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Introducing research methodology : a beginner's guide to doing a research project / by Flick, Uwe, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Orientation -- Why social research? -- Worldviews in social research -- Ethical issues in social research -- From research idea to research question -- Part II: Planning and design -- Reading and reviewing the literature -- Planning social research : steps in the research process -- Designing social research -- Deciding on your methods -- Part III: Working with data -- Collecting quantitative and qualitative data -- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data -- E-research : doing social research online -- Triangulation and mixed methods -- Part IV: Reflection and writing -- What is good research? …”

Building learning communities with character how to integrate academic, social, and emotional learning / by Novick, Bernard, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…An overview of themes in social-emotional learning and character education -- Readiness : assess your school's potential for change -- Recognize feelings : know when to start problem solving -- Identify problems : look at the current situation -- Set goals : focus the change efforts -- Generate options : think of many things to do -- Envision outcomes : consider all the consequences -- Choose carefully : select a goal-oriented or goal-driven solution -- Plan prescriptively : anticipate all details and roadblocks -- Learn constantly : obtain feedback and modify accordingly -- Look to the future : cultivate participation and leadership to build and sustain a caring community of learners.…”
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Spirituality in nursing the challenges of complexity / by Barnum, Barbara Stevens

Table of Contents: “…Spiritual versus religious orientations -- Levels of spiritual development : what happens when the nurse and patient differ? …”
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Sway of the Ottoman Empire on English identity in the long eighteenth century by Kugler, Emily M. N.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The 'other' England: Ottoman influence on English identity -- Captivity, apostasy, and imperial anxieties: English fantasies and fears of the Ottoman influence -- Arabic castaways in the high and low churches: debating English Protestantism in the seventeenth-century Ibn Tufayl translations -- The Ottoman influence in Robinson Crusoe: failures of English imperial identity -- Race and romance: Othello, Oroonoko and the decline of the Ottoman influence -- "I am not what I am": reimagining Shakespeare's Moor of Venice, 1603-1787 -- Oriental princes and noble slaves: romance models of race in Oroonoko, 1688-1788 -- Conclusion: The continued anxieties of empire: after the Ottoman influence.…”
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Regulation of mammalian cell division by the chromosomal passenger complex

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Cell division -- Cancer and chromosomal instability -- Cell division errors and aneuploidy -- The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) -- The CPC executes various functions in the dividing cell -- Regulation of Aurora B kinase activity and localization -- Centromeres and kinetochores -- Perturbation of the CPC results in severe chromosome congression and segregation defects -- Requirements for faithful chromosome segregation -- The CPC promotes bi-orientation by influencing kinetochore-microtubule interactions -- CPC substrates at the kinetochore -- Hec1/Ndc80 -- The CPC is essential for a functional mitotic checkpoint -- The dynamic localization at centromeres -- Transfer to the central spindle -- The CPC and cytokinesis -- Aurora kinase inhibitors as anti-cancer drugs.…”
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The Idea of Atonement in the Philosophy of Hermann Cohen / by Zank, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Hermann Cohen and Marburg Neo-Kantianism -- Hermann Cohen and the Philosophy of Judaism -- About This Study -- The Idea of Versöhnung (Atonement) -- Identifying the Proper Narrative -- Biographical Background -- Early Writings on the Religion of Israel and Modern Culture -- Turning Point: "Die Versohnungsidee" -- Renewing Jewish Philosophy of Religion -- Orientation -- Early Writings on Religion -- Substance, Self-Consciousness, and the Realization of the Good.…”
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Enterprise architecture for digital business : integrated transformation strategies / by Hazra, Tushar K., Unhelkar, Bhuvan

Table of Contents: “…Layers of the Enterprise Technology Stack -- Layer 1: Communications (Networks and Infrastructure) -- Layer 2: Data Storage (SQL and NoSQL) -- Layer 3: Analytics and Services (Machine Learning) -- Layer 4: Business Processes and Applications -- Layer 5: Presentations and Visualization (User Interfaces) and IoT Devices -- Security Architecture (All Layers) -- Services Oriented Architecture -- "Service" in SOA -- Services Landscape -- Shared Services -- Operational Services -- Customer Service -- Knowledge Worker Services -- Synchronization of Services -- Service-Orientation and Business…”
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Human diversity in education : an integrative approach / by Cushner, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Education in a changing society -- Multicultural education : historical and theoretical perspectives -- Culture and the culture-learning process -- Classrooms and schools as cultural crossroads -- Intercultural development : considering the growth of self and others -- Creating classrooms that address race and ethnicity -- The classroom as a global community : nationality and region -- Developing learning communities : language and learning style -- Religious pluralism in secular classrooms -- Developing a collaborative classroom : gender and sexual orientation -- Creating inclusive classrooms : the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension -- Creating developmentally appropriate classrooms : the importance of age and developmental status -- Improving schools for all children : the role of social class and social status in teaching and learning.…”

