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What caused the financial crisis

Table of Contents: “…Capitalism and the crisis : bankers, bonuses, ideology, and ignorance / Jeffrey Friedman -- An accident waiting to happen : securities regulation and financial deregulation / Amar Bhid -- Monetary policy, credit extension, and housing bubbles : 2008 and 1929 / Steven Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith -- The anatomy of a murder : who killed the American economy? …”
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Sugarcane : physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology /

Table of Contents: “…Sugarcane: the crop, the plant, and domestication -- Anatomy and morphology -- Developmental stages (phenology) -- Ripening and postharvest deterioration -- Mineral nutrition of sugarcane -- Photosynthesis in sugarcane -- Respiration as a competitive sink for sucrose accumulation in sugarcane culm: perspectives and open questions -- Nitrogen physiology of sugarcane -- Water relations and cell expansion of storage tissue -- Water, transpiration, and gas exchange -- Transport proteins in plant growth and development -- Phloem transport of resources -- Cell walls: structure and biogenesis -- Hormones and growth regulators -- Flowering -- Stress physiology: abiotic stresses -- Mechanisms of resistance to pests and pathogens in sugarcane and related crop species -- Source and sink physiology -- Biomass and bioenergy -- Crop models -- Sugarcane yields and yield-limiting processes -- Systems biology and metabolic modeling -- Sugarcane genetics and genomics -- Sugarcane biotechnology: axenic culture, gene transfer, and transgene expression.…”
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Fact, Fiction, and Form : Selected Essays / by Rader, Ralph Wilson, 1930-2007

Table of Contents: “…Fact, theory, and literary explanation -- The concept of genre in eighteenth-century studies -- Literary permanence and critical change -- Literary constructs : experience and explanation -- Literary form in factual narrative : the example of Boswell's Johnson -- The dramatic monologue and related lyric forms -- Notes on some structural varieties and variations in dramatic "I" poems and their theoretical implications -- Defoe, Richardson, Joyce and the concept of form in the novel -- The emergence of the novel in England : genre in history vs. history of genre -- From Richardson to Austen : "Johnson's rule" and the eighteenth-century novel of moral action -- Tom Jones : the form in history -- "Big with jest" : the bastardy of Tristram Shandy -- The comparative anatomy of three "baggy monsters" : Bleak house, Vanity fair, Middlemarch -- Barchester towers : a fourth baggy monster -- Lord Jim and the formal development of the English novel -- Exodus and return : Joyce's Ulysses and the fiction of the actual -- The logic of Ulysses, or why Molly had to live in Gibraltar.…”
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Fact, Fiction, and Form : Selected Essays / by Rader, Ralph Wilson, 1930-2007

