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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

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The evolution of business in the cyber age : digital transformation, threats, and security /

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Achieving successful and sustainable project delivery in Africa : how to implement effective and efficient project management practices and policies / by Okereke, Chima, 1946-

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Conversations about job performance a communication perspective on the appraisal process / by Gordon, Michael E. (Michael Ernest)

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An introduction to transport phenomena in materials engineering by Gaskell, David R., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Transport of heat by conduction -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Fourier's law and Newton's law -- 6.3 Conduction -- 6.4 Conduction in heat sources -- 6.5 Thermal conductivity and the kinetic theory of gases -- 6.6 General heat conduction equation -- 6.7 Conduction of heat at steady state in two dimensions -- 6.8 Summary -- Problems --…”
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Hegel was right the myth of the empirical sciences / by Miranda, José Porfirio

Table of Contents: “…V Logic and Natural Sciences -- 1.Dialectics -- 2.Logic -- 3.Force -- 4.Explanatory Factors -- 5.Probability -- 6.Life -- 7.Conduct -- ch. VI The Man and the State -- 1.Natural Goodness? …”
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Radiation exposure in medicine and the environment risks and protective strategies /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Radiation exposure of Tunisian aircrews : doses simulations / Neïla Zarrouk, Raouf Bennaceur -- Radiation induced polymerization of nanostructured conductive polymer composites / Mohammad Rezaul Karim -- Radiation exposure in medicine and the environment / Tomohiro Okano -- Nuclear radiopharmacy : risks and safety in the preparation of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals / Stefano Papi -- Perspective on European Union Directive 2004/40/EC on Worker's Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields from Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment / David Moratal -- Apigenin K : a promising radiation countermeasure / M. …”
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Transdisciplinary interfaces and innovation in the life sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Taking a transdisciplinary approach to the life sciences / Eunsook Hyun -- Transdisciplinarity and ethics as challenges for life sciences : transdisciplinarity from a problem-based perspective / Winston Langley -- Healthcare systems research : ethics and reality / Heidrun Sturm -- To create and control life : a critical view on synthetic biology / Rainer Paslack -- Different legal regulations on life sciences in Europe and worldwide : protecting humans as consumers and subjects : different ethical standards in the conduct of research in Europe and America / Jennifer Radden -- Legal regulation of genetic information in the USA and Germany: promises kept in insurance / Julian Ziegler -- Enhancement in medicine and everyday life : ethical aspects and requirements for legal regulation / Ju?…”
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Intellectual property issues in nanotechnology /

Table of Contents: “…-- Optimistic influences of nanotechnology on food security and agriculture -- Trichoderma-based nanopesticides : Next-Generation solution for disease management -- Role of Nano-Pesticides in Agriculture Development -- Applications and Practices of Myconanoparticles in Food and Agriculture -- Core Competencies in Cancer Nanotechnology in Brazil : Contributions of Scientific and Technological Knowledge in the Health Sector -- Disruptive Nanotechnology implications and Bio-systems : Boon or a Bane -- Nanocellulose Application In Encapsulation And Controlled Drug Release -- Challenges and Opportunities relating to hybrid nanotechnology-pharmaceuticals -- Minimizing Negative Long-term Occurrences in Nanotechnology Development -- Impact of Nanomaterials on Human Health through/via Food Chain -- Patenting Issues in the development of nano-drugs -- A Survey of Recent Nanotechnology Related Patents for Treatment of Tuberculosis -- Patent Landscape of the Emerging Nano-Molecules for the Treatment of Leishmaniasis -- Intellectual property issues in industrial nanotechnology -- Nanotechnology in the Philippines : Status and Potential Intellectual Property Rights Issues -- Measurement Techniques for Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids -- Nanotechnology Industry : A Scenario of Intellectual Property Rights -- A mass Approach towards carbon nanotubes in the field of nanotechnology.…”
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Stigma Stories : Rhetoric, Lived Experience, and Chronic Illness / by Kessler, Molly Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Studying stigma: a rhetorical approach to stories and lived experience ; Rhetoric of stories, stigma, lived experiences ; Studying stigma stories ; Preview of chapters -- Listening for stigma: praxiographic solutions and stigma in practice ; Critiques of stigma research ; Praxiographic solutions ; Stigma in practice ; An ethical case for engaging stigma praxiographically -- Staging stigma: ostomies as worst-case scenarios ; Leaks, stigma, and visceral publics ; Worst-case scenarios: ostomies in public health campaigns ; Ostomies on TV: fear and disgust in popular media ; Staging stigma through fear ; Credibility enhanced through stigma ; Conclusion -- Protesting stigma: disruptive stories, temporality, and ostomies as lifesavers ; Temporality, disability, and progressions of experience ; Rejecting compulsory nostalgia: disruptive ostomy stories as protest ; Disruptive stories, disruptive timelines ; Complicating a two-sided story ; Conclusion -- Managing stigma: visual acts of resistance ; Normalcy, norms, and the impossibility of normalization ; Displaying ostomies and soliciting stares ; Visual rewards and risks: sexualizing disability ; Showing off ostomies and arriving at the destination of normal ; Conclusion -- Thinking with stories: toward stigma interventions ; The value of a praxiographic approach to stories ; Interventional insights ; Conducting entangled research.…”
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Fathers, Preachers, Rebels, Men : Black Masculinity in U.S. History and Literature, 1820-1945 /