Poverty reduction and sustainable development in rural China

Table of Contents: “…The progress, experience, and prospects of western development / Lin Ling and Liu Shiqing -- Western development and China's development / Li Zhou -- The West and the challenges of market-oriented reform / Wang Xiaoyi -- Overexploitation of hydropower in Southwest China : the negative impacts on energy conservation and pollution control in China / Ma Jun -- Participatory poverty reduction in China : past and prospects / Han Wei -- The progress of poverty alleviation in the rural West / Li Zhou -- The ecological situation in western China -- And response strategies / Yu Changqing -- Development and ecological compensation in western China / Zhang Shiqiu and An Shumin -- Women's development and environmental conservation in western China / Ren Xiaodong, Huang Xiao, and Cai Kui.…”
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Breaking down barriers to care treatment of tobacco dependence in vulnerable populations / by Snyder, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Tobacco dependence treastment and culture -- Tobacco dependence treatment and female gender -- Tobacco dependence treatment in adolescents and young adults -- Tobacco dependence treatment in older adults --Tobacco dependence treatment and patient race and ethnicity -- Tobacco dependence treatment and patient sexual orientation -- Tobacco dependence treatment and patient native language -- Tobacco dependence and cultural barriers: conclusions -- Tobacco dependence and systematic barriers -- Tobacco dependence treatment in the urban poor -- Tobacco dependence treatment and the rural poor -- Tobacco dependence treatment in the illiterate -- Tobacco dependence treatment in those with comorbid mental illness -- Tobacco dependence treatment in the under- and uninsured -- Tobacco dependence treatment and systematic barriers: conclusions.…”
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Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought representation and will and their Indian parallels / by Cross, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Schopenhauer in context: the "oriental renaissance" -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Hinduism -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Buddhism -- "Representation": Schopenhauer and the reality-status of the world -- The reality-status of the empirical world: the Mādhyamika teaching -- Advaita Vedānta: the world as illusory appearance -- Conclusions: Schopenhauer's doctrine of representation and its Indian affinities -- Schopenhauer's conception of the world as will -- Schopenhauer: the will in its general forms (ideas) -- Metaphysical factors behind the empirical world: Advaita Vedānta -- The arising of the empirical world in Buddhism: the Yogācāra teaching -- Conclusions: Schopenhauer's will and comparable Indian ideas -- The ontological status of will -- Beyond the will: "better consciousness" and the "pure subject of knowing" -- The hidden compass: Schopenhauer and the limits of philosophy --Schopenhauer and Indian thought.…”
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After the "Speculative Turn": Realism, Philosophy, and Feminism /

Table of Contents: “…: speculative realism, object-oriented ontology, and queer theory / Michael O'Rourke.…”
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Attachment in adulthood structure, dynamics, and change / by Mikulincer, Mario

Table of Contents: “…The attachment behavioral system: basic concepts and principles -- A model of attachment-system functioning and dynamics in adulthood -- Normative attachment processes -- Measurement of attachment-related constructs in adulthood -- Individual differences in attachment-system functioning: development, stability, and change -- Attachment-related mental representations of self and others -- Attachment processes and emotion regulation -- Attachment orientations, behavioral self-regulation, and personal growth -- An attachment perspective on interpersonal regulation -- Attachment processes and couple functioning -- Relations between the attachment and caregiving systems -- Attachment and sex -- Attachment bases of psychopathology -- Implications of attachment theory and research for counseling and psychotherapy -- Applications of attachment theory and research in group and organizational settings -- Reflections on attachment security.…”
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Building innovation capability in organizations an international cross-case perspective / by Terziovski, Milé

Table of Contents: “…Development of an integrated innovation capability model -- Strategic shift from product orientation to innovative solutions capability in the German biotechnology industry: Sartorius AG -- Managing strategic change through mainstream and newstream innovation at Eurocopter France -- Leveraging innovation capabilities at Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd -- Drivers of innovation capability at Sun Microsystems (SMS) -- Development and exploitation of innovation capability at a Defence Project Engineering Company (DPEC) -- Drivers of innovation capability for effective sustainable development: best practice at Vaisala -- Developing innovation capability through intellectual property strategy in the Australian biotechnology industry: Starpharma -- Development of innovation capability at Invincible Company in Thailand -- Multiple cross-case analysis: conclusions and implications.…”
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The Enlightenment a genealogy / by Edelstein, Dan

Table of Contents: “…-- The spirit of the moderns: from the new science to the Enlightenment -- Society, the subject of the modern story -- Quarrel in the Academy: the ancients strike back -- Humanism and Enlightenment: the classical style of the philosophes -- The philosophical spirit of the laws: politics and antiquity -- An ancient god: pagans and philosophers -- Post tenebras lux: Begriffsgeschichte or regime d'historicité? -- Ancients and the Orient: translatio imperii -- Enlightened institutions (i): the royal academies versus the Republic of Letters -- Enlightened institutions (ii): universities, censorship, and public instruction -- Worldliness, politeness, and the importance of not being too radical -- From Enlightenment to Revolution: a shared history? …”
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Rebalancing growth in Asia economic dimensions for China /

Table of Contents: “…Rebalancing growth in Asia / Adil Mohommad, Pap N'Diaye, and Olaf Unteroberdoerster -- Corporate saving and rebalancing in Asia / Sonali Jain Chandra, Malhar Nabar, and Nathan Porter -- Investment and rebalancing in emerging Asia / Malhar Nabar and Murtaza Syed -- Is China's export-oriented growth sustainable? / 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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Component-based systems : estimating efforts using soft computing techniques / by Seth, Kirti, 1966-, Seth, Ashish, Tripathi, Aprna

Table of Contents: “…Efforts Estimation in Object Oriented Systems. 8. Efforts Estimation in Component Based Systems. 9. …”
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Kingship In Asia and early America : 30. International Congress of Human Sciences In Asia and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Santucci -- Ideas of kingship in Hinduism and Buddhism / A.L.Barsham -- The socio-economic bases of "Oriental despotism" in early India / R.S. Sharma -- Some aspects of kingship in ancient Java / S. …”
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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum / by Causey, Faya

Table of Contents: “…-- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- The bronze age -- Early iron age and the orientalizing period -- The archaic and afterward -- The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects -- Catalogue -- Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. …”
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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: “…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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