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A house on fire the rise and fall of Philadelphia soul / by Jackson, John A., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…I'll get by (1942-1962) -- Who do you love (1963) -- Mixed-up shook-up girl (1964) -- Expressway to your heart (1965-1967) -- Cowboys to girls (1968) -- Only the strong survive (1969) -- Betcha by golly, wow (1970-1971) -- Love train (1972) -- Am I black enough for you? …”
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End-of-life stories crossing disciplinary boundaries /

Table of Contents: “…The model : constructs, story domains, and levels -- Stories of Ron : music to his ears -- Stories of Ryan : too little time -- Stories of Grace : gifts and givers -- Stories of Avery : living and dying well -- Stories of Maggie : family dynamite -- Stories of Malika : defining a person -- Stories of Sonny : tattoos and tolerance -- Stories of Pearl : surviving end-of-life care -- Stories of Henry : family choices and challenges -- Stories of Peter : trouble with God and family -- Stories of Jim : homeless and at home -- Stories of Shanti : culture and karma -- Stories of three veterans : a spectrum of palliation -- Three veterans' stories, Robert Zalenski : boundaries and bridges.…”
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HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS by Levy, Jay A.

Table of Contents: “…Discovery, structure, heterogeneity, and origins of HIV -- Features of HIV transmission -- Steps involved in HIV: cell interaction and virus entry -- Acute HIV infection and cells susceptible to HIV infection -- Intracellular control of HIV replication -- Cytopathic properties of HIV -- Viral proteins determining biologic features of HIV -- Effect of HIV on various tissues and organ systems in the host -- Innate immune responses in HIV infection -- Humoral immune responses to HIV infection -- T-lymphocyte immune responses in HIV infection -- HIV infection and development of cancer -- Overall features of HIV pathogenesis: prognosis for long-term survival -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccine development.…”
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Ethical marketing and the new consumer by Arnold, Chris

Table of Contents: “…-- Churn and the disposable society -- Bad tasting medicine -- It's not what you say but what you do -- Brand terrorism -- Survival and security -- Engaging the consumer, sharing responsibility -- Finding reasons to buy -- Research and surveys -- The business and religion of ethics -- Fairtrade -- Food waste and recycling -- Recycling for resale -- Turning recycling into good marketing -- The ethical sphere -- Language and persuasion -- How to be a creative marketer -- Fat and fit : obesity and health -- Selling ethical behaviour -- From brand values to brand value -- Fast fashion -- Washing green -- Green insurance and finance.…”
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Kabuki's forgotten war 1931-1945 / by Brandon, James R.

Table of Contents: “…Kabuki's foreign adventure: 1931-1939 -- Prelude to war -- Kabuki and the Manchurian and Shanghai incidents: 1931-1934 -- Kabuki and the Marco Polo Bridge incident: 1937-1938 -- The darkening storm: 1939 -- Fruits of victory: 1940-1942 -- Kabuki and 2,600 years of imperial rule: 1940 -- Confrontation with America and Britain: 1941 -- Japan and kabuki at the zenith: 1942 -- Defeat and survival: 1943-1945 -- Kabuki and Japan's "decisive battle": 1943 -- Kabuki is a luxury: 1944 -- The agony ends: 1945 -- War plays in kabuki, a retrospection: August 1945 -- Kabuki outlasts the occupation: 1945-1947 -- Inventing classic kabuki: 1945-1947.…”
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Facing the catastrophe Jews and non-Jews in Europe during World War II /

Table of Contents: “…Jews and non-Jews in the aryanization process: comparison of France and the Slovak state, 1939-45 / Jean-Marc Dreyfus and Eduard Nižňanský -- Pogroms and massacres during the summer of 1941 in the Łomża and Białystock district: the case of Radziłów / Andrzej Żbikowski -- Holocaust in the Lithuanian provinces: case studies of Jurbarkas and Utena / Christoph Dieckmann -- Facing deportation in Germany and the Netherlands: survival in hiding / Marnix Croes and Beate Kosmala -- Jews and their social environment: perspectives from the underground press in Poland and France / Daniel Blatman and Renée Poznanski -- Cultural memory and legal responses: Holocaust denial in Belgium and Romania / Georgi Verbeeck and Mariana Hausleitner.…”
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Drug effects khat in biocultural and socioeconomic perspective / by Gezon, Lisa L.

