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Sea Monsters: Things from the Sea, Volume 2

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Martin Versfeld : A South African Philosopher in Dark Times / by Wolff, Ernst, Versfeld, Ruth

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Globalization and organization world society and organizational change /

Table of Contents: “…Drori, and Hokyu Hwang -- Global scientization : an environment for expanded organization / Gili S. Drori and John W. …”
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Energy Efficient Servers Blueprints for Data Center Optimization / by Gough, Corey, Steiner, Ian, Saunders, Winston

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Genetics in practice a clinical approach for healthcare practitioners / by Haydon, Jo

Table of Contents: “…The scientific and clinical discoveries that are used to provide current patient care / Peter Farndon -- The family history / Jo Haydon -- Basic biology / Tessa Webb and Jo Haydon -- Laboratory techniques / Eileen Roberts and Sarah Warburton -- Risk perception and options available / Jo Haydon -- Chromosome disorders / Jo Haydon -- Autosomal dominant disorders : 50% risk to offspring / Jo Haydon -- Autosomal recessive disorders : unaffected parents with 25% risk to offspring / Jo Haydon -- X-linked recessive disorders : carrier mothers, affected sons / Jo Haydon -- Multifactorial inheritance : interaction of genes and environment / Jo Haydon -- Mitochondrial disorders : inherited from mother by males and females / Jo Haydon -- Cancer genetics / Lucy Burgess -- Ethnicity / Jo Haydon -- Ethical issues / Amanda Barry -- Professional development / Jo Haydon and Amanda Barry -- Here and now: integrating current possibilities into patient care / Peter Farndon.…”
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Sea Monsters: Things from the Sea, Volume 2

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Martin Versfeld : A South African Philosopher in Dark Times / by Wolff, Ernst, Versfeld, Ruth

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Prefiguring peace Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding partnerships / by Gawerc, Michelle I., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Gamson -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Twelve Organizations -- Chapter 3: Political and Social Context: Three Environments -- Chapter 4: The Challenge of Asymmetry -- Chapter 5: A Dance of Legitimacy -- Chapter 6: Maintaining and Distributing Resources -- Chapter 7: Managing Internal Conflict -- Chapter 8: Maintaining Commitment: Organizational Considerations -- Chapter 9: Commitment, Community, and Collective Identity -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Organizational Updates -- Appendix B: Israeli Peace NGO Forum Statement on the Gaza War and Palestinian Peace NGO Statement on the Gaza War.…”
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Evolving human nutrition implications for public health / by Ulijaszek, Stanley J.

Table of Contents: “…Diet and hominin evolution; 4. Seasonality of environment and diet; 5. Evolution of human diet and eating behaviour; Part II. …”
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Beyond the Reproductive Body : The Politics of Women's Health and Work in Early Victorian England / by Levine-Clark, Marjorie

Table of Contents: “…Pt 1: Contested body politics: women, health and social reform in the 1830s and 1840s -- The reproductive body, Part 1: Women's work and the biology of reproduction -- The reproductive body, Part 2: The tasks of social reproduction -- Gender, the Poor Law, and the ambiguity of the able-bodied worker -- pt. 2: Living in the body: women's experiences of health and illness -- The evidence of the body: poor women and medical cultures -- Testing the reproductive hypothesis: women's illnesses, the environment, and menstruation -- Health and the material conditions of home: sanitation, poverty, and domesticity -- "Rather a hard life": domestic relationships and health at home -- "She continued at her work": negotiating employment and health -- Conclusion: The politics of women's health and work.…”
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Understanding the Global Energy Crisis /

Table of Contents: “…Policy challenges for the built environment: The dilemma of the existing building stock -- Epilogue: Reflections on our path forward.…”
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Prefiguring peace Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding partnerships / by Gawerc, Michelle I., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Gamson -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Twelve Organizations -- Chapter 3: Political and Social Context: Three Environments -- Chapter 4: The Challenge of Asymmetry -- Chapter 5: A Dance of Legitimacy -- Chapter 6: Maintaining and Distributing Resources -- Chapter 7: Managing Internal Conflict -- Chapter 8: Maintaining Commitment: Organizational Considerations -- Chapter 9: Commitment, Community, and Collective Identity -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Organizational Updates -- Appendix B: Israeli Peace NGO Forum Statement on the Gaza War and Palestinian Peace NGO Statement on the Gaza War.…”
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Evolving human nutrition implications for public health / by Ulijaszek, Stanley J.

