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Rebalancing growth in Asia economic dimensions for China /

Table of Contents: “…/ Kai Guo and Papa N'Diaye -- Employment effects of growth rebalancing in China / Kai Guo and Papa N'Diaye -- Determinants of China's private consumptions : an international perspective / Kai Guo and Papa N'Diaye -- Does government spending on health and education raise consumption? …”
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How to work in someone else's country / by Stark, Ruth D.

Table of Contents: “…Relationship is everything and everyone is related -- The first step : figuring out what your job is -- The second step : figuring out whom you are working for -- Questions to ask before you start packing -- A few travel survival tips -- Keeping safe -- What to do if you get there and nobody wants you -- How to make them glad that you are there -- Living and working in the public eye -- Working with your local counterparts -- Meet the press -- Dress code for the international professional -- Working with governments -- Visiting the field -- Presenting your message -- On gift-giving -- A few notes on culture -- Briefings and debriefings -- Making a difference -- Profile of the effective international worker -- A few last words.…”
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Lincoln, the law, and presidential leadership /

Table of Contents: “…Carnaham -- Lincoln an the potter Congressional Committee concerning the loyalty of government employees / Natalie Sweet -- Equality, statesmanship, and the Lincoln image in progressive presidential rhetoric / Jason R. …”
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Novel lipid mediators in resolution of inflammation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Complete resolution of the acute inflammatory response and its return to homeostasis is essential -- Efforts to identify and characterize the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern resolution of self-limited inflammation -- Systems approach with temporal analysis of the evolving inflammatory exudates using unbiased mediator lipidomics/informatics, proteomics, and cellular traffic with murine resolving exudates -- Novel endogenous pathways of local acting mediators that are dual acting, and that are both anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving -- Biosynthesis and actions of "resolvins" and "protectins" -- E-series resolvins and D-series resolvins -- Actions of neuroprotectin D-1 -- Biosynthesis of aspirin-triggered lipid mediators and their impact in regulating acute inflammatory responses -- The resolution of acute inflammation is an active process that can be accelerated.…”
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Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy / by Widerquist, Karl, McCall, Grant S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Modern political philosophy and prehistoric anthropology : some preliminary issues -- The Hobbesian hypothesis : how a colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of government -- John Locke and the Hobbesian hypothesis : how a similar colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of private property rights -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in eighteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in nineteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in contemporary political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in anthropology -- Nasty and brutish? …”
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Impounded People : Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers / by Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983, Opler, Marvin K. (Marvin Kaufmann), 1914-1981, Luomala, Katherine, Hansen, Asael T.

Table of Contents: “…Registration-a new crisis ; An emerging framework of community life ; The sorting ; Fruits of segregation -- Settling down. Programs-government and evacuee ; Evacuee orientations ; Stabilization of staff-evacuee relations ; The center way of life ; Tule Lake ; Disintegrating factors-the war and resettlement -- Getting out. …”
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Transgender rights and politics : groups, issue framing, and policy adoption /

Table of Contents: “…Sellers -- Policy learning, language, and implementation by local governments with transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination policies / Mitchell D. …”
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Enemy combatants, terrorism, and armed conflict law a guide to the issues /

Table of Contents: “…Walker -- The legal way ahead between war and peace / Kevin H. Govern -- Discerning justice in the trail and execution of Saddam Hussein / John D. …”
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Canada, Latin America, and the new internationalism a foreign policy analysis, 1968-1990 / by Stevenson, Brian J. R.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 From Puzzle to Policy 3 -- PART ONE CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- IN A CHANGING WORLD 25 -- 2 Canada and the Emergence of the -- New Internationalism 27 -- 3 Foreign PolicyAnalysis: From the 195os to the 980os 59 -- 4 Domestic Pressures, External Constraints, and the -- New Internationalism 9g -- PART TWO GROWING CLOSER TO THE -- AMERICAS 109 -- 5 Canadian Foreign Policy towards Latin America: -- Government Initiatives and Responses, 1968-1990 111 -- 6 Entering the Inter-American System: -- Canada andthe OAS 155 -- 7 Advisors to the Prince? …”
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The international legal regime of areas beyond national jurisdiction current and future developments /

Table of Contents: “…Principles and objectives of the legal regime governing areas beyond national jurisdiction / Tullio Treves -- The seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction : general and institutional aspects / Tullio Scovazzi -- The concept of the common heritage of mankind : its viability as a management tool for deep-sea genetic resources / Nele Matz-Luck -- Entitlement to marine living resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction / Richard Barnes -- Property rights in areas beyond national jurisdiction : not too late for a propter debate / Andrew Serdy -- The anthropocene, autopoiesis, and the disingenuousness of the genuine link : addressing enforcement gaps in the legal regime for areas beyond national jurisdiction / Rosemary Rayfuse -- The contribution of the international tribunal for the law of the sea to international law / Helmut Tuerk.…”
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Nothing to hide the false tradeoff between privacy and security / by Solove, Daniel J., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…-- The law-and-technology problem and the leave-it-to-the-legislature argument -- Video surveillance and the no-privacy-in-public argument -- Should the government engage in data mining? -- The Luddite argument, the Titanic phenomenon, and the fix-a-problem strategy.…”
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Commutative rings new research /