Table of Contents: “…Fact, theory, and literary explanation -- The concept of genre in eighteenth-century studies -- Literary permanence and critical change -- Literary constructs : experience and explanation -- Literary form in factual narrative : the example of Boswell's Johnson -- The dramatic monologue and related lyric forms -- Notes on some structural varieties and variations in dramatic "I" poems and their theoretical implications -- Defoe, Richardson, Joyce and the concept of form in the novel -- The emergence of the novel in England : genre in history vs. history of genre -- From Richardson to Austen : "Johnson's rule" and the eighteenth-century novel of moral action -- Tom Jones : the form in history -- "Big with jest" : the bastardy of Tristram Shandy -- The comparative anatomy of three "baggy monsters" : Bleak house, Vanity fair, Middlemarch -- Barchester towers : a fourth baggy monster -- Lord Jim and the formal development of the English novel -- Exodus and return : Joyce's Ulysses and the fiction of the actual -- The logic of Ulysses, or why Molly had to live in Gibraltar.…”
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A dictionary for the modern flutist by Maclagan, Susan J., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The dictionary (p. 1-205) -- Appendix 1, Various flute classifications -- Appendix 2, One-keyed, two-keyed, and simple-system flutes -- Appendix 3, One-keyed, two-keyed, and simple-system flute parts -- Appendix 4, Flute clutches / David Shorey -- Appendix 5, Parts from older or modified Boehm flutes -- Appendix 6, The family of Boehm-system flutes -- Appendix 7, Basic modern flute parts -- Appendix 8, Boehm flute key and tone hole names -- Appendix 9, Common modern flute options -- Appendix 10, Some modern head joint options -- Appendix 11, An easy guide to checking your flute tuning and scale / Trevor Wye -- Appendix 12, Tools of the trade -- Appendix 13, Anatomy of the human head, neck, and mouth -- Appendix 14, Orchestra and opera audition excerpts.…”
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A dictionary for the modern flutist by Maclagan, Susan J., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The dictionary (p. 1-205) -- Appendix 1, Various flute classifications -- Appendix 2, One-keyed, two-keyed, and simple-system flutes -- Appendix 3, One-keyed, two-keyed, and simple-system flute parts -- Appendix 4, Flute clutches / David Shorey -- Appendix 5, Parts from older or modified Boehm flutes -- Appendix 6, The family of Boehm-system flutes -- Appendix 7, Basic modern flute parts -- Appendix 8, Boehm flute key and tone hole names -- Appendix 9, Common modern flute options -- Appendix 10, Some modern head joint options -- Appendix 11, An easy guide to checking your flute tuning and scale / Trevor Wye -- Appendix 12, Tools of the trade -- Appendix 13, Anatomy of the human head, neck, and mouth -- Appendix 14, Orchestra and opera audition excerpts.…”
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Walsh and Hoyt's clinical neuro-ophthalmology : the essentials /

Table of Contents: “…Examination of the visual sensory system -- Anatomy and physiology of the retina and optic nerve: distinguishing retinal from optic nerve disease -- Congenital anomalies of the optic disc -- Topical diagnosis of acquired optic nerve disorders -- Papilledema -- Optic neuritis -- Ischemic optic neuropathies -- Compressive and infiltrative optic neuropathies -- Traumatic optic neuropathies -- Toxic and deficiency optic neuropathies -- Hereditary optic neuropathies -- Topical diagnosis of chiasmal and retrochiasmal lesions -- Central disorders of visual function -- Examination of the pupils, accommodation, and lacrimation -- Disorders of pupillary function, accommodation, and lacrimation -- Examination of ocular motility and alignment -- Supranuclear and internuclear ocular motor disorders -- Nuclear and infranuclear ocular motility disorders -- Disorders of neuromuscular transmission -- Myopathies affecting the extraocular muscles -- Nystagmus and related ocular motility disorders -- Normal and abnormal eyelid function -- Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of nonorganic disease.…”
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Walsh and Hoyt's clinical neuro-ophthalmology : the essentials /

