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The limits of ethics in international relations natural law, natural rights, and human rights in transition / by Boucher, David, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Classical natural law and the law of nations: the Greeks and the Romans -- Christian natural law: a universal morality -- Natural law, the law of nations, and the transition to natural rights -- Natural rights and social exclusion: cultural encounters -- Natural rights: descriptive and prescriptive -- Natural rights and their critics -- Slavery and racism in natural law and natural rights -- Nonsense upon stilts? …”
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Escaping the self-determination trap by Weller, M. (Marc)

Table of Contents: “…A concept with multiple meanings -- The classical right to self-determination -- Constitutional self-determination -- Remedial self-determination -- Effective entities -- Trading self-determination for autonomy or enhanced self-governance -- Regionalisation, federalisation, or union with confirmation of territorial unity -- Deferring a substantive settlement while agreeing to a settlement mechanism -- Balancing self-determination claims -- Conditional self-determination -- Agreeing on self-determination but deferring implementation -- Establishing a de facto state through an international process -- Supervised independence -- Conclusion : new approaches to self-determination settlements.…”
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The art of censorship in postwar Japan / by Cather, Kirsten

Table of Contents: “…Lady Chatterley's censor (1951-1957) -- The legacy of Chatterley : Sade (1961-1969) and beyond -- Dirt for politics' sake : the Black Snow trial (1965-1969) -- Dirt for money's sake : the Nikkatsu Roman porn trial (1972-1980) -- Pornographic adaptations of the classics : The safflower (1948-1950) and The record of the night battles at Dannoura (1970-1976) -- Kafū : censored, dead or alive (1948-1950, 1973-1980) -- A picture's worth a thousand words : in the realm of the senses (1976-1982) -- Japan's first manga trial : Honey room (2002-2007).…”
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Pulmonary hypertension in the connective tissue diseases pathogenesis clinical features and therapeutic options in 2006 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) -- Classification of the types of PAH -- Pathogenesis -- Role of endothelin 1 -- Role of prostacyclin/thromboxane -- Role of antiphospholipid antibodies -- CD4 cells and PAH in HIV infection and autoimmune diseases -- PAH in SLE, systemic sclerosis and CREST syndrome -- Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome -- Autoimmune aspects of "primary" idiopathic PAH -- Clinical manifestations of PAH -- Thromboembolic PAH -- New therapies with endothelin 1 antagonists (non-selective and selective), prostacyclin analogues (inhaled and IV) and phosphodiesterase inhibitors (e.g. sildenafil).…”
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Autism and culture the effect on epidemiology and diagnosis at home and abroad /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: International awareness -- Autism prevalence worldwide -- Autism and culture -- Learning from schizophrenia studies -- Developmental disorders and culture -- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) -- Adoption of DSM and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) -- Cross-cultural comparisons -- Importance of a meaningful diagnostic term -- Social changes -- The diagnostic net has widened -- Autism spectrum disorders -- Pervasive developmental disorders -- Adults with autism -- Traumatic brain injury and IDEA -- Challenges to ASD surveillance -- Prevalence and access to services -- Disease or disability? …”
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Structure and mechanisms of protein phosphatases

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Reversible protein phosphorylation -- Classification of protein phosphatases -- Protein tyrosine phosphatase family, structure of PTP1B, catalytic mechanism, basis for pTyr specificity, recognition of IRK, regulation by ROS and cyclic sulphenamide -- Dual specificity phosphatases -- Eya protein tyrosine phosphatases -- PPP family of Ser/Thr phosphatases, structure of PP1, catalytic mechanism, inhibition by okadaic acid and microcystin, targeting subunits, PP2A, PP2B, PP5 -- PPM family of Ser/Thr phosphatases, structure, catalytic mechanism -- Summary.…”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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Address by Willis, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…. -- Valet of the shadow of death -- Unseasonable pastoral -- Flow chart -- Poisonous plants of America -- The witch -- Still life with tornado -- Wooded tributary -- The oldest garden in the world -- Vernacular architecture -- Ruskin -- Another life in green -- Yesness Park -- Sonnet -- You've lost your card -- This is not a poem about Katherine Harris -- Year-end review -- January -- Blasted hymn -- May day -- Exquisite replica -- Sonnet -- Extended forecast -- A species is an idea (2) -- Triptik -- Classified -- Incidental knowledge -- Blacklist -- In strength and sweetness.…”
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Atmospheric pressure plasma for surface modification by Wolf, Rory A.

Table of Contents: “…Atmospheric Plasma Modification of Roll-to-Roll Polymeric Surfaces 109 5.1 Material Classifications and Applications 110 5.2 Atmospheric Plasma Processing Surface Effects 116 5.3 Assessments of Surface Modification Effects 117 6. …”
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Sing them over again to me hymns and hymnbooks in America /

Table of Contents: “…The history in a hymn -- Hymns and hymnbooks as cultural icons -- Understanding the classical era of American Protestantism through hymns.…”
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The poem of a life a biography of Louis Zukofsky / by Scroggins, Mark, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…A Lower East Side youth, 1904-1920 -- An ernster mensch at Columbia, 1920-1924 -- The lean twenties, 1924-1928 -- A thousand fiddles playing Bach, 1928-1930 -- "A"-1 through "A"-7 -- "Objectivists" : 1930-1931 -- At the helm of an avant-garde, 1932-1933 -- Politics and poetry, 1934-1935 -- Culture and design, 1936-1940 -- "A"-8 and first half of "A"-9 -- The home front, 1940-1945 -- A new life, 1946-1951 -- "A"-9 (second half) through "A"-12 -- The great world, 1952-1957 -- Going westward, 1958-1960 -- The darker world, 1961-1963 -- Short poems : contingencies and sequences -- Becoming a classic, 1964-1966 -- "A"-13 through "A"-20 -- Retiring, 1966-1969 -- At port, 1970-1978 -- "A"-21 through "A"-24 -- 80 flowers and "Gamut, 90 trees" -- Afterword : 1978-1980.…”
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Retrovisions reinventing the past in film and fiction /

Table of Contents: “…Magro and Mark Douglas -- Black rams tupping white ewes : race vs. gender in the final scene of Six Othellos / Pascale Aebischer -- Cool intentions : the literary classic, the teenpic and the "chick flick" / Sarah Neely -- Peter Watkin's Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking / Nicholas J. …”
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Creating significant learning experiences an integrated approach to designing college courses / by Fink, L. Dee, 1940-

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Re-creating primordial time foundation rituals and mythology in the postclassic Maya codices / by Vail, Gabrielle

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WORLD PREHISTORY a brief introduction. by Fagan, Brian M., Durrani, Nadia

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Brickwork. for construction diploma and apprenticeship programmes / by Thorpe, M. (Malcolm)

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Advanced numerical modelling of wave structure interaction /

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A short history of Ireland by Ranelagh, John

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