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The rise of women : the growing gender gap in education and what it means for American schools / by DiPrete, Thomas A., Buchmann, Claudia

Table of Contents: “…-- Changing incentives and opportunities -- Academic performance, engagement, and family influence -- The gender gap in academic performance -- Social and behavioral skills -- The family and the gender gap -- The role of schools -- Schools, classrooms and peers -- Gender and college major segregation -- Enhancing educational attainment -- A appendix figures and tables -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Choosing the lesser evil understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs / by Heyse, Liesbet, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Choosing the lesser evil : selecting humanitarian aid projects -- Filling a void in NGO research : understanding diversity in NGO behavior -- Opening the black box of internal NGO dynamics : an organizational decision-making perspective -- Towards the reality of humanitarian aid provision : three sketches of NGO behavior -- Traces of the administrative organization : MSF's organizational features -- Consequentionality in aid provision : MSF's dominant decision-making pattern -- Disagreement, commitment, and constraints : MSF's secondary decision-making patterns -- From consequential to garbage can decision-making : two examples of MSF aid provision to Africa -- The opposite of the administrative organization : ACT Netherlands' organizational features -- Working with 'the family' : ACT's dominant decision-making pattern -- Working outside 'the family' : ACT's secondary decision-making patterns -- Decision-making dynamics in MSF and ACT : comparison and discussion of research results -- A look beyond the horizon : identifying steps towards theoretical generalization -- Complexity reduction through decision-making : intended and unintended consequences in humanitarian aid.…”
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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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Social support in couples : marriage as a resource in times of stress / by Cutrona, Carolyn E.

Table of Contents: “…-- Gender related differences in social support and coping -- Giving and taking support : a complicated process -- The interplay between conflict and social support : do positive behaviors really matter? -- In sickness and in health : when one partner has a serious illness -- Social support therapy with couples -- Future research directions.…”

Elements of Robotics by Ben-Ari, Mordechai, Mondada, Francesco

Table of Contents: “…Robots and their Applications -- Sensors -- Reactive Behavior -- Finite State Machines -- Robotic Motion and Odometry -- Control -- Local Navigation: Obstacle Avoidance -- Localization -- Mapping -- Mapping-based Navigation -- Fuzzy Logic Control -- Image Processing -- Neural Networks -- Machine Learning -- Swarm Robotics -- Kinematics of a Robotic Manipulator -- Appenix A:Units of Measurement -- Appendix B:Mathematical Derivations and Tutorials -- Index.…”
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Endogenous bioelectrical signals in development, regeneration, and neoplasm

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Defining bioelectricity -- Sources of bioelectrical signals -- Big questions about bioelectricity -- Membrane voltage and cell plasticity -- History of the field of bioelectricity -- Applying exogenous electric fields in vitro -- Microelectrode impalement -- Detection of extracellular ion flux -- Investigating signals in pattern formation -- Inverse pharmacological screen -- Transmembrane voltage gradient characterization -- Loss- and gain-of-function analyses -- Synthesizing data into a predictive model -- Control of cell behavior by electric fields -- Mammalian stem cell differentiation -- Cell orientation and outgrowth -- Transepithelial potentials, electric fields, cancer -- Mechanisms of electric field sensing by cells -- Bioelectric signals in 3D morphogenesis -- A pathway for tail regeneration -- Transmembrane potential in tail regeneration -- V-ATPase function in tail regeneration -- Using voltage- and pH-sensitive dyes -- Induction of the V-ATPase following injury -- Electrogenic targets in mitosis upregulation -- Axon patterning requires specific ion fluxes -- Gene expression requires specific ion flows -- Ion flux and induction of regeneration -- Voltage gradients control large-scale axial polarity -- Transmembrane potential and cell behavior -- The Goldman equation -- Missexpressing specific ion transporter mRNAs -- Melanocyte behavior & transmembrane potential -- Taking advantage of endogenous ion transport -- Controlling transmembrane potential -- Modulation of transmembrane potential -- Controlling proliferation rates using K channels -- Cell-autonomous mechanisms -- Non-cell-autonomous mechanisms -- Bioelectrical signals and canonical pathways -- Bioelectric gradients and gene expression -- Information carried by bioelectric signals -- Bioelectrical mechanisms, DNA, mRNA & protein -- Control of ion flux as a master regulator -- Applications in cancer, stem cells & regeneration -- Light-gated ion transporters.…”
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The intelligent clinician's guide to the DSM-5 / by Paris, Joel, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…The history of diagnosis in psychiatry -- How diagnostic manuals are made -- What is and is not a mental disorder -- Diagnostic validity -- Dimensionality -- Clinical utility -- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychoses -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Depressive disorders -- Anxiety disorders, trauma, and the OCD spectrum -- Substance abuse, eating disorders, and sexual disorders -- Neurodevelopmental and disruptive behavioral disorders -- Personality disorders -- Other diagnostic groups -- A guide for the perplexed.…”

Mind-body unity a new vision for mind-body science and medicine / by Dreher, Henry

