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Russia's steppe frontier : the making of a colonial empire, 1500-1800 / by Khodarkovsky, Michael, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Taming the "Wild Steppe," 1480-1600s -- Moscow and the great horde: The "Ugra Standoff" reconsidered -- The End of the golden horde, 1481-1502: On to Kazan -- The end of the Crimean-Muscovite Alliance -- The Nogays and Kazan, 1530s-1550s: Kazan Annexed -- The Nogays and Astrakhan, 1550s -- The Astrakhan Campaign of 1569 -- Containing the Nogays, 1577-1582 -- Debilitating the Nogays, 1582-1600 -- 4. …”
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Chiral drugs chemistry and biological action /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Chapter 5. Fluorine-containing chiral drugs (Xiao-Long Qiu, Xuyi Yue and Feng-Ling Qing). -- Chapter 6. …”
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Encountering life in the universe ethical foundations and social implications of astrobiology /

Table of Contents: “…McKay -- Planetocentric ethics : principles for exploring a solar system that may contain extraterrestrial microbial life / Woodruff T. …”
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Russia's steppe frontier : the making of a colonial empire, 1500-1800 / by Khodarkovsky, Michael, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Taming the "Wild Steppe," 1480-1600s -- Moscow and the great horde: The "Ugra Standoff" reconsidered -- The End of the golden horde, 1481-1502: On to Kazan -- The end of the Crimean-Muscovite Alliance -- The Nogays and Kazan, 1530s-1550s: Kazan Annexed -- The Nogays and Astrakhan, 1550s -- The Astrakhan Campaign of 1569 -- Containing the Nogays, 1577-1582 -- Debilitating the Nogays, 1582-1600 -- 4. …”
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Round mounds and monumentality in the British Neolithic and beyond

Table of Contents: “….] -- The mystery of the hill / Jonathan Last -- The formative henge : speculations drawn from the circular traditions of Wales and adjacent counties / Steve Burrow -- Monumentality and inclusion in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland / Geraldine Stout -- Round mounds containing portal tombs / Tatjana Kytmannow -- Native American mound building traditions / Peter Topping -- The round mound is not a monument / Tim Ingold.…”
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Round mounds and monumentality in the British Neolithic and beyond

Table of Contents: “….] -- The mystery of the hill / Jonathan Last -- The formative henge : speculations drawn from the circular traditions of Wales and adjacent counties / Steve Burrow -- Monumentality and inclusion in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland / Geraldine Stout -- Round mounds containing portal tombs / Tatjana Kytmannow -- Native American mound building traditions / Peter Topping -- The round mound is not a monument / Tim Ingold.…”
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Global urban growth a reference handbook / by Williams, Donald C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? …”
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Global urban growth a reference handbook / by Williams, Donald C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? …”
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Ethics in health services and policy a global approach / by Harris, Dean M., 1951-

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Ethics in health services and policy a global approach / by Harris, Dean M., 1951-

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Facilitating trade through competitive, low-carbon transport : the case for Vietnam's inland and coastal waterways / by Blancas, Luis C.

Table of Contents: “…Context -- Objectives of the report -- Scope and methodology -- Key data sources -- Structure of the report -- Demand for waterborne and multimodal transport -- Size and historical growth patterns of IWT and coastal shipping -- Growth projections for IWT and coastal shipping -- Commodity tonnage and tonnage distribution by mode -- Inland and coastal shipping lengths of haul -- Main freight flows -- Regional routes and modal competition -- Primary intra- and interregional corridors -- Red River delta region -- Mekong delta -- Coastal shipping -- Corridor 1: Hanoi, Haiphong, Quang Ninh -- Corridor 2: Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh -- Corridor 3: Hanoi, Ninh Binh -- Corridor 1: HCMC northwest -- Corridor 3: HCMC southwest --Container transport in the Mekong delta -- IWT market structure -- Shipping companies -- Coastal shipping -- Shipping volumes -- Container flows -- Containerized cargo (domestic cargo) -- Ccontainerized cargo (feeder cargo) -- Sea-river transport -- Market structure for coastal shipping -- Vinalines -- Competitive position of IWT and coastal shipping -- Competitive position of IWT -- Competitive position of coastal shipping -- Supply chains and logistics costs in Vietnam -- Conclusions on demand -- Supply-side considerations: waterways, ports, and fleet -- Institutional framework for the waterway and port sectors -- Waterway infrastructure -- Northern waterways -- Southern waterways -- Central region waterways -- Technical classification of the waterways -- Planned investments in waterways -- The IWT master plan for 2020 -- Major channel projects -- Ports -- River ports -- Planned investments in river ports -- Seaports -- Fleet -- Fleet of river-going vessels -- Fleet of sea-going vessels -- Fleet of sea-river vessels -- Modernization of IWT fleet -- Conclusions on waterways, ports, and fleet -- Modal differences in fuel efficiency and GHG emissions -- Relative carbon intensity among transport modes -- Main challenges and recommendations -- Planning -- Institutional/regulatory environment -- Phsical bottlenecks -- Lack of IWT hinders market development -- Financing -- Strategy and action plan -- Estimated impact of public sector interventions in IWT and coastal shipping -- Translating the IWT/coastal shipping strategy into tangible interventions -- Methodology: translating interventions into impacts -- Modal shift and emissions impact of the proposed interventions -- CBA results -- References -- Appendix A: list of stakeholders interviewed -- Appendix B: major waterway routes in the north and south -- Appendix C: general considerations on DWT capacity increases in the national IWT fleet -- Appendix D: cargo data and modal split model -- Cargo flows for northern provinces: road transport in tons per day -- Cargo flows for northern provinces: iwt in tons per day -- Cargo flows for southern provinces: road transport in tons per day -- Cargo flows for southern provinces: IWT in tons per day -- Appendix E: detailed description of proposed interventions -- Appendix F: detailed impacts of proposed interventions.…”
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Facilitating trade through competitive, low-carbon transport : the case for Vietnam's inland and coastal waterways / by Blancas, Luis C.

