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As a follow-up to their widely read book - Capturing TheCardiology Market - John O. Goodman and Conrad Vernon have compiledthe most comprehensive volume to date on the subject of positioningfor success in the field of cardiology.

On the pages of this 21-chapter book, Goodman and Vernon outlinefundamental steps that cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons andhospital administrators can take to succeed in today’s highlycompetitive, rapidly changing cardiology environment.Additionally,based on first-hand experience with Washington’s health care policymakers, the authors offer insights regarding anticipated changes inour nation’s health care delivery system.

As a result of their extensive experience, authors Goodman and Vernon possess a unique perspective regarding the delivery of cardiovascular care in America.This unique perspective is presented throughout The Future Of Cardiology-The Master Strategic Plan.Readers of this enlightening book not only can enhance their skills and position their cardiology group or program for long-term success, but they will be able to bring an enhanced quality of life to those suffering from heart disease. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Subtitle: With Several Seasonable Considerations Offer'd to All English Protestants ...General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1680*Original Publisher: Printed by M. Flesher for Richard RoystonSubjects: Dissenters, ReligiousNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAP. IV.That thofe that find fault with the Confti- tution of this Church, will never be able to find out or agree upon a better.IT was feafonable advice which a Member of the Long Parliament is faid to have propounded then when all were for pulling down, and Defolation was called Reformation ; That they jbould doe well to let the old Building ft and till they had Materials in readinefi, and were agreed upon a model of a Fabric k to be fet up in the ftead of what they deftroyed. And not unlike was the Glofs of the Lord Bacon upon the words of the Prophet Jeremy, Ch. 6.16. Stand upon the ways and inquire for the good way, ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Building on the momentum created by his first book-Cardiology in Transition-author John O. Goodman has now teamed up with cardiology marketing expert Conrad Vernon to produce another breakthrough text: Capturing the Cardiology Market.

In this one-of-a-kind volume, co-authors Goodman and Vernon persuasively argue that a tremendous gap exists today between cardiology’s current capabilities, and the treatment actually being received by American patients.And, considering the number of lives needlessly lost to heart disease each year, the authors contend that this medical canyon is a life-threatening menace.

Goodman and Vernon pronounce that a bridge must be built across this deadly divide- a bridge that can only be constructed from the materials of marketing.Capturing The Cardiology Market is in essence a blueprint, and when readers finish this book, they will be master bridge builders. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Communications engineers, ionospheric scientists, engineers and scientists in DoD HF projects, and DoD managers will use this source to gain a working understanding of the basic theory involved in HF radiowave propagation and uses of HF technology today. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The accomplished authors of five other widely read books, John O. Goodman and Conrad Vernon have once again teamed up to share their insights and expertise on the pages of this most-recent text, Cardiovascular Megatrends - The 21st Century.

Authors Goodman and Vernon convincingly argue that the specialty of cardiology, as well as our country's cardiovascular-care system overall, is in a state of unadulterated crisis. The components of the crisis are many, and include: delivery systems that are woefully ill equipped to meet the ever-increasing demand for cardiovascular services a critical shortage of cardiologists an aging populations that is pushing cardiovascular-care delivery systems to their absolute limit a grossly inadequate number of programs dedicated to the prevention and early detection of heart disease Goodman and Vernon, who have worked with thousands of hospitals and cardiology groups nationwide, urge all involved in the delivery of cardiovascular services to wake up to this alarming reality and, more importantly, to respond. Throughout the book's 23 chapters, the authors address a broad range of issues - from physician manpower to information systems - from outreach networks to comprehensive, cardiovascular program strategies.

The authors' message is resoundingly clear: Lives are literally at stake, and every responsible cardiovascular-care provider should vow - right now - to become a part of the solution.

And those who do respond proactively will be rewarded, for from a crisis will spring opportunity. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This book is both a survey of practical concepts for forecasting the performance of various telecommunication systems as well as a balanced treatment of space-weather phenomena that give rise to telecommunication impairment episodes. It bridges the gap in the relationship that exists between the following two disciplines: space weather and telecommunication system performance.

There are a number of books that address one of the two disciplines in some detail, but only merely mention the other as an afterthought. In this book the author has married the two disciplines so that the readership can see the connections more clearly.

All professional and academic researchers in the fields of telecommunication science and technology; military and civilian telecommunication; applied aeronomy and ionospheric physics; and space-weather will find this book essential. It will also be of interest to professionals and researchers in the fields of solar and magnetospheric physics.

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The Relationship of Space Weather and Telecommunications
Divided equally between Space Weather and Telecommunications, the author presents a non-mathematical view of the solar-terrestrial environment known as space weather and how it impacts radio communications of various types.This relationship is examined essentially for predicting and forecasting variability in communication outcomes.Emphasis throughout is on interpreting the numerous published scientific studies to better understand this impact.

