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Operation excellence succeeding in business and life, the U.S. military way / by Bender, Mark C. (Mark Christian), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Operation motivation, you can't say no to the drill sergeant -- Discipline, it's habit forming -- Confidence, the ultimate lifestyle -- Sacrifice, sorry, you really can't have it all -- Endstate, understanding the mission -- Learning, no such thing as graduation -- Problem-solving, we're here to fix things! -- Ethics, one dilemma after another -- Organization, the structure of success -- Execution, the art and science of high performance -- Teamwork, with the emphasis on work -- Leadership, something for everyone -- Tactics, going for the win -- Health, choose or lose -- Wealth, leveraging the military mind -- Relationships, the toughest game in town.…”
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Intelligent innovation four steps to achieving a competitive edge / by Cogliandro, John A., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Innovation : the key to success -- Turbines of success -- Engine controls -- Intellectual property -- Process integration -- Nothing unworthy : choosing how you manage finite resources -- A prioritization method -- The strategic balancing method -- The Quality Food Incorporated case study -- Process innovation -- Soufflés and computers : where project plans meet innovation -- Turning limitations into opportunity -- Parallel processing : a strategy for success -- Solving the risk vs. innovation dilemma -- Stocking up on innovation -- Innovation in culture and attitude : revving the engine -- The amazing Panamanian railroad.…”
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The chicken trail following workers, migrants, and corporations across the Americas / by Schwartzman, Kathleen Crowley, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…-- Taylorism invades the hen house -- Solving industry crises : pollos y polleros -- Squeezing out Mexican chicken -- Voice : squawking at globalization -- Exit Mexico : si muero lejos de ti -- The global dilemma : summary and reflections.…”
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Fiction refracts science modernist writers from Proust to Borges / by Thiher, Allen, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : prefatory thoughts on two or more cultures -- What the modernists knew about the history of science from Pascal to Heisenberg -- Robert Musil and the dilemma of modernist epistemology -- Proust, Poincaré, and contingency -- Kafka's search for laws -- James Joyce and the laws of everything -- Modernist thought experiments after Joyce -- Conclusion : science and postmodernity.…”
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Narrative matters the power of the personal essay in health policy /

Table of Contents: “…Writing to change things: essays on the policy narrative -- Dollars and sense: hard financial realities -- Bearing witness: patients' stories -- The maddening system: frustrations and solutions -- Trouble in the ranks: professional problems -- Drug resistance: battling undue influence -- Disparity dilemmas: stories on race and ethnicity -- Values and choice: stories of practical ethics.…”
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Principles and practice of managing pain a guide for nurses and allied health professionals / by Parsons, Gareth

Table of Contents: “…What is pain? -- 2. Dilemmas in pain management -- 3. Communicating the experience of pain -- 4. …”
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Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 : Jewish Landsmanshaftn in American Culture by Soyer, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…The Building Blocks of Community; 6. Institutional Dilemmas; 7. The Heroic Period; 8. Looking Backward; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.…”
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Urban America growth, crisis, and rebirth / by McDonald, John F., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Urban areas of the Northeast -- Urban areas of the Sunbelt, before air conditioning -- An American dilemma in 1950 -- The industrial Northeast and the great migration -- The new Sunbelt takes off -- Suburbanization : 1950-1970 -- Signs of trouble ahead -- August 1965 -- The great society and the urban riots -- Urban employment trends in the Northeast -- Urban growth in the Sunbelt : 1970-1990 -- New urban scholarship -- The vicious circle in urban America -- Rebirth in America's cities -- Urban rebirth in the Northeast : 1990-2000 -- Urban growth and rebirth in the Sunbelt -- Trends after 2000 : what is next for urban America?.…”
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Child care in black and white working parents and the history of orphanages / by Ramey, Jessie B.

Table of Contents: “…Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women -- Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis -- Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care -- Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care -- Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations -- Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children -- Conclusion : contesting orphans.…”
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The spectrum of GERD implications for assessment and management /

Table of Contents: “…ERD -- Mechanisms of symptom production in NERD -- Functional heartburn -- Predictors of functional heartburn vs. pH + NERD -- Factors leading to the development of symptoms in GERD patients -- Role of DGER in "resistant" GERD -- NERD: management issues -- The limits of GERD -- Progression in ProGERD -- Extra-esophageal, supra-esophageal GERD -- Laryngitis -- Cough and GERD -- Asthma and GERD -- Scleroderma and GERD -- The Barrett's dilemma -- Risk factors for Barrett's and adenocarcinoma -- Genetic markers that can predict progression -- Barrett's management issues -- GERD management issues.…”
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Religious free exercise and contemporary American politics the saga of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 / by Waltman, Jerold L., 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Dilemmas of free exercise in contemporary America -- Free exercise jurisprudence through 1997: Reynolds to Boerne -- The fine tuned politics of developing a response -- Building a record to meet the demands of section 5 -- The initial opposition to RLPA -- From RLPA to RLUIPA: civil rights versus religious liberty takes center stage -- Aftermath -- Conclusion.…”
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Offshoring and working conditions in remote work

