New Releases by Ian Smith

The definitive book on Oracle''s Rdb database. Written by a team of bestselling database experts, including a principal product architect, this is unquestionably the definitive book on Oracle''s Rdb8, the latest version of the powerful database for advanced enterprise applications. Rdb: A Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition teaches administrators, programmers, database designers and IT managers the critical components and functions of the new version 8 and explains how to develop powerful Rdb8 programs. The book specifically addresses new Rdb8 management, tuning and scalability tools and describes the new Rdb/NT Workbench for Windows NT. No other source gives readers the authoritative and timely information provided by Rdb: A Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition. Only book on Rdb8 Written by Rdb8 experts from Oracle, including the principal product architect Explains how to use Rdb8 on both Windows NT and OpenVMS

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Discusses the history, equipment, and basic techniques of surfing, as well as safety issues and surfing etiquette.

The availability of the intravenous anaesthetic proposal has opened the doors to the widespread use of total intravenous anaesthesia, one of the newest departures in anaesthesia. This is a straightforward, accessible introduction to the basic concepts provides definitions, historical perspectives, basic principles, and an overview of the drugs, their interactions, and the equipment used.

The thrills and excitement of cross-country racing, downhill racing, and extreme mountain biking are shown in action-packed, full-color photos. Tricks demonstrated include drop-offs, the bunny hop, getting air, and drifts and skids.

Closing a deal, whether buying or selling, is a difficult and demanding goal to achieve in any economic environment. You should be aware that the odds are stacked against you. But with the right advice you can turn them in your favour. This Report gives you expert advice that you can apply to your deals.

Ian Smith''s Techniques for Successful Management Buy-Outs identifies the various stages of management buy-outs, highlighting commercial calls to be made, stating benchmarks where appropriate and offering practical guidance on preparing for a management buy-out, sourcing funders and pricing MBOs, negotiating legal agreements and additional considerations for public sector deals.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning, EWCBR-96, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in November 1996. Case-based reasoning is an appealing technique for dealing with the knowledge acquisition bottleneck in computer applications; solutions to new problems are found by adapting similar experience from the past, called cases. The 38 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a broad variety of submissions after a thorough refereeing process. The volume refleats the state of the art in case-based reasoning research and applications.

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