This book presents models and statistical methods for the analysis of recurrent event data. The authors provide broad, detailed coverage of the major approaches to analysis, while emphasizing the modeling assumptions that they are based on. More general intensity-based models are also considered, as[...]

This study examines changes in the first language of people who know a second language, thus seeing L2 users as people in their own right differing from the monolingual in both first and second languages. It presents theories and research that investigate the first language of second language users [...]

Written in a conversational style, this book views the industry from a business perspective—examining the management, marketing and finance issues most important to industry members. Chapters reveal an integrated model of tourism and address consumer behavior, service quality and personal selli[...]

Part of a series of books that aims to match the AQA specifications for Maths A-level, this book seeks to ensure coverage of the Statistics 1 module. It contains almost all the pure maths that students need to know for AS-level Mathematics, or for the first year of an A-level.[...]

Widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field, the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics includes new and substantially updated chapters to this highly praised text. * Extensively updated throughout, this new edition contains substantially expanded chapters[...]

Presents a collection of more than one thousand recipes along with cooking tutorials and opinons on equipment and ingredients.[...]

From its colourful history to its innovative yet conventional aircraft systems, this chronicle details the entire story of the Cessna Caravan, a single-engine propjet. Introduced in 1985, this utility aircraft with a gargantuan engine is a rugged, reliable, and versatile plane that is fully explored[...]