Table of Contents: “…Diet and hominin evolution; 4. Seasonality of environment and diet; 5. Evolution of human diet and eating behaviour; Part II. …”
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Beyond the Reproductive Body : The Politics of Women's Health and Work in Early Victorian England / by Levine-Clark, Marjorie

Table of Contents: “…Pt 1: Contested body politics: women, health and social reform in the 1830s and 1840s -- The reproductive body, Part 1: Women's work and the biology of reproduction -- The reproductive body, Part 2: The tasks of social reproduction -- Gender, the Poor Law, and the ambiguity of the able-bodied worker -- pt. 2: Living in the body: women's experiences of health and illness -- The evidence of the body: poor women and medical cultures -- Testing the reproductive hypothesis: women's illnesses, the environment, and menstruation -- Health and the material conditions of home: sanitation, poverty, and domesticity -- "Rather a hard life": domestic relationships and health at home -- "She continued at her work": negotiating employment and health -- Conclusion: The politics of women's health and work.…”
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Understanding the Global Energy Crisis /

Table of Contents: “…Policy challenges for the built environment: The dilemma of the existing building stock -- Epilogue: Reflections on our path forward.…”
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Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean understanding the causes, realizing the potential /

Table of Contents: “…-- Key messages -- Designing effective interventions -- Policy conclusions -- Introduction -- The motivation for the study -- Definitions, data, and methodologies -- The organization of the report -- Laying the groundwork -- Motivations for focusing on at-risk youth -- The youth cohort, particularly those considered at-risk, is growing -- The costs of not investing in at-risk youth is very high for young people, their families, and society -- A conceptual framework and its application for policymaking -- The conceptual framework and definitions -- Moving from the conceptual framework to policy -- Identifying at-risk youth for better programming and targeting -- A characterization of at-risk youth -- Using the risk typology for targeting prevention programs -- Using the risk typology for targeting for second chances -- Conclusions -- Informing policy by understanding of the trends and causes of risky behavior in LAC -- Understanding the nature and the magnitude of risky behavior -- Leaving school without learning -- Difficult integration into the labor market : joblessness and job turnover -- Risky sexual behavior -- Crime and violence -- Substance use -- Identifying the factors that put youth at risk -- Why do young people engage in risky behavior -- Key factors correlated with risky behaviors -- Cumulative effect of factors -- Conclusions -- Helping young people to make good choices : programming, policy, and implementation -- Principles for building an effective portfolio for youth at risk -- Investing in at-risk youth leads to lower demands on the public purse in the future -- Preventing risky behavior begins at birth -- At-risk youth need second chances -- Effective targeting is the key to results -- The most effective portfolio will prioritize policies and programs that affect multiple risks -- Include only effective policies in the portfolio -- Prioritizing what works -- Core policies : strategies that work and are recommended for implementation -- Nine promising approaches that ought to work and should be tried, accompanied by careful impact evaluation -- General policies with a surprisingly strong effect on youth at risk -- Moving from a wish list to action -- Improving the portfolio for at-risk youth in a budget-constrained environment : reallocate resources away from ineffective programs toward recommended programs -- Improving the portfolio for at-risk youth in a budget-constrained environment : collecting, analyzing, and using data -- Assign and coordinate institutional responsibilities based on comparative advantages -- Investing in youth in LAC : key messages and conclusions -- Key messages -- Defining an effective portfolio of policies and programs -- Moving forward -- Appendix A : Population in LAC by age and sex -- Appendix B : Methodology for estimating the cost of negative youth behavior -- Appendix C : Methodology for devising the typology of at-risk youth -- Appendix D : Measuring youth outcomes -- Appendix E : Estimated taxpayer costs and crime-reduction benefits of 16 crime prevention programs -- Appendix F : Sources of information for evaluated programs.…”
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