Table of Contents: “…Context -- Objectives of the report -- Scope and methodology -- Key data sources -- Structure of the report -- Demand for waterborne and multimodal transport -- Size and historical growth patterns of IWT and coastal shipping -- Growth projections for IWT and coastal shipping -- Commodity tonnage and tonnage distribution by mode -- Inland and coastal shipping lengths of haul -- Main freight flows -- Regional routes and modal competition -- Primary intra- and interregional corridors -- Red River delta region -- Mekong delta -- Coastal shipping -- Corridor 1: Hanoi, Haiphong, Quang Ninh -- Corridor 2: Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh -- Corridor 3: Hanoi, Ninh Binh -- Corridor 1: HCMC northwest -- Corridor 3: HCMC southwest --Container transport in the Mekong delta -- IWT market structure -- Shipping companies -- Coastal shipping -- Shipping volumes -- Container flows -- Containerized cargo (domestic cargo) -- Ccontainerized cargo (feeder cargo) -- Sea-river transport -- Market structure for coastal shipping -- Vinalines -- Competitive position of IWT and coastal shipping -- Competitive position of IWT -- Competitive position of coastal shipping -- Supply chains and logistics costs in Vietnam -- Conclusions on demand -- Supply-side considerations: waterways, ports, and fleet -- Institutional framework for the waterway and port sectors -- Waterway infrastructure -- Northern waterways -- Southern waterways -- Central region waterways -- Technical classification of the waterways -- Planned investments in waterways -- The IWT master plan for 2020 -- Major channel projects -- Ports -- River ports -- Planned investments in river ports -- Seaports -- Fleet -- Fleet of river-going vessels -- Fleet of sea-going vessels -- Fleet of sea-river vessels -- Modernization of IWT fleet -- Conclusions on waterways, ports, and fleet -- Modal differences in fuel efficiency and GHG emissions -- Relative carbon intensity among transport modes -- Main challenges and recommendations -- Planning -- Institutional/regulatory environment -- Phsical bottlenecks -- Lack of IWT hinders market development -- Financing -- Strategy and action plan -- Estimated impact of public sector interventions in IWT and coastal shipping -- Translating the IWT/coastal shipping strategy into tangible interventions -- Methodology: translating interventions into impacts -- Modal shift and emissions impact of the proposed interventions -- CBA results -- References -- Appendix A: list of stakeholders interviewed -- Appendix B: major waterway routes in the north and south -- Appendix C: general considerations on DWT capacity increases in the national IWT fleet -- Appendix D: cargo data and modal split model -- Cargo flows for northern provinces: road transport in tons per day -- Cargo flows for northern provinces: iwt in tons per day -- Cargo flows for southern provinces: road transport in tons per day -- Cargo flows for southern provinces: IWT in tons per day -- Appendix E: detailed description of proposed interventions -- Appendix F: detailed impacts of proposed interventions.…”
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Un homme qui crie = A screaming man

Table of Contents: “…In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret"--Container.Expectations: "Having left on a long journey across the desert, Moussa suddenly shows up in his village again one day. …”

