Introductory Algebra is a primer for students considering an entrance level college algebra course. The textbook should not be considered a comprehensive treatment of algebra. The goal of the textbook is to teach a set of problem solving skills in some of the more fundamental areas of algebra. The author uses a step-by-step problem solving technique that is demonstrated in an exacting format…
The knowledgeable health reporter for the Boston Globe, Betsy Lehman, died from an overdose during chemotherapy. Willie King had the wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died during “minor” surgery due to a drug mix-up.1 These horrific cases that make the headlines are just the tip of the ice- berg. Two large studies, one conducted in Colorado and Utah and the other in …
This course is about the interplay between link network structure and information. There are two natural ways in which these can interact: The information can spread by using the edges of the network, or the network itself can be (part of) the information to be analyzed. Naturally, these two views are not mutually exclusive: often, we will want to analyze networks whose function it is to spread…
The label ‘critical mathematics education’ refers to a variety of perspectives and activities, which highlight some concerns.1 Critical mathematics education is concerned with the social and political aspects of the learning of mathematics. It is concerned with providing access to mathematical ideas for everybody independent of colour of skin, gender and class. It is concerned with the …
Whether you are a security professional, an IT professional who wants to learn more about security, someone who has been thrust into a security role without preparation, an executive who wants to increase your organization’s knowledge assets, a member of a sales force in a company that sells security products or services, or a technology, law, or business student or professor in a college or …
This book is about the management of business processes. This is certainly not a new topic. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, it has been written about from every possible point of view - economic, sociological, psychological, accountancy, mechanical engineering and business administration. In this book, we examine the management of business processes from the perspective of…
Most extant knowledge management systems are constrained by their overly rational, static and acontextual view of knowledge. Effectiveness of such systems is constrained by the rapid and discontinuous change that characterizes new organizational environments. The prevailing knowledge management paradigm limits itself by its emphasis on convergence and consensus-oriented processing of informatio…
Systematic, well-designed research provides the most effective approach to the solution of many problems facing highway administrators and engineers. Often, highway problems are of local interest and can best be studied by highway departments individually or in cooperation with their state universities and others. However, the accelerating growth of highway transportation develops increasingly …