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This Brief provides a roadmap for the R language and programming environment with signposts to further resources and documentation.

• Covers everyday use of R: data manipulation, modelling and testing
• Includes comprehensive pointers to the wide range of on-line materials
• Presents structured examples to help the user become familiar with R

Table of Contents

• Introduction to R.
• Data Structures.
• Tables and Graphs.
• Hypothesis Tests.
• Linear Models.

About the Author
Mike Allerhand is an experienced statistician with a research background in numerical analysis and statistical pattern recognition, and substantial experience of statistical support and teaching. Statistician, (Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh). Since 2009 Statistician at the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh.
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As programmers, we’ve all seen source code that’s so ugly and buggy it makes our brain ache. And let’s be honest, we’ve all written code like that. With this book, you’ll learn to write code that’s easy to read and understand. You’ll have more fun and your coworkers will love you.

The Art of Readable Code focuses on the nuts and bolts of programming, with simple and practical techniques you can use every time you sit down to write code. You’ll find tips throughout the book, with easy-to-digest code examples, helpful illustrations, and cartoons for fun.

• Learn to pick variable names that are “dense with information”
• Organize your loops and conditionals so they’re easy to understand
• Make your comments short and sweet
• Recognize when your code is doing too many things at once
• Write tests that are concise, but thorough
• Master the art of breaking hard problems into many smaller ones

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Code Should Be Easy to Understand
Chapter 2 Packing Information into Names
Chapter 3 Names That Can’t Be Misconstrued
Chapter 4 Aesthetics
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Developers will advance their AppleScript skills easily with this guide

Part of the Developer Reference series, this book is packed with professional secrets for designing and building automated solutions with AppleScript, the powerful, system-level scripting language built into every Mac. Programmers will discover new ways to increase their professional efficiency and become more valuable in their jobs.

With up to date coverage of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and loaded with real-world tips and techniques, this guide includes best practices and conventions along with informative lessons. You’ll advance your scripting skills to the next level under the direction of a long-time veteran of the AppleScript community.

• Provides step-by-step lessons for designing and building automated solutions with AppleScript
• Written by a well-respected veteran of the AppleScript community
• Part of the Developer Reference series that focuses on enhancing the skills of professional Apple developers
• Filled with professional secrets, tips and techniques to help programmers increase their professional value
• Includes best practices, naming conventions, and much more

With the information you’ll get from AppleScript,you’ll become a better and more effective developer.

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Learn the guidelines of integrating Java with native Mac OS X applications with this Devloper Reference book.

Java is used to create nearly every type of application that exists and is one of the most required skills of employers seeking computer programmers. Java code and its libraries can be integrated with Mac OS X features, and this book shows you how to do just that.

You’ll learn to write Java programs on OS X and you’ll even discover how to integrate them with the Cocoa APIs.

• Shows how Java programs can be integrated with any Mac OS X feature, such as NSView widgets or screen savers
• Reveals the requirements for integrating Java with native OS X applications
• Covers OS X libraries and behaviors unique to working with Java

With this book, you will learn that creating Java-based applications that integrate closely with OS X is not a myth!

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Integrate the power of Java with Apple’s OS X

Are you ready to apply your Java skills to the world of Mac OS X? This book shows you how. It first walks you through the history of Java on Apple, then the free development tools available on OS X and the steps for automating builds. Next you’ll find out how to make your Java applications behave the way you want in the Mac environment. With the help of numerous code samples Download Now »

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Ready to take your IT skills to the healthcare industry? This concise book provides a candid assessment of the US healthcare system as it ramps up its use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other forms of IT to comply with the government’s Meaningful Use requirements. It’s a tremendous opportunity for tens of thousands of IT professionals, but it’s also a huge challenge: the program requires a complete makeover of archaic records systems, workflows, and other practices now in place.

This book points out how hospitals and doctors’ offices differ from other organizations that use IT, and explains what’s necessary to bridge the gap between clinicians and IT staff.

• Get an overview of EHRs and the differences among medical settings
• Learn the variety of ways institutions deal with patients and medical staff, and how workflows vary
• Discover healthcare’s dependence on paper records, and the problems involved in migrating them to digital documents
• Understand how providers charge for care, and how they get paid
• Explore how patients can use EHRs to participate in their own care
• Examine healthcare’s most pressing problem—avoidable errors—and how EHRs can both help and exacerbate it

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Want to build native Mac OS X applications with a sleek, developer-friendly alternative to Objective-C? MacRuby is an ideal choice. This in-depth guide shows you how Apple’s implementation of Ruby gives you access to all the features available to Objective-C programmers. You’ll get clear, detailed explanations of MacRuby, including quick programming techniques such as prototyping.

Perfect for programmers at any level, this book is packed with code samples and complete project examples. If you use Ruby, you can tap your skills to take advantage of Interface Builder, Cocoa libraries, the Objective-C runtime, and more. If you’re a Cocoa developer, you’ll learn how to improve your productivity with MacRuby.

• Get up to speed on MacRuby basics, including classes and methods
• Learn how to use MacRuby with Apple’s Xcode developer suite
• Delve into the primitive object classes and data types in Foundation Kit
• Build event-driven user interfaces with the AppKit framework
• Handle relational object persistence with the Core Data framework
• Use advanced MacRuby techniques, including concurrency and sandboxing
• Get examples for applications using Twitter and a location web service
• Embed MacRuby into existing Objective-C applications

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