Ricardo Tartaglia:Author-ccebook-Valuable English Books

Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety: Proceedings on the International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS 2005), Florence, Italy, 30 March-2 April 2005

Authors:Ricardo Tartaglia, Sebastiano Bagnara, Tommaso Bella
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: healthcare, patient, safety, systems, ergonomics, italy, march, april, florence, international, proceedings, conference, heps
Number of Pages: 587
Published: 2005-03-20
List price: $144.95
ISBN-10: 041537782X
ISBN-13: 9780415377829

Incorporating the work of an international team of researchers and professionals, this book examines the complex and challenging issues involved with risk management and patient safety. Taking a systemic and interdisciplinary approach, the book discusses:*System reliability and patient safety*Leadership, staff well-being and care quality*Healthcare organization and information systems*Risk managementa and communication*Usability of medical and surgical devices*Environmental design in hospital*Occupational ergonomics and safety*Human alertness and performance Comprising papers presented at t

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Semiotics And Intelligent Systems Development

Authors:Ricardo Gudwin, Ricardo Gudwin; Joao Queiroz,
Publisher: Idea Group Publishing
Keywords: development, systems, intelligent, semiotics
Number of Pages: 351
Published: 2006-10-30
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 1599040646
ISBN-13: 9781599040646

The fields of artificial intelligence, intelligence control, and intelligent systems are constantly changing. Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development assembles semiotics and artificial intelligence techniques in order to design new kinds of intelligence systems. An evolutionary publication, Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development forever changes the research field of artificial intelligence by incorporating the study of meaning processes (semiosis), from the perspective of formal sciences, linguistics, and philosophy.

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A Modern Introduction to Differential Equations

Author: Henry Ricardo
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: equations, differential, introduction, modern
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2009-03-17
List price: $150.95
ISBN-10: 0123747465
ISBN-13: 9780123747464

Designed for a one-semester course, A Modern Introduction to Differential Equations presents a solid and highly accessible introduction to differential equations, developing the concepts from a dynamic systems perspective and employing technology to treat topics graphically, numerically, and analytically. It thus blends the traditional differential equations text with the best of the more recent reform approaches. Written completely from the perspective of the student, the text provides strong pedagogy along with an informal, interactive style to help students develop an effective understandin

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Biographical Miscellany Vol 10

Author: David Ricardo
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
Keywords: vol, miscellany, biographical
Number of Pages: 434
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 086597974X
ISBN-13: 9780865979741

This volume is a collection of personal correspondence and first-person recollections that focus on Ricardo’s life outside of his political economic endeavours. These missives concern the aspects of Ricardo’s life that surround his character, his amiable and generous nature, his successful business dealings, and his personal relationships. It includes a memoir written by one of his brothers that sheds light about his family, his formative youth, and his education. There are chapters on his entrance into the stock market as a mere teenager and records of his meteoric climb within th

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The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (Dover Value Editions)

Author: David Ricardo
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: value, editions, dover, taxation, political, economy, principles
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-06-11
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0486434613
ISBN-13: 9780486434612

This landmark treatise of 1817 formulated the guiding principles behind the market economy. Author Ricardo, with Adam Smith, founded the classical system of political economy, a school of thought that dominated economic policies throughout the 19th century and figured prominently in the theories of John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx.