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Literary Hispanophobia and Hispanophilia in Britain and the Low Countries (1550-1850) /

Table of Contents: “…Oyarbide Magaña -- Enemy treasures : the making and marketing of Spanish Comedia in the Amsterdam Schouwburg / Frans Blom -- 'The barke is bad, but the tree good' : hispanophilia, hispanophobia and Spanish honour in English and Dutch plays (c. 1630-1670) / Rena Bood -- James Salgado : anti-Spanish sentiment and the Popish Plot / Antonio Cortijo Ocaña -- From hispanophobia to Quixotephilia : the politics of quixotism in the British long eighteenth century / Pedro Javier Pardo -- Spanish politicking in British periodical reviews, 1808-1814 / Susan Valladares -- Hispanophobia and hispanophilia in the Netherlands : continuities and ruptures in the nineteenth century / Lotte Jensen -- From azoteas to dungeons : Spain as archaeology of the despotism in Alexander Dallas's novel Vargas (1822) / Fernando Durán López -- Discordant visions : Spain and the stages of London in 1823 / Diego Saglia -- Historical fiction, cultural transfer and the recycling of the Black Legend between the Low Countries and Britain : a nineteenth-century case study / Raphaël Ingelbien -- 'Covering the skeletons with flesh and blood' : Spanish Golden Age drama in English and Dutch nineteenth-century literary histories / Yolanda Rodríguez Perez.…”
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Climate change, ecology and systematics

Table of Contents: “…Hybridisation, introgression and climate change: a case study for the tree genus Fraxinus (Oleaceae) M. Thomasset, J. F. …”
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Climate change, ecology and systematics

Table of Contents: “…Hybridisation, introgression and climate change: a case study for the tree genus Fraxinus (Oleaceae) M. Thomasset, J. F. …”
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The mycorrhizal symbiosis in Mediterranean environment importance in ecosystem stability and in soil rehabilitation strategies /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Changes in ectomycorrhizal community structure of Coccoloba uvifera L mature trees and regenerating seedlings at two levels of salinity / Avril Raymond, Abdala G. …”
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The mycorrhizal symbiosis in Mediterranean environment importance in ecosystem stability and in soil rehabilitation strategies /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Changes in ectomycorrhizal community structure of Coccoloba uvifera L mature trees and regenerating seedlings at two levels of salinity / Avril Raymond, Abdala G. …”
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Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship /

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Rodent societies an ecological & evolutionary perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Ribble -- Alternative reproductive tactics and strategies of tree squirrels / John L. Koprowski -- Fast and slow life histories of rodents / F. …”
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Business process improvement toolbox / by Andersen, Bjørn

Table of Contents: “…-- Using performance measurement in business process improvement -- The role of performance measurement in business process improvement -- Implementing a performance measurement system -- Performance indicators -- Creating a business process improvement roadmap -- Improvement project planning -- Trend analysis -- Spider chart -- Performance matrix -- Criteria testing -- Quality function deployment -- Organizing for business process improvement -- Business process improvement skills -- Organizational modes that support business process improvement -- Quality circles -- Cross-functional teams -- Stimulating an improvement culture -- The business process improvement toolbox -- The need for a toolbox -- A business process improvement model -- The tools in the toolbox -- Tools for collecting data about the performance shortcoming -- Sampling -- Surveying -- Check sheet -- Problem concentration diagram -- Tools for analyzing the performance shortcoming -- Critical incident -- Pareto chart -- Cause-and-effect chart -- Five whys analysis -- Scatter chart -- Histogram -- Relations diagram -- Matrix diagram -- Is-is not analysis -- Bottleneck analysis -- Tools for generating ideas and choosing among them -- Brainstorming -- Brainwriting/Crawford slip method -- Six thinking hats -- Nominal group technique -- Paired comparisons -- Tools for creating improvements -- Streamlining -- Bureaucracy elimination -- Redundancy elimination -- Value-added analysis -- Process cycle time reduction -- Idealizing -- Quality function deployment -- Statistical process control/control chart -- Definitions of variation -- Basic statistics -- Types of control charts -- Constructing control charts -- Interpreting the control charts -- Process capability -- Six Sigma -- The six sigma process -- Six Sigma in the organization -- Business process reengineering -- A process for conducting business process reengineering -- Planning -- Reengineering -- Transformation -- Implementation -- Benchmarking -- Definitions of benchmarking -- Conducting a benchmarking study -- Tools for implementing improvements -- AT analysis -- Tree diagram and process decision program chart -- Force field analysis -- Sample university - improving student satisfaction -- Description of the organization -- Development of performance priorities -- Understanding the current processes and performance shortcoming -- Analysis of the performance shortcoming -- Generating ideas and improvement proposals -- Implementation of improvements -- Green carpet seed - Revamping the business model -- Description of the organization -- Development of performance priorities -- Understanding the current processes and performance shortcoming -- Generating improvement ideas -- Developing an improved process -- Implementation of the new service -- Appendix Template package -- SWOT analyis -- Trend analysis -- Spider chart -- Performance matrix -- Criteria testing -- Quality function deployment -- Relationship mapping -- Cross-functional flowchart -- Check sheet -- Pareto chart -- Cause-and-effect chart -- Five whys analysis -- Scatter chart -- Histogram -- Relations diagram -- Is-is not analysis -- Paired comparisons -- Control chart -- Force field analysis.…”
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Business process improvement toolbox / by Andersen, Bjørn

