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Malaria in the mosquito

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Malaria: one of the world's foremost killers -- Malaria in the mosquito -- The mosquito midgut -- Exflagellation -- Ookinetes -- Antibodies block transmission to mosquito -- CTRP KO results in loss of infectivity to mosquito -- The time bomb theory of ookinete invasion -- Oocysts -- Interactions between Plasmodium and mosquito midgut -- Insect immunity -- Sporozoites -- A sporozoite based malaria vaccine -- Dynamics of Malaria in the mosquito.…”
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Probability, random processes, and statistical analysis by Kobayashi, Hisashi

Table of Contents: “…Filtering and prediction of random processes; 23. Queuing and loss models.…”
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Prevention of accidents and unwanted occurrences : theory, methods, and tools in safety management / by Kjellen, Urban, Albrechtsen, Eirik

Table of Contents: “…section I Introduction -- chapter 1 Introducing some basic concepts -- chapter 2 Framework conditions -- chapter 3 Case study -- section II Theoretical foundation -- chapter 4 Accident theory and models -- chapter 5 Framework for accident analysis -- chapter 6 The occurrence of accidents over time -- chapter 7 Management of safety through experience feedback -- chapter 8 Criteria for assessing the efficiency of experience feedback -- chapter 9 Barriers against loss -- chapter 10 The human element in accident control -- section III Learning from incidents and deviations -- chapter 11 Sources of data on accident risks -- chapter 12 Hazard identification, safety inspections and audits -- chapter 13 Incident reporting and investigation -- chapter 14 Accumulated incident experience -- section IV Monitoring of safety performance -- chapter 15 Overview of safety performance indicators -- chapter 16 Loss-based safety performance indicators -- chapter 17 Process-based safety performance indicators -- chapter 18 Causal factor–based safety performance indicators -- chapter 19 Selecting safety performance indicators -- section V Risk assessment -- chapter 20 The risk assessment process -- chapter 21 Coarse analysis -- chapter 22 Job safety analysis -- chapter 23 Risk assessments of machinery -- chapter 24 Comparison risk assessment -- section VI Putting the pieces together -- chapter 25 The oil and gas industry -- chapter 26 The hydropower industry -- chapter 27 Work-related road transportation -- chapter 28 Epilogue.…”
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Al-Qaeda goes to college : impact of the war on terror on American higher education / by Castagnera, James

Table of Contents: “…: Al Qaeda's academic sympathizers -- Domestic terrorists (I): the crazies -- Domestic terrorists (II): the animal advocates -- With friends like these: government regulation of academia -- Raiders of the lost relics -- Counter-terrorism is big business on college campuses -- The Saudi Arabian windfall -- Anthropologists go to war -- Conclusion: summing up: far more wins than losses for our industry.…”
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Militärsiedlungen und Territorialherrschaft in der Antike

Table of Contents: “…Forwort / Friederike Fless -- Militärsiedlungen und Territorialherrschaft in der Antike : Anstösse und Perspektiven / Frank Daubner -- Dionysios I. und die Gründung von Tyndaris : ein Beleg für die Etablierung der Territorialherrschaft auf Sizilien im 4. …”
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A profile of the steel industry : global reinvention for a new economy / by Warrian, Peter

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Fans, bloggers, and gamers exploring participatory culture / by Jenkins, Henry, 1958-

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The Routledge handbook of visual impairment / by Ravenscroft, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction and synthesis of themes: the editor's perspective; Introduction; Conclusion; Note; References; Part I: Introducing and understanding the profile, sociological and psychological impact of visual impairment; Chapter 2: Global data on vision lossImplications for services; Introduction to global prevalence and causes of vision loss; Vision impairment in children; Implications and challenges…”
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Talking to strangers anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education / by Allen, Danielle S., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Loss -- Little Rock, a new beginning -- Old myths and new epiphanies -- Sacrifice, a democratic fact -- Sacrifice and citizenship -- Why we have bad habits -- Imperfect democracy -- Imperfect people -- Imperfect pearls/imperfect ideals -- New democratic vistas -- Beyond invisible citizens -- Brotherhood, love, and political friendship -- Rhetoric, a good thing -- Epilogue: powerful citizens.…”
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A woman's concise guide to common medical tests by Moore, Michele

Table of Contents: “…-- The annual physical exam -- Pap smears -- Colposcopy -- Screening for breast cancer -- Screening for colon cancer -- Screening for diabetes -- Screening for heart disease -- Screening and testing for communicable disease -- Screening for bone loss -- Vision screening -- Screening in older women -- Screening in pregnancy -- What's left out and why -- Genetic screening -- Laboratory tests -- The positive side of prevention.…”
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The reparation system of the International Criminal Court its implementation, possibilities and limitations / by Dwertmann, Eva