Table of Contents: “…Examination of the visual sensory system -- Anatomy and physiology of the retina and optic nerve: distinguishing retinal from optic nerve disease -- Congenital anomalies of the optic disc -- Topical diagnosis of acquired optic nerve disorders -- Papilledema -- Optic neuritis -- Ischemic optic neuropathies -- Compressive and infiltrative optic neuropathies -- Traumatic optic neuropathies -- Toxic and deficiency optic neuropathies -- Hereditary optic neuropathies -- Topical diagnosis of chiasmal and retrochiasmal lesions -- Central disorders of visual function -- Examination of the pupils, accommodation, and lacrimation -- Disorders of pupillary function, accommodation, and lacrimation -- Examination of ocular motility and alignment -- Supranuclear and internuclear ocular motor disorders -- Nuclear and infranuclear ocular motility disorders -- Disorders of neuromuscular transmission -- Myopathies affecting the extraocular muscles -- Nystagmus and related ocular motility disorders -- Normal and abnormal eyelid function -- Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of nonorganic disease.…”
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TNM supplement a commentary on uniform use /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: EXPLANATORY NOTES-General -- EXPLANATORY NOTES - Specific anatomical sitesHead and Neck TumoursGeneralAnatomyExtension to Adjacent SitesRegional Lymph NodesT ClassificationN ClassificationLip and Oral CavityLipOral CavityPharynxOropharynxNasopharynxHypopharynxLarynxAnatomical DefinitionsSuperior and Inferior Boundaries of the GlottisPathological Criteria of Impaired Vocal CordMobility or Vocal Cord Fixation Associated Carcinoma in situNasal Cavity and Paranasal SinusesSalivary GlandsThyroidDigestive System TumoursRules for ClassificationOesophagusStomachAnatomyRegional Lymph NodesT ClassificationSmall intestineColon and RectumAnatomical Sites arid SubsitesLocal RecurrenceRegional Lymph NodesT/pT ClassificationN/pN ClassificationM ClassificationAnal CanalRules for ClassificationT ClassificationLiverRules for ClassificationRegional Lymph NodesT/pT ClassificationGallbladderExtrahepatic Bile DuctsAnatomical SubsitesAmpulla of VaterPancreasT Chapter 3 Site-Specific Requirements for pT and pNIntroductionHead and Neck TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesThyroid GlandDigestive System TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesLung and Pleural TumourspT - Primary TumourpN -Regional Lymph NodesTumours of Bone and Soft TissuespT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesSkin TumourspT- Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesBreast TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesGynaecological TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesUrological TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesOphthalmic TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph nodesHodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin LymphomaReferencesChapter 4 New TNM Classifications Recommended for TestingIntroductionGeneralPn - Perineural invasionSpecificGastrointestinal SarcomasMalignant Thymic epithelial tumoursCranial and Facial BonesCutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (Excluding Lip, Eyelid, Vulva and Penis)Chronic Myeloid LeukaemiaPrimary Liver Carcinoma in Infants and ChildrenAdrenal Cortical CarcinomaLiver Metastasis of Colorectal CarcinomaGastrointestinal Malignant LymphomasReferencesChapter 5 Optional Proposals for Testing New Telescopic Ramifications of TNMAll tumour sitesFixation of Lymph NodesMarkers of Residual TumourHead and Neck TumoursThyroid GlandT ClassificationDigestive System TumoursM ClassificationOesophagusT ClassificationN ClassificationStomachT ClassificationN ClassificationColon and RectumpT ClassificationLiverN ClassificationLung TumoursM ClassificationStage Grouping of Lung TumoursTumours of Bone and Soft TissuesBoneT ClassificationSkin TumoursCarcinoma of SkinT ClassificationGynaecological TumoursCervix UteriN ClassificationM ClassificationUrological TumoursPenisT ClassificationProstateT ClassificationM ClassificationKidneyT ClassificationReferencesChapter 6 Frequently Asked Questions.…”
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Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text /

