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What the Buddha thought by Gombrich, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1937-

Table of Contents: “…-- The Buddha's positive values: love and compassion -- Assessing the evidence -- Everything is burning: the centrality of fire in the Bddha's thought -- Causation and non-random process -- Cognition; language; nirvana -- The Buddha's pragmatism and intellectual style -- The Buddha as satirist; brahmin terms as social metaphors -- Is this book to be believed?…”
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Discourse of blogs and wikis by Myers, Greg, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- Time : now and then -- Audiences: a checklist on engaging readers -- Opinions : where do I stand? -- Evidence : how do we know? -- Collaboration : 'history' pages on Wikipedia -- Arguing : 'talk' pages on Wikipedia -- A note on studying the language of blogs and wikis.…”
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Extending social security to all a guide through challenges and options /

Table of Contents: “…Summary and conclusions -- Part II. Facts and evidence -- 1. A statistical analysis of the coverage gap -- 2. …”
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Prosecution complex America's race to convict and its impact on the innocent / by Medwed, Daniel S.

Table of Contents: “…Charging ahead -- In the interest of full disclosure : discovery in criminal cases -- Plea bargaining pitfalls -- Preparation and examination of witnesses -- Test tubes on trial : prosecutors and forensic evidence -- Closing the door on innocence : improper summations by prosecutors -- Prosecutorial resistance to post-conviction claims of innocence -- A closer look : prosecutors and post-conviction DNA testing -- In denial : the refusal of prosecutors to accept proof of an inmate's innocence.…”
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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

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Respiration, reactive oxygen species and uncoupling proteins

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Reactive oxygen species production by mitochondria -- Mitochondrial free radicals and ageing in short-lived and long-lived species -- Topology and sites of ROS production in the electron transport chain -- Regulation of ROS production by mild uncoupling -- Uncoupling of mitochondria by uncoupling proteins -- Superoxide and reactive alkenal activation of UCPs -- A model for UCP activation -- Evidence that UCPs attenuate ROS.…”
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Media and the American child by Comstock, George A.

Table of Contents: “…Demographics and preferences in media use, with special attention to the very young -- The extraordinary appeal of screen media -- The world as portrayed by media -- Effects of media on scholastic performance and the developing intellect -- Young customers : creating the modern consumer through advertising and marketing -- Television violence, aggression, and other behavioral effects -- Learning rules and norms : further evidence of media effects -- Knowledge for what?…”
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Conquest and pestilence in the early Spanish Philippines by Newson, Linda A.

Table of Contents: “…-- The role of disease -- Colonial realities and population decline -- Interpreting the evidence -- The Visayas -- Conquest and depopulation before 1600 -- Wars and missionaries in the seventeenth-century Visayas -- Southern Luzon -- Manila and Tondo -- Southwest Luzon -- Bikol -- Pampanga and Bulacan -- Northern Luzon -- Ilocos and Pangasinan -- Cagayan -- Interior Luzon -- Conclusion -- Demographic change in the early Spanish Philippines.…”
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News & numbers a writer's guide to statistics / by Cohn, Victor, 1919-2000

Table of Contents: “…Where we can do better -- Certainty of uncertainty -- Testing the evidence -- What's a good study -- Your questions and peer review -- A guide to the second half of news & numbers -- Tests and drug trials -- Vital statistics -- Health costs, quality and insurance -- Our environment -- Writing about risks -- Polls -- Statistical savvy for many types of news -- Epilogue.…”
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"In the hands of a good providence" religion in the life of George Washington / by Thompson, Mary V., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Controversy : a man of many questions -- Foundations : early influences -- Church affiliation : a lifelong Anglican -- Sundays : public worship and time for reflection -- Confirmation and communion : questions about a rite and sacrament of the Church -- Prayer : private devotions -- Evidence of belief : contemporary statements -- Outward actions : charity and toleration -- Church and state : Washington's vision for America -- Conclusions: Washington's and others'.…”
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Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Section I Scientific evidence for Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas -- Section II Practical implementation and needs for a transition towards Nature-based solutions in cities -- Section III Nature-based solutions and social-environmental justice in cities -- Section IV Governance Implications and Economic Viability of Nature-based solutions -- Conclusions.…”
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Stem cell memory

