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Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future? /

Table of Contents: “…The politics of market-oriented reforms: lessons from the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy -- The public-private mix in health care : reflections on the interplay between social and private insurance in Germany / Achim Schmid and Lorraine Frisina Doetter -- The public-private mix in France : a case for two-tier health care? …”
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Visual impairment in children due to damage to the brain

Table of Contents: “…Disorders commonly accompanied by cerebral visual impairment -- Children with severe brain damage: functional assessment for diagnosis and intervention -- Visual impairment in cerebral palsy -- Children with intellectual disabilities and cerebral visual impairment: problems with detection and diagnosis -- Helping children with cerebral visual impairment -- Approaches to deal with visual problems due to cerebral visual impairment -- The principles -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with CVI at home and at school: Communication and Orientation and Mobility -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with cerebral visual impairment, at home and at school: Sustained Visual Work and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) -- Strategies to help children who have both visual and hearing impairments Setting up integrated services for children with cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of visual functioning and disability in children with visual processing disorders due to cerebral visual impairment -- Towards the development of a classification of vision-related functioning: a framework.…”
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Spirituality in higher education autoethnographies /

Table of Contents: “…Jacobs) Chapter 7 Exploring Spirituality Through the Lens of a Learning Community (Al Fuertes) Chapter 8 Letting this Mind be in You: Writing and Teaching Personal Story (Joyce Munro) Chapter 9 Zen Baptist (Erlene Grise-Owens) PART 3: Infusing Spirituality with Work Chapter 10 The Making of a Justice-Oriented Minister Sociologist in Elite Higher Education (John H. …”
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Field guide to the neurologic examination / by Lewis, Steven L.

Table of Contents: “…Neurologic diagnosis: general considerations -- Role of the neurologic history and examination in neurologic diagnosis -- Localization of neurologic disease -- Mechanisms of neurologic disease -- Neurologic examination -- Neurologic history -- Taking a neurologic history -- Mental status examination -- Approach to the mental status examination -- Language testing -- Memory testing -- Testing orientation, concentration, knowledge, and constructional ability -- Cranial nerve examination -- Approach to the examination of the cranial nerves -- Examination of the pupils -- Funduscopic examination -- Examination of visual acuity -- Visual field examination -- Examination of eye movements -- Examination of facial sensation -- Examination of facial strength -- Examination of jaw strength -- Examination of hearing -- Examination of palatal function -- Examination of tongue movement -- Examination of the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles -- Examination of taste -- Examination of smell -- Motor examination -- Approach to the motor examination -- Examination of upper extremity muscle strength -- Examination of lower extremity muscle strength -- Examination of tone -- Sensory examination -- Approach to the sensory examination -- Examination of pinprick sensation -- Examination of vibration and position sensation -- Examination of cortical sensation -- Romberg testing -- Cerebellar examination -- Approach to the cerebellar examination -- Testing of upper extremity cerebellar function -- Testing of lower extremity cerebellar function -- Reflex examination -- Approach to reflex testing -- Examination of the muscle stretch reflexes -- Testing for the Babinski response -- Gait examination -- Examination of gait -- Putting it all together -- Performing a complete neurologic examination -- Neurologic examination in common clinical scenarios -- Tailoring the neurologic history and examination to the clinical scenario -- Examination of the comatose patient -- Examination of the patient with altered mental status -- Examination of the dizzy patient -- Examination of the patient with headache -- Examination of the patient with a movement disorder -- Examination of the patient with a radiculopathy -- Examination of the patient with transient focal neurologic symptoms -- Examination of the patient with visual symptoms -- Examination of the patient with weakness or sensory loss -- Examination of the patient with a suspected spinal cord problem -- Examination of the patient with a probable stroke -- Examination of the patient without neurologic symptoms: the screening -- Neurologic examination -- Appendix: neurologic imaging and neurophysiologic tests.…”
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Studies in archaeological conservation /

Table of Contents: “…A plaster cast of a Mesopotamian lioness in the Durham Oriental Museum -- 4. The conservation of an Egyptian rock crystal dish -- 5. …”
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Managing Elevated Risk Global Liquidity, Capital Flows, and Macroprudential Policy—An Asian Perspective / by Azis, Iwan J., Shin, Hyun Song