Table of Contents: “…The psychosomatic network: foundations of mind-body medicine -- The social perspective in mind-body studies -- The mindful heart: psychosocial factors in heart disease -- Cancer and the mind: an integrative investigation -- Behavioral medicine's new marketplace -- The scientific and moral imperative of psychosocial interventions for cancer -- Mind-body medicine for women: gender-specific treatments -- Somatization: secrets disclosed to the body -- Mind-body interventions for surgery: evidence and exigency.…”
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Virtual reference training the complete guide to providing anytime, anywhere answers / by Hirko, Buff

Table of Contents: “…: training for virtual reference -- Introduction, Washington's Statewide Virtual Reference Project -- Core competencies : knowledge, skills, and aptitudes needed for virtual reference -- Learning through using : the constructivist approach -- Multiple ways of learning : face-to-face and online, individual and collaborative -- Getting started : curriculum development -- Learning activities : taking the user perspective -- Model reference : online behaviors -- Evaluation, modification, and follow-up.…”
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Sacred players the politics of response in the Middle English religious drama / by Hill-Vásquez, Heather

Table of Contents: “…Incarnational belief and gender in the Digby Killing of the children ; Reforming religious performance: "feminine" response and "Catholic" behavior.…”
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Medical surge capacity workshop summary /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Goals and objectives -- The communications challenge : definitions, standards, and metrics -- Legal authorities and government support -- An integrated approach to alternate care -- Establishing alternate care facilities -- Creating situational awareness : a systems approach -- At-risk populations : behavioral health effects and medical needs -- Fatality management strategies -- Ramping down and recovery from a mass-casualty incident -- Financing surge capacity and preparedness -- Conclusions.…”
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From pews to polling places faith and politics in the American religious mosaic /

Table of Contents: “…Olson -- The political behavior of American Catholics : change and continuity / Stephen T. …”
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Managerial accounting / by Whitecotton, Stacey

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to managerial accounting -- Job order costing -- Process costing -- Activity-based costing and cost management -- Cost behavior -- Cost-volume-profit analysis -- Incremental analysis for short-term decision making -- Budgetary planning -- Standard costing and variances -- Decentralized performance evaluation -- Capital budgeting -- Statement of cash flows -- Measuring and evaluating financial performance -- Glossary -- Check figures -- Answers to multiple-choice -- Questions -- Credits -- Index.…”

An introduction to scientific research methods in geography & environmental studies / by Montello, Daniel R, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a scientific approach to geography and environmental studies -- Fundamental research concepts -- Scientific communication -- Data collection in geography and environmental studies : overview -- Physical measurements -- Behavioral observations and archives -- Explicit reports : surveys, interviews, and tests -- Experimental and nonexperimental research designs -- Sampling -- Statistical data analysis -- Data display : tables, graphs, maps, visualizations -- Reliability and validity -- Information technologies in research -- Ethics in scientific research.…”

Unleashing change a study of organizational renewal in government / by Kelman, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Organizational change and improving the performance of government -- The traditional procurement system and the difficulties of change -- Discontent on the front lines -- Joining the reform coalition -- Changes at the top and the unleashing of reform -- Initiating change : implications for theory and practice -- How a change effort feeds on itself : theory -- How a change effort feeds on itself : evidence -- From attitude to behavior -- "Deepening" and organizational change -- Consolidating change : implications for theory and practice.…”
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In science's shadow literary constructions of late Victorian women / by Murphy, Patricia, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the gendered context of Victorian science -- Fated marginalization : women and science in the poetry of Constance Naden -- A problematic boundary : masculinizing science in Thomas Hardy's Two on a tower -- Dangerous behavior : a woman's menacing avocation in Wilkie Collins's Heart and science -- "Escaping" gender : the neutral voice in Marianne North's Recollections of a happy life -- Evolutionary mediation : the female physician in Charles Reade's A woman-hater.…”
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A personal guide to living with progressive memory loss by Burgener, Sandy, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…What progressive memory loss means to you: claiming the diagnosis -- Maintaining personhood -- Maintaining important roles in your life -- Understanding the stigma of progressive memory loss: managing your responses to the behaviors of others -- Communicating with others -- Staying active and functional -- Staying physically healthy: managing physical illnesses -- Medications, and self-care needs -- Staying mentally healthy: managing memory loss and impaired thinking -- Finding hope.…”
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Volunteers a social profile / by Musick, Marc A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion.…”
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Treatment manual for smoking cessation groups a guide for therapists / by Stritzke, Werner G. K., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of outcomes -- Starting the change process -- The ins and outs of becoming smoke free -- Kicking the chemical habit -- Staying smoke free I : enhancing motivation for change -- Staying smoke free II : prevention and management of a lapse or relapse -- Staying smoke free III : coping without smoking -- Thoughts : how they affect smoking behaviors -- Lifestyle change : on being a non-smoker.…”
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Actions of steroid hormones in the brain

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Estrogen regulation of female sexual behavior in the rat -- Adrenal steroids and spatial memory -- Steroid hormone metabolism in brain -- Limitation of steroid access -- Rapid non-genomic actions of steroids in brain -- Steroid regulation of signaling pathways -- Steroid hormones have widespread effects on brain structure and function -- Effects of estrogens on synapse formation in hippocampus -- Effects of stress and glucocorticoids on dendritic remodeling in hippocampus -- Sexual differentiation of the brain.…”
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