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Experimentation and interpretation the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past /

Table of Contents: “…: making fermentable malt sugars from the grain and a discussion of some of the evidence for this activity in the British Neolithic / Merryn Dineley -- Experiments in beaker construction technologies / Harriet Hammersmith -- Luminescence dating of medieval brick from Essex : an example of the physical sciences addressing archaeological questions / Thomas Gurling.…”
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Fundamentals of nursing : the art and science of nursing care /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to nursing -- Cultural diversity -- Health and illness -- Health of the individual, family, and community -- Theory, research, and evidence-based practice -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Legal implications of nursing -- Healthcare delivery systems -- Continuity of care -- Home healthcare -- Blended skills and critical thinking throughout the nursing process -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Outcome identification and planning -- Implementing -- Evaluating -- Documenting, reporting, conferring, and using informatics -- Developmental concepts -- Conception through young adult -- The aging adult -- Communicator -- Teacher and counselor -- Nurse leader and manager -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Safety, security, and emergency preparedness -- Asepsis and infection control -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Medications -- Perioperative nursing -- Hygiene -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Activity -- Rest and sleep -- Comfort -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Oxygenation -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance -- Self-concept -- Stress and adaptation -- Loss, grief, and dying -- Sensory functioning -- Sexuality -- Spirituality.…”

Tracking gender equity under economic reforms continuity and change in South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Non-conventional indicators of gender disparities under structural reforms / Shobna Sonpar and Ravi Kapur -- Household response to gender issues : a survey on households of female EPZ workers in Bangladesh / Salma Chaudhuri Zohir -- Status of women under economic reforms : the Indian case / Swapna Mukhopadhyay -- Economic reform and the status of women in Nepal / APROSC -- Gender and adjustment policies : evidence from Pakistan / Rehana Siddiqui, Shahnaz Hamid, Rizwana Siddiqui, and Naeem Akhtar -- Continuity and change : women workers in garment and textile industries in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera -- Family structure, women's education and work : re-examining the high status of women in Kerala / Mridul Eapen and Praveena Kodoth -- Trade, gender, and employment issues / Manju Senapaty -- Gender in a macroeconomic framework : a CGE model analysis / Anushree Sinha and Sangeeta N. -- Towards integration? …”
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Social and communication development in autism spectrum disorders early identification, diagnosis, and intervention /

Table of Contents: “…Yoder and Andrea S. McDuffie -- Evidence-based interventions for language development in young children with autism / Sally J. …”
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Remittances and development lessons from Latin America /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Remittances and household behavior : evidence for Latin America / Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber, and J. …”
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Plaquemine archaeology

Table of Contents: “…Livingood -- Coles Creek antecedents of Plaquemine mound construction : evidence from the Raffman site / Lori Roe -- Extraregional contact and cultural interaction at the Coles Creek-Plaquemine transition : recent data from the Lake Providence mounds, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana / Douglas C. …”
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Effective healthcare leadership

Table of Contents: “…/ Mansour Jumaa -- Strategic leadership for healthcare management / Mark Hodder and Stuart Marples -- Healthcare governance through effective leadership / Rob McSherry, Alyson Wadding and Paddy Pearce -- The CLINLAP model - a model for nursing management and leadership development / Mansour Jumaa -- Implementing the CLINLAP model : a case study of policy change in managing deliberate self-harm / Janice Phillips, Helen Julu, Gülner Salih and Chris Gbolo -- Leadership through group clinical supervision / Jo Alleyne and Mansour Jumaa -- Leadership for evidence-based practice / Mansour Jumaa, Ilkka Kunnamo and Melanie Jasper -- Leadership with emotional intelligence / Mansour Jumaa -- Leading change in primary and community care / Lindsey Hayes -- Leading an older persons' outreach and support team through transformational leadership / Nadia Chambers -- Leadership for practice development / Theresa Shaw -- Leadership in an interprofessional context : learning from learning disability / Janet McCray -- The challenges for leadership for the future / Melanie Jasper.…”
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Patient safety principles and practice /

Table of Contents: “…White -- Improving patient safety using quality management tools / Susan V. White -- Evidence-based practice to promote patient safety / Jacqueline Fowler Byers -- Putting patients in charge of their health care to promote patient safety / Tania Daniels -- Impact of nurse staffing on patient safety / Lynn Unruh -- Improving the nursing work culture / Jo Ann Miller & Mary Lou Brunell -- Using technology to improve patient safety / Debra S. …”
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Public health skills a practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners /

Table of Contents: “…Assessing and identifying health needs : theories and frameworks for practice / Fiona Haughey -- Health needs assessment : appraising and measuring need / Cindy Carlson -- Needs assessment / John Acres -- Collaborative working : organisational development for community participation / Helen Elsey -- Partnerships for public health : user involvement to improve health and wellbeing / Steve Tee -- Partnerships for public health : professional involvement to improve health and wellbeing / Palo Almond and Sarah Cowley -- Communication and you / Jackie Yardley -- Appraising and influencing health policy and strategy / Sue Toward -- Strategic leadership for health and wellbeing / Yvette Cox and Mark Rawlinson -- Health protection and the role of the public health nurse / Janet McCulloch and Jacqui Prieto -- Research and development : analysis and interpretation of evidence / Sheila Reading -- Quality and risk management in primary care settings / Linda Childs -- Quality and risk management : safe guarding children and vulnerable groups / Wendy Wigley -- Developing programmes, services, and reducing inequalities / Xena Dion -- Programme planning for health education / Chris Griffiths -- Ethically managing self, people, and resources to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and clients in the community / Neil Jackson and Lynda Rogers.…”
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Psychological responses to eating disorders and obesity recent and innovative work /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: psychological responses to eating disorders and obesity: an overview / Julia Buckroyd and Sharon Rother -- The many meanings of food and their impact on eating behaviour / Jane Ogden -- Anorexia nervosa. Using an evidence-based approach to develop new tailored treatment for anorexia nervosa / Carolina Lopez ... …”
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Archaeology and geoinformatics case studies from the Caribbean /

