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Organizational pathology : life and death of organizations / by Samuel, Yitzhak

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 A Theoretical Framework -- chapter 2 Organizational Fatality -- chapter 3 Failure Prediction Models -- chapter 4 Maladies and Disorders -- chapter 5 The Spiral of Decline -- chapter 6 The Perils of Politics -- chapter 7 Greed and Corruption -- chapter 8 Corporate Crime -- chapter 9 Crises and Fixations -- chapter 10 Failing and Surviving -- chapter 11 Disbandment and Closure -- chapter 12 Lessons Learned.…”
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How bacterial pathogens avoid phagocyte killing

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Background on phagocytic cells -- The central role of the macrophage in the immune system -- The effectiveness of the neutrophil at killing bacteria -- Phagocytosis -- Receptor-ligand interactions -- Phagosome maturation and intracellular killing -- Different types of phagocytosis and phagocytic killing mechanisms -- Bacterial mechanisms to evade phagocytosis/phagocytic killing: Evasion of complement-mediated phagocytosis, Evasion of non-opsonic phagocytosis, Targeting of inhibitory receptors, Evasion via T3SS , Increased intracellular survival.…”
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Segregation analysis

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Components of segregation analysis -- Maximum likelihood models -- Peeling and MCMC -- Estimating the segregation proportion -- Ascertainment/sampling bias -- Ascertainment correction -- Segregation analysis for quantitative traits -- Polygenic models -- Heritability -- Components of variance -- Genetic variance: additive and dominance -- Epistatic variance -- Analysis of covariance -- Mixed models -- Liability and threshold models -- The hypergeometric polygenic model -- Regressive models -- Penetrance functions -- Survival models -- Computer packages.…”
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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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The music effect music physiology and clinical applications / by Schneck, Daniel J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Principles of physics and the elements of music -- Principles of physiology and the elements of sensory information-processing -- Fear and the instinct for survival : what happens when the set-points go awry? …”
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Medical statistics a guide to data analysis and critical appraisal / by Peat, Jennifer K.

Table of Contents: “…Data management: preparing to analyse the data -- Continuous variables: descriptive statistics -- Continuous variables: comparing two independent samples -- Continuous variables: paired and one-sample t-tests -- Continuous variables: analysis of variance -- Continuous data analyses: correlation and regression -- Categorical variables: rates and proportions -- Categorical variables: risk statistics -- Categorical and continuous variables: tests of agreement -- Categorical and continuous variables: diagnostic statistics -- Categorical and continuous variables: survival analyses.…”
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The will to heal psychological recovery in the novels of Latina writers / by Fahey, Felicia Lynne, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Lifting the weight of terror : disembodiment in Alina Diaconú's El penúltimo viaje -- Surviving terror : mourning loss in Manuela Fingueret's Hija del silencio -- Going home : returning from exile in Luisa Valenzuela's La travesía -- (Un)romancing Mexico : sexual healing in Sara Sefchovich's Demasiado amor -- Crossing with an angel : spiritual cure in Laura Restrepo's Dulce compañía -- No way home : traumatic returns in Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala letters.…”
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Forging freedom Black women and the pursuit of liberty in antebellum Charleston / by Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : imagining freedom in the slave South -- City of contrasts : Charleston before the Civil War -- A way out of no way : Black women and manumission -- To survive and thrive : race, sex, and waged labor in the city -- The currency of citizenship : property ownership and Black female freedom -- A tale of two women : the lives of Cecille Cogdell and Sarah Sanders -- A fragile freedom : the story of Margaret Bettingall and her daughters -- Epilogue : the continuing search for freedom.…”
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Analyzing the social web by Golbeck, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Nodes, edges, and network measures -- Network structure and measures -- Network visualization -- Tie strength -- Trust -- Understanding structure through user attributes and behavior -- Building networks -- Entity resolution and link prediction -- Propagation in networks -- Community-maintained resources -- Location-based social interaction -- Social information filtering -- Social media in the public sector -- Business use of social media -- Privacy -- Case study: social network strategies for surviving the zombie.…”
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Can we prevent type 1 diabetes?

