Authors:Ali Birjandi, Lisa M. Bragg,
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: unlocking, new, revenue, pipeline, secrets, top, planning, handbook, healthcare, discharge
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-08-07
List price: $62.95
ISBN-10: 1563273926
ISBN-13: 9781563273926

Hidden opportunities to improve profits in the healthcare industry abound in the area of discharge planning. Based on 25 years of experience, Birjandi and Bragg show hospital administrators and directors how they can tap into new revenue using the Six Sigma DMAIC model (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control). The book’s step-by-step implementation strategy highlights five concepts: redefining the whole idea of discharge planning, focusing on the right metrics, augmenting re-design with lean concepts, applying a practical approach to improvement, and creating a results-oriented cultu

Authors:T. J. Hovland, Mohammad Najafi,
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Keywords: reports, engineering, practice, manual, asce, pipeline, installation, inspecting
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 2009-07-01
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0784410542
ISBN-13: 9780784410547

This manual describes successful construction methods and procedures for installing common types of pipes used to transport water-like fluids. "Inspecting Pipeline Installation" focuses on the needs of field personnel, constructors, and inspectors. It assumes the pipeline design is complete, decisions on alternatives are resolved, and the designer’s concepts are now ready for conversion to a real project. Pipeline construction is complex and demanding and requires the services of skilled contractors and craftsmen. Construction quality control and assurance are strict job requirements. Th

Authors:M. Mohitpour, H. Golshan, A. Murray,
Publisher: ASME Press (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Keywords: pipelines, pressure, vessels, third, approach, design, construction, practical, pipeline
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2007-03-30
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0791802574
ISBN-13: 9780791802571

This third edition of this highly successful volume is fully updated and includes new information on buoyancy control, Trenchless Crossing methods, as well as on Compressor Fuel Calculations and Optimization, Hydrotesting and LPG Pipelining. This book offers straightforward, practical techniques for pipeline design and construction, making it an ideal professional reference, training tool, or comprehensive text. The authors present the various elements that make up a single-phase liquid and gas pipeline system, including how to design, construct, commission, and assess pipelines and related fa

Author: Lawrence M. Slavin
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Keywords: manual, reports, engineering, practice, asce, cables, pipeline, networks, utility, belowground
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2009-08-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0784410550
ISBN-13: 9780784410554

Author: Ted Dillard
Publisher: Lark Book
Keywords: images, lark, photography, book, grayscale, striking, pipeline, converting, digital, color, black
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-11-03
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 160059400X
ISBN-13: 9781600594007

The fourth in Ted Dillard’s Pipeline series—cutting-edge books that detail digital imaging in the Adobe Photoshop darkroom—explores the most popular, time-honored photographic form of expression: the black-and-white photograph. Dillard examines Ansel Adams’s legendary Zone System as the foundation of black-and-white photography, and applies these tried-and-true fundamentals to the powerful imaging tools available in Adobe Camera RAW. He explains how to translate traditional darkroom techniques into the digital medium, and how the newest generation of digital tools offers more control,

Authors:Mo Mohitpour, Jason Szabo, Thomas Van Hardeveld,
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Keywords: pipelines, pressure, vessels, approach, practical, operation, amp, maintenance, pipeline
Number of Pages: 653
Published: 2004-11
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 0791802329
ISBN-13: 9780791802328

This book fills the gap after commissioning through to the operation and maintenance of pipeline systems, covering pipeline metering, pumping and compression. It is designed to impart know-how to operation and maintenance personnel while providing and in-depth coverage of the subjects that often pipeline engineers face in the assessment of operation and maintenance tasks and techniques. Pipeline reliability/availability assessment is also presented, thereby providing a rational step in assessing pipeline risks, reliability and availability from a te

Author: Ben Carter
Publisher: Charles River Media
Keywords: game, series, development, pipeline, asset
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2004-09
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1584503424
ISBN-13: 9781584503422

Many of today’s computer games are mega productions with huge teams and budgets, vast quantities of content, and crunched schedules. Getting these games to market is not an easy feat. Just managing the creation of content and getting that content into the right place at the right time is an enormous challenge. Hundreds of development hours are lost dealing with asset and pipeline issues, so the need for a working system is immense. The Game Asset Pipeline is written for tools programmers, producers, and managers who need to know how to create such a system. The solutions and ideas presen