English | 2022 | ISBN: 0063065967 | 352 pages | True EPUB | 7.83 MB
A veteran journalist follows an inspiring ensemble cast of small business owners fighting to keep their businesses alive through Covid-19, while exploring the sweeping trends and government policies that had brought small businesses to the breaking point long before the coronavirus hit.
There is a tendency to fetishize small business even as it shrinks before our eyes. Americans extol the virtues of small, local, often family-run shops, yet buy from big-box retailers and chains that dominate the competition. Even before the pandemic, small businesses seemed endangered. When Covid-19 hit, the resounding question was: How will they be able to survive this?

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0262046466 | 236 pages | True EPUB | 11.25 MB
The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America.
Blacklisted from federal funding review panels but awarded a Nobel Prize for his research on bacteriophage, biologist Salvador Luria (1912–1991) was as much an activist as a scientist. In this first full-length biography of Luria, Rena Selya draws on extensive archival research; interviews with Luria's family, colleagues, and students; and FBI documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to create a compelling portrait of a man committed to both science and society.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1803239107 | 533 pages | True PDF EPUB | 84.63 MB
Learn how to leverage the Salesforce platform for sales, service, marketing, and automating business activities from a 360-degree perspective.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1801813558 | 254 pages | True PDF | 14.33 MB
Learn data architecture essentials and prepare for the Salesforce Certified Data Architect exam with the help of tips and mock test questions
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 978-1119906711 | 299 pages | True PDF | 13.29 MB
Tap into the secrets of great salads, from sassy dressings to crispy, crunchy greens that awaken your taste buds.
Salad Recipes For Dummies is packed with 150+ recipes for delicious salads for every lifestyle. Discover different ways to craft a salad, from zesty dressings to unique greens and grains. Explore the necessary tools to serve creative salads, from knife skills to a composed design. Get ready to globetrot, whipping up creamy salads from Eastern European to vibrant herb-focused Mediterranean main dishes and curried legumes inspired from India. Go from boring to bold with over 20 dressings. Skip the salad kits at the store and learn how to craft your own! Step beyond romaine and ranch with ideas for different base options (kale, watercress, or Swiss chard anyone?) eye-popping toppings, DIY salad kits, fruit salads, seasonal salads, and beyond. Leave the oven off and feel nourished with recipes like Lemon Orzo Pasta Salad, Cucumber Tomato and Goat Cheese, Italian Tortellini and Bean, German Potato Salad, Thai Bun Noodle Salad, Crunchy Taco Salad, and Thai Steak Salad. Hungry yet?

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032308931 | 202 pages | True PDF | 7.92 MB
Safety Management Systems and their Origins: Insights from the Aviation Industry presents different perspectives on SMS to better decode what it means as a safety approach and what it implicitly conveys beyond safety.
The book uses the aviation industry as a basis for analyzing where the SMS stands in terms of safety enhancement. Through a socio-historical analysis of how SMSs emerged and spread across high-risk industries and countries, the book also explains the other stakes underpinning this new approach to safety management.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1484288904 | 731 pages | True PDF | 31.65 MB
Troubleshoot slow-performing queries and make them run faster. Database administrators and SQL developers are constantly under pressure to provide more speed. This new edition has been redesigned and rewritten from scratch based on the last 15 years of learning, knowledge, and experience accumulated by the author. The book Includes expanded information on using extended events, automatic execution plan correction, and other advanced features now available in SQL Server. These modern features are covered while still providing the necessary fundamentals to better understand how statistics and indexes affect query performance.
The book gives you knowledge and tools to help you identify poorly performing queries and understand the possible causes of that poor performance. The book also provides mechanisms for resolving the issues identified, whether on-premises, in containers, or on cloud platform providers. You'll learn about key fundamentals, such as statistics, data distribution, cardinality, and parameter sniffing. You'll learn to analyze and design your indexes and your queries using best practices that ward off performance problems before they occur. You'll also learn to use important modern features, such as Query Store to manage and control execution plans, the automated performance tuning feature set, and memory-optimized OLTP tables and procedures. You will be able to troubleshoot in a systematic way. Query tuning doesn't have to be difficult. This book helps you to make it much easier.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0393543064 | 197 pages | True EPUB | 59 MB
Help students interpret data and analyze results in SPSS.
This guide reveals the best ways for students to analyze data and interpret results in SPSS. Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges's direct writing style, real sample data from her research methods class, integrated APA-style results, and detailed yet clear ensure that students feel confident using the program. Her exciting revision not only reflects the latest updates to SPSS and APA guidelines, but also includes new engaging step-by-step video tutorials.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 978-1032101491 | 221 pages | True PDF | 17.27 MB
SDN-Supported Edge-Cloud Interplay for Next Generation Internet of Things is an invaluable resource coveringa wide range of research directions in the field of edge-cloud computing, SDN, and IoT. The integration of SDN in edge-cloud interplay is a promising framework for enhancing the QoS for complex IoT-driven applications. The interplay between cloud and edge solves some of the major challenges that arise in traditional IoT architecture. This book is a starting point for those involved in this research domain and explores a range of significant issues including network congestion, traffic management, latency, QoS, scalability, security, and controller placement problems.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 0367896125 | 226 pages | True PDF | 6.53 MB
Russian through Film: For Intermediate to Advanced Students is a multi-level textbook for learners of Russian that targets contemporary films in Russian. These films will deepen learners' understanding of today's lifestyles in the post-Soviet space as well as add to their understanding of Soviet and Russian history and culture. They represent a variety of genres ranging from romantic comedy to art-house cinema. These films present standard Russian and are appropriate for various audiences.
Russian through Film builds on students' listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills while also expanding their cultural literacy. The textbook aims at improving learners' ability to analyze films by carefully investigating the films' plot, structure, conflicts, and main characters. Through task-based, inquiry-based, and project-based activities, the textbook focuses on developing learners' skills in various modes of discourse (narration, description, comparison, explanation, and summary).