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease characterized by an immune destruction of the insulin producing beta-cells in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas -- As these cells are the only cells in the body that are able to synthesize and secrete insulin in a regulated manner, destruction of these cells renders the patient dependent on exogenous insulin administration for survival -- Interventions aimed at preventing the disease have not been successful until now, but lessons from the animal models open new perspectives.…”
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Human aging and menopause

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Aging (senescence) our evolved life history -- Global maximum life expectancy -- Postmenopausal survival characterizes all human populations -- Longevity affects age at maturity across our primate order -- Comparing humans and chimpanzees -- Grandmother effects and the evolution of human life history -- What physiological mechanisms have slowed human aging? …”
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Roots of secession slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / by Link, William A.

Table of Contents: “…A slave society : Virginia in the 1850s -- Boastful and belligerent champions of southern institutions : slavery and politics, 1851-1854 -- A uniform spirit of lawlessness : the problem of runaways -- A spirit of license in the guise of liberty : the survival of opposition, 1854-1856 -- The darkest and most perilous hours of our national existence : the deepening sectional crisis, 1856-1859 -- A black demon of fanaticism : Harpers Ferry and the election of 1860 -- To light the torch of servile insurrection : the secession crisis.…”
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Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky a progressive president and the modernization of a southern university / by Moyen, Eric Anthony, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: a northern progressive and a southern university -- The making of a progressive president: 1869-1917 -- A southern university and a northern progressive: 1917-1920 -- McVey's darkest days: 1920-1922 -- McVey's era of great aspirations: 1922-1931 -- Surviving the great depression and reforming the south: 1932-1936 -- Building a legacy: 1936-1940 -- Turning the page: 1940-1953 -- Conclusion: McVey in retrospect.…”
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Power games in the Caucasus Azerbaijan's foreign and energy policy towards the West, Russia and the Middle East / by Mehdiyeva, Nazrin, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Azerbaijan in great power politics -- How do small states survive? -- Personalities, processes, institutions : sculpting Azerbaijan's foreign and energy policy -- In the name of sovereignty : Azerbaijan's perceptions and strategies in dealing with Russia's military might -- Mining, pipelines and deals : strategic manoeuvering with Russia on the Caspian -- From euphoria to pragmatism : the evolution of Azerbaijan's policy towards Turkey -- The Western dimension of Azerbaijan's strategic manoeuvering -- Postscript and conclusions: What future for Azerbaijani gas and strategic manoeuvering?.…”
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The unstuck church : equipping churches to experience sustained health / by Morgan, Tony

Table of Contents: “…-- Strategic growth: plan your work and work your plan -- Sustained health: becoming the church God designed it to be -- Maintenance: it's time to embrace a new vision all over again -- Preservation: the church must change to survive -- Life support: it's time to embrace a new beginning -- Conclusion: parting words -- Life cycles: where is your church?…”

Antarctica in British children's literature / by Moriarty, Sinéad

Table of Contents: “…Scott's Last Expedition -- 2 Ernest Shackleton and Heroic Survival -- 3 "Heroic Era" Subversions and Revisions -- Part Two: Antarctic Fiction -- 4 Uncanny Adventures -- 5 Antarctic Whaling Literature for Children -- 6 Picturing Penguins -- Conclusion -- References -- Index…”
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Theory, design, and applications of unmanned aerial vehicles / by Jha, A. R.

Table of Contents: “…Unmanned autonomous vehicle technology -- Chapter 7. Survivability of unmanned autonomous vehicle.…”
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Blood, land, and sex legal and political pluralism in Eritrea / by Favali, Lyda, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Facts and ideas : the struggle for power and legitimacy -- From tradition to globalization -- Changing leadership, unchanging law -- The transitional period and attempts at legal reform -- From blood feud and blood money to the state settlement of murder cases -- Land tenure on the highland plateau -- Land disputes and conflict resolution -- The virgin, the wife, the spinster, and the concubine : gender roles and gender relations -- Female genital mutilation : symbol, tradition, or survival? -- Creating space in a changing world for traditional and religious law.…”
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Biblical ideas of nationality ancient and modern / by Grosby, Steven Elliott, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Religion and nationality in antiquity -- Kinship, territory, and the nation in the historiography of ancient Israel -- Sociological implications of the distinction between "locality" and extended "territory" -- The chosen people of ancient Israel and the Occident : why does nationality exist and survive? -- Borders, territory, and nationality in the ancient Near East and Armenia -- ʻAram kulloh and the worship of Hadad : a nation of Aram? …”
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The people are dancing again the history of the Siletz tribe of western Oregon / by Wilkinson, Charles F., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…The reservation years. Survival in a new land ; Losing the land ; Change and perseverance ; Struggles to make the white man's laws fit ; Termination -- pt. 4. …”
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