International Business: The New Realities connects to individuals facing a diverse and evolving economic environment fueled by the internet and multimedia sources. The authors speak to this group's reliance on technology, their drive towards achievement and helping their communities, and their desire to obtain job-relevant skills. As such, the 6th Edition features updated cases, examples and exercises that address their interests and issues.

This includes the competitive job market; and diver...

PVC Degradation and Stabilization, Fifth Edition contains all the information necessary for the successful design of stabilization formulas in any PVC-based product. Other topics covered include degradation by thermal energy, UV, gamma, and other forms of radiation, chemical degradation, and more. Many new topics are of particular interest today, including new stabilization methods and mechanisms (e.g., synergistic mixtures containing hydrotalcites and their synthetic equivalents, beta-diketo...

Dit leerboek geeft studenten verpleegkunde (Bachelor of Nursing), verpleegkundigen en verpleegkundig specialisten de kennis die nodig is om kwetsbare ouderen persoonsgerichte geïntegreerde preventie, behandeling en zorg te bieden. Zowel in de wijkverpleging, het ziekenhuis, de GGZ-instelling, als in het verpleeghuis en andere voorzieningen voor de oudere mens Gezondheidszorg voor (kwetsbare) ouderen is complex en individueel bepaald met nauwelijks standaardoplossingen. Verpleegkundigen spele...

Modeling, analysis, and simulation-everything vibration engineering students need to succeed, including late-breaking advances in this ever-changing field

Advanced Mechanical Vibration covers modeling and analysis of vibrating systems with damping and gyroscopic effects, dynamics of combined distributed-lumped systems, and approximate methods for solutions of complex vibration problems, which are often overlooked in other such textbooks. Case studies and pre-coded MATLAB toolboxes for vibrati...