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Tidy First A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design


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English | November 28th, 2023 | ISBN: 1098151240 | 122 pages | True EPUB/PDF | 3.49 MB
Tidying up messy software is a must. And that means breaking up the code to make it more readable, and using guard clauses and helping functions to make it understandable. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings in your code.

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Numerical Brain Teasers Exercise Your Mind


Free Download Numerical Brain Teasers: Exercise Your Mind by Erica Sadun
English | January 24th 2023 | ISBN: 1680509748 | 187 pages | True PDF | 13.25 MB
Challenge your brain with math! Using nothing more than basic arithmetic and logic, you’ll be thrilled as answers slot into place. Whether purely for fun or to test your knowledge, you’ll sharpen your problem-solving skills and flex your mental muscles. All you need is logical thought, a little patience, and a clear mind. There are no gotchas here. These puzzles are the perfect introduction to or refresher for math concepts you may have only just learned or long since forgotten. Get ready to have more fun with numbers than you’ve ever had before.

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Hormones, Metabolism and the Benefits of Exercise


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English | 2017 | ISBN: 1013269527, 1013269535 | PDF | pages: 108 | 2.0 mb
The world is faced with an epidemic of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is due to changes in dietary habits and the decrease in physical activity. Exercise is usually part of the prescription, the first line of defense, to prevent or treat metabolic disorders. However, we are still learning how and why exercise provides metabolic benefits in human health. This open access volume focuses on the cellular and molecular pathways that link exercise, muscle biology, hormones and metabolism. This will include novel "myokines" that might act as new therapeutic agents in the future.

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Nutrition for Sport and Exercise (MindTap Course List), 5th Edition


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English | 2022 | ISBN: 0357448154 | 626 pages | True PDF | 68.64 MB
Translate current nutrition recommendations and guidelines into specific plans. Dunford/Doyle’s NUTRITION FOR SPORT AND EXERCISE, 5th Edition helps you select the appropriate type of foods, beverages and/or supplements you need to support training, performance and recovery. This practical book emphasizes the scientific basis for sports nutrition recommendations and highlights current research studies of trained athletes from a variety of sports. Detailed explanations of the connection between exercise and nutrition help you reach your ultimate goals-optimal performance and health. Entire chapters are devoted to diet planning, disordered eating, exercise patterns in athletes, and achieving lifelong fitness and health. In addition, this edition is available with MindTap which offers a wealth of digital resources to help maximize your study time.

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Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation Including Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications


Free Download Karlman Wasserman MD PhD, "Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation: Including Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications"
English | ISBN: 1609138996 | 2011 | 592 pages | EPUB | 17 MB
Discover what exercise testing can reveal about cardiopulmonary, vascular, and muscular health. Now in its Fifth Edition, Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation continues to deliver timely information on the physiology and pathophysiology of exercise and their relevance to clinical medicine.

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Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation Including Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications


Free Download Karlman Wasserman MD PhD, "Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation: Including Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications"
English | ISBN: 1609138996 | 2011 | 592 pages | EPUB | 17 MB
Discover what exercise testing can reveal about cardiopulmonary, vascular, and muscular health. Now in its Fifth Edition, Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation continues to deliver timely information on the physiology and pathophysiology of exercise and their relevance to clinical medicine.

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Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, 2nd Edition


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English | 2012 | ISBN: 0840068298 | 634 Pages | Scan PDF | 65 MB
Insightful, well-organized, and clearly written, NUTRITION FOR SPORT AND EXERCISE, 2nd Edition integrates nutrition and exercise physiology principles, emphasizing scientific reasoning and examining research studies to illuminate the evidence for current nutritional recommendations. In addition, the text helps you translate these nutrition recommendations to specific plans for the appropriate amount and type of foods, beverages, and/or supplements to support training, performance, and recovery. The authors carefully illustrate the links between exercise, nutrition, and, the ultimate goals, optimal performance and health.

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