Table of Contents: “…Historical and legal context of reparations for victims of crimes under international law (overview) -- Purpose of reparations in international criminal law -- Reparation principles and determination of the scope and extent of any damage, loss and injury to, or in respect of, victims (Art. 75 (1) ICC statute) -- The ICC reparation order (Art. 75 (2) ICC statute) -- ICC reparations proceedings -- Assistance to victims and their families by the trust fund (Art. 79 ICC statute, rule 98 (5)).…”
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Fast facts for the faith community nurse implementing FCN/parish nursing in a nutshell / by Hickman, Janet Susan

Table of Contents: “…The roots of faith community nursing -- Looking at holistic health -- Spiritual caring -- Faith community nursing models of delivery introduction -- Exploring faith community nursing roles -- Practicing faith community nursing within legal parameters -- The ethics of practicing faith community nursing -- Initiating a faith community nursing program -- Assessing the faith community -- Education for health -- Teaching in faith community nursing practice -- Program planning -- Meeting special needs in the faith community -- Loss and grief -- Connecting with community resources -- Working with vulnerable populations -- Special topics in faith community nursing.…”
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Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / by Sale, Peter F.

Table of Contents: “…Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum.…”
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Love a history / by May, Simon (Simon Philip Walter)

Table of Contents: “…Love plays God -- The foundation of Western love : Hebrew scripture -- From physical desire to paradise : Plato -- Love as perfect friendship : Aristotle -- Love as sexual desire : Lucretius and Ovid -- Love as the supreme virtue : Christianity -- Why Christian love isn't unconditional -- Women on top : love and the troubadours -- How human nature became loveable : from the high Middle Ages to the Renaissance -- Love as joyful understanding of the whole : Spinoza -- Love as enlightened romanticism : Rousseau -- Love as religion : Schlegel and Novalis -- Love as the urge to procreate : Schopenhauer -- Love as affirmation of life : Nietzsche -- Love as a history of loss : Freud -- Love as terror and tedium : Proust -- Love reconsidered.…”
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The will to heal psychological recovery in the novels of Latina writers / by Fahey, Felicia Lynne, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Lifting the weight of terror : disembodiment in Alina Diaconú's El penúltimo viaje -- Surviving terror : mourning loss in Manuela Fingueret's Hija del silencio -- Going home : returning from exile in Luisa Valenzuela's La travesía -- (Un)romancing Mexico : sexual healing in Sara Sefchovich's Demasiado amor -- Crossing with an angel : spiritual cure in Laura Restrepo's Dulce compañía -- No way home : traumatic returns in Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala letters.…”
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Remedios the healing life of Eva Castellanoz / by Mulcahy, Joanne B., 1954-

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Practical manual of clinical obesity by Kushner, Robert F., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Energy balance and body weight homeostasis -- The genetic basis of obesity -- Adipocyte biology -- Fetal and infant origins of obesity -- Metabolic fuels and obesity -- Practical guide to clinical assessment and treatment planning -- Patterns, risks, and benefits of weight loss -- Dietary management -- Physical activity and exercise -- Behavioral therapy -- Pharmacotherapy -- Surgical treatments -- Diabetes and metabolic diseases -- Obesity and reproductive health -- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease in obesity -- Respiratory complications of obesity -- Obesity and cardiovascular disease -- Obesity : mental health and social consequences -- Obesity and musculoskeletal disease -- The obese patient in hospital.…”
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Contested boundaries : new critical essays on the fiction of Toni Morrison /

Table of Contents: “…'To be female in this place is to be an open wound that cannot heal' : memory, trauma, and maternal loss -- part Ivolume 'It was not a grace; it was a mercy' : spirituality in the Americas -- part volume 'This land is our home ... but I am exile here' : alternative geographies.…”
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Tax power for the self-employed straightforward advice from an expert / by Parker, James O., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Self-employment income -- Hobby income and loss -- Phantom income : a source of cash flow crisis -- Business deductions for the self-employed -- In-home office expenses deductions -- Deduction for the cost of goods sold -- Non-business deductions available to self-employed taxpayers -- Deductions from adjusted gross income -- Exemption -- Federal income taxes and common tax credits -- Retirement planning for the self-employed -- Tax law compliance by the self-employed.…”
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Looking within a sociocultural examination of fetoscopy / by Blizzard, Deborah

Table of Contents: “…: an ethnography of a medical technology and the emotions that fuel it -- Fetoscopy in cultural context : fetal politics, reproductive choice, religious experiences, and maternal blame -- How to create a fetoscopy collective : define the risks and find participants -- Fetoscopy and the single fetus : diagnostic embryofetoscopy, bladder obstruction, amniotic band syndrome, and the technological fix -- Ligation and twins : making and choosing twins in high-risk pregnancy -- Loss and success : social networks and constructing an outcome -- Final thoughts on fetoscopy.…”
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