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Francis of Assisi the life and afterlife of a medieval saint / by Vauchez, André

Table of Contents: “…Biographical sketch, 1182-1226 -- Francesco di Bernardone -- Brother Francis: a layman in the Christianity of the early thirteenth century -- Death and transfiguration of Francis, 1226-1253 -- Becoming Saint Francis, 1226-1230 -- Second death of Francis, 1230-1253 -- Images and myths of Francis of Assisi: from the Middle Ages to today -- Medieval interpretations of Francis: thirteenth to fourteenth centuries -- Francis between history and myth: sixteenth to twentieth centuries -- Originality of Francis and his charism -- Writings of Francis -- Experience of God -- New relationship to scripture: the spirit of the letter -- Francis, nature, and the world -- Francis and the church: the charism within the institution -- Gospel in the world: a transformation of religious anthropology -- Cultural mediator of a new religious sensibility -- Francis, prophet for his time ... or for ours? …”
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Smith, Currie & Hancock's common sense construction law : a practical guide for the construction professional /

Table of Contents: “…The legal context of construction -- Interpreting the contract -- Alternative contracting methods -- Public private partnerships -- International construction contracts -- Working in a new state : pre-proposal & performance considerations -- Competing for the contract -- The uniform commercial code and the construction industry -- Authority and responsibility of the design professional -- Subcontract administration and dispute avoidance -- Contract changes -- Differing site conditions -- Schedules, delays, and acceleration -- Inspection, acceptance, warranties, and commissioning -- Management techniques to limit risks and avoid disputes -- Payment bonds -- Performance bonds and terminations -- Proving costs and damages -- An overview of environmental and safety concerns on the construction site -- Construction insurance -- Labor and employment issues affecting the construction industry -- Bankruptcy in the construction setting -- Resolution of construction disputes -- Federal government construction contracting : an overview.…”
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mHealth Innovation in Asia Grassroots Challenges and Practical Interventions /

Table of Contents: “….- Chapter 1: Barriers to informal mHealth adoption by community health workers in regional Indonesia --  Chapter 2:  Take care of your health, this is what the Qur’an said - The use of mobile phone among poor rural women with Type-2 Diabetes in Central Java, Indonesia -- Chapter 3: One size does not fit all - The importance of contextually sensitive mHealth strategies for frontline female health workers -- Chapter 4: Chinese Consumers’ Perceptions and Interpretations of Fitness Mobile Apps: Qualitative Insights -- Section 2: Strategies -- Chapter 5: The Path to Scale: Navigating design, policy and infrastructure -- Chapter 6: mHealth, health and mobility - A culture-centered interrogation.- Afterword.…”
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Scientific pluralism

Table of Contents: “…Wade Savage -- Explanations of the evolution of sex : a plurality of local mechanisms / Carla Fehr -- A pluralist interpretation of gene-centered biology / C. Kenneth Waters -- Disciplinary pluralism for science studies / Stephen H. …”
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Atonement, Christology and the Trinity making sense of Christian doctrine / by Brümmer, Vincent

Table of Contents: “…The intelligibility of Christian doctrine -- Mysteries and puzzles -- The limits of metaphorical thinking -- The puzzles of metaphorical thinking -- Theology and the puzzles of doctrine -- Fellowship with God : the matrix of faith -- Ultimate happiness and fellowship with God -- Rich and famous -- Human love -- Divine love -- Unhappiness as estrangement from God -- Estrangement and reconciliation -- Estrangement -- Reconciliation -- The price of reconciliation -- Divine forgiveness -- Change of heart -- The matrix of faith -- Christian doctrine : interpreting the matrix -- The doctrine of atonement -- A point of departure -- Patristic ideas on atonement -- The universal and the particular -- Penal substitution -- Atonement as reconciliation -- The doctrine of Christology -- Atonement and Christology -- Natures or functions? …”
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The European Convention on Human Rights collected essays / by Loukaidēs, Loukēs G.

