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The quintessence of decision support systems is that they are designed to assist people in establishing the best course of action in a given situation but not to automate or tell them prescriptively how to achieve a goal.

30% discount for members of The Mineralogical Society of Britain and IrelandRare Earth Minerals presents a current overview of this geologically and industrially important group of minerals.

among the 159 member countries of the United Nations Organization which are treated as country units, while smaller countries are grouped together in regions. The number of equations used is approximately 13 700, while the number of software steps for computation is approximately 100000. Computation, including tabulation, can nevertheless be performed very rapidly, and only about 20 minutes is required to make forecasts from the present up to the year 2000. The FUGI model is at present being used by the Projections and Perspectives Studies Branch, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, for simulations of United Nations medium- and long-term international development strategies, while the Project LINK model is being used for short-term forecasts (Onishi, 1985). Stimulated by our latest joint research with the United Nations University on a 'global early warning system for displaced persions', we have felt the need for our FUGI model to go beyond its present capacities centred on an 'economic' model (in the rather traditional, restricted sense of the term) and to develop into a model that can in the future analyse 'global problematiques' or 'global complexes of symptoms' and complicated questions including various types of environmental problems and the sorts of displaced persons issues to which we are now directing our attention. We are thus expanding the scope of our fifth-generation FUGI model, presently under development, to deal with such issues.

This text contains a number of comprehensive surveys of the theoretical foundations of the new disequilibrium and shortage models of centrally planned economies of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and of relevant econometric estimation techniques.

This volume addresses issues related to developing Decision Support Systems (DSS) which are sensitive and adaptable to different contexts and evolving technical and work environments.

High standards of interpersonal communication are fundamental to effective health care delivery. Communication Skills Training for Health Professionals succeeds in providing the sound theoretical basis and practical approach needed to implement a higher standard of care through better communication.

This 'skip-and-dip' reference book, illustrated by practical examples, provides not only an immediate source of ideas but also confirms standards of existing practice. The hundred or so topics cover many quality issues, from pets to pillows to staff management and training.

An increasing emphasis on community care and quality of life has important implications for the many people with learning disabilities who are increasingly participating in and contributing to life in local communities.

The extraction procedures frequently involve prolonged heating of suitably prepared food samples at extremes of pH to liberate vitamins from chemically bound forms in the food matrix or to remove a preponderance of fat from fatty foods.

This title provides the reader with an understanding of the relationships between structure, processing and properties of materials. The text is written as an introduction and no previous experience of the subject is expected of the reader.

This book focuses specifically on the role of food and eating in overeat ing and obesity, emphasizing the relationships between people and food which may give rise to positive energy balance, and the potential contri butions of specific components, foods, or groups of foods.

dependence and, second, to inform about prevention, harm minimiza tion, treatment and control, in order that professionals can identify, assess and work with different kinds of drug misusers. Professionals have confused different types of drug misuse and/ or attempted to compress all types into one narrowly defined cate gory, i.e.

This book is all about improving the health care of elderly people, which is facing unprecedented challenges in the 1990s. For example, success in community care requires working interfaces with primary care, the private sector and hospital care.

A detailed reference work on the history, epidemiology, treatment and control of this infectious disease. The contributors explore such topics as anti-tubercular drugs and therapy, paediatric aspects, tuberculin skin testing, and the ethical and legal issues associated with tuberculin control.

Kennedy, Dublin, Ireland, 28 June 1963 It is only when practitioners realize what they are dealing with that they can even begin to understand how to begin to help. This book was of starting the ball rolling, and is compiled and written with the intention a general overview of as much as possible.

Perhaps being old is like having lighted rooms Inside your head, and people in them, acting People you know, but can't quite name. Many professionals offer this help to older people, including nurses, social workers, occupational therapists and clinical psychologists, as do families and voluntary workers.

Survival without any food at The reliable provision of food requires an orga all, but with water, may be for 60-120 days, nized society.

The number of people in institutions for the intellectually disabled in Britain, Scandinavia and the USA has fallen markedly over the last 25 years. Deinstitutionalization and Community Living reviews the changes that have taken place, identifies the lessons that have been learned and highlights the issues that remain to be addressed.

Undoubtedly, the first attempts at most of these procedures will be well supervised, but we hope that the descriptions in this book will help the trainee to master each procedure rapidly and with confidence.

This book evolved out of a conference which was held because of our conviction that prenatal screening and diagnostic techniques provide carers with a two-edged sword which can do both good and harm - often at the same time to the same person.

By describing the development and physiology of the cardiorespiratory system, its disease process and their treatment, each chapter provides a complete aid to the health professional.

Scientists have speculated as to the nature of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - "the third circulation" or "vital spirit" for centuries.

Written for pre-clinical medical students and others studying physiology, this textbook explains the fundamentals of the subject, covering physical chemistry, the essentials of acid-base physiology, the assessment of acid-base status and its place in the wider context of human physiology.

The importance of identifying a history of sexual abuse is now well recognized by doctors who know that the problem may lie behind a presentation of physical illness, relationship problems, unhappiness or sexual and psychological difficult ies.

This text provides health care professionals dealing with obstretics and gynaecology with the essentials for meeting the nutritional needs of the patient group.

This volume of the GCR series, one of two dealing with palaeobotany, covers the first 200 million years of the history of land plant evolution, as represented by the palaeobotany GCR site network of Great Britain.

This text is adapted from Drury's "Management and Cost Accounting", and is tailored to the needs of a one-year course. It should be of interest to professional and undergraduate students taking a first course in costing, cost management, management accounting or cost and management accounting.

A cross-sectional account of the advances made in the field of cardiovascular medicine, produced as a result of being able to probe the very roots of biological function.