Global Intermediate

*Interesting and relevant topics teenagers relate to *Real Time photo story with related exercises using functional language, real contexts and situations *Words2know provide clear focus on vocabulary and make revision easier. Also recorded on class CD and Skills Multi-ROM *Grammar2know with rules of meaning and give focus * Grammar input lessons with Grammar Focus * Functional and situational language in Phrases2know * Wide range of listening including exam task types *Reading strategies with skills such as skimming, scanning, predicting meaning from context * Emphasis on exam task types *Quizzes that encourage students to give opinions and personal views * Students encouraged to give opinions on issues that relate to them *Active Study sections develop awareness of lexical features *Mini Workbook at the back of the Students' Book *The back cover flap of the Students' Book provides study tips for exam tasks

The fall of communism, the emergence of the information age, and the expansion of economic globalism are the point of departure for this text. The author shows how these seemingly new developments fit with earlier patterns of global formation and change. This edition also evaluates studies of the modern world-system and assesses the implications for the future of the contemporary system.

Helps users to learn English, to learn about English and to learn through English, and is the ideal course for students who want to communicate in a global environment.

Intermediate Accounting, 17th Edition is written by industry thought leaders, Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield and is developed around one simple proposition: create great accountants. Upholding industry standards, this edition incorporates new data analytics content and up-to-date coverage of leases, revenue recognition, financial instruments, and US GAAP & IFRS. While maintaining its reputation for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and accessibility, Intermediate Accounting drives results by helping students build professional competencies through reliable problem material.

The Gateway to the Profession 99% of surveyed practicing accountants feel that Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield's Intermediate Accounting helped prepare them for success in professional practice. 100% would recommend the text to someone currently studying for an accounting degree. 80% said they referred to their copy when they first entered professional practice. Professionals who learned accounting from Intermediate Accounting find themselves well prepared to enter the workplace. So well prepared in fact, that many keep their copy of the text to refer to again and again. Why is this text so essential for professional success? * Currency--This 12th edition of Intermediate Accounting reflects the state-of-the-art in accounting today. The text is kept current with the Intermediate Accounting Newsletter, a periodical for users of the text that spotlights the very latest developments and their implications. * Real-world examples and illustrations--Numerous examples from real corporations help you understand exactly how professionals apply accounting principles and techniques. International Insight notes compare accounting practices in other countries. * Hands-on practice--This 12th edition features Professional Simulation problems, modeled on the new computerized exam. In addition, new accounting research exercises help you practice using the Financial Accounting Research Database System (FARS). * Comprehensive and clear explanations of concepts--The authors' clear writing style and logical organization help you understand the material. Make Kieso your gateway to the profession!

This is the unbound, loose-leaf version of Intermediate Accounting, 17th Edition, Volume 1. This book is written by industry thought leaders, Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield and is developed around one simple proposition: create great accountants. Upholding industry standards, this edition incorporates new data analytics content and up-to-date coverage of leases, revenue recognition, financial instruments, and US GAAP & IFRS. While maintaining its reputation for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and accessibility, Intermediate Accounting drives results by helping students build professional competencies through reliable problem material.

While many business schools are teaching Global Operations Strategy with self-made teaching materials, there are no such textbooks. Combining practical approaches with detailed theoretical underpinnings, this book provides theories, tools, frameworks, and techniques for global operations strategy, and brings real world perspectives to students and managers. Each chapter includes definition of key terms, introduction of fundamental theories, several short case examples, one long new case to explain the associated theories, and recommended further reading.

Offering a wide range of programming examples implemented in MATLAB, Computational Intelligence Paradigms: Theory and Applications Using MATLAB presents theoretical concepts and a general framework for computational intelligence (CI) approaches, including artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, genetic algorithms and pr

This two volume set LNCS 7238 and LNCS 7239 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2012, held in Busan, South Korea, in April 2012. The 44 revised full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 2 invited keynote papers, 8 industrial papers, 8 demo presentations, 4 tutorials and 1 panel paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 159 submissions. The topics covered are query processing and optimization, data semantics, XML and semi-structured data, data mining and knowledge discovery, privacy and anonymity, data management in the Web, graphs and data mining applications, temporal and spatial data, top-k and skyline query processing, information retrieval and recommendation, indexing and search systems, cloud computing and scalability, memory-based query processing, semantic and decision support systems, social data, data mining.