The supply chain management field is one of the fastest growing fields in our economy, given the heavy growth in international trade as a means to access outsourced production opportunities to lower costs and the growth in information technology to coordinate supply chains. However, this opportunity to lower costs entails significant risks, such as tsunamis, earthquakes, political unrest, and economic turbulence. This book discusses risks in supply chain management, followed by graphic and...

Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the Kindle edition of this book.In this revolutionary book, it is a comprehensive book designed to help unravel the risk factors and present the latest studies for Alzheimer's, and proven strategies to improve cognition and slow progression in those who have already been diagnosed. David Olson identifies the risk factors that anyone can control, and shatters the myth that Alzheimer’s is caused just by genes.

A book and online profile that identifies a couple's strengths to help them build a more vital relationship.Based on an unprecedented national survey of 50,000 marriages, The Couple Checkup presents the principles for creating a successful couple relationship. The free online profile includes fifteen to twenty categories that are customized based on the relationship stage-whether dating, engaged, or married-the age, and whether or not children are involved...

How To Get Laid: The Most Comprehensive Guide Ever Written On Seducing Women is a no-nonsense handbook that will immediately improve your ability to attract the women of your dreams, make them fall in love with you, and get them into your bed.

Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually unchanged from fifteen years ago while our population has grown by fifty-two million people.What does this mean for you, your church, and the future of Christianity in North America? The American C...

Max Prescotts new reality hurts like hell. The finality of his recent divorce has left him reeling. As he heads on an extended Caribbean vacation to escape his troubles, Max has no idea that unforeseen events are about to unfold that will forever reshape his world. After he unpacks and settles into the relaxed lifestyle of Grand Cayman, Max drinks in the islands beauty in an effort to forget his life back home. It is not long before he meets many new friends that include a gorgeous consult...

This functional new volume introduces professionals to the Circumplex Model of Family Systems--one of the most respected and widely used approaches of its kind in family studies. Internationally known scholar/practitioners in the marriage and family therapy field demonstrate how the model can be used to assess couple and family dynamics and plan treatment interventions. They extend the use of the Circumplex Model for treating problem families using a range of clinical interventions at both...

A massive intelligence failure leaves the West open to a rogue nuclear attack. And no one sees it coming…When Navy SEAL Lieutenant Brendan McHugh captures an Iranian diplomat on an anti-insurgency raid, it just feels all wrong. The rules of engagement say he must let the diplomat go, but that doesn't stop McHugh from asking questions. With an FBI linguist and a CIA analyst on his team, he chases clues across the globe to uncover a terrifying plot.I...

Understanding, as Descartes, Locke and Kant all insisted, is the primary 'faculty' of the mind; yet our modern sciences have been slow to advance a clear and testable account of what it means to understand, of children's acquisition of this concept and, in particular, how children come to ascribe understanding to themselves and others. By drawing together developmental and philosophical theories, this book provides a systematic account of children's concept of understanding and places unde...

This book presents data mining methods in the field of healthcare management in a practical way. Healthcare quality and disease prevention are essential in today’s world. Healthcare management faces a number of challenges, e.g. reducing patient growth through disease prevention, stopping or slowing disease progression, and reducing healthcare costs while improving quality of care. The book provides an overview of current healthcare management problems and highlights how analytics and knowl...

This book is devoted to presenting models that have been applied in project management. There are a variety of project domains. We discuss engineering/construction projects, software development projects, massive projects to include governmental undertakings, and pharmaceutical product development. Chapter 1 gives an overview of projects, and discusses the difficulties in completing projects on time, within budget, and at designed functionality. While the successful completion of a project...

"In Rules of Engagement, David Bruns and J. R. Olson deliver a captivating and utterly authentic portrayal of modern day combat that compares with the best of the timeless classics by Tom Clancy, Dale Brown, and Stephen Coonts. This one must not be missed!" —Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mission CriticalA terrorist breach of the computer systems of the three most powerful navies is about to set...