Table of Contents: “…The rules of interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights -- The concept of "continuing" violations of human rights -- The rule of law and human rights with special reference to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rghts (ECHR) -- The prohibition of discrimination under protocol 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights -- Determining the extra-territorial effect of the European Convention : facts, jurisprudence and the Banković case -- The European Convention on Human Rights and the rights of persons with disabilities -- The judgment of the European court of human rights in the case of Cyprus v. …”
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mHealth Innovation in Asia Grassroots Challenges and Practical Interventions /

Table of Contents: “….- Chapter 1: Barriers to informal mHealth adoption by community health workers in regional Indonesia --  Chapter 2:  Take care of your health, this is what the Qur’an said - The use of mobile phone among poor rural women with Type-2 Diabetes in Central Java, Indonesia -- Chapter 3: One size does not fit all - The importance of contextually sensitive mHealth strategies for frontline female health workers -- Chapter 4: Chinese Consumers’ Perceptions and Interpretations of Fitness Mobile Apps: Qualitative Insights -- Section 2: Strategies -- Chapter 5: The Path to Scale: Navigating design, policy and infrastructure -- Chapter 6: mHealth, health and mobility - A culture-centered interrogation.- Afterword.…”
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Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry a practical guide / by Sparkman, O. David (Orrin David), 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The fundamentals of GC/MS -- Introduction and history -- Gas chromatography -- The gc/ms interface -- Mass spectrometry instrumentation -- Mass spectral data interpretation -- Quantitation with GC/MS -- GC conditions, derivatization, and mass spectral interpretation -- Of specific compound types -- Acids -- Alcohols -- Aldehydes -- Amides -- Amines -- Amino acid -- Common contaminants -- Drugs and their metabolites -- Esters -- Ethers -- Fluorinated compounds -- Gases -- Glycols -- Halogenated compounds (other than fluorinated) -- Hydrocarbons -- Isocyanates -- Ketones -- Nitriles -- Nitroaromatics -- Nitrogen-containing heterocyclics -- Nucleosides (TMS derivatives) -- Pesticides -- Phenols -- Phosphorus compounds -- Plasticizers and other polymer additives (including phthalates) -- Prostaglandins (MO-TMS derivatives) -- Solvents and their impurities -- Steroids -- Sugars (monosaccharides) -- Sulfur compounds -- Appendices -- A definitions of terms related to gas chromatography -- B definitions of terms related to mass spectrometry -- C atomic masses and isotope abundances -- X+1 and x+2 values for ions containing atoms of C and H based on -- Isotope contributions -- E isotope peak patterns for ions containing atoms of Cl and/or Br -- F steps to follow in the determination of an elemental composition -- Based on isotope peak intensity ratios -- G derivatization in GC/MS -- H points of comparison of LC/MS vs GC/MS -- I list of available EI mass spectral databases -- J information required for reporting a GC/MS analysis -- K third-party software for use with GC/MS -- GC installation and maintenance -- Troubleshooting common GC problems -- N maintenance, operating tips, and troubleshooting for mass spectrometers -- O mixtures for determining mass spectral resolution -- P cross-index chart for GC stationary phases -- Q ions for determining unknown structures.…”
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Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry a practical guide / by Sparkman, O. David (Orrin David), 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The fundamentals of GC/MS -- Introduction and history -- Gas chromatography -- The gc/ms interface -- Mass spectrometry instrumentation -- Mass spectral data interpretation -- Quantitation with GC/MS -- GC conditions, derivatization, and mass spectral interpretation -- Of specific compound types -- Acids -- Alcohols -- Aldehydes -- Amides -- Amines -- Amino acid -- Common contaminants -- Drugs and their metabolites -- Esters -- Ethers -- Fluorinated compounds -- Gases -- Glycols -- Halogenated compounds (other than fluorinated) -- Hydrocarbons -- Isocyanates -- Ketones -- Nitriles -- Nitroaromatics -- Nitrogen-containing heterocyclics -- Nucleosides (TMS derivatives) -- Pesticides -- Phenols -- Phosphorus compounds -- Plasticizers and other polymer additives (including phthalates) -- Prostaglandins (MO-TMS derivatives) -- Solvents and their impurities -- Steroids -- Sugars (monosaccharides) -- Sulfur compounds -- Appendices -- A definitions of terms related to gas chromatography -- B definitions of terms related to mass spectrometry -- C atomic masses and isotope abundances -- X+1 and x+2 values for ions containing atoms of C and H based on -- Isotope contributions -- E isotope peak patterns for ions containing atoms of Cl and/or Br -- F steps to follow in the determination of an elemental composition -- Based on isotope peak intensity ratios -- G derivatization in GC/MS -- H points of comparison of LC/MS vs GC/MS -- I list of available EI mass spectral databases -- J information required for reporting a GC/MS analysis -- K third-party software for use with GC/MS -- GC installation and maintenance -- Troubleshooting common GC problems -- N maintenance, operating tips, and troubleshooting for mass spectrometers -- O mixtures for determining mass spectral resolution -- P cross-index chart for GC stationary phases -- Q ions for determining unknown structures.…”
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Digital cognitive technologies epistemology and the knowledge economy /