Table of Contents: “…The heritage of the thyroid: a brief history -- Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis -- Anatomy and pathology of the thyrotrophs -- Thyroid hormone synthesis: thyroid iodide transport -- Thyroid hormone synthesis -- Thyroglobulin structure, function, and biosynthesis -- Thyroid hormone transport proteins and the physiology of hormone binding -- Intracellular pathways of iodothyronine metabolism/implications of deiodination for thyroid hormone action -- Genomic and nongenomic actions of thyroid hormones -- Thyroid hormones structure-function relationships -- Chemistry and biosynthesis of thyrotropin -- The thyrotropin receptor -- Regulation of thyrotropin secretion -- Age related changes in thyroid function -- Effects of drugs on TSH secretion, thyroid hormones absorption, synthesis, metabolism, and action -- Nonthyroidal illness syndrome -- Iodine deficiency and endemic cretinism -- Effect of excess iodide: clinical aspects -- Thyroid radionuclide uptake and imaging studies -- Measuring serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid hormones, thyroid-directed antibodies, and transport proteins -- Measurement of thyroglobulin -- Nonisotopic techniques of thyroid imaging -- Physical examination of the thyroid gland -- Pathology and cytopathology -- Introduction to thyrotoxicosis -- Pathogenesis of graves' disease -- Ophthalmopathy -- Thyroid dermopathy and thyroid acropachy -- Thyrotropin-induced thyrotoxicosis -- Toxic adenoma and toxic multinodular goiter -- Trophoblastic tumors -- Sporadic painless, painful subacute and acute infectious thyroiditis -- Thyrotoxicosis of extrathyroid origin -- Overview of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis -- The cardiovascular system in thyrotoxicosis -- Thyroid hormones in thermogenesis, intermediary metabolism, and obesity -- The male and female reproductive system in thyrotoxicosis -- The skeletal system in thyrotoxicosis -- Behavioral and psychiatric aspects of thyrotoxicosis --…”
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TNM supplement a commentary on uniform use /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: EXPLANATORY NOTES-General -- EXPLANATORY NOTES - Specific anatomical sitesHead and Neck TumoursGeneralAnatomyExtension to Adjacent SitesRegional Lymph NodesT ClassificationN ClassificationLip and Oral CavityLipOral CavityPharynxOropharynxNasopharynxHypopharynxLarynxAnatomical DefinitionsSuperior and Inferior Boundaries of the GlottisPathological Criteria of Impaired Vocal CordMobility or Vocal Cord Fixation Associated Carcinoma in situNasal Cavity and Paranasal SinusesSalivary GlandsThyroidDigestive System TumoursRules for ClassificationOesophagusStomachAnatomyRegional Lymph NodesT ClassificationSmall intestineColon and RectumAnatomical Sites arid SubsitesLocal RecurrenceRegional Lymph NodesT/pT ClassificationN/pN ClassificationM ClassificationAnal CanalRules for ClassificationT ClassificationLiverRules for ClassificationRegional Lymph NodesT/pT ClassificationGallbladderExtrahepatic Bile DuctsAnatomical SubsitesAmpulla of VaterPancreasT Chapter 3 Site-Specific Requirements for pT and pNIntroductionHead and Neck TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesThyroid GlandDigestive System TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesLung and Pleural TumourspT - Primary TumourpN -Regional Lymph NodesTumours of Bone and Soft TissuespT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesSkin TumourspT- Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesBreast TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesGynaecological TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesUrological TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph NodesOphthalmic TumourspT - Primary TumourpN - Regional Lymph nodesHodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin LymphomaReferencesChapter 4 New TNM Classifications Recommended for TestingIntroductionGeneralPn - Perineural invasionSpecificGastrointestinal SarcomasMalignant Thymic epithelial tumoursCranial and Facial BonesCutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (Excluding Lip, Eyelid, Vulva and Penis)Chronic Myeloid LeukaemiaPrimary Liver Carcinoma in Infants and ChildrenAdrenal Cortical CarcinomaLiver Metastasis of Colorectal CarcinomaGastrointestinal Malignant LymphomasReferencesChapter 5 Optional Proposals for Testing New Telescopic Ramifications of TNMAll tumour sitesFixation of Lymph NodesMarkers of Residual TumourHead and Neck TumoursThyroid GlandT ClassificationDigestive System TumoursM ClassificationOesophagusT ClassificationN ClassificationStomachT ClassificationN ClassificationColon and RectumpT ClassificationLiverN ClassificationLung TumoursM ClassificationStage Grouping of Lung TumoursTumours of Bone and Soft TissuesBoneT ClassificationSkin TumoursCarcinoma of SkinT ClassificationGynaecological TumoursCervix UteriN ClassificationM ClassificationUrological TumoursPenisT ClassificationProstateT ClassificationM ClassificationKidneyT ClassificationReferencesChapter 6 Frequently Asked Questions.…”
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Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text /

