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Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the Japanese skyscape / by Gotō, Akira, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Japanese people and stars : cultural astronomy and star lore of the Japanese -- Stars in mythology and classical literature -- Star lore of the Hokkaido Ainu -- Ethnoastronomy in the Ryukyu Islands -- Archaeoastronomy of prehistoric Japan : a historical survey -- Fallen star legends in Japanese folk beliefs -- Cosmology seen in house and burial orientation of the Hokkaido Ainu, Northern Japan -- The sun and the Kingdom of Ryukyu : an ethnohistorical approach to state formation -- Epilogue.…”
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S-BPM in the Wild Practical Value Creation /

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction -- Part I Business Operation Support -- 2 Subject-Oriented Business Processes Meet Strategic Management: Two Case Studies from the Manufacturing Industry -- 3 Communication- and Value-Based Organizational Development at the University Clinic for Radiotherapy-Radiation Oncology -- 4 Introducing S-BPM at an IT Service Providers -- 5 A Service Hardware Application Case Fiducia -- 6 Designing an Agile Process Layer for Competitive Differentiation -- Part II Consultancy and Education Support -- 7 Model as You Do: Engaging an S-BPM Vendor on Process Modelling in 3D Virtual Worlds -- 8 A Tangible Modeling Interface for Subject-Oriented Business Process Management -- 9 A Reference Model for Maintenance Processes -- 10 Role and Rights Management -- 11 Embodying Business Rules in S-BPM -- 12 Agents Implementing Subject Behaviour: A Manufacturing Scenario -- Part III Technical Execution Support -- 13 An Abstract State Machine Interpreter for S-BPM -- 14 Structured Communication—Approaching S-BPM with Microsoft Technologies -- 15 ERP Integration in S-BPM Processes.…”
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Addressing China's water scarcity recommendations for selected water resource management issues /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Water scarcity in China : current situation -- Water resources management in China : an overview of determinant variables -- Improving water governance -- Deepening water rights administration and developing water markets -- Improving efficiency and equity in water pricing -- Protecting ecosystems in river basins through market-oriented eco-compensation instruments -- Controlling water pollution -- Preventing water pollution disasters -- Summary, action plan and issues for the future.…”
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Beyond friend and foe the politics of critical theory / by Heins, Volker, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Knowing the worst : critical theory as trauma narrative -- From factions to rackets : the traps of conspiracy thinking -- Flaneurs without borders : Benjamin and the cultural politics of travel writing -- Meanings of barbarism : civil society and its others -- Orientalizing America : Habermas and the changing discourse of Europe -- Age of access? …”
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Inside coma a new view of awareness, healing, and hope / by Morin, Pierre, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Recovery and the process-oriented approach -- The myth of vegetation, mind-body beliefs and coma work -- The myth of health and normality -- The mystery of relationship in coma care and recovery -- The spirit of healing : accessing the healer in you and your client -- Using your own altered states to benefit the person in coma -- Preventing burnout -- Coma as our teacher -- Relating to the hospital, health care team, and family -- Post-coma work -- The future of coma work.…”
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Derrida after the End of Writing : Political Theology and New Materialism / by Crockett, Clayton, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Derrida and the new materialism -- Reading Derrida reading religion -- Surviving Christianity -- Political theology without sovereignty -- Interrupting Heidegger with a ram: Derrida's reading of Celan -- Derrida, Lacan, and object-oriented ontology: philosophy of religion at the end of the world -- Radical theology and the event: Caputo's Derridean gospel -- Deconstructive plasticity: Malabou's biological materialism -- Quantum Derrida: Barad's hauntological materialism -- The sins of the fathers, a love letter.…”
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Empowering women in higher education and student affairs theory, research, narratives, and practice from feminist perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Exploring identity contexts : the intersections of class, gender, race, and sexual orientation for faculty, administrators, and students -- pt. 4. …”
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Archie Mafeje scholar, activist and thinker / by Nabudere, D. Wadada

Table of Contents: “…-- Mafeje's ideological and philosophical orientations -- The critique of anthropology and alterity -- The study of rural African society -- Culture as the 'missing link' in African development -- The issue of 'social formations' of African society -- Mafeje's attempts to endogenise and deconstruct knowledge production -- The African post-colonial states and the African political elite -- Mafeje and African philosophy -- The Interlacustrine Kingdoms as 'social formations' -- Mafeje - the South African radical -- Cosmology, epistemology and academic disciplines -- Conclusion.…”
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From smart to wise acting and leading with wisdom / by Kaipa, Prasad, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Wise leaders wanted -- Shift your perspective: connect to your noble purpose -- Be aware of your action orientation: act authentically and appropriately -- Gain role clarity: lead from any position -- Clarify your decision logic: decide with discernment -- Develop flexible fortitude: know when to hold and when to fold -- Discover drivers of your motivation: act with enlightened self interest -- Cocreate a field of wise leadership: find your wisdom logic.…”
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Pretty film and the decorative image / by Galt, Rosalind

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the pretty as troublesome image -- From aesthetics to film aesthetics: or, beauty and truth redux -- Colors: Derek Jarman and queer aesthetics -- Ornament and modernity: from decorative art to cultural criticism -- Objects: oriental style and the arabesques of Moulin Rouge! …”
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ACT in practice case conceptualization in acceptance & commitment therapy / by Bach, Patricia A.

