The book provides the commercial lawyer with a detailed analysis of the various statutory and contractual requirements relating to the law of guarantees. It also examines the guarantor's liability and right against both creditors and debtors. A thorough knowledge of the law and practice surrounding guarantees is essential for lawyers in all areas of commercial law, given the complex borrowing and finance requirements of modern industry and institutions. This is the 6th edition of the highly successful book on Guarantees by Geraldine Andrews QC and Richard Millett QC. The book is considered the pre-eminent treatise on the subject of guarantees in the UK.
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A must-read book for seniors who are eager to get started with Windows 8! As one of the biggest and most highly anticipated technology releases, Windows 8 will be new territory to many PC users and may require a generous learning curve. Windows 8 for the Older and Wiser is an ideal guide for the senior computer user. Featuring an accessible writing style, a full-colour layout, an easy-to-read font, and a generous amount of screenshots, this resource covers everything from mouse and keyboard basics to surfing the Internet. No previous computing knowledge is assumed, so you get an easygoing style that skips the technical jargon. A friendly step-by-step approach helps you get through each topic, including what the "windows" are in Windows and how they work, how to customise your Windows desktop, get digital photos from your camera to your PC, and much more. Details how to create, save, organise, and find files Reviews all the desktop background options, font sizes, widgets, colours, and more Addresses troubleshooting solutions to common problems Walks you through setting up and using e-mail Demonstrates how to use the Internet for news, shopping, travel, and more Helps you use programs, navigate menus, enlarge fonts and icons, set the screen for best visibility, and more Windows 8 for the Older and Wiser is an easy-to-follow guide for the senior market for making the most of Windows 8.
PereGaea. Where Darwin's story continues... If intelligence is how, consciousness is why. Animals, from single celled creatures to primates, find their most favourable ecological niche through natural selection. How they extract information from their environment via whatever senses they might evolve shapes the nature of their consciousness. What they then learn to do with this information in order to acquire more resources at least cost, then defines the measure of their intelligence. This book looks at these questions of consciousness and intelligence by tracing the course of evolution on the fictional world of PereGaea, perhaps more electronic than organic, from simple inert objects to something that at least resembles consciousness. The concepts it describes are hardware independent', that is, they may be relevant to any kind of information processing and storage system, not necessarily those of brains, computers or neural nets. Indeed, one might wonder if the current obsession with how the human brain works isn't actually impeding our enquiry into the nature of consciousness. Trying to copy the flight of birds proved unwise during the early development of powered flight; jumbo jets do not cruise near the speed of sound by flapping their wings.
The Basic Computing Skills You Need to Enhance Your Academic Education Computing Fundamentals provides students with the basic computing skills needed to get the most from their educational endeavors, regardless of field of study. Written by Microsoft Office Master Instructor Faithe Wempen, this detailed resource helps you develop a strong understanding of how computers work and how they affect our society. In addition to helping you master essential computing tasks such as working with operating systems, applications, and the Internet, this book also provides you with all the knowledge you need for computing basics. Learn the types of computer hardware and how they work together Understand operating systems and application software Get a complete introduction to Windows® 7 Learn the basics of Microsoft® Office applications Understand the essential technologies behind networking, the Internet, and the web Learn how to protect your online privacy and security Explore legal, ethical, and health issues of computing Each chapter includes a summary, list of key terms, and sample questions to help you master basic computer skills.
Clinical Problem Solving in Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry 2e provides a unique step-by-step guide to differential diagnosis and treatment planning. The popular format helps readers combine different dental procedures into a rational plan of treatment for patients who may have several a number of different dental problems requiring attention. This is a second edition of a hugely successful practical resource in orthodontics and paediatric dentistry – ideal for undergraduate dental students and post-graduates preparing for the MJDF and similar exams. Focuses on clinical problem-solving in orthodontics and paediatric dentistry — two closely-related topics that are usually separated into different volumes. Provides practical help with treatment planning, guiding the reader through the process of safe and effective decision-making. Provides two different approaches to the clinical cases — some topics include scenarios with questions and answers; others include differential diagnosis with a focus on how to plan and manage treatment effectively. Uses ‘key-point" Evidence-Based’ boxes systematically to emphasise core knowledge for assessment and provide a rationale for treatment approaches. Contains valuable ‘mind-maps’, which helps the reader consolidate information prior to exams. Includes orthodontic sections on severe crowding, additional canine problems, bilateral crossbite covering the use of temporary anchorage devices, incisor root resorption from an impacted maxillary canine, cone beam CT, tooth-size discrepancy assessment, transposition, RME, SARPE and self-ligating brackets Includes paediatric dentistry sections on the use of CPP-ACP, indirect pulp caps, caries diagnosis systems, minimally invasive techniques, and the importance of caries risk assessment and appropriate fluoride prescription, and mechanisms for how fluoride works.
This study, completed in September 1988, is based on interviews conducted in 1985 and 1986 with three Hondurans: Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, Cesar A. Batres, and Victor Meza. It reports on the way U.S. involvement in Central America is apparently being perceived in Honduras and how this may affect local political and military behavior, including security cooperation with the United States. The interviews substantiate the enduring and pervasive importance of nationalism as the prism through which local elites look at security issues. The interviews acknowledge the benefits Honduras obtains from U.S. involvement in the region. They also illuminate a growing sense of the costs and risks a small country faces in an alliance with the United States against an external threat that the small country faces to a lesser degree and that the United States seems unable to handle directly in an efficient way. Finally, the interviews warn about a slowly growing, unexpected potential for anti-Americanism in a country that has never been anti-American. The significance of the interviews seems to extend beyond Honduras, reflecting broader trends in strategic thinking in Latin America, suggesting that Latin American strategic thinking about the United States is entering a new phase.
Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry are important areas of the undergraduate dental curriculum. No pocket colour atlas currently exists. All dentists have to know how to treat children, carry out basic orthodontic treatment and when to refer patients for specialist orthodontic treatment. Most orthodontic work is carried out on children, so the two subjects are conveniently integrated in this Colour Guide.
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