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Language and social cognition expression of the social mind /

Table of Contents: “…Anderson -- The creative construction of social orientation : Situated positioning with English as a lingua franca / Andreas Langlotz -- Constructing knowledge schemas in the workplace : a microanalysis / Susan Bridges and Brendan Bartlett -- Corporate self-presentation and self-centredness : a case for cognitive critical discourse analysis / Veronika Koller -- Distributed cognition and play in the quest for the double helix / L. …”
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Multicultural student services on campus building bridges, re-visioning community /

Table of Contents: “…Bridges -- Engaging race in multicultural student services / Lori Patton, Jessica Ranero & Kimberly Everett -- Engaging sexual orientation & gender diversity in multicultural student services / Nicholas Negrete & Christopher Purcell -- Engaging religious & faith diversity in multicultural student services / Jenny L. …”
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The harms of crime media essays on the perpetuation of racism, sexism and class stereotypes /

Table of Contents: “…Conners -- "Who are you " shared responsibility and the victims of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation / Katie Foss -- Macho cops, corner boys and soldiers: the construction of race and masculinity on HBO's The wire / Linda Waldron and Cheryl Chambers -- Fictionalized women in trouble: an exploration of the television crime drama CSI: Miami / Sarah Rizun -- Ripped from the headlines: the depiction of sexual orientation-based hate crimes in television crime dramas / Nicholas Guittar -- Crime news sources and crime views: the relationship between news media exposure patterns and whites' opinions about criminal justice issues / Alicia D. …”
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Sexual minority research in the new millennium

Table of Contents: “…Carrigan -- Asexuality : an emergent sexual orientation / Stephanie B. Gazzola & Melanie A. Morrison -- Contextual factors associated with childbearing decisions among lesbian couples planning a family / Annie Leblond de Brumath and Danielle Julien -- A phenomenological investigation of gay fatherhood in Alberta / Robert A. …”
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Greater Khorasan : history, geography, archaeology and material culture /

Table of Contents: “…J.a℗EC., a la lumiere des contextes geomorphologiques de 3 sites d'Iran Oriental (Bam, Tepe Damghani, Jiroft) / Eric Fouache, Henri-Paul Francfort, Claude Cosandey, Chahryar Adle -- From Parthian to Islamic Nisa / Carlo Lippolis and Vito Messina -- Merv on Khorasanian trade routes from the 10th-13th centuries / Paul Wordsworth -- Ancient Herat Revisited. …”
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Gestalt coaching : distinctive features / by Bluckert, Peter

Table of Contents: “…The Gestalt Cycle of Experience as an orienting framework SECTION 2. PRACTICE<B> </B>15. …”
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Engagements with Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory by Gottlieb, Evan, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Animals, affects, objects, environments; We have never been human; Donna Haraway: cyborgs, companion species, Chthulucene; Sara Ahmed: affects, objects, and feminist killjoys; Timothy Morton: being ecological with object-oriented ontology; Engaging with classic literature: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Engaging with contemporary literature: Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation; Engaging with film and new media: Margaret Atwood's Angel Catbird…”
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Endogenous bioelectrical signals in development, regeneration, and neoplasm