Table of Contents: “…-- Using performance measurement in business process improvement -- The role of performance measurement in business process improvement -- Implementing a performance measurement system -- Performance indicators -- Creating a business process improvement roadmap -- Improvement project planning -- Trend analysis -- Spider chart -- Performance matrix -- Criteria testing -- Quality function deployment -- Organizing for business process improvement -- Business process improvement skills -- Organizational modes that support business process improvement -- Quality circles -- Cross-functional teams -- Stimulating an improvement culture -- The business process improvement toolbox -- The need for a toolbox -- A business process improvement model -- The tools in the toolbox -- Tools for collecting data about the performance shortcoming -- Sampling -- Surveying -- Check sheet -- Problem concentration diagram -- Tools for analyzing the performance shortcoming -- Critical incident -- Pareto chart -- Cause-and-effect chart -- Five whys analysis -- Scatter chart -- Histogram -- Relations diagram -- Matrix diagram -- Is-is not analysis -- Bottleneck analysis -- Tools for generating ideas and choosing among them -- Brainstorming -- Brainwriting/Crawford slip method -- Six thinking hats -- Nominal group technique -- Paired comparisons -- Tools for creating improvements -- Streamlining -- Bureaucracy elimination -- Redundancy elimination -- Value-added analysis -- Process cycle time reduction -- Idealizing -- Quality function deployment -- Statistical process control/control chart -- Definitions of variation -- Basic statistics -- Types of control charts -- Constructing control charts -- Interpreting the control charts -- Process capability -- Six Sigma -- The six sigma process -- Six Sigma in the organization -- Business process reengineering -- A process for conducting business process reengineering -- Planning -- Reengineering -- Transformation -- Implementation -- Benchmarking -- Definitions of benchmarking -- Conducting a benchmarking study -- Tools for implementing improvements -- AT analysis -- Tree diagram and process decision program chart -- Force field analysis -- Sample university - improving student satisfaction -- Description of the organization -- Development of performance priorities -- Understanding the current processes and performance shortcoming -- Analysis of the performance shortcoming -- Generating ideas and improvement proposals -- Implementation of improvements -- Green carpet seed - Revamping the business model -- Description of the organization -- Development of performance priorities -- Understanding the current processes and performance shortcoming -- Generating improvement ideas -- Developing an improved process -- Implementation of the new service -- Appendix Template package -- SWOT analyis -- Trend analysis -- Spider chart -- Performance matrix -- Criteria testing -- Quality function deployment -- Relationship mapping -- Cross-functional flowchart -- Check sheet -- Pareto chart -- Cause-and-effect chart -- Five whys analysis -- Scatter chart -- Histogram -- Relations diagram -- Is-is not analysis -- Paired comparisons -- Control chart -- Force field analysis.…”
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Rodent societies an ecological & evolutionary perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Ribble -- Alternative reproductive tactics and strategies of tree squirrels / John L. Koprowski -- Fast and slow life histories of rodents / F. …”
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Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident The First Three Years /

