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Your hands-on guide to Visual C# fundamentals with Visual Studio 2022Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of programming the latest version of Visual C# with Visual Studio 2022. This book provides software developers all the guidance, exercises, and code needed to start building responsive, scalable, cloud-connected applications that can run almost anywhere.Discover how to:Quickly start creating Visual C# code and projects...

A leading Harvard psychiatrist reveals how our emotional lives are profoundly shaped by the seasons, and how to recognize our own seasonal patterns and milestonesIn two decades of psychiatry practice, John R. Sharp has worked with many people who experienced the same emotional distresses at specific times of the year—a young woman who became depressed before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged man who felt anxious about making his summer travel plans, people who made unchar...

The world of Inspector Cherub and Anchovy is soft around the edges, but sharp in its emotional truths. It might at first appear like a children's book, but it is actually a journey for the child still living within even the most ancient of hearts. It is a lyrical, whimsical and tender meditation on memory, family, belonging and the mysteries of time and place.

Short stories from the places between: Dimensions are slipping all the time. Maybe you have felt it. We often transition between the past and the future through liminal versions of now. Our lives are multilayered, but we often just reside in the familiar. Sometimes it is an uneasy compromise. We constantly edit to make things fit. We find portals in perfume, jewellery, photos, ornaments and even in the particular light of an autumn day. People long gone can turn up unexpectedly in a whispe...

This book provides essential knowledge and techniques required to assess materials for extending the life of ageing offshore structures used for energy production. With over half of these structures currently in a life extension phase, the effects of ageing and degradation are at the forefront of the industry.The book presents the changes in industry practices and key technological advancements that have shaped the field since its inception. It reviews the original properties of th...

With over twenty different official regulatory statements worldwide on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for pharmaceutical, drug, or medicinal products, two stand out as being the most influential and most frequently referenced. Bridging the gap between U.S. regulations and European Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines, Good Pharmaceuti

Scoring systems are now widely used in the intensive care unit (ICU) to describe organ dysfunction and predict survival. Earlysystems focused primarily on survival prediction or the presence or absence of organ failure, but newer scores can describe theevolution of individual and multiple organ dysfunction over time. Scoring systems used in critically ill patients can be broadlydivided into those that are specific for an organ or disease. This book is an up-to-date reference work on Scorin...

The Flavour and Spirituality of- ‘I’ll Just Put the Kettle on’: In times of grief, in times of joy, when friends arrive, when important decisions are being made, when nerves need to be settled and bridges rebuilt, there are rituals of welcome, peace, healing, memory and calm. It may not always be tea, and it may not always be boiling water. Still, we usually find a place to sit, gather, and allow the hospitality of the table, the cup, the steam, and the rituals of pausing, listening, and r...

Success with Your Education Research Project is a practical, user-friendly text on research methods aimed specifically at undergraduate students on education courses. Research projects are carried out in schools and non-school settings by nearly all undergraduates in teacher training, Education Studies and other educational disciplines, and this book makes clear references to these courses and contexts throughout. All chapters include learning outcomes, worked examples, pr...

How to confront, embrace, and learn from the unavoidable failures of creative practice; with case studies that range from winemaking to animation.Failure is an inevitable part of any creative practice. As game designers, John Sharp and Colleen Macklin have grappled with crises of creativity, false starts, and bad outcomes. Their tool for coping with the many varieties of failure: iteration, the cyclical process of conceptualizing, prototyping, testing, and...

On an island in Eastern Indonesia, lived a semi-nomadic group of hunters and gatherers with a fearsome reputation that made many unwilling to even step foot into their territory. In 1982, a small group of outsiders took that very step. In this gripping and honest account, John and Betty describe their experience as they along with their co-workers, moved into the jungles of Indonesia to live among the Tugutil people. Working tirelessly, amidst many challenges and impossible circumstances, ...

All the subject knowledge you need to teach primary science.The essential subject knowledge text for primary science. Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. This comprehensive text, covering the whole primary curriculum, includes interactive tasks, self-assessment questions and links to other resources in all chapters.Primary science matters.This 10th edition includes links to the ...