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Mediating culture in the seventeenth-century German novel : Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690 / by Scholz Williams, Gerhild, 1942-

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Informatics in the Future Proceedings of the 11th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2015), Vienna, October 2015 /

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Indigenous conflict management strategies : global perspectives / by Adebayo, A. G. (Akanmu Gafari), 1956-, Benjamin, Jesse J., Lundy, Brandon D., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Lundy -- The changing roles of traditional institutions in conflict management : a historical perspective from the Bamenda grassfields, Cameroon / Walter Gam Nkwi -- Jirga an indigenous institution for peace building in the Pukhtoon belt of Pakistan / Ali Gohar -- FATA : finding common ground in uncommon places / Paul Paterson -- Mesopotamia's indigenous revival : political discourse, imagined sovereignty, and contemporary Kurdish representations of identity / Haluk Baran Bingol and Jesse Benjamin -- Socio-political change and the evolution of irrigation disputes in rural China : the Jianghan Plain, 1870s-2011 / Jiayan Zhang -- Conclusion : culture and conflict management : the need for a paradigm shift / Debarati Sen, Ferdinand Kwaku Danso, and Natalia Meneses.…”
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Rethinking workplace regulation : beyond the standard contract of employment /

Table of Contents: “…/ Thomas Bredgaard -- The regulation of private sector and public sector supply chains : an australian contribution to cross-national legal learning / Michael Rawling & John Howe -- Organizing non-standard workers in Japan : the role of old players and new players / Keisuke Nakamura & Michio Nitta -- Safety nets and transition assistance : continuity and change in a "liberal" welfare state / Anthony O'Donnell -- Flexible work, flexible pensions : labor market change and the evolution of retirement savings / Kendra Strauss -- New approaches to work-family balance and gender equality : pension reform and antidiscrimination law / Julie C. …”
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Antibody-drug conjugates : fundamentals, drug development, and clinical outcomes to target cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Schmidt, Manish Gupta -- Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in clinical development / Patricia LoRusso and Joseph McLaughlin -- ADCs approved for use : Trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla, T-DM1) in patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer / Gail Lewis Phillips, Sanne de Hass, Sandhya Girish, and Ellie Guardino -- ADCs approved for use : Brentuximab Vedotin / Sven DeVos and Monica Mead -- Radioimmunotherapy / Jeffrey Wong and Savita Dandapani -- Radiolabeled antibody-based imaging in clinical oncology / Bart Hendriks and Daniel Gaddy -- Antibody-drug conjugates : the next evolution in the cure for cancer -- William C. Olson and Amy Q. …”
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Propriété intellectuelle et université : Entre la libre circulation des idées et la privatisation des savoirs / by Couture, Marc, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…La propriete intellectuelle : nature et portee juridique / Marcel Dube -- Les formes de la propriete intellectuelle et leurs domaines d'application / Marcel Dube -- La titularite de la propriete intellectuelle / Marcel Dube -- La protection et l'exploitation de la propriete intellectuelle / Marcel Dube -- La propriete intellectuelle : origine et evolution / Pierrick Malissard -- L'universite et la commercialisation des innovations techniques / Pierrick Malissard -- La diffusion et le partage de l'information scientifique / Marc Couture -- L'enseignement mediatise et le droit d'auteur / Marc Couture -- Les etudiants et la propriete intellectuelle / Marc Couture -- La reglementation de la propriete intellectuelle dans les universites canadiennes / Marc Couture et Pierrick Malissard Conclusion -- Annexe 1 Exceptions à la violation du droit d'auteur applicables aux universites -- Annexe 2 Notes methodologiques sur l'analyse des politiques des universites canadiennes -- Annexe 3 Liste des documents des etablissements universitaires cites -- Annexe 4 Pratiques de cosignature dans diverses disciplines -- Annexe 5 La gestion numerique des droits -- Annexe 6 L'acces libre, le logiciel libre et les licences associees.…”
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Resonant Games : Design Principles for Learning Games that Connect Hearts, Minds, and the Everyday / by Klopfer, Eric, Rosenheck, Louisa, Osterweil, Scot, Haas, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Beetle Breeders: Mendelian GeneticsInvasion of the Beasties: mRNA & Translation; Island Hoppers: Evolution; Chomp!: Food Webs; More Ubiquitous Games; Other Educational Games; Designing Ubiq Games; Adaptive Experiences; Practice-Based Rounds; Adaptive Leveling; Comparison; The Codesign Process; Integration into Life and School; Games that Fit into Everyday Life; Games that Fit into the Classroom; Aligning with Standards and Curriculum; Connecting Data to Practice; Flexibility of Use; Conclusion; 7 Doorway to Games; "Game" Design and "game" Design; Past Partnerships; Problematic Partnerships.…”
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Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes / by Thompson, Mark L., 1945-

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The Poetics of Jacobean Drama / by Freer, Coburn

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Frères Ennemis : The French in American Literature, Americans in French Literature / by Cloonan, William J.

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Thought Crime : Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan / by Ward, Max M., 1973-

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Seeking the Best Master : State Ownership in the Varieties of Capitalism /

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The Cultural Life of James Bond : Specters of 007 /

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Turning toward Edification : Foreigners in Chosŏn Korea / by Bohnet, Adam

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The Examined Life : An Adventure in Moral Philosophy by Fite, Warner, 1867-1955

Table of Contents: “…The substance of life : The particular nature of man ; Biological evolution and the experience of thinking ; Thinking and imagination ; Imagination and human life ; Imagination, morality, religion ; Imagination and the metaphysical problem. -- XV. …”
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The Failure of Soviet Economic Planning : System, Performance, Reform / by Campbell, Robert W. (Robert Wellington), 1926-2015

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Castles, battles, & bombs how economics explains military history / by Brauer, Jurgen, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Informatics in the Future Proceedings of the 11th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2015), Vienna, October 2015 /

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Indigenous conflict management strategies : global perspectives / by Adebayo, A. G. (Akanmu Gafari), 1956-, Benjamin, Jesse J., Lundy, Brandon D., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Lundy -- The changing roles of traditional institutions in conflict management : a historical perspective from the Bamenda grassfields, Cameroon / Walter Gam Nkwi -- Jirga an indigenous institution for peace building in the Pukhtoon belt of Pakistan / Ali Gohar -- FATA : finding common ground in uncommon places / Paul Paterson -- Mesopotamia's indigenous revival : political discourse, imagined sovereignty, and contemporary Kurdish representations of identity / Haluk Baran Bingol and Jesse Benjamin -- Socio-political change and the evolution of irrigation disputes in rural China : the Jianghan Plain, 1870s-2011 / Jiayan Zhang -- Conclusion : culture and conflict management : the need for a paradigm shift / Debarati Sen, Ferdinand Kwaku Danso, and Natalia Meneses.…”
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Rethinking workplace regulation : beyond the standard contract of employment /

Table of Contents: “…/ Thomas Bredgaard -- The regulation of private sector and public sector supply chains : an australian contribution to cross-national legal learning / Michael Rawling & John Howe -- Organizing non-standard workers in Japan : the role of old players and new players / Keisuke Nakamura & Michio Nitta -- Safety nets and transition assistance : continuity and change in a "liberal" welfare state / Anthony O'Donnell -- Flexible work, flexible pensions : labor market change and the evolution of retirement savings / Kendra Strauss -- New approaches to work-family balance and gender equality : pension reform and antidiscrimination law / Julie C. …”
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