Table of Contents: “…1 An Overview of Our Research -- 2 Monitoring Inspection for Radioactive Substances in Agricultural, Livestock, Forest, and Fishery Products in Fukushima Prefecture -- 3 Rice Inspections in Fukushima Prefecture -- 4 Cesium accumulation in paddy field rice grown in Fukushima from 2011 to 2013: cultivars and fertilization -- 5 Physiological verification of the effect of potassium supply on the reduction of radiocesium content in rice grain -- 6 Consecutive Field Trials of Rice Cultivation in Partially Decontaminated Paddy Fields to Reduce Radiocesium Absorption in the Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture -- 7 Effects of “clean feeding” management on livestock products contaminated with radioactive cesium due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 8 Adverse effects of radiocesium on the promotion of sustainable circular agriculture including livestock due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 9 Wild boars in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident: Distribution of radiocesium -- 10 Contamination of Wild Animals: Microhabitat Heterogeneity and Ecological Factors of Radioactive Cesium Exposure in Fukushima -- 11 Translocation of radiocesium in fruit trees -- 12 The effects of radioactive contamination on the forestry industry and commercial mushroom-log production in Fukushima, Japan -- 13 Radiocesium in timber of Japanese cedar, and Japanese red pine, in the forests of Minamisoma, Fukushima -- 14 Ecosystem monitoring of radiocesium redistribution dynamics in a forested catchment in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident in March 2011 -- 15 Reduction of air radiation dose by ponding paddy fields -- 16 Collaboration Structure for the Resurrection of Iitate Village, Fukushima: A Case Study of a Nonprofitable Organization -- 17 Impacts of the nuclear power plant accident and the start of trial operations in Fukushima fisheries -- 18 Consumer evaluation of foods from the disaster affected area: Change in 3 years -- 19 Imaging Techniques for Radiocesium in Soil and Plants.…”
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Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident The First Three Years /

Table of Contents: “…1 An Overview of Our Research -- 2 Monitoring Inspection for Radioactive Substances in Agricultural, Livestock, Forest, and Fishery Products in Fukushima Prefecture -- 3 Rice Inspections in Fukushima Prefecture -- 4 Cesium accumulation in paddy field rice grown in Fukushima from 2011 to 2013: cultivars and fertilization -- 5 Physiological verification of the effect of potassium supply on the reduction of radiocesium content in rice grain -- 6 Consecutive Field Trials of Rice Cultivation in Partially Decontaminated Paddy Fields to Reduce Radiocesium Absorption in the Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture -- 7 Effects of “clean feeding” management on livestock products contaminated with radioactive cesium due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 8 Adverse effects of radiocesium on the promotion of sustainable circular agriculture including livestock due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 9 Wild boars in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident: Distribution of radiocesium -- 10 Contamination of Wild Animals: Microhabitat Heterogeneity and Ecological Factors of Radioactive Cesium Exposure in Fukushima -- 11 Translocation of radiocesium in fruit trees -- 12 The effects of radioactive contamination on the forestry industry and commercial mushroom-log production in Fukushima, Japan -- 13 Radiocesium in timber of Japanese cedar, and Japanese red pine, in the forests of Minamisoma, Fukushima -- 14 Ecosystem monitoring of radiocesium redistribution dynamics in a forested catchment in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident in March 2011 -- 15 Reduction of air radiation dose by ponding paddy fields -- 16 Collaboration Structure for the Resurrection of Iitate Village, Fukushima: A Case Study of a Nonprofitable Organization -- 17 Impacts of the nuclear power plant accident and the start of trial operations in Fukushima fisheries -- 18 Consumer evaluation of foods from the disaster affected area: Change in 3 years -- 19 Imaging Techniques for Radiocesium in Soil and Plants.…”
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The Restless Compendium Interdisciplinary Investigations of Rest and Its Opposites /