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Remote work from the perspective of developed economies : a multi-country synthesis -- Employee dilemmas in the Indian ITES-BPO sector -- Offshored work in Philippine BPOs -- Remote work in Brazil -- Remote work and global sourcing in Argentina -- A comparative analysis of the business environment, job quality, and work organization in offshored business services.…”
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Disability, the media and the Paralympic Games / by Jackson-Brown, Carolyn

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Spectacles of otherness : media, sports and disability dilemmas -- Riskier representations : Channel 4's public service broadcast model -- Normalising disability : mega-event media parity for the 'superhuman' supercrips -- Reframing meanings : encoding disability across multiple TV programme formats -- Marketing parasports : media, cultural production, and branded authenticity -- Conclusion.…”
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Seeing the light exploring ethics through movies / by Teays, Wanda

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: IntroductionUNIT ONE: THE HUMAN CONDITION 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Authenticity 1.2 Personal Identity 1.3 Autonomy and Liberty 1.4 Courage and Inner Strength UNIT TWO: ETHICAL THEORY 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Ethical Egoism 2.2 Cultural Relativism 2.3 Utilitarianism 2.4 Kantian Ethics 2.5 Rawls' Justice Theory 2.6 Aristotle's Virtue Ethics 2.7 Feminist EthicsUNIT THREE: ETHICAL DILEMMAS 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Confronting the Dilemma 3.2 Encountering Evil 3.3 The Impact of Perspective 3.4 Reflecting on Ethical Decisions 4.0 Conclusion to the Text 4.1 APPS: General References 4.2 APPS: Contemporary Moral Problems ApplicationsOfficial Websites and Other Resources (On Seeing the Light website).…”
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Severe and enduring eating disorder (SEED) management of complex presentations of anorexia and bulimia nervosa / by Robinson, Paul H., Dr

Table of Contents: “…Psychiatric issues in the assessment and management of SEED -- Medical dilemmas -- Social and occupational aspects -- Family life with SEED -- The care programme approach and seed -- A pilot case series using qualitative and quantitative methods : biological, psychological, and social outcome in severe and enduring eating disorder (anorexia nervosa) -- A comparison of SEED with schizophrenia -- 99 research ideas.…”
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Death and the textile industry in Nigeria / by Renne, Elisha P.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Burying the Dead: Hometowns, Houses, and Cemeteries -- Widows' Dilemmas and Experiences of Hardship -- Interlude: Widows' Portraits -- Consequences for Children, Problems for Families -- Conclusion: Death, Deindustrialization, and Time.…”
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Gender, violence and governmentality : legal and policy initiatives in India / by Sahu, Skylab

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Sex Selective Abortion: A Feminist Interpretation of Legal Dilemmas and Policy Initiatives in India -- Impunity Assured and Impunity Snatched: The State and the Discourse of Rape in India -- Normalisation of Domestic Violence in India -- Sex Work in India: Invisible Labour, Deviant Sexuality and Experience of Violence -- Citizenship and Transgenders: Analysing the Legal and Policy Discourse in India -- State, Law and Resistance.…”
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The trouble with ed schools by Labaree, David F., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, the lowly status of the ed school -- Teacher ed in the past : the roots of its lowly status -- Teacher ed in the present : the peculiar problems of preparing teachers -- The peculiar problems of doing educational research -- The peculiar problems of preparing educational researchers -- Status dilemmas of education professors -- The ed school's romance with progressivism -- The trouble with ed schools : little harm, little help.…”
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Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family / by Moe, Karine S.

Table of Contents: “…Numbers too big to ignore -- Why opting out is an everywoman issue -- The 100-hour couple -- Glass ceilings and maternal walls -- Second shift redux -- Child care dilemmas -- Mama time -- The hectic household -- The professionalization of at-home motherhood -- Financial costs -- Negotiating without a paycheck -- Reigniting the career -- Creative strategies for making work "work" -- Coming of age in America.…”
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South of the crisis a Latin American perspective on the late capitalist world / by Corradi, Juan E.

Table of Contents: “…Impending storms : fiscal intemperance and moral dilemmas -- The troubles at the center -- The response -- A paucity of thought and action -- The new world in a changed world -- Other capitalisms : what Latin Americans can learn from those who do it well -- Rethinking Latin American dependency -- Latin America in the world of late capitalism -- A garden of forking paths -- The challenge of inclusion.…”
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