Table of Contents: “…Interrelations between analysis types and interpretation types / Karl M. VAN METER -- 15. Pluralism and plurality of interpretations / Francois DAOUST & Jules DUCHASTEL -- PART VI. …”
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Digital cognitive technologies epistemology and the knowledge economy /

Table of Contents: “…Interrelations between analysis types and interpretation types / Karl M. VAN METER -- 15. Pluralism and plurality of interpretations / Francois DAOUST & Jules DUCHASTEL -- PART VI. …”
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Statistical issues in drug development by Senn, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…A brief and superficial history of statistics for drug developers -- Design and interpretation of clinical trials as seen by a statistician -- Probability, Bayes, P-values, tests of hypotheses, and confidence intervals -- The work of the pharmaceutical statistician -- Allocating treatments to patients in clinical trials -- Baselines and covariate information --…”
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The failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda the role of bystanders / by Grünfeld, Fred, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Early warnings and early action by bystanders -- The tribunal's interpretation and implementation of the genocide convention -- Rwandan history -- Undermining UNAMIR -- The installment of UNAMIR with Belgian participation -- Early warning of atrocities in 1991-1994 -- Early warnings from November to January -- The genocide fax and the prohibition from U.N. headquarters to act -- The negative response of New York and capitals in the west to the deteriorating situation -- Deteriorating security in Rwanda and the negative response from New York from January up until March -- Requests from Dallaire and from Belgium to New York for a stronger and firmer broadened mandate for UNAMIR -- UNAMIR : its mandate and the offending Belgian role -- The start of the genocide -- Evacuation -- Belgian decision to withdraw its troops -- The response of the Security Council -- The role of the Netherlands throughout the genocide -- Apologies from bystanders ten years later.…”
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Contested conversions to Islam narratives of religious change in the early modern Ottoman Empire / by Krstić, Tijana

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : turning "Rumi" : conversion to Islam, fashioning of the Ottoman imperial ideology, and interconfessional relations in the early modern Mediterranean context -- Muslims through narratives : textual repertoires of fifteenth-century Ottoman Islam and formation of the Ottoman interpretative communities -- Toward an Ottoman Rumi identity : the polemical arena of syncretism and the debate on the place of converts in fifteenth-century Ottoman polity -- In expectation of the Messiah : interimperial rivalry, apocalypse, and conversion in sixteenth-century Muslim polemical narratives -- Illuminated by the light of Islam and the glory of the Ottoman Sultanate : self-narratives of conversion to Islam in the age of confessionalization -- Between the turban and the papal tiara : Orthodox Christian neomartyrs and their impresarios in the age of confessionalization -- Everyday communal politics of coexistence and Orthodox Christian martyrdom : a dialogue of sources and gender regimes in the age of confessionalization -- Conclusion : conversion and confessionalization in the Ottoman Empire: considerations for future research.…”
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Grammatical analyses in Basque and Romance linguistics papers in honor of Mario Saltarelli /

