening in the computer from the outset. The biggest difference between this book and others I have on C is that it gets students drawing the stack and learning about pointers in the *first* chapter. (I have a popular book on C that mentions the stack once in a paragraph in the middle of the book and gets to pointers late in the book.) So much about C is pointer-oriented and it's essential to become comfortable with them right away so that they are "no big deal" by the end of the semester instead of being a cloudy mystery.

The author has a sense of humor which my students tell me that they like. I like it, too.

As a software engineering professional and consultant, I greatly appreciate the fact that the book is also teaching good computing principles while teaching a language. For example, while teaching about matrix manipulation, the book begins to develop the notion of creating a toolbox file of matrix functions and an interface file where a program that uses the functions links to the interface (header) file without knowing the structure of data or the code in the toolbox file of functions. The book does not go into stories about why industry prefers such an approach of information hiding to support maintainability but the professor certainly can (and I do). By the time one has finished the C chapters, students have libraries of functions for matrices, circular buffers, and linked lists which they tell me they are already using in other courses within a year.

There is a chapter on debugging techniques and tools which we cover in the lab session so that students can try it hands-on.

In the Matlab section, two of the three chapters use music as the running example to illustrate various Matlab programming concepts. I skip the chapter on Ordinary Differential Equations (see below) and add a few classes on curve-fitting and labeling plots for which the profs in the follow-on lab courses are grateful.

Negatives:
a. Sample code uses one-letter variable names. I think it might take students a little longer to make connections between the code and the problem description because of this. The book is not a good role model of meaningful variable names.
b. Today's students seem to want to absorb concepts by reading a gazillion examples rather than studying a statement of the principle and one or two examples until they understand it. This book illustrates a concept with an example; then it gives the student a similar problem to do. It does not give 10 examples for one concept. I put this under "Negatives" but, personally, I *really* like this aspect of the book.
c. The Matlab chapter on Ordinary Differential Equations is rather a lot to try to cover at the end of the semester to illustrate a point that is important but probably goes over the heads of freshmen -- namely, that Matlab offers multiple functions to accomplish a task and one must choose wisely.

I don't often find good students and teaching assistants alike telling me that they really like an intro book. But this book attracts compliments. It's not entertaining; it's just really, really good.

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Tough Decisions: Cases in Medical Ethics

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Life is full of tough decisions that must be made ethically and under the pressures of time. This book places readers in realistic situation where they experience the difficulties of making tough medical decisions. The cases are composites of actual cases the authors have seen or managed. In the role of decision-maker, the reader helps to determine what happens in the case as his or her decision often shapes the course of events and the patient's outcome. This gives a compelling sense of the pressures that bear on clinical decision-making. The authors assume that the reader wants to do the right thing, but faces the problem of determining what the right thing will be when information is necessarily incomplete and the future unknown. Ethical theory emerges as others involved in the case offer different views of what is right in a particular medical situation. Two concluding chapters discuss the major theories of medical ethics, but there are no answers in the back of the book. Instead, the book will familiarize readers with some of the ethical principles and issues critical to the practice of medicine to patients and their families.

Tough Decisions: Cases in Medical Ethics Review

Tough Decisions is an outstanding book made even better in this long awaited second edition.Unlike most collections of case studies, this volume does not simply present a variety of vignettes to be analyzed and evaluated. Instead, the reader is required to actually make tough decisions and then follow up on the consequences. Decisions often lead to further decisions and then still further decisions. Different readers will thus follow different paths through the text. The situations themselves are realistically described and include multidimensional characters and well-written dialogue. The cases will provide a rich basis for discussion if this is used as a classroom text, but this is also an engaging and readable book for anyone interested in the tough decisions faced in healthcare every day. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report abuse | PermalinkComment�Comment

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Small Animal Ophthalmology (Self-Assessment Colour Review)

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In this volume, the latest in the bestselling series of self-assessment colour reviews, the authors provide systematic coverage of the subject as randomised self-assessment case presentations: integrated questions, superb illustrations, colour photos, imaging, diagrams, tables and detailed explanatory answers. There are 251 illustrated cases and the authors have emphasised the more common ophthalmic conditions presented to veterinarians in practice. The differential diagnoses, examination techniques, and therapies for these ocular conditions are discussed within specific cases.

While ophthalmic problems relating to dogs and cats are often similar, this is not always the case. For that reason, the authors have distinguished the canine cases from the feline in the listing of the � �Broad classification of cases � .

The book is designed to appeal to veterinary students preparing for exams, and to veterinary practitioners in their continuing professional development.

Small Animal Ophthalmology (Self-Assessment Colour Review) Review

This text is entirely case-based, with high-quality photos associated with nearly every case. Could not be a better quick exposure to veterinary ophtho. The entire series of self-assessment texts is excellent.

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Virginia at War, 1865

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By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert at higher rates than at any other time in the war, returning home to provide their families with whatever assistance they could muster. It was a dark year for Virginia.

Virginia at War, 1865 closely examines the end of the Civil War in the Old Dominion, delivering a striking depiction of a state ravaged by violence and destruction. In the final volume of the Virginia at War series, editors William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr. have once again assembled an impressive collection of essays covering topics that include land operations, women and families, wartime economy, music and entertainment, the demobilization of Lee's army, and the war's aftermath. The volume ends with the final installment of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire's popular and important Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War. Like the previous four volumes in the series, Virginia at War, 1865 provides valuable insights into the devastating effects of the war on citizens across the state.