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Defining stem cell memory -- Deterministic asymmetric self-renewal evidence -- Two classes of adult stem cell memory -- The genetic fidelity problem -- Chromosome segregation vs. co-segregation -- Asymmetric self-renewal models -- Biochemical control of asymmetric self-renewal -- Potential molecular elements -- ASRA gene signature discovery -- Properties of H2A.Z.…”
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Memory and its neural basis

Table of Contents: “…-- Multiple memory systems approach to the neural basis of memory -- A taxonomy of memory -- The complementary learning systems theory -- The neuro-mechanistic theory: processing and learning in neocortex -- Complementary learning system in the hippocampus -- Neurophysical evidence -- Complementary learning and representation -- Inner structures of the hippocampus -- Knockout NMDA receptors in dentate gyrus -- Collaboration of hippocampus and neocortex.…”
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Constructing international security alliances, deterrence, and moral hazard / by Benson, Brett V., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Time consistency and entrapment; 4. Evidence of moral hazard in military alliances; 5. …”
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Imports, exports, and jobs what does trade mean for employment and job loss? / by Kletzer, Lori G.

Table of Contents: “…Understanding the links between increasing foreign competition and domestic employment and job loss -- Evidence from earlier studies -- Inside manufacturing : trends in international trade, employment, and job loss -- Modeling labor market responses to changes in trade and import competition -- Measuring the link between changes in industry employment and changes in trade flows -- Job displacement and foreign competition -- Conclusions and policy implications.…”
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Medicine and the market equity v. choice / by Callahan, Daniel, 1930-

Table of Contents: “…From Adam Smith to HMOs: the origins of medicine and the market -- A tale of two cultures: Canada and the United States -- The endurance of solidarity: universal health care in Western Europe and elsewhere -- The market in developing countries: an ongoing experiment -- The market wild card: pharmaceuticals -- The value of the market: what does the evidence show? -- The future of the market in health care: undercurrents from the past, riptides from the future.…”
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From pink to green disease prevention and the environmental breast cancer movement / by Ley, Barbara L., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…A movement in the making -- "End the silence" : uncertainty work and the politics of the cancer industry -- From touring the streets to taking on science -- "We should not have to be the bodies of evidence" : the precautionary principle in policy, science, and daily life -- The cultural politics of sisterhood -- Toxic tours move indoors : race, class, and breast cancer prevention -- Beyond breast cancer, beyond women's health -- Still in the making.…”
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Violations of the rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts and their possible causes the case of Somalia / by Alasow, Omar Abdulle

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The background and root causes of the conflicts in Somalia -- Characteristics of conflicts in Somalia -- Traditional Somali customary rules -- Rules of international law applicable to non-international armed conflicts -- Evidence of humanitarian law violations in Somalia -- Possible causes of violations of humanitarian rules -- Appendix one : The war in the Northwest regions (1988-1991) -- Appendix two : The war in the central and Southern regions (1989-2003).…”
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Hard times in the lands of plenty oil politics in Iran and Indonesia / by Smith, Benjamin B., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Oil wealth and politics in the developing world : theories and evidence -- Explaining regime durability in oil-rich states : oil, opposition, and late development -- The impact and legacies of oil and late development : coalitions and state building before the boom -- The oil booms and beyond : two exporting states confront crisis -- Oil, opposition, and late development : regime breakdown and persistence in twenty-one oil-exporting states.…”
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Statistics in regulatory science / by Chow, Shein-Chung, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Totality-of-the-evidence -- Hypotheses testing versus confidence interval -- Endpoint selection -- Non-inferiority margin -- Missing data -- Multiplicity -- Sample size -- Reproducible research -- Extrapolation -- Consistency evaluation -- Drug products with multiple components -- Adaptive trial design -- Selection criteria in adaptive dose finding -- Generic drugs and biosimilars -- Precision and personalized medicine -- Big data analytics -- Rare disease drug development.…”
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