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2: The Three Phases of Global Liquidity -- 2.1: Conceptual and Measurement Issues -- 2.2: First Phase of Global Liquidity -- 2.2.1: Round-trip Bank Flows to the US -- 2.2.2: Banking Sector Flows to the Rest of the World -- 2.2.3: Exchange Rates and Leverage -- 2.3: Second Phase of Global Liquidity -- 2.4: The Case of Emerging Asia -- 2.5: Third Phase and Onward -- 2.6: References -- Chapter 3: Early Warning Indicators for Financial Vulnerabilities -- 3.1: Principles for Selection of Early Warning Indicators -- 3.2: Core and Noncore Liabilities -- 3.3: References -- Chapter 4: Emerging Asia’s Noncore Liabilities and Policy Effectiveness -- 4.1: Bank-led Flows, Noncore Liabilities, and Credit Growth -- 4.2: Reassessing Monetary Policy -- 4.3: Appendix -- 4.4: References -- Chapter 5: Capital Flows and Income Distribution -- 5.1: National Policy Remains Key -- 5.2: How Capital Flows Affect Income Inequality -- 5.3: Prioritization for a Multi-Objective Goal -- 5.4: Appendix -- 5.5: References -- Chapter 6: Policy Implications -- 6.1 Tailoring Policies to Vulnerabilities -- 6.2 Macroprudential Tools -- 6.2.1 Bank Capital-Oriented Tools -- 6.2.1.1 Capital Requirements that Adjust Over the Cycle -- 6.2.1.2 Forward-Looking Provisioning -- 6.2.1.3: Leverage caps -- 6.2.1.4: Loan-To-Value and Debt-Service-To-Income Caps -- 6.2.1.5: Loan-to-Deposit caps -- 6.2.1.6: Levy on Noncore Liabilities -- 6.2.1.7: Unremunerated Reserve Requirements -- 6.2.2: Relative Merits of URR versus Levies/Taxes -- 6.2.3: Relationship with other Stabilization Policies -- 6.3: Financial Integration and Institutional Design -- 6.4: Policy Choices -- 6.5: References.…”
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Educating nurses for leadership

Table of Contents: “…Lewenson -- Reflective journaling: bridging the theory-practice gap / Debra Morgan, Jewett Johnson, and Deborah Garrison -- Practice oriented leadership education / Jane Aroian and Jacqueline Dienemann -- Using shift coordinators to teach leadership skills needed for NCLEX-RN / Julia Aucoin and Susan Letvak --…”
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Communicative Figurations Transforming Communications in Times of Deep Mediatization /

Table of Contents: “…The transformation of journalism: From changing newsroom cultures to a new communicative orientation?; Leif Kramp & Wiebke Loosen -- 10. Moralising and deliberating in financial blogging. …”
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American Chinese restaurants : society, culture and consumption /

Table of Contents: “…Curtis -- Talk doesn't cook rice : Chinese restaurants and the Chinese (American) dream in Ohio / Anthony Miller -- Surveying the genealogy of Chinese restaurant in Mexico : from high-end franchises to makeshift stands / Yong Chen -- Live at the China Royal : a funky ode to Fall River's chow mein sandwich / Oliver Wang -- Under the banner of Northern Chinese cuisine : invention of the pan-China cuisine in American Chinese restaurants / David Y.H. Wu -- Oriental Palaces : Chin F. Foin and Chinese dine sining in exclusion-era Chicago / Samuel King -- P.F. …”
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Time and temporalities in European travel writing /

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A Brief History of Islam in Europe : Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence / by Berger, Maurits

Table of Contents: “…Nineteenth Century: Orientalism and Exclusive Othering.…”
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Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film /

Table of Contents: “…In a world for Jim and a morning for Jimmy / Michelle Kelley -- 'A touch of the Orient': negotiating Japanese American identity in the challenge (1957) / Todd Kushigemachi and Dino Everett -- 'I have my choice': behind every good man and the black queer subject in American nontheatrical film / Noah Tsika -- Televising Watts: Joe Saltzman's Black on Black (1968) on KNXT / Joshua Glick -- 'A new sense of black awareness?' …”
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Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course : Evidence from Longitudinal Research by Banati, Prerna

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Research -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Lsit of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword: Understanding and Enhancing Human Development Among Global Youth -- On the Unique Value of Developmentally Oriented Longitudinal Research -- Introduction: Measuring Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course -- The sustainable development challenge -- About this book…”
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Using animal models in biomedical research a primer for the investigator / by Chow, Pierce K. H.

Table of Contents: “…New employee and external users orientation / Inria Kurniawan Then. Radiation safety awareness in animal research / S. …”
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Do the Balkans begin in Vienna? : the geopolitical and imaginary borders between the Balkans and Europe / by Foteva, Ana

Table of Contents: “…Bosnia and Herzegovina : the country of multiple belonging or the place where Orient and Occident face each other -- Colonialism and imperialism in Bosnia and in the Balkans -- Bosnia's "uncanny" geography : the sense of national identity -- The conflict between Habsburg supranational and local national identity -- Politics in Bosnia -- Habsburg resonances in the former Yugoslav and present day Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Badger in court : dialogue of misunderstanding between the subaltern and the colonizer -- Ivo Andric and the Habsburg language politics for Bosnia -- The bridge on the Drina : a narrative of consolidation or disintegration? …”
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Materiology : the creatives guide to materials and technologies / by Kula, Daniel, Ternaux, Elodie

