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…
Despite its thirty year history, strategic management accounting has yet to establish itself as a core element of managerial accounting. That it has the capacity to do so is immediately apparent from the term itself, which in turn explains its continuing appeal for those attracted to developing and promoting it. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that by reconceptualising strategic managem…
The purpose of this book is to show you how to make network-aware applications that run on the Microsoft Windows and Windows NT operating systems using the Windows Sockets (WinSock) Application Programming Interface (API). To that end, several practical examples are examined that utilize the basic functionality of WinSock. Network operating systems, such as Windows for Workgroups and Windows N…
The Healthcare industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from healthcare institution-centred care to a citizen-centred care that emphasises on continuity of care from prevention to rehabilitation. The recent development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), especially the Internet and its related technologies has become the main driver of the paradigm shift. Managing relationship w…
For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care was stimulated by concerns among members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and others that health services—already heavily dependent on monetary transactions through prepayment and insurance—will become excessively commercialized, with growing ownership by stockholders. The issues closely associated with these concerns are examined in depth in this repo…
Our entire health care system is organized largely to carry out decisions made by highly autonomous and independent physicians. Hospitals, for example, are organized to respond to physicians' decisions—even implementing them when the physicians are not physically present. Many aspects of our health care system rest on an assumption that the physician's primary concern is with the needs and ca…
A book on the subject of storage networks is especially important during these fast-moving times. The technology for storage networking is basically bringing with it new structures and procedures that will remain topical in the foreseeable future regardless of incre- mental differences and changes in products. This book is based on the experience of its authors in their day-to-day work with the…
Welcome to the exciting world of Cisco certification! You have picked up this book because you want something better; namely, a better job with more satisfaction. Rest assured that you have made a good decision. Cisco certification can help you get your first networking job, or more money and a promotion if you are already in the field. Cisco certification can also improve your understanding o…
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 …