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Defining bioelectricity -- Sources of bioelectrical signals -- Big questions about bioelectricity -- Membrane voltage and cell plasticity -- History of the field of bioelectricity -- Applying exogenous electric fields in vitro -- Microelectrode impalement -- Detection of extracellular ion flux -- Investigating signals in pattern formation -- Inverse pharmacological screen -- Transmembrane voltage gradient characterization -- Loss- and gain-of-function analyses -- Synthesizing data into a predictive model -- Control of cell behavior by electric fields -- Mammalian stem cell differentiation -- Cell orientation and outgrowth -- Transepithelial potentials, electric fields, cancer -- Mechanisms of electric field sensing by cells -- Bioelectric signals in 3D morphogenesis -- A pathway for tail regeneration -- Transmembrane potential in tail regeneration -- V-ATPase function in tail regeneration -- Using voltage- and pH-sensitive dyes -- Induction of the V-ATPase following injury -- Electrogenic targets in mitosis upregulation -- Axon patterning requires specific ion fluxes -- Gene expression requires specific ion flows -- Ion flux and induction of regeneration -- Voltage gradients control large-scale axial polarity -- Transmembrane potential and cell behavior -- The Goldman equation -- Missexpressing specific ion transporter mRNAs -- Melanocyte behavior & transmembrane potential -- Taking advantage of endogenous ion transport -- Controlling transmembrane potential -- Modulation of transmembrane potential -- Controlling proliferation rates using K channels -- Cell-autonomous mechanisms -- Non-cell-autonomous mechanisms -- Bioelectrical signals and canonical pathways -- Bioelectric gradients and gene expression -- Information carried by bioelectric signals -- Bioelectrical mechanisms, DNA, mRNA & protein -- Control of ion flux as a master regulator -- Applications in cancer, stem cells & regeneration -- Light-gated ion transporters.…”
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Meaning Versus Grammar : An Inquiry into the Computation of Meaning and the Incompleteness of Grammar / by Cremers, Christiaan Leonardus Joachim Maria, 1951-, Reckman, Hilletje Gezina Bouwke, 1978-, Hijzelendoorn, Maarten

Table of Contents: “…LEXICON: the language's encyclopaedia and database; 3.1 Storing knowledge of language; 3.2 Modes of lexical knowledge; 3.3 Unification: powering grammar conservatively; 3.4 The making of the lexicon; 3.5 Disclosing the lexicon: object-orientation and speed for semantic generation; 3.6 The lexicon while parsing; 4. …”
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Crystals and crystallinity in polymers : diffraction analysis of ordered and disordered crystals / by De Rosa, Claudio

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Configuration and Conformation of Macromolecules in Polymer Crystals 1.1 Crystals of polymers 1.2 Constitution and configuration of crystalline polymers 1.3 Conformation 1.4 Relationships among internal parameters of macromolecules 1.5 Conformation of polymer chains in the crystalline state 1.6 Helical conformations in isotactic and syndiotactic polymers 1.7 Conformational energy calculations 1.8 Helical conformation and optical activity 1.9 Alternating copolymers 1.10 Polydienes 1.11 Non helical chain conformations of isotactic polymers References Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Packing of macromolecules in polymer crystals 2.1 General principles 2.2 The principle of density (entropy)-driven phase formation in polymers 2.3 Symmetry breaking 2.4 Impact of chain folding on crystal structure symmetry 2.5 Frustrated Polymer Crystal Structures 2.6 Chiral crystallization of polymers with helical chain conformations 2.7 Packing effects on the conformation of polymer chains in the crystals: the case of aliphatic polyamides References Chapter 2 Chapter 3 3.1 X-ray diffraction of semicrystalline polymers 3.2 Fourier synthesis and the phase problem in crystallography 3.3 X-ray fiber diffraction analysis 3.4 Determination of parameters of the unit cell and indexing of the diffraction pattern 3.5 Measure of the integrated intensities of the reflections and corrections for geometrical (Lorentz), polarization and absorption factors 3.6 Calculation of Structure Factors 3.7 Structural refinement 3.8 Form of diffraction pattern and broadening due to the Laue function References Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Defects and Disorder in Polymer Crystals 4.1 Classification of different types of structural disorder 4.2 Crystals with partial three-dimensional order (Class A)Disorder with three-dimensional periodicity maintained only for some characterizing points of the structure 4.3 Solid mesophases References Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Methods of Analysis of Diffuse Scattering from Disordered Structures of Polymers 5.1 Structural disorder and diffuse scattering 5.2 Methods of diffraction analysis from disordered crystals 5.3 Long Range Order in Disordered Lattices of Class A 5.4 Short Range Order in Disordered Crystals of Class A 5.5 Short Range Order in Disordered Crystals with Substitution type Disorder 5.6 Short Range vs Long Range Order in Disordered Crystals of Class B and C (Solid Mesophases) 5.7 Disordered Models with Perturbations Occurring over Continuous Ranges 5.8 Basic formulas for the calculation of X-ray Diffraction Intensity from Disordered Model Structures of Polymers 5.9 Examples of calculation of average diffracted intensity of structures disordered in one dimension 5.10 Integration method of diffraction intensity for cylindrically and spherical surfaces in the reciprocal space References Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Crystal habit 6.1 Basic remark 6.2 Rounded lateral habits 6.3 Chain folding, molecular orientation and sectorization 6.4 Twinning and secondary nucleation theory 6.5 Homoepitaxy, morphology, stem orientation and polymorphism References Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Influence of Crystal Defects and Structural Disorder on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Polymeric Materials 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Stress induced phase transformations during deformation 7.3 Isotactic polypropylene 7.4 Syndiotactic Polypropylene References Chapter 7.…”
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Interpretation and method empirical research methods and the interpretive turn /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Stories for research / Steven Maynard-Moody and Michael Musheno -- Interpretive content analysis : stories and arguments in analytic documents / Clare Ginger -- How built spaces mean : a semiotics of space / Dvora Yanow -- We call it a grain of sand : the interpretive orientation and a human social science / Timothy Pachirat -- Doing social science in a humanistic manner / Dvora Yanow and Peregrine Schwartz-Shea.…”
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Transforming public leadership for the 21st century

