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Acting in time on energy policy

Table of Contents: “…Schrag -- Oil security and the transportation sector / Henry Lee -- Policy for energy technology innovation / Laura Diaz Anadon and John P. Holdren -- Electricity market structure and infrastructure / William W. …”
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Economics of the Indian steel industry / by Dasgupta, Susmita, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Issues facing the steel industry -- Policy problems -- Excess steel in the world -- Supply glut in India -- Producers and their product mix -- Who to promote, the integrated mills or electric furnaces? -- The demand failure of steel in India -- The myth of the s curve -- Metallic balance of steel -- Bad loans of steel companies -- Technologies for making steel -- The cost of steel -- The price of steel -- Profits from steel -- Management of over capacity of steel -- Steel trade of India -- Summary of arguments -- Conclusion.…”
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Uniting America restoring the vital center to American democracy /

Table of Contents: “…Galston -- The fair society / Amitai Etzioni -- Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff -- Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann.…”
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The Israeli Supreme Court and the Human Rights Revolution courts as agenda setters / by Meydani, Assaf

Table of Contents: “…The Intervention of the Israeli high court of justice in government decisions : an empirical, quantitative study with paradoxical results -- Law and politics : theoretical aspects -- The Supreme Court as a political entrepreneur in the process of institutional change - an analysis based on shared mental models and political entrepreneurship -- Israeli public law -- Israel in light of structural and cultural variables -- The Supreme Court and the political system in light of social and political processes in Israel during 1948-1999 -- The struggle for a new conservative constitutional court (2000) : redefining the guarantor of human rights in Israel - the role of the Israeli Supreme Court -- The rule of "who governs?" as electoral capital (1999-2007) : the Supreme Court as an agenda setter in Israel -- The Supreme Court of Israel as an agenda setter : three cases -- On law, society and policy design - towards a reform in the relationship between the high court of justice and the knesset.…”
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European elections & domestic politics lessons from the past and scenarios for the future /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Electoral politics in the European Union and the 2004 enlargement / Cees van der Eijk and Wouter van der Brug -- Effects of space and time on turnout in European Parliament elections / Mark N. …”
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Making technology work applications in energy and the environment / by Deutch, John M., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Gasohol -- Solar thermal, windpower, and photovoltaic technologies -- Electricity from coal -- Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants -- Greenhouse gases and global warming -- Nuclear power and its fuel cycle -- Managing nuclear waste -- Nuclear power and weapons proliferation -- Natural gas -- Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries -- Synthetic fuels -- Fuel cells for automobiles -- Energy models and statistics -- The government's role in innovation -- Conclusions.…”
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Deathwork defending the condemned / by Mello, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The law's machinery of death -- Death clerk -- The aging hit man : Anthony Antone -- Executing the insane : Alvin Ford -- The electric chair : Bob Sullivan -- Racism : James Adams and James Dupree Henry -- Executing juveniles : Paul Magill -- The poet : Stephen Todd Booker -- The landmark case : Jim Hitchcock -- My roommate : Joseph Green Brown -- The innocent man : Bennie Demps -- Missing in action : David Funchess -- Poorhouse justice : David Washington -- Killed by a legal technicality : Ronald Straight.…”
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Shock therapy a history of electroconvulsive treatment in mental illness / by Shorter, Edward

Table of Contents: “…-- "Some experiments on the biological influencing of the course of schizophrenia" -- "Madness cured with electricity" -- From the university clinic to the psychiatric institute: shock therapy goes global -- The couch or the treatment table? …”
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Nano- and micro-crystalline diamond films and powders by Ligatchev, Valeri

Table of Contents: “…Conventional methods of films deposition and powders synthesis -- Effects of deposition techniques and regimes on morphology of diamond films -- Morphological features of synthetic diamond nano-powders -- Morphology and feature of electron spectrums of crystalline diamond films and powders with different grain sizes and shapes -- Fundamental and 'intra-band' optical absorption of diamond films and powders -- Effect of micro- and nano-sized morphology on DC and AC electrical properties of diamond films and powders -- Semi-empirical simulations approaches and results.…”
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Lithosphere an interdisciplinary approach / by Artem�eva, I. M. (Irina Mikha�ilovna), 1961-

Table of Contents: “…CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data; 7. Electrical structure of the lithosphere; 8. Flexure and rheology; 9. …”
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An essential guide to electronic material surfaces and interfaces / by Brillson, L. J.