From the nature of the mind to personal dignity the significance of Rosmini's philosophy / by Franck, Juan F., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Rosmini's life and work -- Toward an ontological foundation of personhood -- The present study -- The nature of knowledge -- The problem of knowledge -- Fundamental difference between sensation and idea -- Activity and passivity in sense perception -- The subjective and the extrasubjective in sensation -- Sensation and idea compared -- The intellective perception -- The judgment contained in the idea of the thing -- The idea of existence -- Characteristics of this idea -- Innatism of the idea of existence -- The idea and sensation are primitive elements -- The idea as a necessary means of knowledge -- Ideas and reality -- The idea of being, pure mediator of knowledge -- The knowledge of existing reality through the idea -- Kant's a priori synthesis and Rosmini's primitive synthesis -- Kant, innatism, and the lumen intellectuale -- The idea is one form of being -- Ideal being is the knowability of real being -- Ideal being is the possibility of things -- Note on the possibility and necessity of ideas -- The idea and the mind -- The book about the idea in the Teosofia -- Essere per sè manifesto : manifestato and manifestante -- Objective mode (or form) of being : absolute and relative existence -- Absolute and relative existence of ideas and ideal being -- Intelligibility is an attribute of being itself -- The intimate bond between the idea and the intelligence -- Objective being and Plato's Parmenides -- Self-contradictory objects -- The idea and the dignity of the person -- Initial being and the place of intelligences in the whole of being -- Initial being and the lumen intellectuale -- The divine in nature -- Individuality and immortality -- The intelligent will -- Objective being and ethics -- The ultimate root of personal dignity.…”
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Actin structure, functions and disease /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Insight into force transmission along actin filaments : sliding movement of actin filaments containing inactive components on myosin molecules / Syunsuke Matsushita, Kuniyuki Hatori -- Hypoxia induces endothelial barrier dysfunctions in lungs : nitric oxide perturbs actin dynamics in endothelial cells / Swaraj Sinha, Hima Bindu Reddy, and Suvro Chatterjee -- Role of actin and actin binding proteins in differentiation and function of astroglia / E.M. …”
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Actin structure, functions and disease /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Insight into force transmission along actin filaments : sliding movement of actin filaments containing inactive components on myosin molecules / Syunsuke Matsushita, Kuniyuki Hatori -- Hypoxia induces endothelial barrier dysfunctions in lungs : nitric oxide perturbs actin dynamics in endothelial cells / Swaraj Sinha, Hima Bindu Reddy, and Suvro Chatterjee -- Role of actin and actin binding proteins in differentiation and function of astroglia / E.M. …”
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Un homme qui crie = A screaming man

Table of Contents: “…In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret"--Container.Expectations: "Having left on a long journey across the desert, Moussa suddenly shows up in his village again one day. …”

From the nature of the mind to personal dignity the significance of Rosmini's philosophy / by Franck, Juan F., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Rosmini's life and work -- Toward an ontological foundation of personhood -- The present study -- The nature of knowledge -- The problem of knowledge -- Fundamental difference between sensation and idea -- Activity and passivity in sense perception -- The subjective and the extrasubjective in sensation -- Sensation and idea compared -- The intellective perception -- The judgment contained in the idea of the thing -- The idea of existence -- Characteristics of this idea -- Innatism of the idea of existence -- The idea and sensation are primitive elements -- The idea as a necessary means of knowledge -- Ideas and reality -- The idea of being, pure mediator of knowledge -- The knowledge of existing reality through the idea -- Kant's a priori synthesis and Rosmini's primitive synthesis -- Kant, innatism, and the lumen intellectuale -- The idea is one form of being -- Ideal being is the knowability of real being -- Ideal being is the possibility of things -- Note on the possibility and necessity of ideas -- The idea and the mind -- The book about the idea in the Teosofia -- Essere per sè manifesto : manifestato and manifestante -- Objective mode (or form) of being : absolute and relative existence -- Absolute and relative existence of ideas and ideal being -- Intelligibility is an attribute of being itself -- The intimate bond between the idea and the intelligence -- Objective being and Plato's Parmenides -- Self-contradictory objects -- The idea and the dignity of the person -- Initial being and the place of intelligences in the whole of being -- Initial being and the lumen intellectuale -- The divine in nature -- Individuality and immortality -- The intelligent will -- Objective being and ethics -- The ultimate root of personal dignity.…”
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Caught in the Middle East U.S. policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1945-1961 /

Table of Contents: “…I: Genesis: the Palestine conflict to 1945 -- Security and politics: the context of U.S. policy toward Palestine after 1945 -- Ambivalence: Truman's policy toward Palestine, 1945-1947 -- Diplomacy and conflict: the creation of Israel and the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-1949 -- II: Security commitments: U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East, 1949-1953 -- Presidential passivity: Truman and the peace process, 1949-1953 -- Repatriation versus resettlement: the Palestinian refugee crisis, 1949-1953 -- Holy places: the question of Jerusalem, 1949-1953 -- Tangled web: the U.S. failure to solve multiple controversies, 1949-1953 -- The impact of conflict: U.S. relations with Israel and the Arab states, 1949-1953 -- III: Cold War framework: U.S. perspectives on the Middle East, 1953-1957 -- Border wars: Eisenhower, Dulles, and Arab-Israeli frontiers, 1953-1955 -- Cornucopia of conflict: water, Jerusalem, refugees, and trade, 1953-1955 -- Stillborn: the U.S. peace process and the resumption of war, 1955-1956 -- Desperation diplomacy: U.S. policy during the Suez-Sinai war of 1956 -- Persistent conflict: the aftermath of the Suez-Sinai war -- IV: Security affirmed: U.S. regional considerations in the Middle East after the Suez-Sinai war -- Containing conflict: U.S. efforts to avert Arab-Israeli clashes, 1957-1961 -- Selective activism: U.S. efforts to solve Arab-Israeli disputes, 1957-1961 -- Cost of conflict: U.S. relations with Israel and the Arab states, 1953-1961 -- Caught in the Middle East.…”
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The Cyprus conspiracy America, espionage and the Turkish invasion / by O'Malley, Brendan

Table of Contents: “…To the Attila Line: US Pressure Contains the Advances -- 27. Sabotaged by Congress: The Bitter Legacy Lives On -- Appendix: Interview with Henry Kissinger.…”
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