Table of Contents: “…Stephens -- The challenge of leading through networks: institutional analysis as a way forward / Brent Never -- Leading change in different contexts -- Leadership and management in local government / Karl Nollenberger -- Four-frame leadership in authentic, results-oriented management reform: case studies in Canada and the United States / Brendan F. …”
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Libraries driving access to knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Þórarinsdóttir -- "Access for all" and "politics of difference" : comparative case study of two European libraries / Rumyana Koycheva -- Using Web 2.0 to make libraries more user-oriented : outcomes from a case study at Loughborough University Library (UK) / Jenny Narborough, Ruth Stubbings, and Graham Walton -- OA to knowledge : perceptions of UWI researchers on the St. …”
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Society - Water - Technology A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Context and Objective -- Introduction: A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects and the Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches -- Water Ethics – Orientation for Water Conflicts as Part of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Deliberation -- Part II: Major Water Engineering Projects – Challenges, Problems, Opportunities.- Major Water Engineering Projects: Definitions, Framework Conditions, Systemic Effects -- A Global View on Future Major Water Engineering Projects -- Neglected Values of Major Water Engineering Projects: Ecosystem Services, Social Impacts and Economic Valuation -- Water Governance: A Systemic Approach -- Research in two Case Studies: Irrigation and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water Management in the Lower Jordan Valley -- Part III: The Fergana Valley – Uzbekistan’s Hydro-Agricultural System between Inertia and Change -- Between Multiple Transformations and Systemic Path Dependencies -- From Upscaling to Rescaling – Transforming the Fergana from Tsarist Irrigation to Water Management for an Independent Uzbekistan -- Irrigation Infrastructure in Fergana Today: Ecological Implications –Economic Necessities -- Where Water Meets Agriculture: The Ambivalent Role of the Water Users Associations -- Theory, the Market and the State: Agricultural Reforms in Post Socialist Uzbekistan between Economic Incentives and Institutional Obstacles -- Part IV: The Lower Jordan Valley – The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project and its Complex History -- Water Resources, Cooperation and Power Asymmetries in the Water Management of the Lower Jordan Valley – The Situation Today and the Path that has led there -- Reclaiming the Dead Sea: Alternatives for Action -- Jordan’s Shadow State and Water Management: Prospects for Water Security will depend on Politics and Regional Cooperation -- Technologies, Incentives and Cost Recovery: Is there an Israeli Role Model? …”
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Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation : Concepts and Applications / by Kumar, Sanjeev, Saravaiya, S.N, Pandey, A. K.

Table of Contents: “…Basic Considerations for Site Selection, Orientation and Designing of Greenhouse Structures 15. …”
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Cognition and motivation forging an interdisciplinary perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Kruglanski and Anna Sheveland -- The structure and dynamics of cognitive orientation : a motivational approach to cognition / Shulamith Kreitler -- Personality and cognition / Phillip L. …”
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Recent social trends in Bulgaria, 1960-1995