Table of Contents: “…Why surfaces and interfaces of electronic materials -- Semiconductor electronic and optical properties -- Electrical measurements of surfaces and interfaces -- Localized states at surfaces and interfaces -- Ultrahigh vacuum technology -- Surface and interface analysis -- Surface and interface spectroscopies -- Dynamical depth-dependent analysis and imaging -- Electron beam diffraction and microscopy of atomic-scale geometrical structure -- Scanning probe techniques -- Optical spectroscopies -- Electronic material surfaces -- Surface electronic applications -- Semiconductor heterojunctions -- Metal-semiconductor interfaces -- Next generation surfaces and interfaces.…”
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Plasma physics research advances

Table of Contents: “…Statistical analysis of the electrical breakdown time delay distributions in gas tubes at low pressures / Čedomir A. …”
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Fuzzy grammar a reader /

Table of Contents: “…The boundaries of words and their meanings / William Labov ; Principles of categorization / Eleanor Rosch ; Categorization, fuzziness, and family resemblances / Ray Jackendoff ; Discreteness / Ronald W. …”
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As normal as possible negotiating sexuality and gender in mainland China and Hong Kong /

Table of Contents: “…GID in Hong Kong : a critical overview of medical treatments for transsexual patients / Eleanor Cheung ; Opening up marriage : married lalas in Shanghai / Kam Yip Lo Lucetta ; My unconventional marriage or m�enage �a trois in Beijing / Xiaopei He -- Representations. …”
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Visions of culture an introduction to anthropological theories and theorists / by Moore, Jerry D.

Table of Contents: “…Evolutionary, Adaptationist, and Materialist Theories -- Leslie White : Evolution Emergent -- Julian Steward : Cultural Ecology and Multilinear Evolution -- Marvin Harris : Cultural Materialism -- Eleanor Burke Leacock : Feminism, Marxism, and History -- Part V. …”
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Gothic incest : Gender, sexuality and transgression / by DiPlacidi, Jenny

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Torture and democracy by Rejali, Darius M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Modern torture and its observers -- Torture and democracy -- Lights, heat, and sweat -- Whips and water -- Bathtubs -- Shock -- Magnetos -- Currents -- Singing the world electric -- Prods, tasers, and stun guns -- Stun city -- Sticks and bones -- Water, sleep, and spice -- Stress and duress -- Forced standing and other positions -- Fists and exercises -- Old and new restraints -- Noise -- Drugs and doctors -- Supply and demand for clean torture -- Does torture work? …”
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Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Advanced solid rocket motors -- Advanced cryogenic engines -- Advanced LOX-HC engines for boosters and upper stages -- LOX-hydrocarbon engines in Russia -- Green propellants -- Green propellants in Russia -- Miniaturized propulsion -- Solar thermal propulsion for upper stages -- Electric-propulsion systems -- Superconductivity -- The case for nuclear propulsion : the Rubbia's engine -- VASIMR prefeasibility analysis -- Laser propulsion systems -- Mass accelerators : Maglev and Railguns -- Solar sails : propellantless propulsion for near- and medium-term deep-space missions -- In situ resource utilization.…”
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Variable speed drives principles and applications for energy cost savings / by Spitzer, David W.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 2. Electrical basics -- 3. Hydraulic basics -- 4. Chemistry basics -- 5. …”
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From votes to victory winning and governing the White House in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Heith -- Off to the (horse) races : media coverage of the 'not-so-invisible' invisible primary of 2007 / Lori Cox Han -- Winning the White House -- The debate about the debates : sixty years of hopes and laments for presidential colloquies / David Greenberg -- Swing states and electoral college strategy / John Fortier and Tim Ryan -- The road to the White House 2000 : lessons learned for the future / Shirley Anne Warshaw -- Governing in the White House -- Separation anxiety : unified and divided government in layered context / David A. …”
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