Table of Contents: “…Buckner -- To train them for the work : manhood, morality, and free black conduct discourse in antebellum New York / Erica L. …”
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Psychopathology history, diagnosis, and empirical foundations / by Craighead, W. Edward

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Encyclopedia of Aluminum and Its Alloys, Two-Volume Set (Ebook) /

Table of Contents: “…As-Cast Grain Size of Aluminum Alloys Refined by Al-Ti-B Master AlloysAtom Probe Characterization of Nanoscale Precipitates in Aluminum Alloys; Bayer Process; Brazing Aluminum in Low Vacuum; Brazing of Aluminum Alloys; Bulk Metallic Glasses: Aluminum-Based; Calcium-Containing Aluminum Alloys; Carbothermic Reduction Methods for Alumina; Cast Al-Si-Cu Alloys: Effect of Modification on Thermal and Electrical Conductivities; Casting Designs; Castings; Castings: Ten Rules for Good Castings; Chemical Milling of Aluminum; Computer Vision for Fault Detection in Aluminum Castings…”
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The role of parliament in curbing corruption

Table of Contents: “…Soares -- Political will / Sahr Kpundeh and Phyllis Dininio -- Parliament and anti-corruption legislation / Jeremy Pope -- Case study on the role of Parliament in the fight against corruption : the case of the Kenyan Parliament / Fred Matiangi -- Effective financial scrutiny / Joachim Wehner -- Case study on the performance of public accounts committees : a review of the Canadian PAC, 37th Parliament / Martin Ulrich -- Parliament and supreme audit institutions / Rick Stapenhurst and Jack Titsworth -- The role of the media in curbing corruption / Rod Macdonell and Melica Pesic -- Case study on the role of Parliament and the media in the fight against corruption / John Smith -- Anti-corruption commissions / John Heilbrunn -- Case sutdy : the European Parliaments's role in the resignation oft the Santer Commission / Katia Stasinopoulou -- Building coalitions : parliaments, civil society, and corruption control / Michael Johnston -- Political parties / Riccardo Pelizzo -- Party political funding / Michael Pinto-Duschinsky -- Legislative ethics and codes of conduct / Rick Stapenhurst and Riccardo Pelizzo -- Case study of the House Of Commons : how can Parliamentary codes and registers of member's interests help? …”
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Global promise quality assurance and accountability in professional psychology /

Table of Contents: “…Leon Smith -- Codes of ethics, conduct, and standards as vehicles of accountability / Pierre L.…”
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ABC of clinical electrocardiography

