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A morning in June defending Outpost Harry / by Evans, James W. (James William), 1929-

Table of Contents: “…5th Regimental Combat Team : Korea with incoming artillery -- Lieutenant Evans : preparations for infantry combat -- Punch Bowl rim : North Korea People's Army -- Shower relief : MASH for treatment -- Christmas 1952 : winter combat on the mountain -- R & R : seven days rest, then return to Korea -- Relocating to the Chorwon Valley : finding the doors of hell -- Morning of 12 June : the siege starts -- Outpost Harry : destruction beyond comprehension -- Occupying the hill : with only twelve hours to rebuild and defend -- Chinese attack : hand-to-hand combat is the essence of an infantryman -- Relief from hell : three days before Operation Ranger -- Coming home : the trauma of returning to civilian life -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: reports on the defense of Outpost Harry -- Appendix B: awards and decorations earned for the defense of Outpost Harry.…”
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Finding Ireland a poet's explorations of Irish literature and culture / by Tillinghast, Richard

Table of Contents: “…-- Mount Stewart : its gardens, house, and family -- W.B. Yeats : the labyrinth of another's being -- Looking for Yeats in Yeats country -- From Venice to Tipperary.…”
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Nabokov's cinematic afterlife by Mazierska, Ewa

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Nabokov's afterlife in cinema -- Humbert between dignity and romanticism : Lolita by Stanley Kubrick (1962) and Adrian Lyne (1997) -- Going blind in swinging London : Laughter in the dark (1969) by Tony Richardson -- Nabokov, or the logic of late capitalism : King, queen, knave (1972) by Jerzy Skolimowski -- Escape into a different person, escape into a different reality : Despair (1978) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder -- Rememberance of things unspoken : Mademoiselle O by Jerome Foulon -- Duel in contemporary Estonia : An affair of honor by Valentin Kuik -- Nabokov as a gentle feminist : The Luzhin defence (2000) by Marleen Gorris -- From b-movie script to Greek tragedy : "The assistant producer" by Vladimir Nabokov, and Triple agent (2004) by Eric Rohmer -- Vladimir Nabokov and Jean-Luc Godard.…”
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Tapping and mapping the processes of translation and interpreting outlooks on empirical research /

Table of Contents: “…Challenges and priorities in process research / Sonja Tirkkonen-Condit -- Interpreting as a cognitive process / Miriam Shlesinger -- The interpreters' comments in interpreting situations / Gun-Viol Vik-Tuovinen -- The use of retrospection in research on simultaneous interpreting / Adelin Ivanova -- A complex-skill approach to translation and interpreting / Annette M.B. de Groot -- Focus on methodology in think-aloud studies on translating / Riitta Jääskeläinen -- Is (cognitive) linguistics of any use for (literary) translation? …”
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Releasing the image from literature to new media /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : release--(non-)origination--concepts / Robert Mitchell and Jacques Khalip -- "Self-generated" images / Peter Geimer -- Cézanne's certainty / Jean-Luc Marion -- Nymphs / Giorgio Agamben -- From fixed to fluid : material-mental images between neural synchronization and computational mediation / Mark B.N. Hansen -- When the ear dreams : Dolby digital and the imagination of sound / Vivian Sobchack -- Imaging sound in new media art : Asia acoustics, distributed / Timothy Murray -- Three theses on the life-image (Deleuze, cinema, biopolitics) / Cesare Casarino -- On producing the concept of the image-concept / Kenneth Surin -- The romantic image of the intentional structure / Forest Pyle -- Ur-ability : force and image from Kant to Benjamin / Kevin McLaughlin -- The tongue of the eye : what "art history" means / Bernard Stiegler.…”
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Mimesis and science empirical research on imitation and the mimetic theory of culture and religion /

Table of Contents: “…Anspach -- Scared violence, mimetic rivalry, and war / Melvin Konner -- Desire, mimesis, and the phylogeny of freedom / William B. Hurlbut -- Naturalizing mimetic theory / Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Mimesis and science: an interview with René Girard / Scott R. …”
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Disability across the developmental life span for the rehabilitation counselor / by Smart, Julie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : disability and developmental stages -- Basic principles of developmental theories -- Sigmund Freud -- Erikson's psychosocial theory of human development -- Cognitive theories of development : Piaget, Vygotsky, and Bronfenbrenner -- Behavioral theories of development : Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner, and Albert Bandura -- Abraham Maslow : the humanist -- The stage model of cognitive moral development : Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg -- Understanding disability -- Pregnancy and infancy : conception to two years -- Toddlerhood and early childhood : ages 18 months to 5 years -- School age : ages 5 to 12 years -- Adolescence-ages 13-18 and emerging adulthood-ages 19-25 -- Adulthood-ages 25-40 and mid-life-ages 40-60 -- The young elderly-ages 60-75 and the old elderly-ages 75 to death.…”
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Bio-glasses an introduction /