Table of Contents: “…Anaphora and soft constraints / Luigi Burzio -- Passive constructions and partitive case checking in Spanish / Héctor Campos -- Deconstructing weak cross-over / Heles Contreras -- A minimal account of Spanish adjective position and interpretation / Violeta Demonte -- Pre-Basque plosives / José Ignacio Hualde -- A unified approach to control and obviation / Marta Luján -- Theta binding and the semantics of NPs in Romance / Juan Martín -- Tuscan germinates and trochaic feet / Michael Mazzola -- Unaccusative and antipassive constructions in Basque and Spanish / Errapel Mejías-Bikandi -- Focus phrases, force phrases and left heads in Basque / Jon Ortiz de Urbina -- On agreement and case / Claudia Parodi and Carlos Quicoli -- Directionality of cliticization in European Portuguese : left or right / Eduardo Raposo -- Clitic doubling of strong pronouns in Spanish / Margarita Suñer -- Clitic clusters in Romance / Dieter Wanner -- Voice and aspect / Karen Zagona.…”
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Re-thinking Renaissance objects

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Peta Motture and Michelle O'Malley -- Finding fame : painting and the making of careers in Renaissance Italy / Michelle O'Malley -- Set in stone : monumental altar frames in Renaissance Florence / Meghan Callahan and Donal Cooper -- Veit Stoss and the origins of collecting of small-scale sculpture before 1500 / Norbert Jopek -- New light on a Venetian lantern at the V&A / Nick Humphrey and Martino Ferrari Bravo -- Rethinking the Petrucci Pavement / Elizabeth Miller and Alun Graves -- Dancing, love, and the 'beautiful game' : a new interpretation of a group of fifteenth-century 'gaming' boxes / Paula Nuttall -- Sharing and status : the design and function of a sixteenth-century Spanish spice stand in the Victoria and Albert Museum / Kirstin Kennedy -- Scattered knives and dismembered song : cutlery, music and the rituals of dining / Flora Dennis.…”
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Lincoln's America 1809-1865 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Interpreting Lincoln the man and his times / Joseph R. …”
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Democratic citizenship and the free movement of people /

Table of Contents: “…Gehring -- Ethnic return migration, selective incentives, and the right to freedom of movement in post-cold war Greece / Harris Mylonas -- Liberal democracies' divergent interpretations of the right of return : implications for free movement / Megan Bradley.…”
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The failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda the role of bystanders / by Grünfeld, Fred, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Early warnings and early action by bystanders -- The tribunal's interpretation and implementation of the genocide convention -- Rwandan history -- Undermining UNAMIR -- The installment of UNAMIR with Belgian participation -- Early warning of atrocities in 1991-1994 -- Early warnings from November to January -- The genocide fax and the prohibition from U.N. headquarters to act -- The negative response of New York and capitals in the west to the deteriorating situation -- Deteriorating security in Rwanda and the negative response from New York from January up until March -- Requests from Dallaire and from Belgium to New York for a stronger and firmer broadened mandate for UNAMIR -- UNAMIR : its mandate and the offending Belgian role -- The start of the genocide -- Evacuation -- Belgian decision to withdraw its troops -- The response of the Security Council -- The role of the Netherlands throughout the genocide -- Apologies from bystanders ten years later.…”
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Contested conversions to Islam narratives of religious change in the early modern Ottoman Empire / by Krstić, Tijana

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : turning "Rumi" : conversion to Islam, fashioning of the Ottoman imperial ideology, and interconfessional relations in the early modern Mediterranean context -- Muslims through narratives : textual repertoires of fifteenth-century Ottoman Islam and formation of the Ottoman interpretative communities -- Toward an Ottoman Rumi identity : the polemical arena of syncretism and the debate on the place of converts in fifteenth-century Ottoman polity -- In expectation of the Messiah : interimperial rivalry, apocalypse, and conversion in sixteenth-century Muslim polemical narratives -- Illuminated by the light of Islam and the glory of the Ottoman Sultanate : self-narratives of conversion to Islam in the age of confessionalization -- Between the turban and the papal tiara : Orthodox Christian neomartyrs and their impresarios in the age of confessionalization -- Everyday communal politics of coexistence and Orthodox Christian martyrdom : a dialogue of sources and gender regimes in the age of confessionalization -- Conclusion : conversion and confessionalization in the Ottoman Empire: considerations for future research.…”
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