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Healthcare without borders : understanding Cuban medical internationalism / by Kirk, John M., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: setting the scene -- Origins and evolution: from "beggar's helper" to a "white-jacketed army" -- Elam, a school for all nations -- Dealing with the "handicapped" of ALBA: setting the balance right -- Operación milagro: bringing vision to millions -- Cuba's international disaster responses: from 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- South-South cooperation in biotechnology: medicine for the masses -- The Cuba-Venezuela medical partnership: the Castro-Chávez dream lives on -- Cuba's role in Haiti: hurricanes, an earthquake, and cholera -- Cuba's medical internationalism in the South Pacific -- The children of Chernobyl: 25,000 treated -- Cuba's medical internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: no longer the world's best-kept secret.…”
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Healthcare without borders : understanding Cuban medical internationalism / by Kirk, John M., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: setting the scene -- Origins and evolution: from "beggar's helper" to a "white-jacketed army" -- Elam, a school for all nations -- Dealing with the "handicapped" of ALBA: setting the balance right -- Operación milagro: bringing vision to millions -- Cuba's international disaster responses: from 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- South-South cooperation in biotechnology: medicine for the masses -- The Cuba-Venezuela medical partnership: the Castro-Chávez dream lives on -- Cuba's role in Haiti: hurricanes, an earthquake, and cholera -- Cuba's medical internationalism in the South Pacific -- The children of Chernobyl: 25,000 treated -- Cuba's medical internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: no longer the world's best-kept secret.…”
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The pulse of humanitarian assistance

Table of Contents: “…/ Larry Hollingworth -- The 2005 Pakistan earthquake / Nadeem Ahmed and Andrew MacLeod -- Protecting societies in transition / Geoff Loane, Lois Austin, and Pat Gibbons -- Internal displacement in West Africa : challenges and constraints / Claudia McGoldrick -- Coordination and collaboration : an NGO view / Charles F. …”
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The pulse of humanitarian assistance

Table of Contents: “…/ Larry Hollingworth -- The 2005 Pakistan earthquake / Nadeem Ahmed and Andrew MacLeod -- Protecting societies in transition / Geoff Loane, Lois Austin, and Pat Gibbons -- Internal displacement in West Africa : challenges and constraints / Claudia McGoldrick -- Coordination and collaboration : an NGO view / Charles F. …”
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Ruptures : Anthropologies of Discontinuity in Times of Turmoil /

Table of Contents: “…The Rhythm of Rupture: Attunement among Danish Jihadists; 9. Earthquake Citizens: Disaster and Aftermath Politics in India and Nepal; Afterword: Some Reflectionson Rupture; Index…”
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Ruptures : Anthropologies of Discontinuity in Times of Turmoil /

Table of Contents: “…The Rhythm of Rupture: Attunement among Danish Jihadists; 9. Earthquake Citizens: Disaster and Aftermath Politics in India and Nepal; Afterword: Some Reflectionson Rupture; Index…”
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Bridge health monitoring, maintenance and safety special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only /

Table of Contents: “…Modal test and analysis of a bridge under the varying temperature condition -- Bridge significant failure mode identification strategy under traffic-load -- Fatigue reliability analysis of the stay cables of cable-stayed bridge under combined loads of stochastic traffic and wind -- Updating the finite element model of a bridge model using a hybrid optimization method -- An improved Taguchi method and its application in finite element model updating of bridges -- Nonlinear seismic response analysis of half through CFST arch bridge under 3-D earthquake waves -- Simplified seismic response assessment method and parametric study of multi-girder skew bridges -- Seismic testing of a long-span concrete filled steel tubular arch bridge -- Study on finite element model of bridge multi-pile foundation -- Sensor optimal placement for bridge structure based on single parents genetic algorithm with different fitness functions.…”
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Bridge health monitoring, maintenance and safety special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only /

Table of Contents: “…Modal test and analysis of a bridge under the varying temperature condition -- Bridge significant failure mode identification strategy under traffic-load -- Fatigue reliability analysis of the stay cables of cable-stayed bridge under combined loads of stochastic traffic and wind -- Updating the finite element model of a bridge model using a hybrid optimization method -- An improved Taguchi method and its application in finite element model updating of bridges -- Nonlinear seismic response analysis of half through CFST arch bridge under 3-D earthquake waves -- Simplified seismic response assessment method and parametric study of multi-girder skew bridges -- Seismic testing of a long-span concrete filled steel tubular arch bridge -- Study on finite element model of bridge multi-pile foundation -- Sensor optimal placement for bridge structure based on single parents genetic algorithm with different fitness functions.…”
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Something's Gotta Give : Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2011 /

Table of Contents: “…The impact of Japan's March 11th earthquake and tsunami on libraries and the conduct of research and publications in Japan /…”
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Something's Gotta Give : Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2011 /

Table of Contents: “…The impact of Japan's March 11th earthquake and tsunami on libraries and the conduct of research and publications in Japan /…”
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Open Data in Developing Economies : Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How / by Verhulst, Stefaan (Stefaan G.)

