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The biggest feature of this book is how you need to get accustomed to the limited resources on a cellphone, compared to a laptop or personal computer. Many programmers will come to mobile devices from developing on the latter 2 platforms. Still, if you have been programming long enough, the cellphone environments described in the text can be akin to working on the PCs of the 1980s.

It is a pity that there are two programming languages needed for cellphones. The book has examples drawn from Java and Symbian. The Java code is simpler than Java programs written for larger environments. The widget set is very limited. The Symbian examples are likewise easy to follow. What it does mean is that any commercial examples you develop have to be manually coded into both languages, if you are after the largest possible market.

This book was really helpful for me to use in order to understand how families differ when it comes to helping their children read. I liked how the author used many families in the book so their is a variety of data given in the book Every reading teacher having difficulties with reaching their families should read this book

I've more than gotten my money's worth from this guide. I found the many checklists in the book to be useful with direct application to virtual teaming challenges associated with global headquarters program management.

This collection of IEEE and ACM papers written by an all star case of industry experts is showing its age in many areas. For example Barry Boehm's "A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement", while valid for high-risk projects that push the technical envelope, is too risk-adverse for rapid or incremental development projects that are in increasing use.

However, some papers that you may be tempted to reject out-of-hand, such as TRW's Ada Process Model for Incremental Development of Large Software Systems is actually worth reading for organizations that have committed to the Rational Unified Process.

Overall, the range of papers covers every aspect of software engineering project management. The applicability of the papers collected in this book to contemporary practices is uneven. Some practices are either thoroughly documented and accepted best practices (the entire section of papers on project management), or are transitioning to newer models (the material on the CMM). On the other hand, some papers in this collection are gems and make this book worthwhile despite its age (planning and estimation papers).

One final note - the layout and design of this book could be greatly improved. Despite the age and some of the shortcomings I noted this is still a worthwhile resource for software engineering professionals who are working in a CMM Level 2 or above organization.

few psychologists can cite 3 legal cases that have shaped their profession, but everyone is aware of tarasoff. the tarasoff case, and the subsequent statuatory responses in duty to warn or duty to protect, has had a lasting effect on the field. the book briefly describes many of the events that led up to the tragedy. the book briefly discusses the california precedent and subsequent statutes. the book briefly discusses some of the ethical and legal considerations of psychologists when working with such patients. i wish that the author had included greater detail in the historical accounts (especially decision-making processes and errors of clinicians), legal arguments and previous precedents, the nature of the nation-wide legislative responses. i wish that a thorough discussion of how to ethically and legally meet the requirements of tarasoff in a manner that might preserve the therapeutic relationship and perhaps even provide opportunities for growth would have been provided. i wish that a more thorough analysis would have been provided that examines the potential costs (e.g., angry violent patients not discussing their homicidal plans or premature discontinuation of treatment). overall, a worthwhile read and certainly worth the price, used.

I recently bought this book - I have dozens of Tarot books - What is different about this one is that not only does it give meanings for each card, it teaches you to interpret several cards, taking into account the modified meanings cards take on when seen in combination with others - It teaches you with a question/answer format using 3 spreads, the Bohemian, the Romany, and the Celtic Cross - It is illustrated with Kathleen McCormack's 'Beginner's Tarot Deck', which is colorful, cheery, and has clear symbolism -

As the shortage of nurses increase and the number of professional educators for nurses declines, one wonders what can be done to promote the nursing profession and reverse this trend. The impact that nursing education has on these two phenomena is seriously being investigated as a possible cause and cure to these problems. Nursing education, as the book points out, has always been teacher-centered. Nursing educators also act as the one to promote the nurse into the profession or stop the student's progression. This traditional role is spelled out clearly by Nancy Diekelmann and the other writers in their book, Teaching the practitioners of care: New pedagogies for the health professions. In a profession where curriculum is geared towards developing interpersonal skills and working in groups, students find themselves in an environment that is competitive and isolating. The student's relationships with facility are reported characterized with fear, anxiety and anger.

Interpretive pedagogies, individually known as critical, feminist, phenomenological, and postmodern pedagogies, are a particular approach to schooling, learning, and teaching where the focus is placed on students and teachers working to together to learn in community oriented activities. This book uses research and nursing stories to portray a learning climate where these varieties of interpretive pedagogies weave a smooth transition to a new landscape of learning and teaching in nursing. Interpretive pedagogies promote both student and teacher learning. In nursing, which is quickly changing, this method of education provides for a constant flow of valuable knowledge.

I believe the role of the teacher will become more general, helping students find, interpret, and apply information, instead of the traditional subject matter expert. The educators in the health care professions can look to books like this for valid guidance.

I found myself pondering new thoughts and questions regarding my history of having once been a student nurse. I have to agree with the description of the traditional nursing curriculum of being teacher-centered which fostered isolation, fear and anxiety. Reading this is an explorative journey for the nurse and for nurse educators. It leaves the reader with hope that nursing education can rise to the challenge to integrate new pedagogies. I would recommend this book for the serious reader of educational philosophies.

This is a good, basic trademark treatise for a lawyer. I can't understand, however, why the vendor is charging $[...] for this book when it is available, new, from the publisher (the Practicing Law Institute) for [......]

This workbook requires some digging to make it work. Definitely not plug and play. If you're looking for something really simple and easy to use this is not it. However, once you dig, the stuff is great!!!

Great book with tons of info that will keep you informed and educate