Table of Contents: “…An orientation to ACT -- Clinical behavior analysis and the three waves of behavior therapy -- Functional analysis and ACT assessment -- Relational frame theory -- What is case conceptualization? …”
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Balkan smoke tobacco and the making of modern Bulgaria / by Neuburger, Mary, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Coffee house babble : smoking and sociability in the long nineteenth century -- No smoke without fire : tobacco and transformation, 1878-1914 -- From the Orient Express to the Sofia café : smoke and propriety in the interwar years -- Asenovgrad fortress : the biography of a tobacco cooperative between the world wars -- From leaf to ash : Bulgarians, Jews, Germans and the Second World War -- Smoke-filled rooms : places to light up in communist Bulgaria -- Smokes for big brother : Bulgartabak and tobacco under communism.…”
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Leadership / by Tracy, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Leaders are made, not born -- A sense of mission -- Action orientation -- The quality of courage -- The leader as strategist -- The ability to inspire and motivate -- Commit to winning -- The leader as communicator -- Learn from adversity -- Build a championship team -- Focus on results -- The desire to lead -- The role of self-esteem in leadership -- Lead by example -- Self-motivation for leaders -- Develop leadership qualities -- Power through cooperation -- Lead by consensus -- Leaders are listeners -- Live like a leader -- Integrity : the essential quality of leadership.…”
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21st century C / by Klemens, Ben

Table of Contents: “…Your pal the pointer -- Inessential C syntax that textbooks spend a lot of time covering -- Important C syntax that textbooks often do not cover -- Easier text handling -- Better structures -- Object-oriented programming in C -- Parallel threads -- Libraries -- Epilogue -- A. …”

Cult cinema an introduction / by Mathijs, Ernest

Table of Contents: “…Cult reception contexts -- The cult cinema marketplace -- Prestige, awards, and festivals -- Censorship and criticism -- Random and subculture -- The cult auteur -- Cult stardom -- Camp and paracinema -- Transgression and freakery -- Gender and sexuality -- Transnationalism and Orientalism -- Religion and utopia -- Themes and genres. …”
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U.S. global defense posture, 1783-2011 / by Pettyjohn, Stacie L.

Table of Contents: “…Framework for U.S. posture -- Extent of the U.S. overseas military presence -- Operational orientation of American forces -- Continental defense, 1783-1815 -- Continental defense and commercialism, 1815-1898 -- Transition period, 1898-1905 -- Oceanic posture -- Hemispheric defense (hemispheric anti-access/area denial) -- Perimeter defense in-depth, 1943-1949 -- Consolidated defense-in-depth -- Transitioning from perimeter defense-in-depth to consolidated defense-in-depth -- Expeditionary defense-in-depth -- Comparing the GDPR to perimeter defense-in-depth -- Findings and recommendations -- Recommendations -- Concluding thoughts.…”
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Attention

Table of Contents: “…-- Older view of attention -- Preattentive systems: psychological and behavioral studies -- Orientation -- Reaction time -- Interpretation -- What is processed preattentively? …”
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Modeling power electronics and interfacing energy conversion systems /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to electrical engineering simulation -- Analysis of electrical circuits with mesh and nodal analysis -- Modelling and analysis of electrical circuits with block diagrams -- Power electronics : electrical circuit oriented simulation -- Designing power electronic control systems -- Instrumentation and control interfaces for energy systems and power electronics -- Modeling electrical machines -- Stand alone and grid connected inverters -- Modeling alternative sources of energy -- Power quality analysis -- From PSIM simulation to hardware implementation in DSP -- Digital processing techniques applied to power electronics.…”
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Doing fieldwork ethnographic methods for research in developing countries and beyond / by Fife, Wayne

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary scholarly sources and a theoretical orientation -- 4. Newspapers and government documents : popular and official sources of information -- Pt. …”
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Dialectical behavior therapy with suicidal adolescents by Miller, Alec L.

Table of Contents: “…-- Dialectical behavior therapy: treatment stages, primary targets, and strategies -- DBT program structure: functions and modes -- Dialectical dilemmas for adolescents : addressing secondary treatment target -- Assessing adolescents: suicide risk, diagnosis, and treatment feasibility -- Orienting adolescents and families to treatment and obtaining commitment -- Individual therapy with adolescents -- Including families in treatment -- Skills training with adolescents -- Assessing progress, running a graduate group, and terminating treatment -- Program issues.…”
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