Table of Contents: “…From therapeutic relaxation to mindfulness in the twentieth century; Ayesha Nathoo -- 9. So even the tree has its yolk; James Wilkes -- 10. Cartographies of rest: the spectral envelope of vigilance; Josh Berson -- 11. …”
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The Restless Compendium Interdisciplinary Investigations of Rest and Its Opposites /

Table of Contents: “…From therapeutic relaxation to mindfulness in the twentieth century; Ayesha Nathoo -- 9. So even the tree has its yolk; James Wilkes -- 10. Cartographies of rest: the spectral envelope of vigilance; Josh Berson -- 11. …”
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Forest health an integrated perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Seeing the forest for the trees: forest health monitoring S. P. Campbell, D. …”
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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

Table of Contents: “…(Framing) postcolonial ecocritical approaches to the Asia-Pacific -- Excerpt from "Family Trees" (poem) / Craig Santos Perez -- Transpacific queer ecologies: ecological ruin, imperialist nostalgia, and indigenous erasure in Han Ong's The Disinherited / Jeffrey Santa Ana -- Cycas wadei and enduring white space / Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez -- Rust and recovery: a study of South Indian goddess films / Chitra Sankaran -- "If we return we will learn": empire, poetry, and biocultural knowledge in Papua New Guinea / John Charles Ryan -- Part II. …”
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Forest health an integrated perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Seeing the forest for the trees: forest health monitoring S. P. Campbell, D. …”
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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

Table of Contents: “…(Framing) postcolonial ecocritical approaches to the Asia-Pacific -- Excerpt from "Family Trees" (poem) / Craig Santos Perez -- Transpacific queer ecologies: ecological ruin, imperialist nostalgia, and indigenous erasure in Han Ong's The Disinherited / Jeffrey Santa Ana -- Cycas wadei and enduring white space / Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez -- Rust and recovery: a study of South Indian goddess films / Chitra Sankaran -- "If we return we will learn": empire, poetry, and biocultural knowledge in Papua New Guinea / John Charles Ryan -- Part II. …”
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Visual diagnosis in emergency and critical care medicine

Table of Contents: “…Rash following brush fire -- Herbalist with bradycardia and vision changes -- Acute eye pain and blurred vision in an elderly female -- Suspicious hand pain -- An elderly man with flank pain -- An immigrant child with skin lesions -- Wrist pain following a fall -- Rash in a child with epilepsy -- Dark urine in an immigrant -- Fever and drooling in a child -- Altered mental status with an abnormal electrocardiogram -- Purulent eye discharge in an adult -- Wrist pain in a young child -- Postprandial abdominal pain -- An elderly man from a house fire -- Back pain following a fall -- A bite to the leg in tall grass -- Facial swelling in a patient with poor dentition -- Elbow pain in a child after a fall -- A man with diffuse facial edema -- Chest pain and hypotension in an adult male patient -- Eye pain after tree branch strike -- A missing button battery -- Acute abdominal pain in pregnancy -- Painless penile ulcer -- Low back pain in a car accident victim -- A gardener with a non-healing rash -- An immigrant with neck swelling -- Fall on an outstretched hand in a young adolescent -- Raccoon eyes -- Chest pain and a confounding electrocardiogram pattern -- Eye pain in a contact lens wearer -- Heel pain following a fall -- FAST evaluation following trauma -- Skin lesions in a heroin addict -- Young athlete with back pain -- Skin lesions in a comatose patient -- Chest pain with sudden cardiac death -- Fall on an outstretched hand with wrist pain -- Necrotic skin lesions -- Chest pain with electrocardiographic ST-segment/T-wave abnormalities -- Chemical eye exposure -- Hand pain after striking a wall -- Dyspnea in an alcoholic -- Slash wound to the neck -- Foot pain following breaking -- Confluent rash in a child -- Lost in the cold -- Bradycardia following an herbal ingestion -- Abdominal pain in an alcoholic --…”
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