Table of Contents: “…: Drug Effects, Health and Legalization Part II: Indirect Effects: Production and Trade 4: Growing and Selling Khat 5: Implications for Food Security and Conservation 6: Intimate Livelihoods: Gender and Survival on the Margins Part III: The Silence of Green Gold: Drug Effects in Economies on the Margins 7: Khat on the Global Margins: Wars on Drugs, State Silence, and Alternative Development Drugs on the Global Margins 8: Tying It Together References Index About the Author.…”
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The supraconscience of humanity by Strauch, Eduard Hugo, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…The psyche's struggle for survival. Conscience versus subconscience -- pt. 2. …”
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Rainfall-runoff modelling the primer / by Beven, K. J.

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the 2nd edition -- Down to basics : runoff processes and the modelling process -- Evolution of rainfall-runoff models : survival of the fittest? -- Data for rainfall-runoff modelling -- Predicting hydrographs using models based on data -- Predicting hydrographs using distributed models based on process descriptions -- Hydrological similarity, distribution functions and semi-distributed rainfall-runoff models -- Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty -- Beyond the primer : models for changing risk -- Beyond the primer : next generation hydrological models -- Beyond the primer : predictions in ungauged basins -- Beyond the primer : water sources and residence times in catchments -- Beyond the primer : hypotheses, measurements and models of everywhere.…”
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The way of thinking in Chinese medicine theory, methodology and structure of Chinese medicine /

Table of Contents: “…Dao, Qi, and body/mind-Huanglao Daoist methodology of nurturing life / Vincent Shen -- Globalization of TCM: cultural differences between TCM and western medicine / Lan Fengli -- Applied methodologies for teaching, learning, spreading and survival of TCM / Gertrude Kubiena -- Metaphor, Qu Xiang Bi Lei and Chinese medicine / Lan Fengli -- Discussion of the basic categories in the TCM theoretical system / Pan Guijuan -- TCM essential conception and methods of the theory / Ma Xiaotong -- Ontological ambiguity and methodological circularity / Fritz G. …”
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Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) in therapy of CLL

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Development of Campath-1H -- Burroughs-Wellcome Era (BW) -- Millenium (LeukosSite)-Ilex Era (MI) -- Differences between BW era and MI era -- The two main trials in the BW era: study 005 in European countries and study 009 in the USA -- Responses to these trials -- Complications of these trials: opportunistic infection -- MI era results from 1998 and study 211 (which incorporated prophylaxis against opportunistic infections) -- Efficacy of Campath-1H -- Examination of bone marrow biopsy specimens -- Survival times -- Infectious complications after first-line therapy with Campath-1H -- CMV guidelines -- CALGB trial.…”
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Changing paradigms in anticancer drug development inhibiting angiogenesis in colorectal cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Targeted therapy for cancer -- Angiogenesis is involved throughout tumour formation, growth and metastasis -- VEGF: molecular characteristics -- VEGF and other signals promote the angiogenic switch in tumours -- Tumour vasculature is abnormal -- VEGF produces immature tortuous vessels dependent on VEGF for survival -- Other features make VEGF an attractive target for anticancer therapy -- RhuMAb VEGF (bevacizumab/Avastin®) -- Significant reduction in microvasculature -- Anti-VEGF antibody improves drug delivery -- Avastin: an anti-VEGF agent for cancer therapy -- Use of Avastin with oxaliplatin-based therapy -- Addition of Avastin to oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy improved best confirmed response -- Study schema and organization.…”
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Data mining techniques for marketing, sales, and customer relationship management / by Berry, Michael J. A.