Table of Contents: “…Torres and Reniel Rodríguez Ramos -- Developing weights-of-evidence predictive models for the cultural resource management of pre-columbian sites in Trinidad / Basil A. …”
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Origins of the Dred Scott case Jacksonian jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, 1837-1857 / by Allen, Austin, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Realizing popular sovereignty : partisan sentiment and constitutional constraint in Jacksonian jurisprudence -- Imposing self-rule : professionalism, commerce, social order, and the sources of Taney court jurisprudence -- Evidence of law : popular sovereignty and judicial authority in Swift v. …”
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The socioeconomic dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa challenges, opportunities, and misconceptions /

Table of Contents: “…HIV/AIDS, economic growth, inequality / Markus Haacker -- Governing a world with HIV and AIDS : an unfinished success story / Alex de Waal -- Microeconomic perspectives on the impacts of HIV/AIDS / Kathleen Beegle, Markus Goldstein, and Harsha Thirumurthy -- The AIDS epidemic, nutrition, food security and livelihoods in the pre-ART and ART era : review of evidence in Africa / Suneetha Kadiyala and Antony Chapoto -- The relationship between HIV infection and education : an analysis of six Sub-Saharan African countries / Damien de Walque and Rachel Kline -- Back to basics : gender, social norms, and the AIDS epidemic in Africa / Susan Cotts Watkins -- The fight against AIDS in the larger context : the end of "AIDS exceptionalism" / Roger England -- Prevention failure : the ballooning entitlement burden of U.S. global AIDS treatment spending and what to do about it / Mead Over -- HIV prevention in Africa : what has been learned? …”
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Perinatal programming the state of the art /

Table of Contents: “…The past and future of perinatal medicine -- Experimental models of low birth weight--insight into the developmental programming of metabolic health, aging, and immune function -- Cardiovascular consequences of IUGR : experimental aspects -- Fetal programming of endocrine function in IUGR offspring depends on the cause of low birth weight : evidence from animal models and the human FIPS-study -- Intrauterine corticosteroids for lung maturation : observations of HPA axis function and cardiac autonomic balance in the neonate -- Feast or famine : in the fast lane to puberty -- Early life origins of diabetes and obesity : general aspects and the thin-fat baby paradigm -- The outcome in offspring of obese mothers -- Short and long term effects of gestational obesity : clinical observations -- Emerging role of neuroendocrine programming in obesity -- Genetic influences on the long-term effects of the perinatal environment on energy homeostasis and offspring obesity -- Perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers : clinical data -- Experimental observations on perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers -- Prenatal infections and long-term mental outcome : modeling schizophrenia-related dysfunctions using the prenatal Poly I : C model in mice -- Prenatal programming of cognition and emotion in humans : from birth to age 20 -- Perinatal programming of allergy -- Perinatal origin of testicular germ cell cancer : possible involvement of developmental re-programming -- Epigenetic adaptation during early life -- Toward a unifying concept on perinatal programming.…”
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The handbook of sport neuropsychology

Table of Contents: “….] -- Diagnosis and assessment of concussion / Barr & McCrea -- Neuroimaging techniques and sports-related concussion / Pardini, Henry & Fazio -- Evidence-based neuropsychological assessment in sport-related concussion / Iverson -- Effects of repeated concussive and sub-concussive impacts in sport -- Henry ... …”
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Complex structures a functionalist perspective /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Sentence intertwining in Danish, seen from a functional grammar perspective / Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen -- Subordinators in a semantic clause structure / Peter Harder -- The internal structure of adverbial clauses / Kees Hengeveld -- A classification of conditional satellites / Martine Cuvalay -- Conditionals at different levels of the clause / Gerry Wakker -- On the layering of the underlying clause structure in functional grammar / Ahmed Moutaouakil -- Terminality operators and their hierarchical status / Lars Johanson -- Particles / Tim van Baar -- Dutch modal particles, historical evidence, and functional grammar / Roel Vismans -- English nominalizations in the layered model of the sentence / J. …”
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A companion to forensic anthropology

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Archaeometallurgy in Mesoamerica current approaches and new perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Shugar -- An Interdisciplinary Survey of a Copper-Smelting Site in West Mexico : The Case of Jicalán el Viejo, Michoacán / Hans Roskamp and Mario Retiz -- Mining and Metallurgy, and the Evidence for Their Development in West Mexico / Blanca Maldonado -- The Production of Copper at El Coyote, Honduras : Processing, Dating, and Political Economy / Patricia Urban, Aaron N. …”
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Philosophical insights about modern science

Table of Contents: “…Beyond the current knowledge : a more holistic view -- Ways to new sustainable energy sources / Andrej Detela -- Evidence for biofield / Igor Jerman, Robert T. Leskovar and Rok Krašovec -- How to research experience? …”
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Biomechanics of dental implants handbook of researchers /

Table of Contents: “…Jaecques -- Strain measurement and electric resistance strain gauges / Ergin Tönük -- Photoelastic stress analysis / Murat Çehreli -- Reliability of experimental stress/strain data / Murat Çehreli -- Treatment planning for implant-supported fixed and removable prostheses / Regina Mericske-Stern -- Implant supported fixed partial prosthesis : current concepts and future directions / Kivanç Akça -- Biomechanics of post and core restorations / Burak Sadik and Serdar Arikan -- Evidence based dentistry hierarchy / Steven Eckert.…”
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