The author writes chronologically and often describes his professional experiences as if recording a scientific journal or diary.Thus it is easy to follow the complex threads of physical science inquiry as he travels from meeting to meeting where other scientists also present their findings.One need not be a mathematician to interpret the meaning of a few dozen equations.A Bachelor's degree in Physics, a related science, or engineering will suffice tocomprehend fully the concepts.

In the first part, attention is given to the Sun, the Magnetosphere and Geomagnetic storms, and the Ionosphere.There is an excellent summary of recent work in modeling and prediction and the author makes a point that "...we are now unfortunately faced with the job of predicting outcomes from models driven by parameters that also need to be predicted..." and continues on to address the uncertainty in this process.Readers engaged in the space weather field will find an excellent overview of the topic, which includes storm and ionospheric modeling, but few surprises. Attention is given to ionospheric layers, sporadic-E, solar flares, European Union COST Action models, and scintillation models.A significant feature of the first part is that the names and organizations of researchers are cited. This allows the reader to reach into the literature for additional technical details of this research most of which is recent or current.

The second part is devoted to studying propagation in the bands from ELF (<3 kHz) through EHF (30-300 GHz) which is essentially the entire real-world telecommunications spectrum. The growth in technology, including the extensive use of Global Positioning (GPS), suggests that this part has many innovations, particularly in the HF spectrum, in which the author makes the connection to space weather. Such well-known topics as waveguide, wave-hop, skywave, groundwave, skip and skip distance, ducting, scatter, OTH radar, MUF and LUF, scintillation in earth-space, Doppler shift, Faraday rotation, and absorption are examined.Attention is given to modeling of the scintillation channel along with mitigation schemes.

There are discussions of HF system performance models including: IONCAP, VOACAP, ICEPAC, ASAPS, and REC533.Because satellite communications is expanding, the author explores refraction, path delay errors, radiowave trajectory, phase and group path variation, Doppler shift, Faraday rotation, dispersion, Total Electron Content (TEC), diurnal variation of scintillation, and the global morphology of scintillation.

In the section entitled, "Space Weather Support for Systems," the focus shifts to military Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) requirements.Attention is given to such significant systems as: GLOBALink/HF, HFDL, FAA WAAS, and the benefits of space weather information.Considerable space is devoted to forecasting and prediction services and systems including NOAA, RWC Canada, RWC Australia, JPL, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at Oxfordshire, England, RWC Warsaw & IDCE, RWC Brussels & SIDC, and military systems such as the Air Force Weather Agency at Scott AFB. Commercial services as NWRA, RPSI, and STD-Canada are also described.

Considerable space is devoted to research activities including the National Space Weather Program, Military Space Weather Involvement, and the international involvement of COST Actions, the European Space Agency, Sweden, France, Japan, Canada, and Australia.Also discussed is the work of URSI, COSPAR, SCOSTEP, ITU-R, NCEP, and CSWIG. Finally, the activities of CEDAR, GEM, SHINE, CISM, and CAWSES are outlined. Sufficient information is provided to give the reader a good understanding of each project without exhaustive explanations of the technical details.

The Epilogue consists mainly of a lengthy dialog between Dr.Ernest Hildner, Director of the NOAA Space Environment Center at Boulder, CO, and Dr. Goodman (author) worthy of analysis.It closes with an 11-page list of acronyms which is very valuable in cutting through the terminology fog.

The volume includes a number of reference lists which identify the most recent studies supported by many tables and figures which illustrate the text.

The author has drawn heavily on his more than three decades of research (1960-1991) at the Naval Research Laboratory in Anacostia for this volume. The reviewer was stationed at NRL during 1945 and is aware of the significance of the experiments conducted there during its long history.

Dr. Goodman has produced a book which is readable and presents a comprehensive up-to-date overview of the relationship of space weather and the telecommunications field. Written primarily for physical science specialists and engineers it also will be useful to licensed amateur radio operators engaged in voice, CW, and data communications who must deal with the practical impact of propagation every time they are on the air.

Leonard C. Silvern
Systems Engineering Laboratories
Clarkdale, AZ
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Captures the true essence of the boxing game and its pain
Jimmy Glenn, former owner and trainer of the Times Square Gym is one of the unsung heroes in the boxing game.He has trained the best and seen the toughest boxers ever to set foot in the ring.This book is a true homage to a holdout establishment that finally succumbed to the wrecking ball in the wake of NY's Disneyization.The pictures in this book capture the look, feel and smell of what it was like to enter the rarely travelled circle of the serious boxer looking to make it to the big time. ... Read more