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 0.1 Demographic Trends 33 -- 0.2 Macro-economic Trends 42 -- 0.3 Macro-technological Trends 54 -- 1 Age Groups -- 1.1 Youth 62 -- 1.2 Elders 68 -- 2 Microsocial -- 2.1 Self-identification 72 -- 2.2 Kinship Networks 77 -- 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types 83 -- 2.4 Local Autonomy 91 -- 2.5 Voluntary Associations 99 -- 2.6 Sociability Networks 104 -- 3 Women -- 3.1 Female Roles 107 -- 3.2 Childbearing 112 -- 3.3 Matrimonial Models 116 -- 3.4 Women's Employment 122 -- 3.5 Reproductive Technologies 136 -- 4 Labour Market -- 4.1 Unemployment 138 -- 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels 142 -- 4.3 Types of Employment 147 -- 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force 153 -- 4.5 Computerization of Work 158 -- 5 Labour and Management -- 5.1 Work Organization 162 -- 5.2 Personnel Administration 166 -- 5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises 173 -- 6 Social Stratification -- 6.1 Occupational Status 180 -- 6.2 Social Mobility 192 -- 6.3 Economic Inequality 198 -- 6.4 Social Inequality 206 -- 7 Social Relations -- 7.1 Conflict 218 -- 7.2 Negotiation 224 -- 7.3 Norms of Conduct 230 -- 7.4 Authority 235 -- 7.5 Public Opinion 243 -- 8 State and Service Institutions -- 8.1 Educational System 247 -- 8.2 Health System 254 -- 8.3 Welfare System 259 -- 8.4 The State 265 -- 9 Mobilizing Institutions -- 9.1 Labour Unions 269 -- 9.2 Religious Institutions 276 -- 9.3 The Military 281 -- 9.4 Political Parties 289 -- 9.5 Mass Media 294 -- 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces -- 10.1 Dispute Settlement 302 -- 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions 307 -- 10.3 Social Movements 311 -- 10.4 Interest Groups 317 -- 11 Ideologies and Beliefs -- 11.1 Political Differentiation 325 -- 11.2 Confidence in Institutions 331 -- 11.3 Economic Orientations 336 -- 11.4 Radicalism 341 -- 11.5 Religious Beliefs 347 -- 12 Household Resources -- 12.1 Personal and Family Income 353 -- 12.2 Informal Economy 359 -- 12.3 Personal and Family Wealth 362 -- 13 Life-Style -- 13.1 Market Goods and Services 367 -- 13.2 Mass Information 375 -- 13.3 Personal Health and Beauty Practices 382 -- 13.4 Time Use 386 -- 13.5 Daily Mobility 389 -- 13.6 Household Production 392 -- 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression 395 -- 13.8 Mood-altering Substances 401 -- 14 Leisure -- 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time 409 -- 14.2 Vacation Patterns 413 -- 14.3 Athletics and Sports 415 -- 14.4 Cultural Activities and Practices 418 -- 15 Educational Attainment -- 15.1 General Education 426 -- 15.2 Vocational and Professional Education 431 -- 15.3 Continuing Education 439 -- 16 Integration and Marginalization -- 16.1 Ethnic Minorities 440 -- 16.2 Crime and Punishment 448 -- 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour 459 -- 16.4 Poverty 465 -- 17 Attitudes and Values -- 17.1 Satisfaction 470 -- 17.2 Perceptions of Social Problems 476 -- 17.3 Orientations to the Future 479 -- 17.4 Values 483 -- 17.5 National Identity 489.…”
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History in the comic mode medieval communities and the matter of person /

Table of Contents: “…Frazier -- Low country ascetics and oriental luxury : Jacques de Vitry, Marie of Oignies, and the treasures of Oignies / Sharon Farmer -- Crystalline wombs and pregnant hearts : the exuberant bodies of the Katharinenthal Visitation Group / Jacqueline E. …”
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Criticism of theology on Marxism and theology III / by Boer, Roland, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The Flights of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari -- Going tribal, or, primitive pre-signifiers -- Numbers and nomads, or, the counter-signifying régime -- In bed with the despot, or, the signifying régime -- The scapegoat's arse -- From outside to inside -- Oriental despots -- On the tail of the scapegoat, or, the post-signifying régime -- Conclusion -- 7. …”
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Gender and power relations in Nigeria

Table of Contents: “…Adebayo -- Sex, sex-role orientation, personality and sexism in Nigeria / Ogunleye J. …”
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