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Most discussion about Web design seems to focus on the creative process, yet turning concept into reality requires a strong set of deliverables—the documentation (concept model, site maps, usability reports, and more) that serves as the primary communication tool between designers and customers. Here at last is a guide devoted to just that topic. Combining quick tips for improving deliverables with in-depth discussions of presentation and risk mitigation techniques, author Dan Brown shows you how to make the documentation you're required to provide into the most efficient communications tool possible. He begins with an introductory section about deliverables and their place in the overall process, and then delves into to the different types of deliverables. From usability reports to project plans, content maps, flow charts, wireframes, site maps, and more, each chapter includes a contents checklist, presentation strategy, maintenance strategy, a description of the development process and the deliverable's impact on the project, and more.
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This handbook is ideal for preparing undergraduate essays. It was specifically designed with the average student's needs in mind. The book is intended to cover the vast majority of situations that the normal student will encounter while writing a college essay.

Organized for speed and brevity, the book is primarily a concentrated, up-to-date guide on APA format (11 pages) and documentation requirements (12 pages In-Text, 19 pages References) with a heavy emphasis on examples and visual aids (90 to be exact). Additionally the book contains pointers on how to get started, what to document, what notes to take (by source type), and how to handle quotes of varying length. All of this in a book designed to fit in a shirt pocket.

Product Dimensions: 54 Pages - 5 ½" x 3 ¾" x .166"

Continuously Updated - Coincides with most recent APA standards (APA Manual 5th Edition)

Last Update 12/11/07.
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Updated to cover version 2.4.x of the Linux kernel, the second edition of Linux Device Drivers remains the best general-purpose, paper-bound guide for programmers wishing to make hardware devices work under the world's most popular open-source operating system. The authors take care to show how to write drivers that are portable--that is, that compile and run under all popular Linux platforms. That, along with the fact that they're careful to explain and illustrate concepts, makes this book very well suited to any programmer familiar with C but not with the hardware-software interface. It's worth noting that the emphasis in the title is on "device drivers" as much as "Linux." This book will make sense to you if you've never written a driver for any platform before. It helps if you have some Linux or Unix background, but even that is secondary as a prerequisite to C skill.

For a programming text--and one concerned with low-level instructions and data structures, at that--this book is remarkably rich in prose. You'll typically want to read this book straight through, more or less skipping the code samples, before sketching out your plan for the driver you need to write. Then, go back and pay closer attention to the sections on specific details you need to implement, like custom task queues. For coding-time details about specific system calls and programming techniques, count on the index to point you to the right passages. --David Wall

Topics covered: Techniques for writing hardware device drivers that run under Linux kernels 2.0.x through 2.2.x. Sections show how to manage memory, time, interrupts, ports, and other details of the hardware-software interface..
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No matter what type of business or even nonprofit organization you are managing, a written performance appraisal is good management Employee reviews can serve as a platform for employees to bring forth questions and concerns. This can help increase employee dedication, creativity, and job satisfaction. Reviews allow you to evaluate employees for increased responsibilities and future promotions. You will have written records of your employees performance, get more productivity, and clearly set compensation. Employee appraisals are critical to your organization, but are time-consuming to write. This new book and companion CD-ROM is your solution. You will produce professional-quality performance reviews in minutes. The book provides over 199 pre-written employee phrases you can insert into a blank employee appraisal form. The evaluations are professional, constructive, and direct. See the accompanying CD-ROM for 25 different categories to evaluate your employee in. Each category includes at least 8 different phrases you can choose from to describe your employees performance in that category. Pick and choose which categories you would like to include in your employees performance appraisal and how you want to describe your employees performance in that category and then just insert them all into the prepared appraisal form..
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To succeed in technical writing, you need a lot more than just writing ability. Technical Writing 101 details the skills you need as a technical writer, and it explains how to handle the pressures of tight deadlines and ever-changing product specifications. This valuable reference also describes the entire documentation process—planning, writing, editing, indexing, and production.

This updated second edition features the latest information on single sourcing and a new chapter on how trends in structured authoring and Extensible Markup Language (XML) affect technical writers..
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This hands-on textbook/workbook teaches readers how to document functional outcomes in a clear, logical progression. Extensive examples and exercises in each chapter highlight the essential points of functional outcomes documentation, designed to help improve client function and reduce disability as well as provide evidence of functional progress for insurance payment and reimbursement.

• Provides both theoretical foundations and a practical approach to functional outcomes documentation.
• Presents a top-down perspective on rehabilitation, based on the Nagi disablement model.
• Numerous examples and exercises in every chapter allow readers to put documentation skills into practice as they learn essential theoretical concepts.
• An overview of key legal issues related to physical therapy documentation is provided.
• Functional outcomes documentation in a variety of settings is covered, including acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, home care, nursing homes, pediatrics, school settings, and group homes.
• Examples illustrate a range of impairments featuring different client groups that challenge students to consider real-life scenarios.

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Students in medical professions need to develop skills in documenting patient care. This unique, straightforward "how-to" text and reference, written specifically for physician assistants (PAs), will teach them how to write SOAP notes, document patient care in the office and hospital settings, and write prescriptions. This book is basic enough for beginning students yet useful enough for practicing professionals. KEY FEATURES Only book for PAs that explains how to write SOAP notes, office charting, hospital charting, and prescription writing Numerous examples with hands-on, problem-based exercises Worksheets at the end of each chapter help students apply the content Teaches how to apply critical thinking skills in evaluating "good" and "bad" documentation Real-life case studies illustrate the potential consequences of poor or inaccurate documentation Introduces use of ICD-10-CM codes in billing and explains why students should use terminology consistent with these codes Boxes highlight medicolegal considerations Includes perforated, pocket-sized Quick Reference cards that contain quick reference informaton for the book Commonly used standard medical abbreviations and symbols included in an appendix.
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Briefer, cheaper, and easier to use than the MLA's own handbook, this popular booklet features current MLA guidelines, a new section on evaluating online sources, and an up-to-date APA appendix. The guide also provides numerous examples, a sample research paper, and helpful hints on such topics as avoiding plagiarism and taking notes.

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