Table of Contents: “…Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene -- Aerogels -- Alucobond® -- Aluminum -- Asphalt -- Basalt, melted and lava -- Bakelite -- Bamboo -- Biopolymers -- Brass -- Bronze -- Burrs -- Carbon -- Cardboard -- Cast iron -- Cellulose acetate -- Ceramic, architectural -- Ceramic, technical -- Ceramic, traditional -- Chipboard -- Concretes, conventional -- Concretes, fibre -- Concrete, high performance -- Copper -- Cork -- Crystal -- Diamond -- Electroluminescence -- Emerald -- Epoxy or epoxides polyepoxides -- Felt -- Fibres, artificial -- Fibres, carbon, aramid, basalt -- Fibres, glass -- Fibres of animal origin -- Fibres of vegetable origin -- Fibres, synthetic -- Foams -- Full grain leather -- Fur -- Gallium -- Glass, 3D -- Glass, borosilicate -- Glass, coated -- Glass, security-safety -- Glass, toughened -- Glass, vitroceramic -- Gold -- Granite -- Honeycombs -- Horn -- Ivory -- Lacquer -- Laminated timber, glued -- Laminates -- Laser -- Latheboard or coreboard -- Lead -- LED -- LED, O-, P-, PHO- -- Light source, discharge fluorescent -- Light source, halogen incandescent -- Light source, sodium mercury discharge -- Light source, standard incandescent -- Limestone -- Liquidmetal® -- Lithium -- Magnesium -- Magnetic materials -- Marble -- MDF -- Mercury -- Metamaterials -- Mirrors -- Mortar -- Nacre -- Non-Newtonian fluids -- Nubuck-buckskin-suede -- Oriented strand-board -- Paper -- Parchment -- Phosphorescence-fluorescence -- Photovoltaic cell -- Piezoelectric materials -- Plaster -- Plywood -- Plywood, moulded -- Polyamide -- Polycarbonate -- Polyester -- Polymethyl methacrylate -- Polyoxymethylene -- Polypropylene -- Polystyrene -- Polytetrafluorethylene -- Polyurethane -- Polyvinal chloride -- Precious stones -- Rare earths -- Rubber-latex -- Ruby & sapphire -- Sandstone -- Schist -- Semiconductors -- Shape memory alloys -- Sharkskin or shagreen -- Shell -- Silicon -- Silicone -- Silver -- Solid surfaces -- Superconductors -- Stainless steel -- Steels -- Thermoplastic elastomers -- Tin -- Titanium -- Veneer -- Wood polymers -- Wood, retified -- Wood species -- XX-chromatic -- Zamak alloys -- Zinc -- Processes. …”
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Industry 4.0 - shaping the future of the digital world : proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2019), 9-11 April 2019, Manchester,...

Table of Contents: “…Analysis of 3D printed 17-4 PH stainless steel lattice structures with radially oriented cells -- Control of process parameters for directed energy deposition of PH15-5 stainless steel parts -- Investigation into post-processing electron beam melting parts using jet electrochemical machining -- Manufacturing of ahollow propeller blade with WAAM process -- from the material characterisation to the achievement -- Fully 3D printed horizontally polarised omnidirectional antenna -- Paper in architecture: The role of additive manufacturing…”
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Differential Geometry of Manifolds by Lovett, Stephen (Stephen T.)

Table of Contents: “…3.2 Differentiable Maps between Manifolds -- 3.3 Tangent Spaces -- 3.4 The Differential of a Differentiable Map -- 3.5 Manifolds with Boundaries -- 3.6 Immersions, Submersions, and Submanifolds -- 3.7 Orientability -- 4: Multilinear Algebra -- 4.1 Hom Space and Dual -- 4.2 Bilinear Forms and Inner Products -- 4.3 Adjoint, Self-Adjoint, and Automorphisms -- 4.4 Tensor Product -- 4.5 Components of Tensors over V -- 4.6 Symmetric and Alternating Products -- 4.7 Algebra over a Field -- 5: Analysis on Manifolds -- 5.1 Vector Bundles on Manifolds -- 5.2 Vector and Tensor Fields on Manifolds…”
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Applied pharmaceutical practice and nutraceuticals : natural product developments /

Table of Contents: “…Dadure, and Debarshi Kar Mahapatra -- Emerging Highlights on Natural Prodrug Molecules with Multifarious Therapeutic Perspectives / Mojabir Hussen Ansari, Vaibhav Shende, and Debarshi Kar Mahapatra -- Perspectives of Nature-Oriented Pharmacotherapeutics for the Effectual Management of Hemorrhoidal Symptoms / Taranpreet Kaur Bamrah, Mojabir Hussen Ansari, and Debarshi Kar Mahapatra -- Effect of Light on Transport of Potassium Thiocyanate in Aqueous Solutions / Sónia I. …”
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Making global trade governance work for development perspectives and priorities from developing countries /

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: 21. Development-oriented agendas for global trade governance: a summary of proposals Carolyn Deere Birkbeck.…”
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