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : I : leads, rate, rhythm and cardiac axis / Steve Meek, Francis Morris -- Introduction : II : basic terminology / Steve Meek, Francis Morris -- Bradycardias and atrioventricular conduction block / David Da Costa, William J. Brady, June Edhouse -- Atrial arrhythmias / Steve Goodacre, Richard Irons -- Junctional tachycardias / Demas Esberger, Sallyann Jones, Francis Morris -- Broad complex tachycardia, part I / June Edhouse, Francis Morris -- Broad complex tachycardia, part II / June Edhouse, Francis Morris -- Acute myocardial infarction, part I / Francis Morris, William J. …”
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Forging urban solidarities Ottoman Aleppo, 1640-1700 / by Wilkins, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…Extraordinary taxes ('avariz) and local administration -- The 'avariz tax regime and the conduct of tax surveys -- The mechanics of local tax administration : land use, personal liability, and apportionment -- The responsibilities and compensation of quarter tax officials -- A fiscal demography of Aleppo -- Urban responses to the Imposition of extraordinary taxes -- The frequency and level of extraordinary tax levies -- Popular strategies for tax relief : tax exemption -- Other individual strategies for tax relief -- Collective action and mutual assistance -- Residential quarters and the question of "positive loyalties" -- pt. 2. …”
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Liberating Namibia the long diplomatic struggle between the United Nations and South Africa / by Udogu, Emmanuel Ike

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Namibia: its peoples, history and natural resources -- South Africa and the United Nations on the issue of political hegemony over Namibia -- The United Nations and its committees on conflict-resolution attempts in Namibia -- South West Africa People's Organization of Namibia and other groupings in the political development and contestation in Namibia -- Diplomatic actions in the conflict-resolution scheme -- Military actions in the conflict-resolution operation -- Mediation effort by five western powers under the auspices of the United Nations -- Evaluation and conclusion of the conflict-resolution mission -- Appendix A: an interview conducted with Mr. Theo Ben Gurirab, SWAPO chief representative at the United Nations, on the diplomatic and military strategy of his group to resolve international conflict -- Appendix B: UN resolution 264 of March 20, 1969, calling for an immediate withdrawal of South Africa's administration in Namibia -- Appendix C: UN Security Council resolution 385 of January 30, 1976, condemning the continued illegal occupation of Namibia -- Appendix D: UN Security Council resolution 435 of September 29, 1978, which called for a cease-fire in Namibia and un-sponsored elections -- Appendix E: structure and deployment of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in the conflict-resolution project -- Appendix F: chronology of international efforts to resolve the crisis -- Appendix G: the inaugural speech of His Excellency President Sam Nujoma on March 21, 1990.…”
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Digital research confidential : the secrets of studying behavior online /

Table of Contents: “…/ Amy Bruckman, Kurt Luther, and Casey Fiesler -- The art of web crawling for social science research / Michelle Shumate and Matthew Weber -- The ethnographic study of visual culture in the age of digitization / Paul Leonardi -- Read/write the digital archive: strategies for historical web research / Megan Sapnar Ankerson -- Big data, big problems, big opportunities : using internet log data to conduct social network analysis research / Brooke Foucault Welles -- Contributors -- References -- Index.…”
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Imidic polymers and green polymer chemistry : new technology and developments in process and products /

Table of Contents: “…Aromatic-Alicyclic Polyimides: From Basic Aspects Toward High Technologies / Camelia Hulubei, Elena Hamciuc, and Corneliu Hamciuc -- Polyimides with Bulky Groups: Synthesis, Characterization, and Physical Properties / Barnali Dasgupta Ghosh, Susanta Banerjee, Alexander Alentiev, Inga Ronova, and Yuri Yampolskii -- The Thermal Cis-Trans Isomerization of Azopolyimides in the Solid State / Jolanta Konieczkowska -- From Insulating to Conducting Polyimides / Göknur Dönmez, Ayça Ergün, Merve Okutan, and Hüseyi̇n Deli̇göz -- Molecular Modeling of Imidic Polymers with Advanced Physico-Chemical Properties / Raluca Marinica Albu -- Patterning Polyimide Films at Nanoscale Using Dynamic Plowing Lithography / Iuliana Stoica -- Polyimide Materials for Transistors and Biosensors Manufacturing / Raluca Marinica Albu and Razvan Florin Barzic -- Natural Fibers: Modifications and Enhancements in Applications / Ananthu Prasad, Sabu Thomas, and Athira John -- Polyethylene Wax: Uses, Characterization, and Identification / Senem Yetgin, Mehmet Gonen, Sevdiye Atakul Savrık, and Devrim Balkose -- Supercapacitor: An Efficient Approach for Energy Storage Device / Shama Islam, Hana Khan, and M. …”
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