Table of Contents: “…The heritage of the thyroid: a brief history -- Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis -- Anatomy and pathology of the thyrotrophs -- Thyroid hormone synthesis: thyroid iodide transport -- Thyroid hormone synthesis -- Thyroglobulin structure, function, and biosynthesis -- Thyroid hormone transport proteins and the physiology of hormone binding -- Intracellular pathways of iodothyronine metabolism/implications of deiodination for thyroid hormone action -- Genomic and nongenomic actions of thyroid hormones -- Thyroid hormones structure-function relationships -- Chemistry and biosynthesis of thyrotropin -- The thyrotropin receptor -- Regulation of thyrotropin secretion -- Age related changes in thyroid function -- Effects of drugs on TSH secretion, thyroid hormones absorption, synthesis, metabolism, and action -- Nonthyroidal illness syndrome -- Iodine deficiency and endemic cretinism -- Effect of excess iodide: clinical aspects -- Thyroid radionuclide uptake and imaging studies -- Measuring serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid hormones, thyroid-directed antibodies, and transport proteins -- Measurement of thyroglobulin -- Nonisotopic techniques of thyroid imaging -- Physical examination of the thyroid gland -- Pathology and cytopathology -- Introduction to thyrotoxicosis -- Pathogenesis of graves' disease -- Ophthalmopathy -- Thyroid dermopathy and thyroid acropachy -- Thyrotropin-induced thyrotoxicosis -- Toxic adenoma and toxic multinodular goiter -- Trophoblastic tumors -- Sporadic painless, painful subacute and acute infectious thyroiditis -- Thyrotoxicosis of extrathyroid origin -- Overview of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis -- The cardiovascular system in thyrotoxicosis -- Thyroid hormones in thermogenesis, intermediary metabolism, and obesity -- The male and female reproductive system in thyrotoxicosis -- The skeletal system in thyrotoxicosis -- Behavioral and psychiatric aspects of thyrotoxicosis --…”
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Obstetrics and gynecology (accompanied by a CD-Rom available at the Multimedia) /

Table of Contents: “…Health care for women: obstetrics and gynecology as specialty and primary-preventive health care -- Ethics in obstetrics and gynecology -- Embryology, anatomy, and reproductive genetics -- Maternal-fetal physiology -- Antepartum care -- Intrapartum care -- Abnormal labor -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance -- Immediate care of the newborn -- Postpartum care -- Isoimmunization -- Postpartum hemorrhage -- Postpartum infection -- Abortion -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Medical and surgical considerations of pregnancy -- Hypertension in pregnancy -- Multifetal gestation -- Fetal growth abnormalities -- Third-trimester bleeding -- Postterm pregnancy -- Preterm labor --.…”

The lives of the brain human evolution and the organ of mind / by Allen, John S. (John Scott), 1961-

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Beyond great powers and hegemons why secondary states support, follow or challenge /

Table of Contents: “…. : leash-slipping, not leash-cutting / Galia Press-Barnathan -- Pakistan : anatomy of a hegemonic malcontent / John R. Dreyer -- Resistance is util (useful) : responses to Brazilian hegemony / Nancy D. …”
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The lives of the brain human evolution and the organ of mind / by Allen, John S. (John Scott), 1961-

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Beyond great powers and hegemons why secondary states support, follow or challenge /

Table of Contents: “…. : leash-slipping, not leash-cutting / Galia Press-Barnathan -- Pakistan : anatomy of a hegemonic malcontent / John R. Dreyer -- Resistance is util (useful) : responses to Brazilian hegemony / Nancy D. …”
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Obstetrics and gynecology (accompanied by a CD-Rom available at the Multimedia) /

Table of Contents: “…Health care for women: obstetrics and gynecology as specialty and primary-preventive health care -- Ethics in obstetrics and gynecology -- Embryology, anatomy, and reproductive genetics -- Maternal-fetal physiology -- Antepartum care -- Intrapartum care -- Abnormal labor -- Intrapartum fetal surveillance -- Immediate care of the newborn -- Postpartum care -- Isoimmunization -- Postpartum hemorrhage -- Postpartum infection -- Abortion -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Medical and surgical considerations of pregnancy -- Hypertension in pregnancy -- Multifetal gestation -- Fetal growth abnormalities -- Third-trimester bleeding -- Postterm pregnancy -- Preterm labor --.…”