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Nursing workforce development strategic state initiatives /

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of state nursing workforce initiatives in the United States / Brenda Cleary and Rebecca Rice -- Leadership development / Joyce Clifford ... …”
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Food-borne viruses progress and challenges /

Table of Contents: “…O'Brien -- Emerging food-borne viral diseases / Erwin Duizer and Marion Koopmans -- Viral evolution and its relevance for food-borne virus epidemiology / Esteban Domingo and Harry Vennema -- Rethinking virus detection in food / Rosa M. …”
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Better living through economics

Table of Contents: “…Overview : highlights of the benefits of basic science in economics / Charles R. Plott -- The evolution of emissions trading / Thomas H. Tietenberg -- Better living through improved price indexes / Michael J. …”
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Securities fraud detection, prevention, and control / by Straney, Louis L., 1946-

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Field notes on science & nature

Table of Contents: “…/ Jenny Keller -- The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. …”
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Global perspectives on science and spirituality

Table of Contents: “….] -- Human origins : continuous evolution versus punctual creation / Grzegorz Bugajak and Jacek Tomczyk -- Mathematics as a formal ontology : the hermeneutical dimensions of natural sciences and eastern patristics / Alexei Chernyakov -- Is mathematics able to open the systems of the human intellect? …”
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From optimal tax theory to tax policy retrospective and prospective views / by Boadway, Robin W., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- From tax theory to policy : an overview -- Landmarks of optimal tax theory -- The evolution of policy and advice -- Challenges for the theory of tax policy -- Commitment -- Heterogeneity of individual utility functions -- Behavioral issues -- Responsibility and compensation -- Political economy -- Optimal analysis versus reform analysis -- Summary of lessons for tax policy -- Policy lessons from optimal tax theory -- Uniformity of commodity taxes -- The Corlett-Hague theorem -- The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem -- Production efficiency : implications and caveats -- Capital taxation and the personal tax base -- Linear taxation in a dynamic setting -- Nonlinear taxation in a dynamic setting -- The issue of progressivity -- Asymmetric information and market failure -- Policy lessons from normative analysis -- Relaxing the second-best constraints -- The use of supplementary policy instruments -- Making use of, and acquiring, more information -- Conclusions -- Challenges for second-best analysis -- Fundamentals of the standard approach -- The commitment issue -- Heterogeneous preferences and utility -- Behavioral issues -- Political economy -- Concluding comments.…”
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Money well spent? the truth behind the trillion-dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in history / by Grabell, Michael

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Bovine genomics

Table of Contents: “…Womack -- Linkage mapping / Stephanie McKay and Robert Schnabel -- The bovine X and Y chromosomes / Abel Ponce DeLeon and Wansheng Liu -- Comparative genomics and evolution / Denis Larkin -- Sequencing the bovine genome / Kim Worley, Richard Gibbs -- Bovine genome architecture / Dave Adelson -- Bovine epigenetics and epigenomics / Xiuchun Tian -- Mapping quantitative trait loci / Joel Weller -- Genome wide association studies and linkage disequilibrium in cattle / M.E. …”
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Connecting with nature a naturalist's perspective / by Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril), 1915-

Table of Contents: “…Connecting with Nature, an Ecological Approach : Goals, Activities, Field Trips, Nature Stories, Nature's Driving Force for Change -- Early Memories and the Nature Connection -- Goals of an Ecological Approach -- Developing Awareness and Exciting Interest -- Learning from Successful Cooperative Models -- Listening in on a Naturalist's Experiences : Nature Walks, Interacting with Plants and Animals in the Field, Nature Stories -- Evolution, Nature's Driving Force for Change : How Organisms Adapt to Their Environments -- pt. 2. …”
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Biocomplexity of plant-fungal interactions

Table of Contents: “…Fungal endophytes as a driving force in land plant evolution: evidence from the fossil record / Michael Krings, Thomas N. …”
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Forging new conventional wisdom beyond international policing learning from complex, political realities / by Hughes, Bryn, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Setting the context -- The global context : the historical evolution of police in peace operations -- Monitoring and evaluation and performance reporting -- Recasting key ontological and epistemological aspects -- Reshaping the substance of international contributions-beyond rethinking the "state of the state" -- The rule of law in peace and capacity building operations : appreciating more than the state -- The case for peace operations to engage the "political" diversity -- Pushing back on conventional monitoring and evaluation -- An unconventional approach to monitoring and evaluation -- Applying systems thinking to M&E : learning in spite of "uncertainty" -- Becoming emotional about assessment -- Evidence from the field for an unconventional wisdom -- The Marshall Islands microcosm : showing the need for a "political" lens -- Hybridity and police capacity development in the Solomon Islands -- The UN in Liberia : articulating the unarticulated consensus for change conclusions -- Appendix 1: Change theory -- Compendium.…”
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The Harvard sampler liberal education for the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Lewis -- Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution : pattern, process, and the evidence / Jonathan B. …”
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Spiritual currency in northeast Brazil / by King, Lindsey, 1953-

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Telecommunication Economics Selected Results of the COST Action ISO605 Econ@Tel /

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Borders and border walls in-security, symbolism, vulnerabilities /

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Spinal drug delivery technology, biology and toxicology /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pain: concepts and early anatomy -- Role of sensory nerves and spinal cord -- Enabling technology for spinal anesthesia -- Rapid evolution of spinal anesthetic delivery in the US -- Early appreciation of risks of spinal anesthesia -- Modulation of spinal processing -- Targeting drugs at spinal function -- Other systems which regulate spinal afferent transmission -- Pain selectively diminished by spinal opioids -- Spinal mu/delta opioid action -- Spinal analgesics: animal and human pain -- Safety of spinal drugs -- Early safety issues with spinal anesthetic -- Classes of spinal toxicity -- Intrathecal lidocaine and toxicity -- Spinal toxicity: root, parenchyma, meningeal -- Human intrathecal morphine: granuloma -- IT morphine and granulomas concentration vs. dose -- Future and neuraxial drug delivery.…”
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The treatment of type 1 diabetes in children and youth

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The SEARCH study -- The latency period in the development of T1D -- Time to diabetes by number of Abs -- TrialNet and Immune Tolerance Network international consortia -- Prevention and early diagnosis -- The diagnosis of T1D in children and youth -- Work up of diabetes type in youth -- Catastrophe at diagnosis: DKA -- What is the course of type 1 diabetes -- DCCT, EDIC and rate of severe hypoglycemia -- The importance of glycemic control -- The insulin pump: more like a healthy pancreas -- CSII reduces incidents of severe hypoglycemia -- Continuous glucose monitoring -- Early control and beta-cell preservation -- STAR 3 study -- A1C reduction is correlated with sensor use -- Prevalence of CVD risk factors in youth -- The role of healthcare provider in treatment -- Evolution of a fully-automated delivery system -- How does LGS work? …”
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