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The cerebellum in emotions and psychopathology / by Schutter, Dennis J. L. G.

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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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The Grumman Aerospace and Gulfstream American Gulfstream III case study in aircraft design by Mead, Lawrence M.

Table of Contents: “…Mead, Jr -- section 2. Development evolution of the Gulfstream III / Charles Coppi -- section 3. …”
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Managing and measuring risk emerging global standards and regulation after the financial crisis /

Table of Contents: “…pt. A. The evolution of risk management -- pt. B. Sovereign and systemic risk -- pt. …”
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Becoming human : the ontogenesis, metaphysics, and expression of human emotionality / by Greenwood, Jennifer, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and chapter outlines -- Theories of emotion -- Metaphysics and mind -- Mirror, mirror-- human emotional ontogenesis -- Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings -- From evolution to emotionese -- Loose talk, tight worlds -- Once more, with feeling -- References.…”
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Scandal and Democracy : Media Politics in Indonesia / by McCoy, Mary E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation -- The origins and evolution of media controls -- Delegitimating authoritarianism -- Suharto's fall -- Reformasi and legal reform -- Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections -- Baligate and the politics of scandal -- Scandal and democratic consolidation -- Media and civil society.…”
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Primate communication and human language vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans /

Table of Contents: “…Neurophysiological, behavioural and ontogenetic data on the evolution of communicative orofacial and manual gestures -- pt. 3. …”
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The ascent of media from Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg / by Parry, Roger, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Media's building blocks -- Evolution. The media journey -- Theatre -- Books -- Pictures -- Posters -- Postal systems -- Newspapers -- Magazines -- Comics -- Telegraph -- Telephone -- Records -- Radio -- Cinema -- Television -- Video games -- Web -- Future. …”
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Invasion of the body revolutions in surgery / by Tilney, Nicholas L.

Table of Contents: “…Three operations -- The teaching hospital -- Evolution of a profession -- Steps forward and steps backward -- War and peace -- The promise of surgical research -- Operations on the heart -- The mechanical heart -- The transfer of organs -- Making a surgeon, then and now -- Shifting foundations -- Unsolved dilemmas.…”
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Discrete optimization for TSP-like genome mapping problems

Table of Contents: “…Guided evolution strategy algorithm for classic TSP as a basis for solving the genetic/genomic TSP-like problems -- Multilocus genetic mapping -- Multilocus consensus genetic mapping : formulation, model and algorithms -- TSP-like problem in physical mapping (PMP).…”
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Regional co-operation and protection of the marine environment under international law the Black Sea / by Oral, Nilufer

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of the Black Sea : From sea to lake to sea -- A sea of poison, a sea of life -- Decline of the Black Sea -- Marine biodiversity and fisheries in the Black Sea -- Black Sea habitats and wetlands -- Climate change -- The Sea of Azov -- Discussion.…”
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Axon guidance in Drosophila

Table of Contents: “…Contents: How axons grow -- The growth cone -- The Drosophila nervous system -- Receptors and ligands involved in axon guidance events -- Attractive and repulsive receptor signaling -- Integration of receptor signals in the growth cone -- Conservation of axon guidance mechanisms during evolution.…”
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Family-centred care for children with long-term conditions

Table of Contents: “…Contents: History and evolution of family-centred care (FCC) -- Defining FCC (Core concepts & Key attributes) -- Benefits of FCC -- Changing roles and relationships -- Challenges with FCC -- Facilitators of FCC -- Strategies for effective FCC -- Questions to reflect upon & further research.…”
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Fuzzy protein theory for disordered proteins

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Intelligent decision-making mechanisms -- Structural disorder is maintained in protein assemblies -- Mechanisms and biological consequences of fuzziness -- Conformational diversity and context-dependence -- Fuzziness in cell differentiation and transcription factor evolution -- Material state and regulation of higher-order assemblies.…”
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Veterinary comparative hematopathology by Valli, Victor E.

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of classification systems for hematopoietic neoplasms -- Normal and benign reactive hematopoietic tissues -- B-cell neoplasms -- T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms -- Acute myeloid leukemias -- Chronic myeloproliferative diseases -- Myeloproliferative/myelodysplastic diseases -- Myelodysplastic syndromes -- Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Histiocytoses.…”
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Artifact classification a conceptual and methodological approach / by Read, Dwight W., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Historical background -- Pottery typologies -- From intuitive to objective classifications -- Objective classification : goals and problems -- Artifact measurement -- Production and categorization sequences -- Quantitative classification : methodology -- Patterning based on type frequency counts -- Style, function, neutral traits, evolution, and classification.…”
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States of credit size, power, and the development of European polities / by Stasavage, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The evolution and importance of public credit -- Representative assemblies in Europe, 1250-1750 -- Representation and credit in a broad sample of states -- Origins of city-states -- Three city-state experiences -- Three territorial state experiences -- Implications for state formation and development.…”
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Israel, Jordan, and Palestine the two-state imperative / by Susser, Asher

Table of Contents: “…Between binationalism and partition -- The Palestinians and the two-state idea: a guide for the perplexed -- Israel and the two-state paradigm: from reluctant acquiescence to self-interest -- The alternative: the promotion of the one-state agenda -- The evolution of the Jordanian role -- The revival of the two-state imperative.…”
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Russians abroad literary and cultural politics of diaspora (1919-1939) / by Slobin, Greta N.

Table of Contents: “…Diaspora : the classical literary canon and its evolutions -- pt. III. Modernism and the diaspora's quest for literary identity -- pt. …”
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Visions for a sustainable energy future / by Gabriel, Mark A., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Megatrends and the energy horizon -- Incenting innovation : a competitive regulatory framework -- The destiny of energy business evolution -- The destiny of demographics -- The destiny of carbon constraints and capacity demands -- The destiny of intelligent infrastructure -- The destiny of customer engagement -- The destination : a transformed electricty sector.…”
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