This revision offers a crisp, clear explanation of the basics of object-oriented thinking via UML models, then presents a process for applying these principles to software development, including C++, Java, and relational databases. An integrated case study threads throughout the book, illustrating key ideas as well as their application.

Object-Oriented Modeling and Design with UML

Computers & Technology

Rumbaugh, James

Blaha, Michael

Programming

Pearson

This is a start-to-finish decision-maker's guide to making the most of database technology: from selecting the right product through optimizing performance, and beyond. In non-technical, highly accessible language, this book helps business decision-makers master all the database strategies, applications, principles, and paradigms they need to understand -- regardless of their previous experience with databases. Managers will discover where databases fit in the enterprise and in the IT infrastructure; how databases can best be architected to meet changing business requirements; and how to compare and choose among competitive offerings. Then, they'll walk step-by-step through the database development process, learning project management techniques that deliver maximum business value in the shortest time. A Manager's Guide to Database Technology even includes detailed briefings on the latest advances in the field, including distributed and object-oriented databases.

A Manager's Guide to Database Technology: Building and Purchasing Better Applications

Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Pearson P T R

Object-Oriented Modeling and Design: Solutions Manual

Premerlani, William

Eddy, Frederick

Lorensen, William

PRENTICE/HALL

Systems analysis methodologies and tools

Pearson/Custom Publishing

Patterns of Data Modeling (Emerging Directions in Database Systems and Applications)

Best-selling author and database expert with more than 25 years of experience modeling application and enterprise data, Dr. Michael Blaha provides tried and tested data model patterns, to help readers avoid common modeling mistakes and unnecessary frustration on their way to building effective data models. Unlike the typical methodology book, Patterns of Data Modeling provides advanced techniques for those who have mastered the basics. Recognizing that database representation sets the path for software, determines its flexibility, affects its quality, and influences whether it succeeds or fails, the text focuses on databases rather than programming. It is one of the first books to apply the popular patterns perspective to database systems and data models. It offers practical advice on the core aspects of applications and provides authoritative coverage of mathematical templates, antipatterns, archetypes, identity, canonical models, and relational database design.

Computer Science

CRC-Press

Best-selling author and database expert with more than 25 years of experience modeling application and enterprise data, Dr. Michael Blaha provides tried and tested data model patterns, to help readers avoid common modeling mistakes and unnecessary frustration on their way to building effective data models. Unlike the typical methodology book, Patterns of Data Modeling provides advanced techniques for those who have mastered the basics. Recognizing that database representation sets the path for software, determines its flexibility, affects its quality, and influences whether it succeeds or fails, the text focuses on databases rather than programming. It is one of the first books to apply the popular patterns perspective to database systems and data models. It offers practical advice on the core aspects of applications and provides authoritative coverage of mathematical templates, antipatterns, archetypes, identity, canonical models, and relational database design.

With our appetites for data on the rise, it has become more important than ever to use UML (Unified Modeling Language) to capture and precisely represent all of these data requirements. Learn how to construct UML data models by working through a series of exercises and self-assessment tests. Beginners can learn the UML directly. Experienced modelers can leverage their understanding of existing database notations, as the book extensively compares the UML to traditional data modeling (Information Engineering). 
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<li>Discover a new way of representing data requirements and communicating better with your business customers. </li>
<li>Understand what UML constructs mean and how to properly use them. </li>
<li>Learn subtleties of the UML. Become a power UML developer. </li>
<li>Practice constructing data models with the exercises. The back of the book answers every exercise. </li>
<li>Assess your mastery of the material. Each part has a multiple-choice test that can quantify your understanding. </li>
<li>Improve your ability to abstract - think about different ways of representation - as you construct data models. </li>
<li>Measure the quality of your data models. </li>
<li>Be able to create database designs (DDL code) starting from a UML data model. </li>
<li>Be able to write SQL database queries using a data model as a blueprint. </li>
<li>Know the differences among operational models, data warehouse models, enterprise models, and master models. They are all aspects of data modeling. </li>
</ol> This book is concise and to the point. You will learn by induction through reading, practice, and feedback.

UML Database Modeling Workbook

Networking & Cloud Computing

Technics Publications, LLC

Increased caloric intake, increased refined carbohydrate consumption, and physical inactivity have led to an explosion in the worldwide incidence of abdominal obesity and the emerging epidemic of insulin resistance, resulting in an increase of metabolic syndrome. Physicians can use the metabolic syndrome concept to guide focused lifestyle changes, lower blood pressure goals, and earlier intervention with aspirin, LDL-lowering drugs, and perhaps insulin-sensitizing medications. The comprehensive ABCDE approach presented in this book provides a memory tool for use in everyday clinical practice. In this unique, easy-to-read text, the 17 most important clinical trials in the field of the metabolic syndrome are presented, that every clinician should know.

Metabolic Syndrome: From Risk Factors to Management

Medical Books

Tota-Maharaj, Rajesh

Medicine

SEEd Medical Publishers

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