Advanced Electronic Communications Systems or The Real Drug Abusers

Advanced Electronic Communications Systems

Author: Wayne Tomasi

The sixth edition of Advanced Electronic Communications Systems provides a comprehensive coverage of modern systems including digital communications, optical fiber communications, terrestrial and satellite systems, and the wireless environment. Significant material has been added, including:
• Three chapters on telephone circuits and systems
• Two chapters on cellular and PCS telephone systems
• Three chapters on fundamental concepts of data communications and networking
• New and updated figures

This text is designed for undergraduate communications courses in which students have prior knowledge of some basic electronic principles as well as an understanding of mathematics through the fundamental concepts of calculus.

Booknews

This update of the 1998 iteration keeps abreast of the latest developments in communications systems: digital, optical fiber, terrestrial and microwave radio, satellite, and mobile telephone. In addition to these systems, the ten-chapter coverage includes data communications protocols and network configurations, digital transmission, multiplexing, and satellite multiple-access arrangements. Replete with diagrams, worked examples emphasizing key concepts, discussion questions, and problems with a selective answer key. Intended for undergraduate students with a basic understanding of electronic principles and calculus. Lacks references. First published in 1987. Tomasi is with the DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix, Arizona. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The Real Drug Abusers

Author: Fred Leavitt

This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The Pharmaceutical/Medical Complex
1	A Significant Portion of Medical Research Cannot Be Trusted	10
2	Drug Companies Place Profits over Progress	37
3	Medical Personnel Prescribe Incorrectly Too Often	61
4	Human Subjects Have Often Been Treated Inhumanely	77
Pt. II	Drugs in Psychiatry
5	U.S. Citizens Are Overmedicated with Psychiatric Drugs	87
6	There Are Effective Alternatives to Psychiatric Drugs	111
Pt. III	The Wars on Drugs
7	Widely Believed Misperceptions about Drug Addictions Do Great Harm	135
8	Most Citizens Are Harmed Rather than Helped by the Drug Wars	145
9	Many Drugs Are Dangerous	175
10	Extensive Marketing of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine Causes Great Harm	185
11	Many Individuals and Organizations Benefit from the Drug Wars	195
12	Popular Programs for Combating Drug Abuse are Unsuccessful, While Effective Programs are Underused	209
Pt. IV	Appendix: A Brief Introduction to Pharmacology
13	How Drugs Work	225
14	Classification of Psychoactive Drugs	235
15	Variability	244
	Epilogue	261
	Index	267
	About the Author	275