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Pediatric clinical practice guidelines & policies : a compendium of evidence-based research for pediatric practice /

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Strengthening judicial reforms.

Table of Contents: “…Performance indicators: public perceptions of the court divisions, Children's Court and the anti-corruption court -- v. 5. …”

The millennials : Americans born 1977 to 1994 /

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Pediatric clinical practice guidelines & policies : a compendium of evidence-based research for pediatric practice /

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Strengthening judicial reforms.

Table of Contents: “…Performance indicators: public perceptions of the court divisions, Children's Court and the anti-corruption court -- v. 5. …”

Mark Twain in Japan the cultural reception of an American icon / by Ishihara, Tsuyoshi, 1971-

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Language acquisition the growth of grammar / by Guasti, Maria Teresa

Table of Contents: “…10 -- 1.6 The Critical Period 20 -- Chapter 2 -- First Steps into Language 23 -- Introduction 23 -- 2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24 -- 2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40 -- 2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47 -- 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52 -- Chapter 3 -- Acquisition of the Lexicon 55 -- Introduction 55 -- 3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56 -- 3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74 -- 3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80 -- 3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90 -- 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96 -- Chapter 4 -- The Emergence of Syntax 101 -- Introduction 101 -- 4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101 -- 4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103 -- 4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120 -- 4.4 Root Infinitives 128 -- 4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146 -- Chapter 5 -- Null Subjects in Early Languages 151 -- Introduction 15 -- 5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152 -- 5.2 Root Null Subjects 160 -- 5.3 Performance Accounts 179 -- 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183 -- Chapter 6 -- Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187 -- Introduction 187 -- 6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188 -- 6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202 -- 6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209 -- 6.4 Relative Clauses 220 -- 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240 -- Chapter 7 -- Acquisition of NP-Movement 245 -- Introduction 245 -- 7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246 -- 7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252 -- 7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254 -- 7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260 -- 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268 -- Chapter 8 -- Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271 -- Introduction 271 -- 8.1 The Binding Theory 272 -- 8.2 Principle A 285 -- 8.3 Principle B 290 -- 8.4 Principle C 300 -- 8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308 -- Chapter 9 -- Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313 -- Introduction 313 -- 9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314 -- 9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316 -- 9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329 -- 9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343 -- Chapter 10 -- Acquisition of Control 347 -- Introduction 347 -- 10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348 -- 10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350 -- 10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356 -- 10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365 -- 10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371 -- Chapter 11 -- Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375 -- Introduction 375 -- 11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language -- Impairment 376 -- 11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378 -- 11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams -- Syndrome 398 -- 11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403 -- Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405 -- Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406 -- Notes 409 -- Glossary 423 -- References 429 -- Index 467.…”
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Language acquisition the growth of grammar / by Guasti, Maria Teresa

Table of Contents: “…10 -- 1.6 The Critical Period 20 -- Chapter 2 -- First Steps into Language 23 -- Introduction 23 -- 2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24 -- 2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40 -- 2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47 -- 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52 -- Chapter 3 -- Acquisition of the Lexicon 55 -- Introduction 55 -- 3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56 -- 3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74 -- 3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80 -- 3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90 -- 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96 -- Chapter 4 -- The Emergence of Syntax 101 -- Introduction 101 -- 4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101 -- 4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103 -- 4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120 -- 4.4 Root Infinitives 128 -- 4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146 -- Chapter 5 -- Null Subjects in Early Languages 151 -- Introduction 15 -- 5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152 -- 5.2 Root Null Subjects 160 -- 5.3 Performance Accounts 179 -- 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183 -- Chapter 6 -- Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187 -- Introduction 187 -- 6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188 -- 6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202 -- 6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209 -- 6.4 Relative Clauses 220 -- 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240 -- Chapter 7 -- Acquisition of NP-Movement 245 -- Introduction 245 -- 7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246 -- 7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252 -- 7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254 -- 7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260 -- 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268 -- Chapter 8 -- Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271 -- Introduction 271 -- 8.1 The Binding Theory 272 -- 8.2 Principle A 285 -- 8.3 Principle B 290 -- 8.4 Principle C 300 -- 8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308 -- Chapter 9 -- Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313 -- Introduction 313 -- 9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314 -- 9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316 -- 9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329 -- 9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343 -- Chapter 10 -- Acquisition of Control 347 -- Introduction 347 -- 10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348 -- 10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350 -- 10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356 -- 10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365 -- 10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371 -- Chapter 11 -- Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375 -- Introduction 375 -- 11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language -- Impairment 376 -- 11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378 -- 11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams -- Syndrome 398 -- 11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403 -- Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405 -- Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406 -- Notes 409 -- Glossary 423 -- References 429 -- Index 467.…”
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Stealing lives the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / by Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.…”
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Surrogate motherhood and the politics of reproduction by Markens, Susan, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- The new problem of surrogate motherhood: legislative responses -- "Choice" and the "best interests of children": claiming the problem of surrogate motherhood -- "Moral conundrums and menacing ambiguities": framing the problem of surrogate motherhood -- Competing frames of surrogacy: comparing newspapers' coverage of "horror stories" -- Unity, divisions, and strange bedfellows: divergent legislative responses to surrogate motherhood -- A brave new world? …”
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The Roman family in the empire Rome, Italy, and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…/ Jonathan Edmondson -- Family history in the Roman north-west / Greg Woolf -- Family and kinship in Roman Africa / Mireille Corbier -- Children and parents on the tombstones of Pannonia / Mary T. …”
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Alternative linguistics descriptive and theoretical modes /

