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Especially suited to students, the fourth edition of this book introduces SQL through MySQL, the most popular open-source database management system. Readers will learn how to declare, manipulate, evolve, and query tables with their various characteristics and associated elements (integrity and verification constraints, indexes, sequences, and views). They will be introduced to all the concepts of MySQL's procedural language (variables, control structures, etc.).

This book is intended for students, university professors, and engineers, and more generally for anyone wishing to acquire a solid understanding of Linux. The presentation applies to all Linux distributions. It is illustrated with numerous examples and progressively covers the following topics: login and users, the file system and its protections, the vi text editor, the Bash command interpreter, Bash programming, and printing and backup utilities.

How do we think? What makes us conscious beings, capable of remembering, perceiving the world around us, and experiencing emotions? This book presents all the mechanisms that make up the human mind and takes stock of the revolution brought about by neuroscience: the biology of the brain and the study of its evolution are on the verge of providing us with the key to consciousness itself. --This text refers to an out-of-print or unavailable edition of this title.

First, do no harm... The fact that a surgical procedure can leave a painful trace casts a shadow on this adage, which is supposed to underpin medical practice and anchor its primary ethics. It is all the more surprising that medicine has only been interested in this paradoxical, chronic pain situation for a few years. Highlighting the knowledge acquired in this area has become all the more urgent for any healthcare professional now faced with a legitimate request from patients.

Enrique Serpa's first novel, Contraband, brilliantly depicts the turbulent and wretched world of Havana in the 1920s. Through the bustle of a crowd of fishermen, prostitutes, smugglers, and impoverished children, we see the smoldering embers of the fire that will engulf the island of Cuba, where the obscene wealth of a few mocks the extreme destitution of the majority. Contraband is also the story of a confrontation between the rather cowardly and delusional owner of La Buena Ventura, worn down by debauchery, and Requin.

Coste is a police captain in the 93rd district's crime unit. For fifteen years, he has chosen to work in the suburbs, navigating the heart of normalized violence and senseless crime. A series of strange discoveries—a dead man who opens his eyes in the morgue, a drug addict who dies by spontaneous combustion—leads him to believe that his investigation, this time, will go beyond the usual cases in Seine-Saint-Denis. And the anonymous letters addressed to him personally will guide him into far more dangerous territory…

This book will guide you through acquiring chemistry knowledge throughout the year and help you succeed in your exam preparation. It contains over 80 exercises and problems. The problems, largely taken from past exam papers, are organized by topic and level of difficulty. Some are designed for oral exams to help you prepare for this format. You'll also find hints if you're having trouble getting started.

This is the second edition of this introductory manual to object-oriented programming. At the request of readers, you will find new exercises and numerous application examples in three languages: Java, C++, and Visual Basic. The goal of this book is to teach you how to program in high-level computer languages. Therefore, don't expect complicated programs or miracle methods for creating a perfect application in just a few clicks.

Should a patient know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Every doctor is eventually faced with the question of whether to tell their patient the result of a diagnosis or prognosis. What should be said? To whom should it be said? How should it be said? When should it be said? Where should it be said? These are just some of the many questions in oncology that require a satisfactory and consistent answer within the framework of measure 40 of the first National Cancer Plan.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the emblematic pathologies of intensive care, not only because of its frequency and severity, but also because only mechanical ventilation can save the patient suffering from it. Numerous studies highlighting significant advances in this field have been published in recent years. An updated review was therefore essential. The authors, all deeply involved in advancing the management of patients with ARDS, contribute to this work.