Table of Contents: “…Jamaica's Interactive Community Mapping -- Open data's impact on solving public problems. 15. Nepal earthquake recovery -- 16. Paraguay's dengue prediction -- part III. …”
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Open Data in Developing Economies : Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How / by Verhulst, Stefaan (Stefaan G.)

Table of Contents: “…Jamaica's Interactive Community Mapping -- Open data's impact on solving public problems. 15. Nepal earthquake recovery -- 16. Paraguay's dengue prediction -- part III. …”
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Regulation versus litigation perspectives from economics and law /

Table of Contents: “…Parente -- Natural disaster management : earthquake risk and hospitals' provision of essential services in California / Tom Chang and Mireille Jacobson.…”
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Regulation versus litigation perspectives from economics and law /

Table of Contents: “…Parente -- Natural disaster management : earthquake risk and hospitals' provision of essential services in California / Tom Chang and Mireille Jacobson.…”
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Recent works on microbes and infections in China selected from the Journal of microbes and infections (China) /

Table of Contents: “…Infectious disease risks associated with the Sichuan earthquake : experiences in treatment of earthquake wound infections / Xin Zhao ... …”
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Recent works on microbes and infections in China selected from the Journal of microbes and infections (China) /

Table of Contents: “…Infectious disease risks associated with the Sichuan earthquake : experiences in treatment of earthquake wound infections / Xin Zhao ... …”
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Modeling and Simulation, plus Econophysics Colloquium 2014

Table of Contents: “…-Chapter 3 Interaction and Distribution -- Geographic Dependency of Population Distribution- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Influenza Epidemics in Japan -- A Universal Lifetime Distribution for Multi-Species Systems -- Firm Age Distributions and the Decay Rate of Firm Activities -- Empirical Analysis of Firm-Dynamics on Japanese Inter-firm trade Network -- Direct participants’ behavior through the lens of transactional analysis: the case of SPEI -- Chapter 4 Traffic and Pedestrian -- Pedestrian Dynamics in Jamology -- Qualitative Methods of Validating Evacuation Behaviors -- Collective dynamics of pedestrians with no fixed destination -- Traffic Simulation of Kobe-city -- MOSAIIC: city-level agent-based traffic simulation adapted to emergency situations -- GUI for Agent Based Modeling -- Chapter 5 Social Media -- Emotional Changes in Japanese Blog Space Resulting from the 3.11 Earthquake -- Modeling of ENJYO via process of consensus formation on SNS -- A network structure of emotional interactions in an electronic bulletin board -- Scale-free network topologies with clustering similar to online social networks -- Identifying Colors of Products and Associated Personalized Recommendation Engine in e-Fashion Business.…”
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Modeling and Simulation, plus Econophysics Colloquium 2014

Table of Contents: “…-Chapter 3 Interaction and Distribution -- Geographic Dependency of Population Distribution- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Influenza Epidemics in Japan -- A Universal Lifetime Distribution for Multi-Species Systems -- Firm Age Distributions and the Decay Rate of Firm Activities -- Empirical Analysis of Firm-Dynamics on Japanese Inter-firm trade Network -- Direct participants’ behavior through the lens of transactional analysis: the case of SPEI -- Chapter 4 Traffic and Pedestrian -- Pedestrian Dynamics in Jamology -- Qualitative Methods of Validating Evacuation Behaviors -- Collective dynamics of pedestrians with no fixed destination -- Traffic Simulation of Kobe-city -- MOSAIIC: city-level agent-based traffic simulation adapted to emergency situations -- GUI for Agent Based Modeling -- Chapter 5 Social Media -- Emotional Changes in Japanese Blog Space Resulting from the 3.11 Earthquake -- Modeling of ENJYO via process of consensus formation on SNS -- A network structure of emotional interactions in an electronic bulletin board -- Scale-free network topologies with clustering similar to online social networks -- Identifying Colors of Products and Associated Personalized Recommendation Engine in e-Fashion Business.…”
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River Basin Development and Human Rights in Eastern Africa — A Policy Crossroads by Carr, Claudia J.

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River Basin Development and Human Rights in Eastern Africa — A Policy Crossroads by Carr, Claudia J.

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