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Will the rush of the information super-highway leave U.S. telecommunication policy in the dust - or will our policy keep pace with and effectively regulate the future of telecommunication? Former FCC Bureau Chief Gerald Brock argues that the existing agencies with overlapping responsibilities can se... More

This is the first economics work of its kind offering the economist the opportunity to acquire new and important analytical tools. It introduces the reader to three advanced mathematical methods by presenting both their theoretical bases and their applications to a wide range of economic models. The... More

How often have you wished that you could write a succinct response to a letter from an angry customer or a supplier who can’t meet your standards or price? Give yourself the power to become a persuasive, imaginative writer, who can deal with angry cus-tomers or complaining staff, or even with the ... More

Turf-grasses are plants of the family Poaceae that form a continuous ground cover that persists under regular mowing and traffic. Turf, on the other hand, is the community of turf-grass plants and the soil attached to their roots. This book presents basic tuft management subjects, applicable to trop... More

Clearly demonstrates a wide range of sampling methods now in use by governments, in business, market and operations research, social science, medicine, public health, agriculture, and accounting. Gives proofs of all the theoretical results used in modern sampling practice. New topics in this edition... More

Summarizes research in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), an antibody-mediated prothrombotic drug reaction without parallel in clinical medicine. Views HIT as a clinicopathologic syndrome, and stresses the importance of in vivo thrombin generation in the pathogenesis of HIT. Describes HIT's var... More

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of 'multifunctionality' has remained under-theorized and poorly linked to wider debates in the social sciences. This book analyses the extent to which the proposed transition towards post-productivist agriculture holds up to scientific scr... More