Table of Contents: “…What constitutes "good" data for the study of language development? : how children learn to talk about things with no name : "double emotions" / Michael Bamberg, D.L. …”
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Coming of age in America the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Kefalas -- Transitions to adulthood in the land of Lake Woebegon / Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann and Jeylan Mortimer -- If you can make it there-- : the transition to adulthood in New York City / Jennifer Holdaway -- Coming of age in America's finest city : transitions to adulthood among children of immigrants in San Diego / Linda Borgen and Ruben Rumbaut -- Becoming adult : meanings and markers for young Americans / Richard A. …”
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Toole's cerebrovascular disorders by Roach, E. S. (Ewell Steve)

Table of Contents: “…A history of cerebrovascular disease since the Renaissance -- Interview and examination -- Syndromes of vascular dysfunction -- Pathophysiology of ischemic stroke -- Diagnostic evaluation of stroke -- Transient ischemic attacks -- Atherosclerosis of the cervicocranial arteries -- Embolism and stroke -- Lacunar strokes and hypertensive encephalopathy -- Inflammatory angiopathies and stroke -- Hematological disorders and hypercoagulable states -- Arterial dissection -- Moyamoya and other vasculopathies -- Migraine and related disorders -- Vascular dementia -- Intracerebral hemorrhage -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage and aneurysms -- Intracranial vascular malformations -- Subdural and epidural hematomas -- Sinovenous occlusion -- Genetics of cerebrovascular disease -- Stroke in children -- Stroke in pregnancy -- Vascular diseases of the spinal cord -- Management of acute ischemic infarction -- Neurorehabilitation following stroke.…”
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Legal aspects of mental capacity : a practical guide for health and social care professionals / by Dimond, Bridgit

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms -- Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act -- Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making -- Definition of mental capacity -- Making decisions in the best interests of others -- Lasting powers of attorney -- Court of Protection, court appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian and visitors -- Independent mental capacity advocates -- Advance decisions -- Research -- Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability -- Children and young persons -- Mental capacity and mental disorder -- Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLS) -- Organ and tissue removal, storage and use -- The informal carer -- Implementation, resources, and code of practice -- Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland -- The future.…”
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Alternative linguistics descriptive and theoretical modes /

Table of Contents: “…What constitutes "good" data for the study of language development? : how children learn to talk about things with no name : "double emotions" / Michael Bamberg, D.L. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Coming of age in America the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Kefalas -- Transitions to adulthood in the land of Lake Woebegon / Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann and Jeylan Mortimer -- If you can make it there-- : the transition to adulthood in New York City / Jennifer Holdaway -- Coming of age in America's finest city : transitions to adulthood among children of immigrants in San Diego / Linda Borgen and Ruben Rumbaut -- Becoming adult : meanings and markers for young Americans / Richard A. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Toole's cerebrovascular disorders by Roach, E. S. (Ewell Steve)

Table of Contents: “…A history of cerebrovascular disease since the Renaissance -- Interview and examination -- Syndromes of vascular dysfunction -- Pathophysiology of ischemic stroke -- Diagnostic evaluation of stroke -- Transient ischemic attacks -- Atherosclerosis of the cervicocranial arteries -- Embolism and stroke -- Lacunar strokes and hypertensive encephalopathy -- Inflammatory angiopathies and stroke -- Hematological disorders and hypercoagulable states -- Arterial dissection -- Moyamoya and other vasculopathies -- Migraine and related disorders -- Vascular dementia -- Intracerebral hemorrhage -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage and aneurysms -- Intracranial vascular malformations -- Subdural and epidural hematomas -- Sinovenous occlusion -- Genetics of cerebrovascular disease -- Stroke in children -- Stroke in pregnancy -- Vascular diseases of the spinal cord -- Management of acute ischemic infarction -- Neurorehabilitation following stroke.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Legal aspects of mental capacity : a practical guide for health and social care professionals / by Dimond, Bridgit

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms -- Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act -- Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making -- Definition of mental capacity -- Making decisions in the best interests of others -- Lasting powers of attorney -- Court of Protection, court appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian and visitors -- Independent mental capacity advocates -- Advance decisions -- Research -- Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability -- Children and young persons -- Mental capacity and mental disorder -- Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLS) -- Organ and tissue removal, storage and use -- The informal carer -- Implementation, resources, and code of practice -- Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland -- The future.…”
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Stealing lives the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / by Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view