Table of Contents: “…Cormack -- Bioactive borate glasses / Steven B. Jung -- Glass-ceramics / Wolfram H'land -- Bioactive glass- and glass-ceramic coatings / Enrica Vern -- Composites containing bioactive glass / Aldo R. …”
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Catalysts for change how the UN's independent experts promote human rights / by Piccone, Theodore J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Findings on effectiveness: country visits and communications -- Independence under the blue flag: relationship with the United Nations -- Style matters: the quality of special procedures work -- Bringing implementation home: the role of states -- Working with the independent sector -- The future of special procedures -- Appendixes: A. experts working group members -- B. HRC Resolution 5/1, institution building -- HRC resolution 5/2, code of conduct -- List of independent experts -- E. human Rights Council members -- F. communications and country visits: examples of impact -- G. breakdown of state responses to communications -- H. status of country visits -- I. …”
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Psychobiological approaches for anxiety disorders treatment combination strategies /

Table of Contents: “…Chen, and Gregor Domes -- Dietary supplements / Lindsey B. DeBoer ... [et al.] -- A roadmap for the research and practice of combination strategies / Stefan G. …”
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Freedom and the human person

Table of Contents: “…Zuckert, Jesse Covington, and James Thompson -- Freedom and faith within the boundaries of bare reason / Susan Meld Shell -- On giving oneself the law / Robert B. Pippin -- Slaves, masters, tyrants : Nietzsche's concept of freedom / Robert Rethy.…”
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Fire in the ashes God, evil, and the Holocaust /

Table of Contents: “…"Like pebbles on the seashore": J.B. Soloveitchik on suffering -- 6. "Good" Friday after Auschwitz? …”
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The Fourth Amendment select issues and cases /

Table of Contents: “…Protecting the U.S. perimeter : border searches under the Fourth Amendment / Yule Kim -- Border searches of laptop computers and other electronic storage devices / Yule Kim -- Government access to phone calling activity and related records : legal authorities / Elizabeth B. Bazan, Edward C. Liu, Gina Stevens -- Herring v. …”
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Pollination mechanisms, ecology and agricultural advances /

Table of Contents: “…Shamina -- Orbicules in relation to the pollination modes / B.G. Galati ... [et al.].…”
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Imaging of the foot and ankle /

Table of Contents: “…Berquist -- Bone and Soft Tissue Ischemia / Thomas H. Berquist and Anthony B. Adelson -- Pediatric Foot and Ankle Disorders / Thomas H. …”
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Saving Social security : a balanced approach / by Diamond, Peter A.

Table of Contents: “…Social Security and national saving -- B. Trends in retirement age -- C. How the legacy debt arose: A simplified example -- D. …”
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Ethics Dumping Case Studies from North-South Research Collaborations /

Table of Contents: “…Ethics Dumping: Introduction -- Social Science Research in a Humanitarian Emergency Context -- International Genomics Research Involving the San People -- Sex Workers Involved in HIV/AIDS Research --  Cervical Cancer Screening in India -- Ebola Vaccine Trials.-Hepatitis B Study with Gender Inequities -- Healthy Volunteers in Clinical Studies.…”
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Confronting the Yugoslav controversies a scholars' initiative /

Table of Contents: “…The dissolution of Yugoslavia / Andrew Wachtel and Christopher Bennett -- Kosovo under autonomy, 1974-1990 / Momcilo Pavlovic -- Independence and the fate of minorities, 1991-1992 / Gale Stokes -- Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 / Marie-Janine Calic -- The international community and the fry/belligerents, 1989-1997 / Matjaz Klemencic -- Safe areas / Charles Ingrao -- The war in Croatia, 1991-1995 / Mile Bjelajac and Ozren Zunec -- Kosovo under the Milosevic regime / Dusan Janjic, with Anna Lalaj and Besnik Pula -- The war in Kosovo, 1998-1999 / James Gow -- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / John B. Allcock, editor -- Living together or hating each other? …”
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The management of other aspects of chronic liver disease, including transplantation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Common complications of end stage cirrhosis including life threatening disorders of variceal bleeding, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, encephalopathy and hepatopulmonary syndrome -- Preparation for listing for liver transplantation in patients with end stage liver disease includes documentation and absence of alcohol consumption (in alcoholics), reduction of hepatitis B DNA levels (in HBV patients) and aggressive treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma to reduce the risk of recurrent disease -- The most common allocation system for liver transplantation is the model for end stage liver disease -- Post transplantation care of the patient requires diligent annual followup with concentration on common diseases which include: metabolic syndrome (diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia), Preventive medicine (vaccination, dental disease), Inflammatory bowel disease, bone disease, and renal dysfunction.…”
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Geometric regulation of kinetochore orientation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The cell cycle -- Aurora B-dependent destabilization -- The attachment is stabilized under tension -- Tension-dependent reorientation -- Kinetochore geometry -- Organization of centromeres -- Budding yeast -- Two models to account for the mono-polar attachment at meiosis I -- Rec8 vs. …”
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