Table of Contents: “…-- The virtuous cycle of data mining -- Data mining methodology and best practices -- Data mining applications in marketing and customer relationship management -- The lure of statistics: data mining using familiar tools -- Decision trees -- Artificial neural networks -- Nearest neighbor approaches : memory-based reasoning and collaborative filtering -- Market basket analysis and association rules -- Link analysis -- Automatic Cluster detection -- Knowing when to worry: hazard functions and survival analysis in marketing -- Genetic algorithms -- Data mining throughout the customer life cycle -- Data warehousing, OLAP, and data mining -- Building the data mining environment -- Preparing data for mining -- Putting data mining to work.…”
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The Shiloh campaign

Table of Contents: “…Grear -- After Shiloh : Grant, Sherman, and survival / Brooks D. Simpson.…”
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How to work in someone else's country / by Stark, Ruth D.

Table of Contents: “…Relationship is everything and everyone is related -- The first step : figuring out what your job is -- The second step : figuring out whom you are working for -- Questions to ask before you start packing -- A few travel survival tips -- Keeping safe -- What to do if you get there and nobody wants you -- How to make them glad that you are there -- Living and working in the public eye -- Working with your local counterparts -- Meet the press -- Dress code for the international professional -- Working with governments -- Visiting the field -- Presenting your message -- On gift-giving -- A few notes on culture -- Briefings and debriefings -- Making a difference -- Profile of the effective international worker -- A few last words.…”
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Memorandoms by James Martin : An Astonishing Escape from Early New South Wales / by Martin, James

Table of Contents: “…Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Picture credits; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; A note on the ages of the escapees; Introduction; The Bryant party's escape and convict absconding in early New South Wales; The journey to Timor and the escapees' recapture; Back in Britain: James Boswell and the fate of the surviving escapees; The Mary Bryant 'legend' and interpretations of the story; Jeremy Bentham, and Panopticon versus New South Wales; The Memorandoms: previous editions and the manuscripts; Memorandoms by James Martin.…”
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Health and healing after traumatic brain injury : understanding the power of family, friends, community, and other support systems /

Table of Contents: “…Advice from the heart: stories of survival and growth following brain injury -- Neuroplasticity and mindfulness in brain injury rehabilitation: cause for great optimism -- The subtlety of brain injury: surviving and thriving through playfulness -- Part 2. …”
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A Protestant theology of passion Korean Minjung theology revisited / by Küster, Volker, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by David Kwang-Sun Suh -- Writing from this place -- Theology in context -- People as the subjects of history -- Re-constructing Korean identity the Minjung culture movement -- Theology and biography theological identity re-constructed -- Jesus and the Minjung Ahn Byung-Mu (1922-1996) -- A confluence of two traditions Shu Nam-Dong (1918-1984) -- Fools for Christ's sake Hyun Young-Hak (1921-2004) -- Theology as a social biography of the Minjung Kim Yong-Bock (1938) -- A plea for a survival-liberation centered syncretism Chung Hyun-Kyung (1956) -- Contextual challenges Minjung theology in intercultural perspective -- Contextual transformations Minjung theology yesterday and today -- Epilogue: Contextual theologies as open systems.…”
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Transforming the ivory tower : challenging racism, sexism, and homophobia in the academy /

Table of Contents: “…Stockdill and Mary Yu Danico -- Transforming the place that rewards and oppresses us / Rick Bonus -- Telling our stories, naming ourselves : the lost María in the academy / Christina Gómez -- Striving to be queer : challenging inequality from positions of privilege / Michael Armato -- One activist intellectual's experience in surviving and transforming the academy / Jose Guillermo Zapata Calderon -- Activist-scholar alliances for social change : the transformative power of university-community collaborations / David Naguib Pellow -- Transformative disjunctures in the academy : Asian American studies as praxis / Linda Trinh Võ -- Queering the ivory tower : tales of a troublemaking homosexual / Brett C. …”
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Autophagic cell death

Table of Contents: “…-- Evidence in support of autophagy prolonging cell survival -- Studies in flies and mammals suggest that both autophagy and caspases can be involved in cell death of the same cell -- Evidence in support of autophagy promoting cell death -- Inhibition of caspase-8 promotes autophagic cell death of L929 cells by autophagic degradation of catalase.…”
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