Table of Contents: “…Carriegos -- A characterization of commutative clean rings / Warren Wm. McGovern -- Jordan automorphisms of certain Jordan matrix algebra over commutative rings / Ruiping Yao, Dengyin Wang, Yanxia Zhao.…”
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Data mining applications with R / by Zhao, Yanchang, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Case Study in Telecommunications 5. Case Study in Government 6. Case Study in Crime & Homeland Security 7. …”
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ASEAN as a method : re-centering processes and institutions in contemporary Southeast Asian regionalism /

Table of Contents: “…ASEAN after 50 : Historical, Theoretical, and Regional Perspectives / Ceren Ergenc -- ASEAN in Regional Environmental Governance : Bright Prospects or Hazy Future? / Helena Varkkey, Şerif Onur Bahçecik, Mohd Talib Latif -- Financial Cooperation in ASEAN : An Inquiry into Its Place in East Asian Financial Regionalism / Burcu Ermeydan -- ASEAN, India and the Indo-Pacific : Evolving Regional Maritime Environment / Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, Ankush Ajay Wagle -- The Confluence of the Two Seas : The Rise of Indo-Pacific Region and ASEAN Centrality / Shofwan Choiruzzad -- Socio-Cultural Relations of ASEAN and South Korea / Hatice Celik -- Rethinking Indonesia's Role in ASEAN : From Leadership to Cooptation? …”
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Digital quality management in construction / by Marsden, Paul, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Ancient world construction quality (Paleolithic-500CE) -- Middle ages and discovery age construction quality (500CE-1800CE) -- Post-Industrial Age construction quality & lean (1800CE-2000CE) -- Modern quality management -- Quality information model -- Data & information management -- Business intelligence & data trusts -- Quality management culture & governance -- Digital capabilities -- Web based process management -- Drones -- Construction plant -- autonomous vehicles & telemetry -- Robotics, lasers & 3D printing -- Augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) & virtual reality (VR) -- Wearable & voice controlled technology -- Blockchains -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- Advanced materials -- Future technology -- Roadmap to digital quality management.…”
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A companion to environmental geography /

Table of Contents: “…Natural hazards / Daanish Mustafa -- 28. Environmental governance / Gavin Bridge and Tom Perreault -- 29. Commons / James McCarthy -- 30. …”
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Multi-stakeholder platforms for integrated water management

Table of Contents: “…/ Leo Santbergen -- Participating in watershed management : policy and practice in the Trahunco watershed, Argentinean Patagonia / Alejandra Moreyra and Jeroen Warner -- 'Yakunchik' : coming to agreement after violence in Perú / María Teresa Oré -- Multi-stakeholder platforms for surface and groundwater management in the Lerma-Chapala basin, Mexico / Philippus Wester, Jaime Hoogesteger van Dijk and Hans Paters -- Less tension, limited decision : a multi-stakeholder platform to review a contested sanitation project in Tiquipaya, Bolivia / Nicolas Faysse, Vladimir Cossío, Franz Quiroz, Raúl Ampuero and Bernardo Paz -- Multi-stakeholder dissonance in the South African water arena / Eliab Simpungwe, Pieter Waalewijn and Bert Raven -- Mekong region water-related MSPs : unfulfilled potential / John Dore -- Against the conventional wisdom : why sector reallocation of water and multi-stakeholder platforms do not take place in Uzbekistan / Kai Wegerich -- Unpacking participatory NRM : distinguishing resource capture from democratic governance / Bruce Currie-Alder -- Towards evaluating MSPs for integrated catchment management -- Annemiek Verhallen, Jeroen Warner and Leo Santbergen.…”
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Macrofinancial linkages trends, crises, and policies /

Table of Contents: “…Bordo, Olivier Jeanne -- Corporate governance quality : trends and real effects / Gianni de Nicoló, Luc Laeven, Kenichi Ueda -- Country insurance : the role of domestic policies / Törbjörn Becker ... …”
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Beyond the curse policies to harness the power of natural resources /

Table of Contents: “…/ Jeffrey Frankel -- Natural resources management and financial stability : evidence from Algeria / Mohammed Laksaci -- Copper, the real exchange rate and macroeconomic fluctuations in Chile / José de Gregorio and Felipe Labbé -- Governance and institutional aspects -- The political economy of reform in resource-rich countries / Ragnar Torvik -- Terms of trade and growth of resource economies : contrasting evidence from two African countries / Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Anthony Owusu Gyapong.…”
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Digital rebellion : the birth of the cyber left / by Wolfson, Todd, 1972-

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