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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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Adaptive control approach for software quality improvement

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Adaptive control approach for software quality improvement

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Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts / by Weisiger, Alex, 1977-

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Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts / by Weisiger, Alex, 1977-

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Fifty biblical portraits / by Beauchamp, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Abraham : the chosen one -- Abraham : in the beginning was the plural -- Abraham : life, death -- Abraham : binding and unbinding -- The name of Isaac : "WiIl Laugh" -- Jacob the deceiver -- Jacob, continued -- Jacob the wrestler -- Joseph -- Moses between two peoples -- Moses the visionary -- Moses in the place of God -- Moses and Pharaoh -- Moses in the sin of his people -- The raised-up serpent -- Joshua conquers the Promised Land -- Rahab and the Wall of Jericho -- Samson, or brimming over -- Ruth : bread, flesh, word -- Samuel : a transition -- Samuel executes the King of the Amalekites -- Saul : the elected and rejected king -- David : courage and ability -- David the beloved -- David put to the test -- From David to Jesus -- Solomon and wisdom -- Adam -- Adam and Eve -- After Solomon : Rehoboam -- Jeroboam : the secession of the North -- Elija : like fire -- Another Elija -- Elija, yesterday and tomorrow -- Elisha the disciple -- The prophet Hosea -- Isaiah -- Isaiah : births -- Jeremiah and the end of the kings -- Jeremiah and Moses -- Jeremiah towards the future -- Ezekiel -- An unknown person : the "Servant" -- Nehemiah : the return -- Job : the cry of the leper -- Jonah and the man from everywhere -- Tobit, his son Tobit, and Raphael -- Esther or disguises -- Judith -- Daniel and the end of times -- Appendix. …”
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Fifty biblical portraits / by Beauchamp, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Abraham : the chosen one -- Abraham : in the beginning was the plural -- Abraham : life, death -- Abraham : binding and unbinding -- The name of Isaac : "WiIl Laugh" -- Jacob the deceiver -- Jacob, continued -- Jacob the wrestler -- Joseph -- Moses between two peoples -- Moses the visionary -- Moses in the place of God -- Moses and Pharaoh -- Moses in the sin of his people -- The raised-up serpent -- Joshua conquers the Promised Land -- Rahab and the Wall of Jericho -- Samson, or brimming over -- Ruth : bread, flesh, word -- Samuel : a transition -- Samuel executes the King of the Amalekites -- Saul : the elected and rejected king -- David : courage and ability -- David the beloved -- David put to the test -- From David to Jesus -- Solomon and wisdom -- Adam -- Adam and Eve -- After Solomon : Rehoboam -- Jeroboam : the secession of the North -- Elija : like fire -- Another Elija -- Elija, yesterday and tomorrow -- Elisha the disciple -- The prophet Hosea -- Isaiah -- Isaiah : births -- Jeremiah and the end of the kings -- Jeremiah and Moses -- Jeremiah towards the future -- Ezekiel -- An unknown person : the "Servant" -- Nehemiah : the return -- Job : the cry of the leper -- Jonah and the man from everywhere -- Tobit, his son Tobit, and Raphael -- Esther or disguises -- Judith -- Daniel and the end of times -- Appendix. …”
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Bilinguals cognition, education and language processing /

Table of Contents: “…Booth -- Vowels in Semitic alphabet languages / Raphiq Ibrahim -- Methodological issues in research on bilingualism and multilingualism / Lilian Cristine Scherer, Rochele Paz Fonseca and Ana Inâes Ansaldo -- Bilingualism and Hispanic American intelligence test scores / Philip G. Gasquoine ... [et al.] -- Language development through a bilingual lens / Eswen Fava and Rachel Hull -- Improving reading skills for ESL learners using SoundSpel / Michael D. …”
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Bilinguals cognition, education and language processing /

Table of Contents: “…Booth -- Vowels in Semitic alphabet languages / Raphiq Ibrahim -- Methodological issues in research on bilingualism and multilingualism / Lilian Cristine Scherer, Rochele Paz Fonseca and Ana Inâes Ansaldo -- Bilingualism and Hispanic American intelligence test scores / Philip G. Gasquoine ... [et al.] -- Language development through a bilingual lens / Eswen Fava and Rachel Hull -- Improving reading skills for ESL learners using SoundSpel / Michael D. …”
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Governing Climate Change : Polycentricity in Action? /

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Governing Climate Change : Polycentricity in Action? /

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Governing Climate Change : Polycentricity in Action? /

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Critical care handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital /

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Project portfolio management : a model for improved decision-making / by Enoch, Clive N.

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Nation and Migration : How Citizens in Europe Are Coping with Xenophobia / by Csepeli, György, Örkeny, Antal

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Project portfolio management : a model for improved decision-making / by Enoch, Clive N.

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Nation and Migration : How Citizens in Europe Are Coping with Xenophobia / by Csepeli, György, Örkeny, Antal

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Language acquisition the growth of grammar / by Guasti, Maria Teresa

Table of Contents: “…10 -- 1.6 The Critical Period 20 -- Chapter 2 -- First Steps into Language 23 -- Introduction 23 -- 2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24 -- 2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40 -- 2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47 -- 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52 -- Chapter 3 -- Acquisition of the Lexicon 55 -- Introduction 55 -- 3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56 -- 3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74 -- 3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80 -- 3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90 -- 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96 -- Chapter 4 -- The Emergence of Syntax 101 -- Introduction 101 -- 4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101 -- 4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103 -- 4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120 -- 4.4 Root Infinitives 128 -- 4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146 -- Chapter 5 -- Null Subjects in Early Languages 151 -- Introduction 15 -- 5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152 -- 5.2 Root Null Subjects 160 -- 5.3 Performance Accounts 179 -- 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183 -- Chapter 6 -- Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187 -- Introduction 187 -- 6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188 -- 6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202 -- 6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209 -- 6.4 Relative Clauses 220 -- 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240 -- Chapter 7 -- Acquisition of NP-Movement 245 -- Introduction 245 -- 7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246 -- 7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252 -- 7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254 -- 7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260 -- 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268 -- Chapter 8 -- Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271 -- Introduction 271 -- 8.1 The Binding Theory 272 -- 8.2 Principle A 285 -- 8.3 Principle B 290 -- 8.4 Principle C 300 -- 8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308 -- Chapter 9 -- Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313 -- Introduction 313 -- 9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314 -- 9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316 -- 9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329 -- 9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343 -- Chapter 10 -- Acquisition of Control 347 -- Introduction 347 -- 10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348 -- 10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350 -- 10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356 -- 10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365 -- 10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371 -- Chapter 11 -- Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375 -- Introduction 375 -- 11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language -- Impairment 376 -- 11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378 -- 11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams -- Syndrome 398 -- 11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403 -- Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405 -- Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406 -- Notes 409 -- Glossary 423 -- References 429 -- Index 467.…”
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