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I read and enjoyed the entire series. My Confederate ancestors were Virginians and that is what initially created my interest in the series. What kept my interest was the series detailed and comprhensive study of the lives of non combatants and their trials and tribulations during Lincoln's war.

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The Research Process in Nursing

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� �The perfect text for any health care professional who wishes to gain a sound understanding of research…This text succeeds where others fail in terms of the thoroughness of the research process and the accessible style in which the material is presented. In an age when nursing and health care research is going from strength to strength this book offers those in the world of academia and practice an excellent and essential 'bible' that is a must on any bookshelf ��
Dr Aisha Holloway, Lecturer Adult Health, Division of Nursing, The University of Nottingham

� a book that helps you each step of the way. A very understandable and enjoyable publication ��
Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal

� �key reference resource that students of research can use at various levels of study. It is comprehensive, user friendly and very easy to read and make sense of ��
Gillian E Lang, Amazon reviewer

The sixth edition of this book reflects significant developments in nursing research in recent years, ensuring the reader is provided with the very latest information on research processes and methods. It continues to explore how to undertake research as well as evaluating and using research findings in clinical practice, in a way that is suitable for both novice researchers and those with more experience.

Divided into six sections, the chapters are ordered in a logical fashion that also allows the reader to dip in and out. The first two sections of the book provide a comprehensive background to research in nursing. The third section presents a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches, � both new and well-established. The final three sections then look at collecting and making sense of the resulting data and putting the research findings into clinical practice.

• Summarises key points at the start of each chapter to guide you through
• Includes contributions from a wide range of experts in the field
• Accessible but doesn� t shrink away from complex debates and technical issues

New to this edition:

• Accompanying website (www.wiley.com/go/gerrish)
• Ten completely new chapters including Narrative Research, Mixed Methods and Using Research in Clinical Practice
• � Research Example� � boxes from a wide variety of research types

The Research Process in Nursing Review

This UK based text has some useful chapters, e.g., on doing a lit review and on validity & reliability. However, there are important areas that, I felt, it did not cover sufficiently, e.g., validity in qualitiative research & triangulation. Overall not a bad text, but far from comprehensive and would need supplementation.

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Amerika!: Auf der Suche nach dem Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten (German Edition)

Amerika!: Auf der Suche nach dem Land der unbegrenzten M glichkeiten (German Edition)

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Eine Reise zu den Wurzeln des großen amerikanischen Traums


Geert Mak hat sich wieder auf den Weg gemacht. Der Bestsellerautor von � In Europa« ist quer durch die Landschaft, durch Geschichte und Gegenwart, ja durch die K� pfe und Herzen der USA gereist. Dabei trifft er unterschiedlichste Menschen, macht au �ergew hnliche Beobachtungen und erz� hlt hinreißende Geschichten. Mit diesem Buch begibt sich Mak auf die Suche nach den Wurzeln des großen amerikanischen Traums und beschreibt die Mythen und das Selbstverst ndnis jenes Landes, das uns immer noch am meisten besch� ftigt.


Was ist aus dem amerikanischen Traum geworden, seit John Steinbeck 1960 die USA gemeinsam mit seinem berühmten Pudel Charley durchquert hat? Dieser Frage folgt der international bekannte Publizist Geert Mak und macht sich dafür selbst auf den Weg durch die Vereinigten Staaten, fernab ausgetrampelter Pfade, quer durch ein Land, das er liebt und zugleich kritisch betrachtet. Meile um Meile dringt er tiefer in das Land und seine Mythen, sein Selbstverständnis, seine Großartigkeit und Zerrissenheit vor. Seine Reise führt ihn von den großen Ostk� stenst� dten über die Kartoffelacker des Hinterlandes und die Prärie des mittleren Westens bis zum Pazifik. Er trifft Menschen � � setzt sich an einen Tisch mit dem Farmer, dem Fabrikarbeiter, dem Fischer, dem Lehrer. Er streift durch die riesigen Malls und die Vororte, und er sucht nach den Wurzeln des Landes, das sich radikal ver �ndert und doch den Glauben an den amerikanischen Traum bewahrt hat.

Amerika!: Auf der Suche nach dem Land der unbegrenzten M� glichkeiten (German Edition) Review

I'm a retired American who has lived for a decade in Switzerland. I bought the book Amerika! on the strength of an interview with its author in today's Tages Anzeiger, a Zuerich newspaper. In the interview the author made a number of deep observations about the US and how it has changed since the 1950's. I had already made many similar observations myself, and I'm thinking hard about the rest. For example, he observed that Americans have come to feel increasing physical and financial insecurity, reflected in a tenfold increase in incarceration rates and a shared concern that America has begun a transition from consumerism to survivalism. He notes the hollowed-out centers of many midwestern towns, and comments that when everyone lived in town, you had to compromise with your political foes to put in traffic lights, but now that you can choose your suburb to match your politics, compromise no longer seems necessary. The interview ends mildly optimistic that the US is a young country (in 2050 Americans will have an average age of 35) and thanks to its immigrants will be well networked with the booming markets of Latin America and Asia.

I hope the book will soon be available in English, so more Americans can read it.

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